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That is the creepiest
[bleep] thing!

I just heard what sounded
like human laughter over there.

Oh, right there, right there!
We are not alone out here.

On this episode
of "Expedition X"...

Wait till you see this.

Stephen King is
the undisputed master of horror.

But is his fiction actually
frightening fact?

Who here has experienced
something strange

in the town of Bangor?
- It's a lot of hands.

We travel to King's hometown
of Bangor, Maine,

investigating a dark
and deadly history

that is the foundation
for his greatest works.

Down in Devil's Half Acre,
they're getting away

with basically murder.

There's lots of accounts
of bodies

being found down there.

Oh my God!

Their faces are scratched off.

The team discovers
long-hidden secret tunnels

that inspired the lair
of Pennywise in "It."

What the [bleep] was that?

That's when I realized
something is down here with me.

Oh!

As Phil and Heather find out
the truth behind Stephen King's

most iconic horror stories.

Oh, [bleep]!

OK, guys, I've got some
childhood trauma to share.

Makes sense.

I'm just saying
it checks out, Phil.

Bear with me.

So when I was a kid,
I spent my childhood

crawling through storm drains,
catching salamanders.

- Naturally.
- Of course.

It was a blast until one day
I encountered something

so terrifying, it scared
the life out of me.

What? Like some monster
salamander cryptid?

No, that would have been
amazing to find.

Well, he would have loved that.

Absolutely.
No, the "it" I'm talking about

wasn't in the storm drains.

- It was the book "It."
- Oh, Stephen King classic.

Creepy clown, Pennywise,
luring children to their doom.

- In the storm drains!
- In the storm drains, I see.

Wait a second now.

You conquered the Amazon,

but you're scared
of a little sewer?

I'll admit it's
a work-in-progress for me,

but it stuck with me so much
so that the other day

I went down a rabbit hole
to see if there was

any truth behind it.

That there's a killer clown
in the sewer?

No, that there's any truth
behind the novel.

And it turns out,
surprisingly, there may be,

because when Stephen King was
writing "It,"

he was inspired
by real strange stories

from his longtime home
of Bangor, Maine.

And to this day,
people in that town

regularly report
paranormal activity.

Bangor is a really
interesting place.

So on its surface, it is this
beautiful, idyllic Maine city,

but it does have this
very dark history, actually.

There are a lot of paranormal
sightings there,

and it did inspire
a lot of King's novels.

So I think you and
the master of horror may be

onto something here, Phil,
because behind It's

terrifying fiction, there
might be something even scarier,

which is terrifying fact.

In Stephen King's novel, "It,"

an ancient evil lurks
in the sewers

beneath the town
of Derry, Maine,

feeding on children's fears
by taking the form

of their darkest nightmares,
most often a bloodthirsty clown

named Pennywise.

The fictional Derry has
a long, dark history

of freak accidents
and grisly murders.

But it pales in comparison
to the real darkness

of the town that inspired it.

Welcome, not to Derry,
but to Bangor.

Founded in 1769
on the Penobscot River,

the new settlement is
quickly decimated

in the Revolutionary War.

The British then reclaimed
the city in a bloody battle

in 1814.

But these tragedies are
only the beginning.

By the mid-1800s,
Bangor is known

as the lumber capital
of the world.

Millions of logs float
down the river,

along with the occasional
battered bodies of loggers

killed in brutal accidents,

drunken brawls, and foul play.

Because with the city's wealth
comes serious wickedness.

Downtown Bangor becomes
such an illicit den

of brothels and saloons,
it earns the nickname

the Devil's Half Acre...

...where murder is
a weekly headline.

In response, Maine becomes
the first state

to outlaw alcohol in 1851,
and Bangor's sins

go underground, carving out
miles of hidden tunnels

for speakeasies
and unspeakable acts.

By the time National
Prohibition arrives in 1920,

Bangor is already a stronghold
for bootleggers,

smugglers, and organized crime.

The violence peaks in 1937,

when FBI agents gun down
gangster Al Brady

in the middle of downtown,

where some say his ghost
still roams the streets today.

But he's not the only specter
haunting Bangor.

