Narrator: A MAN RETURNS TO LIVE IN HIS CHILDHOOD HOME
AND FINDS IT'S NOT THE PLACE IT USED TO BE.
LEAVE ME ALONE!
Narrator: HE AND HIS NEW TENANTS ARE TERRORIZED
BY EVIL SPIRITS AND DEMONIC FORCES.
PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS MUST COME UP WITH AN ANSWER
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
[ GASPS ]
Narrator: IN AMERICA, THERE IS REAL EVIL.
IT LURKS IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS AND IN OUR MOST ORDINARY TOWNS.
BETWEEN THE WORLDS WE SEE AND THE THINGS WE FEAR,
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED,
NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
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MARK CORVO IS NO ORDINARY CHILD.
HE OFTEN SLEEPWALKS AND HAS A RARE TALENT,
BUT DOESN'T REALIZE IT YET
AND WON'T UNTIL DECADES LATER.
MARK IS AN EMPATH --
ABLE TO SENSE THE PRESENCE OF SPIRITS.
HE EXPERIENCES VIVID DREAMS.
BUT ARE THEY ALL TOO REAL?
Woman: MARK? ARE YOU DOWN THERE?
I'M HERE, MOM!
Narrator: IN 2011,
MARK CORVO RETURNS TO CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT,
AS THE NEW OWNER OF HIS CHILDHOOD HOME.
[ KEYS JINGLE ]
IN SPITE OF HIS SLEEPWALKING,
WHICH STOPPED AS HE GREW OLDER,
MARK RETAINS FOND MEMORIES OF HIS YOUTH AND FAMILY LIFE
IN THE 18th-CENTURY HOUSE.
Corvo: IT'S AN OLD COLONIAL
IN A VERY NICE PART OF TOWN -- ONE OF A KIND.
BEING ITALIAN,
WE'D HAVE FAMILY OVER,
AND THERE WAS ALWAYS GOOD FOOD AND GOOD EATS.
IT REALLY WAS A LOT OF FUN TO GROW UP THERE.
AND EVERYBODY LOVED EACH OTHER. IT WAS A GREAT PLACE.
Narrator: MARK'S NEWFOUND HAPPINESS IS TINGED WITH SADNESS.
HE ACQUIRED THE HOUSE AFTER HIS PARENTS DIED,
ONE SOON AFTER THE OTHER.
MARK RECOGNIZES THAT, FOR HIM,
IT WILL ALWAYS BE A SPECIAL PLACE.
Corvo: FROM WHEN I WAS SMALL,
I ALWAYS HAD THE ABILITY TO SENSE DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT WERE GOING ON.
BUT AS YOU GROW UP, YOU GET INVOLVED,
AND I SORT OF PUT IT ON THE BACK SHELF
AND IGNORED IT.
Narrator: MARK PLANS TO TAKE IN TENANTS,
BUT, FIRST, THERE'S A LOT OF REPAINTING TO TAKE CARE OF.
Corvo: IT NEEDED A LOT OF COSMETIC WORK.
[ CREAKING ]
THE HOUSE IS OLD, AND IT DOES HAVE A TENDENCY
TO CREAK AND MOAN.
[ FOOTSTEPS ECHOING ]
I THOUGHT I HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
IT WAS STARTLING.
I THOUGHT MAYBE SOMEBODY WAS PLAYING A JOKE ON ME.
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK, AND I WAS TIRED,
SO I JUST WENT TO BED, AND THAT WAS IT.
WELL, THIS IS IT. THIS WILL BE YOUR ROOM.
NICE.
Narrator: AFTER A MONTH OF RENOVATING,
MARK WELCOMES HIS FIRST POTENTIAL TENANT,
SEAN ANGUS, A LOCAL FIREFIGHTER.
I'M TRYING TO RESTORE THIS PLACE TO ITS FORMER GLORY.
I'LL TAKE IT.
Angus: I WAS READY TO MOVE OUT OF MY MOTHER'S HOUSE.
I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO RENT.
I LOVED THE LOCATION.
IT WAS RIGHT UP THE STREET FROM THE FIREHOUSE,
SO I DECIDED TO MOVE IN.
Corvo: CROMWELL IS A SMALL TOWN,
LIKE A LITTLE VILLAGE.
AND I KNEW THAT, IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
I'D BE ABLE TO RENT THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE OUT.
Narrator: ASHLEY SINGER HAS JUST MOVED TO THE AREA.
HEY.
YOU HAD A ROOM ADVERTISED? RIGHT.
I HAVE A ROOM FOR RENT. CORRECT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT?
