Comic Matt Rife’s new buy is ha-ha-haunted.
Rife revealed Friday that he bought the Connecticut dwelling and occult museum of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, changing into the “legal guardian” of the famed Annabelle doll.
The stand-up comedian, who purchased the home alongside his pal and YouTube star Elton Castee, known as the centuries-old farmhouse the “most important and prominent pieces of paranormal history in the world.”
“Ed and Lorraine Warren are who took demonology, ghost hunting and paranormal investigation and made it mainstream,” Rife instructed his TikTok followers.
The Monroe, Conn. dwelling was as soon as owned by the real-life couple who performed over 3,000 paranormal investigations that impressed motion pictures like “The Conjuring” and “The Amityville Horror.”
“The Conjuring films are my favorite scary movies of all time,” Rife shared. “So I’m incredibly honored to have taken over one of the most prominent properties in paranormal history.”
Rife didn’t reveal how a lot he spent on his buy.
Haunted relics from the Warrens’ adventures remained on the property after their dying together with fragments of crashed Japanese Airways Flight 401 and an organ that may play by itself.
The museum additionally homes Annabelle, the large Raggedy Ann doll, which was stored locked in a case labeled “Warning: Positively Do Not Open.”
The doll is believed to have a “demonic” presence connected to it after it allegedly terrorized two roommates within the Nineteen Seventies by mysteriously shifting by itself, leaving creepy notes and it was accused of making an attempt to strangle a pal sleeping within the condo.
Most lately, it was a part of the “Devils on the Run Tour,” hosted by paranormal investigator Dan Rivera, who died out of the blue in his lodge room on July 13.
Rivera was touring across the US with different members of the New England Society for Psychic Analysis to point out off Annabelle as a part of his tour.
The doll was not within the room when he died and state police declare “nothing unusual or suspicious” was discovered on the scene.
Rivera’s explanation for dying has not but been launched.
The latest incident has not stopped Rife from leaning into his new “hobby.”
“We are the legal guardians and caretakers of all 750 haunted artifacts and items in the Warren museum including the Annabelle doll,” Rife mentioned. “We don’t legally own the items, but we are legal guardians and caretakers of the items for at least the next five years.”
The “Wild ‘N Out” improviser plans to reopen the haunted doorways for museum excursions and in a single day stays to “learn all the haunted history surrounding this amazing place.”
“This is the most random hobby ever, but it’s so f—ing cool, man. I should probably collect stamps or something,” Rife quipped. “Might be a little safer.”
The brand new house owners will doubtless have to repair up the property’s fire-safety points earlier than they’ll share it, in keeping with The Windfall Journal.
“Still can’t believe we’re the new owners… Sitting on their porch now looking at all the photos of them at this house. We’re gonna make this the best paranormal investigation location on the planet,” co-owner Elton Castee commented underneath Rife’s announcement.
The house and museum weren’t open to the general public lately after it was shut down in 2019 resulting from zoning points.
