Robert the Doll: Serious Nightmare or Innocent Child's Toy?
Just before the bit of the 20th C , Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Otto incite into a beautiful colonial Queen Anne way home in Key West , Florida , bringing their three sons , including young Robert Eugene Otto and his unusual best ally — a 3 - foot - magniloquent ( 0.91 - beat - magniloquent ) , straw - filleddoll , also appoint Robert . The dollhad been a giftfrom Gene ’s granddad , who bought the life - size toy during a trip to Germany ....