YEAH. YEAH.
FOLLOW ME.
ASHLEY CONSIDERS HERSELF A SPIRITUAL PERSON
AND SENSES A PRESENCE.
ASHLEY.
THIS WAY.
OKAY. THANKS.
ASHLEY'S A VERY INTERESTING AND ECLECTIC PERSON.
AND I KNEW SHE WOULD APPRECIATE THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE.
Narrator: WITH TWO TENANTS NOW IN PLACE,
MARK'S NEVER-ENDING RESTORATION WORK CONTINUES...
NEED A HAND?
SURE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
...AND VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOME.
I GOT TO GET A NAIL -- JUST A SEC.
SET IT DOWN FOR A MINUTE.
THAT'S AN OLD WELL.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER.
I BET.
YEAH, HOW DEEP DO YOU SUPPOSE IT GOES?
IT'S DEEP.
Narrator: THE WELL WAS BUILT
AT THE TIME OF THE HOUSE, IN 1741,
AND WAS LONG ABANDONED BEFORE MARK GREW UP HERE.
HE'S RARELY GIVEN IT A SECOND THOUGHT
SINCE HE WAS A CHILD.
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
[ CLANKING ]
[ THUD, RUMBLE ]
Corvo: IT'S THE BLESSING AND CURSE
OF LIVING IN A 200-YEAR-OLD HOME --
THE HISSING OF THE PIPES, THE MISCELLANEOUS BANGS.
Narrator: MARK ISN'T THE ONLY ONE HEARING STRANGE NOISES AT NIGHT.
Corvo: SEAN TOLD ME, YOU KNOW,
JUST A LOT OF NOISES AND THINGS GOING ON,
AND I JUST ATTRIBUTED IT TO PIPES.
HE UNDERSTOOD AND EVENTUALLY GOT USED TO IT.
Narrator: ASHLEY BELIEVES THERE COULD BE ANOTHER REASON
FOR THOSE STRANGE NOISES.
SHE SENSES THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED AND STUDIES THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.
[ GLASS CLINKING, WIND BLOWING ]
[ THUD ]
[ FOOTSTEPS ECHOING ]
Corvo: SHE WOULD TELL ME
THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY,
THAT SHE HAD SEEN THIS OR SEEN THAT,
OR SOMETHING ELSE WAS HAPPENING.
I DIDN'T MINIMIZE IT,
BUT I DIDN'T REALLY GIVE IT THE FULL CREDENCE
THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE.
Narrator: A FEW WEEKS LATER...
[ SNIFFS ]
AND I SMELLED SMOKE.
SMOKE WAS COMING FROM ASHLEY'S ROOM.
"OH, MY GOD! IS THE HOUSE ON FIRE?"
ASHLEY?! ARE YOU IN THERE?!
Narrator: MARK CORVO MOVES BACK INTO THE HOUSE HE GREW UP IN,
WHERE A MYSTERIOUS WELL AND VIVID DREAMS
COLORED HIS CHILDHOOD.
RECENTLY, HE'S ENCOUNTERED UNEXPLAINED EVENTS
AND STRANGE NOISES.
AND NOW ONE OF HIS TENANTS APPEARS TO BE TRAPPED
IN HER BURNING ROOM.
ASHLEY?! ARE YOU IN THERE?!
ASHLEY?!
[ KEYS JINGLE ]
ASHLEY!
WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!
THERE'S A FI--
YOU HAVE OR HOLD NO POWER HERE...
FOR I STAND AND FACE YOU.
SHE SEEMED TO BE IN A TRANCE AND A WORLD OF HER OWN.
...INVADES MY SACRED PLACE.
I BANISH YOU AWAY.
SHE WAS HOLDING A PILE OF TWIGS,
AND ALL THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THERE.
YOU HAVE OR HOLD NO POWER HERE.
I REALIZED SHE MUST BE PERFORMING SOME KIND OF RITUAL.
TO ME, IT WAS COMPLETELY ALIEN AND STRANGE, WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
ASHLEY! ASHLEY!
SORRY. I WAS JUST SMUDGING THE ROOM.
WHAT?
YEAH. IT'S SAGE.
IT'S FOR THE SPIRITUAL CLEANSING.
LOOK, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SPIRITUAL PERSON.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE EVEN CALLED ME A WHITE WITCH.
A WITCH?
THERE ARE MALEVOLENT FORCES IN YOUR HOUSE.
SHE TOLD ME THERE ARE SPIRITS IN THE HOUSE
THAT NEED TO BE CLEANSED.
