Episode 20: Ed and Lorraine Warren, Part 1: The Couple Who Sold the Supernatural

Actually... Forgotten Stories for Curious Minds · Oct 27, 2026 · 21m

Before The Conjuring, before Annabelle became a horror icon, and before Hollywood turned their investigations into a multimillion-dollar franchise, there were Ed and Lorraine Warren.

He was a self-proclaimed demonologist. She claimed to be a clairvoyant and medium. Together, they became two of the most famous – and controversial – paranormal investigators in American history.

But who were the Warrens before the fame? How did they become authorities on hauntings, possessions, and things that supposedly go bump in the night? And where does the truth end and the legend begin?

In Part 1 of this…