I
bought it on ebay and have had it in my home
for over a year now. Of course there's no genie
inside but i's haunted! The things that happened
to me since I got it made a believer out of
me. I really don't know if it is haunted or
cursed... But I am seriously spooked!
In 1964 I Dream of Jeannie was a popular
American sitcom with a fantasy premise.
Produced by Screen Gems, it aired from 1965
to 1970 on NBC. The show starred Barbara
Eden as Jeanie and Larry Hagman as Captain
(later Major) Anthony Nelson.
My Jeannie bottle is painted differently
from the actual Golden Vines design from
the first season. In appearance it's almost
a negative version of the original. I think
thats what attracted me to it because I
felt I wanted a one of a kind bottle. The
ad even said pop the the cork you never
know what's hiding inside, and they were
right.
I've read about spirit bottles, and New
Orleans real Zombie Bottles and
I think thats just what I have here. I really
don't know if the artist who painted it
knew it was haunted or made the bottle haunted.
After buying the bottle the person just
disappeared off of ebay never to be found
again. I felt at the time this was just
hype to drive up the price of the Jeannie
bottle. But in time I begin to think I had
judged the ad wrongly. And this I dream
of Jeannie Bottle is really Haunted possessed
or cursed.
The ebay ad said: 1964 JIM
BEAM SMOKE ‘I DREAM OF JEANNIE’
GENIE BOTTLE
This one of a kind “I DREAM OF
JEANNIE BTTLE” brings the legend
back to life with its official contributing
mystique and ambiance with its authentic
1964 Jim beam smoke glass charm. This
Bottle is similar to the actual 1st season
Golden leaves bottle but the style slightly
differs enough to call it a one of a kind.
I painted it just to see if I could do
one . I found it very hard to do so I
did it my own way.
There isn’t a person alive today
that doesn’t value and cherish the
days of our past: where the mystique and
magic of “I DREAM OF JEANNIE”
filled us as American’s with exciting
entertainment and endless mind wandering
hours of dreaming about finding a bottle
on a deserted beach and activating a true
Jeannie for ones self. (as tantalizing
and beautiful as: Barbara Eden) This bottle
is Smoke color. With the 1st season golden
leaves design in my own version. I call
it the Haunted cursed Jeannie Bottle.
This auction is for one spirit - inhabited
genie bottle. This item includes instructions
on how to “feed” the spirit
and entice it to “talk” to
you. If properly taken care of, the spirit
will help enhance spirituality, promote
health, and bring peace to the home. What
kind of spirit is in this bottle? Call
it a ghost, spirit, Loa, Orisha, fairy,
pixie, djinni, elemental - WHATEVER. There
is a life force inside this bottle, most
likely an air spirit. The bottle has black
dust in it and is sealed with a page from
the Bible.
Yes this bottle was shipped to me as described
and it is strange, and strange things happen
when it is in ones possession. The feelings
you get when it's just in the room are enough
to send chills down your spine. I really
don't know who painted it if it's cursed
or haunted. But the things this bottle does
have made me think twice about buying another
to replace it. I would hate to pass it on
to another unsuspecting fan and have the
horrors of the haunted Jeannie, Genie bottle
spook them. If I had to say anything I would
say Jeannie's Evil sister is at the root
of it.
This haunted genie bottle moves by itself.
I have actually watched it move a few inches
on the desk I keep it on. The bottle stopper
has actually shifted before my eyes and
for some reason it seems to get stuck some
days and is easy to pull out the next. I
have also seen strange shadows dancing around
inside the bottle and sometimes tiny lights.
People who hold it say they feel strange
vibrations, as do I. Never do I tell them
anything I just say here what do you think.
At first they say wow... ! Then they say
this is giving me a weird feeling. Or please
get that thing away from me.
I slept in the living room one night where
I keep my Jeannie bottle. However this night
I turned the light out and turned over to
sleep when i heard a moaning noise in my
ear which really frightened me as it would
anyone. I decided that it might just be
me being tired and my brain playing tricks
so i turned the light off again and once
again I got a loud moan in my ear. So turning
the light on I sat up for a bit tried again
this time I got the moan but i decided to
try and sit through it even though I was
still really frightened but this time I
started to feel freezing cold.
