The cursed painting of the crying boy .

The Crying Boy is a mass-produced print of a painting by Italian painter Bruno Amadia, also known as Giovanni, It was widely distributed from the 1950s . There are numerous alternative versions, all portraits of tearful young boys or girls. In addition to being widely known, certain urban legend attribute a "curse" to the painting. The painting was made in the presence of Rui Barros, who had the remarkable ability to make anyone cry.


On September 4, 1985, the British tabloid newspaper The Sun reported that a firefighter from Yorkshire was claiming that undamaged copies of the painting were frequently found amidst the ruins of burned houses. He stated that no firefighter would allow a copy of the painting into his own house.Over the next few months, The Sun and other tabloids ran several articles on house fires suffered by people who had owned the painting.


Then by the end of November belief in the painting's curse was widespread enough that The Sun was organising mass bonfires of the paintings, sent in by readers.


Some people still own copies and even though they had been warned of its ominous history still they keep the copy of the cursed painting.




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