Famous cursed items

May 23, 2014 8:03 AM

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Annabelle the Doll

Bought in an antique shop in 1970, a woman gave a raggedy doll to her daughter, Donna, who was in nursing school. Donna and roommate Angie kept coming home to find the doll in different positions and different locations. Then the doll began living them notes reading "Help." And then they found the doll with blood on it. A psychic told them the doll was possessed by the spirit of a girl named Annabelle, who had died at the location where their apartment complex has been built. But the girls' friend Lou thought there was something more sinister about Annabelle, and told his friends to get rid of it. That's when Annabelle went to visit Lou, levitated up his body and strangled him until he passed out. The next night, the roommates heard what sounded like someone in the next room; Lou investigated; the girls heard him scream and ran in to find Lou with two massive claw marks on his chest, although no one else was in the room… except Annabelle. The girls called Ed and Lorraine Warren, the folks who investigated the Amityville house — who decided the doll was actually a conduit to hell that a demon was using. Two exorcisms didn't work, and now the doll resides behind a glass cause in the Warrens' occult museum, where it still moves.

Cursed Doll


In 1896, this creepy doll belonged to a child named Robert Eugene Otto in Key West, Florida. The doll had been given to him by a servant who practiced black magic, and who disliked the boy's family. Legend has it the doll would speak and cause mischief in the house. The doll finally wound up at an art gallery and historical museum in Key West, where it remains on display to this day. Oddly enough, visitors to the museum claim that they must ask permission to take a photograph of the doll. If they don't, legend has it that the doll will curse you. The museum displays letters from so-called "cursed" individuals who have written to the doll, apologizing for not asking to take his picture, and asking to be released from his spell

The cursed eBay painting

The painting appeared on the auction website eBay in February 2000. According to the seller, the aforementioned couple, the painting carried some form of curse. Their eBay description made a series of claims that the painting was cursed or haunted. Included in those claims were that the characters in the painting moved during the night, and that they would sometimes leave the painting and enter the room in which it was being displayed. Also included with the listing were a series of photographs that were said to be evidence of an incident in which the female doll character threatened the male character with a gun that she was holding, causing him to attempt to leave the painting.[2][3] A disclaimer was included with the listing absolving the seller from all liability if the painting was purchased

The Dybbuk Box

In Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is an evil spirit. Supposedly, a Holocaust survivor accidentally summoned the demon while using a homemade Ouija board, but managed to trap it inside the wine cabinet. Kevin Mannis bought the box at an estate sale in 2001, and immediately started having nightmares about an evil hag — as did friends who stayed with him. Mannis gave the box to his mother, who suffered a stroke on the same day. The box's later owners have also claimed the dybbuk has appeared in their nightmares as well. The last owner was Jason Haxton, Director of the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, who not only had nightmares but developed a strange skin disease and began coughing up blood. At that point, Haxton contacted his local Rabbis, sealed the Dybbuk back in the box, and then hid it from the world. Thanks, dude!

Thomas Busby's Chair



Do you have a favorite chair in your home? Consider cursing it after you die so no one else can sit on it without dying. That's what Thomas Busby did in 1702, right before he was executed for strangling his father-in-law to death for — you got it — sitting in his chair. Supposedly 63 people who have sat on the chair met untimely deaths, sometimes mere hours after plopping their keister on Busby's beloved chair. In 1972, the Thirsk Museum actually had to suspend it from the ceiling to prevent people from committing suicide by chair.

James Deans death car


Actor James Dean loved his 1955 Porsche Spyder. He had it extensively customized and affectionately called it his "Little Bastard." Apparently, the car was so transparently evil that Sir Alec Guinness, when meeting Dean for lunch, claimed ""If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week." And Dean was. But the curse didn't stop there; when mechanics tried to repair the wrecked car, it fell on one of them, crushing both his legs. The car's new owner sold the engine and drivetrain to two racers; one lost control, hit a tree and died instantly, the other was injured when his car locked up and rolled over. Two thieves who tried to take pieces of the car were both injured. The car was then donated to a safety exhibit of the California Highway Patrol; the first exhibit caught fire, and the car fell on a student at the second, breaking his hip. It even managed to crush and kill a truck driver who was transporting it. The car has since disappeared, which is probably for the best.

The Crying Boy Paintings

Here's the facts: Italian artist Giovanni Bragolin painted a picture of a crying boy that inexplicably became very popular in the 1950s and had many prints made. In 1985, the always reliable British newspaper The Sun reported that a fireman claimed to have found these prints in multiple houses destroyed by fire… although the prints were perfectly fine. Apparently, British firefighters were already so freaked out by this phenomena none of them would allow copies of the painting into their own homes. More such incidents of the prints being unscathed in house fires, both before and after the article, were reported, and suddenly a story popped up that the painting was of an orphan whose home had burned down. What I want to know if why so many people wanted to hang a picture of a sobbing kid on their walls in the first place.

Yeah so I put this album up originally last year and it bombed so reposting cos its Halloween week. Anyways thanks for reading and if you should find yourself in possession of one of these items please don't hesitate to call Curse Purge Plus.

