The comedian also revealed his future plans for the infamous museum and its allegedly haunted collection.
WASHINGTON — Comedian Matt Rife says he is officially now the “legal guardian” of the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll.
The 29-year-old comedian announced on social media on Friday that he and his friend Elton Castee have purchased Ed and Lorraine Warren’s home, along with their haunted collection.
“If you know me, you know I’m obsessed with the paranormal and all things haunted. You also may know The Conjuring films are my favorite scary movies of all time. So I’m incredibly honored to have taken over one of the most prominent properties in paranormal history,” Rife said. “Ed and Lorain Warren arguably put demonology and paranormal into the mainstream and are the very heart of some of the most famous haunted stories of all time, The Conjuring House, Amityville Horror, et…”
The 29-year-old also revealed his future plans for the Occult Museum.
“We plan to open the house for overnight stays and museum tours so you yourself can experience and learn all the haunted history surrounding this amazing place,” he added.
Rife said him and Castee are the “legal guardians” of the supposedly haunted collection for “at least five years.”
Castee, who is a self-proclaimed ghost hunter, teased the purchase on his social media earlier this week.
“@mattrife & I have officially bought the world’s most haunted location,” Castee said on social media. “We’ve been working on this nearly all year & it is finally happening I am making sure this will be the best paranormal investigation location on the planet.”
What is the Annabelle doll?
Annabelle is a supposedly haunted Raggedy Ann doll which, according to rumor, became supernaturally active sometime in the 1970s.
The Warrens, who make a living investigating paranormal phenomenon and writing about them, say they were contacted by a student nurse in 1970 about issues with the doll.
The student was given the doll as a gift, but it quickly began acting strangely, and a psychic told her that it was inhabited by the ghost of a girl named “Annabelle.” According to the legend, the student and her roommate tried to live with the doll’s growing supernatural nature as it appeared and disappeared seemingly at random.
Eventually, the doll began showing aggressive behavior, fixating on a friend of the roommates named Lou. Threatening notes were left to Lou on parchment, despite nobody in the house having any on hand, and on at least one occasion, Lou reported being attacked physically by the doll. It reportedly scratched him across the chest and tried to strangle him.
The Warrens were called in and determined the doll had been demonically possessed. They then took the doll to house it safely in their paranormal museum.
Was Annabelle missing?
Rumors began circulating in May that Annabelle had gone missing in the midst of a paranormal tour across the U.S. with some other items from the Warrens’ collection.
But video evidence shows the doll, which isn’t supposed to be moved in order to avoid antagonizing the malevolent spirit inside, safely back at home behind glass at the Warrens’ Occult Museum in Connecticut.
During July, one of the lead tour guides and paranormal educators on the Annabelle doll tour passed away suddenly after bringing the doll to Pennsylvania as part of a paranormal tour series.
Chris McCrory contributed to this report.
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