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[country music on radio]

[static over radio]

(man through static) You won't get away with this.

[music resumes]

[phone rings] [people yelling]

I bought this amazing three-story Victorian.

[faint whispers] [woman screams]

Whatever was happening in that place was not normal.

(woman) The last thing I remember is praying

that they wouldn't come back.

[faint whispers]

- [whimpers] - [yells]

I was already getting to my breaking point with that place.

Shut up! [grunts]

[gasps]

(woman) What have I gotten myself into?

[woman screams]

Maybe it was my eyes playing tricks on me.

(man) I was so isolated out there.

Hello!

(man) The truth was,

it really freaked me out.

Help me!

I couldn't be alone inside that house for another minute.

[faint whispers]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

(woman) I worked in marketing for a few years

after college in New York.

But I always knew it wasn't a permanent thing for me.

What I really wanted was to end up back home in St. Louis,

doing something in fashion.

So when my job in New York ended,

it was the perfect time to do both.

I had a small inheritance from my grandfather,

so when I got back home to Missouri,

I bought this amazing, three-story Victorian.

I lived on the second floor,

set up my vintage dress shop on the first floor,

and then I used the basement for storage.

[bell rings]

[bell rings]

[suspenseful music]

[bell rings]

(Nadine) I didn't know where the bell came from

or how it rang on its own...

[bell rings]

But I didn't think twice about it,

and I thought it was a cool, vintage touch for the shop.

[soft music]

♪ ♪

[door opens] [bell rings]

[sighs] There she is.

(Nadine) Doris was my best friend from high school.

No job, rich husband,

and she loved fashion too.

Mopping, fun. [laughs]

Right?

But it needs to be done.

Oh, honey. I'm wearing couture today.

When Doris found out I wanted to open up my store,

she invested as a business partner.

I can go home and change.

Is there something I can help you with instead?

Pick up some coffee?

On it.

[bell rings] - [sighs]

(Nadine) She helped me with little things here and there,

but for the most part, I set up the shop on my own.

[crickets chirping]

[bell rings]

[suspenseful music]

Oh.

[sighs]

[door opens] [bell rings]

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

[stairs creaking]

Doris?

[floor creaking]

♪ ♪

Doris?

Oh!

How'd you get there?

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

(Nadine) The next week, I opened for business.

[drawer rattling]

[bell rings]

[door closes]

Welcome.

Something I can help you find today?

You the owner?

Yes, that's right. Nadine.

From around here?

Ah, yes. Originally Kirkwood.

Haven't had any trouble yet?

Nope, but it's the first day, so fingers crossed.

My father had a tobacco store here,

long time ago, in the '50s.

Didn't last.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Well, hopefully we'll have better luck.

I don't suppose you will.

[suspenseful music]

(Nadine) I didn't care if her dad owned the place 50 years before.

[bell rings]

How dare she come in and say those things to me in my shop?

I couldn't wait to prove that crazy old lady wrong,

but she was the only one who came through the door...

[sighs]

What have I gotten myself into?

(Nadine voice-over) The entire day.

[water dripping]

[sighs]

[creaking and ripping]

- [grunts] [ripping]

Help me!

[screams]

[gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

(Nadine) The next couple of days were just as slow as the first.

♪ ♪

[bell rings]

[gasps]

[sighs]

(Nadine voice-over) I stepped out into the kitchen to grab some tools

to fix the mannequin.

[bell rings] - Just a sec!

(Nadine voice-over) But when I walked back in, it was gone.

[thud]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[thud]

[thud]

[door creaks]

[door slams] - [gasps]

[metallic clatter]

[footsteps] - Jeez.

[suspenseful music swells]

- [screams] - [screams]

[bell rings]

My father had a tobacco store here.

Didn't last.

Well, hopefully, we'll have better luck.

I don't suppose you will.

[door slams] - [gasps]

[metallic clatter]

- [screams] - [screams]

[screams]

Honey, are you okay?

(Nadine) I told Doris about what I saw in the basement.

She obviously didn't believe it,

so she went down to look for herself.

(Doris) There's nobody down here.

Come see.

Nadine, what is the matter with you?

Everything's fine. Come look.

See?

That's not what I saw.

It's dark.

That's not what I saw.

You've been open two days. You already need a vacation.

