Narrator: A MOTHER SENSES SOMETHING AMISS IN HER HOME...
[ SCREAMING ]
THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THAT ROOM WITH ME.
Narrator: ...WHEN A MYSTERIOUS ENTITY TARGETS HER FAMILY.
THERE WAS JUST A BLACK SILHOUETTE
STANDING THERE STARING BACK AT YOU.
THE DEMON UNLEASHES A REIGN OF FEAR...
[ WHIMPERING ]
...IN WHICH NO ONE IS SPARED.
-[ GRUNTING ] -HONEY?
IT GAVE ME THAT FEELING, THAT, "WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT?"
THAT, LIKE, HORROR MOVIE --
WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS, YOU KNOW SOMETHING'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN.
OHH!
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE.
[ SCREAMING ]
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 IS IN MY ROOM.
...AND THE THINGS WE FEAR...
[ SCREAMS ]
...THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED...
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: ...NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
IN JUNE 2013, JACINDA REARICK
IS RECOVERING FROM BACK SURGERY.
Jacinda: I HAD TO REPAIR SOME HERNIATED DISCS,
SOME DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE.
IT'S JUST VERY HARD TO ACCEPT,
YOU KNOW, BEING SO HEALTHY,
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVING A PROCEDURE THAT, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE HOPING'S GONNA FIX YOUR PAIN,
AND THEN YOU END UP BEING WORSE THAN WHAT YOU WERE.
[ PILL CLATTERS ]
[ GRUNTS ]
BABE.
YEAH?
ARE YOU TRYING TO BREAK YOUR BACK AGAIN?
COME ON.
Narrator: JACINDA'S HUSBAND, TODD,
A MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRMAN AT A LOCAL BREWERY,
IS ALSO A PATIENT CAREGIVER.
ALL RIGHT, OKAY? YOU ALL RIGHT?
Jacinda: TODD AND I ARE HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS,
AND WE'VE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HAD A VERY LOVING RELATIONSHIP.
YOU KEEP GOING LIKE THIS,
AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO RECOVER, SWEETHEART.
HE'S THE KIND OF PERSON
THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK.
HE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY.
I'M GONNA BE FINE. I THOUGHT --
WELL, YOU JUST THOUGHT WRONG.
HEY, JUSTIN. -YEAH?
KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR MOM TODAY.
MM-HMM.
IF SHE GETS BACK OUT OF THAT BED,
YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO TIE HER DOWN IN IT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU GOT IT.
THANKS.
HAVE A GREAT DAY, DAD.
Narrator: THEIR 19-YEAR-OLD SON, JUSTIN,
WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL,
WORKS AT A HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN.
Jacinda: JUSTIN IS A WONDERFUL KID.
JUST ONE STEP AT A TIME.
[ CHUCKLES ]
HE IS SO CARING AND COMPASSIONATE.
-[ SIGHS ] -YOU GOT IT?
-YEAH. -MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MOM --
I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE REALLY CLOSE.
I COULD TALK TO HER ABOUT ANYTHING,
AND SHE'S RIGHT THERE FOR ME.
AND SHE'S JUST -- SHE'S MY MOM.
I MEAN, I LOVE HER TO DEATH.
Narrator: THE REARICK FAMILY LIVE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
Justin: MONTANDON'S REALLY SMALL.
NOT A LOT HAPPENS.
YOU COULD DRIVE BY IT AND MISS IT.
IT'S A QUIET TOWN.
Jacinda: IT'S A CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY.
KIND OF EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY LOOKS OUT FOR EVERYBODY.
Narrator: THE FAMILY MOVED FROM A MOBILE HOME
TO A THREE-BEDROOM HOUSE WHEN JUSTIN WAS JUST A BOY.
Jacinda: MOVING INTO THE HOUSE WAS SOMETHING
THAT I ALWAYS DREAMED OF JUST
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY IN A HOME.
WE ALL ENJOYED EACH OTHER'S COMPANY
AND ENJOYED LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Narrator: FOR JACINDA, THE HARDEST PART OF RECOVERY'S NOT THE PAIN
BUT FILLING THE TIME.
Jacinda: BEING SO SEDENTARY AND CONFINED TO THE HOUSE,
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO NOT LET MYSELF,
YOU KNOW, FALL INTO A DEPRESSION.
AFTER I HAD THIS BACK SURGERY,
I GOT MY DIGITAL CAMERA OUT
AND STARTED LOOKING THROUGH THE PICTURES,
AND IT WAS OF JUSTIN'S GRADUATION.
