Tony Spera, son-in-law of Ed and Lorraine Warren, unveils the Annabelle doll used in “The Conjuring” and “Annabelle” movies during a presentation, The Warren Files, Night of the Haunted, at the John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven on November 1, 2019. The rumor began with an interview of British actress Annabelle Wallis. She told The Hollywood Reporter about the time she ran with Tom Cruise on film.  "He’s on a different level, and, you know, I ticked a box. I got to run on-screen with him, but he told me no at first. He said, 'Nobody runs on-screen [with me],' and I said, 'But I’m a really good runner.'" That quote, when translated to Chinese, became "Annabelle escaped."