Weird History
How Child’s Play Inspired Two Real Murders
2026 • E21 May 13, 2026 13m
Created by Don Mancini in 1988, Child’s Play became one of the most successful movie franchises of all time and dominated horror for decades. But when two horrifying real-world murder cases were connected to the films, the backlash was massive, the media frenzy exploded, and the future of Chucky was suddenly in danger.
In this episode of Weird History Presents: Graveyard Shift, we take a look at Chucky, the movies that made him famous, and the murders that made those movies infamous.
In this episode of Weird History Presents: Graveyard Shift, we take a look at Chucky, the movies that made him famous, and the murders that made those movies infamous.