Horror fans spooked as Annabelle doll goes on tour despite edict it should never be moved
The Raggedy Ann figure, Annabelle, is the focus of fevered attention as another sequel in The Conjuring Universe is set to be released this year.
But what really has TikTokers rattled is the Devils On The Run Tour, which is displaying items including Annabelle from the now-closed Warrens Occult Museum collection in Monroe, Connecticut.
The doll captured the imagination of millions after paranormal investigator and former host of Paranormal State, Ryan Daniel Buell, posted videos of the occult tour.
Yet many are deeply unsettled that the Warrens' warnings that Annabelle should never be moved are being flouted.
Paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren set up their museum after investigating the doll in the 1970s following a haunting encounter.
The 3ft tall plaything was a gift to a Hartford, Connecticut, nurse in 1970 who brought it home.
But she and her roommates began reporting unexplained behavior from the doll, according to the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR).
Annabelle reportedly moved on her own and at one point attacked the fiance of one of its owners.
That's when the Warrens stepped in to investigate.
The couple claimed the doll was being manipulated by a spirit and performed an exorcism before taking it away with them.
Annabelle then became one of the most well-known haunted items following the Conjuring and Annabelle movie franchises.
Now, as she tours the country with other items from the Warren's museum, Buell has been providing updates on the doll's progress.
Buell posted a video discussing Annabelle's appearance at West Virginia State Penitentiary, and he recalled his own haunting experience at the allegedly haunted site in 2009.
'This is the first time we're bringing haunted artifacts into West Virginia State Penitentiary, so that's gonna be interesting. Especially Annabelle, like the real Annabelle,' he said.
Buell explained that the doll was 'slowly' being transported to San Antonio, Texas, for Psychic Festival.
'I think this is the furthest she's travelled in decades, if not ever, so we'll see how tonight goes.'
He added that she would be 'secure' with members of NESPR and they would have a Catholic priest with them.
Buell then shared videos of the doll in the penitentiary, which angered many.
'Lorraine said not to move her. THE WARRENS SAID NOT TO MOVE HER,' one wrote.
Another said: 'Tony should be ashamed of himself cause I know he is apart of it. Ed & Lorraine said no matter what happens to them Annabelle does not leave the museum. Tony has gone against it numerous times for $.'
'Lorraine and Ed rolling over in their graves right now,' another wrote.
Buell, however, claimed the couple traveled with Annabelle on tour to teach the public about the items and the occult.
Annabelle next went to New Orleans before arriving in San Antonio Friday morning at the 'haunted' Black Swan Inn, according to Buell's posts.
Annabelle has remained locked in a case with a sign made by Ed Warren that reads 'positively do not open.'
Since the museum's closure, and the Warrens' warnings, Annabelle's case has in fact been opened.
The doll is handled only by Daniel Rivera, the senior lead investigator for NESPR, who wears gloves with crosses on them and saint medals in the fingertips.
Rivera also built a new box for the doll better suited for transportation.
'So the reason why I built the case was because the museum was closed and we wanted to keep educating the public about these items that Ed and Lorraine collected,' he told CT Insider.
Rivera said he added extra protective measures including cutting out crosses on three sides, representing the Catholic Holy Trinity, using a stain infused with holy water and holy oil as well as inscribing the Lord's Prayer and Saint Michael's prayer behind the felt in the case, the outlet reported.
The measures were taken to 'contain the evil of Annabelle in this case.'
Buell told MySanAntonio that there is 'huge interest in the paranormal' in San Antonio and that it felt like the 'perfect spot to showcase Annabelle and warn people about the dangers of the occult and paranormal.'
But not everyone is pleased to have the doll around, as one viewer commented: 'Y'all should have left her where she was, this is so not the Texas thing to do.'
Another said: 'They should've left her right where she was at the Warren museum.'
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