Delightful as they may be to their young owners, dolls have a long history of creeping people out due to something called the "uncanny valley" effect, professors at Northeastern University say. As to ...

Is the Annabelle Doll Real? Yes, Annabelle is real. She does not look anything like the doll from The Conjuring or the Annabelle movies, though. Instead of a porcelain, wide-eyed, pig-tailed figurine ...

Dan Rivera, a renowned paranormal investigator, died suddenly during his “haunted” Annabelle doll tour in Gettysburg, Pa. over the weekend. His exact cause of death is unclear, but TMZ reports that ...

If there’s anyone who knows Annabelle isn’t as innocent as she looks, it’s Lorraine Warren. A self-described “trance medium,” Warren first encountered the doll immortalized in The Conjuring and its ...

The terrifying toy became a horror icon thanks to its big screen debut Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered entertainment at The Advocate, HuffPost, Logo News ...

Annabelle is partly based on a true story, then supercharged by cinema. The 2014 film Annabelle, directed by John R. Leonetti, starring Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard, spun off from ...

The infamous Annabelle doll wasn’t in the room — but death was. Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera, 54, was found dead in his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania hotel room this week, just hours after finishing ...

A Pennsylvania coroner is revealing new details surrounding the sudden death of Dan Rivera, a noted paranormal investigator who was on tour with the Raggedy Ann doll known as Annabelle, made famous by ...

Watch: Dan Rivera Dies: Police Share New Details for Annabelle Doll Tour Guide's Death Police do not believe foul play was involved in the death of Dan Rivera, the paranormal researcher who passed ...

An autopsy report has revealed that Dan Rivera, a veteran ghost hunter who toured with an infamous doll that was said to be possessed, died of natural causes. Rivera died unexpectedly at 54 on July 13 ...