Narrator: AN ENTITY, WHO MASQUERADES AS A YOUNG BOY,
SETS ITS SIGHTS ON A TEEN.
Nolan: THE BOY CAME WALKING IN.
I LOOKED AT IT LIKE, "OH, MY NEPHEW'S HERE."
I LOOKED OVER AND I REALIZED, NO.
Narrator: IT TAUNTS AND TEASES, AND THEN IT ATTACKS.
IT CHANGED FORM, AND IT ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE A GARGOYLE.
IT HAD THE CLAWS.
HE HAD A REALLY MENACING GRIN,
VERY SHARP TEETH.
AAH!
EVIL IS THE EASIEST WAY TO PUT IT.
[ GRUNTING ]
WE EXPEL YOU NOW, DEMON.
I KNEW THE BATTLE HAD BEGUN.
Creature: GO ON. DO IT.
Narrator: CAN HE BE SAVED BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE?
Eder: THIS DEMON WAS TRYING TO TAKE FULL POSSESSION OF NOLAN.
Narrator: IN AMERICA, THERE IS REAL EVIL.
IT LURKS IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS AND IN OUR MOST ORDINARY TOWNS.
BETWEEN THE WORLDS WE SEE...
SOMEONE'S IN MY ROOM.
Narrator: ...AND THE THINGS WE FEAR,
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED...
AAH!
Narrator: ...NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
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I WAS PROBABLY 6 WHEN I REALIZED THAT I SEE THINGS
THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES NOT SEE.
I WOULD SEE THINGS KIND OF DART AROUND OR PEOPLE
JUST KIND OF STANDING THERE, OFF TO THE SIDE.
IS IT HIM?
IS IT GRANDPA? YEAH.
Jacque: HE COULD TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT HIS GREAT-GRANDPA.
HE HAD GOTTEN HIS ARM CUT ON A CORN PICKER
WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER,
AND IT WAS OFF JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW.
AND HE KNEW WHICH ARM.
NOLAN WAS A YEAR OLD WHEN HE DIED.
COME ON, SON.
HELP US PACK THE CAR.
SURE, MOM.
Narrator: JACQUE LYDOLF DOESN'T QUESTION HER 16-YEAR-OLD SON'S GIFT.
SHE HAS GIFTS OF HER OWN.
Jacque: MINE'S MORE JUST THE FEELING.
I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE IT,
BUT I STILL HAVE THAT FEELING TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING.
I HAVE STRONG INSTINCT.
Narrator: THE ODD MAN OUT IS NOLAN'S DAD, DENNIS.
Dennis: I WASN'T A BELIEVER IN ANYTHING PARANORMAL.
I KIND OF DISMISSED IT.
Narrator: WHILE HE DOESN'T SHARE
HIS FAMILY'S PARANORMAL SENSITIVITIES...
COULD YOU GRAB THAT FOR ME?
...HE DOES PLAY ALONG
WHEN PLANNING THE ANNUAL FAMILY VACATION.
I THINK I MAY HAVE FOUND SOMETHING IN BRANSON
YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
I ASKED JACQUE, "SO YOU THINK NOLAN
WOULD WANNA GO ON A GHOST TOUR?"
AND, OF COURSE, I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
A GHOST TOUR.
YOU KNOW ME WELL.
Narrator: THE FAMILY HEADS OFF ON A 6-HOUR ROAD TRIP
FROM THEIR HOME IN STOCKPORT, IOWA,
TO BRANSON, MISSOURI,
DRIVING THROUGH THE MIDWESTERN FARMING BELT.
Nolan: STOCKPORT IS A REALLY SMALL TOWN.
IT'S BASICALLY ALL AGRICULTURAL BASE.
GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN, YOU LEARN TO ENJOY THIS QUIETNESS
THAT YOU DO HAVE WHENEVER,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT HARVESTING OR ANYTHING.
AND IT'S NICE KNOWING THAT WHEN YOU GO SOMEWHERE
THAT YOU WILL KNOW SOMEONE.
I'M GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US. I'M WESLEY FOX.
AND THIS IS MY WIFE, MELISSA.
I AM AN AUTHOR AND A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR,
AND I WILL BE YOUR TOUR GUIDE FOR TONIGHT.
BRANSON HAS A RICH HISTORY.
IN THE MID-1800s,
THIS WAS A LAWLESS PLACE UNTIL THE VIGILANTES TAMED IT.
AND THEN THE VIGILANTES BECAME THE CRIMINALS.
