What Ash Kelley has said about Perron family haunting

Kelley said the Perron family haunting was the inspiration for The Conjuring films.

“apparently was the inspiration for the conjuring movies oh like the first one at least”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 6:56

Kelley recounted that on moving day the groundskeeper Mr. Kenyon told the Perrons to keep the lights on at night, a remark that unsettled Roger.

“He said, leave the lights on at night. Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 28:30

Kelley recounted Cynthia Perron walking into a silky, smoky figure that emerged from the cellar, leaving a foul-smelling cloud that made her ill at school.

“a quote, silky smoky figure emerged from the cellar”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 38:40

Kelley said Carolyn was nearly struck by a hand scythe thrown at her in the barn while she felt paralyzed and unable to move.

“Then out of nowhere, a hand scythe came flying in her direction from above”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 40:25

Kelley described a coat hanger attack witnessed by Carolyn's five daughters and a neighbor, Mrs. Pettigrew.

“see her being whacked across the face, head and neck with a wire coat hanger. Held in the air just like by some unseen force”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 41:32

Kelley, citing Joe Nickell, said Roger Perron never truly believed his wife's and daughters' accounts even when he appeared to go along with them.

“Roger eventually seemed to acquiesce, possibly to promote domestic harmony, but he never appears to have truly believed the claims from his wife and daughters”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 35:33

Kelley said Andrea Perron later concluded her father's refusal to believe stemmed from not wanting to admit he had endangered the family by buying the house.

“admitted that he didn't want to believe his wife because he didn't want to think that he had put his family in a perilous situation with the purchase of the house”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:25

Kelley said the Perrons stayed until 1980, when Carolyn told Roger she would not survive another winter in the house.

“they kept living in the house until 1980 when they finally decided it was time to move”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:56