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NARRATOR: When a woman's hobby
turns obsessive...

Look, aren't they beautiful?

They're kind of weird.

The masks definitely
creep me out.

I didn't like them at all.

NARRATOR: Bizarre things begin
happening.

MAN: The eyes were missing.

WOMAN: Straw was sticking out of
its belly and out of its eyes.

NARRATOR:
There is a spirit inside...

Waiting to come out.

WOMAN:
Voodoo kept coming up.

Mom!
It's the mask.

WOMAN: And I thought,

"Maybe there's something wrong
with them."

I was terrified.

These masks...
They're trying to kill me.

Help me!

NARRATOR: In America,
there is real evil.

It lurks in the darkest shadows
and in our most

ordinary tongues.

Between the worlds we see...

Someone is in my room.

...and the things we fear,

there are doors.

When they are opened...

Nightmares become reality.

In November 2007,
Bob Griffith brings home

an important package
for his wife.

[ ENGINE REVVING ]

[ TIRES SQUEALING ]

What just happened?

[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]

Hello?

Oh, hey, babe.

I was just almost
in an accident.

WOMAN: Shortly after
he started driving,

the gas pedal stuck on the car,

and he could not slow down.

So he had to jam on
the emergency brake

to stop the vehicle.

No, I'm... I'm okay.
I'll be fine.

Let me just see
what's wrong with this.

Yeah, I got it.

I'll be home soon.

Love you, too.

JEANNETTE: We've had the car
checked out

and there was nothing
wrong with it.

When we found out
the car was fine,

we just brushed it off,
and forgot about it.

You know, we just thought
it was one of those things.

In 2007, we moved into our dream
home in desert Hot Springs,

just north of Palm Springs.

And it was a very nice home.

I lived there with my husband,
Bob, and my 12-year-old son,

Grier.

Hello!
Hey!

Oh, there it is!
I'm so excited!

I wish you were
as excited to see me

as you are to get this box.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Are you okay?

How's the car?

I'm okay, the car's okay.
Okay.

As long as you have this,
we're all okay.

I am just really excited.

Do you want to see?

Come on, I'll show you.

My husband had a sense of humor.

I've been waiting for this.

And he was a good father.

Mom, what did you buy now?

I will show you.

JEANNETTE: Grier is smart.

He's so intelligent.

He is a great kid.

I collect antiques, and as a
house-warming gift for myself,

I bought these two Haitian masks
that I found on the Internet.

They were solid mahogany

and the craftsmanship
was just amazing.

One of them had the appearance
of a gazelle,

the other one had
human features.

Look, aren't they beautiful?

They're kind of weird.

GRIER: When I saw the masks,
I kind of got

a very eerie feeling...
Almost paranoid.

I remember when I told my mom
that I didn't like them at all.

And she insisted that they're
going to look great on the wall.

Oh, stop!
I think they're amazing!

Hey, buddy, what do you say?
Let's go get some takeout.

We'll use your mom's car.

All right,
get me something good.

We'll be back soon.

JEANNETTE: I was very excited
when the masks got there,

and I hung them
on their own special wall.

NARRATOR:
Over the next few weeks,

Jeannette and Grier
settle in their home

while Bob is away on business.

JEANNETTE: My husband was
an RV salesman.

Because of his job, he would
be gone for two weeks...

Maybe a month...
At a time for RV shows.

And he would go and sell
at these shows.

So it was Grier and I
alone in the house.

Hey, bud.
Hey.

Brought you something to drink.

Thanks.

How's it going?

Not too well.
Why?

I can't figure out
this one question.

Okay, let's see here.

This one?
Yeah.

Mmm, okay, so you're just
going to multiply, right,

and then subtract.

So it's going to be "X"
minus two.

I still don't get it.

Ah, you will.

When's dad going to be home?

I don't know, bud,
tomorrow, maybe?

[ THUD ]

What was that?

Whoa!
What is it?

Is that a bird?

Oh, man!

The bird that we saw was
just a little black bird.

You know, it wasn't a raven.

It was smaller.

Poor guy.

When we saw the dead bird,
we thought it just hit

the back door and had died.

Aww!

Oh, um, let's go
inside the house.

It was a little weird,
and it was sad,

but birds fly into windows.

We just dismissed it.

You know, we cleaned it up
and dismissed it.

[ TAPPING ]

[ TAPPING CONTINUES ]

GRIER: One night, I was in room,

I had just started
falling asleep,

and I heard tapping
on my window.

[ CREAK ]

Who's there?

GRIER: I definitely had a sense
of paranoia,

like somebody was watching me.

NARRATOR: 12-year-old
Grier Griffith

has been getting an eerie
feeling in his new house.

GRIER: When I was walking
down the hall,

I heard the creaking and that
same noise from outside.

