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  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "dc-collection",
      "title": "DC: The Lover collected edition",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/dc-horror-presents-the-conjuring-the-lover",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Confirms five issues and the Artifact Room backups."
    },
    {
      "id": "dc-detail",
      "title": "DC: The Lover Hides Demons in its Details",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/blog/2021/06/02/the-conjuring-the-lover-hides-demons-in-its-details",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher article identifies 1981 and supplies actual #1 interior and Ferryman sample pages."
    },
    {
      "id": "panini",
      "title": "Panini licensed edition: readable preview",
      "url": "https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9783756901647_A47423182/preview-9783756901647_A47423182.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "PDF page 13 explicitly captions Danvers, Connecticut, 1981. Preview checked visually and as text; it ends before the backups."
    },
    {
      "id": "bride-preview",
      "title": "DC-supplied #2 preview, hosted by Bleeding Cool",
      "url": "https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-conjuring-the-lover-2-preview-dc-comics/",
      "kind": "Primary pages",
      "note": "Actual Bloody Bride pages inspected. Laptop report reads July 5, 2010. Three backup pages publicly supplied for preview."
    },
    {
      "id": "comicwatch",
      "title": "DC press preview for #2",
      "url": "https://comic-watch.com/news/news-watch-dc-horror-reveals-first-look-at-interior-pages-of-the-conjuring-the-lover-2",
      "kind": "Publisher statement",
      "note": "Confirms prelude status and the wedding-dress backup."
    },
    {
      "id": "dc3",
      "title": "DC: The Lover #3",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/dc-horror-presents-the-conjuring-the-lover-2021/dc-horror-presents-the-conjuring-the-lover-3",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Issue and accordion-monkey narrative verified; full backup interior unavailable in this audit."
    },
    {
      "id": "dc4",
      "title": "DC: The Lover #4",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/dc-horror-presents-the-conjuring-the-lover-2021/dc-horror-presents-the-conjuring-the-lover-4",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Issue and music-box narrative verified; full backup interior unavailable in this audit."
    },
    {
      "id": "dc5",
      "title": "DC: The Lover #5",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/dc-horror-presents-the-conjuring-the-lover-2021/dc-horror-presents-the-conjuring-the-lover-5",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Issue and chalice narrative verified; full backup interior unavailable in this audit."
    },
    {
      "id": "review3",
      "title": "AIPT #3 review with actual interior excerpt",
      "url": "https://aiptcomics.com/2021/08/03/the-conjuring-the-lover-3-review/",
      "kind": "Secondary + pages",
      "note": "Main-story excerpt obtained; not the full accordion-monkey story."
    },
    {
      "id": "review4",
      "title": "DC Comics News #4 review and interior pages",
      "url": "https://dccomicsnews.com/2022/03/18/review-the-conjuring-the-lover-4/",
      "kind": "Secondary + pages",
      "note": "Main-story sample pages inspected, including snowy college dismissal and Brookfield days-later caption."
    },
    {
      "id": "review5",
      "title": "DC Comics News #5 review and interior pages",
      "url": "https://dccomicsnews.com/2022/03/18/review-the-conjuring-the-lover-5/",
      "kind": "Secondary + pages",
      "note": "Main-story pages inspected. Exact day is not established by those excerpts."
    },
    {
      "id": "dc-connect",
      "title": "DC Connect #19: collection ISBN",
      "url": "https://static.dc.com/sites/default/files/imce/2021/11-NOV/19_DC%20Connect_FNL.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Hardcover ISBN 9781779515087; issue and backup creators enumerated."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon",
      "title": "Amazon: official film guide and direct product links",
      "url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/the-conjuring-prime-video-watch",
      "kind": "Primary retailer",
      "note": "Product URLs for all nine core films and La Llorona extracted from Amazon’s own article. No prices or availability promises reproduced."
    },
    {
      "id": "nun2",
      "title": "The Nun II: official synopsis",
      "url": "https://www.thenun-movie.com/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Explicitly identifies France, 1956."
