Curse of the Crying Boy Painting

[bloodymoon14]

Ok. In England, there have been many fires. In each scene, there's nothing left, but a painting of a crying boy. Here's the story:

From around 1985 onwards, (meaning there are still cases like this) 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

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[knightofdarkned]

This is true. Daddy had one in his house. He was curious. He perished in the fire. May he rest in peace. The house was burned, my old dolls he kept since I was little were melted. The only thing unscathed was that painting. I remember looking in that toddler's eyes, and knowing something was wrong with it. I think anyone who had that painting in their home is just plain stupid.

[mokonekochans]

.... lol.

[bloodymoon14]

I remember you telling me about something like this in one of your e-mails. So, I know that you know, of all people, that there's an odd entity posessing these paintings. So, I understand.

The point I made in class was that the painting's entity may very well be like that of a voodoo doll. If you burn it, or destroy it, you'll make things worse. To stop these fires, they may have to formaly bury the damn things, after retreving them all. And I know the police in London aren't like the ones here in America. Your police will actually do something about these happenings. Ours will blow it off, as if it's nothing.
I mean, they dropped the investigation of a 3 month old baby who was taken out of her crib, and out of the house, and most likely out of the country. "They have more important things to do, than worry about a baby that'll probably be better off with whoever took her." -sigh- This is why I want to come to England.

[suzie2qute]

I just went to look online about it. The photo of the painting seriously made the hair on the back of my neck stand up on end. Why anyone would want to own one of these, I have no idea. It greatly disturbs me. But it looks familiar... I swear I've seen this photo before....

[keechakatt]

It is creepy. Though I have to admit it looks like my nephew when he doesn't get his way.

[uberreiniger]

I think you've just hit upon the biggest mystery in this whole crazy story: why would anyone want a painting like that in their home in the first place?

[bloodymoon14]

No one trusts Wikipedia. -_-" It can be changed and edited by people. That's the reason for the lack of trust.

[hoppytoad79]

If you look only at the fifty reports, that's 0.1% of the total prints. Like I said below in a reply to the OP, if you assume there were another 1,000 homes that displayed the painting that burned down we didn't hear about, that's a total of 1050 homes that burned that had the painting, or 2.1% of the total prints. In short, coincidence. I'd love to know about the warehouses that stored the prints, the stores that sold/sell the painting that haven't burned or that did burn and no one connected to the presence of the painting--and I have a very hard time believing that no one would have have anything about a store that sold/sells those prints having burned down because of the print, know what I mean? I've also never heard of any genuinely haunted or cursed paintings where prints were haunted/cursed. If that were the case, there are a lot of ghost story books out there with pictures of haunted paintings that would be causing trouble for those who bought them.

[hoppytoad79]

Snopes is full of stories proven to be false made up of nothing more than a string of coincidences presented in such a way as to look like a trend.

[hoppytoad79]

This was first reported by the Sun, which should tell you everything you need to know about the veracity of the story. Also, with so many copies out there, if the picture was actually haunted, there would be many times more reports of homes that had that picture in them having burned down than have actually been reported.

[bloodymoon14]

That is a good point. But there is also the point that there may be so many people who have heard the reports and ae scared to even bring the painting into their homes.

[hoppytoad79]

Which means they bought into an urban myth and didn't display the painting.

Amending my previous reply because the wording was poor, if you assume there were 1,000 homes that displayed the painting that we didn't hear about, that brings to total of homes that displayed it to 1050, which is 2.1% of the total prints. In short, coincidence the painting was in the home that burned down and the fact it didn't burn is due to it being coated with a fire repellent and falling face down, not any curse.