Each Christmas, Santa delivers Raggedy Ann and Barbie dolls to homes across the world. Little girls play mommy to robot babies that cry, eat and wet themselves. For many adults, it’s a recipe for the creeptastic heebie-jeebies. Thanks to Hollywood horror movies, we know those blank-faced baby dolls can turn into haunted and homicidal toys at any moment. Natalee explores the psychological foundations for why their level of resemblance to real children is uncanny and unsettling to our brains. Miranda tells the original story behind the Annabelle doll made famous in several horror films. Pull up a tea party chair and get ready for some googly-eyed insight into the oldest toy of all time.

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