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'Annabelle' True Story: 5 Freaky Facts About The Real Doll Haunting

1. The Doll Is Real
The real Annabelle does exist.
Currently residing in the Warren
Occult Museum in Monroe,
Connecticut, the doll is encased in a
wooden enclosure, complete with a
Holy cross and a sign saying,
“Warning: Do Not Touch.”
Contradictory to the porcelain
Annabelle doll in the film, the real doll
was an antique Raggedy Ann.

2. She Was A Birthday Gift
Unlike the film, which depicts a
husband and wife owning Annabelle,
the original doll reportedly belonged
to a nursing student named Donna.
The doll, gifted to her by her mother
in the 1970s ahead of her 28-year
birthday, was purchased at a second-
hand Raggedy Ann store. After a few
days of owning the doll, Donna’s
roommate, Angie, was the first one to
notice the doll was “strange.”

3. Responsible For Deaths?
The Warren says the spirit has
tormented several individuals who
have came in counter with the doll. A
priest who visited the Warren's home
and insulted Annabelle, telling her
“you can’t hurt anyone,” was
reportedly involved in a near-fatal car
crash after the visit. Two of the Occult
museum visitors, a couple, reportedly
crashed their motorcycle after poking
fun at the doll’s abilities. The man,
said to have slammed on Annabelle’s
case, died instantly after crashing into
a tree in route home from the
museum. His girlfriend survived but
was hospitalized for a year after the
crash.

4. The Warrens Arrive
The Warrens, known for eradicating
the evil in the Amityville Horror home
and the Conjuring hauntings, were
also involved in the Annabelle case.
The couple, apparently replaced by a
priest in the film, found the doll was
not possessed but manipulated by an
inhuman spirit who created the
illusion that the doll was alive. The
Warrens said the spirit, who only
pretended to be a young girl in order
to con Donna and Angie, was
ultimately looking to possess a human
body. In order to stupor the spirits
attempt, the Warrens had the
apartment exorcised by a priest and
took the doll with them home
to Connecticut.

5. The Spirit Of Annabelle Higgins
After months of living with the moving
doll, and believing the incidents may
have all been the results of break-ins,
Donna came home one night to find
that Annabelle had blood on her hands
and chest. Frightened, the roommates
contacted a medium to help solve the
mystery. During a séance a medium
discovered a spirit named Annabelle
Higgins, a 7-year-old girl who died on
the property. Donna and Angie gave
Annabelle permission to inhabit their
doll after the spirit told the medium it
felt comfortable living with the girls.