The Family that Inspired the Conjuring Film: Released in 2013, was the supernatural and horror movie The Conjuring directed by James Wan. The Conjuring franchise is based on stories that Ed and Lorraine Warren experienced as respected paranormal investigators. In 1952, husband and wife Ed and Lorraine decided to turn themselves into professional paranormal investigators and formed a society called The New England Society for Psychic Research, which is still to this day considered to be one of the oldest ghost-hunting groups in New England. The Warrens gained notoriety after their part in The Amityville House hauntings and after that many others hired them for their abilities. One of those families that hired the Warrens was The Perron Family in the early 1970s and this experience and tale was the basis of the first Conjuring film. The year was 1971 and the Perron Family which consisted of husband Roger, wife Carolyn, and their five daughters had found what they thought was t...