URBAN LEGENDS #10 HAUNTED DOLLS & LONELY DUMMIES (NOT FOR CHILDREN)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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(Not For Kids or Doll Lovers) Our 10th Urban Legend episode highlights the stories of some of the more famous "haunted" dolls. including Robert, Chuckie, and Annabelle, among others. The notion that an inanimate object such as a toy, a stuffed animal, a doll, or a ventriloquists dummy can incorporate a human soul or take on human characteristics has been with us for eons. There are people who collect replicas of "famous" haunted dolls, and moviemakers have done very well bringing them to life. The second half of this episode covers the career of radio and TV's famous ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wooden alter ego Charlie MacArthy, who managed to land a nice inheritance when Bergen died, leaving Bergen's daughter Candice with nothing. Open these links and subscribe free to enjoy our shows! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMNzU3MzM0Mjg0NQ== 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20heroes 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories (& Tales from Arthur Conan Doyle) https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20sherlock%20holmes 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre on Spotify: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20ghost%20stories 1001 Stories for the Road on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20stories%20for%20the%20road Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20greatest%20love%20stories 1001 History's Best Storytellers: (author interviews) on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/1001-historys-best-storytellers APPLE USERS Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at Apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 History's Best Storytellers (Interviews) on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 Get all of our shows at one website: https://.1001storiespodcast.com REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as well for comments: [email protected] SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	music
0:22.0	Welcome back everyone to one thousand one heroes legends histories and mysteries podcast
0:26.9	this is your host John Heggdorn and it's great to be back with you today. Today's story
0:32.2	urban legends number 10 and yes we've done nine of them in the past five years
0:37.2	and I highly recommend you search one thousand one heroes for urban legends if you'd like to catch
0:42.0	up on them. I love them all but my favorite is shall urban legends number two titled The Legend
0:48.0	of Bunnyman which like all of our urban legends is really a collection of urban legend stories.
0:54.0	Be sure to catch the English professor which comes up as number eight in urban legends two
0:59.0	that's one of the funniest stories we have ever covered. I have a few more urban legends
1:03.5	collections coming for you in the coming weeks and months starting with today's episode
1:07.6	urban legends number 10 haunted dolls and lonely dummies. It might have been our Salem stories
1:14.4	and interviews that got me thinking about this but would really launch that was an experience I
1:18.3	hit up in Pennsylvania a few years ago. Before we get into that story I need to tell you that the
1:23.6	subject of haunted dolls is definitely not for children or for persons of all ages who collect
1:29.0	dolls which do not have a supposed connection to the paranormal. The discussion of dolls which
1:35.1	have somehow taken on the souls of the dead is a spine-gilling topic which connects with paranormal
1:39.8	events and dates back to early times. Today's urban legend collection begins with a personal
1:44.9	recollection then covers the stories of haunted dolls followed by the story of ventriloquist
1:50.4	Edgar Bergen and his wise cracking dummy Charlie McCarthy. The following personal recollection
1:56.4	is true. Some years ago my wife was notified that her uncle whom we will call Uncle Lu
2:03.0	had died and that she had been named executor of his estate. We were tasked with traveling
2:08.4	up to Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet with his attorney. The funeral home director
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