Are The Conjuring movies based on true stories?

What is the story of The Conjuring 2?

The second movie in The Conjuring franchise is also based on a family living in a haunted house. This time, Ed and Lorraine are called in to help single mom Peggy Hodgson who believes something dark, like demons, is threatening her family, especially when her youngest daughter shows signs of possession.

The movie is based on the real-life case known as the Enfield poltergeist.

It all started in 1977 when Peggy Hodgson called police to the home she was renting in the Brimson neighborhood in the Borough of Enfield, a suburb just north of London. Furniture was moving on its own and two of her four children, Margaret (13) and Janet (11), claimed they heard knocking on the walls.

One of the constables who showed up also said she saw a chair “wobble and slide” but could not determine whether the cause was paranormal or had a logical explanation, according to Wikipedia.

After that, more activity started being reported, including other objects (like toys) being thrown, disembodied voices, and most spectacularly, claims the children levitated.

Naturally, paranormal researchers were drawn to the case and came to investigate. Some caught Janet faking things, such as bending spoons with her hands and using a broomstick to bang on the ceiling. Others believed Janet was using ventriloquism to create the voice that she claimed belonged to the disembodied voice of the ghost they called “Bill,” according to Den of Geek.

At one point, researchers said the girls confessed to “pranking” journalists, but they never made such claims publicly. In fact, to this day, Janet (who’s now known as Janet Winter) maintains what happened to her and her sister Margaret really did.

Some researchers, including the Warrens, also believed the Enfield home was really haunted.

Was it a hoax by imaginative teenagers or not? The debate continues…