>> 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.
RON AND NANCY STALLINGS BELIEVE
THEY HAVE FOUND THE PERFECT
HOUSE UNTIL A SINISTER SPIRIT
ATTACKS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
PARANORMAL RESEARCHERS TRY TO
BRING PEACE TO THE FAMILY AND TO
THE DEAD TRAPPED IN THE LAND.
THE STALLINGS REALIZE IF THEY
DON'T GET OUT SOON, THEY WON'T
GET OUT AT ALL.
BETWEEN THE WORLD WE SEE AND THE
THINGS WE FEAR, THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED, NIGHTMARES
BECOME REALITY.
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RON STALLINGS AND NANCY SIMICOTT
ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME.
THEY WILL BE MARRIED IN LESS
THAN A WEEK.
[ SCREAMING ]
>> [ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ CLOCK TICKING ]
>> Narrator: WITH HER MARRIAGE
QUICKLY APPROACHING, NANCY
ATTRIBUTES HER NIGHTMARE TO
NERVES.
>> THIS IS EXCITING.
>> WELL, FOR ONE THING, I DO
WANT A GARAGE.
>> Narrator: RON AND NANCY HAVE
BEEN MARRIED FOR LESS THAN A
MONTH WHEN THEY ACTUALLY BEGIN
LOOKING FOR A HOUSE TO BUY.
>> LISTEN TO THIS...
>> WE HAD SIX CHILDREN THE DAY
WE GOT MARRIED.
SOME WERE HIS, SOME WERE MINE,
BOTH FROM PREVIOUS MARRIAGES.
AND WE NEEDED A LARGE HOUSE THAT
WOULD ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE.
AND LIKE MOST YOUNG COUPLES, WE
DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
THE FIRST TIME THAT WE SAW THE
HOUSE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT
BARGAIN.
>> Narrator: THE OWNER IS AN OLD
WOMAN WHOSE SON IS SELLING THE
PROPERTY.
THE HOUSE HAD BEEN BUILT IN THE
1920s.
IT IS A SPACIOUS, CHARMING
FIXER-UPPER, LOOKING NOTHING
LIKE THE HOUSE FROM NANCY'S
NIGHTMARE.
AND REMARKABLY, IT IS WELL
WITHIN THEIR PRICE RANGE.
THE HOUSE HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR A
YEAR.
IT NEEDS NEW PAINT, WALLPAPER,
REPAIRS.
BUT TO RON AND NANCY, IT'S
PERFECT.
THEY BUY THE HOUSE.
THEN, JUST BEFORE LEAVING...
>> I HOPE YOU'RE GOOD FIGHTERS.
>> Narrator: ...FOR RON AND
NANCY, THE REMARK IS UNSETTLING.
>> THAT'S A STRANGE THING TO
SAY.
I GOT BAD NEIGHBORS, OR WHAT?
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
>> Narrator: WITHIN TWO MONTHS,
THE FAMILY MOVES IN.
>> SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IT'S GREAT!
>> Narrator: ALLEN SIMICOTT IS
ONE OF NANCY STALLINGS' CHILDREN
FROM HER FIRST MARRIAGE.
>> MY STEPFATHER HAD CHILDREN OF
HIS OWN, AND THERE WAS KIDS WITH
MY MOTHER, AND WHEN THEY GOT
MARRIED, IT WAS ALMOST
LIKE "THE BRADY BUNCH."
>> YEAH.
WE CAN PLAY GAMES IN HERE.
COME ON IN!
>> IT WAS BIG, A LOT BIGGER THAN
ANY HOUSE I WAS USED TO.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT JUST SEEMED
LIKE A NORMAL HOUSE.
IT WAS JUST OLD.
>> Narrator: FOR THE NEWLY
BLENDED FAMILY, MOVING DAY
OFFERS HOPE AND THE PROMISE OF
NEW BEGINNINGS.
>> YOU PICK OUT YOUR ROOMS?
>> NOT YET.
GET MORE STUFF, BRING IT IN
THE HOUSE.
WE CAN MOVE IN.
COME ON, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
>> DO YOU LIKE IT?
>> I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT.
>> THE BASEMENT WAS REAL DREARY
AND KIND OF HAD A REAL CREEPY
FEELING TO IT...LIKE SOMETHING
HAPPENED THERE, LIKE SOMETHING
MIGHT HAPPEN THERE AGAIN.
