GoKawiil'That's Incredible' aired 1980 segment on haunted Sunnyvale Toys R Us
The TV show That's Incredible, hosted by John Davidson, Cathy Lee Crosby and Fran Tarkenton, broadcast an episode on September 8, 1980 featuring a Toys R Us store in Sunnyvale, California where objects reportedly moved on their own. The segment included a psychic conducting a seance inside the store, located at 130 East El Camino Real since its 1970 opening.
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The piece situates this episode within a broader late-1970s TV trend of unexplained-phenomena programming, following the success of shows like Real People and In Search Of, which the author notes helped That's Incredible finish third in ratings for the 1979-80 season. The writer also highlights that the exact broadcast date had been poorly documented online, using a contemporary newspaper listing to establish it.
- That's Incredible aired its haunted Toys R Us episode on September 8, 1980.
- The segment featured a psychic-led seance at a Sunnyvale, California Toys R Us store opened in 1970.
- The show was part of a late-1970s wave of popular programming exploring unexplained phenomena.
Source: retroist.com, 2026-10-12
Published there as: “The Haunted Toys R Us”
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