Episode 176: The True Story of The Conjuring

Episode Details

 * In this episode, Tony interviews Andrea Perron, the eldest daughter of the Perron family, on whose experiences the 2013 movie The Conjuring was based. In the interview, Perron discusses the differences between the movie and her family's lived experience and tries to dispel the ugly rumors surrounding the mysterious Bathsheba, whose spirit is believed to have haunted their house. She describes the intense seance her family held with the Warrens, an experience that was reinterpreted in The Conjuring 's possession scenes, and she explains why her family stayed in their paranormally affected house for more than a decade despite all the activity. She then discusses why she decided to write the House of Darkness, House of Light trilogy, in which she attempts to recount the true story of her family's haunting. Finally, she explains how her book became a movie as well as the kinds of paranormal events the cast and crew experienced while filming.