A fear of dolls is known as pediophobia, which is pretty closely related to a fear of puppets, unsurprisingly. It's safe to say that most of us aren't a huge fan of dolls, and with films like Annabelle and The Conjuring becoming more and more popular, even hardened horror fans are having to put up with these scary dolls. Although people might not necessarily be scared of dolls, it's safe to say that they creep many of us out. We've been playing with dolls for thousands of years, which is perhaps why haunted dolls have been part of folklore for hundreds of years too.
Legend tends to follow that because dolls are humanoid in form, sometimes, spirits inhabit a doll when they're roaming this plane because they don't know where to go and dolls look familiar to them. They may may inhabit the doll of a former owner, or a doll that they used to own. Another theory is that these scary dolls may be possessed or cursed. Possessed dolls are often associated with demon or poltergeist activity, while cursed dolls tend to be associated with voodoo. Stories of cursed dolls are rarer, although they do exist – Robert the doll in Florida being one of the most popular. Sit back, relax and enjoy whilst we explain just why these dolls are scary and explore some of the spookiest stories of these devilish dolls.
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HorrorA fear of dolls is known as pediophobia, which is pretty closely related to a fear of puppets, unsurprisingly. It's safe to say that most of us aren't a huge fan of dolls, and with films like Annabelle and The Conjuring becoming more and more popula...
