Narrator: AFTER A MOTHER TAKES A TRIP
TO A HAUNTED PLANTATION...
**
...A DARK ENTITY INVADES HER HOME...
**
I THINK THERE'S A SPIRIT IN OUR HOUSE.
**
...AND ATTACKS HER CHILDREN.
AAH!
IT WAS A SYMBOL.
IT WAS AN UPSIDE-DOWN CROSS WITH A PITCHFORK ON TOP OF IT.
IN JESUS' NAME, I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE!
AAH!
Narrator: THE EVIL IS EVERYWHERE...
Joy: AND I LOOKED UP, AND I SAW HIS FACE.
THE MAN WAS IN THE CAR WITH US.
Narrator: ...AND WON'T STOP UNTIL IT'S DESTROYED.
RELEASE THIS UNCLEAN SPIRIT!
**
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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[ WOOD CREAKING ]
I HAD THIS EERIE FEELING THAT I WAS BEING WATCHED.
Narrator: IN THE FALL OF 2010,
JOY STINSON SENSES A PRESENCE IN HER HOME.
Joy: I HEARD FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.
THEY CAME RIGHT IN THE ROOM WITH ME.
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
**
[ RATTLING ]
**
GEEZ!
HONEY -- HONEY, YOU SCARED ME.
I'M SORRY.
I JUST CAME DOWN TO SEE WHAT WAS TAKING SO LONG.
DID YOU FIND YOUR SUITCASE?
YEAH, I DID.
I...
I THOUGHT I HEARD THIS NOISE, BUT...
I GUESS IT'S NOTHING.
LET'S GO FINISH LUNCH.
I BRUSHED IT OFF COMPLETELY AS NORMAL.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS THE OLD HOUSE MAKING NOISES.
**
Narrator: NOVEMBER 23, 2010, IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR JOY.
Joy: I WAS A REGISTERED NURSE.
MY COLLEAGUES FROM WORK -- WE'RE ALL CLOSE-KNIT.
WE HAD PLANNED A TRIP.
SO, WHO ELSE IS AUDITIONING FOR THE SCHOOL PLAY?
ELLIE, ALI, EMMA,
AND ELLIE'S PROBABLY GONNA GET THE LEAD
BECAUSE SHE'S GOTTEN EVERY ONE SINCE LIKE KINDERGARTEN.
YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.
MAKE DADDY RUN LINES WITH YOU WHILE I'M GONE, OKAY?
OKAY.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS VERY CLOSE TO ME.
SHE ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS, DOING RECREATION, SPORTS.
DID YOU FIX MY DRESS YET?
YEP. IT'S IN YOUR CLOSET.
[ SIGHS ]
**
MOM, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO.
OH, I KNOW, SWEETIE, BUT GUESS WHAT.
I'M GONNA BE WITH MY FRIENDS, OKAY?
MY LITTLE GIRL, MY BABY, IS JUST --
SHE'S BUBBLING WITH PERSONALITY.
SHE'S GOT A SPIRIT OF HER OWN.
I LOVE YOU.
CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR?
GO GET ME MY PURSE.
GO ON.
MY MIDDLE DAUGHTER IS MY BRAINIAC.
SHE'S VERY SMART, VERY INTO HER SCHOOLWORK.
SHE'S A HIGH ACHIEVER.
HEY. WHAT?
TRY TO HAVE SOME FUN WHILE I'M GONE, OKAY?
CAN'T PROMISE YOU.
[ CHUCKLES ] TRY, OKAY?
OKAY. LOVE YOU.
LOVE YOU, TOO.
HEY. HEY.
DON'T WORRY. I WON'T.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS,
YOU'RE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT?
LOVE YOU. LOVE YOU, TOO.
WE ENJOYED THE COUNTRY LIFESTYLE THAT WE WERE LIVING.
WE JUST REALLY ENJOYED OUR TIME TOGETHER.
Narrator: JOY AND HER FRIENDS SET OFF FOR AN OVERNIGHT STAY
AT A HAUNTED PLANTATION.
MOUNT HERMON IS ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS.
IT USED TO BE A FARMING COMMUNITY.
MOST OF THAT'S DWINDLED AWAY,
BUT IT'S STILL REALLY RURAL, BACKWOODS COUNTRY.
Narrator: THE AREA IS KNOWN
FOR ITS STATELY HISTORIC PLANTATIONS.
Joy: MY FRIENDS AND I WERE GOING TO THE HAUNTED PLANTATION
JUST FOR FUN.
IT WAS JUST ENTERTAINMENT, BASICALLY.