    },
    {
      "id": "last",
      "title": "Last Rites: official Warner Bros. Japan site",
      "url": "https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/shiryoukan-gishiki/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Explicitly identifies Pennsylvania, 1986."
    },
    {
      "id": "last-site",
      "title": "Last Rites: official movie site",
      "url": "https://www.theconjuringmovie.com/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Identifies the ninth theatrical universe entry."
    },
    {
      "id": "ap-last",
      "title": "AP: Last Rites review",
      "url": "https://apnews.com/article/fee578d995adcc4d26e53de7e9f06721",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Confirms opening in 1964, main story in 1986, and wedding ending."
    },
    {
      "id": "regal",
      "title": "Regal: film chronology guide",
      "url": "https://www.regmovies.com/movie-news/how-to-watch-the-conjuring-movies-in-order",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Film-year cross-check. Used only for broad chronology, not invented exact dates."
    },
    {
      "id": "justwatch",
      "title": "JustWatch: chronological film guide",
      "url": "https://guides.justwatch.com/uk/the-conjuring-movies-in-order",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Cross-check for main-story order and the 1972 placement of Comes Home."
    },
    {
      "id": "annabelle-conflict",
      "title": "Reported Annabelle prop-date conflict",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/TheConjuringUniverse/comments/16ntwcn/regarding_the_broken_timeline/",
      "kind": "Unverified lead",
      "note": "Reports October 3, 1970 newspaper, conflicting with conventional 1967. Film frame has not been independently inspected here; neither claim silently overrides the other."
    },
    {
      "id": "home-conflict",
      "title": "Looper: Comes Home chronology contradiction",
      "url": "https://www.looper.com/768468/the-entire-annabelle-timeline-explained/",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Discusses 1968 prologue, one-year-later card, music-box continuity, and 1972 music cue. Supports a qualified rather than exact main-story year."
    },
    {
      "id": "llorona",
      "title": "Chaves and Safran on La Llorona membership",
      "url": "https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3769868/la-llorona-conjuring-universe-producers-confirmation/",
      "kind": "Interview reporting",
      "note": "Direct statements exclude official franchise membership despite the Perez/Annabelle connection."
    },
    {
      "id": "llorona-film",
      "title": "La Llorona film record",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curse_of_La_Llorona",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "1673 prologue and 1973 Los Angeles setting; fictional story, not historical legend chronology."
    },
    {
      "id": "wolves",
      "title": "Wolves at the Door film record",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_at_the_Door",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "1969 setting and Detective Clarkin crossover; not promoted into confirmed franchise canon."
    },
    {
      "id": "contest",
      "title": "The Nurse: contemporary contest report",
      "url": "https://www.slashfilm.com/552815/the-nurse-short-film/",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Verifies US winner and the fit-within-the-world competition premise; does not establish an exact story year."
    },
    {
      "id": "shorts",
      "title": "Five international contest winners",
      "url": "https://www.sopitas.com/cine-y-tv/5-aterradores-cortos-universo-el-conjuro-concurso-annabelle-creation/",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Names all five winners and embeds the films. No release year is reused as a story year."
    },
    {
      "id": "307",
      "title": "The 3:07 AM Project retrospective",
      "url": "https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3733358/ti-west-and-more-directed-segments-for-a-conjuring-spin-off-project-you-probably-havent-seen/",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Confirms four commissioned narrative promotional shorts. 3:07 AM is a clock time, not a calendar placement."
    },
    {
      "id": "vr-production",
      "title": "PoB Studios: official VR production portfolio",
      "url": "https://www.pobstudios.com/virtual-reality",
      "kind": "Primary creator",
      "note": "Lists Experience Enfield and Visions as distinct Warner Bros. experiences."
    },
    {
      "id": "vr-study",
      "title": "Academic audit of Conjuring transmedia",
      "url": "https://www.ttrantor.org/des/BRUM082.pdf",
      "kind": "Secondary research",
      "note": "Identifies Bee’s Room, Escape the Abbey, and five contest winners. Official video links preserved in record notes."
