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.
MIKE SPERANZA BUYS AN OLD FIXER-UPPER
FOR HIMSELF AND HIS GIRLFRIEND,
UNAWARE IT HARBORS A DARK SECRET.
SINISTER FORCES PREY ON HIS SANITY,
TEARING THEIR WORLD APART.
UNCERTAIN IF HE CAN STOP THE HAUNTING,
HE MUST FACE HIS FEARS AND FIGHT BACK
OR LOSE HIS HOME FOREVER.
BETWEEN THE WORLD WE SEE
AND THE THINGS WE FEAR,
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED,
NIGHTMARES...
BECOME REALITY.
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CORNING -- A SMALL CITY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
KNOWN FOR ITS GLASSMAKING AND FINE ARTS.
HIDDEN BENEATH ITS SCENIC BEAUTY
LIES A BRUTAL HISTORY OF DEATH AND DESPAIR --
TRIBAL MASSACRES, MASSIVE FIRES,
AND DEADLY FLOODS.
TODAY, SOME BELIEVE THESE TRAGIC EVENTS
HAVE MADE THIS FERTILE GROUND FOR THE SUPERNATURAL.
Speranza: THIS ONE RIGHT HERE?
Murray: THIS IS IT -- 213.
IT'S CUTE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU LIKE IT?
IN THE FALL OF 2005...
MIKE SPERANZA IS SEARCHING FOR A HOUSE
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, LISA MURRAY.
MIKE WORKS FOR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY,
AND LISA IS AN ARTIST.
I NEVER KNEW THIS PLACE WAS FOR SALE.
WELL, IT'S BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR SUCH A LONG TIME,
I JUST ABOUT FORGOT ABOUT IT MYSELF.
Narrator: MIKE REGARDS HIS EXPERIENCES
AS PERSONAL AND PRIVATE.
HE'S AGREED TO SHARE HIS STORY
UNDER THE CONDITION OF ANONYMITY.
MY GIRLFRIEND AND I WERE GONNA MOVE IN TOGETHER
AND JUST BE "TOGETHER FOREVER" TYPE OF THING.
THIS HOUSE WILL BE GREAT FOR A SMALL FAMILY.
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE TO WORK FROM HOME.
OH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
PAINTINGS MOSTLY, SCULPTURES, STAINED GLASS, TOO.
IT'S THE MAIN REASON I'M BUYING A PLACE.
Speranza: SHE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE
TO DO WHATEVER SHE WANTED.
SHE COULD HAVE A BUSINESS IN THE BASEMENT,
IF SHE WANTED TO SET IT UP AS A STUDIO
WHERE SHE COULD EVEN TEACH.
SO? WHEN DO WE MOVE IN?
WHY DON'T WE FINISH THE TOUR FIRST?
ALL RIGHT. FINE.
LET'S GO UPSTAIRS, SHALL WE?
WOW.
Narrator: A MONTH LATER, MIKE AND LISA MOVE IN.
THEY BEGIN RENOVATING IMMEDIATELY.
[ GRUNTING ]
HEY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU COMING.
HERE.
WANT TO HELP ME, PLEASE? READY?
GO.
[ CLACKING ]
Speranza: YOU WOULD JUST HEAR "CLACK, CLACK, CLACK."
OH, MY GOSH.
IT'S PRETTY. IT'S COOL.
IT'S A HOUSEWARMING GIFT...
[ LAUGHING ]
FROM THE HOUSE.
MAYBE NEXT TIME IT COULD SEND DOWN SOME DIAMONDS.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER,
NERVOUSLY LAUGHED,
AND THOUGHT TO OURSELVES, "THAT'S INTERESTING."
Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER, WHILE MIKE IS AT WORK...
[ SCRAPING ]
[ CREAKING ]
YEAH, I KNOW. UM, I SEE IT ON MONITOR 2.
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
WAIT A MINUTE. HOLD ON.
CAN I CALL YOU BACK?
I GOT TO GO. OKAY, BYE.
HEY, LISA, HOW'S IT GOING?
IT'S OKAY.
Something wrong?
I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST NEEDED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I WAS JUST PAINTING, AND...
Narrator: OUT OF NOWHERE, LISA EXPERIENCES A MYSTERIOUS,
OVERWHELMING SORROW THAT SHE CANNOT DESCRIBE.
