Narrator: A FAMILY OF FIVE
MOVES INTO THEIR DREAM HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY...
EVERYBODY HAD THEIR OWN BEDROOM.
IT FELT SAFE.
Narrator: ...AND SOON ENCOUNTERS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
WHAT BEGINS WITH FOOTSTEPS AND IMAGINARY FRIENDS...
SOMETHING WAS THERE.
Narrator: ...ESCALATES INTO SOMETHING SO EVIL...
I SAW HER LAYING IN A PUDDLE OF BLOOD,
AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD.
Narrator: ...AND SO POWERFUL...
...IT MAY NEVER BE TAMED.
CAST INTO HELL ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS!
AMEN!
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: IN AMERICA, THERE IS REAL EVIL.
IT LURKS IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS AND 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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BROOKVILLE, OHIO, IS A FARMING COMMUNITY
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DAYTON.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE
EVERYONE-KNOWS-YOUR-BUSINESS SORT OF PLACES.
SETTLED IN 1850, BROOKVILLE SPRUNG UP FROM NOWHERE
ALONG NEWLY LAID RAILROADS BUILT TO CONNECT LARGER CITIES.
Alicia: I GREW UP IN THE COUNTRY.
IT WAS SAFE, FUN, BIG YARDS.
CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED FOR MY CHILDREN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HEY, COME ON, LET'S GET IN HERE.
GET IN THERE, LITTLE TIGER.
Narrator: IN THE FALL OF 2008, ALICIA CAIN AND HER HUSBAND, SCOTT...
AH, WE GOT QUITE A HAUL. [ LAUGHS ]
...MOVE THEIR FAMILY FROM SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA,
TO RURAL BROOKVILLE.
WHEN WE SAW THIS HOUSE, WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GONNA BE PERFECT.
EVERYTHING KIND OF REMINDED US OF WHERE WE'D LIVE AT BEFORE,
AND WE KIND OF FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
DID YOU SCARE THEM?
ARRGH! OH, GOSH.
Narrator: MAC IS 15.
WHAT ABOUT YOU? DID PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE A WITCH?
[ GIGGLES ]
Narrator: FARRAH IS 10.
AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, LITTLE DEVIL?
AND MARISSA IS 6.
FINANCIALLY, WE WERE VERY STABLE,
AND SHE WAS ABLE TO STAY AT HOME WITH THE KIDS
AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WORK.
IT WAS A QUIET LITTLE TOWN.
EVERYONE KNEW EVERYONE.
IT FELT SAFE.
Narrator: INSIDE, THE FOUR-BEDROOM HOUSE FEELS SPACIOUS AND OPEN.
LOOK AT THIS.
Alicia: WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN SMALLER HOMES,
AND IT WAS A GOOD-SIZE HOUSE,
AND WE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM.
EVERYBODY HAD THEIR OWN BEDROOM,
AND THERE WAS LOTS OF SPACE FOR EVERYONE TO RUN AROUND.
WHO'S GOT SOME CANDY FOR DAD, HUH?
Narrator: BUT THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY
ARE NOT AS IDEAL AS THEY APPEAR TO BE.
WITHIN THESE WALLS, BAD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
SPIRITS ARE NOT AT REST.
MIRANDA, NO!
Narrator: BY MARCH OF 2009, THE FAMILY HAS SETTLED IN.
SCOTT'S JOB AS A CORPORATE AUDITOR
OFTEN TAKES HIM AWAY FROM HOME,
LEAVING ALICIA TO TEND TO THE KIDS AND HOUSEHOLD DUTIES.
AT THAT TIME, MY HUSBAND WAS STAYING OUT OF TOWN A LOT.
ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS BE THERE WITH THEM,
AND ALL THEY WANTED WAS FOR ME TO BE THERE WITH THEM,
AND IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT.
SOMETIMES, I'D SPEND TWO WEEKS AT A TIME AWAY FROM HOME
AND COME HOME ON THE WEEKEND AND THEN GO RIGHT BACK.
IT WAS REALLY HARD ON ALL OF US.
[ RHYTHMIC KNOCKING ]
Alicia: SIX MONTHS AFTER MOVING INTO THE HOUSE,
WEIRD THINGS STARTED HAPPENING.
I HEARD FOOTSTEPS,
AND IT SOUNDED LIKE BARE FEET HITTING THE WOOD FLOOR.
[ KNOCKING CONTINUES ]
I JUST HAD THIS EERIE FEELING.
I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT SOMETHING WAS THERE.
[ GASPS ]
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
THEY WERE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT STOPPED.
[ LAUGHTER ECHOES ]
MAC?
[ LAUGHTER ECHOES ]
WHEN I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING,
IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE MAYBE IT WAS JUST ME.
I FELT CONFUSED, FRIGHTENED...
CRAZY.
MY GUT TOLD ME THAT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT IN THAT HOUSE.
