Previously on Miracles.
Father's got some guy who's supposed to check the site for miracles.
I'm the guy.
I'm waiting for you.
Thomas, there's someone here to meet you.
What did Tommy do?
He heals people.
Father Calero uses to take all us kids to the games.
He ran the orphanage where I grew up.
You don't have parents?
Everyone's got parents.
I just never knew mine.
I think The Dark can do stuff.
And sometimes I think it wants something.
You have no idea what this takes out of him.
For God's sake it's killing him!
He healed people, I saw it. He died healing me.
I don't know why he died and you lived.
I don't know why it had to happen that way, but it did.
What do I have to do with all of this?
Isn't that what you came here to find out?
Shouldn't we be more discreet?
Not everyone knows how to handle all this darkness.
You do play a significant role in all of this, Paul.
Pray.
Careful.
If you keep doing that you'll go blind.
Well, you don't give up, do you?
I don't want to but everything I need is blocked out.
Do you know his place of birth, mother's maiden name?
No.
Hello.
So, how are the witness interviews going?
Uh, good. I just have a few more.
Alva is getting anxious.
And it's been awhile since we've seen you.
Everything okay?
Yeah, everything's fine.
Evie..
I gotta go.
You know, if someone could get him to sign a release form,
you'd have full access to his records.
If I knew someone that could do that, I wouldn't be here.
Let me see what I can do.
Thank you.
S01E04 - Little Miss Lost
This is Sammy, the get-well bear.
Now, if you don't get well soon, he will maul you.
They were half price down at the gift store.
I'm just glad to have you in one piece.
Did they figure out what caused the explosion?
Underground gas leak. The bus stopped right over it.
and by the time it pulled away, it was full of fumes.
There was a spark and..
How many died?
Everyone.
There was a little girl on the bus.
I didn't even notice her until I was outside.
She couldn't have been more than seven.
She was looking right at me. It was like she knew.
It's strange that you were on the number nine bus.
Don't you typically take the number five?
You drew a crowd today.
When can he go home?
Hello doctor.
I want to keep him under observation one more night.
Oh, good. Good.
Well, then, we'll see you back at the office
bright and early tomorrow morning.
Alva, were you raised by wolves?
We will see you when you're ready.
You just call us if you need anything, ok?
Thank you.
Follow the light.
Headaches? Blurred vision?
No, not really.
- Tender? - Ah, yeah.
Squeeze. Squeeze.
People tend to play down head injuries,
but they're serious business.
Anything unusual, I want to know about it.
Balance problems, coordination, hallucination, dizziness, nausea.
Yeah, I'll let you know.
Okay. You need to rest. No visitors, no tv, no nothing.
Try to sleep.
Thank you very much. There's plenty of excitement here today.
And record crowds are on hand here at the San Antonio
sport arena for the final game of the season
between the Stallions and the Boston Bucks.
Now, the tailgate parties have been going strong
since well before noon here today.
And as you can see, this is one excited group of fans, to say the least.
Boston can hope to salvage what has been an otherwise dismal
season with a victory over the Stallions here this afternoon.
And, of course, with the history of the rivalry between these
two franchises, anything is possible..
Hi.
I understand all the victims of the bus accident are here.
How can I help you?
Was there.. a little girl on the bus?
About seven, blond hair?
You here to claim the body?
You a relative?
No, not exactly, no.
I'm sorry, unless you're a member of the immediate family,
I can't let you inside.
I work at St. Jerome's. It's an orphanage.
Three days ago, one of our kids went missing.
They're homesick, confused.
It's not their home and we're not their family.
We're pretty sure she's on her way to her uncle's
in Rhode Island, but..
It's bad when there's one that goes unclaimed.
Worse when it's a kid.
No burns, strange.
You're telling me. All the others died in the fire.
How'd she die?
Blunt force trauma. She was crushed to death.
Probably thrown clear from the bus and..
Sorry.
Is it her?