Speranza: SHE SAID, "I HAVE NO IDEA WHY.
I'M JUST SO SAD."
AND IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR HER.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
OKAY. BYE.
[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
LISA'S DEPRESSION DEEPENS.
Speranza: SHE WOULD FEEL SUCH PAIN, SUCH SORROW,
SUCH GRIEF FOR NO GOOD REASON.
JUST BEING IN THE HOUSE BY HERSELF,
SHE WOULD BE JUST SO UPSET.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ SNIFFLES ]
[ SIGHS ]
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT AT FIRST,
AND THEN, AS THE MONTHS PROGRESSED,
IT JUST GOT WORSE AND WORSE.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
I STILL HAVEN'T DONE THEM.
I HAVEN'T DONE A DAMN THING ALL DAY.
I REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DISHES.
I CARE ABOUT YOU.
[ SOBBING ]
I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD GO SEE A DOCTOR OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T NEED HELP!
[ DOOR OPENS, CREAKS ]
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS THERE. SOMETHING WAS WATCHING ME.
Narrator: IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOW,
MIKE HAS A GROWING SENSE
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE HOUSE.
[ CREAKING ]
I FELT SOMETHING AT THE FOOT OF THE BED.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS TRULY SCARED.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU.
NO, NO, I JUST...
DIDN'T GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP LAST NIGHT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.
WHEN YOU'RE HERE, LIKE, ALONE IN THE AFTERNOON,
DO YOU EVER GET THE FEELING
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE'S WATCHING YOU?
YOU MUST THINK I'M GOING CRAZY. IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?
NO. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS...
DO YOU EVER GET THE FEELING THAT SOMEONE'S HERE,
SOMEONE YOU CAN'T SEE?
BECAUSE LAST NIGHT, I --
DURING THE DAY, I AM THE ONLY ONE IN THIS MISERABLE PLACE.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I BOUGHT THIS MISERABLE PLACE AS AN INVESTMENT IN US!
Speranza: I THINK I JUST GOT REALLY ANGRY AND JUST SNAPPED.
I HAD NO IDEA WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M ANGRY. I JUST AM.
SHE FIGURED IF SHE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT
AND SHE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT, THEN IT JUST DIDN'T EXIST.
[ WATER TURNS OFF ]
[ GASPS ]
Narrator: AS MIKE RETURNS HOME EACH DAY,
HE FEELS A SENSE OF DREAD.
I WOULD FIND THAT, THE CLOSER I GOT TO THE HOUSE,
THE MORE TENSE I WAS.
AND I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY SETTING THE MAIL IN A NEAT PILE.
LISA?
UM...
DID YOU MOVE THE MAIL?
WHAT?
NEVER MIND.
UH, I WAS HOPING THAT...
I, UM...
I WAS HOPING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT US,
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HOUSE.
NOTHING'S GOING ON IN THE HOUSE.
LISA, LOOK, YOU WEREN'T LIKE THIS BEFORE WE MOVED IN.
WE WEREN'T LIKE THIS.
Narrator: MIKE SUSPECTS THAT THE STRANGE PRESENCE HE'S FELT IN THE HOUSE
IS MANIPULATING BOTH OF THEIR MOODS.
[ SIGHS ]
ALL RIGHT. [ SIGHS ]
LISA...
I THINK,
FOR YOUR OWN WELL-BEING, YOU SHOULD GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN ANGRY, SAD,
VERY EMOTIONALLY DISTRAUGHT ENERGY IN THE HOUSE.
I KNOW I SHOULD JUST GO VISIT FRIENDS
AND TAKE A WALK AND GO SHOPPING AND PUT ON A SMILE FOR YOU!
NO, I THINK YOU SH--
[ SIGHS ]
NO.
NO, I THINK YOU NEED TO MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
I THINK IT'S THE BEST FOR BOTH OF US.
Narrator: MIKE WANTS TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR LISA,
BUT HE'S TORN ABOUT HIS DECISION.
Speranza: I WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT MYSELF.
WHEN SHE WALKED OUT,
A GOOD PART OF ME WALKED OUT WITH HER.
Narrator: MIKE SPENDS HIS FIRST WEEKEND ALONE IN OVER A YEAR.
