In a chilling story that gripped the nation in 1985, the Yorkshire home of Ron and May Hall was gutted by fire – but their painting of a crying boy remained unscathed.Hundreds more people went on to report experiences of house fires where a Crying Boy painting had survived. Now comedian STEVE PUNT has re-examined the “curse” for his Radio 4 programme Punt PI, in which he investigates quirky unsolved mysteries.
Mystery the “curse of the Crying Boy Painting”