    },
    {
      "id": "quarantine",
      "title": "Annabelle in Quarantine contemporary report",
      "url": "https://bleedingcool.com/movies/annabelle-in-quarantine-warner-bros-conjuring-short-film/",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "2020 studio-office comedy, not period horror continuity."
    },
    {
      "id": "quarantine2",
      "title": "Warner Bros.: Annabelle in Quarantine Part 2",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GdWrwFRN3Y",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official narrative promotional sequel, published October 26, 2021. Pandemic context; exact fictional date not established."
    },
    {
      "id": "tv",
      "title": "WBD: Conjuring television development announcement",
      "url": "https://press.wbd.com/na/media-release/hbo-max/max-announces-development-drama-series-set-conjuring-universe",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Development announcement does not supply released episodes or a story chronology."
    },
    {
      "id": "first",
      "title": "WBD 2026 shareholder letter",
      "url": "https://s201.q4cdn.com/336605034/files/doc_earnings/2026/q1/earnings-result/WBD-1Q26-Shareholder-Letter.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Verifies First Communion on the upcoming slate; no story year inferred from its release date."
    },
    {
      "id": "gcd",
      "title": "Grand Comics Database: collection contents",
      "url": "https://www.comics.org/issue/2369483/",
      "kind": "Secondary index",
      "note": "Cross-check for all five backup titles and Macabre Mail Orders; cover months are publication metadata."
    },
    {
      "id": "dark-occult",
      "title": "Steam: The Dark Occult",
      "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/921780/The_Conjuring_House/",
      "kind": "Primary product",
      "note": "Formerly The Conjuring House; no Warner Bros. franchise license established. Excluded from universe canon."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "creation-prologue",
      "title": "Annabelle: Creation — Mullins family prologue",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 1943",
      "order": 1943,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2017-08-11",
      "description": "The dollmaker’s family loses Bee.",
      "note": "Twelve years before the commonly documented 1955 main story; calculated placement, not a date independently read from the film here.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "amazon",
        "regal"
      ],
      "product": "creation",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Inferred from interval",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0747HWN6C",
      "productName": "Annabelle: Creation — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1943",
      "estimated": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nun",
      "title": "The Nun",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1952",
      "order": 1952,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2018-09-07",
      "description": "Father Burke and Sister Irene investigate the abbey of St. Carta in Romania.",
      "note": "Main story. Earlier abbey history and the later Warren framing scenes are not assigned invented calendar years.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "regal",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "nun",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KMHGBMQ",
      "productName": "The Nun — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1952",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "creation",
      "title": "Annabelle: Creation",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1955",
      "order": 1955,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2017-08-11",
      "description": "Orphaned girls arrive at the Mullins home and encounter the doll.",
      "note": "The 1943 prologue and est. 1967 epilogue are indexed separately.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "creation",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0747HWN6C",
      "productName": "Annabelle: Creation — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1955",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nun2",
      "title": "The Nun II",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1956",
      "order": 1956,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2023-09-08",
      "description": "Sister Irene follows Valak’s return through France.",
      "note": "Official synopsis supplies the year. The undated Warren end-credit scene is not assumed to happen in 1956.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "nun2",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "nun2",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Official explicit year",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGLYFMHW",
      "productName": "The Nun II — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1956",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "last-prologue",
      "title": "Last Rites — the mirror case",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1964",
      "order": 1964,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2025-09-05",
      "description": "The younger Warrens investigate the mirror before Judy’s birth.",
      "note": "The prologue predates the film’s 1986 main case. Judy’s age conflicts with earlier films; do not backdate their plots to reconcile it.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "ap-last"
      ],
      "product": "last",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN2VJ2TF",
      "productName": "Last Rites — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1964",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "creation-epilogue",
      "title": "Annabelle: Creation — Janice’s later life",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 1967",
      "order": 1967,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2017-08-11",
      "description": "Janice becomes Annabelle Higgins, leading into the first Annabelle film.",
      "note": "Twelve years after the 1955 main events. The reported 1970 newspaper in Annabelle creates a continuity conflict.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "amazon",
        "regal",
        "annabelle-conflict"
      ],
      "product": "creation",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Inferred; continuity conflict",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0747HWN6C",
      "productName": "Annabelle: Creation — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1967",
      "estimated": true
    },
    {
      "id": "annabelle",
      "title": "Annabelle",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 1967; 1970 prop-date conflict",
      "order": 1967.1,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2014-10-03",
      "description": "John and Mia Form face escalating supernatural attacks linked to their new doll.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "regal",