WELL... JUST BE CAREFUL.
DON'T BURN THE HOUSE DOWN.
MARK, I'M SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE WARNED YOU.
Narrator: DESPITE WHAT'S HAPPENED,
MARK RETAINS A SOFT SPOT
FOR HIS UNUSUAL TENANT.
Corvo: AS LONG AS SHE DIDN'T START THE HOUSE ON FIRE
AND PAID HER RENT ON TIME,
WHAT SHE DID IN THE PRIVACY OF HER RENTAL APARTMENT
WAS FINE BY ME.
MARK...
I'M TAKING A TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS,
AND I TOLD A FRIEND SHE COULD STAY AT MY PLACE
WHILE I WAS AWAY.
THAT'S FINE.
Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER...
YOU MUST BE...
SAIDRA.
ASHLEY'S FRIEND.
LET ME TAKE THAT FOR YOU.
OH. THANK YOU.
THIS WAY.
ALONE IN THE HOUSE, SHE DRIFTS OFF TO SLEEP.
[ WIND BLOWING ]
[ GASPS ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: TERRIFIED, SHE FLEES THE HOME IN SEARCH OF SAFETY.
[ POUNDING ON DOOR ]
BUT SHE RETURNS ONE LAST TIME TO CONFRONT MARK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF SCAM YOU'VE GOT GOING!
SORRY. I DON'T WHAT --
SAVE IT. I'M OUT OF HERE.
TELL ASHLEY I'M NOT STICKING AROUND.
Corvo: AND THAT WAS THE END OF SAIDRA --
LAST I SAW OF HER.
NOW MY ANTENNAS ARE UP.
I'M STARTING TO GET ALARMED AT WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHEN YOU RENT A HOUSE OUT,
YOUR UPPERMOST THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND
IS THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE AND PROTECTED.
THE WAY SHE RAN OUT OF THAT HOUSE
WAS JUST VERY, VERY STRANGE AND ALARMING.
Narrator: MARK'S TENANT ASHLEY, WHO CLAIMS SHE'S A WHITE WITCH,
RETURNS FROM HER TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS
WITH SOME NEW FRIENDS.
Corvo: I COULD TELL SHE SEEMED DIFFERENT.
YOU OKAY?
FINE.
SHE SEEMED A LITTLE DARKER THAN SHE HAD BEEN WHEN SHE LEFT.
SHE WAS MY TENANT,
AND I RESPECTED HER RIGHT TO HAVE GUESTS,
BUT I JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT THEM BEING IN THE HOUSE.
Narrator: ASHLEY'S FRIENDS ARE ORIGINALLY FROM HAITI.
MARK HAS NO IDEA THAT THEY ARE IN THE ATTIC
PRACTICING THE WITCHCRAFT OF THEIR HOMELAND.
ALL RIGHT. QUIT IT.
IT'S TIME TO START.
THEY'RE PERFORMING A VOODOO RITUAL
TO TRY AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SPIRITS
ASHLEY BELIEVES ARE IN THE HOUSE.
[ BOTH CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
NARRATOR: AS ASHLEY GROWS MORE INTENSE,
SHE GIVES MARK AN OMINOUS WARNING.
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
Corvo: THEY HAD BLESSED THE HOUSE WITH VOODOO.
AND IF I EVER SOLD THE HOUSE AND IT EVER LEFT THE FAMILY,
I WOULD DIE.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
ASHLEY.
SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS AND EASILY SPOOKED.
UH...
WE NEED YOU INSIDE FOR THE NEXT PART.
I'M FINE.
Narrator: THE MYSTERIOUS HAITIANS SOON LEAVE.
BUT NOW THE WHITE WITCH WISHES
SHE HASN'T DABBLED WITH THE SPIRITS
AND IS CONVINCED THEY'RE EVIL AND AFTER HER OWN SOUL.
SHE WAS SMUDGING THE HOUSE ON A DAILY BASIS.
... THE DARK FORCES TO LEAVE THIS HOME.
I CALL UPON THE DARK FORCES TO LEAVE THIS HOME.
ASHLEY!
Narrator: ASHLEY IS DESPERATE
TO TRY TO CLEANSE THE HOUSE IN ANY WAY SHE CAN,
BUT SHE'S CONVINCED THE SPIRITS ARE GROWING STRONGER.
ASHLEY!
SHE TOLD ME, "IT'S JUST TOO INTENSE.
THE SPIRITS ARE HERE."
Narrator: ASHLEY SPENDS HOURS ALONE IN THE HOUSE,
TERRORIZED AND TORMENTED BY THE EVIL PRESENCE.
