>> 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.
WHEN THE MACKEYS CONVERT AN
ABANDONED ROADHOUSE INTO A
COUNTRY-MUSIC DANCE HALL, THEY
AWAKEN AN OLD EVIL, THE ANGRY
DEAD ATTACK THE LIVING AND
INVADE THE BODIES OF THE WEAK.
WITH THE HELP OF A PSYCHIC AND A
PREACHER, THE POSSESSED FIGHT TO
SAVE THEIR SOULS.
[ HEART BEATING ]
>> Narrator: BETWEEN THE WORLD
WE SEE AND THE THINGS WE FEAR,
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED, NIGHTMARES
BECOME REALITY.
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>> WELL, HERE'S THE PLACE,
MR. MACKEY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S QUITE A
BIT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS
FACILITY HAS EVERYTHING THAT
YOU'RE GONNA NEED.
>> Narrator: COUNTRY-MUSIC
ARTIST BOBBY MACKEY HAS BEEN ON
THE ROAD FOR 12 YEARS.
EVER SINCE HE QUIT HIS JOB WITH
THE RAILROAD TO SING FULL-TIME,
HE'S DREAMED OF OWNING HIS OWN
NIGHTCLUB.
>> WELL, THE TYPE OF MUSIC THAT
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED IS THE
TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC, AND
LOTS OF CLUB OWNERS DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEY WANTED DIFFERENT TYPES
OF MUSIC, AND IT GOT TO THE
PLACE WHERE I DIDN'T WANT NOBODY
DICTATING TO ME THE KIND OF
MUSIC THAT I FELT IN MY HEART
AND I WANTED TO PLAY.
AND IT WAS EITHER MOVE TO
NASHVILLE AT THAT TIME OR GET MY
OWN PLACE.
>> THIS'LL WORK.
THIS WILL WORK.
>> Narrator: THE FORMER
ROCK 'N' ROLL ROADHOUSE IN
WILDER, KENTUCKY, IS EXACTLY
WHAT BOBBY HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR.
>> WANT ME TO JUST GIVE YOU THE
KEY?
>> I'D LIKE TO BRING MY WIFE BY
SOMETIME.
>> Narrator: LATER THAT
AFTERNOON, BOBBY RETURNS TO THE
CLUB WITH HIS PREGNANT WIFE,
JANET.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
COME ON, CHECK THIS OUT.
WATCH YOUR STEP, JANET, RIGHT
HERE.
WELL...WHAT DO YOU THINK?
CHECK IT OUT.
THERE'S THE BAR RIGHT THERE.
AND THE RESTROOMS ARE OVER HERE.
AND...
>> I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING
ABOUT THIS PLACE.
>> HERE, WHY DON'T YOU GO CHECK
OUT THE KITCHEN?
IT'S REALLY BIG IN THERE.
>> Narrator: JANET MACKEY
APPEARS IN SILHOUETTE TO PROTECT
HER PRIVACY.
>> I FELT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS IN
THERE.
AND THERE WASN'T NOBODY IN THERE
BUT HIM AND I.
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
>> [ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
I WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> BOBBY?
WHO YOU TALKING TO?
>> NOBODY.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I HEARD VOICES.
WHO WERE YOU TALKING TO?
>> JANET, I'M NOT TALKING TO
ANYBODY.
JUST YOU AND ME HERE, BABY.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING
ABOUT THIS PLACE.
>> I'M READY TO GO HOME.
I'M READY TO LEAVE.
"LET'S COME BACK TOMORROW.
LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS SOME
MORE," BECAUSE ALL I WANTED TO
DO IS GET OUT OF THERE.
>> AND IN MY MIND'S EYE, I COULD
SEE IT ALL.
I COULD SEE THE CROWD.
I COULD SEE PEOPLE DANCING.
AND SO THERE WAS NOTHING GONNA
STOP ME.
I HAD TO HAVE THE PLACE.
>> Narrator: FROM THE DAY THAT
BOBBY SIGNS THE BANK NOTE AND
BUYS THE PLACE, HE NEVER LOOKS
BACK.
HIS WIFE TRIES TO SUPPORT HIS
DECISION.