[sniffles]

I'm sorry.

[door closes] [bell rings]

(woman) Hello?

Coming!

(Nadine) The whole thing freaked me out,

but that afternoon, we got five customers.

It took my mind off of everything

that had been happening,

and I tried to convince myself that Doris was right.

It was dark.

Maybe it was my eyes playing tricks on me.

[cash register rings] - Thank you.

Have a great day. Come back often.

We will.

(Nadine) Doris helped out at the shop

a lot more the next couple of days...

- Business is picking up! - Thank God.

(Nadine voice-over) And nothing weird happened.

Oh, Gabe and I have a dinner party with his friends.

Do you mind finishing up?

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

And thank you for all your help.

We're partners. I'm supposed to help.

[chuckles]

(Nadine) It was the first time since moving in

that I remember feeling good...

[door closes] [bell rings]

About the business and the house.

[rock music on stereo]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

What are you doing here?

It's a store, isn't it?

Yeah, well, we closed hours ago.

Well, the sign on the door still says it's open.

Well, I must have forgotten to turn it around.

You forgot to lock the door too.

Well, we're closed.

You're gonna have to come back tomorrow.

Have you heard the thumps in the night?

They won't stop.

I'll let myself out.

(Nadine) I told myself she was just some crazy old lady

who didn't know what she was saying.

[door closes] [bell rings]

Things were finally feeling normal.

The thumps, the noises,

or whatever she was talking about...

they'd stopped.

The last thing I remember that night

was lying in bed

and praying that they wouldn't come back.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[screaming]

[bell rings]

[gasps]

[faint whispers] [cracking]

[gasps]

♪ ♪

Scalpel.

[metal sharpening]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

Have you heard the thumps in the night?

They won't stop.

(doctor) Scalpel.

[gasps]

[metal sharpening]

[panting]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[bell rings] [gasps]

The dream was one thing,

but the bell...

it was really there.

I spent the whole next morning

waiting for Doris out on my front porch.

I couldn't be alone inside that house for another minute.

Thumps in the night?

What do you want?

I lived here when I was a young girl...

And it's never let go of me.

What do you mean?

At first, no one would believe me.

"Old drafty house," they'd say.

But then, the ringing...

[bell rings]

The noises...

and then one night, they started to appear.

They?

Doctors, patients.

This used to be a morgue.

(Nadine) She told me that the house

was over 150 years old...

And that back then, doctors would tie a bell

to dead people's feet,

in case they were actually alive.

They'd wake up, and the bell would ring.

I saw them too.

I-I think I became one of them.

Maybe they thought we would listen to them.

But I don't want to listen.

Well, guess it wasn't up to you.

Good luck with the shop.

Wait!

Why do you keep coming back?

This house...

it stays with you.

The dreams...

[gasps]

The visions...

[screams]

They stay with you too.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

(Nadine) I wanted out of that house.

No--what? What are you talking about?

That's not how the real world works.

I can't--I can't-- I cannot stay here.

You can't just walk away from a business

that you start and you put so much work in.

(Nadine) Doris didn't understand

when I told her I wanted to quit the business.

She also didn't believe

anything about what I'd been experiencing.

Are you for real?

You're making this up in your head!

Doris, I'm sorry,

but my mind is made up.

(Nadine voice-over) I knew I couldn't stay.

The house sold in less than a week,

and I moved back to New York.

[sirens wailing in the distance]

I left that house,

and I tried so hard to let go of it,

to not let that woman scare me.

[bell rings]

[gasps, screams]

[cloth ripping]

Help me!

[gasps]

[panting]

(Nadine voice-over) But she was right.

No matter what I did,

that house stayed with me.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

[eerie music]

(man) I didn't go to college like all my friends

after high school.

♪ ♪

Instead, I took a union job at the aluminum plant

outside of Albuquerque.

It was great, until they shut the doors,

and I was too proud to go home with my tail between my legs.

Trying to find a job with no degree

was a humbling experience.

I was desperate,

and then my uncle's friend Rusty

offered me a full-time job at his gas station

along Route 160.

It used to be a busy highway stop,

but by the time I got there, it was a ghost town.

The only business left was the gas station.

Hello?

Anyone here?

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Help you with something?

Hey, I'm Nick,

Ruben's nephew.