I DIDN'T CARE FOR THE BASEMENT
AT ALL.
I MEAN, FROM THE FIRST DAY, I
NEVER LIKED THE BASEMENT.
>> I DECIDED I WOULD OPEN SOME
WINDOWS.
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THEY WERE
PAINTED SHUT.
I COULDN'T GET THEM OPEN.
I WONDERED WHY THE PEOPLE HAD
NAILED THE WINDOWS SHUT WITH BIG
NAILS.
>> Narrator: IT SOON BECOMES
CLEAR.
SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THIS
HOUSE.
>> HEY, HEY, HEY, WHOA, GUYS.
WALKING LEGS IN THE HOUSE.
YOU KNOW BETTER.
>> FAUCETS WOULD TURN OFF AND
ON.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
COULD HAPPEN.
WE FIGURED IT MUST BE BECAUSE
IT'S AN OLD HOUSE.
>> Narrator: SUMMER TURNS TO
FALL.
THE DAYS GROW SHORTER.
THE NIGHTS, LONGER.
ALLEN AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER
SHARE A BEDROOM.
>> I WOULD LAY THERE AT NIGHT,
AND I WOULD HEAR HEAVY FOOTSTEPS
LIKE HEAVY BOOTS.
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
I COULD HEAR THEM COME UP THE
STEPS.
I KNEW IT WASN'T MY PARENTS,
AND I WAS TERRIFIED.
>> HI.
>> WELL, HELLO.
HI.
HI. NANCY STALLINGS.
>> WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?
>> WE'RE MOVING IN SLOWLY,
GETTING THERE.
>> GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
YOU KNOW THE OLD LADY WHO USED
TO LIVE HERE?
>> SHE SAYS, "AH, THAT CRAZY OLD
LADY THAT LIVED IN THAT HOUSE
THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE WAS GETTING
IN, MOVING HER STUFF AND TAKING
HER STUFF, AND SHE HAD HER SON
NAIL THOSE WINDOWS SHUT."
I SAID TO RON, "I WONDER WHY SHE
THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS TAKING HER
THINGS."
>> Narrator: THE SHOCKING ANSWER
WILL COME ALL TOO SOON.
>> Narrator: IN THE FALL OF
1965, RON AND NANCY STALLINGS
ARE SETTLING INTO THEIR NEW HOME
IN BALTIMORE.
BUT THEIR ELDEST SON ALLEN KNOWS
THAT SOMETHING IS STRANGE ABOUT
THE HOUSE.
AS WEEKS PASS WITHOUT INCIDENT,
NANCY'S CONCERNS DRIFT AWAY.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES COME TO
VISIT, HAPPY FOR RON AND NANCY'S
APPARENT GOOD FORTUNE.
>> HEY, RON, HOW YOU DOING?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> MY COUSIN BILL, WHO WAS A
LAWYER, CAME TO SEE OUR NEW
HOUSE.
>> WOW, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> YOU WANT TO TAKE A TOUR?
>> AND HE WANTED TO SEE
UPSTAIRS.
SO HE GOT HALFWAY UP THE
STAIRS...
AND HE GOT A REALLY STRANGE LOOK
ON HIS FACE.
>> EXCUSE ME.
>> WHAT'S WRONG?
>> AND HE SAID, "I DON'T HAVE
TIME NOW."
>> I FORGOT ABOUT THIS.
>> I SAID, "WHY YOU GOT TO BE
GOING IN SUCH A HURRY FOR?"
HE SAID, "I JUST GOT TO GET TO
COURT."
>> Narrator: BILL LATER EXPLAINS
THAT HE WAS OVERWHELMED BY A
SUDDEN FEELING OF DREAD.
IT WILL BE MONTHS BEFORE HE
COMES BACK.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
ONE NIGHT IN OCTOBER...
...NANCY HAS THE DISTINCT
FEELING THAT SOMEONE IS WATCHING
HER.
>> RON.
RON, I THINK I HEAR SOMETHING.
RON.
LOOK AT THAT.
DO YOU SEE HER THERE?
DO YOU SEE HER?
MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD.
DID YOU SEE THAT?
[ CHURCH BELLS RINGING ]
>> Narrator: HOPING TO MAKE
SENSE OF THE INEXPLICABLE EVENTS
IN HIS HOUSE, RON TURNS TO HIS
UNCLE.
