Narrator: WHEN A WOMAN WITH A DARK PAST...
SHE GOT INTO BLACK MAGIC.
SHE DRANK HUMAN BLOOD.
Narrator: ...AWAKENS DORMANT SPIRITS...
COME AND SHOW YOURSELF.
Narrator: ...SHE UNLEASHES A TERRIFIED GHOSTLY CHILD...
SHE WAS SCARED OF SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE.
[ DOG BARKS ]
Narrator: ...AND A SINISTER SPIRIT WITH DEADLY INTENTIONS.
WE HAD NO CLUE HOW INTENSE IT WAS ABOUT TO GET.
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
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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IN THE SUMMER OF 2013,
STEPHEN McDADE,
HIS GIRLFRIEND, TAYLOR JONES,
AND THEIR 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ISABELLE,
MOVE IN TO A SMALL SUBURBAN HOME.
ONE OF THE REASONS I LIKE LIVING OUT TOWARDS THIS WAY IS
THERE'S WOODS.
I LOVE TO HUNT AND FISH THE RIVERS AND THE CREEKS.
Taylor: THE OHIO RIVER IS RIGHT THERE.
IT'S VERY QUAINT.
IT'S VERY QUIET, AND WE LIKE THAT.
[ CHUCKLES ] QUIET IS GOOD.
Stephen: HEY, GUYS.
HI. HI. HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
LUNA, TAKE IT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Stephen: ME AND TAYLOR WERE LIVING WITH MY FATHER.
AND AFTER WE HAD ISABELLE,
WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO GET OUR OWN PLACE
AND MOVE OUT AND START OUR LIFE TOGETHER.
Narrator: IT'S A NATURAL NEXT STEP FOR THIS YOUNG COUPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER NEARLY NINE YEARS.
Stephen: TAYLOR -- SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND, AND WE LOVE EACH OTHER TO DEATH.
Taylor: HE'S JUST ALL-AROUND A GREAT PERSON.
I COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER.
I MEAN, YOU THINK OF FAMILY, AND I SEE US.
I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Taylor: THERE YOU GO. Stephen: GOOD.
OH, GO PLAY WITH LUNA.
Stephen: THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST BE A GREAT PLACE
THAT WE COULD RAISE OUR LITTLE GIRL,
GROW AS A FAMILY, KEEP STRONG, AND BE GOOD TO EACH OTHER.
SHE'S GOT A BETTER HOUSE THAN I DO.
I KNOW.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900s,
THE HOME INCLUDES A REFURBISHED ATTIC
WHICH NOW SERVES AS ISABELLE'S BEDROOM.
ISABELLE HAS HER OWN LITTLE PENTHOUSE UPSTAIRS.
SHE'S VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER OWN SPACE
AND PLENTY OF ROOM TO BE RUNNING AROUND.
MAINLY, WE WANTED ISABELLE TO BE COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY.
Narrator: STEPHEN IS AN AVID HUNTER
AND KEEPS A HANDGUN IN THE HOME FOR PROTECTION.
MY MAIN CONCERN WITH HAVING A GUN WAS ISABELLE.
SHE'S BEEN AROUND GUNS, YOU KNOW?
HER DADDY, HE'S AN AVID HUNTER.
WE'RE VERY, VERY CAUTIOUS WITH IT.
DON'T SHOOT!
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
[ Laughing ] WHATEVER.
HEY, UM, BEFORE YOU GO,
YOU THINK MAYBE YOU COULD SIT DOWN?
I GOT SOMETHING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
YEAH, SURE. COOL.
SO, I WAS THINKING THAT, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN PLACE,
MAYBE WE COULD, UM, INVITE YOUR MOM OVER.
Narrator: TAYLOR HASN'T SEEN HER MOTHER FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS.
STEPHEN HOPES THAT THEY CAN MEND THEIR BROKEN RELATIONSHIP.
SHE TALKED ABOUT HER MOTHER, JOYCE.
AND SHE WASN'T IN HER LIFE TOO MUCH.
THEY HAD A FALLING OUT,
AND I KNOW THEY JUST HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING EYE-TO-EYE.
THE KIND OF PERSON SHE IS, THE THINGS SHE'S DONE --
I... [ SIGHS ]
I DON'T KNOW.
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
Taylor: MY MOTHER LEFT ME WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG
AND WENT OVER TO GERMANY
AND GOT CAUGHT UP IN SOME THINGS
THAT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN CAUGHT UP IN.
[ PEOPLE CHANTING INDISTINCTLY ]
SHE GOT INTO BLACK MAGIC.
SHE DRANK HUMAN BLOOD FROM A CHALICE.