If you liked this check out my other post for some scary documentaries
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Will the curse apply if I download the picture without permission?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This is The Haunted Imgur Comment. ooooooOOOOOOOOooooooo!

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Throughout the 90s any given week you could go to a Warren presentation in the CT area. I had no idea there was a museum & I am near Monroe

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

The crying boy painting is huge in Portugal...all familys have or had one. Don't know why.

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Can confirm! most people in my village had one hung up in their house

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The doll in "The Hands Resist Him" isn't holding a gun, and is a positive symbol representing his childhood(?) according to the artist.

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http://imgur.com/EqN2kjS

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

"Don't you put that evil on me! Pineapple."

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Step 1: scroll to contents to make sure there aren't any fucking gifs.

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

'Cursed doll' (#2), seriously? That's Robert the Doll, how could you not find the name? It's well known.

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

And the "Ebay Painting" is "The Hands Resist Him." Not much research here it seems...

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's the what I thought too.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

"The always reliable newspaper The Sun".. the biggest old bollocks on this list

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And the Chicago Cubs

10 years ago | Likes 42 Dislikes 0

MURPHY!!!!!!!!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Too soon.

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Isn't this all from Rob Dyke's video about cursed objects?

10 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

I belive so. But alot of these are mentioned pretty often throughout the paranormal community when phenomenon like this are discussed.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Sure. But there must be some other not so well known ones too.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Most of these stories were covered in Weird or What

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I loved that show

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I worked on it!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Met Lorraine Warren once. She said Ouija boards are portals to hell and should be buried. So I went out and bought one.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It's 1:30 am. Nopenopenopenopenopenopenope

10 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Ayyy the first one is in my hometown!

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Good for you....? Lol

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

I believe the original paintings of the crying boy were found to be coated with a very flame and smoke resistant lacker which protected them

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Liquor* :)

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*lacquer

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Damn, thanks guys

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Why aren't all of these items just incinerated with extreme prejudice? You know burn them and dump them in holy water, silver, and lead

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 2

Because not everybody is a superstitious retard, level headed folk see a value adding back story

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Because then the people who keep them in their 'Occult Museums' couldn't make money off gullible people coming to see the 'cursed' objects.

10 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 1

(2) its harmful its fascinating if it is legitimately supernatural in nature. Why destroy something so mysterious and interesting?

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Because if you have a possible shred of physical evidence that an unknown force might exist then thats pretty valuable isnt it? Even if (1)

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

#2 is Robert the doll, and he was in their house longer than that. After Otto died, he was locked in a trunk in the attic, and the house 1/3

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was sold soon after. When the doll was found by the next family, and was put in the daughter's room because the mother thought that it 2/3

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

was her's, and Robert reportedly assaulted her at night and chased her around the room. You guys should look more into it, its really creepy

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

Someone listens to Lore podcast ;)

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

I learned it from Rob Dyke.

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

I don't know who that is, but I'll look him up :)

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Conclusion: dolls are the spawn of Satan and should be incinerated.

10 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 1

That’s how it all got started, Bonzo!

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You never burn a possessed item... Bad news bears man. It's like opening the door and walking them out

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Which, if you think about it, is more polite.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is literally just half of a video on YouTube by Matthew Santoro

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Bullshit and repost? Sigh.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Anything tciting Amityville Horror as a source is instant BS, as the homeowners admitted that they made it up to get out of their mortgage.

10 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 2

It all started with a litlle homicide, but the rest is bs as you've said.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

And the Warrens were nice enough to play along and to this day claim there were demons in that house. What selfless businessmen!

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

people currently live in the house, zero problems, though the iconic window was taken out before selling

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

#5 the chair is from 1702, is it really that scary and odd that people who had sat on that chair died?

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The boy painting thing is so dumb. Paintings are often treated with fire retardant varnish, and in a fire the painting is likely to 1/2

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I have one of those paintings at one of my houses. I should probably get rid of it...

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

2/2 fall of the wall and land face down on the ground, where the heat is the least intense.

10 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

My friend's mom has a copy. I think it must possess people because why else would you put a that on your wall?

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

To cover up bullet holes, silly!

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My grandma has a copy in her house... yup. BS haha

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

It was an extremely popular print. Don't know why, but just about every house had one.

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Yes but I feel special now that it reached the fp. Don't take that away from me, thanks. Haha

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Many years ago I visited Key West and as I was deep into the paranormal at the time, visiting Robert was the highlight of the trip!

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I was in a play about Robert the doll! It was super creepy!

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I thought I was going to see that spooky-ass "Anguished Man" painting. Thing gives me hyperspooks everytime.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

nonononofuckthatshitimout.nope

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Goddamn that thing is scary. I'm gonna be honest, the thing that creeps me out to this day is this Chinese Dragon thing from Thomas the 1/2

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Train

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I'm afraid to look at the cursed eBay painting for too long.

