Sometimes, the horror of mystical phenomena is caused by strange pictures, as if they were cursed by the artist's own brush. In this case, we are talking about paintings "crying children" by the artist Bruno Amadio, also known as Giovanni Bragolini.
The legend of the damned paintings of this artist is worth highlighting, because in those houses where the "crying boy" Bruno Amadio is, things happen not only of a mystical nature, but also of an extremely ominous shade.
The owners of the "crying boy" paintings are pursued by all sorts of misfortunes, houses are burnt in fires, turning all property into dust, and only the paintings are taken out of the fire incorruptible. This is a classic and immortal legend about mysticism and otherworldly forces, where even reproductions from paintings carry horror and fear to their owners.
- By the way, according to firefighters, reproductions survive in a fire not because they are cursed, or something else, as the people think about it, they are just made of hard and non-combustible paper. Cosmic characteristics of painting material, isn't it?
According to the myth from the past century, mystical phenomena cover the places where the paintings with “crying children” are located, attracting a number of suffering and misfortune to the inhabitants of the house.
Who was Bruno Amadio?
Despite the terrible curse of the paintings, little is known about the Italian artist Bruno Amadio, although he was initially considered a mediocre painter, born in Venice between 1890 and 1900. A loyal admirer of Mussolini's ideas, many say, referring to the artist as carrying the fascist seal in his heart.
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Presumably, during the Second World War, Bruno translated into portrait images the faces of those orphans whose horror from life he met on his way, fantastically capturing fear and sadness, using canvas and paints showing children's tears.
We can only assume that during the war, the artist decided to create a collection of paintings called "crying children", laying in the canvases the image of childhood suffering and pain. In particular, it is well known about the collection of 27 paintings - all of them are marked with the devil's curse.
The first work of the artist was created with a child from an orphanage as a model. The name of the crying boy is unknown, but this is the first work in a series of damned paintings - it is believed that the fascist master of paints specially "brought" children to the image he needed. Then Bruno Amadio changes his stage name, signing his works as Giovanni Bragolini.
There are mentions that the artist fought at the front, although it is not known exactly where. After the war, Bruno Amadio settled in Spain, in Seville, where he spent several years of his life, later moving to Madrid, where his trace was completely lost.
- At the same time, some believe that he lived out his allotted years together with the family of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, although both assumptions may be wrong.
A great demand for the artist's paintings appeared in Chile, where people bought reproductions in bulk. However, in the 80s, rumors about the curse of the paintings became so strong that the company, which had successfully sold copies for many years, stopped their production - no one else wanted to buy the curse of the "crying boy".
The legend of the damned paintings "crying boy"
According to the mystical part of the legend, Bruno Amadio is tired of being an unknown artist, he desperately wants great popularity and world recognition. This obsessive thought painfully devours Bragolini so hot that he turns to the devil's advocate with the sale of his soul. Whether their business went well or not is unknown, but since then his paintings are known, popularity is growing.
It is said that the first painting was painted by an artist in an orphanage, which burned down after the completion of the work. The flames consumed the building, spitting out ash. The fire could not destroy only one object - the painting "crying boy".
Of course, everything that comes to us from the legends is subject to serious doubt, but considering strange cases, we find that it is true. Part of the legend speaks of the appearance of the image of the devil, and there are people who assure that this is absolutely true: if at midnight we stand in front of the picture, we will be able to conclude our own agreement with the devil.
Perhaps the most popular part of this story is the place where the mystical properties of paintings are told: houses will burn, property will become ashes, but any of these paintings will remain intact, the flame does not damage Bragolini's works in the least. The inhabitants of the houses suffer from bad luck and an endless series of misfortunes, in addition, paranormal phenomena of all kinds begin to manifest themselves.
Bruno Amadio left 27 paintings of "crying children", after the first work he signed already as Giovanni Bragolini. Did the damned paintings really reflect the crown pact with the devil, spreading evil to the owners?
Rebecca's story
Rebecca purchased a couple of Crying Boy paintings from a local store. From the moment the paintings appeared in the house, the fire began to often "visit" the dwelling. And while it was never necessary to call the fire brigade, the situation is alarming because we are talking about more than thirty small fires in ten years of ownership.
