Case file · Haunting
The Annabelle doll
In 1970, by the Warrens' account, a Raggedy Ann doll frightened its young owner and her roommate; they moved it to their Connecticut museum, where it sat in a glass case.
1970 CE · 41.34, -73.22 · status: claim
The account
The story inspired a horror film franchise and made the doll one of the best-known 'haunted objects' in the world.
The sceptical view
Academics and science writers treat the story as modern folklore; the only sources are the Warrens.
Connections in the atlas
- Ed and Lorraine Warren found the NESPR
- Ed and Lorraine Warren and the NESPR