Robert the Doll, Part One | The Grave Talks
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!
Robert the Doll is widely considered one of the most terrifying cursed objects in the world—and for more than a century, his reputation has only grown darker.
In 1904, the straw doll was gifted to a young boy named Robert Eugene Otto. What followed was a bond that went far beyond childhood imagination. Soon, strange and unsettling events began unfolding inside the Otto family home—objects moving on their own, disembodied laughter, voices that didn’t belong to any living person. Visitors claimed the doll changed expressions. Some believed something else was looking out through his glassy eyes.
To this day, legend holds that a malevolent spirit inhabits Robert, attached to him for reasons never fully explained. Now housed at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, Robert continues to leave a trail of unexplained misfortune, apologies, and warnings from those who fail to show him respect.
In this episode of The Grave Talks, we’re joined by Dan Radomski, Robert’s longtime dolltender, to discuss the history, the hauntings, and why Robert the Doll may still be watching.
Get more information about the Robert the Doll Experience in Key West at ghostkeywest.com
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| 0:00.0 | Today on The Grave Talks, a conversation about the most haunted doll in America, Robert the |
| 0:07.8 | doll with dolltender Dan Radomsky. |
| 0:13.8 | Robert the doll is known as one of the world's most terrifying dolls and asb West's most cursed object. |
| 0:23.8 | In 1904, he was a gift to Robert Eugene Otto and they developed a strong and strange bond. |
| 0:31.2 | Before long, unexplained things started happening in their house. |
| 0:35.9 | Legend has it that this 118-year-old straw doll is haunted by a malevolent spirit to this |
| 0:42.7 | day. |
| 0:43.9 | Robert the doll now resides in the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, and the strange |
| 0:49.8 | occurrences continue to happen. |
| 0:52.9 | I'm Carol Hughes, and on this episode of The Grave Talks, a conversation |
| 0:57.0 | about Robert the Doll with dolltender, Dan Radomsky. Dan, thanks so much for being on the show today. |
| 1:05.2 | I've really been looking forward to this creepy conversation we're getting ready to have. |
| 1:10.5 | Yes, me too. |
| 1:11.3 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm very excited to talk about our little buddy there. |
| 1:14.5 | Your little buddy. |
| 1:15.4 | So I wrote to Ghost Key West and asked if they knew anybody I could talk to. |
| 1:21.6 | They referred me to you. |
| 1:23.5 | And they said, Dan Radomsky is perfect for this. |
| 1:26.5 | He is a doll tender with Ghost Key West and spends several hours at the haunted fort with Robert the doll every night. |
| 1:32.6 | Is that true? |
| 1:34.5 | Every night? |
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