catzzzz
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Post by catzzzz on Aug 28, 2005 16:22:00 GMT
Haunted "Crying boy" painting by storyTeller
This mystery is of particular interest to me, because when I was much younger, my parents actually had a copy of one of these paintings in our house, hanging half way up the stairs on the wall. Here's the story about the painting and it's numerous prints.
From around 1985 onwards, a series of mysterious house fires were brought to the attention of the general public, following the discovery that in each case, the buildings and all their contents were completely destroyed apart from a painting - the "Crying Boy", which remained unscathed. In the years that followed, some 40-50 cases were recorded in which a house fire had destroyed everything except for the picture. It became known as the "Curse of the Crying Boy", and even made headline news at one point. The picture itself was a portrait painted by a Spanish artist of an orphan. It is said that his studio burnt to the ground, and the boy was later killed in a car crash. The picture is one of the first to be mass produced in the UK, there are several thousand of them in circulation, but the curse still appears to apply to all the copies. It is said that the curse will only effect someone if the owner of the painting becomes aware of it. Some psychics have claimed that the painting is Haunted by the spirit of the boy it depicts.
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Post by angel2 on Aug 29, 2005 11:15:02 GMT
ooeeerrrr ! thats spooky catzzzz, and also very interesting too hun xx
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Post by Trixie on Aug 29, 2005 11:20:22 GMT
hey that's a great spooky story. and true. not bad not bad at all
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Post by Jacks on Aug 29, 2005 13:40:39 GMT
I remember this story hitting the headlines and I also remember there being a frenzy of people trying to get rid of the paintings, but they never could....lol
Very odd story!
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