Narrator: AN ARKANSAS COUPLE THINKS THEIR DREAM HOUSE
IS THE DEAL OF A LIFETIME.
BUT THERE'S A REASON IT'S SUCH A BARGAIN.
[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]
Shilling: TELL US WHO YOU ARE.
Demonic voice: THE DEVIL.
THAT WAS THE WORST THING WE COULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO SAY.
Narrator: AND WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW WILL HURT THEM.
Terrie: THEN I KNEW THERE IS SUCH THING AS GHOSTS AND DEMONS.
WE HAD TO HAVE HELP OR WE MIGHT NOT SURVIVE.
AAH! AAH!
Narrator: IN AMERICA, THERE IS REAL EVIL.
IT LURKS IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS IN OUR MOST ORDINARY TOWNS.
BETWEEN THE WORLD WE SEE AND THE THINGS WE FEAR,
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED,
NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
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[ RUMBLING ]
AAH!
[ CRYING ]
IT'S LOCKED!
[ BELL TOLLS ]
Blake: WHAT DO YOU THINK, SWEETIE?
Narrator: IN THE SUMMER OF 2001, TERRIE AND BLAKE VANLANDINGHAM
FIND THE PERFECT HOUSE FOR THEIR LARGE FAMILY
IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF WYNNE, ARKANSAS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE DID THIS.
TERRIE IS RELIEVED TO FIND SUCH A NICE HOME
IN THEIR PRICE RANGE AND IN A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
Terrie: IT WAS JUST SO BIG, AND IT WAS OLD,
AND IT WAS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF WYNNE.
WELL, WE JUMPED ON IT.
IT WAS A GREAT BUY.
MY HUSBAND WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD.
HE DROVE A TRUCK, WHICH KEPT HIM AWAY FROM HOME A LOT.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE MORE ROUTES.
BE GONE MORE.
OH.
I WORKED AT A LAW OFFICE.
I ALSO TAUGHT DANCE PART TIME.
Narrator: 8-YEAR-OLD ETHAN IS TERRIE AND BLAKE'S YOUNGEST CHILD.
ETHAN LOOKS UP TO HIS MORE OUTGOING SISTERS.
HEATHER SHARES A ROOM WITH HER OLDER SISTER, BRIANNA.
HEATHER AND BRIANNA HAD THE MOST AWESOME ROOM OF THE HOUSE.
IT WAS LIKE AN APARTMENT OVER THE GARAGE, AND THEY LOVED IT.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE HOUSE
BECAUSE WE JUST HAD SO MUCH ROOM.
WE COULD DO ANYTHING WE WANTED TO AND NOT GET IN ANYBODY'S WAY.
ISN'T IT WONDERFUL?
Narrator: BUT BRIANNA'S EXCITEMENT QUICKLY TURNS TO APPREHENSION.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.
Terrie: BRIANNA FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS WATCHING HER.
[ RUMBLING ]
Blake: THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOUSE
THAT SHE WAS UNEASY ABOUT.
SORRY.
I TOLD HER IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT.
IT'S JUST A NEW HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO GET USED TO IT.
Narrator: TWO WEEKS AFTER MOVING IN, TERRIE IS DOING HOUSEWORK...
...WHEN SHE DISCOVERS THAT PHOTOS OF THE CHILDREN
HAVE SOMEHOW BEEN TURNED AROUND.
AND I THOUGHT, "WHO WOULD DO THAT?
THAT IS CRAZY."
Narrator: TERRIE THINKS ONE OF THE CHILDREN
MOVED THE PHOTOS AS A PRANK.
[ CLACKING ]
Terrie: THEY WOULD BE ALL FLAT DOWN.
AND THE ONES ON THE WALL WOULD BE TURNED BACKWARDS.
AND I QUESTIONED EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE,
"ARE YOU TURNING THE PICTURES AROUND?"
AND THE GIRLS THEN SAID,
"OUR PICTURES ARE TURNED BACKWARDS UPSTAIRS, TOO."
THERE WERE NO EXPLANATIONS FOR THAT.
THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
Narrator: A MONTH LATER,
HEATHER AND BRIANNA HAVE ANOTHER EXPERIENCE
THAT DEFIES EXPLANATION.
HEY, HEATHER, HAVE YOU SEEN MY HAIRBRUSH?
Heather: NO.
YOU CAN USE MINE.
I THINK IT'S ON THE DRESSER.
OKAY.
[ STAIRS CREAKING ]
[ THUDDING ]
ETHAN?
WHENEVER ETHAN CAN'T SLEEP...
ETHAN?
...HE COMES UPSTAIRS TO STAY WITH HIS SISTERS.
[ THUDDING, GLASS SHATTERS ]
ETHAN!
[ CRASHING ]
WE HEARD THIS FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS.
WE WERE AFRAID THAT IT WAS ETHAN.
