I have also made a voodoo doll, it was DEAD simple get a piece of card and draw the outline of a man, cut it out, then wrap twine around till you can no longer see the card, then for more fun melt bits of candle wax on to the poppit and drop bits of powdered incense on. I also have a long hat pin which is aged using the time honoured tradition of leaving in the rain to rust.
all I need now is some routines.
Actually I have just thought of one do you have a swami?

Are you thinking of a picture of the doll? The spectator puts a pin in the real doll and, using the swami, the picture has a mark at the same place.
Or you could gaff the doll like an Okito pencil, so that it rises in your hand. (Bruce Kalver sells a rising straw doll on his page, Top Hat Productions.)
cheers,
Peter Marucci
showtimecol@aol.com

Thanks Peter, I actually have the straw doll but I am trying to think of something more sinister, but yes that is pretty much the idea with the swami.

Mary Tomich at Thaumysta Magic has a couple of voodoo routines available. She has a new one called Mark of the Zombie. Check her website for ideas.