Who Were Ed and Lorraine Warren? | The Strange REAL Story

In modern times Ed and Lorraine Warren are known as a result of the Conjuring universe but just who were they in real life and just how legitimate were their paranormal cases? The answer to this question is very divided with many claiming that they were truthful in their investigations while others claimed that they were scam artists.

Was it a romantic love story or a dark and deceitful one? The answer will forever be up to the court of public opinion.

Before Hollywood turned their ghost stories into blockbuster movies, Ed and Lorraine Warren made a name for themselves by investigating cases of paranormal hauntings and happenings. In 1952, the married couple founded the New England Society for Psychic Research. And in the basement of their research center, they created their very own Occult Museum, horrifyingly adorned with satanic objects and demonic artifacts.

But the center’s primary purpose was to serve as the base of operations for the couple. According to Ed and Lorraine Warren, they investigated over 10,000 cases over the course of their careers with doctors, nurses, researchers, and police at their assistance. And both Warrens claimed to be uniquely qualified to investigate strange and unusual phenomena.

Lorraine Warren said that she could see auras around people ever since she was seven or eight years old. She was scared if she told her parents they’d think she was crazy, so she kept her powers to herself.But when she met her husband Ed Warren when she was 16, he knew there was something different about her. Ed himself said he grew up in a haunted house and was a self-taught demonologist as a result.

So, Lorraine and Ed Warren pooled their talents together and set out to investigate the paranormal.

Through the years, the Warrens performed all of their paranormal investigations free of charge, making their livelihood from selling books, movie rights, lectures, and tours of their museum.

Ed Warren died from complications following a stroke on August 23, 2006. Lorraine Warren retired from active investigations shortly after. However, she remained as a consultant to the NESPR until her death in 2019.

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