The names of the Americans Lorraine and Ed Warren are known throughout the world for their high-profile stories of investigating paranormal phenomena. For several decades, the married couple has been actively engaged in the fight against demonic creatures, helping people suffering from evil forces. For this, the lucky explorers received the honorary title of "Ghostbusters".

Many years of experience and a large number of unusual items that fell into the hands of the family led to the idea to systematize their knowledge and tell the whole world about them. So it appeared and soon became famous museum Warren occultism.

Let's find out together what this amazing place is, and get to know the brave demonologists better.

family history

Paranormal phenomena accompanied the life of future researchers from childhood. Edward Warren repeatedly found the ghost of an elderly lady in his house in Bridgeport, who comes at night. Her distinct steps and heavy breathing filled the soul of a young boy with horror. Ed's father, a policeman, did his best to reassure his household. He did not believe in ghosts, and believed that everything had a logical explanation.

Little Ed, left alone with his fears, was forced over time to learn how to deal with them. The young researcher read a lot, accumulating knowledge about the other world. Gradually, he began to recognize ghosts, to understand how they can be neutralized. The Warrens' occult museum was still in the distant future, but the young explorer had already begun to take his first steps towards it.

At the age of sixteen, Edward met the lovely girl Lorraine Rita Moran. Having become close to her, the young man learned that his girlfriend was endowed with a unique gift of clairvoyance. She knew how to see the inner glow of people, to feel their aura. Common interests brought the young people together, and a few years later they got married.

The beginning of an unusual career

Having served in the Navy for the second world war, Edward went to art school. However, the talented artist was dissatisfied with the training, believing that he was wasting his time studying unnecessary subjects. After dropping out of school, Warren bought a small used car and began to travel around the country selling his own paintings. It was with travel that the amazing hobby of the spouses began.

Ed was invariably drawn to places where inexplicable and mysterious phenomena took place.

Using the talent of the artist, Warren depicted houses where evil spirits are located, and offered to see the drawing to their owners. The homeowners liked it, and they invited unusual guests to their place. The young researcher carefully examined the estate in search of phenomena similar to his childhood memories. He analyzed everything that happened, gave people helpful tips, tried to exorcise evil spirits on his own.

Professional growth

Interest in supernatural events continued to interest the general public. In 1952, Ed and Lorraine Warren formed the Paranormal Research Organization. A voluntary society united many people various professions: doctors, scientists, policemen, psychologists. Using theoretical knowledge, practical skills, researchers developed new methods and ways to deal with evil spirits.

The Warrens have created a training system to help people detect evil spirits and be able to resist it. In their work, they often turned to the help of representatives of the Catholic Church.

For more than fifty years, the Warrens, with their many assistants, have been engaged in research and practice in the field of the occult. They have accumulated vast experience and have become rightfully considered the best experts in the paranormal field. The couple claimed to have successfully solved over ten thousand complicated cases. From all the houses in which they had to work, the researchers left themselves memorable items with which terrible and mysterious events were associated. The Ed and Lorraine Warren Museum is a collection of unique items, each of which is endowed with dark powers and poses a considerable danger to ordinary people. In order to neutralize the negative effect on others, the priest conducts a church service in the museum every day and sprinkles the premises with holy water.

Unusual exhibits

In 2006, Ed passed away, bequeathing his wife and children to continue his business. Today, his family lives in the small quiet town of Monroe, located near New York. A small cozy house and a museum of the Warren family are located at the same address. The residential building was built in 1960 according to Lorraine's own design. The house is built on seven levels in full accordance with the number blessed by Catholic traditions.

The room on the ground floor, reserved for the museum, is poorly lit, it is cold and uncomfortable. The humid air is filled with a stench, which is interrupted by a mixture of aromatic essences. The room is lined with many different things, including books, toys, paintings, photos, pieces of furniture. The unusual collection even has a piano that itself played at night.

Mysterious Ann Doll

The most famous toy from the museum collection is the Anabel doll. The mysterious story associated with her began back in 1970.

