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There was just nothing
to explain it, nothing.
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It was just very,
very scary.
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You are about
to see real people.
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This is
not normal.
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Reliving horrifying
paranormal encounters--
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(screaming)
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For the first time.
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(screaming)
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I felt terror.
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When ghosts
attack the living--
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He wanted her
and he was gonna get her.
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(screaming)
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♪
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I buried this
for nearly 30 years.
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Be prepared
to be afraid.
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♪
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(typing)
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Story number 21.
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Take 1.
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Al Kelchner dreamed of living
!a quiet life in the countryside.
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And in 2001 he needed
some peace more than ever.
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♪
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I went through a
difficult period in 2001.
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Uhh, including
my father's death, 9/11
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and then I was laid
off umm, from the company
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that I was
working for.
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I reached a point in my life
where I needed a change,
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I needed uhh,
some calm in my life.
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My dad was a farm boy,
so being out in the country,
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especially someone
who was from the uhh,
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urban New York metropolitan
area, that was a big thrill.
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♪
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So Al
made a change.
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He left New York City and
!bought a hobby farm in Illinois.
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♪
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It was kind of,
I don't know, magical.
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It just fulfilled
every expectation
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I had about the type
of little farm I wanted.
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♪
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It was picture
postcard perfect.
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I just saw potential
and possibilities.
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Al was so taken by the farm
that he bought it on impulse
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without having
stepped foot inside.
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It would be a decision
he'd live to regret.
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It was very dark, physically,
literally physically dark.
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Ugh, it was
threatening.
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It just,
you felt uneasy
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the second you
walked into that house.
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You felt as though
you were being watched.
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♪
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It was a very
negative dark energy
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and extremely
intimidating.
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(door creaking)
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I did a subsequent
research and found out
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that it was a pretty
interesting place.
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There was a lot of
history from early uhh,
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from the revolution
and colonial days.
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I was very conflicted,
I found my little dream farm
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but at the same time
I hated going home at night.
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♪
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The drive
and the closer I got,
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the more nerved I
became because I knew
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I had to open that back
door and walk into a totally
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dark house out in
the country by myself.
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♪
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Al's uneasy feeling in the
house remain just a feeling--
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Until a few days
after he moved in.
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One morning I got up and I went
into the bathroom to shower
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and get
ready for work--
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♪
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And the bathroom was a
!mess, towels were on the floor.
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Toiletries uhh,
were scattered around.
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♪
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Items had been
taken out of the cabinet
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and they were laying
across the top of the vanity.
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♪
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I was uneasy.
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I had no, umm,
logical explanation.
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Little did Al know,
this was just the beginning.
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Soon he began to experience
other strange phenomena.
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♪
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There was
walking, talking
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and frequently my face
was touched and stroked.
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♪
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(ghostly whispering)
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(ghostly whispering)
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(sinister laughter)
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♪
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It was one of those
experiences you can't see, umm,
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you can't explain
and it's really unnerving.
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♪
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But that wasn't
the end of it.
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I was sitting
in the family room
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and talking with
a friend on the phone.
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(bang)
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When I heard,
suddenly, loud knocking
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by the front door
in the living room.
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(loud knocking)
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Which was a room
and a half away.
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♪
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(knocking)
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♪
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And then,
moved into the parlour
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which is adjacent
to the living room.
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(knocking)
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And upstairs
directly over my head.
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♪
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(knocking)
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♪
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(knocking)
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♪
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(knocking)
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(knocking)
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It probably lasted
a couple minutes, umm,
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and was incredibly unnerving
and that was when I finally
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threw in the towel,
raised the white flag and said,
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"Okay, I believe in you, so
we're gonna have to co-exist."
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If Al thought acknowledging
!whatever was haunting his house
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would calm
the activity--
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He was wrong.
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♪
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I was in the
corner of the kitchen,
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I had bread in the toaster
and as I stood there
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all of the sudden
I felt a bit of a sharp pain
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at the
back of my neck.
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I thought well,
maybe I slept the wrong way
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and pinched
a nerve.
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The pain spread through my
shoulders down into my chest
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and I thought, "Oh my god,
I just bought this place,
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I'm gonna have a heart attack
in my new residence
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and nobody's gonna find me,
you know, this is just awful."
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♪
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But then I realized that
umm, it wasn't from stress.
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It was someone who had
wrapped their arms around me
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and was squeezing
tighter and tighter.
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♪
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And I said,
"Stop it!"
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And uhh, immediately
it stopped and dissipated.
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But that
wasn't the end of it.
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On Thursday, the same week,
the same time, same location,
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same routine, toast in
the toaster, it happened again.
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♪
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This time though, it was just an
immediate bear hug,
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someone very large,
very strong, very powerful
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wrapping their arms around
me and pulling me close.
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♪
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And again
I yelled, "Stop it!"
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and it
stopped immediately.
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♪
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I felt terrified.
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I couldn't see
anything but obviously,
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there was something that
had a physical effect on me.
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So, I had
no answers.
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A house could
feel physically threatening
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depending on what entity or
spirit is occupying the house.
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Spirits are what
they were in life.
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So, if you were
a violent person in life,
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if you were an
angry person in life
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you probably carry
that to the other side.
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Spirits can get violent, if
they just don't want you around.
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They could
wanna chase you out.
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It was a test.
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"Let's see if you're
gonna stay around."
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But Al
did stay around.
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I went upstairs.
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♪
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I turned into the northwest
bedroom and I-I opened the door.
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The minute I stepped foot into
that room, I felt nauseous,
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I felt terror.
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♪
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(crash)
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And I felt
as though,
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something was pulling
me down to the floor.
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♪
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The terror was
almost debilitating.
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♪
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I-I was pushed
a couple times.
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I was struck and all of
the sudden I felt a sharp,
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sharp pain
in my right ribs.
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And that lasted
for about three weeks
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before it
finally dissipated.
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♪
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Al started to realize
that his life was in danger.
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I had a fight or flight instinct
and the instinct was to flee,
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so I did.
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♪
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It's really terrifying, the
sense that you're not alone.
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And that something
bad could happen.
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(growling)
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(door slams)
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♪
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♪
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After experiencing
a string of strange events
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in his
picture perfect farmhouse,
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Al Kelchner
was under attack.
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(door slams)
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The feeling of dread
and doom was overbearing.
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♪
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Al decided
he needed outside help.
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I decided to open up the
house to investigative teams.
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It really started
with wanting a confirmation
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that what was
really happening to me,
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one, was really happening,
and number two,
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I wasn't
losing my mind.
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I'm pretty
sensitive to the spirits,
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so when I get to a location I
can kinda sense there was a lot
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of animosity going
on at this place.
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♪
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Before I go
to any location,
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I would always try to do
some research on it.
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I read a lot about the people
that own the farm initially.
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There was a doctor as well,
that lived at the property
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and from what I understand,
he did some crazy things
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with the children.