WE RAN OUT THE DOOR, EXPECTING TO SEE ETHAN DOWN THERE.
AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THERE.
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLING ]
WE TOLD MY MOM AND DAD ABOUT IT THE NEXT MORNING.
MOM, WE HEARD SOME NOISES LAST NIGHT.
LIKE SOMEONE FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS.
YOU HEARD NOISES?
YEAH, BUT THEN WHEN WE WENT TO GO CHECK,
THERE WAS NO ONE THERE.
BLAKE, COULD YOU PLEASE CHECK THE STEPS FOR THE GIRLS?
I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT WHEN I GET HOME.
I GOT TO GO.
MWAH. OKAY.
Heather: I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY BELIEVED US.
SERIOUSLY?
Narrator: TERRIE THINKS THE NOISES ARE JUST THE HOUSE SETTLING.
Terrie: AND I WOULD JUST REASSURE THEM
THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE NOISES
AND THE HOUSE IS GONNA CREAK BECAUSE IT'S OLD.
Narrator: FOR THE NEXT MONTH, NOTHING UNUSUAL HAPPENS IN THE HOUSE.
THEN, ONE AFTERNOON, THE GIRLS RETURN FROM SCHOOL...
...TO FIND THEIR BEDROOM IN A SHOCKING STATE OF DISARRAY.
WHY WOULD ANYBODY DO THIS?
MOM, WHO WAS IN OUR ROOM TODAY?!
OH, GIRLS!
CLEAN THIS MESS UP.
MOM, WE DID NOT DO THIS.
SOMEONE WAS IN OUR ROOM TODAY.
NOBODY WAS IN YOUR ROOM TODAY.
NOW PLEASE HAVE IT CLEANED UP BEFORE DINNER.
BUT WE DIDN'T DO THIS.
[ SCOFFS ]
[ WIND HOWLING ]
Narrator: HEATHER AND BRIANNA BOTH KNOW THERE IS NO LOGICAL EXPLANATION
FOR THE WIND IN THE ROOM OR THE FLOATING TRASH.
THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD THINK OF WAS GHOSTS.
[ BOTH SCREAM ]
Brianna: MOM!
MOM!
MOM, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!
WHAT?
I THINK WE HAVE A GHOST.
BRIANNA, IT'S AN OLD HOUSE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR NOISES.
THESE WEREN'T JUST NOISES.
A PIECE OF TRASH FLOATED IN THE AIR.
I SAW IT, TOO!
BRIANNA IS DRAMATIC.
SHE IS MY LITTLE DRAMA QUEEN.
I ALWAYS FELT LIKE MAYBE SHE WAS STRETCHING THE TRUTH
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BRIANNA, DON'T YOU HAVE PLAY REHEARSAL?
[ SCOFFS ]
[ VACUUM CLEANER RUNS ]
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS,
HEATHER AND BRIANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE STRANGE EXPERIENCES
IN THE HOUSE.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
OF A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT WILL TEAR THEIR FAMILY APART.
Girl: AAH!
ETHAN!
Narrator: TEENAGE SISTERS HEATHER AND BRIANNA VANLANDINGHAM
BELIEVE A GHOST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STRANGE SOUNDS,
OBJECTS MOVING AND EVEN LEVITATING IN THEIR HOME.
BUT NOTHING HAS PREPARED THEM FOR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]
I HAD GONE UPSTAIRS TO GET DRESSED FOR CHURCH,
AND I SAW BRIANNA STANDING IN THE BATHROOM, BRUSHING HER HAIR.
HEY, BRI?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THE BLUE ONE OR THE GREEN ONE?
AND I CARRIED ON PROBABLY ABOUT A 20-MINUTE CONVERSATION
WITH HER WHILE I WAS PICKING OUT MY CLOTHES AND GETTING DRESSED.
WELL, I'M GONNA GO PUT THIS ON.
I'LL MEET YOU DOWNSTAIRS?
BYE, HEATHER.
I LOVE YOU.
THAT WAS REALLY WEIRD TO ME
BECAUSE WHY WOULD SHE TELL ME SHE LOVED ME
IF SHE WAS JUST GONNA SEE ME IN A MINUTE?
BYE.
LOVE YOU, TOO.
HOW'D YOU GET DOWN HERE BEFORE ME?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I WAS FREAKED OUT.
YOU WERE JUST UP IN THE BATHROOM.
HOW'D YOU PASS ME ON THE STEPS?
I NEVER USE THAT BATHROOM.
I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE THE WHOLE TIME.
MY MOM ASSURED ME THAT THERE WAS NO POSSIBLE WAY
THAT I HAD TALKED TO BRIANNA UPSTAIRS IN THE BATHROOM
BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN DOING BRIANNA'S HAIR
THE WHOLE TIME I WAS UPSTAIRS.