>> MY UNCLE WAS A PRIEST, AND I
KNEW HE KNEW A LOT ABOUT THAT
SUBJECT.
>> HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
>> I TOLD HIM THE STORY, AND I
THOUGHT, "HE DON'T BELIEVE ME.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?
HE'S NOT GOING TO HELP ME."
>> THINGS THAT MOVE IN THE
HOUSE.
>> Narrator: RON CAN HARDLY
BELIEVE THE STORY HIMSELF.
>> I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU LIVED
AFTER WHEN YOU DIED.
I BELIEVED WHEN YOU DIED, THAT
WAS THE END.
>> WHATEVER WE NEED.
>> I SAID, "CAN YOU COME OVER TO
MY HOUSE AND BLESS IT, MAYBE?"
HE SAID, "YEAH."
I SAID, "WELL, WHEN?"
HE SAID ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
I SAID, "I CAN'T WAIT TWO
WEEKS."
SO HE SAID, "ALL RIGHT, I'LL
COME THIS AFTERNOON."
>> ...AND ALLEN.
NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE
SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
>> WE ACTUALLY HAD MASS IN THE
HOUSE LIKE A REGULAR CATHOLIC
SERVICE.
AND I WAS GLAD THAT WE WERE
DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> Narrator: THE PRIEST BLESSES
THE ENTIRE HOUSE ROOM BY ROOM.
>> I WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULD
TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
>> AND THAT NIGHT, EVERYTHING
WAS REAL QUIET.
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, GEE, MAYBE
IT DID WORK.
MAYBE THAT WAS THE ANSWER."
BUT THEN...IT STARTED WITH A
VENGEANCE.
[ CRASHING ]
WE HEARD A RUCKUS OUT ON
THE PORCH.
IT WAS LOUD.
THE TRICYCLE WAS JUST RIDING
DOWN THE PORCH...AND BACK -- BY
ITSELF.
[ BANGING ]
>> [ SCREAMING ]
OH, MY GOD!
>> Shh, Shh, Shh, Shh.
>> WHAT IS IT?!
>> JUST -- JUST SIT DOWN.
>> Narrator: RON SUDDENLY
REALIZES THAT THE PRIEST HAD
NEVER BLESSED THE PORCH.
>> Shh, Shh, Shh.
I'M GOING TO GET A CRUCIFIX.
I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE
PORCH.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
>> I GRABBED THE CRUCIFIX,
THINKING THAT WAS THE ANSWER.
AND IT STOPPED.
>> Narrator: TERRIFIED, THE
FAMILY IMMEDIATELY LEAVES THE
HOUSE.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
WITH NOWHERE ELSE TO GO, RON
TAKES HIS FAMILY TO HIS FATHER'S
CABIN ABOUT AN HOUR OUTSIDE OF
BALTIMORE.
THE CABIN HAS ONLY ONE ROOM --
TOO SMALL TO ACCOMMODATE SUCH A
LARGE FAMILY.
IT'S ALSO A CONSIDERABLE
DISTANCE FROM THE CHILDREN'S
SCHOOL AND RON'S WORKPLACE.
HE KNOWS IT IS IMPRACTICAL TO
STAY THERE FOR VERY LONG.
>> I THOUGHT I COULD GET ENOUGH
NERVE TO COME BACK AGAIN AND
HOPE IT STOPPED.
>> Narrator: RON FEELS LIKE HE
HAS NO CHOICE.
THEY WILL HAVE TO GO BACK.
>> Narrator: THE STALLINGS ARE
PRISONERS IN THEIR NEW HOME.
FINANCIALLY, THEY ARE TRAPPED.
THEY HAVE SIX CHILDREN AND ONE
ON THE WAY.
>> WE WANTED TO MOVE, BUT WE
HAD ALL OF OUR MONEY TIED UP IN
THAT HOUSE.
AND WITH CHILDREN, YOU CAN'T
JUST MOVE.
>> WELL, THINGS WOULD GO ALMOST
IN CYCLES WHERE, FOR A WEEK OR
TWO, THINGS WOULD HAPPEN LIKE
EVERY DAY.
AND THEN IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN FOR
A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
>> Narrator: FOR SEVERAL MONTHS,
THE DISTURBANCES DIED DOWN AND
NANCY HOPES FOR THE BEST.
1967, SHE GIVES BIRTH TO A SON,
HER FIRST CHILD WITH RON.
