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NARRATOR: In this world,

there is real evil in the

darkest shadows and in the most

ordinary places.

These are the true stories of

the innocent and the unimaginable.

When the mackeys convert an

abandoned roadhouse into a

country-music dance hall, they

awaken an old evil, the angry

dead attack the living and

invade the bodies of the weak.

With the help of a psychic and a

preacher, the possessed fight to

save their souls.

[ HEART BEATING ]

NARRATOR: Between the world

we see and the things we fear,

there are doors.

When they are opened, nightmares

become reality.

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NARRATOR: In Wilder, Kentucky, an abandoned music hall stands on the banks

of the Licking River, which runs north to Cincinnati.

Local legend says that murderers and devil worshippers

are drawn to this waterway... One of the few in the world

that flows true north.

Town records attest to the fact that it once

ran red with blood.

Well, here's the place, Mr. Mackey.

As you can see, there's quite a

bit of work to be done.

I think you'll see that this

facility has everything that

you're gonna need.

NARRATOR: Country-music

artist Bobby Mackey has been on

the road for 12 years.

Ever since he quit his job with

the railroad to sing full-time,

he's dreamed of owning his own nightclub.

Well, the type of music that

I've always loved is the

traditional country music, and

lots of club owners don't understand that.

And they wanted different types

of music, and it got to the

place where I didn't want nobody

dictating to me the kind of

music that I felt in my heart

and I wanted to play.

And it was either move to

Nashville at that time or get my own place.

This'll work.

This will work.

NARRATOR: The former

rock 'n' roll roadhouse in

Wilder, Kentucky, is exactly

what Bobby has been looking for.

Want me to just give you the key?

I'd like to bring my wife by sometime.

NARRATOR: Later that

afternoon, Bobby returns to the

club with his pregnant wife, Janet.

What do you think?

Come on, let's go inside. Did you see that?

See what? The doors just opened.

It was just a wind. Come on. I want to show it to you.

BOBBY: Janet doesn't want to come in. She didn't feel right about it at all.

Come on, check this out.

Watch your step, Janet, right here.

Well... what do you think?

Check it out.

There's the bar right there.

And the restrooms are over here.

And... >> I don't have a good feeling

about this place.

Here, why don't you go check

out the kitchen?

It's really big in there.

NARRATOR: Janet Mackey

appears in silhouette to protect

her privacy.

I felt like somebody was in there.

And there wasn't nobody in there

but him and I.

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

I wanted to get out of there as

soon as possible.

Bobby?

Who you talking to?

Nobody.

What do you mean?

I heard voices.

Who were you talking to?

Janet, I'm not talking to anybody.

Just you and me here, baby.

So, what do you think?

I don't have a good feeling

about this place.

I'm ready to go home.

I'm ready to leave.

"Let's come back tomorrow."

Let's think about this some

"more," because all I wanted to

do is get out of there.

And in my mind's eye, I could

see it all.

I could see the crowd.

I could see people dancing.

And so there was nothing gonna stop me.

I had to have the place.

NARRATOR: From the day that

Bobby signs the bank note and

buys the place, he never looks back.

His wife tries to support his decision.

I was afraid of it, but it's

always been his dream.

I knew that's what he's always

wanted, and I thought, "Well",

I'll just hang in there and support him."

NARRATOR: One day, Bobby and

Janet are cleaning up the club

when a stranger arrives.

How you doing? Hi.

Howdy. My name's Carl Lawson.

NARRATOR: Carl Lawson worked

for the previous owners of the

club as a handyman, but he's

been out of a job since a series

of brutal murders forced the

club to shut down.

I've kind of been out of

work since they... >> I had seen more just

unexplained acts of violence in

and around that building than

you can shake a stick at.

Any nightclub or bar is gonna

have its share of brawls or

fights... it's gonna happen.

Why was it shut down?

But on this scale here...

Well, this place used to

draw a really... >>. ..It was abnormal.

