Ghosts of Shepherdstown (2016) s01e06 Episode Script

Man: SHEPHERDSTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW CAN I HELP YOU? Man: SHEPHERDSTOWN, WE'RE A SMALL TOWN, VERY OLD TOWN.
BUT THIS ISN' YOUR AVERAGE SMALL TOWN.
YOU CAN ASK THE LOCALS.
THEY'LL TELL YA THAT THIS IS THE MOST HAUNTED TOWN IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S A LEVEL OF HYSTERIA IN THEIR VOICE.
THEY'RE SHOOK UP.
AND, UH, IT'S REAL WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I -- 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.
FOR THE PAST 6 WEEKS OR SO, THE PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIVE TEAM HAS BEEN GIVIN' SOME RESOLUTION ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CALLS HAVE NOT SLACKED OFF.
THEY'VE STEADILY INCREASED.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, WE ARE GONNA PUT AN END TO WHAT'S TERRORIZING OUR TOWN.
-- Captions by VITAC -- CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS YOU GONNA GRAB SOME EQUIPMENT? YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL MEET YOU OVER THERE.
OKAY, COME ON OUT.
ELIZABETH, THIS IS CLAIRE.
SHE'S THE, UH THE NEW HOMEOWNER.
HI, CLAIRE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
SHE LIVES HERE WITH HER HUSBAND.
NICK, NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
THESE ARE FOLKS THA ARE DOIN' AN INVESTIGATION ON SOME ACTIVITIES HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING DOWNSTAIRS.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU GIVE KING OR I A CALL.
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH THESE FOLKS.
OKAY.
THANKS.
YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR.
THANKS, CASEY.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I -- I WALKED THROUGH THE BASEMENT? THAT -- THAT'S WHERE YOU HEARD EVERYTHING? YEAH.
IS THAT RIGHT? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF I JUS PICK UP ON ANYTHING.
YEAH.
GO, PLEASE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GONNA GRAB SOME EQUIPMENT DOWN.
OKAY.
SO CAN YOU STAR FROM THE BEGINNING? CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT SCARED YOU TO CALL THE POLICE? IT STARTED WHEN WE MOVED IN.
UM, WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A COUPLE WEEKS.
MY KEYS WOULD DISAPPEAR, UM, AND WHEN I FINALLY FOUND THEM ONE DAY, THEY WERE IN THE REFRIGERATOR.
THAT'S REALLY WEIRD.
AND SOMETIMES THE FAUCETS TURN ON WITHOUT ME TURNING THEM ON.
AND NOW, IT'S JUST INTENSIFIED.
A COUPLE DAYS AGO -- [ FAINT WAILING ECHOES .]
I COULD HEAR A BABY CRYING.
AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OU WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM.
THE SOUND OF THE CRYING BABY WAS COMING FROM THE FAUCET.
I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HEARS IT.
MY HUSBAND'S NEVER HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS.
I WANNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOU'RE HEARING THIS BABY CRYING, WHY IT'S KIND OF REACHING OUT TO YOU.
I MEAN, LIKE, MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO START OUR FAMILY.
BUT THIS DOESN'T HELP.
THIS HOUSE HAS NO BEEN GOOD FOR US.
TODAY, I JUST REACHED MY BREAKING POINT.
I HEARD THE BABY AGAIN.
IT SOUNDED LIKE THE BASEMENT.
GOING INTO THE BASEMENT, THERE'S A PIPE IN THE WALL.
IT DOESN'T GO TO ANYTHING, NOTHING COMES OUT OF IT.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM.
IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS A WOMAN'S VOICE TOO.
[ HUSKY WHISPER .]
IT SOUNDED LIKE, "MURDER.
" WHEN YOU HEARD THAT, WHAT DID YOU DO? I -- I COULDN'T MOVE.
AND THEN, MY CLASSIC ORGANIZER JUST FELL OVER.
SO I CALLED THE POLICE.
IT DEFINITELY IS VERY EMOTIONAL WHEN SOMEONE OPENS UP ABOUT PARANORMAL, UNEXPLAINABLE THINGS HAPPENING.
