00:00Imagine you receive a doll as a gift and since that day weird things started
00:05happening like hearing children crying and seeing objects fall for no reason.
00:10This was a typical day for one family from Florida. Dolls are creepy in general
00:16because they lack emotions, at least that's what scientists say. If you've
00:21ever had one you might know that feeling as if the doll is watching you. Luckily
00:26usually nothing more happens but this was not the case with Robert the doll.
00:31This story started in the third most haunted city in the US, Key West, Florida.
00:37There are so many haunted houses in that place that seeing ghosts is normal for
00:42the residents. I don't know if this is true but I would not want to live there
00:46to find out and still all those ghosts are no match for Robert the doll. A boy
00:54named Robert Eugene Otto received a doll as a gift from his grandfather. The
00:59doll was made in Germany in 1904 by a company producing expensive and weird
01:04toys. All their dolls gave off a creepy vibe when you looked at them. The boy
01:10loved the doll and they became inseparable. Their connection was so
01:14strong that Robert gave up his first name and gave it to the doll. Since then
01:19the boy has been called Otto by his last name. Otto did everything with the
01:24doll. It was truly his best friend. They were playing all day together. The doll
01:30was as big as a child so Otto gave his favorite sailor outfit to Robert. Nothing
01:36good lasts forever and their friendship with Robert ended. Otto blamed Robert for
01:41very bad thing that happened in the house like glass falling, doors randomly
01:46opening and other unusual things. But of course the parents were not buying the
01:51story. One night the parents heard loud screams coming from Otto's room and
01:57immediately rushed in. They saw Otto holding Robert by the neck to stop him
02:01from moving and trashing the room. On another occasion Otto woke up and saw
02:07Robert sitting on the bed. Furniture moved, books fell, toys were ruined. The
02:13scene was like a horror movie. The parents woke up and thought they were
02:18getting robbed because of the screams and the loud noises coming from Otto's
02:22room. When they entered they were shocked to find Otto hiding in a corner with a
02:28terrifying expression on his face and Robert the doll sitting peacefully on
02:32the bed like nothing had happened. From then on things worsened a lot and there
02:39was more and more paranormal activity. Otto was hypnotized by the doll and
02:45started treating it like a regular person spending hours speaking to it.
02:50They were talking all the time. The parents became concerned because when
02:55they heard sounds coming from the room they would enter and ask Otto who he was
02:59speaking to and he would point to Robert. Sometimes this crazy doll would get
03:05angry and throw things around and when the parents enter the room everything
03:09would calm down. It wasn't unusual for the doll to get so angry that it would
03:15start breaking toys, removing their eyes and limbs. Robert would also randomly
03:21start throwing furniture around. If you want to say that the kid did this you
03:26should know that he was young and could not have moved and thrown around
03:29furniture like that. It would be almost impossible for a small child to do that
03:35alone. The paranormal activity spread like wildfire throughout the
03:40neighborhood. The neighbors started experiencing unusual things but it seemed
03:45like only kids were affected by ghosts. Otto's house became the main attraction
03:51in the community and when the boy was at school the doll would appear in the
03:55window when kids were crossing the street in front of the house. Children
04:00would report seeing the doll for a second and the next second it was gone.
04:04Robert was waiting for his friend Otto to return from school. One day they had a
04:11plumber over to fix the leak in the bathroom. There was nobody at home and
04:15the plumber was doing his job when he suddenly heard a child laughing. The
04:20sound was coming from Otto's room. The man thought he was alone so he went to
04:25investigate and the big surprise was that the room was empty and Robert was
04:30sitting on the window with some toys in his lap. The plumber left the room
04:34feeling on edge. After some time he heard some commotion coming from the room. He
04:40rushed to see what had happened. The toys that had previously been on Robert's lap
04:44were thrown into the middle of the room. The plumber didn't know what to think of
04:49this weird situation. When Otto grew up he moved to New York and Chicago to
04:56study art. Later on he went on a trip to Paris where he met a girl who he married
05:02later. Otto didn't remember about Robert until he and his wife moved back to the
05:08US and bought their own house. Otto visited his parents to take some of his
05:13stuff back including Robert. Taking back the doll that used to haunt you as a kid
05:19was probably not the smartest thing to do. When he returned home Otto placed
05:25Robert in the attic and decorated the room like a kid's room. He gave Robert
05:30toys to play with. He would also visit and talk to him almost daily.
05:35Understandably his wife wasn't happy about Otto's behavior. He seemed to spend
05:40too much time with the doll and she was really creeped out by it. His wife told
05:46him that he must do something about it and Otto had no choice but to lock the
05:51attic door. This move made Robert angry so the doll despite being locked up
05:57would appear in other rooms in the house. Some people said that when they passed
06:03by the house they saw the doll's glass eyes follow their movement. Others
06:08reported seeing the doll in one window and the next second Robert would move to
06:13another spot. But as always Robert's favorite place was the upstairs window
06:18facing the road. He would sit there like he did years ago and wait for Otto.
06:24Robert didn't like having guests over. He terrorized anyone who would enter the
06:29house. When Otto and his wife invited guests Robert would move furniture and
06:34throw objects around the house. This was not fun for the guests. When they tried
06:40to sleep Robert would appear on their bed and watch them. When all this
06:44happened Robert was still locked up but somehow he could teleport around the
06:50house like a ghost. You might think that once Otto was gone Robert stopped his
06:58paranormal behavior but you could not be more wrong. Otto passed away in 1974 and
07:05Robert's curse continued. They say Robert will appear on your bed if you don't
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07:19Robert stayed in the house after Otto's passing. The house was bought by some
07:24woman who kept the doll for 20 years and had plenty of time to figure out that
07:29the doll was haunted. So she did something that Otto had to do a long
07:35time ago. She gave the doll to a museum and warned the staff about the doll. They
07:41laughed and placed the doll on a stand but soon they found out that the doll
07:46was indeed haunted and they had to lock it in a glass cage. Robert is still there
07:53and people who have visited him have reported some strange activity. Something
07:59terrible might happen if you take a photo of the doll without asking for his
08:02permission. People don't take this seriously but later on if their life
08:07goes wrong they blame it on Robert. The museum workers have received a dozen
08:13apology letters asking Robert for forgiveness. If you want to see if this
08:18is real go to the East Martello Museum in Florida.
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