Terrie: YOU COULDN'T HAVE SEEN HER.
WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I NEVER SAW HER FACE.
I WAS TRULY TERRIFIED AT THAT POINT
BECAUSE I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MY SISTER,
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THAT WAS MY SISTER.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS OR WHO IT WAS.
MY BIGGEST ISSUE WAS TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO BELIEVE ME.
IT WASN'T MY IMAGINATION.
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
[ TELEVISION PLAYING ]
Narrator: A FEW NIGHTS LATER,
THE ENTIRE FAMILY WILL BECOME CONVINCED
THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE.
Terrie: AND WE ALL JUST STOPPED AND JUST LOOKED.
LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH."
OH.
Narrator: BUT THEIR STRANGE EVENING IS FAR FROM OVER.
[ THUDDING ]
SOUNDED LIKE A BODY BEING THROWN DOWN THE STAIRCASE.
SEE? I TOLD YOU THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THIS HOUSE.
YEAH, THAT WAS STRANGE.
WE ALL KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT RIGHT
IN THE HOUSE.
I WAS CALLING BLAKE EVERY DAY,
SAYING, "THERE IS SOMETHING IN OUR HOUSE."
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
HELLO?
TERRIE: Thank goodness you're there.
There's strange things happening at the house.
We're hearing all kinds of --
It's like it was --
SLOW DOWN, TERRIE.
ARE YOU SURE YOU HEARD IT?
Yes, I heard it. I have ears. I heard it.
THERE MUST BE A REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN I GET HOME.
I LOVE YOU.
Blake: WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON THE ROAD AND YOUR WIFE'S CALLING YOU UP
AND SHE'S TELLING YOU
THAT THESE CRAZY THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT HOME,
YOU GET THIS GIGANTIC HELPLESS FEELING.
YOUR MAN NEEDS TO BE THERE, AND HE WASN'T.
Narrator: THE FOLLOWING WEEK, ON HER WAY HOME FROM SHOPPING,
TERRIE SPOTS A FRIEND OF BRIANNA'S
WALKING OUT OF THE GARAGE.
WHAT'S MIA DOING?
THAT'S STRANGE.
Terrie: AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD.
THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE GARAGE OTHER THAN THE VEHICLES,
AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE DID THAT.
WE GO IN.
EVERYONE'S IN THE DEN. THEY'RE WATCHING TV.
MIA, WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUTSIDE?
I NEVER WENT OUTSIDE.
BUT I JUST SAW YOU COME OUT OF THE GARAGE.
NO ONE'S BEEN OUTSIDE.
WE NEVER SAW HER FACE, YOU KNOW.
BUT IF IT WASN'T HER...
Narrator: TERRIE NOW BELIEVES HEATHER'S ACCOUNT
OF SEEING BRIANNA IN THE UPSTAIRS BATHROOM
WHILE BRIANNA WAS ACTUALLY DOWNSTAIRS.
BUT HEATHER NEVER SAW HER SISTER'S FACE.
HERE IS ANOTHER TIME
THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS PRESENTED ITSELF
AND IT'S NOT THE PERSON THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS.
Narrator: SHE FEARS AN ENTITY IS TAKING THE FORM OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE, TERRIE HAS NO IDEA.
THAT IS VERY SCARY, 'CAUSE THEN YOU'RE LIKE,
OKAY, ARE YOU GONNA GO UP AND START TOUCHING PEOPLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THEM?
Narrator: THREE DAYS LATER,
BRIANNA IS GETTING READY FOR A DANCE RECITAL.
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
THERE ARE A FEW MINUTES BEFORE BRIANNA HAS TO LEAVE,
SO SHE WATCHES TELEVISION TO SETTLE HER NERVES,
UNAWARE SHE'S BEING WATCHED.
AAH!
PLEASE STOP!
LEAVE ME ALONE!
NO!
MOM! MOM!
NO! AAH!
WHAT IS IT?!
WHAT HAPPENED?!
SCALE OF 1 TO 10, 10 BEING THE WORST,
I'D PUT IT RIGHT UP THERE AT A 10.
SHE WAS WHITE.
AND I JUST -- JUST NEVER SEEN HER LIKE THAT.
SOMETHING ATTACKED ME!
OH, HONEY, ARE YOU OKAY?
[ CRYING ]
Terrie: BRIANNA COULD NEVER HAVE DONE THIS TO HERSELF.
BUT WHATEVER IT WAS HAD SUCH FORCE,
IT HAD LEFT MARKS ON HER BODY.
Heather: THERE WAS NO WAY BRIANNA COULD HAVE MADE THOSE MARKS HERSELF.
MY DAD'S OWN HAND COULDN'T EVEN LEAVE FINGERPRINT MARKS
THAT FAR APART.
START SEEING YOUR CHILD MARKED UP,
AS A DAD, YOU HAVE THIS FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS.
