At the East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida, there is an allegedly haunted doll named “Robert.” My friend, Zach, and I headed out there to see him. You’ll notice I look like a mess. That is because Zach and I walked all the way to this museum, and it was raining outside. (Note the thunder while I’m inside the doll house.)
You’re supposed to ask Robert’s permission to film him, but I did not. Was there a consequence? Scroll down to see…
Robert the Doll
Here is a description of Robert the Doll, taken from hauntedkeywest...
Who is Robert the Doll? Robert the Doll is a haunted doll that lives in Key West, Florida. He was created by the Steiff Company around 1904 and given as a gift to a Key West boy who developed an unusual relationship with the toy. Some theories suggest Robert the Doll was created with voodoo.
What does Robert the Doll do? Some of the earliest reports of Robert the Doll doing things that most dolls don’t do emerged in the late 1940s when children in Key West saw Robert the Doll moving in the window of the Otto family home at 534 Eaton Street. People have seen Robert move on his own, laugh, and throw objects across the room through the years. Ghost Hunt guests at the Fort East Martello have seen Robert’s chest move as if he is breathing and felt an unknown entity touching their knee. Cold chills and orbs move about Robert’s room at times.
Edna Wolkowsky Doll House
Here is a description of the doll house, taken from the sign posted outside it. (Note: I don’t know of any information regarding the dolls inside the house.)
For generations, this children’s life-sized doll house has played a memorable role in the lives of several Key West families.
Isaac Wolkowsky, a promiment Key West businessman, had the doll house built for his eldest daughter, Edna, around 1920. For many years, it stood behind the large family home located at 407 South Street. Edna kept her dolls in the playhouse, the favorite gathering place for young daughters of family, friends, and neighbors. When the Wolkowsky family relocated to Miami in 1924, the doll house was given to the neighboring Gato family. Their daughter, Edna Gato, and her friends continued to spend their afternoons playing in the house.
By 1949, the Gato family home was sold to Eugene Martinez. The new owner had no children and, consequently, no use for the doll house. Martinez chose to give the doll house to his sister-in-law as his nieces, Francine and Emilie McCarthy, could enjoy it. The doll house was put on a truck and relocated to 1312 Reynolds Streets, where it remained for nearly a decade.
When the McCarthy girls grew up, their mother, Solita McCarthy, donated the doll house to Fort East Martello Museum in 1960. A crane was used to lift the delicate structure over the Fort’s thick brick walls. Since the time of its donation, the doll house has continued to amuse children and adults alike.
Edna Wolkowsky’s fond memories of time spent playing with her Key West friends in the doll house prompted her and her family to provide funding to restore the doll house to its original form, therefore preserving it for future generations.
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So my flight left back home a couple days later. At the airport there was a massive flight delay, so much, that I had to schedule a different flight for my next scheduled flight. However, soon as I landed, I received a notification that that flight was canceled. I had to take a red-eye flight back home and arrived around 5am much later than planned.
Coincidence? The world may never know…
Want to see my and Zach's whole Florida adventure? Check out the video here: • we had NO PLANS for so...
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