You'd expect to find some evidence of brain trauma or..
hemorrhaging caused by the force of the explosion.
Her eyes are clear.
Yes.
No cuts, no glass.
The window could have blown before she went through.
And they use safety glass on most buses now.
Any soot in her nasal passages?
Yes, but it doesn't match the vinyl from the seats
or the plastic from the bus itself.
They teach you forensics at St. Jerome's?
You'd be suprised.
So, is it her?
The one you're looking for?
No.
What happens if no one claims her?
After 72 hours, the body will be cremated.
- Hi. - Hey.
The man up front said maybe you can help me.
What do you need?
You ran a story this afternoon during the sports segment
about the game in San Antonio at the sports arena?
I, uh, thought I saw someone in the crowd that I recognized.
I just wanted to make sure I'm right before..
Before what?
Before I call the police.
It's a private matter, but I'd really appreciate your help.
No problem.
..very much, there's plenty of excitement here
and record crowds are on hand today.
And as you can see, this is one excited group of fans,
to say the least.
Now Boston can hope to salvage what has been an otherwise..
Could you pause it there?
- Uh, thanks. - Sure.
The governor has left little doubt that he plans to veto
a package of bills that the legislature will send him this week
that would reduce the budget shortfall by 3 billion.
In National news, engineers are still examining the rubble
of the San Antonio sports arena that collapsed yesterday
during the first quarter of the season's final Stallions' game.
Initial reports indicate that 39 people died and over one
hundred were injured when the upper loge deck gave away.
Among the fatalities, a young girl who was crushed to death,
but who remains unidentified.
Local authorities are searching for a parent or guardian.
But, so far, no one has come forward to claim the child.
In other national news..
What time does your next flight leave for San Antonio?
Hey, how are you?
I thought you weren't coming in till tomorrow.
I need to borrow 250 dollars.
Can I ask what for?
I may have seen something.
What do you mean?
I don't know. I need to check it out.
- Paul.. - I'll pay you back.
That's not what I'm worried about.
Look, Alva just went out for some coffee,
why don't you wait and then..
I'll fill you in when I get back.
Thanks. I'm sorry.
No.
Hello. Morgue.
Hello, this is Paul Callan. I was there yesterday.
I'm calling to see if anybody has
come to claim the body of the little girl.
I'm sorry. The 72 hours passed.
The body's been cremated.
I don't know. Maybe I'm losing my mind.
I saw this little girl on the bus before it exploded and then..
When I was in the hospital, I saw her on the tv
in front of the stadium before it collapsed.
And twice you've seen her dead body?
First here in Boston and then..
the next day in San Antonio.
Paul, she died right in front of you.
The explosion knocked you out.
This could be some sort of post-traumatic stress..
I think she needs my help.
So much for the voice of reason.
If she's appearing to you before these tragedies,
she may be some sort of harbinger spirit.
Wait, assuming that you're actually seeing all of this,
are you saying that she's trying to warn him of these disasters?
Why not just say, "Hey, Paul, stop the bus. Stop the.."?
Paul.
Paul!
Watch it!
Hey.
Hey, get away from her!
Paul, what's going on?
I'm sorry, I..
Our mistake. Sorry.
I thought it was her.
I'm going crazy.
You may not be crazy. I think I know who this is.
Ah, here we are. She's known as Little Miss Lost.
Hartford morgue, number 8959.
Here.
She was killed in a circus fire,
July 6, 1944, Hartford, Connecticut.
Yeah, but who is she?
No one knows. Her body was never claimed.
What happened?
It was one month after D-day, eight thousand people
most of them women and children, gathered for the matinee.
Shortly after it started, fire broke out.
Thousands of panic-stircken people stampeding the exits,
trying to escape the flames that roared across the tent top,
which had been waterproofed with an unfortunate mixture
of paraffin wax and gasoline.
Most of the victims were trampled to death
long before the flames ever reached them.
She's dying over and over again.
