Narrator: AFTER A FAMILY SUFFERS A HORRIFIC TRAGEDY...
I WISH DADDY WERE HERE.
ME, TOO.
...THEY SEEK REFUGE.
Jeanette: AFTER LOSING THEIR FATHER,
I HAD TO DO SOMETHING FOR MY CHILDREN.
Narrator: BUT THEIR NEW HOME HARBORS SECRETS.
WHAT IS THAT?
DARK SECRETS.
THIS IS LIKE A SATANIC THING OR PART OF THE OCCULT.
Narrator: THE SPIRITS WILL NOT REST.
Danine: SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET TO ME.
I WAS IN DANGER.
Narrator: UNTIL THEY ARE CHASED BACK INTO HELL.
RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME.
Danine: THIS AIN'T CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST.
THESE ARE MONSTERS.
[ GROWLS ] [ SCREAMS ]
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.
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NOT FAR FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE BIG APPLE
ARE THE RUSTIC SUBURBS OF A QUAINT BEACH TOWN.
Jeanette: SAINT JAMES IS ON THE EASTERN END OF LONG ISLAND.
IT'S MORE RURAL THERE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND MOST OF YOUR FARMS
AND YOUR VINEYARDS.
IT'S VERY FAMILY ORIENTED.
Narrator: IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO ESCAPE.
[ CAR DOOR BEEPING ]
IN 2006, JEANETTE MEYRAN INTRODUCES HER TWO DAUGHTERS,
ANGELA AND DANINE,
TO THE HOUSE SHE'S JUST PURCHASED.
SO, GIRLS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WE'RE GOING TO LIVE HERE?
THE HOUSE WAS REALLY OLD.
EVERYTHING WAS RUN-DOWN,
BUT IT WAS A HUGE PIECE OF PROPERTY
THAT WAS COVERED IN WOODS.
SO THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO IT.
YOU WON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE IT BY THE TIME WE MOVE IN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, DANINE?
Narrator: JEANETTE'S YOUNGER DAUGHTER IS NOT SO SURE.
I TOOK A RIDE OUT THERE WITH MY MOM AND MY SISTER.
WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE,
IT HONESTLY LOOKED REALLY OLD.
IT LOOKED VERY CREEPY.
MOM, YOU TOLD US THAT WE WOULD LOVE IT OUT HERE,
BUT WE'RE LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
I BET THE WI-FI OUT HERE SUCKS.
LETS JUST TRY TO THINK POSITIVE, OKAY?
I THINK THAT A CHANGE OF SCENERY
WILL DO US ALL A LOT OF GOOD.
[ SIGHS ]
I WISH DADDY WERE HERE.
ME, TOO, SWEETIE.
ME, TOO.
Narrator: A YEAR EARLIER, JEANETTE'S HUSBAND,
THE GIRLS' FATHER, CURTIS MEYRAN,
TRAGICALLY DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
Jeanette: CURT WAS A LIEUTENANT
FOR THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THERE WAS A FOUR-STORY BRONX TENEMENT
AND THE ELECTRIC HAD SHORTED IN ONE OF THE APARTMENTS.
THE FLAMES HAD COME THROUGH THE FLOOR ON THE FOURTH FLOOR
WHERE THEY WERE, AND THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS WINDOWS.
Narrator: ON THAT DAY, CURTIS WAS FORCED
TO JUMP 50 FEET TO HIS DEATH.
WHEN HE PASSED AWAY,
ESPECIALLY HOW HE DID, IT WAS VERY HARD FOR EVERYONE.
THE REALITY HIT ME THAT I DON'T HAVE A DAD ANYMORE.
IT WAS LIKE MY WORLD HAD COME CRASHING DOWN.
Narrator: WITH THE MOVE, JEANETTE IS HOPING
TO ESCAPE PAINFUL MEMORIES AND START ANEW.
Jeanette: AFTER LOSING THEIR FATHER,
I HAD TO DO SOMETHING FOR THESE CHILDREN.
I HAD TO SHOW THEM THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF HOPE
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT LIFE CAN GO ON.
IT'S HARD TO BE POSITIVE WHEN THERE'S NOTHING
TO BE POSITIVE ABOUT, MOM.
LET'S JUST THINK OF IT THIS WAY --
IT'S A GREAT, NEW ADVENTURE FOR ALL OF US.
