Narrator: DEEP INSIDE AN OLD HOUSE, AN ENTITY LURKS.
FOR YEARS, THE FAMILY BELIEVES IT'S HARMLESS...
WE CALLED IT CASPER, THE FRIENDLY GHOST.
...UNTIL THEY UNKNOWINGLY PROVOKE IT.
GOD IS MY ROCK. HE IS MY SHIELD.
Narrator: NOW EVIL IS COMING...
IT WAS VERY HARD TO BREATHE.
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: ...AND THE BATTLE FOR GOOD BEGINS.
THE WALLS WERE BLEEDING.
IT CAME AFTER OUR GRANDSON.
MONSTER! MONSTER!
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.
...AND THE THINGS WE FEAR...
[ SCREAMS ]
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED... -[ SCREAMS ]
...NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
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**
IN THE LATE '80s, BOB CRANMER PURCHASES A HOME
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE GREW UP.
AS A CHILD, I JUST WOULD PEER IN THE WINDOWS FROM THE SIDEWALK.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE PART OF THE HOUSE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IT REPRESENTED --
SUCCESS, OLD-STYLE LIVING.
Narrator: BUT OVER THE YEARS, BOB, HIS WIFE,
AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN DISCOVER THE HOUSE HAS SECRETS.
Bob: AFTER OUR FIRST WEEKS IN THE HOUSE,
WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE HAD A GHOST.
EVERY LIGHT WOULD BE ON.
Jessica: THINGS WOULD MOVE
OR THE WATER WOULD JUST TURN ON OUT OF NOWHERE.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
Bobby: WE WOULD HEAR WALKING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE,
WEIRD NOISES.
DIFFERENT THINGS WOULD HAPPEN, AND WE JUST LET IT GO
AND DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE CALLED IT CASPER, THE FRIENDLY GHOST.
-HEY. -HEY.
-HOW ARE YA? -GOOD.
Narrator: IN 2004, IN SPITE OF HER SPOOKY CHILDHOOD...
-HELLO, HONEY. HOW ARE YA? -DAD! GOOD.
...JESSICA, THE ELDEST, MOVES BACK HOME
WITH HER NEW HUSBAND, TOM...
HERE'S ONE FOR YOU. HOLD ON, GUYS.
...AND SON, COLLIN.
-YOU GOT IT? TAKE THIS ONE. -ALL RIGHT.
I ALWAYS KNEW THERE WAS STUFF GOING ON AT THE HOUSE.
I GUESS CHALK IT UP TO BEING AN OLD HOUSE,
AND...CERTAIN THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN AN OLD HOUSE.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT MUCH OF AN ISSUE WHEN WE'D MOVED IN.
-DAVID? -YEAH?
COME HERE.
DO ME A FAVOR. BRING THIS UP TO YOUR SISTER'S ROOM?
-OKAY. SURE. -THANKS.
Jessica: THERE'S AN APARTMENT ON TOP OF THE HOUSE.
MY DAD HAD OFFERED IT
SO THAT WE COULD WORK AND SAVE MONEY
AND BE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY BUY A HOUSE SOMETIME SOON.
Bob: THERE'S A LARGE WALK-IN CLOSET UNDERNEATH THE STAIRCASE.
THE LIGHT IS ABOUT 6 FEET OFF THE FLOOR,
AND THERE'S A SIMPLE PULL CHAIN TO TURN IT OFF AND ON.
I NOTICED THE CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE LIGHT.
Narrator: BOB IS USED TO THIS KIND OF MYSTERIOUS ACTIVITY.
BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LIVING IN THE HOUSE,
HE DECIDES TO TAKE ACTION.
Bob: I WAS BORN AND BAPTIZED INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
I DID HAVE A REAL STRONG FAITH.
I TOOK A SET OF ROSARY BEADS.
I SIMPLY TIED THEM TO THIS CHAIN
ON THE LIGHT IN THE CLOSET.
I CLOSED THE DOOR.
I HEARD SOMETHING IN THE CLOSET.
IT TOOK THE ROSARY BEADS
AND WRAPPED THEM COMPLETELY AROUND THE LIGHT.
Narrator: ALARMED, BOB TAKES IT TO HE NEXT LEVEL.
Bob: I TOOK MY BIBLE...
GOD IS MY ROCK.
...AND I SPENT ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR IN THAT CLOSET,
READING SCRIPTURE.
WITH HIM, I TAKE REFUGE.
