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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 single mother Selina Warner moves into a new house, a childhood fear

comes back to haunt her.

She tries to ignore it.

But when her sister encounters something supernatural, Selina can no longer deny

that what she fears is real.

Between the world we see and the things we fear, there are doors.

When they are opened, nightmares become reality.

In the northern state of Michigan, the dark shadow of winter dominates much of

the year.

Vast numbers of restless souls are buried here.

Despite the barriers of ice and hardened earth, their spirits roam the frozen

landscape, lost, unaware of their own death,

still seeking the warmth of human contact.

Thank you. In the spring of 2000, Selina Warner separates from her husband and

tries to make a fresh start.

This is my street.

Are you excited?

Out of all the house searching I had done, there was nothing that was quite

like this house.

And, you know, it was perfect.

I was so excited about getting the stuff in there so I could just start living my

life in this big house.

Selena's sister, Adrian, lives nearby and is a constant source of support.

Selena and I are very close.

When she was a child, I always laid second mother to her.

And it grew stronger as we grew older.

I'm so proud of you.

Thank you.

So this is Gabe's room.

Selena's three-year-old son, Gabe, stays with her grandmother while she finishes

moving. It's so much bigger than his last one. I know. Place for his toys,

everything. Now, which one's the closet?

This one right here. It's big. It's nice.

It's too big for him. Is that another closet, or where does that go?

Um... That actually goes up to the attic.

Can I see it?

Okay.

Selina has always been scared of attics.

Ever since she slept in one as a child.

There it is.

I'll go up.

All right.

It's kind of small up here, but... This could be used for somebody's room, don't

you think?

What's wrong?

What's wrong? Talk to me. My head.

Okay. You want to go downstairs?

Okay, let's go.

It was like my head was filled with fog or something.

Just a lot of pressure and tension.

Are you okay?

Are you all right? Can I get you something? As soon as I got to the

bottom of the step, it just lifted off of me.

I feel better now.

It just became calm again.

It was just when we were upstairs.

All right, well... Um, you know what? I

don't... Will you help me put this in front of the door?

Sure. I don't want Gabe going up there.

Let's tell you what. Why don't we just go get the rest of your stuff moved in?

Okay? Okay. Yeah, all right.

What do you do?

Oh, honey, that looks great.

Could you hand me another nail, please?

Adrian helps her sister turn her house into a home.

She's more of the creative type than I am.

So I left the decorating up to her.

I love it.

Oh, shoot. Will you grab my... Thank you.

Got it?

later that day.

It looks like it's been cut.

It probably just breaks that way.

That's okay, though.

I will fix this like it was never, ever broken.

That night, once the house is ready, Selena picks up her son Gabe from her

grandmother's house.

Come here.

Did you have a good day? Yeah. You had a good time? Yeah.

That reminds me. What's up?

Did you get a chance to think about that question I asked you? I did.

And? Of course, I would like to watch Gabe. Come on. With her grandmother

getting older, Selena needs someone to take care of Gabe while she works.

Oh, thank you. Oh, my God.

It was a very perfect arrangement.

I knew that he was going to be with someone safe, and he would be okay.

Why don't you like it here? It's scary.

Why is it scary?

Because it's new?

He couldn't really explain to me what was wrong.

Oh, honey, that's all right. Look, lie back down. Lie back down. Boy, I am

going to be here with you, okay?

I'm always right down the hall, all right?

The next day, Adrian returns to watch Gabe.

Hey, it's me.

Hey. Hey, I'm so sorry I'm late. That's all right.

Oh, man. Okay.

Okay, Gabe is taking a nap. Okay. I usually feed him around noon. Okay.

I'll be at work. If you need anything, you know how to reach me. Yeah.

Oh, and I made a key for you, madame. Thank you very much.

You're very welcome.

Call me if you need anything. Okay. Have a good day. Thanks. I'll see you later.

I knew somebody was there.

