Conjuring

Annabelle

The Amityville Horror

Literally everyone is familiar with these horror movies. However, few people know that these stories are based on real mysterious cases investigated by the Ed and Lorraine Warren. The most famous American investigators, seeking evidences of the existence of paranormal phenomenon

More than 10,000 big cases have been investigated by the Warrens over the years

THEY MET IN 1943

Shortly after, Ed was sent to serve in the U.S. Navy, but that didn’t stop the two from getting married a few years later

Lorraine realized since high school that she had the gift of clairvoyance, noticed the light coming from people and could sense if a person had a bad aura.

Ed had to live in a house with ghosts that he alone could see. No one took him seriously, so he had to study up on ghosts on his own and learned how to protect himself from them

A YEAR AFTER THEIR WEDDING, THE WARRENS BEGAN TRAVELING THE COUNTRY IN SEARCH OF PEOPLE WHO HAD ENCOUNTERED THE SUPERNATURAL

AND LUCKY FOR THE COUPLE, THERE WERE MANY...

BUT WERE THEY ACTUALLY

ENCOUNTERED SUPERNATURAL?

BUT WERE THEY ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED SUPERNATURAL?

The Amityville

murders

One of the Warrens' most famous investigations

ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 13,

1974, RONALD DEFEO SHOT SIX OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

Including his parents, two brothers and two sisters

ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 13, 1974, RONALD DEFEO SHOT SIX OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

AT HIS TRIAL, RONALD claimed to have heard voices that told him to kill his family

For 28 days, the voice literally urged the young man to commit the act. He was found sane at the time of the murders and sentenced to 150 years in prison

The Lutz family moved in a year after on December 18, 1975

Things were fine at first, but the Lutz family began to experience strange things:

- A huge number of flies in the attic, inexplicable smells and noises;

- Their 5-year-old daughter, Missy, began talking about their new "friends" - a boy (who looked suspiciously like a murdered kid) and a piglet-like creature with red eyes

THE PRIEST TRIED TO BLESSED THE HOUSE, BUT THINGS ONLY GOT WORSE

The father began to wake up regularly at 03:15 a.m. (the estimated time of the Defeo family’s murder).

After 28 days in Amityville, the Lutz family packed up and left the cursed place

THEN THE WARRENS

Yet something interfered with Mrs. Warren’s attempts to have a spiritistic session in the house

The reporters then decided to install a camera on the second floor of the house, which recorded a strange phenomenon — a figure of a small boy appeared on one of the pictures.

CAME AT THE HOUSE

Lutz daughter recognized the boy as her "friend", who appeared at night. When the Warrens compared the photo of the ghost and pictures of Ronald DeFeo’s younger brother, they came to the conclusion that it was his spirit that was in the sight of the camera at the time of the photo

The couple dug deeper into the house's previous occupants and discovered the truth:

SEVERAL CENTURIES AGO, THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WAS JOHN KETCHUM, A BLACK MAGIC PRACTITIONER.

AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS BODY WAS BURIED ON THOS LAND, AND IT WAS HE WHO BECAME THE EVIL SPIRIT THAT HAUNTED ITS INHABITANTS

The Perron Family

AND WERE GIVEN STRANGE ADVICE FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS: "FOR THE WELLBEING OF YOUR FAMILY, LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON AT NIGHT!"

The events that inspired the 2013 horror movie The Conjuring

ON JANUARY 1971, THE family

A farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island

AS ED AND LORRAINE ENTERED

THE HOUSE, THEY IMMEDIATELY SENSED THE PRESENCE OF EVIL SPIRITS

AS warrens ENTERED

MOVED INTO A HUGE HOUSE

As time went on, the Perrons girls began to claim that they heard scraping, vicious whispers at night and also felt something invisible touching their feet. Soon the spirits got to the Perron couple as well, focusing on the mother of the family, Carolyn Perron.

The atmosphere in the house was becoming more and more stressful with each day.