I COULD FEEL IT WHEN I WAS IN THE CLOSET WITH IT.
WAS IT COLD? WAS IT HOT? NO.
BUT I COULD FEEL IT THERE WITH ME.
I HAD CROSSED THE LINE
TO WHERE I WAS INTERACTING WITH A SUPERNATURAL BEING.
I WASN'T SURE WHERE THIS WAS GONNA GO.
Narrator: A FEW NIGHTS
AFTER SETTLING INTO THEIR THIRD FLOOR APARTMENT,
TOM CHECKS ON HIS STEPSON COLLIN.
JESS? EVERYTHING OKAY?
JESSICA?
HEY. HEY, BUDDY.
Narrator: CONCERNED, TOM RUSHES TO TELL HIS WIFE WHAT HE SAW.
Jessica: THERE WAS SOMETHING IN COLLIN'S ROOM
STANDING OVER COLLIN'S BED.
I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF EVERY POSSIBLE WAY FOR IT
NOT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO THINK
OF SOMETHING HARMING COLLIN.
DAD? COLLIN, WE'RE GONNA SLEEP IN MOMMY'S ROOM TONIGHT, OKAY?
GO THERE RIGHT NOW? WE'LL BE RIGHT IN.
-OKAY. -WHAT'S THE MATTER?
[ Shakily ] TOM SAW SOMETHING STANDING OVER COLLIN'S BED,
AND THEN IT JUST DISAPPEARED.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
LISTEN, THERE'S SOME THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THIS HOUSE.
THINGS I JUST REALLY CAN'T EXPLAIN.
THEY'VE BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS.
NOW IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING WORSE.
DAD, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
IT'S OKAY. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
MY DAD SAID HE'S NOT TO SLEEP IN THAT ROOM,
SO WE PUT COLLIN IN OUR BEDROOM.
**
Narrator: TAKING NO CHANCES,
BOB DECIDES TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE ROOM PRAYING.
BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND HIS MIGHTY POWER.
PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD AGAINST THE EVIL SCHEMES
OF THE DEVIL.
I DID THAT FOR AN HOUR OR SO.
I LAID DOWN ON COLLIN'S LITTLE BED,
AND I FELL ASLEEP.
[ THUMPING ]
I WOKE UP TO POUNDING ON THE WALL.
THIS THING WAS TOYING WITH ME.
**
[ THUMPING ]
Narrator: BOB CRANMER HAS LIVED WITH
WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE A HARMLESS GHOST FOR YEARS,
UNTIL ONE NIGHT IT GETS PHYSICAL.
Bob: I NOTICED STINGING ON MY NECK.
THERE WERE SCRATCHES THAT BEGAN UNDER MY EAR,
CAME DOWN MY NECK, AND ACROSS MY CHEST.
IT BECAME PERSONAL.
THIS WAS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Narrator: FOR NOW, BOB DECIDES NOT TO DISCUSS THE EXPERIENCE
WITH HIS CHILDREN.
Bob: I DIDN'T WANT TO CONCERN THEM.
Narrator: ONE AFTERNOON, THE CRANMERS' OLDEST SON, BOBBY,
IS HANGING OUT IN THE HOUSE.
I FELT SOMETHING LIKE THE WIND MOVE AS IT WENT PAST MY HEAD.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
ALL THESE PIECES OF PLASTIC COME RAINING DOWN.
THE WHOLE THING TOOK MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
A SPLIT SECOND, JUST VERY FAST.
Narrator: FEARING FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN,
THE CRANMERS INVITE FATHER MIKE SALVAGNA,
A PASSIONIST PRIEST, TO BLESS THE HOME.
GOING TO KEN'S TO STUDY. BE BACK BY DINNER.
OKAY, HONEY.
Bob: EVER SINCE WE MOVED IN HERE,
WE'VE HAD SOME STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN.
THINGS WE COULDN'T EXPLAIN.
FURNITURE MOVING, LIGHTS COMING ON AND OFF.
BUT THEN IT STARTED TO BECOME MORE SERIOUS.
Mike: I LEARNED ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH FORCES
HAD BEEN MANIFESTING THEMSELVES IN THE HOUSE --
SCRATCHES, SOUNDS, THINGS BEING MOVED OR DESTROYED.
SO, WHEN YOU PRAY, THE FORCE INTENSIFIES?
YES. IT ALMOST TRIES TO SCARE ME.
I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING CONCERNED HERE.