At the old water tower,
people hear

disembodied laughter...

...and report strange
temperature drops.

While at the 136-year-old
theater, witnesses claim

they've been grabbed
by an icy, invisible hand.

And in the historic
downtown area, there's been

an uptick in
shadow-figure sightings

ever since sinkholes opened
and exposed

the forgotten tunnels
beneath the city.

The very tunnels that inspired
the sinister lair

of King's ultimate evil...

...Pennywise.

Do Stephen King's stories
of supernatural terror

echo a real and ancient evil
that, until recently,

was sealed away
beneath the city?

Are the horrors of "It"
slithering off the pages

and into Bangor?

This is fascinating.
The history of this town

coupled with all
the experiences people are

having, could very well be
authentic paranormal activity.

And I do think that that
activity could have helped

shape the novel "It."

Or it could be
the other way around.

Maybe King's killer imagination
has started to seep

into the minds of the people
of Bangor.

But either way, there are
too many reports to ignore.

We have to get to this town,
if only to conquer

my childhood trauma.
- Sure.

Some people go to therapy.
Phil wants to go to Bangor.

I think it's really,
really interesting,

especially the discovery
of these tunnels, right?

I mean, who knows what secrets
are lurking down there?

So that's your mission.

Get to Bangor,
investigate these

paranormal encounters,
and discover whether

the book "It" had
one hell of a ghost writer,

the ghosts of Bangor.

It's only a 90-minute flight
from New York to Bangor.

And once they leave the airport,
Phil lines up

an It-appropriate way to get
around the city...

by bicycle.

No jeep in these hills?
Really?

I mean, if the kids in "It" use
their bikes to adventure

around town and take
on Pennywise,

I figure it's gotta be
a great way for us

to get a lay of the land.

I don't have a kid's energy.

Oh! Look at that!
Wait till you see this!

Check this out, Heather!

This is Stephen King's home.

This is where he wrote "It"
and so many

of his other classics.
- Now, this is my kind of house!

Look at those bats!

- Would you move in here?
- Absolutely!

Keep up the good work, Stephen!

Here it is, the old firehouse.

Let's hear some stories
of haunted Bangor.

Hello, hello.

We asked a group of locals
to meet up

and share their stories
of eerie encounters

from all over the city.

All right, why don't you guys
take a seat

and we'll get this started.

So who here has experienced
something strange

in the town of Bangor?

- A lot of hands.
- That's why we're here.

All right, let's hear
some stories.

Who's got a story to share?

I'm an actress
at Penobscot Theater.

One night during a show,
I was backstage with a good

friend of mine, Christie,
who's here.

She goes, "Do you see...
behind me?"

And I go, "The man?"

But it was through a scrim.
And I went, "Why?"

She goes,
"That person isn't there."

So what exactly did you see?

There was a face
right against the scrim.

And so, Christie,
you were there?

I was there.

It was a head, or did you see
an entire body there?

It was a head just staring.

I walked right up to that scrim
and literally put my hand out,

and there was nothing there.

So you're convinced
that this was a ghost?

Yes.
Mm-hmm.

Anyone else got something
they wanna share?

- Yeah, go ahead.
- So this happened

fairly recently at the Bangor
Opera House late at night.

We were doing a production
of "A Christmas Carol."

I was Tiny Tim.

I was backstage
waiting to go on.

And then I feel like
the sensation of somebody,

like, grabbing my shoulder,
like a tight press

of my shoulder.

- And there's nobody there.
- What do you think it was?

I think that it's a ghost
named Sammy.

She was a little girl
trying to get my attention.

OK, thanks for sharing this.

I've lived next
to the Standpipe for 73 years,

and there was a boy
that was killed in it

in an accident in 1940.

Howard was sliding
down the banister,

and he slipped and fell between
the banister and the tank.

- Oh, wow!
- And by the time

they got to him,
he was still alive,

but didn't make it
to the hospital.

So what strange things are
reported there today?

There's people that say
they get a chill when they go

in the building, and they hear
children playing in it.

One of the most interesting
things about the history

of Bangor is there's a whole
series of tunnels underground.

