Dan Rivera dies of cardiac causes on paranormal tour in Gettysburg

Dan Rivera, a 54-year-old paranormal investigator who had been touring with the infamous Annabelle doll, died of cardiac-related natural causes on July 13 in a Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hotel room, the Adams County coroner said. Francis Dutrow released the autopsy findings Thursday and said Rivera had a known history of heart problems consistent with the results.

Rivera was in Gettysburg as part of a multiday "Devils on the Run" tour that featured the Raggedy Ann doll made famous by accounts tied to Ed and Lorraine Warren and the Conjuring film franchise. Coroner Dutrow told reporters that the doll was not in Rivera's hotel room when he died and that the death was cardiac-related. Pennsylvania State Police said hotel staff discovered Rivera after he told colleagues he was feeling unwell; officers who responded reported nothing unusual or suspicious at the scene.

Rivera had been a prominent figure in the paranormal community as a senior lead investigator with the Connecticut-based New England Society for Psychic Research. He appeared on television shows such as Travel Channel's Most Haunted Places and worked as a producer on programs including Netflix's 28 Days Haunted. A U.S....