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This is the most
haunted item in the world.

Why am I already shaking?

Another accident.

I didn't expect to cry.

Not all wishes come true

the way you want them
to come true.

Dude, what the ****

I want my life back.

I want my life back.

Since I was a young boy,

I've been collecting
haunted artifacts,

drawn to the dark and mysterious
energy they carry.

The Manson murders
will go down as

one the most heinous crimes
of all time.

Through my career
as a paranormal investigator,

I've been able
to build my collection.

- Now I'm building a museum...
- The Conjure Chest

is one of the deadliest
haunted artifacts

- in existence.
- Robert the Doll.

He's affected
thousands of people.

...And providing a place

for people
to bring their haunted items

and hear their stories.

We aid people
into coming into the world.

Why can't we aid them
in exiting the world?

These are my deadly possessions.

So these are actually
real bones from a person.

- Here at the museum...
- I don't know if you'd like

- to hold one of them.
- ...You never know who will stop by.

- No **** way.
- Hey, guys!

This is wild!

Hey, Joe!

- Hi!
- Nancy!

- How are you?
- Nice to see you.

- Good to see you.
- What a surprise.

I didn't know you were here.

Angry Joe is an old friend

from Bonnie Springs Ranch.

Are you angry?
I imagine you feel angry.

I've been wanting to come here
since I heard about it.

Right.

It was just -- I had to come.

The objects
that are in this museum,

they're donated from people
all over the world,

I purchased some of them.

But some of the other objects
that people bring here,

that I sit down in the ballroom
and interview,

these objects are serious.

These objects
have killed people.

Last time I saw Joe,

he discussed a cross that
may have saved a man's life.

Leave now!

Leave Brian and go back to
the opera house.

When he got possessed, okay?

Everybody was trying
to get him out of it.

- On the film, I got him out of it.
- Right.

- But I felt that hit me in the chest.
- Yeah.

I went home that night.

My cross, it was brown.

That cross that turned brown,

what are you doing --

No way!

Wow, that's it.

I've always thought
my mom has been possessed.

So I'm gonna have you wear it
and her grab it.

And I know
it's gonna turn black.

- She had him!
- I know it's gonna turn black.

Please, save me.

- No. No.
- After 38 years, please, save --

I'm just kidding.

Thank you.
My God.

Although we might laugh now,

nothing about these items
is a joke.

So you want to keep this
in the museum?

And we can tell your story --
the story of Bonnie Springs?

- Is that okay?
- Yeah, it's okay.

I'm never gonna
refuse an object.

You know, bringing the energy
that's attached to stuff like this,

is bringing with it,

the spirits and energies
that are attached with it.

Somebody's about ready
to bring an object.

So we got to go back --

Okay. All right.

Excuse me.

As I build my collection,

I want to experience the most
historically haunted items

in the world.

This is a place for people
to share these possessions

and seek answers.

My name is Jason Haxton.
I live in Kirksville, Missouri.

I'm the owner of the most
haunted object in the world,

known as the dibbuk box.

I feel that this object
is so dangerous,

I've kept it buried
and away from people

for five full years.

The dibbuk box was created
by a Holocaust survivor

as a way to deal
with her grief and loss

from the war.

I'm digging this box up

so that I can take it
to Zak Bagans...

and bring back
the original owner,

Kevin Mannis,
who feels that the box

may have been contributing
to his mother's death.

Between the three of us,

we might be able to come
to some answers and resolution

about this haunted object.

My God.

Please tell me that's a replica.

Is this the dibbuk box?

This is, today,

the most haunted item
in the world.

It's the dibbuk box.

Why am I already shaking?

Please, have a seat.

This is the first time

it's been removed
from Missouri in 12 years,

since it arrived.

This is known as not only

one of the most iconic
haunted items in the world,

but it's also known to be
one of the most deadly.

I was kind of apprehensive
bringing it here.

It's not been removed.

It's not been seen.

It's not been,
really, out like this.

Where do you keep it at home?

It actually --

It stays in the state of Missouri
in a military box and buried.

So it is completely protected.