There's a lot of talk
about them having been haunted,

and they run throughout
underneath the city.

Mm.
All right.

Anybody else got a story
they wanna share?

Yes?

There's a lot of stories
of the Kenduskeag Stream.

Stephen King called it
the Barrens, and that name

kind of stuck.
It goes right through Bangor.

It's a real eerie place.

There's a lot of Satanic
rituals, witchcraft,

not anything you wanna
mess with.

And this is common knowledge
that this is going on

down there?
- Yeah.

Mm.

I also work
at Penobscot Theatre Company

of the Bangor Opera House,
which is the building

that the theater is in.

I do have a piece of evidence
that we've collected,

if you'd like to see it.
- Yes!

- Wow!
- Whoa!

They wanted to take
a picture of the progress

of the building of the set,
but no one was down there,

and that's what we saw
afterwards.

It looks like you can see
his whole face!

So there's no way
that someone was standing

in front of that set?
- That's right.

Any guesses who that might be?

The Bangor Opera House burnt
down in 1914, rebuilt in 1920.

There are two firefighters
who died in the fire of 1914.

That could be one of them.

I mean, that's an amazing
piece of evidence.

You've gotten a fair amount
of activity over there.

It seems like
such a beautiful town.

Feels like you guys are trying
to scare us out of here.

We have a lot of leads
to look into.

But with so much
activity reported

at the Bangor Opera House,
Phil and I decide to make that

our first stop of the night.

We split up
to cover more ground.

Phil goes on stage to look
into Christie's

mysterious floating head.

Meanwhile, I make my way
to the dressing room,

where some witnesses claim
to have seen the spirit

they call "Sammy" behind them
in the mirror.

I'm gonna set myself up
in the exact same situation

to see if I can get
some more activity.

I'm gonna have a recorder going.

This is Heather.

Is there someone here with me?

Sammy, can you
show yourself to me?

What the [bleep] is that?

That sounded like a growl.

Sammy, did you just make
that noise?

Can you make it again?

Did you [bleep] hear that?

That sounded like
someone knocking

on the other side
of the [bleep] wall!

There's nothing here!

What's on the other side
of this wall?

So you clearly just
made a knock.

Can you make a noise?

Bro.

Bro, did you hear that one?
That was a tap-tap.

I think Sammy is
messing with me.

I'm just gonna take a peek,
see back here

to the other side of that wall.

Oh!

And these must be
the stairs that that young boy

Miles had the experience
of a cold hand

grasping his shoulder.

Ooh, temperature change.

It's definitely colder
over here.

Wow.
A floating disembodied head.

Look, look, look.

OK, so I guess they just have
floating heads around here.

Let's see if we can recreate
that floating head

that the witnesses saw.

I've heard about
the ghost, Sammy.

I've got a couple
of different objects

that I wanna see
if she'll interact with.

OK.

I have an EMF tripwire because
when I was a little girl,

I loved colorful things.

All she has to do is
get near it or touch it

and the sensors will go off.
How about some ghost balls?

Sammy, let's play.

Sammy, are you there?

Can you show yourself
to me now?

Ooh! So you're
right beside me right now.

You are right beside me
right now.

OK, OK.
So you're letting your...

your presence be known.

You're just sitting
on that step.

If you're Sammy, can you
light up the whole string

of EMF lights?

Ooh!

That whole thing just lit up.
Did you see that?

Ooh!

They said the head was
next the scrim.

Scrim is this.
It's this lightweight material

that is used in theaters
all over the world

because of the way
it interacts with light.

Imagine you're in a scenario
where there's a light

behind you and you're
casting a shadow,

you would be able to see
this face behind the scrim,

but the second you move
and your shadow is gone,

boom, the face is gone too.

Now you see it,

now you don't.

Can you touch
one of these balls?

Or can you move one of 'em?
They'll roll really easily.

Sammy, are you the one
that gripped Miles's shoulder?

Ooh!

Yes!

Are you trapped here?

Ooh.

Did you grab Miles's shoulder
because you were lonely?

Or because you were afraid?

Did you leave?

'Cause it feels
like you may have left.