**
Narrator: JEANETTE IMMEDIATELY GETS TO WORK ON THE HOUSE,
TURNING TO CURTIS' FRIENDS FOR HELP.
Jeanette: THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT STEPPED UP
WHEN HE FIRST PASSED AWAY.
IT'S A BROTHERHOOD, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
SO I DID GET A LOT OF SUPPORT.
ANY TAKERS?
HEY, THAT'S JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED.
I MET CURT IN THE EARLY 1990s,
AND WE BECAME REALLY GOOD FRIENDS.
YEAH, CURT WAS A GREAT GUY.
YOU CALLED HIM, HE WAS THERE, WITHOUT A QUESTION.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, MIKE?
FEELING LIKE A COLD BREW?
IN A SEC.
ALMOST DONE INSTALLING THE LAST OF THE SECURITY CAMERAS.
JUST WANT TO CHECK ONE MORE THING.
OH, COME ON OVER. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
YEAH.
THANK YOU. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE GOT HERE.
ALL RIGHT, SO, WE'VE GOT A BACK 1, BACK 2.
WE GOT THE FRONT RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN FRONT 2 -- ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE TONY IS.
THERE YOU GO.
NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN TO YOUR PLACE
WITHOUT YOU KNOWING ABOUT IT.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH SAFER I FEEL
WITH ALL THESE CAMERAS AROUND.
Jeanette: THEY HAD PRETTY MUCH A WALL
AROUND THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, PERIMETER.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
I-I -- CURT WOULD BE SO APPRECIATIVE.
HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE EXACT, SAME THING FOR ANY OF HIS BUDDIES.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU AND THE GIRLS,
SO ANY TIME YOU NEED SOMETHING, JUST CALL.
WHAT ELSE DOES A FRIEND DO FOR A FRIEND'S WIFE
WHEN THEY DIE?
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO HELP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
HERE'S TO KNEW BEGINNINGS.
NEW BEGINNINGS.
Narrator: ONE NIGHT, JEANETTE STAYS LATE
FIXING UP DANINE'S ROOM.
Jeanette: I STARTED TO WORK MY WAY
TO TRY TO TRANSITION THESE KIDS TO THEIR NEW HOME.
IT WAS DEFINITELY GONNA BE A FRESH START FOR THEM.
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
I HEARD VOICES, ALMOST LIKE A CHANTING.
HELLO?
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
FOR A MOMENT THERE, I THOUGHT, "MAYBE SOMEONE'S WORKING HERE."
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING. I KNEW I WAS ALONE.
Narrator: JEANETTE CHECKS THE NEW SECURITY CAMERAS
SHE'S HAD INSTALLED OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
Jeanette: INSTALLING THE CAMERAS WAS MY IDEA.
I WAS VERY NERVOUS OF A VANDALISM,
POSSIBLY, OR WHATEVER COULD BE.
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
JEANETTE ASKS HER HUSBAND'S FRIEND MIKE
TO HELP GET THE HOUSE MOVE-IN READY.
SO, I WAS THINKING, I DON'T KNOW.
THIS MIGHT BE A COOL HANG-OUT PLACE FOR THE GIRLS.
REALLY?
SEEMS A LITTLE, UH, DUSTY.
Jeanette: THE BASEMENT WAS FILTHY.
IT COVERED WITH YEARS OF DIRT -- I MEAN COVERED.
THE CEMENT DIRT AND DUST AND JUST ALL KINDS OF FILTH.
ONLY QUESTION -- DO YOU THINK WE COULD TAKE DOWN THAT WALL,
YOU KNOW, OPEN THIS PLACE UP?
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOAD-BEARING WALL.
MAYBE A SIMPLE RENO.
I WAS HOPING YOU'D SAY THAT.
WHEN HE WAS BUSTING UP PART OF THIS WALL,
HE JUST SAW THESE SHREDS OF, LIKE, PAPER.
WHAT IS THAT?
IT WAS MAYBE A FIVE-BY-SEVEN BOOK,
AND IT WAS BOUND WITH A STRING.
IT'S A DIARY.
THE PENMANSHIP WAS LIKE THE OLD PLUME PEN,
THAT KIND OF INK THAT YOU WOULD DIP.
