True Ghost Tales

Screaming Doll

This is not my experience, but if you knew the person it came from, you would believe it just like I do.

My mother's friend, let's call her Sue, lives in a house that is haunted. She is constantly being pushed into things, people have been sitting on the couch when there clothes start to move in an upward fashion as if someone is adjusting them, things are constantly reported missing in the house, a confederate soldier in uniform is seen often, shadows are seen moving in her peripheral vision, bare feet are blown on, etc. etc. etc.

As I was reading the stories in this website, I read the Clown Story and it reminded me of a doll she had. This antique doll was given to her by a friend and Sue, from the moment she saw it, didn't like it. She had it on a shelf and Sue kept looking at it as if she was expecting it to do something. So she told her son and her son's friend to take the doll outside so she wouldn't have to look at it. Her son stood up, went towards the doll, reached for the doll, and as his hand went around the doll to pick it up, it's face moved from a doll's grin into an open mouthed expression as if it was going to sceam at them. (I'm gettin goosebumps right now.) They screamed, ran across the room, and didn't want to touch the doll or go near it. (Can you blame them?) So they just left the doll there, left the room, and waited for her husband to return home from work and told him to get rid of it.

My mother actually asked if I wanted the doll, and told her no in not so few words. If anyone wants it, I'm sure it could turn up somewhere.