This blog post was originally published on my personal blog on July 24, 2019 after I had learned of the selling of the Richardson-Arnold house, also known as the Old Arnold Estate, the Old Brook Farm, Richardson-Arnold House or in recent times, The Conjuring House. You see, I have known one of the previous owners for several years now, and when I heard about the sale of the house, I sincerely hoped that I could reach out to the new owners and build a rapport with them, so that they would learn the true history of the home. Well, as you will read in the red highlighted "update" at the bottom of my post, it didn't exactly happen that way.
-- Original Blog, "My Letter To The New Owners of the old Arnold Estate."
July 24, 2019
So, this past week I learned that the old Arnold Estate in Burrillville (Harrisville), Rhode Island, was sold to new owners. Now, I have known Norma Sutcliffe, the former owner of the property for several years and I know how hard it was for her to make the choice to put the house on the market. She and her husband purchased the property back in 1987 and had remained there up until the present time.
With all the troubles she had to deal with once the film 'The Conjuring' came out, from trespassers sneaking or breaking onto her property, to harassment and other stressful problems, to the recent passing of her husband, who could blame her for selling the home. Still, I know Norma and she wouldn't just sell it to anyone. That is why I was so shocked to find out that shortly after the sale of the property, these new owners were all over the news immediately selling the the whole "haunted" angle of the house.
Apparently, from what I was told the buyers told Norma one thing, and did the exact opposite once escrow closed. They originally acted uninterested in the publicity the home had received in the past and they didn't disclose being interested or involved in the paranormal field. They just said they wanted to use the home for possible writer's workshops and also to have animals/horses available to help children with special needs/disabilities. I mean that sounds pretty nice, but was it all just a ploy to get Norma to accept their offer? It seems to look that way.
Well, again, as I said, immediately after the purchase went through every news outlet was covering the new owners jumping on the bandwagon claiming the house is haunted. Oh, and did I mention the fact that there will be a 2-hour special Halloween event hosted by Ghost Adventures taking place at the home, too? I am sure they got a pretty penny for that!
Well, being that the old Arnold Estate is one of the beloved properties I have researched and covered in my blogs and books, I have decided to reach out to the new owners and I am posting the letter here I am sending them via snail-mail, so that everyone out here in cyberspace can see for themselves that the Heinzen family has been notified of the facts of the house.
I just hope after they read this letter and the print out of my research of the home (which I will link in this blog for you to read as well), that they will use their new found education on the home's history to promote an accurate re-telling of the home's past and not continue to perpetuate the false history that the Warrens and the Perrons created so many years ago. One thing is for sure, they won't be able to make an excuse that they were not given the facts surrounding the home's history after this. ----
COPY OF THE ACTUAL LETTER THAT I SENT:
7/22/2019
Dear Cory & Jennifer Heinzen,
It has come to my attention that you have recently purchased the historic old Arnold Estate aka the Old Brook Farm in Harrisville (Burrillville), Rhode Island from Norma Sutcliffe, long-time owner of said property. This letter is intended to inform you about the facts surrounding the history of your home, and to set some things straight regarding the false stories that have been erroneously spread.
Based on the many interviews you have given various news outlets recently, it appears that your intention when purchasing the home was to capitalize off of the publicity it has gained for inspiring the film "The Conjuring." The only problem with that is that none of the so-called history that Lorraine Warren or Andrea Perron claim took place there ever happened at all. In fact, their take on the history of the home is fabricated nonsense.
If you truly love the home and its history, I implore you to read the attached chapter from my book, and I also encourage you to reach out to local historian Kent Spottswood should you have any further questions about the home's history as well. I can assure you he will agree with my findings. Whether you read my book, "Stories of the Forgotten: Infamous, Famous & Unremembered" or Shannon Bradley Byers' book, "Paranormal Fakelore: Nevermore" you will see that both of us independently researched the history of the home and Bathsheba Sherman's story and both of our investigations mirror the others. Why? Because we were thorough and found that the stories about Bathsheba are all completely false. The stories about suicides and murders on the property were also false, as you will read in my attached paperwork enclosed. People need to wake up and see that the "history" that has been spread about this home is not history at all, but instead a bunch of fabricated stories that overactive imaginations have conjured up.
I was really disappointed to find out that you are allowing Ghost Adventures to film at your home for a Halloween special. Ghost Adventures is one of the worst, if not the worst programs in the paranormal field for over embellishing stories, sometimes completely making them up entirely and completely ignoring actual history in the process. A good example is the episode they did on Locke, California. You see, their lead researcher reached out to me for help on one of the stories for that episode. When I provided the information as well as the true history of the town, they completely ignored the facts and shared the history they wanted to promote instead. That is revisionism and that is wrong. They do not care about the truth, all they care about are ratings.
I think it is in very poor taste that you are using the property you just bought to capitalize off of the Warren's and the Perron's false stories. If you were not aware of the facts of the home's history before, well, now you are aware of the truth, and it is now up to you to make a choice on whether you will truly be an advocate of your home's history and the memories of those who lived there before you, by accurately preserving its stories and its past, or if you will jump on the "Conjuring" bandwagon and keep regurgitating the same B.S. history that has been making the rounds for the past several years.
I hope that if you do decide to open up the home to the public as some newspaper articles are claiming, that you DO NOT perpetuate the false history that the Warren's and the Perron's have tried to sell the world. Instead, as the keepers of the property, I hope you will protect the home's legacy and share the true history with the world. Either way, I will continue to protect the home's true history and I will continue to share the facts for the world to see, which by proxy will expose any and all persons who continue to push a false narrative in the process.
Best Regards,
J'aime Rubio, Author
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UPDATE: As of Saturday, July 27, 2019 I received a threatening Facebook message from the Heinzen's "Paranormal" friend BILL BROCK showing a photo of the letter I sent to the Heinzen's (the letter which is posted above in verbatim), and his response written on top of my letter with a sharpie read: FUCK OFF!! Not the sort of response I was expecting, but it is what it is. Obviously, this person speaking for the Heinzen's has no respect for history or facts, and definitely doesn't have any form of civility or manners. Just thought the world should know about it. --
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