During my lifetime I have had several personal encounters with the paranormal, or supernatural as some people prefer to say. I shared this experience with several members of my family when I was about 12 revolved around a set of antique dolls. Although I was not the one who actually encountered the ghost I was there while it was going on.
My grandmother found a set of antique dolls somewhere and she bought them and brought them to her house. The bodies of the dolls were made of porcelain and their dresses and hats were a combination of silk and feathers.
She put the dolls into a large walk-in closet at the top of the stairs. My older sister lived with our grandparents, her bedroom was just next to the walk-in closet. Right away she started having nightmares. She also told us that she heard an old woman humming and a creaking noise like a rocking chair while she was trying to go to sleep. She prayed and tried to ignore it until she finally fell asleep, but when she did she had nightmares.
Naturally, the adults did not believe her. They said that she had only imagined it and it was natural for a child to have nightmares sometimes. She continued to hear the old woman and to have nightmares. We were all starting to get worried about her and, of course, my other sisters and I believed her. It seems that adults are often closed minded to the possibility of such things.
I should say that none of us made any kind of connection between the dolls and what my sister was experiencing. I remember seeing my grandmother bring the dolls in, but I never paid much attention or thought much about them. It was only later that a connection was discovered.
My grandmother attended a Pentecostal church. She had some people from the church get together during a service to pray for my older sister to try to stop her nightmares.
After the prayer one of the ministers came up to my grandmother and asked her if she had brought anything different into the house. He said that he felt like there was a spirit that was causing the problems. Naturally, she thought of the antique dolls and decided to remove them from her house.
To this day I do not know what she did with the dolls, but I do know that as soon as they were gone my sister stopped hearing the old woman and having the bad dreams.
Written by David Slone, Copyright 2008
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Hello Again ;D
So , like I said in my recent comment , I have had alot of experiences with freaky but unexplainable things happen to me throughout my childhood . Here’s another :
This happened to me & my friend Ashley when we were little kids , One day … We were in her basement , playing with “OUR” huge Barbie collection , like we always did , everyday . My friend had this “Dentist Barbie” & she would talk to you when you pushed a button on her back , after she had the doll for a few years the batteries finally died in it & the doll was never touched , because we were into the more real looking Barbie’s with squishy tummies lol . Anyways , we were sitting down their just playing with the Barbie house and all of a sudden we both heard this “Staticky” noise , So me & my friend both looked at eachother and got a little freaked because we didn’t know what it was . 10 mintues later , we heard it again … But this time it didn’t stop , so we followed the noise towards the laundry room & their on the floor was the “Dentist Barbie” , so I picked it up and the noise got louder as I put it to my ear , I swear to god the doll sounded like the devil as it was mumbeling something , like it was possessed. Me & Ashley were so freaked out at this point & I asked her “I thought it didn’t have batteries in it ” & she replied “It doesn’t” , So to prove a point , we took the dress off the Barbie & opened the back of her up … And sure enough without a word of lie , their was NO batteries in the back of the doll ! , We both screamed & ran upstairs . After that we convinced her older sister to go down and get rid of it , we threw the doll in the garbage & nothing else happened . I know it sounds like a pile of BS , but it’s true .
I just want to say i do believe in all of this. i am 29 yrs old,since ihad my first son i have experienced olot of stuff ,but one time i had baught a baby doll days later i went to visit an old elementary friend at the time she was preagnant ,she gave me some clothes for my doll .iwent back home to put the clothes on my son at the time was 3-4 years old we had the doll4 abaut a month my son would play with it until one day i tried to give him the doll and he said NO’I DONT LIKE IT WHEN SHE TALKS TO ME’ SO EVENTUALLY I GOT RID OF IT’
I MADE A MISTAKE THE CLOTHES WERE PUT ON THE DOLL NOT ON MY SON
i hate DOLLS!
I have several antique china dolls and they have their own tea parteis. They have moved from their shelf to the couch. At first I thought that it was my kids, then it happened when they were visiting a cousin.
