I admit that I chose this week’s column topic in part for the nostalgia and in part due to the fun that the internet is having over the recent travels of the purportedly haunted doll, Annabelle, that ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) -- One of the most popular children's dolls ever made got its start nearly 100 years ago in West Michigan. Who knew Raggedy Ann has a Muskegon connection? Ann Dake did, and ...

That’s right, the rag doll with the triangle nose and the “I love you” heart on her chest turns 100 this month. We thought there were a few interesting things you should know about the ginger dolly.

Raggedy Ann is a simple and unpretentious doll with button eyes and a tender smile. Not bad for over 100 years old. You won't find her in many stores these days. Her old-fashioned rag-doll look of ...

Robyn Amato never had a Raggedy Ann doll as a child but in the last two decades, she's made up for lost time. "Do you have a very understanding husband?" I asked. Robyn nodded with a, "Yes, I do. He's ...

Raggedy Ann was created in 1915 by Johnny Gruelle, whose daughter Marcella died at the age of 13 after receiving a vaccination. In January 2017, Facebook pages "The Truth About Vaccines" and "VacTruth ...

I was shocked to discover that my granddaughters, ages 13, 11 and 9, have no idea about the Raggedy Ann doll. Her name was in a story that one of them was reading, and she asked about the doll. I must ...

Back in 1915, kids’ favorite activities — when they weren’t working in the mines or in textile factories — included shooting marbles, catching 7-cent movies, and playing with Raggedy Ann. And though ...

Raggedy Ann has endeared herself to young readers for a century – both as a rag doll toy with button eyes and red yarn hair and as the character of a bounty of stories by the late Johnny Gruelle (1880 ...