The Anguished Man, A Haunted Painting From An Unknown Artist
Jules Thavenet/ArtStationA recreation of The Anguished Man.
Often called one of the world’s most haunted paintings, the story behind The Anguished Man is like something out of a horror movie. Its current owner, Sean Robinson, detailed how he came to be in possession of this horrifying painting in an email to Dread Central.
“The Anguished Man painting was given to me by my grandmother,” he wrote. “The artist of the painting is unknown, but we do know that the artist mixed his own blood into the paint and committed suicide not long after the painting was finished… I can guarantee you that the original haunted painting is locked away in a secure location, and I have no intention of selling it.”
Robinson added that it would be “dangerous” to sell the painting, as it “is really active and really strange things happen for people who are in the same room, or even in the same house with the painting.”
Blood-infused paint and suicide are certainly excellent fodder for a haunted backstory, but what exactly are these “really strange things” Robinson mentioned?
Well, Robinson detailed these alleged hauntings on his YouTube channel, where he claimed he could hear crying and moaning noises in his house. He also claimed that he once saw “the figure of a man” stalking him.
It should be noted, however, that in 2016, rights were acquired to make a film based on the story of the painting — and without anyone else to verify Robinson’s claims about the painting’s origins and purported curse, it’s likely that this story is purely fictional.
