Why is the doll.
Janesville mn doll in attic.
They called it the janesville doll and some say it was possessed by the tortured spirit of a little.
The owner of the house ward wendt died in 2012 at the age of 84.
Since 1976 a mysterious doll has been sitting in the attic of a home in janesville minnesota.
There was a small square window in the attic that faced the street.
And when i drove through janesville mn during a summer day in 2010 there he was in that attic window staring out over town creepy and mysterious just like the elusive back story on why he was there.
During the 1970s a man lived by himself in janesville minnesota.
Children noticed the doll in the attic window and became weary of it claiming its expression would change.
I grew up in janesville minnesota a town of 2 100 people in southern minnesota the town s more than a dot on the map but not by much.
The doll became so famous that it became a legend in janesville and even has its own website loaded with stories of the doll.
His presence is felt by all who pass by and an uneasiness sits in the air like a heavy fog.
His blank stare hides behind his porcelain face as he overlooks the street below.
March 5 2014 at 10 48 am.
Ward s house was still is home to the famous janesville doll in the window.
For years the quiet town janesville minnesota was haunted by an eerie figure in an attic window.
Ward was born in the house he lived in all his life and the doll sat up in the attic for several decades.
Janesville mystery doll janesville mn says.
Ward s house was the home to the famous janesville doll in the window for decades.
Ward was born in the house he lived in all his life and the doll sat up in the attic for several decades.