The terrifying Annabelle doll first appeared on the silver screen in its feature in the 2013 hit movie, The Conjuring, directed by James Wan. Starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as American ghost hunters Lorraine and Ed Warren, the movie became one of the most-viewed horror flicks of the year ... 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... Annabelle is a Raggedy Ann doll that is claimed to be haunted. According to paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, the doll frightened its owner, so it was moved to their (now closed) museum in Connecticut during the 1970s. Academics and science writers have dismissed their claims as myth and folklore. Museum officials have spoken out about the real-life Annabelle doll ’s whereabouts amid rumors that she’s gone missing. The “demonically possessed” Raggedy Ann doll , which has become a ...