The Brief
- Annabelle the doll is not missing or in Chicago, despite viral social media rumors; she remains secured at the Warren’s Occult Museum in Connecticut, according to a NESPR investigator.
- The rumors started after a tour stop in Louisiana, where some visitors claimed the doll was absent, fueling false reports she had vanished or traveled to Chicago.
- Annabelle will appear in Rock Island, Illinois, on Oct. 4 as part of the “Devils on the Run Tour,” but museum officials stress she is accounted for and not stolen.
ILLINOIS – Despite rumors spreading on social media, the “haunted” Raggedy Ann doll known as Annabelle is not missing — and she’s definitely not in Chicago — according to museum officials.
What we know:
In a TikTok video posted late Saturday, Dan Rivera, an investigator with the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR), showed the doll still secured in her wooden display case at the Warren’s Occult Museum in Monroe, Connecticut.…