What Happened to the Real-Life “The Conjuring” Family? Inside the Perrons’ Lives Today

Keith Langston, Emily KrauserSun, October 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM UTC

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From left: Carolyn Perron, Roger Perron and their five daughtersCredit: Warner Bros. -

The Conjuring premiered in theaters in 2013

The supernatural horror movie was based on the real-life haunting of the Perron family in Rhode Island

The film launched an entire franchise starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Wilson

A game of hide-and-seek in The Conjuring is chilling, but even more terrifying is that the film is based on a true story — well, sort of.

The supernatural horror flick premiered in 2013. Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor star as Roger and Carolyn Perron, two parents trying to protect their children from malicious spirits in their new Rhode Island home in the 1970s. Desperate for help, they call real-life paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga), who reveal that the spirit of an alleged witch named Bathsheba Sherman is the one harming the family.

While the basic premise happened, the majority of the movie was fictionalized, according to one of the Perrons’ daughters.

“Even though The Conjuring is an excellent film for what it is, it’s about 95% fiction and about 5% hard truth,” Andrea Perron told Canada’s Global News in October 2021.

Still, The Conjuring grossed over $321 million worldwide, per Box Office Mojo, and subsequently transformed the Warrens into folk heroes and turned the farmhouse where the events supposedly took place into a tourist hotspot. In 2022, the home was sold above asking for $1.5 million thanks to the movie’s fame.

So, what’s behind the true story of the notorious haunting, and where is the real Perron family now? Here’s everything to know about the tale that inspired The Conjuring.

Is The Conjuring based on a real story?

The five Perron daughtersCredit: Warner Bros.

The Conjuring is loosely based on a real story.

Roger, Carolyn and their five daughters moved into the now-infamous farmhouse in Harrisville, R.I., in 1971. While the movie portrays the events happening over a very short period, the Perrons lived in the house until 1980.

The most vocal member of the family is Roger and Carolyn’s daughter Andrea, who wrote the 2011 book House of Darkness: House of Light that helped inspire the movie.

“We all experienced encounters with spirits,” she told Global News in October 2021. “Some were unpleasant, some were lovely, cordial and communicative. From benign to benevolent to oblivious to mean-spirited, the spirits were just like us, a wide variety of personalities.”

Carolyn and her daughters especially saw full-body apparitions, heard noises and smelled rotten odors. They eventually received help from Ed and Lorraine, who had contacted the Perrons after hearing about their situation from other paranormal researchers and offered to investigate in 1973.

“I knew the house was haunted — all I had to do was walk in it,” Lorraine said in a Conjuring featurette.

While depicted as more of an exorcism in the film, the Warrens allegedly guided the Perron parents through a séance to help them communicate with whatever malicious entity was targeting Carolyn and her daughters.

Andrea claimed to have secretly witnessed the spiritual session, telling USA Today in July 2013, “My mother began to speak a language not of this world in a voice not her own. Her chair levitated, and she was thrown across the room.”

The Perrons moved out of the home in 1980. At a 2021 luncheon, Andrea shared what led to the family deciding to leave, per The Providence Journal: “My mother told my father she would not survive another winter in the house; she had been under attack in that house for 10 years.”

In recent years, many historians, and even Andrea herself, have further investigated the history of Bathsheba Sherman and discovered that she likely wasn’t a murderer or a witch and had been wrongfully accused, per The Boston Globe.

Andrea now believes the spirit in their home was likely someone else. “Essentially, Bathsheba copped the blame for everything evil, and it simply wasn’t the case,” she told Global News.

Who are the Perrons?

Carolyn Perron and Roger Perron, the real-life couple depicted in 2013’s ‘The Conjuring’Credit: Warner Bros.

Roger and Carolyn shared five daughters: Andrea, Nancy, Christine, Cindy and April. At the time of the alleged hauntings, Roger was a traveling jewelry salesman and often away from home.

Andrea has said in interviews that this is likely why he was the least targeted by the spirits and initially refused to believe the house was haunted.

“He wasn’t having the same experiences we were having, and when he did come home exhausted, the last thing he wanted to hear was my mother saying, ‘Roger, I think we have ghosts,’ ” she told Global News.

