Ghosts of Shepherdstown (2016) s01e03 Episode Script
She Didn't Have a Face
Dispatcher: Shepherdstown PD, what's your emergency? YOU COPY THAT, ELIZABETH? MEET ME THERE? King: SHEPHERDSTOWN -- WE'RE A SMALL TOWN, VERY OLD TOWN.
BUT THIS ISN' YOUR AVERAGE SMALL TOWN.
YOU CAN ASK THE LOCALS.
THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS THE MOST HAUNTED TOWN IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S A LEVEL OF HYSTERIA IN THEIR VOICE.
THEY'RE SHOOK UP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN 35 YEARS OF POLICE WORK.
RECENTLY, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICAN INCREASE OF UNUSUAL CALLS.
SO MANY CALLS THAT THEY HAVE ESCALATED TO THE POIN WHERE OUR DEPARTMENT'S OVERWHELMED WITH 'EM.
SO I'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO DO WHAT NO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DONE BEFORE.
I'VE ASSEMBLED SOME OF THE BES PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS IN THE COUNTRY TO COME IN AND ASSIST US WITH THESE TYPE OF UNUSUAL CASES.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, WE ARE GONNA PUT AN END TO WHAT'S TERRORIZING OUR TOWN.
Hartley: THIS TOWN HAS BEEN SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY FOR ME BECAUSE NORMALLY I HAVE, OVER THE YEARS, INVESTIGATED ONE HOUSE HERE, ONE HOUSE THERE, A BUSINESS OR WHATEVER.
I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY GONE INTO A TOWN WHERE THE ENTIRE TOWN HAS GOT SO MUCH PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
LITERALLY, IT'S JUST PICK AND CHOOSE A LOCATION.
AND IT'S GOT ACTIVITY.
IT'S CRAZY.
-BILL! -HEY, MIKE.
HEARD THE CALL ON THE SCANNER.
TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
THIS HOUSE BEHIND ME, HUSBAND AND WIFE LIVE THERE.
HUSBAND CALLS IN TONIGH AND SAYS THAT THERE IS A WOMAN DRESSED IN A WHITE DRESS FLOATING ON THE FRONT PORCH.
I HAVE SWEPT THE INSIDE OF THIS HOUSE.
ALL RIGHT.
AND I HAVE BEEN AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
I HAVE NOT SEEN A LADY IN WHITE.
HEY.
SHE'S NOT DRESSED IN WHITE, THOUGH.
ELIZABETH, HOW ARE YOU? -GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I GOTTA GET BACK.
I GOTTA GET TO WORK.
THEIR NAMES ARE DAN AND SUSAN, INSIDE.
YOU GUYS WANNA GO IN AND TALK WITH THEM? ALL RIGHT.
SOUNDS GOOD.
-HOW YOU DOING? -HI.
-YOU'RE THE INVESTIGATORS? -YEAH.
COME ON IN.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THIS HAPPENED.
ALL RIGHT? -I'M ELIZABETH.
-HI.
SO THIS IS THE WINDOW WHERE YOU SAW THE WOMAN? YEAH.
WHAT HAPPENED -- I WAS SLEEPING.
AND I HEAR THIS BANGING ON THE DOOR.
[ BANGING .]
AND ADAM, HE'S OUR 19-YEAR-OLD SON.
OKAY.
I THOUGHT, "OKAY.
ADAM GOT LOCKED OU OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
" [ BANGING CONTINUES .]
AND THERE WAS NO ADAM, NO ADAM AT ALL! SO I CAME OVER HERE AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW.
AND THIS THING WENT SLIDING ACROSS, COMPLETELY WHITE.
NO FACE AH! AND I JUST -- I JUST IT REALLY SHOOK ME UP.
AND THAT'S WHY I CALLED THE POLICE.
BUT THERE'S BEEN WEIRD STUFF GOING ON FOR A WHILE.
THE PREVIOUS OWNER WARNED US THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WEIRD ABOUT THIS HOUSE.
WE MOVED IN, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
ONE DAY, THE WHOLE HOUSE GOT THIS REALLY BIZARRE PERFUMY SMELL.
THE WHOLE PLACE REEKED OF IT.
SUSAN LEF ALL THE WINDOWS OPEN.
SHE WANTED TO AIR THE PLACE OUT.
WHEN I CAME BACK, ALL OF THESE WINDOWS WERE SHUT.
AND ALL OF THESE WINDOWS WERE LOCKED.
AND I DIDN'T SHUT THEM.
AND I DIDN'T LOCK THEM.
I WAS TOTALLY FREAKED OUT.
WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE, THE WOMAN WHO OWNED I BEFORE THIS TOOK THE CURTAINS DOWN BECAUSE APPARENTLY, SHE WOULD OPEN THEM.
AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST CLOSE ON THEIR OWN.
AND IT KEPT HAPPENING.
SO SHE FIGURED, "ALL RIGHT.
" -WHAT? -YEAH! SO SHE TOOK 'EM DOWN.
IF THIS KEPT GOING, I WOULD MOVE OUT.
THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS.
I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS.
WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND WITH OUR EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA DO, LIKE, EMF SWEEPS, WHICH IS ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS.
WE'RE GONNA KIND OF MEASURE ELECTRIC CURRENTS AND STUFF LIKE THA BECAUSE THEORETICALLY, GHOSTS OR SPIRITS OR APPARITIONS OR WHATEVER WE'RE DEALING WITH HAS ITS OWN POWER SOURCE.
Saint: READINGS ARE JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE IN HERE.
Hartley: YEAH.
I'M -- I -- I WAS NOTICING THAT, TOO.
I'M BOUNCING BACK TO, LIKE, FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN.
IT'S JUST NOT STABLE.
YOU ALL RIGHT? I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME WHAT IS IT? I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S THIS -- THIS WOMAN.
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A SENSE OF A CHILD.
Saint: I DEFINITELY BELIEVE WHAT DAN THOUGH HE SAW WAS A REAL WOMAN, A SPIRIT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT I EXPERIENCED INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
WHAT I THINK I EXPERIENCED WAS A -- A CHILD SPIRIT.
[ COUGHING .]
WHAT I'M SORRY.
WHAT IS THAT SMELL? IT'S REALLY STRONG.
HEY, SUSAN? YEAH? OH, MY GOSH.
IT'S THAT SMELL! -YOU SMELL THAT? -I REALLY SMELL IT.
Susan: THIS IS IT.
THAT'S THE SMELL.
IS IT OKAY IF WE GO UPSTAIRS? YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S A TOTAL MESS.
BUT FEEL FREE, GO AHEAD.
IT'S MUCH COOLER UP HERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND IT DOESN'T IT'S LIKE THERE'S A DRAFT, ALMOST.
IT DOESN'T SMELL LIKE REALLY, REALLY CHEAP PERFUME.
NO.
I GOT A 1.
7 OVER HERE.
IT IS NICE AND COOL IN HERE.
IT IS FREEZING IN HERE! IT'S LIKE A 10-DEGREE DIFFERENCE UP HERE.
A LOT OF TIMES, COLD SPOTS CAN BE CAUSED BY AN ENTITY MAYBE TRYING TO MANIFEST ITSELF.
68.
2 DEGREES.
68.
0.
IT JUST KEEPS DROPPING.
[ LOUD BANG .]
WHAT THE HELL? THAT UPSTAIRS DOOR SLAM? THAT WAS PRETTY VIOLENT.
THAT WAS A HELL OF A SLAM.
IS THERE ANY -- THERE'S NOBODY UP THERE, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK SO.
IT'S ABOUT TIME TO FIND OUT.
HOLD ON.
THE DOORKNOB LITERALLY JUST MOVED IN FRONT OF ME.
THIS IS GOING OFF.
IS SOMEONE THERE? Hartley: THAT UPSTAIRS DOOR SLAM? Saint: THAT WAS PRETTY VIOLENT.
HOLD ON.
THE DOORKNOB LITERALLY JUST MOVED IN FRONT OF ME.
THIS IS GOING OFF.
IS SOMEONE THERE? Hartley: HOLY CRAP.
IT IS PITCH-BLACK UP HERE.
Saint: IS THERE NOBODY UP THERE? NO.
THERE'S NOBODY UP HERE.
BUT I'M SERIOUS.
I GOT UP TO THE TOP OF THE STEPS.
THIS DOORKNOB TURNED RIGH IN FRONT OF ME.
WHY DON'T WE CONDUC AN EVP SESSION IN HERE? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
Hartley: WAS THAT YOU THA SLAMMED THAT DOOR? YOU SLAMMED I WITH SUCH FORCE.
ARE WE MAKING YOU MAD BEING HERE? [ CLATTER .]
WHAT WAS THAT? THAT JUST CAME DOWN? DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT? RIGHT HERE, THIS FELL.
THE CEILING, RIGHT HERE, THE CORNER PIECE JUST FELL DOWN.
YES.
I WATCHED I WITH MY OWN EYES.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE STAIRS RIGHT THERE? I MEAN, YOU SEE EVERYTHING THAT CAME DOWN WITH IT.
WHAT IS THAT? SOME SORT OF -- SOME SORT OF METAL RING.
THIS CAME THROUGH THE CEILING.
LOOK, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE.
Hartley: LOOK AT IT A LITTLE CLOSELY.
I THINK THEY'RE, UH, ACTUALLY CURTAIN RINGS.
IT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE JUST, LIKE, STOMPED THROUGH.
YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER, LOUD AND CLEAR.
DIDN'T I, THOUGH? LET'S TURN A LIGHT OFF.
LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN.
PUT THE METER AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS.
AND JUST HANG DOWN HERE A FEW MINUTES.
SEE IF IT SPIKES OUT.
SHOULD ALSO TURN ON THE LASER.
HERE.
Hartley: ONE OF THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE, IT'S ACTUALLY A SPIRIT DETECTION OR A SHADOW DETECTION.
USING LASER BEAMS AND SOUNDS, WE CAN SET IT UP IN A DARK ENVIRONMENT.
WE CAN KIND OF TELL THE DEPTH OF A ROOM.
AND IF ANYTHING CROSSES THE RED DOTS, IT SHOULD SET OFF AN ALARM.
AND THE CLOSER I IS TO THE METER, THE LOUDER IT SHOULD GET.
EVEN IF SOMEONE'S JUST LINGERING UP THERE AND PASSING BY, IT'LL SIGNAL WITH THE AUDIBLE TONE.
IF YOU'RE UP THERE, AND YOU WANT US TO LEAVE, THE BEST WAY TO DO I IS TO PROVE YOU'RE HERE.
