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There is a sinister force hiding in a haunted cabinet.

My god.

Look.

Look right there. See?

When Rob and I were looking at the footage, seeing the black shadow and the

things coming out of the cabinet, we knew there was something.

A hand pulled the curtain back and The bed was torn up.

We knew what we were watching was real.

And when the evil is set free, it will steal your heart and

your soul.

James, where are you?

It's like being in a dream. You can't wake up.

I was just losing him. He was definitely not the man that I knew.

I don't need you!

In America, there is real evil.

It lurks in the darkest shadows and in our most ordinary towns.

Between the worlds we see... Someone's in my room.

...and the things we fear, there are doors when they are opened.

Nightmares become reality.

I did second guess coming for an interview because there's so many people

that don't believe in the spirit world.

But after everything we've been through, people need to be more aware.

I know what happened to me and my boyfriend was real. I lived it.

I now know true evil. It exists.

It was just another normal day in the life of Sandy Elkins and James Hilton.

The couple had now been dating three years, and although Sandy didn't live

with James, she stayed over a few nights a week.

Hey, babe.

Hey. How's it going?

Good. How are you?

Good.

Sandy,

she's just a lot of fun to be around.

We hit it off right off the bat.

We like the same things. We just love each other.

Ah, looks like you made great progress.

So I did some sanding, and I'm going to put another stain on there, and then

redo that. I think it'll look good.

I worked at the Jonesboro Pizza Parlor, and James worked upstairs in the

barbershop, and that's how we met, and we dated for a lot of years.

That's awesome. I appreciate that.

Hey, I got a surprise for you. Oh, you do?

But that spring would be anything but ordinary.

Oh, is that it?

What do you think?

We love antiques, hunting antiques. We do it every chance we get. We just go

out and look for antiques.

Well, it's bigger than I expected, but so beautiful.

What a great find.

The cabinet was handmade.

It looked like old barn with double front doors.

small shelves on the outside of it, and then shelving on the inside like just a

normal cabinet would have on the inside.

I can't believe Stephanie didn't want it. I know.

James' daughter had worked with the lady, and she gave her the cabinet.

So she asked James if he would like to have the cabinet, and he said, sure.

And we don't know where it actually came from.

A few hours later, the cabinet is home.

Okay, to the right.

Little bit more.

Oh, perfect, perfect.

Well, looks like it used good cleaning.

I'll go get the furniture polished.

We put the cabinet in his bedroom.

We talked about putting it in the living room at first, and then we figured I'd

be better in the bedroom beside the bed. That way I could store clothes in it.

The door could open on its own.

You know, it's an old cabinet.

Something's out of kilter or, you know, maybe humidity in the door might be

warped a little bit or something.

Later that day, Sandy finishes moving James' belongings into the cabinet.

There. Perfect.

When I would go over to James' house, I tried to make it homey.

James?

Were you doing something in here?

What are you talking about?

Well, this wasn't like this a minute ago.

Oh, darn.

Look, it cracked.

I didn't touch it at all.

She had walked back in a few minutes later, and everything that she'd put up

there was off in the floor.

I said, I've not even been in there.

And I just kind of laughed it off. Sure, you know, thought he had, but he just

didn't want to admit it.

That's weird.

Well, I think I'm about done for the night.

One afternoon.

Sandy finds herself alone in the house.

I started feeling like somebody was watching me.

I was very nervous about being alone there.

Sandy keeps her uneasy feelings to herself.

But not for long, something in the house has been unleashed.

It was just like a loud knock, a thump up under the bed, and it just terrified

me.

I knew something was there.

Unbeknownst to James Hilton and his girlfriend Sandy, the

antique cabinet he recently acquired is haunted.

What's wrong?

I felt something under the bed.

It looked like a man.

I had looked up, and I saw a shadow figure.

When I yelled, it just disappeared.

She said there was, like, she could feel something under the bed, like, pushing

up.

She said, don't ever leave me in here again by myself.

She was upset.

I think something's going on in this house.

Haunted. You're just overreacting.

Everything's fine.

Everything is not fine!

James wouldn't admit to anything actually being wrong.

You probably had a bad dream.

Everything's fine.

I'm telling you, something is going on.

I'll prove it to you.

We're going to use this.

We're going to set it up, and we'll see what happens.

I tried to figure out what was going on in the house, so I set up a video

camera. I knew it had to do with the cabinet because nothing had happened

before then.

For days, the couple leaves the camera running while they are at work, hoping

for proof.

