The next terrifying encounter he experienced occurred when he and Angie were alone in the flat preparing for a road trip the next day. He awoke the next morning, certain it wasn’t a dream. Paralysed and gasping for breath and at the point of asphyxiation, he blacked out. Within seconds the doll was strangling him. It began to slowly glide up his leg, moved over his chest and then stopped. Looking down at his feet he saw the doll, Annabelle. Waking from a deep sleep, Lou found to his horror that he was completely paralysed. They were to soon find out, however, that Annabelle was not all she seemed to be.Ī mutual friend of the roommates, Lou had never been fond of the doll and had warned Donna to get rid of it. Feeling compassion for Annabelle and her story Donna gave her permission to inhabit the doll and stay with them.

Annabelle explained she was a young girl who had lived near to where apartment complex now stood.Īnnabelle told the women that she felt comfort and safe with them and wanted to stay with them and be loved.

Through the medium, Donna and Angie were contacted by a spirit named Annabelle Higgins who told them her story. Knowing that they must do something about the sinister doll, the roommates contacted a medium who conducted a séance. Lorraine Warren (pictured left) carrying Annabelle to her new home in the Warren’s Occult Museum The hand writing looked to belong to a small child. The doll not only moved but could write too. About a month into their experiences Donna and Angie began to find penciled messages on parchment paper that read “Help Us”. Several times Donna, placing the doll on the couch before leaving for work, would return home to find the doll back in her room on the bed with the door closed.

Related: The Truth Behind Ed and Lorraine Warrens Most Infamous Casesĭonna and her roommate Angie would find the doll sitting crossed legged on the couch with its arms folded, other times it was found upright, standing on its feet and leaning against a chair in the dining room. At first, both women noted that the doll had started to creep them out, but then they began to notice that the doll had begun to change its position and then to move to different rooms from where it had been left. Taking the doll back to her small apartment which she shared with her roommate she placed the doll on her bed and thought no more about it. In 1970, Donna a student nurse received an antique Raggedy Ann doll from her mother as a birthday present. We look at the real story behind the Hollywood blockbuster. Now over forty years later the story of Annabelle – the cursed demonic doll has been brought to the big screen. Two young women were being haunted by a demonic doll. Already famous for their paranormal investigation on the notorious Amityville case, Ed and Lorraine Warren were asked for their expertise once more.

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