She came out to play — and petrify. A 134-year-old talking doll invented by Thomas Edison managed to spook social media users — who called it “horrifying” and “the stuff of nightmares.” ...

His idea took form in a talking doll, manufactured briefly in 1890. In 1887 Edison had licensed W. W. Jacques and Lowell C. Briggs of Boston to make and sell talking dolls as the Edison Toy Phonograph ...

Thomas Edison built and sold about 500 dolls back in 1890. Now, new technology has made hearing their supercreepy voices possible for the first time in decades. (Thanks, technology.) ...

Edison reportedly paid female factory workers pennies each to mimic children’s voices as the basis for the dolls’ recordings. And workers at his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey — now preserved ...

In 1890, Americans were delighted when they heard the news that Thomas Edison was using his phonograph technology to give voice to porcelain dolls. But their delight soon turned to horror. In this ...

TRENTON, N.J. - Scientists using advanced imaging technology have recovered a 123-year-old recording made by Thomas Edison that is believed to be the world's first attempt at a talking doll ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Scientists using advanced imaging technology have recovered a 123-year-old recording made by Thomas Edison that is believed to be the world's first attempt at a talking doll ...