AND I'M HERE TO HELP AND SAY THAT THESE THINGS DO ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
THERE'S STUFF BEYOND WHAT WE KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US.
YOU OKAY? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
I'M NOT PICKING UP ANYTHING UNUSUAL ON THE EMF DETECTOR.
YOU PICKIN' UP ON ANYTHING THOUGH? I HAVE, LIKE, I MEAN, I STARTED FEELING IT EVEN BEFORE I CAME DOWN THE STAIRS.
I JUST HAVE MAJOR ANXIETY.
THIS IS REALLY WEIRD.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON OVER THERE? I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S -- WALL GOES AROUND, BUT THEN, HERE YOU CAN SEE I GOES UNDERNEATH HERE TOO.
IT'S COMPLETELY CIRCULAR.
LET ME, UH, LET ME GO HERE.
BILL.
HEY, NICK.
CHECK THIS OUT, NICK.
OH, WOW.
LOOK AT THIS.
YEAH, IT'S ALL CU IN RIGHT HERE.
YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THEY CEMENTED OVER.
YEAH.
I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A WELL.
YEAH, IT DOES KIND OF LOOK LIKE WHERE MAYBE THE WATER WELL WAS.
MM-HMM.
ELIZABETH, YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH, I'M OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW.
I FEEL REALLY I JUST -- I JUST FEEL DIFFERENT.
I JUST FEEL WEIRD.
WHAT ARE YOU FEELIN' RIGHT NOW? TALK TO US.
CLAIRE'S TRYING TO HAVE A BABY.
SHE'S TRYING TO BE A MOTHER.
SHE'S HEARING BABY CRYING.
WHO -- WHO DO YOU THINK'S DOWN HERE? THERE -- THERE'S A -- THERE'S -- THERE'S, HUH, I JUST I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST WHAT ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW? TALK TO US.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON? WE'RE STILL HERE.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON? I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST -- I DON'T -- I JUST FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANNA GO.
I DON'T -- I DON'T WANNA LEAVE.
I'M -- I'M, LIKE -- I'M, LIKE, LOSIN' IT.
I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING IT.
WHAT ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW? TALK TO US.
WE'RE STILL HERE.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON? I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST -- I JUST FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANNA GO.
I DON'T -- I DON'T WANNA LEAVE.
I'M -- I'M, LIKE -- I'M, LIKE, LOSIN' IT.
I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING IT.
LIKE, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
I FEEL REALLY EMOTIONAL.
OH, MY GOD.
I WANNA CRY.
I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING BAD.
I'VE DONE SOMETHING BAD.
LIKE, THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE.
I'VE DONE SOMETHING BAD.
I'M SO SORRY.
COME ON.
COME HERE.
I'M SO SORRY.
WHY DO YOU GOT TO ARE YOU PICKIN' UP ON SOMETHING, SOME SORT OF ENTITY? UM, PROBABLY.
I JUST FEEL HER.
IT'S LIKE I FEEL HER.
I FEEL HER.
YOU FEEL HER? IT'S A HER? YEAH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, HER -- HER -- IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
COME ON.
IT'S OKAY.
CAN YOU WALK OUT WITH ME FOR A SECOND? COME ON.
WATCH YOUR HEAD.
WATCH YOUR HEAD.
DUCK.
LET'S GO GET SOME FRESH AIR.
HERE, HOLD ON.
HOLD ON.
ELIZABETH, SHE'S PROBABLY THE STRONGES OUT OF THE WHOLE GROUP.
I'VE NEVER SEEN HER BREAK DOWN LIKE THAT.
THE PROBLEM WITH CHANNELING SPIRITUAL ENERGY, IT MAKES YOU EXPERIENCE ALL THE EMOTIONS THAT THE SPIRITS POSSIBLY WENT THROUGH WHEN THEY WERE LIVING.
THAT'S THE SCARY PART.
I'M JUST SCARED FOR HER, HONESTLY, HER SAFETY.
CAN YOU JUST GET FRESH AIR FOR A SECOND? LET ME GO TALK TO CLAIRE.
AND I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
OKAY.
CLAIRE? YEAH? YOU OKAY? YEAH, DOING BETTER.