A young girl, Donna, was in college preparing to become a nurse. For her birthday, her mother gave her an antique doll named Ann Doll. The birthday girl liked the gift, and the girl often laid the toy on her bed.

Over time, Donna and her roommate began to observe strange things: rag Annie inexplicably changed her position regularly. Each time after returning home, the girls found the doll in the wrong places where they had left it the day before. Then notes began to appear in the house on scraps of parchment paper. Requests for help were drawn on them with an inept childish hand. One day, Donna found red spots on the body of the doll, resembling blood. This caused the girls to turn to the Warrens.

Demon experts found out that an unclean force settled in the toy, harming others. Magical actions were carried out over her, neutralizing the evil force. Subsequently, the toy took the most honorable place in the collection of the occult. A special locker was created for the doll, which does not allow you to move and does not allow you to touch it. Lorraine is convinced that the demonic power still remains inside Anabel, she is waiting in the wings to be released.

Mysterious phenomena on the big screen

The Warrens created many books about the paranormal, where they described cases from their practice. Hollywood directors could not ignore the mystical theme, so some successful investigations became the basis for creating movies. The Amityville Horror, The Haunting in Connecticut, and The Conjuring are successful film adaptations of some of the most high-profile cases of ghosts and evil spirits.

Edward was a World War II veteran in the United States Navy, after serving in the police force, and later became a self-taught and self-proclaimed demonology expert, author, and teacher. His wife, Lorraine, was a clairvoyant and light trance medium who worked closely with her husband.

In 1952, the Warrens founded the Society for Psychical Research, New England's oldest ghost-hunting group, and opened the "Warren Occult Museum". They are the authors of numerous books on the paranormal and the authors of various reports on paranormal activity. The Warrens claimed to have investigated over 10,000 cases of the unexplained during their career.

The most famous of their investigations are:

Brought the Warrens the most notoriety, tk. they confirmed the words of a married couple, George and Cathy Lutz, who bought a home after the murder of six people that occurred in it, about paranormal events taking place there. Skeptics have characterized this case as "cheating". Lorraine Warren told an Express Times reporter that the Amityville Horror was not a hoax, but quite real story. These events served as the basis for the book "" published in 1977 and its subsequent film adaptation in and years. (you can see a list of all books and films based on this story)

Demon Slayer

In 1981, Arne Johnson was charged with the murder of Alan Bono. Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to find confirmation of Mr. Johnson's demonic possession. The Warrens subsequently claimed that Johnson was possessed. At the trial, Johnson tried to prove his innocence due to demonic possession, but failed. The case was described in a book published in 1983 called The Devil in Connecticut.

Werewolf

The Warrens claimed to have exorcised the "werewolf demon" on June 17, 1983. Bill Ramsey bit several people believing he was a wolf. The events surrounding this case were later described by them in a book published in 1991 called Werewolf: A True Story of Demonic Possession. Unfortunately, there is no photographic or video evidence available to confirm that Bill Ramsey was indeed possessed by a demon or evil spirit.

Smurl family

Pennsylvania residents Jack and Janet Smurl reported that their home was filled with various supernatural phenomena, including unexplained sounds and smells. The Warrens claimed that the Smurl house contained three undead spirits and a demon that allegedly raped Jack and Janet Smurl.

Ghosts in Connecticut

Perron family

The same family about which in question in the movie The Conjuring.

It took a long time before Andrea Perron decided to tell what really happened to her and her family in the quiet town of Harrisville, Rhode Island. She kept this secret for almost three decades, until the release of the first of her three books, which told about those very events.

In June 1970, the father of the family found, as he then thought, a glorious farm called Arnold's Estate, built back in 1680 by colonist John Smith, and occupying about two hundred acres of land with big house and a barn on the territory. The next day, the Aprons moved to new house, and the seller, before leaving, warned that they should not turn off the lights at night. A rather cryptic message, which, at that time, no one betrayed special significance. Thus began the Perrons' incredible supernatural excursion through time and space.

According to Andrea, it was an extraordinary place where for almost ten years their family lived among souls of the dead, most of which were completely safe and never left the estate.

