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November 1, 2022 Robert the Doll isn’t the only creepy and mysterious artifact haunting Key West’s Fort East Martello Museum. A recent Travel Channel feature highlighted the grave of Elena Hoyos in their article “6 Museums That Are Home To Creepy And Mysterious Artifacts.” Elena Hoyos is known as the Key West girl who was…

October 31, 2022 Robert the Doll has a new spirit keeping him company. And this one can lift your spirits too. Key West Art & Historical Society, Key West’s First Legal Rum Distillery, and Ghost Key West teamed up to create a rum that honors the world’s most haunted doll, and Robert the Doll’s Voodoo…

October 30, 2022 Ghost Magnet and Girl Next Door Bridget Marquardt’s 2022 Halloween special is not to be missed. This year Bridget talked with Aaron Sagers of 28 Days Haunted and Paranormal Caught On Camera fame about his Halloween encounter with Robert the Haunted Doll. Later she was joined by Robert the Doll biographer David…

October 25, 2022 Happy birthday Robert the Doll! Every year, Robert the Doll’s birthday is celebrated on October 25th, but the origins of Robert’s birthday have interesting ties to Key West’s history and Robert Eugene Otto. Robert the Doll has received birthday greetings from two United States Presidents. He receives hundreds of letters each year,…

October 24, 2022 Thrillist.com has named Key West’s Fort East Martello Museum the creepiest place to visit in Florida. Fort East Martello Museum is best known as the home of Robert the Doll, but the haunted fort is home to more than 100 spirits, many of whom died from yellow fever at the fort when…

October 22, 2022 Each year on October 22, Key West and the Florida Keys celebrate Robert the Doll with a special day named in his honor. Robert the Enchanted Doll Day became official in 2006 when Mayor Morgan McPherson put forth a proclamation before the Key West City Commission making the day official. The proclamation…

October 21, 2022 A meme circulating the Internet pointed out that the State of Florida looks like The Grinch when viewed from space. But two astute Robert the Doll fans were quick to point out that the state looks more like an upside-down Robert the Doll than The Grinch. We added an image of Robert…

October 19, 2022 USA Today has named Key West’s Fort East Martello Museum one of the “10 Best Haunted Destinations” in America for the third year in a row. Fort East Martello is known around the world as the home of Robert the Doll. David Sloan, author, and researcher of the haunted doll, operates VIP…

October 20, 2022 A popular question on the Key West ghost tour at Fort East Martello Museum: “Is this the real Robert the Doll? I heard this is a replica and the real doll lives somewhere else.” Don’t worry. The doll haunting Fort East Martelllo Museum is 100% the real Robert the Doll. It’s understandable…

October 8, 2022: The popular website Thrillist.com has named Ghost Key West’s (aka as Sloan’s Key West Ghost Adventures) Robert the Doll Experience one of the Best Ghost Tours in America. The article says, “Guests on the Key West Ghost Adventures tour get a chance to meet him in person for 25 minutes–and he’s completely…

Want to know what it is like to do the VIP experience with Robert the Doll? Omar Gosh TV joined the Robert the Doll Experience, stayed at the Artist House in Key West (former home of Robert the Doll), and had some intense encounters. There’s a good reason 4 million people subscribe to his YouTube…

Key West’s infamous haunted doll was featured in the October 2022 edition of the Key West Weekly. The article highlighted the new Robert the Doll documentary and the Robert the Doll Experience Ghost Hunt operated by David Sloan and Ghost Key West in cooperation with the Key West Art & Historical Society. From the article:…