IT WASN'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, A BALL-POINT.
1927, WOW.
OH, MY GOD.
Narrator: THE DIARY DOCUMENTS THE LIFE
OF A YOUNG GIRL LIVING IN FEAR.
THIS POOR GIRL.
Jeanette: MY HEART BROKE FOR THIS LITTLE GIRL.
SHE DOESN'T SEEM ANY OLDER THAN MY OWN TWO.
AND WHAT SHE MUST'VE HAD TO ENDURE.
THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT --
THIS CHILD WAS ABUSED.
Narrator: THE DIARY ALSO DETAILS CRUELTY BEING DONE TO ANIMALS.
Jeanette: I ASSUMED AT THAT POINT
THAT THEY WERE SOME KIND OF SACRIFICE
OR THEY WERE TORTURED IN SOME SORT OF WAY.
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN SO SCARED.
ARE YOU OKAY?
NOT REALLY.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT I DO NOT WANT THE GIRLS TO SEE THIS.
MAYBE I BETTER CALL IT A DAY.
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. I'LL GET THIS PLACE CLEANED UP.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THE BOOK?
I WRAPPED IT UP IN A CHEESE CLOTH
AND I PUT IT IN A PAPER BAG AND I BURNED IT.
HOLY CRAP.
JEANETTE, YOU'D BETTER COME DOWN HERE.
JEANETTE?
Narrator: AFTER SEEKING A FRESH START FOR HER DAUGHTERS
WHO LOST THEIR FATHER,
JEANETTE MEYRAN UNCOVERS A DISTURBING JOURNAL
AND AN INVERTED PENTAGRAM IN HER NEW BASEMENT.
Jeanette: IT WAS THIS HUGE CIRCLE
WITH SOME KIND OF STAR IN IT.
IT WAS REALLY THE SIZE OF A ROOM.
IT WAS TREMENDOUS.
I DO NOT WANT THE GIRLS
TO KNOW THAT WE FOUND THIS.
SOMETHING WENT ON HERE.
THIS IS LIKE A SATANIC THING OR PART OF THE OCCULT.
IT WAS A SYMBOL OF SOME SORT OF EVIL.
WHEN WE ARE THROUGH,
NOBODY IS GONNA KNOW IT WAS HERE.
BURNING THE JOURNAL AND PAINTING OVER THE PENTAGRAM,
IT WAS A CLEAN SLATE.
Narrator: WITH THE RENOVATIONS NOW COMPLETE,
JEANETTE AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS, ANGELA AND DANINE,
SETTLE COMFORTABLY INTO THEIR NEW HOME.
Danine: I JUST KIND OF WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING,
BECAUSE I COULD FORGET EVERYTHING.
LIFE BEFORE MY DAD PASSED AWAY WAS VERY PEACEFUL.
AFTER MY DAD DIED, IT WAS NEVER JUST NORMAL.
Narrator: BUT AS MUCH AS DANINE TRIES TO FORGET THE PAST,
HER DAD'S SPIRIT HAS NEVER LEFT HER.
OH, I LIKE THE HOUSE JUST FINE, I GUESS.
I REALLY LIKE MY NEW ROOM.
WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN THE HOUSE,
I SAW MY DAD AROUND A LOT.
I WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM,
AND IT WAS VERY COMFORTING TO ME.
BUT ANGELA HATES IT HERE.
[ GIGGLES ] DADDY!
MY MOM BRUSHED IT OFF LIKE THAT'S MY IMAGINATION
AND I'M JUST COPING SOMEHOW.
[ LAUGHS ]
ANGELA WOULD BE SO MAD IF WE DID THAT.
HEY, GIVE THAT BACK!
COME AND GET IT. [ CHUCKLES ]
Danine: IT WAS LIKE A FLEETING MOMENT --
AS SOON AS I LOOKED AWAY, I LOOKED BACK, HE WAS GONE.
Narrator: THE MEYRANS' PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED
BY ACRES OF THICK FOREST.
ANGELA?
FOUND YA.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY TOOK A KNIFE
AND CARVED IT INTO THE TREE, AND IT WAS DEEP.
BOO!
THAT'S A WEIRD-LOOKING STAR.
YEAH.
LOOK. THERE'S ONE ON THAT TREE.
AND ON THAT ONE, TOO.