Just watching. Leave me alone.

Stay away from me.

Hey.

What's wrong?

I don't want to freak you out, but some really weird things have been going on

around here.

Like what? What's going on? I was bothered by the feelings that I was

having, but I had to let her know.

I feel like I'm being watched.

I could swear.

There is somebody here.

My sister was like, well, you know, could something be going on here? And I

was like, well, I don't know.

Do you ever feel that?

She kind of shrugged it off a little bit, didn't want to believe it.

I don't know either.

I mean, I seriously thought I was going insane.

It really freaked me out.

Oh, my God. Gabe?

Gabe?

Gabe? Gabe?

Oh,

God, you gave Mommy such a fright, young man.

Oh, my God. I just had to go to the bathroom.

Okay. All right, sweetie, you get back into bed.

I didn't know what was going on.

I mean, I was terrified.

The next morning.

Honey, you're standing too close to the TV, sweetie. Come on.

Isn't that better? You're not going to get any headaches now.

Oh my god.

Hey. Hey!

How are you, darling?

Are you okay?

Not really.

Is Gabe okay?

Yeah, yeah, he's fine. He's fine.

I want to move out.

Selina believes her house is haunted.

Adrian does too.

I know, but I think I got us something that can help. But she's more intrigued

than frightened.

She had read in a book that if you take a picture, if something's there, it's

going to come out on the picture.

Hopefully these pictures might be able to tell me something.

You know, we can figure out what to do or we can take the pictures to the

experts and see if they can show us what to do.

What do you think?

I think it's worth a shot.

Okay. Yeah.

Here, I'll take this. Okay, thanks.

Okay, I'll be right back.

Selena?

Selena, come here.

Come here.

Take a picture. There is something right beside me.

I told her that I felt that somebody was there.

Okay. It was so weird.

I didn't know what to think.

I had never experienced anything like this ever before.

Let's take the rest of the house.

Okay. All right.

I'm not doing it.

What was your idea?

Look, I am scared enough being here all by myself all day long. You do it.

Well... Look, I'll go with you. Okay.

Okay?

It's coming back.

The next night, Selina returns home from work with the developed photographs that

she and Adrian took around the house.

What's wrong?

Look at these.

Sure enough, right away, I caught it. It was a man.

Slender man.

He's very tall.

I could see a cigarette with smoke coming from the cigarette.

And look at that. Oh, my God.

Screaming. It looks like it's screaming.

There's a face. It was like a ghostly face.

And I was getting the impression that he was screaming at me to get out.

What am I going to do? What can I do?

I'm saving, but it's going to be a month before I can move out.

I knew I couldn't leave, so I needed to try to figure out what else I could do.

What is the worst they can do, right? I mean, they're dead.

I was terrified.

I want to move Gabe into my room. I know, I know. I want him to sleep with

me. Okay, okay.

I don't want him near that door. Okay, okay, I completely understand.

I didn't know if what was there was good or bad.

We'll get through this. I promise.

Adrian insists that she and Selena ask their neighbors what they know about the

house. Okay, look, this stuff happens all the time, all right? Don't worry

about it. Whoever we talk to, we can just, you know, ask them if they've ever

noticed anything weird happening in our house, okay? I was a little embarrassed

to bring this up because I know not everybody believes in certain things

like this.

Look, there's somebody right there. Come on.

I'm Selena.

Hi, Selena.

This is my sister, Adrienne. Adrienne, I'm Louise. Nice to meet you.

Hi, Louise. I just moved into that house right there on the corner.

I'm glad to see someone finally move in.

We were just wondering if anything strange had happened in the house or

anything odd.

Nobody ever told you?

Told me what?

The man who lived here before you died in the house.

He died of a drug overdose.

What happened to the family after he died?

They moved.

Right over there.

That red brick right there, that house.

Okay. Thank you. You're welcome.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Wait!

Selina was a little nervous to go down there and stir up all the wounds.