        "annabelle-conflict",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "annabelle",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Chronology disputed",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6BW2FST",
      "productName": "Annabelle — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1967",
      "estimated": true
    },
    {
      "id": "annabelle-case",
      "title": "The Conjuring — Annabelle case",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1968",
      "order": 1968,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2013-07-19",
      "description": "The Warrens hear the nurses’ account and take custody of Annabelle.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "regal",
        "annabelle-conflict"
      ],
      "product": "conjuring",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Caption reported; frame not inspected",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FPH6A70",
      "productName": "The Conjuring — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1968",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "wolves",
      "title": "Wolves at the Door",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1969",
      "order": 1969,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2016-10-21",
      "description": "A home-invasion story based loosely on the Tate murders.",
      "note": "Eric Ladin reprises Detective Clarkin from Annabelle. A shared character does not establish confirmed official-universe membership.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "wolves"
      ],
      "product": null,
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Setting supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0RID3I37QSHSTOEVVV5P3NOD7H",
      "productMatch": "Exact film on Amazon Prime Video; regional edition. Associates conversion pending marketplace.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1969",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "conjuring",
      "title": "The Conjuring",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1971",
      "order": 1971,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2013-07-19",
      "description": "The Perron family asks Ed and Lorraine Warren to investigate their Rhode Island farmhouse.",
      "note": "Ordered by the Perron case. The opening 1968 doll case is a separate segment; undated visions and historic backstory stay inside the work.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "regal",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "conjuring",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FPH6A70",
      "productName": "The Conjuring — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1971",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "home",
      "title": "Annabelle Comes Home",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 1972; 1969 reading conflicts",
      "order": 1972,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2019-06-26",
      "description": "Judy Warren and her babysitters confront spirits released from the artifact room.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "justwatch",
        "home-conflict",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "home",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Likely; continuity conflict",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VN93C5M",
      "productName": "Annabelle Comes Home — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1972",
      "estimated": true
    },
    {
      "id": "llorona-prologue",
      "title": "The Curse of La Llorona — origin prologue",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1673",
      "order": 1673,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2019-04-19",
      "description": "A mother drowns her children in colonial Mexico.",
      "note": "Film-specific prologue, not a date for the folklore as a whole. Perez connects the film to Annabelle, but creators exclude official franchise membership.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "llorona-film",
        "llorona"
      ],
      "product": "llorona",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8P933MB",
      "productName": "The Curse of La Llorona — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1673",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "llorona",
      "title": "The Curse of La Llorona",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1973",
      "order": 1973,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2019-04-19",
      "description": "Anna Tate-Garcia fights to protect her children from a vengeful spirit in Los Angeles.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "llorona-film",
        "llorona",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "llorona",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8P933MB",
      "productName": "The Curse of La Llorona — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1973",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "amityville",
      "title": "The Conjuring 2 — Amityville investigation",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1976",
      "order": 1976,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2016-06-10",
      "description": "Lorraine’s investigation introduces visions of Valak and Ed’s death.",
      "note": "The prologue is earlier than the main Enfield story. Real-world Amityville adaptations are not automatically part of this universe.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "regal"
      ],
      "product": "conjuring2",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8S16JQQ",
      "productName": "The Conjuring 2 — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
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      "railLabel": "1976",
      "estimated": false
    },
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      "title": "The Conjuring 2",
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      "order": 1977,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2016-06-10",
      "description": "The Warrens travel to Enfield to help the Hodgson family.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "regal",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "conjuring2",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8S16JQQ",
      "productName": "The Conjuring 2 — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1977",
      "estimated": false
    },
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      "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #1",
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      "date": "1981; likely winter",
      "order": 1981.01,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-06-01",
      "description": "Jessica returns to college after winter break and senses a hostile presence.",
      "note": "Actual caption establishes 1981. Winter placement follows post-break return and snow; no exact day is asserted.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dc-collection",