SO, LET'S GET STARTED.
PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD
SO THAT YOU MAY TAKE YOUR STAND.
THERE IS A TIME TO COME OUT AND PRAY
AND TO BLESS THE HOUSE, UH, LEST THE --
THE DEVIL HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER ITS PEOPLE OR A LOCATION.
WE BLESSED THE HOUSE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
WE WANT TO SANCTIFY THE LOCATION.
OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT WITH THE FLESH AND BOLUS.
THAT WAS A DEFINING MOMENT
BECAUSE THIS REALLY COULD HAVE HURT BOBBY.
IT CLEARLY WAS DANGEROUS.
Mike: I HAD A SENSE THAT THERE WAS A BIG EVIL FORCE HERE
THAT HAS BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
YOU COULD SEE THAT THIS WAS WHAT WE CALL A HOUSE INFESTATION.
IT'S, UH, SPIRITS THAT SOMEHOW DWELL THERE
AND, UH, THEY DON'T LEAVE POLITELY.
BUT I WOULD ALWAYS ENCOURAGE BOB AND LESA TO HANG IN THERE,
TO PERSEVERE, BE STRONG.
PRAY TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. GOD WILL HEAR YOU.
-THANK YOU, FATHER. -GOD BLESS.
HE BLESSED SOME OF THE ROOMS WITH HOLY WATER AND SO ON.
I HAD HOPED THAT SIMPLE PRAYERS LIKE THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
Narrator: ONE NIGHT,
WHILE JESSICA'S HUSBAND AND SON ARE OUT,
SHE FINDS HERSELF ALONE IN THEIR THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM.
Jessica: I WOKE UP, AND I FELT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS SITTING ON ME.
IT WAS VERY HARD TO BREATHE, AND THEN YOU CAN'T MOVE.
I WAS LOOKING AROUND
BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT ALL I COULD DO, WAS MOVE MY EYES.
I SAW A DARK FIGURE STANDING AT THE FOOT OF MY BED.
I JUST WANTED TO SCREAM,
BUT I COULDN'T.
**
Narrator: FOR YEARS, UNEXPLAINABLE EVENTS
HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN THE CRANMER FAMILY'S OLD HOUSE.
ONE NIGHT, SOMEONE, OR SOMETHING,
PAYS THEIR DAUGHTER JESSICA A VISIT.
Jessica: I WOKE UP AND COULDN'T MOVE.
I SEE A FIGURE AT THE FOOT OF THE BED.
YOU WANNA BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE DREAMING,
AND THEN YOU REALIZE THAT IT'S REAL.
IT'S A VERY, VERY SCARY FEELING.
AND I REMEMBER TRYING TO SCREAM,
BUT IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE WORDS WERE COMING OUT.
[ SCREAMING ]
JESSICA! JESSICA!
MOM! [ CRYING ]
JESSICA! WHAT'S THE MATTER? WHAT'S HAPPENING?
THERE WAS SOMETHING IN MY ROOM!
I REALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW SHE GOT UP THERE
BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS SCREAMING
SO THAT ANYBODY COULD HEAR ME.
IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY.
JESSICA WAS PETRIFIED. SHE WAS SHAKING AND CRYING.
FROM THAT POINT ON I JUST... I-I WASN'T COMFORTABLE.
I DIDN'T LIKE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT THINKING,
"AM I GONNA WAKE UP AND HAVE THAT HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN?"
IT'S OKAY.
Narrator: THE FAMILY IS NOW BEYOND WORRIED.
NEWS OF THE HAUNTING REACHES
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF PITTSBURGH,
WHO ASSIGNS FATHER RON LENGWIN TO HELP.
AFTER I SPOKE WITH BOB, I FELT PRETTY CERTAIN
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE
THAT NEEDED TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER.
I TOLD BOB THAT THIS WAS NOT GONNA BE AN EASY FIX.
EVIL IS NOT THAT EASY TO OVERCOME.
Lesa: FATHER RON SAYS, "YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS HERE..."
-THANK YOU. -"STAY AND FIGHT,
AND WE WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THIS ENTIRE THING,
OR YOU CAN LEAVE."
ARE WE REALLY UP FOR THIS?
WE CAN BEAT THIS THING.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE MUCH LONGER.
LET'S GO TO BED.
WE WERE ALL EXHAUSTED FROM THIS THING.
WE WERE -- IT HAD RUNG US OUT.
