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The Conjuring universe and Ed & Lorraine Warren

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Anyone else follow the movies or the late couple?

What is your opinion on them? I think Lorraine Warren, who died in 2016, is up for sainthood! It would be pretty neat if she was canonized!

Thoughts?

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I have very mixed feelings about them.
I've read some very negative things about their personal life. I have no idea if it's true or not, since they are not here to defend themselves.

Did Lorraine truly have a gift?

I have no idea.
 
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I have read the books about some of their higher-profile cases---The Amityville Horror; and The Haunting (dealing with the Smurl family case in Pennsylvania), and the cases of the Perron family in Rhode Island (made into the movie The Conjuring), the Snedeker house (made into the movie A Haunting in Connecticut), the Hodgson case in Enfield, London (made into the movie The Conjuring 2).

I didn't find anything in them to fit in with the attacks their critics have plastered them with; I think a lot of it is simply attacking anything of this sort by people who stubbornly refuse to accept that there's anything supernatural in the world, similar to the people who debunk UFO accounts or people who slam Creationists or Catastrophists because their views disagree with evolution and uniformitarianism.

There is a documentary out there called My Amityville Horror, released in 2012; Danny Lutz, the oldest son in the case, recounts his personal experiences in the house, and their aftermath; Lorraine Warren is also in the film. They both make a very, very convincing case for their truthfulness and sincerity, in my humble opinion. It's worth a watch, but be warned: Danny uses some pretty gritty language throughout the film. Nothing you wouldn't hear on a military base, but it's there, so just be aware if you decide to watch it. :)
 
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