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News18
2 days ago
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No, The Haunted Annabelle Doll Wasn't With Dan Rivera When He Died In Hotel Room
Last Updated: Dan Rivera was found dead in his hotel room in Gettysburg on July 13. Dan Rivera, a well-known paranormal investigator, was found dead in his hotel room in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 13. The 54-year-old, a researcher with the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR), was on a tour with the haunted Annabelle doll when he lost his life. After the news of his sudden death made it to the headlines, people started speculating that the infamous doll was behind it. Contrary to popular belief, officials have now confirmed that the doll was not in the hotel room when Dan died. Adams County Coroner Francis Dutrow told People that the doll was nowhere to be found in the room when he arrived. In fact, the Annabelle doll was not there at any time during Dan's stay in the hotel room. Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania State Police shared a report with the outlet on July 16, stating that 'nothing unusual or suspicious was observed at the scene." Earlier that day, the paranormal investigator had informed his colleagues that he was not feeling well and had decided to rest in his hotel room. He was later found dead in his room, with the exact cause still unknown. An autopsy report is expected to be coming out in the next few weeks. Who Is Dan Rivera A US Army veteran, Dan Rivera was a lead investigator with the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR), which was founded in 1952 by famous ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren. Besides his role as a researcher, he had also worked on paranormal shows, including Travel Channel's Most Haunted Places and produced Netflix's 28 Days Haunted. He is survived by his wife, Sarah, and their four children. At the time of his death, Dan was on a paranormal tour titled Devils on the Run, which featured some allegedly haunted objects, including the Annabelle doll. According to NESPR, he last performed at the Soldiers National Orphanage as part of the tour. All About The 'Haunted Annabelle" Doll According to NESPR, the Annabelle doll is known in the world of the paranormal for being 'haunted". The real antique doll is named Raggedy Ann. It first showed abnormal behaviour in 1968 when a nursing student in Connecticut claimed that it moved on its own, left eerie messages and even turned violent. Later, it was said that the doll was possessed by the spirit of a child named Annabelle. Ed and Lorraine Warren, founders of NESPR, said that the doll was not haunted but possessed by a demonic entity. They locked it in a glass case at their museum in Connecticut. Annabelle became well-known after appearing in the 2013 horror film The Conjuring. Due to her spooky presence, she starred in her own movie in 2014, followed by two more films: Annabelle: Creation in 2017 and Annabelle Comes Home in 2019. view comments First Published: July 21, 2025, 15:24 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
India.com
2 days ago
- India.com
Paranormal Veteran Found Dead After Haunted Tour – Annabelle Doll Vanishes, Mystery Deepens
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Dan Rivera knew what it meant to walk into places most people avoid. He had stood still in rooms where the air never quite felt empty, stepped carefully across floorboards that remembered too much and sat in silence where children once wept. Ghost stories were not stories to him. They were testimonies. On the night of July 13, Dan finished another tour. It was a full house. The 'Devils on the Run' had stopped at the old Soldiers National Orphanage, a place layered in loss. He spoke with care, as he always did, about Annabelle – the doll many believe never truly sleeps. People listened and laughed. Some looked over their shoulders. Then Dan said goodnight and walked away into the Gettysburg dark. He never made it to morning. Hours later, hotel workers unlocked his door. Dan was alone. He was not breathing. Paramedics came. The Pennsylvania State Police arrived. Nothing looked out of place. No blood. No broken glass. Just quiet. And something was missing. The doll. Coroner Francis Dutrow, the first official on the scene, confirmed what people had already begun whispering online. 'The Annabelle doll was not in the room when I arrived. It had never been in there,' he said. That absence carried weight. Dan had been touring with Annabelle. He had spoken about her only hours earlier. She was part of his work, his warnings and his purpose. But in the room where he died, she was gone. The New England Society for Psychic Research, the group Dan had worked with for more than a decade, tried to calm the storm of speculation. 'She is safely secured,' they said. But that statement only opened more questions. When did she leave? Who took her? Why was not she there? Beneath NESPR's online tribute to Dan, someone wrote asked, 'What happened in that room?' Annabelle's story goes back further than most know. Not born from film scripts, but from a small apartment in Connecticut in 1968. A nursing student received the doll as a gift. She kept it in her home. Then things began to move. The girl brought in a medium. The answer – a child named Annabelle lived inside the doll. But the Warrens, Ed and Lorraine, felt something colder. They did not call it a haunting. They called it a possession. The doll was locked behind glass in their museum. A warning written above it, 'Do Not Touch.' But Annabelle never really stayed quiet. She appeared on movie posters. Inspired entire horror franchises. Gathered followers, skeptics and believers. Dan Rivera spent years carrying her story, reminding people that what scares us often wants to be heard. Dan was not in this for fame. He was a veteran. A husband. A father. He joined the NESPR to help people who were afraid in their own homes. To offer answers where others only gave silence. He became a familiar face on paranormal shows. Netflix's '28 Days Haunted'. Travel Channel's 'Most Haunted Places'. But those who knew him say his real gift was offline, in basements, living rooms and abandoned schools, where families waited for peace. 'He always listened first. He never treated fear like fiction,' the NESPR said. Ryan Buell, host of 'Paranormal State', described Dan as 'thoughtful, committed and kind'. A man who had seen shadows but always carried light. That final day, Dan did not feel well. He told his colleagues he would be heading back early. The tour went on. He quietly stepped away. By nightfall, he was gone. The autopsy report will take time, maybe two months. So far, no signs point to foul play. No evidence of anything unnatural. But the timing is impossible to ignore. He had spent his night talking about a cursed object. The doll vanished. Then he died. Dan's death has left a hole, not just in his team, but in the community that followed his work. The NESPR says their tours will continue, now in his name. But for those who stood with him in old theatres, abandoned hospitals and war-touched orphanages, there is something they cannot stop thinking about. A man devoted to unmasking fear now gone. A doll that should have been locked away now unaccounted for. Dan Rivera leaves behind his wife, his children and years of unanswered questions. He followed the stories that no one else dared to. He believed people when they said they were scared. He chased shadows with steady hands. Now, as people search for meaning, all that remains is silence and a locked door. And somewhere, once again, Annabelle is missing.