Narrator: ALICIA DECIDES TO KEEP THE STRANGE EXPERIENCES TO HERSELF.
WHEN SCOTT RETURNS HOME FROM HIS BUSINESS TRIP,
SHE FEELS SAFE ONCE AGAIN.
[ CRACKLING ]
BUT ONE NIGHT, ALICIA SUDDENLY WAKES UP TO INTENSE HEAT.
IT FEELS AS IF THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE.
Alicia: I WAS REALLY HOT.
I HAD TO THROW THE COVERS OFF.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN 90 DEGREES IN THAT HOUSE.
I WAS BURNING UP.
SCOTT. MM.
DID YOU TURN UP THE FURNACE?
SCOTT.
[ SIGHS ]
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT
MAYBE THE CHILDREN HAD TURNED THE HEAT ALL THE WAY UP.
Narrator: BUT THE THERMOSTAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED.
Alicia: SO, I WENT TO GO CHECK THE FURNACE.
[ LAUGHTER ECHOES ]
[ FIRE ROARING ]
THE FURNACE WAS TURNED ALL THE WAY UP.
I KNEW IT WAS WEIRD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO EXPLAIN IT,
BUT I JUST KIND OF LET IT GO.
Narrator: ONE AFTERNOON, ALICIA HEARS SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Marissa: WHAT'S YOUR BROTHER'S NAME?
IT SOUNDS AS IF HER DAUGHTER, MARISSA,
IS HAVING A CONVERSATION.
I HAVE A BROTHER, TOO. HIS NAME IS MAC.
I NOTICED THAT SHE WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY THAT WASN'T THERE.
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO, MARISSA?
JACOB.
SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BOY NAMED JACOB
AND HIS BROTHER, NAMED STEVEN.
HIM AND HIS BROTHER, STEVEN, USED TO LIVE HERE.
LOOK. I DREW A PICTURE OF THEM.
WHY ARE THEY WEARING MASKS?
JACOB SAID THEY GOT HURT REAL BAD.
SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY WORE SACKS OVER THEIR HEADS
BECAUSE THEY GOT BURNED IN A FIRE
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SCARE HER.
SHE SAID THE HOUSE WAS RIGHT WHERE OUR HOUSE IS NOW.
SHE SAID THE LITTLE BOYS WERE UPSTAIRS IN THE LOFT, PLAYING.
THE DAD WAS OUTSIDE, TENDING TO THE ANIMALS.
THE MOM WAS COOKING.
THE KITCHEN STOVE WAS A WOOD STOVE,
AND THAT'S WHAT CAUGHT FIRE.
Woman: STEVEN! JACOB! WHERE ARE YOU?
IT ALL MADE SENSE NOW --
THE CREAKING, THE FOOTSTEPS, THE FURNACE.
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE.
WHERE ARE JACOB AND STEVEN NOW?
RIGHT THERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
BUT WHEN MARISSA TOLD ME EVERYTHING IN DETAIL,
SO MUCH DETAIL, I KNEW SHE COULDN'T BE MAKING IT UP.
IT FRIGHTENED ME.
[ GIGGLES ]
Narrator: IN THE FALL OF 2008, THE CAIN FAMILY --
ALICIA, SCOTT, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN --
MOVE INTO A HOUSE IN BROOKVILLE, OHIO.
AT FIRST, ALL IS WELL, UNTIL A FEW MONTHS LATER,
WHEN ALICIA BEGINS TO SUSPECT THEIR HOME IS HAUNTED.
[ RHYTHMIC KNOCKING ]
WHEREVER SHE GOES,
ALICIA FEELS AS IF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS TAUNTING HER.
[ LAUGHTER ECHOES ]
Alicia: I HEARD FOOTSTEPS,
AND THE FURNACE WAS TURNED ALL THE WAY UP.
I FELT UNEASY ABOUT THE HOUSE, WHAT WAS GOING ON,
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
Narrator: BUT THEN, SIX MONTHS AFTER MOVING IN,
THE SITUATION BECOMES DISTURBING
WHEN HER 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, MARISSA,
BEGINS TALKING TO IMAGINARY FRIENDS
SHE SAYS DIED IN A FIRE ON THE PROPERTY.
Woman: STEVEN! JACOB!
Alicia: WHEN MARISSA TOLD ME EVERYTHING IN DETAIL,
SO MUCH DETAIL, I KNEW SHE COULDN'T BE MAKING IT UP.
AND I STARTED FEELING THAT THE LITTLE BOYS HAUNTED THE HOUSE.
[ GIGGLES ]
MY GUT TOLD ME THAT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
I JUST WANTED ANSWERS.
Narrator: ALICIA HAS NOT SAID A WORD TO HER HUSBAND, SCOTT.
Alicia: I DECIDED NOT TO TELL SCOTT
BECAUSE HE WAS OUT OF TOWN, WORKING A LOT.