WHAT CAN I DO TO DEFEND MY CHILDREN
AGAINST SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
AAH!
I THINK THIS WAS THE STONE THAT FINALLY MADE ME REALIZE
THAT, YES, THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE.
AND IT IS -- IT IS BEYOND ME.
Narrator: BLAKE AND TERRIE MOVE BRIANNA DOWNSTAIRS.
HEATHER INSISTS ON STAYING IN THE ROOM.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO STAY UP HERE BY YOURSELF?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
I PERSONALLY FELT LIKE BRIANNA WAS THE ATTENTION.
IT WAS DRAWN TO HER.
IT FED OFF OF HER.
SO I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES STAYING IN THAT ROOM.
Narrator: THREE DAYS AFTER BRIANNA IS ATTACKED,
HEATHER IS IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM ALONE.
* 'CAUSE WE DON'T NEED A THING *
HEATHER, TURN THE MUSIC DOWN, HONEY.
HEATHER!
HEY, MOM.
[ VOLUME DECREASES ]
JUST KEEP THE MUSIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT, OKAY?
SURE, MOM.
Narrator: SEVERAL DAYS AFTER AN ENTITY
ATTACKS HER SISTER BRIANNA IN THEIR BEDROOM,
HEATHER VANLANDINGHAM IS ALONE IN THE ROOM.
SHE BELIEVES THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN THE HOME
IS FOCUSED ON BRIANNA, NOT HER.
Heather: SHE WAS JUST LOOKING AT ME.
IT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE I NEVER FELT UNCOMFORTABLE
OR THREATENED BY HER.
[ THUDDING ]
I REALLY FEEL LIKE SHE WAS TRYING TO LET SOMEONE KNOW
THAT SHE HAD EITHER FALLEN OR BEEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.
Narrator: TERRIE CALLS HER SISTER...
HI, PATTY.
...WHO'S LIVED IN WYNNE A LONG TIME,
AND ASKS HER IF SHE EVER HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING UNUSUAL
HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE.
MAYBE SOMEBODY FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS OR -- OR A FIRE?
DID SOMEONE DIE FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS IN THIS HOUSE?
WHEN DID YOU SAY THIS WAS?
TERRIE LEARNS THAT, IN THE 1950s,
THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM HAD BEEN RENTED OUT
AS A SORT OF BOARDING HOUSE.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT?
THERE WAS, HOWEVER, NO RECORD OF ANYONE DYING THERE.
Heather: EVERYTHING CALMED DOWN FOR A WEEK,
BUT THINGS STILL WENT MISSING,
PICTURES WERE STILL KNOCKED OVER.
Narrator: ETHAN AVOIDS THE BRUNT OF THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
UNTIL ONE AFTERNOON AFTER SCHOOL,
HE GOES TO THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM LOOKING FOR HEATHER.
AAH!
MOM! MOM!
Terrie: HE CAME BARRELING DOWN THE STAIRS,
AND HE SAID, "MOM, I JUST HAD A BAT THROWN AT ME UPSTAIRS."
Narrator: TERRIE BELIEVES HEATHER SHOULD NOT STAY
IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM ALONE.
Heather: I NEVER WANTED TO MOVE OUT OF MY ROOM.
NO MATTER WHAT, I STILL LOVED THE SPACE OF THAT ROOM.
ANYTIME I WAS UP THERE ALONE,
NOTHING HAD ATTACKED ME OR PHYSICALLY TOUCHED ME.
Narrator: THE ENTIRE FAMILY IS FRIGHTENED OF THE ENTITY IN THEIR HOME,
BUT MOVING IS NOT AN OPTION.
IT WAS A HARDSHIP TO EVEN CONSIDER MOVING, FINANCIALLY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING SAVED,
DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE COULD JUST UP AND JUST LEAVE.
WE WERE GOING TO PRAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
THAT WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF IT.
Blake: LET'S HOLD HANDS.
I'D GATHERED MY FAMILY TOGETHER,
JUST BEFORE I LEFT, GOING OUT ON THE ROAD,
AND I PRAYED FOR GOD TO DELIVER THESE THINGS FROM OUR HOME,
ASKING PROTECTION ON MY FAMILY WHILE I WAS GONE.
LORD, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONE IN CHARGE,
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP,
BECAUSE WHATEVER'S GOING ON HERE IS TOTALLY OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
PLEASE BLESS THIS FAMILY, LORD.
Narrator: THE FAMILY PRAYS DAILY FOR HELP,
BUT THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY CONTINUES.
Heather: WE WERE GETTING WEARY.
IT WAS REALLY A TEST OF OUR FAITH...
...BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN PRAYING EVERY DAY FOR SO LONG
FOR SOMETHING GOOD, AND IT NEVER HAPPENED.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
Narrator: SEVERAL WEEKS LATER,
THE FAMILY'S NIGHTMARE TAKES A MUCH DARKER TURN.