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He would
molest them.
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♪
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(little girl
screaming)
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(ghostly whisper)
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(little girl
screaming)
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Did you
hear that?
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Within a few hours,
we heard screams
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by doing
some EVP sessions.
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The things
that were scary to me
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were there were a lot of black
shadows at the property.
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♪
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I heard noises coming from the
staircase that was behind me.
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I heard somebody
running down the stairs.
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(fast footsteps)
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(girl screaming)
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I felt something
come up close to my back
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and the
next thing I know,
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I felt just like a bear hug
completely around my stomach.
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(gasping)
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This would not be the only
investigation at Al's farm.
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As time went on and
I had groups come in,
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members of these investigating
teams seemed to observe
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more and more
shadow figures.
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One of the most amazing
experiences I've had at
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that house was and evening
when a small group was there--
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♪
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Oh my god
look, look!
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♪
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One of the people sitting at the
dining room table said,
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"Oh my god,
there's a shadow walking
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back and forth in
the living room."
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And sure enough, the window
was completely blacked out.
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♪
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They observed them outside
through the windows walking
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between the barn and the
sheen shed and inside the house.
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And then that morphed into
what looked like the figure
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of a person and
for the next half hour
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we watched that shadow
walk around in the living room.
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It was
pretty profound.
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Seeing a shadow figure,
if it's a shadow man,
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you are seeing a spirit
trying to manifest itself,
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it's trying to
show itself to you.
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So, it forms
as dark mass.
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Shadow people on the other
hand, they were never human.
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They're a bit more physical,
larger shadows with head,
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no necks,
big shoulders.
261
00:13:27,199 --> 00:13:30,827
It could be you are going
through a weakness at the time
262
00:13:30,827 --> 00:13:32,411
and they're taking
advantage of it.
263
00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:35,749
Umm, you could be also dabbling
in something you're not supposed
264
00:13:35,749 --> 00:13:39,418
to be dabbling in and
they come as a warning.
265
00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:43,422
(girl screams) Shadow people can be pretty
bad and could hurt people.
266
00:13:43,422 --> 00:13:50,139
I was scared, umm,
frightened for Al's safety.
267
00:13:50,139 --> 00:13:53,432
I was told there could be up to
30 spirits in the house
268
00:13:53,432 --> 00:13:56,561
at one time, which I
thought was an exaggeration,
269
00:13:56,561 --> 00:13:59,106
but when I hear that
multiple times repeated to me
270
00:13:59,106 --> 00:14:02,901
over a period of years then
I start to pay attention.
271
00:14:02,901 --> 00:14:04,195
I knew the
place was haunted
272
00:14:04,195 --> 00:14:08,573
but I didn't realize
how haunted it really was.
273
00:14:10,284 --> 00:14:11,369
(chains creaking)
274
00:14:11,369 --> 00:14:14,121
There was a woman at the
house who came to visit
275
00:14:14,121 --> 00:14:21,460
and she described every entity,
known entity in the house.
276
00:14:21,460 --> 00:14:27,466
!There was a farmer from the 19th
century who was in the kitchen.
277
00:14:27,466 --> 00:14:32,764
There was a male entity in the
northwest bedroom of the house.
278
00:14:32,764 --> 00:14:35,684
The report was
this entity was a doctor
279
00:14:35,684 --> 00:14:40,479
who had a lot of negative
energy or was not very nice.
280
00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:41,815
(door slams)
281
00:14:41,815 --> 00:14:44,151
There came a point
where I needed answers
282
00:14:44,151 --> 00:14:46,069
and I
needed resolutions.
283
00:14:46,069 --> 00:14:48,155
I believe
it was 2011.
284
00:14:48,155 --> 00:14:51,658
To do something about
the energy at the house.
285
00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:56,288
And no one had ever done
umm, a cleansing before.
286
00:14:56,288 --> 00:14:59,417
Cleanse this house
of all negativity.
287
00:14:59,417 --> 00:15:01,500
Only love
and light may enter.
288
00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:06,257
So we went from room to room,
!saged the corners high and low.
289
00:15:06,257 --> 00:15:11,886
It was my responsibility
to make positive statements
290
00:15:11,886 --> 00:15:14,513
and also ban
any negative energy.
291
00:15:14,513 --> 00:15:16,683
What I didn't know although
I was told afterwards
292
00:15:16,683 --> 00:15:22,106
is that the medium with me
could heard umm, growling,
293
00:15:22,106 --> 00:15:25,524
umm, furniture
being slammed.
294
00:15:26,318 --> 00:15:29,238
Only love
and light may enter.
295
00:15:29,238 --> 00:15:32,324
Cleanse this house
of all negativity.
296
00:15:32,324 --> 00:15:35,534
Only love
and light may enter.
297
00:15:35,534 --> 00:15:38,537
♪
298
00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:44,170
And apparently it worked because
as I look back on that period
299
00:15:44,170 --> 00:15:46,921
and prior the energy
at the house was very dark
300
00:15:46,921 --> 00:15:49,425
at the house,
it isn't anymore.
301
00:15:49,758 --> 00:15:52,719
The cleansing seemed to rid
the house of it's ghosts
302
00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:55,347
but Al wasn't done
with the spirit world yet.
303
00:15:55,347 --> 00:16:00,352
!There was one final ghost and it
was waiting especially for him.
304
00:16:00,352 --> 00:16:01,560
Al: A woman
in the house
305
00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:08,486
who was usually found on the
!second floor died around 1845--
306
00:16:08,486 --> 00:16:13,740
And the connection was
described to me as umm,
307
00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:16,910
something like umm,
a soul mate.
308
00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:22,581
She described
Sarah as my wife--
309
00:16:22,581 --> 00:16:24,751
From a past life.
310
00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:25,127
♪
311
00:16:25,127 --> 00:16:29,588
Umm, and it's really difficult
for me to wrap my brain around.
312
00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:34,261
But they recorded an
EVP it's very brief it's rapid
313
00:16:34,261 --> 00:16:38,265
but it's pretty clear.!It's a female voice
!saying, "I love him."
314
00:16:38,349 --> 00:16:39,598
I love him.
315
00:16:39,598 --> 00:16:40,892
♪
316
00:16:40,892 --> 00:16:43,937
It's hard for
me to comprehend.
317
00:16:44,563 --> 00:16:47,606
I really thought
about selling the house
318
00:16:47,606 --> 00:16:49,568
and giving
up my dream.
319
00:16:49,568 --> 00:16:54,864
But I decided to stick with
it and see what would unfold.
320
00:16:54,864 --> 00:16:58,160
Although, I know there's
some very negative energy,
321
00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,619
my experience for the
most part has been positive.
322
00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:06,460
And somehow I managed to cope
with what was going on around me
323
00:17:06,460 --> 00:17:09,712
and achieve some
level of acceptance.
324
00:17:09,712 --> 00:17:12,006
And here I am,
8 years later.
