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Paranormal investigator dies on US tour with allegedly haunted doll Annabelle

Maya Yang

created: July 16, 2025, 6:28 p.m. | updated: July 16, 2025, 6:58 p.m.

A paranormal investigator who was helping lead a national tour of the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll has suddenly died over the weekend. Rivera’s death occurred on Sunday during his visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was leading the Devils on the Run Tour. As part of the tour, Rivers and other NESPR members were bringing the supposedly haunted Raggedy Ann doll across multiple states. The doll was subsequently given over to the late paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren who kept it in their occult museum based in Monroe, Connecticut. In its statement online, NESPR mourned Rivera’s death, saying: “His integrity, creativity and generosity defined him.

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