>> I WAS AFRAID OF IT, BUT IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN HIS DREAM.
I KNEW THAT'S WHAT HE'S ALWAYS
WANTED, AND I THOUGHT, "WELL,
I'LL JUST HANG IN THERE AND
SUPPORT HIM."
>> Narrator: ONE DAY, BOBBY AND
JANET ARE CLEANING UP THE CLUB
WHEN A STRANGER ARRIVES.
>> HOW YOU DOING? HI.
>> HOWDY. MY NAME'S CARL LAWSON.
>> Narrator: CARL LAWSON WORKED
FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE
CLUB AS A HANDYMAN, BUT HE'S
BEEN OUT OF A JOB SINCE A SERIES
OF BRUTAL MURDERS FORCED THE
CLUB TO SHUT DOWN.
>> I'VE KIND OF BEEN OUT OF
WORK SINCE THEY...
>> I HAD SEEN MORE JUST
UNEXPLAINED ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN
AND AROUND THAT BUILDING THAN
YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT.
ANY NIGHTCLUB OR BAR IS GONNA
HAVE ITS SHARE OF BRAWLS OR
FIGHTS -- IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
>> WHY WAS IT SHUT DOWN?
>> BUT ON THIS SCALE HERE...
>> WELL, THIS PLACE USED TO
DRAW A REALLY...
>> ...IT WAS ABNORMAL.
>> I NEED AN AMBULANCE HERE NOW.
I GOT A GENTLEMAN DOWN ON THE
GROUND.
HE HAS A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE
CHEST.
>> Narrator: THE LAST YEAR OF
THE CLUB WAS THE MOST VIOLENT --
SIX HOMICIDES.
CARL BELIEVES THAT SOMETHING
ABOUT THE PLACE CAUSES PEOPLE TO
BECOME VIOLENT.
>> JONATHAN!
>> SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH
THIS PLACE.
EVENTUALLY, THAT'S WHAT GOT THE
PLACE CLOSED DOWN.
>> CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC HERE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THOSE KIND
OF PEOPLE HERE -- YOU'LL SEE.
I ASSURE YOU.
>> WELL, THAT'D BE A NICE CHANGE
OF PACE, SIR.
>> Narrator: BOBBY BELIEVES HIS
BRAND OF CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC
WILL ATTRACT A MORE PEACEFUL
CROWD.
>> DO YOU PAINT?
>> WHICH HAND YOU WANT ME TO
PAINT WITH?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Narrator: BOBBY HIRES CARL AS
A FULL-TIME HANDYMAN AND
CARETAKER.
>> I JUST KNEW RIGHT OFF THE BAT
I'D GET ALONG WITH HIM.
I MEAN, HE JUST SEEMED
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND JUST SAID
WHAT HE MEANT AND MEANT WHAT HE
SAID.
>> I THINK THAT'LL JUST ABOUT
DO IT.
>> HIS WIFE, JANET, WAS ABOUT
THE SAME WAY.
>> CARL AND I BECAME BUDDIES,
AND HE WAS MORE LIKE MY LITTLE
BROTHER.
>> CARL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
WERE SAYING EARLIER ABOUT
STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING TO
PEOPLE AROUND HERE?
>> ME AND HER KNEW -- THIS
PLACE, THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS
THE EYE.
>> I'M GONNA BE IN THE NEXT
ROOM, PAINTING.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST GIVE
ME A HOLLER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
[ LIQUID BURBLING ]
>> [ BREATHING QUICKLY ]
AAH!
AAH! AAH!
[ GRUNTING ]
AAH! AAH!
AAH!
>> JANET, JANET!
JANET, JANET!
YOU OKAY?
JANET, WHAT IS IT?
>> T-THERE WAS BLOOD IN THERE!
THERE WAS BLOOD COMING UP OUT OF
THE SINK!
>> THE SINK IS EMPTY.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE SINK.
>> WASN'T FOR HIM, WHO KNOWS
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED NEXT?
>> THERE'S BLOOD IN THERE.
>> I DO KNOW FOR A FACT
SOMETHING FORCED THAT WOMAN'S
HEAD DOWN INTO THAT SINK.
>> THERE WAS A HAND PUSHING MY
HEAD INTO THE SINK!