Narrator: INSTEAD, SHE TAKES MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS
AND DOES SOME RESEARCH AT THE LOCAL HISTORIC SOCIETY.
Alicia: I WAS HOPING TO FIND ANSWERS OF THE OWNERS WHO LIVED THERE,
WHO'S DIED THERE -- ANYTHING I COULD THINK OF.
Narrator: WHAT ALICIA DISCOVERS RATTLES HER TO HER CORE --
FACTUAL EVIDENCE TO BACK UP HER DAUGHTER'S STORY.
I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A HOME ON THE PROPERTY IN 1865
AND THAT IT HAD BURNED DOWN.
SO THAT CONFIRMED WHAT MARISSA HAD TOLD ME.
IN THAT MOMENT, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE.
Narrator: THE RECORDS OFFER NOTHING MORE
ABOUT THE HOUSE OR ITS INHABITANTS.
BUT ALICIA BELIEVES HER DAUGHTER'S NEW FRIENDS
WERE BURNED ALIVE ON THEIR LAND.
IT MADE ME FEEL VERY FRIGHTENED.
I WASN'T SCARED OF GHOSTS, BUT I WAS SCARED OF THE UNKNOWN.
[ LAUGHTER ECHOES ]
Narrator: THAT NIGHT,
ALICIA TELLS HER HUSBAND ABOUT THE RECORDS OF THE FIRE
AND MARISSA'S NEW FRIENDS.
I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT MARISSA.
WHAT IF THEY'RE NOT IMAGINARY FRIENDS?
I DON'T KNOW. WHAT IF...
WHAT IF OUR HOUSE IS HAUNTED?
I FOUND THIS MAP IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SCOTT.
HONEY, SHE'S JUST USING HER IMAGINATION.
IT'S NORMAL BEHAVIOR
FOR A KID HER AGE IN A NEW PLACE.
Scott: I KIND OF REASSURED HER THAT KIDS HAVE IMAGINARY FRIENDS
AND IT'S KIND OF NORMAL
AND THERE'S NOTHING ODD ABOUT IT OR STRANGE.
SHE'S THE YOUNGEST,
AND THE TWO OLDER KIDS WOULD KIND OF LEAVE HER OUT OF STUFF,
SO I JUST THOUGHT SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE HER OWN FRIEND --
YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO,
BECAUSE THEY WERE KIND OF OLDER
AND KIND OF IGNORED HER A LOT OF TIMES,
SO I JUST THOUGHT SHE WAS TRYING TO HAVE A FRIEND --
IMAGINARY FRIEND.
Alicia: I WAS A LITTLE UPSET THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE,
BUT I WASN'T SCARED OF THE LITTLE BOYS.
I FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T THERE TO HURT US,
THAT THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO LET US KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
Scott: IT'S AN OLD HOUSE.
WHEN YOU TURN THE HOT WATER ON,
THE PIPES KNOCK AND MAKE NOISES UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE,
AND THE DOORS ALL CREAK,
AND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, YOU CAN HEAR IT IN THE WINDOWS,
AND WHEN CARS DRIVE BY, IT'S KIND OF LOUD SOMETIMES,
AND THE LIGHTS WILL PLAY TRICKS ON YOU.
Alicia: I JUST TRIED TO NOT FOCUS ON THE HOUSE BEING HAUNTED
AND LIVE NORMAL.
Narrator: THEN, A FEW WEEKS LATER...
MOM, SOMEONE'S IN MY ROOM.
[ LAMP CHAIN CLICKS ]
SCOTT. MM.
MARISSA SAID SOMEBODY'S IN HER ROOM.
YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS VERY UPSET.
RELAX, SWEETIE.
YOU'RE PROBABLY JUST HAVING A NIGHTMARE.
MAYBE SHE SHOULD SLEEP IN HERE TONIGHT.
HONEY, IT'S FINE.
COME ON, KIDDO. LET'S GO CHECK THIS OUT.
Alicia: THAT MADE ME FEEL UNEASY -- VERY UNEASY.
I DIDN'T LIKE IT THAT MY CHILD WAS UPSET AND SCARED.
GO AHEAD.
GO ON -- JUMP UP THERE.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND --
THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT CAN HURT YOU, OKAY?
OKAY.
Scott: I THINK ME TRYING TO PROTECT THEM,
I WAS TRYING NOT TO SCARE THEM,
BUT I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BACKFIRED A LITTLE BIT,
BECAUSE THEN THEY WERE SAYING
"DAD DOESN'T BELIEVE ME OR DOESN'T TRUST ME."
I LOVE YOU.
[ MARISSA SCREAMS ]
[ RHYTHMIC KNOCKING ]
Narrator: IT'S 2010.
FOR MONTHS, ALICIA CAIN HAS BEEN CONVINCED
THAT HER HOUSE IS HAUNTED BY THE SPIRITS OF YOUNG BOYS
WHO DIED IN A FIRE ON THE PROPERTY LONG AGO.