Narrator: WESLEY AND MELISSA FOX OF BRANSON PARANORMAL
HAVE BEEN LEADING GHOST TOURS IN BRANSON FOR THE PAST YEAR.
ALL THE BUILDINGS ON OUR TOUR, WE HAVE EITHER INVESTIGATED
OR, THROUGH RESEARCH, WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE HAUNTED.
SEVERAL OF THE LOCATIONS, UH, WE DO HAVE THE EVIDENCE
TO BACK UP THAT THEY ARE VERY HAUNTED.
IN 1912, A FIRE DESTROYED MOST OF THE DOWNTOWN.
THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT AFTER THE FIRE.
WHEN BUSINESSES MOVED IN SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
THEY REPORTED HEARING SCRATCHING SOUNDS
AND THE SOUND OF MACHINERY COMING FROM THE BASEMENT.
Narrator: NOLAN'S GIFT DRAWS HIM TO A GHOSTLY PRESENCE.
Melissa: I WOULD SEE NOLAN'S EYES STRAY.
SO I WOULD LOOK AND SEE WHERE HE WAS STRAYING AT,
AND IT NEVER FAILED.
THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE.
FOLLOW ME TO THE BASEMENT.
Narrator: MELISSA, A PSYCHIC EMPATH, CAN SEE HER, TOO.
Melissa: I ALWAYS CALLED MYSELF AN EMPATH.
MOST EMPATHS CAN FEEL THINGS.
BUT NOT ONLY CAN I FEEL THEM,
I CAN SOMETIMES SEE THEM IF THEY WANT ME TO.
Nolan: MELISSA AND I ACTUALLY BOTH PICKED UP ON THE SAME SPIRIT.
IT WAS A VERY NICE FEELING
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT CONFIRMATION, YOU KNOW,
THAT, "OH, THIS IS REAL. I'M SEEING IT."
AND THAT WAS REALLY COMFORTING TO ME.
FOLLOW ME.
COME ALL THE WAY IN.
THAT'S IT.
ONE OF THE BUILDINGS ON OUR TOUR HAS A VERY RICH HISTORY.
THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS BUILDING
HAVE MADE IT ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE HAUNTS IN BRANSON.
IN THE 1920s, THE KKK PRINTED A HATE-MONGERING NEWSPAPER
RIGHT HERE IN THE BASEMENT.
IN THE 1960s, A WOMAN
WAS MURDERED BY A JEALOUS LOVER AT THE BUILDING.
IT'S NO WONDER THAT THIS IS A HOTBED OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE HEAR KNOCKING,
SCRATCHING AT THIS DOOR.
WE HAVE PICKED UP VOICES ON EVPs,
ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENON.
A LOT OF TIMES, IF YOU KNOCK,
SOMETHING KNOCKS BACK.
LET'S SEE IF WE HEAR ANYTHING.
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ] WELL, FOLKS.
SPIRITS WILL BE SPIRITS.
I GUESS NO ONE'S ANSWERING THE DOOR TONIGHT.
FOLLOW ME.
Melissa: THAT LOCATION, I DON'T LIKE TO GO TO.
I'VE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR ONE TIME,
THE DOOR PUSHED BACK AT ME.
THE FEELING I GOT, WHEN THE DOOR PUSHED BACK, WAS NOT GOOD.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT LOCATION
THAT IS JUST DARK, EVIL.
EVIL IS THE EASIEST WAY TO PUT IT.
NOLAN...
THE TOUR'S MOVING UPSTAIRS.
I'M GONNA LOCK UP.
THANKS, MELISSA.
AFTER NOLAN WAS ON THE TOUR,
PEOPLE COULD GO DOWN THERE AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR
AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
THAT LOCATION BECAME DEAD,
WHICH BEFORE IT WAS ONE OF OUR MOST ACTIVE LOCATIONS.
Narrator: THE LYDOLFS' VACATION ENDS WITH NOLAN
RETURNING TO HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL
AND A HORROR-MOVIE DATE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, ANGELA.
OH, MY GOD. WHY ARE THEY JUST SITTING THERE?
WHO DOES THAT?
THEY KNOW THAT NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE MOVIE FOR THAT.
Nolan: WE STARTED NOTICING MOVEMENTS.
IT WOULD GET REALLY CLOSE TO US AND THEN RUN AWAY.
AND WE LOOKED OVER, AND YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
BUT WE BOTH SWORE THAT SOMETHING HAD ENTERED THE ROOM.