KNOCK ON SOMETHING.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE LURKING IN THE BACKGROUND.
YEAH.
LIKE, THAT'S THE FEELING I GET, LIKE, A CHILD.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S SCARED OR UPSET.
[ LIGHT CLATTER .]
YOU HEAR THAT, TOO? -YUP.
YUP.
-THAT'S WALKING.
THERE'S WALKING.
THERE'S SOMEBODY WALKING THERE.
THAT LASER, RIGHT IN THE CENTER.
-YOU SEE THAT? -YEAH.
IT'S MOVING.
THERE'S SOMEBODY STANDING RIGHT THERE.
[ MACHINE BEEPING .]
YEAH.
THERE HE IS AGAIN.
SEE IT? YUP.
OH! IN THE BACK THERE.
IT'S DIMMING OUT.
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE JUST WENT COMPLETELY OU FOR A SECOND.
SOMETHING HAS CROSSED IT.
-YEAH.
THERE'S SOME-- THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL I CAN SAY THERE'S ENOUGH HERE TO, UH, AROUSE MY ATTENTION, AT LEAST.
Hartley: THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SAY THAT THE SNYDER HOUSE IS DEFINITELY HAUNTED.
SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO MEE WITH THE LOCAL TOWN HISTORIAN TOMORROW AND SEE IF WE CAN UNDERCOVER SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THIS LOCATION.
Groff: I JUST HEARD FROM BILL AND ELIZABETH.
IT WAS NUTS LAST NIGH DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION.
THEY HAVE COLD SPOTS, HEARING THE DOOR HANDLE SHAKE.
AND THE ROOF ACTUALLY COLLAPSED IN ONE AREA.
WELL, UM, THERE'S A TRAGEDY CONNECTED WITH THAT HOUSE.
Groff: DANA'S OUR GO-TO LOCAL HISTORIAN.
SHE DIGS UP ALL THE HISTORY FOR US TO TRY AND SOLVE THE MYSTERIES IN TOWN.
THE HOUSE, UH, ITSELF, UH, BELONGED TO A PROMINEN FAMILY, THE SNYDERS.
HARRY SNYDER WAS THE OWNER OF THE "SHEPHERDSTOWN REGISTER" NEWSPAPER.
AND HE HAD THAT HOUSE BUIL IN THE LATE 1800s.
-OKAY.
-I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
RIGHT HERE, THERE WAS A HORRIFIC ACCIDEN THAT HAPPENED CONCERNING THE SNYDER FAMILY.
REALLY? LAURA IDA SNYDER, WHO WAS THE -- THE MOTHER OF THE FAMILY, SHE WENT OU ON A CARRIAGE RIDE.
Laura: TROT! TROT! SOMETHING SCARED THE HORSE.
AND THEY THINK MAYBE HER FOOT GOT CAUGHT.
AND SHE FELL.
AND SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE GROUND.
OH, MAN.
LOCALS CAME TO HELP HER.
THEY BROUGHT HER INTO THE HOUSE.
UH, SHE NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.
AND, UH, THE CONSTABLE PRONOUNCED HER DEAD.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRETTY VIOLENT IMPACT.
SO YOU HAVE THIS -- THIS INCIDENT THAT TAKES PLACE.
LAURA SNYDER IS BROUGH TO THE SNYDER HOUSE.
SHE PASSES AWAY, SUPPOSEDLY, IN THE HOUSE.
IS SHE THE ONE HAUNTING THIS HOUSE? AND WHY? WHY IS IT NOW THAT SHE'S STARTING TO SHOW HERSELF TO THE OWNERS AND THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN? LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IT'S BEEN YEARS.
-WELL, YEAH.
IT'S BEEN OVER 100 YEARS.
SO WHY IS SHE SHOWING HERSELF NOW? I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA.
I'M GOING TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE SNYDERS AND SEE WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
Groff: THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING TRIGGERING HER TO MANIFEST.
DANA AND I ARE GONNA GO, AND WE'RE GONNA DIG UP MORE HISTORY.
WE'RE GONNA FIGURE IT OU AND TRY TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE.
Saint: AFTER NICK TOLD US ABOU LAURA SNYDER'S VIOLENT DEATH, I'M ACTUALLY MORE INTRIGUED BY THIS CASE.
I SPOKE TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER IN THAT HOUSE.
AND THESE WERE A FEW PICTURES THAT SHE TOOK WHEN SHE LIVED IN THE HOUSE.
OH, NO KIDDING.
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE AN ORB TO YOU OR LIKE A MIST? IT DOES SEEM LIKE A MISTY FIGURE, ALMOST.
MM-HMM.
THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE.
WHEW! WHAT IS THAT? I HAVE NO IDEA.
IT'S, LIKE, PEEKING OVER THIS BRANCH HERE.
I MEAN, HOW TALL DO YOU THINK THIS IS? IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TELL.
WELL, DID SHE RELAY WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCES SHE WAS HAVING? UH, YEAH, ACTUALLY.
SHE TALKED ABOU A YOUNG CHILD.
SHE COULDN'T DECIPHER WHETHER IT WAS MALE OR FEMALE.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCES WITH WAS A YOUNG CHILD.
YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE SENSING MORE OF A CHILD THAN A -- THAN A WOMAN.
I WAS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AT NO POINT DID I FEEL THREATENED.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS MORE SCARED OF US.
SO MAYBE WE'RE DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES HERE.
WE HAVE, POSSIBLY, THIS WOMAN, BUT THEN ALSO THIS SMALL CHILD.
I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED TO DAN, HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF A WOMAN ON THE FRONT PORCH.
BUT WHAT I REALLY FEL IN THE HOUSE WAS A CHILD.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE TWO ARE SOMEHOW LINKED TOGETHER.
SO I GUESS THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHO IS THIS CHILD? WAS THERE A LOT OF DEATHS OF CHILDREN IN THIS TOWN? I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, THE LAST CASE WE JUST DEALT WITH INVOLVED A CHILD.
YEAH.
THE OLD PROSPEC FOR THE DORMS WE HAD THE TRINKETS THA WERE STOLEN BY THIS GHOST GIRL.
SHE DIED IN A FLOOD.
-YEAH.
AND THE CASE BEFORE THAT, AT THE SWEET SHOP, WE FOUND THIS BABY SHOE IN THE SAFE.
AND NOW THIS.
CASE THREE LOCATION -- GERMAN AND CHURCH STREET.
I HAD THIS SENSE THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY A CHILD PRESENT.
YEAH.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE CHILDREN ARE GONNA HAVE A BIG PART TO PLAY IN OUR INVESTIGATION HERE.
I'M STILL PUZZLED ABOU ALL OF OUR OTHER CLUES, LIKE THE BONE SAW AND THE SHOWER THAT TURNED ON BY ITSELF.
AND THEN THESE THINGS, CURTAIN RINGS.
I'M WONDERING WHA ALL THIS MEANS.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.
Hartley: WE'VE COLLECTED SOME REALLY GOOD CLUES.
AND WE'RE DOING OUR BES TO TRY TO CONNECT THEM TOGETHER AND FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF PATTERNS THAT ARE EMERGING, BUT IT'S REALLY TOO EARLY TO TELL AT THIS POINT.
I'M WONDERING WHAT'S CAUSING THE SPIKES.
SINCE WE ARRIVED IN TOWN, IT'S, LIKE, DOUBLED.
THAT IT ACTUALLY IS ALL THESE -- [ CELLPHONE RINGING .]
HOLD ON.
HEY, NICK.
HOW YOU DOING? Hartley: HEY, NICK.
HOW YOU DOING? OH, NO KIDDING.
WHO WAS WITH HER? Groff: You have to come over here so I can show you.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL HEAD OVER THERE.
Saint: SO, WAIT, LAURA IDA SNYDER WASN'T ALONE WHEN SHE DIED IN THE CARRIAGE? NO.
SHE WAS NOT ALONE IN THE CARRIAGE.
LAURA IDA SNYDER'S DAUGHTER WAS WITH HER.
I HAVE BEEN PORING OVER RECORDS ON THE SNYDER FAMILY.
AND I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE -- JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY, THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, THE COURTHOUSE.
AND, UH, I FINALLY FOUND A COPY OF THIS BOOK BY A DESCENDAN AND THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF LAURA IDA SNYDER.
SHE HAD, UH, A 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER NAMED RACHEL.
AND THEY CALLED HER RAY-RAY.
IN FACT, RAY-RAY TRIED TO KEEP HER FROM FALLING, BUT SHE COULDN' PREVENT HER FALL.
Groff: WOW.
IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE WATCHING YOUR OWN MOM DIE.
I CAN SEE HOW THA ENERGY WOULD BE SO STRONG TO HER MOM WANTING TO COME BACK AND GIVE HER THAT LAST KISS AND SAY GOODBYE ONE LAST TIME.
MAYBE RAY-RAY HAS GUILT FOR NO BEING ABLE TO SAVE HER MOM? MAYBE SHE'S NOT AT PEACE.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT RAY-RAY WAS KNOWN TO BE PSYCHIC.
AND SHE HAD A PREMONITION ABOUT DEATH.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HER MOTHER.
IN WHAT WAY? WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, SHE WROTE IN HER JOURNAL THAT, UH, DEATH HAD BEEN FOLLOWING HER EVERYWHERE THAT SUMMER.
AND SHE KEPT THE WINDOWS CLOSED AND THE DOORS CLOSED, TRYING TO KEEP I OUT OF HER HOUSE.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE ACTIVITY THAT DAN AND SUSAN WERE EXPERIENCING AT THEIR HOUSE, THAT THE DOORS WERE SHUTTING BY THEMSELVES AND THE WINDOWS WERE CLOSING AS WELL.
WELL, IT WAS STILL ON HER MIND AT THE END OF HER LIFE BECAUSE SHE WROTE IN HER LATER JOURNAL, "EVER SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, I HAD THE IDEA THAT DEATH WAS LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER.
AND AT THE END OF THE WEEK, MY MOTHER'S SUDDEN DEATH IN A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT, I HAD KEPT DEATH OUT OF THE HOUSE.
BUT I COULD NOT KEEP I AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.
" SO SAD.
YEAH.
IMAGINE CARRYING THAT WITH YOU, LIKE, YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
WHEN I WENT THERE, I DIDN'T PICK UP ON ANY WOMAN THAT WAS PRESENT.
I HAD A FEELING THAT THERE WAS A CHILD THERE.
