The Rhode Island home that inspired “The Conjuring” movie franchise is set to go under the hammer in a foreclosure auction that is slated to take place—when else?—on Halloween.
The 8.5-acre property with the three-bedroom farmhouse in Harrisville will go up on the block in a mortgagee’s foreclosure auction at 11 a.m. on Oct. 31.
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Far from trying to shy away from the property’s paranormal past, auctioneer Justin Manning, with JJ Manning Auctioneers, is happily leaning into the dwelling’s eeriest qualities.
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“I was joking with the attorney that, instead of wearing a suit, maybe I would dress up as Count Dracula,” he said. “But I want to keep it professional, [so] I’ll probably just stick with the suit.”
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Over the years, the property has become a hot spot for tourists seeking out the truth about the so-called haunting that inspired the wildly popular “Conjuring” franchise.
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“I don’t even know if I want to go in the home,” Manning confessed. However, “at the end of the day, this is business before it’s a show. This is a forced sale and a distress sale.”
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In 1971, the Perron family moved into the 19th-century home, where they were said to have experienced a number of terrifying encounters with spirits.
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During this time, paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren were called in to investigate—and are understood to have staged a seance with the family in a bid to help them rid the property of the spirits.
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Eventually, the Perron family decided to move out of the property in 1980. (The movie that was inspired by their experiences portrayed the events as taking place over a much shorter period of time.)