i am a 9 year old girl i love ghost stories and movies but when i was 5 years old my grammy came to stay the night and i got up and i looked in my mom’s room there was a woman with sparkels evey where she was just pating my mom and she just stoped and looked at me eveil lookingat me i got scared and started crying
hi there when i was a kid like about 7 i was living in a very bad area of town our house always got robbed so many times that or lock on the door wa nno longer there so my mom just knives so that when someone came in our house she would hear then fall and call the police it was very scary .my mother and i were walking and we passed by a garage sale and old witch type lady was there and she sold me a large doll very large bigger then me at the time it was a joker clown doll so i brought it home my sister and i had two room that faced each other i was sleeping when w got up and seen that my sheets were moving like a snake was in my bed i screamed and loked at my siter and told her snakes were in my bed she was sitting up staring at this doll that i had bought that day it was standing not sitting like it was when i left it there her mouth was open so scarde the doll then moved its head looked at my sister then moved its head agian and looked at me me and my siter got up out of our beds at the same time and walked towards the doll it was in a spot the we couldn’t see its back cause it was blocked by a wall so we thought it was my mom playing a joke on us and moving the doll around so we started to walk towards and then behind it my sister said mom stop playing around as we walked behind the doll (remember this doll is taller then us) we seen that my mother was not behind it we both started to scream at the same time and the doll just dropped to the floor we ran to my mothers room witch see always keept locked and started banging on her door and can still feel how scarde i was at the time when we started banging on the door she yelled out get lost i already called the cops we just keept banging on her door screaming untill she let us in the we realized our house had people in it and they were rumaging through out place so we forgot all about the doll and we scrade for our lives cause you really don’t know what people are going to do in that kind of situation so i still don’t know what that experience was all about was it that lady that looked like a witch making sure nothing happened to us cause she see it int he future or god or some other kind of ghost but the doll did satnd up and i think it saved us from who knows what would have happened so know i belive in ghost dolls i have one ghost doll that i bought form ebay but still do not know if it is alive i have not seen anything strange yet but i think i want to get a collection because i know that ghost dolls are real iv seen it myself
sorry about all the mixed spelling im tierd
Had to add my story, although its pretty old. 36 years ago I grew up in a very
run-down neighborhood in the city. I used to run in the alleys at nite with my
many cousins playing kick-the-can (it was much safer then), especially in
the summer until at least 10 or 11 at nite. Years later as adults when we were
talking about those days 2 of my cousins told me about hearing a scream as
they were hiding and seeing a plastic doll chasing a kid down the alley.
They have sworn on their mother’s grave that they actually saw it with their
own 2 eyes. I believe them, they never told anyone about it.
i was 8 when this happened now im 11 the following story IS TRUE for all you haters who dont. i used to have 4 porclein dolls that my great grandma got me. she used to get them for me all the time, then after she gave each one to me and said: now i know ive got this in the right hands and told THE DOLL that to be with her when she was dead. I was kinda freaked out but it waz fine, anyway i kept them in my room in there boxes, they were on the top of my shelf which was very high and you had to kneel on my dresser to get them, well after a month or two my great grandma passed away i waz very close to her, well that night i heard ripping and i ran turned on the light and the box waz ripped and the porclien waz on my dresser! so i started to believe when my great grandma said ya know how i said she said let my soul be with you well i think it waz my great grandma, so i wasnt scared… but i put all of them in the weight room on a shelf in the basment… i talk to them sometimes and brush them off… i still have them..
creepy stuff happens but everyone doesnt beleive me and just says its not true, but i know differently…….. my house is like 120 years old, my house used to be a 1 room school and then it burned down in like 1800’s or something were not sure how many people died… after about in 1967 my great great grandpa bought the land and built a house here, it used to have a well and two sealed up rooms, when he died which i had not known him.. after a while the house was desserted and then my grandma bought it and my mom and dad moved in, when they had me and i grew up like when i was littler aboout 4 or 5 i wondered why those rooms were sealed but everyone said they didnt know, but now that im older (11) they were borded up with bricks oh and we also had a well, which i didnt care about.. but what still gets me is wat was in thos rooms? but under my sink is a hole and you can look through it and see a little bit of the sealed off room only one… i can see cobwebs and bricks and beer! but also papers and ropes and wire but that is only in a very small section! its sooo weird
This story was alright, but the nasty comments and nit-picky people ruined it.
WHO CARES if she said “Naturally” one too many times?? SHEESH, get a life!!
And for the people who say it isn’t true…Where you THERE??
Man…some people are just so stupid. :/
How can people not believe this, or atleast contemplate it? It’s probably the most believable story on this site.
I have a porcilan doll. I’m 7. I named her Alicia. You say it like UH-LEE-SEE-UH. She is a gypsey. I don’t like her. she is scary. she told me that my mom hated me and her and i should run away together.
ya i feel the same i hate those dolls they stare at u it weird my friends mom has them and give me chills down my spine
i just wanna put mine on
one time in 1990 i was only two but i remember very clearly
me and my parents went ghost hunting we put the camra in the attic and went to eat out
when we came back we watched the video and we saw little figures running across the screen and we also heard little gigles . about 30 mins later we went to see what it was and they were porcelan dolls and then all the lights went out and my mom screamed and then the lights came back on and she had scratches all over her legs (she was wearing shorts) like little fingers were scratching at her and to this day im still not going in that attic but i still ghosthunt with my friends and now im
Isn’t it funny how sceptics seem to hang out on these kind of sites… if they don’t believe I’m kind of surprised that they would even bother coming onto this kind of site…
Still, each to their own…
this dolls story make me scared. because, i received my first doll when i was 6. the doll is as tall as me at that time. it was a pretty girl doll dressed in pink. it was so pretty that it looks so real and alive. but, that is my first doll and i love it so much. i never had any nightmares but what make me scared is, when i’m young, i was a really naughty girl. i have a brother that is 2 years younger than me so we always played with the doll together. since i’m a very naughty girl, the doll didn’t last long. i destroyed the doll in about a week. i pulled the doll’s head and the legs and hands. after that, i have countless dolls and barbies that my mom bought for me but all of them was destroyed by me and my brother. now i’m 20 and i thought if the dolls or any dolls will take revenge on me. now, i have lots of teddies and i kept them nicely in my room. but i never have any strange experience with my teddies. maybe this will make you think that i’m weird, but i ever thought that if any of my teddies knew about my naughty past to those dolls, maybe my teddies will do something to me!!!