OH. ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
ACTUALLY, THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT,
WOULD YOU BELIEVE, IN 1804?
NO.
YES, AND IT SAT ON A HUGE PLANTATION.
THERE WERE 200 ACRES AROUND
AND PLANTED IN SUGARCANE AND RICE.
AND THEY STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF IT AROUND,
MORE SYMBOLIC, I THINK, THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S SO COOL. YEAH, IT IS.
WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE HOUSE, WHICH WAS INTRIGUING.
I ENJOY LOOKING AT THE ANTIQUES.
REALLY SEE A PIECE OF IT.
I REALLY MUST TELL YOU THIS.
THEY DO SAY THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER
WAS A COLONEL BACK IN THE 1800s,
AND, WELL...
HIS SPIRIT IS APPARENTLY STILL ACTIVE ON THE LAND.
[ LAUGHS ]
**
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PARLOR?
OH, LOVE TO. IT'S OVER THIS WAY.
IT'S A VERY NICE ROOM.
Joy: THIS PLANTATION WAS NOTORIOUSLY HAUNTED.
I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THAT.
I JUST WENT FOR FUN.
I WASN'T SURE ABOUT BELIEVING IN GHOSTS OR NOT.
[ CAMERA BEEPS, CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
Narrator: AFTER A WEEKEND OF FUN,
JOY RETURNS HOME.
**
HEY.
HEY, BABE. HOW WAS WORK?
OH, IT WAS OKAY.
I JUST FOUND OUT
I HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN ALL NEXT WEEK, THOUGH.
UGH.
I MISSED YOU THIS MORNING.
HOW WAS THE TRIP?
IT WAS FUN.
I JUST FINISHED UPLOADING PICTURES.
YOU WANT TO SEE THEM?
SURE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY NICE.
THEY HAD ALL THESE ANTIQUES.
Joy: WE TOOK A LOT OF PHOTOS OF EACH OTHER.
WE TOOK A LOT OF PHOTOS OF THE PLANTATION IN GENERAL.
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE ROOM.
AND -- OH.
**
THAT'S WEIRD.
WHAT?
**
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A FACE TO YOU?
IT WAS A MAN'S FACE WITH A STRONG JAWBONE, STRONG NOSE.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A MAN'S FACE.
**
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
MY HUSBAND -- HE WASN'T THAT INTERESTED IN IT.
HE REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING,
AND HE KIND OF BRUSHED IT OFF.
Narrator: BUT JOY ISN'T CONVINCED.
Joy: WASN'T SURE WHAT TO THINK ABOUT IT,
IF IT WAS REAL, IF IT WAS NOT.
IT WAS DISTURBING, YET I WAS INTRIGUED WITH THE IMAGE.
**
Narrator: ONE AFTERNOON, WHILE HER HUSBAND IS OUT OF TOWN,
JOY TAKES A NAP AFTER HER SHIFT AT THE HOSPITAL.
Joy: MY HUSBAND WAS GONE A LOT.
HE WORKED OUT OF TOWN AS A WELDER
WITH A REFRIGERATION COMPANY, AND HE WAS GONE DURING THE WEEK.
[ DOOR OPENS, CREAKS ]
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
HONEY?
**
I THOUGHT MY HUSBAND HAD COME HOME FROM WORK EARLY, PERHAPS.
**
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLING ]
HONEY?
**
HELLO?
[ RATTLING ]
**
[ RATTLING ]
**
[ RATTLING ] [ GASPS ]
[ RATTLING ]
IT WAS LIKE A PRESSURE THAT CAME UP BEHIND ME.
SOMETHING WAS IN THE ROOM WITH ME.
[ RATTLING ]
**
Narrator: LATELY, JOY STINSON HAS BEEN FEELING UNEASY
IN HER OWN HOME, AS IF SHE WERE NOT ALONE.
**
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
**
[ RATTLING ]
**
Joy: I TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED,
AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
I WOULD JUST PLAY IT OFF THAT I NEEDED SLEEP,
THAT I WAS TIRED, AND THAT IT WAS JUST AN OLD HOUSE.
IT WAS GONNA MAKE NOISES.
**
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
**
Announcer: AND IN ENTERTAINMENT TODAY...
MADE POPCORN.
THANKS.
SO, UH, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE WATCHING?
ANYTHING BUT SPORTS.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL FIND US A MOVIE.
...PLAY INSTRUMENTS AND SING.
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE IN THE LIVING ROOM, WATCHING TV,
AND OUR CHILDREN WERE IN BED.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ RATTLING ]
[ MUFFLED SPEAKING ]
SOMEBODY'S UP.
