Speaker 1: You're listening to Comedy Central. When you think of successful
Speaker 1: markets that have thrived during the pandemic while so many
Speaker 1: others have perished, do you think of Zoom, Amazon, sweatpants,
Speaker 1: and haunted dolls? That's right, Haunted dolls are big right now. Now.
Speaker 1: I'm not usually in a cult guy, but to survive
Speaker 1: in this economy, I'm willing to make a deal with
Speaker 1: the UNTEAD. But first I had to find out more
Speaker 1: about the business. And who better to teach me than
Speaker 1: Cat Blowers, the number one seller of haunted dolls on ebaying.
Speaker 1: Be scared of demons, to be scared of negative energy.
Speaker 1: But other than that, if you're interested, you should jump
Speaker 1: in with both feet. You are literally in the business
Speaker 1: of ghosting people. When did you notice that the haunted
Speaker 1: doll business was skyrocketing and that you are basically the
Speaker 1: Jeff Bezos of haunted dolls. I started and there was
Speaker 1: only a few shops. Now there's probably fifty six shops
Speaker 1: for haunted dollars. How many dolls would you say you've
Speaker 1: sold in the last year, probably a thousand. There's money
Speaker 1: in this there is I've seen a haunted doll go
Speaker 1: for four thousand dollars. Okay, now cost is into it.
Speaker 1: But my big question, aside from how can I hide
Speaker 1: four thousand dollars of doll sales from the I R
Speaker 1: S is what made a haunted doll a haunted doll?
Speaker 1: According to haunted doll sellers, any doll that was inhabited
Speaker 1: by the soul of a dead person was prime for selling.
Speaker 1: But what made one haunting more expensive than another? When
Speaker 1: you say haunted for me, that sounds scary, you're also
Speaker 1: saying that there's a positive, absolutely, and I try to
Speaker 1: keep most of my stuff on the positive side. The
Speaker 1: baby with its legs ripped off, Actually, that one's not
Speaker 1: that positive. What if it's like a really evil spirit.
Speaker 1: I actually do charge a little bit more. I don't
Speaker 1: want the little young kids to be able to afford it.
Speaker 1: You can sell a human soul on eBay. There was
Speaker 1: a band who was selling too many human souls. You
Speaker 1: have to have a disclaimer. If a ghost caused you
Speaker 1: to murder your wife, isn't capitalism fascinating? It can be.
Speaker 1: That's about of the business. And people will send them
Speaker 1: to me. And right now I have a two and
Speaker 1: a half year waiting list or evaluations. Yeah, what write
Speaker 1: down everything you know about the dolls. So when I
Speaker 1: opened the box, I know what I'm dealing with, and uh,
Speaker 1: talk to you in two and a half years. The
Speaker 1: rest of the business is people contacting me looking for
Speaker 1: a haunted doll. Are you looking for a little kid?
Speaker 1: Are you looking for something that's going to challenge you?
Speaker 1: Are you looking for something that's going to scare your neighbors.
Speaker 1: There's spirits that will motivate you to do work. Their
Speaker 1: spirits that will attract money to your house. There's spirits
Speaker 1: that will attract love. Wow, clearly Katherine was selling these
Speaker 1: haunted little hotcakes. But who are the everyday folks buying
Speaker 1: these haunted dolls? Hi? Oh, I know it's you. I
Speaker 1: know you. Okay up the Stormy Daniels. Stormy's doll, Susan,
Speaker 1: was purchased in two thousand eleven and is said to
Speaker 1: be cursed with a uniquely malevolent spirit. We believe Susan
Speaker 1: belongs to a little girl who died in and it
Speaker 1: definitely had something to do with the stomach issue. Before
Speaker 1: we even started shooting, the producer on set here wanted
Speaker 1: to touch her and you said, don't do that, You'll
Speaker 1: shoot your pants. Yes, three people that I slept with
Speaker 1: in a row she attacked. They had stomach problems and
Speaker 1: back issues pretty much immediately. She's more mischievous than Militia's.
Speaker 1: I've never felt like I was in danger. What has
Speaker 1: Susan added to your life? She adds protection when you
Speaker 1: go into these places that could be dangerous. Okay, but
Speaker 1: is Susan really worth that much? I have been offered
Speaker 1: her once and ten tho dollars for her once, but
Speaker 1: she is not for sale. She has her own TV show.
Speaker 1: She's on v H one's to Real Life. Anyone who
Speaker 1: follows her Instagram will not. This little plastic bitch has
Speaker 1: been on yachts and Ferrari's. Is that her handle? This
Speaker 1: little plastic bitch it should be? Would you say she's
Speaker 1: living her best afterlife? She is definitely living her best afterlife.
Speaker 1: So I went back to KAT to learn about the
Speaker 1: highly scientific analysis process used to identify a haunted doll.
Speaker 1: So bells Okay. After studying the extensive tools needed and
Speaker 1: the strict procedure. What if the ups guy brings the
Speaker 1: doorbell that screws it up? I knew if I was
Speaker 1: serious about getting into the business of haunted dolls. The
Speaker 1: next step had to be trying out the haunted product
Speaker 1: to see what all the fuss is about. Her name
Speaker 1: is Jennifer. She is about seven or eight years old,
Speaker 1: and we think she was murdered. Is it safe to
Speaker 1: say that she was killed by a white man? Yes?
Speaker 1: Probably absolutely the white men lately. What would Jennifer costs
Speaker 1: for someone? Sucks? Sixty seventy bucks? All right, Jennifer. Uh, sorry,
Speaker 1: you got murdered. So I left with my free trial
Speaker 1: named Jennifer, and I took a video diary to record
Speaker 1: my feedback. Hey, so day one with Jennifer. I don't
Speaker 1: know if I really get it yet. The only thing
Speaker 1: I can report. Have had some violent dreams. There was
Speaker 1: a river of blood and there was stabbing, but still
Speaker 1: better than what I was doing about before, which was
Speaker 1: the state of this country. So I think I'm starting
Speaker 1: to get it a little bit. Did you make this
Speaker 1: for me? I don't know if she's following me or
Speaker 1: if I just bring her everywhere. I can't do this
Speaker 1: with you watching Thank you. The soul of this doll
Speaker 1: has excellent comedic timing. It's just great having someone around
Speaker 1: who laughs at jokes. She is a haunted doll. And
Speaker 1: I know what I'm saying, and it sounds crazy, but
Speaker 1: it's just it's it's wonderful. Nice to me. You nice
Speaker 1: to me. I'm gonna kill you. I'm just kidding. Um.
Speaker 1: The trial, the trial is over, and I can't get
Speaker 1: into this business. Sending Jennifer back to Katherine is the
Speaker 1: hardest thing I've ever had to do. Jennifer, you gotta
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