>> I KNEW RIGHT THERE AND THEN
WHATEVER HERE IS NOT PLAYING
GAMES.
IT'S BECOME DANGEROUS.
IT'S BECOME VIOLENT.
>> I'M TELLING YOU, BOBBY, THERE
WAS A HAND IN THE MIDDLE OF MY
BACK, FORCING ME INTO THE SINK.
>> Narrator: JANET TELLS HER
HUSBAND WHAT'S HAPPENED, BUT
BOBBY CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE'S
HEARING.
>> IT WAS LIKE IT'LL JUST STOP.
>> HE TOLD ME I WAS CRAZY.
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE CARL.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
>> BUT IT DID HAPPEN.
>> I'M TELLING YOU, I DON'T WANT
YOU FILLING HER HEAD WITH ANY
MORE OF THIS STUFF.
>> HE'S NOT PUTTING ANYTHING IN
MY HEAD.
I KNOW WHAT I SAW, AND I TOLD
HIM ABOUT IT.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS.
GOT TO BE AN EXPLANATION --
SOME -- SOMETHING ELSE.
IT CAN'T BE THAT.
>> Narrator: ONE NIGHT SOON
AFTER, POLICE OFFICER
LARRY HORNSBY MAKES HIS ROUNDS.
>> I HAD A FUNNY FEELING ALL
NIGHT FOR SOME REASON.
AND A FULL MOON -- SOMETHING'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> THIS WILL WORK.
>> YOU GUYS DON'T HAPPEN TO NEED
ANY HELP, DO YOU?
>> AAH! AAH!
>> Narrator: OFFICER
LARRY HORNSBY CALLS FOR BACKUP,
SUSPECTING A BURGLAR MAY BE
INSIDE BOBBY MACKEY'S CLUB.
[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
>> DID YOU HEAR?
>> YEAH.
>> BACKSTAGE.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO.
ALL RIGHT.
POLICE!
COME ON OUT!
POLICE! COME OUT!
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
[ CONVERSATION STOPS ]
>> I KNEW THERE WAS A MAN AND A
WOMAN AND A RADIO PLAYING.
I HEARD THE VOICE, AND I HEARD
THE MUSIC.
>> THERE'S NOBODY BACK HERE.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S
NOBODY BACK HERE?
>> I HEARD VOICES IN HERE.
>> ME TOO.
>> THE FRONT DOOR!
>> NO WIND...
THERE WAS NOTHING COULD HAVE
CLOSED THAT DOOR.
WE WAS STUNNED.
PUT IT THAT WAY, IN PLAIN
WORDS -- WE WAS STUNNED.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
>> Narrator: A FEW NIGHTS LATER,
OFFICER LARRY HORNSBY RETURNS TO
THE NIGHTCLUB IN RESPONSE TO A
FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.
>> TRY TO GET A PULSE.
>> WE GOT NOTHING?
ALL RIGHT.
WE NEED TO GET THESE GUYS OUT OF
THE CAR.
WE GOT ANYTHING TO COVER THE
BODIES?
>> NOTHING IN THE CAR.
>> LOOK, I NEED AN EMT OUT HERE
QUICK.
I GOT TWO BODIES FROM A CAR
ACCIDENT.
WE NEED THE --
THANKS.
HERE.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
[ HORN HONKS ]
>> AFTER WE GOT THE SCENE
CLEARED, WE CAME BACK UP,
KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, SO WE COULD
THANK HER FOR GIVING US THE
TABLECLOTH.
BUT THE DOORS WERE LOCKED.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
HER.
>> OHH.
>> YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> OH, I'M FINE.
I JUST BROKE THE LAST OF MY GOOD
BULBS.
I GOT TO GO GET ANOTHER ONE.
>> OKAY.
>> BE CAREFUL OF THE GLASS,
THOUGH.
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'LL CLEAN IT UP.
I'M GOOD.
>> JANET, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
CLEAN ANYTHING UP.
I CAN TAKE --
>> I'LL GET IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, OKAY?
>> UGH!
[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]
[ COUGHING ]
[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]
>> GET HER IN HERE.
GET HER IN HERE.
COME ON, DARLING.
