17 Creepy Ventriloquist Photos

Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) changes his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered “dummy”. The act of ventriloquism is ventriloquizing, and the ability to do so is commonly called in English the ability to “throw” one’s voice.

Originally, ventriloquism was a religious practice. The Greeks called this gastromancy. The noises produced by the stomach were thought to be the voices of the unliving, who took up residence in the stomach of the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist would then interpret the sounds, as they were thought to be able to speak to the dead, as well as foretell the future. And now we present to you the stuff that children’s nightmares are made of…

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Does anyone else think this ventriloquist dummy looks like a combination of Billy Joe Armstrong from Greenday and the Exorcist?

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That poor child is looking at some serious therapy when he’s older. What do you mean, ‘I never had a brother’?

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We want a full set of these for our birthday!

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Who’s making who talk?

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No collection of vintage ventriloquist dummies would be complete without the one-eyed dummy. His owner doesn’t look particularly pleasant either.

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“Smile all you want, you’ll be dead in the morning.”

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WTF?????

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This is the most disturbing picture we have ever seen…seriously!

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“If I get drunk enough, Leonard and I will amaze you.”

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Rock a bye baby on the tree top…

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“He’s inanimate, they said. He won’t haunt your dreams, they said!”

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This man has lost touch with reality.

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SOURCE: THE GHOST DIARIES AND WIKIPEDIA