325
00:17:12,006 --> 00:17:15,634
♪
326
00:17:15,634 --> 00:17:18,637
When ghosts
physically attack the living,
327
00:17:18,637 --> 00:17:21,517
victims typically feel
themselves being squeezed
328
00:17:21,517 --> 00:17:25,187
or hugged but sometimes
the attacks can be even
329
00:17:25,187 --> 00:17:29,275
more violent and leave
scars that never heal.
330
00:17:30,609 --> 00:17:35,447
(typing)
331
00:17:35,447 --> 00:17:39,033
Ed's tormentor,
story number 6.
332
00:17:43,247 --> 00:17:53,257
♪
333
00:17:55,842 --> 00:17:58,470
I was
in my twenties.
334
00:17:58,470 --> 00:18:01,973
And I was in bed,
we were sleeping.
335
00:18:01,973 --> 00:18:05,102
♪
336
00:18:05,102 --> 00:18:10,649
And all of the sudden
!I felt real heavy in the chest.
337
00:18:10,649 --> 00:18:14,986
And I woke my husband up
!and said, "Get it off my chest,
338
00:18:14,986 --> 00:18:16,695
I can't breathe."
339
00:18:16,695 --> 00:18:19,158
Honey, honey,
what's going on?
340
00:18:19,158 --> 00:18:21,784
And he said,
"There's nothing there."
341
00:18:21,784 --> 00:18:24,704
And I said,
"There is I can't breathe."
342
00:18:24,829 --> 00:18:30,211
(gasping for air)
343
00:18:30,336 --> 00:18:32,711
It lasted
about ten minutes.
344
00:18:32,711 --> 00:18:35,798
I felt like
I was being choked.
345
00:18:35,798 --> 00:18:39,428
Something--
Something was attacking me.
346
00:18:39,428 --> 00:18:41,555
I was scared,
you know?
347
00:18:41,555 --> 00:18:44,933
Nothing like that had
ever happened before.
348
00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:49,728
And the next day,
I had bruises on my neck.
349
00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:52,731
They were
like finger marks.
350
00:18:52,941 --> 00:18:55,527
Karen didn't know what
to make of the incident
351
00:18:55,527 --> 00:18:58,197
but it left her with
an uneasy feeling.
352
00:18:58,197 --> 00:19:08,207
♪
353
00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,755
Next day
I got flowers.
354
00:19:15,755 --> 00:19:24,013
♪
355
00:19:24,013 --> 00:19:26,141
It was like
for a funeral.
356
00:19:26,141 --> 00:19:36,151
♪
357
00:19:36,193 --> 00:19:41,072
♪
358
00:19:41,072 --> 00:19:44,783
A few days later with her
husband away for work,
359
00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:48,330
Karen had her next
strange encounter.
360
00:19:48,330 --> 00:19:51,500
♪
361
00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:53,793
I saw a man
in a blue shirt.
362
00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:58,757
♪
363
00:19:58,757 --> 00:20:01,135
I didn't
recognize him at all.
364
00:20:01,135 --> 00:20:03,554
I didn't see
his face clear.
365
00:20:03,554 --> 00:20:06,931
♪
366
00:20:06,931 --> 00:20:10,477
I always saw him at
the bottom of the bed.
367
00:20:10,477 --> 00:20:12,438
I was
being watched.
368
00:20:12,438 --> 00:20:15,107
I told him
to stop, to go away.
369
00:20:15,107 --> 00:20:18,652
"You're not
welcome here, go away."
370
00:20:18,652 --> 00:20:20,112
But he didn't.
371
00:20:20,819 --> 00:20:24,823
I couldn't count the
!number of times that I saw him.
372
00:20:24,823 --> 00:20:26,951
♪
373
00:20:26,951 --> 00:20:31,582
But one night the apparition
did more than just watch.
374
00:20:31,582 --> 00:20:34,209
Karen: I just felt myself
being pulled down
375
00:20:34,209 --> 00:20:36,919
and then
he would assault me.
376
00:20:37,713 --> 00:20:39,757
(screaming)
377
00:20:39,757 --> 00:20:46,846
♪
378
00:20:49,098 --> 00:20:57,483
♪
379
00:20:57,483 --> 00:21:02,987
Karen White had been
!attacked in her bed by a spirit.
380
00:21:02,987 --> 00:21:03,862
(screaming)
381
00:21:03,862 --> 00:21:05,199
And it
was every night.
382
00:21:05,199 --> 00:21:08,910
He would assault me
in some way or another.
383
00:21:08,910 --> 00:21:10,869
And then
he raped me.
384
00:21:11,330 --> 00:21:15,709
!It got to the point where I was
afraid to go to bed at night.
385
00:21:15,709 --> 00:21:20,255
I have in fact heard
of spirits sexually assaulting
386
00:21:20,255 --> 00:21:22,881
or having
sex with the living.
387
00:21:22,881 --> 00:21:26,845
I had two cases
personally where that happened.
388
00:21:26,845 --> 00:21:30,889
One of those cases went
on for almost 20 years.
389
00:21:30,889 --> 00:21:35,646
!Eventually the attacks subsided,
giving Karen some relief.
390
00:21:35,646 --> 00:21:40,150
Karen: I wasn't being attacked
!so much but it took quite awhile
391
00:21:40,150 --> 00:21:42,068
before it
stopped there.
392
00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:46,905
♪
393
00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:51,537
In the following years, Karen
and her husband had a son Ed.
394
00:21:51,537 --> 00:21:54,581
With the night time attacks
having all but stopped,
395
00:21:54,581 --> 00:21:57,209
Karen thought her
torment was over.
396
00:21:57,209 --> 00:21:59,961
But the worst
was yet to come.
397
00:21:59,961 --> 00:22:04,466
I didn't know it would affect
him, I thought it was just me.
398
00:22:04,466 --> 00:22:07,344
The first sign of trouble
came when the couple tried
399
00:22:07,344 --> 00:22:09,095
to have their
baby christened.
400
00:22:09,095 --> 00:22:13,600
Now an adult, Ed feels
it was no coincidence.
401
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,228
The night before
I was supposed to be baptized
402
00:22:16,228 --> 00:22:17,354
the church
had burned down,
403
00:22:17,354 --> 00:22:20,774
so I didn't go
the next morning of course.
404
00:22:20,774 --> 00:22:21,941
From his
earliest memories,
405
00:22:21,941 --> 00:22:25,027
Ed recalls being
tormented by evil spirits.
406
00:22:25,027 --> 00:22:28,072
From age three and up it's a
piece of cake remembering
407
00:22:28,072 --> 00:22:33,412
almost everything, especially
all the horrible stuff.
408
00:22:33,412 --> 00:22:36,955
♪
409
00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:39,710
(growling)
410
00:22:39,710 --> 00:22:42,838
I call him the tormentor,
always come out of the closet
411
00:22:42,838 --> 00:22:44,465
try to scare
the hell out of me.
