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Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat
Robert the Doll: Legend, History, and Haunting with Bobbie Curtis Lee of Oddities on Elm Street
October 5, 202647:24
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As we kick off Spooky Season, Harini is joined by Bobbie Curtis Lee of Oddities on Elm Street to talk about one of America's most haunted items. For over a century, a 40-inch doll named Robert has sat at the center of Key West's strangest story: blamed for car crashes, divorces, and streaks of bad luck that only end with a written apology. He belonged to artist Gene Otto, who gave the doll his own name, his own clothes, and eventually his own room... while his wife Anne quietly unraveled beside…