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http://robertthedoll.org/

https://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/key-west/robert-the-doll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KutwG-f6Kc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_(doll)

Fort East Martello Museum Archives

"Robert the Doll: The True Story" by David L. Sloan

Florida Keys History Museum Records

Steiff Company Historical Records

"Haunted Key West" by Brad Bertelli

Ancestry.com - Otto Family Records

Newspapers.com - Archives of the Key West Citizen

"Ghosts of Key West" by David L. Sloan

"Haunted Objects: Stories of Ghosts on Your Shelf" by Christopher Balzano

"The World's Most Haunted Dolls" by Peggy Brant

Historical Society of the Florida Keys

Paranormal Research Society - Key West Chapter

Personal testimonies from museum visitors and staff, documented by the East Martello Museum

"Haunted Dolls: Their Eyes Follow You" by John Harker

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

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• Biography of Harry Houdini, including his early life, career, and stage name origins: The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero by William Kalush and Larry Sloman.
• Houdini's transition to escape acts and career development: Houdini: The Life and Times of the World's Greatest Magician by Charlotte Montague.
• Houdini's relationship with Bess and their professional partnership: Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls by William Lindsay Gresham.
• Houdini's interactions with Martin Beck and his rise to fame in Vaudeville and Europe: The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero by William Kalush and Larry Sloman.
• Houdini's interest in spiritualism and his relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship by Bernard M. L. Ernst and Hereward Carrington.
• Houdini's skepticism and debunking of spiritualism: A Magician Among the Spirits by Harry Houdini.
• Details of Houdini’s death and the events leading up to it: The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero by William Kalush and Larry Sloman.
• The Broken Wand Ceremony and its significance in the magic community: magician.org and Houdini: His Legend and His Magic by Doug Henning.
• The legend of Houdini’s ghost and posthumous séances: Shadows of Niagara by John Savoie.
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rose-mackenberg-houdini-ghost-buster

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

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Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

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