Origin of the Annabelle Doll

• 🎁 In 1970, nurse Donna received a Raggedy Ann doll for her 28th birthday, which she placed in her apartment.
• 👻 The doll began to move on its own, appearing in different locations within the apartment.
• 🩸 Occurrences escalated with notes appearing (e.g., "help us," "help Lou") and blood found on the doll's hands.

The Medium's Deception

• 📞 Donna called a local medium who conducted a seance and identified the spirit as Annabelle Higgins, a 7-year-old girl.
• 💔 The medium claimed Annabelle was an innocent spirit seeking love, leading Donna and Angie to grant her permission to inhabit the doll.
• ⚠️ This permission was a dangerous step, as it allowed the entity permanent access to their home.

Lou's Terrifying Encounters

• 🛌 Lou, a friend who sensed the doll's sinister nature, experienced sleep paralysis with the doll appearing to strangle him.
• 🔪 He later found a bloody claw mark on his chest after an encounter, which disappeared two days later without a trace.
• 🚨 These violent incidents contradicted the medium's claims, prompting Donna and Angie to seek priestly intervention.

The Warrens' Investigation

• 🕵️‍♂️ Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called in by a priest, Father Cook.
• 😈 The Warrens concluded the doll was inhabited by an inhuman presence seeking a human host, not a child's spirit.
• 📊 They outlined four stages of possession: infestation, oppression, obsession, and full possession, believing the doll was in the infestation phase.

Annabelle's Final Resting Place

• 🙏 After an exorcism by Father Cook, the Warrens took the doll, with Ed experiencing car malfunctions until he doused it in holy water.
• 🏛️ Annabelle was eventually housed in a specially built case in the Warrens' occult museum in Monroe, Connecticut.
• 🏍️ A young man who taunted the doll at the museum later died in a motorcycle crash, serving as a final warning against disrespecting the items.