Summary

• Ed and Lorraine Warren were legendary paranormal investigators who formed their own society and investigated terrifying hauntings.
• The Warren Occult Museum houses creepy and haunted objects, including the iconic Annabelle doll and cursed samurai armor.
• The museum also contains vampire coffins, cursed photographs, demon masks, and other unnerving artifacts with mysterious lore attached to them.

Ed and Lorraine Warren were some of the most legendary paranormal investigators of all time, with the married couple forming their own society -- the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR) -- and investigating some of the most terrifying hauntings of all time, including the Amityville hauntings, the Perron family hauntings, and the Enfield poltergeist case. Famously, the case files of the Warrens also helped to inspire The Conjuring movies, bringing Ed and Lorraine’s investigations to the big screen.

In addition to investigating hauntings, the Warrens also kept their own ‘Occult Museum’, with the collection containing some of the most disturbing and creepy objects of all time. The terrifying but intriguing Warren Occult Museum is full of creepy, cursed, and haunted objects that have been the basis for several movies including The Amityville Horror and every movie in The Conjuring universe. There are iconic featured items like the Annabelle doll and lesser-known items that don't have as much lore attached to them. The horror movie genre has always been popular as fans want a movie that will scare them in the theater, but the Warren Occult Museum brings the fictionalized world to reality and houses real haunted and cursed objects that are allegedly dangerous.

Haunted Piano

The Warren Occult Museum houses a haunted piano that Ed Warren would hear playing on its own but immediately stop playing whenever he would go to the room to see what was happening. The Warrens allegedly got the piano from a Priest after his death.

The piano makes a brief appearance in The Conjuring universe in Annabelle Comes Home when the babysitter goes into the room at the Warren's house and plays a few keys despite being warned earlier in the movie to not touch anything in the room. While the piano doesn't play a huge role, her not listening to those instructions does.

The Samurai Suit

The cursed Samurai Suit has appeared in several movies in The Conjuring universe as one of the props in the occult museum room, but was prominently displayed in Annabelle Comes Home when the teens are checking out the Warrens' room of haunted artifacts.

In the movie, demonic entities in the room are brought to life when the Annabelle doll is let loose. The two young girls in the movie are mesmerized by the armor and as they continue to stare at it, they begin to hear distant screams of the victims of the Samurai who wore the armor.

Vampire Coffins

The Warren Occult Museum claims to have vampire coffins, but there isn't much information about them beyond that. The vampire coffins also haven't been displayed specifically in The Conjuring universe yet.

Although there are no clear details behind the discovery or specific story to the vampire coffins, they're still creepy artifacts available for viewing in the museum.

Cursed Photographs

The Warren Museum also claims to have several cursed photographs in their possession among the other accursed objects in the museum. There aren't specific stories available behind these photos as they're not featured items, but it's still a creepy thought and might make fans wonder if digital versions of these photos can be cursed as well.

As the Conjuring movie universe expands, and photographs that include demonic entities have been used in the movies, it's entirely possible that these occult museum items could be utilized to inspire another story.

Demon Masks

Another general item said to be in the Warren Occult Museum is demon masks. The museum has various demon masks that don't seem to have specific lore around them.

Even if there isn't a specific story attached to the demon masks, the thought of them is still creepy and fits the haunted and cursed aesthetic of the entire museum. Their presence also begs the question of whether any of them have contributed to the lore surrounding any of the demonic entities in the movie franchise.

A Brick From Borley Rectory

The Warrens’ Occult Museum holds some of the most haunted and cursed objects in the world, many of which were commandeered by the Warrens from their travels to haunted locations from across the globe.

One object of particular significance is a brick from the Borley Rectory, a building that is said to be the most haunted building in the United Kingdom. Built in 1862, the first reports of ghostly activity came in the 1920s, the building was damaged by a fire in the 1900s and eventually torn down in 1944. Though it's just an unassuming brick, the fact that it came from such a cursed location is more than enough to scare anyone.

Children’s Tombstones

Aside from the usual cursed and haunted objects in the museum, the Warrens also collected some objects that were used in Satanic rituals that they investigated and combated during their careers as paranormal experts.