I told her we have to see if anything strange was happening when they lived

here.

Hi. Hi.

I just moved into your old house on the corner.

Some weird things have been going on and we were wondering if those weird things

happened when you lived there My father died in that house I

was very very reluctant to show her the pictures at

first. I didn't know how she was gonna react to him Does it mean anything to

you?

Where did this come from?

I took them in my kitchen with Adrian.

That's my dad in the photo.

The last time I saw him was in that house.

Hey, Dad?

You said you quit.

We argued and... I mean, I tried.

Honestly, I did... Do you know what you're doing to us?

What are you talking about? What am I... You know what you're doing to us! No,

it's just... I hate you!

I never saw him alive after that.

Wait! Wait!

He died of an overdose that night.

I'm so sorry.

Do you think that maybe his ghost is causing problems in the house now?

No.

He made mistakes, but... The daughter said that he was a good man.

He wouldn't harm a soul.

What's going on?

Hi. These people moved into our old house.

Hi.

Take a look.

It's his spirit, Mom.

He's still there. They took a picture. How did you get this?

I took it in my kitchen.

This is how we used to talk.

He would stand there and we would talk. The mother told me when she did the

dishes, they would have conversations.

And that's what he was doing. He was standing behind me, possibly wanting to

hold a conversation, possibly.

Wanting to get some help.

I'm so sorry that we bothered you.

I'm really sorry.

It's okay.

Thank you.

I felt like I had some questions answered. I might be able to deal with

this a little bit better.

I knew that the man that passed, there was no harm to me or my son.

We thought, okay, we're getting somewhere with this.

And I felt better.

And I'm not going to have to worry about Selena and Gabriel. They're going to be

just fine.

The house remains calm for a few weeks.

Hi. Hi.

Sorry.

So how was everything tonight?

Oh, it was fine.

Yeah? Nothing unusual?

No, no, not at all.

Even with the attic?

No, it was dead quiet.

Okay, good.

Oh yeah, by the way, um... Gabe wanted me to show you this.

You do this for you. Aww.

Yeah.

I don't know what to do about that.

Mommy!

Gabe? Oh, my God.

Honey? Honey, what's the matter?

Gabe, are you okay?

Oh, my God, he's burning up.

I didn't know what was going on with him.

Look at me.

He looked like he was possessed, like he was in a trance.

Okay, we got to take him to the hospital.

Okay.

Oh, baby. I'll get your keys, okay?

Thank you. Thank you. Just go, go, go, go, go.

There's no sign of the high fever.

We've done neurological tests, and everything is fine.

Okay. And what is it, then? It could be psychological.

They told me that possibly the reason why he was waking up this way was due to

my husband and I's split, and possibly it was affecting him because of that.

It's very traumatic for a child. He may still be getting over the breakup.

It's okay. It's going to be fine.

Despite the doctor's reassurance, Selina wonders if the spirit in her home is

causing Gabe's night terrors. Hey, what is all this?

Well, I'm not going to be afraid in my own house anymore. And I wanted to get

stuff that makes me feel safe.

She hopes that surrounding herself with religious symbols will prevent the

spirit from becoming aggressive.

How was Gabe today?

Oh, he was fine. He was fine. He was a little tired.

But I stayed with him while he napped, so it was fine.

You are so good to us.

It's all right.

I mean it.

Thank you.

No problem.

I'm going to take off. All right. I'll see you later. Drive safe.

Babe, honey, wake up. Wake up.

Sweetie, wake up. You better go, sweetie.

Okay. Walk, okay?

Just fine.

Okay.

After

several

paranormal events, Selina decides Gabe will be safer staying with her

grandmother.

Meanwhile, Adrian is determined to help her sister clear the ghost from the

house. I got frustrated.

I got tired of it.

I wanted them gone.

And I went through every room rebuking in the name of the Lord.

And these signs shall follow them that believe.

In my name they shall cast out spirits.