SHE HAS A PENTAGRAM TATTOOED ON HER.
MY DAD DID ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING HE COULD
TO KEEP ME SAFE
BECAUSE BEING WITH MY MOTHER WAS NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
IT WAS VERY UGLY.
PEOPLE CHANGE.
MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN WORK IT OUT.
FAMILY IS A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES.
I WANTED TAYLOR TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO HER MOTHER
BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE FORGIVEN,
GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE.
[ SIGHS ]
OKAY.
YEAH?
YEAH.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator: TAYLOR FINALLY AGREES,
NOT FOR HERSELF, BUT FOR HER DAUGHTER, ISABELLE.
Taylor: WE NEED TO GET ISABELLE AND MOM TOGETHER
TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP THERE
WITH THE TWO OF THEM,
BECAUSE I HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP
WITH MY GRANDMOTHER.
ANY WORD YET?
NO, NOT YET.
DESPITE TAYLOR'S MISGIVINGS, LATER THAT SUMMER,
THE DAY ARRIVES
WHEN ESTRANGED MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE REUNITED.
Taylor: I HAD MY WORRIES. I HAD MY CONCERNS.
I HAD MY FEARS.
BUT THE THING THAT KEPT, YOU KNOW, OVERCOMING ALL OF THAT
WAS, YOU KNOW, "PEOPLE CHANGE, TAYLOR.
"YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE CHANGE.
IT'S OKAY."
I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT TAYLOR WANTED HER MOTHER TO COME OUT
AND SPEND TIME WITH US.
I WAS HOPING FOR THE BEST.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
[ LUNA BARKS ]
TAYLOR.
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS EXPECTING.
HOW ARE YOU?
HELLO, DARLING.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
HELLO...JOYCE.
[ CLICKS TONGUE ]
HAVE YOU BEEN EATING?
YOU LOOK TERRIBLE.
WAY TOO THIN.
IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, OUT OF HER MOUTH WAS THE JUDGMENT.
HI. I'M STEPHEN.
UH, IT'S NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
Stephen: WHEN I MET JOYCE,
THE VIBE SHE PUT OFF WAS HATEFUL IN A WAY.
ISABELLE...
THIS IS JOYCE, MY MOTHER.
YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
ISABELLE STAYED BACK A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THAT IT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE FOR HER.
AREN'T YOU JUST PRECIOUS.
[ LUNA GROWLS ]
DO YOU HAVE A HUG FOR YOUR GRANDMA?
[ LUNA BARKS ]
Stephen: LUNA!
Taylor: MY MOTHER, WHEN SHE SAW ISABELLE,
SHE'S LOOKING, BASICALLY, AT A CHILD
THAT LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE ME AT THAT AGE,
THE AGE THAT SHE TURNED HER BACK TO ME.
I'M...SURE IT WAS A LONG TRIP.
I'M SURE YOU'RE READY TO GET SETTLED.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE YOU'RE STAYING.
I WAS HOPING THEY COULD BUILD THEIR RELATIONSHIP BACK UP.
BUT I WAS STILL NERVOUS.
I DIDN'T WANT TAYLOR TO GET HURT AGAIN.
[ SIGHS ]
BE NICE.
YOU'LL BE STAYING IN ISABELLE'S ROOM.
I HOPE THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SHE CAN SLEEP WITH STEPHEN AND ME.
UM, THERE'S FRESH TOWELS IN THE BATHROOM,
AND HELP YOURSELF TO ANYTHING IN THE FRIDGE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PRESENCE HERE.
RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM WITH US.
WHAT?
YOU HAVE A GHOST.
I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
I CAN FEEL YOU.
JOYCE, PLEASE.
DON'T SAY THAT KIND OF THING IN MY HOME.
HAVE SOME RESPECT. WE HAVE A CHILD IN THIS HOME.
IT IS NO PLACE FOR YOU TO SIT HERE
AND START PICKING AT SPIRITS, GHOSTS, ENTITIES -- WHATEVER.
AND, TAYLOR?
PLEASE CALL ME "MOM."
IT WAS JUST A NEGATIVE VIBE.
[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: THAT NIGHT, JOYCE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE CONTACT
WITH THE SPIRIT SHE BELIEVES IS TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE.
I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
SHOW YOURSELF TO ME.
COME FORWARD.
[ BREATHES SHARPLY ]
COME AND SHOW YOURSELF.
I COMMAND YOU.
Narrator: SOON AFTER SETTLING INTO THEIR NEW HOME,
TAYLOR JONES INVITES HER ESTRANGED MOTHER FOR A VISIT.
TAYLOR.
