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Universes/The Conjuring Universe

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The Conjuring Universe

The Warrens, Valak, Annabelle and the stories between their cases.

36 works indexed35 sources

Confirmed and disputed canon share one chronology. Use the disputed-canon toggle to remove contested stories such as La Llorona. Connected and promotional works retain their status labels.

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Reading the timelineConfirmed, assumed and disputed stories appear together. “est.” marks inference. “After” means relative order. Separate continuities retain their own history.

SELECTED CONTINUITY

Shared universe — films & tie-ins

1673
Film · Embedded segmentDisputed canonReleased 2019-04-19

The Curse of La Llorona — origin prologue

1673 Year supported

A mother drowns her children in colonial Mexico.

Placement Film-specific prologue, not a date for the folklore as a whole. Perez connects the film to Annabelle, but creators exclude official franchise membership.

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est. 1943
Film · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2017-08-11

Annabelle: Creation — Mullins family prologue

est. 1943 Inferred from interval

The dollmaker’s family loses Bee.

Placement Twelve years before the commonly documented 1955 main story; calculated placement, not a date independently read from the film here.

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1952
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2018-09-07

The Nun

1952 Year supported

Father Burke and Sister Irene investigate the abbey of St. Carta in Romania.

Placement Main story. Earlier abbey history and the later Warren framing scenes are not assigned invented calendar years.

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1955
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2017-08-11

Annabelle: Creation

1955 Year supported

Orphaned girls arrive at the Mullins home and encounter the doll.

Placement The 1943 prologue and est. 1967 epilogue are indexed separately.

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1956
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2023-09-08

The Nun II

1956 Official explicit year

Sister Irene follows Valak’s return through France.

Placement Official synopsis supplies the year. The undated Warren end-credit scene is not assumed to happen in 1956.

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1964
Film · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2025-09-05

Last Rites — the mirror case

1964 Year supported

The younger Warrens investigate the mirror before Judy’s birth.

Placement The prologue predates the film’s 1986 main case. Judy’s age conflicts with earlier films; do not backdate their plots to reconcile it.

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est. 1967
Film · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2017-08-11

Annabelle: Creation — Janice’s later life

est. 1967 Inferred; continuity conflict

Janice becomes Annabelle Higgins, leading into the first Annabelle film.

Placement Twelve years after the 1955 main events. The reported 1970 newspaper in Annabelle creates a continuity conflict.

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est. 1967
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2014-10-03

Annabelle

est. 1967; 1970 prop-date conflict Chronology disputed

John and Mia Form face escalating supernatural attacks linked to their new doll.

Placement 1967 is the conventional placement. A reported on-screen newspaper instead reads October 3, 1970; the frame remains unverified in this audit. Keep both claims visible.

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View on Amazon ↗Annabelle — digital movie
1968
Film · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2013-07-19

The Conjuring — Annabelle case

1968 Caption reported; frame not inspected

The Warrens hear the nurses’ account and take custody of Annabelle.

Placement The film’s prologue caption is reported as Annabelle Case — Year 1968. Same case revisited in Comes Home; historical real-world dates are not substitutions.

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1969
FilmNon-canon connectedReleased 2016-10-21

Wolves at the Door

1969 Setting supported

A home-invasion story based loosely on the Tate murders.

Placement Eric Ladin reprises Detective Clarkin from Annabelle. A shared character does not establish confirmed official-universe membership.

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1971
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2013-07-19

The Conjuring

1971 Year supported

The Perron family asks Ed and Lorraine Warren to investigate their Rhode Island farmhouse.

Placement Ordered by the Perron case. The opening 1968 doll case is a separate segment; undated visions and historic backstory stay inside the work.

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est. 1972
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2019-06-26

Annabelle Comes Home

est. 1972; 1969 reading conflicts Likely; continuity conflict

Judy Warren and her babysitters confront spirits released from the artifact room.

Placement The 1968 prologue plus one-year-later card suggests 1969. The music box from the 1971 Perron case and a 1972 song support a later placement. No exact reconciliation is asserted.

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1973
FilmDisputed canonReleased 2019-04-19

The Curse of La Llorona

1973 Year supported

Anna Tate-Garcia fights to protect her children from a vengeful spirit in Los Angeles.

Placement Father Perez and an Annabelle flashback connect the story. Chaves and Safran say it is outside the official franchise; retained with a disputed-canon label.

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1976
Film · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2016-06-10

The Conjuring 2 — Amityville investigation

1976 Year supported

Lorraine’s investigation introduces visions of Valak and Ed’s death.

Placement The prologue is earlier than the main Enfield story. Real-world Amityville adaptations are not automatically part of this universe.

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1977
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2016-06-10

The Conjuring 2

1977 Year supported

The Warrens travel to Enfield to help the Hodgson family.

