Sad Chucky

In the original 1998 film, Chucky is a malicious serial killer who, when bleeding out from a gunshot wound, transfers his soul into a nearby ‘Good Guy’ doll and attempts to transfer it back into a human body throughout the films. Chucky is one of horror’s most notorious icons, having been referenced in several works outside of the franchise. Discussing Chucky’s design, his creator Don Mancini said, “In my original script, he was originally called Buddy, and we couldn’t use it because of the ‘My Buddy’ doll. The director went out and got a ‘My Buddy’ doll, a Raggedy Ann, a Raggedy Andy and one of those life-size baby infants.” “What I told [designer] Kevin Yagher was, I wanted something similar to a My Buddy doll,” Mancini added, “I described ‘Buddy’ in my original script, now ‘Chucky’, as wearing red-buttoned overalls, red sneakers, striped sweater, with red hair, blue eyes, and freckles. Kevin went off and sketched many designs of Chucky, until the final was picked. Yagher then built the first doll from those sketches and my details”. Fascinatingly, Chucky also is a homage to a real-life story concerning an equally creepy doll from 1906. The doll is named Robert, and he had been gifted to a young boy from Key West, Florida, by the name of Robert Eugene Otto.

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In the original 1998 film, Chucky is a malicious serial killer who, when bleeding out from a gunshot wound, transfers his soul into a nearby ‘Good...

MIDTOWN, NY — For the second time in three days, a person has been struck and killed by a subway train in Times Square.  On Wednesday morning, police said a man in his 40s jumped in front of an N train entering the 42nd Street-Times Square station just after 9 a.m. Police said eyewitnesses saw the man pacing back and forth on the platform before jumping.   The man was pronounced dead on the scene, according to a fire department spokesman.  The incident snarled traffic on the N, Q, R and W lines much of the morning. All four were bypassing Times Square station in both directions. N and Q trains are running local between 34 Street-Herald Square and 57 Street-7 Avenue in both directions. Service was restored to normal by 11 a.m., but all of the lines were running with delays.  It was just two days ago that a woman <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/1-line-delayed-due-unauthorized-person-tracks-mta" target="_blank">was pushed in front</a> of a train on the 1 track at the same station. She was also pronounced dead on the scene, and a <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/police-identify-suspect-subway-tracks-murder-melanie-liverpool" target="_blank">suspect was arrested</a> in the alleged attack.  Photo Credit: Patch

MIDTOWN, NY — For the second time in three days, a person has been struck and killed by a subway train in Times Square.

On Wednesday morning, police said a man in his 40s jumped in front of an N train entering the 42nd Street-Times Square station just after 9 a.m. Police said eyewitnesses saw the man pacing back and forth on the platform before jumping.   The man was pronounced dead on the scene, according to a fire department spokesman.

The incident snarled traffic on the N, Q, R and W lines much of the morning. All four were bypassing Times Square station in both directions. N and Q trains are running local between 34 Street-Herald Square and 57 Street-7 Avenue in both directions. Service was restored to normal by 11 a.m., but all of the lines were running with delays.  It was just two days ago that a woman <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/1-line-delayed-due-unauthorized-person-tracks-mta" target="_blank">was pushed in front</a> of a train on the 1 track at the same station. She was also pronounced dead on the scene, and a <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/police-identify-suspect-subway-tracks-murder-melanie-liverpool" target="_blank">suspect was arrested</a> in the alleged attack.

The man in his 40s appears to have jumped in front of the train as it entered the 42nd Street station.