A paranormal investigator died suddenly Sunday night while touring with the infamous and supposedly haunted Annabelle doll, his tour organizers have announced.
Dan Rivera, a US Army veteran, was in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on his sold-out “Devils on the Run Tour” when firefighters and medics rushed to his hotel.
CPR was performed but Rivera, 54, died, according to the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR), where he was the lead investigator.
His exact cause of death remains unclear.
Rivera was featured as a paranormal investigator on the Travel Channel’s “Most Haunted Places” and served as producer for a number of other shows, including Netflix’s “28 Days Haunted.”
As part of his tour, Rivera was traveling around the US with other members of the NESPR to show off Annabelle, the creepy and allegedly demonic doll.
His death came after he finished a three-day sold-out stop in Gettysburg from Friday through Sunday, hosted by “Ghostly Images of Gettysburg Tours” at the Soldiers National Orphanage, the NESPR said Monday.
Rivera, who is survived by his wife, Sarah, and four children, used social media, including viral TikToks, to bring international attention to the tour.
Fellow paranormal investigator Ryan Buell paid tribute to Rivera.
“I have so many amazing memories with this guy. Just as recently as two months ago, we traveled around the country and introduced a whole new generation to Ed and Lorraine Warren’s legacy,” he wrote on TikTok.
Annabelle, a Raggedy Ann doll, was tied to a series of supposed hauntings in 1970 after being given to a Connecticut nursing student named Donna.
Ed and Lorraine Warren, the famous paranormal investigators, claimed the doll physically lifted its own arms, followed people around the apartment, and would display other frightening and malicious behavior.
The couple also claimed Annabelle had stabbed a police officer and caused a car crash involving a priest.