MY MOTHER AND I,
WE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
AND THEN, IT FELL APART.
HELLO, DARLING.
SO, AS AN ADULT, THERE WAS 10 YEARS THAT WENT BY.
HELLO...JOYCE.
Narrator: TAYLOR'S FATHER KEPT HER AWAY FROM JOYCE
ONCE HE FOUND OUT SHE PRACTICED BLACK MAGIC.
THERE WAS A LOT OF UGLINESS THAT HAPPENED.
THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE GOT INTO
THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AS A CHILD.
I HAD LOST HER SO MANY TIMES BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PRESENCE HERE.
I KEPT, IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, YOU KNOW,
"DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP."
Narrator: THAT NIGHT, JOYCE IS STAYING
IN HER GRANDDAUGHTER'S ATTIC BEDROOM...
I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
Narrator: ...WHEN SHE MAKES CONTACT WITH WHAT SHE BELIEVES IS A GHOST.
DOWNSTAIRS, TAYLOR IS SUDDENLY OVERCOME WITH AN UNEASY FEELING.
[ LUNA GROWLS SOFTLY ]
I DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.
SOMETHING WAS OFF.
YOU COULD FEEL A COOLNESS.
COME OUT.
YOU CAN'T HIDE.
SHOW YOURSELF.
I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
[ BREATHES SHARPLY ]
COME AND SHOW YOURSELF.
I COMMAND YOU.
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!
AND DON'T LIE TO ME. I HEARD YOU.
I'M SIMPLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE SPIRITS IN YOUR HOUSE.
Taylor: I WAS MORTIFIED.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE MY MOTHER,
AND SHE'S GOING AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT I BELIEVE.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
Narrator: JOYCE SENSES A PRESENCE IN THE HOUSE.
SHE SAID, "THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL THAT LIVES IN THERE."
SHE SAID THAT SHE FELT THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS HURTING BAD.
Narrator: AND SHE IS NOT ALONE.
A DARKER SPIRIT IS WITH HER.
SHE SENSED THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE HERE WITH US,
THAT THERE WERE OTHER SPIRITS HERE.
BUT TAYLOR REFUSES TO LISTEN.
I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO DO THIS.
NO MORE, MOTHER.
Taylor: I TOLD HER POINT-BLANK.
I SAID, "YOU NEED TO SHUT YOUR MOUTH.
"WE HAVE A CHILD IN THIS HOME.
YOU ARE PUTTING US ALL IN DANGER IN DOING THIS."
I WANT YOU OUT.
Taylor: BLACK MAGIC,
IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY AROUND YOU -- EVERYBODY.
I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S CAPABLE OF.
Narrator: DISTRAUGHT, TAYLOR TELLS STEPHEN
THAT SHE WANTS HER MOTHER TO LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I FELT VIOLATED.
OUR HOME, AT THAT POINT, COMPLETELY,
100% HAD BEEN VIOLATED.
I TOLD STEPHEN, "I CAN'T HAVE HER IN MY LIFE.
"I CAN'T. I CAN'T DO THIS. THIS IS AN UGLY CIRCLE.
"IT'S NOT FAIR FOR ISABELLE TO SEE ME UPSET.
IT'S NOT FAIR FOR HER TO FEEL TENSION."
I KNEW SHE PLAYED WITH BLACK MAGIC
WHEN SHE WAS OUT OF THE STATES.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS SHE DID WAS TRY TO EGG ON THE SPIRITS.
JOYCE -- SHE WAS GONNA HAVE TO GO.
Narrator: IT'S NOW BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE JOYCE'S DEPARTURE.
ALL SEEMS NORMAL.
BUT TAYLOR FEARS HER MOTHER'S BLACK MAGIC
MAY HAVE CONJURED UP SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE.
WHEN SHE LEFT,
I WAS DEFINITELY ON THE LOOKOUT THAT SHE DIDN'T STIR THINGS UP.
I WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO CALM TAYLOR DOWN.
"DON'T THINK ABOUT IT
DON'T PUT TOO MUCH THOUGHT INTO IT."
[ GIRL LAUGHS ]
I HEARD GIGGLING.
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE GIRL GIGGLING.
[ GIRL LAUGHS ]
Narrator: IT'S COMING FROM ISABELLE'S ROOM.
I LOOK AT THE CLOCK, AND I'M LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, NO.
SHE NEEDS TO BE SLEEPING."
[ GIRL LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
WHAT HAPPENED THEN? [ DOOR OPENS ]
THAT'S SILLY.
HERE, DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH THIS?
OH, MY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS. [ SIGHS ]
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN BED, YOUNG LADY.
