The infamous Raggedy Ann doll Annabelle has sparked widespread panic online due to rumours of its disappearance. Social media speculation suggested that the 'demonic' doll had escaped its protective casing during a recent tour, but officials from the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR) have firmly denied these claims, confirming the doll is secured at the Warrens' Occult Museum in Monroe, Connecticut, US.

The rumours began circulating after the doll was featured in the Devils on the Run Tour, organized by NESPR, which was founded by renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. In early May, the tour stopped in New Orleans, where some visitors reported not seeing Annabelle in her display case, per The Independent. This sparked unfounded theories that the doll had gone missing in Louisiana.

NESPR lead investigator Dan Rivera addressed the rumours directly in a TikTok video posted on May 24. "Annabelle is not missing. She has never been missing," Rivera stated, showing the doll securely placed in her wooden case at the Warrens' Occult Museum.

To further reassure the public, NESPR posted on their Facebook page, "It's a Rumor... Annabelle has NOT been stolen. The doll is safely in place at the Warren Occult Museum." Annabelle is reportedly scheduled to appear at the 2025 Rock Island Roadhouse Esoteric Expo in Rock Island, Illinois, on October 4.

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This is not the first time Annabelle's whereabouts have caused a stir. In 2020, similar rumours prompted Tony Spera, the son-in-law of Ed and Lorraine Warren and current curator of the museum, to clarify that the doll had not escaped.

The Annabelle story began in the 1970s when a nurse in Hartford, Connecticut, received the doll as a gift. According to the Warrens, the doll soon exhibited disturbing behavior, such as moving on its own and leaving mysterious notes. It even allegedly attacked a person. After investigating, Ed and Lorraine Warren concluded that the doll was not possessed by a child's spirit, as initially thought, but was being manipulated by a demonic entity. The Warrens performed blessings and relocated the doll to their Occult Museum, which was closed to the public in 2018.

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(Image: Warren's Occult Museum)