63. HAUNTED: The Conjuring House

Weird Island

Have you seen The Conjuring, the 2013 Hollywood film so successful it spawned a franchise of supernatural horror films? Did you know it’s loosely based on the haunting of a Rhode Island family? The old colonial farmhouse in Burrillville, where they lived and experienced paranormal phenomena in the 1970s, has been described by some as one of the most active paranormal locations in the world.

Episode Source Material

• About | The Conjuring House
• Andrea Perron on the true story behind The Conjuring | Freesat
• Andrea Perron Conjures The Facts of Her Family's Haunted Past In "Bathsheba: Search for Evil" - Rue Morgue
• Rhode Island’s ‘Conjuring’ house sold, with one stipulation: No one can live there year-round - The Boston Globe
• 'Death is not the end': Member of 'The Conjuring' family returns to Burrillville house
• ‘Bathsheba: Search for Evil’ tells true story of the Perron family, ‘The Conjuring’ inspiration - National | Globalnews.ca
• Correcting the Conjuring House History | Skeptical Inquirer
• Dispelling Demons: Detective Work at The Conjuring House | Skeptical Inquirer
• https://preservation.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur406/files/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/burrillville/burr_harrisville-mill-village-hd.pdf
• Ed and Lorraine Warren - Wikipedia
• Ed and Lorraine Warren
• Lorraine Warren, Paranormal Investigator Portrayed in ‘The Conjuring,’ Dies at 92 - The New York Times
• About - NESPR
• Perron Family Haunting - NESPR
• From the archives: Ed and Lorraine Warren of 'The Conjuring' Have a Long History of Paranormal Investigation in Connecticut (April 1972)
• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/19251916:60525
• The Terrifying Rise of Haunted Tourism
• Andrea Perron returns to RI to tell the true story behind 'The Conjuring' | Arts And Living | independentri.com