Here’s a list of 10 real life allegedly haunted machines.

1. The Haunted Robert the Doll (Key West, Florida)

• Type: Doll
• Dates: Robert was gifted to his owner in 1906. Paranormal activity reported throughout the decades.
• Blurb: Robert the Doll isn’t a machine, but his unsettling reputation earns him a spot here. The sailor-suited doll allegedly moved on his own, giggled, and caused misfortunes. He now resides in a glass case at the Fort East Martello Museum, where visitors claim to experience camera malfunctions and the need to ask his permission before taking photographs.

2. The Dybbuk Box (Portland, Oregon)

• Type: Small wine cabinet
• Dates: The box’s origin is traced to a Holocaust survivor in Poland, acquired in the 2000s by an antiques dealer.
• Blurb: This unassuming box is said to house a ‘dybbuk’, a malevolent spirit in Jewish folklore. Owners have reported nightmares, unexplained illnesses, and even sightings of shadowy figures. The Dybbuk Box became a pop culture phenomenon, inspiring a horror movie.

3. The Busby Stoop Chair (Thirsk, England)

• Type: Wooden chair
• Dates: 1702
• Blurb: The chair is allegedly cursed by the executed murderer Thomas Busby. Legend says that anyone who sits in the chair will meet an untimely death. The chair is now suspended for display in the Thirsk Museum to prevent anyone from sitting on it.

4. The Haunted Printing Press (Edinburgh, Scotland)

• Type: Printing Press
• Location: South Bridge Vaults
• Blurb: Reports of a malevolent presence in the vaults beneath Edinburgh’s streets include sightings of a spectral figure tampering with a printing press. Visitors have also claimed to feel phantom touches and sudden drops in temperature.

5. The Cursed Myrtles Plantation Mirror (St. Francisville, Louisiana)

• Type: Ornate mirror
• Location: Myrtles Plantation
• Blurb: One of America’s most haunted plantations, the Myrtles Plantation mirror is rumored to hold the spirits of Sara Woodruff and her children who were allegedly poisoned. Visitors report seeing handprints and figures reflected in the mirror’s surface.

6. The Anguished Man Painting (England)

• Type: Painting
• Dates: Unknown, owned by Sean Robinson’s grandmother
• Blurb: This disturbing painting is said to carry a dark energy. The artist allegedly mixed his own blood into the paint. Its owner reports strange noises, sightings of a shadowy figure, and a general feeling of unease in the painting’s presence.

7. The Haunted Phone Booth (Japan)

• Type: Public phone booth
• Location Unknown, but stories are widely circulated in Japan.
• Blurb: This urban legend involves a phone booth where callers can supposedly speak to deceased loved ones. However, the tale warns that hearing a response means the caller’s own death will follow soon after.

8. The Devil’s Rocking Chair (Dudleytown, Connecticut)

• Type: Rocking chair
• Location: The ‘cursed village’ of Dudleytown.
• Blurb: It’s said that anyone bold enough to sit in the rocking chair, found among Dudleytown’s ruins, would invite possession by demonic forces. Reports include visions, feelings of aggression, and an unshakeable sense of being watched.

9. The Ghostly Elevators (Various Locations)

• Type: Elevators
• Blurb: Many hospitals and old buildings have reports of ‘phantom’ elevators. These operate seemingly on their own, stopping on floors where no one has called them, or sometimes even carrying inexplicable, vanishing passengers.

10. Peggy the Haunted Doll (Various Locations)

• Type: Doll
• Blurb: Peggy isn’t just one doll, but a type of doll that’s caused many claims of paranormal activity. Owners have reported chest pains, nausea, nightmares and visions while in the doll’s presence. Some paranormal investigators attribute the activity to spirit attachment.

Please note that while these stories are popular, there’s no concrete scientific proof to support the claims of supernatural activity.