And these signs shall follow them that believe.

In my name they shall cast out spirits.

I just felt if I went any further, something bad was going to happen to me.

And I walked away.

I was so scared.

Am I doing something right, or is this going to get worse?

Unsure where to turn, Selena and Adrian consult a local psychic.

What would you like to know?

Selena decides to test his abilities.

Well? Um, I'm separated from my husband, and I'd like to know if we're gonna get

back together.

No, you won't.

But that's not really what you're here for.

There are spirits in your house.

I was stunned.

I didn't know how to react. For one, I had not even mentioned to this man that

there was even anything going on. I didn't even say anything to him about my

house.

You tried to disturb them.

Yes. Because you made the activity worse.

The Lord, I rebuke you. I command you to leave.

I was so scared because how would he know? I was frightened.

You don't have the authority to do this on your own.

Can you get rid of them?

I don't have the power to do that.

Well, who does?

I could suggest the church. We asked him what we could do, and he

said that we could call around and possibly seek help through churches,

things like that, but that's it.

He couldn't give us any other help than that.

Selena calls several local churches, hoping to find someone to bless her

house.

But no one is immediately available.

Adrian has another idea.

She heard a radio show that featured local paranormal researchers.

I contacted this organization requesting that they come and do an investigation.

I've tried every other avenue.

Don't know what else to do.

Brenda Mikulka is the co-director of the Southeast Michigan Ghost Hunters

Society.

When I first spoke to her, I became really concerned because she sounded

very frightened.

Would it be okay if we came out one night next week to investigate?

I wanted to do the investigation right away.

She was pretty frightened.

Brad Mikulka is the team's director.

Brenda's going to interview you here while I set up the technical equipment

around the house.

We met the tenant and we spoke to her for a very few minutes about what our

investigation was going to entail.

If even half of what she said was true, that was actually happening, it was

going to be a good investigation.

Is there any room you don't want us to go into?

No, no, the house is yours.

Go anywhere you need to.

I felt a sense of relief.

Oh gosh, this is going to go away. We're going to get help.

The team's psychic, Mary Mica, is drawn to the attic.

I could feel an entity watching me.

That energy did not want us there at all. It was very negative.

You could feel the entity sucking the energy from you.

Everybody living there was invading on his space, his privacy, and he just

wanted people out.

Brad sets up a motion detector.

It will trigger an alarm when anything moves in front of the camera.

How many people live here?

There's just two of us, my son Gabe and I.

But Adrienne babysits during the day, so she's here a lot.

Adrienne, you don't live here, but you've witnessed these events too.

Yes, yes.

Both of us have felt like we're being watched.

They made me feel really calm and let me know that it would be okay.

They said they know it seems like it's a bit overwhelming, but they were

hopefully going to be able to tell me what was going on there.

The spirit Mary senses is far less hostile than the one she encountered in

the attic.

It's okay.

I sensed a lot of sadness.

You can trust me.

I didn't sense any hostility whatsoever.

He wanted to make good with his family before he crossed over.

That's where the very sad energy was coming from.

I thought it was just very sad that somebody that had a wonderful family and

a good life could get caught up into drugs and destroy everything they had

and then die of an overdose and not be able to tell his family he loved them

and that he's sorry for everything he did. I found that very, very tragic.

Anything else unusual happen?

A picture fell off the wall in my room. It's really scary.

The picture in my... What was that?

Motion detectors.

Did we get something? I don't know. I'm rewinding it right now.

Did you see that?

There. What?

Did you see that? What is it?

It's an orb.

Traces of a spirit.

There it is again.

Well, what's it doing?

I'm thinking, oh my gosh, what did we get ourselves into?

Well, what's it doing?

I was excited about what we were seeing.

It was almost like you were given a glimpse of what we're all after.

We got to see that again.

Feelings are nice to have, but you can't prove that.

When we had that flash of light on video, that's like concrete evidence.

