Robert the Doll

Robert the Doll, real-life inspiration for the Chucky Doll

“Robert, otherwise known as Robert the Doll, Robert the Haunted

Doll, or Robert the Enchanted Doll; is a doll that was once owned by
painter and author Robert Eugene Otto. The doll is said to be possessed
by evil spirits, and has a terrifying reputation.
Eugene was given the doll in 1906 by a Bahamian servant who was
skilled in black magic and voodoo and was displeased with the family.
Soon afterward, the family supposed that there was something eerie
about the doll. Eugene’s parents often heard him talking to the doll and
supposed that the doll spoke back. Although at first they assumed that
Eugene was simply answering himself in a changed voice, they later
realized that the doll was actually speaking.
Neighbors claimed to have seen the doll moving from window to
window when the family was out. Sometimes the doll would emit a
terrifying giggle, and the Otto family caught glimpses of it running from
room to room. In the night Eugene would scream, and when his parents
ran to the room, they would find furniture knocked over and Eugene in
bed, looking incredibly scared, telling them that "Robert did it!”. In
addition, guests claim to have seen Robert’s expression change before
their eyes and he often blinked.
When Eugene died in 1974, the doll was left in the attic until the house
was bought again.