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[ominous music]

[car door opens and closes]

♪ ♪

[engine turns over]

[screams]

I remember it just being a weird and messy house.

Shut up in there, you little brats!

(Jake) He seemed really scared of the place for some reason.

[gasps]

I was seeing a ghost.

[screams]

The ghost of that little girl was following me.

[screams]

(Lindsey) I am not the one you want.

(Greg) There's just something weird about this place.

I was ready to get the hell out of there.

[faint whispers]

(Greg) It's not really how I remember it.

- You were seven. - Eight. I was eight.

(Greg voice-over) It was toward the end of summer in 2005.

Our great uncle Joe had died and left

me and my older brother Jake his house in New Mexico.

We'd only been to Uncle Joe's house once when we were younger.

Our parents left us with him for a couple days one summer

while they went away on vacation.

Okay, what do you remember?

(Jake) I remember a farm.

The house was a mess.

You based that off what Dad just told us.

I was ten, you were still peeing your pants, all right?

(Jake voice-over) I was a few years older than Greg.

I think that's probably why my memory of the place

is a bit different than his.

It's not as dramatic.

I remembered it just being a weird and messy house, but Greg,

he seemed really scared of the place for some reason.

It was ten-hour drive from Los Angeles,

so we decided to make it a bonding thing.

Left our cell phones, laptops, work behind,

and went to check out and see what exactly we had inherited.

(Greg) It's hard to believe Uncle Joe was a surgeon.

In this town, this is probably considered a mansion.

Door's open. Nice.

This place is weird, man.

(Greg) Definitely.

(Jake) Let's just get inside, find the deed,

and unload this place as fast as we can.

Hey, do you remember Great-Aunt Liz?

She was terrifying.

Horrifying. [chuckles]

All right, let's see what we're dealing with.

(Jake voice-over) I was in a tough spot financially.

I'd just lost my job and I could use whatever money

we could make from selling Uncle Joe's house.

So I was really hoping we could just get there,

find the deed, and sell the place quickly.

Power's out. Bring a flashlight?

Me neither.

[sighs]

Nothing's changed.

It's still here.

[children laughing] - God!

Shut up in there, you little brats!

Nice.

- Hey, you got your lighter? - Yeah.

[deep rumble]

What the hell was that?

Hello?

Did you see that?

What the hell is in there?

(Greg voice-over) It was only for a split second,

but it really looked like a woman in a white gown.

But, I mean...

we looked around and there was nothing there.

Jake was pretty convinced that it was just the reflection,

so I let it go.

What's your guess?

It's hard to say without knowing how many acres it is.

Guess.

100 grand?

Nah. We'd be lucky--

[TV powers on]

[faint chatter on TV]

[distorted music on TV]

[TV powers off]

I thought there was no electricity.

What the--

It must have been residual electricity.

Can stay in the cords and wiring for years.

That has got to be hands-down the stupidest thing

I have ever heard you say.

No, it's true. It's true.

It was actually complete bull[bleep],

but I didn't know that until a few days later.

If I had, I'd have left right then and there.

Don't go upstairs.

Huh?

[voice echoes and overlaps] Have to sleep right--

Do you understand?

And don't even go near the steps.

I mean it.

That's what Uncle Joe was saying.

Don't go upstairs.

What the hell was he doing up there?

I don't know. Should we go take a look?

Yeah... maybe tomorrow.

Tomorrow is what I'm thinking too.

What?

You've never been bit by a mosquito before?

There was blood, but no mosquito.

[phone rings]

[phone continues ringing]

Hello?

(man) Greg?

Dad.

What time is it?

(man) It's morning here.

Just making sure you guys made it.

You get inside okay?

- Yeah, yeah. - All right.

(man) Joe had a filing cabinet in the dining room.

That's where the deed should be.

Joe wouldn't let anyone... [static]

- Dad? - Upstairs.

Go ups-- [static]

[sighs]

[footsteps creaking upstairs]

[footsteps creaking]

[footsteps stop]

What should we do?

- There's some-- [woman screams]

What the hell's going on?

Should we call the police or something?

Do you want to go back in there to use the phone?

Well, there's obviously someone in the house.

We should try to find a police station or something.

Oh, yeah, let's drive drunk

to the police station.