I WAS NOTICING THESE BALLS OF LIGHT.
THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT SIZES.
SOME HAD RINGS AROUND, SOME DIDN'T.
SOME WERE SOLID WHITE.
SOME WERE PURPLE.
I FELT THAT THEY WERE ORBS.
Narrator: JACINDA HAS A SUSPICION
AS TO WHAT THE ORBS COULD REPRESENT.
I KNOW, BY READING AND WATCHING TV,
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY WERE SPIRITS
OR ANGELS,
AND IT JUST INTRIGUED ME EVEN MORE.
I IMMEDIATELY JUST ASSUMED IT WAS MY PARENTS.
I WAS VERY CLOSE WITH BOTH MY MOM AND MY DAD.
AND THE THOUGHT OF THESE BALLS OF LIGHT --
ORBS -- BEING MY PARENTS --
IT WAS REALLY COMFORTING TO ME.
I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE WITH ME
DURING ALL MY HEALTH ISSUES.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
HEY, TODD.
Todd: YEAH?
HEY, COME HERE FOR A SECOND.
HONEY, I'M RUNNING LATE.
BUT LOOK AT THESE PICTURES OF JUSTIN.
LOOK AT ALL THESE LITTLE BALLS OF LIGHT
IN EVERY SINGLE PICTURE.
ISN'T THAT WEIRD?
-IT'S CAMERA FLARES, RIGHT? -I DON'T THINK SO.
I JUST TOOK A PICTURE OF MYSELF,
AND, LOOK, THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE.
HONEY -- I LOVE YOU. I GOT TO GO.
THEY'RE --
I'LL LOOK AT THEM TOMORROW. PROMISE.
O-OKAY. OKAY, SEE YOU.
Jacinda: I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE PARANORMAL.
AND THESE BALLS OF LIGHT REALLY PIQUED MY CURIOSITY
AND MY INTEREST.
Narrator: JACINDA DECIDES TO DOCUMENT ANY EVIDENCE
OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN HER HOME.
I JUST WAS TAKING PICTURES ALL THE TIME,
JUST SEEING IF I COULD CATCH THEM,
AND I ALWAYS GOT ORBS.
THEY WERE JUST THERE ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE.
[ SLITHERING ]
I HAD THAT FEELING THAT SOMETHING WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME.
[ SLITHERING ]
[ GASPS ]
I KNEW THAT I PUT MY PILLS IN THERE RIGHT.
SOMETHING HAPPENED, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED.
I THOUGHT, "OKAY, HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?"
[ SLITHERING ]
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: WHILE JACINDA REARICK IS RECUPERATING FROM BACK SURGERY,
SHE SENSES A PRESENCE IN HER HOME.
[ SCREAMS ]
[ GASPS ]
I COULDN'T GET A CLEAR VIEW OF WHAT IT WAS,
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THAT ROOM WITH ME.
I KNEW SOMETHING WEIRD WAS GOING ON,
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
Narrator: AT FIRST, SHE FEELS UPLIFTED, BELIEVING IT TO BE
THE LOVING SPIRITS OF HER PARENTS,
WHO DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
BUT NOW SHE'S NOT SO SURE.
SO, CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING BEFORE I HEAD OUT?
MAYBE A GOOD BOOK OR SOMETHING TO EAT?
HONEY, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES
THAT I TOOK LAST NIGHT IN THE BEDROOM.
DO YOU SEE THAT DARK SHADOW IN THE CORNER?
BABE, THERE IS NOTHING IN THE HOUSE.
HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT?
YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING.
IT'S RIGHT HERE.
LOOK, YOU'VE BEEN COOPED UP IN THIS HOUSE FOR MONTHS.
YOU'RE ALL STRESSED OUT, AND YOU'RE NOT FEELING GREAT.
I TOTALLY GET THAT.
Jacinda: TODD HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY SKEPTICAL OF THE PARANORMAL.
HE WOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY,
BUT HE ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION.
HE WAS VERY ADAMANT THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU SHOULD START PAINTING AGAIN.
YOU WERE ALWAYS SO GOOD AT IT.
IT WOULD BE LIKE A RELEASE FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, GET YOUR MIND OFF OF THINGS
TILL YOU GET BETTER.
TODD AND JUSTIN JUST KIND OF REALLY DIDN'T RESPOND.
THEY JUST KIND OF BLEW IT OFF.