412
00:22:44,465 --> 00:22:48,635
Come out from underneath
the bed or in front of the bed
413
00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:50,969
or he'd come
from a dark corner.
414
00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:54,641
Got a long face,
spiked uhh, kinda tongue,
415
00:22:54,641 --> 00:22:58,770
horns on top of the head,
black shiny skin.
416
00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:01,980
That's
the tormentor.
417
00:23:03,108 --> 00:23:07,069
If he didn't come out
it would be spiders.
418
00:23:07,069 --> 00:23:09,989
And it would be the walls,
the ceilings, the floors,
419
00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:11,990
the bed and everything
covered in spiders
420
00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:13,494
and even
if I tried to scream
421
00:23:13,494 --> 00:23:16,622
I felt like spiders were
coming out of my mouth.
422
00:23:16,622 --> 00:23:19,081
So, it was like
total nightmare city.
423
00:23:19,081 --> 00:23:25,130
(screaming)
424
00:23:26,088 --> 00:23:27,424
(door creaking)
425
00:23:27,424 --> 00:23:33,180
Mom tried to blame it off
as it's my imagination.
426
00:23:33,180 --> 00:23:36,391
Trying to calm me down,
not to freak me out.
427
00:23:36,391 --> 00:23:39,645
I knew it was something,
something different.
428
00:23:39,645 --> 00:23:43,524
♪
429
00:23:43,524 --> 00:23:45,776
I wasn't too
shocked because, you know,
430
00:23:45,776 --> 00:23:49,028
I thought he was having
something like I was having.
431
00:23:49,028 --> 00:23:51,657
I told him not to
worry about it.
432
00:23:51,657 --> 00:23:52,031
(screaming)
433
00:23:52,031 --> 00:23:55,033
I really didn't get much
sleep when I was a kid and
434
00:23:55,033 --> 00:23:58,037
my parents did
what most parents do,
435
00:23:58,037 --> 00:24:01,039
they took me in and
had me checked out.
436
00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:02,709
And none of
it made a difference
437
00:24:02,709 --> 00:24:04,962
but I just kinda
had to play along,
438
00:24:04,962 --> 00:24:06,087
so they
wouldn't think I'm crazy
439
00:24:06,087 --> 00:24:09,466
or I wouldn't get locked up in
the looney bin.
440
00:24:09,466 --> 00:24:15,681
♪
441
00:24:15,681 --> 00:24:20,602
!The family was desperate to move
!out but finances were a problem.
442
00:24:20,602 --> 00:24:23,855
Eventually, they saved
enough to get a new home
443
00:24:23,855 --> 00:24:26,525
but whatever was tormenting
them had no intention
444
00:24:26,525 --> 00:24:29,068
of letting
them go so easily.
445
00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:32,070
This thing followed
us there as well.
446
00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:40,078
♪
447
00:24:40,078 --> 00:24:42,541
It got worse in
the teenage years.
448
00:24:42,541 --> 00:24:52,551
♪
449
00:24:54,553 --> 00:24:56,179
Writing appeared
on the wall.
450
00:24:56,179 --> 00:24:59,182
It was telling me to
!kill other people, kill myself,
451
00:24:59,182 --> 00:25:01,351
ways of
killing myself.
452
00:25:01,476 --> 00:25:06,064
I just have to keep putting
!all that stuff out of my memory.
453
00:25:06,064 --> 00:25:10,319
♪
454
00:25:10,319 --> 00:25:12,487
I felt
bad for him.
455
00:25:12,487 --> 00:25:14,990
I just told
him it was okay.
456
00:25:14,990 --> 00:25:18,327
You know, nothing bad
is gonna happen to you.
457
00:25:19,745 --> 00:25:22,205
The torment
continued for 10 more years,
458
00:25:22,205 --> 00:25:26,668
until finally Karen and
Ed sought outside help.
459
00:25:26,668 --> 00:25:28,920
♪
460
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,132
We have a friend who
belongs to a paranormal group.
461
00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:37,136
It was through him
that we got this shaman.
462
00:25:37,136 --> 00:25:41,140
♪
463
00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:43,602
They had us basically,
sit in the chair like this--
464
00:25:43,602 --> 00:25:46,521
They put a piece of
cloth underneath the chair
465
00:25:46,521 --> 00:25:53,236
and then he used like sea
salt and an eagles feather.
466
00:25:53,945 --> 00:25:56,198
And he just
brushed down your body.
467
00:25:56,198 --> 00:25:57,908
♪
468
00:25:57,908 --> 00:26:01,620
They fold up the doll into like
!a little totem and just say that
469
00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:06,165
you give all your evil
spirits and energy to this doll.
470
00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:09,628
♪
471
00:26:09,628 --> 00:26:12,131
And then they're
supposed to go and burn it
472
00:26:12,131 --> 00:26:13,757
and they call it
they're release place.
473
00:26:13,757 --> 00:26:17,176
The doll burns completely,
you're out of trouble.
474
00:26:17,176 --> 00:26:21,890
♪
475
00:26:21,890 --> 00:26:26,520
And sure enough, the next day
they went to the burn site,
476
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,356
my doll didn't
burn completely.
477
00:26:29,356 --> 00:26:33,318
♪
478
00:26:33,318 --> 00:26:35,821
After a few
months rest bite--
479
00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:40,951
The torment and
the man returned.
480
00:26:41,034 --> 00:26:43,620
Karen: He disappeared
for quite a while.
481
00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:46,205
♪
482
00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:49,626
I thought it was finished,
it was over with.
483
00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:52,003
But
there he was.
484
00:26:53,255 --> 00:26:54,673
He's back.
485
00:26:54,673 --> 00:26:57,216
♪
486
00:26:57,216 --> 00:26:58,844
C'mon!
487
00:26:58,844 --> 00:27:01,139
Fearing for
his mother's safety,
488
00:27:01,139 --> 00:27:04,142
Ed took matters into
his own hands.
489
00:27:04,142 --> 00:27:05,308
♪
490
00:27:05,308 --> 00:27:08,979
Come and
get me, come!
491
00:27:08,979 --> 00:27:12,482
I challenged it and told it
that, "You wanna attack someone
492
00:27:12,482 --> 00:27:15,736
leave mom alone
because moms in her 70's.
493
00:27:15,736 --> 00:27:17,487
So I said,
"Leave mom alone.
494
00:27:17,487 --> 00:27:21,240
Bring it on, I'm open for it,
if you wanna attack somebody,
495
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,034
you can come
and attack me."
496
00:27:23,034 --> 00:27:24,243
(screaming)
497
00:27:24,243 --> 00:27:31,127
♪
498
00:27:33,670 --> 00:27:41,220
♪
499
00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:43,346
To protect his mother
from the evil spirits
500
00:27:43,346 --> 00:27:45,265
that had tormented
her for years,
501
00:27:45,265 --> 00:27:47,726
Ed White challenged
them to come after him.
