CW: Child Sexual Abuse/Statutory Rape Allegations, Grooming, Coerced Abortion Allegations, Domestic Violence, Manipulation, Religious exploitation, Demonic and Paranormal topics, Death
Ed and Lorraine Warren of The Conjuring franchise and more get the WWYAT treatment: knock them down brick by brick. We address their rise to fame and subsequent drift into infamy, the Judith Penney allegations, and the media empire that buoyed their reputation. Please be mindful of the content warnings this episode.
Let’s begin with a picture of Ed and Lorraine.
First of all, here’s the official website of the New England Society for Psychic Research, which the Warrens founded and which has absolutely no bias whatsoever. /sarcasm. A useful timeline of their careers, written entirely by people who loved them very much.
Take a look at the outside of the museum. And this nonsense word Karen had a good time trying to pronounse.
This one is a photo gallery tour of the Warren Occult Museum. It’s cursed dolls, human skulls, a self-playing piano, and just really all sorts of things. The website talks about some of the Warren controversies too.
If you don’t want to click the link, here’s a slideshow of things you can find in the museum!
If you wanted to, you can go stay the night at the Warren’s house. It’s now an overnight rental where you can sleep in their beds, investigate the museum, and sign a waiver acknowledging you may be scratched, possessed, or levitated. All nights through August 2026 are sold out. If you click on this link, warning for flashing lights and loud sounds as soon as you open the site that you can’t turn off.
This is the Hollywood Reporter’s deep dive into the Conjuring franchise and the messy legal battles, studio cover allegations, and personal scandals lurking behind it. The article that first brought the Judith Penney story into serious mainstream coverage.
Here we go to Snopes to look at the break down of what’s actually documented about the Amityville Horror versus what the Lutzes, and the Warrens, would prefer you believe.
This is a handy listicle cataloguing the greatest hits of times the Warrens were outed as frauds.
This is Ed Warren’s famous footage of the “White Lady” ghost at Union Cemetery. According to Judith Penney, she put on a white sheet and walked around the cemetery in the dark while Ed recorded her on this grainy ass camerra as the White Lady. The short clip starts at 6.34. It’s loud and very fuzzy, so just turn your volume down.
The author the Warrens hired to write In a Dark Place explains, in his own words, what Ed Warren told him to do when the family’s stories didn’t add up. It’s about an hour long interview, but it’s interesting if you want to take the time to watch it.
Leave a Reply