Spooky Doll Hour is a Facebook group for the terminally online, but even here the boundary between irony and earnestness becomes increasingly blurred
Finding dolls creepy has a long and storied past, from the actual phobia of dolls (pediophobia) to the generally accepted theory that dolls are often unsettling due to the “uncanny valley” effect. There are museums devoted to collecting horrible little mannequins. There are movie franchises about bad dolls that will kill you and your family. And for the past couple of years I’ve been in a private Facebook group called Spooky Doll Hour – and somehow the spooky dolls are the least weird thing about it.
Related: ASMR YouTube videos are calming and gentle. The comments under them are even better