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
Narrator: IN THE FALL, JACINDA AND TODD'S SON, JUSTIN,
ALSO FINDS HIMSELF HOUSEBOUND
AFTER UNDERGOING SHOULDER SURGERY.
Justin: I'M LAID UP FOR EIGHT MONTHS NOW.
YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU USE YOUR LIMBS
UNTIL YOU'RE ONE OUT.
THAT'S WHEN I WENT THROUGH MY, LIKE, DEPRESSED PHASE.
I CAN'T LIFT. I CAN'T GO TO WORK.
I CAN'T GO OUT AND DO, LIKE,
ANY THINGS THAT INVOLVE MORE THAN ONE ARM.
SO I'M STUCK HERE NOW.
[ THUDDING ]
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD FOOTSTEPS WALKING ABOVE ME.
[ THUDDING CONTINUES ]
MOM? DAD?
MY MOM'S FRIEND TOOK HER OUT FOR DINNER.
MY DAD STAYED OVER AT WORK LATE, GET SOME OVERTIME.
THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS EMPTY, EXCEPT FOR ME.
[ THUDDING CONTINUES ]
MOM, DAD?
I WAS NERVOUS 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE,
"IS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSE THAT I DON'T KNOW?"
LIKE, IF SOMEONE BROKE IN.
**
THE DOOR WAS STILL LOCKED.
ALL THE LIGHTS WERE OUT. NOBODY WAS HOME.
I WAS, LIKE, CONFUSED.
THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT I HEARD THOSE FOOTSTEPS
AND THAT I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS IN THE HOUSE.
AT THE TIME, MY MOM WAS TAKING PICTURES
ALL THE TIME.
SHE WAS CONVINCED SOMETHING PARANORMAL WAS IN THE HOUSE.
SHE WAS QUITE OBSESSED WITH IT.
THERE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY SOMETHING THERE.
YOU COULD SEE A SHADOWY SILHOUETTE
OF A PERSON THAT IS UNNATURAL, LIKE,
NOT ORGANICALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
[ BILLIARD BALLS CLACK ]
I HEARD THE POOL TABLE BREAK.
I HEARD SOMEONE HIT THE CUE BALL AND BREAK IT.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.
THE BALLS ARE COMPLETELY BROKEN,
AND THEY WEREN'T JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AGO.
SOMETHING PHYSICAL JUST HAPPENED,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT.
YOUR HEART'S RACING.
YOU GET THE SHIVER DOWN YOUR SPINE.
YOUR HAIR STANDS ON END.
I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT.
AND AS I TURNED TO LOOK,
IT WAS JUST THERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
[ SLITHERING ]
[ BILLIARD BALLS CLACK ]
Narrator: 20-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN REARICK IS HOME RECOVERING FROM SURGERY
WHEN A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE
BRINGS HIM FACE TO FACE WITH A PARANORMAL FORCE.
Justin: I HEARD THE POOL TABLE BREAK.
THE BALLS ARE COMPLETELY BROKEN,
AND THEY WEREN'T JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AGO.
THERE WAS JUST A BLACK SILHOUETTE STANDING THERE.
EVEN THOUGH YOU COULDN'T SEE PHYSICAL FEATURES,
YOU HAD THAT FEELING THAT IT WAS STARING BACK AT YOU.
IT WAS LOOKING, LIKE, INTO YOU.
LIKE, IT WAS SEEING YOUR ESSENCE.
AND NO QUICKER THAN IT CAME, IT WAS JUST GONE.
I KNOW WHAT I SAW, AND...
YEAH, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN RATIONALIZE THAT.
THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING
SPIRITUAL OR PARANORMAL GOING ON HERE.
Narrator: JUSTIN TURNS TO THE ONLY PERSON WHO MIGHT BELIEVE HIM.
-MOM, WE GOT TO TALK. -OKAY.
SO, YOU KNOW HOW YOU'VE BEEN SAYING THAT SOMETHING IS,
LIKE, IN THE HOUSE?
YOU WERE RIGHT.
I SAW SOMETHING.
-YOU DID? -YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT...
WAS IT THE SHADOW?
YEAH.
BUT, LIKE, OF -- OF A PERSON.
OH, MY GOD, YOU SAW IT, TOO?
I KNOW, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU.
Justin: WHEN I TOLD MY MOM, IT WAS A MIXTURE OF, LIKE,
SURPRISE AND SHOCK AND FEAR ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
SHE WAS RELIEVED IN A SENSE
THAT SOMEONE ELSE FINALLY SAW IT
AND SOMEONE ELSE NOW WAS COMPLETELY ON HER SIDE.
