Although at first they assumed that Eugene was simply answering himself in a changed voice, they claimed to have later realized that the doll was actually speaking.Neighbors claimed to have seen the doll moving from window to window when the family was out.

As the story goes, the doll was made by a family servant – skilled in the black art of voodoo, who was displeased with the Otto family. Twitter users are trying to stem the bleeding of the world right now by apologizing to a cursed doll.


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Ronald Joseph 'Butch' DeFeo Jr. (born September 26, 1951) is an American mass murderer who was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters. One maid was apparently caught using voodoo and was quickly fired, but before she left, she gave Robert to Eugene. Over the years, he worked various jobs, mostly as a handyman.

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“Robert did it.”Stories of Robert the doll moving meant that he was quickly banished to the attic. Sometimes the doll would emit a terrifying giggle, and the Otto family caught glimpses of it running from room to room. A system error has occurred.
Bobby grew up in Annandale and attended Annandale High School. Mrs. Otto went insane, and is said to haunt the Artist House. As the story goes, the doll was made by a family servant – skilled in the black art of voodoo, who was displeased with the Otto family. He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents; uncles, Floyd, Morris, and Gordon Howard; and sisters, Judy Pelcel and Shirley Otto-Jones.

 

 

 

 

You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or plant a tree in memory of Robert Eugene Howard. Robert the Doll was once owned by painter and author Robert Eugene Otto. Legend speculates voodoo played a part in Robert’s formative years, while interviews with those close to the Otto family indicate a great deal of emotional energy was placed upon the doll during Eugene’s lifetime. It’s fair to say that Key West, Florida is well-known for being haunted.

There are over one thousand letters in total, and the museum keeps and catalogues all of them for future reference.To learn more about Robert the doll and the story behind him, you can visit Robert the Doll is famous around the world, but perhaps even more famous because of recent films, the Annabelle Doll is another haunted doll you have to learn about. Robert was said to have somewhat of a hold over Eugene and loud, violent commotions could be heard coming from Eugene’s bedroom on an almost nightly basis. The size of the house meant that the family needed “help”. Please check back for service details.

Robert Eugene Howard was born October 24, 1955 in St. Soon afterward, the family supposed that there was something eerie about the doll. Servants arrived and promptly quit their jobs in quick succession, and it’s also claimed that the aunt that banished Robert to the attic died the same night that he was put there.

He worked as an artist and later married, and kept Eugene propped up in a window of his house. Although Robert seems to be nothing but a rather careworn doll; dressed in a sailor suit, holding a toy dog, covered in small marks that seem to appear a little Although Robert’s origins are disputed, as this is one of those stories that gets passed around from family member to family member within the state, it’s generally thought that Robert was given to Otto as a present from his grandfather following a trip to Germany. Please try again later.Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the mapPlease check your email and click on the link to activate your account.Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Visitors to the museum are given advice on how to approach Robert: to speak to him in a polite way, to ask his permission to photograph him and to treat him with respect. He was even said to giggle in the middle of the night.Despite all of this, and despite his obvious fear of Robert as a child, Eugene kept Robert as he grew up and into an adult.

But Robert was cursed – she’d used some of the voodoo that she’d been fired for on the doll to bring fear and discomfort to the family.The Robert the doll story gets stranger and stranger as the years go on. Naturally, he didn’t take particularly kindly to this, and so Robert the haunted doll once more placed demands on Eugene, requesting the Turret Room of the house because “he wanted a room with a view of the street.” Gene spent all of his time in the Turret Room with Robert, painting and talking to his doll, until his death in 1974.The story of Robert Eugene Otto doesn’t end with his death.