The Blazing Curse Of The Crying Boy

by Dean Terry
Tragedy and misfortune continues to surround an eerie portrait that has blazed a gruesome trail across the British Isles, and around the world, for the past twenty years.

There is definitely something wrong with this picture. In your attic, right now, may be a copy of this painting, a painting that that seems to be cursed. A painting that may be putting you in danger.

The painting in question is known as the Crying Boy. It was a mass-production, painted by Spanish painter Bruno Amadio. This portrait was very popular in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. Many were sold to unsuspecting buyers.

To the casual observer, it appears to be an ordinary painting, albeit somewhat sad and gloomy. However, people who have owned copies of the painting claim looking at the face of the Crying Boy always brought feelings of terror and illness.

 

The whole story began around 1985 when the newspapers in UK reported a series of mysterious house fires. What seemed strange and unexplained to the fire fighters was that in all cases everything in the houses was complete destroyed, apart from the Crying Boy painting, which remained unscathed.

Many people contacted the local news, and claimed that the fire had broken out after they purchased this particular painting - the Crying Boy painting.

The story behind the painting is rather unclear. According to some sources the painter had mistreated the boy who was an orphan.

Other versions say that the boy’s parents died in a fire. He became an orphan and was now responsible for causing fires punishing others for becoming an orphan.

Some psychics claimed that the spirit of the boy is trapped inside the painting and it starts fire trying to get free. There are other claims that the artist made an evil pact with the Devil to sell his paintings.

The newspapers continued covering the story and soon panic broke out. In October 1985, the local news announced it was going to organize a huge bonfire in order to get rid of all the Crying Boy paintings and at the end of the month thousands of paintings were burnt under the supervision of the fire department.

However, this was not the end of the story. Many people were still in possession of a Crying Boy painting and infrequent reports of fire were still being reported.

The local news media tried to calm down the situation and explained that paintings did occasionally survive a fire.

One woman reported she tried to set her painting on fire, but all her attempts failed.

Some people claimed that the Crying Boy was not evil at all. Actually the painting could bring luck to those who deserved it. For example, one man said that after rescuing the painting from destruction he suddenly began winning money on gambling.

Even if the Crying Boy was considered to bring good luck to some, most people blamed the painting for various health problems, and misfortune.

Many copies of the Crying Boy have turned up outside the UK, and it is unclear how many people are still in possession of a Crying Boy painting and what trouble it may cause.

At this point in time, the curse of the Crying Boy is alive and well - and looking for new victims.

So please, if you have one of these paintings, throw it away right now.

Copyright © 2008 Our Strange World

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