I'm gonna leave
my audio recorder running

in case you have
anything else to say.

I'm gonna press on.

There's a lot more Bangor
to investigate tonight,

so Heather and I decide
to divide and conquer.

I head over
to the Kenduskeag Stream,

the inspiration for the Barrens
in Stephen King's "It,"

and, according to
our witnesses, the site

of alleged Satanic rituals.

First thing I'm gonna do is
get on my Flir.

Anything living and breathing
down here,

it will show up bright white.

Basically, I just wanna
make sure we are

truly alone down here.

Check it out!

Look at this!
Look, we got bones!

Sometimes this means this is
some sort of altar,

some sort of offering.
Other times, it's just bones.

So I'll take a look around,
see if I find anything else

that hints
at what happened here.

Right here.

No way!

This is candle wax!
Look at this.

One, two, three, four,

four candles.

This looks like someone,
at least with the intent

of some sort of witchcraft,
some sort of ritual,

so at least it seems
like that part of the story

of what happens down here
in the Barrens may be true.

OK, I'm gonna keep moving.

While Phil explores
the Barrens,

I'm looking into
the Thomas Hill Standpipe.

Oh, wow!

The setting for an iconic scene
in King's novel, "It,"

and the site of a tragic
accident in 1940.

The Bangor Water Department
granted us exclusive access

for our investigation.

Oh, my!

Oh, OK.

This is where Howard was
playing, right here,

and then he fell over...

...and passed away.

I'm just gonna do
a call-and-response

session here.

I've got this audio recorder.

I came here to figure out

what all of this activity is.

Howard, are you here?

Ravine.

Ravine.

Howard, is that you?

What you want me to do?

The center.

The center of the structure?

Above.

You want me to go above
the standpipe right now?

I'm listening.

I'll leave
my audio recorder running.

Let's go up.

Wow.

That is
the creepiest [bleep] thing.

I just heard...

...what sounded like--
like human laughter!

Over there.
Is there anyone over there?

Oh, right there!
Right there!

Come here!
They're right there.

Right back there.

I just saw a head peek out
from behind that tree.

We are not alone out here.

Hello?
Anyone here?

I'm certain I saw
someone show up right here.

I'll put my Flir away

so I can be ready for anything.

Hello?

Oh [bleep], look at those!
Look, look!

Oh, my gosh!

This is-- that is wet.

That is where someone
just stepped.

And it leads

all the way up to here,

to these culverts.

Oh, my God!

Oh my God!

I just heard laughter
inside here.

Hello?

There's no way in.
This is weird.

I mean, this is where,
according to the story,

Pennywise lives.

This is where
my childhood nightmares began.

Feels like everything
I've experienced down here

in the Barrens led me to this,
to the tunnels that run

underneath
and throughout Bangor.

Looks like
we're getting close to the top.

Ovilus told me to go above.
I am above.

OK.

Oh my god!
Look at that!

This is amazing!

You can see
the whole city of Bangor.

A door.
All right.

What the hell is this?

I gotta say,
it feels incredibly creepy

to be standing
over the entire water tank.

Now that I'm here
in the center of the standpipe

and I see all this metal,

I'm gonna turn this structure

into a giant antenna
for my spirit box.

Let's see if one of the biggest
buildings in Bangor

can tap into all
of the town's activity.

You can use this device
to communicate with me.

I'm trying to understand
the activity in Bangor.

Tell me what I need to know.

I heard the word down.

So I need to go down?

Yes.
Yes.

Where do I need to go down?

Below?

Deep underground.

Are you in the tunnels?

"All of us," yes.

Evil?!

- Phil, do you copy?
- Hey, Heather.

- How's it going?
- I got intense activity.

I felt like I was led
to the top of the standpipe,

and I got the words,
"Down," "Below," "Tunnels."

Well, guess who just found
down below tunnels

in the Barrens?
- You're [bleep] me!

Could you get in there?
Could you find

a way into the tunnels?

No.
Let's regroup and form a plan.

Copy that.

After an eventful night,
Heather and I split up

to dig deeper into what's
really happening in Bangor.

I'm meeting up with Tia Wilson,
a local historian

who's an expert
on the city's dark past.

