Any child of the 1980s knows that Toys R Us could be scary at the best of times. Row upon row of squished-up Cabbage Patch Kids faces. Talking Teddy Ruxpins with their backs made of machinery. The looming figure of creepy store mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe. But one Toys R Us in Northern California had an extra-sinister reputation. It was the Sunnyvale location: a store that a multitude of employees, customers and even a famous psychic repeatedly asserted was haunted.

From the time the store opened at 130 El Camino Real in 1970, stories were rife that something was amiss within its walls. Folks told of lights and faucets turning on and off unassisted. There were tales that doors and toys had minds of their own. Shelves apparently fell down inexplicably and several female employees heard th

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