[ CREAKING ]

[ GASPS ]

GRIER: I looked behind me
and saw nothing.

After not seeing anything,
I just...

I wanted to brush it off,
so I just let go of it.

JEANNETTE: Grier and I were
playing in the backyard,

and we came in
and we shut the door.

You're just getting too fast.
I know.

I can't keep up
with you anymore.

What's that?

It's glass.

And there was glass
all over the dining room.

What the heck?

What broke the glass?

Be careful.
Okay.

It made a trail 25 feet.

It just made no sense at all.

GRIER: The trail of glass
definitely seemed

to be placed in this line.

JEANNETTE: And then I notice
that the glass went through

the dining room
into the living room

and around the corner.

GRIER: I just knew something
wasn't right.

Oh, god!

What was it?

I don't know.

What?

What is it?

Oh, gosh...

JEANNETTE:
When I got down close to it,

I noticed that there was
something really wrong

with this bird.

It's freaky.

Look at its eyes.

GRIER: It wasn't just the eyes
were missing,

it was that there was
actual, very large holes.

It was stuffed with straw
coming out of it.

It was very disturbing.

JEANNETTE: The straw was
sticking out of its belly.

That actually was
pretty frightening

because something like that
would have to be put there,

somehow...
That's just not normal.

Is this your idea
of some sick joke?

No, I would never do
anything like this?

What is someone's
messing with us?

Who would do
something like that?

Who would...

GRIER: One of the
many thoughts I had was

that somebody
was messing with us.

I, at the time, didn't have
a clue who that could be.

I don't know.
It wasn't me.

I'll go get a bag
or something to put it in.

JEANNETTE: I really didn't know
what to think of

the stuffed bird, other than it
had to have been put here,

but I couldn't figure out
who would do that.

It just didn't make any sense.

I honestly didn't know
what to think about it,

but that was the first time

that I started feeling
uncomfortable in the house.

NARRATOR:
Over the next few weeks,

with Jeannette's husband
on the road again for work,

Jeannette and Grier make sure
to keep the house

under lock and key.

[ WATER SPLASHING ]

Unh!

[ GROANS, SCREAMS ]

[ SCREAMING ]

NARRATOR: Strange things
are happening

in Jeannette Osbourne's
dream home.

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

Ahh!

I had 10 or 15 crickets coming
up out of my shower drain.

I was more than
a little freaked out...

I don't like bugs.

Ahh!

I was terrified.

Ahh!
Oh, gosh!

Mom!

What's wrong?

There were all these crickets
in my bathroom.

They were coming out of the
drain... they were all over me.

Oh, my god!

[ GLASS BREAKING ]

What happened?

I have n...
I...

Did you do this?

No.

Well, was it like this
when you came through here?

I don't think so.

What in the world?

It's food!

GRIER: I notice that

there was sort of like
a trail of dry goods...

JEANNETTE: That went out of
the kitchen

into the dining room,
and stopped at the wall...

Stopped right below the masks.

Mom!

Mom!

It's the masks... the trail
is leading to the masks!

Oh, honey, it's just
a coincidence.

No, it's not!

What else can it be?

GRIER: The path from the dry
goods cabinet to the masks

was about seven or eight feet.

And even if it had just fallen
directly out of the cupboard,

there's no possible way
that it could have made a trail.

I told you they were creepy
from the day you got them.

You should get rid of them!

They are not creepy...
They're beautiful!

I would try and explain
to her, like,

"You do understand
that all of this

is probably because
of those masks, right".

And, of course, she would
try to brush it off.

You're overreacting.

Why won't you listen to me?

JEANNETTE: They're beautiful,
they're mine,

and I love them...

And they're going to stay
right there on the wall.

NARRATOR:
Over the next few weeks,

Jeannette often finds
herself admiring the masks.

JEANNETTE: I know that they had
a hold over me.

I have other masks
and other antiques.

And, of course like
any other collector,

I loved them...
They make me happy.

These were different.

I wasn't willing
to take them down.

NARRATOR: Jeannette's growing
obsession takes a turn

and she buys
even more masks.

Honey?

Jeannette?

Don't you think you're spending
a little too much time

on this... hobby?

Too much time?

No, I like them.

You don't know
what you're talking about.

Look, I've got to go.

I love you.

I'll be back soon.

JEANNETTE: I had an unnatural
attachment to these things...

There was no explanation for it.

GRIER: My dad worked a lot,
and during this time,

he was actually
leaving for weeks

or maybe a month at at time.

With that happening,
he couldn't be sort of

like a helping hand on my part

with persuading my mom
to get rid of these masks.

When my mom wouldn't believe
me about the masks,

it made me feel alone.

Aah!

NARRATOR: 12-year-old Grier

has just been
attacked by an unseen entity.

Ahh!

It felt like somebody
had hit me.

Mom!
What!

