welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 20
terrifying but real haunted dolls we
have friends that come up from sydney
and they tell us we've got to put the
doll over in the shed before they come
up for this list we're looking at spooky
or unnerving dolls from the real world
we won't be including fictional dolls
from film or television sorry chucky of
course details are scarce on many of
these dolls but we've endeavored to
provide as much accurate information as
is available before we get started we'd
like to say sorry to all of the dolls
for watching without permission
number 20. amanda the doll this doll
crafted by heinrich hanvik in 1884 is
known for strange things happening
around her first sold on ebay in 2003
amanda has allegedly been put back on
the auction block on more than 20
occasions each of her owners kept
complaining that the doll had been the
cause of weird occurrences while they
had her there have been reports of
amanda moving rooms causing nightmares
and even scratching her victims while
they sleep her seemingly innocent face
has been known to shift to an evil grin
when she's in tormentor mode her
activities even earned her a place in
john harker's true tales trilogy
nightmarish accounts of paranormal
activity number 19. caroline caroline
reportedly comes from an antique shop in
salem massachusetts this doll is
believed to be inhabited by not one but
three spirits all battling for control
over her the subject of frequent
paranormal investigations it's believed
that the spirits possessing caroline
were her owners themselves she's also a
prankster known for playing tricks on
her owners she'll hide books move
objects and even whisper in your ear if
you hold her clothes a previous owner
allegedly claimed that caroline
whispered make it you in his ear which
he interpreted to mean good luck not
known to be a malicious spirit caroline
hasn't been seen since she was last
investigated in 2004.
number 18 the suzy doll from the case
files of lorraine warren meet the susie
doll suzy was given to young heather
platt as a birthday present made by her
aunt robin that night heather's parents
were awakened by the sound of growling
and a dark shadow that seemed to come
down the street into their home after
that susie was known to move about the
house on her own move objects around the
kitchen that were too heavy for the
children and pull the hair out of the
sleeping kid's heads by the time
lorraine warren arrived it took an
exorcism to get the doll out of the
house for good number 17. the old man
puppet this puppet came into the hands
of paranormal investigator jane harris
when its previous owner claimed the doll
had choked him the puppet was inherited
by the man who claimed to have left the
puppet in a drawer by his bed when he
awoke to his throat being throttled by
tiny puppet hands in addition to
strangling this unnamed old man puppet
is said to have caused bruises and
scratches and haunted the man in his
nightmares jane was contacted and took
to recording the puppet in case of any
suspect behavior night vision footage
showed the puppet moving inside its
sealed glass case confirming the
suspicion that the puppet is possessed
number 16. elmo yes even elmo dolls have
been shown to have a dark side in 2008 a
florida family made the news and waves
around the web when the elmo knows your
name doll started making death threats
to their son
melissa bowman mother of the
two-year-old james overheard the doll
say
kill james while her son was playing
with the doll though this version of
elmo is able to be programmed to
remember your kid's name james's doll
didn't start spouting threats until he
got his batteries changed fisher-price
launched an investigation and offered
the family a voucher for another elmo
doll this is just what i needed number
15 the devil baby doll 19th century new
orleans birthed many stories of spells
and curses and one such curse supposedly
brought about the devil baby dolls a
bride cursed by the queen of voodoo
marie laveau was said to have given
birth to a devil child spawned by satan
himself in an effort to protect
themselves creoles carved devil babies
hanging them in their homes as
protection in recent years local artist
ricardo pistanio took the last pieces of
the one remaining doll and recreated the
devil baby as well as replicas these
dolls have been known to rustle and
whisper when they're all together move
by themselves turn over ashtrays and cry
when they're apart number 14. the pulau
ubin barbie in singapore one barbie doll
is visited regularly so that the spirit
of a young girl can grant health and
fortune the story goes that in 1914 a
german couple suspected of being spies
were detained while their young daughter
got away in her attempts to escape
however she tripped off a cliff to her
tragic death eventually her remains were
placed in an urn and a shrine erected in
her honor after being visited by the
spirit of this little girl three nights
in a row a man bought this particular
barbie as instructed and brought it to
the shrine to serve as her stand-in
number 13. voodoo zombie doll originally
from new orleans this doll made its way
to a woman in galveston texas in 2004 it
arrived in a metal box with instructions
not to remove the doll as it was quote
almost alive according to its ebay
sellers she let the doll out and claimed
afterwards that it would attack her and
haunt her dreams to get rid of it she
listed it on ebay and successfully sold
the doll to a new owner several times
each time the buyer would receive an
empty box and the doll would reappear on
the woman's doorstep she eventually got
it in the hands of a ghost hunter who
reportedly still has the doll today
number 12. the doll at hau gong found by
passersby leaning against a tree this
doll seems innocent enough if you don't
think about its eyes being covered enter
the dal at hao gong found in haogong
singapore around 2014. when pictures of
the doll were posted online a reddit
thread explained that the writing on it
was arabic meaning in the name of god
apparently this little dolly had been
moving around by itself and talking in a
woman's voice the original owner claimed
that the only way they found they could
get rid of it was to take it far away
from home and blindfold it so that it
couldn't come back number 11. paddy
reads doll this creepy doll is the only
one on our list to be haunted by humans
rather than the other way around paddy
reads doll famously came along for the
wagon ride when the donner party made
the trip west to california in 1846 when
the travelers were trapped by snow
people turned from eating bits of
leather and mice to cannibalism for
survival the entire reed family made it
through the trip and the doll can be
seen nowadays at sutter's fort state
historical park museum in sacramento
california unlike the others this doll
seems to be shocked into silence it
might not be supernatural but it
certainly inspires horror
number 10.