We're here investigating
the origin of the inspiration

behind Stephen King's "It."
- Yes.

As everybody knows,
a lot of that evil comes

from what's down below.
- Yes.

We've heard about these tunnels,
but I'm just wondering

how much of this is
just urban legend

and how much of it is true?

Yeah, well, there are tunnels
under the city.

- OK.
- Prohibition started

in Maine in 1850,
so we were the first state

in the nation
to start prohibition.

- Wow!
- So 70 years

before it actually became a law
for the rest of the states.

So these tunnels were then
building an infrastructure

of illicit activities
during that extended

prohibition period?
- Absolutely.

There's like a whole underground
city that we don't know about.

Are there maps of the tunnels?

There are no maps
of the tunnels.

OK.

They didn't want people
to know about the tunnels

because the tunnels were
used for shady business.

So was this just people
who wanted to have a drink?

No, no, no.
I think the people

that were going down here
may have had

a little bit more
of a dark passion.

So we had gang members,
we had the prostitutes.

Of course, we had maybe
dirty politicians,

but they were going deep
down into these tunnels

where they wouldn't
necessarily be seen or found.

So was this
a dangerous place to be?

Absolutely-- you wouldn't wanna
be down there at night.

You wouldn't wanna be a woman
walking down there alone.

- OK.
- A lot of fist fights.

Sailors would get beaten
to a bloody pulp.

And they're getting away
with basically murder.

Down in Devil's Half Acre,
there's lots of accounts

of bodies being found
down there.

They found a body
of an infant in a puddle.

- Oof.
- Yeah. Yeah, terrible.

So there is a lot of history
literally beneath our feet.

Yeah, and there's
no record of it.

There could still be
bodies down there.

- Mm-hmm.
- They've barricaded up walls.

Do you have any advice,
anything we should look out

for when we're down there?

collapsing walls,
closed off tunnels.

To me, that's
the biggest danger.

You don't wanna go down there
and not be able to find

your way out.

Intrigued by the hits
that directed me to look

deep underground,
I found a witness

who says he's been there.

- Luke, hi.
- Hi!

Heather, nice to meet you.

Luke Warren claims
to have explored

miles of tunnels
beneath the city

and had a terrifying
experience deep inside.

What's it like down there?

I'm not typically a guy
who gets nervous very easy.

I was nervous.
I was scared.

It's just massive.

It's easy to get lost
down there.

It's a labyrinth
of rooms, corridors.

You get turned around easy.

Once you get into one room,
it seems like it opens up

to another room.

You come back to go
out of that room,

and it looks totally different.

I can only imagine
that not only would that feel

terrifying, but in some ways
it would feel like something was

messing with you.
- It did.

It was like you're
in a house of mirrors, almost.

Further in I went, it changed.
The air changed.

I started feeling
that I wasn't alone.

I noticed I was starting
to breathe a little heavier.

My heart was beating heavier.
My palms were sweating.

I've been to a lot of places
that I consider creepy,

maybe even haunted.
Never had that feeling before.

Wow!
So I understand

that you filmed
entering these tunnels?

Yeah, whenever I explore
any old location,

I always film,
this particular time,

I caught some stuff
that I can't explain.

Let's see it

Here, I'm inside one
of the bathrooms there,

two stories underground.

I was just looking around,
seeing if I could see

any writing for dates
or anything on the wall,

and that's when I realized that
something is down here with me.

Oh!

That door just closed by itself.

- Slammed shut?
- Mm-hmm.

Wow.

How does it feel
watching this video back?

It still gives me goosebumps.

It's something that haunts me
to this day, this feeling

of, "You're not alone."
You'll feel it.

I felt it the whole time,
and I wasn't prepared for it.

You think these tunnels
are dangerous?

Without a doubt.

The tunnels just have
a life of their own.

Using the detailed directions
Luke gave me,

Phil and I are able to find
the only known entrance

to the maze of tunnels,
hidden in the basement

of an old building downtown.

There should be
one more door down here.

OK.

Over here.

- You got it?
- Yeah.

Luke said the entrance
to the tunnels would be

through a reinforced door.
- OK.

