Origin: The statue known in folklore as "Black Aggie" is an unauthorized replica of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' 1891 allegorical figure popularly called "Grief," which is located at the Adams Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The replica was associated with the grave of General Felix Agnus in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland. Sources attribute the replica to Edward Ludwig Albert Pausch. Ownership and placement: The supplied sources state that the replica was placed on the grave of General Felix Agnus. The provided material does not supply a detailed chain of ownership, nor does it document subsequent custody transfers, removal, sale, donation, or destruction; the current whereabouts beyond the phrasing "formerly placed" are not specified in the supplied excerpts. Folklore and curse history: The name "Black Aggie" is identified in the sources as folkloric. The supplied material notes local folklore exists but does not document specific paranormal events, an origin story for a curse, an identified curser, or any ritual tradition tied to the statue. Therefore, while the object is notable in popular imagination (per the folkloric name), the provided documentation does not record concrete supernatural claims. Reported phenomena: The supplied sources do not describe any verified paranormal incidents, illnesses, deaths, apparitions, physical movement, or other specific events attributed to the statue. Absence of such accounts in the provided material is noted.
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- [1]Black Aggie (Wikipedia). Black Aggie is the folkloric name given to a statue formerly placed on the grave of General Felix Agnus in Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, Maryland, United States. It is an unauthorized replica — rendered by Edward Ludwig Albert Pausch — of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens' 1891 allegorical figure, popularly called 'Grief', at the Adams Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. The statue is of a somber seated figure in a cowl or shroud.wiki