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Curse of the Crying Boy

2025/1/15
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@叙述者 :我讲述了1985年英国《太阳报》报道的关于“哭泣男孩”画像的事件,许多人声称他们的房子着火后,只有这幅画幸免于难。起初,人们认为这幅画被诅咒了,因为它具有超自然的力量,导致了这些火灾。然而,随着调查的深入,人们发现这幅画并非出自同一位画家,而且画中男孩也并非同一人。此外,许多拥有这幅画的人并没有遭遇任何不幸。因此,我得出的结论是,所谓的“哭泣男孩”诅咒很可能只是媒体炒作和集体歇斯底里的结果。 虽然一些超自然现象调查员和通灵人士声称从这幅画中感受到了负面能量,但这些说法缺乏科学依据。事实上,这幅画之所以能够在火灾中幸存,是因为它使用了防火材料。这幅画的防火性使得它在火灾中比其他物品更有可能幸存下来。 总而言之,虽然“哭泣男孩”的故事引人入胜,但它更像是一个媒体制造的都市传说,而非真正的超自然事件。这个故事反映了媒体的力量以及人们容易相信超自然现象的倾向。

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The podcast episode starts by recounting the story of Jane McCutcheon whose house caught fire, leaving only the painting of a crying boy unscathed. This incident is linked to numerous similar incidents reported in the UK, prompting an investigation into the painting's supposed curse.
  • Dozens of house fires in the UK were linked to a painting of a crying boy.
  • In each incident, the painting survived the fire unscathed.
  • The Sun newspaper published a story about the phenomenon in 1985.

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On September 4, 1985, a British tabloid published a story attributing dozens of fires to a painting of a crying boy that had been mass produced in the 50s. After each fire, nothing survived but the painting, unscathed. Was the painting cursed by the spirit of the crying boy, or was it a hoax?

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