502
00:27:47,726 --> 00:27:51,270
"Bring it on, I'm open for it,
if you wanna attack somebody,
503
00:27:51,270 --> 00:27:53,064
you can come
and attack me."
504
00:27:53,064 --> 00:27:56,610
It was an ultimatum
he'd live to regret.
505
00:27:56,610 --> 00:28:01,280
♪
506
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:07,329
(screaming in pain)
507
00:28:07,329 --> 00:28:10,624
He was being
attacked, scratched.
508
00:28:10,624 --> 00:28:12,918
(groaning)
509
00:28:12,918 --> 00:28:15,294
♪
510
00:28:15,294 --> 00:28:21,009
My back is covered,
my ribs, my stomach, my chest.
511
00:28:21,009 --> 00:28:21,802
♪
512
00:28:21,802 --> 00:28:25,223
They take months,
sometimes years to heal up.
513
00:28:25,223 --> 00:28:29,185
♪
514
00:28:29,185 --> 00:28:30,269
We had
a nurse practitioners,
515
00:28:30,269 --> 00:28:33,605
she measured my
arms and the scratches.
516
00:28:33,605 --> 00:28:36,315
And she said, "There's no
way you could have made
517
00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:38,944
those scratches
yourself on your back."
518
00:28:38,944 --> 00:28:40,987
"You're body ain't
made to bend that way,
519
00:28:40,987 --> 00:28:44,323
so there's no way it
could have been you."
520
00:28:45,243 --> 00:28:48,411
It's always in three's
every time it happens.
521
00:28:48,703 --> 00:28:52,250
The pain is unbelievable,
it goes with it.
522
00:28:52,250 --> 00:28:54,876
You can't scream,
you can't do nothin'.
523
00:28:55,752 --> 00:28:58,880
The theory is when
you get three scratches
524
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,423
because they
usually come in three's,
525
00:29:00,423 --> 00:29:04,511
that it is the entity's
way of mocking the trinity.
526
00:29:04,511 --> 00:29:09,850
It's a matter of making you
afraid and keeping you afraid,
527
00:29:09,850 --> 00:29:12,561
so you don't have
the will to fight back.
528
00:29:12,561 --> 00:29:18,733
I can be in bed, I can be in
!mom's room, I could be anywhere.
529
00:29:19,651 --> 00:29:25,364
I've known Ed and Karen
for about five years.
530
00:29:25,574 --> 00:29:31,247
He's a kind gentle soul
and we see him all the time.
531
00:29:31,247 --> 00:29:33,415
He was
in my yard--
532
00:29:33,915 --> 00:29:36,459
And he dropped
right to his knees.
533
00:29:37,377 --> 00:29:39,378
(screaming in pain)
534
00:29:39,378 --> 00:29:42,632
We were talking away and then
they saw my leg get red,
535
00:29:42,632 --> 00:29:45,010
they saw the scratches
come and then they saw
536
00:29:45,010 --> 00:29:47,888
the blood just
start gushing down the one leg.
537
00:29:47,888 --> 00:29:49,723
(screaming in pain)
538
00:29:49,723 --> 00:29:53,602
He had three fresh
scratches on his leg.
539
00:29:53,602 --> 00:29:55,937
Deep red scratches.
540
00:29:55,937 --> 00:29:57,772
♪
541
00:29:57,772 --> 00:29:59,108
I go,
"What was that?"
542
00:29:59,108 --> 00:30:00,859
And he goes,
"It got me again."
543
00:30:00,859 --> 00:30:02,320
And I go,
"What do you mean?"
544
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:07,574
And he's like, "They're after
me again, these demons."
545
00:30:08,407 --> 00:30:10,244
It was really weird.
546
00:30:10,244 --> 00:30:13,412
You'd have to see
it to believe it.
547
00:30:15,291 --> 00:30:18,001
Karen: And the
pizza man saw it too.
548
00:30:18,001 --> 00:30:20,754
♪
549
00:30:20,754 --> 00:30:23,132
(groaning in pain)
550
00:30:23,132 --> 00:30:27,261
He saw his skin rip open, three
on each side and he's just like,
551
00:30:27,261 --> 00:30:29,804
"Okay, let me get
out of here, please."
552
00:30:29,804 --> 00:30:36,228
(groaning)
553
00:30:36,228 --> 00:30:41,440
To this day, Ed is still
!being attacked by his tormentor.
554
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,945
Some people think you're crazy,
you know, sometimes.
555
00:30:44,945 --> 00:30:46,905
♪
556
00:30:46,905 --> 00:30:51,743
I worry about Ed because
he just can't take it anymore.
557
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:57,082
The most frightening thing for
me is the scratches on my body
558
00:30:57,082 --> 00:30:58,750
and if they're
gonna get worse
559
00:30:58,750 --> 00:31:02,254
or if it's gonna even
be taken to another level.
560
00:31:02,254 --> 00:31:05,715
♪
561
00:31:05,715 --> 00:31:08,760
Whatever has
been following me around,
562
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,471
there's gonna
be no end to this.
563
00:31:11,471 --> 00:31:13,974
Ed and Karen are currently
searching for someone
564
00:31:13,974 --> 00:31:18,396
who can rid Ed of his
tormentor once and for all.
565
00:31:18,812 --> 00:31:22,233
Not all ghosts attacks
result in physical assaults.
566
00:31:22,233 --> 00:31:23,482
♪
567
00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:26,569
Some of the most terrifying
can be when evil spirits try
568
00:31:26,569 --> 00:31:29,488
to take away our most
precious things--
569
00:31:29,488 --> 00:31:32,368
♪
570
00:31:32,368 --> 00:31:33,492
Our children.
571
00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:39,498
(typing)
572
00:31:40,167 --> 00:31:42,501
Story number 3
featuring Kristen.
573
00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:46,132
Take 1.
574
00:31:46,132 --> 00:31:50,010
♪
575
00:31:50,010 --> 00:31:55,514
We were renting a town house and
it was just a lot higher rent,
576
00:31:55,514 --> 00:31:59,311
so we moved into this house
which was a little cheaper.
577
00:31:59,311 --> 00:32:04,899
We had a yard and just had all
of the amenities that we wanted.
578
00:32:04,899 --> 00:32:06,526
♪
579
00:32:06,526 --> 00:32:08,154
(phone ringing)
580
00:32:08,154 --> 00:32:10,364
After Kristen and
her husband Ken moved in
581
00:32:10,364 --> 00:32:13,284
with their six year old
daughter Becca--
582
00:32:13,284 --> 00:32:14,701
♪
583
00:32:14,701 --> 00:32:15,952
Tragedy struck.
584
00:32:15,952 --> 00:32:17,246
♪
585
00:32:17,246 --> 00:32:19,831
Umm, my aunt
committed suicide.