HE REALIZES HE CAN NO LONGER DENY
THAT HIS HOUSE IS HAUNTED.
Speranza: I CAME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETHING WAS THERE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO FEAR IT.
I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS.
I SET UP MY WEBCAM
AND JUST LEFT IT ON "RECORD"
AND RECORDED ON MY COMPUTER THE WHOLE DAY.
Narrator: UNSURE WHO OR WHAT IS KNOCKING THE MAIL ON THE FLOOR,
MIKE TRIES AN EXPERIMENT.
Speranza: I WOULD LEAVE MONEY OUT
TO SEE IF IT WAS NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS,
MAYBE, COMING IN.
THEY WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE A $20 BILL SITTING ON THE COUNTER.
BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE.
I COULDN'T FIND ANY OTHER EXPLANATION,
OTHER THAN THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE.
[ KEYBOARD CLACKING ]
COME ON.
SHOW YOURSELF.
Narrator: THE RECORDING REVEALS NOTHING UNUSUAL.
[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]
Speranza: THERE WERE TWO VOICES.
THEY SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE ARGUING OVER ME.
THAT TERRIFIED ME.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?!
AND EVERYTHING STOPPED.
I HEARD SILENCE... LIKE NOTHING WAS EVEN THERE.
[ Echoing ] WHAT DO YOU WANT?!
Narrator: MIKE SPENDS THE NIGHT AT WORK.
OH, HEY.
I GOT YOU SOME COFFEE, MAN.
LOOK LIKE YOU NEED IT MORE THAN I DO RIGHT NOW.
THANKS.
Speranza: I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T LEAVE.
I WAS TORN BETWEEN, I THINK, REALLY WANTING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT WAS THERE
AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS MY HOUSE.
I'M NOT GONNA BE CHASED OUT OF MY OWN HOUSE.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ CARTOON PLAYS ON TELEVISION ]
HE HAD JUST TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AT ME,
AS IF TO SAY, "HEY, I WAS WATCHING THAT."
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
IT MADE ME NERVOUS, TO BE SURE.
I STARTED TO THINK, "IS THIS BOY AROUND ALL THE TIME?"
Narrator: MIKE TRIES TO KEEP HIS COMPOSURE...
BUT HE BEGINS TO WONDER IF HE SHOULD SELL THE HOUSE.
DAYS LATER,
MIKE MEETS HIS FRIEND SARAH STRATTON FOR COFFEE.
HEY.
YOU LOOK TERRIBLE.
THANKS.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS FOR A GOOD TWO YEARS.
IT'S A GOOD FRIENDSHIP.
SO, HOW'S THE NEW HOUSE?
I'M THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A TRANSFER, SELL IT.
YOU JUST BOUGHT IT.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A LOT MORE ROOM THAN I NEED ON MY OWN.
ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA BE LOSING A LOT OF MONEY ON IT.
IT NEEDS TO GET FIXED UP --
MOSTLY PAINT, BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO SELL IT,
I GOT TO FIX IT, AND I DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
WHAT CAN I DO?
NOTHING.
LOOK, I'M OFF ON MONDAY. I CAN HELP YOU START PAINTING.
HE NEVER ASKS SOMEBODY FOR HELP.
HE'S NOT A PERSON THAT WILL TAKE ASSISTANCE.
I VOLUNTEERED TO, YOU KNOW -- "WHATEVER YOU NEED, I'LL DO IT."
YOU SURE?
I'M SORRY I CAN'T HELP YOU NOW.
I SWEAR, THOUGH, WHEN I GET BACK FROM WORK,
I'M TOTALLY ON TOP OF IT.
[ GRUNTS, SIGHS ]
SARAH, I OWE YOU ONE.
YOU KNOW, WITH MY SCHEDULE, I'D NEVER GET THIS DONE.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
I HADN'T TOLD HER ABOUT ANYTHING
THAT HAD GONE ON IN THE HOUSE PREVIOUSLY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T ME WHO WAS CRAZY.
Stratton: AND I HAD THIS OVERWHELMING URGE TO CRY,
OR SADNESS,
ALMOST THE KIND OF SADNESS THAT YOU GET
WHEN SOMEONE HAS TOLD YOU SOMEBODY HAS PASSED AWAY.
IT WAS THAT KIND OF FEELING.
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
HELLO?
