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Judge Doom - c.2021 by Sage Turk 👁👁(the second in my childhood fear series. I think I speak for my generation that the end of Roger Rabbit remains a mystery since we collectively covered our eyes at this.) #whoframedrogerrabbit #childhoodfears #80skidswillunderstand #illustration #artaday #ookyspooky #judgedoom https://www.instagram.com/p/CVs7haYri6y/?utm_medium=tumblr
I was so afraid of this when I was a kid. Image from @hobbitoftherings.
Joshua Hoffine, self proclaimed horror photographer, is based out of Kansas City, Missouri. Together with his daughters makes childhood nightmares come to life with his creepy photographs. Pretty rad, stay spooky @joshuahoffine 👻 #hallowsevehorror #joshuahoffine #horrorphotography #horrorphotographer #horror #creepy #scary #spooky #fear #nightmare #childhoodfears #underthebed #monster #creeyphotography
Discover the dark origins of the Boogeyman legend in this chilling documentary-style story.
Yellow cloak of fright, Masked eyes pierce the dim hallway, Shadows twist and play. 👀
The Whispering Doll Shaina Tranquilino October 21, 2024
Maggie was seven when her mother brought home the doll.
It wasn’t her birthday, nor Christmas—just a rainy Tuesday when her mother returned from the old thrift store on the edge of town with a smile and something cradled in her arms.
“Look what I found for you,” her mother said, presenting the doll with its pale porcelain face, glossy black ringlets, and piercing blue eyes. It wore a faded blue dress, lace trimming its edges, and a small, cracked heart-shaped locket hanging from its neck.
Maggie’s eyes widened. She hadn’t asked for a doll, but there was something about this one that pulled her in. She reached out, took the doll carefully in her hands, and ran her fingers over the smooth, cool porcelain.
That night, after dinner, Maggie hurried to her room with her new treasure. She placed the doll on the windowsill, propped against a pillow, and stared at it, as though waiting for something.
The house was quiet, the rain still tapping gently on the window. Maggie began to drift off to sleep when she heard it—a faint whisper.
“Maggie…”
Her eyes shot open. She scanned the room, her heart thumping in her chest. But there was no one there. The whisper came again, soft, soothing, like a breeze brushing against her ear.
“Maggie, I’m your friend…”
She turned her head slowly toward the doll. Its eyes seemed brighter now, as if they had caught the moonlight just right.
“Do you like me, Maggie?” the whisper continued, though the doll’s lips never moved.
Maggie sat up in bed, her small hands clutching the blanket. She wasn’t scared, not really. The voice wasn’t threatening. It sounded…friendly.
“I like you,” Maggie whispered back, her voice barely audible.
The doll’s eyes seemed to shimmer. “Good. I know things, Maggie. Secrets. Do you want to know what I know?”
Maggie hesitated. “What kind of secrets?”
“Secrets about your family,” the doll replied. “About your mommy…and your daddy…”
Maggie blinked. Daddy had left a long time ago. Mommy didn’t like to talk about him. But now the doll was offering answers. Answers that no one else would give her.
“What about them?” Maggie asked, her curiosity piqued.
The doll was silent for a moment, then whispered, “Your daddy didn’t leave. Mommy made him leave. She told him he wasn’t good enough for you, Maggie. She wanted to keep you all to herself.”
Maggie’s heart raced. “Mommy wouldn’t do that.”
The doll’s voice turned sweet again, coaxing. “But she did. I wouldn’t lie to you. I’m your friend. Your only friend.”
For a week, the doll whispered more secrets—things Maggie had never known or even suspected. Her mother’s secret late-night phone calls, the fights her parents had, the hidden letters her mother had kept from her father. Maggie began to trust the doll more and more, sharing her own secrets in return. They became inseparable, the doll and her, and the whispers grew louder, clearer.
Then, one night, the doll’s tone changed.
“Maggie,” it hissed, its voice cold and sharp. “You love me, don’t you?”
“Yes,” Maggie whispered, clutching the doll tighter. “You’re my best friend.”
“Then you’ll do anything I ask, right? To protect me?”
Maggie nodded, though her stomach tightened at the tone.
“I need you to help me, Maggie. There’s something in this house, something bad. It’s your mother. She’s been keeping me here, locked in this body. She’s dangerous. She’ll hurt you too.”
Maggie frowned. “Mommy wouldn’t hurt me.”
The doll’s eyes seemed to narrow, the light in them dimming. “But she will. You have to stop her, Maggie. Before it’s too late.”
Tears welled up in Maggie’s eyes. She didn’t want to believe it. But the doll had been right about everything else. Why would it lie now?
“What do I have to do?” Maggie whispered.
The doll’s voice grew colder, almost gleeful. “You know what you have to do.”
That night, Maggie crept out of bed, the doll clutched tightly to her chest. She moved silently down the hallway, her mother’s soft snores drifting from the bedroom. The kitchen drawer slid open with a soft metallic scrape as Maggie pulled out the largest knife she could find.
The doll’s voice purred in her ear, encouraging, soothing. “She’ll never hurt you again, Maggie. We’ll be together forever.”
Maggie’s hand trembled as she crept into her mother’s room, the knife glinting in the dim light. Her mother stirred but didn’t wake. Maggie stood over her, heart pounding, the doll’s voice growing louder, more insistent.
“Now, Maggie. Do it. Do it for me.”
Maggie raised the knife.
Her mother’s eyes snapped open.
“Maggie? What are you—?”
But it was too late. The doll’s whisper drowned out everything else.
Later, as the house grew silent once more, Maggie sat in the corner of her room, the doll in her lap, its blue eyes gleaming with satisfaction.
“Good girl,” it whispered. “We’re safe now.”
But deep inside, Maggie knew—she was not safe. Not at all.
The doll’s voice was not done with her. And it would never be done.
Ever.
My biggest childhood fears
11 years old - Jelly like thing from Ihnmaims and colonials from all tomorrows
Do you worry about going to the doctor? Do you have a fear of seeking help for medical issues? That perspective on going to the doctor may have been set up during your early childhood years. Join Cindy and Alison for a discussion about helping children see doctors as a resource instead of as a threat.