586
00:32:19,831 --> 00:32:24,295
She hung herself in her
basement of her home.
587
00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:27,714
We're very close.
588
00:32:27,714 --> 00:32:28,547
Very close.
589
00:32:28,547 --> 00:32:29,258
What's wrong?
590
00:32:29,258 --> 00:32:32,551
I think she just had a lot
of mental things going on.
591
00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:34,553
♪
592
00:32:34,553 --> 00:32:36,223
At the
funeral Kristen
593
00:32:36,223 --> 00:32:39,143
said goodbye to
a much loved aunt forever.
594
00:32:39,143 --> 00:32:41,603
♪
595
00:32:41,603 --> 00:32:43,230
Or so she thought.
596
00:32:43,230 --> 00:32:47,318
Just, you're a wreck
after those things, you know?
597
00:32:48,610 --> 00:32:53,823
I get home, I was grieving
and I was mad at her.
598
00:32:53,823 --> 00:32:55,742
I was
severely mad.
599
00:32:57,702 --> 00:33:00,663
Umm,
I hated her.
600
00:33:00,663 --> 00:33:04,583
And I remember
just yelling at her.
601
00:33:04,751 --> 00:33:06,669
Why did
you do this, why!?
602
00:33:06,669 --> 00:33:08,922
Just yelling and
screaming at her
603
00:33:08,922 --> 00:33:13,635
because she was putting our
entire family through something
604
00:33:13,635 --> 00:33:16,846
we should never
have to go through.
605
00:33:17,596 --> 00:33:19,475
(glass smashes)
606
00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:22,936
I told her
she was weak.
607
00:33:22,936 --> 00:33:27,606
I told her that umm,
I was ashamed of her.
608
00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:30,277
Umm, of course I'm
screaming at this point at her.
609
00:33:30,277 --> 00:33:34,613
Told her that I hated her and
that I would never forgive her.
610
00:33:34,613 --> 00:33:38,701
♪
611
00:33:38,701 --> 00:33:40,287
I'm sorry.
612
00:33:40,412 --> 00:33:44,291
!But Kristen had no idea that by
venting her anger and grief,
613
00:33:44,291 --> 00:33:47,626
she might have opened a
pathway to the spirit world.
614
00:33:47,626 --> 00:33:53,592
Spirits and demons can appear
more often in times of grief.
615
00:33:53,592 --> 00:33:56,678
When people are grieving
it sometimes opens doors
616
00:33:56,678 --> 00:34:02,476
for other things to come
in and prey on vulnerable.
617
00:34:02,641 --> 00:34:06,313
I was
grieving severely.
618
00:34:06,313 --> 00:34:08,647
I was angry.
619
00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:09,648
I was hateful.
620
00:34:09,648 --> 00:34:10,692
(screaming)
621
00:34:10,692 --> 00:34:11,402
Why!?
622
00:34:11,402 --> 00:34:14,653
So yeah, I believe
that quite possibly
623
00:34:14,653 --> 00:34:17,657
that I could've let
something in at that point.
624
00:34:17,657 --> 00:34:19,535
♪
625
00:34:19,535 --> 00:34:21,620
(stairs creaking)
626
00:34:22,621 --> 00:34:25,915
I remember one night
it was probably about 11:30
627
00:34:25,915 --> 00:34:28,001
and I was flipping
over laundry--
628
00:34:28,001 --> 00:34:34,216
♪
629
00:34:34,216 --> 00:34:38,637
And I felt
something behind me.
630
00:34:38,637 --> 00:34:43,184
♪
631
00:34:43,184 --> 00:34:46,604
And I turned and
looked and there she was.
632
00:34:47,686 --> 00:34:49,148
(screaming)
633
00:34:49,148 --> 00:34:55,904
♪
634
00:34:58,574 --> 00:35:05,830
♪
635
00:35:05,830 --> 00:35:09,418
Overcome with grief after
the tragic death of her aunt,
636
00:35:09,418 --> 00:35:11,629
Kristen Whitesell
had unwittingly invited
637
00:35:11,629 --> 00:35:14,088
something unexpected
in to her home.
638
00:35:14,088 --> 00:35:17,593
And I turned and
looked and there she was.
639
00:35:18,717 --> 00:35:22,721
(screaming)
640
00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:23,932
♪
641
00:35:23,932 --> 00:35:27,394
!I took off running up the stairs
screaming and I turned around
642
00:35:27,394 --> 00:35:31,232
and my aunt was coming
up the steps after me.
643
00:35:31,232 --> 00:35:32,731
(screaming)
644
00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:37,028
She looked completely
different, demonic.
645
00:35:37,028 --> 00:35:39,989
You don't ever get that
sight out of your head.
646
00:35:39,989 --> 00:35:42,243
And at first
I thought I was going crazy.
647
00:35:42,243 --> 00:35:45,120
Like I thought I was
wanting to see her so badly.
648
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,123
Umm, because I didn't
get to say goodbye.
649
00:35:48,747 --> 00:35:52,752
When it first begins to happen,
you kinda feel like,
650
00:35:52,752 --> 00:35:54,003
you're
imagining all this.
651
00:35:54,003 --> 00:35:57,006
This isn't real,
this isn't happening.
652
00:35:57,006 --> 00:35:59,968
And you just
kinda go on.
653
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,762
Second time,
you're kinda like, oh god.
654
00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:10,769
♪
655
00:36:10,769 --> 00:36:13,772
(screaming)
656
00:36:13,772 --> 00:36:18,777
I would see her daily in
different locations of the home.
657
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:24,159
♪
658
00:36:24,159 --> 00:36:27,371
Soon other strange
activity started to happen
659
00:36:27,371 --> 00:36:28,787
around the house.
660
00:36:28,787 --> 00:36:33,752
My husband was working
nights and umm, we were sitting
661
00:36:33,752 --> 00:36:39,508
in the living room and we heard
bumping going on upstairs.
662
00:36:39,508 --> 00:36:40,800
(banging)
663
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,555
♪
664
00:36:44,555 --> 00:36:45,347
(banging)
665
00:36:45,347 --> 00:36:48,475
I went upstairs and my
bedroom door was open.
666
00:36:48,475 --> 00:36:51,645
♪
667
00:36:51,645 --> 00:36:52,854
(door slams)
668
00:36:52,854 --> 00:36:56,483
(screaming)I heard a big boom and
my bedroom door was closed.
669
00:36:56,483 --> 00:37:01,820
There was no drafts, there was
no windows open or anything.
670
00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:05,117
I always felt like
we were being watched.
671
00:37:05,326 --> 00:37:07,494
(stairs creaking)
672
00:37:07,494 --> 00:37:10,331
At night time you would
hear noises downstairs
673
00:37:10,331 --> 00:37:13,167
in the basement
like clanging.
674
00:37:13,167 --> 00:37:17,003
Go downstairs and off in the
corner you would see a shadow
675
00:37:17,003 --> 00:37:18,087
in the corner.