HEY, SARAH, IT'S ME. HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING?
Oh, um...
FINE.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, I...
I THINK I'VE GOT A COLD COMING ON.
Oh, all right.
Call me if you need anything.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
I WILL.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BYE.
I'M NOT ONE WHO BREAKS DOWN AND CRIES VERY OFTEN.
IT WAS A GOOD 20 MINUTES
WHERE I JUST FELT ALMOST LIKE I COULDN'T MOVE.
[ CRACKLING ]
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
[ CRACKLING ]
IT SOUNDED LIKE WALKING ON PLASTIC,
BUT IT WAS LOUD, LIKE SOMEBODY WAS RUSTLING THE PLASTIC.
I FELT LIKE I HAD TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.
I FELT THAT IF I DIDN'T GET OUT, SOMETHING WAS GONNA GO WRONG.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
I THINK SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH YOUR HOUSE.
OH, REALLY?
WHAT'S UP?
WHEN YOU CALLED AND ASKED ME IF I WAS FINE...
I WASN'T.
I FELT THIS SADNESS COME OVER ME FOR NO REASON.
Speranza: IT WAS DéJà VU.
I ALMOST HEARD HER SAYING THE EXACT SAME WORDS
THAT MY GIRLFRIEND USED.
THEN I HEARD FOOTSTEPS ON THE PLASTIC IN THE BATHROOM,
AND I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY.
I THINK MY BRAIN IS PLAYING TRICKS ON ME.
NO.
YOUR BRAIN ISN'T PLAYING TRICKS ON YOU.
MY EX-GIRLFRIEND SAW THOSE THINGS, TOO.
I SAW THOSE THINGS, TOO.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?
I FELT, AS A FRIEND, HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME
BEFORE I EVER WALKED IN THE HOUSE.
I SHOULD HAVE. I'M SORRY, SARAH.
SARAH, I'M SORRY.
I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW.
LOOK, IF YOU SAW SOMETHING,
THEN I'D KNOW THAT IT WASN'T ALL IN MY HEAD.
I'M SORRY.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACK.
IN A WAY, I DO WANT TO GO BACK.
I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ALONE.
I WANTED ANSWERS.
I WAS NOT SO MUCH BELIEVING IN GHOSTS,
BUT BELIEVING THAT SOMETHING WAS THERE,
AND I WANTED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
Narrator: MIKE RELUCTANTLY ALLOWS A TEAM OF GHOST HUNTERS
TO INVESTIGATE HIS HOME.
I WAS CERTAINLY SKEPTICAL.
I MEAN, WHO'S REALLY AN EXPERT ON GHOSTS?
DO YOU EVEN KNOW? YEAH, OF COURSE.
HI.
Narrator: STACEY JONES IS A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR
AND FOUNDER OF CENTRAL NEW YORK GHOST HUNTERS.
YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF ALL THIS, ARE YOU?
TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M NOT SURE I BELIEVE IN ALL THIS.
I HAVE A VERY HEALTHY RESPECT FOR SKEPTICS.
SKEPTICS KEEP US HONEST.
Narrator: STACEY AND HER TEAM
SPECIALIZE IN GATHERING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THE SUPERNATURAL.
Jones: I THINK A LOT OF THE EVIDENCE CAN BE EXPLAINED AWAY,
AS FAR AS BEING A NATURAL PHENOMENON.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS ACTUALLY GO IN
AND JUST TRY TO FIND THE ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE
THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVE OUT AND SAY,
"YES, THIS IS SOMETHING PARANORMAL IN NATURE."
Narrator: KYLE COUCHMAN
DOCUMENTS EVERY INVESTIGATION ON VIDEO.
WHAT I WAS TOLD BEFORE GOING INTO THE HOUSE
WAS THAT THEY HAD SOME STRANGE ACTIVITIES GOING ON THERE.
THEY WEREN'T REAL SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Narrator: REGINA MATTHEWS REFERS TO HERSELF AS "A SENSITIVE."
I CAN SENSE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON IN SOME LOCATIONS.
I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL THEM SPIRITS.
Narrator: JAMES ACHESON ROUNDS OUT THE TEAM.
MY AREA OF EXPERTISE IS MOSTLY FILM AND AUDIO.
I DO EVPs AND TAKE PICTURES.