One of these ghosts was nicknamed "Manny" by the Perron sisters, which they believe was the spirit of Johnny Arnold, who committed suicide on the ledge of their house in the 1700s. He often appeared in the same place, in the front hall between the dining room and the kitchen, watching them and smiling in surprise, leaning against the door. As soon as he was noticed, Manny disappeared without a trace.

The most terrible of the spirits, whose intentions were not at all good, bore the name of Bafsheba (Bat Sheva / Bathsheba) Sherman, whom the family described as "God's forgotten soul." Bafsheba (Bat Sheva) terrorized the mother of the Perrons, considering herself the mistress of the house and practically did no harm to the rest of the family.

In the same film, although the Annabelle doll was mentioned in passing, although the filmmakers radically changed appearance this sinister toy.

Annabelle actually looked like this:

This story began in 1970, when a mother bought her daughter Donna a doll in an antique store. The girl was already a student and together with her friend Angie rented an apartment. The girls liked the doll and left it on the bed. To the great amazement of their friends, the girls began to notice that the doll changed its location. And once the girls found pieces of parchment paper scattered around the apartment, on which was written "Help us" "Help Lou."

Frightened students called a medium who convinced the girls that the girl Annabelle had once died in this apartment, and now her spirit had moved into the doll. The spirit liked the tenants of the apartment and just wanted to stay with them. The girls, although they were surprised, agreed to keep the doll. And that was a huge mistake.

The doll behaved strangely, even reaching cruelty. Once, a friend of the girls, Lou's boyfriend, spent the night in the apartment. He said he dreamed of Annabelle strangling him while the young man couldn't move. And once, when he approached the doll, Lou felt a burning sensation on the back of his head, as often happens when someone looks at you, and he turned around. There was no one there. The room was empty. And then he felt a sudden pain in his chest. He looked at his shirt and saw several bloody scratches.

The Warrens, who were called to look into this matter, found out that an evil spirit had actually settled in the doll, a demon who simply introduced himself as a dead girl in order to deceive the owners. In fact, the scary doll intended to capture the souls of the hostesses.

Ed and Lorraine took the doll to keep in their museum. But even in the Warren house, Annabelle continued to move around the rooms and "perform" other tricks. The Warrens had to build a special protective case to hold the doll, but something sinister still seems to live inside Annabelle, ready to break out at any moment.

The Warren Museum is a separate issue. I would love to visit this strange, but such an interesting place

The Exorcists is not a biographical book. This is not even a fictionalized biography (genre, in last years on the wave of popularity experiencing another birth). Although it contains such an abundance of nods to the famous Warren couple that it is worth getting acquainted with their history.

Of course, it is quite difficult to find among lovers of mysticism those who have not yet heard of the American spouses-researchers of paranormal phenomena. Even if the surname Warren did not sink into your memory, at least you have seen the films "Annabelle Curse", "The Amityville Horror", "Ghosts in Connecticut", "The Conjuring". All of them more or less artistically comprehend the activities that Ed and Lorraine Warren have devoted themselves to: hunting demons, studying the supernatural, collecting occult items.

However, the book "The Exorcists" from the very first pages expands the boundaries of the mystical thriller, shifts the emphasis from the supernatural to the natural, to the psychological background of the events described. It is more likely to be seen in the hands of a reader who is concerned with the mysteries of "the moral law in me." And for him, a trip to the Warrens' occult museum could be a curious discovery.

About the book:

Mystery, suspense, crime or a coming-of-age romance? One can speculate about the genre of the bestseller for a long time, because in it an orphan teenager will have to find out who killed her demonologist parents.

