These items are the latter. Here are some of this year's braver efforts to profit from the superstitions of idiots.

So, it turns out that eBay is full of "haunted" (or cursed, or possessed) items people are trying to get rid of. These fall into two categories: items being sold by the mentally ill or extremely superstitious (whom we just feel sorry for), and worthless junk being sold by hucksters hoping someone is stupid enough to buy them if they claim it's magic.

7 "MOST HAUNTED MAGIC BABY GIRL DOLL MURDERED BY HER OWN MOTHER SHE IS VERY ACTIVE"

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We have so many questions about this one that we're not sure where to begin. Why did the little girl who owned this doll have it painted with weird fake nail polish blood? Did that happen after it became haunted? When your friends ask you why you bought something that looks like a rejected prop from the movie Se7en, and you tell them it's because it's possessed by ghosts, do you expect them to ever talk to you again?

In any event, you better be careful bidding on this one, because it's ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTED POSSESSED ITEMS THEY HAVE EVER INVESTIGATED. And it comes with free shipping.

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It'd be downright irresponsible to sell a demon-possessed toy without a warning.

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The auction page, adorned with animated spinning pentagram gifs straight off a 1994 Geocities site, tells the story of Reagan, the really seriously haunted and potentially evil murder doll. If you pick this one up, you can expect your home to be filled with electrical disturbances and the screaming and crying of spirits being tortured in hell. Did we mention the free shipping?