SHE'S SITTING THERE ON HER FLOOR
AS IF SHE WAS INTERACTING WITH SOMEBODY...
IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT.
...LAUGHING, GIGGLING.
IT'S BEDTIME, NOT PLAYTIME.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER NOISE
COMING FROM UP HERE, OKAY?
OKAY.
[ SMOOCHES ]
CLOSE YOUR EYES, ISABELLE.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
Narrator: FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS,
STEPHEN McDADE, TAYLOR JONES,
AND THEIR 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ISABELLE,
HAVE BEEN LIVING A PEACEFUL LIFE IN THEIR NEW OHIO HOME.
UNTIL TAYLOR'S MOTHER COMES FOR A VISIT.
COME AND SHOW YOURSELF.
I COMMAND YOU.
Taylor: JOYCE LIKES TO STIR THINGS UP.
IF THERE ARE ENTITIES OR ENERGIES OR SPIRITS,
SHE INSTIGATES THEM.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE JOYCE CAN WARN HER DAUGHTER ABOUT WHAT SHE SAW,
TAYLOR DEMANDS THAT SHE LEAVE.
I WANT YOU OUT.
SOON AFTER JOYCE'S DEPARTURE,
ISABELLE BEGINS PLAYING WITH AN IMAGINARY FRIEND.
[ GIRL LAUGHS ]
AT FIRST, HER PARENTS AREN'T CONCERNED...
I TRIED TO BRUSH IT OFF AS KIDS AND THEIR IMAGINATIONS.
I REALLY DIDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
Narrator: ...UNTIL ISABELLE'S PLAYMATE APPEARS IN ONE OF HER DRAWINGS.
WHEN WE ASKED HER ABOUT THE PICTURE --
"WELL, WHO'S THIS RIGHT HERE?"
"THERE'S ISABELLE, THERE'S MOMMY, THERE'S DADDY,
AND THERE'S MY FRIEND."
Narrator: TAYLOR AND STEPHEN QUICKLY REALIZE
THAT, TO ISABELLE, THE LITTLE GIRL IS VERY REAL.
OKAY, THEN, THE WHEELS START TURNING.
"WHO IS SHE TALKING TO?"
I WAS GETTING NERVOUS. I WAS GETTING ANXIOUS.
Stephen: IT KIND OF THREW ME OFF.
THE FIRST THING THAT WENT THROUGH MY HEAD WAS,
"SEEMS LIKES SOMETHING OUT OF A SCARY MOVIE."
Narrator: BUT UNBEKNOWNST TO TAYLOR AND STEPHEN,
ISABELLE'S GHOSTLY FRIEND HAS A DARK SECRET.
A SECOND SPIRIT LURKS IN THE HOUSE,
AND HE IS TERRIFYING.
AS THE WEEKS PASS,
ISABELLE GROWS MORE AND MORE ANXIOUS,
REFUSING TO ENTER HER ATTIC BEDROOM.
SHE WAS SCARED OF SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED GETTING A LITTLE CONCERNED AND WORRIED.
ISABELLE WAS TELLING US THAT IT FELT LIKE
THERE WAS SOMEBODY BEHIND HER ALL THE TIME.
SHE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SHE WAS ALONE.
IT'S OKAY.
SHE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE UP THERE.
SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE UP THERE.
[ Chuckling ] ISABELLE.
WHAT WE ENDED UP FINDING OUT --
I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO BE UP THERE, EITHER.
Narrator: ONE WEEKEND, STEPHEN GOES OUT OF TOWN.
I WAS GOING OUT ON A HUNTING TRIP --
ME AND MY FATHER --
I NEVER LIKE LEAVING TAYLOR AND ISABELLE BY THEMSELVES.
THIS TIME, I WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE WORRIED
WITH THE STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE HOUSE.
[ TV CHATTER ]
I MISS STEPHEN WHEN HE LEAVES, YOU KNOW?
I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME SLEEPING.
[ LUNA GROWLS ]
[ LUNA BARKING ]
LUNA WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE STARTED BARKING.
WHAT IS IT, LUNA?
SHE WAS LOCKED ON SOMETHING.
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
WHAT IS IT, LUNA?
WHAT IS IT?
[ LUNA GROWLING ]
[ LUNA BARKS ]
MY INITIAL REACTION -- "I NEED TO PROTECT MY CHILD.
THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE."
[ LUNA GROWLING ]
[ LUNA BARKING ]
EVERY HAIR ON MY BODY WAS STANDING ON END.
I COULD SENSE THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE.
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
Narrator: LUNA SUDDENLY GROWS QUIET.