Yes, and she has been for the past 59 years.
Her body has mysteriously shown up
at the site of various tragedies all around the world.
Here we are, 1972, Bihar, India,
a commuter train plunges off a bridge into the Bagmati River.
180 dead, one body unclaimed.
Baku, Azerbaijan, 1981, a subway train catches on fire
while still on the tunnel. 300 dead, one body unclaimed.
Last reported sighting in the U.S.
A school shooting in Pittsburgh. March of last year.
In every case, it's the same little girl.
She's something of an urban legend.
The French call her "la petite ophelie"
In Ethiopia, she's known as "yiti faglich."
She's been seen in over 80 countries in the last 59 years,
but no one has ever had actual contact with her before a tragedy.
Until now.
What does that mean?
It could mean that she's coming into our world more strongly,
more powerfully than before, if that's true,
then it means the veil is getting thinner.
This is a sign.
Paul, I need you to think back to when you saw that girl.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
How did she look?
Dead.
What?
Keel!
This girl is not a harbinger spirit at all.
She's not warning me of these tragedies?
No, no.
She's causing them.
Why would the ghost of a little girl be killing people?
She's probably not even aware that she is.
It's just some sort of by-product of her materializations.
Any situation has the potential for tragedy.
Every time a plane takes off, every time you get in a car.
Wherever this little girl appears, she tips the scales.
Her presence turns the "potential" into the "actual".
But how?
Because her presence is the presence of Death.
She knows you can see her, Paul. She's got your attention.
And my guess is she will keep appearing
until she gets what she wants, whatever that may be.
And every time she does, people will die?
Then we better figure out what she wants and fast.
We need to go to where all this started, Hartford, Connecticut.
May I suggest we leave immediately?
Where's daddy?
Are you okay?
I think I know what that little girl is looking for.
What?
The same thing I am.
I was on the number nine bus that morning
because I was coming from city hall. I was..
I've been trying to find my father.
And this little girl, maybe..
maybe that's why she's reaching out to me.
She's never been claimed by her parents.
And maybe if we find them, she'll stop.
Thank you. You've been most helpful.
There's a delightful young lady at the Hartford Herald
who's going to provide us with two lists.
One is those persons who died in the first circus fire.
The other list is those who survived to be questioned.
It's amazing what a little accent can get out of a woman.
Yes, it is. She also gave me an address for a man named
Delwin Earl, who was one of the original reporters to cover the fire.
He still freelances for the paper every now and again.
What I suggest is you go and interview him,
and I will go and get the list.
Thank you for your time, Mr. Earl.
Name's Delwin. Come on in. Find a seat.
You two married?
No.
I wouldn't let that one get away.
You want to hear about that fire, don't you?
Yes, sir, if you don't mind.
I do mind. Who wants a drink?
It's a little early.
Not if you want to hear about the fire.
You guys don't know it, but the world was a different place then.
This was before lighted exit signs and fire marshal capacity codes.
Everybody smoked. Nobody gave a damn.
Eight thousand people and then some were in that tent.
When it went up, you've never seen such fear.
A hundred and sixty-eight people dead in six minutes.
Forty-nine of them kids.
The animals panicked. Some were burned alive in their cages.
Have you ever heard a horse scream?
I was overseas during world war II,
I saw a lot of things I wish I hadn't.
But this was as bad as any of it.
Maybe worse.
The, uh, little girl who's never been claimed.
8959.
We're trying to find out who her parents were.
I don't know the father, but the mother was Lilian Smith.
Lilian Smith.
She was from a rich family two counties over.
Lilian was considered quite a lady about town.
Morally unfettered.
She took a sudden trip to Europe when she was 17.
You could be damn sure Lilian Smith had a baby.
And you think her baby was the unclaimed girl in the fire?
She would have been the same age as Lilian's child was.
And even though the circus was coming to her town,
she traveled two counties to be there that day. Add it up.
She didn't want to be seen by anyone that knew her.
