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Hey, how you doing?

Hey, just put it...
yeah, put it right there.

You... you don't look
so happy to see me.

No, I just...

I want to just get
this case behind me.

- If today's not a good day...
- No, it's great.

Not a problem. Not a problem.

Great, let's start at
the beginning then.

When did you meet
Abigail Tierney?

Uh, that was a few years ago

when she showed up
at my door pretending

to be pregnant
with my grandchild.

Excuse me?

Abigail and my son,
Henry, met in college.

They got engaged,
you know, fast.

Very fast.

Her way of breaking the
news to me was to go bigger.

But, um, despite
that introduction,

I was charmed by her.

She... she had
walked a tough road,

but she had grit.

She was resourceful and
driven, and I admire that.

So she and Henry are
no longer together?

Yeah, she broke
off the engagement,

but it was amicable.

You arranged for Abigail to have

a ride along with the LAPD?
- Yes, yeah.

She was considering police work.

I take it that didn't work out?

- Leave her alone!
- Hey.

It did not.

And then, six months ago,
she was reported missing.

What exactly
happened to Abigail?

Look, if you're going to get
to the bottom of what happened

to that poor girl,
you're going to have

to have an open mind,

a very open mind.

Wait!

Police.

I wonder when that happened.

- Oh, my God.
- Hello?

Can you hear me?

When did you get
involved in the case?

Not immediately.

Most missing persons
cases aren't really cases.

They're a roommate who
got too drunk at a bar

and slept it off in his truck,

or a college student whose
cell phone ran out of battery.

You know, most of the time,

they show up
unharmed and confused

about all the fuss.

But this wasn't
like that, was it?

No after a few days
of follow-up calls,

we sent officers by
Miss Tierney's apartment

for a wellness check.

Thanks again for doing this.

Always a pleasure to
see my favorite couple.

Let's keep this professional.

Trouble in paradise?

Sorry. Moving on.

What did you find at
Abigail's apartment?

Very little.

I mean, no signs of a struggle.

Well, there was no sign of
her or her film equipment.

But we did find her laptop.
- Hold on.

Film equipment?

Abigail was making a movie?
- Yes.

- We should be safe here.
- Why are they doing this?

Go.

I'll try to buy us some time.

Ah! No! No!

No!

Please.

I promise I'll pay!

I'll pay the fine!

I only saw an early cut.

Could've used a bit more
gore, if you ask me.

I didn't.

I asked why you thought

Abigail's case
was so compelling.

Oh, right.

Uh, because her Hollywood dream

had become a
Hollywood nightmare.

Would you like me
to take that again?

I really wouldn't.

When you searched
Abigail's laptop,

did you find anything on it?

Yeah, it was filled with all of

these unanswered
messages, nasty ones.

The more we investigated,
it became clear

that Abigail had a lot
of people angry with her.

- Like who?
- OK. Thank you.

Thanks, Steve. Spielberg,
he's an old friend.

I bet.

How did you get involved
with Abigail Tierney?

Oh, well, you know,
we're always looking

to discover and nurture
the next generation

of unheard voices.

Abigail sent in a very
compelling pitch video.

Terror isn't something
that happens to you.

I mean, it's not every day
you find a writer, director,

and star with that much poise.

"Hell PD" was one
of those visionary,

artist-driven pictures that
we pride ourselves on making.

And they're the
cheapest, too, right?

Well, hey, the lower the budget,

the higher the
profit if it's a hit.

But the budget became an issue?

Yeah, Abigail pitched us a
straightforward horror flick,

but she kept
changing directions.

Please.

The reshoots started piling up.

And, uh, we had to pull
the plug on the project.

What about nurturing a
new generation of talent?

Oh, hey, look, there's...
there's nurturing,

and there's indulging.
I'm a businessman.

There's no hard feelings.
- Really?

Because I have an email from you

with the subject line,
"Where the hell is my money,

you lying sack..."
- OK. Yeah, fine.

A few hard feelings.

But they were nothing
compared to some of those

new producers she found.

Those guys weren't
playing around.

Well, without the
production company,

Abigail had to turn
to crowdfunding.

When Nolan passed along
Abigail's pitch video,

I figured, hey, I've
always loved scary movies.

and what's the point of having
a husband with a trust fund

if you can't use it
to support the arts?