676
00:37:18,087 --> 00:37:25,094
♪
677
00:37:25,094 --> 00:37:27,723
It looked as though a
man that was hunched over
678
00:37:27,723 --> 00:37:32,018
who was hovering and
his back was turned to you.
679
00:37:34,313 --> 00:37:37,107
He scared me,
he scared the crap out of me.
680
00:37:37,107 --> 00:37:40,486
Um, because he would
never show me his face
681
00:37:40,486 --> 00:37:42,404
and he just
stood there lurking.
682
00:37:42,404 --> 00:37:44,823
You don't know
what they're capable of.
683
00:37:44,823 --> 00:37:46,825
You don't know
if by interacting with them,
684
00:37:46,825 --> 00:37:51,372
if that's gonna put our family
in danger, put them at risk.
685
00:37:51,372 --> 00:37:53,624
I felt like
I was going crazy.
686
00:37:53,624 --> 00:37:58,128
!Until now the activity had been
limited to manifestations--
687
00:37:58,128 --> 00:37:59,003
♪
688
00:37:59,003 --> 00:38:02,549
But that was
about to change.
689
00:38:02,549 --> 00:38:03,091
(coughing)
690
00:38:03,091 --> 00:38:04,426
When it happened
the first time,
691
00:38:04,426 --> 00:38:07,095
I remember waking up
in the middle of the night.
692
00:38:07,095 --> 00:38:09,723
I would feel as though
I was being choked
693
00:38:09,723 --> 00:38:12,934
!and it just felt like there was
something that had it's hands
694
00:38:12,934 --> 00:38:15,229
around my neck and
was holding me down
695
00:38:15,229 --> 00:38:17,731
and I
couldn't yell out.
696
00:38:17,896 --> 00:38:19,817
I remember
screaming in my dream
697
00:38:19,817 --> 00:38:22,403
and I remember
yelling for my husband.
698
00:38:22,403 --> 00:38:25,864
Umm, but in all
actuality, I wasn't.
699
00:38:25,864 --> 00:38:28,367
He never
heard me, at all.
700
00:38:29,118 --> 00:38:29,908
(gasping for air)
701
00:38:29,908 --> 00:38:32,830
It became
a nightly thing.
702
00:38:32,830 --> 00:38:35,039
(coughing)
703
00:38:35,039 --> 00:38:39,753
Spirits can physically
attack an individual.
704
00:38:39,753 --> 00:38:44,341
If you're dealing with a more
malevolent entity, the idea is
705
00:38:44,341 --> 00:38:49,221
to torment you and make you
weak and to keep you that way.
706
00:38:49,221 --> 00:38:53,350
Malevolent energies
want to be in control.
707
00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:58,730
And Kristen wasn't
the only one in danger.
708
00:38:58,730 --> 00:39:04,820
♪
709
00:39:04,820 --> 00:39:08,198
(bang)
710
00:39:08,198 --> 00:39:10,117
(creaking)
711
00:39:10,117 --> 00:39:15,954
♪
712
00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:18,417
(creaking)
713
00:39:18,417 --> 00:39:27,759
♪
714
00:39:27,759 --> 00:39:31,555
The kids would tell us that they
hear things and they saw things
715
00:39:31,555 --> 00:39:32,971
and that
they felt things.
716
00:39:32,971 --> 00:39:34,973
Searching for answers,
the couple discovered
717
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:37,976
that the house was
an old railway house--
718
00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:38,812
♪
719
00:39:38,812 --> 00:39:40,856
That had
a secret past.
720
00:39:41,190 --> 00:39:43,108
The house
was built, it was a--
721
00:39:43,108 --> 00:39:45,194
It was
a slave home.
722
00:39:45,194 --> 00:39:48,697
And the upstairs was
the masters quarters.
723
00:39:48,697 --> 00:39:51,825
Off of the sidewalls umm,
there were little rooms
724
00:39:51,825 --> 00:39:53,992
and they were cubbyholes
where the slaves would go
725
00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:57,331
and hide when the masters
were entertaining guests.
726
00:39:57,996 --> 00:40:00,041
Well you still had
access from Rebecca's room
727
00:40:00,041 --> 00:40:03,879
into one of what
was the slaves quarters.
728
00:40:03,879 --> 00:40:05,422
(creaking)
729
00:40:05,422 --> 00:40:11,093
♪
730
00:40:11,093 --> 00:40:14,598
Becca would say that a man
on fire would come out
731
00:40:14,598 --> 00:40:18,352
of that cubbyhole that
used to be the slave quarters.
732
00:40:18,352 --> 00:40:20,018
♪
733
00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:21,855
(creaking)
734
00:40:21,855 --> 00:40:24,983
♪
735
00:40:24,983 --> 00:40:26,360
At first
she kind of--
736
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,154
She kind of made it
sound like it was a dream.
737
00:40:29,154 --> 00:40:33,031
Umm, "Mom, there was
a man in my room."
738
00:40:33,031 --> 00:40:34,576
♪
739
00:40:34,576 --> 00:40:39,037
It started off he was coming
only, maybe once a month.
740
00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:41,667
♪
741
00:40:41,667 --> 00:40:46,713
!And then it became two to three
!times a week and then it became
742
00:40:46,713 --> 00:40:50,842
a nightly thing that
he was coming to her.
743
00:40:50,842 --> 00:40:57,516
♪
744
00:40:57,516 --> 00:41:00,058
He would encourage
her to go with him.
745
00:41:00,058 --> 00:41:03,061
He wanted her
and he was--
746
00:41:03,061 --> 00:41:04,481
He was
gonna get her.
747
00:41:04,481 --> 00:41:05,274
(screaming)
748
00:41:05,274 --> 00:41:06,858
(demonic laughter)
749
00:41:06,858 --> 00:41:13,156
♪
750
00:41:15,534 --> 00:41:23,081
♪
751
00:41:23,081 --> 00:41:26,084
An apparition of a burning man
was threatening to take
752
00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:28,755
Kristen Whitesell's
daughter away with him.
753
00:41:28,755 --> 00:41:31,883
He wanted her
and he was--
754
00:41:31,883 --> 00:41:33,677
He was
gonna get her.
755
00:41:36,094 --> 00:41:38,640
(demonic laughter)
756
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,851
(screaming)
757
00:41:40,851 --> 00:41:41,476
♪
758
00:41:41,476 --> 00:41:43,353
It scared
her pretty badly.
759
00:41:43,353 --> 00:41:44,771
Mom!
760
00:41:46,105 --> 00:41:51,153
Mom! Immediately as a mother you're
going into protection mode.
761
00:41:51,153 --> 00:41:51,737
♪
762
00:41:51,737 --> 00:41:55,365
Is he trying to take her soul
like what's he trying to do?
763
00:41:55,365 --> 00:41:55,866
♪
764
00:41:55,866 --> 00:42:00,329
And all I could think is,
you're not taking mine.