NANCY HOPES THAT SHE CAN SLEEP
MORE PEACEFULLY IN THE HOSPITAL
THAN SHE HAS AT HOME.
>> THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE ROOM
CHANGED.
>> WHO'S THERE?
>> I KEPT FEELING LIKE SOMEONE
WAS IN THE ROOM.
>> WHO'S THERE?
>> [ WHISPERING ]
>> NANCY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT
OF BED?
>> I WAS A LITTLE COLD.
>> I'LL GET YOU A BLANKET.
>> Narrator: NANCY NOW REALIZES
THAT WHATEVER HAS BEEN HAUNTING
HER HOUSE CAN FOLLOW HER
ANYWHERE.
>> THE NEXT DAY, WHEN I WAS
GETTING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL,
I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK.
[ BABY WHINING ]
I WAS WAITING FOR ANY MINUTE
THAT SOMETHING HORRIBLE WOULD
HAPPEN.
>> HEY, KIDS!
HOW ARE YOU?
>> MEET YOUR NEW SISTER.
>> LET'S GO INSIDE AND MAYBE
YOU CAN HOLD HER.
>> OH!
>> ALLEN!
ALLEN, SWEETIE!
OH, MY GOD, ARE YOU OKAY?
>> ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> I FELT LIKE SOMEBODY GRABBED
ME FROM BEHIND AND LITERALLY,
LIKE, HEAVED ME DOWN THE STEPS.
>> STAND UP.
>> FORTUNATELY, HE ONLY HAD A
FEW SCRAPES AND BRUISES.
>> THE NIGHTTIME JUST MADE IT
WORSE.
THERE WAS REALLY NO PLACE TO GO.
I DREADED IF I WOKE UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND HAD TO
USE THE BATHROOM OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
[ FLOOR CREAKS ]
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
FIRST REACTION -- SOMEBODY'S
BREAKING INTO THE HOUSE.
THE HAIR ON YOUR ARMS WOULD
STAND UP.
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
[ DOOR HANDLE JIGGLES ]
[ FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE ]
I KIND OF WANTED TO LOOK.
I REALLY WAS AFRAID OF WHAT I
MIGHT SEE.
AND I FINALLY GOT UP ENOUGH
COURAGE JUST TO TAKE, LIKE, THE
SLIGHTEST PEEK.
[ FOOTSTEPS RECEDING ]
BUT THEN I HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS
GO BACK OUT.
[ FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE ]
AND I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
>> Narrator: ALLEN CAN NO LONGER
REMAIN SILENT.
HE TELLS HIS PARENTS ABOUT THE
FOOTSTEPS.
>> I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN
DO ABOUT THIS.
>> I FELT SO HOPELESS.
HOW DO YOU FIGHT SOMETHING
THAT'S NOT ALIVE AND YOU CAN'T
REALLY GRAB IT, BUT IT CAN PUSH
YOU?
>> OH!
>> ALLEN!
>> I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS YOUR
FAULT.
I'M NOT BLAMING YOU.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
[ BABY CRYING ]
>> ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?
>> WE WERE FRUSTRATED.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR
WHERE TO TURN.
>> Narrator: RON AND NANCY
DECIDE TO PUT THEIR HOUSE ON THE
MARKET.
>> THEY KNOW A REPORTER.
>> Narrator: STILL, THEY ARE
DESPERATE TO FIND A SHORT-TERM
SOLUTION.
>> WE CAN TALK TO THEM AND AT
LEAST FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN
HELP US.
>> I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TELLING
A FELLOW I WORK WITH ABOUT THESE
STRANGE THINGS THAT WERE
HAPPENING.
AND HE SAID, "MAYBE I CAN GET
YOU HELP IN THE NEWSPAPER."
SO I SAID, "ALL RIGHT.
IF HE WANTS TO SEE IT, IF THAT'S
THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET HELP,
THEN I'LL DO IT THAT WAY.
BUT I DON'T WANT A STORY IN
THE PAPER."
>> IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.
>> SURE ENOUGH, THE MAN CAME.
>> PLEASE REMEMBER, WE DON'T
WANT OUR NAMES TO BE IN THE
PAPER.
>> I WILL NOT PUT AN ADDRESS.
>> Narrator: THE REPORTER SEEMED
SYMPATHETIC.
>> THINGS MOVE.