Mom!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Calm down, calm down.

What, what?

JEANNETTE: Grier came running
into my room,

and he said that
something was in his room.

I was sleeping in my room,

and something hit me
in the forehead.

Let me see this.

He had fingerprints
on his forehead... like this.

It was frightening.

Oh, my god!

Mom, it's the stupid masks!

The masks!
Grier, that's ridiculous.

You aren't listening to me!

Look, I will figure
this out, okay?

Okay.

Do you want to stay
in here tonight?

Mm-hmm.

Okay.
Okay, in bed.

I definitely think it made
things a lot more real

for both my mother and I.

NARRATOR: Jeannette can no
longer deny the connection

between the haunting
and the masks.

JEANNETTE: I started trying
to research the masks.

I knew nothing about them, other
than they came to me in a box

from Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

Voodoo kept coming up.

And I thought, I honestly
don't know... is it possible?

Part of me was saying,

"Well, maybe there's
something wrong with them...

Maybe they're causing this".

NARRATOR: Jeannette invites
a voodoo priest into her home.

So over here is where we found
the trail of food,

just lined up
through the kitchen.

I'm bloody Mary,
voodoo queen of New Orleans

and a voodoo historian.

On many occasions, I'm called
in as an occult expert

when someone doesn't understand
what's going on in their house.

And here are the masks.

MARY: The voodoo priest that
Jeannette called

came over the house
to assess the situation.

These two have a strong
spirit within them.

They do?

Many people consider voodoo
to be the oldest religion

that exists.

It's a nature-based religion.

So everything is about
the spirit world.

In fact, the word "voodoo"
translates to mean "spirit."

Transdance possession is
a part of a voodoo ceremony.

It would start with
offering to the spirits.

And eventually, to build energy,
they're dancing...

You're wanting to
become the spirits.

If you get possessed, you may go
put on the clothing

that is attractive
to that particular spirit...

You may put on a wig,
you may put on a mask.

These masks were used during
ritual ceremonies in my faith.

The more and more
those things are used,

the more and more they're
embedded with the spirit itself.

What kind of rituals?

It's hard to tell, but they are
looking for their guide.

What do you mean?

The spirits, the masks...

They are hungry.

So what do we do?

I mean, I don't want
to get rid of them,

but I want them to be
at peace with my family.

You need to feed them...
Leave out gifts for them.

MARY: In Jeannette's case,
there were crickets

and there were birds
as well as food

that were kind of
brought to her.

That was a hint that
they needed to be fed.

I can show you.

Are we in danger?

No...

I'll give you
all the tools you need.

But first, let us perform
a protection ceremony.

The spirits need to understand
who is in control.

Okay.

After the protection ceremony,
the house did feel better.

When we started putting
food offerings

in a bowl under the masks,

I didn't know
if it would work or not,

but I was willing
to try anything.

Ahh!

[ SCREAMING, OBJECT BREAKING ]

Help me!

NARRATOR: Jeannette Osbourne is
terrified for her life.

[ SCREAMING ]

Help me!

[ SCREAMING ]

JEANNETTE:
It was a nightmare,

but I knew what I was
experiencing was very real.

NARRATOR:
But in spite of her fear,

her obsession with
the masks defies logic.

JEANNETTE: I didn't want to get
rid of them.

I was attached to them,
but I kind of knew

that it had something
to do with them.

It absolutely had to.

NARRATOR: That summer, Jeannette
finds herself

alone in the house.

Grier leaves to visit
his older brother in Kansas.

You got everything?

We are going to get this
worked out, okay?

Everything's going to be fine.

I love you.
I love you, too.

Here's your stuff.

Thanks.

Okay, buddy,
you ready to go?

Yep.
Okay, meet me in the car.

All right.

NARRATOR: What's more,
Jeannette's husband

has no choice but to take
a new job out of state.

In 2008, finances
were bad for everyone.

A lot of the RV stores
closed in Southern California,

and my husband had to find,

you know, work within
his industry where he could.

It'll just be a few months
and I'll be back.

Okay?

Love you.

The lowest moment was
definitely leaving my mom

to deal with it on her own

because my dad
was still working.

JEANNETTE: It got to the point

where I knew
I had to do something.

I thought "I need to reach
out to somebody... "

I need to get some help".

NARRATOR: Desperate,
Jeannette contacts

a haunted objects specialist.

Hi, come on in.

My name is John Zaffis.

I've been a paranormal
investigator for 43 years.

Would you like to have a seat?

Sure, that'd be fine, thank you.

Would you like some sugar
or anything?

Black is fine, thank you.

Well, you've seen the masks.

Mm-hmm.

I've tried to get rid of them,
but I want the activity to stop.

But I don't want them destroyed.

I just...
I just can't let them go.

Well, I've been studying this,

and there's definitely
some negative energy

with these masks.