I need an ambulance here now.

I got a gentleman down on the ground.

He has a gunshot wound to the chest.

NARRATOR: The last year of

the club was the most violent...

Six homicides.

Carl believes that something

about the place causes people to

become violent.

Jonathan!

Something's going on with this place.

Eventually, that's what got the

place closed down.

Classic country music here.

We're not gonna have those kind

of people here... you'll see.

I assure you.

Well, that'd be a nice change

of pace, sir.

NARRATOR: Bobby believes his

brand of classic country music

will attract a more peaceful crowd.

Do you paint?

Which hand you want me to paint with?

[ LAUGHTER ]

NARRATOR: Bobby hires Carl as

a full-time handyman and caretaker.

I just knew right off the bat

I'd get along with him.

I mean, he just seemed

straightforward and just said

what he meant and meant what he said.

I think that'll just about do it.

His wife, Janet, was about the same way.

Carl and I became buddies,

and he was more like my little brother.

Carl, do you know what you

were saying earlier about

strange things happening to

people around here?

Me and her knew... this

place, there's more than meets the eye.

I'm gonna be in the next room, painting.

If you need anything, just give

me a holler.

All right.

Thank you.

[ LIQUID BURBLING ]

[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]

Aah!

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

[ GRUNTING ]

Aah! Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Janet, Janet!

Janet, Janet!

You okay?

Janet, what is it?

T-there was blood in there!

There was blood coming up out of the sink!

The sink is empty.

There's nothing in the sink.

Wasn't for him, who knows

what would have happened next?

There's blood in there.

I do know for a fact

something forced that woman's

head down into that sink.

There was a hand pushing my

head into the sink!

I knew right there and then

whatever here is not playing games.

It's become dangerous.

It's become violent.

I'm telling you, Bobby, there

was a hand in the middle of my

back, forcing me into the sink.

NARRATOR: Janet tells her

husband what's happened, but

Bobby can't believe what he's hearing.

It was like it'll just stop.

He told me I was crazy.

He didn't believe me.

He didn't believe Carl.

What's going on here?

But it did happen.

I'm telling you, I don't want

you filling her head with any

more of this stuff.

He's not putting anything in my head.

I know what I saw, and I told him about it.

I don't believe in ghosts.

Got to be an explanation...

Some... something else.

It can't be that.

Carl, sit down.

I don't want you to fill her head with any more of these ghost stories.

Do you hear me?

NARRATOR: Bobby warns Carl to keep his ghost stories to himself

or he'll have to find another job.

I'm going to clean the bar.

BOBBY: I invested everything I had in here and all I want to do is get it open

and I didn't want to hear anything about ghosts and I had told Carl

over and over not to tell people about it and much less and you know???

NARRATOR: One night soon

after, police officer

Larry hornsby makes his rounds.

I had a funny feeling all

night for some reason.

And a full moon... something's

going to happen.

This will work.

You guys don't happen to need

any help, do you?

Aah! Aah!

NARRATOR: Officer

Larry hornsby calls for backup,

suspecting a burglar may be

inside Bobby Mackey's club.

[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

Did you hear?

Yeah.

Backstage.

All right. Let's go.

All right.

Police!

Come on out!

Police! Come out!

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

[ MUSIC STOPS ]

[ CONVERSATION STOPS ]

I knew there was a man and a

woman and a radio playing.

I heard the voice, and I heard the music.

There's nobody back here.

What do you mean there's

nobody back here?

I heard voices in here.

Me too.

The front door!

No wind... there was nothing could have

closed that door.

We was stunned.

Put it that way, in plain

words... we was stunned.

What are you gonna call it? We saw a ghost?

I said, if I put this in report like this, they're gonna send me to a psychiatrist.

I'm just gonna put it, "I went into the building and check it out,

make sure nobody is here."