IT'S WEIRD DOWN THERE, RIGHT? IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.
WE THINK THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING HAPPENING DOWN THERE.
BUT WE NEED TO COME BACK AND DO A FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? OKAY, YEAH.
THANK YOU.
WE'RE GONNA GE TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
Saint: YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANNA FIND OUT THE HISTORY OF THIS HOUSE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED HERE AND GO SPEAK WITH DANA, SHE'S THE LOCAL HISTORIAN, AND SEE IF SHE KNOWS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AT THIS HOUSE.
I'VE DONE RESEARCH ON ALL THE HOUSES ON PRINCESS STREE TRYING TO FIND, UH, A STORY ABOUT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NOT A LO OF RECORDS LEFT FROM BACK THEN.
I CERTAINLY HAVE HEARD A LOT OF RUMORS.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY HISTORICAL BACKING TO THEM.
SO DO YOU THINK THAT THIS DARK PRESENCE THAT WE'RE TRACKING DOWN THIS WHOLE TIME WE'VE BEEN HERE IS CONNECTED TO THE PRINCESS HOUSE? I THINK WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE CASES AND KIND OF STAR FROM THE BEGINNING AGAIN.
WE'RE DEFINITELY DEALING WITH SOME MAJOR THEMES THAT HAVE COME ACROSS THE CASES.
WATER.
YOU CAN SEE SOMETHIN' OUT THERE IN THE WATER.
HOLY [BLEEP.]
! LOOKS LIKE A BODY! CASE TWO, AN OLD PROSPECT.
UH, OF COURSE.
THE SHOWER TURNING ON BY ITSELF, THE FAUCET.
WE WATCHED THAT WITH OUR OWN EYES WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE.
AND THEN, WE HAVE CASE FOUR, OUR INVESTIGATION WITH CARRIE.
YEAH, SHE HEARD THE GUNSHOT.
THAT KIND OF LED US TO THE TOWN RUN.
FOURTEEN, 15 WHAT DO YOU THINK'S CAUSING THAT? IT'S THE TOWN RUN.
CASE FIVE, WITH THIS CASE, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE DROWNING OF TWO GIRLS.
WE WERE ACTUALLY DOWN BY THE POTOMAC RIVER.
AGAIN, THERE IS THE WATER THEME.
RIGHT.
LOST CHILDREN IS ALSO A THEME.
I SENSE A CHILD.
YES.
I FEEL THIS CHILD IS PROTECTING HER MOM.
CASE ONE, THE SWEET SHOP BAKERY.
RIGHT, WHERE WE FOUND THE BABY SHOE.
AND FROM WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM DANA, BABY SHOE ITSELF IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS AND WITCHES.
RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN, WE HAVE CASE TWO, THE LITTLE GHOST GIRL WHO ACTUALLY DIED IN A FLOOD.
YEAH.
OH, MY GOSH.
JUNE 1, 1889, THAT WAS THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.
REALLY? AND THEN, THIS THEME OF A DARK PRESENCE THAT KEEPS COMING UP.
WE HAVE A DARK ENTITY IN HERE, GUYS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
CASE THREE, SNEIDER HOUSE.
YEP.
YOU REMEMBER THAT? THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WERE CONFRONTED WITH THIS DARK PRESENCE.
AND THEN IT JUS GOT MORE SINISTER.
IT TOOK US ON THIS WILD GOOSE CHASE THROUGH THE WOODS.
IF THERE'S A NEGATIVE PRESENCE HERE, WE NEED YOU TO SHOW YOURSELF.
Woman: YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEGATIVE RIGHT THERE.
HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE WE WERE WARNED ABOUT THE DARK PRESENCE HERE.
BUT THEN WE REALLY CONFRONTED I WITH THAT CASE.
AND THE CASE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WE WERE RIGHT DOWN THE STREE FROM THE WOODS.
ON THIS MAP THAT I PUT TOGETHER, I'VE NUMBERED EACH OF THE INVESTIGATIONS WE'VE DONE THUS FAR.
AND WE MAY ACTUALLY BE GETTING A PATTERN.
REALLY? YEAH.
EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE FINDING IS LINKING TO ONE THING.
AND THAT'S THE TOWN RUN.
ALL OF THESE CASES ARE AROUND THE TOWN RUN? YEAH, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM.
AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THE TRACE GOIN' STRAIGHT THROUGH TOWN AND RIGHT TO THE POTOMAC.
WOW.
MAYBE THIS NEGATIVE ENERGY IS RELATED TO THE TOWN RUN.
WATER IS A GOOD CONDUCTOR FOR SPIRITUAL ENERGY.
THAT WOULD REALLY EXPLAIN ALL THE CASES WE'VE DEALT WITH, WITH WATER.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE LOCATION WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW COULD EVEN BE THE STAR OF THIS DARK PRESENCE? WHAT I WAS SENSING DOWN IN THE BASEMENT, IT WAS REALLY POWERFUL.
I CAN TOTALLY SENSE SOMETHING CHANNELING THROUGH YOU LIKE IT WAS RIGHT.
ATTACHED ONTO YOU.
THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT SIDES I WAS PICKING UP ON.
AND AT FIRST, THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING EVIL AND ANGRY.
AND THEN, IT SEEMED TO QUICKLY CHANGE INTO THIS SENSE OF REMORSE.
WELL, THAT'S REALLY WILD.
IT -- IT WAS.
I -- I HAVEN'T HAD SOMETHING THAT INTENSE HAPPEN TO ME BEFORE.
DO YOU THINK THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WITCH? FROM THE WOODS, THE ONES WE WERE JUST INVESTIGATING? THERE'S AN UPSIDE DOWN CROSS ON THE ROCK HERE.
YOU'VE GOT EVIL WITCHERY HERE.
I BELIEVE POSSIBLY, YES.
WELL, A LOT OF THE LOCALS TALK ABOUT THIS WITCH.
WELL, YEAH.
I MEAN, I'VE HEARD FOLKTALES.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY HISTORICAL BACKUP FOR THAT.
RIGHT.
IF WE'RE DEALING WITH A WITCH, THINGS ARE JUST GONNA GET WORSE.
I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY HOLD ON A SECOND, GUYS.
HEY, GUYS.
MIKE.
YEAH, GO AHEAD, MIKE.
IT'S CLAIRE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
AFFIRMATIVE.
WE ARE HEADING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S GO.
COME ON.
YEAH, GO AHEAD, MIKE.
IT'S CLAIRE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
WE ARE HEADIN' OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S GO.
COME ON.
HEY, GUYS.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE HOUSE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, WHAT'S GOIN' ON IN THERE.
I'M GONNA LET YOU TALK TO CLAIRE HERE FOR A MINUTE.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND HEAD INSIDE, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
GO WITH HIM.
CLAIRE, ARE YOU OKAY? NO.
I'VE GOT NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
DEMETRIUS! YEAH, IN THE KITCHEN.
OH, MY GOD.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENED? I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW.
YOU WEREN'T IN AN ALTERCATION WITH ANYBODY IN HERE? NO.
NO, SIR.
I WAS GETTIN' READY TO PREPARE DINNER FOR MY WIFE.
SHE WAS PUTTING AWAY DISHES.
AND WE HEARD A NOISE IN THE BASEMENT.
SO -- SO WE WEN TO THE BASEMENT.
AND WE CHECKED IT OUT.
HELLO? WE FOUND NOTHING.
AND WHEN WE CAME BACK, WE FOUND OUR KITCHEN LIKE THIS.
AND YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANY -- MM-MM.
NOTHIN'.
CRAZY NOISES UP HERE? NO, SIR.
NOTHING.
THAT'S AMAZING.
YOUR WALLS LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME OR WE DID THAT.
WE JUST MOVED IN, SO WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE ON A COLOR.
YOU SEE THIS? DID YOU GUYS LEAVE THAT KNIFE LIKE THAT? NO.
NO.
NOTHING WAS LIKE THIS.
THE FACT THAT WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED HERE HAS JUMPED EXPONENTIALLY FROM WHISPERS IN THE BASEMENT, A FEW SOUNDS, TO NOW POLTERGEIST ACTIVITY THAT I ACTUALLY FEAR THA IF WE DON'T PUT THIS TO REST, THEY'RE IN DANGER PHYSICALLY NOW.
