The Perron family's move to a picturesque 1736 colonial farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island, turned into a decade-long nightmare of escalating supernatural attacks, including physical assaults, apparitions, and foul odors. Blamed on a local legend about witch Bathsheba Sherman, the haunting inspired the 2013 film The Conjuring and reveals how skepticism, isolation, and paranormal investigators exploiting tragedy can devastate a family already under siege. Carolyn Perron's intuition to move her family to the countryside after a crime wave struck their Connecticut town ultimately placed them in a house where supernatural activity would torment them for ten years.