        "panini"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Explicit year; season inferred",
      "inspection": "Actual licensed preview inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1981",
      "estimated": true,
      "displayRun": {
        "id": "lover-run",
        "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #1–5",
        "date": "1981; est. winter opening",
        "estimated": true,
        "description": "Jessica’s college experiences and return to Brookfield lead into The Devil Made Me Do It.",
        "note": "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.",
        "confidence": "Explicit opening year; season estimated"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "lover-2",
      "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #2",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "1981; after chapter 1",
      "order": 1981.02,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-07-06",
      "description": "Jessica’s experiences at college become increasingly disturbing.",
      "note": "Chapter order follows Jessica’s narrative. Shared 1981 setting; publication month is not an in-universe month. Exact chapter dates need full-issue verification.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dc-collection",
        "comicwatch"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Shared setting; relative order",
      "inspection": "Publisher preview checked; full chapter unavailable",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1981",
      "estimated": false,
      "displayRun": {
        "id": "lover-run",
        "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #1–5",
        "date": "1981; est. winter opening",
        "estimated": true,
        "description": "Jessica’s college experiences and return to Brookfield lead into The Devil Made Me Do It.",
        "note": "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.",
        "confidence": "Explicit opening year; season estimated"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "lover-3",
      "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #3",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "1981; after chapter 2",
      "order": 1981.03,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-08-03",
      "description": "Isolation and unexplained violence deepen Jessica’s crisis.",
      "note": "Chapter order follows Jessica’s narrative. Shared 1981 setting; publication month is not an in-universe month. Exact chapter dates need full-issue verification.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dc-collection",
        "dc3",
        "review3"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Shared setting; relative order",
      "inspection": "Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1981",
      "estimated": false,
      "displayRun": {
        "id": "lover-run",
        "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #1–5",
        "date": "1981; est. winter opening",
        "estimated": true,
        "description": "Jessica’s college experiences and return to Brookfield lead into The Devil Made Me Do It.",
        "note": "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.",
        "confidence": "Explicit opening year; season estimated"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "lover-4",
      "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #4",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "1981; after chapter 3",
      "order": 1981.04,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-09-07",
      "description": "After dismissal from college, Jessica returns to Brookfield.",
      "note": "Chapter order follows Jessica’s narrative. Shared 1981 setting; publication month is not an in-universe month. Exact chapter dates need full-issue verification.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dc-collection",
        "dc4",
        "review4"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Shared setting; relative order",
      "inspection": "Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1981",
      "estimated": false,
      "displayRun": {
        "id": "lover-run",
        "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #1–5",
        "date": "1981; est. winter opening",
        "estimated": true,
        "description": "Jessica’s college experiences and return to Brookfield lead into The Devil Made Me Do It.",
        "note": "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.",
        "confidence": "Explicit opening year; season estimated"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "lover-5",
      "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #5",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "1981; after chapter 4",
      "order": 1981.05,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-10-05",
      "description": "Jessica’s tragedy leads into the investigation in The Devil Made Me Do It.",
      "note": "Chapter order follows Jessica’s narrative. Shared 1981 setting; publication month is not an in-universe month. Exact chapter dates need full-issue verification.",
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        "dc-collection",
        "dc5",
        "review5"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Shared setting; relative order",
      "inspection": "Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
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      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1981",
      "estimated": false,
      "displayRun": {
        "id": "lover-run",
        "title": "The Conjuring: The Lover #1–5",
        "date": "1981; est. winter opening",
        "estimated": true,
        "description": "Jessica’s college experiences and return to Brookfield lead into The Devil Made Me Do It.",
        "note": "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.",
        "confidence": "Explicit opening year; season estimated"
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    },
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      "title": "The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1981",
      "order": 1981.1,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-06-04",
      "description": "The Warrens investigate a curse surrounding Arne Johnson’s murder case.",
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        "regal",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "devil",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Year supported",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098R7P8SW",
      "productName": "The Devil Made Me Do It — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
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      "railLabel": "1981",
      "estimated": false
    },
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      "id": "last",