Man: WELL, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE HOUSE.
AND I -- I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY ELSE.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ANSWERS HERE.
BUT I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THA IF ANYBODY CAN COME TO A -- TO A REASONABLE CONCLUSION ON IT, THE, UH, PARANORMAL TEAM CAN DO THAT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
NOW, SHOW ME EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS.
WHAT THE [BLEEP.]
? I KNOW.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, WE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO DO AN INVESTIGATION HERE TO FIGURE OU WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN AN INVESTIGATION? LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT CONSIST OF? UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL PIECES OF EQUIPMEN THAT WE'LL USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH WHAT'S EVER HERE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET I OUT OF YOUR HOUSE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING BACK.
READY? YEAH.
BILL, CAN YOU SEE THE WELL FROM HERE? THAT LOOKS GOOD.
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GO FOUR MONITORS SET UP.
BASICALLY, THIS GIVES ME SURVEILLANCE ON ALL THE HOT SPOTS IN THE HOUSE.
YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
THE CAMERAS ARE ALL SET UP.
ARE WE READY TO GO LIGHTS OUT? ALL RIGHT, BILL.
I'M DOIN' IT NOW.
I THINK I'M JUST GONNA KEEP THE REM-PODS IN HERE BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE POLTERGEIST ACTIVITY WAS.
OKAY.
[ DEVICE BEEPING .]
THIS IS A REM-POD.
AND IT GENERATES ITS OWN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD.
AND WHEN THAT FIELD IS DISTURBED [ WARBLING .]
BUT [ WARBLING .]
IS THERE SOMEONE HERE WITH US? ARE YOU STILL IN HERE? LOOK IT -- IT'S GOIN' OFF.
DO YOU WANNA COMMUNICATE WITH US? YOU WANNA TELL US WHY YOU CREATED THIS MESS? WHO DID THIS? LIKE, HONESTLY, IT'S STARTING TO FEEL DIFFERENT.
I JUST DON'T EVEN FEEL LIKE ANYBODY'S HERE RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU WANNA MOVE TO THE BASEMENT? YEAH.
I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS HERE.
AND WE'LL KNOW IF IT GOES OFF AGAIN.
YEAH.
I WANNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS WITH THE BOX.
OKAY.
THIS IS A GHOST BOX THAT WE'RE GONNA BE USING.
IT SCANS THROUGH RADIO CHANNELS AT, UH, A CERTAIN FREQUENCY.
SO IF THERE'S A VOICE THAT ACTUALLY COMES THROUGH IN A SENTENCE LIKE, "I AM HERE," THAT'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATIONS THAT IT'S COMING OVER TO CREATE A SENTENCE.
SO IF WE CAPTURE ANYTHING, WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN THA IT'S SOMETHING PARANORMAL.
YOU READY? YEAH.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU FEEL ANYTHING, OKAY? OKAY.
OR IF YOU PICK UP ON ANYTHING.
I'M STARTING TO GE A HEADACHE.
MAN, IT FEELS LIKE YOUR ENERGY IS BEING DRAINED DOWN HERE.
THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING PARANORMAL GOING ON HERE.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I FEEL WEIRD.
IS THERE A LADY DOWN HERE? ARE YOU SPEAKING THROUGH THESE PIPES OR THROUGH THE WELL? NICK! YOU ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH? THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WALL HERE.
REALLY? WHAT DO YOU SEE? IT LOOKS LIKE A -- A PIECE OF LEATHER.
HERE, HERE.
I'M COMIN'.
WHOA.
OH, MY GOD.
NICK! THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WALL HERE.
REALLY? WHAT DO YOU SEE? IT LOOKS LIKE A -- A PIECE OF LEATHER.
HERE.
CAN SOMEONE HOLD THIS? CAN SOMEONE HOLD HERE, HERE.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHOA.
WHAT IS THAT? IT'S A BABY SHOE.
LOOKS SO SIMILAR TO THE SHOE THAT WE FOUND IN THE SAFE.