Rebecca with damn things.
In addition, as Rebecca is surprised, the pots and pans removed from the fire continue to fry or cook food for a while, as if they were still on a live fire. Trouble also touched the store, the owners of which went bankrupt after the sale of paintings.
In addition to some rather unpleasant incidents, other strange things happen in the house. Especially frightening are those incomprehensible incidents when objects or things disappear without a trace, so that they never appear. Once, before going to the shower, a woman left her shirt on the bed - the clothes disappeared without a trace, and when this happened there was no one in the house.
Similar events with things have already happened many times, and the loss has never been found. This is a very old, but still strong house, where other types of phenomena occur: strange noises and footsteps are heard from the attic, and this place is completely uninhabited.
The most interesting story of Rebecca and her paintings is that the household members suffering from the curse knew nothing about the legend of Bragolini's “crying boy”. Later, the owners of two amusing paintings, having learned the history of the curse, associated fires and strange phenomena with the works in their home.
The damned painting came out of the fire intact
Other incidents with paintings "crying boy / girl" by Bragolini can be considered officially recorded. It must be said right away that there is no rational explanation for these incidents, but in September 1985, the British newspaper "The Sun" reported on mystical cases of property on fires.
Firefighters from Yorkshire are indeed confronted with some kind of heck when intact copies of the painting are often found among the ruins of burnt houses. According to one of the firefighters, who gave an interview to the newspaper, the houses were attacked by flames due to a safety violation, and the curse of the paintings had nothing to do with it.
At the same time, no one could explain a reasonable explanation of why pictures of “crying children” are taken out from the ashes untouched by fire, only saying that the reproductions are made of hard paper that does not suffer from the effects of fire. Strange explanation, isn't it? But what's stranger is that no firefighter will keep a copy of the painting at home, one of the firefighters told the publication.
Over the following months, The Sun and other tabloids published several articles about burned-down houses whose owners had a picture of Amadio. An incredible thing, but the property turned to ashes, the only thing that survived the fire was the paintings of Bragolini's "crying children"!
The passions around the works became so strong that at the end of November, belief in the curse of the painting spread widely, and the publication organized massive arson of replicas sent by readers - this is how educated people tried to remove the curse of the devil.
Tom Ballarger - according to him, he acquired the original work of Giovanni Bragolini at a crazy price, intending to decorate a country house with a novelty. A small old-style estate near Yorkshire was never a hassle.
The Briton received the first "call" about the curse from a room with a fireplace, where it is not known how the ember that escaped into the wild nearly destroyed the house. But this time everything worked out. Another nuisance was the closed socket in the kitchen - apparently old wiring, so the owner who did not believe the legends probably thought.
Some time after the acquisition of the damned painting, when various incomprehensible things were happening in the house, Ballarger was informed by phone - your house was burnt down. In a strange way, the picture of the "crying girl" survived the fire. The firefighters explained that she was hanging in the corridor little affected by the fire, although the other paintings for some reason were not saved.
To be honest - as they say - the house and in fact is not so badly damaged. However, something curious about this story happened when part of the property was temporarily placed in an outbuilding. Just a week later, the building where the painting was kept burned down to the ground. The old wiring turned everything except the damned painting to ashes - the frame burned down, while the canvas itself, rolled into a roll, practically did not suffer.
- Perhaps all this is superstition and absurdity, where in most curses we are faced with the phenomenon of urban legends, when reality and fiction are mixed into one leaven and served on the market of brisk rumors.
But in this particular study, we found a lot of testimonials on the Internet about setbacks, misfortunes, strange situations that relate to Bragolini's images. Most of these witnesses associate the "curse of pictures" with non-needs for the house, although without losing sight of objectivity, it should be noted: all situations can be explained by an annoying coincidence.
In conclusion, we note: there are no reliable tests that can guaranteed to destroy the legend of the curse of Amadio's paintings. Perhaps all this is fiction, but the likelihood of risk remains …
The risk that curses and misfortunes are introduced into the house. But as compensation, those who wish can acquire mystical phenomena. Or even at midnight to talk to the Devil's advocates.