The Conjuring House

Origin Story

In January 1971, Roger and Carolyn Perron moved into a farmhouse on Round Top Road in Harrisville, a village in Burrillville, Rhode Island, with their five daughters. The family says they experienced a decade of escalating paranormal activity: unexplained sounds, apparitions, and physical attacks the children attributed to an unseen presence. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren visited the home during this period and became convinced the family was haunted by a malevolent spirit, a connection that decades later became the basis for the 2013 horror film "The Conjuring," loosely inspired by daughter Andrea Perron's memoirs.

Evidence & Claims

The Warrens and later retellings identified the entity as Bathsheba Sherman, an 1800s local woman accused of being a witch, claiming she had once lived on the property and died there under suspicious circumstances. Family members reported a consistent cast of phenomena across years of separate accounts, including cold spots, disembodied voices, and objects moving, and the home has since been privately restored and opened for paid tours and overnight investigations.

Skeptical Explanations

A 2019 investigation published in the Skeptical Inquirer found no historical record connecting Bathsheba Sherman to the Harrisville farmhouse at all. Period tax and land records place her residence and that of her husband in a different tax district of Burrillville, several miles from the property now marketed as her haunt. Researchers found that the "witch" identification appears to have originated with Carolyn Perron's own impression rather than any documented local history, and skeptic Joe Nickell has separately argued many of the family's specific incidents are consistent with strong drafts, an old house's natural creaks, and the well-documented psychology of fear reinforcing itself over years of retelling.

The property's ownership has been tied up in a foreclosure sale and an ongoing legal dispute since late 2025. Public tour availability is unconfirmed as of this writing, so check the property's own website before planning a visit.