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Episode: Okiku the Doll: The Doll That Grows Human Hair | Is This Real?
Description: A doll that grows real human hair.A child who never came home.And a legend that refuses to die.In this episode of Is This Real?, we investigate Okiku the Doll, Japan’s most infamous haunted artifact. Said to be possessed by the spirit of a young girl, Okiku has terrified caretakers and monks for over a century — with witnesses claiming her hair continues to grow… even after being cut.Is this a tragic case of grief manifesting into legend?Or is Okiku truly something more sinister?We break down the history, the firsthand accounts, the scientific explanations, and th...