HER 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER CARRIES ON CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE GHOSTS, WHO APPEAR FRIENDLY...
WHAT'S YOUR BROTHER'S NAME?
...WHILE HER HUSBAND, SCOTT, REFUSES TO BELIEVE.
HONEY, SHE'S JUST USING HER IMAGINATION.
ONE NIGHT, YOUNG MARISSA IS VISITED
BY A MUCH MORE TERRIFYING ENTITY.
MOM, SOMEONE'S IN MY ROOM.
HONEY, IT'S FINE.
COME ON, KIDDO. LET'S GO CHECK THIS OUT.
THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT CAN HURT YOU.
[ MARISSA SCREAMS ]
MOM!
SCOTT!
MARISSA?!
ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEARD THIS TERRIFYING SCREAM.
Marissa: MOM!
Alicia: SHE SAID SHE SAW A WOMAN IN HER ROOM.
SHE SAID THE WOMAN'S DRESS WAS TORN AND SHE WAS BLEEDING.
IT WAS VERY REAL TO HER.
Scott: I HAD NEVER SEEN HER THAT SCARED BEFORE.
Alicia: IT'S OKAY.
WHAT HAPPENED? NOTHING.
Narrator: MARISSA'S OLDER SIBLINGS, MAC AND FARRAH,
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR SISTER.
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY STRANGE GOING ON.
Narrator: BUT SCOTT STILL ISN'T READY TO ACCEPT
THAT HIS HOUSE IS HAUNTED.
SCOTT THOUGHT THAT,
BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LITTLE BOYS,
IT STIRRED UP MARISSA'S IMAGINATION.
Scott: COME ON.
SHE CAN STAY IN OUR ROOM TONIGHT.
I KNEW 100% THAT MY HOUSE WAS HAUNTED.
I WAS STARTING TO THINK THAT THERE WAS MORE TO IT,
NOT JUST THE LITTLE BOY GHOST.
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY IS ON EDGE.
EVEN SCOTT FEELS THE TENSION.
I STARTED NOTICING THAT THE KIDS WERE A LITTLE MORE SKITTISH
IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE HOUSE,
AND THE GIRLS WANTED TO START SHARING A ROOM TOGETHER.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE.
AND SO WE MOVED MARISSA OUT OF HER ROOM INTO FARRAH'S ROOM.
THE WHOLE KIND OF VIBE OF THE HOUSE HAD STARTED TO CHANGE.
WE WERE ALL WALKING ON EGGSHELLS.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WE WERE ALL VERY SCARED.
Narrator: BUT WITH SCOTT WORKING OUT OF TOWN MUCH OF THE TIME,
IT'S ALICIA WHO MUST COPE WITH WHAT HER HUSBAND STILL DENIES...
...THAT SOMETHING SINISTER INHABITS HER HOME.
I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.
[ CREAKING ]
[ THUMP ]
MARISSA?
[ LOUDER THUMP ]
FARRAH?
MAC?
[ CREAKING ]
I WAS STARTING TO THINK
MAYBE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED IN THAT HOUSE.
MIRANDA, NO!
[ LAUGHING ] OKAY, WHAT?
DIDN'T YOU GUYS HEAR ME CALLING?
SORRY.
AS SOON AS I WENT UPSTAIRS
I SEEN THEM LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME,
AND I WAS SO RELIEVED.
WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
IN THE TRUNK.
I STARTED PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE KIDS
AND KEEPING THEM MORE CLOSE TO ME.
THEY ALMOST FIT YOU.
HEY, MOM, COME LOOK AT THIS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, MAC HANDED ME
THIS BLOODY, RIPPED-UP SHIRT THAT HE HAD FOUND.
IT HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE EAVE OF THE ATTIC.
GIVE ME THAT.
KIDS, GO DOWNSTAIRS.
BUT, MOM...
NOW.
Narrator: ALICIA BELIEVES THE BLOODY SHIRT
HAS A CONNECTION TO THE WOMAN WHO SCARED MARISSA IN HER ROOM.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO HIDE IT.
WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME?
ALICIA WOULD CALL ME ALL STRESSED OUT,
AND WE'D FIGHT OVER THE PHONE.
AND THEN I'D WANT TO JUST COME HOME RIGHT AWAY,
BUT I COULDN'T BECAUSE I HAD TO STAY FOR WORK.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HARD.
SOMETHING IS IN THIS HOUSE.
Alicia: SCOTT STILL DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.
I WAS ALL ALONE, DEALING WITH A STRESSFUL SITUATION.
ALL RIGHT.
I FELT LIKE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO TALK TO.
I FELT ALONE, SCARED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I DECIDED TO TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS...
...TO SEE IF THEY KNEW ANYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THAT HOUSE.
EXCUSE ME.
DO YOU KNOW IF ANYTHING...