We probably should have left then,

but we were out in the middle of nowhere,

drunk, with no cell phones.

Let's just wait it out in the car until morning,

and then we'll figure out what's happening.

(Greg) Yeah, all right.

But there was no way I was going back in there in the dark.

So sleeping in the car,

it really was the best compromise.

There's just something weird about this place.

[sighs]

[screams]

Nothing's changed.

(Greg) Hey, you got your lighter?

(Jake) Yeah.

[gasps]

(Greg) What the hell was that?

What?

What happened?

Nothing.

I...

Never mind.

Sorry.

(Greg voice-over) I knew exactly what Jake would say

if I told him I'd seen something.

So I didn't say anything.

But there was no way I was going to sleep at that point.

(Jake voice-over) I remember the next morning,

Greg was trying to convince me to just leave.

- I don't know. - What do you mean?

But I wasn't going anywhere until we went back in there

and got the papers we needed to sell the place.

We were drunk.

I've been drunk before. I've never hallucinated.

I'm just saying, I don't know.

Maybe we heard it wrong.

We did almost kill that bottle of bourbon.

Someone screamed.

(Greg voice-over) I shouldn't have let Jake convince me...

Well, then let's see who it was.

(Greg voice-over) But he kind of had a point.

And looking at that house in the daylight,

kind of made me feel silly for being scared.

If Jake could go in, so could I.

It's not so bad in the daylight.

Let's find the paperwork and get out of here.

(Greg) Agreed.

Man, we're never gonna be able to find anything in here.

There's like 40 years worth of stuff piled up.

Yeah, it's all junk too.

[sighs]

I keep my important documents in my office.

There's no way I'm going up there.

Scared?

- Even in the daylight? - Yeah.

Hello?

We're coming up. We are armed.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

(Greg) Whoa.

[flies buzzing] - Oh, my God!

(Greg) Whoa.

[fly buzzing]

(Greg) Oh, my God.

(Greg) Any thoughts?

Well, I knew your grandfather well.

Great uncle.

Well, Joe was a stubborn man.

He didn't care what anybody thought.

Didn't care about the law either.

If he thought it was right, he was just gonna do it.

I'm sure, in his mind, whatever he did up here,

he was doing for good reason.

And what exactly was he doing up here?

Well... [groans]

Lot of folks 'round here, they can't afford medical insurance.

It's hard for them to get healthcare that other folks can.

(Greg voice-over) He told us that our uncle worked at the local hospital by day,

and that at night, he would actually

perform procedures at the house.

And folks who was real sick, like dying,

well, rumor has it, he would kind of experiment on,

just to give 'em a fighting chance.

Why the hell did he keep the parts?

I'm afraid the answer to that question,

he took with him to his grave.

I tell you what, I'll come by tomorrow

and I'll box all this stuff up,

but let's just keep this between us.

Understood?

(Greg voice-over) So the cops knew that Uncle Joe was hacking into people

all those years, and just let it go.

Yeah.

(Greg voice-over) We were too weirded out to even question him.

Okay. See you boys in the morning.

(Greg voice-over) After that cop left, we tore the place apart,

and finally found the deed to the property.

And I was ready to get the hell out of there.

(Greg) Well, this has been a total nightmare.

What are you doing?

It's 9:00.

Can't do a ten-hour drive without sleep.

Then let's go to a motel, or something.

What motel?

Are you kidding me? You're gonna sleep in here?

Is the bogeyman coming?

We were creeped out last night because we hadn't been here

and we had bad memories and all that.

Now we've seen the place in the daylight.

We know there's nobody upstairs, we checked every room.

Let's just sleep for a few hours

and then we'll go as soon as the sun comes up.

Suit yourself.

[scoffs]

[door closing]

[sighs]

[faint whispers]

[eerie noises]

(Jake) [yelling]

Jake?

Jake?

Jake?

[woman screaming]

Jake?

(Greg) Jake!

Did you see something?

There was--

Let's get the hell out of here.

We ended up selling the property to the highway authority.

They were buying up land for an interstate project.

(Greg voice-over) We never found out who that woman was

that I saw upstairs,

but I'd bet my life that she died on that operating table.

(Lindsey voice-over) It was my second day at my new teaching job.

Everyone else had left right after school, but I wanted

to get a jump on grading my third graders' English tests.