AT 12 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS PREDICTING SOMETHING BAD TO COME.
NOW, WE GO FORWARD IN TIME, WHERE SHE PASSES AWAY OF NATURAL CAUSES AND WHATNOT.
BUT SHE'S GOING BACK AS THAT APPARITION OF A A CHILD TO TRY TO MAYBE SAVE HER MOTHER.
RIGHT.
I GET GOOSE BUMPS THINKING ABOUT THAT.
NO.
I JUST DID WHEN YOU SAID THAT.
IF IT IS RAY-RAY, AND IF IT IS LAURA IDA, IF THEY COULD BOTH BE RECONCILED HELP GUIDE HER BACK TO HER MOTHER? AND THEY CAN MOVE ON TOGETHER TO THAT NEXT PLACE PEACEFULLY? WELL, THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL.
BUT WHY NOW? IF IT IS RAY-RAY, WHY IS ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY JUST INTENSIFYING RIGHT NOW? HEY, BILL.
HOW'S THIS CAMERA LOOK? I'M IN THE BASEMENT NOW.
MAYBE YOU CAN MOVE I JUST A HAIR TO THE LEFT.
THAT LOOK, ACTUALLY, REALLY GOOD.
OKAY.
PERFECT.
ORIGINALLY, WE THOUGHT WE WERE LOOKING FOR JUST A WOMAN IN WHITE.
BUT NOW WE'RE CONVINCED THERE'S A CHILD HERE, TOO.
SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR TWO ENTITIES.
THESE ARE THE FOUR CAMERAS THAT ARE SET UP IN DIFFERENT HOT SPOTS OF THE HOUSE.
UH, THE FIRST ONE'S UP IN THE ATTIC.
THEN WE HAVE THE MIDDLE ROOM, WHERE THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO, UH, BE CLOSED ON THEIR OWN.
THE THIRD CHANNEL IS ACTUALLY IN THE FRONT LIVING ROOM.
AND THE FOURTH ONE IS IN THE CREEPY BASEMEN THAT EVERYONE LOVES.
YEAH.
IF YOU CAN LOCK I DOWN RIGHT THERE, THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M ACTUALLY GONNA OPEN UP THE WINDOWS.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE WINDOWS THAT SUSAN SAID ACTUALLY CLOSE BY THEMSELVES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THEM A LITTLE BI AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS AT SOME POINT TONIGHT.
THAT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH.
Groff: YEAH.
I'M IN THE BASEMEN TURNING OFF ALL THE LIGHTS.
WHAT'S UP? ALL RIGHT.
I'M HEADING UP THERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU OKAY? I HAVEN'T EVEN GONE UP THERE YET.
BUT I JUST -- I FEEL, LIKE, MAJOR ANXIETY.
-REALLY? -YEAH.
I'M, LIKE, SHAKING.
HOW FAR DID YOU GET? I -- I CAN'T EVEN GO UP THERE.
AS SOON AS WE CAME UP HERE, I FELT, LIKE, DISORIENTED.
AND I -- I JUST FEEL REALLY ANXIOUS.
I JUS DON'T WANT ANYBODY -- I DON'T -- I JUS DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE AROUND RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
UH, NO.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU LIKE THIS.
JUST TAKE A MOMENT.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
HON-- HONESTLY, I -- -WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? -WHAT WAS THAT? I THINK THAT CAME FROM RIGHT UP HERE.
SIGHING FROM A BREATH.
-I HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
Saint: I HAVEN'T EVEN GONE UP THERE YET.
BUT I JUST -- I FEEL, LIKE, MAJOR ANXIETY.
-REALLY? -YEAH.
I'M, LIKE, SHAKING.
I JUS DON'T WANT ANYBODY -- I DON'T -- I JUS DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE AROUND RIGHT NOW.
HON-- HONESTLY, I -- -WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? -WHAT WAS THAT? I THINK THAT CAME FROM RIGHT UP HERE.
SIGHING FROM A BREATH.
-I HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA GO NIGHT VISION ON THIS CAMERA NOW.
READY? -YEAH.
DO YOU WANT TO TRY USING THE RECORDER? YEAH.
SEE IF WE CAN CAPTURE ITS VOICE.
-THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE.
-WHAT ARE YOU FEELING? WHEN I LOOKED UP IN THE CORNER OVER THERE, I SAW THE OUTLINE OF A PERSON.
BUT THEY WERE KIND OF S-- THEY WERE S-- THEY WERE SMALL.
WHERE? WHERE AT? RIGHT BACK THERE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE NIGHT-VISION CAMERA AT THE MOMENT.
I JUST GOT REALLY -- LIKE, THAT ANXIETY FEELING STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN.
REALLY? I JUST WANNA GO BACK HERE FOR A SECOND.
I'M GONNA ROLL ON THE RECORDER.
ROLLING ON THE RECORDER.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE BACK HERE.
I'M GONNA -- I'M GONNA -- I'M -- SORRY.
I'M, LIKE, STUTTERING.
I'M GETTING THAT FEELING AGAIN.
I FEEL REALLY ANXIOUS AGAIN.
[ Voice breaking .]
I FEEL REALLY EMOTIONAL.
YOU OKAY? NOW, I'M JUST GETTING THAT FEELING AGAIN AS YOU STARTED GOING BACK THERE.
AND I'M GETTING REALLY EMOTIONAL.
HERE, HOLD THIS RECORDER.
GO AHEAD.
ASK A QUESTION.
RAY-RAY, ARE YOU HERE WITH US? ARE YOU SAD? YOU DON' HAVE TO BE AFRAID.
HERE, LET ME SEE THE RECORDER.
-YEAH.
-I WANNA STOP THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA PLAY IT BACK.
OKAY.
ELECTRICITY JUS SURROUNDED MY BODY.
[ INDISTINCT VOICE .]
WHOA.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
HOLY CRAP.
WHOA! THAT'S WHAT I HEAR, "GET OUT.
" IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S AGGRAVATED NOW WITH US.
LET'S KEEP LISTENING.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE BACK HERE.
[ INDISTINCT VOICE .]
Both: YES.
THERE'S SOMEONE BACK HERE! WHOA! YOU CAN TOTALLY HEAR THE TONE.
OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY LIKE, I WANNA CRY.
YOU CAN UH YOU ALL RIGHT? -YEAH.
-OKAY.
JUST TAKE A MOMENT.
I WANNA TRY TO HELP HER, TRY TO COMMUNICATE.
IT MIGHT HELP FOR US TO CALL LORIE.
HEY, BILL? -YEAH, GO AHEAD.
CAN YOU CALL LORIE, FIND OUT WHERE SHE MIGHT BE? ON IT.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S WHAT IT'S SAYING TO US, I THINK, MAYBE, WE GO BACK THERE? YEAH.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK THERE.
SO IS THAT WHERE THE ROOF COLLAPSED? BECAUSE -THIS IS WHERE THE I JUST WANNA SEE.
I'M GONNA PU THE CAMERA UP THERE 'CAUSE I WANNA SEE IF IT -- IF THERE'S ANY REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR THIS ROOF TO COLLAPSE.
NO.
NO, IT'S PRETTY SOLID.
WAIT.
SHINE YOUR LIGH UP THERE.
CAN YOU SEE THAT? -YEAH.
I SEE IT.
-LOOK AT THAT.
WOW.
THERE'S ANOTHER CURTAIN RING UP THERE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE PICKED UP.
ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY REVOLVING AROUND THE CURTAINS AND STUFF, KNOWING FROM WHAT DANA TOLD US FROM THE JOURNAL ENTRY, RAY-RAY WAS CLOSING ALL THE WINDOWS, CLOSING EVERYTHING TO TRY TO KEEP THE EVIL AWAY.
LET'S GO DOWNSTAIRS.
RAY-RAY COULD BE REACHING OUT TO US 'CAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY ONES COMMUNICATING RIGHT NOW THAT'S LISTENING.
AND MAYBE SHE'S GUIDING US.
Groff: LET'S CHECK THE WINDOWS.
THE TWO WE OPENED, THEY'RE STILL OPEN.
YUP.
THESE WINDOW -- WAIT.
WHAT THE [BLEEP.]
LOOK AT THIS.
WHAT IS THIS? -WE HAD THESE OPEN BEFORE.
THE SHUTTERS HAVE BEEN OPEN.
HEY, BILL.
ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT HERE? THE SHUTTER -- ONE OF THE SHUTTERS IS, UM, HALF-CLOSED.
I GOTTA GO BACK AND REVIEW.
I DIDN'T NOTICE IT HAPPEN.
I WAS, UH, WATCHING WHA YOU GUYS WERE DOING UPSTAIRS.
THAT'S SO WEIRD.
UH, YOU GUYS MAY WANNA COME HERE AND S-- AND CHECK THIS OUT FOR YOURSELF.
DID YOU SEE THAT? THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
COMING UP.
READY FOR THE GRAND SHOW? HOLY [BLEEP.]
HEY, BILL.
ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT HERE? Hartley: I SEE IT.
ONE OF THE SHUTTERS IS HALF-CLOSED.
UH, YOU GUYS MAY WANNA COME HERE AND CHECK THIS OUT FOR YOURSELF.
READY FOR THE GRAND SHOW? Groff: HOLY THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
WE JUST ABSOLUTELY CAPTURED UNBELIEVABLE PARANORMAL EVIDENCE RIGHT THERE.
DO IT AGAIN.
PLAY IT AGAIN.
Saint: OH, MY GOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT THA IS I CHECKED THAT WINDOW.
AND EVEN THE SHADES AND EVERYTHING DON'T JUST AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE LIKE THAT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CAUGHT THAT.
LIKE, I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAUGHT THAT.
THE SHADE JUST SUDDENLY CLOSED UNEXPLAINABLY.
SO I HAVE NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION OF WHY THIS COULD ACTUALLY OCCUR.
BUT I'M GONNA GO BACK IN AND INVESTIGATE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT ANY ANY REASON.
I MEAN, I'M LOST FOR WORDS.
THIS IS AMAZING EVIDENCE THAT WE JUST CAPTURED.
LET'S GO ANALYZE IT.
-YEAH, LET'S GO.
-ALL RIGHT.
I'LL BE IN HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN ON THE CAMERA.
CATCHING LEGITIMATE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THE PARANORMAL IS EXTREMELY RARE.
EVPS ARE EASY TO GET, PHOTOS, A LITTLE HARDER.