8959 was her daughter.
We'd like to have a word with Miss Smith.
Do you happen to know where we might find her?
I know exactly where you can find her.
Well, this complicates matters.
It doesn't make any sense, I mean, if Lilian Smith is her mother,
and she's dead, then aren't they together?
I mean, hasn't the little girl essentially been claimed?
Perhaps Delwin Earl had it wrong.
Or we did.
Hello.
- Paul? - Yes.
It's Claudia Blume from the Registry Division at City Hall.
Yes, of course.
I could lose my job for telling you this, but somebody
responded to my request for current contact information.
He's coming in to look at the paperwork you filed.
This man could very well be your father,
and he's gonna be here at the end of the day.
Thanks, Claudia.
- Paul? - She's here.
Hello.
Why?
Why? Why what?
Why?
I don't know. I wish I had an answer.
Why?
Paul's a very interesting young man, isn't he?
Wait a second.
If he's talking to her right here right now..
Paul! Tell her to stop! It's happening!
Tell her to stop!
It's happening! Tell her to go away!
Evie!
Are you okay? Are you okay?
You'll be all right. It's gonna be all right. Breathe. Breathe.
Look, the 2:45 train will get you back to Boston.
You can catch it just in time to meet your father.
I can't do that.
Why not?
I can't abandon this girl the way he abandoned me.
It's not the same situation.
It's exactly the same.
There's a reason she came to me. Besides, if she appears again..
I'll keep working at it, all right?
I'm the only one who's ever had contact with her.
She came to me.
You can see Miss Santos now.
- Hey. - Hey.
Are you okay?
As far as bullet wounds go, I've had worse.
I think I may have figured something out.
Everytime you see this little girl, she says the same thing.
Yeah. "Why?" She wants to know why no one's ever claimed her.
Or it could be you're hearing it that way
because that's your question.
Sometimes a thing is just a thing.
A list of those who survived the fire.
We've been reading it wrong. "Why" isn't a question.
It's a person.
Roseanna Wye.
She's been trying to tell you her mother's name.
Mrs. Wye?
The cable switch is a tricky one.
You'll have to ask me that again.
1944, you were there at the circus.
I was asking what you remember?
The past is easy. It's what happened this morning that's hard.
I was eating popcorn. I remember that. It was too salty.
And there was a man sitting next to me, a large man.
He seemed very interested in the clowns.
I don't much like clowns.
And every time one happened by, he'd poke me.
But I was worried.
About?
I had just bought a new dress at Westerman's Department Store.
Paid a bundle for it.
I knew the bleachers were dirty, and I..
I was afraid I would make a mess of it the first time I wore it.
What a silly thing to remember.
Mrs. Wye.
When did the fire begin?
Right after the show started.
First I heard a scream.
And then everyone screaming and pushing.
The next thing I knew, I was on my feet,
running just like the rest of them.
We just wanted to get out.
So many.. so many didn't.
Some were children.
You know..
It's been years since I've been asked these questions.
Afterwards, there were a great many questions.
I was very relieved when they stopped.
That day, who were you with?
No one. I was alone.
You weren't with someone, a friend, family..
your daughter?
I don't have a daughter.
She says the child wasn't hers.
I'm not so sure I believe her.
It's another dead end.
We have no choice but to comb through that list of survivors
one by one until we've eliminated them all.
Let's do it.
We do it my way. I'll head south.
There's half a dozen leads in New York. You go back to Boston.
The 2:45 train will get you there
in plenty of time to meet your father.
I don't even know if the guy showing up is actually him.
You'll never know if you don't go.
Keel, I don't understand..
I don't want to hear any more excuses.
First you check in at City Hall,
and then you check the names on those lists.
All right?
Why do you care one way or the other whether I meet my father?
I have my reasons.
You just made it. We're leaving.
Thank you.
- Goodbye, Paul. - Bye.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Hey, watch it.
Hey.
