CURSE OF THE CRYING BOY PAINTING
THE LONGEST LIST OF THE LONGEST
STUFF AT THE LONGEST DOMAIN NAME AT LONG LAST
The story of curse of the Crying Boy Painting.
The legend around this painting is
as grim as it gets. The stories began around 1985, when several mysterious fires
occurred all around England. When the debris was sifted through the only item
that remained un-charred was a painting of a little boy with a tear rolling his
cheek in every fire. Could this all be coincidence?
Whether real or not a Yorkshire fireman was so
upset that he talked with the “Sun” newspaper in England. They ran his story
about how everything in the home was consumed by fire except for a painting of a
crying boy. There were at that time more than one of these paintings around and
each seemed to have the same effect. The home and all contents would be totally
destroyed but the painting of the little crying boy would not show any sign at
all of going through a fire. The newspaper began receiving telephone calls from
people all over the area that had similar stories to tell about the crying boy
painting. One person that called the “Sun” was Dora Mann of Mitcham and she has
been quoted as saying "Only six months after I had bought the picture, my house
was completely gutted by fire. All my paintings were destroyed, except the one
of the crying boy." After one month of hearing all the tales, the “Sun” gave
their readers the chance to bring their crying boy paintings and agreed to have
a very large bon fire to rid everyone of this cursed or jinxed painting. All
paintings that were brought to the newspaper were in fact burned and everyone
rejoiced.
However, the story goes on. There have been reports
of the crying boy painting being found in charred homes untouched since 1985 and
as recent as 1988.
No one knows for sure who the artists might be and
where he got the idea to paint a portrait of a crying boy, the rumors are many
and the tale is still around. The fact is beware if you find a beautiful
painting of a sad, little crying boy.
The Crying Boy Painting
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