Taylor: WHEN LUNA KIND OF BACKED OFF,
I WAS LIKE, "ALL RIGHT, WHATEVER THAT WAS IS GONE."
Good girl.
It's okay.
It's okay, Luna.
Good girl.
[ GASPS ]
[ LUNA BARKING ]
Narrator: FOR MORE "A HAUNTING," VISIT...
Narrator: FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, 5-YEAR-OLD ISABELLE...
DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH THIS?
...HAS BEEN PASSING THE TIME WITH AN IMAGINARY PLAYMATE.
I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
Narrator: BUT IS IT JUST A PRETEND FRIEND?
OR COULD IT BE A GHOST?
Narrator: ONE WEEKEND, HER DAD GOES ON A HUNTING TRIP,
LEAVING ISABELLE AND HER MOM ALONE IN THE HOUSE.
[ TV CHATTER ]
[ LUNA GROWLS ]
[ LUNA BARKING ]
WHAT IS IT, LUNA?
Narrator: TAYLOR GRABS ONE OF THE GUNS
THE FAMILY KEEPS IN THE HOUSE FOR PROTECTION.
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
[ BARKING STOPS ]
Good girl. It's okay.
[ LUNA GROWLS ]
[ GASPS ]
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
[ PISTOL COCKS ]
THERE WAS A MAN STANDING PLAIN AS DAY.
I HAD MY .38 IN POSITION READY TO FIRE.
[ LUNA GROWLING ]
[ LUNA WHINING ]
Narrator: THEN, IN AN INSTANT, HE'S GONE.
TAYLOR NOW FEELS CERTAIN HER HOUSE IS HAUNTED.
I WAS SO SCARED.
[ SIGHS ]
I COULDN'T DENY THAT THERE WAS A GHOST IN MY HOUSE.
PEOPLE SAY, "OH, YOU'RE CRAZY. THAT STUFF DOESN'T EXIST."
IT EXISTS. IT IS REAL. IT IS VERY REAL.
WHEN STEPHEN COMES HOME,
TAYLOR TELLS HIM ABOUT HER TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER.
ALL THE DOORS WERE LOCKED. THERE WAS NOTHING, AND...
[SIGHS] SO, I COME BACK OVER HERE TO LUNA,
AND SHE WILL NOT GO INTO THE KITCHEN.
SHE'S STAYING HERE AND REFUSES TO GO IN.
YOU COULD JUST SEE IT ALL OVER HER FACE
THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER.
SHE SAID THAT SHE SEEN SOMEBODY AT THE DOOR
THAT WAS THERE BUT WASN'T THERE.
[ LUNA BARKING ]
SHE WAS PRETTY SHOOK UP ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN I TURN AROUND,
THERE'S JUST A GUY STANDING THERE.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT I COULD DO -- NOTHING.
IF THIS IS A GHOST, I HAVE NO CONTROL.
WHEN AM I GONNA SEE SOMETHING NEXT?
WHEN AM I GONNA FEEL SOMETHING NEXT?
THERE WAS A TOTAL FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS.
Narrator: STEPHEN TRIES TO COMFORT TAYLOR, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
TAYLOR STARTED TO FEEL THE PRESENCE AROUND HER
ALL THE TIME.
AND I KNOW IT SCARED HER.
I WOULD JUST TRY TO REASSURE HER AS MUCH AS I COULD.
STEPHEN IS OUR PROTECTOR, YOU KNOW?
HE TAKES CARE OF US GIRLS
AND WOULD NEVER WANT US TO FEEL UNSAFE.
AND AT THAT POINT,
I KNEW STEPHEN COULD NOT COMFORT THOSE FEELINGS.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
HE ATTEMPTS TO CARRY ON WITH EVERYDAY LIFE,
HOPING THE STRANGE OCCURRENCES WILL STOP ON THEIR OWN.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN GHOSTS AND SPIRITS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT I ALWAYS WOULD TRY TO DEBUNK IT.
DON'T PUT TOO MUCH THOUGHT INTO IT.
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THEM,
AND MAYBE, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL JUST GO AWAY.
BUT LATELY, HE CAN'T SHAKE THE FEELING THAT HE'S BEING WATCHED.
I WAS GETTING CREEPY FEELINGS.
AND I HAPPENED TO GLANCE UP.
THERE WAS A GUY STANDING UP THERE IN ISABELLE'S BEDROOM.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
GOT IN THE HOUSE -- THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
Narrator: LIKE TAYLOR, STEPHEN IS NOW CONVINCED
THAT THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED.
I KIND OF KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WASN'T...A HUMAN.
YEAH, I MEAN, WHAT'S A GUY TO DO?
