Episode 65: The Toy

A mannequin with human hair became a doll, and  lifelong companion and/or scapegoat, for an eccentric Floridian artist. The rest is (haunted? possessed?) history, and it’s exactly as unsettling as you might guess. And then some.

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Hosted  by Laurah Norton

Researched by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie

Written and Produced by Maura Currie

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Scott Eyman, “The Legend of…” The Palm Beach Post, 1989.

NA, “Doll with a spell,” The Miami Herald, 1996.

NA, “The doll who lived,” Fort Lauderdale News, 1985.

NA, “Artist Robert Eugene Otto,” The Miami Herald, 1974.

NA, “Ghost No. 3,” The Palm Beach Post, 2000.

Ellen Creager, “Doll is part of…” The Tampa Tribune, 2007.

Jill Schensul, “In Key West, beware…” The Naples Daily News, 2014.

Brad Bertelli, “A Halloween Story: Robert…” The Reporter, 2016.

Shirrel Rhoades, “‘M3gan’ is familiar…” The Key West Citizen, 2023.

NA, “Doll taking chills…” The Miami Herald, 2008.

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