GO!
Corvo: IT'S HARD TO SEE SOMEBODY
BE IN THAT KIND OF DISTRESS AND TURMOIL.
THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT!
I CAN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.
ASHLEY, TALK TO ME.
JUST TALK TO ME. NO! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
SHE JUST COULDN'T TOLERATE THE INTENSITY
OF WHAT SHE PERCEIVED WAS COMING AT HER
FROM THE HOUSE.
SHE WAS FRIGHTENED.
SHE WAS TRULY FRIGHTENED.
Narrator: ABRUPTLY, ASHLEY DISAPPEARS.
Corvo: SHE JUST TOOK OFF AND LEFT HER STUFF, EVEN.
THAT'S HOW ADVERSELY IMPACTED SHE WAS
BY WHAT SHE PERCEIVED WAS GOING ON IN THE HOUSE.
I WAS REALLY UPSET, ANGRY,
PLUS CONCERNED.
I MEAN, WAS IT THE HOUSE?
WAS IT THAT APARTMENT?
LIVING IN A PLACE LIKE THAT, WHICH YOU REALLY LOVE --
THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU FIND OUT -- "OH, MY GOD."
YOU KNOW, "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
Narrator: WITH ASHLEY GONE,
ONLY SEAN AND HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND, JESSICA,
REMAIN IN THE HOUSE WITH MARK.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ GASPS ] Sean.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
SEAN.
Narrator: IN A HOME THAT DATES BACK TO THE 1700s,
IN CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT,
SPIRITS ARE TERRORIZING TENANTS AND VISITORS.
TWO HAVE BEEN COMPELLED TO LEAVE.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
NOW JESSICA, THE GIRLFRIEND OF SEAN ANGUS,
HAS BECOME THE TARGET OF SOMETHING MENACING.
[ GASPS ] Sean.
SEAN. SEAN.
SEAN! SEAN, WAKE UP.
SEAN, WAKE UP!
SEAN!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO ME NEXT,
WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT ROOM.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
WHERE DID THE KEYS GO?
WHERE ARE YOU?
[ SIGHS ]
COME ON.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ SCREAMS ]
WHAT -- WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT THE HELL?
THERE WAS THIS THING, AND -- AND IT WAS COMING --
IT WAS COMING AT THE BED. OKAY.
AND THERE WAS THIS THING LIKE A WHITE -- A WHITE SHEET
THAT WAS OVER THE BED, AND IT WAS --
WELL, YOU'RE DREAMING. NO, I WASN'T!
I TRIED TO WAKE YOU AND YOU WOULDN'T WAKE UP!
OKAY. WELL JUST... OKAY. JUST COME INSIDE.
SHE KEPT SAYING REPEATEDLY,
"I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE. I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE."
UH, NO, I CAN'T.
I'M SORRY. I-I CAN'T.
I'LL -- I'LL CALL YOU.
Jessica: TOLD SEAN, "I LOVE YOU,"
GOT IN MY CAR, AND DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
WHAT? JE-- JE--
[ SIGHS ]
THE NEXT DAY, I TOLD SEAN
I CAN NEVER STAY IN THAT HOUSE EVER AGAIN.
Narrator: MARK IS STUNNED WHEN HE HEARS OF THIS LATEST NIGHT OF HORROR.
Corvo: I FELT ANGRY.
I FELT CONCERNED.
I FELT TROUBLED.
"WHAT IS GOING ON?"
GONNA MISS YOU GUYS.
WISH THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY.
SEAN SAID, "LISTEN, I HAVE TO FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE TO LIVE.
"JESSICA IS NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE HERE,
GIVEN THE EXPERIENCE THAT SHE HAD."
HE WAS QUITE SURPRISED THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE OUT,
BUT WASN'T SURPRISED THAT WE ACTUALLY SAW SOMETHING.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE KNEW
THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE.
Narrator: MARK FEELS COMPELLED TO ACT,
LAUNCHING HIS OWN PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION,
AIDED BY TIPS AND GUIDANCE
FROM BOOKS, TV SHOWS, AND THE INTERNET.
Corvo: I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON OF ACTION.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE NEW TENANTS COME IN
IF THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME...SITUATION.
I DEVELOPED A PLAN
BASED ON EVPs, OR ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA.
WHO ARE YOU?
[ BOTH CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
I CAME UPON WHAT LOOKED LIKE A PLACE OF SACRIFICE
OR A VERY RITUALISTIC ALTAR
WITH A DEAD BIRD CARCASS...