Where is it buried?

I own 26 acres of land,

- It's buried in a secret spot on that land.
- Rural area.

So I always know where it's at.

But I don't disturb it.

You literally unburied it

like you were on
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"...

- Brought it out.
- ...and digging this thing up

This box is used
to contain evil spirits?

Correct.

We don't know whether
it's one or two or multiple.

But we know, at least,
there is a dibbuk.

Can you define what a dibbuk is?

In the Jewish faith,

it's a spirit
that has unfinished business...

...and so it cannot
have peace.

So it attaches, it cleaves.

- Possesses?
- It possesses a person

to finish out
whatever it didn't finish.

So you have something
living through you

to finish its life.

I'm really shaking.

You -- you see that, right?

Well, I'll be honest. I was so nauseous
after touching it the first time...

...and this ectoplasmic-like
crud came out of me.

Crud came out of you?

- Literally just quantities of it.
- Vomited?

And that pain is
as if someone took a knife

and stabbed me in the gut

and actually
ripped it through me.

- You had the pain right after you touched it?
- Well, yeah.

And I was sick to my stomach.
I woke up, my eyes were bleeding.

- I was broken out in hives I'm choking.
- Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

All of this
on the same day of this box.

- Your eyes were bleeding?
- Yeah.

Like, literally, just blood.

- Coming out of your eyes?
- Right.

I also have to share with you
that it was a gift,

an accidental gift
by Kevin Mannis to his mother

on this day, her birthday.

I'm aware of Kevin Mannis.

I think the coincidence of it
being here with you...

Wait a minute.

...On the day
that it was basically

to be presented as a gift,

when she had all of her issues.

Today is his mother's birthday?

It was the beginning
of the end for her.

Kevin is the original owner
of the dibbuk box.

Today is Kevin's mother's
birthday.

It was the beginning
of the end for her.

And Kevin believes

the dibbuk box
killed his mother.

We're gonna try
to talk to him about this

as respectful and as sensitive
as I can.

Hello, Kevin.

- Please have a seat.
- Sure, man.

I've read a lot about you.

I've learned that Kevin
Mannis acquired the dibbuk box

from the family of
a deceased Holocaust survivor.

After fleeing Nazi Poland
and seeking refuge in Spain,

this woman
created the dibbuk box

to deal with her grief

but inadvertently
created an attachment

with something very dark.

Kevin, did you give
this dibbuk box

as a gift to your mother
for her birthday,

not knowing
what the dibbuk box is?

Yeah.

Um...

I gave it to her,
and she opened it up.

And I found her beside the box,

door open to the box.

And then I realized
she was having a stroke.

And got on the phone with 911

and called 911 immediately.

And that day,

she lost her speech
and 80% of her eyesight.

Again, a recurring theme
that happens to people

who come in contact with the box.

I had no idea.

Did she ever
have any communication

about what she felt
when she opened those doors?

- Yeah.
- She did?

She said, when she opened
the doors to the box,

that something blew through her

that she could only describe
as pure evil.

I don't know what he's doing.

Dude, what the ****

I've been speaking
to Kevin Mannis

about the dibbuk box,
a truly disturbing object,

which he believes
led to his mother's death.

Something blew through her that
she could only describe as pure evil.

Do you regret
buying the dibbuk box?

If you could go
back into time, Kevin...

Would you have still
bought the box?

Knowing what I know now,

there's an innocence
that I've lost.

I just have a simple --
not a simple question,

a question
that I just would like

- a "yes" or "no" answer for.
- Sure.

Do you believe the dibbuk box
can kill people?

Zak, I can't --

I can't empower that
by saying yes.

Jason, do you think that there is an evil
spirit contained inside of there?

I think evil can happen.

It just depends how it's used.

If you're telling me, right now,

that it's not all bad,

then can I ask you,

why would you put it
in a military box

and bury it in a field?

Why wouldn't this be
on display on your mantle?

Well, not all wishes come true

the way you want them
to come true.

What do you think about
the current owner Jason?

What do you think about
what he's doing with it

and how he's storing it
underground?