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However, Andrea said that later in life, Roger had admitted that he didn’t want to believe his wife because he didn’t want to think he’d put his family in a perilous situation with the purchase of the house.

Who are Ed and Lorraine Warren?

Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren sit for a photo on April 30, 1980Credit: Russell McPhedran/Fairfax Media/Getty Images

The husband-and-wife team were self-proclaimed paranormal investigators and demonologists, with their most prominent work taking place in the 1970s and 1980s.

Beyond helping the Perron family in Rhode Island, they were also connected to several other famous hauntings, including the Amityville house in New York and the Enfield Poltergeist case, which became the basis for 2016’s The Conjuring 2. Critics, however, argue that the film exaggerates the Warrens’ involvement. They were also associated with the trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, whom the Warrens claimed was possessed.

Additionally, the Warrens ran a paranormal museum filled with artifacts from their investigations at their Connecticut home, including the infamous Annabelle doll; the collection was purchased by its current “legal guardian[s],” comedian Matt Rife and YouTube creator Elton Castee, in 2025.

In an interview with Warner Bros., Lorraine said she was a child when she first noticed her paranormal abilities.

“From the time that I was about 7 years old, I remember seeing lights around people. I realized that I was communicating,” she said.

Over the years, the Warrens’ case files have been met with skepticism for lacking proper evidence, embellishing accounts and creating full-on hoaxes, per Vox.

Ed died in 2006 at age 79, and Lorraine died in 2019 at age 92.

What happened to the Perron family?

Andrea PerronCredit: The Conjuring House: A Homecoming | The Dark Zone | TRAILER/YouTube

Following the now-notorious events, the Perrons and their younger daughters moved to Georgia in 1980, while Andrea was away at college. Nancy continued living in the home for a year after her parents sold it, then moved to the nearby town of Chepachet, R.I., and Roger and Carolyn eventually divorced.

In 2021, Andrea told The Providence Journal that different family members had different experiences with the spirits.

“I always got along with the spirits right from the start,” she said before admitting the hauntings sometimes scared her. “I had moments of fear because I saw what was happening to my mom and to my family.”

In March 2017, the Perrons’ youngest child, daughter April, died from an accidental prescription overdose after undergoing surgery, according to The Providence Journal. She was 51.

Who owns the real Conjuring House?

‘The Conjuring’ house is photographed in Harrisville, R.I., on Oct. 14, 2020Credit: Barry Chin/The Boston Globe/Getty Images

Built in 1736, the real Conjuring house is located at 1677 Round Top Road in Harrisville, a village in the town of Burrillville, R.I.

The home was previously owned by Jacqueline Nuñez, who purchased the estate from Jennifer and Cory Heizen in 2022 for $1.5 million. She didn’t live in the home but had been hosting overnight tours at the property.

The Valley Breeze reported that Nuñez allegedly fell behind on mortgage payments, and Castee purchased the property’s underlying mortgage through his real estate holding company Summit & Stone LLC in late 2025.

According to its official website, the Conjuring house is privately owned and “under active restoration,” and it is “not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by” any film studios.

Where are the Perrons now?

The Perron family attends the premiere of ‘The Conjuring’ in Los Angeles on July 15, 2013Credit: Eric Charbonneau/Getty

Andrea is still heavily involved in the supernatural field. Since The Conjuring, she’s appeared on several paranormal shows, including both Ghost Adventures and Mysteries Decoded in 2019.

In 2021, she was joined by her sister Nancy and father Roger for an interactive live-streamed event where the trio re-entered their old Rhode Island home in an attempt to communicate with the spirits that once haunted them. Sisters Cindy and Christine and mom Carolyn also joined in by livestreaming from their homes.

Aside from occasionally appearing in specials and documentaries related to their experience in the house, most of the Perron family stays out of the spotlight.

Roger, a U.S. Navy veteran, was with his longtime partner Carlene Harris until his death in May 2026, in Orlando, Fla. He was 90. In addition to his daughters, he was survived by seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Roger’s obituary stated that before his death, he and Carlene supported homeless veterans and struggling men, women and children in Kissimmee, Fla.

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