A CROSS...
AND AN EMPTY BOTTLE.
IF THIS WAS VOODOO,
I MEAN, WHAT WAS MY HOUSE TURNING INTO?
Narrator: DAY AND NIGHT, MARK WANDERS HIS HOME
IN THE HOPE OF MAKING CONTACT WITH THE SPIRITS
THAT HAVE BROUGHT SO MUCH MISERY AND FEAR.
WHO ARE YOU?
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHO ARE YOU?
Woman: HELP!
THAT, FOR ME, WAS THE MOMENT
WHERE I REALIZED THAT MY HOUSE WAS HAUNTED.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?!
Disembodied voices: YOU MUST ACCEPT YOUR DEATH.
Corvo: I KNEW THAT I WAS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
Narrator: FOR MORE "A HAUNTING," GO TO...
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: AFTER MONTHS OF TERRIFYING
PARANORMAL ENCOUNTERS...
WHO ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU HERE?
...MARK CORVO HAS MANAGED TO CAPTURE EVP RECORDINGS
OF THE VOICES OF SPIRITS IN HIS 270-YEAR-OLD HOME.
AND NOW, AN EVIL PRESENCE HAS MADE ITSELF KNOWN
AND ISSUED A DIRECT THREAT TO HIS LIFE.
Disembodied voices: YOU MUST ACCEPT YOUR DEATH.
I KNEW NOW I NEEDED SOME HELP --
PROFESSIONAL HELP.
Narrator: MARK CONTACTS G.O.N.E.R.S. --
THE GHOSTS OF NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH SOCIETY.
G.O.N.E.R.S. THIS IS KURT KNAPP.
KURT IS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER
WHO'S BEEN A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR
FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.
Knapp: WHEN MARK CORVO FIRST CALLED ME,
HE SOUNDED KIND OF STRESSED OUT
ABOUT THE SITUATION HE WAS FACING.
WELL, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING IN THE HOUSE?
G.O.N.E.R.S.' PRIMARY MISSION IS TO DETERMINE,
FIRST OF ALL, IF A HAUNTING IS GENUINE,
AND IF IT IS,
TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN BEST HELP THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE.
THANK YOU, MR. CORVO.
LET ME GET YOU A CUP OF COFFEE HERE FIRST.
AH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
SO, MARK, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE HOUSE?
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU -- I HAD A COUPLE OF TENANTS.
THEY HAD TO MOVE OUT...
FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON,
ALL THE NOISES.
THE -- POOR ASHLEY...
SHE RAN OUT OF HERE SCREAMING.
Knapp: I'VE FOUND, IN POLICE WORK,
THAT, AFTER AN HOUR OR SO,
A PERSON WILL START TO CHANGE THEIR STORY
IF THEY'RE LYING TO YOU.
WELL, THERE WAS NONE OF THAT WITH MARK.
HE WAS AS GENUINE IN THE END AS HE WAS IN THE BEGINNING.
AND NOW I'M STARTING TO...
HEAR A FEW THINGS MYSELF.
I DID SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON THE PROPERTY.
I GOT A FEW THINGS I WANT TO SHOW YOU.
WE FOUND OUT THAT THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1741
BY A SEA CAPTAIN WHO WAS ACTIVE IN THE SLAVE TRADE
IN THE WEST INDIES.
AND WE DO KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT HE KEPT SLAVES ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT MIGHT BE THE REASON I'VE CAPTURED
SO MANY, UH, EVPs.
YOU HAVE EVPs?
YEAH, I'VE GOT SOME RECORDINGS.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR THEM.
Girl: [ Echoing ] MOMMY. WHERE ARE YOU?
Man: KILL YOURSELF.
Knapp: I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY ABOUT SIX SEPARATE VOICES
IN THE EVPs HE PLAYED FOR ME.
AND I KNEW IMMEDIATELY
THAT WE HAD TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROPERTY.
Woman: HELP!
WHERE DID YOU RECORD THESE?
THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE.
Corvo: IT PUT AN END TO ANY SPECULATION ON MY PART
THAT I WAS EITHER SEEING THINGS OR HEARING THINGS.
Disembodied voices: YOU MUST ACCEPT YOUR DEATH.
I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT HIM, TOO.
Narrator: KURT KNAPP
AND HIS PARANORMAL-INVESTIGATION TEAM ARRIVE,
ARMED WITH AN ARRAY OF HIGH-TECH GHOST-HUNTING EQUIPMENT.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF EVP ACTIVITY AROUND HERE,
SO MAKE SURE THE RECORDERS ARE SET TO GO, PLEASE.