COME ON.
HELLO, ANYBODY HERE?!
HELP!
>> HOLD ON.
>> MY WIFE -- SHE FELL DOWN THE
STAIRS.
SHE'S PREGNANT.
>> I WAS SO TERRIFIED, 'CAUSE I
THOUGHT I WAS GONNA LOSE MY
BABY.
>> SIT DOWN. STAY HERE.
>> I WENT INTO LABOR.
>> WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
>> MY WIFE -- SHE FELL DOWN THE
STAIRS.
SHE JUST TRIPPED.
>> I WAS ANGRY.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
I WAS EVERYTHING.
>> NURSE, I NEED TO YOU FIND ME
AN O.R.
>> SHE TOLD ME SOMETHING HAD
FORCED HER DOWN THE STEPS, AND I
BELIEVED HER.
BOBBY'S CONCERN WAS THE
BUSINESS.
>> OH, JEEZ.
>> I MEAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND.
HE'S GOT HIS REPUTATION ON THE
LINE.
>> WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THESE SPIRITS, MAN!
THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL!
>> CARL, THERE'S NO SPIRITS!
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!
>> NOBODY'S GONNA BELIEVE UNLESS
YOU EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF.
>> YOU ALL RIGHT?
DO YOU NEED ANYTHING?
ALL RIGHT.
>> Narrator: JANET GIVES BIRTH
TO A BABY GIRL WHO WEIGHS ONLY
1 POUND, 15 OUNCES.
>> HI.
>> Narrator: THEY DON'T KNOW IF
SHE'LL SURVIVE.
IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, THE
COUPLE MONITORS THEIR NEWBORN.
WHEN IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THEIR
DAUGHTER WILL SURVIVE, BOBBY
PREPARES FOR THE GRAND OPENING.
>> ...BY BOBBY MACKEY.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
GREAT TIME.
>> OPENING NIGHT, I WAS KIND OF
NUMB.
I HAD A LOT ON MY SHOULDERS -- A
LOT OF STRESS AND A LOT OF
PRESSURE.
>> DON'T FORGET...BEHIND THE
BAR.
TAKE IT, JEFF.
>> * WISH I WAS A KING
OR HAD A MILLION BUCKS *
* I WISH A PENTHOUSE VIEW
* I DON'T THINK ABOUT A HUMMER
OR A LIMOUSINE *
* OH, VACATIONS ARE THE FINEST
THRILLS *
* ALL I WANT IS A COUNTRY GIRL
* AND I MUST BE -- I WILL ALWAYS
BE TRUE *
>> CARL. CARL, LISTEN.
CARL, I DON'T WANT YOU TELLING
ANY GHOST -- CARL, LOOK AT ME.
I DON'T WANT YOU TELLING ANY OF
THE CUSTOMERS THAT STUFF, ALL
RIGHT?
>> MY FOCUS WAS TOTALLY ON
RUNNING THIS BUSINESS AND MAKING
IT WORK.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF
THIS NONSENSE.
I WANTED TO MAKE THE PLACE KNOWN
FOR A GREAT COUNTRY-MUSIC DANCE
HALL.
>> Narrator: A FEW WEEKS LATER,
CARL MOVES INTO AN APARTMENT
ABOVE THE CLUB.
HE SPENDS EVERY NIGHT THERE,
ALONE.
>> UNLESS I HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE,
I STAYED HERE -- KEPT AN EYE ON
IT, PROTECTED IT.
[ SCRAPING ]
[ THUMPING ]
>> [ BREATHING QUICKLY ]
>> IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE FROM A
NIGHTMARE.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WAS
DREAMING, BUT I WASN'T -- IT WAS
REAL.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
>> UGH!
>> Narrator: FOR WEEKS, CARL IS
IN DENIAL ABOUT WHAT HE'S SEEN.
ONE DAY, CARL IS CLEANING UP THE
STORAGE ROOM.
>> "MY LOVE IS AS DEEP AS THE
SEA.
IT FLOWS FOREVER.
YOU ASKED ME, 'WHEN WILL IT
END?'
I TELL YOU, NEVER."
HUH.