BUT VIDEO IS, LIKE, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
WITH THE -- THE HISTORY OF RAY-RAY SHUTTING SHUTTERS AND THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AND THE CURRENT OWNERS ALL HAVING THIS EXPERIENCE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE STEPPED RIGHT BACK INTO THAT SAME ROLE.
AND THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO PROTEC THE CURRENT FAMILY FROM? LOOK AT THIS.
LIKE, COME HERE.
LIKE, TRY TO DO -- DO THIS.
OKAY.
'CAUSE LOOK HOW HARD IT IS TO MOVE THAT.
YEAH.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THERE'S NO -THAT'S SO CRAZY.
THERE'S NO AIR CURRENTS.
LOOK, THERE'S NO VENTS.
YOU HAVE TO PULL THIS.
THERE'S NO AIR THAT COULD DO THIS.
HEY, GUYS.
I THINK LORIE'S ARRIVED.
Johnson: HEY, GUYS.
HOW ARE YOU? -HI.
-LORIE, PERFECT TIMING.
WOW.
THIS PLACE IS REALLY BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
Groff: WE LIKED BRINGING LORIE IN BECAUSE SHE'S A PSYCHIC MEDIUM.
SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A LOCATION WHEN SHE STEPS FOO ON THE PROPERTY.
WHEN HER FINDINGS ARE SIMILAR TO OURS, WE KNOW WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS FEELING OUT THERE ON THAT PORCH.
I WAS SEEING A SILHOUETTE OF A -- A FEMALE.
I ALSO SENSE A CHILD.
IS THAT THAT LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER? -YES.
-OH, GOD, Y'ALL.
Y'ALL ARE GONNA MAKE ME CRY.
HONEY, I FEEL THIS CHILD IS PROTECTING HER MOM.
WE HAVE A CHILD.
AND WE HAVE A WOMAN.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A NEGATIVE ENTITY.
I HEAR A MOANING.
-THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER.
-I JUST GOT THE GOOSE BUMPS.
-LOOK.
-OH, MY GOD.
NO, THAT'S WHA WE HEARD EARLIER.
OH, YEAH.
CAN YOU SEE HER GOOSE BUMPS? LOOK AT THIS.
SHE'S LITERALLY GETTING HIT BY ELECTRICITY.
YUP.
WE HAVE A DARK ENTITY IN HERE, GUYS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHA WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WHERE'S THE NEGATIVE ENERGY? RIGHT NOW, IT'S, UM LEAD -- LEAD ME TO HIM.
LET'S DO THIS.
ARE YOU OKAY TO GO TO ATTIC? I'M GONNA GO WITH HER.
-I'LL SET UP OUR EQUIPMENT.
OKAY.
I FEEL LIKE HE'S DOWN HERE.
DOWN HERE.
IS THERE A BASEMENT? YEAH, RIGHT OUT HERE.
COME SHOW YOURSELF.
I REALLY FEEL REAL THICK, LIKE, UM, HEAVY -- HEAVY CHEST.
STARTING TO GET A HEADACHE IN THE BACK, RIGHT HERE.
NO, WE'RE NOT ALONE, DUDE.
Groff: WHERE IS IT? [ LAUGHING .]
IT'S HIDING.
SHOW YOURSELF.
YOU WANNA TERRORIZE A CHILD.
SHE'S TRYING TO SEEK HER MOTHER.
THE LITTLE GIRL CAN SENSE, LIKE, A SMELL, "MOMMY.
MOMMY.
" AND SHE'S WALKING AROUND MOMMY BECAUSE SOMETHING IS BLOCKING HER SIGH TO SEE HER MOM.
SHE'S GOING AROUND, "MOMMY.
MOMMY.
" AND WITH THIS NEGATIVE ENTITY, THIS ENERGY, IS KEEPING THIS CHILD AND THE MOTHER SEEING EACH OTHER.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE STUCK HERE.
AND IT'S LAUGHING.
I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT REM POD HERE.
IT'LL BE ABLE TO TELL IF SOMETHING PASSES BY.
[ BEEPING .]
[ BEEPING .]
Groff: WHOA, 9.
44.
HOLY CRAP.
THAT'S, LIKE, DANGEROUS EMF.
IT WENT TO A 9.
4.
IT'S GROWLING.
IT'S GROWLING.
IT'S GOING UP THE STEPS.
IT'S AFTER THE LITTLE GIRL.
HOLY [BLEEP.]
IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE HERE THAT'S NOT RAY-RAY? IS THERE SOMEONE UP HERE? Man: FOR MORE "GHOSTS OF SHEPHERDSTOWN," VISIT destinationamerica.
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IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE HERE THAT'S NOT RAY-RAY? IS THERE SOMEONE UP HERE? THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE.
Johnson: LET'S GO UPSTAIRS.
Groff: ELIZABETH, ARE YOU THERE? I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON UP HERE.
ALL THE POWER, EVERYTHING JUST WENT OFF.
WOW.
OKAY.
ELIZABETH, CHECK.
YOU OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOOD.
THIS LITTLE GIRL IS GETTING OUR ATTENTION FOR A PURPOSE.
YOU THINK SHE'S TRYING TO WARN US ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE? SHE'S TRYING TO WARN US ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
AND AS YOU SAID THAT, THE STORM JUST STOPPED.
YUP.
AND I GO THE GOOSE BUMPS BIG-TIME.
IT'S GONE.
IS THERE ANYONE STILL HERE WITH US? WHEN WE HAVE THESE HUGE LIGHTNING STORMS, THE SPIRITS REQUIRE ENERGY TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES.
NOW THAT THE FLASH STORM IS OVER, I THINK WE'VE LOS THE CONNECTION WITH THE SPIRITS THAT WERE HERE.
A NEGATIVE IS HOVERING OVER THE SHEPHERDSTOWN.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE CROSS IS TO FIND IT.
Groff: LORIE AND I ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF THERE BEING A NEGATIVE ENERGY THAT COULD BE HARVESTING ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN TOWN.
WE'RE DISCOVERING THAT IT'S NO JUST ONE LOCATION.
IT'S NOT THE SWEET SHOP, THE CEMETERY.
IT'S NOT THIS LOCATION, THE SNYDER HOUSE.
IT'S THE -- THE WHOLE ENTIRE TOWN.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE SCARY PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW YE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
Hartley: LAST NIGHT CERTAINLY WAS A WILD RIDE.
LIKE, IT'S ALMOST AS WE PROGRESS DEEPER INTO LEARNING MORE ABOUT SHEPHERDSTOWN -RIGHT.
AND LEARNING MORE ABOU THE CLUES AND MYSTERIES AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO -- TO DISCOVERING, POSSIBLY, WHY ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY'S HAPPENING NOW, IT JUST GETS WEIRDER AND WEIRDER.
I FOUND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OUT ABOUT LAURA IDA'S DEATH.
SHE FRACTURED HER SKULL, WHICH WAS IN ONE OF THE ARTICLES.
I FOUND THAT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.
SHE ACTUALLY BROKE HER NECK AND RUPTURED A BLOOD VESSEL.
SHE WAS DECAPITATED.
Groff: THAT'S REALLY VIOLENT.
AND HOW HORRIFIC FOR HER DAUGHTER TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
YEAH.
HOW HORRIFIC.
Hartley: WELL, WITH THE FAC THAT LAURA WAS ALMOST DECAPITATED FROM THE FALL, IT PUTS THINGS IN PLACE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS FAR AS SEEING AN APPARITION ON THE FRONT PORCH THAT APPEARED TO NOT HAVE A HEAD.
Mitchell: ACTUALLY, I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Groff: THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE.
THERE'S LAURA IDA.
I LOVE SEEING PICTURES OF, POSSIBLY, WHO WE'RE ACTUALLY CONNECTING WITH.
AND HERE'S RAY-RAY.
Saint: THE EYES -- WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO TELL US? WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO PROTECT US FROM? LORIE WAS SAYING THAT SHE FEL THIS NEGATIVE PRESENCE.
RAY-RAY WAS TRYING TO PROTECT US FROM THAT.
IF SHE'S COME BACK FOR, LIKE, THIS SOLE PURPOSE, HOW DO WE HELP HER? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE GET WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO SAY OUT TO PEOPLE? WHAT IF WE DO FLIERS AND POST 'EM ALL OVER TOWN WITH HER PICTURE ON IT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING STUFF THAT AREN'T REPORTING IT.
-RIGHT.
SO MAYBE THAT'LL BE A WAY OF GETTING HER MESSAGE OU AND GETTING US A CHANCE TO HELP AND TRY TO PUT TOGETHER WHATEVER THIS DARK ENERGY IS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S A FEW PICTURES IN HERE I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU.
THIS IS OF LAURA SNYDER.
SHE DIED JUST ON THE END OF YOUR PROPERTY LINE IN A CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
Susan: YOU ARE KIDDING.
NOW, THIS IS HER YOUNGES DAUGHTER, RAY-RAY.
NOW, SHE WAS WITH HER MOTHER WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
NOW, RAY-RAY, UM, IS THOUGH TO HAVE HAD PSYCHIC ABILITIES.
BEFORE HER MOTHER'S DEATH -YEAH? SHE STARTED TO TAKING TO SHUTTING ALL THE SHADES AND THE CURTAINS IN THE HOUSE.
-REALLY? -AND LOCKING THE WINDOWS AND DOORS.
-THAT IS SO STRANGE.
SHE BELIEVED THAT DOING THA WAS GONNA PROTECT HER MOTHER FROM DEATH.
-WOW.
-I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UH, THEIR PRESENCE HERE, IN ANY WAY, WAS MALICIOUS OR MEANT ANY HARM.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LIVING WITH.
THINGS ARE BETTER NOW.
I THINK, IN THE END, IT REALLY WAS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS MEAN TO PROTECT US.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A BIGGER -- A BIGGER PICTURE THAT WE'RE -- THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, PERHAPS ANOTHER PRESENCE OF SOME SORT.
SO WE ACTUALLY THINK THAT SOMETHING, UH, A DARK FORCE OF SOME NATURE, HAS BEEN AWAKENED IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
WE BELIEVE THA THAT IS ACCOUNTING FOR A LOT OF THE CALLS THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING.
Hartley: THERE'S THE FLIERS ELIZABETH'S POSTING AROUND TOWN ABOUT ALL THE ACTIVITY.
SINCE RAY-RAY, AT ONE TIME IN HER LIFE, WAS TRYING TO GIVE WARNINGS AND, UH, APPARENTLY DIDN' WORK OUT FOR HER MOTHER.
