The Conjuring House

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.

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 later owners opened the home for paid tours and overnight investigations.

A 2019 investigation published in the Skeptical Inquirer found no historical record connecting Bathsheba Sherman to the Harrisville farmhouse at all. Biddle's research places Bathsheba on the Sherman farm, rather than the Arnold estate. 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.

Public tours have not been verified. Do not enter the property without current authorization.

A deed recording the $1.3 million transfer was filed on June 15, 2026, according to local reporting. WPRI's follow up describes continuing legal disputes. The recording date does not establish the closing date or show that litigation is settled.

The operator affiliation of the website claiming to represent the property has not been confirmed. Its reopening schedule should not be treated as verified visitor information.