BRIANNA GOES UP TO THE BEDROOM
TO RETRIEVE SOME OF HER BELONGINGS.
[ RUMBLING ]
[ GASPS ]
AAH!
[ DOOR SLAMS ]
NO!
MOM!
[ POUNDING ] HELP!
[ CRYING ]
BRIANNA!
BRIANNA?
AAH!
[ GASPS ]
OPEN THE DOOR, HON! OPEN THE DOOR!
IT'S LOCKED!
YOU TRY TO DO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN...
UNLOCK THE DOOR!
IT'S LOCKED!
...TO GET TO YOUR CHILD WHEN THEY'RE SCREAMING LIKE THAT.
AND YET I COULD NOT GET INSIDE THAT ROOM.
MOM, HURRY!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
I TRY TO FIND ANYTHING I CAN THAT'S GONNA OPEN UP THE DOOR.
BRIANNA?
BRI?
AND WHEN I GET BACK UP TO THE DOOR...
IT WAS SILENT.
THERE WAS NOTHING COMING FROM THE ROOM.
[ DOOR CREAKING ]
Narrator: TERRIE HAS NO IDEA WHAT SHE'LL FIND BEHIND THE BEDROOM DOOR.
FOR MORE "A HAUNTING," GO TO...
OPEN THE DOOR, HON! OPEN THE DOOR!
Narrator: TERRIE VANLANDINGHAM STRUGGLES TO FREE HER DAUGHTER
FROM THE GRIP OF A VIOLENT ENTITY.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ DOOR CREAKING ]
[ WHIMPERING ]
OH, HONEY.
BRIANNA.
Terrie: I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE HER HORROR.
HONEY, WHAT HAPPENED?
IT WAS A SHADOW...
AND IT SMOTHERED ME.
OH.
SHE SAID IT WAS JUST A BLACK MASS,
AND HE WAS AS TALL AS THE CEILING.
IT HAD NO FACE.
ALL RIGHT, COME ON.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
I MADE THE DECISION FOR HER.
SHE WAS NOT STAYING THERE ANYMORE.
Narrator: TERRIE AND BLAKE SEND BRIANNA TO LIVE WITH FAMILY IN TOWN.
COME ON.
IT'S NOT LIKE I WON'T SEE YOU AGAIN.
I WOULD GET HER IN THE MORNINGS, BRING HER HOME.
SHE WOULD CHANGE HER CLOTHES, AND GO TO SCHOOL.
BUT SHE DIDN'T SPEND THE NIGHT AT OUR HOUSE ANYMORE.
THEN I KNEW THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING AS GHOSTS AND DEMONS,
AND WE HAD TO HAVE HELP...
OR WE MIGHT NOT SURVIVE.
I STARTED RESEARCHING ANYTHING I COULD GET MY HANDS ON
THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE SUPERNATURAL.
Narrator: AN INTERNET SEARCH LEADS TERRIE
TO THE CENTRAL ARKANSAS SOCIETY FOR PARANORMAL RESEARCH,
OR CASPR.
SHE SPEAKS TO THE DIRECTOR, KAREN SHILLINGS.
AS A GHOST HUNTER, MY QUEST IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE
WITH IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE THAT GHOSTS DO EXIST.
Narrator: KAREN FINDS THE VANLANDINGHAM FAMILY CREDIBLE.
SHE DECIDES TO BRING HER ENTIRE TEAM IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK
AND CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION.
THE PARANORMAL EXPERTS WILL ATTEMPT
TO DOCUMENT THE ENTITY'S PRESENCE
USING CAMERAS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD DETECTORS.
A PSYCHIC IS ALSO ON THE TEAM.
Shilling: WHEN WE PUT A COMPASS IN THE FRONT ROOM, IT SPUN IN CIRCLES.
WELL?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
LOOK.
THE PSYCHIC THAT WAS WITH ME SAID THAT, MOST LIKELY,
THAT INDICATED THAT WE WERE STANDING
WITHIN A PORTAL TO ANOTHER DIMENSION.
ONE OF THE REASONS
THE VANLANDINGHAM HOME COULD HAVE BEEN HAUNTED
IS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION.
SOME AREAS ARE NATURAL PORTALS,
AND SPIRITS CAN COME AND GO EASILY THROUGH THESE PORTALS.
Narrator: PARANORMAL EXPERTS BELIEVE
NATURALLY OCCURRING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
CAN CREATE DOORWAYS OR PORTALS
WHERE SPIRITS CAN ENTER THE PHYSICAL WORLD,
EVEN SPIRITS WHO, IN LIFE, HAD NO CONNECTION TO THE LOCATION.
