The Lover: explicit 1981
Panini’s licensed preview, PDF page 13, shows Danvers, Connecticut, 1981 in the story caption.
PRE-BUILD INVENTORY · OCTOBER 6, 2026
The dates.
The evidence.
The Conjuring Universe: research table, product / access matches and inspection gaps.
Return to timelineVERIFICATION STATUS
Broad coverage.
Open questions.
42 catalogue records; 36 indexed works. Shared branch points, embedded scenes and anthology containers are distinguished.
A research edition, not a completed full-interior audit. A missing date remains an inspection gap until the actual work has been checked.
Inventory / contradiction checks
- Nine core released feature films cross-checked against the studio’s ninth-entry description.
- 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.
Verification still required
- 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.
ACTUAL COMIC PAGE EVIDENCE
The Bloody Bride: after 2010
The preview’s laptop report is dated July 5, 2010. It dates Quinn Lane’s earlier event, not Mariah’s later wedding.
The Ferryman: an age clue
The inspected funeral page says Everett was eight. That does not establish a calendar date. Remaining pages and other backups still need inspection.
RESEARCH TABLE BEFORE PAGE BUILD
Every indexed record
Compare story date, canon, continuity, actual inspection and edition / viewing match. Scroll horizontally for all columns.
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| Entry | Media / release | Story date | Canon / continuity | Placement / inspection | Sources | Edition / viewing match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annabelle: Creation — Mullins family prologueThe dollmaker’s family loses Bee. · Embedded segment | FilmReleased 2017-08-11 | est. 1943Inferred from interval | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Twelve years before the commonly documented 1955 main story; calculated placement, not a date independently read from the film here.Source verified; full work not inspected | Amazon: official film guide and direct product linksRegal: film chronology guide | Annabelle: Creation — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The NunFather Burke and Sister Irene investigate the abbey of St. Carta in Romania. | FilmReleased 2018-09-07 | 1952Year supported | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Main story. Earlier abbey history and the later Warren framing scenes are not assigned invented calendar years.Source verified; full work not inspected | Regal: film chronology guideAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | The Nun — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| Annabelle: CreationOrphaned girls arrive at the Mullins home and encounter the doll. | FilmReleased 2017-08-11 | 1955Year supported | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | The 1943 prologue and est. 1967 epilogue are indexed separately.Source verified; full work not inspected | Amazon: official film guide and direct product links | Annabelle: Creation — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The Nun IISister Irene follows Valak’s return through France. | FilmReleased 2023-09-08 | 1956Official explicit year | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Official synopsis supplies the year. The undated Warren end-credit scene is not assumed to happen in 1956.Source verified; full work not inspected | The Nun II: official synopsisAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | The Nun II — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| Last Rites — the mirror caseThe younger Warrens investigate the mirror before Judy’s birth. · Embedded segment | FilmReleased 2025-09-05 | 1964Year supported | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | The prologue predates the film’s 1986 main case. Judy’s age conflicts with earlier films; do not backdate their plots to reconcile it.Source verified; full work not inspected | AP: Last Rites review | Last Rites — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| Annabelle: Creation — Janice’s later lifeJanice becomes Annabelle Higgins, leading into the first Annabelle film. · Embedded segment | FilmReleased 2017-08-11 | est. 1967Inferred; continuity conflict | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Twelve years after the 1955 main events. The reported 1970 newspaper in Annabelle creates a continuity conflict.Source verified; full work not inspected | Amazon: official film guide and direct product linksRegal: film chronology guideReported Annabelle prop-date conflict | Annabelle: Creation — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| AnnabelleJohn and Mia Form face escalating supernatural attacks linked to their new doll. | FilmReleased 2014-10-03 | est. 1967; 1970 prop-date conflictChronology disputed | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | Regal: film chronology guideReported Annabelle prop-date conflictAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | Annabelle — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The Conjuring — Annabelle caseThe Warrens hear the nurses’ account and take custody of Annabelle. · Embedded segment | FilmReleased 2013-07-19 | 1968Caption reported; frame not inspected | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | Regal: film chronology guideReported Annabelle prop-date conflict | The Conjuring — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| Wolves at the DoorA home-invasion story based loosely on the Tate murders. | FilmReleased 2016-10-21 | 1969Setting supported | Non-canon connectedShared universe — films & tie-ins | Eric Ladin reprises Detective Clarkin from Annabelle. A shared character does not establish confirmed official-universe membership.Source verified; full work not inspected | Wolves at the Door film record | View on Prime VideoExact film on Amazon Prime Video; regional edition. Associates conversion pending marketplace. |
