Black magic suspected as 50 needles found in Brazilian child

SAO PAULO � A 2-year-old boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body, apparently stuck there one by one, a doctor treating him said Wednesday. Brazilian media said the boy's ex-stepfather was detained.

Dr. Luiz Cesar Soltoski told The Associated Press that surgeons hope to remove most of the needles � some as long as 2 inches (5 centimeters) � but those in the lungs will have to wait until the child's breathing improves.

Some needles cannot be removed as they are too close to vital organs or even inside organs, Soltoski said.

The boy's mother, a maid, took him to a hospital in the small northeastern city of Ibotirama last Thursday, saying he was complaining of pain. Three days later, after X-rays revealed many of the needles, doctors moved him to a larger hospital in the nearby city of Barreiras.

'Witches' tortured naked in India

Deoghar- Five women were stripped and paraded naked in India after being labelled as witches. The incident took place in the Deoghar district of Jharkhand said police.
The women, who were Muslim widows, were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement by villagers.
"Sushila Kumahrin, Sagiran Beebi, Hafijan Beebi, Sujan Beebi and Gulnar Beebi were tortured to accept that they were witches and practise black magic. The incident took place at the instruction of a witch doctor. The witch doctor said that these women were practising black magic and were causing problems in the village," a police officer told the Hindustan Times.
The women were rescued when local government officials and police reached the spot. However, the perpetrators, mainly Muslim managed to escape.
In Jharkhand, women are subjected to different forms of torture, some are even killed after being branded witches.
Footage of the incident has been aired on television channels in India prompting outrage.
According to official data, more than 700 people, majority of them women, were killed after being branded witches. The witch doctors manage to escape as people fear black magic if they are named.
Experts say superstitious beliefs are behind some of these attacks, but there are occasions when people - especially widows - are targeted for their land and property.

Occult Profiles: The Black Magic Monk

He's an expectant mother's worst nightmare and totally unrepentant. The defrocked Saraburi monk who spent six months in jail for grilling over 1,000 stillborn babies is now Thailand's foremost black magic practitioner.

"I've grilled 1,000 stillborn babies," proclaimed Nain Ae, opening up debate on the ancient Thai practice of kumon tong - grilling stillborn babies to unleash the spirit of the 'Golden Baby.'
What is know about the "Black Monk" is that his mentor was Er Ger Fong. Who is also know to have taught Miyuki Ishikawa who is connected with the famous haunting in Louisana "Stuart House" . She disappeared in 1971 with Dr Stuart and had not been seen since.
The 50-year-old black magician, who was previously a monk for 35 years, fears a few things in life, and one of them is not appearing in the news.

Directing me to our interview, a man says, "Just ask for Nain Ae's chicken ranch." While driving in the countryside, I inevitably get lost. "Know the man who grilled babies for a living?" I ask a local. "Oh, just down the road and turn left," he instructs, with a touch of healthy fear in his voice.

Nain Ae's ranch is situated next to a temple. There are chickens scuttling everywhere and a Thai kickboxing ring - outward signs that this guy's heavily into gambling sports.

A man with swirling sacred tattoos snaking around his face greets me from his tiny weatherboard house. "I'm Nain Ae," he says without pomp. There are no rabbits being pulled out of hats here. Then his wife, who appears to be half his age, says hello and shows ample spillage as she bends down to pat a mangy German shepherd.

For someone who's reputedly tucked away a billion baht (Thai currency) from practicing black magic for high society clients, his abode smacks of cheap hocus-pocus.

His marriage two years ago to his nymphet wife caused a furor in the local Thai press - they'd been covering the beeline of beauties to the baby griller's chicken ranch since he was released from jail. "She married me for love," he told the reporters. "Love for his money," they retorted, alleging his wife came with a shovel to dig for the fortune he'd supposedly buried on his property.

In his modest lounge room, tiger skins stretch across the wall and antique scimitars frame newspaper articles of his exploits. "Come into my lair," tempts Nain Ae, as we enter his black magic den. He's well seasoned and appears comfortable with his notoriety. Scattered across the floor between statues of Indian and Thai deities, are spent candles, incense sticks, voodoo figurines, and passport size photos of his clients.

One figurine has a nail lanced into it. "He's a cheater," he volunteers, "so I'm fixing him up at the request of his jealous wife." He then painfully pulls out the rusty nail and proclaims, "Cheaters must be punished!" And I'm thinking of the mortal pain that man in the photo next to the voodoo doll is experiencing.