AND IT SEEMS SHE'S TRYING TO GIVE WARNINGS AGAIN TO THE TOWNSFOLK.
SO HOPEFULLY, THIS TIME THE TOWNSFOLK WILL HEED HER WARNINGS AND MAYBE GIVE US SOME MORE LEADS.
BUT THIS ISN' YOUR AVERAGE SMALL TOWN.
YOU CAN ASK THE LOCALS.
THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS THE MOST HAUNTED TOWN IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S A LEVEL OF HYSTERIA IN THEIR VOICE.
THEY'RE SHOOK UP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN 35 YEARS OF POLICE WORK.
RECENTLY, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICAN INCREASE OF UNUSUAL CALLS.
SO MANY CALLS THAT THEY HAVE ESCALATED TO THE POIN WHERE OUR DEPARTMENT'S OVERWHELMED WITH 'EM.
SO I'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO DO WHAT NO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DONE BEFORE.
I'VE ASSEMBLED SOME OF THE BES PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS IN THE COUNTRY TO COME IN AND ASSIST US WITH THESE TYPE OF UNUSUAL CASES.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, WE ARE GONNA PUT AN END TO WHAT'S TERRORIZING OUR TOWN.
Hartley: THIS TOWN HAS BEEN SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY FOR ME BECAUSE NORMALLY I HAVE, OVER THE YEARS, INVESTIGATED ONE HOUSE HERE, ONE HOUSE THERE, A BUSINESS OR WHATEVER.
I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY GONE INTO A TOWN WHERE THE ENTIRE TOWN HAS GOT SO MUCH PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
LITERALLY, IT'S JUST PICK AND CHOOSE A LOCATION.
AND IT'S GOT ACTIVITY.
IT'S CRAZY.
-BILL! -HEY, MIKE.
HEARD THE CALL ON THE SCANNER.
TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
THIS HOUSE BEHIND ME, HUSBAND AND WIFE LIVE THERE.
HUSBAND CALLS IN TONIGH AND SAYS THAT THERE IS A WOMAN DRESSED IN A WHITE DRESS FLOATING ON THE FRONT PORCH.
I HAVE SWEPT THE INSIDE OF THIS HOUSE.
ALL RIGHT.
AND I HAVE BEEN AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
I HAVE NOT SEEN A LADY IN WHITE.
HEY.
SHE'S NOT DRESSED IN WHITE, THOUGH.
ELIZABETH, HOW ARE YOU? -GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I GOTTA GET BACK.
I GOTTA GET TO WORK.
THEIR NAMES ARE DAN AND SUSAN, INSIDE.
YOU GUYS WANNA GO IN AND TALK WITH THEM? ALL RIGHT.
SOUNDS GOOD.
-HOW YOU DOING? -HI.
-YOU'RE THE INVESTIGATORS? -YEAH.
COME ON IN.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THIS HAPPENED.
ALL RIGHT? -I'M ELIZABETH.
-HI.
SO THIS IS THE WINDOW WHERE YOU SAW THE WOMAN? YEAH.
WHAT HAPPENED -- I WAS SLEEPING.
AND I HEAR THIS BANGING ON THE DOOR.
[ BANGING .]
AND ADAM, HE'S OUR 19-YEAR-OLD SON.
OKAY.
I THOUGHT, "OKAY.
ADAM GOT LOCKED OU OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
" [ BANGING CONTINUES .]
AND THERE WAS NO ADAM, NO ADAM AT ALL! SO I CAME OVER HERE AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW.
AND THIS THING WENT SLIDING ACROSS, COMPLETELY WHITE.
NO FACE AH! AND I JUST -- I JUST IT REALLY SHOOK ME UP.
AND THAT'S WHY I CALLED THE POLICE.
BUT THERE'S BEEN WEIRD STUFF GOING ON FOR A WHILE.
THE PREVIOUS OWNER WARNED US THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WEIRD ABOUT THIS HOUSE.
WE MOVED IN, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
ONE DAY, THE WHOLE HOUSE GOT THIS REALLY BIZARRE PERFUMY SMELL.
THE WHOLE PLACE REEKED OF IT.
SUSAN LEF ALL THE WINDOWS OPEN.
SHE WANTED TO AIR THE PLACE OUT.
WHEN I CAME BACK, ALL OF THESE WINDOWS WERE SHUT.
AND ALL OF THESE WINDOWS WERE LOCKED.
AND I DIDN'T SHUT THEM.
AND I DIDN'T LOCK THEM.
I WAS TOTALLY FREAKED OUT.
WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE, THE WOMAN WHO OWNED I BEFORE THIS TOOK THE CURTAINS DOWN BECAUSE APPARENTLY, SHE WOULD OPEN THEM.
AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST CLOSE ON THEIR OWN.
AND IT KEPT HAPPENING.
SO SHE FIGURED, "ALL RIGHT.
" -WHAT? -YEAH! SO SHE TOOK 'EM DOWN.
IF THIS KEPT GOING, I WOULD MOVE OUT.
THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS.
I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS.
WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND WITH OUR EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA DO, LIKE, EMF SWEEPS, WHICH IS ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS.
WE'RE GONNA KIND OF MEASURE ELECTRIC CURRENTS AND STUFF LIKE THA BECAUSE THEORETICALLY, GHOSTS OR SPIRITS OR APPARITIONS OR WHATEVER WE'RE DEALING WITH HAS ITS OWN POWER SOURCE.
Saint: READINGS ARE JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE IN HERE.
Hartley: YEAH.
I'M -- I -- I WAS NOTICING THAT, TOO.
I'M BOUNCING BACK TO, LIKE, FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN.
IT'S JUST NOT STABLE.
YOU ALL RIGHT? I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME WHAT IS IT? I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S THIS -- THIS WOMAN.
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A SENSE OF A CHILD.
Saint: I DEFINITELY BELIEVE WHAT DAN THOUGH HE SAW WAS A REAL WOMAN, A SPIRIT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT I EXPERIENCED INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
WHAT I THINK I EXPERIENCED WAS A -- A CHILD SPIRIT.
[ COUGHING .]
WHAT I'M SORRY.
WHAT IS THAT SMELL? IT'S REALLY STRONG.
HEY, SUSAN? YEAH? OH, MY GOSH.
IT'S THAT SMELL! -YOU SMELL THAT? -I REALLY SMELL IT.
Susan: THIS IS IT.
THAT'S THE SMELL.
IS IT OKAY IF WE GO UPSTAIRS? YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S A TOTAL MESS.
BUT FEEL FREE, GO AHEAD.
IT'S MUCH COOLER UP HERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND IT DOESN'T IT'S LIKE THERE'S A DRAFT, ALMOST.
IT DOESN'T SMELL LIKE REALLY, REALLY CHEAP PERFUME.
NO.
I GOT A 1.
7 OVER HERE.
IT IS NICE AND COOL IN HERE.
IT IS FREEZING IN HERE! IT'S LIKE A 10-DEGREE DIFFERENCE UP HERE.
A LOT OF TIMES, COLD SPOTS CAN BE CAUSED BY AN ENTITY MAYBE TRYING TO MANIFEST ITSELF.
68.
2 DEGREES.
68.
0.
IT JUST KEEPS DROPPING.
[ LOUD BANG .]
WHAT THE HELL? THAT UPSTAIRS DOOR SLAM? THAT WAS PRETTY VIOLENT.
THAT WAS A HELL OF A SLAM.
IS THERE ANY -- THERE'S NOBODY UP THERE, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK SO.
IT'S ABOUT TIME TO FIND OUT.
HOLD ON.
THE DOORKNOB LITERALLY JUST MOVED IN FRONT OF ME.
THIS IS GOING OFF.
IS SOMEONE THERE? Hartley: THAT UPSTAIRS DOOR SLAM? Saint: THAT WAS PRETTY VIOLENT.
HOLD ON.
THE DOORKNOB LITERALLY JUST MOVED IN FRONT OF ME.
THIS IS GOING OFF.
IS SOMEONE THERE? Hartley: HOLY CRAP.
IT IS PITCH-BLACK UP HERE.
Saint: IS THERE NOBODY UP THERE? NO.
THERE'S NOBODY UP HERE.
BUT I'M SERIOUS.
I GOT UP TO THE TOP OF THE STEPS.
THIS DOORKNOB TURNED RIGH IN FRONT OF ME.
WHY DON'T WE CONDUC AN EVP SESSION IN HERE? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
Hartley: WAS THAT YOU THA SLAMMED THAT DOOR? YOU SLAMMED I WITH SUCH FORCE.
ARE WE MAKING YOU MAD BEING HERE? [ CLATTER .]
WHAT WAS THAT? THAT JUST CAME DOWN? DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT? RIGHT HERE, THIS FELL.
THE CEILING, RIGHT HERE, THE CORNER PIECE JUST FELL DOWN.
YES.
I WATCHED I WITH MY OWN EYES.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE STAIRS RIGHT THERE? I MEAN, YOU SEE EVERYTHING THAT CAME DOWN WITH IT.
WHAT IS THAT? SOME SORT OF -- SOME SORT OF METAL RING.
THIS CAME THROUGH THE CEILING.
LOOK, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE.
Hartley: LOOK AT IT A LITTLE CLOSELY.
I THINK THEY'RE, UH, ACTUALLY CURTAIN RINGS.
IT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE JUST, LIKE, STOMPED THROUGH.
YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER, LOUD AND CLEAR.
DIDN'T I, THOUGH? LET'S TURN A LIGHT OFF.
LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN.
PUT THE METER AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS.
AND JUST HANG DOWN HERE A FEW MINUTES.
SEE IF IT SPIKES OUT.
SHOULD ALSO TURN ON THE LASER.
HERE.
Hartley: ONE OF THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE, IT'S ACTUALLY A SPIRIT DETECTION OR A SHADOW DETECTION.
USING LASER BEAMS AND SOUNDS, WE CAN SET IT UP IN A DARK ENVIRONMENT.
WE CAN KIND OF TELL THE DEPTH OF A ROOM.
AND IF ANYTHING CROSSES THE RED DOTS, IT SHOULD SET OFF AN ALARM.
AND THE CLOSER I IS TO THE METER, THE LOUDER IT SHOULD GET.
EVEN IF SOMEONE'S JUST LINGERING UP THERE AND PASSING BY, IT'LL SIGNAL WITH THE AUDIBLE TONE.
IF YOU'RE UP THERE, AND YOU WANT US TO LEAVE, THE BEST WAY TO DO I IS TO PROVE YOU'RE HERE.
