Little Susie Story.

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WARNING! VIOLENT AND SEXUAL ABUSIVE CONTENT. MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE


I saw some people discuss Little Susie on a post I read. So I thought I'd post the story it's supposed to be based on for those who are interested. Also before you read the story, keep in mind, that there are different versions of this story floating about, but this is the one that I've seen the most and is definitely the most common one.

Here's the story:

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Susie. She was like the child any parrent would dream of, smart, sweet, and adorable. She did everything for her family but nobody loved her. Her mother was a drug dealer and her father was in a mental instituation. her older sister Anna was the only one who took care of her. Anna was the mother Susie never had and loved Susie like a daughter rather than a sister. But one day Anna was walking to the market and was hit by a truck and dies soon after in the nearby hospital. Susie cried and didn't know who would take care of her now. She starved for days and never once got to leave the cold dark house. Finally her mother died of an overdose of drugs and Susie was sent to the mountains to live with her grandfather. her grandfather raped and abused her for two whole years. One day he got drunk and left the house leaving Susie to fend for herself. She went upstairs to listen to her musicbox. Someone broke into the house to steel all of their money and vicously attacked poor Susie. When the police came to investigate, all the money was gone and Susie lie on the bottam step of the staircase, eyes roled back and blood drenching her hair, dead. After only a quick look, the men pushed Susie's body aside and continued the investigation. Her body was burned to ashes and those ashes were given to her grandfather. but only a week later he lost interest in them and dumped them into the river. They say to this day if you call Susie's name, and listen hard enough, you can still hear her sad and innocent cries calling out for a help that never came.

It's been a lot of discussion about this story being based on a true story or not. Although, one thing that did inspire the song was a painting from an artist named Gottfried Helnwein:
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Think you need a bit of a warning on this thread & picture!

I never took it as her Grandfather abused her. I took it as he was one who looked after her but had now died (Grandfather so too had flown).
 
Think you need a bit of a warning on this thread & picture!

I never took it as her Grandfather abused her. I took it as he was one who looked after her but had now died (Grandfather so too had flown).

I'm not really sure what you mean by a Warning... Do you mean I should put a warning on the post?
 
I'm not really sure what you mean by a Warning... Do you mean I should put a warning on the post?
I always took the Grandfather's soul had flown as meaning he died also, but I noticed on another post, it said his soul had flown meant that he had no soul-so first time I thought of him as an abuser.
I agree-you should put some kind of warning on the post-something about violence/sexual abuse themes. I think a lot of kids are on this forum. And that's a pretty tough to take story, much less painting.
 
I always took the Grandfather's soul had flown as meaning he died also, but I noticed on another post, it said his soul had flown meant that he had no soul-so first time I thought of him as an abuser.
I agree-you should put some kind of warning on the post-something about violence/sexual abuse themes. I think a lot of kids are on this forum. And that's a pretty tough to take story, much less painting.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to edit the title, I will however put a warning at the beginning of the thread :)
 
Hey Rock, is there any source on this story? It sounds like a story based on the song
 
It's a very heart aching song, such passion and emotion for a sincere life of an innocent child. I praise Michael for harmonizing such a powerful story.
 
Little Susie was written for OTW wasn't it?

Such a terrible story - I've heard the song was based on a true story too.
 
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