Welcome to a new Scary Tuesday, tiktakers! You’ve likely recently heard about the alleged
disappearance of one of the most terrifying dolls in the world: Annabelle. This is one
of the most famous cases taken by the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, conveyed
in the movie of the same name.
Tik and Tak already found the answer to this mystery, but first, we'll tell you its terrifying
story: Annabelle was one of the thousands of dolls that were sold by the Raggedy Ann
toy company in the '70s, based on the children books by Johnny Gruelle. They were made of
rags, with red threads for the hair, blushing cheeks, triangular nose, and a sweet expression.
They made lots of children happy, until Donna's case took place: Before starting her nursing
training and moving away from home, her mother gave her one of these dolls. The young lady,
who lived with a roommate named Angie, would always leave the doll on her bed because it
reminded her about her family and her home. However, shortly after, she started to notice
very strange things about the doll:
Although Donna always put her doll in the same place, whenever she came back to the
room she would find the doll in a different position, and even in entirely different places.
Moreover, her roommate and her started to find written notes, saying things like "help
us" or "help Lou", referring to one of her friends. At that point the young ladies got
really scared, and decided to call the police. However, the police not only could not help
them, but the incidents became even more sinister.
One day Donna got into her room and found the doll on her bed… but with its chest
and hands stained with a red liquid that looked like blood. Donna and Angie got really scared,
and were so desperate that they decided to go to a medium.
The medium revealed to them that the doll was possessed by the spirit of a seven year
old girl named Annabelle Higgins, who had died in that very property. Then the girl
talked through the medium, and after telling her story, she asked the young ladies to adopt
her. At the end of the day, it was just the spirit of an abandoned girl who just wanted
to be accepted.
The ladies were moved by the story, and took the doll back home… although their friend
Lou didn't like it that much. It was him who shortly after had a nightmare where someone
was strangling him, and when he woke up, he discovered the doll right by his side. Later
on he asserted that the doll climbed on his chest, and tried to strangle him.
It was then when Ed and Lorraine Warren, a couple famous for investigating paranormal
events, heard about the case. After studying the doll thoroughly, they came to the conclusion
that it wasn't the spirit of a girl that possessed the doll, but a demon. Donna and Angie had
been tricked through the medium, and the demon's true objective was to possess Donna.
With the help of a priest, the couple carried out an exorcism in the house to free it from
the evil spirits, and to the relief of Donna and Angie, the couple also took Annabelle
with them. The Warrens didn't take long to experience the same phenomenons that Donna
and Angie experienced, often finding the doll in different rooms of the house. It is even
said that the doll caused two car accidents: One of them to Jason Bradford, a priest who
tried to expel the demon from the doll.
Due to those horrible events, the Warrens decided to put Annabelle inside a locked display
cabinet, which is sprayed with holy water two times per month. To this day the doll
is still in their house, which became a Museum of Occultism.
Annabelle supposedly disappeared from there on August 14th 2020, causing a true wave of
horror in social media. It seems that the rumor started due to the Wikipedia page, where
it was indicated that the doll was lost somewhere in the US. However, the Warrens' grandson
didn't take long to refute those fake news, and the person in charge of the museum published
a video where he shows the terrifying Annabelle in her glass cabinet… where we hope that
she remains locked for a long, long time.