I know the story behind the painting but wanted to know if anyone knows someone whom this has happened to.
2006-08-30 05:41:53 · 20 answers · asked by scotia26uk 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Wow
Sounds demonic to me
I fail to see why anyone would want to get involved in thie kind of stuff
2006-08-30 06:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by ceekryt 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Crying Boy Painting
2016-09-28 21:03:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-08-30 05:45:15 · answer #3 · answered by WendyD1999 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The Crying Boy Picture
2016-12-12 05:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CURSE OF THE CRYING BOY PAINTING
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.
2006-08-30 05:49:57 · answer #5 · answered by melissa 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i have heard of this and saw a programme on it where they actually set fire to one of these paintings , it took a while but eventually burnt completely , they also got experts to test the chemicals on the painting and it apparently turned out that some of the chemicals have very high tolerance to heat and therefore wil not catch alight until this temp has been reached a lot of fires are put out before the painting reaches this temperature and so looks like it has a curse , but that is only one theory , many people believe that there is a curse and many disbelieve the curse . make your own mind up .
2006-08-30 06:25:36 · answer #6 · answered by david c 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you know that when I was a little girl my granda had this painting in his house, the story had me so freaked out that I cried constantly...and hysterically until it was actually thrown out.
My aunt also had this picture in her house, however she also had the picture of the crying girl (they were a set) and apparently if the boy had the girl with him then the curse was negated...
2006-08-30 07:40:47 · answer #7 · answered by Bodieann 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
did you not watch that psychic programme about the pub that kept catching on fire and it had a picture of the crying boy in the lounge. The picture survived each fire, not sure of the name of the psychic programme, but at the end they set the painting a light, it took them a few times to light it though...try a web search and i expect you will find the programme ,it was on Livingtv (not most haunted)..
My mum also had a picture of the crying boy in her hallway..it never caught on fire and the picture is still around
2006-08-30 05:51:20 · answer #8 · answered by sky 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sky is right! Living TV's 'Most Haunted' programme did an investigation into this - and burnt the painting! It is an urban legend that has obvious built up through one or two original incidences.
2006-08-30 21:41:01 · answer #9 · answered by pyronaught2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the story goes back a long time before 1985cant remember that much about it but i think the original painting was done by an Italian and the boy was his adopted son sometime last century
2006-09-02 17:26:40 · answer #10 · answered by keny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all through my childhood my parents had the picture of the crying boy up in our front room( in fact every picture taken of us had the bloody picture in the background) we did have a fire in our house but it was in the kitchen and contained so I'm not sure if it was in relation to the curse or the fact that my mum had bought a **** toaster!!!!! anyway the picture is still up in my mums loft and apparently they are worth a bit how true this is i don't know. But touch wood her house and all it's content is still standing so I'm not inclined to believe the curse but I'll keep you posted.
2006-08-30 06:31:49 · answer #11 · answered by joanne 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