STRANGE EVER HAPPENED IN MY HOUSE?
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE LIVING IN THAT HOUSE.
YOU KNOW SOMEONE WAS MURDERED THERE, RIGHT?
MURDERED?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WE WERE ALL SHOCKED.
MY NEIGHBOR TOLD ME
THAT THE PREVIOUS PERSON THAT LIVED IN THAT HOUSE
HAD SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE.
SHE WAS JUST REAL SWEET.
A BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
WHAT A TRAGEDY.
Woman: NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!
Narrator: ACCORDING TO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS,
THE MURDER TOOK PLACE IN THE EARLY 1980s.
WHERE YOU GONNA GO, MIRANDA? WHERE YOU GONNA GO?
YOU HAVE NOTHING WITHOUT ME! YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!
Alicia: THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAID THEY HAD BEEN IN AN ARGUMENT...
[ SHOTGUN COCKS ]
MIRANDA, NO!
...AND HE SHOT HER TWICE IN THE BACK.
IT CONFIRMED WHAT HAD BEEN GOING ON IN THE HOUSE,
WHAT MARISSA HAD SEEN.
IT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT THE HOUSE WAS REALLY HAUNTED.
I WAS FEELING EVERY KIND OF EMOTION THERE IS POSSIBLE.
I WAS SCARED, FRUSTRATED, ANGRY.
AND NOW I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILY.
I FELT COMPLETELY POWERLESS.
Narrator: BUT THE REAL TERROR FOR ALICIA'S FAMILY
IS JUST BEGINNING.
A FEW DAYS LATER, FARRAH HEARS STRANGE SOUNDS
COMING FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE HOUSE.
Farrah: MOM?
[ CREAKING ]
[ WOMAN GROANING ]
MOM?
[ GROANING INTENSIFIES ]
[ WOMAN CRYING ]
MOM?
[ WOMAN GROANING ]
[ SCREAMING ]
Narrator: FOR MORE "A HAUNTING," VISIT...
Narrator: IN BROOKVILLE, OHIO, ALICIA CAIN BELIEVES HER NEW HOUSE
IS INHABITED BY THE GHOSTS OF TWO YOUNG BOYS
WHO PERISHED IN A FIRE MANY YEARS EARLIER.
AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT,
I REALIZED THAT THE BOYS WEREN'T TRYING TO HURT US.
Narrator: BUT THE HAUNTING INTENSIFIES WHEN ALICIA LEARNS
A WOMAN WAS MURDERED IN HER HOUSE.
MIRANDA, NO!
[ CREAKING, WOMAN GROANING ]
Farrah: MOM?
Narrator: NOW THE MURDERED WOMAN'S SPIRIT BEGINS TARGETING FARRAH,
ALICIA'S OLDEST DAUGHTER.
MOM?
[ SCREAMING ]
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD THIS TERRIFYING SCREAM.
AND FARRAH WAS CRYING AND SHAKING.
IT WAS AWFUL.
WHAT HAPPENED?
[ Crying ] I SAW HER, MOM!
I SAW HER!
SHE SAID SHE HEARD CREAKING COME FROM THE BATHROOM
AND SHE SAW A BLOODY WOMAN.
SHE WAS BLOODY ALL OVER, HAD BLOOD COMING FROM HER EYES.
I TRIED TO CALM HER DOWN, BUT IT WAS REALLY HARD.
SHE WAS REALLY FREAKING OUT.
THE WAY FARRAH DESCRIBED IT, IT SEEMED AS IF
IT WAS THE SAME WOMAN THAT MARISSA HAD SEEN.
Narrator: ALICIA IS DEVASTATED.
IT ALL MADE SENSE NOW --
THE CLOTHES THAT MAC FOUND AND WHAT MARISSA SAW.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
IT WAS NOW TARGETING MY KIDS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
Narrator: ALICIA FEELS BETRAYED,
BECAUSE NO ONE TOLD HER A MURDER TOOK PLACE IN HER HOME.
I WAS SCARED, FRUSTRATED, ANGRY
THAT NO ONE TOLD US WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOME.
AND NOW I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILY.
I WENT TO GO GET THE CLOTHES THAT MAC HAD FOUND,
AND I THREW THEM IN THE FIRE,
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD GET RID OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED.
I JUST WANTED IT TO ALL GO AWAY.
[ SOBBING ]
ALICIA?
WHAT'S WRONG?
DID YOU KNOW A WOMAN WAS MURDERED IN OUR HOUSE?
I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE IT STILL.
I WAS STILL KIND OF IN DENIAL ABOUT IT.
BUT WHEN ALICIA HAD TOLD ME
THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD MURDERED HIS WIFE IN THE HOUSE,
IT KIND OF MADE EVERYTHING FALL INTO PLACE.
THAT'S WHO MARISSA SAW IN HER BEDROOM THAT NIGHT.
AND FARRAH SAW HER IN THE BATHROOM THIS AFTERNOON.