I FINALLY HAD SOMEBODY EXPERIENCING OTHER THINGS
IN THE HOUSE TO ACTUALLY PROVE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE.
BUT THIS THING WAS --
IT WAS, LIKE, DARK, EVIL.
IT GAVE ME THAT FEELING, THAT, "WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT?"
THAT, LIKE, HORROR MOVIE --
WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS, YOU KNOW SOMETHING'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN,
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE.
Narrator: NOW THAT HER SON HAS SEEN IT, TOO,
JACINDA GROWS MORE ANXIOUS.
Jacinda: I WOULD GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
AND I WOULD JUST DO SOME PAINTING.
AND THAT PRETTY MUCH WAS MY ESCAPE.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ SLITHERING ]
-JACINDA. -[ SCREAMS ]
HEY, HEY, HEY.
IT'S ME. IT'S OKAY.
WHAT, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? WHAT'S WRONG?
-I-I... -HONEY.
I SAW IT AGAIN.
THE -- THE SHADOW -- IT WAS HERE JUST A MINUTE AGO.
RIGHT BEFORE YOU SHOWED UP.
Jacinda: I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
WHAT I WAS FEELING AND SENSING WAS NOT GOOD.
[ WHIMPERING ]
JACINDA, MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK
TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR MEDICATION.
NO, IT'S NOT THE MEDICATION!
JUSTIN SAW IT, TOO!
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
I-I-I THINK WE NEED TO GET HELP.
JACINDA, DO WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS NOW?!
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?
THAT'S FINE.
JUST GO!
IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I WAS RIGHT.
I KNEW WHAT I WAS SEEING.
Narrator: TODD REACHES AN EMOTIONAL IMPASSE.
HIS FAMILY'S FIXATION WITH ORBS AND GHOSTS
IS ENOUGH TO SEND HIM OFF THE DEEP END.
Justin: MY MOM AND I --
WE BOTH WERE CONVINCED SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.
AND ANY TIME WE WOULD BRING IT UP TO MY DAD,
IT WAS JUST AN INSTANT -- LIKE A SWITCH.
YOU JUST FLIPPED THE ANGER ON.
[ GROANS ]
Justin: MY DAD PUT A WALL UP.
HE WAS TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF
FROM, LIKE, NOT ONLY ME, BUT EVERYBODY.
Jacinda: I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED HOW MUCH HE WAS DRINKING.
AND I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED HOW HE WAS COMING ACROSS.
Narrator: ONE NIGHT, TODD SURPRISES HIS FAMILY BY COMING TO DINNER.
-[ LAUGHS ] -HEY, HONEY.
-HEY, DAD. -THIS IS NICE.
-YES, IT IS. -YEAH, GOOD OF YOU TO JOIN US.
-IT'S LIKE OLD TIMES. -YES, IT IS.
IT'S GRANDMA'S RECIPE -- GREATEST POTATOES EVER.
Jacinda: BEING THAT TODD WAS BEING SO DISTANT,
HE VERY RARELY ATE, YOU KNOW, DINNER WITH JUSTIN AND I,
WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS DID AS A FAMILY.
SO THIS ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT, HE DID SIT DOWN WITH US,
WHICH I WAS HOPING
WAS GONNA KIND OF MAKE EVERYBODY RECONNECT AGAIN.
SO, WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?
STUFF.
YOU DO STUFF WITH YOUR ARM?
I MEAN, YEAH, A LITTLE.
[ PLATE CLATTERING ]
TODD, YOU OKAY?
IT'S NOTHING. I'M FINE.
HONEY, ARE YOU OKAY?
Jacinda: HE JUST WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING.
HEY, YOU'RE SHAKING.
REALLY, DAD, YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD.
HIS COLOR DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.
AND HIS COORDINATION WAS OFF.
SOMETHING DEFINITELY WAS WRONG.
HONEY. HONEY?
-AAH! -DAD.
Justin: ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY DAD PUT HIS HAND ON HIS CHEST.
HE HAD A FACE OF PAIN.
-[ GROANS ] -TODD, WHAT IS IT?!
TODD! HONEY!
-AAH! -TODD!
TODD!
Narrator: FOR WEEKS, THE REARICK FAMILY HAS BEEN ON EDGE.
TODD'S WIFE AND SON INSIST THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED
WHILE TODD DOESN'T BELIEVE THEM.
Jacinda: HE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE HE DIDN'T EVEN
WANT ME TO SHOW HIM ANYTHING,
OR HE DIDN'T EVEN WANT ME TO TELL HIM ANYTHING.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT. IT WOULD JUST MAKE HIM MADDER.
