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On cult leader, I strive for telling stories in a truthful matter, though press, media, and other resources cannot always be verified.

Sources can be found in the show notes. Hello and welcome back to cold leader.

I'm your cult leader, Spencer Henry, and this week,

we're diving into yet another haunting story as we delve into this fall season, babes. And this one

is straight from the files of everyone's favorite hairsprayed to heaven demon fighting duo. And no,

I'm not talking about Sam and Dean Winchester. Not this time at least.

Right now, I'm talking about Ed and Lorraine Warren.

And if you don't know, for whatever reason, maybe it's your first time.

The Warrens were basically America's first celebrity ghost hunters.

And we've mentioned them several times on the show.

We have Ed, who was a self-taught demonologist,

and Lorraine, who claimed to be a clairvoyant and medium. Together, they branded themselves

as the Catholic power couple to the paranormal, and they investigated everything from the

Amityville Horror to Annabelle the Doll, and whether you think they were legit or total

showmen, they built a whole

empire off this industry of demon-busting stories that Hollywood still eats up to this day, which

reminds me, before we get started on this one, spoiler alert, yes, this is the one the new

Conjuring movie is based on, but I have not seen it yet. You know I will. I love the conjuring universe,

but I know nothing about it. So until I do, let me just take you through the chaotic

cult leader version, and then we can compare notes later. I don't even know where to start. I mean,

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