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: AFTER RETURNING FROM A GHOST TOUR,
16-YEAR-OLD NOLAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, ANGELA,
SENSE A PRESENCE IN HIS HOME.
WE BOTH NOTICED SOMETHING JUST KIND OF WALK IN IN THAT LIGHT.
IT LOOKED LIKE, KIND OF, THE OUTLINE OF, LIKE, A CHILD.
IT WASN'T COMPLETELY BLACK.
IT HAD SOME COLOR TO IT,
BUT NO FACIAL FEATURES AT ALL.
OH, MY GOD. WHAT -- WHAT WAS THAT?
Narrator: WHILE ANGELA HAS SEEN NOLAN INTERACT WITH SPIRITS
MANY TIMES, THIS ONE FEELS DIFFERENT.
SHE HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS
WITH ME THAT WERE PRETTY UNEXPLAINABLE,
AND I THINK SHE WAS STARTING TO GET USED TO IT.
WELL, SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?
NO.
WHATEVER THAT WAS, I DON'T THINK IT MEANS US ANY HARM.
Nolan: FOR ME, A SPIRIT WAS A SPIRIT.
I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT.
AND IT DIDN'T TRY TO HURT ME OR ANYBODY IN THE FAMILY,
SO IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME.
Narrator: NOLAN RETURNS HOME FROM BASKETBALL PRACTICE.
MOM, I'M GONNA GRAB A QUICK SHOWER BEFORE DINNER.
OKAY. DINNER'S ON THE TABLE IN 30.
GOT IT.
[ SCRAPING ]
TIGER?
DID YOU GET STUCK IN THE BASEMENT AGAIN?
MY ROOM'S IN THE BASEMENT.
I HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE.
TIGER?
AND I THOUGHT, "OH, ONE OF THE CATS
GOT DOWN IN THE BASEMENT AND WERE WANTING BACK UP."
AND I OPENED THE DOOR,
AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
TIGER?
SO I WENT DOWN AND ACTUALLY SEARCHED FOR THE CAT.
THERE'S NO REASON THAT THAT NOISE SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
[ SHOWER RUNS ]
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
I WAS IN THE SHOWER.
AND I HEARD GROWLING.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
KIND OF WROTE IT OFF AS AN ANIMAL,
LIKE, ONE OF THE DOGS CAME IN.
AND THEN... IT KIND OF DAWNED ON ME
THAT I ALWAYS LOCK THE DOOR TO THE BATHROOM.
ALWAYS HAVE.
SO I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THERE.
THERE'S A BACK ROOM THAT WE USE AS STORAGE,
WE PUT THE DECORATIONS AND EVERYTHING INTO.
I FELT LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE, WATCHING.
IT JUST FELT REALLY EERIE DOWN THERE.
MOM.
YEAH?
EVER SINCE WE GOT BACK FROM BRANSON,
I'VE BEEN SENSING WEIRD THINGS.
REALLY? LIKE WHAT?
WHEN I WAS IN THE SHOWER, I HEARD SOMETHING.
AND THAT STORAGE ROOM IS GIVING ME THE CREEPS.
I TALKED ABOUT THE BACK ROOM
AND THE FEELING I GOT, THERE WAS SOMETHING DOWN THERE.
I'VE NEVER FELT COMFORTABLE IN THAT STORAGE ROOM.
BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT OVER THERE?
STATE SECRETS?
YES, WE ARE.
AND YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW THESE STATE SECRETS.
TRUST ME.
Jacque: DISCUSSING THE PARANORMAL WITH DENNIS,
HE'S JUST REALLY NEVER BELIEVED ANYTHING WE WAS TELLIN' HIM.
SO MOST OF THE TIME, WE JUST DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT.
IT WAS JUST, KIND OF, NOLAN AND I TALKED ABOUT IT.
HIM AND HIS MOTHER TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS, UH,
MORE AMONGST THEMSELVES.
AND THEY KNEW I DIDN'T BELIEVE A LOT IN THAT.
[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
AAH!
UGH!
Narrator: NOLAN LYDOLF HAS BEEN SEEING SPIRITS FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE,
BUT THEY HAVE NEVER HURT HIM.
AAH!
SOMETHING SCRATCHED MY RIGHT ARM ALL THE WAY DOWN THE FOREARM.
NOTHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN MY ROOM THAT COULD SCRATCH ME.
I MEAN, I WAS FAST ASLEEP.