765
00:42:00,329 --> 00:42:01,913
It's not happening.
766
00:42:01,913 --> 00:42:02,914
She's mine.
767
00:42:02,914 --> 00:42:05,042
And I told her,
you tell him, "No.
768
00:42:05,042 --> 00:42:08,378
That you're not going
anywhere, you stay right here.
769
00:42:08,378 --> 00:42:11,340
Umm, I can't protect
you if you're gone."
770
00:42:12,007 --> 00:42:17,136
There's no greater
fear than the fear,
771
00:42:17,136 --> 00:42:22,601
that your child isn't
safe in their own home.
772
00:42:25,479 --> 00:42:27,606
Fearing for
her family's safety,
773
00:42:27,606 --> 00:42:31,150
Kristen calls
in paranormal investigators.
774
00:42:31,150 --> 00:42:32,903
♪
775
00:42:32,903 --> 00:42:36,865
A lot of the times
spirits can be attracted
776
00:42:36,865 --> 00:42:38,867
to loss
or mourning.
777
00:42:38,867 --> 00:42:42,287
Demons can come around
because they follow someone.
778
00:42:42,287 --> 00:42:46,165
A lot of negative
energy can happen.
779
00:42:46,249 --> 00:42:47,334
(creaking)
780
00:42:47,334 --> 00:42:53,507
To get started we took in our
EVP recorders, our K-2 meters
781
00:42:53,507 --> 00:42:56,968
and our DVR
system at the time.
782
00:42:57,552 --> 00:43:02,099
My husband and Jeremy were
downstairs in the basement.
783
00:43:02,099 --> 00:43:04,768
!Jeremy: We had motion detectors
on every floor
784
00:43:04,768 --> 00:43:10,189
and from there we
just began asking questions.
785
00:43:10,189 --> 00:43:11,233
"Who are you?"
786
00:43:11,233 --> 00:43:12,651
"What is your name?"
787
00:43:12,651 --> 00:43:14,153
"Why are you here?"
788
00:43:14,153 --> 00:43:22,077
♪
789
00:43:22,077 --> 00:43:25,204
(growling)
790
00:43:25,204 --> 00:43:26,124
Did you hear that?
791
00:43:26,124 --> 00:43:30,919
All of the sudden, this real
deep, nasty, maniacal man
792
00:43:30,919 --> 00:43:34,673
came over our EVP recorders
just laughing at us.
793
00:43:34,673 --> 00:43:35,590
(demonic laughter)
794
00:43:35,590 --> 00:43:40,804
It was very overwhelming
and kinda frightening.
795
00:43:40,804 --> 00:43:45,267
Voices umm, on the EVP's
they were mocking my husband.
796
00:43:45,267 --> 00:43:46,518
Jeremy,
are you there?
797
00:43:46,518 --> 00:43:48,104
Something's
moving upstairs.
798
00:43:48,104 --> 00:43:50,229
Our motion detectors
would go off
799
00:43:50,229 --> 00:43:52,607
and we'd go up to
see what was causing it.
800
00:43:52,607 --> 00:43:56,235
And as soon as we went
upstairs, the motion detector
801
00:43:56,235 --> 00:43:59,238
downstairs in the
basement would go off.
802
00:43:59,238 --> 00:44:02,241
Like almost like it was
playing games with us.
803
00:44:02,241 --> 00:44:03,618
Come in,
come in, Jeremy.
804
00:44:03,618 --> 00:44:06,705
And all of the sudden
we just see a shadow
805
00:44:06,705 --> 00:44:11,710
just go from the front door
into where we are--
806
00:44:11,710 --> 00:44:13,378
Did you
hear that?
807
00:44:13,378 --> 00:44:14,213
Really fast.
808
00:44:14,213 --> 00:44:16,965
And you can edit this out,
I remember him saying,
809
00:44:16,965 --> 00:44:19,258
his exact words,
"Oh, (bleep)!"
810
00:44:19,258 --> 00:44:21,470
They did not stay in
that basement very long.
811
00:44:21,470 --> 00:44:24,598
I don't think that their
feet touched the stairs.
812
00:44:24,598 --> 00:44:29,187
He had to be scared,
quite honestly, who wouldn't?
813
00:44:29,187 --> 00:44:30,269
♪
814
00:44:30,269 --> 00:44:34,273
This investigation
and client, to me,
815
00:44:34,273 --> 00:44:38,445
is one of the most active
places I've been to.
816
00:44:38,445 --> 00:44:42,073
A part of me believes
it's just negative spirits
817
00:44:42,073 --> 00:44:46,285
from the railroad days but
another part of me believes
818
00:44:46,285 --> 00:44:48,663
that it
could be demonic.
819
00:44:48,663 --> 00:44:50,332
♪
820
00:44:50,332 --> 00:44:54,253
With the paranormal activity
getting more intense Kristen
821
00:44:54,253 --> 00:44:57,296
and Ken decided to get
the house cleansed.
822
00:44:57,296 --> 00:45:03,428
When we conducted the cleansing,
we had two wiccans with us
823
00:45:03,428 --> 00:45:05,304
and they conducted
the blessing
824
00:45:05,304 --> 00:45:08,683
and they went into every crack
and cranny of that house
825
00:45:08,683 --> 00:45:12,312
with, uhh,
salt and oils.
826
00:45:12,312 --> 00:45:15,314
♪
827
00:45:15,314 --> 00:45:21,071
According to them,
they were able to kick out
828
00:45:21,071 --> 00:45:23,532
the maniacal
spirits.
829
00:45:23,532 --> 00:45:30,329
♪
830
00:45:30,329 --> 00:45:33,583
!Although the house was cleansed,
the family couldn't live
831
00:45:33,583 --> 00:45:36,628
with the memories of
what they went through--
832
00:45:36,878 --> 00:45:39,131
And decided
to move.
833
00:45:40,048 --> 00:45:44,594
Kristen: You can't force a
child to feel safe again.
834
00:45:44,594 --> 00:45:49,766
It definitely was the
scariest period of my life.
835
00:45:49,766 --> 00:45:52,352
Umm,
you're not in control.
836
00:45:52,352 --> 00:45:54,813
It's time to cut
our ties and go.
837
00:45:54,813 --> 00:45:57,065
And my aunt had
passed away and normally
838
00:45:57,065 --> 00:45:59,776
that's who I would
go to, to talk to.
839
00:45:59,776 --> 00:46:01,027
And she
wasn't there.
840
00:46:01,027 --> 00:46:04,906
It's hard to recover
from something like that.
841
00:46:04,906 --> 00:46:09,203
♪
842
00:46:09,203 --> 00:46:11,330
I-I'm never
gonna go back there.
843
00:46:11,330 --> 00:46:15,167
I haven't been back and
I don't ever plan on going back.
844
00:46:15,167 --> 00:46:20,339
♪
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