>> Narrator: THE DIARY CONTAINS
THE PERSONAL CONFESSIONS OF A
WOMAN NAMED JOHANNA, A DANCER
WHO PERFORMED AT THE CLUB IN THE
1930s.
"TUESDAY."
>> SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH A
MUSICIAN.
AND JOHANNA'S FATHER DID NOT
LIKE THIS GUY.
>> "HE SAID HE'D KILL HIM IF WE
DIDN'T STOP SEEING EACH OTHER.
I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN LOSE
ROBERT."
>> Narrator: JOHANNA WRITES THAT
HER LOVER MYSTERIOUSLY
DISAPPEARED.
SHE FEARED THAT HAD HER FATHER
HAD KILLED HIM, SO SHE POISONED
HER FATHER...AND THEN HERSELF.
HER FINAL ENTRY IN THE DIARY
PROCLAIMED THAT SHE WOULD ROAM
THE HALLS OF THE CLUB FOR ALL
ETERNITY, WAITING FOR HER LOVER
TO RETURN.
[ THUNDER CRASHING ]
>> AAH!
[ GASPING ]
>> I COULDN'T BREATHE.
MAYBE I JUST GOT A MEDICAL
PROBLEM.
I SHOULD GET CHECKED.
[ THUNDER CRASHING ]
>> Narrator: CARL IS UNABLE TO
SLEEP.
THEN THE POWER GOES OUT.
[ CRASHING CONTINUES ]
CARL GOES TO THE BASEMENT TO
CHECK THE BREAKER PANEL.
>> [ GRUNTING ]
>> Narrator: HE STUMBLES ONTO A
LATCH THAT HE HAD NEVER NOTICED
BEFORE.
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
>> AAH!
[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]
AAH!
>> [ GRUNTS ]
AAH!
>> LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
>> CARL?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> Narrator: IN THE FOLLOWING
WEEKS, CARL'S BEHAVIOR BECOMES
UNPREDICTABLE.
>> HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T CLEANED
UP THE PLACE?
>> IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I
WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH CARL I WAS
TALKING TO.
>> CARL, YOU OKAY?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO HIM
FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE TO
FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO
DEAL WITH HIM BECAUSE HE ALWAYS
SEEMED TO BE DIFFERENT.
>> YOU THINK YOU'RE ALONE HERE,
BUT YOU'RE NOT.
>> CARL?
>> YOU OKAY?
>> YOU'LL SEE.
>> SEE WHAT?
>> [ SIGHS ]
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU,
BOBBY.
>> TELL ME WHAT?
>> DON'T YOU SEE?
>> THIS PLACE SORT OF --
IT BECAME A --
IT WAS PART OF ME.
>> Narrator: BOBBY MACKEY STAYS
FOCUSED ON HIS BUSINESS.
HE ASKS A FRIEND, DOUG HENSLEY,
TO HELP HIM PRODUCE A TELEVISION
COMMERCIAL.
>> SO COME ON DOWN TO
BOBBY MACKEY'S MUSIC WORLD,
WHERE THE GOOD TIMES NEVER DIE.
>> CUT!
>> Narrator: ALTHOUGH BOBBY
REFUSES TO BELIEVE THE NIGHTCLUB
IS HAUNTED, HE CONFIDES IN HIS
FRIEND ABOUT THE STRANGE
OCCURRENCES.
>> SO, HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING?
>> PRETTY GOOD.
I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF
MY EMPLOYEES, THOUGH.
>> WHO?
>> A KID NAMED CARL.
>> ONCE BOBBY TOLD ME THE STORY,
I ASKED HIM WHY HE KEPT IT
QUIET.
AND HE SAID THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE AFRAID OF GHOSTS, AND HE
DIDN'T WANT THE WORD OUT.
HE FIRMLY SAID HE DIDN'T BELIEVE
IN IT, BUT HIS WIFE AND
CARL LAWSON BELIEVED THE PLACE
WAS HAUNTED.
>> Narrator: AS A WRITER, DOUG
IS INTRIGUED BY THE INCREDIBLE
STORY.
>> DO I MIND IF I TALK TO HIM,
THOUGH?
>> I GUESS.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM, YOU
CAN TALK TO HIM.
>> LOVE TO.