ON THE INVESTIGATION, I DECIDED TO BRING KAREN HOLLIS,
OUR RESIDENT PSYCHIC...
I WAS IMMEDIATELY STRUCK
BY HOW HEAVY THE ENERGY WAS IN THE HOME.
Knapp: ...MELANIE, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF EVIDENCE EVALUATION,
AND ALSO PAT MURPHY WHO ACTS AS CASE MANAGER.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
DURING AN EVP SESSION,
WE PUT PEOPLE ON ALL FLOORS OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE,
BECAUSE AS YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS,
YOU MAY GET A RESPONSE ON ANOTHER FLOOR.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
Hollis: EVERY INVESTIGATION IS DIFFERENT.
AS YOU'RE WALKING EITHER UPSTAIRS OR DOWNSTAIRS,
YOU'RE THINKING TO YOURSELF, "WHAT AM I GONNA FIND?
WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE? WHAT'S IN THE DARKNESS?"
SAY YOUR NAME.
AND I COULD FEEL THAT THE ENERGY
WAS COALESCING AROUND THAT ONE AREA.
AND AS I STEPPED CLOSER TO IT, I REALIZED,
"THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A WELL."
IT WAS DEEP AND DARK AND FOREBODING.
THINK I SEE SOMETHING.
WHAT?
I'M NOT SURE.
OHH!
SOMETHING HIT ME IN THE CHEST...
THIS DARK ENERGY, AND IT WAS OVERWHELMING.
[ GASPS ]
I GOT THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS A YOUNG CHILD
THAT WANTED TO TELL ITS STORY.
I FELT HER SLIP INTO MY BODY.
AND I FELT HER TOUCH MY HAIR
TO SEE IF IT WAS HER HAIR OR MINE.
AND THEN, WITH THE SWEETNESS OF A CHILD,
SHE TOUCHED MY CHEEK.
I COULD FEEL HER
AS TRYING TO FILL OUT MY HANDS AND MY BODY,
AND HAVING A SENSE OF WONDER.
AND THEN HER VOICE CAME OUT.
[ Echoing, high-pitched ] I'M BECKY.
WHERE IS MAMA?
MAMA GOT SICK.
HE TOOK HER AWAY.
Narrator: THE YOUNG SLAVE GIRL'S MOTHER
HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY TO A DOCTOR AND NEVER RETURNED.
SHE JUST WAS VERY DESPERATE
TO KNOW WHERE HER SICK MOTHER HAD GONE.
[ GASPS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
SHE'S GONE.
[ Voice breaking ] I WAS CHANNELING HER GRIEF OVER HER MOM.
IMAGINE WAITING CENTURIES
AND NEVER KNOWING IF SHE'D RETURN.
WHAT A HORRIBLE THING FOR A CHILD TO HAVE TO DO.
THIS WELL...
[SIGHS] THIS IS NO ORDINARY WELL.
THIS IS A PORTAL.
A PORTAL IS A DOOR -- A DIMENSIONAL DOOR.
I COULD SENSE THAT THIS PORTAL
WAS WHERE MANY SPIRITS WERE COMING AND GOING,
BOTH GOOD AND BAD.
IS SOMEONE HERE?
Narrator: MEANWHILE, KURT AND PATRICK,
UNAWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CELLAR,
ARE THREE STORIES ABOVE, EXPLORING THE ATTIC.
YEAH, THESE ARE VOODOO SYMBOLS.
Knapp: ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I-I-I DON'T KNOW.
I-I FEEL WEIRD.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN.
IT FELT EVIL. IT DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.
KURT. KURT.
WHAT?
Kurt.
PATRICK, YOU'RE FREAKING ME OUT.
Don't move.
Narrator: A NEARLY 300-YEAR-OLD HOUSE IN CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT
HAS BECOME A PLACE OF TERROR.
A PARANORMAL-INVESTIGATION TEAM THAT INCLUDES A MEDIUM
IS STARTING TO ENCOUNTER A RANGE OF SPIRITS.
[ GASPS ]
Narrator: IN THE ATTIC, CASE MANAGER PAT MURPHY
BELIEVES LEAD INVESTIGATOR KURT KNAPP
IS IN IMMINENT DANGER.
KURT. KURT.
WHAT? Kurt.
Knapp: WHEN I SAW PAT'S FACE --
YOU KNOW, HE'S MORE OF A TECH GUY THAN A SPIRITUAL GUY.
SO FOR HIM TO BE ALARMED ABOUT SOMETHING IS REALLY UNUSUAL.
