And you thought your grandmother's doll collection was scary. It probably is, but in a "that sad clown will stab me when I sleep kind of way." The truly scary dolls of today are ones that profit off anguish, racism, innocence or some combination thereof. After the jump, the worst of the worst from the past couple years.

Caylee Anthony Doll
Toddler Caylee Anthony was kidnapped last July and found dead in the Central Florida wilderness in December. Where the rest of the nation saw tragedy, Showbiz Promotions saw opportunity. The company began to mass produce the "Caylee Sunshine" doll, which sang "You Are My Sunshine" like the real Anthony did in a well publicized home movie, pricing it to move at $29.99. The pitch: "Let us hold onto this doll to remind us that Caylee is safe in Heaven embraced in loving arms forever!" After a public uproar, Showbiz discontinued the doll at the end of January, but will continue to hawk Caylee stickers and shirts. Jaime Salcedo, Showbiz's CEO, promises to donate 100 percent of the profits from the doll to charity.

Jay-Z Doll
This doll was never in wide production or even for sale, but was rather a gift for Jay-Z from Hong Kong toy designer Eric So. Can you imagine? "Enjoy, Jigga, this racist depiction of yourself!" With those lips and that scowl, it looks like a Susan Smith composite figure.

Obama Sock Monkey
In June of last year, with the 2008 election season just beginning to take on the angry, resentful tone that will define it in history books, TheSockObama company thought it would be a great time to release their Barack Obama monkey doll. Yes, a monkey doll made to "celebrate" the man who would eventually become our first president of color. In a press release sent to a crowd of disgusted citizens and journalists, TheSockObama Co. said it was "saddened" people "misinterpreted" its innocent plush toy. Belying the company's unwillingness to admit guilt is the fact that later incarnations of the doll have much lighter skin and much smaller ears.

Sasha and Malia Beanie Babies
Considering how common the names Sasha and Malia are, we totally believe Ty, the company behind Beanie Babies, when it says its Sweet Sasha and Marvelous Malia dolls aren't modeled after the First Children. Unfortunately, Sasha and Malia Obama's mother, Michelle, disagrees, and believes Ty is profiteering off children: "'We feel it is inappropriate to use young, private citizens for marketing purposes,' Ms. Obama’s press secretary said in a statement Saturday." And here we thought corporations always thought of the children first.

This isn't the first time Ty has gone after profits in particularly unseemly ways. About six weeks after Princess Diana died in 1997, Ty released its purple "Princess" bear, which sold out in every store it went to and eventually wound up going for exorbitant prices on the second-hand market.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta doll
It's creepy enough that noble public servant Mother Teresa, who died and lived in poverty, has been fashioned into a ridiculously expensive doll. But how about this description: "feels like real." We hope not, but you know those Catholics and their transubstantiation.