You know, I --

I guess we could talk about

how many people
have died around it.

How many people
have died around it?

There was a gentleman,
was living in a house

Jason had the box
in the basement.

He didn't tell me this.

And they found the guy dead,

sitting in a chair
directly over the box.

What?

Yeah.

The man was found dead
over the dibbuk box?

Sitting in a chair
over the dibbuk box.

A dibbuk attaches itself to you

like a fungus
growing inside of a person,

causing blood
to pour from their eyes

or their heart to nearly stop.

When was the last time
you saw the dibbuk box,

how long ago?

I guess it would be
about 10, 12 years ago.

I have the box set up right now

in a basement isolation chamber.

Would you like to go down there

and see it again?

Well, would I like to? That's an
interesting way of putting it. I'll do it.

We just want to observe.

And I'm asking you a question.
I'm not giving you an order.

I understand that.
For sure, yeah.

I'd be happy to do that, man.
Yeah.

Okay. Right now,
I'm in the library.

And through
one of these secret doors

is our nerve center.

We can see and hear everything
in this entire building.

And right now,
it's time for Theodore

to escort Kevin down into
the basement isolation chamber.

Kevin is bringing
a trigger object

that also belonged to the family
that built the box,

in an attempt to conjure
the negative entity.

I'm nervous
all of a sudden, man.

I'm all, like, anxious.

He's just going right to town

and opening it all up.

Look at the lights flickering.

The moment Kevin opens
the door to the dibbuk box,

the lights begin unexplainedly flickering
on and off in the front museum room.

Yeah.

See that?

That's in the store.

- In the main store.
- Yeah.

Watch the store.
Look at...

- There it goes.
- Look.

What the hell?

I don't know he's doing.

Has Kevin released the evil spirit
in the basement?

He did warn us that
if he went down there...

Is he facing the wall?

- Yes.
- Yes.

- What was that?
- I don't know.

Just a banging noise.

- It was a loud bang by the...
- Did you hear that?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

What's going on with you, Kevin?

What are you thinking about?
Why won't you sit in the chair, buddy?

What's wrong with you?

I'm starting to feel anxiety
in myself.

He did say it was getting creepy
and eerie in there, too.

Light from the hallway
crept into my room,

along with a shadow man too,
I assume.

Never before
had I seen such a form,

that could change

the candle's flame licks
in a storm.

What in the hell?

- I wait here in the darkness till you fall asleep.
- What is he saying?

Then I come to your dreams
with a promise to keep.

From the nighttime to morning,
I'll torment your soul.

Dude, what the ****
is he saying?

- Don't forget about what he said would happen to you.
- No.

- He's saying...
- I started to tremble. I covered my head.

He's saying things like,

"Come out of this box
and torment these souls."

And took flight.

He had deepened my plot
and filled out with delight.

I'd just about fallen asleep
when it started.

It began when I felt something
under the bed coming...

What is he saying,
'cause he hasn't stopped.

Word for word.
he hasn't stuttered.

As the stench of

the shadow man's breath
filled the air

and the silence was broken
one inch from my ear.

As the shadow man whispered,
"My boy, I'm right here."

What are those?

There's voices after he stopped.

He's, like, speaking in tongues.

Listen. Listen.

Is this guy **** possessed?

Do you hear this?

Yeah.

When should we get him?

Theodore, I want you
to go down and get him,

get Kevin.

He's acting weird.

I'm gonna go with you.

But I want you to go down there
and call for him, okay?

Keep an eye on Theodore.

- Kevin?
- Yeah.

You okay?

I'm, I'm okay. I'm okay.

What's wrong?

I don't know
if you've paid any attention

to what's going on above your furnaces
over here in the background.

But you've got quite a bit
of activity happening.

What Kevin is seeing
is out of our camera's view.

What kind of activity, Kevin?

You got some wispy sort of --
sort of...

manifestations
that have happened

three times
since I've been down here.

- And...
- Theodore?

Yes?

Come back upstairs, please.

Because the dibbuk box
is known to be a killer,

I don't want to take any chances
while the doors are open

in fear for Theodore's safety

until we can comprehend
what's happening with Kevin.

