# So I have a creepy doll in my room tonight. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906 "2011-09-02T01:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/1 "2011-09-02T01:07:43Z")
Helping a friend move and they’re storing a few things at my place. One of the things we moved over to my apartment (temporarily) is a fairly big doll on a pedestal. Looks kind of like [this](http://www.antiquetrader.com/upload/images/HHunt%20German%20doll.JPG) (shape and form-wise) only it’s much bigger. It comes up to about my hip and is about as wide as a football. It’s not going to come to life and kill me at night, is it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Doughnut_Thief)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/2 "2011-09-02T01:14:11Z")
My Grams has hundreds of these things, as a kid I would never sleep well when we visited for the same fear. It could be worse I mean at least the face isn’t all cracked and peeling those are the ones that _do_ kill. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/3 "2011-09-02T01:15:25Z")
No but [this one](http://campblood.org/Newblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/poltergeist-clown-2.jpg) will. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/4 "2011-09-02T01:53:19Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > No but [this one](http://campblood.org/Newblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/poltergeist-clown-2.jpg) will. Surely you wouldn’t [lose any sleep](http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1241.php) over that? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/5 "2011-09-02T01:55:41Z")
[Here’s our scary doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/). My family prefers I keep it outside, rather than lurking near the washing machine in the basement. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/6 "2011-09-02T02:50:06Z")
I had a nightmare about a creepy doll once. My dad gave me a vacuum cleaner to combat its evil, stabby ways. I sucked it up and it stabbed its way out of the bag. Long story short, if it comes alive, don’t rely on the vacuum. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/7 "2011-09-02T03:51:53Z")
I don’t have much to add other than this: [Creepy Doll - Jonathan Coulton (fan video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgfklKnOg4w) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/8 "2011-09-02T05:14:08Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > \ > > It’s not going to come to life and kill me at night, is it? Probably not. At least it’s not a monkey with cymbals. **needscoffee** , that is one freaking creepy doll. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/9 "2011-09-02T05:36:57Z")
**Creepy Doll** wants to play with you, Idle Thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/10 "2011-09-02T05:51:33Z")
I would pay to get any sort of doll in my bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/11 "2011-09-02T14:11:00Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > It’s not going to come to life and kill me at night, is it? Yes, yes it is. > [@needscoffee](#): > > [Here’s our scary doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/). My family prefers I keep it outside, rather than lurking near the washing machine in the basement. Good frigging god, douse that thing in gasoline before it eats your souls. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/12 "2011-09-02T14:14:16Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [Here’s our scary doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/). My family prefers I keep it outside, rather than lurking near the washing machine in the basement. That’s … disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/13 "2011-09-02T14:39:13Z")
Someone (whose identity I have fortunately forgotten) once gave us a [Time-out Doll](http://www.fabit.com/products/websites/images/shykid-doll.jpg). A Time-out Doll is the sort of home décor you might dig if you are also into dried flowers and wooden ducks wearing aprons, and it looks like a toddler being punished (the things people get their jollies from never cease to amaze me). So we had this thing around the house for a while, standing in a corner, natch, and every time I walked past the doorway of that room it would give me a momentary fright. Worst of all, the fucking thing had no face! What was up with that? Anyway, it’s gone now. Gone, and I’ll never see it again. It’s far away from here. Do you hear something? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/14 "2011-09-02T16:52:56Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [Here’s our scary doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/). My family prefers I keep it outside, rather than lurking near the washing machine in the basement. Wow. That’s way too disturbing for a day off work. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/15 "2011-09-02T17:07:50Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > … Do you hear something? _Ready or not, here I come!_ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/16 "2011-09-02T17:12:57Z")
OP: Is she “anatomically correct”? We know you checked, don’t deny. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/17 "2011-09-02T17:23:47Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [Here’s our scary doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/). My family prefers I keep it outside, rather than lurking near the washing machine in the basement. I think you should put it in the window; best burglar deterrent ever. It’s already digging a grave for its victims! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/18 "2011-09-02T17:28:03Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Someone (whose identity I have fortunately forgotten) once gave us a [Time-out Doll](http://www.fabit.com/products/websites/images/shykid-doll.jpg). A Time-out Doll is the sort of home décor you might dig if you are also into dried flowers and wooden ducks wearing aprons, and it looks like a toddler being punished (the things people get their jollies from never cease to amaze me). > So we had this thing around the house for a while, standing in a corner, natch, and every time I walked past the doorway of that room it would give me a momentary fright. Heh. Did you ever see _The Blair Witch Project?_ At the end, one of the doomed teenagers gets to the scary room before the others, and when they arrive, he (can’t remember) is inexplicably standing in the corner, facing the wall, unwilling or unable to turn around. The effect is very creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/19 "2011-09-02T17:29:52Z")
Egads… is there a scientific term for doll-o-phobia? Cause I’ve got it in spades, especially for dolls with glass eyes. When I was little I shared a room with my sister, whose collection of Madame Alexander dolls STARED at me from her dresser every night while I was trying to sleep. I used to have nightmares about those little overdressed glass-eyed bitches. I woudn’t allow that thing in my house without taking a cinder block to it a few thousand times. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906/20 "2011-09-02T18:13:37Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Egads… is there a scientific term for doll-o-phobia? Cause I’ve got it in spades, especially for dolls with glass eyes. When I was little I shared a room with my sister, whose collection of Madame Alexander dolls STARED at me from her dresser every night while I was trying to sleep. I used to have nightmares about those little overdressed glass-eyed bitches. > > I woudn’t allow that thing in my house without taking a cinder block to it a few thousand times. Pediophobia. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906.md?page=2)