Anyway next night I stayed there I was
sitting in my room feeling calm and happy
not scared etc... and for no reason at all
I felt a feeling of extreme fear and sadness
but it wasn't like my feeling I still had
my thoughts and was thinking oh my God what
is this feeling and thought to my self no
I am not scared and then felt fine almost
like as if a blanket of fear had been lifted
off me this happened a couple of times and
then everything was fine again.
Is this possibly something to do with the
bottle or maybe me becoming more aware of
the spirit beings/world etc. I have been
trying recently to open my mind though out
of body experiences and also trying to contact
my spirit guide.
I really was very concerned so I called
a local Paranormal investigation group to
check it out. I certainly will let everyone
know what their findings are soon.
The
Bottle
Jeanie's famous bottle was not created
special for the show. It was actually a
1964 Jim Beam liquor decanter containing
'Beam's Choice' bourbon whiskey.
The studio prop department painted the
bottle to look like an antique. For years
it was said that Sidney Sheldon received
one as a gift and thought it would be a
perfect design for the series. Several people
in the Screen Gems art department also take
credit for finding the bottle. There is
strong evidence, however, that it was first
season director, Gene Nelson who saw one
in a liquor store and bought it, bringing
it to Sidney Sheldon.
The first season bottle had a clear glass
stopper that Tony took from a 1956 Old Grand
Dad Bourbon bottle in his home, as the original
stopper was left behind on the beach where
Tony found Jeannie. The color seasons (and
the movies) used the original bottle stopper,
painted to match the bottle. (During some
close-ups, you can still see the plastic
rings that hold the cork part of the stopper
in place!) Jeannie's bottle was painted
mainly in pinks and purples, while the bottle
for the Blue Djinn was a first season design
with a heavy green wash and Jeannie's sister's
bottle was simply a plain, unpainted Jim
Beam bottle. The movies again used Jim Beam
bottles, but with a new, more dramatic paint
job. The TV movie "I Still Dream of
Jeannie" showed for the first time
and for less than a minute what has come
to be known as the sister's bottle in a
two tone black and green bottle with gold
and pink accents.
Jeannie's bottle was left its original
dark, smoke-green color with a gold leaf
pattern during the first season. In the
first episode, it also looked quite rough
and weathered. Since the show was originally
filmed in black and white, a lot of colors
and patterns were not necessary. When the
show switched to color, the prop people
came up with a brightly colored bottle to
replace the original. On the last day of
filming the final episode of the television
series Barbara Eden got to keep the color
'stunt' bottle. Several of each season bottles
were made, as they did occasionally get
broken during production. In the DVD release
of the first season, during the first episode
commentary, Bill Daily also claims to own
an original bottle.
From I Dream of Jeannie
- the first episode "The Lady in the
Bottle", Larry Hagman's supposid favorite
scene from the series...which was one of
the very first, when Capt (later Maj). Anthony
Nelson rescues Jeannie from her bottle!
The bottle itself was designed in 1964 by
Roy Kramer for the Wheaton Bottle Company.
No one knows exactly how many bottles were
used during the show, but members of the
production have estimated that from six
to eight bottles were painted and used during
the run of the series. The stunt bottle
used mostly for the smoke effect was broken
frequently due to the heat and chemicals
used to produce Jeannie's smoke. In the
pilot episode several bottles were used
for the opening scene on the beach, one
was drilled through the bottom for smoke
and another was used to "walk"
across the sand and slip into Tony's pack.
Two bottles were used from promotional tours
to kick off the first season and one bottle
was used for the first season production.
Over the past ten years, merchandise based
on the series has been produced including
numerous dolls, ceramic pieces, lunchboxes,
a board game and a series of Instant Scratchit
cards. There is even an officially licensed
slot machine with Jeannie sound effects,
new animations and voice samples recorded
specifically for the machine by Eden herself.
I no longer pick stuff up I find of the
street or road. Personally I don't fear
the supernatural too much but there are
two reasons for not picking things up
that you find. Firstly it could still
belong to someone else, probably everybody
loses stuff in public places and is happy
to find and annoyed when it been taken.
But from the supernatural perspective
it can apparently be a way of being cursed.
It does seem that spirits will through
chance put certain things your way and
are entitled to getting something of you
if claim them as your own.
Objects that had sentimental or personal
value to a deceased person can still have
some of their energy and sometimes after
death, if things were thrown away or given
away against the deceased wishes, their
energy comes through as negative vibes
to the current owner.
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