The History and Hauntings of Dolls Redux

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Dolls are one of the oldest and original toys. Dolls have been used for more than just play though. Sometimes they are used in religious rites, for magic or education. The main characteristic of dolls is the fact that they are made to resemble human beings. Could some dolls carry more than just a resemblance to humans? Could some of them contain a soul or spirit? Join us as we explore a brief history of dolls and then share the tales of many dolls that seem to do more than just sit idly and stare blankly into space.

Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com

Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Other music in this episode:

Witch's Dancing Doll by Spencer Y.K. from Pixabay

Transcript

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0:00.0	History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:21.4	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:32.4	Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida.
0:39.2	It's the History Goes Bump podcast.
0:47.4	Hello, you sputacular people.
0:49.9	Welcome to History Goes Bump Redux.
0:52.4	I am your host, Diane.
0:53.5	And this is Kelly. Kelly, on this
0:55.3	episode, we're winding back to one of the first episodes that History Goes Bump ever did,
1:00.8	The History and Haunting of Dolls. Ooh. Dun, done, done. It's one of our most favorite things.
1:09.1	Speak for yourself. For our executive producers, a couple months ago, I did a bonus cast about haunted
1:16.5	ventriloquist dolls.
1:18.0	Now that is creepy.
1:19.9	Extremely.
1:20.8	So we're not going to be talking about ventriloquist dolls on this one.
1:24.3	We also have covered Robert the doll.
1:26.5	He showed up in a moment in Audity. We did a bonus
1:29.8	episode for the executive producers about the Fort East Martello Museum, where Robert is hanging
1:35.9	out. So if you want to hear the whole thing about the museum, you have to be an executive producer,
1:41.0	but we are going to talk a little bit about Robert the doll on this one.
1:44.6	Are you ready to go back?
1:46.4	I'm ready.
	...

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