Again, I have a very,
very apprehensive feeling

about what is --
what is inside...

Want to come up, Kevin?

You all right?

That's not something
to play with.

It's not something
ever to play with.

I don't mean to get
that emotional about it.

- But it's...
- It's okay.

Yeah, and I am really
kind of feeling --

I told you --
apprehensive down there.

You can see
I'm kind of physically...

- Yeah. Yeah.
- ...Shaken.

And I didn't think it was gonna
affect me like that at all.

It's weird, but --

- You all right, man?
- Yeah.

I just -- I didn't --

I didn't expect
to get hit that...

I mean, it's really,
I got a physical, you know...

Wow.

We were hearing other voices
down there,

when you weren't talking,
did you hear that?

- No.
- You didn't?

I don't know.

That's very, very strange.

Did you ever feel anything
down there with you

in the basement?

Up above the furnace there.

- You did?
- Yeah.

I mean, you -- you can...
I couldn't stand there and look at it

- without seeing...
- Was this from the box?

I don't know.

- Crazy.
- Yeah.

I think he's -- I think he's...

I'm concerned about
Kevin and Jason,

who, I believe, have an unhealthy addiction
to the dibbuk box.

Well, not all wishes come true

the way you want them
to come true.

So I seek the help of Rabbi Wyne

to answer lingering questions
about the box and its origins.

Rabbi Wyne,

what did you hear about
the dibbuk box?

Exactly what everyone hears.

You have the box,

weird things happen
to the owner of the box.

We do believe in transmigration,

that a soul can attach itself
to something else.

But what about the case in point

of these two gentlemen here
that have owned the box.

Okay.

As you two had said...

- Yeah.
- The things that it has caused --

The manifestations, the death.

I'm just not gonna sit here
and sugarcoat that.

Well, do we want to say
that it caused it?

Do we want to say
that the spiritual entity

that is attached to it
caused it?

- That's why I'm here-- to get more answers.
- Or when you encounter,

"My goodness. There's a box, and it
seems to be possessed with a spirit."

That's a message to you
that your soul --

and that you've got to
straighten your soul out.

That's really what it's about.

And then --

So sorry.

- You okay?
- Yeah. I just have a little cough.

And then when you say,
"Hey, listen.

Let's bring this box to me,"

that's a message
from the almighty.

I'm so sorry, man.

If I can just take a second,
yeah.

- You need some water or something?
- I guess so.

Are you...
What's wrong?

I'm just -- I've got
something my throat.

Yeah, I -- I don't know.

- Do you want to come down for a second?
- I'd love to. Thank you.

Let me run back here
and grab some water real quick.

Since symptoms of the dibbuk box

include choking, hives,
cold sweats,

and other physical reactions,

I am very concerned.

- Let's -- let's...
- I'm so sorry.

That's okay.
Are you okay?

Yeah.

It's just really strange.

I don't know
what this cough is from. It's odd.

When I interviewed you,
you were fine.

- I just...
- Who knows.

I'm sorry about that, guys.

You know what I've noticed is

how close both of you are
to this box,

how you are
when you speak of it.

I wonder if something

contained in or around the box

is also affecting you two.

My name's Cori Convertito.

I'm the curator here at

the Key West
Art and Historical Society,

home of Robert the Doll.

For the 20-years-plus
that Robert's lived here,

he has really had
a big effect on people,

people losing jobs
and relationships breaking up,

death in the family.

There have been dead pets.

Robert has been affecting
people's lives for decades.

We're hoping that Zak
can help us understand

exactly what it is about Robert

that makes him affect people
in the way that he does.

Okay. No.

No..

Is this Robert the Doll?

It is Robert the Doll.

My gosh.

Yeah.

Holy... cow.

This is the most haunted doll
in the world.

Is it true that Robert the Doll

actually inspired the movies,
"Child's Play?"

He is the real Chucky,
is this true?

Their stories
are quite eerily similar.

Can you give me a second?

- Yeah. - I'm -- I'm like...
- No, take your time.