KNOCK ON SOMETHING.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE LURKING IN THE BACKGROUND.
YEAH.
LIKE, THAT'S THE FEELING I GET, LIKE, A CHILD.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S SCARED OR UPSET.
[ LIGHT CLATTER .]
YOU HEAR THAT, TOO? -YUP.
YUP.
-THAT'S WALKING.
THERE'S WALKING.
THERE'S SOMEBODY WALKING THERE.
THAT LASER, RIGHT IN THE CENTER.
-YOU SEE THAT? -YEAH.
IT'S MOVING.
THERE'S SOMEBODY STANDING RIGHT THERE.
[ MACHINE BEEPING .]
YEAH.
THERE HE IS AGAIN.
SEE IT? YUP.
OH! IN THE BACK THERE.
IT'S DIMMING OUT.
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE JUST WENT COMPLETELY OU FOR A SECOND.
SOMETHING HAS CROSSED IT.
-YEAH.
THERE'S SOME-- THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL I CAN SAY THERE'S ENOUGH HERE TO, UH, AROUSE MY ATTENTION, AT LEAST.
Hartley: THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SAY THAT THE SNYDER HOUSE IS DEFINITELY HAUNTED.
SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO MEE WITH THE LOCAL TOWN HISTORIAN TOMORROW AND SEE IF WE CAN UNDERCOVER SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THIS LOCATION.
Groff: I JUST HEARD FROM BILL AND ELIZABETH.
IT WAS NUTS LAST NIGH DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION.
THEY HAVE COLD SPOTS, HEARING THE DOOR HANDLE SHAKE.
AND THE ROOF ACTUALLY COLLAPSED IN ONE AREA.
WELL, UM, THERE'S A TRAGEDY CONNECTED WITH THAT HOUSE.
Groff: DANA'S OUR GO-TO LOCAL HISTORIAN.
SHE DIGS UP ALL THE HISTORY FOR US TO TRY AND SOLVE THE MYSTERIES IN TOWN.
THE HOUSE, UH, ITSELF, UH, BELONGED TO A PROMINEN FAMILY, THE SNYDERS.
HARRY SNYDER WAS THE OWNER OF THE "SHEPHERDSTOWN REGISTER" NEWSPAPER.
AND HE HAD THAT HOUSE BUIL IN THE LATE 1800s.
-OKAY.
-I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
RIGHT HERE, THERE WAS A HORRIFIC ACCIDEN THAT HAPPENED CONCERNING THE SNYDER FAMILY.
REALLY? LAURA IDA SNYDER, WHO WAS THE -- THE MOTHER OF THE FAMILY, SHE WENT OU ON A CARRIAGE RIDE.
Laura: TROT! TROT! SOMETHING SCARED THE HORSE.
AND THEY THINK MAYBE HER FOOT GOT CAUGHT.
AND SHE FELL.
AND SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE GROUND.
OH, MAN.
LOCALS CAME TO HELP HER.
THEY BROUGHT HER INTO THE HOUSE.
UH, SHE NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.
AND, UH, THE CONSTABLE PRONOUNCED HER DEAD.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRETTY VIOLENT IMPACT.
SO YOU HAVE THIS -- THIS INCIDENT THAT TAKES PLACE.
LAURA SNYDER IS BROUGH TO THE SNYDER HOUSE.
SHE PASSES AWAY, SUPPOSEDLY, IN THE HOUSE.
IS SHE THE ONE HAUNTING THIS HOUSE? AND WHY? WHY IS IT NOW THAT SHE'S STARTING TO SHOW HERSELF TO THE OWNERS AND THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN? LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IT'S BEEN YEARS.
-WELL, YEAH.
IT'S BEEN OVER 100 YEARS.
SO WHY IS SHE SHOWING HERSELF NOW? I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA.
I'M GOING TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE SNYDERS AND SEE WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
Groff: THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING TRIGGERING HER TO MANIFEST.
DANA AND I ARE GONNA GO, AND WE'RE GONNA DIG UP MORE HISTORY.
WE'RE GONNA FIGURE IT OU AND TRY TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE.
Saint: AFTER NICK TOLD US ABOU LAURA SNYDER'S VIOLENT DEATH, I'M ACTUALLY MORE INTRIGUED BY THIS CASE.
I SPOKE TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER IN THAT HOUSE.
AND THESE WERE A FEW PICTURES THAT SHE TOOK WHEN SHE LIVED IN THE HOUSE.
OH, NO KIDDING.
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE AN ORB TO YOU OR LIKE A MIST? IT DOES SEEM LIKE A MISTY FIGURE, ALMOST.
MM-HMM.
THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE.
WHEW! WHAT IS THAT? I HAVE NO IDEA.
IT'S, LIKE, PEEKING OVER THIS BRANCH HERE.
I MEAN, HOW TALL DO YOU THINK THIS IS? IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TELL.
WELL, DID SHE RELAY WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCES SHE WAS HAVING? UH, YEAH, ACTUALLY.
SHE TALKED ABOU A YOUNG CHILD.
SHE COULDN'T DECIPHER WHETHER IT WAS MALE OR FEMALE.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCES WITH WAS A YOUNG CHILD.
YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE SENSING MORE OF A CHILD THAN A -- THAN A WOMAN.
I WAS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AT NO POINT DID I FEEL THREATENED.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS MORE SCARED OF US.
SO MAYBE WE'RE DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES HERE.
WE HAVE, POSSIBLY, THIS WOMAN, BUT THEN ALSO THIS SMALL CHILD.
I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED TO DAN, HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF A WOMAN ON THE FRONT PORCH.
BUT WHAT I REALLY FEL IN THE HOUSE WAS A CHILD.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE TWO ARE SOMEHOW LINKED TOGETHER.
SO I GUESS THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHO IS THIS CHILD? WAS THERE A LOT OF DEATHS OF CHILDREN IN THIS TOWN? I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, THE LAST CASE WE JUST DEALT WITH INVOLVED A CHILD.
YEAH.
THE OLD PROSPEC FOR THE DORMS WE HAD THE TRINKETS THA WERE STOLEN BY THIS GHOST GIRL.
SHE DIED IN A FLOOD.
-YEAH.
AND THE CASE BEFORE THAT, AT THE SWEET SHOP, WE FOUND THIS BABY SHOE IN THE SAFE.
AND NOW THIS.
CASE THREE LOCATION -- GERMAN AND CHURCH STREET.
I HAD THIS SENSE THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY A CHILD PRESENT.
YEAH.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE CHILDREN ARE GONNA HAVE A BIG PART TO PLAY IN OUR INVESTIGATION HERE.
I'M STILL PUZZLED ABOU ALL OF OUR OTHER CLUES, LIKE THE BONE SAW AND THE SHOWER THAT TURNED ON BY ITSELF.
AND THEN THESE THINGS, CURTAIN RINGS.
I'M WONDERING WHA ALL THIS MEANS.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.
Hartley: WE'VE COLLECTED SOME REALLY GOOD CLUES.
AND WE'RE DOING OUR BES TO TRY TO CONNECT THEM TOGETHER AND FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF PATTERNS THAT ARE EMERGING, BUT IT'S REALLY TOO EARLY TO TELL AT THIS POINT.
I'M WONDERING WHAT'S CAUSING THE SPIKES.
SINCE WE ARRIVED IN TOWN, IT'S, LIKE, DOUBLED.
THAT IT ACTUALLY IS ALL THESE -- [ CELLPHONE RINGING .]
HOLD ON.
HEY, NICK.
HOW YOU DOING? Hartley: HEY, NICK.
HOW YOU DOING? OH, NO KIDDING.
WHO WAS WITH HER? Groff: You have to come over here so I can show you.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL HEAD OVER THERE.
Saint: SO, WAIT, LAURA IDA SNYDER WASN'T ALONE WHEN SHE DIED IN THE CARRIAGE? NO.
SHE WAS NOT ALONE IN THE CARRIAGE.
LAURA IDA SNYDER'S DAUGHTER WAS WITH HER.
I HAVE BEEN PORING OVER RECORDS ON THE SNYDER FAMILY.
AND I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE -- JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY, THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, THE COURTHOUSE.
AND, UH, I FINALLY FOUND A COPY OF THIS BOOK BY A DESCENDAN AND THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF LAURA IDA SNYDER.
SHE HAD, UH, A 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER NAMED RACHEL.
AND THEY CALLED HER RAY-RAY.
IN FACT, RAY-RAY TRIED TO KEEP HER FROM FALLING, BUT SHE COULDN' PREVENT HER FALL.
Groff: WOW.
IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE WATCHING YOUR OWN MOM DIE.
I CAN SEE HOW THA ENERGY WOULD BE SO STRONG TO HER MOM WANTING TO COME BACK AND GIVE HER THAT LAST KISS AND SAY GOODBYE ONE LAST TIME.
MAYBE RAY-RAY HAS GUILT FOR NO BEING ABLE TO SAVE HER MOM? MAYBE SHE'S NOT AT PEACE.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT RAY-RAY WAS KNOWN TO BE PSYCHIC.
AND SHE HAD A PREMONITION ABOUT DEATH.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HER MOTHER.
IN WHAT WAY? WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, SHE WROTE IN HER JOURNAL THAT, UH, DEATH HAD BEEN FOLLOWING HER EVERYWHERE THAT SUMMER.
AND SHE KEPT THE WINDOWS CLOSED AND THE DOORS CLOSED, TRYING TO KEEP I OUT OF HER HOUSE.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE ACTIVITY THAT DAN AND SUSAN WERE EXPERIENCING AT THEIR HOUSE, THAT THE DOORS WERE SHUTTING BY THEMSELVES AND THE WINDOWS WERE CLOSING AS WELL.
WELL, IT WAS STILL ON HER MIND AT THE END OF HER LIFE BECAUSE SHE WROTE IN HER LATER JOURNAL, "EVER SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, I HAD THE IDEA THAT DEATH WAS LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER.
AND AT THE END OF THE WEEK, MY MOTHER'S SUDDEN DEATH IN A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT, I HAD KEPT DEATH OUT OF THE HOUSE.
BUT I COULD NOT KEEP I AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.
" SO SAD.
YEAH.
IMAGINE CARRYING THAT WITH YOU, LIKE, YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
WHEN I WENT THERE, I DIDN'T PICK UP ON ANY WOMAN THAT WAS PRESENT.
I HAD A FEELING THAT THERE WAS A CHILD THERE.
AT 12 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS PREDICTING SOMETHING BAD TO COME.
