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Two-hour documentary on real-life Conjuring house left crew extremely ill

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Published 16:15 7 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Two-hour documentary on real-life Conjuring house left crew extremely ill

Ghost Adventures host Zak Bagans was ill for weeks after filming at the Harrisville Farmhouse

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

I'm sure we can all agree that some of the best movies are based on true stories.

Many horror movies draw inspiration from people's genuine experiences, The Conjuring included.

The 2013 movie received critical acclaim upon its release, but many people probably weren't aware that it's based on a true story.

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The Conjuring house is located in Harrisville, Rhode Island (Boston Globe / Contributor)
The Conjuring house is located in Harrisville, Rhode Island (Boston Globe / Contributor)

Ed and Lorraine Warren were real paranormal investigators, with Lorraine being consultant on the film.

She insists that the scenes in the movie actually happened in a real-life farmhouse - which sold for a staggering $1.5 million in 2022.

The property is known as The Harrisville Farmhouse, which the Perron family (who are portrayed in the movie) moved into in 1971.

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Since the film was released, the haunted farmhouse has become quite the attraction, despite the extremely horrifying stories about it.

With its notoriety in mind, some modern day paranormal investigators went to visit it and made a two-hour documentary about the property.

The programme called Ghost Adventures: Curse Of The Harrisville Farmhouse was released on Halloween in 2019.

Its synopsis reads: "Zak [Bagans] and the team investigate the home of the Perron family which inspired the film The Conjuring; the guys also brave the 'Devil's Rocking Chair' from Ed and Lorraine Warren's exorcism archives."

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While many of us might want to take stories of ghosts and haunted houses with a pinch of salt, Bagans insisted that filming the documentary genuinely made him ill.

At one point in the episode, he claimed to have been having chest pains.

"It was just weird energy. Not normal. Not like we’ve felt before," he said of his time in the Harrisville Farmhouse.

Zak Bagans, seen in 2012, hosts Ghost Adventures (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Zak Bagans, seen in 2012, hosts Ghost Adventures (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Going on to speak about how ill he became afterwards, Bagans continued to tell Las Vegas Review-Journal: "I was extremely ill, very sick, for about three weeks after [filming].

"I wasn’t myself, albeit I was on a long trip. There were things going on with me that just seemed out of the norm.

"It really, I believe, made me sick. I had anxiety and panic levels that were just so unusual. Just that feeling of sickness. I didn’t look like myself. I didn’t feel like myself. I didn’t wanna be around anybody."

While he admitted that he 'never felt possessed', Bagans did say he 'felt like something was drawing the life out of me'.

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Spooky.

Featured Image Credit: Travel Channel / Warner Bros.

Topics: Horror, Health, Film and TV, Documentaries

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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