>> TOYS.
>> TOYS, SPECIFICALLY TOYS?
>> Narrator: HE PROMISES TO FIND
THEM AN EXPERT, SOMEONE WITH
EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THE
PARANORMAL.
>> THAT'S EVERYTHING I NEED.
>> Narrator: BUT RON AND NANCY
HAVE PLACED THEIR HOPES IN THE
HANDS OF THE WRONG MAN.
>> Narrator: THE LOCAL REPORTER
PUBLISHES A STORY ABOUT THE
STRANGE EVENTS AT RON
AND NANCY STALLINGS' HOUSE.
THEY ARE SHOCKED AND ANGRY.
SO ARE THEIR NEIGHBORS, WHO
WORRY ABOUT FALLING PROPERTY
VALUES AND PROSPECTIVE BUYERS
WHO SUDDENLY STOP CALLING.
>> THE NEIGHBORS WERE PRETTY
BAD.
THEY RIDICULED US, AND WE ENDED
UP WITH A LOT OF HARASSMENT.
>> NOBODY BELIEVED IN GHOSTS
SUPPOSEDLY, BUT NOBODY WANTED TO
BUY IT, EITHER.
SO WE WERE STUCK THERE.
[ POUNDING ]
>> [ COUGHING ]
>> [ LAUGHING ]
>> BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
>> ANOTHER NIGHTMARE?
>> YES.
>> I HAD THIS DREAM SEVERAL
NIGHTS IN A ROW.
>> IT'S OKAY.
>> IT WASN'T AN ORDINARY DREAM.
IT WAS LIKE AN EXPERIENCE.
>> HI.
>> ABOUT THE THIRD TIME I HAD
THE DREAM, I BEGAN TO SMELL GAS
IN THE HOUSE.
>> MAYBE WE HAVE A GAS LEAK
SOMEWHERE.
>> I DON'T SMELL IT.
>> I TOLD RON, "SOMETHING SMELLS
LIKE GAS."
>> ARE YOU SURE?
>> YEAH, IT'S PRETTY STRONG.
>> HE LOOKED AND HE SAID,
"EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE."
>> Narrator: TO BE SAFE, NANCY
CALLS THE GAS COMPANY.
>> THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE OUT
RIGHT AWAY AND TO OPEN ALL OF
THE WINDOWS.
>> [ WHISPERING ]
>> DID YOU FIND THE PROBLEM?
>> I FOUND THE PROBLEM.
>> HE CHECKED THE PIPES, AND
THERE WAS ONE CONNECTION
THAT WAS REALLY LOOSE.
>> BLOW AT ANY SECOND.
>> THE PIPE?
>> NO, THE WHOLE HOUSE.
>> THE GAS LEAK WAS SO BAD THAT
THE HOUSE WAS A BOMB.
>> Narrator: UNWILLING TO REMAIN
A VICTIM, NANCY READS UP ON THE
STUDY OF GHOSTS AND PARANORMAL
PHENOMENA.
ONE BOOK IN PARTICULAR CATCHES
HER EYE.
IT IS WRITTEN BY HANS HOLZER, AN
EXPERT FROM AUSTRIA.
>> IN THE BOOK, HE TALKED ABOUT
GETTING RID OF GHOSTS, AND HE
HAD AN ADDRESS WHERE HE COULD BE
CONTACTED.
>> Narrator: NANCY SENDS HIM A
LETTER.
>> I'M HANS HOLZER.
>> Narrator: FINALLY,
HANS HOLZER ARRIVES, ACCOMPANIED
BY A TRANSMEDIUM.
>> YOU CANNOT INVESTIGATE
HAUNTINGS AND GHOSTS BY JUST
GOING AROUND WITH GEIGER
COUNTERS AND OTHER TECHNICAL
EQUIPMENT AND WAIT FOR THINGS TO
HAPPEN.
YOU MUST USE A TRANSMEDIUM, A
HUMAN TRANSMEDIUM.
NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT IT.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS USELESS.
>> Narrator: THE TRANSMEDIUM HAS
THE ABILITY TO PERMIT SPIRITS TO
COMMUNICATE THROUGH HER.
HOLZER HAS WORKED WITH HER FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
>> I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE IF THEY
WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO
ANYTHING BECAUSE THE BLESSING
DIDN'T WORK.
