Ex-NYPD cop turned demon hunter is ready to slay supernatural after being haunted by sinister warnings
Chris and Harmony DeFlorio, who live in Ronkonkoma, have committed their lives to chasing demons around the world. Dennis A. Clark
A former NYPD officer who now battles the supernatural says a chilling threat from beyond the veil forced him and his wife to step away from paranormal investigations — but after a year in the shadows, they’re ready to return.
Chris DeFlorio, 54, spent two decades serving in Harlem’s 32nd Precinct. His wife Harmony, 49, was an FDNY EMT until a lupus diagnosis ended her career. But instead of retiring quietly, the Ronkonkoma couple found a new calling: spiritual warfare.
For the past four years, the pair — who offer their services free of charge — say they’ve investigated close to 1,000 alleged hauntings and demonic possessions across the globe, modeling themselves after famed demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren of The Conjuring fame.
But last year, DeFlorio says, something changed. An old nightmare returned — and this time, it came with a warning.
“In 2019, I had a dream that I was in a hotel room, fighting demons — but I was losing,” DeFlorio recalled. “A man in a robe with an upside-down cross tore off my chain and whipped me with it three times. Then a little girl and young woman appeared, giggling in this sinister way.”
The girl, he said, looked him in the eye and delivered a chilling message: “Do you know what happened to the last person who tried to do what you’re going to do? He’s not here anymore.” Then came the threat: “If you get involved in this, we’re going after your family too.”
Shaken but undeterred, DeFlorio threw himself into demonology, studying the works of renowned Catholic exorcists like Malachi Martin, Fr. Chad Ripperger, and Fr. Gabriele Amorth.
But the ominous figures returned in a dream last year — this time offering only six words: “We told you to stay away.”
The very next day, a distressed mother from Long Island called the couple, claiming a mirror had been violently flung across her living room — nearly hitting her two toddlers.
The DeFlorios responded, armed with a crucifix and Bible. As they entered the home, Chris says he heard the same warning — only now, it was whispered directly into his ear.
“It went right through me,” he said. As he began reciting religious prayers, he claims a dark energy filled the room. “You could see a spirit swirling around me,” he said.
The haunting eventually subsided, but the psychological toll lingered.
“I wasn’t afraid for myself, but it really hit home,” said DeFlorio, who now has twin 3-year-old grandsons. “That was the line — threatening my family.”
Despite a flood of new cases, DeFlorio admitted he kept turning them down. “I kept making excuses not to go,” he said.
But now, after a year-long break, the couple says they’re ready to return to the fight.
“We were called to this work,” Chris said. “I was thinking with human fear, and forgetting the God factor.”
“We’re just His messengers,” Harmony added. “It’s not us — it’s His blessings and His prayers that help people.”
And with this week’s release of The Conjuring: Last Rites — the fifth and final film in the franchise that made their real-life counterparts famous — the couple says they felt compelled to speak out.
“We know we can’t stay silent,” Chris said.
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