A doll for sale that belonged to Mary Jane Kelly

[anna]

Hi Mike,

The only sensible thing to do with an OUIJA is to burn it.
Best Regards,

ANNA.x

[Mike Covell]

Anna, I got rid of the Ouija board, had it burnt!

I have never, and will never use one, and try to discourage people to use them.

Recently I read an article that someone had a "Lilo and Stitch" teddy which was haunted! It was in an issue of Fortean Times, some time ago!

[anna]

Hi Mike,
You count the OUIJA board amongst these items????
As someone who works in this field,I would have thought that you would have appreciated the full extent of the dangers of using this object,and of dismissing it lightly.
I am usually not really too much of a serious person,and usually put in something light to go along with anything serious...but on this occassion I have only my serious hat on,so to speak.
I have seen it used on various occassions,from the time it was sold to the general pubic as a board game in the late 60's.
***Please people,DO NOT USE AN OUIJA BOARD.***
Mike,for once,we disagree.
On the toys....yes,100%...on the OUIJA...a definite NO.

ANNA.

[Mike Covell]

Over the years I have seen and been offered a number of alleged haunted items. These range from teddy bears to dolls, and at one point I was given a OUIJA Board which was allegedly haunted!

The tales around such items can range from mysterious fires being caused by the objectsto things moving in the night. Other activity reported includes positioning of the haunted item by the owner, only to find it moved!

I believe it's all in the mind, if you tell someone something is haunted enough, they start believeing it!

I have a collection of "Dolls" from Horror Movies, including several "Chucky's" from Childs Play, the doll on the bike from "SAW" and more recently a 12" high Slimer from Ghostbusters! There not haunted, but the wife does not like them in the bedroom!

Here is a gallery of alleged haunted dolls!
http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/m...UNTEDDOLLS.htm

[claire]

and those little pink and white curly marshmallow things

[Suzi]

Did anyone hear Mike Read (Ex radio 1 DJ) talking about the sculptures he's made out of sweets?? I was disturbingly put in a mind set of doing the murder sites involving sweets various!! Wow can you imagine!!!...Pass the Curly Wurly!!

Suzi xx

[The Good Michael]

Nicole,

I tried to check the doll out with the company, but they offered to sell me an Eddowes doll. What cheek!

Mike

Joking

[Suzi]

Hi all- I'm no expert either and I don't do dolls of any kind to be honest!! (They give me the willies!!!!) almost as bad as ventriloquist dummies or clowns!! but that doll doesn't work and to be honest wouls 'MJK' have had a doll...I doubt it...OK I've got a bear and A CAT but hey.......

[honey]

HHhmmm, sounds suspiciously like a book i read years ago about a girl who was killed and whos spirit came back to haunt the proclain doll of the girl now living in her house..

As a book it was a good read (Blind Fury i think it was called)!!! :

[Ravenstone]

From what I've heard, the doll isn't likely to have been found in an Irish family in around 1860s. I'm no expert, but it's something about the head and shoulders aspect of it, and the set of the hands. The hands are definitely a more modern addition, apparently.

[anna]

Hi all,

Advising Ebay of the details of this sham,is probably a good course of action to take.
There is certainly some crap being unearthed over this anniversary period.

[nicole]

Hi all,

It might be worth a telephone call to this Ontario firm that specializes in antique porcelain dolls. Could save some poor bugger $9000!
http://www.victorian-porcelain-dolls.com/index.php

Their telephone number is:

(519)848-6912
between the hours of 9am and 9pm eastern daylight time.


Victorian Porcelain Dolls c/o The Doll House Elora,
Box 497, Arthur,
Ontario, Canada N0G-1A0,

The doll on the left of their homepage is almost identical to the one for sale on ebay. Notice the contour of the hair and the hair-line itself.

Nicole

[j.r-ahde]

Hello you all!

All right, trying to make some sense:

1. Who wants to ask for money for a doll possessed by its former owner?!

2. Why they haven't told the details about the origins of Mary Kelly, since they know, that she was born in Munster, 1863?!

3. Like Claire pointed out, real-life's MJK had a hair something between strawberry blonde-ginger!

4. The only item in Miller's Court 13, possibly belonging to MJK, was a copy of a painting "Fisherman's widow"! Even about that there is no absolutely certain data (meaning: of which "Fisherman's widow"s it was copied from!)

5. Yes, I really find this as one of the sick jokes around MJK. Just like the long-lost relatives of hers appearing on these threads at times and disappearing a lot faster!

All the best
Jukka

[Esther Wilson]

The only word I can think to describe this is disturbing.

Esther

[Rigby]

The photo is from William Perry's book. Other than that, utter gumpf.