I'll see you tomorrow, right? I'm getting out of here.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

NARRATOR: A few nights later,

officer Larry hornsby returns to

the nightclub in response to a

fatal traffic accident.

Try to get a pulse.

We got nothing?

All right.

We need to get these guys out of the car.

We got anything to cover the bodies?

Nothing in the car.

Look, I need an EMT out here quick.

I got two bodies from a car accident.

We need the... thanks.

Here.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

[ HORN HONKS ]

After we got the scene

cleared, we came back up,

knocked on the door, so we could

thank her for giving us the tablecloth.

But the doors were locked.

We didn't know what happened to her.

NARRATOR: The next afternoon, officer hornsby tells Bobby about the woman

who brought out the table clothes.

Did you hear about that accident last night?

Yeah. I read about it.

HORNSBY: We thought it was waitress and we described her.

NARRATOR: Bobby says there was no one at the club after 10pm.

HORNSBY: I never did believe in ghosts, never.

I would laugh about it then. But a lot of things changed since then.

I'm telling you, Larry, these doors were locked. No one else was here.

BOBBY: I don't want to say all these people are liars, because these's

a lot of credible people, but I just find it hard to believe

that there's anything in here, any supernatural or any ghosts or...

I just can't believe... there's got to explanation for everything

that has taken place.

Ohh.

You all right?

Oh, I'm fine.

I just broke the last of my good bulbs.

I got to go get another one.

Okay.

Be careful of the glass, though.

That's all right.

I'll clean it up.

I'm good.

Janet, you don't have to

clean anything up.

I can take... >> I'll get it.

All right.

I'll be right back, okay?

Ugh!

[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]

[ COUGHING ]

[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]

Get her in here.

Get her in here.

Come on, darling.

Come on.

Hello, anybody here?!

Help!

Hold on.

My wife... she fell down the stairs.

She's pregnant.

I was so terrified, 'cause I

thought I was gonna lose my baby.

Sit down. Stay here.

I went into labor.

What happened here?

My wife... she fell down the stairs.

She just tripped.

I was angry.

I was terrified.

I was everything.

Nurse, I need to you find me an O.R.

She told me something had

forced her down the steps, and I

believed her.

Bobby's concern was the business.

Oh, jeez.

I mean, I can understand.

He's got his reputation on the line.

We got to do something about

these spirits, man!

They're getting out of control!

Carl, there's no spirits!

What's wrong with you?!

Nobody's gonna believe unless

you experience it yourself.

You all right?

Do you need anything?

All right.

NARRATOR: Janet gives birth

to a baby girl who weighs only

1 pound, 15 ounces.

Hi.

NARRATOR: They don't know if

she'll survive.

In the following weeks, the

couple monitors their newborn.

When it becomes clear that their

daughter will survive, Bobby

prepares for the grand opening.

...by Bobby Mackey.

Tonight, we're going to have a great time.

Opening night, I was kind of numb.

I had a lot on my shoulders... a

lot of stress and a lot of pressure.

Don't forget... Behind the bar.

Take it, Jeff.

♪ wish I was a king

or had a million bucks *

♪ I wish a penthouse view

♪ I don't think about a Hummer

or a limousine *

♪ oh, vacations are the finest thrills *

♪ all I want is a country girl

♪ and I must be... i will always be true *

Carl. Carl, listen.

Carl, I don't want you telling

any ghost... Carl, look at me.

I don't want you telling any of

the customers that stuff, all right?

My focus was totally on

running this business and making it work.

I didn't want to hear any of this nonsense.

I wanted to make the place known

for a great country-music dance hall.

NARRATOR: A few weeks later,

Carl moves into an apartment

above the club.

He spends every night there, alone.

Unless I had to go somewhere,

I stayed here... kept an eye on

it, protected it.

[ SCRAPING ]

[ THUMPING ]

[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]

It was something like from a nightmare.

I actually thought I was

dreaming, but I wasn't... It was real.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

Ugh!