You guys are so gullible! Antique dolls are no more possessed than your cell phone or your tv. It’s so ridiculous how this phobia has turned into a “thing” for so many people. Like all antiques, vintage dolls should be looked at as a part of history–the people who made these would be saddened to know that their craftsmanship has offended and frightened future generations. I am certain that these dolls were made with care and love, and they (and their creators) deserve our respect. Get over it already!
Hi Stacey Thats easy to say if you havent had an experience with a haunted doll. No, not all dolls are haunted. In fact I would say it is quite rare for a doll to be haunted. But dont you think it is possible for a doll, or other object, to be haunted? I will also say that I am the one who wrote this story and it is 100% true.
i do believe the story..as long as there’s evil here on earth.there will be bad spirits too..i don’t like dolls too..much more when it’s made of porcelain..it seems very real and has its own life..
i have allways been afriad of dolls since i was little
and i used to have nightmares about dolls
but since i got rid of them
i dont have nightmares anymore
they are soo creepy they look
like they are always watching you
stacey
how can you not belive its true it has happened to me
i really belive this story i have alway been scared of dolls its really freaking
xx
once i had a dream about china dolls scary and i have had some dolls and staight away i throw them away they are creeping with their black eyes.
I also had a doll when I was little that my grandmother gave me,though it wasn’t porcelain I remember palying “mom and baby” with it . I gave it something to eat and when I came back the food was gone! I told my mom and she didn’t believe me!
i would be so scared. i used to have china dolls in my window i had 5 and people that would walk past at night would see them move because they were faced the other way, my mates would come in and say i swear you had that doll on the left and the other doll in the middle. but it turned out they were movin by themself.
freeky stuff huh?
Hello all ,
I am gypsy and I was reading the replys here and I just wanted to add a few things , I have been an avid collector of haunted dolls or as I prefer to call them, “spirit children.” for the past 30 years of my life ,Many of the dolls in my collection came to be with me through my years of paranormal research.Many have been placed with me by familys that where scared of them ,or just didnt understand them , It happens more than you may think , In my collectiion are over 200 .
I believe every I read on this website, and I do believe in haunted dolls or other objects. Movies like ‘chucky’ or ‘childs play’ are movies that do put bad thoughts in our minds, I have 1 story to tell about dolls, which I will post some other day. Also caretaker, please read the stories I have posted, they are the real, and I have not had a reply in a month. Thankyou.
What were the titles of your stories? Keep in mind that it sometimes takes awhile for a story to appear as we get quite a few submissions.
One was sent about a month ago, the other was about a week ago, I can not remember the names, but we will find out when you run into them I guess, thanks caretaker, may you tell me your real name?
All ghosts are familiar spirits, they are mostly all evil, its very rare that you would get one that would help you out.
lol ShadowedJE ,spirits are not all mostly evil , they are only evil if they were that way before they died , They don’t change,it’s just like in our world ,we all know good people and we all also know some evil ones .
wow when i read it sent chills down my back i have heard many stories about old dolls they always creep me out
i have three procline dolls and the all sit right next to my bed and it s creepy that the dolls really look at you and have nothing to say but when i look at my dolls the dolls start to talk to me you might think i am crazy but iam not look at for a long time in the dark then you will see they do talk
i think any story about spirits and demons are very interesting i own over 60 porcelain dolls and they all have there own characteristics some are beautiful others are pretty and even some are just plum ugly but they do have stories about them that can haunt your dreams
That was extremely creepy! i totally believe u, there is no doubt about that! ive had sonme paranormal things happen 2 me, but never with dolls. Mine were just seeing the ghost nd seeing things move.
