By Tim Binnall
A purportedly haunted doll featured on a British antique show left many viewers feeling unnerved by the figure's nightmarish appearance. The strange segment reportedly occurred on the BBC program Bargain Hunt when host Charlie Ross interviewed the Nottingham Haunted Museum's Marie Wesson, who showcased several spooky pieces from their collection. One particular object captured the home audience's attention and caused something of a stir online: an eerie-looking doll, dubbed George, which was sent to the museum by a family in Texas.
According to Wesson, the piece was created in tribute to a man who had passed away and, chillingly, the doll "now has his glass eyes and hair." This proved to be problematic for the family as they reported "experiencing a lot of paranormal things with him.' Specifically, they claimed that the piece caused them to have headaches along with inexplicable pain in their eyes. "So they took him to a few mediums," Wesson said, "and apparently George wants his eyes and hair back, he can't rest without them."
Rather than reunite George with his missing hair and eyes, which may have been impossible, the family instead opted to send him across the pond, where he now resides at the Nottingham Haunted Museum. As one might imagine, the piece's unsettling appearance and the tale attached to it had many viewers reaching for the proverbial dial to turn off the program with one individual remarking on social media that "I can't look at the TV, I hate dolls."