Home Economy Economic Activity Report: Lawsuit filed in potential sale of ‘The Conjuring’ home

Report: Lawsuit filed in potential sale of ‘The Conjuring’ home

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12/08/2025

Conjuring-House-1677-Round-Top-Road (1) — THE FARMHOUSE HOME at 1677 Round Top Road in Burrillville, which served as the basis for “The Conjuring” horror movie in 2013. The sister of the owner of ‘The Conjuring’ home has filed a lawsuit against its new potential owner, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Monday. / COURTESY MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

BURRILLVILLE – The sister of the owner of “The Conjuring” home has filed a lawsuit against its new potential owner, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Monday. Elizabeth Greenhalgh of Utah wants an R.I. Superior Court judge to block an alleged agreement between her sister, Jacqueline Nuñez, and Syfy Channel’s “Ghost Hunters” star Jason Hawes, according to the

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BURRILLVILLE – The sister of the owner of "The Conjuring" home has filed a lawsuit against its new potential owner, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Monday. Elizabeth Greenhalgh of Utah wants an R.I. Superior Court judge to block an alleged agreement between her sister, Jacqueline Nuñez, and Syfy Channel's “Ghost Hunters” star Jason Hawes, according to the report. In her lawsuit, Greenhalgh claims Nuñez wasn’t mentally competent when she signed over limited power of attorney to Hawes’ associate, Julia Demay, to “do all things necessary with respect to the sale of [the home] with Jason Hawes,” WPRI reported. Greenhalgh claims Nuñez “was legally incompetent and not of sound mind” when she signed over the rights to Demay to sell the home. She accused Hawes of conspiring with Demay and leading a “concerted effort to acquire the property,” despite knowing Nuñez was unwell, according to the report. “Nuñez told [me] on multiple occasions that she would never sell the property – especially not to Hawes,” Greenhalgh wrote in the documents obtained by WPRI-TV, adding that Nuñez has suffered from “various delusions” over the past year that include accusing Greenhalgh and her husband of having “engaged in criminal activity that has absolutely no basis in reality." Both Demay and Hawes told WPRI-TV they have yet to receive the lawsuit and declined comment. The home, built in 1826 and located on 8.5 acres of land at 1677 Round Top Road, features three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and four fireplaces. Stories of the paranormal at the 14-room farmhouse in Burrillville were depicted in “The Conjuring” horror movie in 2013. The house is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of its former occupant, Bathsheba Sherman, a supposed witch accused of killing children in the 1800s. The home was scheduled to be auctioned after Nuñez stopped making payments on the loan she used to buy the property for $1.5 million in 2022. However, the company controlled by YouTuber Elton Castee purchased the underlying note, canceling the Halloween bidding. Currently, Castee’s company owns the debt, and Demay “has entered, or will soon enter” into an agreement to sell the property to Hawes, according to WPRI-TV.