Woman buys 'haunted' doll found at antiques fair for £3 – and instantly regrets it

Paranormal huntsman and haunted doll collector Candice Collins bought a creepy doll contempt the stories attached to it – and it's been a chaotic thrust ever since

A mum was warned against buying the 'UK's astir haunted doll", but decided to instrumentality the plunge anyway. She's had issues since picking up the spooky item, which has seemingly brought “lots of pain” connected her family.

With its blonde locks, striped garment and baby-like face, 'Norman' whitethorn look similar an mean child’s doll astatine archetypal glance. But it has garnered rather a haunting reputation.

The doll made headlines past twelvemonth aft his erstwhile owner, Christian Hawksworth, claimed helium had been riddled with atrocious luck ever since helium purchased the £3 artifact from an antiques fair.

Christian past suffered an exploding appendix, being shot, his car brakes failing and his wage severely reduced – which helium enactment down to the possessed doll.

After having enough, helium listed him connected eBay for £200 and Candice Collins became intrigued contempt the warnings. The 42-year-old received the doll successful June 2023 –and says symptom has been inflicted connected her household ever since.

She said: “As soon arsenic I opened the box, the country went freezing acold and a dense slump filled the air. I knew past determination was decidedly thing attached to this doll.

“It didn’t consciousness close from the opening to support him successful the house, truthful I enactment him successful a solid container with immoderate beatified water.

“Since then, I’ve worked with Norman a fewer times, but that aforesaid feeling comes washing implicit me. It fills my bones with dread.”

What's more, Candice says she regularly hears Norman speaking with her three-year-old son. The paranormal huntsman and haunted doll collector, from Cornwall, said: “In the night, I tin perceive my small lad talking to someone. He besides starts laughing, which is precise strange.

“I’ve had nightmares, which tin beryllium troublesome. I aftermath up successful a panic due to the fact that I’m drowning oregon being attacked by an unseen figure.

“I’ve adjacent felt my manus being bitten portion dreaming. I sensed thing making sounds successful our bath and heard an evil dependable calling my sanction successful my sleep. It each felt truthful real.”

The mum keeps Norman successful a small outhouse successful their garden, truthful he’s kept astatine a region from her family. However, she believes he’s recovered a mode through.

She said: “My wellness hasn’t ever been great, but it was nether control. Since getting him, it’s overmuch worse.

“I person arthritis, headaches and besides random bruises that travel up connected my assemblage for nary reason. I’ve got a scratch connected my backmost that looks similar heavy claw marks, too. My partner, Nick, needs a hep replacement, arsenic that has taken a crook for the worse.

"It conscionable feels similar ne'er ending atrocious luck. I don’t cognize if it's a effect of this demonic doll.”

While Candice is simply a spot creeped retired by the doll, she’s keen to enactment with him for the foreseeable future. She said: “He does punctual maine of thing retired of the Chucky movies. It seems he’s retired to get anyone that stands successful his way.

“The bottommost enactment is that you’re not harmless astir him, particularly if you person children, arsenic helium wants them each to himself. I would ne'er spot him astir a child, arsenic I deliberation he’s focused connected manipulating them.

“It whispers things, words that tin origin existent harm; adjacent death. I truly bash deliberation he’s the astir possessed doll successful the UK – possibly the world.

“To beryllium capable to inflict specified symptom and accidents arsenic helium has done truly makes you wonderment however acold helium volition go. I bash each of what is needed to support [my family]. I usage sage, crystals, beatified h2o – thing I can.

“I privation to beryllium that determination is beingness aft death, and that not each objects are evil, immoderate conscionable request help. But I’ve got to support my wits astir me, arsenic I don’t cognize what could hap next.”