All right.

Let's get you started, so I can get out of here.

Well, it's a solid bunk room.

Beats driving back and forth to town 90 miles.

The on-site manager needs to be here 24/7,

except Sunday, when we're closed.

Manager?

Well, you're the only employee.

May as well take the title.

Great.

(Nick voice-over) I knew it didn't mean much in reality,

but "manager" couldn't be bad for the resume.

Well, like I said, I need you here

most of the time, except Sundays.

That's your day--you do with 'em whatever you want.

- Have a look around. - Thank you.

(Nick voice-over) The place was a hole...

But it was free.

[country music on radio]

And between the new job and not having to pay rent,

I figured I could get some money socked away

and maybe go back to school.

♪ ♪

[car door closes]

♪ ♪

[bell dings]

♪ ♪

[light buzzes]

♪ If it don't feel right ♪

♪ Then it's wrong ♪

♪ So let's stop pretending ♪

(Nick) No TV, no Internet.

I was surprised the radio even worked.

♪ Our love is still strong ♪

♪ But if it don't feel right ♪

♪ Then it's wrong ♪

♪ ♪

[news show theme music]

(male radio announcer) KAN News and Weather.

Temps are expected to climb into the 100s tomorrow

with no relief in sight.

The Albuquerque Police Department

has created a task force

to sniff out the Route 160 Bandit.

Now with seven armed robberies of gas stations,

convenience stores, and even a fast food restaurant,

local business owners fear

the individual parish police departments are unlikely

to be able to stop the crime spree on their own.

Now, back to the honky-tonk.

[country music plays]

(Nick) Hearing about armed robberies

at local gas stations on my first night,

that didn't really sit well with me.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[crickets chirp]

[quiet country music on radio]

[thumping]

[thumping]

[thumping]

[thumping]

[thumping]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[thumping continues]

On-site manager needs to be here 24/7,

except Sunday, when we're closed.

Manager?

Well, you're the only employee,

may as well take the title.

(male radio announcer) Now with seven armed robberies

of gas stations and even a fast food restaurant,

the Albuquerque Police Department

has created a task force

to sniff out the Route 160 Bandit.

[thumping]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[thumping continues]

♪ ♪

(man on phone) 911, what's your emergency?

♪ ♪

(man on phone) Hello?

Hello, do you have an emergency?

Can you hear me?

(Nick) After what I heard on the radio that night,

I figured it had to be the guy

that was robbing all those gas stations.

So the sheriff came out just to be safe.

Of course, it took him two hours to get there.

Can you describe this person?

I just got a look at his face.

Uh...must be in his... 30s, I think?

Was he Caucasian?

Uh, he had dark features.

Black hair. He had a beard.

Real nasty-looking fellow.

Well...

if he comes back, give us a ring.

That's it?

That's it.

You don't--you don't have a card or nothing?

Your phone number?

911 will do.

Stay safe out here.

[police radio chatter]

[car door opens and closes]

(Nick) I was so isolated out there.

[engine starts] [siren wails]

And honestly, I was already scared

and really, really bored.

The next day was slow.

[thud] [crow caws]

I think I had two customers the entire morning.

I locked up early that night,

just to be safe.

[country music on radio]

♪ ♪

[bell dings]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[choking]

[coughs]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Whoever he was, he was hurt...

really bad.

[dog barks]

[shouts] Hello?

♪ ♪

What the--

(Nick voice-over) I looked up for a second,

and the blood was just gone.

[panting]

And the guy who was bleeding, he was gone too.

[air hissing]

So, uh, you from around here or just passing through?

I'm just making small talk, you know?

There's not much human contact around here.

[air hisses] - There it is.

You're all set.

You're welcome.

[car door closes]

[engine starts]

[crickets chirping]

[country music on radio]

♪ ♪

[feedback and static]

[man speaking indistinctly through static]

You won't get away with this.

[feedback]

[music resumes]

[phone ringing]

Mel's. Can I help you?

[static on phone]

(woman) Let us in, honey.

[static]

[call disconnects]

[error tone]

(woman) We're sorry. It is not necessary

to dial a "1" when calling this number.

[suspenseful music]

[thumping]

[dramatic music]

[country music on radio]

[choking]

[dramatic music]

[country music on radio]

♪ ♪

[feedback and static]

[man speaking indistinctly through static]

You won't get away with this.