| The ConjuringThe Perron family asks Ed and Lorraine Warren to investigate their Rhode Island farmhouse. | FilmReleased 2013-07-19 | 1971Year supported | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Ordered by the Perron case. The opening 1968 doll case is a separate segment; undated visions and historic backstory stay inside the work.Source verified; full work not inspected | Regal: film chronology guideAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | The Conjuring — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| Annabelle Comes HomeJudy Warren and her babysitters confront spirits released from the artifact room. | FilmReleased 2019-06-26 | est. 1972; 1969 reading conflictsLikely; continuity conflict | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | JustWatch: chronological film guideLooper: Comes Home chronology contradictionAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | Annabelle Comes Home — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The Curse of La Llorona — origin prologueA mother drowns her children in colonial Mexico. · Embedded segment | FilmReleased 2019-04-19 | 1673Year supported | Disputed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Film-specific prologue, not a date for the folklore as a whole. Perez connects the film to Annabelle, but creators exclude official franchise membership.Source verified; full work not inspected | La Llorona film recordChaves and Safran on La Llorona membership | The Curse of La Llorona — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The Curse of La LloronaAnna Tate-Garcia fights to protect her children from a vengeful spirit in Los Angeles. | FilmReleased 2019-04-19 | 1973Year supported | Disputed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | La Llorona film recordChaves and Safran on La Llorona membershipAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | The Curse of La Llorona — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The Conjuring 2 — Amityville investigationLorraine’s investigation introduces visions of Valak and Ed’s death. · Embedded segment | FilmReleased 2016-06-10 | 1976Year supported | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | The prologue is earlier than the main Enfield story. Real-world Amityville adaptations are not automatically part of this universe.Source verified; full work not inspected | Regal: film chronology guide | The Conjuring 2 — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The Conjuring 2The Warrens travel to Enfield to help the Hodgson family. | FilmReleased 2016-06-10 | 1977Year supported | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | Regal: film chronology guideAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | The Conjuring 2 — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The Conjuring: The Lover #1Jessica returns to college after winter break and senses a hostile presence. | ComicReleased 2021-06-01 | 1981; likely winterExplicit year; season inferred | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Actual caption establishes 1981. Winter placement follows post-break return and snow; no exact day is asserted.Actual licensed preview inspected | DC: The Lover collected editionPanini licensed edition: readable preview | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| The Conjuring: The Lover #2Jessica’s experiences at college become increasingly disturbing. | ComicReleased 2021-07-06 | 1981; after chapter 1Shared setting; relative order | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Chapter order follows Jessica’s narrative. Shared 1981 setting; publication month is not an in-universe month. Exact chapter dates need full-issue verification.Publisher preview checked; full chapter unavailable | DC: The Lover collected editionDC press preview for #2 | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| The Conjuring: The Lover #3Isolation and unexplained violence deepen Jessica’s crisis. | ComicReleased 2021-08-03 | 1981; after chapter 2Shared setting; relative order | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Chapter order follows Jessica’s narrative. Shared 1981 setting; publication month is not an in-universe month. Exact chapter dates need full-issue verification.Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable | DC: The Lover collected editionDC: The Lover #3AIPT #3 review with actual interior excerpt | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| The Conjuring: The Lover #4After dismissal from college, Jessica returns to Brookfield. | ComicReleased 2021-09-07 | 1981; after chapter 3Shared setting; relative order | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Chapter order follows Jessica’s narrative. Shared 1981 setting; publication month is not an in-universe month. Exact chapter dates need full-issue verification.Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable | DC: The Lover collected editionDC: The Lover #4DC Comics News #4 review and interior pages | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| The Conjuring: The Lover #5Jessica’s tragedy leads into the investigation in The Devil Made Me Do It. | ComicReleased 2021-10-05 | 1981; after chapter 4Shared setting; relative order | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Chapter order follows Jessica’s narrative. Shared 1981 setting; publication month is not an in-universe month. Exact chapter dates need full-issue verification.Actual main-story excerpt inspected; full chapter unavailable | DC: The Lover collected editionDC: The Lover #5DC Comics News #5 review and interior pages | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do ItThe Warrens investigate a curse surrounding Arne Johnson’s murder case. | FilmReleased 2021-06-04 | 1981Year supported | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | DC: The Lover collected editionRegal: film chronology guideAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | The Devil Made Me Do It — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| The Conjuring: Last RitesThe Warrens face the Smurl family’s haunting in Pennsylvania. | FilmReleased 2025-09-05 | 1986Official explicit year | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | Official WB synopsis supplies 1986. The 1964 mirror prologue is indexed separately; the later wedding is not assigned an unchecked year.Source verified; full work not inspected | Last Rites: official Warner Bros. Japan siteLast Rites: official movie siteAP: Last Rites reviewAmazon: official film guide and direct product links | Last Rites — digital movieExact corresponding film; Amazon digital edition. Product match verified from Amazon’s official article. |
