Next year’s The Conjuring 3, being directed by Michael Chaves, will center on a man on trial for murder who claims he was possessed by a demon at the time the act was committed. James Wan recently said of the real-life case that inspired the latest sequel, “I think it’s the first time in America’s history where the defendant used possessions as a reason… as an excuse.”
Tied to that case is the infamous “Devil’s Rocking Chair,” a relic from Ed and Lorraine Warren’s archives that “Ghost Adventures” host Zak Bagans is now the proud owner of.
Newsweek explains as part of a chat with Bagans this week…
“The chair was the site of the exorcism of David Glatzel, a young boy who was seemingly possessed by a demon. Lorraine and Ed performed an exorcism on the boy, but when the demon left him, it seemingly entered another person. Arne Cheyenne Johnson later stabbed and killed his landlord and in court, claimed he was compelled to kill because he was possessed by a demon.”
“Knowing the famed Ed and Lorraine Warren were a part of this case and that I was able to buy everything a member of the Glatzel family had in connection to it, including the ‘Devil’s Rocking Chair’ was a major score for me,” Bagans told the site. “It is known that Lorraine Warren and the young Glatzel boy who was possessed, David, would both see ‘The Beast’ sitting in the rocking chair it claimed as his. The chair would shake violently and even levitate whenever the boy was overtaken by ‘The Beast.’ A video interview of the Warrens reveals this as well.”
Reportedly, Bagans purchased the chair from David Glatzel’s brother for $67,000, and it will soon (in the next month) be put up for display at his Haunted Museum in Las Vegas.
Bagans claims the chair is already showing signs of paranormal activity. Read the Newsweek piece for more. You can also head over to TMZ to see some actual photos of the chair.