And it wasn't just
money, was it?

No.

I promise I'll pay.
I'll pay the fine!

All right. Still rolling.

Reset.

Bravo! Bravo!

So Abigail hired you to
compose music for her film.

What was it like
to work with her?

Complicated.

She's very opinionated,
which I respect.

I tried not to
take it personally

when she kept throwing out
all the music I was writing,

but then when she
completely disappeared

and stopped answering
my phone calls...

That must have stung.

It did until I learned

that she walked off set
and ghosted everybody,

not just me. Then I
got worried about her.

I do wish she paid me though.

Hold up. You didn't get paid?

Do you count experience?

But it didn't provide you with

the breakthrough you hoped.

Even though a lot
of crowdfunders

were furious that the rewards
were going unfulfilled,

their anger didn't manifest
into a concrete threat.

From the suspect perspective,
we were back to square one.

Until we discovered that
Abigail had made several trips

up to Pelican Bay.
- The prison?

- Yes.
- To visit who?

- A serial killer.
- Liam Glasser.

In news that should bring
some relief to the Southland,

the LAPD have announced
a major arrest

charging Lincoln Heights
native, Liam Glasser,

with the murder of ten victims

found buried near
the Sepulveda Dam.

Our investigation into
Glasser was a challenge.

He used another serial
killer, Harrison Novak,

as cover for his crimes,
stashing his victims

in Novak's burial ground.

It wasn't until we
caught Glasser attempting

to murder a new victim
that we were finally

able to put him behind bars.

Before we start, um, I just
want to make very clear

that I'm an innocent
man and the subject

of an extraordinary
campaign of harassment

by the LAPD, particularly
detective Nyla Harper.

You've been charged with
the murder of ten people.

Those horrific allegations

have not been proven
in a court of law,

and they never will be.

You've also been charged
with jury tampering.

Look, if you're just going to
railroad me like the police,

then this interview is over.

Hold on. Hold on.

I'm not here to talk
about any of that.

I want to talk about Abigail.

Why did she come see you?

To learn about Westview.

Westview Psychiatric
Hospital was at the center

of Glasser's case.
- He was a patient?

No, no, but his
vending machine company

supplied the hospital,
and he was in and out

of there for almost two decades.

It's where he crossed
paths with Harrison Novak

and where he found
another patient,

Ryan Dearborn, to
serve as a patsy.

He used an abandoned building
at the psych hospital complex

to torture and kill his victims.

Did Abigail ask about
the abandoned ward?

Yes, but I couldn't
help her much because

I've never been there myself.
- Obviously not.

But I told her what I had heard,

that the place is haunted,
which is obviously crazy.

But when I was a kid,
I would join my father

on his service
calls to Westview.

And he always told me to
stay away from that building.

Something inside clearly
scared the hell out of him.

And he was not a
superstitious man.

The thing that we
couldn't understand

was how Abigail had found out
about Glasser's connection

to the psych ward
in the first place.

It wasn't public knowledge?

No, we kept those details

away from the
press deliberately.

The only people who knew
were Glasser and the police.

And obviously, Glasser wouldn't
admit to being down there.

Which means?

What they don't tell
you about making movies

is that it's really boring.

It's worse than surveillance.

Anyway, Abigail and
I got to talking

about my recent casework,

and it's possible I may
have mentioned something

about the psych ward.

From Abigail's
notes, we gathered

that she essentially abandoned
her movie for a new project.

That was shortly after
a meeting with Glasser.

Yeah, she felt that
fictional storytelling

was disconnected from
real, lived experience.

So that's when she decided

to make a true crime
documentary about Westview.

Westview Psychiatric
Hospital opened in 1953.

It started as a model
of modern, humane care.

But what lies beneath?

The deeper I dug, the
more horrors I unearthed,

mysteries that
defied explanation.

How can one hospital
spawn two serial killers?

Some might say it's bad luck,

but I don't believe in bad luck.

Mm-mmm.

I think there's
something rotten here,

original sin, and I'm
going to prove it.

The footage on
Abigail's hard drive

shows her inside
Westview's abandoned ward.

Was that open to the public?

No, after LAPD and FBI
finished processing the scene,

the hospital put up
a razor wire fence

and hired a security guard
for 24-hour surveillance

to keep intruders out.

But that clearly didn't work.