SO I JUST DIDN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING.
I DEFINITELY THINK THAT IT CAUSED,
LIKE, STRAIN AND EXTRA STRESS IN THE FAMILY.
I DON'T THINK HE MEANT TO DO IT TO HURT EVERYBODY.
I THINK IT WAS THE ONLY WAY HE COULD THINK OF
TO DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT
TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT SOMETHING COULD BE GOING ON.
-TODD, YOU OKAY? -[ GRUNTING ]
DAD?
[ GRUNTING CONTINUES ]
WHAT IS IT?!
TODD! -DAD.
TODD.
TODD! OH, TODD! -DAD?
OH, MY GOD! TODD!
TODD! OH, PLEASE! WE NEED TO GET HELP!
Jacinda: WE WENT TO THE E.R.
AND THEY RAN EVERY KIND OF TEST THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE
AND THEY STILL COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.
BUT HE WAS EXTREMELY WEAK.
Justin: EVERYONE WAS JUST BAFFLED.
LOOKING BACK AT IT, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY
THAT IT WANTED TO SHOW OFF ITS POWER.
IT WANTED TO MAKE A MARK,
AND IT CHOSE HIM BECAUSE AT THE TIME IT MIGHT HAVE FELT
THAT HE WAS MOST VULNERABLE.
BUT HE MADE IT.
AH.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.
I'M FINE, JACINDA.
THROW YOUR BACK OUT AGAIN,
AND WE'LL BOTH BE STUCK IN THIS HOUSE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
THAT'S NOT FUNNY, TODD.
I'M SCARED.
YOU ALMOST DIED.
Jacinda: I STARTED TO WONDER
IF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE HOUSE
WAS AFFECTING HIS HEALTH, AS WELL.
COME ON. THE DOCTORS CHECKED ME OUT.
THEY SAY THAT I'M FINE.
YOU'RE NOT FINE, TODD.
YOU WERE ON THE FLOOR.
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THIS HOUSE.
I DON'T FEEL SAFE HERE ANYMORE. -COME ON, JACINDA.
DON'T MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT IT ISN'T.
YOU'RE EXHAUSTED, AND I'M EXHAUSTED.
LET'S JUST GO TO BED.
Jacinda: I WAS SCARED, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WAS THERE SOMETHING EVIL IN THE HOUSE?
HE TOTALLY DID NOT AGREE WITH THAT AT ALL.
BUT I FELT LIKE THAT EPISODE WAS A WARNING.
[ SLITHERING ]
**
[ SCREAMING ]
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PAINTING, IT LITERALLY WAS MELTING.
LIKE, IT WAS JUST RUNNING.
[ WHIMPERING ]
THESE PHYSICAL THINGS WERE HAPPENING NOW.
EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE WAS ESCALATING.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL HELPLESS.
Narrator: BETWEEN THE EVER-PRESENT FEAR
AND DEBILITATING HEALTH ISSUES,
IT SEEMS EVERYONE IN THE REARICK HOME
IS SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.
TODD.
TODD. TODD.
[ GASPS ]
HE LOOKED LIKE A CORPSE THAT WAS STARTING TO DECAY.
[ GASPS ]
[ WHIMPERS ]
[ SLITHERING ]
MY BODY WAS JUST WRAPPED WITH THESE BLACK TENTACLES.
I COULDN'T MOVE.
I COULDN'T LIFT ANY OF MY ARMS.
I JUST FELT LIKE I WAS BEING HELD DOWN.
I COULDN'T SCREAM. I WAS JUST LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD."
Narrator: THE SUPERNATURAL ACTIVITY IN THE REARICK HOUSE
REACHES A NEW AND FRIGHTENING LEVEL
WHEN JACINDA FINDS HERSELF UNDER ATTACK.
OHH! [ WHIMPERING ]
[ SCREAMING ]
JACINDA, WHAT'S WRONG? ARE YOU OKAY?
WHAT'S WRONG? -THERE WERE --
THERE WERE BLACK TENTACLES. THEY WERE -- THEY WERE --
THEY WERE TWISTING ALL AROUND ME.
THEY WERE SUFFOCATING ME.
I COULDN'T YELL FOR HELP. -YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN.
JUST BREATHE, BREATHE. -YOU WERE DEAD,
A-AND IT WAS THE MOST HORRIFYING THING
I'VE SEEN ALL MY LIFE.
SETTLE DOWN.
