Matt Rife Plans To Turn Haunted House Into Sleepover

Comic Matt Rife introduced Friday he bought famed demonologist Ed and Lorraine Warren’s Connecticut dwelling, which homes a number of haunted gadgets, together with the supposedly possessed Annabelle doll.

“We’re the authorized guardians and caretakers of all 750 haunted artifacts and gadgets within the Warren museum together with the Annabelle doll,” Rife mentioned, asserting his buy with on-line ghost hunter Elton Castee.

The home in Monroe, Connecticut, as soon as belonged to the Warrens, who carried out hundreds of paranormal investigations and impressed the “The Conjuring” movies, which Rife mentioned are his favourite scary motion pictures of all time.

“So I’m extremely honored to have taken over probably the most outstanding properties in paranormal historical past,” Rife mentioned in a separate put up praising the Warrens for “arguably” placing demonology and paranormal into the mainstream.

Though Rife doesn’t legally personal the haunted gadgets, he can be chargeable for their look after the subsequent 5 years. Among the many gadgets is Annabelle, a demonically “possessed” big Raggedy Ann doll, in accordance with the New England Society for Psychic Analysis, which the Warrens based.

In keeping with the analysis society, the demonic toy’s unnatural occurrences began small. It started with the doll shifting across the house, however ultimately materialized as disturbing handwritten notes.

The doll is stored locked in a case labeled “Warning: Positively Do Not Open,” and is at present nonetheless on tour, touring throughout the U.S. till it returns dwelling. Its earlier handler, Dan Rivera, 54, died final month of pure causes whereas touring with the doll, the analysis society introduced.

Rife mentioned he plans on opening Annabelle’s dwelling “for in a single day stays and museum excursions” so the general public “can expertise and study all of the haunted historical past surrounding this superb place.”

“That is probably the most random passion ever, nevertheless it’s so fucking cool man,” Rife mentioned within the video. “I ought to in all probability accumulate stamps or one thing. Could be slightly safer.”