NARRATOR: For weeks, Carl is

in denial about what he's seen.

One day, Carl is cleaning up the

storage room.

"My love is as deep as the sea."

It flows forever.

You asked me, 'When will it end?'

"I tell you, never."

"My love is as bright as the sun, it shines forever."

You ask me when will it end, I tell you never.

The world may disappear like a castle of sand,

I will be waiting here with my heart in my hand.

"You ask me when will I will die, I tell you never."

Huh.

NARRATOR: The diary contains

the personal confessions of a

woman named Johanna, a dancer

who performed at the club in the 1930s.

"Tuesday."

She was in love with a musician.

And Johanna's father did not like this guy.

"He said he'd kill him if we"

didn't stop seeing each other.

"I'd rather be dead than lose Robert."

NARRATOR: Johanna writes that

her lover mysteriously disappeared.

She feared that had her father

had killed him, so she poisoned

her father... And then herself.

Her final entry in the diary

proclaimed that she would roam

the halls of the club for all

eternity, waiting for her lover to return.

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]

Aah!

[ GASPING ]

I couldn't breathe.

Maybe I just got a medical problem.

I should get checked.

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]

NARRATOR: Carl is unable to sleep.

Then the power goes out.

[ CRASHING CONTINUES ]

Carl goes to the basement to

check the breaker panel.

[ GRUNTING ]

NARRATOR: He stumbles onto a

latch that he had never noticed before.

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

Aah!

[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]

Aah!

[ GRUNTS ]

Aah!

NARRATOR: Desperate and frightened, Carl returns to the basement,

carrying a vial of holy water.

I'm a believer of Jesus Christ. I tell if it's evil,

get some holy water or something. Keep what's down there from

get back up here.

NARRATOR: Carl knows that whatever is inside the well,

it's stronger than him.

Look at this place.

Carl?

Are you all right?

NARRATOR: In the following

weeks, Carl's behavior becomes

unpredictable.

How come you haven't cleaned

up the place?

It got to the point where I

wouldn't know which Carl I was talking to.

Carl, you okay?

I would have to talk to him

for just a little while to

figure out, you know, how to

deal with him because he always

seemed to be different.

You think you're alone here,

but you're not.

Carl?

You okay?

You'll see.

See what?

[ SIGHS ]

I've been trying to tell you, Bobby.

Tell me what?

Don't you see?

This place sort of... It became a...

It was part of me.

NARRATOR: Bobby Mackey stays

focused on his business.

He asks a friend, Doug hensley,

to help him produce a television

commercial.

So come on down to

Bobby Mackey's music world,

where the good times never die.

Cut!

NARRATOR: Although Bobby

refuses to believe the nightclub

is haunted, he confides in his

friend about the strange occurrences.

So, how's everything going?

Pretty good.

I'm having a problem with one of

my employees, though.

Who?

A kid named Carl.

Once Bobby told me the story,

I asked him why he kept it quiet.

And he said that a lot of people

are afraid of ghosts, and he

didn't want the word out.

He firmly said he didn't believe

in it, but his wife and

Carl Lawson believed the place was haunted.

NARRATOR: As a writer, Doug

is intrigued by the incredible story.

Do I mind if I talk to him, though?

I guess.

If you want to talk to him, you

can talk to him.

Love to.

I just want you to tell me

what you experienced best as you can say.

This place is evil.

I've seen stuff I can't explain.

I found a loose floorboard.

NARRATOR: Carl tells Doug about Johanna's diary

and the two men he saw in the basement.

Carl told me that this place

was filled with evil.

And the only reason he stayed

here was to protect Janet and Bobby.

And had it not been for that, he

would have left here a long time

ago, but he also told me that...

They want us here.

Something always pulled him back here.

NARRATOR: Hensley is a

natural skeptic, but he takes

their stories at face value.

I was 5 1/2 months pregnant.

And I felt this hand in the

middle of my back, but I was alone.