One night, after a disturbing phone call, Sylvester and Rose Mason head to church. Together with them their daughter Sylvie is forced to go. The girl is waiting for her parents in the car, but in vain: the Masons are brutally murdered. Based on Sylvie's testimony, Albert Lynch is arrested. He and his spouses have old scores. The fact is that Sylvester and Rose Mason investigated paranormal phenomena, and Albert's daughter Abigail suffered from obsession. To help the girl, the Masons agreed to take her in, but something happened that Albert Lynch could not forgive them. After the death of her parents, Sylvie comes under the care of her older sister, Rose. Unlike Sylvie, Rose hates her father and mother. And then there's a reporter named Sam Hickin, who wrote a book about the Masons, and Sylvie was banned from reading it. An orphan girl finds herself at the epicenter of other people's secrets and crimes; to cope with her own grief, she needs to solve all the riddles.

Before the reader is not a typical mystical thriller. original name the novel Help for the Haunted ("Help for the Haunted") conveys its essence much more subtly. Despite the mysticism and crime, in many ways this is a psychological novel of growing up, in which a teenage girl, a "good daughter", faces a choice: whether to become a victim of other people's passions or live her own. here

The original book was published in 2013. The novel won the author an American Library Association Award, was named the best crime novel of the year by the Boston Globe, and was included in the top ten best mystery and suspense novels on Amazon in 2013.

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And about exorcists:

Edward Warren (1926-1976) Reluctant demonologist. According to him, in childhood, he repeatedly witnessed inexplicable and ominous phenomena. In his house in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a ghost walked in the form of a dark ball, peering into which, one could distinguish the face of an old woman. The apparitions of the ghost were accompanied by knocking, the sound of footsteps and heavy breathing, and an unnatural coldness. However, no one believed the frightened boy. Since little Ed often had to stay at home alone, he looked for recipes to exorcise ghosts in books.

By the age of 16, Ed has become a connoisseur underworld. It was then that fate brought him to the young Lorraine, who also longed to find an explanation for the inexplicable. Lorraine was 9 when she first saw the glow surrounding people. Any modern child savvy in esotericism and would immediately realize that he was observing the aura of people. But Laura grew up in an Irish Catholic family and hid her gift, fearing that it would be considered a curse. The young people met at the local theater, where Lorraine came every week with her mother, and where Ed worked as an usher. According to Lorraine, she immediately realized that this guy would become her husband.

When both were 17, they married. Ed served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, despite a growing daughter, the Warrens' lifestyle was more nomadic than sedentary. True, the post-war events are described differently in different sources, and it is difficult to say who fascinated whom with ghost hunting: Ed Laura or Lorraine ─ Edward.

The most commonly told story is how Ed entered the Perry School of Art at Yale University, but soon dropped out, reasoning that even without knowledge of geometry and other nonsense, he draws well. After that, Warren bought a used Chevrolet Eagle (1933) and, driving around New England, sold his paintings. Life on wheels had another advantage for Ed: when he heard that somewhere someone had seen a ghost, Warren immediately rushed to those parts. Of course, he insisted that Lorraine, with her gift of clairvoyance, accompany him on such trips.

Not every American was willing to let curious strangers into their homes. Then the self-taught demonologist came up with a trick: Ed painted a haunted house, after which Lorraine knocked on the door and offered the owners a picture as a gift. Flattered homeowners usually invited their spouses inside and were much more willing to talk about what scared them. Lorraine, at first skeptical of ghost stories, and only inferior to her husband in his desires, gradually imbued with Ed's belief in the paranormal. The point of no return for her was the study of the home of Lewis Roy. Roy assured that in the 18th century the pirate Don Pedro lived in his dwelling, and after his death, the spirit of Oceanborn Mary guards the treasure hidden in the house. The Warrens, after examining the house, declared Roy's story a fiction. A spirit really lived here, but it had nothing to do with the legend of Pedro and Mary. And Lorraine felt it: having crossed the threshold, she suddenly seemed to have fluttered out of her own body, her feelings sharpened. So Laura first realized her gift as a medium (Rose Mason from the novel "The Exorcists" is also endowed with a special gift).

(at the Warren Museum)

According to another version, it was Lorraine who wanted to actively help people using her psychic abilities. Ed after demobilization worked as a police officer and in free time helped in the research of his wife. Since there were many cases of the inexplicable, and Edward had studied ways to protect himself from supernatural forces since childhood, the demonologist prevailed over the policeman.