AND WE WERE JUST ABOUT READY TO GIVE IN AND SAY
"WE CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE."
WITH BOB'S MILITARY BACKGROUND,
YOU JUST DON'T TELL HIM [LAUGHS] YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING.
HE'S VERY DETERMINED.
WE DECIDED THAT OUR FAITH WOULD GET US THROUGH THIS
AND THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO PASS THIS HOUSE OFF
ON SOMEBODY ELSE LIKE IT WAS PASSED ONTO US.
I MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WOULD STAY PUT
AND WE WOULD FACE THE SITUATION.
Narrator: BOB AND LESA ALERT FATHER MIKE
TO THE ESCALATING DANGER.
HE OBTAINS SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE DIOCESE
TO CELEBRATE MASS INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE ENTITY IN YOUR HOUSE
IS DEMONIC.
THE SCRATCHES ON YOUR FAMILY, THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
A DEMON?
THE DEMON WANTED TO PUT FEAR INTO THAT FAMILY.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT CHILDREN TO BE, UH,
VERY FEARFUL IN A HOME.
SO LET'S GET STARTED.
I CELEBRATE THE MASS TO SANCTIFY,
TO DRIVE AWAY THE EVIL SPIRITS.
TAKE THIS AND DRINK.
THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST FOR YOU.
WE HAD MASS SEVERAL TIMES,
AND WE WOULD BLESS THE HOUSE AGAIN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
THIS IS THE LAMB OF GOD.
THE BODY OF CHRIST. -AMEN.
OH, LET US PROCLAIM
THE MYSTERY OF FAITH.
LET US PRAY.
WE HAD MASS WITH FATHER MIKE.
WE HAD BOTH HOPED
THAT HE WOULD COME AND DO THE BLESSING ON THE HOUSE,
AND THEN IT WOULD STOP.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
I'LL GET IT.
[ RING ]
[ BEEP ] HELLO?
-Hey, Mom. -HI, HONEY.
COLLIN WANTS TO COME DOWN
AND SAY HI TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA. IS THAT OKAY?
Okay. Send him down.
BYE. [ BEEP ]
Jessica: SO I SEND COLLIN DOWN.
THERE IS THREE FLIGHTS OF STEPS YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN.
**
Narrator: COLLIN HAS JUST ENCOUNTERED THE DEMONIC ENTITY
HAUNTING HIS GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.
[ GASPING LOUDLY ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
I RUSH UP THE STEPS TO FIND COLLIN
HYPERVENTILATING AND SHAKING.
WHAT'S THE MATTER? -COLLIN?
-WHAT HAPPENED? -A MONSTER.
-WHAT'S GOIN' ON? -MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER!
HE WAS SCREAMING, "MONSTER," AND POINTING TO THE ROOM.
-MONSTER! -COLLIN? WHAT HAPPENED?
TAKE HIM DOWNSTAIRS. LET'S GO.
-GO DOWNSTAIRS. -LET'S GO.
IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY.
Bob: WHATEVER APPEARANCE THIS THING TOOK,
IT CLEARLY TERRIFIED HIM.
HE COULDN'T BREATHE.
THIS THING WAS DRAWN TO TERRIFYING OUR CHILDREN.
I DETERMINED RIGHT THEN AND THERE
THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE TO MOVE JESSICA AND COLLIN
OUT OF THE HOUSE.
I ALWAYS LOVED THAT HOUSE NO MATTER WHAT,
BUT I WAS RELIEVED TO GET COLLIN
OUT OF THE SITUATION.
Narrator: WHILE THE DEMON HAS FORCED JESSICA AND HER FAMILY
OUT OF THE HOUSE, BOB, LESA, AND THEIR THREE SONS REMAIN.
**
I SAW ALL OF THIS BLOOD ON THE WALL.
AND IT WAS STILL WET.
YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE LARGE DROPS
HIT THE WALL,
SPLATTERED, AND THEN RAN DOWN.
BOBBY! COME HERE!
COMING!
IT WAS AS IF TO MIMIC THE PRIESTS
AND HOW THEY THROW HOLY WATER THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE.
Bobby: THE WALLS WERE BLEEDING.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING YOU CAN SAY
TO TRY AND RATIONALIZE HOW THAT ALL GOT THERE.
DAD, WHAT IS THIS?
I DON'T KNOW.
GET YOUR MOTHER. -MOM!
IS...THIS BLOOD?