- I'm seriously...
- Take your time.

- Like, I'm just...
- Take your time.

- Do people get anxiety around --
- Absolutely. Absolutely.

Are you supposed to make
eye contact with Robert?

Some people find it, you know,
very calming.

And then some people seem
to get lost in the...

...the utter darkness
of it all.

How did he get the reputation
that he has now,

of being haunted?

He belonged to a boy
from Key West.

His name was Robert Eugene Otto.

For Robert's fourth birthday,

Robert, the boy's, mother
bought Robert the doll

and brought him back.

The boy named him for himself.

So he'd started going by
his middle name ---

Gene, Eugene --
instead of Robert,

- to differentiate between the two.
- Okay.

They were inseparable.

He would take Robert the Doll
everywhere with him.

Anything bad or naughty
that the boy did,

he blamed on Robert the Doll.

- Eugene would talk to Robert as he was...
- Right.

...was alive.

Well, all kids --
all kids talk to dolls, you know.

- Um, but...
- As a teenager,

I think those things
start falling away.

So he's...

He's not
a 4-year-old boy anymore,

talking to a doll.

- He's now a teenager.
- So Gene started...

Was still talking to Robert
as a living person...

...well into teenage years.
- Absolutely.

- That's strange.
- And beyond.

After he was married,

he still would talk to Robert
in the first person. - What?

His wife and he
had separate bedrooms.

But Robert actually slept

in Gene's quarter of the house.

Now that's strange.

- It's -- it's...
- As a grown man...

- Right.
- ...And treating him like a living person.

Did Gene know that this doll
was possessed?

I don't know why he would devote

so much attention
and his own energy

focusing on Robert.

If that wasn't the case --

I mean, they were together.

Has it been said that Robert

has been responsible
for people's deaths?

People have suggested so.

Um, Eugene's father died

not long after Robert
appeared on the scene.

The grandfather
also died quite young.

Do you believe
that countless people

have been cursed by Robert
for disrespecting him?

Um, there's something to him.

There's something --

His energy?
I don't know what it is.

It's something that
I've not been privy to with him.

I don't experience
any negativity from him at all.

Are you his caretaker?

I am.

You are his caretaker.

I am. Yeah.
Absolutely.

So I'm seeing a pattern here.

I'm seeing a connection
to you, to Gene.

And do you think that
that is the reason

why you don't experience
anything negative from Robert?

I think it's partially
to do with that.

I mean, I'm very respectful.

I'll talk with him...

Okay.

...Or to him,

and just him what we're doing,

why he's out of
the display case,

why he's in my lap or --

- You let Robert sit in your lap?
- I do.

I mean, not on
a daily basis or anything.

Nobody else
is allowed to do that?

I don't know.

Yeah.

Robert does get
a lot of letters saying,

"I'm sorry
I took your photograph."

He gets letters?

Letters of what?

Apologizing.

Apologizing to Robert?

- To him for disrespecting him...
- What? - Yes. Absolutely.

Can I help you, Theodore?

This is for you, sir.

Okay.

- Hello.
- Hello.

- I'm Theodore.
- Nice to meet you, Theodore.

- Hi.
- I'm Cori.

Aah!

Theodore, don't.

Um...

what Theodore just did
is very serious, correct?

I think, to me,
it was slightly disrespectful.

I don't know
how Robert saw that,

running off like that,

instead of taking the time
to try to understand

and just be afraid and leave.

Can we check on him?

I would suggest.

Hang on one second, please.

You okay?

Okay.

Cori firmly believes

that if Theodore doesn't
make this apology to Robert,

something very bad
will happen to him.

Robert, I'm really sorry.

I meant no harm.

That's good.
Thank you, Theodore.

Thank you.

Thank you, Robert.

When I turned and saw it

'cause I hadn't seen it before,

and that really freaked me out.

And I went
back in the room there,

and then I started coughing.

Robert maybe put a curse on me
or whatever.

but it was
a very freaky experience,

very strange.

Um...

There's some letters here
that you were speaking of.

"I am a grown-up man,
68 years old.