| Tales from the Artifact Room: The Bloody BrideMariah Walker finds a wedding dress associated with Quinn Lane’s murderous wedding. | ComicReleased 2021-07-06 | After July 5, 2010; exact year unresolvedExplicit dated clue; lower bound | Disputed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Three actual backup preview pages inspected | DC-supplied #2 preview, hosted by Bleeding CoolDC press preview for #2DC: The Lover collected edition | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| Tales from the Artifact Room: The FerrymanA stolen funeral coin leaves Everett pursued by the Ferryman. | ComicReleased 2021-06-01 | Unresolved; childhood to adulthoodRelative chronology only | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Actual publisher-supplied backup page inspected; full story unavailable | DC: The Lover Hides Demons in its DetailsDC: The Lover collected edition | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| Tales from the Artifact Room: The Accordion MonkeyAn origin tale for the artifact room’s accordion-playing monkey. | ComicReleased 2021-08-03 | Date verification pendingUnresolved | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Backup interior unavailable | DC: The Lover #3DC: The Lover collected edition | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| Tales from the Artifact Room: The Sleeping SongA horror story centered on the haunted music box. | ComicReleased 2021-09-07 | Date verification pendingUnresolved | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Backup interior unavailable | DC: The Lover #4DC: The Lover collected edition | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| Tales from the Artifact Room: The ChaliceA story about the Occultist’s ritual chalice. | ComicReleased 2021-10-05 | Date verification pendingUnresolved | Confirmed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | The object connects to the 1981 film, but a connection alone does not date this distinct story. Full interior verification remains pending.Backup interior unavailable | DC: The Lover #5DC: The Lover collected edition | The Lover — official collected hardcover, issues #1–5Official collection contains this exact story; ISBN 9781779515087. Amazon stock and edition availability not independently verified. |
| The NurseA child encounters a frightening nurse. | Short filmReleased 2017 | Story date unverifiedUnresolved | Disputed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | The Nurse: contemporary contest reportFive international contest winners | Full narrative shortViewing link from the published film / official promotion. No related feature film substituted. |
| The ConfessionA young woman seeks a priest’s help with a terrifying presence. | Short filmReleased 2017 | Story date unverifiedUnresolved | Disputed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | The Nurse: contemporary contest reportFive international contest winners | Full narrative shortViewing link from the published film / official promotion. No related feature film substituted. |
| What’s Wrong with Mom?A daughter’s mother becomes the center of a frightening encounter. | Short filmReleased 2017 | Story date unverifiedUnresolved | Disputed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | The Nurse: contemporary contest reportFive international contest winners | Full narrative shortViewing link from the published film / official promotion. No related feature film substituted. |
| Blund’s LullabyA bedtime encounter draws on the figure of John Blund. | Short filmReleased 2017 | Story date unverifiedUnresolved | Disputed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | The Nurse: contemporary contest reportFive international contest winners | Full narrative shortViewing link from the published film / official promotion. No related feature film substituted. |
| Innocent Souls (Almas inocentes)A Colombian supernatural horror short. | Short filmReleased 2017 | Story date unverifiedUnresolved | Disputed canonShared universe — films & tie-ins | 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.Source verified; full work not inspected | The Nurse: contemporary contest reportFive international contest winners | Full narrative shortViewing link from the published film / official promotion. No related feature film substituted. |
| This One, for the LadyNacho Vigalondo’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project. | Web shortReleased 2013 | 3:07 AM; calendar date unknownUnresolved | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Commissioned to promote The Conjuring. The shared clock time is not evidence of a shared calendar year or confirmed film continuity.Source verified; full work not inspected | The 3:07 AM Project retrospective | The 3:07 AM Project — complete anthologyThe corresponding short is one segment of the complete original VICE anthology. |