Heather: WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT A PORTAL, WE WERE HORRIFIED,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT GAVE US SECURITY,
KNOWING THAT THERE REALLY ARE THAT MANY SPIRITS IN OUR HOME
AND THAT WE WEREN'T JUST GOING CRAZY.
AAH!
I THOUGHT, "HOW ARE WE GONNA SURVIVE THIS?
IF IT'S FULL OF ENTITIES, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?"
Narrator: IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM, KAREN AND THE INVESTIGATORS
CONDUCT AN ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA -- EVP -- SESSION.
THEY HOPE TO CAPTURE THE VOICE OF AT LEAST ONE ENTITY ON TAPE.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH THESE PEOPLE?
Demonic voice: LEAVE US ALONE.
I AM NOT LEAVING.
WE WERE ALL TOO STUNNED TO SAY ANYTHING.
WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS,
AND THEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT IT WASN'T HER VOICE.
I AM NOT LEAVING.
Shillings: AFTER A FEW SECONDS,
I REALIZED THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY CHANNELING A SPIRIT.
IT WAS VERY STARTLING.
JUST AS QUICKLY AS IT HAPPENED, IT WAS OVER.
[ Normal voice ] WHAT HAPPENED?
ARE YOU OKAY?
THE MESSAGE WAS THAT,
NO MATTER WHAT, THIS THING WAS NOT LEAVING.
Narrator: KAREN ENDS THE INVESTIGATION.
IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST A WEEK
TO PROCESS THE AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS.
THE NEXT NIGHT,
BLAKE FEELS THE NEED TO CONDUCT HIS OWN INVESTIGATION.
THERE'S THINGS THAT HASN'T BEEN ANSWERED FOR ME,
AND I STILL GOT TO HAVE SOME ANSWERS.
Narrator: BLAKE SETS UP A CAMERA IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM.
HE PLANS TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN BRIANNA'S OLD BED
AND CAPTURE ANY STRANGE ACTIVITY IN THE ROOM ON VIDEO.
[ GASPS ]
THE DRAWER SLAMMED -- SLAMMED VERY HARD.
I GOT UP AND WENT OVER TO CHECK MY CAMERA.
STILL HAD PLENTY OF TIME RUNNING ON THE CAMERA,
SO I RETURNED TO BED.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING, BLAKE REVIEWS THE TAPE WITH HIS FAMILY.
[ DRAWER SLAMS ]
[ GASPS ]
YOU SEE IT?
A FACE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S A PARTIAL FACE WITH A CAT EYE.
YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE,
LITTLE BIT OF HAIR HANGING DOWN ON THE FOREHEAD.
IT -- IT LOOKS DEMONIC.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.
I COULDN'T HEAR IT AT THE TIME.
YOU HAVE TO CRANK THE SOUND UP.
Demonic voice: RELEASE MY CHILD FROM THIS EVIL, EVIL, EVIL.
RELEASE MY CHILD FROM THIS EVIL, EVIL, EVIL.
AND SHE KEEPS REPEATING "EVIL" LIKE A BROKEN RECORD.
Narrator: BLAKE VANLANDINGHAM FINDS THE PROOF HE IS LOOKING FOR.
I JUST THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOODNESS.
WHAT I'M THINKING I'M DEALING WITH IS REAL."
Narrator: AFTER HIS FAMILY IS TERRORIZED
BY SOMETHING HE CANNOT SEE OR UNDERSTAND,
BLAKE VANLANDINGHAM CONDUCTS HIS OWN PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION.
[ DRAWER SLAMS ] [ GASPS ]
Blake: THERE'S NO DOUBT I'VE GOT SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT
AND HOPE TO NEVER MEET ANYTHING LIKE IT, PERSONALLY.
Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER,
PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR KAREN SHILLINGS
RETURNS WITH HER FINDINGS.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS TO HEAR.
HER TEAM HAS AMPLIFIED THE RECORDINGS THEY MADE
IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM.
USING FILTERS, THEY ARE ABLE TO ISOLATE WHAT SOUNDS LIKE VOICES.
WE PICKED UP A LOT OF INTERESTING EVPs.
HERE.
[ BEEPS ]
Demonic voice: LEAVE THIS HOUSE.
YOU CAN HEAR SOMEONE SAY, "WE HATE YOU.
"WE WANT YOU OUT OF HERE.
GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE."
Shilling: TELL US WHO YOU ARE.
THE DEVIL.
Heather: THAT WAS JUST THE WORST THING
THAT WE COULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO SAY.
EVEN THOUGH IT FELT LIKE WE HAD BEEN IN HELL IN THAT HOUSE,
WE NEVER EXPECTED THAT.
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?
I'M JUST AN INVESTIGATOR.
I...COLLECT THE EVIDENCE.
Narrator: KAREN TELLS TERRIE SHE HAS NO POWER
TO MAKE THE ENTITY OR ENTITIES LEAVE.
