The Conjuring Universe
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Sep 19, 2026
Eleanor ConlonHOST
My name's Eleanor Conlon, and today I'm speaking with author, podcaster, and explorer of the unexplained, Jeff Belanger.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
Jeff grew up in Massachusetts and Connecticut and was introduced to the world of spooks and scares when he had the opportunity to meet and interview Ed and Lorraine Warren, now very famous as being the inspiration behind the Conjuring and Annabelle film franchise.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
He's written more than a dozen books, now published in six languages, and is the Emmy-nominated host, writer and producer of the New England Legends series on PBS and Amazon Prime, which is also a podcast.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
In addition to that, he's made hundreds of media appearances over the years on radio and television programmes and has been the writer and researcher for every episode of Ghost Adventures on the Discovery Network.
Jeff BelangerGUEST
But also the town next to Sandy Hook is Monroe, Connecticut.
Jeff BelangerGUEST
And that's where Ed and Lorraine Warren lived.
Jeff BelangerGUEST
You know them from the Conjuring movies.
Jeff BelangerGUEST
I knew them since I was about 13 years old.
DayaHOST
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine help a family with a dark entity in their farmhouse.
DayaHOST
If you didn't know, the entire Conjuring franchise is based off of the stories spun by notorious con artists Ed and Lorraine Warren, who claim to be supernatural researchers.
DayaHOST
Ed was the only demonologist acknowledged by the vatican who was not ordained and lorraine claimed to have been psychic there is a lot of controversy around them because they were running around spouting bullshit also ed allegedly groomed and impregnated a child a 15
ReeceHOST
year old girl with a relationship that allegedly went on for decades
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ReeceHOST
Yeah, you're right.
ReeceHOST
That's exactly what it was.
DayaHOST
The art references in the Conjuring franchise.
ReeceHOST
Wow.
Gary ShapiroHOST
I haven't seen the movie.
Gary ShapiroHOST
I've only seen one Conjuring.
Gary ShapiroHOST
I'm not a horror...
Gary ShapiroHOST
Chris, I hate horror movies.
Gary ShapiroHOST
I'm a-
Chris McKennellGUEST
I haven't seen, I ha- I haven't seen the...
Chris McKennellGUEST
I like horror movies, but I haven't seen The Conjuring movies either, to be honest with you.
Gary ShapiroHOST
I've only seen the first one.
Ed WarrenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And that was the beginning of an adventure which we'll never forget, a supernatural adventure.
Grady HendrixHOST
Now famous because of the massively lucrative Conjuring franchise, the Warrens back then were a married couple with an interest in haunted houses who rebranded Ed as a, quote, demonologist in the wake of the success of The Exorcist.
Grady HendrixHOST
Always media savvy, they had a museum in their basement of reportedly haunted objects and retained Douglas Associates, a talent agency, to book them on paid lectures.
Grady HendrixHOST
They also taught a class on the paranormal at Southern Connecticut University.
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Grady HendrixHOST
There was money to be made in haunted houses, as long as you insisted that they were real.
Grady HendrixHOST
Fame and fortune could be yours if you just stuck to your story.
Grady HendrixHOST
You could become a professional demonologist, or write a best-selling novel, or option your life rights for hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hollywood, as the Warrens did with the Conjuring franchise.
Grady HendrixHOST
The sky was the limit, as long as you turned a blind eye to everything else.
JohnHOST
in this episode.
JohnHOST
Um, three of them that we're gonna talk about are actually from the Conjuring universe.
KennyHOST
Mm-hmm.
JohnHOST
All three.
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JohnHOST
He ain't going nowhere because he gets to read next.
KennyHOST
Oh.
JohnHOST
We're gonna start The Conjuring universe.
KennyHOST
Oh, yes.
KevinHOST
And Six Flags as a company, as well as Enchanted Parks that took over a few of the old Six Flags parks, have Fright Fest and things similar to it running throughout the country.
KevinHOST
So if you're not over here on this coast and you have one closer to you, I think the Conjuring Universe is at pretty much all of the theme parks that are running one of these events.
KevinHOST
There's a few that aren't running an event.
KevinHOST
You have, especially in California, you can't do one of these over at California's Great America.
AmandaHOST
I saw over
KevinHOST
at...
KevinHOST
Yeah, over at Screamscape, the guy who runs that, Lance, he went to the Conjuring universe over at Scarowinds, which is what they call the Halloween event at Carowinds over at the Carolinas.
KevinHOST
And he was like, the Conjuring house is the best I've ever been in.
Bailey SarianHOST
[crow caws] And I decided this weekend I was gonna, like, watch some scary movies.
Bailey SarianHOST
I found out the last Conjuring movie was coming out, and I was very excited.
Bailey SarianHOST
So apparently, this one's all about Ed and Lorraine Warren, the demonologists behind all the other Conjuring movies.
Bailey SarianHOST
And even though there have been so many Conjuring movies, I realized I never really looked into Ed and Lorraine Warren myself.
Bailey SarianHOST
And once I did so, I was left with nothing but questions.
Bailey SarianHOST
Were they legit? What made them so famous? And what was the reason they left the spotlight? Was it really because of, like, one terrifying case, or was the reason much darker? I need your opinions.
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Bailey SarianHOST
done.In 1970, the Warrens got a call for a very unusual case.
Bailey SarianHOST
A young nursing student named Donna was living in absolute fear because her toy doll was acting strange.
Brian IbbittHOST
Oh,
Scott JohnsonHOST
Conjuring films.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Thank you.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Yeah.
speaker_5HOST
Right.
speaker_5HOST
And Atomic Monster, founded by James Wan, is the engine behind The Conjuring Universe and Malignant.
speaker_5HOST
These are the undisputed heavyweights of modern high-concept horror.
speaker_3HOST
Right.
Paul VanderKlayHOST
it
Thomas ThorogoodGUEST
yeah right so it was based on a guy who was involved in the Warrens who were in the Conjuring films depicted in the Conjuring films
Paul VanderKlayHOST
yeah keep going yeah
Thomas ThorogoodGUEST
Yeah.
Thomas ThorogoodGUEST
So these paranormal investigators who were kind of slightly unusual Roman Catholics who were involved in famous cases like the Amityville horror and that kind of thing.
Thomas ThorogoodGUEST
And so their case files were adapted into the Conjuring universe.
Thomas ThorogoodGUEST
which is the highest-grossing horror franchise of all time.
Thomas ThorogoodGUEST
But there was a guy who worked with them who is now an Eastern Orthodox priest, and he had his own case files on the Warrens and things, but other cases of kind of possession that he himself has been involved in as an exorcist, as an Eastern Orthodox exorcist.
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