AND SHE WAS COVERED IN BLOOD.
EVERYTHING THAT THE KIDS HAD EXPERIENCED,
EVERYTHING THAT ALICIA HAD EXPERIENCED,
IT ALL MADE SENSE, AND IT KIND OF FLOORED ME.
I FOUND THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, STARING US RIGHT IN THE FACE.
I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU.
Narrator: THE EVIDENCE OVERWHELMS SCOTT.
HE FINALLY BELIEVES THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED
AND ACCEPTS THE IDEA THAT HIS FAMILY NEEDS HELP.
I KNEW THAT SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH AT HER WITS' END,
AND WE NEEDED TO FIND SOMEBODY TO HELP US.
SHE WAS GONNA FALL APART. THE KIDS WERE GONNA FALL APART.
EVERYTHING WAS JUST GONNA GO SOUTH FROM THERE
IF WE DIDN'T GET HELP.
WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO FIND SOMEBODY TO HELP US.
WE COULDN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN.
A MUTUAL FRIEND HELPED US FIND
THE FOURMANS FROM LIVING DEAD PARANORMAL.
Narrator: SOON AFTER, THE TEAM OF THREE BROTHERS --
JOSH, SHAWN, AND ROCKY FOURMAN --
ARRIVE AT THE HOUSE.
THE CAIN CHILDREN SPEND THE NIGHT WITH A FRIEND
TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY.
Josh: ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE STARTED UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR,
BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS,
WHEN WE WERE DOING THE WALK-THROUGH,
YOU GOT THE HEAVINESS ON YOUR CHEST.
AND IT WAS ALSO THE AREA
THAT THE FAMILY WAS HAVING MOST OF THEIR EXPERIENCES.
[ CREAKING ]
WAS THAT OPEN A MINUTE AGO?
I DON'T THINK SO.
LET'S GO CHECK OUT THE ATTIC.
OKAY.
AS SOON AS I OPEN THE ATTIC DOOR,
YOU HEAR A FEMALE VOICE, JUST PLAIN AS DAY...
Woman: N-O-O-O-O-O-O.
IT WAS REAL DRAWN-OUT. SHE GOES, "NO."
IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE WITH US.
AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, PART OF YOU SAYS,
"GET THE HELL OUT OF THE HOUSE."
Narrator: BUT JOSH FEELS A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THE FAMILY.
OVERCOMING HIS FEAR,
HE AND ROCKY PROCEED WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
Woman: GET OUT.
WHAT WAS THAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
SOMETHING'S IN HERE.
Josh: HE IMMEDIATELY GOT A SAD FEELING.
AND HE ASKED IF I WAS FEELING THE SAME THING HE WAS FEELING,
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES,
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INVESTIGATION,
YOU'LL GET DIFFERENT EMOTIONS, YOU KNOW, FROM SADNESS OR FEAR.
AND JUST GOING UP TO THE ATTIC, YOU GOT THAT HEAVY FEELING
THAT WAS JUST, LIKE, AN OVERWHELMING SADNESS.
ARE YOU HERE WITH US NOW?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Woman: SHOOT THE FOURMANS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?!
SHOOT THE FOURMANS.
Narrator: FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE CAIN FAMILY
HAS BEEN TERRORIZED BY THE GHOST OF A WOMAN
WHO WAS MURDERED IN THEIR BROOKVILLE, OHIO, HOME.
THE CAINS KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE KILLING
BEFORE THEY MOVED IN.
THEIR DAUGHTER'S TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER
WITH THE MURDERED WOMAN'S SPIRIT...
[ CRYING ]
...FORCES ALICIA AND SCOTT TO SEEK HELP
FROM PARANORMAL EXPERT JOSH FOURMAN AND HIS BROTHERS.
HONESTLY, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GONNA WORK OR NOT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
Narrator: WHILE INVESTIGATING IN THE ATTIC,
JOSH AND ROCKY MAKE CONTACT WITH THE MURDERED WOMAN.
ARE YOU HERE WITH US NOW?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Woman: SHOOT THE FOURMANS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?!
SHOOT THE FOURMANS.
WE HEARD A FEMALE VOICE, PLAIN AS DAY AGAIN,
LIKE SHE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE WITH US,
SAID, "SHOOT THE FOURMANS."
Rocky: WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET AN EVP,
KNOWING THAT IT'S YOUR LAST NAME IS REALLY UNEASY.
Josh: WE'VE INVESTIGATED A LOT OF HOMES,
AND WE'VE NEVER RAN INTO ANYTHING
THAT WAS THIS AGGRESSIVE.
IT WAS DEFINITELY EERIE TO GET SOMETHING THAT CLEAR.
IT REALLY VALIDATED FOR US THAT, YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER WAS IN THIS HOUSE IS LINKED TO THE MURDER.
WE NEED TO PICK IT UP A NOTCH
AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP THIS FAMILY.