What was the name of that old movie in England,where a porcelain doll was haunting this guy and everytime he tried to get rid of it,it kept coming back???
i have had a similar incident also well awhile back i purchased a beautiful old doll .for my daughter at a local fleamarket well in the back was a opening you can unscrew to put batteries and a switch to turn off and on,so the doll could walk and talk.anyways the second night we had the doll my daughter repeatedly told us the doll would walk and talk on its own when she went to bed so i told her maybe she left the switch on and she should turn it off..said she did turn it off so i told her maybe it was just a short or something.and a week passed and my daughter continued to say the same thing so finally i checked the doll and showed her that i would turn the switch off and take the batteries out and i did.so that night she wakes up screaming we ran to her room and sure enough the doll WAS walking and talking and horrified in shock because i took the batteries out just earlier that night i grabbed the doll turned it over there and there were NO BATTERIES in it!! so i immediatly took it to the trash and thought no more dolls!! the next day when we came home to our horror the doll was BACK in my daughter room!!!I iand there was no way my daughter could have brought the doll back because i cleaned her room before we left that day plus my daughter was horrified of the doll..so we called our priest and had him remove the doll what happened to the doll we do not know or care to ask..we no longer buy dolls of any kind..so i believe dolls do have a way of having a mind of there own.
Yasiris:wow that is scary sometimes i feel like that around porcelain doll they creep me out anyways great scary story it makes ma shiver at the thougth of what they do.
Rachel:Wow!!!!! -dont know what to say speechless-
Waah, I love all of the comments here, such good stories, no matter if they’re not true. Caretaker, it seems your sister’s experience was pretty mild. I have been surrounded by the paranormal my whole life, and I like reading stories about haunted dolls the most. I’m also a BJD (Ball Jointed Doll) collector, those will creep anybody out. Gawd, I love them. I had a 27cm Obitsu named Faye once that was haunted. Every morning I would wake up and she’d be in a different pose, facing me towards my bed (not how I left her, mind) and her eyes would have been moved inside of her head to look in my direction as well. I ended up selling her because we couldn’t bond…hehe, someone gave me $40 for a haunted doll. Also, I was on the way home from a road trip to California two years ago. I has bought an 18 inch talking Jack Sparrow at Disneyland, who was sitting on the seat in the car next t me as we were going to Tombstone, AZ. Suddenely he started going off and talking ”I’m Captain Jack Sparrow! Can you sail under the command of a pirate? I know where the Black Pearl is and I’m gonna take it…I swear on pain of death to take you to the Black Pearl…” It freaked my dad and big sister out too who were in the car at me, and my sister had been watching me in the rearview mirror and swears I didn’t touch him. I freaked out and was like ”Aww man, how long did I leave him on? I bet I killed his batteries!” I checked his on/off switch on his back, but it was in the off position. I flicked it around a couple of times and he stopped. I guess the playful ol’ gunslingers wanted to have some fun with us. Not so exciting, but true…oh yeah, and it was snowing in Tombstone that day of January 2006!
I just realized how many horrible spelling and grammar errors I made in that comment. I’m so sorry! I suppose that’s what I get for typing too fast and not paying attention! So sorry!
Jackie, go on google put in haunted dolls the first site is the doll with the black eyes! pretty scary!
Clima That is OK and not a problem. The comments are meant to be informal
dolls are fine. however there are some that are.. shell i say adnormal. just dun make eye contect no matter what. it should be fine. it is known that a person before death is close to the item some how when they move on the item seem to a spirt on it on. it is hard to explain but that is what make the doll move or even seem to be looking at u. haha throwing it away may help for some casa when u throw it away make sure it does not know the way back.
hi i own an antique doll but i keep it under the bed cause im gonna sell it soon but nothings ever happened with it, but i do believe things like this can happen, i use to have a granny puppet that i threw out because one night when i was under ten, i dont know why but i woke up angry when i saw it facing me and squeezed its face till its face was flat cause the head is plastic, another thing i i really suffered from 6 till 14 years old but rarely do now is demonic dreams, now im fine but i always wonder why i suffered from them?
Hi! I’m back =)
I just found out about this ADORABLE line of dolls called Little Apple Dolls. They’re just dolls, nothing special, but for anyone who gets a cold chill up their spine from ‘creepy’ dolls, take a peek. Guaranteed to give you goosebumbs!
I ordered the one named Irea. She is on her way home to me now! Hurry postal service, hurry! I want to sew tons of clothes for her, and she will stay on my little table across from my bed, so she can stare at me while I sleep…bwaaaahaha!
Also, famous horror author Anne Rice collected haunted dolls, which she kept in her home, St. Elizabeth’s, in New Orleans where they remained for years. Sadly, the house has been sold and is now being turned into condominiums. I wonder where the dolls will go…?
You people disgust me! Grow up out of the fantasy that ghosts exists. ughhhh
Erenst – yet you took the time to stop in and read some stuff and post your comment? I womder why you have such strong feelings against what other people might think or believe?????
My daughter had one of those tall barbie dolls,
almost as tall as she was. My daughter kept turning the doll to
face the wall. She said the doll was staring at her.
The doll gave me the creeps too, so I threw it away.
iv had one of those dolls to and i started to have nightmares and hear creepy things