IT WAS JUST REALLY INSANE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST,
I WOKE UP TO A BURNING SENSATION ON MY ARM
AND THERE WAS JUST NO EXPLANATION FOR IT.
I REALIZED IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A SPIRIT.
YOU KNOW? IT HAD INTENTIONS.
IT WANTS TO CAUSE ME HARM.
MOM?
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE.
Jacque: THE FIRST TIME NOLAN GOT SCRATCHED,
AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE GOT 'EM...
HOW'D YOU GET THOSE SCRATCHES?
I DON'T KNOW.
...I JUST ASKED HIM WHAT HE DID.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER HE SCRATCHED HIMSELF IN HIS SLEEP OR...
I WASN'T SURE WHAT HE HAD DONE.
WASH IT AND PUT SOME DISINFECTANT ON IT.
OKAY.
TRIM YOUR FINGERNAILS.
I DIDN'T DO THIS.
Nolan: SHE WONDERED, AT FIRST, IF MAYBE I HAD DONE IT TO MYSELF.
BUT I THINK IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT I DIDN'T.
Man: [ Eerie voice ] JACQUE.
JACQUE.
Jacque: I HEARD MY NAME CALLED OUT, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE DENNIS.
AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT HOME AT THE TIME.
DENNIS?
Man: [ Eerie voice ] JACQUE.
DENNIS, IS THAT YOU?
YOU KNOW, YOU THINK TO YOURSELF,
"AM I JUST SEEING THINGS?
OR IS THERE,
YOU KNOW, WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT JUST WENT BY
OR THE WIND BLEW OR SOMETHING?"
AND IT'S, LIKE, THERE'S REALLY NO RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS.
Man: [ Eerie voice ] JACQUE.
Narrator: NOW CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY,
JACQUE DISCUSSES NOLAN'S UNEXPLAINED PHYSICAL ATTACKS
WITH HIS FATHER.
I'M WORRIED, DENNIS.
Dennis: DURING THIS TIME, NOLAN WOULD HAVE SCRATCH MARKS.
AND JACQUE TALKED ABOUT HOW WHEN I WASN'T HOME,
SHE WOULD HEAR SOMEONE CALLING HER NAME AND THOUGHT IT WAS ME,
AND GO OUT AND NOBODY'S THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
BUT HE'LL BE OKAY.
OW!
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HAD SCRATCHES DOWN MY ARM.
OH, MY GOD! JACQUE!
SHE HAD, BASICALLY, CLAW MARKS ON HER ARM.
SOMETHING IS GOING ON IN THIS HOUSE.
WE NEED SOME HELP.
YES, WE DO.
I TRY TO RATIONALIZE EVERYTHING.
AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH STUFF
GOING ON THAT IT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED OR RATIONALIZED.
Jacque: THAT'S WHEN HE REALIZED THAT WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE
SOMETHING GOING ON AND THAT IT WAS PHYSICAL.
Narrator: NOT KNOWING WHERE TO TURN,
THE FAMILY CONTACTS THE GUIDE FROM THE GHOST TOUR,
MELISSA AND WESLEY FOX, IN BRANSON PARANORMAL.
Wesley: THEY WERE HEARING GROWLING SOUNDS AT THEIR HOUSE.
UM, NOLAN AND JACQUE BOTH HAD BEEN SCRATCHED.
WHEN THERE'S A SCRATCHING, ESPECIALLY IN THREES,
LIKE THEIRS WAS, IT WAS DEMONIC.
Nolan: WES EXPLAINED THAT MOST OF THE TIME
WHEN IT COMES IN A PAIR OF THREES,
THAT IT'S DEMONIC AND THAT IT'S MAKING FUN OF THE FATHER,
SON AND HOLY GHOST.
IT'S A MOCKERY OF IT.
Narrator: WESLEY GIVES INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BLESS THE PROPERTY
AND GET RID OF THE DEMON.
THREE MONTHS PASS BY WITHOUT ANY ACTIVITY.
IT APPEARS TO HAVE WORKED.
Nolan: MY HOPE, AT THAT POINT, WAS THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE.
LIKE, IT WAS JUST FINALLY OVER WITH
AND THAT EVERYTHING COULD GO BACK TO NORMAL.
A LITTLE BOY CAME WALKING IN.
HEY.
AND I LOOKED AT IT, LIKE, "OH, MY NEPHEW'S HERE."
I LOOKED OVER, AND I REALIZED, NO.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF A RANDOM KID HAD WALKED IN THE LIVING ROOM.
