Episode 64: Haunted and Cursed Toys

They Don't Stay Dead

Alexa brings the goods with multiple personal stories of haunted or cursed toys...you must decide what category the toy fits into out of:
1) a manufacturing error
2) someone was playing a prank on her
3) the toy is cursed
Brit tells us why we all find dolls a little creepy and what the uncanny valley is. She also tells the story of Letta the Doll, a haunted doll that lives here in Australia!
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Sources for today's ep:
Alexa's segment:
https://www.90stoys.com/electronic-toys/evil-furby/#heading-zmTzwmbYwsM9oZTCFTwn9
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/furby-horror-stories-creepy-toy-30460251
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/was-your-furby-spying-on-you/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/talking-toy-or-spy/
Brit's segment:
https://amyscrypt.com/letta-me-out-haunted-doll/
https://paranormal-strange.fandom.com/wiki/Letta_the_Doll
https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/art/meet-australias-most-haunted-doll
https://www.facebook.com/people/Letta-me-out/100063509896168/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_doll
https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/HauntedDolls
https://www.choosingtherapy.com/pediophobia/
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-possible-source-of-the-uncanny-valley-in-the-brain#:~:text=This%20phenomenon%20was%20first%20described,as%20the%20'Uncanny%20Valley'.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wj4ngb/this-is-why-we-think-dolls-are-creepyutm_sourcetonicfbus
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-origin-of-our-species.html
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/ai-uncanny-valley#:~:text=Some%20cognitive%20explanations%20of%20the,them%20to%20behave%20as%20such.
http://www.historyofdolls.com/

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