And one evening.

They come home to a shocking surprise.

What in the world?

James, did you do this?

Oh, my God, no.

Why would I do this?

We could see the cabinet doors were open, his clothes were thrown out.

Everything was out in the floor, just completely all over the bedroom.

The bedspread and everything was pulled back.

The camera. We gotta check the video.

The couple scrolls through hours of videotape.

Then, they spot it.

My God!

Look!

Look right there!

See?

At 10.08 a.m.

They see the cabinet doors open on their own and some clothes being thrown out.

Then at 10.11 a.m., they see the curtain being pulled back.

And a few seconds later, the bedspread sliding off.

It's like a hand that pulled the curtain back and the bed was torn up.

That was really unnerving.

Because there's really something there.

That was the moment that I realized James' house was haunted.

There is something going on.

Ever since you brought this thing home, weird things have been happening.

But even after watching the video, James has a hard time believing.

Honey, come on. What are you saying?

I couldn't explain what was happening in my house, but I wouldn't admit that it

was paranormal.

What? You don't believe me?

It's right there in the proof. Right there.

Well, we're not getting rid of it.

You're overreacting.

I was trying to tell her. I said, you know, I think it's going to be all

right. You know, no big deal.

Not to worry about it.

Well, I'm not staying here tonight.

I don't feel safe here.

James did not want to admit that the house was haunted.

There was a big strain on our relationship because he just couldn't

see that something was really wrong.

Over the next few days, Sandy avoids spending time at the house.

I heard something.

I didn't feel right about any of it. Nothing was in there.

Ever since James Hilton brought an antique cabinet into his home,

the house has come alive with paranormal activity.

Although James and his girlfriend, Sandy, have both sensed a presence.

Out of the corner of my eye, I just see something move.

And it was like a figure of a man standing there.

I looked up. It was gone.

Little do they know, there are two entities inhabiting the cabinet.

A spirit and something much darker and more evil.

One evening, Sandy drops by to check in on him.

Hey.

What you doing?

You know what? I'm so excited. My co-worker friend told me about this

antique mall that just opened up.

And that'd be fun to go this weekend.

What do you think?

I thought it was very strange the way James was acting.

James?

James?

It's as if he's become obsessed with the cabinet.

Sandy said my attitude changed. It was kind of like I wasn't, you know, it's

like in a daze.

Huh?

Oh, sure.

Whatever you want, dear.

I really didn't know what to think.

I didn't know what to do to help him.

Over the next few days, James grows even more detached.

James, he changed during all of this.

He was just hateful.

He didn't want to be around anybody.

I just felt like I was just losing him.

He was definitely not the man that I knew.

One afternoon, Sandy receives a series of text messages.

They're from James.

Then things just kind of got weird and I would get texts from him.

What is that?

You couldn't tell what the words were.

And then it started getting a lot worse.

I got the message that would say, cry, cry.

And then it said, he's mine.

I would try to call him back, couldn't get an answer.

James, it's me. Pick up. I'm really worried about you.

Come on now. I'm really worried.

I was freaked out. I was very panicked.

James, I've been trying to call you.

What are all these text messages about?

Are you okay?

Answer me.

What are you talking about?

It was like, it was like I was having a dream.

And then when you wake up, you can remember bits and pieces of it.

And it's like, is this actually happening? I wasn't thinking right at

all. It wasn't like me thinking.

James, I'm worried about you.

What's going on?

Talk to me.

You're not yourself.

This house, this cabinet, something bad's going on here. I

can feel it.

I did think he was becoming evil.

I think it had already taken over him.

It was taking his spirit.

I'm just being my real self.

Just leave me alone.

I don't need you.

Sandy Elkins is convinced that her boyfriend James' antique cabinet is

haunted.

And that whatever entity lives inside the cabinet is attempting to possess

him.

Just leave me alone.

I don't need you!

I don't need you!

James' eyes turned completely black when...

You're so close to someone and you see that something is actually taking over

their mind and their body.

It's very terrifying.

Oh, my God.

James, your eyes.

What are you talking about? I'm fine.

It felt like you were, you know, you were just trapped there and you couldn't

really figure a way to get out. It's like being in a dream. You can't wake

up. Get out of here!

I think that was just about the breaking point.

Terrified for James, Sandy knows she must do something.

She conducts research and comes across a prayer used to calm spirits.

Be strong in the Lord and the strength of his might.

Put up all your armor to God so that you can be strong and stand up to the devil.