I ADVISED TERRIE AND HER FAMILY TO CALL UP THEIR CLERGYMAN
TO HAVE THE HOUSE BLESSED.
Narrator: THREE NIGHTS LATER, THEIR PASTOR ARRIVES TO BLESS THE HOME.
Terrie: IT'S HARD TO GO TO YOUR PASTOR
AND TELL HIM YOU'VE GOT EVIL THINGS IN YOUR HOUSE,
BUT WE THOUGHT THAT IF HE CAME AND PRAYED
THAT THAT WOULD HELP REMOVE THIS BAD SPIRIT FROM OUR HOUSE.
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WE COME BEFORE YOU
TO RID THIS HOME OF THE EVIL FORCES OCCUPYING IT.
WE KNOW ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BRING LIGHT TO THIS DARKNESS
AND TO RESTORE PEACE TO THIS FAMILY.
[ WIND RUSHING ]
Terrie: THERE WAS A RUSH OF COLD WIND.
IT WAS LIKE A BREEZE AROUND US.
I FELT IT WAS THE EVIL ENTITIES JUST ENCIRCLING.
IT WAS JUST TAUNTING US.
Heather: I WAS TREMBLING.
YOU COULD FEEL JUST EVIL IN THAT ROOM.
I JUST KEPT MY HEAD DOWN AND MY EYES CLOSED
BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT I WAS GOING TO SEE SOMETHING,
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT.
AMEN.
Terrie: I KNEW THAT THIS PRAYER WAS NOT WORKING,
AND WE WERE SADDENED BY THAT,
'CAUSE WE REALLY HAD HOPED THAT THAT WAS GOING TO DRIVE IT AWAY.
AAH!
Narrator: LATER THAT NIGHT,
THE FAMILY HOPES AND PRAYS FOR RESTFUL SLEEP.
[ DOOR CREAKING ]
Heather: I HEARD SOMETHING COME INTO MY ROOM.
ETHAN WOULD COME INTO MY ROOM ON MANY OCCASIONS
AND SLEEP WITH ME
BECAUSE HE JUST NEVER FELT COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN ROOM.
I FELT SOMETHING CRAWL OVER MY FEET
AND JUST EASE UNDER THE COVERS LIKE ETHAN ALWAYS DID.
AND I ROLLED OVER.
YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE COVERS WERE RAISED,
AND THERE WAS AN INDENTION IN THE BED
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING LAYING THERE.
I WAS BEYOND SCARED.
I COULDN'T MOVE.
I COULDN'T YELL.
I WAS AFRAID IT WAS GOING TO HURT ME.
LORD JESUS, PLEASE MAKE IT GO AWAY.
I JUST KEPT PRAYING THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY.
AND I NEVER SLEPT IN THAT ROOM AGAIN.
THE OTHER CHILDREN WERE SO PETRIFIED
THAT HEATHER DID NOT SLEEP UPSTAIRS.
SHE SLEPT IN THE DEN.
ETHAN NO LONGER SLEPT IN HIS ROOM AT ALL.
WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT, BUT YOU PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO YOUR HOME
AND YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE FOREVER,
AND THAT'S YOUR DREAM HOUSE, AND YOU'RE STILL HOPING --
YOU'RE JUST STILL REALLY HOPING --
THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET TO ENJOY THAT HOUSE
LIKE IT USED TO BE.
Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER,
KAREN SHILLINGS, THE PARANORMAL EXPERT,
RETURNS ALONE TO INVESTIGATE.
KAREN BELIEVES THE ENTITY IS NOT ATTACHED TO A PARTICULAR PERSON
BUT RESIDES IN THE HOUSE.
TO TEST THAT THEORY, SHE ASKS TERRIE
IF SHE MAY SPEND THE NIGHT ALONE IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM.
I DID THIS DESPITE THE DANGER THAT I MIGHT FACE
BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED
TO CAPTURE SOMETHING UNDENIABLE ON TAPE.
I COULD FEEL IT BEFORE I SAW IT.
AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I WAS NOSE TO NOSE WITH THIS THING.
IT WAS HORRIFYING.
Narrator: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR KAREN SHILLINGS
COMES FACE TO FACE
WITH A DARK ENTITY TAUNTING THE VANLANDINGHAM FAMILY.
I REALIZED THAT WHERE I WAS STARING SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FACE
BUT IT WAS JUST A BLACK HOLE WITH A SWIRLING MIST IN IT.
IT FELT HORRIBLE.
I FELT LIKE I WAS SMOTHERING IN IT, AND IT WAS PRICKLING ME.
Narrator: KAREN CANNOT MOVE.
WHATEVER IT WAS EMITTING, I WAS CAUGHT UP IN IT,
AND I COMMANDED IT TO LEAVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE.
AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON IT.
