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Aired: Thursday April 13, 2006

Baddies: Evil little girl

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Lore:

Cursed Paintings

Marcus Beck

The painting of Marcus Beck, a portrait of a former surgeon, currently located in the Greater London University College Hospital on Gower Street, may actually be responsible for the deaths of countless patients! Legend states that if the shutters were not closed on the painting at night, the patients who fell asleep under the painting would fall ill, some even died as a result. The painting was stolen in 2001 and to this very day it’s whereabouts are unknown.

Pogo the Clown

Seems that even after the 1994 death sentence, John Gacy is still causing destruction to those around him- or the portrait of his alter ego, at least, Pogo the Clown. John “Killer Clown” Gacy, a suburban Chicago contractor, was executed in 1994 at age 52 for the torture and murders of 33 boys and men. He performed as Pogo the Clown at children’s parties. An artist as well, Gacy would often paint his clown alter-ego and these paintings are much sought after. The musician, Nikki Stone, once had one of these paintings and since he got it the painting has caused him nothing but harm, “I just want to get rid of it” he told the Boston Herald. Since Stone got the painting, his dog died and his mother has been diagnosed with cancer! The actor Johnny Depp also invested in a Gacy clown painting before becoming so weirded out by the piece that he developed a pathological fear of clowns and unloaded the artwork. Others who have had one of Gacy’s Pogo the Clown paintings have also been harmed by the painting, ranging from life threatening situations such as car crashes to acts of suicide!

The Crying Boy

From around 1985 onwards, a series of mysterious house fires were brought to the attention of the general public, following the discovery that in each case, the buildings and all their contents were completely destroyed apart from a painting - the "Crying Boy", which remained unscathed. In the years that followed, some 40-50 cases were recorded in which a house fire had destroyed everything except for the picture. It became known as the "Curse of the Crying Boy", and even made headline news at one point. Whether real or not a Yorkshire fireman was so upset that he talked with the “Sun” newspaper in England. They ran his story about how everything in the home was consumed by fire except for a painting of a crying boy. There were at that time more than one of these paintings around and each seemed to have the same effect. The home and all contents would be totally destroyed but the painting of the little crying boy would not show any sign at all of going through a fire. The newspaper began receiving telephone calls from people all over the area that had similar stories to tell about the crying boy painting. One person that called the “Sun” was Dora Mann of Mitcham and she has been quoted as saying "Only six months after I had bought the picture, my house was completely gutted by fire. All my paintings were destroyed, except the one of the crying boy." After one month of hearing all the tales, the “Sun” gave their readers the chance to bring their crying boy paintings and agreed to have a very large bon fire to rid everyone of this cursed or jinxed painting. All paintings that were brought to the newspaper were in fact burned and everyone rejoiced. The picture itself was a portrait painted by a Spanish artist of an orphan. It is said that his studio burnt to the ground, and the boy was later killed in a car crash. The picture is one of the first to be mass produced in the UK, there are several thousand of them in circulation, but the curse still appears to apply to all the copies. It is said that the curse will only effect someone if the owner of the painting becomes aware of it. Some psychics have claimed that the painting is Haunted by the spirit of the boy it depicts. There have been reports of the crying boy painting being found in charred homes untouched since 1985 and as recent as 1988.

Iron used to repel spirits

In theory, if ghosts do not exist and if they do not use electromagnetic energy to manifest, then hypothetically one could use a conductor of electricity, such as iron, to drain or ground out the energy from the spirit. Therefore, touching a grounded, iron object to the spirit itself would drain all the usable energy from that spirit. Based on this theory, many cemeteries, are enclosed by iron fencing to keep the spirits in. Also, it has been said that an iron horseshoe placed at your front door will bring good luck by keeping evil spirits out.

Video Caps:

Quotes:

Dean: Maybe some things in the painting changed as well, you know. Could give us some clues.
Sam: What, like a Da Vinci Code deal?
Dean: Uh, no, I'm still waiting for the movie on that one.

Sam: In other words, you want me to use her to get information.
Dean: Sometimes ya gotta take one for the team. Call her.

Sam: What kind of house doesn't have salt? Low sodium freaks!

Sarah: Uh, isn’t this a crime scene?
Dean: Well, you’ve already lied to the cops. What’s another infraction?

Sarah: There are million things that I want to say to you, but for the life of me, I can't think of one.
Sam: Yeah, I'll miss you too.

Dean: Consignment auctions, estate sales - it's like a garage sale for WASPs if you ask me.

Sarah: You’re shameless, you know that?
Daniel Blake: For that kind of money, I can afford to be.

Sam: Thanks, Dean, but I can get my own dates.
Dean: You can, but you don’t.

Sam: You know, I don't get it. What do you care if I hook up?
Dean: Because then maybe you wouldn't be so cranky all the time.

Sarah: You guys are uncomfortably comfortable with this.
Sam: Well, this isn't exactly the first grave we've dug. Still think I'm a catch?

Sarah: So this is what you guys do for a living?
Sam: Not exactly. We don't get paid.

Sarah: Look, you guys are probably crazy, but if you're right about this, well, me and my dad sold that painting. We might have got those people killed. Look, I'm not saying I'm not scared, because I am scared as hell. But I'm not going to run and hide, either. So, we going or what?
Dean: Sam. Marry that girl.

Sam: I don't understand, Dean. We burned the damn thing!
Dean: Yeah, thank you, Captain Obvious.

Sam: And nothing. That's it, I left.
Dean: You didn't have to con her or do any special favors or anything like that?
Sam: Dean, would you get your mind out of the gutter?

Sam: Alright, so I think I got something.
Dean: Oh yeah, me too. I think we need to take a little shore leave, just a little, what do you think, huh? I'm so in the door with this one.
Sam: So what are we today, Dean? Are we rock stars, Army Rangers?
Dean: We're L.A. TV scouts looking for people with special skills. I mean, hey, it's not that far off, huh?

Dean: Grant Wood, Grandma Moses...what?
Sam: Art History course. It's good for meeting girls.
Dean: It's like I don't even know you.

Sam: Maybe you can get her to write it all down on a cocktail napkin.
Dean: Not me.
Sam: No, no, no, no. Pickups are your thing, Dean.
Dean: It wasn't my butt she was checking out.

Dean: (mumbling to himself) I'm the one who burned the doll and destroyed the spirit, but don't thank me or anything!

Ah... This was such a great ep... I loved all these lines!!!!

Sam, you ARE still a catch... Which I want to clutch and hold and snuggle against.... smile

... Sam should totally marry Sarah... And have 4 children. biggrin

... Dean should never take his mind out of the gutter. I like him that way! Close to all the pipes... Those dirty, DIRRRTY pipes!

*wants to take an arts course now* biggrin
*wants to check out both Dean's and Sam's butts to compare them* biggrin

*hehe* Yeah... But imagine... If he HAD become a lawyer! WOW! smile

Hmm... You know what else I love about this episode??? The Swingers hotel room! And all they say is, "Huh!" *giggles*

Gotta say I'm a huge Sam and Sarah fan. They should bring her back this season. Like the two of them just run into each other on the street and then start making out. Presto. it would be perfect. But I have to say that this was my favourite funny episode. There isn't a single moment when I'm not laughing, except for the whole Sam and Sarah moment when they're waiting for Dean, but then Dean makes it funny by going, "Am I imterrupting something?" Love him.

Ahh... I so wish I could re-watch this episode. I really need to buy the DVD.

That would be awesome. They were both so cool. I want Sam to be walking down some street and all of a sudden run into Sarah. I'd be all like, "YAY!" It would be beautiful.