Don't move.
IT WAS SCARY, AND MY HEART WAS RACING.
WE FINALLY REALIZED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
VERY EVIL HERE -- VERY DARK.
Narrator: BACK AT THE OFFICE, THE PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS
REVIEW THEIR FINDINGS.
THEY BELIEVE THE HOUSE HAS SHELTERED LOST SOULS
FOR CENTURIES.
[ CAMERA BEEPS ]
BUT WHEN ASHLEY AND HER FRIENDS
USED VOODOO TO CONTACT THE SPIRITS,
THEY UNLEASHED DARK FORCES,
WHICH ROSE UP THROUGH THE OLD WELL.
I BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER ACTIVITY ASHLEY WAS ENGAGED IN
IN THE HOUSE,
WHATEVER DARK MAGIC SHE WAS PRACTICING,
WHATEVER SHE WAS TRYING TO STIR UP,
SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT SHE OPENED A PORTAL
INTO ANOTHER WORLD
THAT WAS BRINGING THROUGH NOT ONLY HUMAN SPIRITS
BUT ALSO DARK SPIRITS.
Hollis: IF THERE WAS ANY PLACE
THAT SEEMED LIKE IT WENT STRAIGHT TO HELL,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT WELL.
Narrator: KURT AND KAREN ARRIVE
TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO MARK,
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE NEWS
THAT WILL CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.
Hollis: HAVEN'T YOU EVER WONDERED
WHY YOU'RE ABLE TO RECORD
SO MANY VOICES FROM THE AFTERLIFE?
Knapp: I'VE SEEN IT ON MY OWN TEAM,
WHERE TWO PEOPLE IN A ROOM --
ONE WILL GET AN EVP ON THE RECORDER
AND ONE WON'T.
AND I THINK IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH
THE PERSON'S ABILITY TO TUNE IN TO THE PARANORMAL,
TO THE SUPERNATURAL, THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WHAT YOU HAVE IS A GIFT.
I KNOW.
I HAVE IT, TOO.
Narrator: MARK IS AN EMPATH, ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD,
AND, SUDDENLY, A LOT OF STRANGE EXPERIENCES
MAKE SOME KIND OF SENSE.
Corvo: THE MORE I TALKED WITH KAREN,
THE MORE LIGHT SHE SHED ON PAST EPISODES OF MY LIFE.
THERE WERE SIGNS EARLY ON THAT I HAD A SPIRITUAL SENSE.
I USED TO SLEEPWALK QUITE A BIT.
MY PARENTS WERE ALWAYS TERRIFIED FOR ME.
Narrator: BUT THERE'S A PRICE TO BE PAID FOR HAVING SUCH A RARE ABILITY.
IF MARK REMAINS DETERMINED TO STAY IN HIS FAMILY HOME,
HE'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO THE PRESENCE OF SPIRITS,
INCLUDING THOSE INTENT ON HARMING HIM.
I EXPLAINED TO MARK THAT PSYCHICALLY OPEN PEOPLE
NEED TO LEARN HOW TO CONTROL
THAT WHICH THEY KNOW IS AROUND THEM,
BUT PERHAPS ISN'T GOOD FOR THEM.
WE NEEDED TO GIVE HIM TOOLS
TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND HIM --
THROUGH EXERCISE, THROUGH PRAYER,
THROUGH MEDITATION.
Corvo: IT SORT OF PUT EVERYTHING INTO CONTEXT,
AND I HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT MY ROLE WAS.
TAKE CARE. CALL ME IF YOU NEED TO, OKAY?
Narrator: MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED,
BUT ONE THING IS KNOWN --
THE SPIRITS ARE STILL INSIDE.
AS THE DAYS GO BY, MARK TRIES TO FOLLOW THEIR ADVICE.
HE DEVOTES MORE TIME TO REINFORCING HIS FAITH.
[ FLOORBOARDS CREAK, GHOSTLY WHISPERING ]
DON'T ANTAGONIZE, MARK.
DON'T ENGAGE.
Narrator: HE CONCENTRATES ON
THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF HIS HOME.
MARK SENSES HE'S NOT ALONE.
Corvo: I FELT A VERY EVIL PRESENCE...
DON'T ENGAGE.
...A DARK PRESENCE.
DON'T ENGAGE.
I WAS UPSET.
DON'T ANTAGONIZE.
AND I CHALLENGED IT.
LEAVE ME ALONE!
WHATEVER WAS IN THE HOUSE... SEAN?
...HAD CONSUMED A LOT OF MY LIFE...