A GHOST OR SPIRT -- WE CAN'T THROW A PUNCH AT HIM
AND MAKE HIM BACK OFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I KIND OF FELT HELPLESS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
STEPHEN AND I HAD A LONG TALK,
AND WE NEED TO GET SOMEBODY IN HERE,
AND WE NEED TO DO IT FAST, BEFORE THIS ESCALATES EVEN MORE.
Narrator: DESPERATE FOR HELP,
STEPHEN AND TAYLOR CONTACT
HUSBAND-AND-WIFE PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS
PATTI AND LEE ALLEN OF ParaVizionz.
TAYLOR -- SHE MENTIONED THAT HER MOTHER, JOYCE,
WAS DOING SOME BLACK MAGIC HERE.
Narrator: BLACK MAGIC OFTEN EMPLOYS SPELLS OR CURSES MEANT TO INFLICT HARM.
BLACK MAGIC IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE TOYED WITH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A POTENTIAL TRIGGER.
Narrator: PATTI USES AN EMF METER
TO LOOK FOR FLUCTUATIONS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY.
[ EMF METER CLICKING ]
LEE HAS THE PSYCHIC ABILITY TO SENSE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
I ACTUALLY NOT JUST SEE,
BUT I CAN ACTUALLY FEEL WHAT THEY'RE FEELING,
THE SPIRIT.
STANDING THERE, I FELT OVERWHELMED.
Narrator: SUDDENLY, LEE HAS A VISION.
YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOUR HANDS FALL ASLEEP, THAT SENSATION?
MY WHOLE BODY FELT THAT WAY.
AS SOON AS I GET THAT SENSATION, IT'S ON.
Man: ALL RIGHT, FELLAS. WHERE WE AT?
[ SIGHS ]
Man #2: IT'S ON YOU NOW. YEAH?
ANTE UP, GENTLEMAN.
Narrator: IN THE VISION,
THREE MEN ARE GAMBLING AT A TABLE IN THE HOUSE
WHEN ONE OF THEM GROWS INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED.
FULL HOUSE.
YOU'LL MAKE IT RIGHT.
Lee: HE WAS SITTING WITH THESE TWO GUYS.
SOMETHING CAME UPON HIM
THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THE GUY WAS DEALING THE CARDS.
MONEY'S ALL IN.
YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH CHEATING ME?
HEY, DON'T BLAME ME, NOW.
IT'S JUST NOT YOUR LUCKY DAY.
OH, COME ON, MAN. W-WHAT'S GOING ON?
Lee: HE WENT A LITTLE BALLISTIC.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS GUY?
WE BASICALLY STARTED HERE.
THINK SOMETHING FUNNY IS GOING ON.
[ SCOFFS ]
[ BOTH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
Man #3: HEY, WHAT THE HELL? Man: OH, MY GOD.
NOT MY LUCKY NIGHT, RIGHT?
NO, NO, NO. HEY, WHAT THE HELL?
NO, NO, NO!
AND HE WASN'T GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE.
AND HE SHOT THEM.
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ SHOTGUN COCKS ]
[ CEILING CREAKS, FOOTSTEPS PATTER ]
Narrator: THE KILLER HEARS A NOISE COMING FROM THE ATTIC.
[ CREAK ]
Lee: ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WENT UPSTAIRS.
Narrator: IN A SMALL HOME OUTSIDE OF CINCINNATI, OHIO,
A FAMILY OF THREE HAS BEEN HAUNTED
BY THE GHOSTS OF TWO TORMENTED SOULS,
A FRIGHTENED LITTLE GIRL...
AND A SINISTER MAN.
Stephen: YOU WOULD COME IN THE HOUSE,
AND THERE'D BE, LIKE, A CREEPY VIBE.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN AT THAT POINT WAS THE SAFETY OF MY GIRLS.
Narrator: IN AN EFFORT TO RECLAIM THEIR HOME,
THE FAMILY CALLS IN PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS
PATTI AND LEE ALLEN OF ParaVizionz.
[ GASPS ]
SUDDENLY, LEE HAS A VISION OF A TRAGIC INCIDENT
HE BELIEVES TOOK PLACE INSIDE THE HOUSE MANY YEARS AGO.
YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH CHEATING ME?
IT DON'T MATTER IF IT'S 1800, 1920, 1999.
I'M THERE IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
HEY, WHOA. HEY, COME ON.
I FEEL EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON AT THAT TIME.
[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
Man #3: HEY, WHAT THE HELL? Man: OH, MY GOD.
NOT MY LUCKY NIGHT, RIGHT?
NO, NO, NO!
[ CEILING CREAKS, FOOTSTEPS PATTER ]
Lee: THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT IS, "I GOT TO FOLLOW THIS GUY?"