I'LL GO CHECK ON HER.
DON'T EAT ALL THE POPCORN.
I PROMISE.
I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE UP, PLAYING AROUND.
I WENT AND CHECKED IN ON HER.
Girl: WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
NO, I'M NEVER GOING AWAY WITH YOU!
SWEETIE?
IT'S LATE.
WHY ARE YOU UP?
I'M TALKING TO THE MAN IN MY ROOM.
MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION IN HER ROOM
BY HERSELF AS IF SHE WAS ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO SOMEONE.
**
MAN?
WHAT MAN, BABY?
THERE'S NO MAN IN HERE.
NO TIME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS, OKAY?
LET'S GET BACK TO BED.
**
SHE WAS SAYING, "NO, I WON'T LEAVE WITH YOU."
I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE HAD AN IMAGINARY FRIEND.
MOMMY LOVES YOU.
**
* LIGHTS OUT, HE NEAR ME *
* LIGHTS OUT *
* MAN IN HERE *
**
"MAN IN HERE"?
WHERE'S THE MAN, BABY?
HE'S RIGHT THERE. CAN'T YOU SEE HIM?
**
OKAY. IT'S OKAY.
MOMMY'S HERE.
YOU SLEEP WITH ME TONIGHT, OKAY?
Joy: SHE SANG A HEARTBREAKING SONG.
"LIGHTS OUT, HE NEAR ME,
LIGHTS OUT, LEAVE THE LIGHT ON, MAN IS IN HERE."
I WAS CONCERNED
BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS REALLY SCARING MY CHILD.
**
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
JOY CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT ALL THE STRANGE EVENTS
TAKING PLACE IN HER HOUSE
SINCE HER TRIP TO THE HAUNTED PLANTATION.
Joy: I WAS STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND
WHAT WAS GOING ON,
AND MY HUSBAND WAS CONVINCED
THAT SHE HAD AN IMAGINARY FRIEND.
I WAS VERY INTRIGUED BY IT, AND I WAS TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER
THE PIECES AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MY HOUSE.
WAS IT RELATED TO THE PLANTATION?
I BECAME OBSESSED WITH LOOKING AT THE PICTURES,
TRYING TO PUT SOME PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER
AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
I WAS TRYING TO DOCUMENT AS MUCH AS I COULD
ABOUT THE ACTIVITY IN OUR HOME,
WHETHER RECORDING, TAKING PICTURES.
**
I DID IT BECAUSE MAINLY,
I WANTED TO PROVE MY OWN SANITY TO MYSELF.
BECAUSE I WOULD THINK, "AM I REALLY SEEING THIS?"
[ BEEP ]
**
Narrator: AS THE DAYS TURN INTO NIGHTS,
DISTURBING EVENTS CONTINUE IN THE HOUSE.
**
[ RATTLING ]
Joy: ONE NIGHT, I WAS SLEEPING IN THE BED WITH MY HUSBAND,
AND THE BED STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING.
AND I AWOKE.
SUDDENLY, I LOOKED UP AND SAW A FIGURE OF A MAN.
**
I WAS TERRIFIED.
**
[ CHOKING, GASPING ]
**
[ CHOKING, GASPING ]
Narrator: ONE NIGHT,
JOY STINSON IS AWAKENED BY A TERRIFYING FIGURE.
**
Joy: IT HAD THIS PARALYZING PRESSURE OVER ME.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT I COULD DO OR SAY TO MAKE IT GO AWAY.
[ CHOKING, GASPING ]
I WAS ABLE TO REACH OVER AND WAKE MY HUSBAND UP.
WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT'S WRONG?!
WHAT'S HAPPENING?!
HE COULD SEE ME STRUGGLING AGAINST SOMETHING,
BUT HE COULD NOT SEE THE FACE THAT I SAW.
**
[ Choking ] PRAY! PRAY!
I'LL PRAY, BABY! I'LL PRAY.
JESUS, JESUS, WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION.
WE ASK YOU, JESUS, FOR PROTECTION
AND TO SURROUND HER AND KEEP HER SAFE.
JES-- [ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
HE STARTED PRAYING, AND WHEN HE PRAYED, IT IMMEDIATELY LEFT.
BABY, WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
ARE YOU OKAY?
THERE WAS A MAN, AND HE -- ARE YOU OKAY?
HE WAS HOLDING ME DOWN, AND I COULDN'T BREATHE!
A MAN?
