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Chucky, the famous doll from Tom Holland's film Child's Play, is inspired by the story of Robert the Doll, an evil doll allegedly inhabited by a demonic spirit. This doll is now exhibited in a museum, locked in a glass cage, which would not prevent her from continuing her misdeeds. I invite you to discover the incredible story of Robert the Doll and its owner, Robert Eug ne Otto. In 1896, Thomas Otto and his wife moved into their new home at the corner of Eaton and Simonton Streets in Key West, Florida. Mr. Otto was a doctor, the family was wealthy and their lives were very pleasant, but rumours were that they were particularly harsh towards their servants and abused them. Among their servants was a young woman of Haitian origin whom they had hired to take care of their young son Robert Eugene, but one day in 1906, Mrs. Otto saw her performing black magic rituals in the backyard of her house and shocked, she decided to dismiss her immediately. Before leaving, the woman went to young Robert, who was then six years old, and offered him a large, one-metre-high doll as a farewell gift. The object was most surprising and nowhere else was there one like it. Her body was made of a thick cloth filled with straw, two black buttons replaced her eyes and her wool hair was so soft that it looked like a child's. Thinking that the young woman had become attached to her son, and despite her poor opinion of her, Mrs. Otto agreed that the young boy should accept the doll, but Robert fell so in love with his new toy that they became inseparable. He took her everywhere with him, day and night. Every night he would slip her into his bed, sleeping with her, and when it was time to sit at the table he would sit her down close to him, on a small chair specially designed for this purpose, and discreetly feed her without her parents' knowledge. This whim amused Mr. and Mrs. Otto, who saw nothing but a child's attachment to his new toy, but certain events would lead them to revise their judgment. One day, when his mother had just lectured him for some reason, Robert said that from now on he wanted to be called Eugene, who was his middle name, because, he explained, Robert was his doll's name. On another occasion, while Mrs. Otto was near her room, she caught a strange conversation between her son and the doll. The little boy addressed Robert with his usual childish voice and another, much deeper voice replied. Of course, the mother first assumed that the child was playing, transforming his voice and responding to himself, but as she continued to listen to him, an uneasiness invaded her and eventually did not leave her. In a surprising way, the tone of the voice seemed to emanate from the doll and it looked in every way like that of an adult. Then suddenly, the little boy's behaviour began to change.....

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