Thread: Cursed objects

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What are your views on real-life cursed objects?

Here are a couple of supposedly cursed paintings I've heard about:

The first is a painting called "The Anguished Man." The backstory is that supposedly, the artist was a very troubled person who painted part of the painting in his own blood. He supposedly committed suicide right after he painted the picture. The painting is owned by a man in Cumbria in England who claims that since the painting has been hanging in his house, he and his family hear crying at night, scratching noises and whispers and that they see a figure of a man in their bedroom at night.

The second is called "The Hands Resist Him." It created a bit of a stir when it was sold on ebay, as the people who owned it claimed the figures from the painting would leave the painting at night and appear in different rooms of the house.

I've also heard about a lampshade allegedly made from human skin that is said to send its owners mad, and of course there's Robert the Doll who you may have already heard of.

What do you guys think? Do you believe in real-life curses?

There's a cursed chair that I heard about that, when sat in, makes the sitter die a while later. I think it's hanging up in an England museum. The fghost town of Bodie, California is supposedly cursed. It's said that if you touch anything, or bring something back, you get bad luck. That's why I don't like shrunken heads, besides the way they look. Either an entity or curse may be attatched to it.

As far as The Hands Resist Him, the artist has painted more in the series. I gotta say, I dig the guy's work.

http://www.stonehamstudios.com/

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And HOLY CRAP! I just googled Robert the Doll (never heard of it) & boy is that thing creepy & HUGE! It's like the size of a small child!! I think his size doesn't help the creep factor. Most dolls are kinda creepy anyway.

Here's a link on the cursed chair. http://eldoradofurniture.blogspot.com/2010/05/mysterious-furniture-cursed-chair-of.html

This one, like The Hands Resist Him, is an urban legend. The corpse bride of Mexico. http://www.banderasnews.com/0512/nr-corpsebride.htm

The Hope Diamond is suposed to be haunted. Also the car James Dean owned is suposed to be haunted. Anyone who owns these items seem to be plagued by death and tragedy.