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- Ghost babies submitted by Toni.

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When I was 14,

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I worked in a doll shop

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on the first floor of
an old colonial house.

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At the time I loved dolls,

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and it was my absolute dream job.

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Since I was so young,

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one of the elderly owners
usually worked the register,

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While I ran around the floor,

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and storage room.

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At the front of the store

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was a large display of
life sized baby dolls.

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They looked extremely realistic,

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and even felt real when you held them.

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There were maybe 15 to 20 of these dolls

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propped up on tables,

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or displayed in bassinets,

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like an uncanny nursery.

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Shortly after I started working,

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I noticed that the baby dolls

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sometimes moved around the shop.

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They turned up in strange places,

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or an unnatural positions,

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like face down on a table.

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I was the only person working the floor,

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and I watched our

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customers really closely
due to shoplifters,

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but I still assumed

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it must be from customers
messing with them.

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Then one day I went in the storage room,

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and when I turned to
leave, the door was locked.

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(Door closes)

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The room was really just a
narrow closet lined with shelves,

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stacked floor to ceiling,

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with dolls in their coffin like boxes.

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I started banging on the door,

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and eventually the owner heard

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me freaking out, and opened it.

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Very nonchalantly,

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the owner proceeded to explain
that the store used to be a

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brothel where a woman and
her baby died in childbirth.

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He then advised that

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if I ever got locked in the storage room,

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when I was alone in the shop,

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I should promise out loud

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to take good care of the ghosts babies.

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(Repeated "I'll take good
care of the ghosts babies")

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And she would usually open the door.

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(Door closes)