Short Stuff: Robert the Doll

# Short Stuff Summary

This spooky Halloween episode dives into the creepy real-life legend of Robert the Doll, a haunted antique doll that belonged to a boy named Eugene Otto in early 1900s Key West, Florida. The hosts explore how Robert became the constant companion and lifelong friend of Eugene, who insisted the mischievous doll was responsible for his childhood pranks, and how the legend only grew stranger as Robert continued to mysteriously move around the house and allegedly cause problems even after Eugene became an adult painter. Today you can visit the real Robert at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, where visitors reportedly experience camera malfunctions if they don't ask his permission before taking photos.