NOW, WE GO FORWARD IN TIME, WHERE SHE PASSES AWAY OF NATURAL CAUSES AND WHATNOT.
BUT SHE'S GOING BACK AS THAT APPARITION OF A A CHILD TO TRY TO MAYBE SAVE HER MOTHER.
RIGHT.
I GET GOOSE BUMPS THINKING ABOUT THAT.
NO.
I JUST DID WHEN YOU SAID THAT.
IF IT IS RAY-RAY, AND IF IT IS LAURA IDA, IF THEY COULD BOTH BE RECONCILED HELP GUIDE HER BACK TO HER MOTHER? AND THEY CAN MOVE ON TOGETHER TO THAT NEXT PLACE PEACEFULLY? WELL, THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL.
BUT WHY NOW? IF IT IS RAY-RAY, WHY IS ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY JUST INTENSIFYING RIGHT NOW? HEY, BILL.
HOW'S THIS CAMERA LOOK? I'M IN THE BASEMENT NOW.
MAYBE YOU CAN MOVE I JUST A HAIR TO THE LEFT.
THAT LOOK, ACTUALLY, REALLY GOOD.
OKAY.
PERFECT.
ORIGINALLY, WE THOUGHT WE WERE LOOKING FOR JUST A WOMAN IN WHITE.
BUT NOW WE'RE CONVINCED THERE'S A CHILD HERE, TOO.
SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR TWO ENTITIES.
THESE ARE THE FOUR CAMERAS THAT ARE SET UP IN DIFFERENT HOT SPOTS OF THE HOUSE.
UH, THE FIRST ONE'S UP IN THE ATTIC.
THEN WE HAVE THE MIDDLE ROOM, WHERE THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO, UH, BE CLOSED ON THEIR OWN.
THE THIRD CHANNEL IS ACTUALLY IN THE FRONT LIVING ROOM.
AND THE FOURTH ONE IS IN THE CREEPY BASEMEN THAT EVERYONE LOVES.
YEAH.
IF YOU CAN LOCK I DOWN RIGHT THERE, THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M ACTUALLY GONNA OPEN UP THE WINDOWS.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE WINDOWS THAT SUSAN SAID ACTUALLY CLOSE BY THEMSELVES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THEM A LITTLE BI AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS AT SOME POINT TONIGHT.
THAT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH.
Groff: YEAH.
I'M IN THE BASEMEN TURNING OFF ALL THE LIGHTS.
WHAT'S UP? ALL RIGHT.
I'M HEADING UP THERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU OKAY? I HAVEN'T EVEN GONE UP THERE YET.
BUT I JUST -- I FEEL, LIKE, MAJOR ANXIETY.
-REALLY? -YEAH.
I'M, LIKE, SHAKING.
HOW FAR DID YOU GET? I -- I CAN'T EVEN GO UP THERE.
AS SOON AS WE CAME UP HERE, I FELT, LIKE, DISORIENTED.
AND I -- I JUST FEEL REALLY ANXIOUS.
I JUS DON'T WANT ANYBODY -- I DON'T -- I JUS DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE AROUND RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
UH, NO.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU LIKE THIS.
JUST TAKE A MOMENT.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
HON-- HONESTLY, I -- -WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? -WHAT WAS THAT? I THINK THAT CAME FROM RIGHT UP HERE.
SIGHING FROM A BREATH.
-I HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
Saint: I HAVEN'T EVEN GONE UP THERE YET.
BUT I JUST -- I FEEL, LIKE, MAJOR ANXIETY.
-REALLY? -YEAH.
I'M, LIKE, SHAKING.
I JUS DON'T WANT ANYBODY -- I DON'T -- I JUS DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE AROUND RIGHT NOW.
HON-- HONESTLY, I -- -WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? -WHAT WAS THAT? I THINK THAT CAME FROM RIGHT UP HERE.
SIGHING FROM A BREATH.
-I HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA GO NIGHT VISION ON THIS CAMERA NOW.
READY? -YEAH.
DO YOU WANT TO TRY USING THE RECORDER? YEAH.
SEE IF WE CAN CAPTURE ITS VOICE.
-THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE.
-WHAT ARE YOU FEELING? WHEN I LOOKED UP IN THE CORNER OVER THERE, I SAW THE OUTLINE OF A PERSON.
BUT THEY WERE KIND OF S-- THEY WERE S-- THEY WERE SMALL.
WHERE? WHERE AT? RIGHT BACK THERE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE NIGHT-VISION CAMERA AT THE MOMENT.
I JUST GOT REALLY -- LIKE, THAT ANXIETY FEELING STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN.
REALLY? I JUST WANNA GO BACK HERE FOR A SECOND.
I'M GONNA ROLL ON THE RECORDER.
ROLLING ON THE RECORDER.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE BACK HERE.
I'M GONNA -- I'M GONNA -- I'M -- SORRY.
I'M, LIKE, STUTTERING.
I'M GETTING THAT FEELING AGAIN.
I FEEL REALLY ANXIOUS AGAIN.
[ Voice breaking .]
I FEEL REALLY EMOTIONAL.
YOU OKAY? NOW, I'M JUST GETTING THAT FEELING AGAIN AS YOU STARTED GOING BACK THERE.
AND I'M GETTING REALLY EMOTIONAL.
HERE, HOLD THIS RECORDER.
GO AHEAD.
ASK A QUESTION.
RAY-RAY, ARE YOU HERE WITH US? ARE YOU SAD? YOU DON' HAVE TO BE AFRAID.
HERE, LET ME SEE THE RECORDER.
-YEAH.
-I WANNA STOP THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA PLAY IT BACK.
OKAY.
ELECTRICITY JUS SURROUNDED MY BODY.
[ INDISTINCT VOICE .]
WHOA.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
HOLY CRAP.
WHOA! THAT'S WHAT I HEAR, "GET OUT.
" IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S AGGRAVATED NOW WITH US.
LET'S KEEP LISTENING.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE BACK HERE.
[ INDISTINCT VOICE .]
Both: YES.
THERE'S SOMEONE BACK HERE! WHOA! YOU CAN TOTALLY HEAR THE TONE.
OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY LIKE, I WANNA CRY.
YOU CAN UH YOU ALL RIGHT? -YEAH.
-OKAY.
JUST TAKE A MOMENT.
I WANNA TRY TO HELP HER, TRY TO COMMUNICATE.
IT MIGHT HELP FOR US TO CALL LORIE.
HEY, BILL? -YEAH, GO AHEAD.
CAN YOU CALL LORIE, FIND OUT WHERE SHE MIGHT BE? ON IT.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S WHAT IT'S SAYING TO US, I THINK, MAYBE, WE GO BACK THERE? YEAH.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK THERE.
SO IS THAT WHERE THE ROOF COLLAPSED? BECAUSE -THIS IS WHERE THE I JUST WANNA SEE.
I'M GONNA PU THE CAMERA UP THERE 'CAUSE I WANNA SEE IF IT -- IF THERE'S ANY REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR THIS ROOF TO COLLAPSE.
NO.
NO, IT'S PRETTY SOLID.
WAIT.
SHINE YOUR LIGH UP THERE.
CAN YOU SEE THAT? -YEAH.
I SEE IT.
-LOOK AT THAT.
WOW.
THERE'S ANOTHER CURTAIN RING UP THERE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE PICKED UP.
ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY REVOLVING AROUND THE CURTAINS AND STUFF, KNOWING FROM WHAT DANA TOLD US FROM THE JOURNAL ENTRY, RAY-RAY WAS CLOSING ALL THE WINDOWS, CLOSING EVERYTHING TO TRY TO KEEP THE EVIL AWAY.
LET'S GO DOWNSTAIRS.
RAY-RAY COULD BE REACHING OUT TO US 'CAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY ONES COMMUNICATING RIGHT NOW THAT'S LISTENING.
AND MAYBE SHE'S GUIDING US.
Groff: LET'S CHECK THE WINDOWS.
THE TWO WE OPENED, THEY'RE STILL OPEN.
YUP.
THESE WINDOW -- WAIT.
WHAT THE [BLEEP.]
LOOK AT THIS.
WHAT IS THIS? -WE HAD THESE OPEN BEFORE.
THE SHUTTERS HAVE BEEN OPEN.
HEY, BILL.
ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT HERE? THE SHUTTER -- ONE OF THE SHUTTERS IS, UM, HALF-CLOSED.
I GOTTA GO BACK AND REVIEW.
I DIDN'T NOTICE IT HAPPEN.
I WAS, UH, WATCHING WHA YOU GUYS WERE DOING UPSTAIRS.
THAT'S SO WEIRD.
UH, YOU GUYS MAY WANNA COME HERE AND S-- AND CHECK THIS OUT FOR YOURSELF.
DID YOU SEE THAT? THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
COMING UP.
READY FOR THE GRAND SHOW? HOLY [BLEEP.]
HEY, BILL.
ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT HERE? Hartley: I SEE IT.
ONE OF THE SHUTTERS IS HALF-CLOSED.
UH, YOU GUYS MAY WANNA COME HERE AND CHECK THIS OUT FOR YOURSELF.
READY FOR THE GRAND SHOW? Groff: HOLY THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
WE JUST ABSOLUTELY CAPTURED UNBELIEVABLE PARANORMAL EVIDENCE RIGHT THERE.
DO IT AGAIN.
PLAY IT AGAIN.
Saint: OH, MY GOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT THA IS I CHECKED THAT WINDOW.
AND EVEN THE SHADES AND EVERYTHING DON'T JUST AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE LIKE THAT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CAUGHT THAT.
LIKE, I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAUGHT THAT.
THE SHADE JUST SUDDENLY CLOSED UNEXPLAINABLY.
SO I HAVE NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION OF WHY THIS COULD ACTUALLY OCCUR.
BUT I'M GONNA GO BACK IN AND INVESTIGATE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT ANY ANY REASON.
I MEAN, I'M LOST FOR WORDS.
THIS IS AMAZING EVIDENCE THAT WE JUST CAPTURED.
LET'S GO ANALYZE IT.
-YEAH, LET'S GO.
-ALL RIGHT.
I'LL BE IN HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN ON THE CAMERA.
CATCHING LEGITIMATE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THE PARANORMAL IS EXTREMELY RARE.
EVPS ARE EASY TO GET, PHOTOS, A LITTLE HARDER.