Narrator: JOSH BREAKS THE NEWS TO ALICIA AND SCOTT --
THIS GHOST IS UPSET
AND HELL-BENT ON DISRUPTING THEIR FAMILY.
I BELIEVE THE WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED IN THIS HOUSE
IS STILL HERE.
Josh: THIS WAS THE HOME THAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO START HER FAMILY
AND RAISE HER KIDS.
AND THEN, IN A VERY TRAGIC AND SUDDEN WAY,
ALL THOSE DREAMS WERE RIPPED AWAY FROM HER.
THE FOURMANS TOLD US IT WOULD ONLY GET WORSE FROM THERE.
I TRIED TO DEBUNK THINGS THAT HAPPENED
THAT I COULDN'T EXPLAIN OR HAD NO EXCUSE FOR,
BUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING WAS REAL.
Narrator: JOSH PROVIDES A SOLUTION.
WE'D LIKE TO BRING SOMEONE IN TO PERFORM A CLEANSING.
WE WERE AT OUR WITS' ENDS ON IT, SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THE CLEANSING WOULD HELP.
Narrator: FATHER ALLEN DERSHEM ARRIVES AT THE CAIN HOUSE
PREPARED TO CONFRONT AN ANGRY, RESTLESS SPIRIT.
HE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PRIEST, WITH MANY TOOLS AT HIS DISPOSAL.
HE'S WHAT'S CALLED AN ECLECTIC PRIEST.
I FOLLOW MANY DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
TO COMBAT THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.
AS SOON AS I GOT TO THE PROPERTY
I FELT AN IMMEDIATE STRONG, DARK PRESENCE.
I KNOW IT DIDN'T WANT ME THERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
YEAH.
SOMETHING WAS VERY HOSTILE.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
IT WAS WANTING ME TO GET BACK IN MY CAR AND LEAVE.
Narrator: WHILE THE FAMILY WAITS IN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE HOUSE,
ALLEN USES RITES AND RITUALS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
TO CAST OUT THE RESTLESS SPIRITS.
Allen: WHEN I SET UP A CLEANSING,
I PICK THE CENTERMOST ROOM OF THE HOUSE
AND I BURN A BLACK CANDLE.
THAT WILL ABSORB EVERY NEGATIVE ENERGY INTO THE HOUSE.
IT WAS STRANGE TO HAVE THIS MAN WITH ALL THIS WEIRD STUFF
THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD IN OUR HOME BEFORE,
BUT WE WERE WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING.
Allen: SAINT MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL,
DEFEND US IN BATTLE!
SAFEGUARD US AGAINST THE WICKEDNESS
AND THE SNARES OF THE DEVIL!
I COULD SENSE SPIRITS OF CHILDREN THERE,
AS WELL AS A DARKER SPIRIT.
THE CHILDREN'S SPIRITS
SEEMED TO BE MORE WELCOMING AND JUST CURIOUS.
THEY SEEMED TO BE STUCK IN THE HOME.
THE DARK ENTITY WAS ON THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE HOUSE,
TOWARDS THE ATTIC AND THE SECOND FLOOR.
THE DARKER SPIRIT IN THE HOME WAS VERY ANGRY,
AND YOU COULD TELL IT DEFINITELY DIDN'T WANT ME THERE.
[ VOICES SHOUTING ANGRILY ]
I'M AT BATTLE WITH THE SPIRITUAL REALM FOR THIS FAMILY.
BY THE POWER OF GOD,
CAST INTO HELL SATAN AND ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS
WHO PROWL ABOUT THIS WORLD SEEKING THE RUIN OF SOULS!
MY GOAL IS TO GET RID OF IT.
NOTHING'S GONNA STEER ME FROM THAT GOAL.
AMEN!
[ BLOWS ]
I FELT VERY STRONGLY
THAT I HAD ELIMINATED THE PRESENCE WITHIN THE HOME.
Narrator: FOR ONE WEEK,
LIFE IN THE HOUSE RETURNS TO NORMAL.
ALL PARANORMAL ACTIVITY STOPS.
ALICIA AND SCOTT ARE RELIEVED,
HOPEFUL THE CLEANSING HAS WORKED.
IT FELT AS IF THIS BIG CLOUD HAD LIFTED OFF OF OUR FAMILY.
I WAS HAPPY.
THE KIDS WERE HAPPY.
EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY MUCH BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE.
IT FELT LIKE AT THE BEGINNING,
WHEN WE FIRST MOVED INTO THE HOUSE.
Narrator: BUT THE HAUNTING IS FAR FROM OVER.
I STARTED FEELING THIS BURNING ON MY LEG.
I WAS VERY TERRIFIED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I LOOKED DOWN
AND SAW BLOOD ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR.
I FOLLOWED THE TRAIL DOWN THE HALL.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ GASPS ]
MARISSA?!
