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Haunted "Crying
boy"
painting!
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.
We must have had that painting in our house for 15+ years, and although it
never set fire to anything, I never used to like it. It's not a particularly
pleasant picture in any case, and it always used to give me the creeps.
Fortunately it's long gone, but I can't help wondering who's got it now. One
thing's for certain, there's no way I'd ever put that picture up in my house
again."
The Crying Boy painting
Closeup
NOTE: This was
submitted by a reader: "The SUN newspaper did a huge story about the
painting and asked all its readers to send in their copies of the painting to
them and they would destroy them. And guess what... a fire mysteriously
started at the warehouse where the paintings were being stored."
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This is a very intriguing
story...we'd love to hear about other personal experiences regarding this
painting, or any others by the same artist..
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Submitted by a viewer:
I am a regular visitor to your site and until now I have never seen anything
that has made my blood stand still. My Great Grandfather lived in Davenport, LA
in the early 80's. His house was old but always clean and safe because he
frequently had children visiting. The only thing that scared me about my Great
Grandfather's house was this creepy close up painting of a boy crying. I was a
young boy at the time and didn't like the fact that it felt like the boy was
watching me. Any way in the summer of '83 he left town for a business trip and
returned to find that his house had burnt to the ground. Searching through the
remains of his home he found that only two things had survived the fire: A photo
album of me and the painting of the crying boy. He told me this story several
times before he died but I never believed him, thinking he was trying to spook
me. I am 23 now and when I read the story and saw the pic on your site, more
than just a chill ran down my spine, if you catch my drift.. I
once asked him what happened to the painting and he said that he sold it for a
dollar at a garage sale. I remember the painting but not the fire. I saw that
you asked for letters about this painting and decided to share my Great
Grandfather's experience with you. ~ Steve
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