About this episode

The episode explores the haunting experienced by the Perron family in their Rhode Island farmhouse, which inspired the film The Conjuring, highlighting the differences between their real experiences and the cinematic portrayal.

In January 1971, Roger and Carolyn Perron moved with their five daughters into a historic farmhouse in Harrisville, a village within Burrillville, Rhode Island. The property later became known worldwide as the inspiration for The Conjuring. But the story told by the Perron family differs sharply from the film. According to the family, the disturbances began soon after they arrived: missing brooms, doors that opened and closed, unexplained dirt on cleaned floors, strange smells, sounds in empty rooms, objects found in different places, and apparitions seen by adults and children. The Perrons did not describe one spirit. They believed the farmhouse held many distinct presences, some harmless, some frightening, and one apparently hostile toward Carolyn Perron. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren later entered the case, and a séance inside the house reportedly ended in a terrifying episode involving Carolyn and a confrontation with Roger Perron. Yet there was no final exorcism, and the family remained in the house for years. The most famous name attached to the case is Bathsheba Sherman. She was a real nineteenth-century woman, but historical research does not establish…

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