[thud]

It was a doll, or at least pieces of one.

- See something? - Oh.

[chuckles] I thought someone was outside.

Ooh, I hope not, it's below zero out there.

Even worse with the wind chill. It's probably just a deer.

You know, we got a salt lick out back.

They come in as soon as the kids go out.

Didn't sound like a deer.

[chuckles] I was just getting ready

to lock up, so--

Oh, it's not even 5:00 yet.

But it's January.

It gets too damn dark too damn early

around here this time of year to hang around,

so I'll walk you out?

(Lindsey voice-over) I had just moved to Minnesota

to take over for a teacher who had suddenly quit.

Thankfully, my husband Ben was able to transfer over

with his financial firm.

(man) Brr.

(Lindsey voice-over) Not even a week later, we found a house...

You know, up here, we got a saying,

"It's too cold to snow."

(Lindsey voice-over) And we moved there over the holidays.

That's what you get.

(Lindsey voice-over) It all happened very quickly.

Happy January, Lindsey, and welcome to Minnesota.

Thank you. Good night.

Good night.

Whew.

[car door closing and engine starting]

♪ On my hands, said I was gonna be her man ♪

[beeps]

♪ Now I'm under her spell ♪

- ♪ She put the voodoo on me ♪ - ♪ Voodoo on me ♪

♪ Her wish is my command ♪

♪ ♪

♪ She had a potion like number nine ♪

♪ I don't-- ♪

Call Ben.

[phone ringing]

(Ben) Hey, babe, how's your second day going?

It's over, actually.

Principal came by and made me call it a night.

(Ben) [chuckles] I wish he was my boss.

I've got a conference call in ten minutes.

So you'll be late?

(Ben) An hour, maybe. I'll pick up some dinner?

Soup, please.

(Ben) [chuckles] Okay, soup it is.

I'll call when I'm on the way.

[chuckles] Okay, bye.

(David O'Dowda) ♪ And though the trouble's in the dark ♪

[crash]

[tires screeching]

♪ I will hold-- ♪

[opening car door]

[bell dinging]

[train horn in the distance]

[animal whimpering]

Oh, no.

[gasps]

♪ I was gonna be her man ♪

[beeps]

[thud]

[tires screeching]

[animal whimpering]

Oh, no.

[train horn in the distance]

(Lindsey) [gasps]

[train horn in the distance]

[sighs]

(Lindsey voice-over) There was nothing there.

I had no idea what was going on.

So then what do you think it was?

I don't know, a deer?

A deer? I think you would have seen it run off.

Yeah, probably right.

You probably just hit a bad pothole or something, yeah?

It was scary, though.

[chuckles] Yeah, sounds really scary.

Sounds extremely scary. Ooh.

Shut up and eat your soup.

Oh, yes, ma'am.

[both chuckle]

[crash and tires screeching]

[wind rustling]

[crunch]

(Lindsey voice-over) It was a piece of glass.

I didn't think it was there when I went to bed.

[gasps]

Ben, wake up.

What?

I think someone came in the house.

What?

Look!

[grunts]

What are you talking about, Linds?

The doll!

What doll?

Well, then where did this come fr--

Okay. I'll go check the rest of the house.

[wind blowing]

[thuds and windows shaking]

[wind blowing]

[door shaking]

[door opening]

Whew.

[sighs]

There is no one here.

There's no doll outside anywhere.

- Ben, I'm telling you-- - Lindsey, I'm telling you.

You must have been still asleep.

And what about the window being open?

You must have opened it.

I didn't open it, Ben.

Look, there is no one in this house, all right?

So let's just go back to bed.

Okay?

Come on.

Ben didn't believe any of it, the glass, the doll.

He thought I imagined the whole thing.

[door closing]

The next morning,

the doll outside my classroom window was gone.

Had I imagined seeing that one too?

I wasn't sure what to think anymore.

I mean, maybe the stress from my new job

and the move and everything--

it was just starting to get to me.

[exhales]

[sighs]

(David O'Dowda) ♪ And though the trouble's in the dark ♪

♪ And all the roses turn to black ♪

♪ And my heart ♪

♪ Is as cold as stone ♪

♪ We give ourselves a-- ♪

[thud] - [gasps]

Oh, no.