Clearly, so we sent

a patrol unit to check
in with the guard.

- Mr. Ditweiler.
- Yeah.

We're investigating
the disappearance

of Abigail Tierney.

Oh...

Oh, hey!

Hey!

Stop!

Hands behind your back. Hands.

At first, Carl Ditweiler
claimed he did nothing wrong,

that he never met Abigail.

This is it.

But when we searched his office,

it was clear he was lying.

Uh, Nolan.

Oh, no.

Abigail had become
his obsession.

Yeah, things didn't look
good for Mr. Ditweiler.

And based on his board,
it was clear he had

become obsessed with Abigail.

And, you know, maybe she
rejected his advances,

and things went sideways.
- It was sobering.

I held out hopes that
Abigail might still be alive,

but I've been on the
job long enough to know

that the odds were against that.

Do you know how they
first crossed paths?

Actually, it was Abigail
that first initiated contact.

She was researching the
abandoned psych ward

for a documentary, and Carl was
the nighttime security guard.

She wanted access on the DL,
and she reached out, and she...

- Flirted.
- Flirted.

She flirted with him, and
he agreed to let her in.

I just showed her around.

I told her some
stories, things that

had gone on there
back in the day.

She was impressed.

She actually asked me to help
her with her documentary.

Said she'd give me a
credit on the film.

Single card.

If you're innocent,
why'd you run?

Because I get what
it looks like.

I was the last person to see
her before she disappeared.

How do you know that?

Because I watched the
darkness swallow her up.

You know, I bet they were
doing all kinds of sick things

to patients back in the day,

things that would
be illegal now.

Yeah, yeah, I know. They
used to do lobotomies.

One of the orderlies
told me about it.

He's worked here
for, like, forever.

Do you think you could
introduce me to him?

Uh, yeah, I guess.

I just... obviously,
you can't tell him

that I've let you in here.

Come on, Carl. I would
never rat you out.

We're friends, right?

Did you hear that?

We're friends.

Ah.

Do you hear that?

What? No.

That noise, it's a weird,
sort of beautiful sound.

You really don't hear it?

No, no, but this building makes

all kinds of weird noises.

Hey, I just got to go
back to the main building,

radio security, let them
know that I'm at my post.

You go ahead. I'm going
to go check this out.

Uh...

What did you make of the
sound Abigail described?

We weren't sure.

I mean, Carl claimed
to have never heard it.

It's possible that
she was faking

to juice up her documentary.

We've actually analyzed
some of the audio files

from Carl's video,

isolated the
low-end frequencies.

Here.

What is that?

I was hoping you could tell me.

It sounds...
- Demonic.

Is that even a frequency
humans can hear?

Not technically, no.

Well, whatever she
heard or didn't hear,

Abigail kept searching.

Are you sure about this?

Yeah, I'll be right back.

Hello? Hello?

Can you hear me?

And that was the last
anyone had seen her.

But Carl could have just
turned off his camera

and then killed Abigail, right?

We couldn't rule him
out as a suspect,

but we only had circumstantial
evidence against him.

And as we went
through the footage

on Abigail's laptop,
we discovered

that flirting with
Carl wasn't her only

extreme research tactic.
- I'm going to start this.

Should I turn into it?

I'm going to turn into it.

OK, I'm back at Westview,

and if I'm going to
learn more about how

the old psych ward operated,

I'm going to need
to see their files.

Obviously, we can't just
walk around filming people.

So...

See? It's a cam.

See?

OK.

Wish me luck.

Abigail had Carl lure
the director away

from her office so Abigail
could sneak inside.

Yeah, I mean,
seeing Rachel's name

in Abigail's footage
was definitely a shock.

You both have a history with
Miss Hall, is that right?

Yes, so she and I went
to college together.

And her and Tim...

I'm sorry.

Yeah, we used to date.

Before or after you two?

OK, next question.

I'm simply trying to
establish a timeline.

No problem. I'll
just ask her later.

I, uh, worked in the psych ward

at Westview for a year while
getting my social work degree.

It was, um, challenging.

How so?

Well, for one
thing, the patients

would often arrive at
the facility with, say,

a diagnosis of mild depression,

and a week later, they'd start
to exhibit disordered thinking.

Eventually, they
might become violent.

The decompensation
was sudden and acute.

