Informant: I used to live in an apartment when I first moved to Virginia around 2007. I was around 8 years old. I was playing with my friend and my mom had previously gotten me a baby doll (I had about three of them). It was the ones you would get in Easter baskets. My… Continue Reading »
My informant, JP, is creating voodoo dolls for children. Literally sewing dolls. She calls them Voodles, a combination of voodoo and dolls. When she told me she was making voodoo dolls for children I was surprised. I explained that I thought voodoo dolls were scary–a part of what my dad calls dark magic. But my… Continue Reading »
“This one story that happened to my, uh, my two cousins, on my dad’s side of the family, Alicia and Carina. They are very, very, uh, I guess you could say—very easily susceptible to spirit—spiritual, supernatural occurrences. Like, they’re just a magnet to that shit. It’s just, since they were young, that’s how it’s been,… Continue Reading »
The Worry Doll, well I actually have multiple dolls, probably about 40 in total. They were a gift, brought back for me from El Salvador. The tradition is that the dolls are supposed to be carried by their owners at all times so I have one in my car, one in my purse, and the… Continue Reading »