But the family had financial difficulties after the move, and there was no possibility to buy another place to live, so they decided to turn to the well-known demon hunters of the time

ON JANUARY 1971,

THE family MOVED INTO A HUGE HOUSE

THEY ATTEMPTED A PURIFICATION RITE, WHICH ONLY ENRAGED THE OTHERWORLDLY ENTITY…

According to Lorraine, the family was haunted by the ghost of Bathsheba Sherman, a witch who lived in the house in the 1840s. The locals believed she was responsible for the murder of her own son, whom she allegedly sacrificed to demonic forces.

AFTER THE RITE FAILED, THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY ASKED THE WARRENS TO LEAVE THE HOUSE

The nightmare ended in 1980, when the family was able to find the money to sell the cursed house and move to another state

The case of

The movie of the same name premiered in the fall of 2014

A WOMAN BOUGHT THE DOLL

IN 1970 AND GIFTED IT TO HER DAUGHTER

Who was a student collected old toys

the Anabelle

The girl was delighted with the touching gift, and immediately took the doll to her apartment, where she lived with her neighbor Angie.

THEN DONNA AND ANGIE CALLED A MEDIUM TO THEIR HOUSE, WHO EXPLAINED THAT INSIDE THE TOY WAS THE SPIRIT OF A DEAD GIRL, ANNABELLE HIGGINS

Soon mysterious events began to occur — the girls constantly found Annabelle in different rooms and different poses, sometimes blood appeared on the doll’s hands. The doll also loved to leave them notes

A WOMAN BOUGHT THE DOLL IN 1970 AND GIFTED IT TO HER DAUGHTER

AFTER EXAMINING THE DOLL, they

AFTER EXAMINING THE DOLL, THEY CAME TO SOME DISTURBING CONCLUSION

Now, the doll began to behave aggressively. The frightened girls went to a local church where the priest recommended contacting Ed and Lorraine Warren

HAVING CALMED DOWN WITH THIS EXPLANATION, THE GIRLS DECIDED TO OFFER THE GHOST TO STAY AND LIVE WITH THEM…

ANNABELLE’S SPIRIT IN THE DOLL HAD BEEN POSSESSED BY A DEMON SEEKING A HUMAN HOST

Following this, several purification rites were performed in the Donna and Angie’s apartment, and the doll itself went to the Warrens' museum, where it is kept to this day

Many visitors to the museum asked why the couple did not want to destroy the dangerous artifacts, to which Ed gave a very frightening explanation:

"SOME THINGS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TOUCHED MERELY BECAUSE, BY DESTROYING THEM, YOU CAN FREE THE THINGS THAT INHABIT THEM"

CAME TO SOME DISTURBING CONCLUSION

The Warren

THE WARRENS HAVE THEIR MUSEUM IN THE SMALL TOWN OF MONROE, NOT FAR FROM NEW YORK

At first glance nothing remarkable: a narrow and messy room, cluttered with various closets, cabinets and tables.

Occult Museum

EVERY OBJECT, EVEN THE SMALLEST, HAS ONCE STRUCK FEAR INTO ITS OWNER

NEVERTHELESS, THE MUSEUM

MAKES THE IMPRESSION OF HUMAN LIVES

Photo cards, mirrors, boxes, figurines, stuffed animals and birds, even a human mummy, dolls, spoons, other items, countless panels and demon statuettes, and to top it all off, a huge piano

NEVERTHELESS, THE MUSEUM MAKES THE IMPRESSION OF HUMAN LIVES

AT THE SAME TIME, ONE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACTS GATHERED NOT ONLY BY THE WARRENS, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED TERRIFYING EVENTS

RETURNING TO THE QUESTION

It is difficult to conclude clearly. Many researchers who studied their cases found a lot of odds, proving that all these stories were just well-crafted hoaxes

ARE THEY VICTIMS OF THE WARRENS' INFLUENCE OR THERE REALLY ARE THINGS IN THE WORLD BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE HUMAN MIND?

WHO WERE THE WARRENS ACTUALLY?

RETURNING TO THE QUESTION WHO WERE THE WARRENS ACTUALLY?