You're saying they would
get worse, not better?

Yes, and conventional
treatment seemed

to never work.

Some have suggested a
supernatural presence

at Westview.

Could that have
impacted the patients?

Uh, well, just because
the doctors at Westview

couldn't find a cause for
our patients' behavior

doesn't mean there isn't one.

Maybe it's just beyond
the capabilities

of modern science to discover.

Or maybe it's demons?

There are no demons at Westview.

There are totally
demons at Westview.

What's another explanation for
everything that's happened?

We got Liam Glasser,
Harrison Novak,

and most recently, Ava...
- Maxwell.

Ava Maxwell and
Charlotte Russell.

This man came out
in a big overcoat.

Black mask. Big knife.

Hang on a moment.

I know that Ava and Charlotte
were never treated at Westview.

So what's the connection?
- Oh, you didn't hear?

Charlotte's nanny was a patient
there when she was a teenager.

Yes, yes, I was at Westview.

I had, uh, been having thoughts
of self-harm, acting out.

My family was very concerned,

so they arranged
for me to receive

the best care available.
- And did the treatment help?

Not at first.

I'd been experiencing a darkness

that I had never felt before.

And at first, I fought it.

And then, I realized
that struggling

only made everything worse,

and once I accepted
it, that's when

things started to get better.

And I left Westview,
and I finished school,

and I eventually made a
little life for myself.

You were the nanny for
the Russell family?

Yes, Charlotte and I
were very, very close.

Well, I know that
everyone's saying just

the worst things
about her right now,

but in my eyes, she is a poised

and gifted young woman,

and I'd like to think that
I had a small hand in that.

As odd as it was to
find that connection,

it was just one of those weird
coincidences, nothing more.

Charlotte Russell
convinced her friend,

Ava, to help her stab their
other friend, Grace Thayer.

Her actions were her own.

They're not inspired by
some nanny with a history

of mental illness or
some demon in a computer

that convinced
Charlotte to do it.

I'm sorry. Computer demon?

Zuzu is not a
demon, not a demon.

It's an AI.

Charlotte fed Zuzu information

about herself and her
friends, and based on that,

Zuzu told Charlotte what it
thought she wanted to hear.

Zuzu also helped you.

Isn't that right, Officer Nolan?

It mentioned something
to me about a watch?

You spoke to it?

Hello friend of John Nolan.

Hi, should I call you Zuzu?

If you want to.

Do you need help with something,

perhaps a topic
for a new project?

Your last few have struggled.

They've done fine. Thanks.

But I actually want to talk to
you about Westview Psychiatric.

John was interested in the two.

That young woman, Abigail,
went missing there.

Are you saying the police
asked you to help find her?

No, but they needed
my help anyway.

And a good friend
doesn't wait to be asked.

- Zuzu did send me a message.
- What did it say?

It told me that Abigail
was in room 666.

The number of the Beast?

Look, the facility
had no room 666.

And Zuzu isn't a demon. We
were at a complete dead end.

And we were running out of time.

Abigail had been
gone for 11 days.

The odds of finding her
alive were getting worse.

Yeah, we were out of options
until the 911 call came in.

Apparently, there
were suspicious noises

and lights coming from
this abandoned wing,

so we went to check it out.

Police. Coming in.

Control, 7-Adam-100.

No signs of break in here.

Did RP say where
they saw the light?

I think the radio is blocked.

Probably some idiot kids
trying to scare each other.

Yeah.

When was the last
time it rained?

Like, a month ago. Why?

Walls are wet.

Yeah.

What is this place?

And how did you
two get involved?

Celina and I were about to
clock out when we got the call.

God, I hate this place.

How many messed up
things have to happen

before they tear it down?

Apparently, the ownership
is under dispute.

Westview says that
they hold the deed,

but then there's this
claim by this Lou Cypher.

Lou Cypher?

Lucifer!

- Oh, my God.
- You're messing with me.

Yes, I am. Come on.

Let's go find Tim and
Lucy and get out of here.

Don't step in that.
- Ooh, ugh.

Oh, did you see that?

Someone's flashlight?

And that?

I do not know what that was.

Police, show us your hands.

- Ah!
- Oh!

We have permission to be here.

- That's not totally true.
- All right.

Unfortunately, gentlemen,
you are trespassing.

