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Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera dies while on Tour with 'Annabelle,' an allegedly haunted doll

GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 13 – Dan Rivera, 54, died suddenly during a three-day tour with the Annabelle doll; tour organizers confirmed no foul play and the tour will continue in his honor, NESPR said.

  • During a Devils on the Run tour stop in Gettysburg, Dan Rivera, senior lead investigator for NESPR, died unexpectedly, with emergency responders performing CPR at his hotel.
  • After the Warrens' Occult Museum closed in 2019, Rivera helped expand the Devils on the Run tour via viral TikTok videos with Ryan Daniel Buell.
  • At the Gettysburg stop, organizers sold over 1,260 tickets across the weekend of July 11, 2025, and emergency responders performed CPR at Rivera’s hotel that night.
  • We are heartbroken and still processing this loss, New England Society for Psychic Research said on Wednesday, as tributes poured in from the paranormal community.
  • NESPR plans to proceed with its scheduled 2025 events, with Annabelle appearing in Augusta, Maine on September 6 and 7, Illinois on October 4, and Lexington, Kentucky from October 17 to 19.
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By Dan Heching, CNN A Pennsylvania coroner has released new details about the sudden death of Dan Rivera, a renowned paranormal investigator who was touring with the Raggedy Ann doll known as Annabelle, famous from the horror film series "The Conjuring," at the time of his death. Adams County, Pennsylvania, coroner Francis Dutrow told CNN Thursday that the doll was not present in the hotel room where Rivera died earlier this week in Gettysburg. …

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Coroner says ‘Annabelle’ doll was not present in the hotel room where paranormal investigator Dan Rivera suddenly died

A Pennsylvania coroner is revealing new details surrounding the sudden death of Dan Rivera, a noted paranormal investigator who was on tour with the Raggedy Ann doll known as Annabelle, made famous by “The Conjuring” horror film franchise, when he died.

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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