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Edward Warren Miney (September 7, 1926 – August 23, 2006) [1] and Lorraine Rita Warren (née Moran; January 31, 1927 – April 18, 2019) [2][3] were American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of alleged hauntings. Edward was a self-taught and self-professed demonologist, author, and lecturer.
Oct 31, 2023 · The reputation of cute cuddly exorcists Ed and Lorraine Warren has grown outsized in 21st-century pop culture. That’s mainly thanks to the juggernaut Conjuring franchise, loosely based on...
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- The Amityville Horror. On November 13, 1974, at 3:15 AM, Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr. killed his parents and siblings with a .35-caliber rifle while they slept peacefully in their beds.
- The Demonic Werewolf in London. Bill Ramsey was considered “living proof” that werewolves really do exist. Born in Southend-on-Sea, England, Ramsey recalled an event in childhood in which he felt “strange” before a powerful rage came over him, and he was able to uproot an entire fence.
- Union Cemetery. There are many eyewitness accounts of the “White Lady” who haunts the Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut. It is known as one of the most haunted cemeteries in the United States.
- Demon Murder Trial. In 1981, 19-year-old Arne Cheyenne Johnson fatally stabbed his landlord, 40-year-old Alan Bono, with a pocketknife more than 20 times.
- Ed Warren grew up in a haunted house. When Ed was 5, he claimed he saw an apparition: a dot of light that grew until it became his family's landlady, who had died the year before.
- Lorraine Warren discovered her abilities when she was a child. Like Ed, Lorraine began having unusual experiences when she was young, too—but she just assumed everyone had those same abilities.
- Ed and Lorraine Warren began dating as teenagers. Ed and Lorraine both lived in Connecticut and met in 1944, when they were both just 16 years old—Ed worked as an usher at a movie theater that Lorraine and her mother frequented.
- Ed and Lorraine Warren got married in 1945, thanks to a sunken ship. In 1945, when Ed was 17 years old, he enlisted in the Navy. He had only been deployed for a total of four months when he was sent back home on a 30-day "Survivor's Leave" after his ship went down in the North Atlantic Sea.
Jun 1, 2022 · Learn about the lives and deaths of the famous paranormal investigators and authors, who founded the New England Society for Psychic Research and investigated over 10,000 cases of hauntings. Find out how they became involved in the Annabelle doll, the Conjuring movies, and other horror films.
Aug 14, 2024 · Learn about the real story of Ed and Lorraine Warren, the couple who inspired movies like The Conjuring and The Amityville Horror. Discover their most infamous cases, such as the Annabelle doll and the Perron family haunting.
Oct 20, 2023 · Shutterstock. So who were the Warrens, exactly? It's easier in some ways to talk about Lorraine Warren, who was alive until 2019 and even appeared in "The Conjuring" in a cameo, as this Reddit thread points out.