You're going to have
to come with us.

What are you doing here?

Filming an episode, sir.

"Ghost Files."
I love you guys.

What is "Ghost Files"?

Welcome to "Ghost
Files," where we take

your evidence and our
tools into the field

to expose the supernatural.

My partner, a skeptic.
Myself, a believer.

Both of us, truth seekers.

This week, our team has traveled

to Los Angeles,
California, to explore

a condemned
psychiatric facility.

Now, in 1841, this was the
site of a Spanish barracks,

but a massive earthquake
swallowed the building,

killing everyone inside.

Many saw the event as
retribution for Spanish crimes

committed in the New World.

Sure, or an earthquake
happened in a region

prone to earthquakes.

But that's just the beginning
of this site's dark history.

Join us as we investigate.
- This way.

At that time, did you believe
the facility was haunted?

- No.
- Yes.

You were filming there too.

Did you experience any
temperature fluctuations

or anything like that?

I'll ask the questions,
if you don't mind.

We do.

But this is my documentary.

No, this is our YouTube show.

Yeah, so ghosts
are said to produce

electromagnetic interference.

Did you experience any
trouble with your equipment?

We're done here.

Let's cut. Let's wrap this up.

- Nice.
- Yeah.

All of you, let's go. Come on.

No, no way.

This is some of the best
footage we've ever gotten.

- Listen to this.
- What is that?

Oh, it's a Spirit Box.

Did you guys hear anything?
- A Spirit Box?

The Spirit Box rapidly
scans radio signals

to create white noise through
which spirits can communicate.

- Hello.
- See?

It's science.

Listen.

OK, OK. That's enough.

We got to go.

No, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.

I heard something.
Can you turn it up?

Help me?

That is not what I heard.

Oh, oh, well, who
do you think it is?

- It's feedback.
- It's a ghost.

It was a little clearer
down the hallway.

Show me.

So we're just going to give
up on Tim and Lucy then?

How long have we been in here?

- This room?
- Yeah.

I don't know.

We've been here
for a while, right?

Yeah, I mean, I don't mind.

I feel good, like, really good.

Mm.

Do you think we've been drugged?

Oh, the wet walls.

We touched them.
- Yeah.

I hate making mistakes
in front of you.

Oh, you've never
admitted that before.

Truth serum.

- Sodium pentothal.
- Yeah.

You know what?

We... we should keep quiet
until this wears off.

- No.
- Yeah.

- No.
- It's better for us.

No.

What is your most
embarrassing memory?

Oh, I mean, third grade,
I snuck my hamster

into my classroom in my pants.

With that kind of
dad, you internalize

the message that if you fail,
you deserve to be punished.

And without him
to punish me, I...

I guess I punished myself.

- By breaking up with me.
- Yep.

I mean, it's kind of
flattering, right?

It's the worst thing I
could think to do to myself.

You didn't punish
just yourself though.

I know.

And look, if you never
fully forgive me,

I totally understand.

I have already forgiven you.

It's not even...

Huh.

I wonder when that happened.

You can't put that
in the documentary.

The LAPD makes all
body cam footage

available to the public.

OK, this is obviously
an exception.

We were drugged.

People... people say
all sorts of things

when they've been drugged.

So you didn't mean
what you said?

What about the potential
baby names you discussed?

- OK, we're done here.
- Yeah.

Why do we keep
agreeing to do this?

I don't know. Excuse me!

Help me.

OK, you have to admit that's
a voice asking for help.

Yeah, sure, I heard it,

but it's one of
their crew members

or something pre-recorded.

Were you a patient here?
Is the demon with you?

Somebody covered up a door.

What year did you die?

So close. Set me free!

I'm here! I'm here!

Please...

Step back, guys.

Keep going!

You're almost there!
- Watch out. Ready?

Go.

Abigail!

Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you! Thank you!

I've been trapped
in here for so long.

I thought I was going
to die. Thank you!

Oh, my God. What is this room?

OK, but why did they
wall it all off?

To trap the demon.

Yeah, Bartleby, the
terrifying demon king

of paperwork.

How did you get down here?

I was exploring,
following this...

this weird, beautiful noise,

when all of a
sudden, it got cold.

Like, so, so cold,

and I could feel
something coming after me,

and I was scared, so I
hid behind a cabinet,

but the floor was
wet and rusted,

and it collapsed. I
couldn't climb back out.

