The Creepiest Items In The Warren's Occult Museum
In The Conjuring movies, the Warrens come across some rather creepy items and artifacts that were actually based on real things.
Ed and Lorraine Warren were some of the most legendary paranormal investigators of all time, with the married couple forming their own society -- the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR) -- and investigating some of the most terrifying hauntings of all time, including the Amityville hauntings, the Perron family hauntings, and the Enfield poltergeist case.
Famously, the case files of the Warrens also helped to inspire The Conjuring movies, bringing Ed and Lorraine’s investigations to the big screen. In addition to investigating hauntings, the Warrens also kept their own ‘Occult Museum’, with the collection containing some of the most disturbing and creepy objects of all time.
Updated on March 15th, 2021 by Kristen Palamara: The terrifying but intriguing Warren Occult Museum is full of creepy, cursed, and haunted objects that have been the basis for several movies including The Amityville Horror and every movie in The Conjuring universe, including the movies where fictionalized versions of the demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren appear. There are iconic featured items like the Annabelle doll and lesser-known items that don't have as much lore attached to them. The horror movie genre has always been popular as fans want a movie that will scare them in the theater, but the Warren Occult Museum brings the fictionalized world to reality and houses real haunted and cursed objects that are allegedly dangerous.
15 Haunted Piano
The Warren Occult Museum houses a haunted piano that Ed Warren would hear playing on its own but immediately stop playing whenever he would go to the room to see what was happening. The Warrens allegedly got the piano from a Priest after his death.
The piano makes a brief appearance in The Conjuring universe in Annabelle Comes Home when the babysitter goes into the room at the Warren's house and plays a few keys.
14 The Samurai Suit
The cursed Samurai Suit has appeared in several movies in The Conjuring universe but was prominently displayed in Annabelle Comes Home when the teens are checking out the Warrens' room of haunted artifacts.
In the movie, the two young girls are mesmerized by the armor and as they continue to stare at it they begin to hear distant screams of the victims of the Samurai who wore the armor.
13 Vampire Coffins
The Warren Occult Museum claims to have vampire coffins, but there isn't much information about them beyond that. The vampire coffins also haven't been displayed specifically in The Conjuring universe yet.
Although there are no clear details behind the discovery or specific story to the vampire coffins, they're still creepy artifacts available for viewing in the museum.
12 Cursed Photographs
The Warren Museum also claims to have several cursed photographs in their possession among the other accursed objects in the museum.
There aren't specific stories available behind these photos as they're not featured items, but it's still a creepy thought and might make fans wonder if digital versions of these photos can be cursed as well.
11 Demon Masks
Another general item said to be in the Warren Occult Museum is demon masks. The museum has various demon masks that don't seem to have specific lore around them.
Even if there isn't a specific story attached to the demon masks, the thought of them is still creepy and fits the haunted and cursed aesthetic of the entire museum.
10 A Brick From Borley Rectory
The Warrens’ Occult Museum holds some of the most haunted and cursed objects in the world, many of which were commandeered by the Warrens from their travels to haunted locations from across the globe.
One object of particular significance is a brick from the Borley Rectory, a building that is said to be the most haunted building in the United Kingdom. Though it's just an unassuming brick, the fact that it came from such a cursed location is more than enough to scare anyone.
9 Children’s Tombstones
Aside from the usual cursed and haunted objects in the museum, the Warrens also collected some objects that were used in Satanic rituals that they investigated and combatted during their careers as paranormal experts.
One of the more unnerving of these artifacts are the tombstones of children that were allegedly used in these dark occult rituals by those who dabble into the darker side of the paranormal.
8 Actual Human Skulls
Not everything in the Occult Museum is a cursed or possessed object. Some objects are just oddities that are there from the Warrens’ decades of investigating the paranormal, while others come from the Conjuring franchise itself.
However, in a similar manner to the tombstones, the museum also holds several human skulls that were used in occult rituals and witchcraft to communicate with demons, opening gateways between hell and Earth.
7 The Perron Family Music Box
The original The Conjuring was one of the best ‘haunted house’ movies of the last decade that arguably spawned both a franchise and a newfound interest in old-school horror. Inspired by classic horror movies, the film helped to bring the Perron family haunting into the mainstream under James Wan’s steady directorship.
One of the spookiest elements of the movie was the music box, which was always threatening a scare whenever it appeared onscreen. The box itself is safely tucked away in the Warrens' museum and has since become synonymous with the films.
6 The Pearls Of Death
The Pearls of Death have yet to appear in The Conjuring franchise, but they’re notoriously one of the most dangerous items in the Warrens’ museum.
The Pearls of Death is a cursed necklace that is said to strangle those who wear them, with their former owner complaining of being choked while wearing them. The pearls currently rest in the Warrens' shelves, where they'll hopefully stay for the foreseeable future.
5 The Conjuring Mirror
Despite being called the Conjuring Mirror, the artifact actually has nothing to do with The Conjuring movies. Instead, the mirror gets its name from the fact that it was used to summon, or conjure, spirits.
Tony Spera (the son-in-law of the Warrens) says that this form of wizardry is called ‘crystalmancy’ and there is a long history of mirrors being used as gateways for the dead to return to the world of the living.
4 The Toy Monkey
This toy monkey actually appeared in The Conjuring Universe, with the toy getting its biggest appearance to date in the spin-off movie Annabelle Comes Home.
While there is already something unnerving about this particular toy monkey, its alleged power is very scary. It is said that the monkey is possessed by a demon and enjoys stalking its victims before eventually murdering them.
3 A Satanic Idol
The Satanic Idol manages to look both goofy and terrifying, with its wide eyes and slim figure cutting an unnerving figure. The idol itself was found in the woods of Sandy Hook in Connecticut, with the Warrens believing it was used in Satanic rituals.
The idol was found by a young hunter, who encountered an old man in black robes soon after seeing it. The hunter was put into contact with the Warrens and the idol has been in the Occult Museum ever since.
2 A Shadow Doll
While Annabelle looks less threatening in real life than in her movie appearances, the Shadow Doll manages to capture Annabelle’s terrifying cinematic design. The Shadow Doll is a nightmarish object that makes even Chucky look like something you’d want to cuddle.
While Annabelle is said to have attacked and scratched people, the Shadow Doll is said to have the terrifying power of entering someone’s dreams and killing them while they’re sleeping.
1 The Real Annabelle
One of the most famous haunted dolls of all time, Annabelle is imprisoned in a holy box at the Warrens’ museum, keeping the evil doll from wreaking havoc. While the real doll (a Raggedy Ann doll) doesn’t look as terrifying as the doll from the movie, it still has an unnerving presence about it.
Admittedly, the doll did not do everything it was shown to do in the movies. But the fact that the Warrens thought it prudent to keep the doll locked away in a holy box shows just how much they feared whatever's lying inside it.
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