Narrator: IN THE MASTER BEDROOM,
REGINA PREPARES FOR RECORDING ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA,
OR EVPs.
IT'S WHEN DISEMBODIED VOICES
IMPRINT THEMSELVES ON YOUR RECORDERS.
TESTING -- 1, 2, 3. TESTING.
SO I USE THE EVPs
TO KIND OF VALIDATE WHAT I SEE OR HEAR.
ME?
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THINGS BEFORE IN THE HOUSE, RIGHT?
UH-HUH.
Narrator: STACEY EXPLAINS TO SARAH
THAT WHATEVER IS THERE MAY RESPOND TO HER AGAIN.
YOU'LL BE OKAY.
AND I VERY UNNERVINGLY SAID, "OKAY, I'LL DO IT."
BUT I'M LIKE, "DON'T LEAVE ME BY MYSELF."
SHE'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU.
WE'RE GONNA SET UP IN THE OTHER ROOM.
KYLE, YOU READY?
Narrator: MIKE IS UNEXPECTEDLY CALLED TO WORK.
Jones: OFF TO WORK?
YEAH, I NEED THE OVERTIME.
I GOT TO PAY FOR THE DREAM HOUSE.
Speranza: I FIGURED A LOT OF THINGS
DON'T ALWAYS HAPPEN WHEN I'M THERE, SO I LEFT.
I'M GONNA GO OUTSIDE AND GET SOME EXTRA TAPES.
Narrator: REGINA EXPLAINS TO SARAH
HOW TO ELICIT EVPs FROM THE SPIRITS.
I'M GONNA ASK A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
SOMETIMES THE AUDIO EQUIPMENT WILL PICK UP A FAINT RESPONSE.
Matthews: I'VE ASKED SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
AND RECEIVED SPECIFIC ANSWERS FOR THEM.
IT TELLS ME THAT THE SPIRITS CAN INTERACT WITH THE LIVING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN HERE WHO WANTS TO TALK?
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
ARE YOU SORRY FOR SCARING ME?
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE?
[ CLACKING ]
CAN I HELP YOU, SIR?
EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME, SIR?
HEY!
Couchman: I LOOKED DOWN THE ALLEY,
AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOBODY THERE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHY ARE YOU IN THIS HOUSE?
ARE YOU ANGRY?
ARE YOU A CHILD?
Matthews: WE FELT WHAT WAS A SMALL --
LIKE A TODDLER CLIMBING UP ON THE BED.
ARE YOU A BOY OR A GIRL?
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
IF YOU'RE SCARED, YOU CAN GO.
[ RATTLING ]
Matthews: PERHAPS IF SOMEBODY ELSE WAS IN THE ROOM WITH ME,
I WOULD HAVE OPENED THE DOOR, BUT I WAS ALONE.
WHO'S THERE?
THE WHOLE TIME I WAS GOING DOWN THE STAIRS,
I FELT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS GONNA PUSH ME.
WHO'S THERE?
AAH!
I HAD FULL CONTACT.
FULL CONTACT.
WHERE?
HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I SAW SOMETHING OR SOMEONE HERE.
WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?
IT WAS JUST A MAN IN JEANS AND A T-SHIRT.
DID HE HAVE DARK HAIR?
TALL AND THIN.
Couchman: THE DESCRIPTION SHE GAVE ME SEEMED AWFUL SIMILAR
TO WHAT I HAD SEEN...
I SAW HIM, TOO.
...WHICH MADE ME FEEL LIKE,
"WOW, THEN I MUST HAVE SEEN SOMETHING,"
MORE THAN WHAT I HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
IF IT'S A PERSON, THEN WHY DID THEY DISAPPEAR SO QUICKLY,
AND NOW WHY IS SOMEBODY ELSE SEEING THEM?
Narrator: JAMES ACHESON IS INTRIGUED BY THE SIGHTINGS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A VAGRANT AT FIRST, HANGING OUTSIDE.
Acheson: A RARE THING --
YOU DON'T GET TWO PEOPLE THAT SEE THE EXACT SAME THING
AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN AN INVESTIGATION.
Narrator: NOW THE INVESTIGATORS WANT CONCLUSIVE PROOF.
Acheson: AT THAT POINT, I WAS STARTING TO GET,
ACTUALLY, A LITTLE EXCITED BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE IT, TOO.
