Lot 149 : I Work In A Store That Sells Haunted Objects

September 21, 2026

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In a cramped stock room in New Orleans, a brother named Marcus handed his sister Anna a blonde-haired, blue-eyed children's talking doll called Talking Teresa. He looked exhausted, gaunt, and scared—unusual for a man who never looked anything less than composed. "Put it up out front and then leave it alone," he told her. Anna, who had worked alongside him for years in their store selling genuinely haunted objects, agreed. She had never been afraid of the inventory: cursed rings, mirrors that showed dead women, dolls that moved on their own. The objects made customers' skin crawl, but for Anna, the constant low-level dread had become background noise. She was inoculated. That night, alone in the shop after closing, curiosity got the better of her. She pulled the string.

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1 (02:48) **The Antiquarian Receives a Haunted Doll** - The episode's host introduces a new consignment: a children's talking doll named Talking Teresa, whose accompanying account is titled "I Work In A Store That Sells Haunted Objects."
2 (05:35) **Anna's Setup: A Shop Full of Real Haunts** - The narrator, Anna, establishes her family's business selling genuinely cursed and haunted objects, a practice she and her brother Marcus have grown wealthy from.
3 (06:44) **Marcus's Dire Warning** - Marcus brings the Talking Teresa doll to Anna with an unusual sense of urgency and exhaustion, specifically warning her to leave it alone.
4 (09:58) **Anna's Fatal Curiosity** - Ignoring her brother's warning, Anna stays late to close the shop and is compelled to pull the doll's string, triggering a terrifying event.
5 (13:35) **The Haunted Objects Revolt** - As the doll chants, every haunted object in the store begins to levitate and tremble with immense power, and Anna finally understands the doll's message.
6 (16:10) **Aftermath and a Sibling's Deception** - Anna wakes in the hospital unharmed, but the store is destroyed. Marcus, disturbed and having been crying, tells her he must leave to source new inventory.
7 (21:21) **The Antique Dealer Returns** - The host interjects, finding the business card for Anna and Marcus's shop and noting the address seems curiously familiar before resuming the story.

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Show Notes

Lot 149 : I Work In A Store That Sells Haunted Objects

Consigned by The Crooked Boy

Starring Melissa Medina

Jarret Griffis

Collette Anderson

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Featuring Stephen Knowles as The Antique Dealer

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Produced by Kevin Seaman

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