Haunted Dolls - Blog Posts

Island of the Dolls, Mexico. Located is a canal in Mexico City, the island is filled with hundreds of creepy and decaying dolls. The original inhabitant of the island, Don Julian, began to display the dolls to appease the spirit of a young girl, who’s body was found drowned in the river near the island. Julian drowned in 2001, in the same exact spot where the girls body was found. There are rumors of paranormal activity, including whispers, footsteps, voices, and movements made by the dolls. Many locals claim that the dolls “come to life at night”. Do you think you could visit for the night?

Jane Bielawski and her doll “Missy”. Following the suspicious death of some of her playmates in New York tenement, police attempted to interview Jane. According to reports, the young girl went ‘crazy’ and accused her doll of the murders, before throwing the doll out of her apartment window while screaming “Bad dolly. Naughty dolly!” Jane was taken to Bloomingdale Asylum to be treated for ‘hysterica’. She was never to leave the institution, dying there an old woman in 1968.

The doll that grows human hair

This story goes that in 1918, in Hokkaido, Eikichi Suzuki purchased for his young sister, Kikuko, a traditional Japanese okappa (bob cut hairstyle) doll. Sadly, Kikuko died from a cold, and the family kept the doll in a shrine to their daughter and named it Okiku. However, the family noticed something odd about the doll over time—its hair was getting longer.

The family believed the doll possessed the restless spirit of their deceased daughter and so looked after it until entrusting it in the care of Mannen-ji Temple. There the doll remains, slowly growing human hair.

You can visit Okiku, but photography isn’t allowed. Today, even after a few trims from the temple’s priests, the doll’s hair has grown past its knees. It has also supposedly upped its terror. The priests claim to have nightmares of Okiku and visitors say the doll’s mouth is slowly opening—and sprouting baby teeth.