The Dybbuk Box is one of the most infamous haunted objects in modern paranormal history.

But behind the viral stories, the museum footage, and the online legends, there was something real: a chain of people who claimed that nightmares, shadows, sickness, and fear followed the small wooden cabinet wherever it went.

In this episode, join Robert Barber as he breaks down the original estate sale in Portland, Oregon, the early owners who tried to live with it, the curator who believed it carried a presence, and the moment the story exploded into the public imagination.

Some of it is verified.
Some of it is personal testimony.
Some of it is exaggerated.
But all of it adds up to one of the strangest modern hauntings ever recorded.

Is the Dybbuk Box a genuine haunting, the power of suggestion, or something in between?

Let’s look at what really happened.

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