WHEN WE FIRST FOUND THE STARS, I WAS MOSTLY CURIOUS.
THEY'RE ALL AROUND US.
WHO WOULD PUT A STAR IN A TREE?
WHAT WERE THEY DOING HERE?
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. THIS PLACE IS FREAKING ME OUT.
COME ON.
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
THE SOUND OF CHANTING WOKE ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
IT WAS, LIKE, IN A WEIRD LANGUAGE,
SO I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM, LIKE, OUTSIDE MY DOOR,
INSIDE MY ROOM, ALL OVER.
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
I HEARD FOOTSTEPS, LIKE MAN BOOTS, ON THE FLOOR.
AND IT WAS VERY DISTINCT.
[ BANGING ON DOOR ]
THEN THE BANGING STARTED.
[ BANGING CONTINUES ]
Narrator: SOMETHING TERRIFYING IS HAPPENING
AT THE MEYRAN FAMILY'S NEW HOME.
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
[ BANGING ON DOOR ]
Danine: SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET TO ME.
I FELT LIKE I WAS IN DANGER.
[ BANGING CONTINUES ]
DADDY, HELP ME. MAKE IT GO AWAY.
[ BANGING STOPS ]
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
DANINE IS STILL SHAKEN TO THE CORE.
YOU OKAY?
IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR SCHOOL,
AND YOU HAVE NOT EATEN BREAKFAST YET.
[ SIGHS ]
MOM, SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THIS HOUSE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
[ SIGHS ]
I...
I THINK IT'S HAUNTED.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, HAUNTED?
I HEARD VOICES.
BANGING, FOOTSTEPS.
DID YOU HEAR THEM?
I JUST THINK...WE'RE NOT USED TO THIS HOUSE YET.
COME ON. LET'S GET READY FOR SCHOOL.
DON'T WORRY.
HONEY, I AM NOT GONNA LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU.
OKAY?
SHE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I WASN'T SCARED.
LIKE, I GOT A REALLY BAD FEELING IN MY STOMACH,
AND THEN I KNEW THAT IT WASN'T FINE.
[ DOORKNOB CLICKS ]
Narrator: ONE AFTERNOON, DANINE'S SISTER, ANGELA,
IS AT THE HOUSE ALONE.
Jeanette: ANGELA WAS HOME SICK.
DANINE WAS IN SCHOOL.
I WAS RUNNING ERRANDS.
[ TELEVISION PLAYING ]
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
[ TELEVISION VOLUME TURNED DOWN ]
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
MOM, IS THAT YOU?
ARE YOU OKAY?
MOM?
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
[ SCREAMS ] [ OBJECTS SHATTERING ]
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
WHEN I WALKED IN,
EVERY CABINET DOOR WAS WIDE OPEN.
SILVERWARE EVERYWHERE, BROKEN DISHES, BROKEN GLASSES.
I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE IN THERE.
ANGELA...
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
Narrator: JEANETTE FEARS HER DAUGHTER MAY BE AT FAULT.
Jeanette: I HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH HER,
WITH ANGER AND HURT WHEN THE FATHER PASSED AWAY,
SO I REALLY THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED
THAT MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THAT.
I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF HER TANTRUMS.
ANGELA?
ANGELA?!
[ SOBBING ]
WHAT HAPPENED?
I FOUND HER CURLED UP IN A BALL IN A CORNER
IN ALMOST LIKE IN A FETAL POSITION.
IT WASN'T ME. I SWEAR.
I DIDN'T DO IT.
YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME.
THEN WHO? WHO DID THIS?
UH, I-I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.
I WAS HEARING ALL THESE NOISES COMING FROM THE KITCHEN.
BUT EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL.
ANGELA SAID, "ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERY DOOR OPENED UP
AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS LIKE A 'WHOOSH,'
AND EVERYTHING WENT FLYING, AND I JUST RAN UP HERE."
KID WAS PETRIFIED.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. I WAS SO SCARED.
YOU BELIEVE ME, MOM, RIGHT?
COME HERE.
[ EXHALES ]
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
JEANETTE CAN'T SHAKE THE IDEA
THAT HER HOUSE MAY BE HAUNTED.
Jeanette: SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT,
BUT I WAS TRYING TO RATIONALIZE
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
[ RUMBLING ]
THINGS ARE RATTLING AND JUMPING.
