stackyFACTSBeing the best in the world at something occasionally invites demonic rumors.
Being the best in the world at something occasionally invites demonic rumors. Niccolò Paganini was such a wildly talented and fiercely dramatic violin virtuoso that audiences genuinely believed he had made a pact with the devil. He leaned into the gothic aesthetic, wearing all black and performing with wild bodily contortions. Upon his death, the Church initially completely refused to bury him in consecrated ground due to the rumors.
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