Corruption

Corruption is a repetitive concept in the Charmed universe when an individual is driven insane by a magical object or a power in some ways. In some cases, the process is also deadly if not corrected in time. The circumstances can either be intentional or accidental.

Examples

 * Dr. Curtis Williamson was slowly driven mad after accidentally injecting himself with the Charmed Ones' powers, which motivated him to kill criminals and remove their organs.
 * A demon named Vinceres guilded Prue Halliwell into casting a spell to remove the power of empathy, which was transferred to him by an empath to stop him from killing innocents. The power was transferred into Prue and slowly drove her mad before she learned to channel all of the emotions she felt in the vicinity and used them to battle Vinceres.
 * Cole Turner was incrementally driven mad after claiming a multitude of demonic powers and Phoebe Halliwell's constant rejections.
 * The Power of the Gods is an ancient force of divinity that the Elders imbued on a group of mortals to battle the Titans. After the Titans were encased in ice, the mortals who received the powers refused to return them and declared themselves gods in the process, becoming the famous Greek gods in history.
 * Excalibur made Piper Halliwell power mad after being in her possession for too long. It could only be wielded by the person meant to have it.
 * Golden Belt of Gaea had the power to corrupt and slowly kill any goodhearted female who wore it, driving them to eliminate the male species before they die.
 * The Virus was the unexpected result of a failed experiment the government performed on a Krychek Demon, which made him extremely powerful before it killed him in the process. Anyone he scratched also became infected. A cure was found in the blood of a man named Joe.

Notes and Trivia

 * The Source of All Evil tried to corrupt Paige Matthews when she was under the Window of Opportunity.