The Possession: Is the Dybbuk Box real?
As always, it depends on who you ask.
I recently saw a trailer for a new Sam Raimi movie coming out this fall called "The Possession." It purports to be "based on a true story," that of the infamous Haunted eBay Dybbuk Box. But how real is it all?
Well, as always, it depends on who you ask. The Dybbuk Box itself is real, in that it is a literal object which you could (in theory) pick up and touch. It is a small wooden box which was put up for sale on eBay in 2004 with an amazing story behind it. How true is that story? It's hard to say for sure.
According to the lore of the box, it had belonged to a Holocaust survivor who purchased it before fleeing Europe for the United States. She kept the box in her sewing room, and strictly ordered everyone (including her granddaughter, who sold it upon her demise) never to touch it because it contained a dybbuk.
