10 Ghostly Details Surrounding Ed And Lorraine Warren, The Paranormal Investigators Who Inspired “The Conjuring”

6 /10 They Never Charged A Dime

Throughout their inquiries into the occult, Edward and Lorraine charged nothing. They believed it was their duty to free people from the torment of demons. As we said, it was a calling.

Later on, they started making a living appearing on TV shows and giving lectures on demonology in colleges. They also got money selling publishing rights and TV rights to their stories about their investigations.

5 /10 They Also Used Science To Solve Mysteries

Before pronouncing any home as haunted, and before they start any exorcism, Ed and Lorraine made sure that other factors weren’t the cause of the hauntings. 

Following his dad’s advice, Ed would go on to cross out every logical explanation for any unusual occurrence. A crafty attic, creaky steps, mice in the walls.

All that and more. When physical factors were ruled out, they went supernatural.

4 /10 Lorraine Even Got Tested

During the peak of their fame, Lorraine became swamped by critics who didn’t believe in her psychic abilities. They called her a fraud.  Determined to prove them wrong, Lorraine agreed to take a physic test.

Dr. Thelma Moss, a parapsychologist at UCLA, decided to check if Lorraine’s psychic ability existed.  The test showed that Lorraine was a light trance medium. Above average, in fact.

3 /10 Some Of Their Famous Investigations

Their most popular investigation and the one that brought them into the horror pop culture limelight was The Amityville Haunting.

Ed and Lorraine had come to help a family who had been chased out of their house by spirits. It turns out the house was the location of several murders in 1974. A 23-year-old man had murdered his parents and four siblings while they slept.

Another famous haunting was about 11-year-old David Glatzel, possessed by a demon that regularly hurt him. The Warrens were called to exorcise the demon.

Later on, Arne Cheyenne Johnson, the Fiancé to David’s sister, murdered their landlord. And guess what? He blamed the demon.

2 /10 The Smurl Haunting

This was the worst haunting that Lorraine and Ed ever worked on. The spirit refused to budge from the home.

It was so bad that they had to ask the Catholic Church for help – Ed and Lorraine were devout Catholics.

Cardinal Ratzinger, who would later become Pope Benedict XVI, even helped assign an exorcist to the case.

1 /10 They Had An Occult Museum

Do you remember that eerie room in The Conjuring movie, the one where all the creepy haunted relics are kept? Yes, that one. It exists.

It’s located right in the backyard of the Warren house in Connecticut. The building contains all the haunted artifacts from their investigations, alongside files and tapes used in recording everything.

It houses the cursed Raggedy Ann doll, Annabelle. Unfortunately, it’s closed now. Fortunately, their legacy lives on in their spectacular movies.

Lorraine even made a cameo in 2013’s The Conjuring movie. Which made the house it was based on so famous that the previous owners had to sue because people kept vandalizing and performing satanic rituals there.

Yet, no matter what the skeptics and critics say, Ed and Lorraine Warren will remain one of the most significant contributors to horror pop culture.