YES, FROM THE PHOTO, FROM THE PLANTATION.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
**
THE FACE LOOKED LIKE AN OLDER MAN,
HAD A STRONG JAWLINE, STRONG NOSE, BEADY EYES, BEARD.
JUST LOOKED EVIL.
**
THE FACE FROM THE PLANTATION PICTURES
WAS THE FACE THAT WAS IN THE ROOM WITH ME.
**
I -- I THINK THERE'S A SPIRIT IN OUR HOUSE.
**
A SPIRIT? YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?
NO, NO, NO. NO, IT'S NOT THAT.
**
LISTEN, WE'LL CALL THE CHURCH.
THEY'LL HELP US.
OKAY?
OKAY.
I FELT IMMENSELY GUILTY
BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD BROUGHT THIS INTO OUR HOME.
IT WAS MY FAULT.
**
WHEN MY HUSBAND REALIZED SOMETHING WAS REALLY HAPPENING,
WE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL DENOMINATIONAL GROUPS
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND AROUND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE NO ONE COULD HELP US.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO TURN TO.
WE EVENTUALLY REACHED OUT TO OUR LOCAL PASTOR OF OUR CHURCH.
THEY WOULDN'T COME TO OUR HOME.
AND IT MADE ME FEEL -- IT HURT BECAUSE I FELT LIKE
EITHER THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE US OR THEY WERE SCARED.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
THEY SEEMED TO BELIEVE ME WHEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT IT,
BUT THEY WERE UNSURE HOW TO HANDLE IT.
THE FACT THAT RELIGIOUS LEADERS
WERE AFRAID TO COME OUT TO MY HOME
AND THEY WERE UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO THEMSELVES,
IT MADE ME EVEN MORE TERRIFIED.
Narrator: AS THE FAMILY CONTINUES TO LIVE IN FEAR,
JOY'S HUSBAND HAS TO LEAVE TOWN AGAIN FOR WORK.
Joy: AFTER WE REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS REAL,
WE MOVED OUR KIDS INTO THE LIVING ROOM
AND STARTED SLEEPING IN THERE ON MATTRESSES
BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
I THOUGHT I COULD PROTECT THEM BETTER THAT WAY.
NO ONE KNEW WHAT TO DO,
AND WE WERE JUST ALONE, FIGHTING, MY KIDS AND I.
Narrator: ON THE BRINK OF EMOTIONAL COLLAPSE,
JOY TAKES A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Joy: IT WAS PHYSICALLY
AND EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY DRAINING,
AND I COULD NO LONGER WORK SAFELY AS A NURSE.
**
[ RATTLING, THUDDING ]
**
[ RATTLING, THUDDING ]
**
MOMMY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
**
AAH!
OKAY, WHAT HAPPENED?
SOMETHING HIT MY ARM.
I LOOKED, AND INITIALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A SCRATCH.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. BUT THEN I GOT TO LOOKING CLOSER,
AND I REALIZED IT WAS A SYMBOL.
IT WAS AN UPSIDE-DOWN CROSS WITH A PITCHFORK ON TOP OF IT.
**
SEEING THIS MARK ON MY CHILD AND KNOWING IT WAS EVIL
AND OF EVIL INTENTION, IT TERRIFIED ME.
THE EVIL WAS JUST GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER.
YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!
LEAVE US ALONE!
[ WHIMPERING ]
IN JESUS' NAME, I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE!
AAH!
[ CRYING ]
AAH!
[ CHOKING, GASPING ]
HE CAME BEHIND ME
AND PUSHED ME DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND HELD ME DOWN.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
IN JESUS' NAME...
[ GASPS ]
...LEAVE!
[ GASPS ]
Girl: MOMMY! Girl #2: MOMMY!
WE GOT TO GO, GIRLS. WE GOT TO GO NOW.
GET IN THE CAR, OKAY?
GO.
GO, GO. GO, GO, GO, GO!
GO. BABY, COME ON.
MY THOUGHTS WERE IF IT COULD HOLD ME DOWN,
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD DO TO MY KIDS.
**
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
**
WHERE ARE WE EVEN GOING?!
MOM, I'M SCARED!
IT'S OKAY!
WE'RE GONNA GO TO A HOTEL. WE'LL BE SAFE.
**
[ TIRES SCREECHING, GIRLS SCREAM ]
**
Narrator: JOY STINSON AND HER FAMILY
ARE BEING HUNTED DOWN BY SOME KIND OF EVIL SPIRIT.
WHERE ARE WE EVEN GOING?!
MOM, I'M SCARED!
IT'S OKAY!
