Voodoo Curse?
As for the other items in the storage room, Frank discovered that it wasn’t out of the ordinary in those days to take magical protections to make sure your belongings would be safe after you pass, because the practice of voodoo was very popular at the time. Of course, Brad’s wife was a little unnerved that they had so many voodoo artifacts in their basement, but once they were gone she felt better about the whole situation.