No.

[wind blowing]

[groaning]

Oh, no.

No.

[takes a deep breath]

[ominous music]

[thud]

[metallic squeaking]

(Lindsey) Ben, wake up.

I think someone came in the house.

- What? - Look!

[Ben grunts]

What are you talking about, Linds?

The doll.

What doll?

[thud]

[tires screech]

[groaning]

Oh, no.

No.

[takes a deep breath]

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

(Lindsey voice-over) I saw this little girl

with red hair holding a doll and staring at me.

Hello?

(Lindsey voice-over) I blinked...

Hey--

And she was gone.

I looked for her,

but it was like she disappeared into thin air.

[metallic squeaking]

(principal) What you doing?

Oh. [chuckles]

Um, I was just looking for a student.

Which student?

I don't know. I don't know her name.

Okay, well, what's she look like?

Bright red hair, maybe ten.

Yeah, that don't ring a bell.

Well, let's see what you got.

[clears throat]

Are you sure you don't know

of a little redheaded girl around here?

220 students go here,

and I think I know them all by name.

And if she had red hair, I think I'd know it.

My wife's a redhead, you know.

[both chuckle]

Seven, eight years ago now, though,

cute little thing, red hair too, yeah.

Yeah, some idiot drunk hit her with a car.

That's so sad.

Well, anyway,

I don't think your mystery student goes here.

[chuckles]

[sighs]

Lock up on your way out. Good night.

Good night.

(Lindsey voice-over) I tried to tell myself

that it was just a crazy coincidence,

that his story had nothing to do

with the little girl that I had seen.

I kept telling myself that,

but I wasn't sure that I actually believed it.

Hey.

[snaps fingers]

- Linds. - Yeah.

You barely touched your wine.

Oh, sorry. I'm just distracted.

Hmm.

Yeah.

I can tell.

(Lindsey) I felt so bad.

I knew I was shutting Ben out.

I wanted to tell him about what I'd seen,

but I figured he would brush it off

and tell me it was my imagination again.

[suspenseful music]

Telling him would just make him think that I'd lost my mind,

and honestly,

I wasn't sure that I hadn't.

♪ ♪

[tires screech]

[creaking]

[screams]

[screams]

Seven, eight years ago now, though,

cute little thing, red hair too, yeah.

Some idiot drunk hit her with a car.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[creaking]

[screams]

[screams]

[whimpering softly]

(Lindsey voice-over) There was no denying what I saw.

It was that same girl,

and she was in my house.

Babe, what's going on?

(Lindsey) I told Ben about everything that night...

Babe.

(Lindsey) The doll, the car, seeing the girl...

Lindsey.

(Lindsey) What the principal had said,

and he didn't think I was crazy.

[sighs]

(Lindsey voice-over) Our house was a town over

in a whole different school district.

That's why I didn't find her in the yearbooks.

Her name was Emily.

That's her.

Are you sure?

But how's that even possible, Linds?

(Lindsey) I had to admit the truth.

I was seeing a ghost.

The ghost of that little girl was following me.

I did a little more digging, and finally,

I found something about the driver.

Holy crap.

You just got out of prison.

(Lindsey voice-over) I was desperate,

so I did something

that I would've never, ever had the courage to do

in a million years.

[knocking on door]

I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

I was practically staring at myself.

Something you need?

You were in an accident a few years ago.

What's it to you?

(Lindsey voice-over) I hadn't thought this far ahead.

I mean, what was I supposed to say?

"I'm being followed by a little dead girl,

and I think you can help me"?

[engine starts]

[screams]

[exhales]

You are not here for me.

I am not the one you want.

You are not here for me.

I am not the one you want.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

(Lindsey voice-over) Denise looked so much like me.

I know some people believe that spirits can get confused

or think they're still alive or something.

Did Emily think that I was Denise?

[knocking on door]

I was in jail for seven years.

Did you ever say you were sorry?

Yeah, I said I was sorry to the parents in court.

Emily--

did you ever tell Emily you were sorry?

Who is Emily?

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

You know what, just leave me alone.

[crying]

(Lindsey voice-over) I'd led Emily straight to Denise.

I never saw either of them again after that night.

I hope Emily was able to get

whatever it was she was looking for.

I just hope it wasn't revenge.