Jeweller Horror Stories: Tales from the Trade to Tempt and Terrify This Halloween

Every jeweller has a story that sends shivers down their spine—the one they tell with a nervous laugh at dinner parties or share over coffee at trade fairs. This Halloween, I’ve invited a few friends from the jewellery world to share their spookiest moments. What emerged were tales of gemstone mishaps, midnight panics and mysteries that could only unfold in our high-stakes industry.

From a rare mineral tumbling from a great height into the desert to late-night scares in darkened ateliers, the stories that follow reveal the glittering world of jewellery at its most unpredictable. They tell of vanished diamonds, shattered sapphires and shopping horrors that make for suitably scary reading this Halloween. We begin with a case of the dream ruby that turned out to be something far more sinister…