Whats up people hope youre having an awesome day, Im your host Ayman Hasan and welcome
back to another video here at most amazing top 10.
Im honestly just a sucker for backstories, i love me a cheeky backstory i feel like stories
are just neater and more detailed that way.
And thankfully most paintings come with backstories whether thats of the artist themself or the
inspiration behind the painting.
But i have to clarify something when i talk about paintings you shouldnt see and the effects
of them, these effects can really only harm you if you look at the painting in real life.
Showing you the painting digitally does nothing so youre in safe hands.
So now that my lecture is over, class is in session and this is the Top 10 Scary Cursed
Paintings You Should NEVER See - Part 2.
Starting us off with number 10 is Madame Lalaurie.
Honestly this hoe finds herself in every video i swear to god.
But anyway we should all know who she is by now, the New Orleans socialite that tortured
and mutilated almost all her slaves.
Well long after Delphine fled her mansion on Royal Street, sometime in the 70s major
renovations were underway to turn it into luxury apartments.
In 1997 the new owners thought it would be a good idea to get a portrait made of Madame
Lalaurie because she was such a wonderful person why not remember her forever?
Not.
Once the painting was placed inside the building everything started going wrong.
Many believe a certain darkness attached itself to the painting or perhaps it was the dark
soul of the woman herself.
The painting would move on the wall by itself, it would rock so much that the canvas would
free itself from the frame.
People living there said they felt unnerved anytime they were near the portrait and almost
all of them used to hear echoes of voices, cold touches on their skin and the smell of
smoke.
Sidenote the reason Madame LaLaurie fled is because her mansion had a house fire.
So thats where the smell of smoke makes sense.
Residents had items go missing, one even said the painting talked to her and footsteps would
follow her around the apartment.
Clothes would get bundled in the fireplace but not burn, carpenters would see a grey
lady appear out of nowhere, after countless paranormal reports the owners returned the
portrait back to the artist.
Coming in at number 9 is Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan.
painted in 1885 by Ilya Repin a Russian realist painter, he was known as a mystical artist
and honestly id say hella cursed artist instead of mystical.
After painting the piece Ilya was constantly tired and his right arm couldnt paint anymore,
he fell into a deep depression but had to learn how to paint with his left hand instead.
Just to clarify the painting itself depicts fiction, the scene never took place.
Russian Icon painter Abram Balashov saw the painting for the first tim and launched into
a hysterical frenzy.
He cut the knife with the paintings multiple times saying stop the bloodshed and afterwards
he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
Despite having no signs of a mental illness before looking at the painting.
But the curse isnt just tied to the painting its tied to Ilya himself.
His subjects are said to die after he paints them, take the Barge Haulers on the Volga,
many healthy men in that painting died after it was completed.
Other subjects like Mussorgsky, Pirogov, actor Mercy d’Arzhanto all died after being painted
too.
Thats just way too many people to be a coincidence.
The artist himself ended up dying after doing a painting called A man with an evil eye which
was of his cousin who was a known wizard in his town.
Its said he died because of his relative.
At number 8 we have The Suicide Girl.
The artist of this painting is unknown but she was a Korean teenager living in Japan.
Its said she drew the picture and posted it online shortly before committing suicide.
When the story broke out it spread like wildfire and hundreds of Korean forums started saying
the picture was cursed by the soul of the artist.
The blue eyes of the girl draw you in and within them you can see this sadness.
Some say the artist herself held so much sadness it cursed the picture, others say she painted
her sadness into the painting and thats why it evokes sadness in whoevers looking at it.
But no matter what no one can stare into her eyes for more than 5 minutes.
There have been reports of people having committed suicide after doing so and honestly even me
looking at it online there was something about her eyes that drew me in.
others also say the picture changes as you look at it and that her eyebags get darker
or her lips curve into a taunting smile.
Filling our number 7 slot is Mrs. Bell.
Now thats not the real name of the painting but it was painted by Cyril Roberts.
The story goes that Heale House, the mansion belonging to Alan Smith was plagued with the
sightings of a pale Edwardian figure accompanied by the music of Chopin (show-pan).
Anyone who unfortunately witnessed that ran for the hills because seeing a ghost is bad
enough but seeing one with an eerie soundtrack is even worse.
Many people saw her floating around surrounded by a blue haze.
At points she would just be standing at the foot of Alans bed.
Weirdly enough the owner of a local junk shop approached Alan saying she had something for
him that should be returned to its rightful home.
When he looked at what she had given him he recognised it straight away.
The portrait of a woman playing the piano basically matched the apparition he had seen
around his home.
After doing some research he found out Mrs Bell was the wife of an Argentine beef rancher
and they both lived in one of the bedrooms at Heale House in the early 1900s.
She was a very cultured woman but tragedy hit her when she went bankrupt and was forced
to sell all her possessions including the portrait.
Now that the portrait is back in the house the curse and haunting has stopped altogether.
Now at number 6 is the Unknown Painting.
While the title is unknown the artist is the famous Yuko Tatushima.
Yuko is an artist and performer yet her talents lend themselves quite well to paranormal and
supernatural purposes.