At that point in time, I'm like, okay, we do have something.

They're not imagining things.

Now we have to figure out a plan of action.

We have to go back, view all the tapes, find out exactly what you do have.

After spending several hours in the house, the researchers are confident

that there are at least two entities present.

So what happens now? How do we get rid of these? I want them gone.

I told them I couldn't move out.

I could care less if the nice ones stay, but the one upstairs has got to go.

The researchers are reluctant to tell Selina that they may not have a

solution.

You have to be careful because you can't tell someone who might not have the

means to move, you need to get out now or something bad is going to happen.

So you have to kind of tread lightly and just advise them the best that you

possibly can.

The spirit in the attic seems to be very territorial.

Just don't go up there.

As long as we stay out of his territory, he'll stay out of ours.

And I'm like, well, then we got a deal.

It probably won't bother you.

at least until we can tell you more about what we found.

We were stressed to the max, and we didn't know where to go from there.

You'll get my report within the week.

Okay, well, thank you. So I was trying to force myself to be a little bit more

comfortable with it, but on the inside, I was terrified.

Yeah, sweetie, I'll be home for dinner tonight, okay?

All right, I'll see you later. Can you put Nana on the phone?

Selena keeps Gabe at her grandmother's house while she waits for news from the

investigators.

Yeah, thanks again.

Okay, yeah, I'll talk to you later. Bye.

What's wrong?

What if they can hear us?

What if they know we're trying to get rid of them? That's what I'm worried

about.

Are you expecting anybody?

No. I'm not either.

Adrian recognizes the daughter of the man who died in the house.

You remember my sister, Adrian? Hi.

I'm here so I can make peace with my father.

She says, I think this is going to be the only thing that's going to help, you

know, my dad move on.

This is a friend of mine, and I think she can help my father move on.

I'm a spiritualist, and I'd like to try and communicate with the spirit in the

house. If you guys don't mind, I'd really like to walk around the house.

Not at all. Sure. Please. Thank you. This is exactly what we need.

The woman will use purified salt water and prayer to bless the house.

Dear Lord, please protect me from harm and wickedness.

Selina and Adrian hope that her blessings might also expel the angry

spirit in the attic.

We've passed on.

You don't belong here anymore.

Your family loves you and forgives you.

You can be at peace.

The daughter returns to the basement to make peace with her father's spirit.

Dad, it's me.

You know what you're doing to us?

Hey.

I never want to see you again.

I just want to let you know that...

You don't have to stay here anymore.

We want you to be at peace.

I love you very, very much.

And I'm not angry at you.

I forgive you.

And I hope that you can forgive me.

I think he's crossed over.

Oh, that's great.

Yeah. Good.

It feels kind of different in here, doesn't it? It seemed like there is

light in the house.

If anything changes, if you feel anything different, anything unusual

happens, please feel free to give me a call. Okay.

Anything unusual.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

It was like an instant calmness.

A ton of tension was just lifted off of us.

The house remains peaceful for several days.

Selena decides it's safe to bring her son back home.

You want some cookies?

Yeah. How many does Mommy let you have?

Two. I will let you have three.

Alright, I'm gonna go get some cookies, okay?

Does that look good? Yeah. Okay. I'll be right back.

Okay.

Gabe?

Gabe? No!

No! Gabe?

No! Gabe?

Oh, look at me!

Look at me! Come on!

There's nothing there!

You can see, I mean, just in the look of his eyes that something was wrong.

I knew that the man who had passed had moved on.

He went on to where he needed to be, but that thing in the attic stayed behind.

That night, Selena, Adrian, and Gabe finally leave the house for good.

Knowing that I didn't have to go back to the house was relief.

Is he good?

He's all right. He's all right. Go ahead. Okay.

Are you sure?

When I left that house, it was like an instant sense of peace.

I just hope that whatever that was, it's moved on and it no longer hurts or

bothers anybody else.