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The real-life farmhouse where the infamous Perron family lived and inspired The Conjuring film franchise will be going up for auction on Halloween. The sale will comes just a handful of weeks after the premiere of the fourth and final film in the main series, The Conjuring: Last Rites.
This will be the third time since 2019 that the home in Harrisville, Rhode Island has been put up for sale. It was sold to the Heinzen family for $439,000 in 2019 by Norma Sutcliff, who bought the house in 1987. It was then again sold to Jacqueline Nunez for $1.525 million in 2022.
The auction is drawing a lot of attention
Now, the real-life Conjuring house is being sold in a foreclosure auction after Nunez, who operated the home as a tourist attraction, defaulted on her mortgage payments on the property. Her entertainment license had not been renewed by the Burrillville Town Council after Nunez fired a worker because a ghost told her to, resulting in a series of accusations from staff about being mistreated.
According to Realtor.com, the 8.5-acre property with a farmhouse will be up for sale in a mortgagee’s foreclosure auction at 11 a.m. on Oct. 31.
Auctioneer Justin Manning, who will be conducting the sale, told Realtor.com, “I don’t even know if I want to go in the home,” but “at the end of the day, this is business before it’s a show. This is a forced sale and a distress sale.”
“This antique farmhouse that has become famous for historical paranormal sightings and activity,” Manning’s listing for the home states.
“Over our 50 years of conducting real estate auctions, we have sold many famous properties including Susan B. Anthony’s birthplace, Myles Standish’s childhood home and Foxboro State Hospital,” Manning told People. “However, this auction is already receiving more attention in one week than all of those others combined.”
There will be no shortage of potential buyers
“By the time we get to the auction, we’ll probably have hundreds, if not a thousand, inquiries directly to the office,” Manning said. “They’ll fall into three buckets: builders, investors, and fans of the property’s supernatural history.”
The home’s real estate listing (which has 50 photos of the property) describes the 189-year-old home at 1677 Round Top Road as being 3,109-square-feet with 11 total rooms, three bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, hardwood flooring, four fireplaces, and a full unfinished basement. No mention is made of any ghosts, demons, or other supernatural beings.