NOW I HEAR THIS THUMPING.
[ BOOM ]
IT GOT THAT LOUD. IT WAS LIKE, "BOOM."
[ OBJECTS RATTLING, BREAKING ]
Narrator: THE NOISE SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMING FROM THE BASEMENT.
[ CORD CLICKS ]
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
[ CORD CLICKS ]
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
Jeanette: I JUST HAD A TERRIBLE FEELING.
I JUST FELT UNSAFE.
I JUST FELT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
I FELT SOMETHING EVIL.
**
Narrator: EVER SINCE JEANETTE MEYRAN
AND HER DAUGHTERS MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOME
IN SAINT JAMES, NEW YORK,
THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED UNSETTLING EVENTS
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
I GOT A REALLY BAD FEELING IN MY STOMACH.
THEN I KNEW THAT IT WASN'T FINE.
Narrator: JEANETTE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THE HOUSE
AS A SAFE HAVEN --
A PLACE FOR HER DAUGHTERS TO START OVER AFTER THEIR FATHER,
A FIREFIGHTER, TRAGICALLY DIED.
BUT AFTER FINDING A DISTURBING DIARY
WRITTEN BY A YOUNG GIRL
AND AN INVERTED PENTAGRAM IN HER BASEMENT,
SHE WONDERS IF SOMETHING HAPPENED
ON THE PROPERTY LONG AGO.
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
Jeanette: IT WAS VERY UNNERVING TO ME
TO THINK THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED ON THAT PROPERTY.
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
[ GASPS ]
Jeanette: NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE OCCULT,
NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE PARANORMAL,
I JUST FELT THAT ONCE YOU'RE EXPOSED TO IT
OR EVEN SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN YOUR OWN LIFE,
THINGS ARE GONNA TAKE A BAD TURN.
[ BANGING ON DOOR ]
[ BANGING STOPS ]
I REALLY FELT I MADE A MISTAKE.
I TELL YOU, IF I COULD'VE GAVE IT ALL UP
AND WALKED OUT OF THERE, I WOULD'VE DONE SO.
BUT NOW I'M IN IT.
I MEAN, I INVESTED EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD.
Narrator: UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO,
JEANETTE ASKS HER HUSBAND'S FRIEND TONY FOR HELP.
Tony: JEANETTE WAS REALLY CONCERNED
THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE BASEMENT.
I'M LOOKING AROUND WITH A FLASHLIGHT.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING,
AND OUT OF NOWHERE, THIS DOOR STARTED TO RATTLE.
AS I GOT CLOSER TO IT, THE DOOR STARTED RATTLING MORE.
IT SLAMMED SHUT. [ DOOR SLAMS ]
AND WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR,
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
Jeanette: HE CAME UPSTAIRS AND HE GOES,
"ALL I KNOW IS SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT.
JUST DON'T GO DOWNSTAIRS."
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
Danine: I GOT THIS VERY WEIRD FEELING.
I JUST FELT VERY UNEASY, LIKE SOMEONE WAS WATCHING ME,
BUT I IGNORED IT.
DANINE, CAN I COME IN?
[ KNOCKING ON DOOR, DOORKNOB RATTLES ]
DANINE, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I SEE LIKE A SHADOW, AND I CAN'T MAKE IT OUT.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A MAN.
[ KNOCKING CONTINUES ] DANINE! DANINE!
I KNOW HE'S NOT HUMAN, AND I KNOW HE'S EVIL.
DANINE! DANINE!
[ BANGING ON DOOR ]
DANINE!
[ ROARS ] [ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: FOR MONTHS, HAUNTING EVENTS HAVE BEEN
TERRORIZING THE MEYRAN FAMILY.
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
Voice: DANINE.
DANINE, CAN I COME IN?
[ KNOCKING ON DOOR, DOORKNOB RATTLES ]
DANINE?
I'LL NEVER FORGET SEEING IT.
HIS EYES WERE BLACK AND SOULLESS.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
DANINE, ARE YOU OKAY?
DANINE?
DANINE!
[ ROARS ] [ SCREAMS ]
DANINE! DANINE!
I HEAR THIS HORRIBLE SCREAM
COMING FROM THE BATHROOM UPSTAIRS.