Some of the more unnerving of these artifacts are the tombstones of children that were allegedly used in these dark occult rituals by those who dabble into the darker side of the paranormal.

Actual Human Skulls

Not everything in the Occult Museum is a cursed or possessed object. Some objects are just oddities that are there from the Warrens’ decades of investigating the paranormal, while others come from the Conjuring franchise itself. However, in a similar manner to the tombstones, the museum also holds several human skulls that were used in occult rituals and witchcraft to communicate with demons, opening gateways between hell and Earth.

The Perron Family Music Box

The original The Conjuring was one of the best ‘haunted house’ movies of the last decade that arguably spawned both a franchise and a newfound interest in old-school horror. Inspired by classic horror movies, the film helped to bring the Perron family haunting into the mainstream under James Wan’s steady directorship. The Warrens visited the Perron family in Rhode Island in 1971 to help free them from the presence of the spirit of a witch.

One of the spookiest elements of the movie was the music box, which was always threatening a scare whenever it appeared onscreen. Lorraine actually sees the spirit of a child within it when she opens it in the movie, and takes it back to their home at the end of The Conjuring. The box itself is safely tucked away in the Warrens' museum and has since become synonymous with the films.

The Pearls Of Death

The Pearls of Death have yet to appear in The Conjuring franchise, but they’re notoriously one of the most dangerous items in the Warrens’ museum.

The Pearls of Death is a cursed necklace that is said to strangle those who wear them, with their former owner complaining of being choked while wearing them. The pearls currently rest in the Warrens' shelves, where they'll hopefully stay for the foreseeable future.

The Conjuring Mirror

Despite being called the Conjuring Mirror, the artifact actually has nothing to do with The Conjuring movies. Instead, the mirror gets its name from the fact that it was used to summon, or conjure, spirits.

Tony Spera (the son-in-law of the Warrens) says that this form of wizardry is called ‘crystalmancy’ and there is a long history of mirrors being used as gateways for the dead to return to the world of the living.

The Toy Monkey

This toy monkey actually appeared in The Conjuring Universe, with the toy getting its biggest appearance to date in the spin-off movie Annabelle Comes Home.

While there is already something unnerving about this particular toy monkey, its alleged power is very scary. It is said that the monkey is possessed by a demon and enjoys stalking its victims before eventually murdering them.

A Satanic Idol

The Satanic Idol manages to look both goofy and terrifying, with its wide eyes and slim figure cutting an unnerving figure. The idol itself was found in the woods of Sandy Hook in Connecticut, with the Warrens believing it was used in Satanic rituals.

The idol was found by a young hunter, who encountered an old man in black robes soon after seeing it. The hunter was put into contact with the Warrens and the idol has been in the Occult Museum ever since.

A Shadow Doll

While Annabelle looks less threatening in real life than in her movie appearances, the Shadow Doll manages to capture Annabelle’s terrifying cinematic design. The Shadow Doll is a nightmarish object that makes even Chucky look like something you’d want to cuddle.

While Annabelle is said to have attacked and scratched people, the Shadow Doll is said to have the terrifying power of entering someone’s dreams and killing them while they’re sleeping.

The Real Annabelle

One of the most famous haunted dolls of all time, Annabelle is imprisoned in a holy box at the Warrens’ museum, keeping the evil doll from wreaking havoc. While the real doll (a Raggedy Ann doll) doesn’t look as terrifying as the doll from the movie, it still has an unnerving presence about it. Admittedly, the doll did not do everything it was shown to do in the movies. But the fact that the Warrens thought it prudent to keep the doll locked away in a holy box shows just how much they feared whatever's lying inside it.

Annabelle has inspired a Conjuring spin-off series of movies all its own, and is, arguably, the most successful part of the Conjuring franchise to date. There's something especially terrifying about a potentially possessed doll. In real life, the Warrens said a demonic entity that they couldn't exorcise inhabited the doll, which is why it's in its own case. In the movies, the doll has continually caused havoc through its movie appearances, and could potentially cause more as the Conjuring movie universe expands.