WE'RE GONNA GO TO A HOTEL. WE'LL BE SAFE.
**
LOOKED UP, AND I SAW HIS FACE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR.
THE MAN WAS IN THE CAR WITH US.
**
[ TIRES SCREECHING, GIRLS SCREAM ]
**
[ CRYING ]
[ SOBS ]
YOU OKAY?
MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY.
ARE YOU OKAY?
OH, IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY.
Narrator: JOY IS TERRIFIED.
SHE REALIZES THE ENTITY ISN'T CONFINED TO THEIR HOME.
Joy: THERE'S NO ESCAPING THIS THING.
IT WAS GONNA GO AT US WHEREVER WE WENT.
Narrator: DEFEATED, JOY AND THE GIRLS
HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RETURN HOME.
Joy: IT WAS AN ISOLATING, TERRIFYING FEELING.
THERE WAS NOWHERE WE COULD GO.
**
I FELT LIKE A PRISONER IN MY OWN HOME, A PRISONER IN LIFE.
Narrator: THE EVENTS HAVE TAKEN A SERIOUS TOLL ON JOY.
Joy: YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK
THAT I SAW A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL,
THEN I'D BE PUSHED BACK INTO THE DARKNESS.
I FELT TOTALLY HELPLESS.
I FELT LIKE I WASN'T PROTECTING MYSELF
AND I WASN'T PROTECTING MY KIDS AT ALL.
**
Narrator: DESPERATE FOR HELP,
JOY ASKS A LOCAL MINISTER TO COME TO HER HOME.
MY NAME IS REVEREND SELERIA JONES.
I'M THE PASTOR OF GAINES A.M.E. CHURCH
IN FRANKLINTON, LOUISIANA.
I'VE BEEN IN MINISTRY FOR 13 YEARS.
Narrator: REVEREND SELERIA HAS THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT,
THE SPIRITUAL ABILITY TO SENSE BOTH GOOD AND EVIL.
Seleria: WHEN I ARRIVED AT JOY'S,
YOU COULD FEEL THE EVILNESS.
YOU COULD JUST FEEL IT. THERE WAS A HEAVINESS.
[ SIGHS ] COME ON IN.
SHE WAS VERY FRAGILE, VERY WEAK.
IT WAS JUST MIND-BOGGLING
TO SEE HER IN THE SHAPE THAT SHE WAS IN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T JUST COME FORTH AND HELP HER,
BUT THIS WAS A CALL THAT WAS LED BY GOD.
AND I KNEW THAT HE WAS GONNA EQUIP ME
WITH WHAT I NEED TO GET WHATEVER HE NEEDED DONE WITH JOY.
THIS IS THE LIVING ROOM.
**
JOY, THERE'S SOMETHING STRONG HERE.
**
SOMETHING EVIL.
YOU COULD JUST SENSE THAT SHE WAS UNDER ATTACK.
UM...
I WENT TO THIS HAUNTED PLANTATION A FEW MONTHS AGO.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT FOLLOWED ME FROM THERE?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
BUT I KNOW THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF IT
IS THROUGH GOD.
MY INITIAL REACTION WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT
THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DEFEAT THIS THING
WAS THROUGH GOD WAS HALF-HEARTED BELIEF.
BUT THE MORE SHE ENCOURAGED ME, I STARTED TO REALIZE
THAT WE COULD DEFEAT THIS THING OR GOD COULD DEFEAT THIS THING.
OKAY.
PRAY WITH ME.
Seleria: I HAD NO IDEA HOW IT GOT THERE,
BUT WE KNEW THEN THAT SOMETHING HAD TO TAKE PLACE,
THAT SHE HAD TO BE SET FREE,
THAT THAT HOUSE NEEDED REDEMPTION.
FATHER GOD, WE INVITE YOU INTO THIS HOME.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT JOY AND HER FAMILY.
**
REMOVE ANY EVIL THAT EXISTS HERE.
IN YOUR NAME...
WE PRAY.
AMEN.
**
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER.
**
Joy: AFTER WE HAD BLESSED THE HOUSE AND PRAYED OVER IT,
I REALLY FELT A SENSE OF RELIEF THIS TIME.
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
JOY CONTINUES TO PRAY ON A DAILY BASIS,
HOPING SHE HAS CHASED AWAY THE ENTITY FOR GOOD.
NO, IT'S MY GO, 'CAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CARD LEFT.
IT'S MY TURN.
NOW, WHAT KIND OF CARD DOES SHE HAVE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Joy: ONE NIGHT, WE WERE ALL HOME,
MY HUSBAND AND MY KIDS.