I felt like if I had that prayer and just kept saying it over and over, I

felt like it may work.

And I just tried everything I could.

Lord, fill this house with your light and your love.

Amen.

Sandy, is that you?

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?

Sandy is in disbelief.

The prayer appears to have broken the entity's hold over James.

He kind of snapped out of it.

He woke up and knew that something was going on. It was like it lost some of

the power it had over him.

I actually felt like I was back, you know, that I'd actually woke up.

But for how long?

Hey, don't cry.

What's wrong?

This house, James, it's making you crazy.

What are you talking about?

I was really confused during that time.

I still feel confused a lot about it.

We're jet black.

Something in this house is trying to take you over.

We need help.

I'm so sorry to put you through this.

Whatever you want to do.

James agreed to let someone come in and kind of check things out, see what was

going on.

I was becoming very desperate.

As soon as Sandy contacts them, Paranormal Technology Investigations of

Jonesboro, Tennessee agrees to take on the case.

I didn't know who else to turn to.

I had never experienced anything like this, so they were kind of like our only

hope.

What is it?

I don't know.

But whatever it is, it isn't good.

Let's get set up.

Rob Phillips and co-founder Kathy Shepard are both paranormal

investigators and sensitives.

Sandy came to us asking for help with the investigation.

She knew that something was going on with this cabinet. She knew something

was going on with James.

Sandy was very terrified for James.

You could tell that she was very anxious to get something done with this. She

wanted to get this took care of immediately.

And what's more, Sandy has sent the team the video of the haunted cabinet.

When we watched the footage of their video, we knew they were telling the

truth, and we knew what we were watching was real.

Seeing the black shadow and the things coming out of the cabinet, we knew there

was something.

It wasn't just hearsay. We were seeing it on the camera.

It was real.

We were concerned that there was something there that was taking James

over, and we needed to act on it right away.

We'll start with a walkthrough and an EVP session.

We'll start in the bedroom, since that's where you said you've noticed the most

activity. Do you have any questions?

No, I think we're just ready to put this all behind us.

During the investigation, I'm conducting the EVP session, and Kathy's recording

in night vision with the camera.

It's 8.32 PM.

We're about to start the walkthrough of James and Sandy's home.

EVP stands for electronic voice phenomenon.

We're trying to contact anyone who is in the house.

During the EVP session, the questions that we were asking, we were trying to

find out the nature of the entity.

We wanted to know if it was human or demonic.

Then you tell me your name.

We wanted to know what it wanted with James.

When we walked into the room, you knew there was something there. The room was

just heavy.

It didn't feel like light in the other rooms.

There's a difference there. There's like a, even like a temperature difference in

both rooms.

And the closer you get to the cabinet, the stronger that feeling becomes.

It would be darker, heavier, and it was like the time you got completely back to

the cabinet, it was like you had a thousand pounds of weight on you.

Do you belong to the cabinet?

Was it yours when you were alive?

What do you want with James?

He is mine.

Did you hear that?

We had got an EVP that said, he is mine.

And then we knew that this entity was talking about and targeting James.

Suddenly, Rob is hit by a vision of both entities haunting the cabinet.

Get away from me! Do you hear me?

One is the ghost of the old man James and Sandy may have sensed in the house.

While the other is the more threatening and evil entity.

It's a demon.

Paranormal investigator Rob Phillips has just seen the two entities haunting

James Hilton's home.

One is a human spirit, while the other is pure evil.

I don't have the best news for you. What?

What is it?

It's that cabinet, isn't it? Yes.

I believe there's a demon attached to the cabinet.

Oh, my God.

Hearing that it was a demon, it was a very scary experience.

You feel totally helpless.

You can't see what's going on. You don't know what to expect next.

You just, you're lost to it.

The cabinet was created as a holding place.

for a demonic spirit.

It's similar to a Dybbuk box.

What do you mean?

From Jewish mythology, a Dybbuk refers to a malicious entity that possesses the

living. A Dybbuk box is built to contain it.

It's basically a vessel.

It's used to capture and hold...

Evil spirit, a demon, to prevent it from doing harm to others.

I had a vision.

I saw the cabinet.

It was created.

It was made by hand to hold the demon captive, to keep him prisoner,

to prevent him from hurting anyone else.

I saw this man making this cabinet, and then he was performing some type of a

ritual, and he banished the demon into the cabinet.

I do conjure and constrain thee, demon, by thy name.

We believe this is what you saw, James, and what you felt in the bed, the spirit

of the man who made the cabinet.