Most of their work is provocative and just unsettling.
The particular picture im talking about depicts a black and red scratched background with
a woman i wanna say woman but really its more a thing in the middle.
The eyes are massive, not humanlike and its neck is quite long.
I mean theres nothing really sinister about the painting despite it being creepy, i mean
the thing is smiling right.
I dont know if thats a smiling through the pain smile or a im gonna kill you smile though.
The painting is quite cursed and its also a well known fact.
Its meant to induce feelings of suicide on those who look at it.
Coming in at number 5 is The Lady Ossington.
Viscountess Ossington build the coffee palace located on Beastmarket Hill back in 1882.
She built it for the good of society and it was aimed at travellers who wanted a place
to stay without the temptation of alcohol on the premise.
Lady Ossington managed the establishment till her death and was meant to be succeeded by
her trustees who would continue her crusade against the demon drink.
Honestly i feel like she probably got way too drunk one night and was like im never
drinking again but ended up being the only person ever actually sticking to that.
Moving on, by the 60s a court decided the coffee palace wasnt as charitable as it looked
since Lady Ossingtons heirs were the real beneficiaries of the coffee palace so they
were like thats not on and sold the place.
Inside the coffee palace however hung an oil portrait of Lady Ossington herself which many
believe is cursed and haunted by the woman.
Its said that after the place was sold the portrait started flying off the wall mimicking
Lady Ossingtons disgust over what happened to her business.
At number 4 is Pogo the Clown.
John Wayne Gacy the serial killer and rapist who himself dressed up as clowns and performed
at events and childrens parties painted this piece while he was on death row.
People used to call him Pogo the Clown so many people believe his spirit still haunts
the painting because bad things have happened to every person that owned the painting.
Musician Nikki Stone bought the painting but got rid of it nearly just as fast because
after it entered his house, his dog died and his mother was diagnosed with cancer.
I mean it could be purely coincidental but it could also totally not be.
Even Johnny Depp bought the painting but somehow contracted a severe pathological phobia of
clowns and ditched the painting too.
May i just add why would you want to buy the painting done by a serial killer anyway?
Why even bring that into your house?
Theres no need.
Filling our number 3 slot is Rokeby (roke-bee) Venus.
Painted by Diego Valazquez between 1647 and 1651 the painting shows the goddess Venus
lying on a settee with her bare body back to us.
Shes looking into a mirror held by her son Cupid.
Despite the photo being well lit the reflection of Venus is dark and troubled and she looks
super pale.
Most of the owners of the painting were killed or became majorly in debt.
It never stayed at a museum for too long and just hopped from place to place.
The worst incident was in March of 1914 when Mary Richardson attacked the painting with
a meat cleaver leaving extremely deep damaging rips all across her neck and back.
Despite claiming it was a statement on behalf of the suffragette movement, many debate that
and think the painting itself caused something inside of her to snap.
Now at number 2 is the Witch Girl.
This portrait of a young girl came from Casa de Greene and was bought by a Spanish father
who saw it and was instantly mesmerized by it saying he couldnt take his eyes off her
and the girl couldnt take her eyes off him either.
Literally he claimed the eyes of the girl followed him around the room until he gave
in and bought her.
When he brought the painting home he found that at night he always found a grey silhouette
on the side of the canvas, guarding the painting almost.
Many believe the painting couldve possibly belonged to Madame Lalaurie and that she was
one of her slaves.
The grey figure in front of the painting is the girl from the picture protecting herself
from any other atrocities regardless of her being dead or alive.
Because lets face it, if she was Madame Lalaurie's slave in life that was an atrocity in and
of itself.
The father who bought the painting titled it The Witch Girl because her tears are falling
at the exact same rate which was too outlandish and otherworldly for him to conceive of so
he assumed she mustve been a witch.
And finally at number 1 is The Faceless Women.
Again thats not the title of the painting i just gave it that title based on what it
is but it was painted by Caregan.
Caregans an online user of feasters who mostly paints pieces involving yuri-style bondagado.
Which is just a fancy term that means lesbian bondage.
The painting depicts 4 girls, a blonde one in the middle with rope around her mouth and
decolletage, surrounding her are 3 other girls with the one right behind her having her head
on the middle girls head.
Whilst the two on either side of her have 1 hand each on the middle girls neck.
Kind of a power move.
But the creepy thing about the 3 women is that they have no faces, they have black hollows
for eyes but then no nose or mouth or anything.
Its like theyre all wearing white masks.
Caregan made up a fictional story to go along with the painting but many say they simply
cant stand looking at it.
Theres something unnerving about it that irks everyone who sees it which really makes no
sense because its not even based on a real person.
Theres no spirit or soul cursing it and yet its cursed.
The artist himself said they had trouble finishing the piece citing feelings of anxiety, suicidal
thoughts, and paranoia.
And there you have it guys!
Another list of cursed paintings that we can happily see behind the safety of our computer
screens.
Let me know what you guys thought of each one and as always I’m your host Ayman Hasan
and ill see you next time!
Byee.