SWEETIE, CLEAR YOUR STUFF, PLEASE,
AND SET THE TABLE FOR ME.
I DON'T WANT TO.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER STARTED GETTING AGITATED,
REALLY ANGRY, FOR NO REASON.
CLEAR YOUR STUFF. IT'S TIME FOR DINNER.
I SAID I DON'T WANT TO.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
COULD I GET A LITTLE HELP?
HOLD ON, GIRLS, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
HEY, SWEETIE, DIDN'T MOM ASK --
[ GRUNTS ]
HEY!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
MY HUSBAND TRIED TO CALM HER DOWN WITH ME,
AND SHE GOT PHYSICALLY VIOLENT.
**
GIRLS, UPSTAIRS, NOW!
[ GROANS ]
THAT WAS A TERRIFYING MOMENT,
REALIZING THAT IT WAS STILL THERE
AND IT WAS AFFECTING MY CHILD NOW.
YOU! UNH!
**
[ GRUNTS ]
YOU'LL NEVER DELIVER ME!
**
Narrator: JOY STINSON FEARS AN EVIL ENTITY
HAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF HER DAUGHTER.
THIS IS MY HOUSE!
THIS IS MY EARTH!
YOU'LL NEVER DELIVER ME!
[ GRUNTS ]
[ PANTING ]
Joy: WHEN I SAW HER STRENGTH,
THAT A CHILD COULD FLIP OVER SOMETHING,
IT JUST BLEW MY MIND.
[ PANTING CONTINUES ]
**
OH, MY -- WE NEED TO PRAY.
Man: YEAH, WE DO.
DEAR LORD, PLEASE PROTECT OUR DAUGHTER.
PLEASE WATCH OVER HER.
WHATEVER IS INSIDE OF HERE IS NOT ALLOWED.
Man: IN JESUS' NAME.
PLEASE DON'T LET HER OUT.
PLEASE LET JESUS INSIDE OF HER.
HONEY, ARE YOU OKAY?
WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU'RE OKAY.
WE START PRAYING, AND SHE STARTS JUST CALMING DOWN.
SHE WAS QUIET.
HER DEMEANOR WAS BACK TO NORMAL,
AND I COULD SEE IT WAS MY DAUGHTER AGAIN.
AND SHE HAD NO CLUE WHAT SHE HAD JUST DONE
OR WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED.
SHE HAD NO CLUE.
I REALIZED AT THAT POINT THAT THIS SPIRIT HAD BEEN INSIDE,
CONTROLLING HER BODY.
**
Narrator: DESPERATE, THE COUPLE DECIDES TO TRY A NEW APPROACH.
WITH THE ENTITY GROWING MORE POWERFUL
AND HER HUSBAND OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK,
JOY CALLS IN PARANORMAL EXPERTS TO REVIEW THE EVIDENCE
AND INVESTIGATE THE HOUSE.
MY NAME IS JEREMY LEONARD, AND I WAS PART
OF A LOCAL PARANORMAL GROUP HERE IN LOUISIANA.
AND WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM JOY.
**
[ SCREAMING ]
[ RECORDER BEEPS ]
JOY SHOWED ME ALL THIS EVIDENCE THAT SHE HAD COLLECTED.
SHE HAD PHOTOGRAPHS, SHE HAD AUDIO,
WHICH ABSOLUTELY JUST STUNNED ME.
JOY.
IT'S REAL, RIGHT?
I'M NOT -- I'M NOT CRAZY?
YOU'RE NOT CRAZY.
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
**
AND WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THERE.
HEY.
IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
WHY DON'T YOU SHOW ME WHERE THIS FIRST HAPPENED?
IT WAS IN HERE. OKAY.
Narrator: WHILE HIS PARTNER REMAINS WITH JOY,
JEREMY INVESTIGATES THE HOME USING A K-II METER,
A DEVICE THAT DETECTS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
WITH SPIKES IN ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY.
Jeremy: AS I'M WALKING INTO THE BATHROOM,
I GET ABOUT THREE STEPS INTO THE DOORWAY,
AND MY K-II METER GOES ALL THE WAY TO RED.
AND IT JUST HOLDS THERE FOR LIKE 4 OR 5 SECONDS.
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT GOES BACK TO ZERO.
[ METER BEEPING ]
[ BEEPING RAPIDLY ]
**
THERE'S A FIGURE STANDING IN THE DOORWAY.
IT WAS AS SOLID AS ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
**
...OVER HERE.