Danine: [ SCREAMING ] I'M SCARED.
DANINE?
DANINE! THE DOOR IS LOCKED.
DANINE, YOU'VE GOT TO UNLOCK THIS DOOR!
DANINE, PLEASE.
WE COULD NOT GET IN THAT DOOR.
DANINE!
THE DOOR WAS JAMMED.
PLEASE, ANSWER ME!
[ SCREAMING STOPS ]
AND THEN FINALLY, IT JUST -- LIKE NOTHING, IT JUST RELEASED.
OH, DANINE, SWEETIE. DANINE.
DANINE, COME HERE.
MOMMY'S HERE.
Danine: I WOULDN'T TALK. I JUST COULDN'T TALK.
IT'S OKAY. MOMMY'S HERE.
I WAS TRYING TO GET WORDS OUT.
ALL THAT WAS COMING OUT WAS LIKE LITTLE WHIMPERS.
WHAT HAPPENED?
OH, MY GOD.
Jeanette: IT WAS LIKE A WILD ANIMAL HAD BITTEN HER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
SOMETHING IS AFTER MY CHILDREN.
Danine: IF IT CAN DO THAT TO ME,
IT CAN DO THAT TO MY MOM AND MY SISTER.
I WAS VERY, VERY SCARED.
THIS AIN'T CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST.
THESE ARE MONSTERS.
PLEASE, MOM, I-I DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE.
THERE'S SOMETHING EVIL HERE.
DON'T WORRY.
I'M GONNA GET US OUT OF THIS.
I PROMISE.
THAT WAS THE MOST HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE.
WHAT IS THIS THAT I'M DEALING WITH?
AND NOW IT'S AFTER MY CHILDREN.
I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S IT."
I PACKED THE GIRLS UP THAT NIGHT,
AND I BROUGHT THEM TO MY MOM'S HOUSE.
Narrator: BUT JEANETTE IS DETERMINED TO FIGHT BACK.
DAMN YOU.
I WAS LIVID. I MEAN, I WAS UPSET.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ANY MORE HEARTACHE FOR THESE KIDS.
I MEAN, I WAS READY TO DO BATTLE.
Narrator: SHE RETURNS TO THE HOUSE
ARMED WITH A PARANORMAL EXPERT WITH PSYCHIC ABILITIES.
Jeanette: I WAS HOPING THAT SHE COULD FINALLY LABEL
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AND TELL IT, "MOVE ON,
GO TO THE LIGHT, LEAVE."
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY HOUSE?
YOUR HUSBAND'S HERE.
WHAT?
THAT CAN'T BE WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.
HE WOULDN'T TRY AND SCARE US LIKE THAT.
NO. HE'S...
HE'S WORRIED ABOUT YOU AND THE GIRLS.
SHE SAID, "YOUR HUSBAND IS TRYING TO PROTECT YOU."
WHY?
THE BASEMENT.
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
[ GASPS ]
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
[ BANGING ON DOOR ]
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
**
I'VE NEVER SEEN...
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE --
THROUGHOUT THE -- THE HOUSE, THE -- THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
WHAT?
TELL ME.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY DEMONS IN ONE PLACE.
HER ASSESSMENT WAS THAT, "YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY INFESTED
WITH DEMONIC ACTIVITY," YEAH.
"THEY ARE EVERYWHERE."
I HAD THESE VISIONS OF THE PAST,
OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
WHATEVER BIZARRE RITUALS THAT THEY PERFORMED HERE
OPENED A -- A DOORWAY.
MY HEART JUST SUNK, AND I SAID,
"I AM DEALING WITH THE PUREST EVIL."
YOU'RE PARALYZED IN FEAR.
MY GOD.
WHAT -- WHAT DO I DO?
UM, I'M SORRY. THIS IS BEYOND MY EXPERTISE.
SHE GOES, "IT'S SPIRITUAL WARFARE,
AND I'M NOT EQUIPPED FOR THAT."
PLEASE. YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING.
I MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP.
Narrator: AFTER A PSYCHIC FINDS EVIDENCE
THAT JEANETTE MEYRAN'S HOME IS INFESTED WITH DEMONS,
SHE PUTS HER IN TOUCH WITH BILL BEAN,
A DELIVERANCE MINISTER.