[ GROWLS ]
Narrator: 16-YEAR-OLD NOLAN LYDOLF HAS INTERACTED WITH GHOSTS
SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY.
BUT A GIFT THAT WAS ONCE INNOCENT
AND COMFORTING HAS ATTRACTED UNBRIDLED EVIL.
Nolan: IT CHANGED FORM,
AND IT ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE, KIND OF LIKE,
A GARGOYLE-LIKE FIGURE.
[ GROWLS ]
IT HAD THE CLAWS,
AND IT WAS ALL HUNCHED UP ON THE CEILING.
AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF WENT STRAIGHT UP AND THROUGH
AND DISAPPEARED.
I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS JUST SO LARGE AND SO CLOSE AND SO SUDDEN.
AND IT JUST TOOK ME OFF GUARD.
THIS WAS, LIKE, THE FIRST MOMENT
WHERE IT EVER WENT, "THIS IS WHAT I LOOK LIKE.
HERE I AM.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING AGAINST."
IT SCARED ME. I WASN'T READY FOR THAT.
AND I JUST KIND OF... KEPT THAT IN.
I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH NOLAN DECIDES TO KEEP THE TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE
TO HIMSELF,
HIS MOTHER ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO SENSE THE PRESENCE IS BACK.
IT WASN'T THE SAME FEELING THAT THE HOUSE
HAD ALWAYS HAD BEFORE.
I KNEW IT WAS THERE,
BUT IT NEVER MADE ITSELF SEEN TO ME.
I MEAN, I JUST HAD THE FEELING.
Narrator: FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS,
THE LYDOLFS HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT
WITH MELISSA AND WESLEY FOX OF BRANSON PARANORMAL.
NOW THE FAMILY ASKS THEM TO COME INVESTIGATE THE HOUSE.
Melissa: MY FIRST INITIAL FEELING WHEN I WALKED INTO THE HOUSE
WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
YOU COULD CUT THE TENSION IN THE HOUSE WITH A KNIFE.
NOT NECESSARILY BETWEEN THE FAMILY MEMBERS,
BUT JUST IN GENERAL, IT WAS VERY TENSE FEELING, VERY HEAVY.
AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T BREATHE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NORMAL IN A HOME.
Wesley: WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE ACTIVITY
HAD NOT STOPPED AT NOLAN'S FAMILY'S HOUSE,
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THE FAMILY, MAYBE,
DIDN'T DO THE BLESSING CORRECTLY
OR IF IT'S JUST A VERY STRONG DEMON.
Melissa: IT WAS DEFINITELY TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
THANKS FOR COMING.
WE THINK THAT THE DEMON IS STILL HERE.
WE CAN FEEL IT.
RIGHT, NOLAN?
YEAH.
SO THE SCRATCHING SOUNDS HAVE CONTINUED.
WHAT ABOUT KNOCKING SOUNDS, GROWLING?
WHERE DO YOU WANNA START?
IN THE BASEMENT.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION IN THE HOUSE
THAT WAS WORSE THAN ALL OF THE OTHERS.
IT WAS DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BASEMENT.
IT WAS BY NOLAN'S BEDROOM.
UM, NOLAN'S ROOM WAS UNCOMFORTABLE AS WELL.
BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE AREA
OF THE BASEMENT THAT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
I DID NOT LIKE TO GO BACK THERE.
IT WAS A SENSE OF DREAD.
EVIL IS THE EASIEST WAY TO PUT IT.
YOU GOT SOMETHING? [ GASPS ]
WHAT ARE YOU SENSING?
THIS IS IT.
IT WAS VERY MUCH A HOT SPOT IN THE BASEMENT.
MY THEORY ON SPOTS LIKE THAT IS THAT'S WHERE THE DEMONICS
CONCENTRATE A LOT OF THEIR TIME PLANNING AN -- AN ATTACK.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHERE --
WHERE YOUR HOME BASE IS.
Narrator: BUT THE DEMON DOESN'T STAY IN ONE PLACE FOR LONG.
Melissa: I COULD FEEL THE ENTITY.
ANYTIME I WOULD GO INTO ONE ROOM,
IT WOULD RUN INTO ANOTHER ROOM.
IT WAS HIDING.
IT DID NOT WANT ME TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT.
I WAS OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THE TREES, LOOKING AT THE YARD.
THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR TREE
IN WHICH I SAW FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
THE TREE KIND OF CREEPED ME OUT A LITTLE BIT.
[ TWIGS CRUNCHING, LOW GROWLING ]
[ ROARS ]
AAH!