[ DOOR OPENS ]
Narrator: IN THE ATTIC, LEE SEES A LITTLE GIRL HIDING IN FEAR.
Lee: SHE WAS SO SCARED, JUST SHAKING AND COLD.
SHE WAS SO TERRIFIED THAT EVEN IF SHE BREATHED
SHE FELT LIKE HE WAS GONNA HEAR IT.
[ GASPS ]
Narrator: LEE SNAPS OUT OF HIS TRANCE AND INTO PRESENT-DAY REALITY.
SHE'S DEAD.
WHAT DID YOU SEE?
HE KILLED THEM ALL.
HE SAID, "THERE'S BODIES IN HERE."
HE SAID, "I CAN JUST SMELL THE BLOOD."
TWO MEN AND A LITTLE GIRL.
HE --
THE LITTLE GIRL.
SHE'S HERE.
SHE'S UPSTAIRS!
Narrator: LEE BELIEVES THEY'RE DEALING
WITH WHAT'S CALLED A RESIDUAL HAUNTING,
IN WHICH A TRAUMATIC EVENT IS REPLAYED OVER AND OVER.
THE RESIDUAL HAUNTING THAT'S AFFECTING THIS HOME,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AT ITS TIME,
AND IT CONSTANTLY REPEATS ITSELF.
IT'S A STAMP OF MEMORY,
AND SHE WAS STILL TRAPPED IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
Lee: COME HELP ME.
WE'RE GONNA CROSS THIS LITTLE GIRL OVER.
WHEN A SPIRIT HAS NOT CROSSED OVER,
MY BELIEF IS THAT THEY NEEDED THEIR STORY TO BE TOLD.
Lee: IT'S OKAY.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
[ Echoing ] TIFFANY.
WELL, THAT'S A PRETTY NAME.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH PATTI CANNOT SEE TIFFANY,
SHE CAN FEEL HER.
SITTING THERE,
THE ENTIRE LEFT HAND AND FRONT OF MY BODY WAS FREEZING COLD.
YOU'VE PASSED ON, TIFFANY.
THAT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE.
YOU CAN GO TO A PLACE
WHERE NOTHING WILL EVER HURT YOU AGAIN.
I CAN HELP.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS LOOK TO THE LIGHT.
Lee: A CROSS OVER, YOU CAN DO JUST BY PRAYERS.
YOU CAN LEAD THEM TO THE LIGHT.
IF THEY SEE IT, THEY CAN GO.
YOU JUST GOT TO TALK TO THEM, CONVINCE THEM,
AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY.
DEAR GOD, TAKE THIS SPIRT, YOUR CHILD.
HELP HER TO CROSS OVER.
TAKE AWAY HER PAIN AND SUFFERING.
SAVE HER AS ONLY YOU CAN DO.
AMEN.
IT'S OKAY.
IT FELT AS IF THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM HAD CHANGED.
AND I COULDN'T FEEL A PRESSURE ON MY HAND ANY MORE.
THE COLDNESS LEFT, AND IT WAS THAT WARM SENSATION
FROM MY HEAD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MY TOES.
I FELT WITH EVERYTHING I HAD THAT SHE WAS SAFE,
THAT SHE WAS GONE, AND THAT SHE WAS IN A BETTER PLACE.
IT BROUGHT TEARS TO ME EYES BECAUSE WE SHARED THIS MOMENT
WITH THIS LITTLE GIRL,
AND OUR CREATOR WAS RIGHT THERE.
AND HE BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER,
AND SHE WENT TO HER RESTING PLACE.
Narrator: SUDDENLY, LEE IS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VISION.
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
Patti: LEE?
WHAT'S WRONG?
THE KILLER'S STILL HERE.
ISABELLE ISN'T SAFE.
NO ONE IN THE FAMILY IS.
Narrator: FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS,
TAYLOR, STEPHEN, AND THEIR DAUGHTER, ISABELLE,
HAVE BEEN HAUNTED BY TWO SPIRITS.
LIVING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S TERRIFYING.
Narrator: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS FINALLY RELEASE THE SOUL
OF ONE OF THE GHOSTS, A VICTIM OF MURDER.
BUT FOR THE FAMILY...
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
THE ORDEAL IS FAR FROM OVER.
THE OTHER ENTITY,
THE GIRL'S KILLER, IS STILL THERE.
NOW, WITH THE GIRL GONE,
WE WERE WORRIED THAT HE WOULD TURN HIS ATTENTION
TO EITHER ISABELLE OR TAYLOR
AND UNDO EVERYTHING WE HAD TRIED TO DO BY CALMING THE HOUSE DOWN.
