Before the Voodoo Doll Task, researchers had cooked up various other aggressive acts for people to launch at one another in a laboratory setting. Among these was the Hot Sauce Paradigm .

In Voodoo, a poppet or effigy (what many call a "voodoo doll") can be used to represent a person, with pins or other actions intended to influence them. But not all uses of these dolls are malevolent.

If you stick a pin in a voodoo doll representing someone you know — your spouse, for example — that person will experience pain in precisely the same place, according to those who believe in ...

"It's such a big piece of the mythology," he remarked during an interview with /FILM in 2017. "There's really no turning away from it, I think. Also, a lot of people just really like it.

People have offered guidance on how to safely get rid of the 'super weird' effigy. ... DIY voodoo doll kits are often supplied with pins whose colours are said to confer specific actions.

PARIS — A Paris court has seen a funny side to hot-selling voodoo dolls of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, refusing his lawyer's request to order them pulled from sale.

A box of “voodoo dolls” has been found during a clean-up operation in Edinburgh. Those of a nervous disposition, look away now. News you can trust since 1873 ...

Creepy 'voodoo dolls' spiked with needles have appeared across a Russian city. The sudden appearance of the sinister-looking 'voodoo dolls' spooked many residents around Zavetny in the south-west ...