[feedback]

[music resumes]

[phone ringing]

Mel's. Can I help you?

[static on phone]

(woman) Let us in, honey.

[static]

[call disconnects]

[error tone]

(woman) We're sorry. It is not necessary

to dial a "1" when calling this number.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[dialing]

[phone line rings]

(man) 911, what's your emergency?

There are two people standing outside

Mel's gas station on Route 160.

Is there an emergency, sir?

Yeah, they're-- they're wearing masks.

Sir, did they threaten you?

Are they holding weapons?

I didn't see any weapons.

(man) Sir, did they threaten you?

(Nick) Um...

never mind.

[soft music]

Reports of the 160 Bandit didn't say anything about masks

or more than one person.

[fly buzzing]

I tried to convince myself

that it was just some stupid prank,

but the truth was, it really freaked me out,

and I was already getting to my breaking point with that place.

[man speaking indistinctly through static]

[continues speaking indistinctly through static]

[grunts]

[static and voice continue]

Shut up!

Shut up, shut up!

Shut up!

[static]

[man speaking indistinctly through static]

[crow caws]

[suspenseful music]

(Nick) Looking back now, I have no idea

why I just didn't call Rusty and quit.

I wish I had.

[clatter]

[glass breaks]

Hello?

[creaking]

We're closed!

[creaking continues]

♪ ♪

[creaking continues]

[inhales]

Ah!

(male radio announcer) The Albuquerque Police Department

has created a task force to sniff out

the Route 160 Bandit.

[dramatic music]

[phone ringing]

Mel's. Can I help you?

(woman) Let us in, honey.

[suspenseful music]

[glass breaks]

(Nick) Hello?

Ah!

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

(Nick) At that point,

I had to face the facts.

Whatever was happening in that place was not normal,

and I just wasn't willing to be a part of it anymore.

Hey, Rusty, it's Nick.

Sorry to do this so late at night, man,

but this place is messed up.

I'm dropping all the money from the register into the safe.

I'm sorry, man.

I'm just not the guy for the job.

You don't have to pay me.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Open the register.

Take the money. Put it in a bag.

Do it calmly, and I won't kill you.

I can't. The money's in the safe.

Well, then, open the safe.

One...two...

- Three-- - I can't.

You're not gonna like what happens at ten.

I don't know the combination.

The manager always knows the combination to the safe.

Four!

Five, six!

I don't know it! It's my first week!

I swear, man. I don't know the combination.

Seven.

- Eight. - I don't know the combination!

- Nine! - I don't know it!

I don't know it! It's my first week!

I don't know the combination, man!

I don't know it!

Ten.

[thud]

Same fella you say that you called about last time?

Yeah, definitely.

[sighs] Well...

I'm guessing it's the Route 160 Bandit.

Matches the description of the other places that he's robbed.

He's been very smart.

You get you a lift down to the hospital,

make sure he didn't rattle your brains

when he pistol-whipped you.

Nah. No health insurance.

Well... you're very lucky.

Came out way better than the last guy that owned this place.

What do you mean?

Well, back in the early '80s,

this place got robbed.

[muffled speech]

[knife slashes]

The guy that owned it was working,

and he got his throat slashed.

[choking]

(sheriff) But it wasn't just a robbery.

It was a straight-up murder.

[faint whispers]

Really, they killed him to get his life insurance money.

You...

It was you.

(sheriff) It was his little blonde wife

and her new boyfriend.

[coughs]

The problem for Blondie was,

the boyfriend didn't want to split the money with her,

so he did her in just the same.

Slit her throat.

[knife slashes]

Yep.

Left her to die

in the desert outside of Reno.

But he got caught.

He got what he had coming to him.

Lot of sickness in this world. You're lucky.

You're walking away with just a scratch on your face.

Well, stay safe out here, all right?

I'm not staying out here.

Do what you gotta do, young man.

(Nick) It all made perfect sense

and no sense all at the same time.

I saw all those people the sheriff described,

or at least, I saw their ghosts.

I don't know if they were still somehow attached to that place,

and I don't know if Rusty or the other managers

ever experienced the same things I did.

I didn't stick around long enough to ask.