BUT VIDEO IS, LIKE, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
WITH THE -- THE HISTORY OF RAY-RAY SHUTTING SHUTTERS AND THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AND THE CURRENT OWNERS ALL HAVING THIS EXPERIENCE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE STEPPED RIGHT BACK INTO THAT SAME ROLE.
AND THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO PROTEC THE CURRENT FAMILY FROM? LOOK AT THIS.
LIKE, COME HERE.
LIKE, TRY TO DO -- DO THIS.
OKAY.
'CAUSE LOOK HOW HARD IT IS TO MOVE THAT.
YEAH.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THERE'S NO -THAT'S SO CRAZY.
THERE'S NO AIR CURRENTS.
LOOK, THERE'S NO VENTS.
YOU HAVE TO PULL THIS.
THERE'S NO AIR THAT COULD DO THIS.
HEY, GUYS.
I THINK LORIE'S ARRIVED.
Johnson: HEY, GUYS.
HOW ARE YOU? -HI.
-LORIE, PERFECT TIMING.
WOW.
THIS PLACE IS REALLY BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
Groff: WE LIKED BRINGING LORIE IN BECAUSE SHE'S A PSYCHIC MEDIUM.
SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A LOCATION WHEN SHE STEPS FOO ON THE PROPERTY.
WHEN HER FINDINGS ARE SIMILAR TO OURS, WE KNOW WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS FEELING OUT THERE ON THAT PORCH.
I WAS SEEING A SILHOUETTE OF A -- A FEMALE.
I ALSO SENSE A CHILD.
IS THAT THAT LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER? -YES.
-OH, GOD, Y'ALL.
Y'ALL ARE GONNA MAKE ME CRY.
HONEY, I FEEL THIS CHILD IS PROTECTING HER MOM.
WE HAVE A CHILD.
AND WE HAVE A WOMAN.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A NEGATIVE ENTITY.
I HEAR A MOANING.
-THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER.
-I JUST GOT THE GOOSE BUMPS.
-LOOK.
-OH, MY GOD.
NO, THAT'S WHA WE HEARD EARLIER.
OH, YEAH.
CAN YOU SEE HER GOOSE BUMPS? LOOK AT THIS.
SHE'S LITERALLY GETTING HIT BY ELECTRICITY.
YUP.
WE HAVE A DARK ENTITY IN HERE, GUYS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHA WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WHERE'S THE NEGATIVE ENERGY? RIGHT NOW, IT'S, UM LEAD -- LEAD ME TO HIM.
LET'S DO THIS.
ARE YOU OKAY TO GO TO ATTIC? I'M GONNA GO WITH HER.
-I'LL SET UP OUR EQUIPMENT.
OKAY.
I FEEL LIKE HE'S DOWN HERE.
DOWN HERE.
IS THERE A BASEMENT? YEAH, RIGHT OUT HERE.
COME SHOW YOURSELF.
I REALLY FEEL REAL THICK, LIKE, UM, HEAVY -- HEAVY CHEST.
STARTING TO GET A HEADACHE IN THE BACK, RIGHT HERE.
NO, WE'RE NOT ALONE, DUDE.
Groff: WHERE IS IT? [ LAUGHING .]
IT'S HIDING.
SHOW YOURSELF.
YOU WANNA TERRORIZE A CHILD.
SHE'S TRYING TO SEEK HER MOTHER.
THE LITTLE GIRL CAN SENSE, LIKE, A SMELL, "MOMMY.
MOMMY.
" AND SHE'S WALKING AROUND MOMMY BECAUSE SOMETHING IS BLOCKING HER SIGH TO SEE HER MOM.
SHE'S GOING AROUND, "MOMMY.
MOMMY.
" AND WITH THIS NEGATIVE ENTITY, THIS ENERGY, IS KEEPING THIS CHILD AND THE MOTHER SEEING EACH OTHER.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE STUCK HERE.
AND IT'S LAUGHING.
I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT REM POD HERE.
IT'LL BE ABLE TO TELL IF SOMETHING PASSES BY.
[ BEEPING .]
[ BEEPING .]
Groff: WHOA, 9.
44.
HOLY CRAP.
THAT'S, LIKE, DANGEROUS EMF.
IT WENT TO A 9.
4.
IT'S GROWLING.
IT'S GROWLING.
IT'S GOING UP THE STEPS.
IT'S AFTER THE LITTLE GIRL.
HOLY [BLEEP.]
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IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE HERE THAT'S NOT RAY-RAY? IS THERE SOMEONE UP HERE? THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE.
Johnson: LET'S GO UPSTAIRS.
Groff: ELIZABETH, ARE YOU THERE? I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON UP HERE.
ALL THE POWER, EVERYTHING JUST WENT OFF.
WOW.
OKAY.
ELIZABETH, CHECK.
YOU OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOOD.
THIS LITTLE GIRL IS GETTING OUR ATTENTION FOR A PURPOSE.
YOU THINK SHE'S TRYING TO WARN US ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE? SHE'S TRYING TO WARN US ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
AND AS YOU SAID THAT, THE STORM JUST STOPPED.
YUP.
AND I GO THE GOOSE BUMPS BIG-TIME.
IT'S GONE.
IS THERE ANYONE STILL HERE WITH US? WHEN WE HAVE THESE HUGE LIGHTNING STORMS, THE SPIRITS REQUIRE ENERGY TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES.
NOW THAT THE FLASH STORM IS OVER, I THINK WE'VE LOS THE CONNECTION WITH THE SPIRITS THAT WERE HERE.
A NEGATIVE IS HOVERING OVER THE SHEPHERDSTOWN.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE CROSS IS TO FIND IT.
Groff: LORIE AND I ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF THERE BEING A NEGATIVE ENERGY THAT COULD BE HARVESTING ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN TOWN.
WE'RE DISCOVERING THAT IT'S NO JUST ONE LOCATION.
IT'S NOT THE SWEET SHOP, THE CEMETERY.
IT'S NOT THIS LOCATION, THE SNYDER HOUSE.
IT'S THE -- THE WHOLE ENTIRE TOWN.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE SCARY PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW YE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
Hartley: LAST NIGHT CERTAINLY WAS A WILD RIDE.
LIKE, IT'S ALMOST AS WE PROGRESS DEEPER INTO LEARNING MORE ABOUT SHEPHERDSTOWN -RIGHT.
AND LEARNING MORE ABOU THE CLUES AND MYSTERIES AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO -- TO DISCOVERING, POSSIBLY, WHY ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY'S HAPPENING NOW, IT JUST GETS WEIRDER AND WEIRDER.
I FOUND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OUT ABOUT LAURA IDA'S DEATH.
SHE FRACTURED HER SKULL, WHICH WAS IN ONE OF THE ARTICLES.
I FOUND THAT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.
SHE ACTUALLY BROKE HER NECK AND RUPTURED A BLOOD VESSEL.
SHE WAS DECAPITATED.
Groff: THAT'S REALLY VIOLENT.
AND HOW HORRIFIC FOR HER DAUGHTER TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
YEAH.
HOW HORRIFIC.
Hartley: WELL, WITH THE FAC THAT LAURA WAS ALMOST DECAPITATED FROM THE FALL, IT PUTS THINGS IN PLACE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS FAR AS SEEING AN APPARITION ON THE FRONT PORCH THAT APPEARED TO NOT HAVE A HEAD.
Mitchell: ACTUALLY, I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Groff: THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE.
THERE'S LAURA IDA.
I LOVE SEEING PICTURES OF, POSSIBLY, WHO WE'RE ACTUALLY CONNECTING WITH.
AND HERE'S RAY-RAY.
Saint: THE EYES -- WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO TELL US? WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO PROTECT US FROM? LORIE WAS SAYING THAT SHE FEL THIS NEGATIVE PRESENCE.
RAY-RAY WAS TRYING TO PROTECT US FROM THAT.
IF SHE'S COME BACK FOR, LIKE, THIS SOLE PURPOSE, HOW DO WE HELP HER? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE GET WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO SAY OUT TO PEOPLE? WHAT IF WE DO FLIERS AND POST 'EM ALL OVER TOWN WITH HER PICTURE ON IT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING STUFF THAT AREN'T REPORTING IT.
-RIGHT.
SO MAYBE THAT'LL BE A WAY OF GETTING HER MESSAGE OU AND GETTING US A CHANCE TO HELP AND TRY TO PUT TOGETHER WHATEVER THIS DARK ENERGY IS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S A FEW PICTURES IN HERE I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU.
THIS IS OF LAURA SNYDER.
SHE DIED JUST ON THE END OF YOUR PROPERTY LINE IN A CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
Susan: YOU ARE KIDDING.
NOW, THIS IS HER YOUNGES DAUGHTER, RAY-RAY.
NOW, SHE WAS WITH HER MOTHER WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
NOW, RAY-RAY, UM, IS THOUGH TO HAVE HAD PSYCHIC ABILITIES.
BEFORE HER MOTHER'S DEATH -YEAH? SHE STARTED TO TAKING TO SHUTTING ALL THE SHADES AND THE CURTAINS IN THE HOUSE.
-REALLY? -AND LOCKING THE WINDOWS AND DOORS.
-THAT IS SO STRANGE.
SHE BELIEVED THAT DOING THA WAS GONNA PROTECT HER MOTHER FROM DEATH.
-WOW.
-I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UH, THEIR PRESENCE HERE, IN ANY WAY, WAS MALICIOUS OR MEANT ANY HARM.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LIVING WITH.
THINGS ARE BETTER NOW.
I THINK, IN THE END, IT REALLY WAS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS MEAN TO PROTECT US.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A BIGGER -- A BIGGER PICTURE THAT WE'RE -- THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, PERHAPS ANOTHER PRESENCE OF SOME SORT.
SO WE ACTUALLY THINK THAT SOMETHING, UH, A DARK FORCE OF SOME NATURE, HAS BEEN AWAKENED IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
WE BELIEVE THA THAT IS ACCOUNTING FOR A LOT OF THE CALLS THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING.
Hartley: THERE'S THE FLIERS ELIZABETH'S POSTING AROUND TOWN ABOUT ALL THE ACTIVITY.
SINCE RAY-RAY, AT ONE TIME IN HER LIFE, WAS TRYING TO GIVE WARNINGS AND, UH, APPARENTLY DIDN' WORK OUT FOR HER MOTHER.
AND IT SEEMS SHE'S TRYING TO GIVE WARNINGS AGAIN TO THE TOWNSFOLK.
SO HOPEFULLY, THIS TIME THE TOWNSFOLK WILL HEED HER WARNINGS AND MAYBE GIVE US SOME MORE LEADS.