In an Instagram video, Rife said he and Castee now owned the home and museum and, as a result, became the “legal guardians” of hundreds of haunted artifacts and items at the home and museum, including Annabelle the doll. A rep for Rife told People Magazine the purchase was “legit.”

The Warrens took control of Annabelle during an investigation in the 1970s after a young nurse received the doll as a gift from her mother and numerous creepy things occurred.