I have never believed
I could be cursed.

Now I do believe.

To anyone who might be
reading this letter,

do not take that photo,

do not doubt some of the things
that can happen."

I'm sure these
you have hundreds,

if not thousands of letters.

I have a cabinet full.

It's just incredible.

So if I take a photo
with Robert,

and I ask permission...

Will something bad happen to me?

I -- I can't --
I can't promise anything.

Why do you have to say
that part?

It's a disclaimer.

Could he sit on my lap?

God.

Okay.

I can get him, if you want.

I'd like to do it.

- Okay.
- Okay?

Robert my name's Zak.

And I want to ask
your permission

if you could sit on my lap
for a photo?

Um...

You -- um, you pick...

Pick him up?

Well, no. No.

Um, no.
I'm gonna put him in your lap.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

- Ready?
- Yeah.

- Okay. Okay?
- Yep.

Hi, Robert.

- Ready?
- Yeah.

Got it? Good.

Robert, thank you
very, very much

for allowing me to take
your photo and to hold you.

Okay, I'm ready.

Okay.

Cori has brought along
Bonnie Randolph

because her life is in turmoil

after a negative encounter
with Robert.

Therefore, we have removed
Robert the Doll

from the ballroom.

Do you believe
that Robert the Doll

has put a curse on your life?

I have been through so much
in the last two years,

that it is impossible
to look at it any other way.

- And can I guess?
- Sure.

Did you take his picture
without asking?

I did.

So this is real?

It was very real.

- Was there ever a derogatory
comment made? - Yes.

What happened?

I had made the comment
to Robert,

that he looked very handsome.

And the individual standing
directly behind me says,

"Yeah, for a ****"

That's pretty heavy to say that.

It was intense.

Um...

Did anything happen
to that person

or do you feel
that you took the brunt of it?

I took the full --
full brunt of it.

You did?

After the comment was made,

did you feel impending doom?

Yes.

Did it come?

It did.

Driving along... Bang.

- We -- we --
- Car accident?

We had a car accident.

How many days after?

Three days.

This was only three days?

So we're driving back.

After your first accident?

After the first accident.

Bam.

- What?
- Car comes out of nowhere and T-bones us.

- Two accidents.
- Another accident.

- In the same day.
- Wow.

- Two car accidents, same day.
- Bad luck.

Would you think bad luck,

or would you think Robert
at this point?

Three days later.

Again, three days?

Three days later.

Well, we live in a boat.

And in the lower level,
three steps down is my office.

And it's on the left.

I fell and I broke my back...

...just outside that office.

You broke your back?

Is there anything I can do
to help you?

Yes, I do need --
I do need to apologize to him.

Do you want to
confront Robert now?

I do.

I want my life back.

Robert the Doll
has left many lives in ruins

by cursing those
who disrespect him.

This might be Bonnie Randolph's
only chance at redemption.

Robert, I owe you an apology.

I didn't ask permission.

I was cocky.

And it was wrong.

I only have positive energy
and light and love towards you.

How do you feel?

Um, I feel a little uneasy.

I feel unsure, um...

I don't think he wants to hear
that you're unsure.

Just feel it in your heart.

Robert, I do,
most sincerely apologize.

I'd like all
the camera operators

to please leave the room,
everybody.

All the camera operators
to please leave the room.

I'm gonna let you stay here
for a minute by yourself.

Thank you.

I need this to be over, Robert.
Thank you.

I need my life back.

I've been through so much,
so much pain.

And I deserved it.

Can you zoom in on her?

She's crying.

Thank you.

Man, I didn't expect to cry.

This poor lady.

I feel her emotion.

You're done with me.

Thank you.

Thank you. Okay.

Man, what a release.

- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm okay.

- You sure?
- Yeah. - Okay.

I didn't expect to experience
quite all that.

It's okay.

I think you were supposed to
experience all that.

It's a release.

It's a release.

Was it good emotions?

Yes. Yes.

- You needed that, All right?
- I did.

- Thank you for coming here.
- Thank you.

I hope you forgave her, Robert.

Please.

Okay.