Placement Main Enfield case, with 1976 Amityville prologue separately indexed. The broader historical 1977–1979 case does not establish that every film scene spans that range.

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est. 1981
ComicConfirmed canonReleased 2021-06-01 – 2021-10-05

The Conjuring: The Lover #1–5

1981; est. winter opening Explicit opening year; season estimated

Jessica’s college experiences and return to Brookfield lead into The Devil Made Me Do It.

Placement One five-issue main-story run. The licensed opening caption states 1981; winter is inferred from the return after winter break and snow. Exact later chapter dates / possible internal time jumps still need full-issue verification. Tales from the Artifact Room backups have their own timeline entries.

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Inspection: Range summary; individual issue inspection notes are retained below and in the research table.

Included issues:

  • The Conjuring: The Lover #1 — Actual licensed preview inspected
  • The Conjuring: The Lover #2 — Publisher preview checked; full chapter unavailable
  • The Conjuring: The Lover #3 — Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable
  • The Conjuring: The Lover #4 — Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable
  • The Conjuring: The Lover #5 — Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable

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View on Amazon ↗The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5
1981
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2021-06-04

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

1981 Year supported

The Warrens investigate a curse surrounding Arne Johnson’s murder case.

Placement The Lover leads into Jessica’s portion of this case. Film and comic events overlap; the sequence is a whole-work reading order, not an invented day-by-day interleaving.

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1986
FilmConfirmed canonReleased 2025-09-05

The Conjuring: Last Rites

1986 Official explicit year

The Warrens face the Smurl family’s haunting in Pennsylvania.

Placement Official WB synopsis supplies 1986. The 1964 mirror prologue is indexed separately; the later wedding is not assigned an unchecked year.

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2010
ComicDisputed canonReleased 2021-07-06

Tales from the Artifact Room: The Bloody Bride

After July 5, 2010; exact year unresolved Explicit dated clue; lower bound

Mariah Walker finds a wedding dress associated with Quinn Lane’s murderous wedding.

Placement The laptop displays a report dated July 5, 2010. That dates the prior report, not Mariah’s wedding. The latter follows it. A pre-1972 placement would contradict the inspected page, so it is not used.

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Inspection: Three actual backup preview pages inspected

Edition / access: Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.

View on Amazon ↗The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5
est. 2020
Web shortPromotional onlyReleased 2020-08-02

Annabelle in Quarantine

est. 2020 pandemic context Contextual approximation

Annabelle finds ways to occupy herself around the empty New Line offices.

Placement Studio-office comedy outside the period-film continuity. Contemporary context supports est. 2020, not a precise story day.

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est. 2021
Web shortPromotional onlyReleased 2021-10-26

Annabelle in Quarantine Part 2

est. 2020–2021 pandemic context Contextual approximation

Annabelle continues her pandemic-era antics.

Placement Warner Bros.’ description verifies pandemic context. Release in 2021 does not prove an exact fictional year.

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Placement still unresolved

Listed here without a chronological claim. Missing interiors need inspection before dates can be determined.

?UNRESOLVED
VR experiencePromotional onlyReleased 2017

Annabelle: Creation VR — Bee’s Room

Undated; associated film period only Unresolved

A first-person supernatural encounter in Bee’s bedroom.

Placement Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.

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Edition / access: No verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information.

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?UNRESOLVED
Short filmDisputed canonReleased 2017

Blund’s Lullaby

Story date unverified Unresolved

A bedtime encounter draws on the figure of John Blund.

Placement Sweden winner in My Annabelle Creation. Competition affiliation is verified; a studio canon ruling and calendar date have not been established. 2017 is release metadata only.

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?UNRESOLVED
Web shortPromotional onlyReleased 2013

Box

3:07 AM; calendar date unknown Unresolved

Ti West’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project.

Placement Commissioned to promote The Conjuring. The shared clock time is not evidence of a shared calendar year or confirmed film continuity.

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Edition / access: The corresponding short is one segment of the complete original VICE anthology.

Watch on YouTube ↗The 3:07 AM Project — complete anthology
?UNRESOLVED
Short filmDisputed canonReleased 2017

Innocent Souls (Almas inocentes)

Story date unverified Unresolved

A Colombian supernatural horror short.

Placement Colombia winner in My Annabelle Creation. Competition affiliation is verified; a studio canon ruling and calendar date have not been established. 2017 is release metadata only.

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?UNRESOLVED
Web shortPromotional onlyReleased 2013

One Last Dive

3:07 AM; calendar date unknown Unresolved

Jason Eisener’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project.

Placement Commissioned to promote The Conjuring. The shared clock time is not evidence of a shared calendar year or confirmed film continuity.

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Inspection: Source verified; full work not inspected

Edition / access: The corresponding short is one segment of the complete original VICE anthology.