One way or another, the Warrens worked hand in hand, and in 1952, following the example of Sir Barrett, they founded the New England Society for Psychic Research, now one of the oldest paranormal research groups on the East Coast of the United States. And also opened the so-called. Warren Occult Museum. Given that Warren studied over 10,000 unexplained scientific point vision of phenomena and, according to their testimony, met with 400 spirits, the museum's collection is very rich in exhibits with dark energy.

Edward developed his own system for investigating supernatural incidents, as well as methods for allowing people to recognize dark entities and protect themselves from them. He argued that demons smell in a special way, and cameras and tape recorders with sensitive film make it possible to fix what is elusive to human organs. For example, if you go to the cemetery at night, but not with a noisy crowd, but alone, and take many, many pictures, most likely, some kind of ghost will fall into one of the photos.

(frame from the film "The Conjuring")

Ed taught students, lectured, and wrote several books. With his participation, the films "The Amityville Horror" (1979) and "House of Ghosts" (1991) were filmed. The first film was based on the story of George and Cathy Lutz, who bought a house on Long Island in 1975, unaware that Ronald De Feo had shot his family within these walls a year earlier. A month later, the Lutzes, frightened by strange noises and slamming doors, turned to the Warrens. Ed and Lorraine examined the house and confirmed that evil spirits had taken up residence in it. Moreover, it was they, the spirits, who whispered to De Feo the idea to kill six people.

By the way, this is not the only case in the practice of the Warrens, when a man committed a murder, possessed by demons. The most high-profile incident involves Arn Johnson, who was accused in 1981 of the murder of his landlord. The judge did not accept Johnson's assurances that he was set up by evil forces, and pronounced a corresponding sentence on the killer. There was also a case of possession by a werewolf demon, which, having moved into a person, made him consider himself a wolf.

"Haunted House" is a story about how spirits taunted Jack and Jennette Smurl of West Pittston, biting their children and rearranging furniture in the house at night. For two years, the Smerls steadfastly endured bullying, but eventually moved to another house. When the Warrens performed the rite of exorcism, otherworldly hooligans smashed mirrors and banged chairs. In the original book, in which the Warrens and Smurls are involved, this case is described, as well as the film is called The Haunted ("Haunted by ghosts"). The original work by John Searles is called Help For The Haunted.

(Vera Farmiga: frame from the film "The Conjuring")

Ed Warren also initiated a film adaptation of the Perron family story, although James Wan ended up making The Conjuring (2013), starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, after the demonologist's death. But Lorraine Warren, as well as the Perrons, helped recreate the atmosphere of the old nightmare.

(Lorraine Warren and Vera Farmiga)

In 1970, the head of the family, Roger Perron, bought a very old farm in Harrisville, Rhode Island, called the Arnold Estate. If Roger was surprised by the salesman's warning not to turn off the lights at night, the new owner and his family soon became convinced that it was good advice. For almost ten years, the Perrons lived side by side with ghosts. The most harmless of them was the spirit of Johnny Arnold, who committed suicide in the 18th century. Arnold usually incarnated in the dining area, followed the new inhabitants with a smile and disappeared as soon as he was noticed. Bathsheba Sherman behaved differently, a witch who lived in the house in the 19th century, sacrificed her own child, and then committed suicide. Bathsheba drove the unfortunate mother of the family crazy Caroline Perron. Perrons described Bathsheba as a terrible creature, whose face seemed to be covered with a web, under which insects swarm. Fearing for the lives of their daughters, the Perrons turned to the Warrens for help.

Released in the summer of 2016, The Conjuring 2 is based on the Warrens' investigation of the ghost of a nun in Borley.