Bill: I COULD FEEL THE OVERWHELMING PRESENCE OF EVIL.
IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION
FOR THE FAMILY TO BE LIVING IN.
DUE TO THE PAST ACTIVITY THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE
ON THE PROPERTY IN THE HOME,
THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT IT OPENED A PORTAL.
I KNEW BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT
THAT THESE DEMONIC ENTITIES WERE PRESENT.
I'M READY TO BEGIN.
BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF YAHWEH, IN JESUS' NAME,
I BIND AND REBUKE ANY DEMONIC FORCES PRESENT.
AND I COMMAND YOU TO RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME.
[ INDISTINCT CHATTER ]
BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF YAHWEH, IN JESUS' NAME,
I BIND AND REBUKE ALL DEMONIC SPIRITS
WHO ARE PRESENT HERE, AND I COMMAND YOU
TO RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME.
IT WAS VIOLENT, WHERE IT REALLY FELT LIKE
THE HOUSE WAS GONNA COME OFF THE FOUNDATION.
IT WAS SHAKING TO ITS CORE.
BY THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF YAHWEH, IN JESUS' NAME,
I BIND AND REBUKE ALL DEMONIC SPIRITS
WHO ARE PRESENT IN THIS PLACE, AND I COMMAND YOU
TO RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME.
GOD'S POWER WORKS THROUGH ME IN ENGAGING IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE
AGAINST THESE DEMONIC FORCES.
THEREFORE, IF GOD IS WITH ME AND FOR ME,
WHAT HAVE I TO FEAR?
NOTHING.
BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF YAHWEH, IN JESUS' NAME,
I BIND AND REBUKE ALL DEMONIC SPIRITS
IN THIS PLACE, AND I COMMAND YOU
TO RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME.
BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF YAHWEH, IN JESUS' NAME,
I DECLARE THIS PORTAL CLOSED,
SEALED, LOCKED, CHAINED FOREVERMORE!
IN JESUS' NAME...
[ PANTING ]
AMEN.
IT'S OVER.
Jeanette: EVERYTHING WAS BRIGHTER.
IT FELT -- FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT FELT LIKE HOME.
IT WAS A GREAT FEELING.
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, YOU'RE -- YOU'RE SAFE NOW.
THANK YOU.
[ DANINE GIGGLING ]
Narrator: WITH THE HOUSE NOW CLEARED
OF THE DEMONIC ENTITIES
AND THE PORTAL CLOSED, JEANETTE AND HER DAUGHTERS
WERE ABLE TO MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES.
Jeanette: THEY REALLY TURNED INTO BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADIES
WITH GOOD HEADS ON THEIR SHOULDER
AND GOOD HEARTS -- MORE IMPORTANTLY.
THEY HAVE BLOSSOMED.
THEIR DAD WOULD BE PROUD.
Narrator: STILL, THE MEMORIES OF THE HAUNTING
ARE NEVER FAR FROM THEIR MINDS.
TO THIS DAY, ANGELA FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO DISCUSS.
Jeanette: THE GIRLS SHOWED ME THE SYMBOLS IN THE WOODS,
AND THEY WERE EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WAS IN THE BASEMENT.
THAT WAS TOP PRIORITY -- GETTING RID OF THEM.
WE CUT DOWN A LOT OF TREES.
THE FIRST TREES TO GO WERE THE ONES
THAT HAD THAT CARVING IN THEM.
THIS IS MY PLACE. IT'S NOT YOUR PLACE.
WHATEVER YOUR HISTORY WAS,
IT'S DONE, IT'S OVER, AND GOODBYE.
Danine: IT HASN'T BEEN EASY FOR MY MOM.
I ADMIRE HER MORE NOW THAN I EVER DID BEFORE.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT INSPIRES US TO BE STRONG.
GIRLS, LUNCHTIME.
Angela: OKAY MOM.
RACE YOU.
IT MADE ME SO HAPPY TO SEE HER SMILE
AFTER DEALING WITH THIS.
THAT WAS JUST EVERYTHING FOR ME.
IN THE INITIAL WEEKS, LIKE AFTER,
I FELT MY DAD WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE.
I JUST FELT LIKE HE WAS THERE,
AND IT GAVE ME COMFORT BECAUSE I FELT [EXHALES]
HE'S AT PEACE, TOO.
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