>> I JUST WANT YOU TO TELL ME
WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED BEST AS YOU
CAN SAY.
>> THIS PLACE IS EVIL.
I'VE SEEN STUFF I CAN'T EXPLAIN.
>> CARL TOLD ME THAT THIS PLACE
WAS FILLED WITH EVIL.
AND THE ONLY REASON HE STAYED
HERE WAS TO PROTECT JANET AND
BOBBY.
AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT, HE
WOULD HAVE LEFT HERE A LONG TIME
AGO, BUT HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT...
>> THEY WANT US HERE.
>> SOMETHING ALWAYS PULLED HIM
BACK HERE.
>> Narrator: HENSLEY IS A
NATURAL SKEPTIC, BUT HE TAKES
THEIR STORIES AT FACE VALUE.
>> I WAS 5 1/2 MONTHS PREGNANT.
AND I FELT THIS HAND IN THE
MIDDLE OF MY BACK, BUT I WAS
ALONE.
>> I FOUND JANET TO BE MORE
BELIEVABLE THAN CARL IN THE
BEGINNING BECAUSE HER DEMEANOR
WAS TOTAL AND COMPLETE
TREPIDATION.
SHE WAS AFRAID TO EVEN TALK
ABOUT IT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO KNOW
JANET MACKEY TO KNOW THAT SHE
WOULD NOT MAKE UP SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
>> Narrator: THOUGH HE REMAINED
SKEPTICAL, THE STORIES PIQUE HIS
INTEREST.
HE GOES TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY TO
RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF THE
CLUB.
>> I REALLY THOUGHT CARL LAWSON
WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC UNTIL I
STARTED DOING HOURS AND HOURS OF
RESEARCH LEARNING THE HISTORY OF
THIS PLACE.
>> Narrator: HENSLEY FINDS AN
EXPLANATION FOR CARL'S STORY IN
A 19th-CENTURY ARTICLE FROM
THE KENTUCKY POST.
>> I LEARNED OF TWO MEN THAT
WERE HUNG IN NEWPORT, KENTUCKY,
IN 1897.
THEIR NAMES WERE ALONZO WALLING
AND SCOTT JACKSON.
>> Narrator: ALONZO WALLING AND
SCOTT JACKSON, TWO CINCINNATI
DENTAL STUDENTS, WERE CONVICTED
AND SENTENCED TO DIE BY HANGING
FOR THE MURDER OF A YOUNG
SOCIALITE NAMED PEARL BRYAN.
HER HEADLESS BODY WAS FOUND NEAR
THE SITE OF AN OLD
SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN WILDER,
KENTUCKY.
SHE WAS 5 1/2 MONTHS PREGNANT AT
THE TIME OF HER MURDER.
>> ALONZO WALLING SWORE A CURSE
ON THE GALLOWS AND SAID THAT HE
WOULD COME BACK FROM HELL AND
HAUNT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN HIS
TRIAL AND HAUNT THE PLACE WHERE
PEARL BRYAN'S HEAD WAS.
>> Narrator: HENSLEY TELLS CARL
AND JANET WHAT HE HAS FOUND.
HE EXPLAINS THAT AFTER
PEARL BRYAN'S BODY WAS
DISCOVERED, BLOODHOUNDS LED
INVESTIGATORS TO THE
SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
LOCALS SUSPECTED THAT THE
KILLERS HAD DISPOSED OF PEARL'S
HEAD IN THE OLD WELL IN THE
BASEMENT OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE
AS PART OF A SATANIC RITUAL,
BUT THE HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND.
DOUG EXPLAINS THAT THE NIGHTCLUB
RESTS ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE
OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
>> Narrator: DOUG HENSLEY KNOWS
THAT THERE ARE ANGRY SPIRITS
INSIDE BOBBY MACKEY'S NIGHTCLUB.
HOPING TO BRING PEACE TO THE
BUILDING, HE INVITES A PSYCHIC
NAMED PATRICIA MISCHELL.
MISCHELL IS A NATIONALLY KNOWN
MEDIUM AND PSYCHIC COUNSELOR.
SHE CLAIMS THAT, SINCE SHE WAS A
CHILD, SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD.
>> PATRICIA, THIS IS CARL.
>> WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE CLUB, I
MET CARL, THE CARETAKER.
>> THEY'RE HERE.
>> HE STARTED TO TALK, AND I
SAID, "DO ME A FAVOR, CARL."
I SAID, "DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT
ANY SPIRITS."
I SAID, "LET ME WALK THROUGH THE
CLUB.
LET ME EXPERIENCE WHAT I
EXPERIENCE."
I HAVE WHAT THEY CALL "INNER
VISION" OR "SECOND SIGHT."
>> Narrator: PATRICIA SENSES THE
PRESENCE OF A SPIRIT.
>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> AND SHE SAID, "MY NAME IS
JOHANNA."
I SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?"
>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?
>> SHE SAID, "I KNOW I'M DEAD."
I SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU LET ME
SEND YOU TO THE LIGHT?"
AND SHE SAID, "NO, LADY, DON'T
SEND ME TO NO LIGHT.
>> Narrator: PATRICIA REALIZES
THAT JOHANNA'S SPIRIT HAS CHOSEN
TO REMAIN EARTHBOUND.
>> I THINK THAT WHAT IS IN
BOBBY MACKEY'S NIGHTCLUB ARE
GHOSTS THAT BELIEVE THERE IS NO
PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
AND SO THEY WOULD PREFER TO LIVE
IN THIS NIGHTCLUB THAN TO GO ON
TO A PLACE WHERE THEY MAY BURN
FOR ETERNITY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK.
I DON'T SEE THE ROOM AS IT IS.
I SEE THE ROOM LIKE IT USED TO
BE.
>> AAH!
>> Narrator: PATRICIA SEES A
VISION OF A DECAPITATED HEAD.
>> I GOT THIS OVERWHELMING
FEELING OF NAUSEA.
I FELT LIKE I WAS SPINNING.
I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF
THERE.
>> [ COUGHING ]
>> ARE YOU OKAY?
ARE YOU SURE?
>> MM-HMM.
>> DOUG'S BRINGING YOU A GLASS
OF WATER, OKAY?
>> HERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ BREATHING QUICKLY ]
>> Narrator: THE PSYCHIC SENSES
THE PRESENCE OF TWO EVIL
SPIRITS.
>> CARL?
>> THE TWO MEN IN THE ROOM --
I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO...
>> I SAID, "CARL, THESE TWO MEN
IN THIS ROOM -- I BELIEVE THAT
THEY'RE TRYING TO USE YOUR
BODY."
>> I THINK HE MAKES THEM FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
>> THEY WERE ENJOYING THEIR
SENSES -- TOUCH, SMELL, TASTE --
THROUGH ME.
I WAS CONTROLLED.
>> [ BREATHING QUICKLY ]
>> CARL, THEY'VE GONE NOW.
CARL, IT'S OKAY.
THEY'VE GONE NOW.
>> Narrator: THE PSYCHIC TELLS
CARL HE CANNOT FIGHT THESE
SPIRITS ALONE.
>> I THINK YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO
GET A MINISTER TO HELP YOU.
>> I DEFINITELY FELT THAT CARL
WAS POSSESSED.
AND I TOLD HIM THEN -- I SAID,
"YOU REALLY NEED TO GET A
MINISTER OR SOMEONE TO HELP
YOU."
>> Narrator: DOUG HENSLEY BRINGS
A PENTECOSTAL MINISTER TO MEET
WITH CARL.
>> AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS
THE MOST EVIL SITE THAT HE'D
EVER SET FOOT ON IN HIS LIFE,
THAT IT WAS FULL OF EVIL.
>> WHY DON'T YOU GUYS WAIT HERE?
HE SAID, "I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR YEARS, AND I'M TELLING YOU,
CARL LAWSON IS DEMONICALLY
POSSESSED."
>> Narrator: THE MINISTER HAS
AGREED TO PERFORM AN EXORCISM.
>> PRAY FOR US.
>> HE ASKED ME TO STAND OUTSIDE
THE ROOM, AND HE AND CARL WENT
INTO THE OLD KITCHEN AND SAT AT
A TABLE, AND THE MINISTER
STARTED PERFORMING AN EXORCISM.