He was trying to warn you both.

I believe the human spirit is a good spirit.

It's the man trying to warn James and Sandy that there's something evil there,

something very demonic there.

How do we get rid of it?

We need to get rid of the cabinet.

But we can't burn it or destroy it.

We need to remove it from the home.

Keep it someplace safe.

But first, the team must perform a blessing on James.

Cleanse the home and force the demon back into the cabinet.

James, the demon is focused on you.

It's oppressing you.

It's trying to possess you.

We don't force this demon back into the cabinet.

It will... It will try and take your soul.

If this cabinet hadn't been dealt with, it would have probably ended up taking

James' life.

It was real terrifying.

When I finally realized what was going on, this is serious, what you got here.

If you'd have stayed there much longer, it would have probably killed you.

That's how bad it got.

I took it serious then.

I said, we've got to get this thing out of here then.

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute

every tongue that rises against you in judgment.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication from me

declares the Lord.

Amen.

But the blessing on James is only temporary.

As long as the demon remains in his presence, James is at risk.

We'll start the cleansing now. If you can all please take your places.

During the cleansing, Rob has the Bible, and he does the prayers.

And while he's doing prayers, we start and we'll do the sage and the holy

water.

You're up against the spiritual.

And you got to have faith and you got to believe for these things to work.

Most importantly, when we start, we cannot stop.

We have to remain strong and confident.

Through the name and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bind any dark

energy, negative spirit, any demonic forces.

We rebuke you.

Through the name and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

You no longer control anyone.

You are no longer welcome in this home.

I could feel the energy being sucked from my body. I could feel it just

pulling away.

That's the demon trying to stop me. He is trying to confuse me. He's trying

to disorient me.

and it's trying to do whatever it can to stop me.

When we were doing the cleansing, it was watching, and I felt like it was going

from room to room with us.

It was real intense while he was doing it. It was real intense.

We rebuke you, Satan. We bind you. We cast you behind us. We pit you under our

feet. We cast you back into the pit of hell in Jesus' name.

You're actually the enemy at that point because it knows you were trying to

force it from where it wants to be.

It doesn't want to leave, but we're trying to make it leave.

We rebuke you through the name and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

With the power of God, I banish you. With the power of God!

Through the name and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, we rebuke you!

Paranormal investigators are performing a ritual to banish a dangerous entity

back into a haunted cabinet.

With the power of God, I banish you!

With the power of God, I banish you!

But the demon won't go easily.

The cabinet door flipped open.

The demon, it was trying to fight back.

It was determined it was going to stay.

But there is no stopping now.

Keep praying.

Stay focused.

We rebuke you with the name and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

During this process, you have to keep going.

Whatever this demon is trying to do, whatever it throws at you, you

absolutely cannot stop.

You have to fight through it. With the power of God, I... I banished you!

With the power of God, I banished you!

Is it gone?

Yes, it is.

You're safe now.

It was like flipping a light switch.

It was dark and gloomy, and you flip the light on, it's just bright and vibrant.

Thank you.

After they did the blessing, I could actually talk to James without feeling

like he was pushing away from me. It did feel like a cloud lifted.

You could actually feel like, hey, I'm home, you know, I'm back in, you know,

I'm back home.

Rob Phillips removes the cabinet from the home, and James and Sandy return to

life as usual.

In December of 2015, the couple announces they are engaged to be

married.

Yeah, we're beyond happy.

We're like two kids, so she's got a big heart, you know.

She's been through a lot with me.

Oh, that's beautiful.

Yes, it is.

The experience has definitely changed me and James.

It has brought us closer since we have gone through this.

I did feel like I got my boyfriend back.

I feel like we got our life back.

Here's to new beginnings.

New beginnings.

If you don't believe in it, you know, that's your choice. I didn't believe in

it either.

But once you live through it, you know, you're going to wake up real quick.

I do now.

I do believe in the paranormal now.

But the story is far from over for Rob Phillips.

While the cabinet remains in his possession, he still has unfinished

business.

I actually have the cabinet now, the demons contained inside of it. I keep it

in storage.

I keep it there for protection.

I want to make sure that it stays locked where it's locked up at

get into the hands of anyone else.

The demon is not the only entity locked up in the cabinet.

The spirit of the cabinet maker is also contained inside.

I would love to be able to free the human spirit that's trapped in there.

I'd love to try to cross him over, but I've got to do it without setting this

thing out.

I can't let that demon get back out.