The Conjuring Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-26 · 30 entries checked · 10 flagged · 22 issues confirmed · 10 corrected · 12 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Annabelle — The film's opening weekend gross of $37.1 million was the biggest for a horror genre film of 2014, surpassing The Purge: Anarchy's $28.9 million opening. This is incorrect; The Purge: Anarchy opened to $29.8 million, not $28.9 million.

The Brown Family — The family name is 'Perron', not 'Brown'.

The Brown Family — The key figures are Roger and Carolyn Perron and their five daughters, not 'Brown'.

The Enfield Family — The entry states that the Warrens did not travel to Enfield during the active investigation, but in established canon (including The Conjuring films and Warrens' own accounts), Ed and Lorraine Warren did visit the Enfield house during the investigation.

The Enfield Family — The entry says the younger daughter was Margaret and that both Margaret and Janet exhibited strange behaviors. In the actual case, Janet was the primary focus of the poltergeist activity, and Margaret was the older sister (born 1959) while Janet was the younge

Holy Water — The entry conflates holy water with the Blood of Christ, which are distinct in canon.

Holy Water — The claim that the vial was used to seal a rift 'in the catacombs' is inaccurate; it was used to seal the rift itself, a portal to hell, not a location within the catacombs.

The Salt Barrier — The salt barrier is not used by Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring (2013); it is used by the Perron family on the advice of a priest.

The Salt Barrier — The first major appearance of the salt barrier in the film series is in The Conjuring (2013), but it is not a Warren technique; the Warrens' first use is in The Conjuring 2 (2016).

The Perron Farmhouse — The entry states the Warrens performed a 'documented blessing or house cleansing ritual', but the real case files show they did not perform a formal exorcism or cleansing ritual at the farmhouse; they only investigated and advised the family to leave.

The Perron Farmhouse — The entry says the property was 'vacated' after 1980, but the house was sold and later occupied by other families, not left empty.

The Arne Cheyenne Johnson Case — The entry claims the Snedeker family case occurred before the Arne Johnson case, but the Snedeker investigation began in 1986, after the 1981 Johnson case.

The Perron Family Haunting — The entity Bathsheba Shaw is described as having been 'executed by hanging for witchcraft,' but historically, Bathsheba Sherman was not executed; she lived a normal life and died in 1885.

The Perron Family Haunting — The claim that Bathsheba Shaw 'allegedly killed her own children' is a fictional invention of the film; the real Bathsheba Sherman was accused of causing the death of a child through negligence or malice, but there is no historical record of her killing her ow

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