Olive Thomas

The Island of the Dolls is very creepy place and is situated between the canals of Xochimico, just south of Mexico City.  The island is dedicated to the lost soul of some young girl who died at a very young age.  Her fate came not only too soon, but was also surrounded by controversy.  It was never found out what the girl was doing so close to the water or how she managed to drown.  Shortly after the caretaker of the island found the body, he found a doll floating in the water.  He hung the doll up in order to placate the soul of the dead girl.  Unfortunately, the girl haunted the man, who kept on hanging these strange dolls all over the island.  After time passed, he realized that the dolls he was placing around the island had become possessed with the spirits of the dead.  This is because the island serves as a vortex into the spirit world.  Once he put a vessel there, it gave the girl a medium in which to travel.  The rest is pretty much common sense.  As he put more and more dol