Let's see what's down here.

It's stuck.

Ugh!

Oh, my God, Heather!
Look!

This is it.
These are the tunnels.

- Wow!
- Look at that!

The historian I talked to
said that there's basically

no records for any
of these tunnels

because they were all built
for illegal activity.

But what is known about these
locations is that the worst of

the worst happened down here,
including murder.

Yeah, and my guy told me
he felt like these tunnels

were messing with him.

- Just keeps going back.
- Oh, barber chair.

Barber chair.

It was just left here!

Yeah, it seems like...

as the city started
to modernize in the mid-1900s,

they must have just closed off
entrances to the tunnels.

Just completely forgot
about them.

- That's a stretcher.
- Yeah?

I mean, you wanna talk
about a bajillion

different trigger objects
that are just lost to time.

Really old books in here.

Storage areas back here.

This is just too creepy!

Did this take us back around?

Are we walking in circles?

Maybe this place is a maze.

Before we explore any further,
I get out the XLS camera

to search for any
paranormal activity.

Let's see if we can
find anything.

There's something I wanna try.

- What are you thinking?
- Lemme show ya.

There definitely would have
been multiple entrances

and exits to the tunnels.

So you told me that Luke had
a door slammed on him,

so I'm wondering,
what if there's a draft

that moves
through here sometimes?

OK, so how are we gonna
test that?

A red balloon?

Yeah, when in
Stephen King's underworld,

you bring a red balloon.
- OK.

Tie it to a string,
put a little tiny weight on it

so it's neutrally buoyant,
and any breeze will make

this thing move around.

So, got this recording.

If this balloon moves,
we'll have it documented.

- OK.
- Roll.

OK.

Oh!

What the [bleep] was that?

I see glass.
I don't see any broken glass.

Here. Here.
Look.

It's like a jar
or something just fell.

Look at all that glass
down there.

Oh my goodness.
Where was it?

I have no idea.

Check these out.

- Oh.
- What?

That's creepy.

Oh my god!
Their faces are scratched off.

Look at those kids' faces!

Oh my god.
They're all scratched out.

It's like they're trying
to erase whoever that was.

Something wants
our attention here.

Do not feel friendly.

I have to do a call
and response here.

All right.
This is Heather and Phil.

We're recording in the tunnels.

We know something is
down here with us.

So who are you?

Do you enjoy scaring us?

Pursuit?

Something is pursuing us
right now?

Whoa!

- Danger from what?
- I don't know.

Let's see what's back here.

- Stick together.
- OK.

Well, I recognize this.

- Is this in this video?
- Yeah.

What happened to him in here?

So he was staring
in this mirror,

and that stall...

slammed shut.

I just don't get it.

It does kind of close
on its own.

He didn't push it open
and let it close.

OK.

Door lock here to keep it open?

No?

I think we should just
stare into the mirror

and see if anything happens.

- You just want me
to stare into a mirror?
- Yeah.

If there's anything in here,

we came all this way

because Luke saw a door
slam shut in here.

Can you make it
slam shut again?

What was that?

What the [bleep] are we hearing?

It was like whispering.

That sounded like it came
from right out the hallway,

right?
- Yeah.

Another door.

Whoa!

Just outside Bangor,
a patch of woods hides

the origin of what Stephen King
has called

his most disturbing work.

In the late 1970s, King's
young family rented a home

next to a busy road
where animals were

constantly struck
by speeding trucks.

Stephen noticed
neighborhood children

gathering the corpses
and burying them

in the nearby woods,
marking the graveyard

with a misspelled
cemetery sign.

King's own cat would go on
to be interred there

when it, too, was mowed down
by a truck.

Even more shocking,
King's toddler son was

almost a victim, too,
running into the road

before being saved just in time.

And all of this gave King
a terrifying idea,

wondering what would happen
if whatever was buried

in that cemetery came
back to life,

whether that was an animal
or a boy.

Thus began the nightmarish
novel "Pet Sematary."

Oh, [bleep]!

What the [bleep] Heather!

Did you not hear that?

No!

It was right behind me!
Something just fell!