harold harold's story begins with an
ebay listing a listing that reads like a
horror story haunted herald was
allegedly purchased at a flea market
from someone who said that his son died
shortly after getting the doll himself
refusing to heed the warning the new
owner took the doll home within two days
his cat died his girlfriend left him and
he began having chronic migraines this
doesn't include the laughing and crying
children he kept hearing in his basement
or the fact that the doll seems to have
a pulse the current owner anthony
quinada has a youtube page where he asks
harold questions and tries to
investigate its history number 9. letta
letta is supposedly an ancient eastern
european marionette at least 200 years
old it was discovered under an abandoned
house in new south wales australia owner
kerry walton has gone on record many
times admitting the terrifying
consequences of finding such a doll
objects move items fall off the walls
and in its presence people and animals
alike tend to freak out in early
attempts to sell the doll he would
suddenly feel utterly incapable of
following through a lady had rung me and
wanted to buy it and i tried to
take him out of the car but i just i i
don't know i just couldn't take him out
it was
it was really weird letta short for
letting me out is also known for its
head full of human hair for causing rain
whenever it's taken outside and for
readjusting the position in which it
sits all by itself
number eight pupa pupa may be the cutest
doll on this list but don't let her
looks fool you the dark side is strong
with this one you don't know the power
of the dark side
built in the 1920s to resemble her
five-year-old owner pupa was loved and
cared for until the owner's death in
2005 and was then placed in a display
case by the family since the original
owner's death there have been numerous
reports of pupa tapping on the glass
being found in different positions and
writing messages inside the fogged up
case a family member allegedly caught
her moving on camera but the footage
when uploaded was inexplicably covered
in white film with the words pupa no
it's been said that her owner always
said that pupa had a mind of her own
number 7. okiku in japan okiku has found
international fame for being the doll
with growing hair the doll was purchased
in 1918 for a little girl okiku who died
less than a year later of a severe flu
in her memory the family set up the
large doll in a shrine eventually they
noticed that the doll's hair which was
originally just a bob had been steadily
growing even after being cut this led
them to believe that the girl's spirit
must have moved on into the doll since
1938 okiku has been on display in
mananji temple where people regularly
visit her the hair has allegedly been
tested in a lab and it was concluded to
indeed be human hair
number six crystal true monica sharla
isaac lily ashley and cameron
we'll try them off
we'll change their clothes
they'll be our living dolls
being paranormal investigators the
watkins family are at least better
suited than most to be handling supposed
haunted artifacts the dolls crystal true
monica sharla isaac lily ashley and
cameron were all purchased individually
based on their supernatural reputations
the watkins family then brought them
together in their pennsylvania home and
set up a 24-hour stream over the years
fans of the aptly named dollhouse have
gathered on the web page forum to
discuss the alleged paranormal events
caught on camera most notable was the
footage of a ghostly apparition caught
in 2009 of what seems to be a spectral
young boy at the bottom of their
staircase
sadly the stream stopped updating in
2015
and like that
he's gone number five
joliet the story goes that a jealous
family friend maliciously gave this
cursed doll to a young woman as a
pregnancy gift tragically her baby boy
died only three days after birth soon
after however the family began to hear a
baby's cries emanating from the doll the
doll has been kept in the family for
four generations and as a result little
outside investigation has been possible
but legend has it that each owner has
continuously given birth to one healthy
boy and one healthy girl with the boy
mysteriously dying on the third day
according to the family joliet continues
to cry out with the spirits of the
multiple baby voices coming from it
number four the island of the dolls
located on the canals near mexico city
this island is one of the creepiest
destinations on the planet in the 1950s
julian santana barrera left his family
and isolated himself on the island
legend has it that after finding the
body of a drowned girl he hung up her
doll in a tree on the island as a means
of honoring her memory and spirit after
it allegedly moved and made noises his
lifelong obsession with stringing up
dolls in the trees began in 2001
barrera's body was discovered having
drowned in the same spot as the girl
nowadays barrera's family run the island
ferrying tourists to visit the countless
dolls according to local legend the
dolls have been known to whisper and
move
number three
robert given to painter robert eugene
otto when he was just a boy robert the
doll has quite a creepy history eugene
often talked to the doll and according
to his parents the doll could be heard
responding eugene also blamed small
accidents on the doll eventually placed
in an attic when eugene grew up robert
was often reported as having moved
around on his own or causing creaking
sounds
are you sure there's nobody else in the
house nowadays robert resides at the
martello gallery key west art and
historical museum where he continues to
garner much attention each year the doll
receives hundreds of letters of apology
from ex-skeptics who photograph him
without permission only to leave
experience various accidents and come to
associate them with robert's cursed
influence number 2. annabelle thanks to
the conjuring film series annabelle's
story has a prominent place in pop
culture she even got her own spin-off
films but the real doll looks nothing
like her on-screen hollywood counterpart
annabelle is in fact a raggedy ann doll
given to a young nurse in the 1970s as a
gift the spookiness began almost
immediately when the nurse and her
roommate started finding the doll in
random places and with handwritten notes
next to it famous paranormal
investigators and demonologists ed and
lorraine warren examined the doll and
eventually locked her up for safety's
sake the doll now resides at the
warren's occult museum however she's
still been attributed responsibility for
numerous attacks and at least one death
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number one mandy topping our list is a
doll who seems to possess all powers and
abilities of every aforementioned doll
combined
mandy her last owner could not stand the
constant crying noises but the sheer
number of reported incidents especially
since the porcelain doll was donated to
a canadian museum in 1991 is staggering
objects disappear or move tapping is
heard on her case cameras and electronic
devices malfunction footsteps are heard
in the night and people report seeing
her move and blink mandy does it all
while her antics don't seem evil she is
certainly an attention seeker the staff
keeps her far away from the other dolls
as any nearby doll displays tend to get
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