Narrator: TO RID THE HOUSE OF THE EVIL GHOST,
LEE APPROACHES HIM WITH COMPASSION.
A NORMAL PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR WOULD JUST HAVE WENT IN,
AND THEY WOULD HAVE ATTACKED HIM,
THEY WOULD HAVE PROVOKED HIM.
BUT THEN, I GOT TO THINK OF HIM NOT AS JUST A CREEPY CROOK
THAT KILLED THESE PEOPLE,
BUT HE'S GOT A HEART JUST LIKE US.
AND I THINK HE'S ENTITLED TO JUSTICE JUST AS WELL.
[ Echoing ] WHERE IS SHE?
HE KNEW I WAS THERE. HE KNEW I COULD SEE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE HER.
YOU HAVE TO GO NOW, TOO.
YOU HAVE TURNED YOUR BACK ON GOD.
BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TURN AROUND,
AND HE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
Lee: I TELL HIM, I SAYS,
"I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID
"TO THOSE GUYS DOWNSTAIRS,
"WHAT YOU DID TO THAT LITTLE GIRL.
I'M HERE TO HELP YOU. I'M HERE FOR YOU TO CROSS OVER.
I'M HERE FOR YOU."
I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU.
Narrator: THE GUNMAN CONCEDES HIS FATE
AND ALLOWS LEE TO GUIDE HIM TO THE SPIRIT WORLD.
FORGIVE US OUR SINS
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US.
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL,
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY.
AMEN.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING IN DISTANCE ]
[ SIGHS ]
IT'S OVER.
THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE ROOM DEFINITELY LIFTED.
IT'S AS IF WE COULD ALL FINALLY BREATHE AGAIN.
WHEN I FEEL IT IN MY HEART, I KNOW THE SPIRIT IS GONE.
Narrator: BUT THERE ARE STILL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
WHO WERE THESE SPIRITS WHO APPEARED IN LEE'S VISION?
TO THIS DAY, THEIR IDENTITIES REMAIN A MYSTERY.
Patti: WHEN WE RESEARCHED,
I WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY DOCUMENTATION
OF THE DEATH OF A SMALL CHILD IN THAT AREA.
Narrator: AS FOR TAYLOR'S MOTHER,
THE FAMILY HAS NOT RENEWED CONTACT
SINCE SHE VISITED THEIR HOME.
BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS WONDER
WHETHER HER BLACK MAGIC AWAKENED THE SPIRITS...
COME AND SHOW YOURSELF.
I COMMAND YOU.
...OR IF THESE ENTITIES WERE ALREADY ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS CASE WAS SORT OF A PERFECT STORM,
WITH THE HISTORY OF OUR CLIENT'S MOTHER DELVING
INTO SOME BLACK MAGIC
ALONG WITH THE RESIDUAL OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
Taylor: I KNOW IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER.
IT DEFINITELY GOT VERY ACTIVE AFTER SHE LEFT.
WHATEVER THE ANSWERS,
STEPHEN, TAYLOR, AND ISABELLE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL
TO LEE AND PATTI.
I LOVE ParaVizionz BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILY
AND THEY JUST WANTED TO HELP US OUT.
Taylor: WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
THEY LISTENED TO US. THEY CARE.
AND I'LL FOREVER BE THANKFUL
BECAUSE THEY CALMED OUR HOUSE DOWN.
Narrator: IN JUNE, 2014,
STEPHEN McDADE AND TAYLOR JONES WED IN A SMALL CEREMONY.
THEIR DAUGHTER, ISABELLE, SERVES AS THEIR FLOWER GIRL.
I'M VERY HAPPY THAT I FINALLY MADE TAYLOR AN HONEST WOMAN
AND WE GOT MARRIED UNDER THE EYES OF GOD.
TODAY, THE McDADE FAMILY IS LIVING PEACEFULLY
IN THE SAME HOME THEY MOVED IN TO
NEARLY A YEAR AGO.
THE HELPLESSNESS IS LIFTED. THE FEAR IS GONE.
AND I LOVE HAVING OUR HAPPY HOME BACK.
IT FEELS LIKE A HOME AGAIN NOW, LIKE WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN,
BEFORE ALL THE ACTIVITY STARTED.
IT FEELS LIKE OUR HOUSE NOW.
Taylor: OUR DAUGHTER LOVES BEING IN HER ROOM NOW.
SHE HAS NO ISSUE GOING ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSE ANYMORE.
SHE'S NOT AFRAID.
THERE'S NO PROBLEMS. NONE WHATSOEVER.
[ GIRLS LAUGH ]