>> Narrator: HOLZER FEELS
CERTAIN THAT HE AND THE MEDIUM
CAN CONTACT THE SPIRITS HAUNTING
THE STALLINGS' HOUSE.
>> WELL, PERHAPS WE SHOULD
BEGIN.
>> Narrator: BUT NOT KNOWING
THEIR TRUE NATURE, HE HAS NO
IDEA IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO FORCE
THEM OUT.
>> Narrator: FOR NEARLY A YEAR,
SPIRITS HAVE HAUNTED THE
STALLINGS FAMILY.
WITH THE HELP OF A TRANSMEDIUM,
DR. HANS HOLZER WILL ATTEMPT TO
CONTACT THEM...THEN TRY TO
FORCE THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THE MEDIUM SENSES AN UNNATURAL
PRESENCE.
>> SHE WAS SAYING THERE WERE
SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTITIES THERE
IN THE HOUSE.
AND THE SPIRITS WOULD ACTUALLY
TALK THROUGH THIS WOMAN.
>> IT'S WHAT WE WOULD CALL
DISASSOCIATION OF PERSONALITY.
A DEEP TRANSMEDIUM HAS THE
ABILITY TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR
BODY AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE GET
IN TEMPORARILY.
>> Narrator: WHEN SHE EMERGES
FROM HER TRANCE, SHE HAS A
NAME -- LOUIS FONTANEIL.
IT MEANS NOTHING TO RON AND
NANCY.
>> SHE ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS
DOING THERE.
AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS WAITING
FOR SUPPLIES TO COME IN ON THE
CONSTELLATION IN THE BALTIMORE
HARBOR, AND THEY WERE THERE TO
PROTECT THE CITY.
>> THIS IS CIVIL WAR TERRITORY
JUST AT THE BORDER WHERE THE
NORTH AND THE SOUTH MET.
AND THERE WAS ANGER, A LOT OF
ANGER IN THAT AREA.
>> HOLZER SUSPECTS THEIR GHOST
TO BE A SOLDIER FROM THE CIVIL
WAR.
>> KEEPS WATCH AT NIGHT,
WANDERING.
SOMEHOW HE'S TRAPPED BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH.
>> Narrator: IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE
TO RON AND NANCY AS THE HOUSE
WAS ONLY BUILT IN THE 1920s.
>> WE WERE TOLD IT DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE HOUSE
ITSELF.
YOU COULD HAVE A BRAND-NEW
HOUSE.
IT WAS BASICALLY TIED TO THE
PROPERTY, NOT THE HOUSE.
>> THEY LIVE IN THE LAND.
AND IF THERE'S NOW ANOTHER
HOUSE, THEY DON'T SEE THAT.
THEY SEE WHAT THEY REMEMBER.
>> Narrator: SUDDENLY, THE
MEDIUM DETECTS ANOTHER PRESENCE.
SHE SLIPS INTO A TRANCE AND
BEGINS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH
A WOMAN.
>> [ LAUGHING ]
>> Narrator: THE WOMAN IS ANGRY.
THE MEDIUM SENSES A NAME --
KITTINGER.
>> SHE ASKED THIS LADY, "WHY ARE
YOU DOING THIS TO THESE PEOPLE?"
SHE SAID, "THESE ARE MY
SERVANTS, AND THEY DON'T LISTEN
TO WHAT I'M TELLING THEM TO DO."
SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE STILL OWNED
THE HOUSE.
>> THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH
GHOSTS IS THEY DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.
THEY DIE AND DON'T KNOW THEY'RE
DEAD AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO THEM AND THEY'RE
CONFUSED.
>> Narrator: HOLZER AND THE
MEDIUM DECIDE THEY MUST CONTACT
THE SPIRITS AND CONVINCE THEM TO
CROSS OVER TO THE AFTERLIFE.
>> YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE
ANYMORE.
YOU HAVE PASSED FROM ONE LIFE
INTO ANOTHER.
I CAN HELP YOU.
>> YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
>> Narrator: DAYS LATER, THE
HOUSE REMAINS QUIET.
NANCY'S COUSIN BILL BECOMES
INTRIGUED BY EVERYTHING HE'S
HEARING ABOUT THE HAUNTING.
>> HERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Narrator: HE ADMITS HE'D
ALWAYS FELT UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE
HOUSE.
>> HE WANTED TO SEE IF ANY OF
THESE NAMES ACTUALLY TURNED UP
OR IF IT WAS ALL JUST SOMETHING
THAT WAS MADE UP.
