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The Arnold Estate — also known as The Conjuring House — located in Harrisville, Rhode Island. The property is one of the most recognized paranormal locations in the world, made famous by the Perron family's reported experiences and the 2013 film 'The Conjuring.'
June 16, 2026
This is not a paranormal investigation verdict — this is a legal and ethical one. Based on the public records, the timeline of events, and the coordinated actions of the two LLCs involved, Jason's assessment is that this trademark effort represents a deliberate attempt to seize control of a historically significant name that rightfully belongs to the property and its community. The formal institution of the TTAB opposition is a critical step toward protecting the Conjuring House name.

The Fight to Keep 'The Conjuring House' Name: What's Really at Stake

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If someone outside the property successfully trademarks 'The Conjuring House,' they gain the legal power to silence a location that the entire paranormal community has supported for years — and that's not something I'm willing to stand by and watch happen.

— Jason Hawes
The Investigation

For years, the Arnold Estate in Rhode Island has been known around the world by one name that carries enormous weight in the paranormal community: The Conjuring House. Now, there's an organized effort — backed by two LLCs — to trademark that name and effectively strip it away from the property itself. This isn't just a legal technicality. This is a direct attack on the history, the community, and the future of one of the most recognized haunted locations on the planet.

Findings

I want to be straightforward with you, the way I always am. When I started looking into this trademark application — Serial Number 99449309, which you can pull up yourself at tsdr.uspto.gov — my first instinct was to understand the facts before forming an opinion. That's how I approach everything, whether I'm walking into a reportedly haunted building or sitting down with a stack of public records. You follow the evidence. You don't jump to conclusions. But the more I dug into this, the clearer the picture became, and it's not a pretty one.

Two LLCs are at the center of this: Haunted Homes LLC, registered in Connecticut, and Summit & Stone LLC, registered in Rhode Island. Both are publicly searchable through their respective state business registries, and I strongly encourage every one of you to look them up and review the records yourselves. What I found when I started mapping out the timeline of events — cross-referencing the trademark application, the claimed first-use dates, the creation of a new website, and the actions taken against the property's GoFundMe, T-shirt sales, and web traffic — was a coordinated pattern. These two entities appear to be working together with a very specific goal: to own the name 'Conjuring House' and use that ownership to shut down the property's ability to operate, fundraise, and sustain itself.

The claimed first-use dates on the trademark application are something I break down carefully in the video, because they matter enormously in trademark law. If you can establish that you used a name in commerce before anyone else, you have a significant legal advantage. But when I looked at the timeline — when the property began operating under the Conjuring House name, when the paranormal community embraced it, when media coverage spread that name globally — the claimed dates in this application raise serious questions. A new website tied to this effort also appeared at a very specific point in the timeline, and that timing is not coincidental. I'm not here to tell you what to think. I'm here to show you the documents, walk you through the sequence of events, and let you draw your own conclusions.

What this is ultimately about, in my opinion, is control. If someone outside the property successfully trademarks 'The Conjuring House,' they gain the legal power to force the estate to stop using that name — on merchandise, on their website, in promotions, in fundraising campaigns. That means the GoFundMe goes away. The T-shirt sales go away. The ability to direct web traffic to the actual property goes away. A location that has depended on public support and community recognition to survive could be effectively silenced by a trademark held by people who have no historical or authentic connection to that land. The good news is that our opposition to this trademark application has now been formally instituted by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, meaning this fight is officially moving forward through the proper legal process. That is a significant development, and I believe it's the right outcome for everyone who cares about preserving the integrity of this location and the history attached to it.

Verdict

I've always said that the truth matters more than the story, and that principle applies here just as much as it does inside any haunted building. The Conjuring House name belongs to the history of that property, to the Perron family's experiences, and to the community that has supported it for years — not to an LLC filing paperwork. Stay informed, review the public records for yourself, and keep watching as this case moves forward through the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

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