bride doll
This Franklin Mint Gibson Girl Bride Doll is a replica of the doll which reportedly terrorized a UK husband and wife.
When Debbie Merrick, a 50-year-old UK resident, bought three antique dolls for £5 ($6.87 USD), she didn't realize her life would never be the same. As soon as she brought the dolls home, unexplainable things started happening. Merrick's husband, Cameron, was waking up with strange scratches on his legs—scratches they believe to have been caused by the doll. Merrick also had frequent dreams about the doll dragging itself along the floor in pursuit of her and her family.
Merrick claims that the evil spirit within the doll has the ability to drastically change the temperature in whichever room it travels to. This ability has caused the fire alarms in the Merrick home to go off at all hours of the day. After showing the doll to a friend who is a medium, Merrick became convinced that it is possessed.
“One morning my husband said to me, 'I've got scratches all over my legs.' ... The scratches do look like they've been done by something small, like little doll hand scratches." –Debbie Merrick
Growing increasingly more afraid of the doll, Merrick put it in a box in the garage and covered it with other boxes for additional peace of mind. She claims that when she checked on the doll the day after first placing it in the box she noticed that it had changed position and that the necklace it had previously been wearing had been taken off. Reluctant to touch the doll, or even go near it, she placed the doll for sale on Ebay, where it sold on after 33 bids for the amount of £866.00 ($1190.00 USD).
The Merrick's tell their story on ITV's "THIS MORNING" on July 24, 2017.