I WANTED TO CAPTURE IT ON FILM.
I WANTED TO PROVE TO PEOPLE THAT THIS TYPE OF STUFF DID EXIST.
AS HE WENT BY --
AND IT WAS JUST A BLINK OF AN EYE,
THAT'S HOW FAST HE WENT BY --
IT DEFINITELY FELT LIKE HE WAS NOT HAPPY
WITH ME BEING IN THERE AT ALL.
Narrator: IN THE MORNING, THE TEAM PACKS UP THEIR GEAR.
THEY MUST SORT THROUGH ALL THE EVIDENCE
BEFORE THEY CAN DETERMINE
EXACTLY WHAT IS HAUNTING THE HOUSE.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
WELL, WE GOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE HERE TO GO THROUGH.
IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE A COUPLE DAYS TO --
WELL, YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.
Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER...
STACEY AND HER TEAM ANALYZE THE PHOTO
JAMES TOOK IN MIKE'S HOUSE.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT PICTURE AND SAW HIM THERE,
THERE WAS NO DENYING IT, RIGHT THEN AT THAT POINT,
THAT THAT WAS AN ACTUAL GHOST THAT WE CAUGHT ON FILM.
Narrator: STACEY'S TEAM MAKES ANOTHER CHILLING DISCOVERY.
STACEY.
THEY ANSWERED US.
PLAY IT.
Jones: IT'S A VERY FAINT SOUND.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HUMAN VOICE.
RAISE IT UP ANOTHER 200%.
WE AMPLIFY IT, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 800%.
Stratton: ARE YOU SORRY FOR SCARING ME?
Man: NO.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
HELLO?
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT I EVER ADMITTED TO ANYBODY
THAT THIS WAS AN ACTUALLY, BONA FIDE, HAUNTED HOUSE.
Narrator: BUT STACEY AND HER TEAM ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE
WHO IS HAUNTING THE HOUSE AND WHY.
YEAH, OKAY. I'M DOWNLOADING IT RIGHT NOW.
BYE.
STACEY E-MAILS THE PHOTOGRAPH
AND EVP RECORDINGS TO MIKE.
Matthews: IS THERE ANYONE IN HERE WHO WANTS TO TALK?
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Man: LET ME OUT.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Stratton: ...SORRY FOR SCARING ME?
NO.
ARE YOU SORRY FOR SCARING ME?
NO.
Speranza: THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I KNEW I JUST NEEDED TO...
GET AWAY FROM THIS HOUSE,
SEVER MY TIES WITH THIS HOUSE,
AND JUST PRETTY MUCH GET OUT OF THE AREA.
[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
I WAS SHOVED, AND I WAS SCARED.
Narrator: MIKE RETURNS TO THE HOUSE,
BUT ONLY TO PACK AND MOVE OUT.
HE RENTS A SMALL APARTMENT ACROSS TOWN
WHILE WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT A JOB IN ANOTHER CITY.
THE EXPERIENCE CHANGES HIM FOREVER.
Speranza: I'M CERTAIN NOW THAT THERE IS STUFF OUT THERE...
STUFF LIVING ON A DIFFERENT PLANE THAT WE CAN'T SEE.
AND I AM TORN WITH WANTING TO KNOW MORE
AND JUST WANTING TO PLAY THE "IGNORANCE IS BLISS"
AND JUST NOT KNOW ANYTHING.
Narrator: SHORTLY AFTER MOVING OUT,
MIKE PUTS THE HOUSE ON THE MARKET.
IT SELLS WITHIN WEEKS,
BUT MIKE CONTINUES TO BE HAUNTED BY WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
HE CAN FIND NO EXPLANATION FOR THE YOUNG BOY
WHO SEEMED SO EAGER FOR ATTENTION
OR FOR THE ANGRY MALE GHOST.
BUT WHAT DISTURBS HIM MOST
IS NOT KNOWING WHY HIS FRIENDS LISA AND SARAH
WERE SO OVERWHELMED WITH SORROW.
Speranza: I FIGURE IT WAS BECAUSE WHATEVER WAS IN THE HOUSE
HAD A CLOSER CONNECTION TO FEMALES THAN THEY DID MALES.
Narrator: TO THIS DAY,
WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT HOUSE REMAINS A MYSTERY.