Comedian Matt Rife announced on Friday that he is the new “guardian” of a supposedly haunted Raggedy Ann doll named Annabelle. “We are the legal guardians and caretakers of all 750 haunted artifacts and items in the Warren museum, including the Annabelle doll,” the 29-year-old celeb said, referencing himself and TikTok influencer and ghost hunter Elton Castee. He clarified that while he doesn’t own the items, he is responsible for them for the next five years.  “This is the most random hobby ever, but it’s so f***ing cool, man,” the comedian said on TikTok. “I should probably collect stamps or something — might be a little safer.”   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Matt Rife (@mattrife) “INSANE ANNOUNCEMENT,” Rife wrote in the caption of an Instagram post sharing the news. “I have officially purchased Ed and Lorraine Warren’s home and Occult Museum, including being the legal guardian for at least the next 5 years, of the entire haunted collection including THE ANNABELLE DOLL, with my good friend @eltoncastee!!” “If you know me, you know I’m obsessed with the paranormal and all things haunted,” Rife’s post went on. “You also may know The Conjuring films are my favorite scary movies of all time. So I’m incredibly honored to have taken over one of the most prominent properties in paranormal history. Ed and Lorain Warren arguably put demonology and paranormal into the mainstream and are the very heart of some of the most famous haunted stories of all time, The Conjuring House, Amityville Horror, et…” The comedian said he and Castee plan to “open the house for overnight stays and museum tours so you yourself can experience and learn all the haunted history surrounding this amazing place.” The announcement comes after Annabelle’s previous guardian, Dan Rivera, died of natural causes last month while touring with the doll, sparking a lot of conversation online.  The New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR) described this particular doll as “demonically possessed.” It was given to a nursing student in 1968, and she claimed that something wasn’t right with it. “Almost immediately, the roommates noticed strange occurrences with the doll and they were introduced to a medium who told them the doll was inhabited by the spirit of a young girl named Annabelle,” the organization reported. “The two roommates tried to accept the doll’s spirit and please it only to have it reciprocate maliciousness and violent intent.” The society’s late founders, Ed and Lorraine Warren, kept the doll stored in a glass case to “contain the evil spirited entity.” The film “Annabelle” from the Conjuring franchise is based on the story of the “haunted” doll. Meanwhile, many people are skeptical of the claims that the doll is possessed. 

President Donald Trump said Monday that the lackluster July job report was “rigged” and vowed to appoint a new statistician to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Trump’s criticism of the monthly jobs report came after it found that just 73,000 jobs were added to the economy in July, and that previous reports had significantly overcounted job growth. In response, Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday, saying that she had manipulated the numbers for political purposes.  “Last weeks Job’s Report was RIGGED, just like the numbers prior to the Presidential Election were Rigged. That’s why, in both cases, there was massive, record setting revisions, in favor of the Radical Left Democrats,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday morning. “Those big adjustments were made to cover up, and level out, the FAKE political numbers that were CONCOCTED in order to make a great Republican Success look less stellar!!! I will pick an exceptional replacement. Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Trump told reporters on Sunday that he would name a replacement for McEntarfer sometime in the next three to four days.  “We had no confidence. The numbers were ridiculous,” he said.  In addition to July job growth coming in lower than what had been projected by economists, the reports from May and June were revised down by 258,000 jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics described these revisions as “larger than normal.” On Sunday, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett pointed to the massive revisions made to the jobs report within the last year as justification for the firing. He specifically referred to the 818,000 downward jobs revision that came in August 2024, covering the time from March 2023 to March 2024. “Well, I mean, the revisions are hard evidence,” Hassett replied. “For example, there was an 818,000 revision making the Joe Biden job record a lot worse that came out after he withdrew from the presidential campaign. There have been a bunch of patterns that could make people wonder. And I think the most important thing for people to know is that it’s the president’s highest priority that the data be trusted and that people get to the bottom of why these revisions are so unreliable.”

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An acclaimed YouTuber whose font of fame would be impossible to describe to your grandmother just raised $11.5 million for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The unforgettable fundraiser centered around Ryan Trahan‘s breakneck 50-day trip around America, visiting one state each day, and attempting to find the coolest Airbnb in the process. Making a review of […] The post Fan-Favorite YouTuber Raises $10M for St. Jude’s by Visiting 50 Airbnbs, in 50 States, in 50 Days appeared first on Good News Network.