Indian Express
2 days ago
- Indian Express
Paranormal investigator dies after Annabelle tour, infamous doll was ‘not in room', says coroner
Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera was found dead in his hotel room in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, just hours after wrapping up a show that featured the so-called haunted Annabelle doll but the doll itself was not in the room, according to the coroner who reached the spot, People reported. Rivera, 54, had taken part in a stop on the 'Devils on the Run' tour at the historic Soldiers National Orphanage on Sunday, July 13. He was discovered unresponsive later that evening by hotel staff. Adams County Coroner Francis Dutrow told that the doll 'was not present when I arrived at the scene,' and confirmed it 'had not been in the hotel room at all.' The Pennsylvania State Police confirmed to reporters that officers were called to the hotel after a man was found dead in his room. 'There was nothing unusual or suspicious observed at the scene,' the police said in a statement on Wednesday, 16 July. Coroner Dutrow added that Rivera had been feeling unwell earlier in the day and told colleagues he was returning to his room. The cause of death is still unknown. Autopsy results are expected in eight to 10 weeks. The missing Annabelle doll, the apparently haunted object at the centre of Rivera's tour, raised immediate questions online. 'The doll wasn't in the room,' said NESPR, the group Rivera worked with, in a statement quoted by The New York Post. 'She is safely secured.' Rivera had been touring with the doll and speaking about its controversial history, often warning audiences about its supposed dangers. Dan Rivera was a lead investigator with the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR), founded in 1952 by famed ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren. He was also a US Army veteran, a father, and a husband. He had worked on several paranormal programmes, including Most Haunted Places on the Travel Channel, and produced Netflix's 28 Days Haunted. In a tribute to Rivera, NESPR said, 'Dan was not only a vital part of our team for over a decade, but also a deeply compassionate, loyal, and dedicated friend. His integrity, creativity, and generosity defined him.' They added, 'Dan's passion for the paranormal was rooted in a genuine desire to educate, help, and connect with others whether through social media, conventions, or investigations with local families seeking peace.' According to NESPR, the Annabelle doll became infamous in 1968 after a student nurse in Connecticut claimed it behaved strangely. A medium later said it was inhabited by the spirit of a child named Annabelle. Ed and Lorraine Warren, however, said the doll was not a harmless ghost but demonically possessed. They locked it in a glass case at their museum in Connecticut, where it remains today. The story helped inspire The Conjuring film series and a spin-off franchise centered on Annabelle. Rivera is survived by his wife and children. His friend Ryan Buell, host of Paranormal State, posted a tribute on Facebook describing Rivera as 'a thoughtful, committed investigator and a devoted family man.' While officials say there is no foul play, the mystery surrounding Rivera's death and the absence of the doll from the scene continues to draw public attention. One person wrote under NESPR's tribute post: 'What happened in that room?'