YOU JUST HAD A TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE.
Jacinda: I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING,
BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY TRYING TO
EITHER HURT ME OR MY FAMILY.
JUST SETTLE DOWN.
YOU JUST HAD A TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE.
THAT'S ALL. IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
THAT'S IT.
I AM NOT CRAZY, TODD.
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS HOUSE.
YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE ME.
JUST LIE DOWN.
JUST -- COME ON. YOU NEED TO GET SOME REST.
YOU JUST HAD A TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE.
-OKAY. -THAT'S ALL.
JUST A TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE.
Narrator: BUT IT'S CLEAR TO JACINDA
SHE'LL NEED TO FIGHT THIS ENTITY ON HER OWN.
Jacinda: IT GOT TO THE POINT
WHERE I DIDN'T CARE IF TODD BELIEVED ME OR NOT.
I KNEW I NEEDED TO REACH OUT AND TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY
TO HELP ME BECAUSE I WAS SCARED FOR MYSELF
BECAUSE IT PHYSICALLY TRIED TO HARM ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS GONNA TRY TO DO TO ME
OR TO ANYBODY ELSE.
Narrator: WITH THE EVIL PRESENCE GROWING STRONGER, JACINDA
CALLS IN THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
PARANORMAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.
Jacinda: I REACHED OUT TO THIS GROUP
BECAUSE I WANTED SOMEBODY TO VALIDATE FOR ME
THAT THERE ACTUALLY WAS SOMETHING HERE
AND ALSO TO GET RID OF WHAT WAS IN THE HOUSE
AND TRY TO GET MY FAMILY BACK TO NORMAL.
Kevin: WHEN SHE MENTIONED THE BLACK TENTACLES,
HER HUSBAND LOOKING LIKE A CORPSE,
THE PHYSICAL ASSAULTS,
I KNEW THIS CASE NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
Narrator: AS THEY APPROACHED THE HOUSE, KRISTEEN, A PSYCHIC,
RECEIVES DISTURBING IMAGES.
Kristeen: MY ROLE IN THE GROUP IS LEAD PSYCHIC.
I CHOSE TO BE INTERVIEWED IN SHADOW
TO MAINTAIN MY PRIVACY.
KRISTEEN?
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
I SENSED EASTERN EUROPEANS LONG AGO
CAMPING ON THAT PROPERTY.
RITUALS WERE DONE, SACRIFICING MORE THAN ONE ANIMAL.
SACRIFICES WERE MADE ON THIS PROPERTY.
RITUALS PERFORMED.
THEY OPENED THE DOOR TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Kevin: WHAT KRISTEEN SAW COINCIDES WITH THE RESEARCH I DID.
I'VE FOUND THAT EASTERN EUROPEANS,
PROBABLY GYPSIES, DID PASS THROUGH THIS AREA CENTURIES AGO.
WE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL ONCE WE ENTER THIS HOUSE.
DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.
Kevin: THE RITUAL OPENED A GATEWAY FOR SOMETHING TO COME THROUGH.
Narrator: AND WHATEVER WAS CONJURED OUTSIDE THE HOUSE
MAY VERY WELL BE THE ENTITY HAUNTING THE REARICK HOME.
GOOD EVENING, JACINDA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
Kristeen: OF COURSE.
HELLO.
KRISTEEN AND LIZ.
Narrator: INSIDE, BOTH PSYCHICS SENSE ACTIVITY IN THE ROOM.
I COULD FEEL A LOT OF ENTITIES THERE.
THERE WERE HUMAN SPIRITS IN THE HOUSE.
THERE ARE SPIRITS HERE WITH US.
YES, A MAN AND A WOMAN.
I DESCRIBED TWO ENTITIES TO THE LEFT OF ME
IN THE LIVING ROOM -- AN OLDER MAN AND WOMAN.
THEY'RE A COUPLE.
I SEE THEIR ARMS ARE INTERTWINED.
Jacinda: IT WAS MY MOM AND MY DAD.
I ACTUALLY CRIED BECAUSE IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD
KNOWING THAT THEY WERE THERE.
I SENSE A LOT OF LOVE BETWEEN THEM.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY SCARED.
THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP YOU.
KRISTEEN SAID THAT THEY WERE THERE
DEFENDING AND PROTECTING ME AND EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE.
HELP ME?
BUT SO MANY BAD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED HERE.
Liz: THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR YOU.
WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE.
WELL, LET'S SPLIT UP.
WE'LL EACH TAKE A ROOM. -YES.
