Given how scary even non-haunted dolls can be, the idea of specifically seeking out and paying $150 for a potentially possessed toy can seem odd. ![]() (The latter was the type of allegedly demonically possessed doll the “real” Annabelle-made famous by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren-was). Demands the spirit has made, things known to have angered it, and details about both its former life and what it understands about its current existence inhabiting a doll all make for a pretty compelling read, especially alongside a disconcerting glassy stare complete with disturbing cracks.Ĭertain types of dolls are more popular than others, such as antique models, Wanda the Walking Doll, and Raggedy Ann. Most prices hover around $150, though some haunted dolls sell for over $1000.Ī typical listing will include a lengthy, detailed backstory both about how the doll was acquired-often ending up with the seller after changing hands multiple times after spooking owner after owner-and what has supposedly been gleaned about the spirits inhabiting them. A quick online search reveals thousands for sale (along with accessories and dolls intended to be scary, but not purported to be haunted). There’s a thriving online market for haunted dolls, a relatively recent phenomenon thought to have taken off in the last decade and largely based around Etsy, eBay, and Instagram. ![]() Even before Chucky and Annabelle made them part of the Hollywood horror canon, their glassy, unseeing stares and too-symmetrical features, locked in an unshifting perma-pout, were plenty unnerving.īut not all dolls are created equal: Some are kinda creepy, some are hella creepy, and some are haunted. There’s something unsettling about dolls.
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