You fell from
there? Are you OK?

I think I twisted my
ankle, but I feel no pain.

You've been missing
for two weeks.

How the hell did you survive?
- Oh.

I had a bunch of
trail mix in my bag.

Plus, I found, like,
this ancient water jug

in one of the cabinets.

Plus, Bob.

Bob had PowerBars.
Bob had PowerBars.

Bob?

Oh, my God!

If it wasn't for Bob,

I would have lost
my mind down here.

Don't be shy, Bob. Say hello.

Shy.

Abigail was safe,
and, uh, considering

what she'd been through,
relatively healthy.

Except for her mental state.

That did pose some questions.

At first, I was angry.

You know, like, we're
stuck down here together.

At least try and
have a conversation.

And then I realized
Bob's just shy.

He's just shy.

And there's nothing
wrong with that, right?

Right.

Did you believe she'd
had a demonic encounter?

She went in perfectly sane

and came out best
friends with a corpse.

That's how possession works.
You can't rule out demons.

Yes, you can.

Nolan, look at this.

666, just like Zuzu said.

It was a weird coincidence.

It was a weird coincidence.

We found quite a cocktail
of drugs in your system.

I don't do drugs.
Does pot count?

No, we're talking about
powerful hallucinogens.

I'm not hallucinating.

Ask Bob.

I had them run the test twice,

and we found a similar cocktail

in Officer Chen and
Sergeant Bradford.

Mercifully, none of the
drugs were fat soluble.

Otherwise, department policy

would have forced
Sergeant Bradford

and Officer Chen into
medical retirement.

Is that what killed Bob,

whatever drug they
were exposed to?

No, he was shot six
times in the chest.

Did you get an ID on the body?

His name was Bob Medina,
a friend reported him

missing about six months ago.

He was a private investigator.

What was his connection
to the hospital?

At first, we couldn't find one.

So to be clear, there
was now a third killer

associated with that location?

At this point, it
can't be a coincidence.

There has to be something
about that facility

that draws people
towards homicide.

That's a stretch and a half.

Westview is a hospital
for the mentally ill

and the criminally insane.
Novak was a patient.

Glasser was there
looking for a patsy.

And whoever killed Bob
saw an abandoned building

and was like, "That's a
perfect place to dump a body."

What?

Or there was some dark
energy that drew evil to it.

- You really believe that?
- I'm Catholic.

I was raised on
demons and the battle

against Satan's minions.

Well, I was raised on
the scientific method.

OK, so if it's all
so explainable,

spend the night
there. I dare you.

Pass.

You're scared.

No, I'm not scared.

One could argue that the
drugs in the hospital

are hardly surprising,
even hallucinogens.

Over the decades,
they have been used

in experimental medicine.
- No, true.

Just the type and volume
is what set off...

- What are you doing?
- Conducting an interview.

Could you please come
back in, like, an hour?

You said you'd talk to
me for my documentary.

You have a documentary?

Well, it's my story.
Who better to tell it?

Well, no problem.

I can sit down with you just
as soon as we're done here.

Oh, I wish. It has
to be exclusive.

You can't do both.

She's right. It has
to be exclusive.

Either you're doing my
doc, or you're doing hers,

and we have a long history.

I was almost his
daughter-in-law,

so suck it.

I'm going to have
to go with her.

I'm sorry.
- Seriously?

I have a BAFTA.

OK, fine.

Let's wrap it up.
- This way. The set's this way.

It's better lighting over there.

We got a great team.

We are going to
need our mic back.

- Yes, oh, sorry.
- Yeah, of course.

We have our own.
- Sorry.

I'll see you guys around.
- Good luck.

We can talk about what else I
found inside the secret lab.

Oh, right.

Well, you did find
some paperwork.

Explosive paperwork.

Evidence of a secret
government program.

Close the door softly please.

Well, I don't know that
we can say that for sure.

Oh, we could.

My name is Abigail Tierney.

I'm currently trapped
inside a secret lab

at Westview Psychiatric.

All attempts at escape
have proven fruitless.

If I'm to die here, I
leave you this footage

along with my in-process
documentary as evidence

of my hunt for the
truth about the evils

that inhabit this
accursed place.

