the sound of furniture being tossed
around wakes up a couple in the middle
of the night
terrified for the safety of their little
boy they rushed to their son's room
throwing open the door
and expecting to see the worst some
kidnapper in the middle of attempting to
kidnap their eight-year-old son
but as soon as the door is hurled open
the couple are stunned to discover that
the room
is a mess there's no one in there safe
for their son
curled up in the corner of the room
terrified and pointing the finger at his
favorite doll
which just happens to be perfectly
perched at the foot of his bed
forget what you might have heard about
annabelle because the true story of the
world's most haunted doll
is too scary even for hollywood robert
the doll was made in germany in 1904
by the now famous steif company which
produces high-end collectors teddy bears
for people who are definitely not on an
fbi watch list
robert's owner robert eugene otto from
whom he adopted his name
received the doll as a gift from his
grandfather and little otto was
overjoyed at this life-size doll
and his new best friend the two were
inseparable and otto would take his
favorite doll to bed with him
out to play and even on shopping trips
eventually the doll got his own wardrobe
including a sailor outfit likely worn by
otto which the doll wears to this day
however things would soon start to take
a turn for the dark
in otto and robert's relationship otto
treated his doll like a real living best
friend and as time went on things would
start to go missing or get broke inside
the house
that's nothing new for any household
with a rambunctious little boy but otto
was insistent that it was actually
robert's fault
not his as more and more things went
missing or were found smashed to pieces
otto's parents grew increasingly
exasperated with him though he remained
insistent that it really wasn't his
fault
the doll was behind it all or at least
most of it naturally otto's parents
didn't believe him until one fateful
night
it was late at night when otto woke up
to find robert sitting at the foot of
his bed
staring at him with black glass eyes
then
pandemonium furniture suddenly began to
be thrown around the room
dressers were tossed over clothes spewed
out all over the floor
bookshelves were violently cleared of
books a desk smashed into a nearby wall
the chair flying in an opposite
direction otto's parents tore out of bed
expecting to run into an intruder either
trying to rob the place
or steal their precious child but when
they threw open the door all the
commotion suddenly stopped
the room was a chaotic mess but utterly
silent and there was young otto curled
up in terror
while the entire room had been tossed
upside down robert the doll remained
delicately perched on the foot of the
bed
from here things would only escalate
young otto's obsession with his doll
only increased after the incident
he would frequently be engaged in
lengthy discussions with robert treating
it as if it were really living
however now his parents started to hear
an unfamiliar voice occasionally respond
prompting them to rush into the room
only to discover a little otto and his
doll
all alone when questioned on who he was
talking to otto would simply shrug and
point to the doll
sometimes though robert would get angry
and that's when furniture would once
more be flung across the room
once otto's terrified parents would rush
into the room the pandemonium would
settle
and otto would be left there alone
pointing at robert as the doll's
displeasure increased the toys would be
found missing limbs or with their heads
ripped off
the eyes on other dolls would have been
pulled off each time the doll was blamed
it wasn't just otto and his parents
experiencing the paranormal phenomenon
either
even the neighborhood kids were
first-hand witnesses stories about the
haunted doll
quickly spread through the local
community and children passing by the
house would give it a wide berth
while otto was at school or away the
doll would be left on a chair looking
out an
upstairs window often children would
report that they would look and see the
doll there
only to look again and have the doll be
gone a plumber once got dragged into
otto's paranormal world
visiting the house to make some repairs
the plumber began to hear the sound of
children playing even though nobody but
him was inside the house at the time
investigating the source of the sound he
walked into otto's room to find robert
sitting there
having moved from one side of the window
he was seated at to the other
leaving the room the plumber heard the
sound of objects being thrown and rushed
back in
to discover that several toys had been
on the doll's lap
and were now on the other side of the
room eventually young otto grew up and
moved out of the home
now mr robert eugene otto he went away
to art school in chicago and new york
eventually otto made his way to paris
where he met his wife the two were
married and moved back to the u.s otto
was quick to recover several of his
childhood items from his parents home
and move them to his new home with his
new family of course including robert
the doll
robert the doll got his own special room
in the attic decorated with furniture
toys to play with and even a teddy bear
just for him specifically
otto took good care of his childhood
best friend but it seems otto's wife
took serious issues with his obsession
and the general creepiness of the doll
itself she requested that the doll be
kept locked up
so otto made sure to lock the door to
the attic room after every visit
robert the doll however did not like
being locked up
somehow he would reappear on a chair
facing out one of the upstairs windows
like he had sat back in otto's childhood
home
waiting for his best friend to get back
from school predictably people began to
give otto's new home a wide berth
unsettled by the very creepy doll
staring out the window at them
rumors began to spread that robert's
glass eyes would actually turn
in his head and follow passerbys with
others saying that he would simply
disappear and when they looked back
reappear looking in a completely
different direction it wasn't just
unwary pedestrians who got spooked
however
as visitors to otto's home would often
complain of supernatural phenomenon
many would swear that they heard
footsteps in the attic where robber was
kept locked up
and of course despite being under lock
and key robert would have the habit of
turning up places he didn't belong
like the guest room of a sleeping
visitor even more terrifying shocked
guests would find random objects move
completely on their own
as if pushed by an unseen force robert
eugene otto died in 1974 leaving robert
the doll to a woman who bought the house
she kept it for 20 years before donating
it to the fort east martello museum in
florida
warning that the doll was indeed haunted
and should be treated with great care
the museum staff naturally discounted
the tales of a haunted doll
but were quick to change their minds
when they experienced their own
paranormal phenomenon
once more robert the doll would wander
out of his locked display case
showing up places he didn't belong the
sound of children's voices would be
heard in the dead of night
when nobody but the closing staff was
still in the building often these would
be accompanied by the sound of running
feet
and objects getting knocked over robert
remains locked up in his display case to
this day
and is one of the museum's prime
attractions visitors are warned to ask
for permission before taking robert's
photo
as those who don't almost always find
themselves running into tragedy
cameras will glitch when taking a photo
when permission was not granted only to
begin working again as soon as the
visitor leaves the museum others however
suffer worse fates with tragedy
befalling them shortly after their visit
car wrecks divorces ruined finances job
losses
the misery that robert has wrought on
people's lives is so great that the
museum regularly receives letters
begging for his forgiveness
and for him to lift the curse he's
placed on people's lives an
incredible one to three letters a day
are sent to robert
not all the letters however are asking
for forgiveness some are asking robert
for advice
others asking him to place a curse on
the subject of the writer's ire
some are even fan letters perhaps most
disturbingly from children as young as
eight years old
who often include portraits of the doll
if you're curious to meet robert in
person you can visit the fort east
martella museum
in key west yourself but you better take
our advice and mind your manners when
you do
or you might find robert waiting for you
at home when you get there
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