# Robert the doll wants to kill you - **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959 "2012-12-23T21:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959/1 "2012-12-23T21:37:04Z")
[Wiki Yes he does](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Doll) Youtube vid [Robert The Doll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCWeA6mv0XY) ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959/2 "2012-12-23T21:42:15Z")
Didn’t go to the links (not enough information), but this house is protected by Elf on a Shelf… Does Robert the Doll really want to go up against Santa? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959/3 "2012-12-23T21:48:11Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > Didn’t go to the links (not enough information), but this house is protected by Elf on a Shelf… Does Robert the Doll really want to go up against Santa? Robert is waiting for you. > [@](#): > > Eugene was given the doll in 1906 by an Bahamian servant who, according to legend, was skilled in black magic and voodoo and was displeased with the family. Soon afterward, it became clear that there was something eerie about the doll. Eugene’s parents said they often heard him talking to the doll and that the doll appeared to be talking back. Although at first they assumed that Eugene was simply answering himself in a changed voice, they later believed that the doll was actually speaking. > > Neighbors claimed to see the doll moving from window to window when the family was out. The Otto family swore that sometimes the doll would emit a terrifying giggle and that they caught glimpses of it running from room to room. In the night Eugene would scream, and when his parents ran to the room, they would find furniture knocked over and Eugene in bed, looking incredibly scared, telling them that “Robert did it!”. In addition, guests swore that they saw Robert’s expression change before their eyes. > > When Eugene died in 1974, the doll was left in the attic until the house was bought again. The new family included a ten-year old girl, who became Robert’s new owner. It was not long before the girl began screaming out in the night, claiming that Robert moved about the room and even attempted to attack her on multiple occasions. More than thirty years later, she still tells interviewers that the doll was alive and wanted to kill her. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959/4 "2012-12-23T21:53:12Z")
Ohhh… that’s just a rogue Elf on a Shelf… all they have to do is register him at the web site (as a special needs elf), upload cutsie pictures to FB and “Robert” will go back to sitting quietly during the day and running back to tattle to Santa at night. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959/5 "2012-12-24T06:32:53Z")
That was creepy but… Why in the hell did they keep the damn doll if it’s so evil? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959/6 "2012-12-24T07:18:06Z")
I read the comments on the video and I’m getting the feeling that there’s a screamer at 2:35, so, you know, fair warning. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959/7 "2012-12-24T12:25:24Z")
Every time we go to Key West, my kids want to go see Robert. Why on earth would I want to do that. Fake = boring, Real = cursed. It’s lose-lose!