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What is the Annabelle doll? Story behind allegedly haunted doll

Summary by NBC Chicago
Annabelle became a household name in 2014 when a horror film followed the story of a doll that became possessed, haunting a couple nearly to their death. Now, the real doll that inspired the movie and its sequels — also called Annabelle — is in the spotlight. Dan Rivera, a paranormal investigator, died in a Pennsylvania hotel while bringing the doll on a national tour on behalf of the New England Society for Psychic Research, a group founded by …

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The film “El Conjuro” brought to the big screen Annabelle, the rag doll that supposedly behaved strangely. And it became popular. The origin of the character, the marriage of researchers who certified its conditions and the myth behind an event without empirical verification

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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