Dolls -one of the first friends we made. Most of us gave them names and have most definitely slept with a cuddly plaything lying next to us at some point of time. Innocent, furry, comforting dolls which ensure that we are never alone. Who knows what dangers lurk behind the curtains of innocence. Vessels of the Devil, harbinger of death and destruction, evil dolls bring despondency in the lives of their keepers. Let's see how people in the past have been tricked by seemingly harmless dolls into taking them home and how the dolls then wrecked their lives.

1. Emilia - The haunted doll who lost her voice-box in the World Wars... and then gained a frightening one

The doll passed from King Umberto (first Italian King to be assassinated) to his Royal guard Bellina and later to his daughter, Marie. The doll survived several bombings with Marie during the two World wars and the child often said that she felt safer with Marie around. Then one day a train they were travelling in was bombed and while Marie survived, a woman lost her life. Emilia lost her arms and a portion of the scalp but was retrieved by Marie. It is believed that the dead woman's soul lives within Emilia now. She looks really sad to many and especially since Marie died.

2. Harold - The first haunted doll to be sold on eBay

The man who sold this doll on eBay was petrified by its presence. He had bought it at a flea market from a desolate father who wanted to sell the doll because he believed it was responsible for his son's death. He was warned that the doll was 'eerie' but he didn't believe until he lost his cat, his girlfriend and started suffering from chronic migraines. He kept it in an armadillo coffin in his basement for a year from where he could hear the laughing and crying of a baby. He also claimed that the doll seemed to have a pulse. The doll has changed several hands by now. Beware when you're shopping online!