The crying boy

magenta73

Does anyone remember the picture's of the crying boy? they were popular I think in the 70's and 80's, if so, does anyone have any information about them, some people said that they were really bad luck.....

I personnally don't believe in bad luck, but do you think there's anything paranormal about them?

Oryx

Yeah I remember it. We had one in our school. There was a big hoo hah about them burning down the house they were in, scared us all silly, and we had the principal get rid of it. Ha, hysterical girlies all of us.

magenta73

yeah that's the one! houses burning down, I have'nt heard that one! must see if I can find out anything about it

DANNY22XX

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_Boy

http://www.ghoststudy.com/monthly/jun03/tears.html

http://www.messybeast.com/dragonqueen/cryingboy.htm

pistonsvox

this wont set my laptop on fire now will it...?

MultiUmm

"The Sun was organising mass bonfires of the paintings, sent in by readers."

Made my day.

Riamfada

MultiUmm wrote: »

"The Sun was organising mass bonfires of the paintings, sent in by readers."

Made my day.

When was this? I cant believe that paper turns a profit.

Colonel_McCoy

when I was younger and some of my uncles had them in their houses and around that time there was some deaths in our family. My aunt made them throw them all out as she heard they were bad luck.

Creepy picture

MultiUmm

Grimes wrote: »

When was this? I cant believe that paper turns a profit.

Check out this link here.

http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/1308/the_curse_of_the_crying_boy.html

"Eventually, reporter Paul Hooper, with photographers and Page Three girls in tow, left the paper’s Bouverie Street HQ with two van-loads of prints ready for burning on a makeshift pyre near Reading. The Sun splashed the story – appropriately on Hallowe’en – under the headline: “Sun nails curse of the weeping boy for good.” A photograph depicted a scantily-clad “red hot Page Three beauty Sandra Jane Moore” feeding the bonfire as bemused firemen looked on."

And we think the human race are the most intelligent species. :rolleyes:

Amberjack

Gosh, this thread brings back memories, my parents had a picture of The Crying Boy in their bedroom, as soon as my mum heard the stories from The Sun she got rid of the picture - I think it went to a School Fair or something. Interesting the "histeria" this picture caused at the time.

Darlughda

Brilliant story.Thanks. Never heard it before. Been a while since I got de shivers!:eek: