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He sold lifelike dolls and a perfect romance—until the brides disappeared. In 1975, Mark S. Mann ran a boutique that drew wealthy clients with his charm and craftsmanship. Women fell in love. They married. Then they vanished. Downstairs, his workshop held eight glass cases—each with a “bride” in a wedding dress.
His newest wife, Chloe Noll Lott, noticed what the others didn’t: the gowns weren’t costumes; they matched the missing wives’ actual dresses. In a diary, she found chilling claims that he wasn’t crafting look-alikes—he was “turning wives into dolls.” (We treat that as reported legend, not instruction.) Chloe called police. During the raid, officers found an unfinished final figure a ...
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