Did you know Thomas Edison created a talking doll that was so upsetting, it even creeped people out back then? Bethany goes into the reason behind Baby Creeps-You-Out (not its real name but it shoulda been). Then, Kathleen pulls the veil back on what those strange nursery rhymes are really about. Because who can make a garden grow with silver bells, cockle shells, etc etc? #BabyFeelsSoWrong

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BETHANY’S SOURCES: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bgXH7U2Ja0&t=47s
https://www.cracked.com/article_29619_5-weird-crimes-that-happened-movie-productions.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/05/404445211/edisons-talking-dolls-can-now-provide-the-soundtrack-to-your-nightmares
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/epic-failure-thomas-edisons-talking-doll-180955442/

https://www.throwbacks.com/11-creepy-kids-toys/




KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_(nursery_rhyme)