WE'LL MEET BACK HERE WHEN WE'RE DONE, OKAY?
OKAY.
IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT. WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
Narrator: AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES,
LIZ IS DRAWN TO JACINDA AND TODD'S BEDROOM.
Liz: AS SOON AS I WALKED IN, EVERYTHING FELT DARK AND HEAVY.
JUST A VERY NASTY, FOREBODING FEELING.
[ SLITHERING ]
Narrator: IN ANOTHER PART OF THE HOUSE, SOMETHING CALLS TO KRISTEEN.
HEY, THERE.
Kristeen: THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY IN THE HOUSE.
HEY.
HI.
HEY. ARE YOU OKAY?
[ GROWLS ]
I FELT A DEEP SENSE OF DREAD, OF FEAR, TOO.
Narrator: LIZ ALSO FEELS THE FEAR.
I SAW THE TENTACLES.
THEY STARTED COMING OUT FROM THE CLOSET,
UNDER THE DOOR, UNDERNEATH THE FURNITURE.
IT WAS ALL AROUND ME.
[ GASPING ]
[ SCREAMING ]
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Narrator: WHILE INVESTIGATING THE REARICK FAMILY HOME
IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA,
TWO PSYCHICS MAKE SEPARATE ENCOUNTERS
WITH THE SAME DANGEROUS ENTITY.
FOR KRISTEEN, IT MASQUERADES AS A CHILD.
[ GROWLING ]
I GOT PHYSICALLY ILL. I GOT SEVERE NAUSEA.
I DID GET QUITE DIZZY.
THIS LITTLE BOY WAS AN INHUMAN ENTITY.
[ LIZ SCREAMING ]
LIZ!
WHAT HAPPENED?
ARE YOU OKAY?
I WAS ATTACKED.
THERE WERE -- THERE WERE TENTACLES COVERING MY BODY.
IT WANTED TO JUST WRAP ITSELF AROUND ME
AND TAKE ME.
IT WANTED TO PULL ENERGY RIGHT OUT OF MY BODY.
I SAW IT, TOO.
WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS A DEMON.
I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS ONE SO POWERFUL.
WE NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO GET RID OF THIS THING AS FAST AS WE COULD.
Narrator: THE TEAM BREAKS THE NEWS TO JACINDA.
THE INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRITS
OF HER PARENTS ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
Kristeen: JACINDA'S PARENTS WERE TRYING TO PROTECT HER
FROM SOMETHING VERY EVIL IN THE HOUSE.
THIS DEMONIC ENTITY WAS THE ONE
THAT WAS CAUSING DANGER AND WOULD HURT THE FAMILY.
BUT HOW -- HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
Narrator: THE INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM
THAT WHATEVER KRISTEEN SAW OUTSIDE THE HOUSE
IS THE SAME DEMON HAUNTING THE REARICK FAMILY.
A RITUAL WAS PERFORMED HERE LONG AGO
BY A GROUP OF TRAVELERS PASSING THROUGH THE AREA.
IT CREATED A GATEWAY TO THE OTHER WORLD,
AND THAT'S HOW THE DEMON CAME THROUGH.
Kristeen: A MURDEROUS ACT WAS COMMITTED.
IMMEDIATELY, RITUALS WERE DONE TO KEEP THE EVIL AWAY.
WHEN IN FACT, ALL IT DID WAS LET SOME ENTER.
IT ACTUALLY CAME THEN.
BUT WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST 14 YEARS,
AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING NOW?
YOU WERE WEAK -- AN EASY TARGET.
AND IT WAS WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTACK.
Kevin: THIS DEMONIC ENTITY
WAS BROUGHT IN THROUGH THIS PORTAL CENTURIES AGO
AND REMAINED DORMANT ON THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS WAITING FOR THE PROPER TIME
TO COME IN TO JACINDA'S HOUSE,
WHEN JACINDA WAS HAVING MAJOR PHYSICAL ISSUES.
DURING THESE TIMES OF LONG-TERM ILLNESS,
IT'S THE PERFECT TIME FOR A DEMONIC ENTITY
TO MOVE IN AND TAKE OVER A HOUSEHOLD.
THE DEMON ATTACHED ITSELF TO YOU.
THAT'S HOW IT WAS ABLE TO INFEST THE HOUSE
AND BEGIN TO INFILTRATE YOUR FAMILY.
RIGHT NOW THE DEMON
IS BREAKING DOWN EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
WE NEED TO ACT BEFORE IT GOES TO THE SECOND PHASE --
POSSESSION.
