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I'm not safe here.

I feel like I can't watch this.

of the popular YouTube channel Paranormal Paranoids have now been

week. Speculation abounds for the whereabouts of the so -called Paranormal

Paranoids. Peter Bailey, Laura Tucker, David Reynolds, and Riley Brennan. They

were last seen near the southern edge of Dark County, Ohio, near an abandoned

town called Shelby Oaks. The Dark County Police Department say they're doing

their best to locate them, but have very few leads.

These people are fakers, man.

I mean, they've always been frauds. They're still fraud.

They're baiting you, just building anticipation for the next episode.

They recently started using two cameras. The cops have one.

So where's the other? The parents are requesting that the public take this

seriously. This isn't a hoax.

It's been one full week since we learned of their disappearance.

Without a single new development in the case, their friends and family are

starting to fear the worst.

This is Riley as you know her, host of Paranormal Paranoids.

This is Riley as I know her, my little sister.

My name is Mia Walker.

I've been searching for Riley for the last 12 years.

And I'd like you to get to know her the way that I do.

When we were kids, she was very mature for her age. She was always thinking,

figuring things out, seeing things no one else saw.

Some people keep a dream journal. Riley kept a dream sketchbook.

She'd start drawing instantly as soon as she woke up, but she had extremely

vivid dreams.

And sometimes, she even drew her nightmares.

school she started to take the arts more seriously.

And the Riley that I knew just melted away when she was performing.

She really came out of her shell.

And she got good at that.

Pretending that she was okay when she wasn't.

So with that passion of hers it was no surprise when the channel took off.

For the last half of the 20th century, UFO researchers, demonologists,

all that, there was a mysticism to it.

Even the idea of investigating the supernatural was becoming a joke.

What happened with the paranoids changed that.

Since then, locals refer to it simply as the suicide shed.

YouTube was brand new.

Nobody knew what it could be or who might be watching.

The paranoids tapped into an audience that had been relegated to...

UFO conventions and paranormal chat rooms, and those people were starved for

content.

Nearly every time they filmed, they captured something most paranormal

researchers spend their entire lives looking for, which is why they had so

doubters.

You know, at first, I thought they could have been faking things, sure. I mean,

I didn't know how else to explain it.

But I also knew that Riley wouldn't do something like that.

She took all this stuff very seriously.

So you believe their videos were genuine?

I believe my sister's not a liar.

I tried talking to her about it, but...

After the prison episode, she got real quiet.

Jesus.

What?

Don't you feel that?

Yeah, I feel what?

A lot of people

called bullshit on that.

But then the upload stopped and the channel went dark.

Some of the fans were worried, but most seemed to think it was the publicity

stunt.

And then everything changed.

Today's top story, the host of the YouTube channel The Paranormal Paranoids

been missing for five days.

People started taking it seriously after that.

It's sad to say, but that's really where their fame began.

After their disappearance, people all over the world started dowering through

their videos searching for answers.

There are videos of her on her channel talking to someone off screen that we've

never met. The police need to be checking everything.

Having clear sight of a car belonging to a member of the group may also be

helpful for us going forward if we ever need to identify a vehicle.

There were plenty of theories, but nothing concrete ever came forward.

So there is a lot to unpack here. And then there's this odd clip of her

to another paranormal paranoid, Peter.

Well, we had the gas station security feed and their card numbers.

They had made their last recorded purchase there just outside of Shelby

we knew they at least got that far.

Anywhere these kids might have been going, we had to investigate.

So the most obvious place was the old amusement park.

It's about 60 miles from here.

My mom used to talk about it all the time. She loved going there when she was

kid.

They had a ballroom and bands played there. It was pretty much the only

to go to Shelby Oaks.

The park closed in the late 90s after a really bad fire.

A lot of people think the place is haunted.

Shelby Oaks has been a ghost town since the late 90s.

From the perspective of these kids, though, I mean, that place was a

It seemed promising, but it was just another dead end.

I know this is hard for people to hear, but I don't think these are just going

to turn up anything.

I think the energy is better spent on finding who did it.

Every good cop knows that feeling.

When it starts to sink in that the person you're searching for isn't coming

home.

Robert and I met two years before Riley went missing.

I always wanted to be a mother, and Robert always wanted to be a daddy.

And we tried for a bit, but it didn't happen.

And then, when Riley went missing,

It just... It just wasn't the time anymore.

Not after that.

Tragically, the bodies of Peter Bailey, Laura Tucker, and David Reynolds were

found in a cabin just outside of Shelby Oaks, Ohio.

An abandoned ghost town the young adults may have been investigating for their

show Paranormal Paranoids. On the front door of the cabin, this disturbing

symbol smeared in blood.

Riley Brennan, the host of the program, is still missing.

A video camera was discovered from the scene that police say may have captured

the perpetrator.