Jeannette didn't want
to hear that.

She didn't want to
accept the fact

that it could have been
something on a negative level.

Jeannette, can we remove them?

No!
I don't want to take them down.

Can we at least
cover them up then?

JEANNETTE: I was still so
attached to them,

but he just felt, you know,

that it had to be them,

and that if I wasn't
going to take them down,

I at least needed
to cover them.

So I did.

ZAFFIS: A lot of times when
these items are covered,

it can help to calm down
a lot of the energy.

These two right here.

Okay, will these work?

They'll work just fine.

Just cover it up.

Jeannette, if the activity
continues,

you're going to have
to remove these masks.

I understand.

Can you show me
the rest of the house?

ZAFFIS: Jeannette and I walked
through the entire house,

and I was reciting
several different prayers.

This helps to break
negative energy.

JEANNETTE:
I felt good about that.

I was hopeful this is
going to help...

Things are going
to get better.

NARRATOR:
Over the next few weeks,

while Jeannette doesn't
experience any activity,

she becomes further
and further withdrawn.

JEANNETTE: I was alone.

It was maddening,

and there wasn't anything
I could do about it.

I think it affected me
psychologically.

[ BED SHAKING ]

[ GASPING, SCREAMING ]

It was just, like, my nightmare.

Oh, my god!

And I began hearing pops
coming from under the floor,

but they were a deep tone.

In my mind, this was
the foundation popping,

and I was absolutely terrified.

NARRATOR:
Jeannette is out of options.

She must get rid of the masks.

The activity was building...
It was chaos in the house,

and I knew they had to go.

John... he said that
I could send them to him

because he could keep them safe,
and he could study them,

and he would keep them

from destroying
somebody else's lives,

wreaking havoc in them.

I took the masks,
they were in the box,

and I put them
in the backseat of my car.

And I got pinned against
the steering wheel,

and my knees were
all jammed up in front,

and I was out
in the intersection...

It stuck against
the steering wheel.

[ PANICKED BREATHING ]

I was terrified.

I absolutely thought these masks
are going to get me

killed in my car...

They're trying to kill me.

NARRATOR: Jeannette Osbourne
has been terrorized

by what she believes to be masks
possessed by evil spirits.

[ CREAKING ]

JEANNETTE:
The activity was escalating.

My dream house was absolutely
becoming a nightmare...

I was afraid to be in it.

The masks had to go.

[ RUSTLING ]

I was stuck against the steering
wheel out in the intersection.

[ SOBBING ]

I really thought
I could be killed...

I was going to get hit.

No! Stop!

Aah!

And I almost got hit
by another car

who was going 40 miles an hour
on the big cross street.

Unh!

I got out... had to go out
my passenger door to get out.

The box was gone.

It was just gone.

No... no...

No, no, no, no, no.

I was surprised...
I just couldn't believe it.

NARRATOR:
Fearing for her safety,

Jeannette refuses to go
back into the house.

JEANNETTE:
That was our dream house...

It was the nicest place
we've ever lived.

But we lost everything
in that house,

and it almost tore
our family apart.

When we moved, financially,
it was a huge loss,

but family...
That's what was important.

You know, to get our family
back together.

We were able to return
to a normal life.

NARRATOR: The family eventually
settles in Arizona.

JEANNETTE: My husband passed
away last year.

And, you know, it's a horrible
thing to lose your father,

to lose your husband.

But, in a way,
it's brought us closer.

GRIER:
But things are getting better...

Living with my mom...

We're just trying to do
everything we can

to keep each other afloat.

We're definitely closer
because of it.

NARRATOR:
As for the masks...

JEANNETTE: My son was right,

you know, what he felt about
these masks from day one...

From the minute
he saw them... he was right.

GRIER: The masks definitely
creeped me out.

I really just didn't want them
in the house at all.

I definitely think it was weird
that they just went missing.

As far as my beliefs, voodoo
is one of those things

that I always felt like
you shouldn't mess with,

unless you're experienced in
that sort of religious practice.

I don't collect masks anymore.

In fact, I'm very careful
about what I bring

into my house at all.

I absolutely think they're out
there looking

for another family,
another person,

and I think whoever comes
across these things...

Mom! Mom!

...is going to feel
that attraction to them...

Is going to be drawn to them.

ZAFFIS: Jeannette...
She called me hysterical,

and she was saying,
"John, the box is gone,

they just totally disappeared".

That told me right
then and there,

whatever was attached
with these two particular masks

was extremely powerful,
and they did not want

Jeannette shipping
them off to me.

Ahh!

ZAFFIS:
It does bother me...

Am I concerned that they'll show
up in another thrift store

or they might show up
in a tag sale someplace,

and wreak havoc
for somebody else?

Absolutely.

What's even
more interesting

is where are they now,

and who will be calling next?