WHY WOULD THEY YOU PULLED THAT OUT? THE FIRST CASE THAT WE TOOK ON HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN, WE FOUND A BABY SHOE AT THE SWEET SHOP BAKERY.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN ANTIQUE BABY SHOE INSIDE THE SAFE.
AND WE WERE TOLD THEN THAT WHAT IT'S USED FOR IS TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS AND WITCHES.
AND HERE WE ARE AT THIS LOCATION WHERE WE THINK WE MIGHT HAVE COME ACROSS THE ORIGIN HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN, AND -- AND WE LITERALLY ARE PULLING A BABY SHOE OU FROM THE WALL.
MAYBE THIS WAS HERE TO RID AWAY SOMETHING EVIL.
BUT MAYBE THIS JUS DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.
THERE'S TOO MUCH.
TOO MUCH ENERGY.
IT'S SO STRONG RIGHT NOW THAT MAYBE IT JUST BROKE IT.
YEAH.
I WANNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS WITH THE GHOST BOX.
OKAY.
YOU CAN PUT THE EMF RIGHT THERE.
LET ME TURN ON THE BOX.
[ RHYTHMIC STATIC BURSTS .]
YOU READY? YEAH.
IS ANYONE DOWN HERE WITH US? CAN YOU TELL US WHO YOU ARE? ARE YOU ANGRY WITH THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED HERE OR ARE HERE NOW? [ DEVICE SQUEALING .]
WHOA.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OU ABOUT THIS DARK PRESENCE HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
IS THERE A NEGATIVE HERE? WHAT HAPPENED HERE? WHOA.
WHAT WAS THAT VOICE? I HEARD A WOMAN SAY, "POISON.
" REALLY? YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S COMING THROUGH THE HEADPHONES.
AND I CAN HEAR IT REALLY CLEAR.
LET'S TRY PLAYING IT BACK.
POISON.
YEAH, IT IS.
DID SOMEONE DIE IN THIS HOUSE? YES.
YES.
WHO DIED IN THIS HOUSE? GIVE US A NAME.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? THERE WAS A WOMAN.
IT WAS, LIKE, A CRY OUT, LIKE, IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS SOBBING WHEN THEY SAID THAT.
THAT'S REALLY DISTURBING.
[ HIGH-PITCHED WHINE .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? SOMETHING OUTSIDE? GO, GO, GO.
GO FOLLOW IT! IT SOUNDS LIKE A WATERFALL.
IS THAT BACK HERE? DO YOU SEE THIS? THIS IS THE TOWN RUN.
IT LITERALLY RUNS THROUGH THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE.
LOOK AT THAT.
WATER IS SUCH A GREAT CONDUCTOR FOR SPIRITUAL ENERGY.
THIS WOULD ABSOLUTELY EXPLAIN WHY THEY WOULD BE EXPERIENCING SO MUCH ACTIVITY IN THEIR HOUSE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOU HOW THE ENERGY IN THERE FEELS LIKE IT'S COMING IN WAVES.
YEAH.
ALMOST LIKE IF SOMETHING WAS CONSTANTLY PUSHING THE ENERGY THROUGH AND FUELING IT.
I MEAN, IT'S SO STRONG RIGHT NOW.
I ALMOST FEEL LIKE IT'S STRONGER HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WHOLE, ENTIRE TOWN.
IT'S SURGING.
HEY, BILL.
YOU'VE GOTTA SEE THIS.
COME BACK BEHIND THE HOUSE.
CHECK THIS OUT, BILL.
ELIZABETH JUST DISCOVERED THE TOWN RUN WAS BACK HERE.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
I KNEW IT WAS CLOSE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LITERALLY IN THEIR BACKYARD.
IT'S EXACTLY WHA WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S CRISSCROSSING THROUGH ALL OF SHEPHERDSTOWN.
IT'S HITTING ALL THE MARKS AT THE LOCATIONS.
I'M KIND OF WONDERING IF MAYBE WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS HERE IS USING THE TOWN RUN AS A WAY OF TRAVELING.
THIS IS SO AMAZING.