Narrator: AFTER SENSING A DEMONIC PRESENCE,
THE LYDOLF FAMILY INVITES PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS
INTO THEIR HOME.
WE THINK THAT THE DEMON IS STILL HERE.
WE CAN FEEL IT.
IT DID NOT WANT ME TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT.
IT DIDN'T WANT ME TO GET A GOOD FEELING ON IT.
[ TWIGS CRUNCHING, LOW GROWLING ]
[ ROARS ]
AAH!
[ PANTING ]
IT WAS LIKE A GARGOYLE.
HE HAD A REALLY MENACING GRIN,
LOTS OF TEETH, VERY SHARP-LOOKING TEETH.
IT FRIGHTENED ME.
AAH! ARE YOU OKAY?
WHAT'S GOING ON? I SAW IT!
I SAW THE DEMON.
Narrator: NOLAN IS PETRIFIED.
COULD IT BE THE SAME DEMON HE'S BEEN SEEING?
[ SNARLS ]
I SAW IT A FEW DAYS AGO.
IT LOOKED LIKE A KID. AND THEN IT --
IT JUST --
IT TURNED INTO THIS -- THIS HIDEOUS THING.
EVERYTHING THAT I STARTED TO DESCRIBE,
NOLAN COULD COMPLETE.
IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME ENTITY.
[ SNARLS ]
AAH!
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS IT SHOWED HIM
THAT IT WAS A CHILD FIRST.
IT NEVER SHOWED ME THE CHILD FORM.
IT WOULD DO THAT TO TRY TO MAKE NOLAN, BASICALLY,
TRUST IT AT FIRST.
Nolan: THE THEORY WAS THAT IT WAS JUST TRYING TO INTIMIDATE
AND, BASICALLY, CAUSE FEAR.
Narrator: BUT WHERE DID THIS DEMON COME FROM?
SUDDENLY, MELISSA REMEMBERS WHEN NOLAN ATTENDED THE GHOST TOUR
SHE AND HER HUSBAND LED.
Melissa: NOLAN...
THE TOUR'S MOVING UPSTAIRS.
IT'S A VERY GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT, ON THE GHOST TOUR,
THAT SOMETHING FOLLOWED NOLAN HOME
BECAUSE NOLAN IS LIKE A BEACON OF LIGHT.
WHENEVER YOU HAVE GIFTS, IT DRAWS ENTITIES TO YOU.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING, THE FAMILY
PERFORMS A SECOND BLESSING WITH WESLEY AND MELISSA'S HELP.
Together: I AM A CHILD OF GOD.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS ALWAYS WITH ME.
I AM NEVER ALONE.
GOD'S LOVE FILLS...
Melissa: WE KNEW THAT IT WAS DEMONIC.
THERE WASN'T REALLY A QUESTION
OR A DOUBT IN OUR MINDS AT THAT POINT.
THE HOPE WAS THAT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, WITH US THERE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSE BLESSING WAS DONE EXACT.
Together: ALL EVIL WILL LEAVE MY HOME.
Melissa: WITH EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT,
THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY DONE,
THAT WE COULD GET EVERYTHING COMPLETELY OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Together: FOR I AM AT PEACE, FILLED WITH GOD'S LOVE
AND UNDERSTANDING, THAT I AM TRULY A CHILD OF GOD.
AMEN.
IF IT'S A VERY STRONG DEMON,
IT'S NOT GONNA LET GO EASILY.
SO WE HAD TO DO MORE THINGS TO HELP OUT.
Nolan: AFTER THEY LEFT,
WE ALL WERE PRETTY HOPEFUL THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME
THAT ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN.
THE HOUSE, IT JUST HAD A WARM --
WARMER FEELING ABOUT IT AND MAYBE A LITTLE BRIGHTER.
Jacque: THEY ALL AGREED THAT WHAT HAD BEEN THERE WAS ACTUALLY GONE.
AND MELISSA, BEFORE THEY LEFT, SHE SAID,
YOU KNOW, SHE FELT PRETTY GOOD THAT IT WAS GONE.
Narrator: BUT AS THE WEEKS GO BY,
JACQUE BEGINS TO NOTICE A CHANGE IN NOLAN.
NOLAN!
[ SIGHS ]
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BRUISE?
Jacque: HIS BRUISES WAS MORE FREQUENT.
I MEAN, HE'D HAD SOME SCRATCHES ONCE IN A WHILE,
BUT IT WAS MORE THE BRUISING THAT HE WOULD HAVE.