AND FINALLY, I FELT THE THING LIFT OFF OF ME.
Narrator: KAREN BELIEVES THE VANLANDINGHAM FAMILY
HAS SEEN THIS ENTITY SEVERAL TIMES.
THERE WAS MULTIPLE OCCASIONS
WHERE THE GIRLS AND FAMILY MEMBERS SAW THIS THING.
IT WOULD BE DRESSED LIKE THEIR FRIEND,
IT'D BE DRESSED LIKE THEIR RELATIVE,
AND IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF HAIR,
BUT THEY NEVER SAW ITS FACE.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD NO FACE.
Terrie: I THINK THAT IT'S A DEMON,
MAYBE MANIFESTING ITSELF INTO SOMEONE ELSE.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT WANTS TO SHOW ITSELF.
THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE A FACE
IS IT JUST DOESN'T WANT TO SHOW ITSELF.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
KAREN TELLS TERRIE ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE.
THIS THING IS VERY, VERY EVIL, AND IT'S REALLY STRONG.
AND IT WANTS TO STAY HERE.
[ SIGHS ]
Shillings: I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT YOU CAN DO --
OR ANYTHING, REALLY -- TO MAKE THE ENTITIES LEAVE.
AND THE CAMCORDER SHUT OFF.
I GOT NOTHING ON TAPE.
[ SIGHS ]
WELL, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
I SUGGEST YOU LEAVE...
AND PRAY TO GOD THIS THING STAYS BEHIND.
Terrie: SHE WAS MORE THAN CONVINCED THAT WE NEEDED TO LEAVE.
IT BROUGHT SUCH SORROW FOR US TO THINK THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE
ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE BUT TO LEAVE.
Narrator: FOR THE FAMILY, THERE IS NO DOUBT THEY MUST MOVE AWAY,
BUT FINDING A NEW HOME WILL TAKE TIME.
TERRIE NO LONGER ALLOWS THE GIRLS
TO GO UP TO THE BEDROOM ALONE.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
BUT A FEW WEEKS LATER,
HEATHER GOES UPSTAIRS BY HERSELF TO GET CLOTHES FOR SCHOOL.
Heather: I HAD GOTTEN MORE COMFORTABLE JUST GOING UP TO THE ROOM
TO GRAB THINGS BY MYSELF WITHOUT NEEDING MY MOM OR DAD.
I JUST FELT THIS COLD GUST OF AIR COME FROM MY BATHROOM,
AND I WAS TERRIFIED TO LOOK.
AAH!
[ DOOR SLAMS ]
Narrator: FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES,
THE VANLANDINGHAMS FINALLY GIVE UP THEIR DREAM HOUSE.
THIS WAS A HOUSE THAT EVERYBODY FELT LOVE IN.
[ Voice breaking ] WE ENTERTAINED A LOT,
AND ALL OF OUR CHILDREN'S FRIENDS WERE WELCOME.
THEY LOVED BEING THERE, AND IT CAME TO NOTHING.
NOBODY WANTED TO COME ANYMORE.
NOT EVEN US.
Narrator: THEY PACK UP EVERYTHING IN JUST THREE DAYS AND MOVE OUT.
THE STRESS, THE FATIGUE,
THE TRYING TO KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER...
...IT ALL TAKES A TOLL ON YOU.
WE RENTED A HOME FROM A FAMILY MEMBER
THAT HAD SEVERAL RENTAL PROPERTIES.
EVEN THOUGH THE HOUSE WAS VERY, VERY SMALL,
AT THAT POINT, WE DIDN'T CARE.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
Narrator: TWO DAYS AFTER LEAVING THE HOUSE,
TERRIE AND HEATHER RETURN
TO LOOK FOR A PHONE CHARGER LEFT BEHIND.
IS IT IN THERE? NO.
OH, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE, HEATHER.
WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU --
[ DOORS SLAMMING ] [ BOTH GASP ]
FIND IT! FIND IT!
[ SLAMMING CONTINUES ]
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLING ]
AND HEATHER AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER,
AND WE RAN OUT OF THAT HOUSE AS FAST AS WE COULD.
[ SLAMMING CONTINUES ]
Narrator: AND WITH THAT, THE ENTITY RECLAIMS THE HOUSE AS ITS OWN.
[ TIRES SQUEALING ]
IT ROBBED ALL OF US
OF THE LITTLE CHILDHOOD THAT WE HAD LEFT.
THE HOUSE IS CURRENTLY BEING LIVED IN.
THE FAMILY WHO LIVES THERE NOW
HAS THE UPSTAIRS AND THE STAIRCASE BLOCKED OFF.
IT IS NOT USED.
YOU CAN GO BY THE HOUSE,
AND THE BATHROOM LIGHT WILL BE ON UPSTAIRS.
I KNOW THERE'S STILL SOMETHING IN THAT HOUSE.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]