Case file · Haunting
Robert the Doll
Key West painter Robert Eugene Otto was given a straw-stuffed doll in a sailor suit around 1904; the family blamed it for mischief, and it is now kept in a case at Fort East Martello Museum.
1904 CE · 24.55, -81.76 · status: legend
The account
Visitors leave letters asking Robert's forgiveness, and the museum displays letters blaming him for bad luck after people photographed him without asking. He inspired the Chucky films.
The sceptical view
The stories of the doll moving and giggling were mostly told after Otto's death in 1974.