"Possessed" eBay Doll Allegedly Reeks Havoc on Married Men

Sarah Schreiber
Updated

From Good Housekeeping

Dressed in a Victoria era wedding gown, a doll that's being described as "possessed" and "haunted" by its (very) freaked out owners is giving Chucky a run for his money.

Apparently, the doll only attacks married men - since she's been "active," the bridezilla has allegedly targeted Cameron Merrick, the husband of her original owner, Debbie Merrick, and Paul Steer, the married father of her current owner, 30-year-old Lee Steer (who boasts the title "paranormal investigator"). Also on her list of paranormal accolades? Taking off her own necklace and setting off fire alarms. Talk about a woman scorned.

Lee acquired the doll for over $1,000 after waging full-out international bidding war on eBay. Makes sense - I guess a lot of people just wanted to be attacked by a possessed doll, you know? Lee claims that after two days in her new home, the doll somehow scratched his father's arms (despite the fact that he and the doll were on different floors of the house) while he watched his son's paranormal live stream. "He was watching the repeat of one of our live streams with the doll. I was doing a live stream upstairs in my room," Steer told the Daily Mail. "Then he said to my mom, 'My arm's hurting.' He lifted up his sleeve and he had six scratches on his arm."

... Right, because that seems totally plausible. Steer has also reported inexplicable noises, broken objects and power outages. Using a random word app, technology that paranormal activity enthusiasts believe spirits can hack (ghosts are also computer geniuses, didn't you know?), Steer said he even discovered her name. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Samantha.

She sounds like a real winner, no? Steer said that "after losing [his] faith" in the occult, Samantha came along to help him back into the darkness. He now sleeps with her next to his bed in the hopes that he'll catch her in action. Her unusual behavior, specifically her vendetta against married men, also inspired Steer to do some research - he discovered that Samantha is American-made and was, in her time (it's unclear what that timeframe is, though) traditionally given as a gift to newlyweds. As far as wedding gifts go, that's a pretty awful gift.

We're all for a good ghost story, but debunking them is more fun. A quick search on "dolls as wedding gifts," yields pretty much nothing (sorry, Lee!), except for a few cultural customs that wouldn't, in any way, involve an American-made doll that looks like she was manufactured within the last 30 years. Case closed. I still wouldn't want her within a 10-mile radius of me, though.

We may not be believers, but Steer and his dad won't be considering alternative explanations any time soon: "My dad's a believer. He's said he's not happy with it being in the house."

And they're not the only ones. There's actually an entire "Psychic and Paranormal" category on eBay, where believers can buy and sell "active" objects. There are plenty more Samanthas on the market, including this haunted clown, this spirit child named Dakota and this 1940s doll that looks like she inspired a Tim Burton film. You know, in case you were wondering (we really hope you weren't).

[h/t Daily Mail]

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