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.

The doll is believed to be cursed Credit: Wikipedia. Robert the Doll was gifted to Robert Eugene Otto in 1906 by his family’s Bahamian maid, who is believed to have practised black magic and voodoo.

When social psychologist Brad Bushman handed out voodoo dolls to 107 married couples, he knew those dolls were in for a lot of stabbing. Each married person who volunteered for his study got a ...

Voodoo is real," she said. Because the doll is back in the ocean, Robertson is advising the next person who may find it to not be afraid. “If anybody else finds it, it is not a voodoo doll.

Villagers in a small Central American town are blaming violent convulsions on a voodoo doll. Up to 30 residents living in Santa Tomas, Guatemala, claim they have been “possessed by the devil ...

These voodoo dolls contain Steve-O’s real hair so that whatever you do to the doll, well, Steve-O will feel it. They are also described as being all-natural and plastic free. You can check out a ...

Each of the voodoo dolls has been activated by a real witch doctor named Mystic Dylan. And, theoretically, everything you do to your doll, Steve-O will feel. READ MORE Blink-182 drummer Travis ...

Voodoo is a sensationalized pop-culture caricature of voudon, an Afro-Caribbean religion that originated in Haiti, though followers can be found in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, the ...

Voodoo priest Max Beauvoir (right) and another man pray in December 2008 during a Voodoo demonstration in Port-au-Prince against sectarianism, neocolonialism and the presence of the U.N. in Haiti.