I found Janet to be more

believable than Carl in the

beginning because her demeanor

was total and complete trepidation.

She was afraid to even talk about it.

You would have to know

Janet Mackey to know that she

would not make up something like this.

NARRATOR: Though he remained

skeptical, the stories pique his interest.

He goes to the local library to

research the history of the club.

I really thought Carl Lawson

was schizophrenic until I

started doing hours and hours of

research learning the history of

this place.

NARRATOR: Hensley finds an

explanation for Carl's story in

a 19th-century article from

the Kentucky post.

I learned of two men that

were hung in Newport, Kentucky, in 1897.

Their names were Alonzo walling

and Scott Jackson.

NARRATOR: Alonzo walling and

Scott Jackson, two Cincinnati

dental students, were convicted

and sentenced to die by hanging

for the murder of a young

socialite named Pearl Bryan.

Her headless body was found near

the site of an old

slaughterhouse in Wilder, Kentucky.

She was 5 1/2 months pregnant at

the time of her murder.

Alonzo walling swore a curse

on the gallows and said that he

would come back from hell and

haunt everyone involved in his

trial and haunt the place where

Pearl Bryan's head was.

NARRATOR: Hensley tells Carl

and Janet what he has found.

He explains that after

Pearl Bryan's body was

discovered, bloodhounds led

investigators to the slaughterhouse.

Locals suspected that the

killers had disposed of Pearl's

head in the old well in the

basement of the slaughterhouse

as part of a satanic ritual,

but the head was never found.

Doug explains that the nightclub

rests on the foundation of the

old slaughterhouse.

Satan worshippers came to the spot at night and gave blood

sacrifices down inside that well to worship the devil

because of all the blood spilled on his ground.

There was a culvert pipe that all the blood of the annals was rinsed

into the Licking River. It is my opinion that allonzo walling

and Scott Jackson both dwell at this nightclub, because this is where

they disposed of pearls' head.

NARRATOR: One striking similarity among Johanna and Pearl Brian,

Janet Mackey is hard to ignore.

Janet Mackey told me she was 5 and a half months pregnant

when she was thrown down a flight of stairs.

Pearl Brian was 5 and a half months in pregnancy.

Johanna, the dancehall girl who poisoned herself inside this nightclub

was pregnant right around 5 and a half months.

NARRATOR: Doug hensley knows

that there are angry spirits

inside Bobby Mackey's nightclub.

Hoping to bring peace to the

building, he invites a psychic

named Patricia mischell.

Mischell is a nationally known

medium and psychic counselor.

She claims that, since she was a

child, she has been able to

communicate with the dead.

Patricia, this is Carl.

When I arrived at the club, I

met Carl, the caretaker.

They're here.

He started to talk, and I

said, "Do me a favor, Carl."

I said, "Don't talk to me about"

any spirits."

I said, "Let me walk through the club."

Let me experience what I experience."

I have what they call "inner"

vision" or "second sight."

NARRATOR: Patricia senses the

presence of a spirit.

What's your name?

And she said, "My name is Johanna."

I said, "What happened to you?"

Why are you here?

She said, "I know I'm dead."

I said, "Why don't you let me"

send you to the light?"

And she said, "No, lady, don't"

send me to no light.

NARRATOR: Patricia realizes

that Johanna's spirit has chosen

to remain earthbound.

I think that what is in

Bobby Mackey's nightclub are

ghosts that believe there is no

place for them to go.

And so they would prefer to live

in this nightclub than to go on

to a place where they may burn

for eternity.

That's what they think.

I don't see the room as it is.

I see the room like it used to be.

Aah!

NARRATOR: Patricia sees a

vision of a decapitated head.

I got this overwhelming

feeling of nausea.

I felt like I was spinning.

I couldn't wait to get out of there.

[ COUGHING ]

Are you okay?

Are you sure?

Mm-hmm.

Doug's bringing you a glass

of water, okay?

Here you go.