The hell is that noise?

It sounded like a train.

There's no trains above us.

That sounds like a barrel
being rolled.

I think you're right.

It literally does sound
like something being rolled.

I don't know what is
happening here--

- What was that?
- The balloon!

The balloon is gone!

Where is it?
Where is it?

- Oh, my God!
- No!

It's here on the ground.

Holy [bleep].
How did this thing pop?

Wait, you feel that?

There's a slight breeze,
which must have pushed

the balloon this direction.

But that means there might be
another passage.

Someone could have come
through here.

Might be messing with us.

Or could it have been
someone trying to get us

to go down there?

Let's find out.
This takes us further down.

Luke said once you started
seeing the old stone,

you knew the tunnels were
getting older.

As I progressed further in,
it did get into, like,

an older brick and some
rock walls in there, too,

that looked like something
from way back.

Look at this place.

- Wow! It's so old.
- Hey, it keeps going back here.

Heather, I think I can fit.

Phil!

Be careful!

Whoa.

OK, I'm in.

Phil, what are you doing?

Wow!

This has gotta be
the oldest section

of the tunnels we've seen.

This is unreal!
What's on the other side?

Heather, there might be
something

on the other side here.

Are you willing to die for it?

Phil, look what you're
standing on!

It looks like a caved in.

It does look like a cave in.

And what was the last word
I got on the Tempest?

- Danger.
- Exactly.

Something wants to hurt us,
and you're playing

right into its hands.
You need to get

the hell outta there.

I'm hearing things
fall around me.

I don't wanna be inspiration
for another Stephen King book.

In Stephen King's novel "It,"
an evil force, Pennywise,

lurks in the tunnels
beneath Derry,

luring people to their doom.

Heather is convinced that truth
is stranger than fiction...

[bleep] was that?

...believing she and Phil
experienced something

very similar beneath Bangor.

Considering the evidence
gathered during their time

in Stephen King's hometown,
there's a disturbing amount

that could horrifically
prove her right.

While Heather was doing
her spirit box session

at the top of the town's
watertower...

I heard the word down.

...she had left
an audio recorder running

two stories below,
right by the banister

where young Howard Goodell
fell to his death.

It's faint,
but Heather believes

she can hear a child laughing.

A residual echo, perhaps,
from the 12-year-old victim

before tragedy struck.

And remember that Phil heard
what sounded like

child's laughter, too.

Oh, my god!

Right after he captured
this Flir footage

in the Barrens.

We are not alone out here.

We analyzed it,
and the shape stands

a little over
four and a half feet tall,

the average size
of a 10-year-old boy.

He thinks it may have been
kids playing a prank.

Heather disagrees,
wondering if it was

something more malevolent,
playing with Phil.

But no part of Bangor was
more active

than the long-forgotten
prohibition tunnels.

Was this a dangerous place
to be?

Absolutely!

There's lots of accounts
of bodies

being found down there.

While in the subterranean
bathroom where witness Luke

heard a door slam...

...Phil and Heather both
heard the sound of whispering.

What the [bleep]
are we hearing?

We ran an analysis
on the audio

and no distinct words
could be detected.

But at that exact moment
on our IR camera,

the balloon began moving.

Shortly after that, it popped.

The balloon!

Nothing environmental could
easily explain it,

and no one else was found
to be present in the tunnels.

Was something really pursuing
Phil and Heather?

Drawing them ever deeper
into the maze-like basement...

Oh, my god!

...and pushing them
towards misfortune?

Something wants to hurt us,
and you're playing

right into its hands.
You need to get

the hell outta there.

Heather has no doubt
Stephen King's horror

is all too alive in Bangor.

But before they left town
for good,

Phil had one more fear to face.
- All right, Phil.

Grate that inspired
Stephen King's "It."

Time to conquer
your childhood fear.

Going in.

Ugh!
Oh, it goes deep.

Let's see what's in there.

- Oh, my god, Heather!
- What?

Oh!

Wanna play, Heather?

- Feel better now?
- May smell like sewer,

but that was totally worth it.

You know what?
You can get your own self out.

Looks like it's just
me and you, Pennywise.