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
WE CANNOT KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? QUIT?
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO?
AFTER ALL WE BEEN THROUGH?
I'M NOT GONNA LET THIS THING WIN.
LESA. -OKAY.
WE LEANED ON ONE ANOTHER.
WE JUST EMBRACED AND SAID WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
WE'RE GONNA STAY IN THIS.
I'M NOT GONNA LET THIS THING WIN.
OKAY.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME,
I REALIZED THAT THIS THING THINKS IT HAS WON.
Narrator: AGAIN,
THE FAMILY TURNS TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR HELP.
AS THIS WHOLE SITUATION DEVELOPED, WE REACHED THE POINT
WHERE I WAS ABOUT READY
TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BISHOP
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN EXORCISM OF THE PLACE.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THE CHURCH WILL SANCTION THE EXORCISM,
THE FAMILY MUST GO THROUGH ONE MORE STEP.
WE HAD TO HAVE SOME TYPE
OF OUTSIDE, NON-RELIGIOUS,
SECULAR VERIFICATION
THAT THINGS WERE GOING ON IN THE HOUSE
THAT WERE SUPERNATURAL,
THAT THIS IS NOT PSYCHOLOGICAL,
THIS IS, IN FACT, A DEMONIC ENTITY.
Narrator: IN JANUARY OF 2005,
A PARANORMAL RESEARCH TEAM OUT OF PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
ARRIVE TO INVESTIGATE THE HOUSE.
Adam: THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS,
BOB TOOK ME ON A TOUR OF THE HOUSE.
I THINK I SHOWED YOU EVERYTHING, TOLD YOU ALL THE STORIES.
MY ROLE THERE WAS TO PERFORM SOME INFORMAL PSYCHE EVALS
ON THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO WHAT DO WE DO?
TAKE ME BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
WHERE'D IT START TO GET BAD?
THE CLOSET.
HE SHOWED ME THIS CLOSET...
AS YOU CAN SEE.
...WHERE IT HAD ALL STARTED WITH THIS CHAIN
BEING WRAPPED AROUND A LIGHT.
[ HOLLOW THUD ]
THERE WAS THIS REALLY INTENSE FEELING.
I DON'T CALL IT PSYCHIC OR ANY OF THAT.
IT'S JUST THERE WAS A STRONG FEELING
THAT THE DEMON WAS UNDER THERE,
UNDER THE STAIRS, YOU KNOW,
SOMEHOW IN THAT CLOSET.
WHAT'S BEHIND THE STEPS?
IS THERE ANOTHER ROOM?
I DON'T KNOW. NEVER LOOKED.
Bob: THE ONLY WAY TO GET IN THAT SPACE
IS TO CUT THE WALL OUT IN THE BACK OF THE CLOSET,
WHICH WAS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.
**
LOOK OVER HERE.
THERE'S A SMALL SHELF, ALMOST LIKE AN ALTAR.
THEY FOUND A PIECE OF PAPER,
AND IT HAD PICTURES ON IT.
Narrator: THE DRAWING LOOKS TO BE AS OLD AS THE HOUSE,
SHOWING THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HIS FAMILY.
IT ALSO FEATURES DISTURBING IMAGES AND THE NAME MALICK.
Adam: THE NAME MALICK WAS A FAMILY NAME.
COINCIDENTALLY, IT'S ONE VOWEL OFF FROM MOLOCH,
WHICH IS AN OLD TESTAMENT DEMON
THAT THE CANAANITES WORSHIPPED THAT'S ASSOCIATED
WITH CHILD SACRIFICE.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A CURSE.
WOULD MAKE SENSE WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON HERE.
JUST LIKE A PRIEST CAN BLESS ANY OBJECT,
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN BLACK MAGIC,
THEY CAN CONNECT EVIL WITH ANY OBJECT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS HAUNTINGS START.
WE FOUND THE DEMON'S SPECIAL PLACE.
WE FOUND ITS LAIR.
Narrator: ADAM LEAVES THE GROUP TO TAKE A MOMENT.
Lesa: WHEN WE BROKE INTO THAT ROOM AND FOUND THESE ITEMS,
IT WAS LIKE IT TOOK PIECES FROM EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE
AND HAD SOMETHING OF THEIRS IN ITS POSSESSION.
WHAT WAS MOST DISTURBING WAS ONE OF CHARLIE'S LEGOS.
I MEAN, IT WAS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED.
THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD ONE
OF HIS LEGOS COULD GET INTO THIS ROOM.
NO WAY.
Adam: I TEND TO BE A SOLITARY PERSON,
SO I WANDERED OFF AND WAS ON MY OWN,
JUST MULLING IT OVER IN MY HEAD.
I WAS NEW TO ALL THIS. I HADN'T HAD
ANY OF THESE EXPERIENCES BEFORE.
BUT I WAS PRAYING, AND I WAS SAYING,
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, GOD?"
IN MY MIND, I SUDDENLY SAW THESE LETTERS JUST FORM.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE.
THIS IS BIZARRE.
**
Narrator: WHILE INVESTIGATING
THE EVIL PLAGUING THE CRANMER FAMILY,
PARANORMAL EXPERTS DISCOVER A DEMON'S LAIR
HIDDEN INSIDE THEIR HOME.
Adam: THIS LOOKS LIKE A CURSE.
ADAM BLAI HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
HE'S SUDDENLY STRUCK WITH A VISION
OF LETTERS FLOATING BEFORE HIS EYES.
I SUDDENLY GOT WOOZY, A LITTLE BIT DIZZY.
ADAM, YOU OKAY?
DUDE, YOU'RE BLEEDING.
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IS IF YOU TOOK YOUR FINGERNAILS
AND KIND OF RAKED 'EM ACROSS YOUR FOREHEAD HARD.
GIVE ME A PIECE OF PAPER.
WHAT'S THAT?
WHERE'S THE LAPTOP?
IT'S IN THE LIVING ROOM.
Narrator: THE LETTERS APPEAR TO FORM A WORD, "SATHI."
ADAM DOES A SEARCH AND DISCOVERS IT'S A NAME.
IT'S SAID THAT THIS NAME WAS A DEMON
WHOSE FUNCTION WAS TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN
TO SACRIFICE THEIR CHILDREN.
YOUR DEMON, HER NAME IS SATHI.
SHE WAS A CONSORT TO MOLOCH.
WHEN ADAM REVEALED THE NAME OF THE DEMON
AND WHAT THE DEMON REPRESENTED,
EVERYTHING SEEMED TO START FALLING INTO PLACE,
AND WE WERE UNDERSTANDING THINGS BETTER.
IT ALSO TIES BACK IN WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH OUR GRANDSON,
THAT IT -- IT CAME AFTER HIM,
AND WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH MY OWN KIDS.
Narrator: BASED ON THIS NEW REVELATION,
BOB LOOKS THROUGH THE RESEARCH
HE HAS GATHERED ON THE HISTORY OF HIS HOUSE AND LAND.
I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THIS.
BOB REMEMBERS THAT A TREE IN HIS YARD
HAS SOME LONG-FORGOTTEN HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
Bob: THIS OAK TREE IS SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
I WAS TOLD THAT THIS TREE WAS A MEMORIAL TO SOMETHING.
Narrator: TO CONFIRM THE POSSIBILITY
OF BODIES ON HIS PROPERTY, BOB HIRES PROFESSIONALS.
I HAD THE GROUNDS SCANNED BY GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR.
IT DEPICTED THE EXACT DIMENSIONS
OF A HORIZONTAL GRAVE
THAT HAD BEEN DUG WITH THE REMAINS
OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE FOUR BODIES IN THE GROUND.
Narrator: BUT THE QUESTIONS REMAINS --
HOW AND WHY DID THE DEMON COME INSIDE?
ONE THEORY IS THAT WHEN THE HOUSE WAS BUILT,
A WORKER PLACED A CURSE ON IT,
GIVING THE DEMON POWER TO HAUNT THE HOME.
Bob: WE FELT THAT THE EVIL THAT PRECIPITATED
THAT TERRIBLE MASSACRE
ATTACHED ITSELF TO OUR FRONT YARD
AND EVENTUALLY INHABITED THE HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT THERE.
THE CURSE STRENGTHENED IT.
EVIL BRINGS OUT EVIL.
Narrator: SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE INVESTIGATION,
BOB AND LESA RECEIVE GOOD NEWS.
THE CHURCH HAS APPROVED AN EXORCISM OF THEIR HOME.
IN SEPTEMBER 2005,
AN EXORCIST ARRIVES TO TAKE ON THE DEMON.
Ron: I CAN ONLY SPEAK IN TERMS OF OUR DIOCESE.