(Lorraine with Annie doll - this is what the doll actually looks like)

But in the context of the novel "The Exorcists" more important than the event around the doll Raggedy Annie. The story is now widely known as "Annabelle's curse". In 1970, her mother gave medical student Donna a funny doll that she bought in an antique shop. The doll charmed Donna, but soon the student and her neighbor began to notice oddities: Annie found herself in different places, as if independently moved around the apartment. Horror seized her friends when they found scraps of paper scattered around the house with scribbles: "Help us." They called a medium, and he said that the soul of the girl Annabelle, who was trying to establish contact with the students, moved into the doll. Donna took pity on the poor girl and kept the doll. But Raggedy Annie still didn't behave well. So, after a night in the apartment, a friend of the girls, Lou, complained that the doll was choking him in his sleep, that he felt evil looks on the back of his head. The bloody scratches that appeared on Lu's chest didn't add to optimism either. The students turned to the Warrens, and they determined that the doll was not possessed by any means. soul of the dead girls, but a demon trying to capture the souls of new mistresses. Ed and Lorraine took the doll for the occult museum. But even in their house, Annie did not want to calm down and regularly changed location. Since the evil force did not want to leave the object, the doll was locked in a special locker with a cross to keep it and protect people from accidentally touching it.

However, it is better not to touch other items in the Warren Museum. The museum is located in the basement of the Warren House in Monroe, New England. The novel "The Exorcists" also mentions the basement, or rather, the basement, where demonologists store objects from the houses they examined, and where the possessed seek help.

(humble Warren house)

Since 1960, the Warrens have lived in their own house, designed by Lorraine. It has seven levels, in accordance with the sacred number. If most of the rooms are warm and cozy, and cute landscapes of Ed hang on the walls (even if they are haunted houses, they look quite friendly from the outside), then in the museum, on the contrary, it is cold, gloomy, damp. The exhibits are scarier than each other: dolls that kill their owners in their sleep, a piano playing at night, witchcraft books, candlestick skulls, a video taken by Ed and Lorraine during work, and other passions. It is no coincidence that not only family members live in the house, but also the priest Jim Anziano, who protects Lorraine and her household, accompanies excursions and holds services every day, sprinkling the museum with holy water.

(the same self-playing piano)

After Ed's death, Lorraine is still advising people in trouble. She assures that her husband personally let her know that she should continue his work. Of course, advanced age does not allow Laura to be as active as before. Her brother-in-law, Tony Spira, became director of the New England Society for Psychical Research. And the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Judy is afraid of everything supernatural and tries to stay away from him. She doesn’t even enter the museum, preferring not to think about all the dark things that are stored under her feet.

Ed and Lorraine Warren are one of the world's most famous paranormal investigators. For decades, the couple have traveled the country to help people suffering from supernatural activity. But what is the real history of the Warren family? Who were these people before, demonologists for the whole world?

The Warren family: a short biography

Of course, these people were not always brave "ghost hunters". Edward Warren was born on September 7, 1926. His wife Lorraine Rita Moran was born on January 31, 1927. From the age of sixteen, Ed worked at the Bridgeport Theater, where he met his future wife. After all, it was here that Lorraine and her mother came every Wednesday. When Edward was 17, he enlisted in the Navy. After a few months of service, during a 30-day vacation, the young people got married.

After the end of World War II, Ed returned home and became a freelance artist - his paintings sold well, and there was enough money to live on. Around this time, the "paranormal" story of the Warren family began, which, by the way, lasted more than five years.

The Supernatural History of the Warren Family

In fact, Edward first encountered it as a child. When he was five years old, his family moved into a real haunted house. In the future, already adult Ed more than once recalled how he was frightened at night by rustles, sounds and strange voices, saw moving objects for no reason, and once even saw a ghost - an angry elderly lady.

Edward's father, a police officer, convinced the boy that every event has a rational explanation. Alas, dad could not logically explain the strangeness of their house.

After the war, Ed began to take an intense interest in the paranormal. At first, Lorraine did not believe much in existence, but after a few first investigations, her opinion changed. Both spouses began an active self-educational activity - they studied a lot of scientific and esoteric literature. Naturally, the first studies were not easy for the young couple, because they were just children whom no one took seriously. But every year their popularity and fame grew - now many families asked them for help.