>> YOU'RE A LIVING GATEWAY FOR
VIOLENT SPIRITS.
IT'S NOT A NATURAL TYPE OF
THING.
THEY WANT TO LIVE INSIDE OF YOU.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO
HAVE US PRAY TOGETHER.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND,
PREACHER.
THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME.
THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO KILL YOU,
TOO.
>> NO, NO, NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
WE HAVE GOD ON OUR SIDE.
JUST PRAY WITH ME.
IT'LL BE BETTER -- YOU'LL SEE.
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD.
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME.
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT
IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY
BREAD.
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE
FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS
AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION,
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
CARL?
CARL!
>> [ GROWLS ]
[ Raspy voice ] I'M NOT PRAYING
TO ANYONE, PREACHER.
>> WHO ARE YOU?
>> ALONZO.
>> ALONZO NEEDS TO LEAVE CARL'S
BODY!
AND THEREFORE, I SAY UNTO YOU,
BE WITH THE LORD GOD, AND THE
DEVIL WILL FLEE FROM YOU!
>> AAH!
>> CARL!
SUBMIT YOURSELF TO GOD!
FLEE FROM THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL
FLEE FROM YOU!
IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH, I
COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE CARL'S
BODY!
>> [ SCREAMING ]
>> THE EXORCISM STARTED TO
BECOME VIOLENT, AND REVEREND GOT
AFRAID.
AND HE CALLED US OTHER MEN INTO
THE ROOM TO SURROUND CARL.
>> IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST,
I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE HIS BODY!
>> HE STARTED SPEAKING IN LATIN.
THEN HE STARTED SPEAKING IN
ENGLISH BACKWARDS, AND HE SAYS,
"I AM SATAN."
>> THIS BIBLE COMMANDS YOU...
>> YOU AND THE SPIRIT SAID, LIKE
A DOG GROWLING, "I MA NATAS."
>> ...AND TELLS YOU TO LISTEN!
THEREFORE, GOD IS..
>> AT THAT TIME, NONE OF US HAD
ANY IDEA WHAT THAT MEANT, BUT
LATER ON, AFTER THE EXORCISM,
THE PREACHER SHOWED US.
HE WROTE THAT BACKWARDS, AND IT
SAYS, I AM SATAN."
JAMES 4:7 SAYS, "SUBMIT TO
GOD!"
>> [ SCREAMING ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
>> CARL...
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> [ Normal voice ] YEAH.
>> ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> WHEN I WOKE UP, EVERYBODY WAS
LOOKING AT ME.
AND I WAS ON THE FLOOR.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Narrator: AFTER THE EXORCISM,
CARL DECIDES IT IS TIME TO MOVE
ON.
>> I FELT DIFFERENT.
>> TAKE IT EASY, NOW.
>> I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK,
CARL.
IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, YOU
KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
>> I FELT CHANGED.
>> TIME FOR ME TO GO.
>> TAKE CARE.
>> I FELT LIKE A NEW HUMAN
BEING.
>> SO, GUESS I'LL BE GETTING ON,
TOO.
>> HOW ABOUT A CUP OF COFFEE?
COME ON.
>> NO, IT'S OKAY.
>> I DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE TO HAVE
SPIRITS TELL ME TO GET OUT.
I GOT OUT, AND I NEVER WENT
BACK.
[ COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]
>> Narrator: TO THIS DAY,
BOBBY MACKEY CLAIMS HE HIMSELF
HAS NEVER WITNESSED PARANORMAL
ACTIVITY AT HIS NIGHTCLUB.
>> [ SINGING INDISTINCTLY ]
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THE PLACE GOT
AHOLD OF ME OR ANYTHING
UNFORESEEN IS HOLDING ME HERE.
IF THAT'S A SUPERNATURAL
EXPERIENCE, THEN, SO BE IT, AND
I'M GONNA STAY HERE.
>> Narrator: BENEATH THE ACTIVE
NIGHTCLUB, IN THE BOWELS OF THE
OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSE, THE WELL
REMAINS.
SOME SAY THAT IT IS STILL A
GATEWAY AND THAT AN ANCIENT EVIL
HIDES DEEP INSIDE...
WAITING.