“The Conjuring” house that inspired the titular horror movie franchise has been purchased for $1.5 million, and the new owner/developer plans to keep it open to the public and continue paranormal investigations with
“The Conjuring” house has been sold, to remain open to the public
“The Conjuring” house that inspired the titular horror movie franchise has been purchased for $1.525 million, higher than its $1.2 million asking price, and the new owner/developer plans to keep it open to the public and continue investigating the paranormal activity that occurs in the home and on the property.
The Rhode Island farmhouse that inspired the 2013 horror movie ‘The Conjuring’ was sold to a Boston developer named Jacqueline Nuñez, owner of WonderGroup LLC.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom farmhouse, also includes a barn, eight-and-a-half acres, a river in the back, and a pond. The nearly 300-year-old home was built in 1736.
Nuñez plans to keep the home open to the public for tours and paranormal investigations.
Nuñez, and the previous owners Cory and Jennifer Heinzen, jointly announced the sale on Facebook, the Associated Press reported.
Nuñez plans on continuing the paranormal business started by the previous owners, the Heinzens, who will remain involved. Day tours will resume and there will be live-streamed events. Guests will be able to continue the nightly paranormal investigations.
New owner not afraid of the house
Nuñez said she is not afraid of the house.
“This purchase is personal for me,” Nuñez told The Boston Globe. “It’s not a real estate development. It’s around my own beliefs.”
“I don’t believe the energy here is malevolent,” Nuñez said. “Things will happen here that will startle me, but not harm me. I look forward to experiencing things.”
The history of the Conjuring house
The previous owners, Cory and Jennifer Heinzen, a couple from Mexico, Maine, purchased the home in July 2019. The couple said when they started living in the house, strange happenings and occurrences began immediately, such as doors opening, footsteps, and knocks.
“I don’t have the feeling of anything evil, [but] it’s very busy,” said Cory Heinzen, a former US Marine. “You can tell there’s a lot of things going on in the house.”
Prior to the purchase by the Heinzens, it was purchased by Norma Sutcliffe and Gerald Helfrich in 1987. The Helfrichs sued Conjuring director James Wan, Warner Bros., and other producers over complaints that, as a consequence of the film, their property was being vandalized, invaded, and that they had found numerous objects affiliated with satanic cults on the property. The case was settled in December 2017.
Where it all started
The Rhode Island farmhouse was first built in 1736.
The property’s first owners were the Arnold family and was known as the Arnold Estate.
But it was in the winter of 1970, when Roger Perron and his wife Carolyn purchased the then-200-acre property and farmhouse. That’s when the paranormal activity and haunting that fostered the terrifying tales the home has since become famous for. After a decade of suffering, the otherworldly horrors became too much to bear for the couple and their five daughters – named Andrea, Nancy, Christine, Cynthia, and April – had enough and moved out in June 1980.
In 2011, Andrea Perron self-published a book titled House of Darkness, House of Light, which told of the experiences endured by the family while living in the farmhouse and surrounding property. The Conjuring films drew upon her recollections in developing the various screenplays for the popular movie franchise.