Excuse me.
Sorry!
Stop the train! Stop the train!
- What's wrong? - It's gonna crash!
Sir, why don't you calm down.
I need to talk to the engineer!
- Keel! - Paul.
She's on the train! She's on the train!
Take your seats!
Hey!
Everything's under control.
Hey! Hey!
Paul! Take the emergency brake!
Let me go!
Look, why'd you guys stop the train?
People were going to die.
And you knew that how?
Look, interfering with mass transit is a federal offense.
You understand you're dealing with some serious time here?
Mr. Larson, can I talk to you for a minute?
Wait here.
Just thought you should know. I just got a call from the RTC.
Looks like we had a massive power outage at the main grid.
They lost control of the tracks for almost seven minutes.
- How bad? - Could've been a lot worse.
Radio contact, rail switchers, all of it malfunctioned.
If that train here hadn't stopped, it would have plowed
head-on into the 364 out of Philly.
My god. Any chance these guys were involved?
Maybe set the whole thing up, looking for their 15 minutes?
Not unless they simultaneously caused this surge that blacked
us out and started the storm that wiped out the backup grid.
There's just no way.
Like it or not, these guys just saved our ass.
Three hours of detainment we could have used
getting through this list.
Paul, it could have been very bad back there.
One way or another you just saved a lot of people's lives.
Then why does it feel like all we did was dodge a bullet?
Paul..
you missed your train..
and your father.
I'm.. sorry.
Maybe it's just as well.
The guy hasn't exactly been sending me Christmas cards every year.
You're right.
He abandoned you.
He might not be capable of facing up to that.
No, he might not.
It might not even be the kind of thing you admit
when you're first asked.
Cedars Hospital in Millinocket, Maine, faxed this to me today.
On, uh, August 7th, 1937,
Roseanne Wye gave birth to a baby girl.
The, uh, dress you wore to the circus,
you said you bought it at Westerman's.
They only have one store, and.. it's in Millinocket.
I contacted the hospital there.
She was your daughter, wasn't she?
Her name was Amelia.
I..
I let go of her hand.
I, uh..
I was 18 when I got married.
Got pregnant right away.
I thought maybe a baby would help.
He said I was nothing. I believed him.
So when Amelia was born..
everything was different. I didn't feel like nothing.
I was responsible for her.
And even though I could live with his abuse,
I wasn't about to subject my little girl to it.
I had stayed out of duty.
But because of her, I did one brave thing.
You left him.
What happened at the circus?
Well, as we were driving through Hartford, I saw all the signs.
Amelia was awakening from a nap.
She was a little confused, she asked "Where's daddy?"
She couldn't understand why we couldn't go home.
But when she saw all the colors and the banners
and the animals, she stopped asking about going home.
And I knew we were going to be all right.
I spoiled her. Bought better seats than I should have.
And a green balloon.
Yes. She loved that balloon.
We made it down the bleachers to the floor.
I was holding her hand all the way until..
someone pushed from behind and..
But I let go.
And you never told anyone?
How could I?
I died that day.
I.. I don't know how I got out of the tent.
I wandered around for hours.
Roseanna.
Why didn't you claim her?
I couldn't claim myself.
My family thought I was dead.
You don't know how many times I wished it were true.
I knew there was nothing I could ever do..
to bring her back.
You can't bring her back, but..
you can let her go.
Amelia.
My little girl.
Forgive me.
Wye.
- Hey, there. - Hi.
I just wanted to thank you for all your help.
I'm sorry it didn't work out.
Do you mind if I ask..
What was he like?
He was.. in a hurry.
You must take after your mother.
The man who was here.. he was nothing like you.
Did he sign? Did he release the records?
I can't help you anymore, Mr. Callan. He sealed the file.
Tommy?
Are you all right? What's wrong?
Tommy.
Help us.
It's real.
What is?
The Darkness?
It wants.
What? What does it want?
Everything.
Wait!
Tommy!
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