News Lens
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- News Lens
「安娜貝爾」巡演隨行靈異觀察員驟逝，巡演續辦 - TNL The News Lens 關鍵評論網
靈異調查員丹·里維拉於賓州飯店猝逝，享年54歲。警方初步判定自然死亡，與他巡迴展出的「安娜貝爾」娃娃無關，娃娃當時並不在房間內。里維拉曾參與多個靈異節目製作，近期正隨團隊巡迴展出該娃娃。官方呼籲勿過度揣測。 美國康乃狄克州（Connecticut）籍的54歲靈異調查員丹里維拉（Dan Rivera）被發現在賓州蓋茨堡（Gettysburg）一間飯店的房間內已經沒有生命跡象。里維拉於7月13日（星期日）在完成一場售罄的「Devils on the Run」巡迴展覽後返回飯店休息，當晚被同事發現時已無法復甦，急救人員雖即刻進行心肺復甦術仍不治。 賓州警方及法醫調查後並未發現任何可疑跡象，初步判定為自然死亡，死因待屍檢結果出爐，事發時所展示的「安娜貝爾」娃娃並不在現場，縣法醫證實他到場時並未見到娃娃，也確認該娃娃根本未帶進房間。 里維拉生前是新英格蘭心靈研究協會（New England Society for Psychic Research，NESPR）的首席調查員之一，曾亮相旅遊頻道（Travel Channel）節目《最恐怖的地方》（Most Haunted Places），並擔任Netflix靈異節目《被鬼纏身28天》（28 Days Haunted）顧問製作人。 近期，他隨同NESPR團隊巡迴全美舉辦「Devils on the Run」巡演，展出「安娜貝爾娃娃」，這次巡演7月11日至13日在賓州蓋茨堡的美國士兵國家孤兒院（Soldiers National Orphanage）舉行，由當地的「幽靈影像」（Ghostly Images of Gettysburg）團體承辦。展覽宣傳稱，參觀者可近距離見到這個「世界上最鬧鬼的物品之一」，門票數場次均已售罄。 在巡演最後一站結束後的當晚，里維拉返回飯店房間休息，但不久後被飯店人員發現已失去意識。 賓州州警表示，里維拉是在飯店房間由工作人員發現死亡，沒有發現打鬥痕跡或他殺跡象，初步判定為自然死亡。地方法醫辦公室表示，死者生前曾向同事訴說身體不適，返回房間休息。調查人員認為，在場未看到任何異常或可疑物品或情況，強調目前沒有證據顯示他殺或其他特殊因素。 里維拉生前所展示的「安娜貝爾娃娃」（Annabelle）是一個紅色條紋圓點的拉絨洋娃娃，因為美國著名靈異調查員華倫夫婦（Ed and Lorraine Warren）在1970年代對它的調查而聞名。 1968年康乃狄克州一名學生護士獲贈此娃娃並帶回與室友同住，隨後開始出現異常現象，娃娃會自行移動、留字條甚至襲擊房客。一位通靈師曾稱娃娃內附一個叫「安娜貝爾」的女童靈魂，但華倫夫婦認為是惡靈所為，遂將娃娃帶走，所在華倫位於康州的「邪惡博物館」中，娃娃被鎖在玻璃箱內以防止靈體擴散。 里維拉之死引發網路上許多猜測及陰謀論。部分人將死訊與安娜貝爾娃娃的詛咒連結在一起，但相關官方調查結果未支持這些聯想。賓州州警重申現場調查未發現異常。法醫也明確表示娃娃不在案發現場，多位曾與之共事的靈異節目主持人及同行在社群媒體上呼籲理性看待這起悲劇。 在里維拉意外逝世後，NESPR表示會遵循既定計劃繼續舉辦，原定今年剩餘的巡演場次仍將照常進行，主辦單位將以此紀念里維拉，也延續華倫夫婦開啟的靈異文化傳承。 新聞來源 延伸閱讀 【加入關鍵評論網會員】每天精彩好文直送你的信箱，每週獨享編輯精選、時事精選、藝文週報等特製電子報。還可留言與作者、記者、編輯討論文章內容。立刻點擊免費加入會員！ 責任編輯：莊舒亦 核稿編輯：楊士範
Mint
3 days ago
- Mint
What happened to 'Annabelle' doll after investigator Dan Rivera dies mysteriously in hotel room? Truth might spook you
Dan Rivera, a 54-year-old paranormal investigator and US Army veteran, was found dead in his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania hotel room this week. His death occurred just hours after he completed a sold-out performance of the 'Devils on the Run Tour' at the Soldiers National Orphanage, an event that featured the reportedly cursed Annabelle doll, New York Post reported. When first responders arrived Sunday night, they discovered Rivera's body but noted that the infamous doll was not in the room, according to Adams County Coroner Francis Dutrow, who spoke to People on Friday. The cause of Rivera's death remains uncertain, with autopsy results still awaited to be released. Rivera gained recognition as a paranormal investigator on the Travel Channel's 'Most Haunted Places' and worked as a producer on several other programs, including Netflix's '28 Days Haunted". As part of his tour, Rivera travelled across the United States alongside members of the New England Society for Psychic Research, an organisation established in 1952 by renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, to showcase the Raggedy Ann Doll figure. In 1970, the Annabelle doll became linked to a series of alleged hauntings after being given to Donna, a nursing student in Connecticut. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren stated that the doll moved its arms on its own, followed individuals around the apartment, and exhibited other terrifying and hostile behaviours. The Warrens, whose experiences inspired the 'The Conjuring' horror film franchise, also asserted that Annabelle was demonically possessed. They claimed the doll once stabbed a police officer and caused a car accident involving a priest before being placed in their museum in Connecticut. A psychic medium involved in the case believed the doll was inhabited by the spirit of a deceased six-year-old girl named Annabelle. Since then, conspiracy theorists have connected Rivera's unexpected death to the supposedly haunted artifact, even though state police confirmed on Wednesday that there was 'nothing unusual or suspicious' discovered at the scene. Despite the sudden loss of their lead investigator, the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR) announced plans to carry on with their supernatural tour. According to tour organisers, 'We believe with all our hearts that Dan would have wanted the work to continue — bringing people together, sharing knowledge, and honoring the memory of Ed and Lorraine Warren. We will carry his spirit in everything we do."
