The movie “The Conjuring” brought to light an allegedly true story about a family burdened by a haunted home, and spotlit famed paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. But what actually happened at the Harrisville Farm House that the film was based on?

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The movie “The Conjuring” brought to light an allegedly true story about a family burdened by a haunted home and a potentially demonic presence, and spotlit famed paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. But what actually happened at the Harrisville Farm House that the film was based on?

Join Gabi and Kim as they dissect the history of Rhode Island’s Harrisville Farmhouse that housed the Perron family in the 1970s, the hauntings associated with it, and the deaths that could have contributed to said hauntings. Was Bathsheba a real witch? Is there a demonic presence in the home today? How much of the movie was based in reality, and how much of what has been presented to the world is accurate?

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