| The SéanceMax Landis’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project. | Web shortReleased 2013 | 3:07 AM; calendar date unknownUnresolved | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Commissioned to promote The Conjuring. The shared clock time is not evidence of a shared calendar year or confirmed film continuity.Source verified; full work not inspected | The 3:07 AM Project retrospective | The 3:07 AM Project — complete anthologyThe corresponding short is one segment of the complete original VICE anthology. |
| BoxTi West’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project. | Web shortReleased 2013 | 3:07 AM; calendar date unknownUnresolved | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Commissioned to promote The Conjuring. The shared clock time is not evidence of a shared calendar year or confirmed film continuity.Source verified; full work not inspected | The 3:07 AM Project retrospective | The 3:07 AM Project — complete anthologyThe corresponding short is one segment of the complete original VICE anthology. |
| One Last DiveJason Eisener’s narrative short for The 3:07 AM Project. | Web shortReleased 2013 | 3:07 AM; calendar date unknownUnresolved | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Commissioned to promote The Conjuring. The shared clock time is not evidence of a shared calendar year or confirmed film continuity.Source verified; full work not inspected | The 3:07 AM Project retrospective | The 3:07 AM Project — complete anthologyThe corresponding short is one segment of the complete original VICE anthology. |
| The Conjuring 2: Experience Enfield VR 360An immersive first-person visit to the haunted Enfield house. | VR experienceReleased 2016 | Undated; associated film period onlyUnresolved | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.Source verified; full work not inspected | PoB Studios: official VR production portfolioAcademic audit of Conjuring transmedia | Watch on YouTubeNo verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information. |
| The Conjuring 2: Visions 360 ExperienceA promotional experience framed through Lorraine’s perspective. | VR experienceReleased 2016 | Undated; associated film period onlyUnresolved | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.Source verified; full work not inspected | PoB Studios: official VR production portfolioAcademic audit of Conjuring transmedia | View experience / sourceNo verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information. |
| Annabelle: Creation VR — Bee’s RoomA first-person supernatural encounter in Bee’s bedroom. | VR experienceReleased 2017 | Undated; associated film period onlyUnresolved | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.Source verified; full work not inspected | PoB Studios: official VR production portfolioAcademic audit of Conjuring transmedia | Watch on YouTubeNo verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information. |
| The Nun: Escape the Abbey 360A first-person journey through the abbey and an encounter with Valak. | VR experienceReleased 2018 | Undated; associated film period onlyUnresolved | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Narrative promotional experience. Its associated film setting is not silently treated as an exact date for this separate experience.Source verified; full work not inspected | PoB Studios: official VR production portfolioAcademic audit of Conjuring transmedia | Watch on YouTubeNo verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information. |
| Annabelle in QuarantineAnnabelle finds ways to occupy herself around the empty New Line offices. | Web shortReleased 2020-08-02 | est. 2020 pandemic contextContextual approximation | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Studio-office comedy outside the period-film continuity. Contemporary context supports est. 2020, not a precise story day.Source verified; full work not inspected | Annabelle in Quarantine contemporary report | View experience / sourceNo verified Amazon edition containing this narrative. This link provides viewing or original experience information. |
| Annabelle in Quarantine Part 2Annabelle continues her pandemic-era antics. | Web shortReleased 2021-10-26 | est. 2020–2021 pandemic contextContextual approximation | Promotional onlyShared universe — films & tie-ins | Warner Bros.’ description verifies pandemic context. Release in 2021 does not prove an exact fictional year.Source verified; full work not inspected | Warner Bros.: Annabelle in Quarantine Part 2 | Full narrative shortViewing link from the published film / official promotion. No related feature film substituted. |
COVERAGE BOUNDARIES
Checked beyond the main stories
The Conjuring: First Communion
Verified upcoming title; story date unknown
Not a released narrative as of October 6, 2026; excluded from dated chronology. No Amazon preorder match verified.
WBD 2026 shareholder letterThe Conjuring television series
Development announced; no released episodes verified
No episode list or fictional dates invented. Development announcements are not timeline events.
WBD: Conjuring television development announcementMacabre Mail Orders (#1–5)
Verified; excluded from narrative chronology
Faux mail-order ads and pinups in The Lover. They are indexed in the collection, but no separate plotted story was verified.
Grand Comics Database: collection contentsDC: The Lover Hides Demons in its DetailsNovels, manga and audio dramas
No official fictional-universe entries verified
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.
DC: The Lover collected editionWarren/Perron nonfiction and other Amityville adaptations
Outside this fictional continuity
The Demonologist; The Devil in Connecticut; The Haunted; House of Darkness House of Light and their audiobook editions describe or dramatize source cases. They are not automatically licensed Conjuring-universe stories. Other Amityville films are separate adaptations.