[ Crying ] I SAW HER, MOM!
I SAW HER!
Narrator: FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS,
THE CAIN FAMILY HAS BEEN TERRIFIED
BY THE BLOODY SPIRIT OF AN ANGRY WOMAN...
...MURDERED IN THEIR BROOKVILLE, OHIO, HOME.
AFTER BRINGING IN PROFESSIONAL HELP
AND GETTING THE HOUSE CLEANSED,
THE FAMILY BELIEVES THEIR NIGHTMARE IS OVER.
CAST INTO HELL ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS!
AMEN!
Narrator: BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S BACK -- WITH A VENGEANCE.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ GASPS ]
MARISSA?!
I SAW HER LAYING IN A PUDDLE OF BLOOD,
AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD.
[ BREATHING SHAKILY ]
MARISSA?
MARISSA?!
MARISSA?
[ GASPS ]
SHE WOKE UP, AND...
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
IT LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD HAD A NOSEBLEED,
BUT IT WASN'T A NORMAL NOSEBLEED.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THIS WAS MY BABY, AND IT TERRIFIED ME.
Narrator: ALICIA RUSHES MARISSA TO THE DOCTOR,
WHO EXPLAINS IT'S JUST A BAD NOSEBLEED.
ALICIA BELIEVES IT'S SOMETHING MORE SINISTER.
Alicia: IT WAS TOO MUCH BLOOD.
REALIZING THAT GHOSTS COULD TOUCH YOU OR HARM YOU
WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.
I TRIED TO PROTECT MY KIDS, BUT HOW CAN I PROTECT MY KIDS
WHEN I CAN'T EVEN PROTECT MYSELF?
I FELT LIKE IT WAS ONLY GONNA GET WORSE.
Narrator: THIS IS THE LAST STRAW FOR THE CAIN FAMILY.
Alicia: TO FEEL SAFER, WE ALL DECIDED
TO START SLEEPING IN THE LIVING ROOM
SO WE COULD ALL BE CLOSER TOGETHER.
WE FELT WE COULD KEEP A BETTER EYE ON THE KIDS.
Scott: THERE WAS SO MUCH STUFF HAPPENING
THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN KEEP UP WITH IT.
IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
Narrator: THE FAMILY DECIDES TO MOVE OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT FOR FINANCIAL REASONS,
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THAT WILL BE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
IT HAS BEEN A BURDEN ON ALL OF US
TO NOT BE ABLE TO JUST LEAVE THE HOUSE.
WE'RE FINANCIALLY STUCK.
BUT WE ARE SAVING TO GET OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ME AND ALICIA DECIDED THAT WAS IT.
WE WEREN'T GONNA TAKE ALL THE STUFF ANYMORE.
WE WEREN'T GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING AGAIN.
WE'RE TRYING TO IGNORE ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES ON
AND JUST CONCENTRATE ON GETTING OUT OF THERE.
I HAD TO GO AND HAVE THAT TALK WITH MY KIDS AGAIN,
THAT WE GOT TO BE STRONG.
DAD?
WHAT IF THE GHOST COMES IN HERE?
Narrator: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR JOSH FOURMAN
PLANS A FORMAL EXORCISM OF THE HOUSE
ONCE THE CAIN FAMILY MOVES.
HE HOPES TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR FUTURE INHABITANTS.
Josh: PERSONALLY, FOR ME,
I WAS DEVASTATED TO HEAR THAT THE ACTIVITY CAME BACK
BECAUSE WE HAD TRIED EVERYTHING THAT WE KNEW
FROM DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
OF INVESTIGATING THE PARANORMAL.
Narrator: BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WHATEVER THEY DO,
THE SPIRITS MAY NEVER BE DRIVEN FROM THE PROPERTY.
IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING MORE IN-YOUR-FACE
THAT'S REALLY GONNA PUSH THIS THING.
IT'S REALLY TIME FOR US TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
MY ONLY HOPE IS WHATEVER THIS IS DOESN'T FOLLOW THEM
AND THEY CAN BE AT PEACE FINALLY.
Narrator: ONE THING IS CERTAIN --
THE CAIN FAMILY WILL BE FOREVER HAUNTED BY THE EXPERIENCE.
I WAS DEFINITELY A SKEPTIC.
I DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE IN PARANORMAL.
BUT NOW I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL PEOPLE.
I WOULDN'T WISH ANYBODY TO GO THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S HORRIBLE.
IT'S NOT FUN AND GAMES.
IT'S REALLY ROUGH.
Alicia: IT'S NOT WHAT I WAS INTENDING FOR MY CHILDREN AT ALL.
IT HURTS A LOT.
IT FEELS LIKE I'M NOT PROTECTING MY FAMILY THE WAY I SHOULD.
I HOPE AND I PRAY THAT MY KIDS CAN GET OVER THIS.
I FEEL VERY LUCKY WE HAVE SURVIVED.