♪ The way I move
is a mystery ♪

♪ I'm not the way ♪

What's this?

Cool.

That's when I
realized I'd uncovered

something more haunting than
any ghost or serial killer.

I'd uncovered a
conspiracy that went to

the very highest levels
of our government.

The government
files Abigail found

detailed classified
plans and methods

for human experimentation.

What type of experimentation?

Are you familiar with MK-Ultra?

Of course.

It was a top secret CIA
program in the '50s and '60s

using experimental drugs

to aid in interrogation
techniques.

It was straight-up
mind control.

I mean, they used high doses
of psychoactive drugs like LSD,

sodium pentothal, which is
also known as a "truth serum."

The program ran
from 1953 to 1973

before it was shut down
following a public outcry.

I mean, all the
facilities were closed.

There's no evidence the
CIA ever used Westview

as a base of operations.

So what were top secret
MK-Ultra documents doing there?

Good question.

We started digging
into the trove of files

Abigail had found, and one name

kept popping up again and again.

Dr. Julius Erickson.

He was one of the psychologists
contracted by the CIA

to conduct
experimental research.

And after MK-Ultra shut
down, he took a new job.

Director of Westview.

Dr. Erickson ran the
hospital for 20 years.

And from the notes we uncovered,

it seems clear he continued
his own research in private,

trying to use the
psychological breakthroughs

from MK-Ultra to
further his own research

into mind-altering drugs.

I assume he used those
drugs on Westview patients?

Yeah, at first.

But then, he started
using them on himself,

believing he had found the
key to improving his own mind.

He hadn't.

And in a last
moment of lucidity,

Erickson decided to
destroy his research.

He dumped the chemicals
outside the building,

where they started to slowly
seep into the structure.

And some of the drugs
were potent enough

to be absorbed simply by touch,

even when diluted.

Erickson committed himself
to Westview shortly after,

never said another word.

He died in 2020.

Did the CIA ever find out
what Erickson was doing?

Not that we've found, but
it's not like the agency

ever returns our phone calls.

Anyone who studied the
past knows that the CIA

has a history of
violent cover-ups.

MK-Ultra might
have become public,

but that doesn't
mean there still

aren't secrets to protect.

By uncovering Dr. Erickson's
connection to Westview

and discovering Bob's body,
I've put myself in danger.

But the best way
to protect yourself

is with the truth, which
brings me to Caroline McGrath.

Turns out Caroline is the one

who hired Bob to go to Westview,

and I need to find out
why before it's too late.

I think...

- What the hell?
- We got lucky.

A woman in the neighborhood
heard a commotion

and filmed Abigail's abduction.

Thanks to them, we were
able to track the vehicle.

Where'd it go?

Back to where it
all began, Westview.

Police! Drop the weapon!

On the ground.

Hands on your
head. Turn around.

Walk towards my partner.

Hands behind your back.

- You OK?
- Yeah, totally fine.

Carl's going through it, though.

I never really even
knew my mother.

Does anyone, really?

What is going on here?

Well, my friend Carl
here was being pressured

into killing me, but then,
we got to talking, right?

- Yeah, and I couldn't.
- Yeah.

- OK, but pressured by who?
- Um, my boss.

- Meg Davidson.
- Who?

The current director at
Westview Psychiatric.

But she started
working at the hospital

long after Julius
Erickson went mad,

and she has no links to the CIA,

so why would she
try to kill Abigail?

- To cover up Bob's murder.
- And who killed Bob?

Can you introduce yourself?

Oh, yes. My name is
Caroline McGrath.

You hired my friend, Bob Medina,

because you had questions

about your friend Winona's
treatment at Westview, right?

Yes, of course, everyone thought

I was just being
paranoid, but Bob didn't,

and it got him killed.

You worked with
Winona Baker, right?

Yes, she was hospitalized
with depression

by her daughter.

Seemed like therapy and some
medication would help her,

but Winona got worse fast.

Lost track of reality,

she exhibited
signs of psychosis,

paranoia, dissociation.

And by that point, I
wondered whether a transfer

to a new facility might
be in her best interest.

And then?

The director informed
me that Winona's family

had gotten a judge to
order a conservatorship,

and they wanted her
to stay for good.

You were suspicious?

Winona always had her funks.

But she wasn't crazy

until that place made
her lose her mind.