Jacinda: THEY SAID BY ME HAVING ALL MY HEALTH ISSUES,
IT ATTACHED TO ME,
AND THAT WAS A WAY FOR IT TO GET IN.
AND IT JUST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, WAS TAKING OVER OUR LIVES.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
Kevin: IF SOMETHING WASN'T DONE QUICKLY,
I WAS AFRAID SOMEBODY WOULD EITHER BE HURT OR KILLED.
OH, LORD, GOD OF OUR SALVATION,
PRESERVE THIS HOME AND ALL WHO LIVE HERE
FROM ALL HARM
AND EVERY TEMPTATION FROM BELOW.
I PRAYED AND I BLESSED EVERY WINDOW AND EVERY DOOR
AND MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH HOLY WATER
TO SEAL EACH ROOM
FROM THE ENTITY COMING BACK INTO THIS HOUSE AGAIN,
TO PREVENT IT.
DELIVERING THEM FROM FEAR
OF THINGS PRECEDING FROM THE DARKNESS
AND ATTACKS BY DEMONS AT MIDDAY.
LORD, PRESERVE ALL WHO LIVE IN THIS HOME
FROM ALL HARM
AND ALL TEMPTATION FROM BELOW,
DELIVERING THEM FROM FEAR AND ATTACKS
BY DEMONS AT MIDDAY.
LORD, GOD...OHH!
DURING THIS PROCESS, I FELT AS THOUGH AN ICE PICK
WAS DRIVEN THROUGH MY SKULL.
AND I KNOW THIS WAS THE DEMON'S WAY
OF DEFENDING ITSELF.
IT KNEW I WAS INTERVENING FOR THIS FAMILY.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
MY VISION BECAME BLURRY.
BUT I KNEW IF I STOPPED, IT WOULD WIN.
SO I JUST KEPT ON GOING, NO MATTER WHAT.
LET YOUR SERVANTS AND YOUR CHILDREN,
PROTECTED BY ARMIES OF ANGELS,
FAITHFULLY SING WITH ONE ACCORD,
"LORD, YOU ARE MY HELPER. I AM NOT AFRAID.
I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR YOU ARE WITH ME,
AS YOU ARE MY CONFIRMATION."
OH, GOD,
TO YOU ALONE BE THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR NOW AND EVER,
UNTO AGES OF AGES, AMEN.
AS I GOT TO THE FINAL STAGES OF THE CLEANSING,
A CALMNESS CAME OVER THE HOUSE.
Jacinda: I JUST NOTICED THE WHOLE HOUSE -- I WASN'T AFRAID.
AND I JUST FELT LIKE THE HEAVINESS WAS GONE
AND THE DARKNESS WAS GONE,
AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THE WHOLE HOUSE
WAS FILLED WITH LIGHT AGAIN.
Narrator: MONTHS AFTER THE CLEANSING,
THE FAMILY IS NO LONGER PLAGUED BY THE DEMONIC ENTITY.
AND TODD FINALLY CONCEDES THAT THEY WERE VICTIMS
OF A SUPERNATURAL FORCE.
Jacinda: NOW THAT IT'S ALL OVER WITH,
HE NOW ACTUALLY ADMITS THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE
AND THAT IT DID AFFECT HIM AND IT DID AFFECT ME
AND IT DID AFFECT JUSTIN.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S GLAD THAT THEY CAME.
Justin: BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED, THE VIEWS
THAT I HAD ON THE PARANORMAL WERE VERY INDIFFERENT.
I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY LIVES WITH
BUT NOT EVERYBODY EXPERIENCES,
SO THEREFORE, THEY DON'T ALL UNDERSTAND IT
THE WAY YOU DO ONCE IT HAPPENS TO YOU.
Jacinda: WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THE PEOPLE
WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN THE PARANORMAL
IS DEMONIC THINGS DO EXIST,
AND IT'S JUST WAITING TO STRIKE SOMEBODY.
AND YOU JUST HAVE TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO NOT LET IT
INTO YOUR WORLD.
THE BUTTON TO THE LEFT.
YEAH, YEAH, I GOT IT.
Jacinda: I DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT GOOD AND EVIL
CAN BE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.
I STILL BELIEVE MY MOM AND DAD ARE WITH ME.
I ABSOLUTELY FEEL, WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF THEM THERE,
IT COULD HAVE GOTTEN A LOT WORSE BECAUSE ALL ALONG,
THEY WERE THERE FOR PROTECTION FOR ME.
SO I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH
IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.