Once the footage got out, it sparked a nationwide campaign. You couldn't go to

the grocery store without seeing it on a sign or a billboard.

Who took Riley Brennan?

From the video, we could ascertain that the suspect was a white male, 6 '1",

maybe 6 '2", based on the height of the window.

He was wearing gloves.

So, basically, we had nothing.

Then... there was, uh...

What was that other thing?

We must have watched that tape 500 times before releasing it to the public.

None of us saw it.

But now, I can't get it out of my head.

Did I ever tell you about the night terrors I used to have?

See this man in my window.

I just feel trapped.

I mean, it's weird. It's crazy. But, like, I saw, like, images of,

like, the school and the prison and these numbers.

Wait, after the fence or before?

No, like when I was 13.

Riley always had a connection.

When she was little, she had these awful night terrors. We'd hear her screaming,

and Mom and I would run into her room and find her sweating like she'd just

10 miles.

I'll never forget the way her eyes looked.

She kept saying she saw a man standing in her window, staring at her.

A second -story window.

We never found anything.

Except a crack in the glass.

She must have been 13 before she finally grew out of that.

The last night I saw her, she had that same look in her eyes again, like she

knew something was wrong.

been a lot of debate about what she said.

I've watched it a thousand times. I'm positive.

She said, Mia, keep back.

When we were little, mom always made sure we could find our way home.

In the woods outside, she carved our initials in the trees.

If we ever got lost out there, we could just follow the markings.

And they always led us home.

I just want to leave Riley home.

Okay.

That's great.

Let's take a break.

Do you need help?

She... She pointed at me.

You okay?

Today, we're taking our first foray into the mysterious world of Ghost Town.

Behind me rests the abandoned town of Shelby Oaks, located right on the edge

Dark County, Ohio.

What really happened to Shelby Oaks?

Some say the crops went bad, soil went sour.

But truth is, no one knows for sure.

That's why we're here.

We just got here.

Are

we

seriously going to do this again?

And action.

Shelby Oaks Amusement Park.

In its heyday, this was the only draw for out -of -towners.

There was a ballroom, a few roller coasters, even a hotel.

But after a series of missing persons reports and a devastating fire, the park

eventually closed for good.

Now all that remains of this once joyful location lies in these woods, abandoned

and forgotten.

Perfect.

First try, too.

I never dreamed about this place.

Really? Yeah.

My mom used to come here when she was little.

Thank you.

No, no, no, no, no.

Get out of me.

I'm really freaked out right now.

How the fuck are you sleeping?

These sounds are coming from everywhere.

I mean, they're surrounding the whole fucking place right now.

I mean, listen to this shit, man.

Can you fucking hear this shit?

How the fuck?

Come on, guys.

We're getting good stuff.

What is it?

There's something you need to see.

He took it with his hand.

He brought it here?

Why didn't you give it to the police?

I needed to see it for myself first.

The man's name is Wilson Miles, born in Shelby Oaks in 1981.

He spent five years at the old Dark County Correctional for aggravated

and battery.

The person Riley filmed him.

After he gets out, he falls off the map.

No bills, phone records.

Odds are he found a hole to hide in.

Until recently.

I know this is a delicate subject.

But do you have any reason to believe that this might have something to do

your sister?

What's wrong with you?

You're withholding evidence now?

This is what you've been searching for and now that you've got it, you're

keeping it to yourself?

You think that tape is what I've been searching for?

That's not what I meant.

What did the tape actually tell us?

That we know who the killer is. And where is he now?

They'll use that tape as an ending to the story. They don't even have to look

for the guy. His body's at the morgue rotting. What else is left for them?

Riley. They already gave up on her. For the cops, this will be nothing new.

Nothing will change.

And as soon as the public gets a hold of it, they'll drag Riley through the dirt

all over again. It'll never fucking end.

Unless we find her first.

All I'm asking for is a few days.

My prison died the day that Wilson Miles arrived.

How long were you the warden there?

Too long.

In the interview I read, you said that you couldn't explain the rapid

deterioration of the prison.

I've had many years to think about it since then.

But one memory in particular puts it all in perspective.

It was the day of that awful riot.

A computer error unlocked every cell in Block 3.

The last place you want something like that to happen.

We used to call Block 3 the grave.

Because all the folk there had one foot in it.

That's awful. What I saw in cell 37 was... That was the cell of one

Wilson Miles.

He was a peculiar man.

Very quiet.

Spoke to no one.

On that day...

His door was

wide open.

He could have tried to run.

But he just... He just stood there.

Staring out the window.

Totally unaware of all the chaos surrounding him.

When the dust... settled there he remained

that man was carrying something i

don't know what it was but it left nothing but death

and rot in my prison

Are you sure he's dead?

Very.

Good.

