What are haunted dolls?

Contrary to popular belief, haunted dolls are very easy to get rid of. The steps to do so are listed below: 1. List it on eBay. Be sure to mention that it's haunted. (Many people on eBay love ghosts!) 2. Receive payment, send doll to buyer. 3. Congratulations, you no longer have a haunted doll. Haunted dolls are dolls with a story (usually fake!) attached to them. Sellers may tell you that they're possessed by the ghosts of former owners. This is unusually untrue. They're almost always the ghosts of cats. I don't know why cats like possessing dolls, but they do. Look for catlike behavior such as the following: 1. Sitting still for long periods or time while staring off into space 2. Ignoring you when you call 3. Staring at you without blinking 4. Purring in your ear 5. Defecating in the litterbox If your doll exhibits three or more of the above signs, you have most likely been cheated. My culture does not have any haunted dolls, because we are far too old to still be playing with dolls.

My culture does not have haunted dolls. But even if someone said they were selling such dolls I would not believe them in the first place. Promotion and marketing seem to have gone a long way now. People just need something new and innovative to catch their attention. That is what these sellers are capitalizing on. In fact your discussion reminded me of a movie I saw last Sunday - Child's Play 2. It has this haunted doll called Chucky that keeps murdering one innocent person after another. But that is just a story. Such haunted dolls are merely dolls with that tag added to them for better sales and since consumers will buy anything that sounds new to them!

I'm in the US and I've never heard of them. I'm very sure that they are just a scam and there is no such thing as a haunted doll.

This has to be scam. Even if one is able to buy a doll, it's not haunted. The sellers are only taking advantage of gullible, superstitious people, who should instead save their money for something honest & real. MP

You mean, like "Chuckie", the old movie from the 80's? I really am not aware about those dolls existing right now.But if it does, it is really kinda scary.

I live in the states and have never heard of haunted dolls. sounds like a good money making scheme to me. There are voodoo dolls that you stick pins in. The theory behind those come from Louisana's and caribbean culture. People get them to either cast a evil spell on someone or to protect themselves from someone who is casting a spell on them There are also monster high dolls - which are toys that look like monsters. Other than that, never heard of haunted dolls- but like someone else said. Sounds like an easy way to make money.

Hi Scheng, I live in the United States and hadn't heard of Haunted Dolls before now. However, it made me think of voodoo dolls, which are satanic in nature. I've heard never to have one in your possession because if someone makes a voodoo doll of you or for you, it becomes you, in a way, and anything that is done to it is in turn done to you. For instance, if someone were to come and break the voodoo doll's leg, your leg would then be broken. I might've gotten that from something I saw on TV, but I still don't want anything to do with it! I would never accept this "gift" of a voodoo doll from anyone nor would I buy one for myself. I don't believe in ghosts, and I don't fear spirits or anything like that, but I know as sure as there is a physical world, there is also a spiritual world. Humans don't really know a lot about the spiritual world, which makes it quite dangerous. I don't want something satanic in my house either, so I will never have a "Haunted Doll." Great discussion - it really piqued my interest!

It is a load of silly nonsense and will only do harm if the person concerned is silly enough to believe in such nonsense. "Malicious spirits" indeed how stupid can some people get.

When one is filled with evil spirit he may do what he wishes to do. He turns cruel to others. One example is he may destroy a writer's hope. Haunted doll are media in which evil spirit resides.

Why anyone would want a something that is said to be haunted is beyond me. There is nothing positive about the concept and it seems that bringing something like that into your home would be asking for trouble.

I am pagan and I do not believe in malicious spirits. So, I would tell your friend that this is probably a bunch of hoo haa. Even if there is a spirit connected to the doll there is no possible was it can harm her. A spirit is on another plane of existance. On our plane it is like touching air. Even if the wind is blowing air hard it is not solid we can move right through it. A spirit can even move that fast. I have never actually seen a spirit when my own eyes, I have felt them... and seen the effects of them. The most a spirit can do is knock something over as it move by, but it has to be something small. A human being is just too big to move over. I do know other people who have claimed larger than life experiences with spirits... but everyone that I know that has claimed this also has major mental illness so there may be a connection there.

Hello scheng1 Haunted Dolls are quite popular in the United States of America. Nearly every one I know has a Haunted Doll and uses them in a variety of ways. Most are purchased or made by the family who hosts them and they become integral in the different successes of the family. The Haunted Dolls may be used as voodoo-type dolls that are planted in rival family homes, usually in the crawl space or attic, but sometimes given as gifts to the unsuspecting. Once the Haunted Dolls are insinuated into a rival family, they begin to have a nefarious impact on that family. If the family who plants the Haunted Doll is adept at Haunted Dollery, then much mischief can ensue for the unsuspecting family. Many times, however, the Haunted Dolls are not used to their full potential. This is due mostly to the family who plants them not realizing the full potential of Haunted Doll evil. If you haven't seen the movie, Chuckie, I encourage you to do so as this is a documentary of the way that some Haunted Dolls are used in the USA. Many homes do not allow dolls of any kind. My home is like this as one never knows when a gift doll is actually haunted. I have specially trained cats who patrol my attic spaces on a weekly basis to make sure that no Haunted Dolls have been inserted there without my knowledge. In the cooler months the cats patrol daily, but it's too hot for them to spend more than a few minutes a week up there now. I usually let my dogs patrol the grounds and crawlspace for Haunted Dolls and I have a decent security system for the perimeter of the property. I hope that the local gal is able to harness the true power of the Haunted Doll that she has acquired. Peace

Hi, I have seen haunted dolls in movies only. But I don't believe in such things. I don't believe in ghosts.

Haunted dolls have not really be attached any meaning in my place. When people warn about such things, especially elderly, I think it is better to heed to their warnings as they must have seen the consequences in someone else. I do not even know why people would opt for haunted dolls

Hullo Scheng! It is such a long time since we saw you here.I have not heard of 'haunted dolls' being sold but I have seen these peculiar dolls in pictures and they are associated with Black Magic etc..,

A haunted doll sounds a lot like a push pin doll that people who study witchcraft make to hurt another person. Is there hair of a person on this doll? Dressed in a certain way? I personally would not want to buy a doll that was meant to hurt another or could contain any type of spirit. Was there a reason your friend bought it in the first place?

It sounds like a lie to get people to buy a normal doll. If a doll were really haunted, then they would give them away to get rid of them.

I personally don't believe in ghost but it would still be cool to have a haunted doll. It would be so interesting to own. Some people claim that objects are haunted so that people will want to buy them.