Thank you.

[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]

NARRATOR: The psychic senses

the presence of two evil spirits.

Carl?

The two men in the room...

I think they're trying to...

I said, "Carl, these two men"

in this room... I believe that

"they're trying to use your body."

I think he makes them feel comfortable.

They were enjoying their

senses... touch, smell, taste...

Through me.

I was controlled.

[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]

Carl, they've gone now.

Carl, it's okay.

They've gone now.

NARRATOR: The psychic tells

Carl he cannot fight these spirits alone.

I think you're gonna need to

get a minister to help you.

I definitely felt that Carl

was possessed.

And I told him then... I said,

"You really need to get a

minister or someone to help you."

NARRATOR: Doug hensley brings

a pentecostal minister to meet with Carl.

And he told me that this was

the most evil site that he'd

ever set foot on in his life,

that it was full of evil.

Why don't you guys wait here?

He said, "I've been doing this"

for years, and I'm telling you,

"Carl Lawson is demonically possessed."

NARRATOR: The minister has

agreed to perform an exorcism.

Pray for us.

He asked me to stand outside

the room, and he and Carl went

into the old kitchen and sat at

a table, and the minister

started performing an exorcism.

You're a living gateway for

violent spirits.

It's not a natural type of thing.

They want to live inside of you.

So what I'd like to do is to

have us pray together.

I don't think you understand, preacher.

They're gonna kill me.

They're gonna try to kill you, too.

No, no, no, it's all right.

It's going to be okay.

We have god on our side.

Just pray with me.

It'll be better... you'll see.

Let's just go ahead.

Our father who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth as it

is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Forgive us our trespasses as we

forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Carl?

Carl!

Carl!

[ GROWLS ]

[ RASPY VOICE ] I'm not praying

to anyone, preacher.

Who are you?

Alonzo.

Alonzo needs to leave Carl's body!

And therefore, I say unto you,

be with the lord god, and the

devil will flee from you!

Aah!

Carl!

Submit yourself to god!

Flee from the devil, and he will

flee from you!

In the name of Jesus Christ of nazareth, I

command you to leave Carl's body!

[ SCREAMING ]

The exorcism started to

become violent, and reverend got afraid.

And he called us other men into

the room to surround Carl.

In the name of Jesus Christ,

I command you to leave his body!

He started speaking in Latin.

Then he started speaking in

english backwards, and he says,

"I am Satan."

This Bible commands you...

You and the spirit said, like

a dog growling, "I ma natas."

...and tells you to listen!

Therefore, god is..

At that time, none of us had

any idea what that meant, but

later on, after the exorcism,

the preacher showed us.

He wrote that backwards, and it

says, "I am Satan."

James 4:7 says, "Submit to God!"

[ SCREAMING ]

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

Carl... can you hear me?

[ NORMAL VOICE ] Yeah.

Are you all right?

When I woke up, everybody was

looking at me.

And I was on the floor.

And I didn't know what happened.

NARRATOR: After the exorcism,

Carl decides it is time to move on.

I felt different.

Take it easy, now.

I wish you the best of luck, Carl.

If you ever need anything, you

know where to find me.

I felt changed.

Time for me to go.

Take care.

I felt like a new human being.

So, guess I'll be getting on, too.

How about a cup of coffee?

Come on.

No, it's okay.

I didn't need to have to have

spirits tell me to get out.

I got out, and I never went back.

[ COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]

NARRATOR: To this day,

Bobby Mackey claims he himself

has never witnessed paranormal

activity at his nightclub.

[ SINGING INDISTINCTLY ]

I don't know if the place got

ahold of me or anything

unforeseen is holding me here.

If that's a supernatural

experience, then, so be it, and

I'm gonna stay here.

NARRATOR: Beneath the active

nightclub, in the bowels of the

old slaughterhouse, the well remains.

Some say that it is still a

gateway and that an ancient evil

hides deep inside... waiting.