ALL I DID WAS ASK HER TO SET THE TABLE,
AND SHE JUST FLIPPED -- [ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
**
Man: WHAT'S WRONG?
I -- I-I JUST... SAW THIS...MAN.
HE -- HE HAD THESE STRONG EYES AND -- AND A BEARD.
Jeremy: I EXPLAINED TO MY PARTNER WHAT I HAD JUST SEEN,
AND AS I'M TELLING HIM THIS,
I COULD SEE THE COLOR OF HIS FACE JUST CHANGE TO ALL WHITE.
AND HIS JAW KIND OF DROPS, AND HE'S LIKE,
"DUDE, SHE JUST GOT DONE DESCRIBING THIS THING TO ME."
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JOY'S BEEN SEEING.
WHATEVER'S IN THIS HOUSE...
ISN'T A HUMAN SPIRIT.
**
I BELIEVE THIS ENTITY IS DEMONIC.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH JEREMY HAS NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE
WITH DEMONIC ENTITIES, HE ATTEMPTS TO REASSURE JOY.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
I-I DON'T WANT YOU TO PANIC.
I-I'M GONNA FIND THE RIGHT PERSON TO HELP YOU.
Jeremy: I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS GONNA DO IT.
I JUST KNEW IN MY HEART THAT I HAD TO HELP THEM,
THAT THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE.
**
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
JOY WAITS IN DESPERATION.
**
SO, HAVE YOU GUYS WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE?
YES.
Narrator: FINALLY, JEREMY RETURNS WITH A LOCAL MINISTER.
DEMONIC POSSESSIONS.
THE PASTOR AND I HAVE BEEN GOING OVER THE CASE,
AND WE REALLY BELIEVE
THAT THIS DEMONIC ENTITY IS FOCUSED ON JOY.
Jeremy: THE ENTITY WAS TRYING TO OPPRESS JOY.
IT WANTS TO BREAK HER DOWN
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY.
BUT WHY IS IT AFFECTING OUR DAUGHTERS, THEN?
IT WANTS TO BREAK JOY DOWN BY HURTING YOUR CHILDREN.
**
JOY?
IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
JOY...
I SHOULD HAVE NEVER GONE TO THAT PLANTATION.
THIS DIDN'T FOLLOW YOU FROM THERE.
IT'S NOT EARTHLY.
**
Jeremy: I REALIZED THAT IT COULDN'T HAVE POSSIBLY
COME FROM A PLANTATION
THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE VISIT EVERY YEAR.
I FELT THAT IT HAD TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE,
THAT MAYBE SHE WASN'T TELLING ME THE WHOLE TRUTH.
JOY, HAS THERE BEEN ANY EXTRA ACTIVITIES
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SPIRITUALLY?
LET'S SAY...
PERHAPS WITCHCRAFT?
NO.
NEVER.
ARE YOU SURE?
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KNOW
IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH WITCHCRAFT.
**
HE KEPT ASKING ME HAD I BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY WITCHCRAFT,
DID I PLAY WITH A SPIRIT BOARD, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND, OF COURSE, I HADN'T.
JOY...
I'M GOING TO NEED FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR TIME.
IN FACT...
GIVE ME YOUR HANDS.
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
AND HE KEPT SAYING, "THERE'S SOMETHING.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING IN YOUR PAST
THAT'S BROUGHT THIS ON."
AND THINK VERY HARD ABOUT ANY TYPE OF SITUATIONS
YOU MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH REGARDING SPIRITS.
**
THINK HARD.
AAH!
**
AAH!
Narrator: SUDDENLY, A TERRIFYING MEMORY COMES RUSHING BACK.
**
[ JOY SCREAMING ]
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT HAPPENED, JOY?
**
[ GASPS ]
Narrator: FOR MORE "A HAUNTING," VISIT...
**
Narrator: JOY STINSON HAS BEEN STRUCK
WITH A TERRIFYING MEMORY.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT HAPPENED, JOY?
HONDURAS.
IT ALL HAPPENED IN HONDURAS.
WHAT HAPPENED IN HONDURAS?
**
WHAT HAPPENED, JOY?
WELL, WHEN I WAS 20,
I -- I TOOK THIS MEDICAL MISSIONARY TRIP.
WHILE I WAS ON THIS MISSION TRIP,
THE TRANSLATOR KEPT ASKING ME TO GO TO THE VILLAGE WITH HIM
AND SEE HOW THE PEOPLE LIVED THERE,
AND I AGREED TO LEAVE WITH HIM,
NOT THINKING ANYTHING WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
[ CRYING ]
[ GASPS ]
AAH!