WAS IT BASKETBALL PRACTICE?
NO.
WHAT DO YOU CARE, ANYWAY?
HEY!
I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR
AND HIS MOOD BECAUSE HE WAS MORE IRRITABLE, NEGATIVE.
HE WASN'T AS HAPPY, LIKE HE ALWAYS WAS BEFORE.
Nolan: IT STARTED BECOMING PRETTY COMMON
FOR ME TO ONLY GET AN HOUR OR TWO OF SLEEP EVERY NIGHT.
ACCORDING TO MY MOTHER,
I WAS GETTING MOODIER AND MORE UPSET FAIRLY QUICK.
KIND OF STARTED DISTANCING MYSELF, BASICALLY,
FROM EVERYONE.
ONE NIGHT, I STARTED HAVING A DREAM.
AND IN THIS DREAM,
I WOULD ACTUALLY FIND MYSELF IN THAT BACK STORAGE ROOM.
I WAS LOOKING DOWN ON MY OWN BODY.
I LOOKED LIKE I HAD KILLED MYSELF.
THERE'S JUST BLOOD ON THE WALLS,
AND I WAS JUST LAYING THERE, MOTIONLESS.
AAH!
[ GASPING ]
Man: [ Raspy voice ] GO ON. DO IT.
DO IT!
[ GASPS ]
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Narrator: FOR WEEKS, NOLAN LYDOLF HAS SUFFERED TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES
IN WHICH A DEMON TELLS HIM TO KILL HIMSELF.
AAH!
[ GASPING ]
IN THIS DREAM,
I LOOKED LIKE I HAD KILLED MYSELF
IN THAT BACK STORAGE ROOM.
IT HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE IN A WEEK.
AND THEN IT SLOWLY BECAME BASICALLY EVERY TIME
I WOULD GO TO SLEEP, I WOULD HAVE THAT DREAM.
Creature: GO ON. DO IT.
AAH!
GO ON. DO IT.
END IT.
NOLAN, ARE YOU OKAY?
NO.
NO. I'M NOT OKAY.
I CAN'T SLEEP.
AND WHEN I DO, I DREAM I'VE KILLED MYSELF.
AND I HEAR VOICES WHISPER IN MY EAR,
TELLING ME TO KILL MYSELF.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT STOP.
WHEN NOLAN TOLD ME THAT HE WAS HAVING THESE NIGHTMARES,
AND IT WANTED HIM TO KILL HIMSELF, I WAS SCARED.
THAT'S WHEN I TALKED TO WES.
Narrator: WESLEY FOX OF BRANSON PARANORMAL
HAS BEEN ADVISING THE FAMILY ON HOW TO GET RID OF THE DEMON.
WES, HI. IT'S JACQUE.
WE'RE HAVING SOME TROUBLE HERE WITH NOLAN.
IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE.
THIS THING IS TELLING HIM TO KILL HIMSELF.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
JACQUE TOLD ME ABOUT THE VOICES THAT NOLAN
WAS HEARING IN HIS HEAD.
AND THESE VOICES WERE ENCOURAGING HIM TO KILL HIMSELF.
AND I WASN'T SURE HOW MUCH MORE NOLAN
WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE.
WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS DEMON
WAS TRYING TO TAKE FULL POSSESSION OF NOLAN.
YOU WANNA WHAT?
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
BYE.
THEY THINK THE DEMON IS ATTACHED TO NOLAN, NOT THE HOUSE,
AND IT'S TRYING TO POSSESS HIM.
THEY THINK HE NEEDS AN EXORCISM.
IS THAT SAFE?
THAT SOUNDS EXTREME.
DO YOU WANT THIS THING TO KILL OUR SON?
NO. OF COURSE NOT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER CHOICES.
Dennis: YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR FAMILY'S PROTECTOR.
ONCE I REALIZED WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING,
I TOLD JACQUE, I SAID, "WE'LL GET HIM DOWN THERE 'CAUSE
THEY -- THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO."
Narrator: BRANSON PARANORMAL DEMONOLOGIST
AND ORDAINED MINISTER JOE EDER LEADS THE EXORCISM.
WHEN I GOT THE PHONE CALL THAT HE WAS GOING TO COMMIT,
UH, SUICIDE, WE HAD TO DO AN EXORCISM.
THIS DEMONIC ENTITY HAD THE STRENGTH
TO ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH HIS -- HIS BODY.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'M GOING TO BAPTIZE YOU.
IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS, IN THE WORD OF OUR LORD,
YOU ARE NOW BAPTIZED.
LET'S BEGIN.
BAPTISM IS A -- IS A CLEANSING OF THE SPIRIT,
AND AS I BELIEVE, THE MIND.
WE...
All: THE CHILDREN OF OUR LORD,
WE PRAY NOW.
Eder: NOW GOD STEPS IN.
All: WE PROFESS OUR LIVES TO JESUS AND OUR LORD.
AND A DEMON REALLY CAN'T ATTACH ONTO ANYTHING.
WE ARE SAVED THIS DAY, THIS TIME, THIS HOUR.
IN CHRIST'S NAME, BE GONE.
BE GONE.
Nolan: GONE!
WE EXPEL YOU NOW, DEMON.
DEMON, TELL US YOUR NAME.
TALK TO GOD, NOLAN. GOD IS REACHING OUT TO YOU.
[ Demonic voice ] GOD?!
YOUR GOD IS A JOKE!
WE...
All: THE CHILDREN OF OUR LORD,
WE PRAY NOW.
HIS WHOLE APPEARANCE CHANGED.
AT THAT POINT, WE KNEW THAT NOLAN WAS NOT THERE.
All: WE PROFESS OUR LIVES TO JESUS AND OUR LORD.
WE ARE SAVED THIS DAY, THIS TIME, THIS HOUR.
Jacque: NOLAN'S EYES WERE COMPLETELY BLACK.
TELL US YOUR NAME, DEMON.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT!
AND THE VOICE COMING OUT WASN'T HIS VOICE.
SAY YOUR NAME.
NO!
SAY IT!
ASTOR TODD!
ASTOR TODD, I COMMAND YOU, IN JESUS' NAME,
TO LEAVE THIS BODY AND RETURN TO HELL!
[ YELLS ]
Eder: FINALLY, THE DEMON RELEASED ITS NAME.
WITHIN 3 SECONDS OF HIM SAYING THIS NAME,
AND JOE REPEATING IT,
YOU COULD SEE ALL THE LIGHT IN THE ROOM START
TO RETURN SLOWLY,
JUST LIKE SOMEONE HAD OPENED UP A CURTAIN
AND THE SUN WAS COMING INTO THE ROOM.
Nolan: THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER IS WAKING UP
AND JUST FEELING REALLY DRAINED.
WES WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE, "WELL, HOW YOU FEELIN'?"
AND I'M LIKE, "I FEEL LIKE I JUST WENT THROUGH A FIGHT."
Jacque: IT WAS KIND OF LIKE HE WAS WAKING UP FROM A SLEEP.
AND HE DOESN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING OF IT.
I WAS VERY GLAD THAT IT WAS OVER.
Narrator: WITH THE NIGHTMARE OF THE DEMON BEHIND THEM,
THE LYDOLFS LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW CHAPTER
IN THE FAMILY'S LIFE.
YOU THINKING ABOUT GETTING ANY TRAINING IN ATLANTA?
NO. NOT REALLY. I MEAN...
YOU HUNGRY? UM...
DEFINITELY.
Nolan: MY MOM, DAD AND I JUST ALL KIND OF GOT, YOU KNOW,
CLOSER AS A UNIT.
BREAKFAST AFTERWARDS. WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE NIGHT.
WE'VE GOT HIM BACK, AND WE'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR HIM.
IF NOLAN NEEDS SOMETHING,
THEN I'LL DROP WHAT I'M DOING AND DO IT.
BUT, UH, HE DOESN'T ASK A LOT.
I'LL BE SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
I'M JUST GLAD IT ENDED UP THE WAY IT ENDED UP.
THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED.
I'M NOT AFRAID ANYMORE TO BRING UP THE PARANORMAL
TO PEOPLE.
I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO BE OPEN AND --
AND LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW,
WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE WITH IT WAS.
Jacque: WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH IT.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GET PAST IT.
IT'S JUST,
TO BE SCARED OF SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T SEE, TOUCH,
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
AND THAT'S THE SCARY PART OF IT.
Nolan: I STILL SEE FAMILY MEMBERS
AND OLD FAMILY FRIENDS THAT HAVE PASSED.
I STILL SEE THINGS ALL THE TIME.
Dennis: I'M NOT GONNA STAY IN THE UPSTAIRS.
Nolan: THAT'S SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE I'LL PROBABLY HAVE
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I CONSIDER IT A BLESSING.