Now all that remains of this once joyful location lies in these woods, abandoned

and forgotten.

I think I had a dream about this place.

Really? Yeah.

My mom used to come here when she was little.

I am.

Yeah.

We will get it when she sees it.

Yes.

Fair warning, this kind of thing was more Riley's ballpark, but just hear me

out.

1981, Wilson Miles is born in Shelby Oaks, almost immediately after the town

starts losing residents.

Businesses close, crops fail, the town barely survives by hanging on to its one

and only draw.

The amusement park.

Riley and I went there all the time.

By the millennium, there are two things left in Shelby Oaks. The amusement park.

and Dark County Correctional. That was taken in 2002. This is 2007, after

Miles was there for five years.

What does this have to do with Riley?

Her night terror. When she turns 13, she stops having them.

Yeah, but she grew out of them. When Riley turns 13, Wilson started his time

Dark County. Five years later, he gets out, Riley disappears.

She didn't grow out of anything.

It was real.

So?

No.

I'm going to tell you something I haven't told anyone.

Because up until now, I wrote it off as a false memory, a bad dream.

When Riley was nine, maybe ten, she was having a rough week.

Every single night she was screaming, crying.

So one night I decided I'd sleep in the room with her. I thought it might help.

And it did.

She slept through the whole night.

But I didn't.

Not long after she fell asleep, I heard something outside the window, scratching

at the glass.

I turned over in bed.

I looked across the room.

And I saw it.

I never told Mom or Riley.

After that, I never saw it again.

I think this thing used Wilson, possessed him, controlled him, whatever

to call it, to get what it's wanted ever since it first looked through her

window.

I know. I know.

I'm totally fucking nuts.

You need help, Mia.

taunting.

was the sale of one.

Thank you.

Okay.

May I help you?

Sorry.

I didn't know anyone lived out here anymore.

Oh, I've been out here since before I can remember.

Which isn't very far.

Do you have a dog?

I followed one out here. The dog.

Oh, he's probably around here somewhere thinking he can get a

midnight snack.

Won't you come inside?

You can shut the door.

Maybe you can tell me if you've seen this girl before.

Melanie? Mia, this girl. Have you seen her?

Oh, I can't say that I have.

You live alone out here, Norma?

Nope.

What's the story about that girl?

She's my sister.

Oh.

Tell me about her.

Oh, come on.

Entertain an old lady.

I haven't seen anybody but my son in I don't know how long.

Is that who you live with? Your son?

Right behind you.

Do you have any children there?

No. Oh.

Sorry. Any reason?

Just couldn't find the time.

I see.

You sure there's nothing more to the story?

Excuse me?

Well, it's life, isn't it?

It's always about the timing.

Sometimes it gives, sometimes it takes.

Would you still want one?

You know, come to think of it, I am actually kind of hungry.

I think I might take you up on that snack.

Of course, my dear.

Thank you.

you should be proud of her she was strong

Just as I was.

She's being given the chance to touch greatness.

Where is she?

The police are on their way. That will make no difference.

Tell me where she is right fucking now!

Don't be afraid.

It's a gift.

Honey, it's Mia.

Come to me.

I'm here.

I'm running. I'm here.

Please, baby, hear me.

I found you.

you

Sagittarian. Incubus of the North.

Shield this town.

of the north.

Seal this ambient.

Bless him with the knowledge of your all -seeing eyes.

Let hell's hounds guard his every move.

Bestow upon him your protection.

Come on.

Riley Brennan, the long -lost host of the now almost mythical program

Paranoids, has been found alive.

She was discovered locked in the basement of a house in Shelby Oaks, the

town on the edge of Dark County, Ohio.

The Dark County Police Department has confirmed they have in their possession

recently uncovered footage.

Coming up next, we'll be airing the shocking tape that features the final

moments of Peter Bailey, Laura Tucker, and David Reynolds as well as the

abduction of Riley Brennan. We must warn you that the footage is extremely

disturbing.

Things are definitely going to be different.

I'm not sure there is a way to go back to normal after everything we've been

through.

I'm just grateful to have her back.

We're rolling.

Okay.

Have you seen any improvement in Riley since bringing her home?

Well, it's just the first day.

But she showed some signs of awareness.

We still have a long road ahead of us.

How's Robert adjusting to all this?

He's taking some time.

And we both think that's healthy right now.

And the baby?

He's wonderful.

There was some reluctance at first, given the circumstances.

How's that coming along so far?

Well, we've almost finished editing everything we shot before.

You know.

Right.

But, uh, this will make a great ending to the story.

Yeah.

One last thing.

You told the police you just happened across that house.

Off the record, how did you really find her?

I guess something wanted me to.

Honey, think about what you're doing.

I know my sister's not a murderer.

Please.

Back away.

control him whatever you want to call it to get what it's wanted ever since it

first looked through her window