If there was each any reality to the supernatural lore round Ed and Lorraine Warren‘s paranormal investigations, the brand new guardians of their Connecticut museum have their work reduce out for them.
Comic Matt Rife and TikTok ghost hunter Elton Castee introduced that they bought the Monroe, Connecticut dwelling of the Warrens, who impressed Warner Bros‘ The Conjuring franchise, which incorporates the Warren Occult Museum and the supposedly possessed doll behind the Annabelle movies.
“INSANE ANNOUNCEMENT,” Rife prefaced in an Instagram submit. “I’ve formally bought Ed and Lorraine Warren’s dwelling and Occult Museum, together with being the authorized guardian for at the least the subsequent 5 years, of the complete haunted assortment together with THE ANNABELLE DOLL, with my good pal @eltoncastee!!
“If you already know me, you already know I’m obsessive about the paranormal and all issues haunted. You additionally could know The Conjuring movies are my favourite scary motion pictures of all time,” he continued. “So I’m extremely honored to have taken over one of the vital distinguished properties in paranormal historical past. Ed and [Lorraine] Warren arguably put demonology and paranormal into the mainstream and are the very coronary heart of among the most well-known haunted tales of all time, The Conjuring Home, Amityville Horror, [etc.]…”
Rife famous that he and Castee “plan to open the home for in a single day stays and museum excursions so that you your self can expertise and be taught all of the haunted historical past surrounding this superb place.”
The announcement comes after Annabelle’s earlier guardian, Dan Rivera, died of pure causes final month. After Ed Warren died at age 79 in 2006, Lorraine handed away at 92 in 2019.
Along with inspiring 2013’s The Conjuring, Ed and Lorraine’s investigation have spawned a whole franchise, together with the sequels and off-shoots: Annabelle (2014), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle: Creation (2017), The Nun (2018), Annabelle Comes House (2019), The Conjuring: The Satan Made Me Do It (2021) and The Nun II (2023).
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as Ed and Lorraine as soon as extra for The Conjuring: Final Rites, which premieres Sept. 5 in theaters.