The history of the Warren family: the most famous investigations

On account of the spouses more than four thousand investigations. Ghosts, spirits, demons, even werewolves and vampires are the story of the Warren family. Many events formed the basis of the plots of documentaries and feature films. Ed and Lorraine became not only world-famous "hunters", but also actors and screenwriters.

For example, the film My Amityville Horror tells the story of how a young Lutz family bought a house in a small town. Immediately after moving in, they began to notice strange things - windows and doors closed by themselves, things moved as if of their own accord, and one night even Mrs. Lutz herself was immobilized in the air. After examining the house, the Warrens confirmed the presence of a demon in it.

Today, everyone is talking about the film "The Conjuring", also based on the story of Ed and Lorraine, who at one time really helped the Perron family with the expulsion of evil spirits. In fact, there are a lot of such stories, and some of them really start to move the hair on the back of the head.

During their lives, the Warrens managed to open the Museum of the Occult, which presents very interesting exhibits, allowing you to explore the adventure-rich life of hunters. They also founded and funded an institute dedicated to the study of the paranormal.

In 1952, the Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychical Research, the most old group ghostbusters in New England, and opened the Warren Occult Museum. They are the authors of numerous books on the paranormal and their private investigations into various cases of paranormal activity. They claimed to have investigated over 10,000 cases in their career. The Warrens were among the first to investigate the controversial phenomenon of the Amityville ghost.

The Warrens have been involved in the training of several contemporary demonologists and paranormal investigators, including Kate and Carl Johnson, Lou Gentile, and their nephew John Zaffis. After Ed's death in 2006, Lorraine continues to assist in paranormal investigations, explaining that "Actually, Ed personally let me know to keep doing this, so I want to say that I'm doing this for him. I do this to honor my husband. The work meant a lot to him, which is why I want to continue what he left.” In addition to investigating, Lorraine also continues to operate a private "Occult Museum" in the back of her home in Monroe, Connecticut, with the help of her son-in-law, Tony Spera.

Notable investigations:

1. Amityville
The Warrens are best known for participating in the event known as the Amityville Horror. New York City couple George and Katie Lutz have said their home is haunted by the presence of violent demonic forces, so strong that it forced them to leave their own home. The authors of The Amityville Horror Conspiracy, Stephen and Roxanne Kaplan, described the case as a "hoax". Lorraine Warren told an Express Times reporter that the case was not a hoax. On the night of March 6, 1976, Ed and Lorraine Warren, along with Channel 5 New York television crew and WNEW-FM reporter Michael Linder, explored the house.
2. Demon Slayer
In 1981, Arn Johnson was charged with the murder of his landlord, Alan Bono. Ed and Lorraine Warren were called prior to the murder to deal with the alleged demonic possession of Mr. Johnson's fiancée's younger brother. The Warrens subsequently stated that Mr. Johnson was also possessed. At his trial, Johnson asked to be pleaded not guilty on account of his demonic possession, but to no avail. The case was described in 1983 in Gerald Brittle's The Devil in Connecticut.
3. Werewolf
The Warrens claimed to have exorcised a "werewolf demon" on June 17, 1983. The subject of their investigation, Bill Rumsey, bit several people, believing himself to be a wolf. Events related to the incident were later described by the Warrens in 1991 in the book Werewolf: A True Story of Demonic Possession. Photos or videos that would confirm the truth of what was happening, or substantiate the possession of Bill Ramsey by a demon of this kind, or an evil spirit, were not presented.
4. Smerl family
Pennsylvania residents Jack and Janet Smurly reported that various supernatural phenomena occur in their home, including sounds, smells, and visions. After exploring the site in 1986, the Warrens claimed that the house was home to three spirits, as well as a demon that allegedly raped the Smurl couple.
5. Borley Church
Ed and Lorraine investigated the apparitions of the Nun's ghost at Borley Church.
6. Union Cemetery
In this cemetery, Ed Warren happened to see a pale lady dressed in a white shirt and cap.
7. Ghost in Connecticut
Ed and Lorraine Warren visited the Snedeker house, later claiming the place was haunted by demons.

edited news Lycanthrope - 1-01-2015, 04:17