I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A SETUP,
THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR ME THERE.
[ CRYING, WHIMPERING ]
**
Shh!
THEY PUT ROPES AROUND MY WRIST AND ANKLES
AND PUT ME IN AN "X" ON THE FLOOR.
AAH!
[ ALL CHANTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
AND THEY ALL PUT THEIR THUMBS IN BLOOD
AND PUT THEIR THUMBPRINTS ON MY FOREHEAD.
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE.
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GONNA LIVE OR NOT.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA KILL ME.
EVERYONE WAS GONE, AND SO I JUST WALKED BACK TO THE CHURCH.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?
[ CRYING ] I TRIED TO FORGET.
OH, I'M SO SORRY.
IT'S OKAY. I'M SO SORRY.
SHE BASICALLY BLOCKED IT OUT FROM HER CONSCIOUS MIND.
I BELIEVE...
THEY USED YOU AS A PAWN IN A DEMONIC RITUAL.
WHEN THE MAN PRESSED HIS THUMB ON JOY'S FOREHEAD,
HE TRANSFERRED A DEMONIC ENTITY INTO HER,
AND SHE BECAME A VESSEL FOR THIS ENTITY.
WHEN YOU CAPTURED THAT ENTITY ON CAMERA AT THE PLANTATION...
**
...THAT WAS THE DEMON.
**
BUT WHY NOW?
IT'S BEEN WITH YOU SINCE HONDURAS, BUT...
I BELIEVE,
WITH JOY'S INCREASED INTEREST IN THE PHOTO SHE CAUGHT...
THAT SHE ALLOWED IT TO GROW STRONGER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE.
SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
ARE THE CHILDREN GONNA BE OKAY?
WE'LL HAVE TO PERFORM A DELIVERANCE ON YOU.
AND IT WILL BE AT THAT POINT...
WHERE YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU WILL BE SET FREE.
ONCE THE PASTOR EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED,
HOW THIS ATTACHMENT HAD BEGAN,
AND I REALIZED WHERE IT HAD COME FROM ORIGINALLY,
I FELT MORE CAPABLE OF BATTLING THIS THING
BECAUSE NOW WE HAD SOME AMMUNITION TO GO WITH HERE.
Narrator: JEREMY ASKS JOY
TO GATHER ANY ITEMS SHE STILL HAS FROM HONDURAS.
**
THAT'S EVERYTHING.
ARE YOU SURE?
YEAH.
**
Joy: AS SOON AS THEY LIT THE MATCH,
I COMPLETELY BLACKED OUT. I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
[ CHOKING ]
IT'S THE POSSESSION.
HEAVENLY FATHER!
SEND YOUR ANGELS
TO ATTACK THIS UNCLEAN SPIRIT!
DRAG THEM OUT OF YOUR CHILD JOY!
HOLD HER HEAD!
[ GRUNTING ]
THIS HOLY OIL IS ANOINTED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST!
[ GRUNTING CONTINUES ]
WE ASK YOU, FATHER, TO RELEASE THIS UNCLEAN SPIRIT
WITHIN THE NAME OF JOY!
TAKE IT OUT OF JOY!
TAKE IT OUT OF HER BODY NOW!
FOREVER!
[ SCREAMING ] NOW AND FOREVERMORE!
[ GASPS ]
**
WHAT HAPPENED?
I-IS IT OVER?
IT'S OVER.
[ CRYING ]
THANK YOU.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OVER.
IT'S OKAY.
THANK YOU.
IT'S OKAY.
Joy: WHEN I FINALLY GOT MY SENSES,
I FELT LIKE ME AGAIN, LIKE I'D REGAINED MY LIFE BACK.
**
COME ON, GUYS!
Narrator: AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF TERROR,
JOY AND HER FAMILY ARE FINALLY FREE.
HEY, GIRLS. WHOA.
YOU WANT ME TO PUSH YOU?
LET ME PUSH.
Joy: EVERYTHING WAS VERY MUCH DIFFERENT.
EVERYONE WAS LESS TENSE.
NO ONE WAS AFRAID ANYMORE.
WHEE!
MY KIDS HAVE ADJUSTED REALLY WELL.
THEY'RE DOING GREAT.
THEY'VE PUT THE PAST BEHIND THEM.
ALL SMILES. CHEERS.
NICE!
OKAY.
THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAS REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE
AND MY OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
EVERY DAY IS A LITTLE SWEETER.
IT'S -- IT'S NOTHING TO TAKE FOR GRANTED.
**