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Sweet screams. So, want to hear something scary flesh and plastic sometimes it's the memory of a lost loved one that will kill you.

Like in this story inspired by Christopher Barron.

Izzy, a college student, suffered terribly from reoccurring nightmares that prevented him from getting a good night's sleep.

In these terrifying dreams, a baby doll once owned by his little sister, Julia, would beckon him to come and play.

Tragically, Julia had been kidnapped and murdered at the age of nine, leaving behind only the doll until her body was discovered days later.

The doll continued to haunt Izzy every night,

even though it had disappeared long ago.

One Saturday morning, Izzy was abruptly awakened by a knock on his dorm room door.

The resident advisor handed him a package.

Excitedly, he opened it and was shocked by what he found inside.

A pair of old, dirty plastic doll legs and a piece of folded paper with a chilling message.

Play with us.

On the reverse side of the paper was a crudely drawn map.

Although the trail on the map was unclear, it featured the names of several local locations,

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