By Tim Binnall
Controversy is once again swirling around the infamous Conjuring House as multiple people say that the now-shuttered paranormal tourist attraction denied them refunds for their canceled visits. The unfortunate ongoing saga started last summer when owner Jacqueline Nuñez, who owns the purportedly haunted house in Burrillville, Rhode Island, made headlines for firing an employee after, she claimed, a ghost told her that the man was stealing money from the business. The strange dispute, coupled with other clashes with the local community, ultimately led to the Conjuring House losing their entertainment license in November and, as such, they could no longer operate as an attraction.
While Nuñez vowed to honor existing reservations at the site, police promptly put a stop to the unauthorized entertaining, which led to the latest dark cloud lingering over the location. According to a local media report, several individuals have come forward claiming that they were turned away when they arrived at the Conjuring House for their planned visit and were subsequently denied a refund. Samuel Stronegger and Linus Backman lamented that they traveled all the way from Sweden to stay at the spooky spot, but their $10,000 vacation turned into a nightmare. "When we came to the house and they said we couldn't enter," Stronegger recalled, "it was like, this has to be a dream."
The Swede's chagrin was echoed by other would-be ghost hunters who were similarly rebuffed by the site and then left to figure out how to recoup their lost money. "The business did not take ownership of the problem," Maine resident David Phillips said, indicating that it was asserted that refunds were not available due to a clash between the Conjuring House and a third-party company that handled their reservation. Unsurprisingly, that company disputed Nuñez's claim and said that "all funds from customer bookings were transferred" to the tourist attraction.
Fortunately, rather than get mixed up in that messiness, most of the spurned paranormal enthusiasts managed to get their money back by disputing their credit card charges. That said, Stronegger and Backman were not so lucky. "It just feels like, we just got totally scammed," the latter Swede mused. As for the future of the Conjuring House, there has been speculation that it may be put up for sale again with the hopes that new owners would be able to reacquire the entertainment license and revive the once-booming paranormal business.