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Following the same pattern as the rest of the labels, Item. 8 is inscribed with the initials T.P.S in the top right corner. The text reads "Hand written, note on lined notepad paper, the voice of desperation seeps through the great curse, Edinburgh, 2055". This troubling description of a hand written confessional note might help us to understand one of histories more puzzling phenomenons - The Subo Curse of 2055.
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The Subo curse of 2055 shocked the world and appeared to be a completely unexplainable phenomenon. In April of that year, hundreds of tragic and extremely violent incidents - including murder, arson, suicide and political assassination to name a few - were reported to police with one thing in common - Susan Boyle told them to do it.
Susan Boyle first rose to fame as a contestant on the 2009 series of Britain’s Got Talent, where she stunned the nation with her enchanting voice and whacky personality. Before she began singing she was nearly laughed off the stage and was often compared to a hag from traditional folklore. Born in Blackburn in West Lothian, Susan only discovered her talent for singing in later life. Initially it was believed that a lack of oxygen during childbirth had resulted in a learning disability for which she had been relentlessly bullied for as a child. However, she was later diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 2013 and it was established her IQ was well above average. Due to her perceived learning disability Boyle was neglected at school and graduated with very few qualifications. She was unemployed at the time of her audition and her success story inspired the nation.
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Though her audition garnered significant attention at the time, there were no reports of violent or tragic events being linked to the songstress. The first evidence of this nature occurs on the 4th of April of 2055, with the case of Gordon Macnally, who murdered 15 sheep from his next door neighbours farm in Fife and laid them out in an arrow formation pointing towards the farmers house. Macnally later recounted the ordeal in a tv interview where he went into more detail on how he had watched Susan Boyle’s audition tape in the morning and by the afternoon she was telling him that his next door neighbour was plotting to kill him and that he must send the farmer a warning so that he stays away. Macnally died believing Susan Boyle cursed him.
The arrival of the first dermal chip implants created by Apple coincided with the resurfacing of Susan Boyle’s 2009 Britain’s Got Talent audition. The clip was circulated through the chips internal social media network, going viral once again. It was later discovered that the chips were leaking poisonous metallic particles into the bloodstream, resulting in sufferers having disturbing visions which disappeared once the chips were removed. One survivor described how he was absolutely convinced that Bean Nighe was washing blood ridden clothes in the firth of forth and in an attempt to prevent the banshee from entrancing him, he gouged his own eyes out. He later spoke of how “Subo convinced me that was what I needed to do if I wanted protect myself.”
Despite these discoveries, Susan Boyle is still regarded as a powerful siren, whose voice is said to drive those who hear it mad. Still, to this day, her Britain’s Got Talent audition is blocked on all major streaming platforms, a reminder of how this superstition has persisted. There are also multiple references in pop culture of the mythical Subo being used by parents to scare children into submission, particularly at bed time.
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