10 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

If you did your mother would tell you to get up off your butt and do something constructive.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I even regret looking at it for the split second that I did.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

look at me!! http://imgur.com/vKswZaz

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

No, look at me!! http://imgur.com/JVYB2RE

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I really want to sit in that chair, in a room with the haunted painting, while holding both dolls, at night.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Contact Phil.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Took a picture of the doll in key west with no permission, apparently not cursed. /NDGTbadass.jpg

10 years ago | Likes 117 Dislikes 0

yet

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Pics or it didn't happen

10 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

DON'T YOU BRING THAT EVIL ON US

10 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 0

I'll try and find it when I'm at home tonight. I'm sure it's on our photo backup drive.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

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10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Took me awhile to dig it up, but like the post office, I always deliver. http://imgur.com/Z2YavIK. I have no idea who that woman is lol.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

bravo. reverse image search backs up your story. hope you didn't make fun of him or you will have to send him a card saying you're sorry.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I think all I did was make obscene gestures at him. That's probably cool, right?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

She died.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeah, maybe she got the curse. Sorry random lady!

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Perhaps the warning isn't because the photographer is at risk but other people captured in the image with the doll, forming a conduit!

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So this doll was so magically powerful that it couldn't be contained... except by an unlocked glass case?

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The box is blessed every day by a priest.

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The box is blessed every hour by a priest

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

that box also has a priest in it, constantly blessing it

10 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

this got out of hand quick

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm also sure it still moves to this day but no one ever recorded it. Like bigfoot footage is always blurry youknow.

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Magic can cause machines to malfunction or break, silly!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That Bigfoot, always wandering through out-of-focus areas.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I have heard this as well.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Maybe Bigfoot IS blurry! (Approximate quote, Mitch Hedberg)

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

*paraphrasing Mitch Hedberg

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She is also blessed twice a month by a priest. This isn't a doll that you mess with.

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There is people here who says that it's blessed once per week, once per month and twice a month, make up your minds, people.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

When she was more active they had her blessed more often. They had to lock her in the case because she would move around their house.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So a priest just blesses it and that's it ^^ what if it's from another religion, like that jewbox :D you people are just too gullible

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Sure but if the Christian god exists as described it's the most powerful being, so it would be able to make other spirits submit to its will

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It's an non-human entity from hell, so the Bible works just fine and that's what the Warrens were most comfortable using.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Given the timing though it's likely the Annabelle girl was Christian so it makes some sense.They weren't blessing some ancient Hindu thing.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

could have been an atheist ^^ or jewish or mormon for all i care :>

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Considering those people investigated Amityville which was a hoax by the family I'd say it's all bullshit.

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10 years ago (deleted Aug 9, 2022 10:43 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Some dude murdered his family and went to jail, another family moved in got together with a writer and fabricated the story, people believed

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I was thinking the exact same thing. How do people still bring up amityville thinking its real.

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

(2) probably wouldnt believe you if I told you. I might be a little insane if I expected you to. I just know with certainty that there is

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 6

(3) something out there we dont understand yet. Maybe we never will.

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Not all supernatural happenings are hoaxes.90% are though. Ive had a lot of experiences that are pretty hard to deny. You(1)

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 8

Messange me about it!

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Feel free to msg me it! I love stories and I have an open mind but the family of Amityville came out saying it was a hoax later on.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

The Warrens had a priest come and bless the room that it was kept in, among other cursed items, once a month. If that answers you at all.

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"that'll be $300. Too expensive? Well then, I'll just undo those blessings, and-... yeah, I thought so."

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I feel like that service would be free lol, or else they'd have got a deal with their monthly subscription

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They don't call them snake oil *sales*men for nothin'. Crazy mind stuff makes mad bank.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well, in that case...

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goddamnit. i see that you did there

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

so blessings wear off? why not every 2 months? why not just once a year? or every day? when does the idea of blessing this just become silly

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Not sure lol, I feel that maybe it just re-establishes the holy presence to the nasties in the room, but I'm not familiar with the art of

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

exorcisms and the like haha. Although if you believe in evil, I'd imagine there's lots of it in that one room so a little monthly reminder

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

that they're not allowed to fuck shit up anymore might help one living in that house sleep.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Probably just a folktale that the museum or whatever keeps telling for publicity. Most of this stuff is rubbish.

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Well, if it helps you sleep at night. Nah, but yeah its probably rubbish.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Actually this one is based on a true story. The doll was believed to be cursed and was removed from its owners by Ed and Lorraine Warren 1/2

10 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Whether the doll was actually cursed or not (probably not) it a whole different story. 2/2

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

It wasn't.

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Most ? Which one of these do you think is real ?

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The glass is real

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None. But to be fair, the "crying boy painting" was coated with a fire resistant varnish, like most paintings. And it was a popular painting

10 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 1

My grandma had one of those. She passed away years ago, but it's still somewhere with all the stuff my mom can't get rid of. Spooooky :)

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A random of selection of houses burn down, creepy painting survives, fear and confirmation bias make people believe the painting is "cursed"

10 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Also, as a side note, paintings hung with string fall off the walls in a fire, landing face down where the fire is least intense.

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