And that proved to be
the break you needed?

Yeah, when we started
looking into it,

it turned out a significant
number of Westview patients

were wealthy, and
a high percentage

were ordered into
conservatorship.

Now, conservatorship
is extremely difficult

to get for an adult because of
the potential abuse of power.

It gives one party
legal authority

over certain aspects of
another person's life,

including managing
all of their assets.

It's like what happened
to Britney Spears.

"Manage their assets"...

rich person speak
for controlling

someone else's money.

Yes, and money makes
people do crazy things.

Like poison their
family member's water

with a chemical
cocktail so potent

it has the potential
to permanently damage

the human psyche?

Yeah, just like that.

I was supposed to inherit,

but, um, after my
break with reality,

my dad cut me off, and my
brother got everything.

What's everything?

Oh, about, um, $12 million.

It must have been hard going
from that kind of wealth

to nannying.
- Oh, no.

No, it was a blessing.

I really think that helping
children was my calling.

Mm.

Once we found the pattern,
we started interviewing

some of the families.

A little pressure,
and they cracked.

And with the search warrant,

we found the gun used
to kill Bob Medina

in Director Davidson's closet.

She'd been running
her scam for a decade.

Turns out she was
Dr. Erickson's therapist

in the last years of his life.

He must have told her
about his experiments.

In exploring his old
lab, she'd uncovered

the tainted water,
realized its potential.

And we had her on murder, fraud,

elder abuse, kidnapping,
attempted murder, poisoning.

Miss Davidson, would you
like to make a comment?

You know, this might be
your last chance to tell

your side of the story.

Look at all these
people watching.

The state ordered a
full investigation

into every conservatorship
Westview ordered.

God willing, the
victims will get

their rights and assets back.

And Westview itself has
been closed for good.

But the lawsuits
are just starting,

not to mention the rest of
the legal ramifications.

I'm glad this is getting
so much attention.

These poor, abused patients
can finally get justice.

Do you think it could
impact your case at all?

It certainly gives my defense
a fresh coat of paint.

If the jury won't
listen to reason...

because I am innocent...

perhaps they will listen
to the tragic story

of a simple tradesman
falling victim

to a poisoned environment that
chemically affected my psyche.

And what did that
environment make you do?

Who can say? Certainly not me.

I... I wasn't in my right mind.

Yeah, the, um...
the poisoned water

was only found in the
abandoned psych ward.

No vending machines left
to fill there, right?

At this point, I must
confess I did go inside

that abandoned ward
back when I was a kid.

My father's warnings,
they didn't scare me away.

They only made me
more desperate to see.

And whatever lurked inside...

must have infected me.

Hm.

Glasser is claiming that
the presence of those drugs

would absolve him of any
alleged responsibility

for the murders.

There is no way that
defense is going to work.

We have Glasser dead to rights.
- Are you sure about that?

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Hey, hey. Sorry.

I know we talked about me not
recording interviews in here,

but Rodge mentioned he needed
a space with great acoustics.

And, you know, we're
shutting it down.

We're shutting it
down. Shut it...

shut it down.
- Shutting it down, copy.

Hi. Sorry.

She said this was cool.

You're going to help me get
these in the van, right?

I'll be right there.

Next time, handcuffs
and squad cars.

Yeah, totally understandable.

Thanks again for going
exclusive with me.

Seriously, this doc
is going to be huge.

I hope so.

You deserve something good
after what you've been through.

How are you holding up?
- Oh, I'm... I'm fine.

I'm happy to have
something to focus on.

When I've been through
some scary times,

I have been guilty of using
my work as my therapy,

but if there's ever a time
you need someone to talk to...

Thank you. Really.

But I already have
a great therapist,

one with zero
history at Westview.

Excellent.

You know, there's still
something I can't figure out.

How did you know that Bob the PI

was working for
Caroline McGrath.

Oh, Bob told me while we
were stuck in the lab.

He got chatty once he opened up.

I have that effect on people.

We had to come back because
our job isn't finished.

This hospital has
housed killers,

evil experiments, and
perhaps the supernatural.

Our job as investigators
is to collect

and present questions
and possibilities.

Interpretation, however,
solely belongs with you.

Did Westview really...

Should we check that out?

I might be good.

You know what? Me too.

Whoo!

Oh, God!

Damn it.