I'LL BE A PRIEST 50 YEARS,
AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER CASE
WHERE AN EXORCIST WAS CALLED IN.
I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THIS WAS FINALLY
GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO SOME TYPE OF CONCLUSION.
AND AFTER THIS EXORCIST CAME,
THE HOUSE DID SEEM SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.
Lesa: THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE HOUSE HAD CHANGED.
THE HOUSE LIGHTENED UP.
Narrator: MONTHS PASS BY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Bob: I WAS IN THE BASEMENT
ADJUSTING THE FRONT OF THE HOT WATER HEATER.
AS I LOOKED UP, I SAW THIS ENTITY.
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Narrator: SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER AN EXORCISM
OF THE CRANMER HOUSE IS PERFORMED,
BOB SENSES THE DEMON IS BACK.
Bob: I CLEARLY SAW IT MOVE,
SO I KNEW IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT,
AND IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT WITH ME.
Lesa: BOB SAYS, "I SAW SOMETHING DOWN THERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MASS."
Narrator: BOB CONTACTS FATHER MIKE.
AND HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES,
"TAKE THIS AND EAT.
"THIS IS MY BODY,
WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN UP FOR YOU."
[ SCRATCHING ]
WE ALL HEARD IT SCRATCHING ON THE WALL.
AND BEFORE HE WAS GIVEN UP TO DEATH,
HE SAID, "DRINK THIS."
[ KNOCKING ]
Bob: DURING THE CONSECRATION OF THE WINE,
THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE WALL,
THREE DISTINCT KNOCKS.
Mike: "THIS IS MY BLOOD.
DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME."
Bob: FATHER, GRAB THE HOLY WATER!
**
OVER HERE!
I COULD JUST SENSE THAT IT WAS IN THE CORNER,
THAT IT WAS THERE.
Bob and Father Mike: OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
WE FELT WE CORNERED THIS THING.
IT WAS ITS LAST HIDING PLACE, ITS LAST DEN, AS IT WERE.
AND WE JUST POUNDED IT WITH PRAYER.
Both: AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION,
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
THERE WAS NO LOUD CLAP OF THUNDER OR LIGHTNING.
I THINK THIS THING WAS JUST FINALLY SPENT
AND IT GAVE UP.
GLORY BE TO GOD.
AND I TOOK THE CRUCIFIX AND I PUT IT ON THE FLOOR
WHERE IT HAD TAKEN PLACE,
AND THAT WAS THE END.
AMEN.
IT SEEMED LIKE A BRAND-NEW DAY.
I JUST FELT A SENSE OF PEACE.
WE HAD FOUGHT THE BATTLE AND VICTORY HAD BEEN ACHIEVED
THROUGH THE POWER OF GOOD.
WE'RE STILL IN THE HOUSE,
AND THE HOUSE IS VERY PEACEFUL AND VERY CALM.
THE GRANDKIDS RUN UP AND DOWN THE HOUSE, AND NO ISSUES
WITH ANY OF THEM BEING IN THERE.
Jessica: I LOVE THAT HOUSE.
I LIVE THERE NOW.
I DON'T EVER WANNA LEAVE THE HOUSE.
I KNOW IT AFFECTED ME AND MADE ME STRONGER
IN SOME WAYS.
ULTIMATELY, IT WAS LIKE TRYING TO TAKE PART IN,
LIKE, A PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR.
YOU'RE EXPERIENCING ALL THESE THINGS
AND ALL THIS STUFF'S HAPPENING THAT EVERYONE TELLS YOU
IS IMPOSSIBLE.
IT WAS JUST LIKE A LIVING NIGHTMARE.
I'M JUST GLAD WE ALL MADE IT OUT OKAY.
Bob: I HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED
THE POWER OF GOD
AND THE DEVIL.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE SUPERNATURAL,
SO I KNOW THAT IT'S TRUE.
THERE'S A SPIRITUAL WORLD AROUND US THAT WE CAN'T SEE.
I'VE EXPERIENCED IT.
AND WHETHER PEOPLE WANNA BELIEVE ME OR NOT
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE BECAUSE I WAS THERE.
THE INITIAL PLAQUE
TO MARK IT AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK
SAID, "THE MALICK HOUSE."
AND AFTER WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS,
I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THE MALICK HOUSE.
I CALL IT GRAND OAKS MANOR.
BRAND-NEW HOUSE. NEW NAME. -I LOVE IT.
THIS HOUSE IS OURS NOW.
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