News, Voodoo Dolls Found in Historic New York Mansion. (1920s, years, torture)

[JD59]

Auctioneers clearing out the historic Steinway Mansion have made a grisly discovery -- a voodoo doll and voodoo masks hidden in the fabled Astoria, N.Y., landmark.

Experts made the chilling find in the Queens mansion, which was home to the Steinway piano family until the 1920s, as they cleared the attic following the death of its last owner, Michael Halberian, who lived there for 82 years and died in December.

Voodoo Dolls Found in Historic New York Mansion - FoxNews.com

[kevxu]

Interesting, yes - but "grisly"......."chilling"??????????

But then it's FoxNews and a Rupert Murdoch rag, so of course.

[Fred314X]

Aha...so now we know why Steinway pianos have always sold so well!

[Chango]

This is a real "grisly and chilling" attic find:

Tooele Transcript Bulletin - Human skull found in attic=&

voodoo dolls are just cute kitsch otherwise.

[ABQConvict]

Gruesome, gory, carved image of tortured man found in house, blood running down his face from crown of thorns, hands and feet nailed to a simple wooden structure. Who would possess such a disgusting representation of the agony of a torture victim? News at 11!

[Chango]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

Gruesome, gory, carved image of tortured man found in house, blood running down his face from crown of thorns, hands and feet nailed to a simple wooden structure. Who would possess such a disgusting representation of the agony of a torture victim? News at 11!

Naw, that's just a traditional symbol of unconditional love, sacrifice for others and pure joy.

[Mightyqueen801]

Midnight in the garden of bass and treble.

[Fred314X]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

Gruesome, gory, carved image of tortured man found in house, blood running down his face from crown of thorns, hands and feet nailed to a simple wooden structure.

Come on now, admit it. You made that up!

[Visit a Library]

So the Steinway family had Haitian housekeepers. That's nothing unusual, is it?