      "title": "The Conjuring: Last Rites",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1986",
      "order": 1986,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2025-09-05",
      "description": "The Warrens face the Smurl family’s haunting in Pennsylvania.",
      "note": "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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        "last",
        "last-site",
        "ap-last",
        "amazon"
      ],
      "product": "last",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Official explicit year",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN2VJ2TF",
      "productName": "Last Rites — digital movie",
      "productMatch": "Exact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1986",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
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      "title": "Tales from the Artifact Room: The Bloody Bride",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "After July 5, 2010; exact year unresolved",
      "order": 2010.51,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2021-07-06",
      "description": "Mariah Walker finds a wedding dress associated with Quinn Lane’s murderous wedding.",
      "note": "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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        "dc-collection"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
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      "inspection": "Three actual backup preview pages inspected",
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      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "2010",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ferryman",
      "title": "Tales from the Artifact Room: The Ferryman",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "Unresolved; childhood to adulthood",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-06-01",
      "description": "A stolen funeral coin leaves Everett pursued by the Ferryman.",
      "note": "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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        "dc-collection"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative chronology only",
      "inspection": "Actual publisher-supplied backup page inspected; full story unavailable",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "?",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "monkey",
      "title": "Tales from the Artifact Room: The Accordion Monkey",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "Date verification pending",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-08-03",
      "description": "An origin tale for the artifact room’s accordion-playing monkey.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dc3",
        "dc-collection"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Unresolved",
      "inspection": "Backup interior unavailable",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "?",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "sleeping",
      "title": "Tales from the Artifact Room: The Sleeping Song",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "Date verification pending",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-09-07",
      "description": "A horror story centered on the haunted music box.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dc4",
        "dc-collection"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
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      "inspection": "Backup interior unavailable",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
      "productName": "The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5",
      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "?",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "chalice",
      "title": "Tales from the Artifact Room: The Chalice",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "Date verification pending",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021-10-05",
      "description": "A story about the Occultist’s ritual chalice.",
      "note": "The object connects to the 1981 film, but a connection alone does not date this distinct story. Full interior verification remains pending.",
      "sourceIds": [
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        "dc-collection"
      ],
      "product": "lover",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Unresolved",
      "inspection": "Backup interior unavailable",
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1779515081",
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      "productMatch": "Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified.",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "?",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nurse",
      "title": "The Nurse",
      "type": "Short film",
      "date": "Story date unverified",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "A child encounters a frightening nurse.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "contest",
        "shorts"
      ],
      "product": null,
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Unresolved",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
      "productMatch": "Viewing link from the published film / official promotion. No related feature film substituted.",
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      "productName": "Full narrative short",
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "?",
      "actionLabel": "Watch on YouTube",
      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "confession",
      "title": "The Confession",
      "type": "Short film",
      "date": "Story date unverified",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "A young woman seeks a priest’s help with a terrifying presence.",
      "note": "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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        "shorts"
      ],
      "product": null,
      "segment": false,
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      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
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      "railLabel": "?",
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      "estimated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "mom",
      "title": "What’s Wrong with Mom?",
      "type": "Short film",
      "date": "Story date unverified",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "A daughter’s mother becomes the center of a frightening encounter.",
      "note": "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.",
      "sourceIds": [
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        "shorts"
      ],
      "product": null,
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      "railLabel": "?",
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      "estimated": false
    },
    {
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      "type": "Short film",
