I like to think it's sorta in the realm of, believe it or not, they're still fun to think about and listen to, like actual events happening in "cursed" places; (iirc there's that one island rumored to have millions worth of gold, and has killed hundreds of miners because of an old pirate curse) while hundreds have died trying to find it, I still think the history is cool to look into, same goes for stuff like Norse mythology and stuff alike. Sometimes the human imagination can just be a bit wild, but who said that's a bad thing?