The Annabelle doll has become a carnival attraction. What could go wrong?

[Michie]

Comedian Matt Rife (R) and YouTuber Elton Castee (L) with Annabelle doll. | Screengrab: Youtube/Inside Edition

Many people are familiar with the doll named Annabelle through the three movies that are part of the “Conjuring” universe. Disturbingly, the doll is now touring the country, and anyone who purchases a ticket can take pictures with it, talk to it, and touch its case. (Touching is against the rules, but videos show people making contact with the case while taking pictures.)

In order to explain how dangerous this is, it’s important to provide some background information. Like other cases that self-professed demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren were involved in that are part of the movie franchise, the Annabellefilms have little in common with the actual events surrounding the doll.

The real-life case, as recorded in the Warrens’ book The Demonologist, involved a 25-year-old nurse residing in Connecticut who was given a Raggedy Ann doll as a birthday gift by her mother. The nurse shared an apartment with a female roommate who was also a nurse. Not long after the doll’s arrival, it began to mysteriously change locations around the apartment. The women then began finding short messages written on pieces of paper, including “Help us.” They also once found three drops of blood on the doll’s chest.

Perplexed by what was happening, the women sought out a psychic medium to try to find answers. The medium informed them that the doll was inhabited by the spirit of a deceased seven-year-old girl named Annabelle Higgins, who had died near the apartment building. Feeling sympathy for Annabelle’s plight, they gave her permission to stay with them and inhabit the doll.

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The Annabelle doll has become a carnival attraction. What could go wrong?

Non-Christians who interact with these objects are placing themselves in harm s way

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[Michie]

Dan Rivera coroner shares update on 'possessed' Annabelle in cause of death

Rumors have been surrounding the paranormal investigator's sudden death after he had been touring with a doll named Annabelle, which some claim is possessed.

www.newsweek.com

 

[RileyG]

Dan Rivera coroner shares update on 'possessed' Annabelle in cause of death

Rumors have been surrounding the paranormal investigator's sudden death after he had been touring with a doll named Annabelle, which some claim is possessed.

www.newsweek.com

Terrifying! I know the museum shut down and both of the Warrens are deceased. I wonder what happened to all their artifacts? I wonder if they were sold? Hmmm...

 

[Michie]

Terrifying! I know the museum shut down and both of the Warrens are deceased. I wonder what happened to all their artifacts? I wonder if they were sold? Hmmm...

It’s in the article. Creepy. No way I’d want anything to do with it except destroy the items with the help of a Catholic priest.

 

[RileyG]

It’s in the article. Creepy. No way I’d want anything to do with it except destroy the items with the help of a Catholic priest.

Ope! Monkey brain moment! LOL

That doesn't sound good at all!

IIRC, the museum was regularly blessed by a Catholic priest at least once a month.

Still, I don't want to mess with those objects!

 

[Michie]

I’d just have them destroyed. As we can see now what happens by hanging on to those items.

 

[Michie]

Annabelle handler Dan Rivera's cause of death revealed

The cause of death of veteran ghost hunter and Annabelle handler Dan Rivera has been revealed - nearly two months after his shock passing aged 54.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[FireDragon76]

For serious parapsychologists, the Warrens' accounts are treated with alot of skepticism.

There's widespread agreement among parapsychologists now that "haunted houses" or "haunted" objects are an example of psychometry, and don't represent "ghosts" in the folk sense. Psychometry is the perception of emotional weight of the past, sometimes some of these events are associated with apparitions or "ghosts", but these are thought to be more akin to impressions from the past that persist over time. Nevertheless, all the evidence seems to be the Annabelle doll is simply a sensationalized story about a toy doll a nursing student received, and that the Warren's spun into an elaborate narrative of a haunting.

 

[RileyG]

For serious parapsychologists, the Warrens' accounts are treated with alot of skepticism.

There's widespread agreement among parapsychologists now that "haunted houses" or "haunted" objects are an example of psychometry, and don't represent "ghosts" in the folk sense. Psychometry is the perception of emotional weight of the past, sometimes some of these events are associated with apparitions or "ghosts", but these are thought to be more akin to impressions from the past that persist over time. Nevertheless, all the evidence seems to be the Annabelle doll is simply a sensationalized story about a toy doll a nursing student received, and that the Warren's spun into an elaborate narrative of a haunting.

There’s also a lot of controversy surrounding them regarding their personal lives. I have no idea how true it is, since they’re both deceased and aren’t here to defend themselves.

Amityville Horror is 100% a hoax, or at least the haunting part is. It was revealed by the author quite a while ago.

 

[RileyG]

Annabelle handler Dan Rivera's cause of death revealed

The cause of death of veteran ghost hunter and Annabelle handler Dan Rivera has been revealed - nearly two months after his shock passing aged 54.

www.dailymail.co.uk

That’s terrifying!