Morbid · Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

The Perron Family Haunting

April 2, 2026·1 hr 8 min·4 clips

Mr. Kenyon tells Roger to leave the lights on at night and says, 'Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.'

1. Morbid’s "The Perron Family Haunting" follows Roger and Carolyn Perrin as they move from family life in Rhode Island into the Harrisville house tied to the Conjuring films. 2. Ash and Elena frame the Perrins through Andrea Perron’s memories, with Carolyn as the attentive mother and Roger as the long-haul trucker father. 3. The episode asks how a Catholic wedding, five daughters, a neighborhood crime wave, and one country farmhouse set up the haunting story. 4. Roger and Carolyn marry in 1957, and Carolyn initially embraces Catholicism to keep peace with Roger’s mother. 5. The couple has Andrea, Nancy, Christine, Cynthia, and April, and Andrea says Carolyn treated each child with thoughtful and kind consideration. 6. Roger works away from home as a long-haul trucker, which leaves Carolyn managing most of the household and the children. 7. The family first lives in Willimantic, Connecticut, before moving back to Rhode Island in 1960. 8. In Cumberland, the girls grow up close together, with the older sisters helping care for the younger ones. 9. Andrea describes Carolyn less as a strict caretaker and more as a playmate who enjoyed the children’s company. 10. The calm changes in 1970 after the family buys a puppy named Bathsheba. 11. Andrea takes Bathsheba for a walk, and a car full of teenagers speeds by while the girls are outside. 12. Bathsheba runs into the street, returns on Andrea’s call, and is struck by an elderly couple’s car. 13. Andrea feels responsible for the puppy’s death, and the episode treats the event as a devastating family trauma. 14. Carolyn is also upset by the loss and by the strain of seeing her daughters witness something so abrupt. 15. The hosts describe a broader juvenile crime wave in Cumberland, including petty thefts, schoolyard assaults, rumors of weapons, and an attempted sexual assault at an elementary school playground. 16. The episode says violent crime in Rhode Island, including Cumberland, increased more than 60% between 1970 and 1974. 17. Carolyn finally tells Roger she wants to sell the house and move into the country because Cumberland no longer feels safe. 18. Roger resists the idea at first, but Carolyn later finds a 9-room colonial farmhouse in Harrisville on 200 acres for $75,000 and arranges a showing. 19. Ash and Elena keep a loose, joking tone, but they slow down for the family details and the emotional weight of the move. 20. Listeners who like New England history, family drama, and haunted-house setup will fit this episode, while listeners who want a short, purely paranormal recap may skip it.

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A haunted-house story that lets practical details do the creeping.

Morbid starts with some loose studio banter before settling into the Perron family's move, the house, and the warning that comes with the keys.

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You get a January 1971 move, one bathroom, and a warning to leave the lights on.

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