Amazon: official film guide and direct product linksThe Dark Occult / The Conjuring House
Unrelated title; excluded
No Warner Bros. franchise license verified. Similar naming is insufficient to include it.
Steam: The Dark OccultThe Conjuring Universe Tour and haunted attractions
Scope lead; narrative audit pending
Licensed scene recreations exist; no distinct new scripted narrative or in-universe year verified. Not inserted as a dated story.
SOURCE REGISTER
Primary sources first.
- PrimaryDC: The Lover Hides Demons in its Details
Publisher article identifies 1981 and supplies actual #1 interior and Ferryman sample pages.
- PrimaryPanini licensed edition: readable preview
PDF page 13 explicitly captions Danvers, Connecticut, 1981. Preview checked visually and as text; it ends before the backups.
- Primary pagesDC-supplied #2 preview, hosted by Bleeding Cool
Actual Bloody Bride pages inspected. Laptop report reads July 5, 2010. Three backup pages publicly supplied for preview.
- PrimaryDC: The Lover #3
Issue and accordion-monkey narrative verified; full backup interior unavailable in this audit.
- PrimaryDC: The Lover #4
Issue and music-box narrative verified; full backup interior unavailable in this audit.
- PrimaryDC: The Lover #5
Issue and chalice narrative verified; full backup interior unavailable in this audit.
- Secondary + pagesAIPT #3 review with actual interior excerpt
Main-story excerpt obtained; not the full accordion-monkey story.
- Secondary + pagesDC Comics News #4 review and interior pages
Main-story sample pages inspected, including snowy college dismissal and Brookfield days-later caption.
- Secondary + pagesDC Comics News #5 review and interior pages
Main-story pages inspected. Exact day is not established by those excerpts.
- PrimaryDC Connect #19: collection ISBN
Hardcover ISBN 9781779515087; issue and backup creators enumerated.
- Primary retailerAmazon: official film guide and direct product links
Product URLs for all nine core films and La Llorona extracted from Amazon’s own article. No prices or availability promises reproduced.
- SecondaryRegal: film chronology guide
Film-year cross-check. Used only for broad chronology, not invented exact dates.
- SecondaryJustWatch: chronological film guide
Cross-check for main-story order and the 1972 placement of Comes Home.
- Unverified leadReported Annabelle prop-date conflict
Reports October 3, 1970 newspaper, conflicting with conventional 1967. Film frame has not been independently inspected here; neither claim silently overrides the other.
- SecondaryLooper: Comes Home chronology contradiction
Discusses 1968 prologue, one-year-later card, music-box continuity, and 1972 music cue. Supports a qualified rather than exact main-story year.
- Interview reportingChaves and Safran on La Llorona membership
Direct statements exclude official franchise membership despite the Perez/Annabelle connection.
- SecondaryLa Llorona film record
1673 prologue and 1973 Los Angeles setting; fictional story, not historical legend chronology.
- SecondaryWolves at the Door film record
1969 setting and Detective Clarkin crossover; not promoted into confirmed franchise canon.
- SecondaryThe Nurse: contemporary contest report
Verifies US winner and the fit-within-the-world competition premise; does not establish an exact story year.
- SecondaryFive international contest winners
Names all five winners and embeds the films. No release year is reused as a story year.
- SecondaryThe 3:07 AM Project retrospective
Confirms four commissioned narrative promotional shorts. 3:07 AM is a clock time, not a calendar placement.
- Primary creatorPoB Studios: official VR production portfolio
Lists Experience Enfield and Visions as distinct Warner Bros. experiences.
- Secondary researchAcademic audit of Conjuring transmedia
Identifies Bee’s Room, Escape the Abbey, and five contest winners. Official video links preserved in record notes.
- SecondaryAnnabelle in Quarantine contemporary report
2020 studio-office comedy, not period horror continuity.
- PrimaryWarner Bros.: Annabelle in Quarantine Part 2
Official narrative promotional sequel, published October 26, 2021. Pandemic context; exact fictional date not established.
- PrimaryWBD: Conjuring television development announcement
Development announcement does not supply released episodes or a story chronology.
- PrimaryWBD 2026 shareholder letter
Verifies First Communion on the upcoming slate; no story year inferred from its release date.
- Secondary indexGrand Comics Database: collection contents
Cross-check for all five backup titles and Macabre Mail Orders; cover months are publication metadata.
- Primary productSteam: The Dark Occult
Formerly The Conjuring House; no Warner Bros. franchise license established. Excluded from universe canon.