>> WELL, I'LL GO DOWN TO THE
HALL OF RECORDS.
>> Narrator: BILL DECIDES TO
RESEARCH THE NAMES AND DETAILS
GIVEN BY THE MEDIUM.
HE GOES TO THE HALL OF RECORDS
IN ANNAPOLIS.
>> AND THE MORE HE TRIED TO
PROVE THESE THINGS TO BE UNTRUE,
THE MORE THEY JIVE WITH WHAT
THIS LADY WAS SAYING.
>> Narrator: HE FINDS A LISTING
FOR A LIEUTENANT FONTANEIL, AN
OFFICER IN THE UNION ARMY.
HE WAS KILLED IN A SKIRMISH AT
AN INN THAT ONCE STOOD ON THE
STALLINGS' PROPERTY.
IN RECORDS DATING BACK EVEN
FURTHER TO 1787, HE UNCOVERS
ANOTHER NAME --
EILEEN KITTINGER.
HE WONDERS IF THIS IS THE OLD
WOMAN FROM NANCY'S NIGHTMARES.
BILL DISCOVERS THAT ANOTHER HOME
STOOD ON THE SAME PIECE OF
PROPERTY WHERE THE STALLINGS'
HOUSE IS NOW, BUILT IN THE
1700s.
SIFTING THROUGH TAX RECORDS,
DEEDS, AND ANCIENT MAPS, BILL
NOTICES A DISTURBING TREND, A
SHOCKING REVELATION THAT EVEN
THE MEDIUM FAILED TO DETECT.
AND FOR THE STALLINGS FAMILY, IT
COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
>> Narrator: BILL RETURNS FROM
THE HALL OF RECORDS WITH A
SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
RECORDS SHOW THAT EVERY FAMILY
WHO EVER LIVED ON THAT LAND HAD
AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIE BEFORE
THEY MOVED.
>> EACH OWNER?
>> EACH ONE, YEAH.
THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY...
>> I WAS REALLY AFRAID THAT ONE
OF US, A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY,
THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO
THEM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GOT
OUT.
>> Narrator: AFTER MONTHS OF
TRYING TO SELL THE HOUSE, RON
AND NANCY FINALLY FIND A BUYER.
THEY EVEN EXPRESS INTEREST IN
GHOSTS.
>> WHAT'S WITH THE CRUCIFIX?
>> Narrator: THE RUMORS OF A
HAUNTED HOUSE SEEM TO THEM A
SELLING POINT.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> I WAS JUST SO RELIEVED THAT
WE WERE FINALLY GETTING OUT OF
THAT HOUSE, THAT I COULDN'T
WAIT.
I WAS JUST PRAYING THAT NOTHING
HAPPENED BETWEEN THEN AND THE
TIME WE ACTUALLY MOVED OUT.
>> I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER
THAN I WAS THAT DAY.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL FEELING TO BE
ABLE TO KNOW I WAS FINALLY
FREE.
>> Narrator: THE STALLINGS
CANNOT DEPART FAST ENOUGH.
THEY LEAVE EVEN BEFORE THE
MOVERS COME TO PACK UP THEIR
FURNITURE.
>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND THAT THERE IS SOME
TYPE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH AND
SOME TYPE OF SPIRIT, SOME KIND
OF PRESENCE THERE.
>> OH!
>> GOT THAT?
>> Narrator: JUST BEFORE THE
FAMILY DEPARTS, NANCY RECALLS AN
ITEM SHE LEFT IN THE BEDROOM.
>> WHAT?
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
>> JUST TAKE A SECOND.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
[ DOORS, WINDOWS BANGING ]
>> COME ON.
>> WHEN WE LEFT THAT HOUSE, I
CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE HOW GOOD I
FELT.
>> LET'S GO.
>> WE HAD MADE IT THROUGH THAT
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
AND NOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
LIVE A NORMAL LIFE.
>> Narrator: FOR THE STALLINGS
FAMILY, THE NIGHTMARE IS FINALLY
OVER.
BUT WHAT TERRIBLE FATE LIES
AHEAD FOR THE NEW OWNERS?
NO ONE, NOT EVEN DR. HOLZER, CAN
PREDICT WITH ANY CERTAINTY
WHETHER THE HAUNTING WILL EVER
STOP.