Annabelle Vs. The Antebellum

I’m singing 1…2…She’s coming for yoooou!

Ya’ll my Witchy heart is tickled pink about this news about the Infamous Annabelle Doll on Tour, and how her stop in Louisiana ended in breakouts, breakdowns and healing my childhood trauma for good! Before I get into her antics, lemme give ya’ll a little background on miss Annabelle.

Let’s be clear, they wrote “Child’s Play” cause of HER!!

Originally a birthday present for a student by the name of donna, back in the late 60s, Miss Annabelle was giving Donna, and her roommates and friends, pure hell! They said Annabelle would hop from room to room, and on one occasion literally got up and WALKED on her own. Now to a mystic, that much by itself is hilarious, any Spirit can show its sense of humor, but this one got deep. This doll was laying hands, feet, and giving folks hell in their dreams.

But here’s the thing, Donna had been warned!

After a few more terrifying events, a Medium was contacted, and she estimated that Annabelle was the Spirit of a little girl that was trapped inside of the doll, named Annabelle Higgins. Now why she didn’t cleanse the Spirit out is beside me, but she did tell Donna to get rid of her. Instead she decided to not only keep her, but to venerate the spirit inside of it ( or nurture it) because “it felt safe with the girls”, chile—

Spiritual rule # 1 - You don’t just invite spirits into house, anybody can say it’s anything.

Wypipo! this is why you need to check your Savior complex, cause that one decision made things worse. As if the walking around wasn’t enough, Miss Annabelle was allegedly leaving handwritten notes all over the house with thins like “Help us” on it, and infamously “Help Lou”, a friend of the roommates.

I still remember the documentary where Lou recounted the experience of him falling asleep in their house. He said that he had difficulty breathing and woke up to the doll sitting on top of his chest, and then scratching him, and that’s when they realized something else was going on.

…That’s what did it? Not the doll walking—Chile *smgdh*

Anyway the Warrens came through with a Priest, and they “exorcise” the demon and they lock her up in their now closed occult museum—yadda yada…

Look true tea, I was never fully convinced about Annabelle’s origin story, now these are just my personal thoughts.

I don ‘t think Annabelle, is a demon, in the way we were told, and her antics this weekend proved it! My personal theory is there are several possibilities that could be true in this case. She could be a Demon that does what she want wants when she feels like it, but not necessarily evil. Or, Annabelle could be the spirit of a deceased little girl, BUT let’s factor in one thing. What if she was a little Black girl?

Now here me out real quick. ya’ll, I got into Doll magic to overcome my own anxiety. I used to be taunted with Chucky movies and dolls when I was a kid. I had a babysitter that used to tell me, Chucky was coming for me if i didn’t behave, and while it didn’t destroy my love for dolls, I was real cautious of who i got them from after i turned 8.

I got a beautiful chocolate baby doll with curly afro puffs for Christmas, and when I tell you for 2 months, i developed anxiety around her, it wasn’t funny. Every time I picked her up, I would feel scared all of a sudden, and then feel the need to hide under my blankets away from her. and YUP, she moved a few times. It got so bad, i threw her and every doll I had in my toy chest, and dragged them bitches in the garage. I was so convinced that it would come back inside, i would get up at random times of the night, and look out the window at the garage to see if she would walk out. Eventually, that garage got cleared out, but by that time, I was already training my other dolls to fight her ass lol. So as someone who enjoys poppet (Doll) Magic, who has participated in Real exorcisms, cleared homes, people, and objects, while developing a deeper understanding of demonolatry and Demonology, it makes we question, what was the point of the exorcism if the spirit is still in the doll and now out here doing a whole Renaissance tour?

I think if Annabelle is a Demon, she must’ve been some kind of chaotic guardian and how old is she? or could be a collection of trapped Spirits that need release, or if she is a murdered little girl seeking revenge, a child spirit with unlimited cosmic energy, run!

But Let’s reflect on the backstory: Donna’s Mom got her from an Antique shop. Who the hell had her before?

Raggedy Ann Dolls were created in 1915. This would be around the youth era of Jim Crow in the South. Due to economic hardship limiting opportunities to Black people, this would also be around the time we would be making moves for ourselves, creating businesses, and thriving communities, among the unhinged racism, and violence. Lynching and night raids were common post reconstruction era south many due to the birth and influence of the KKK, and yet not in it’s prime until the 1920s.

Now my theory is somewhere between 1915 and 1925, some little black girl’s family was coming up, and her Mother bought her that doll. Could she be from Rosewood (1923), Ocoee (1920), or even Tulsa (1921)?

Shoo the way she blew up the Nottoway Plantation, was she originally from Louisiana from a town lost to history?

Were the “Help us” notes referring to other trapped Spirits where she comes from? Was that the reason why she only physically attacked, Lou? As most violent attacks in mass in black communities, including rape, were actively committed by White Men.

This also wouldn’t be the first time, a Spirit was put inside a doll to start some shit. Have ya’ll heard about ROBERT? Who was allegedly gifted to a Florida family, who weren’ t exactly the nicest to their black employees, and literally known to curse anybody taking his picture without permission? He’s currently on display, and if ya’ll think Annabelle about it, Robert will get you from a distance.

Who knows ya’ll, it all still could be trickery, the sitting on his chest, generally is a sign of a dark entity attack, See Boohag for example, but, from the looks of it Miss Annabelle was out here making a statement about being in captivity lol!

How ironic is it that as soon as she touches down south, the biggest symbols of oppression in Black history, a Plantation AND a Prison, get got! Now while we don ‘t know these 11 folks that broke out of jail, i think it’s safe to assume they probably were doing some time not worthy of their punishment, cause chile, the South is known for that, especially Louisiana, and with Trump’s bestie, Jeff Landry, in office, it’s not improving.

Now if you REALLY want to get wild, I find it interesting that back in December when the now deceased Pope Francis opened those 5 door on Christmas, it wasn’t a secret those were Portals, one of which for sure led straight to hell. Given those doors had been sealed for centuries, could Annabelle be hearing the song of her people and carrying out orders?

Regardless if it’s a temper tantrum, or unfinished business, Annabelle “Nat Turner” Higgins, is screaming “NO MORE LOCKED DOORS!”

Can you blame her, Sis been doing 55 years strong, and she ain’t going back ! I’m looking forward to this tour, just not in my city, we can’t afford that kind of damage lol. That should be somebody’s t-shirt

“I beat a case, cause ya’ll moved one. Thanks Annabelle!”

What are yall thoughts? Do you think its all coincidence? is Annabelle in her Black Panther era? or is she really Really a Demon, a collection of trapped Spirits? Or a Little Girl who’s identity is lost to history?