At the time, he was in his bedroom when the glass eye shattered as if hit by a great force. But no one else was around. Peculiar things began happening in their home, such as pictures shifting on walls and strange noises. The woman went to a Greek medium, who said her live-in boyfriend, in his 60s, would die soon. A couple months ago, the woman said, her companion of 24 years died of an unexpected heart attack.
Glass eyes hang above every doorway.
Shop owner Katherine Simeon hands out cards explaining the mati. She isn't sure if the protection really works. But it can't hurt, and she has heard of weird things happening to others. I don't have to be one of those people who have to wear blue all the time to ward off evil. But around her neck she wears a couple chains with a gold cross, an old coin and a blue bead.