Ash

I'd take it.

So knowing the potential origin of the haunting was one thing, but that still didn't help Carolyn solve the problem.

They still had to live there.

Then one day in early fall of 1973, help came from an unexpected place.

By then, Carolyn had been pretty open with a lot of people at that point about what was happening in the house, including a friend who recently attended a lecture by paranormal investigators, say it with me now, Ed and Lorraine Warren.

No?

Are they well-known?

yeah they're like people know about them are they good at what they do they are nobody can argue that they're good at what they do are they charlatans perhaps oh my god that word literally gets used later holy shit listen to you so yeah maybe maybe perhaps yeah so at the time the warrens actually hadn't really reached the level of notoriety that they have now

that they really came to notoriety after amityville i think oh yeah then they became the warrens exactly they were not the warrens at that point they were just ed and lorraine moran they were like look at this adorable couple yeah so they were also easily accessible at this point and they lived close by because they lived i think they lived in rhode island shit they got in on the ground floor yeah and lorraine carolyn did so she placed a call to the couple and they agreed they said hell yeah i'll come down to your house

So they toured the house, they reviewed the notes and the research that Carolyn had pulled together, and after doing so, Lorraine Warren agreed that there was definitely an evil presence living amongst them.

I mean, I'm with her on that.

Same.

After hearing the story about Bathsheba, Lorraine informed the parents that it was she who was the, quote, lone demonic presence in the house, and all the other paranormal activity was drawn to her or commanded by her.

Oh, shit.

So grateful that somebody was finally taking her plight seriously, a wave of relief washed over Carolyn when Lorraine not only believed her, but also said, hey, I think we can help you here.

Oh, hell yeah.

Unfortunately, what Carolyn thought was a story shared in confidence soon turned out to be anything but.

Ed and Lorraine definitely would do their best to help the family, but they also would create a public spectacle that would benefit them more than the parents.

Yeah, and at that point, there was no knowledge of their wily ways with the media.

Yeah.