[ SCREAMS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
Corvo: ...TAKEN A LOT OF MY TIME...
...ADDED A LOT OF STRESS AND NEGATIVITY.
I WAS FED UP. THAT WAS IT.
IT WAS WAR FOR ME.
[ GASPS ]
THE BATTLE WAS ON.
MY HOUSE! MY HOUSE!
NO!
NO! NO! NO!
I FELT A PUSH.
AAH! AAH! AAH! AAH!
Narrator: MARK CORVO WAS BEING TERRORIZED BY EVIL SPIRITS
IN HIS 18th-CENTURY CONNECTICUT HOME.
THEY'RE DETERMINED TO KILL HIM.
LEAVE ME ALONE!
NO! NO! NO!
STAY AWAY FROM ME!
I FELT A PUSH.
AAH! AAH! AAH! AAH!
I WAS SURPRISED I WAS ALIVE.
I SHOULD'VE BEEN DEAD.
[ HEART MONITOR BEEPING ]
DOCTORS TOLD ME THAT I HAD BROKEN MY BACK.
Narrator: AFTER THREE WEEKS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL,
MARK'S SISTER, GINA, DRIVES HIM HOME.
WELL, YOU'RE HOME.
YEAH.
THE BATTLE RAGES ON, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
Narrator: MEDIUM KAREN HOLLIS
REALIZES THAT LETTING HIS ANGER TAKE CONTROL
HAD BEEN MARK'S DOWNFALL.
I THINK MARK CAME TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE
AND THAT WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO WAS TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE,
THROUGH PRAYER, THROUGH MEDITATION,
AND THROUGH EXERCISE,
SO THAT HE COULD GO ON AND FREE HIMSELF
FROM WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING IN HIS OWN HOME.
YOU SURE YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY?
I'LL BE GOOD. I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
Knapp: THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE IS ALWAYS GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH
HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
BEING AN EMPATH IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN ENTIRELY SHUT OFF.
BUT HE HAS THE TOOLS NOW TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITH IT.
HE KNOWS NOT TO BE A VICTIM OF IT.
HE KNOWS HOW TO PUSH AWAY THE SPIRITS,
HOW TO SAY, "NOT TODAY --
I'M NOT GONNA DEAL WITH THIS TODAY."
[ LIGHTER CLICKS ]
NO MATTER WHERE HE GOES OR WHERE HE LIVES,
HE'LL ALWAYS BE OPEN TO SPIRITUAL HAPPENINGS.
Corvo: "BE DEVOTED TO ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE.
HONOR ONE ANOTHER ABOVE YOURSELVES."
Narrator: OVER TIME, MARK HAS LEARNED
HOW TO STOP THE SPIRITS FROM RUINING HIS LIFE.
"CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD. HATE WHAT IS EVIL."
[ GHOSTLY HOWLING ]
I THINK FAITH IS A BIG PART OF WHAT HELPS PROTECT ME.
THEY THRIVE ON FEAR.
"HATE WHAT IS EVIL!"
[ SCREAMING ]
"HATE WHAT IS EVIL"!
WHAT SEEMS TO KEEP THEM AT BAY
IS FORGIVENESS AND LOVE.
THEY CANNOT TOLERATE THAT.
[ BLOWS ]
MY EXPERIENCES... WHO ARE YOU?
...WITH THESE SPIRITS OR ENTITIES
GAVE ME AN APPRECIATION FOR HOW POWERFUL THEY CAN BE
AND THE DAMAGE THAT THEY CAN INFLICT.
ASHLEY WAS ENGAGED IN HER OWN ATTEMPT
TO CONTROL THE SPIRITS,
WHICH WERE UNCONTROLLABLE.
LEAVE ME ALONE! GO!
SHE LOST. THEY WON. SHE LEFT.
AND THAT'S THE SAD TRUTH OF IT.
I WAS BEING TARGETED.
THESE SPIRITS WANTED TO HARM ME.
AAH! AAH! AAH! AAH!
Narrator: PEACE HAS RETURNED TO MARK'S HOME,
ALTHOUGH HE KNOWS THAT, AT ANY TIME,
THE BATTLES WITH THE SPIRITS MAY BEGIN AGAIN.
Corvo: I MADE A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION
THAT THE HOUSE WAS IMPORTANT TO ME.
IT'S MY FAMILY'S HOUSE, AND I WANTED TO STAY THERE.
I KNOW NOW I HAVE THE TOOLS TO PROTECT MYSELF,
AND ALONG WITH MY FAITH,
I KNOW THAT I CAN KEEP ON FIGHTING.