9. The Perrons Couldn’t Afford to Move Anywhere Else
Anyone watching The Conjuring would probably ask why, if the family was being so horribly tormented, didn’t they just move? They would have if they had been able, but these events occurred in the 1970s. The economy had tanked due to failed policies and crises in the Middle East. Carolyn and Roger had poured all of their money into the house, and during the 1970s, no one had the money to buy a 200-acre farm. It was losing value by the day. Moreover, no one, no matter how good friends they may have been, would have taken in five teenage girls for an uncertain amount of time. The family was forced to remain in the haunted house for nearly a decade.
The girls would leave the house whenever they could. When Andrea left for college, Cindy took over her bedroom right away, eager for a respite from the ghosts that were haunting her bedroom. When Cindy finished high school and was finally able to leave, she claims that she cussed out the spirits and told them to do their worst to her because she was leaving the next day. She practically ran away from the house, relieved to be gone finally.
Roger and Carolyn finally sold the house in 1980. They went down to Georgia to rebuild their lives and never looked back.
