DEVIL IN THE HOUSE

A True Documented Terror - The Perron Family Haunting (1971), the Real Case That Inspired the Film the Conjuring

By: Ted Lazaris

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Editorial Review

DEVIL IN THE HOUSE is a chilling, methodical descent into one family’s fight to survive a home that refuses to release them, delivering sustained tension through realism rather than spectacle. Ted Lazaris builds dread with disciplined escalation and emotional restraint, creating a haunting narrative that feels disturbingly possible from the first disturbance to the final, unforgettable realization. Fans of stories in the tradition of The Conjuring will find this a gripping, atmospheric entry in the Documented Terror series that lingers long after the last page.

DEVIL IN THE HOUSE
A True Documented Terror — The Perron Family Haunting (1971), the Real Case That Inspired the Film The Conjuring
They locked the doors.
It was already inside.

In 1971, the Perron family moved into a secluded farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island, believing they had finally found a place to build a quiet life. The house was large, weathered, and filled with history. It stood alone on open land, surrounded by silence. To the family, it felt like a fresh start.
At first, the disturbances were small.
A broom moved from where it had been left.
A door creaked open in the middle of the night.
Footsteps echoed across the floor when no one was there.
The family blamed the old house. They blamed settling wood. They blamed their imagination.
Until the activity grew darker.
Beds began to shake without warning. Objects slid across the room on their own. Children woke screaming after feeling unseen hands tugging at their blankets. A suffocating odor drifted through the halls — the smell of something rotting, something wrong, something that did not belong in the living world.
What terrified them most was not the noise.
It was not the shadows.
It was the growing realization that the presence inside the house was aware of them.
Watching them.
Following them.
Waiting.
Desperate for help, the Perron family turned to investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, whose investigation would become one of the most widely discussed and controversial haunting cases in American history — the real events that later inspired the film The Conjuring.
But by the time help arrived, the family had already learned the truth.
This was not a harmless spirit.
This was not an old house settling.
This was not something that would fade with time.
The house had been claimed long before they arrived.
And once the terror began, the family discovered a reality far more frightening than any nightmare:
Some doors can be locked.
Some windows can be sealed.
Some houses can be abandoned.
But when evil decides to stay, there is nowhere left to run.