Watch on YouTube ↗The 3:07 AM Project — complete anthology
?UNRESOLVED
ComicConfirmed canonReleased 2021-08-03

Tales from the Artifact Room: The Accordion Monkey

Date verification pending Unresolved

An origin tale for the artifact room’s accordion-playing monkey.

Placement Existence and story subject verified by DC. Full backup pages could not be accessed; this is an access gap, not a claim that the story is undated.

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Inspection: Backup interior unavailable

Edition / access: Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.

View on Amazon ↗The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5
?UNRESOLVED
ComicConfirmed canonReleased 2021-10-05

Tales from the Artifact Room: The Chalice

Date verification pending Unresolved

A story about the Occultist’s ritual chalice.

Placement The object connects to the 1981 film, but a connection alone does not date this distinct story. Full interior verification remains pending.

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Inspection: Backup interior unavailable

Edition / access: Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.

View on Amazon ↗The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5
?UNRESOLVED
ComicConfirmed canonReleased 2021-06-01

Tales from the Artifact Room: The Ferryman

Unresolved; childhood to adulthood Relative chronology only

A stolen funeral coin leaves Everett pursued by the Ferryman.

Placement The inspected funeral page says the narrator was eight and his family had moved from upstate to the city. It supplies relative age, but no legible calendar date. Remaining pages need inspection.

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Inspection: Actual publisher-supplied backup page inspected; full story unavailable

Edition / access: Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.

View on Amazon ↗The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5
?UNRESOLVED
ComicConfirmed canonReleased 2021-09-07

Tales from the Artifact Room: The Sleeping Song

Date verification pending Unresolved

A horror story centered on the haunted music box.

Placement Do not assume it predates the 1971 Perron case just because the artifact appears in the films. Full backup pages are needed to check captions and physical date clues.

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Inspection: Backup interior unavailable

Edition / access: Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.

View on Amazon ↗The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5
?UNRESOLVED
Short filmDisputed canonReleased 2017

The Confession

Story date unverified Unresolved

A young woman seeks a priest’s help with a terrifying presence.

Placement UK winner in My Annabelle Creation. Competition affiliation is verified; a studio canon ruling and calendar date have not been established. 2017 is release metadata only.

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Inspection: Source verified; full work not inspected

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?UNRESOLVED
VR experiencePromotional onlyReleased 2016

The Conjuring 2: Experience Enfield VR 360

Undated; associated film period only Unresolved

An immersive first-person visit to the haunted Enfield house.

Placement Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.

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Inspection: Source verified; full work not inspected

Edition / access: No verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information.

Watch on YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube
?UNRESOLVED
VR experiencePromotional onlyReleased 2016

The Conjuring 2: Visions 360 Experience

Undated; associated film period only Unresolved

A promotional experience framed through Lorraine’s perspective.

Placement Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.

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Inspection: Source verified; full work not inspected

Edition / access: No verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information.

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?UNRESOLVED
VR experiencePromotional onlyReleased 2018

The Nun: Escape the Abbey 360

Undated; associated film period only Unresolved

A first-person journey through the abbey and an encounter with Valak.

Placement Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.

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Inspection: Source verified; full work not inspected

Edition / access: No verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information.

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?UNRESOLVED
Short filmDisputed canonReleased 2017

The Nurse

Story date unverified Unresolved

A child encounters a frightening nurse.

Placement US winner in My Annabelle Creation. Competition affiliation is verified; a studio canon ruling and calendar date have not been established. 2017 is release metadata only.

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?UNRESOLVED
Web shortPromotional onlyReleased 2013

The Séance

3:07 AM; calendar date unknown Unresolved

Max Landis’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project.

Placement Commissioned to promote The Conjuring. The shared clock time is not evidence of a shared calendar year or confirmed film continuity.

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Inspection: Source verified; full work not inspected

Edition / access: The corresponding short is one segment of the complete original VICE anthology.

Watch on YouTube ↗The 3:07 AM Project — complete anthology
?UNRESOLVED
Web shortPromotional onlyReleased 2013

This One, for the Lady

3:07 AM; calendar date unknown Unresolved

Nacho Vigalondo’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project.

Placement Commissioned to promote The Conjuring. The shared clock time is not evidence of a shared calendar year or confirmed film continuity.

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Inspection: Source verified; full work not inspected

Edition / access: The corresponding short is one segment of the complete original VICE anthology.

Watch on YouTube ↗The 3:07 AM Project — complete anthology
?UNRESOLVED
Short filmDisputed canonReleased 2017

What’s Wrong with Mom?

Story date unverified Unresolved

A daughter’s mother becomes the center of a frightening encounter.

Placement Mexico winner in My Annabelle Creation. Competition affiliation is verified; a studio canon ruling and calendar date have not been established. 2017 is release metadata only.

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Edition / access: Viewing link from the published film / official promotion. No related feature film substituted.

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