      "date": "Story date unverified",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "A bedtime encounter draws on the figure of John Blund.",
      "note": "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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      "product": null,
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      "railLabel": "?",
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    },
    {
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      "title": "Innocent Souls (Almas inocentes)",
      "type": "Short film",
      "date": "Story date unverified",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "A Colombian supernatural horror short.",
      "note": "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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        "shorts"
      ],
      "product": null,
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    },
    {
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      "type": "Web short",
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      "release": "2013",
      "description": "Nacho Vigalondo’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project.",
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      "product": null,
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      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
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    },
    {
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      "order": null,
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      "release": "2013",
      "description": "Max Landis’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project.",
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      "release": "2013",
      "description": "Ti West’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project.",
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      "description": "Jason Eisener’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project.",
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      "description": "An immersive first-person visit to the haunted Enfield house.",
      "note": "Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.",
      "sourceIds": [
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        "vr-study"
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      "product": null,
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Unresolved",
      "inspection": "Source verified; full work not inspected",
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      "productMatch": "No verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information.",
      "productUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6aRkhlqWuE",
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      "railLabel": "?",
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    },
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      "description": "A promotional experience framed through Lorraine’s perspective.",
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        "vr-production",
        "vr-study"
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      "watchUrl": "https://www.pobstudios.com/virtual-reality",
      "productMatch": "No verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information.",
      "productUrl": "https://www.pobstudios.com/virtual-reality",
      "productName": "View experience / source",
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      "railLabel": "?",
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    },
    {
      "id": "vr-bee",
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        "vr-study"
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      "railLabel": "?",
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    },
    {
      "id": "vr-abbey",
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        "vr-study"
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      "productMatch": "No verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information.",
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      "order": 2021,
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      "description": "Annabelle continues her pandemic-era antics.",
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      "title": "The Conjuring: First Communion",
      "type": "Upcoming film",
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      "note": "Not a released narrative as of October 6, 2026; excluded from dated chronology. No Amazon preorder match verified.",
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    {
      "title": "The Conjuring television series",
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    {
      "title": "Macabre Mail Orders (#1–5)",
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      "note": "Faux mail-order ads and pinups in The Lover. They are indexed in the collection, but no separate plotted story was verified.",
      "sources": [
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    {
      "title": "Novels, manga and audio dramas",
      "type": "Coverage check",
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      "note": "Claims of a Robb White Conjuring novelization lack a verified publisher/ISBN match and are not included. This is a search result, not proof that no such works can ever exist.",
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    {
      "title": "The Dark Occult / The Conjuring House",
      "type": "Game",
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    {
      "title": "The Conjuring Universe Tour and haunted attractions",
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      "note": "Licensed scene recreations exist; no distinct new scripted narrative or in-universe year verified. Not inserted as a dated story.",
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      "All five Lover issues and five distinct Artifact Room stories cross-checked against DC and collection contents.",
      "Five contest winners, four 3:07 shorts, four VR narratives and both Quarantine shorts included.",
      "Known year conflicts preserved. Unknown dates separated from dated chronology; no release year substituted for a story year.",
      "Corresponding films and containing comic edition retained; short-form narratives use verified viewing or experience links, never unrelated purchases."
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    "gaps": [
      "Full backup interiors for The Accordion Monkey, The Sleeping Song and The Chalice remain unavailable.",
      "Only one Ferryman page was inspected; a full-story date audit remains open.",
      "Full Lover chapters #2–5 and scene-level chronology remain only partially inspected.",
      "Annabelle newspaper frame and Comes Home chronology need direct film-frame rechecking.",
      "Contest shorts and VR experiences need full audiovisual date-clue review."
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