WE HAVE TO TRY TO SOLVE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME CONCLUSION TO THIS MAYHEM 'CAUSE I DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THE ACTIVITY KICKING UP.
I THINK WE FOUND IT OUT BACK WITH THE TOWN RUN.
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THIS WELL.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SECRETIVE, COVERED OVER LIKE SOME DARK SECRE BEING PUSHED BACK.
YEAH, SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENED HERE.
IT'S A VERY DARK STORY.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME CONCLUSION.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO HOW DO WE STOP THIS FROM AFFECTING PEOPLE AND DISRUPTING THEIR LIVES? I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE NEED LORIE'S HELP.
SO I THINK OUR NEXT STEP IS TO GIVE HER A CALL AND COME BACK DURING THE DAY JUST TO SEE IF SHE CAN FIND ANYTHING OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO BEFORE SOMETHING REALLY TERRIBLE HAPPENS IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE GO A LOT OF GOOD EVIDENCE TONIGHT.
WE HAD A LOT OF INTERESTING RESPONSES ON THE GHOST BOX.
AND NOT TO MENTION, WE FOUND THIS BABY SHOE AND THE FACT THAT THE TOWN RUN RUNS THROUGH THE BACKYARD.
I'M JUST HOPING WE CAN PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
LORIE! HEY, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
COME UP.
HI, CLAIRE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
SO, LORIE, I KNOW YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
CORRECT.
BUT, UM, SHE STILL IS EXPERIENCING SOME ACTIVITY.
OKAY.
I'M ACTUALLY BEIN' PULLED IN THERE.
SO WOULD YOU WANNA GO IN THERE? YES.
YEAH.
LET'S UM I'M HEARING, UM, I HEAR A CHILD.
I'M GETTING, UM, A LOT OF WATER HERE.
THERE IS -- THERE IS MORE THAN ONE ENERGY IN HERE.
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE.
IT'S NOT JUST A CHILD.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S -- THERE'S MORE THAN Y'ALL THINK HERE.
Lorie: THERE IS -- THERE IS MORE THAN ONE ENERGY IN HERE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE CHILD.
THERE'S MORE THAN Y'ALL THINK HERE.
I ALSO SENSE A FEMALE.
I BELIEVE THAT SHE IS THE MOTHER.
UH, THE FEMALE IS YELLING.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, ANGER, SAD I -- I'M GETTING A SUFFOCATING FEELING.
I'M PICKIN' UP YELLING, A LOT OF PEOPLE YELLING.
WHATEVER HAPPENED, IT WAS BAD.
THE MOM DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THE CHILD IS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SHE'S MAKING ME RELIVE HER -- HER PAIN.
I'M -- I'M GETTING NAUSEOUS NOW.
AND I'M SEEIN', UH, I'M SEEIN' A LOT OF BABIES.
Claire: ARE THEY OKAY? THEY'RE -- THEY'RE DYING.
IT REMINDS ME OF A STORY.
BACK IN THE COLONIAL TIMES IN SHEPHERDSTOWN, THERE WERE A RASH OF BABY DEATHS.
THE TOWNSPEOPLE WERE ACCUSING A WOMAN.
THEY THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY USING WITCHCRAF TO KILL THEIR CHILDREN BY POISONING THE WATER FOR THE TOWN.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE EXACT WELL THE WITCH WAS BEIN' ACCUSED OF POISONING.
I CAN -- I CAN SEE THE FEMALE, THE WOMAN THAT WAS BEIN' ACCUSED OF BEIN' A WITCH.
SHE'S ACTUALLY BEHIND ME NOW.
SHE'S MAKIN' ME RELIVE EXACTLY WHAT SHE REMEMBERS.
THE VILLAGERS WERE VERY ANGRY.
THEY DRAGGED HER BY HER HAIR DOWN TO THE RIVER.
SHE GOT DRAGGED THERE? MM-HMM.
BUT SHE WASN'T ALONE 'CAUSE I'M ACTUALLY SEEIN', UH, HER BABY WAS HERE, THE WITCH.
THEY -- THEY DROWNED HER IN THE, UM, THE RIVER.
BUT THE BABY WAS LEF IN THE WOODS.
SHE STARVED TO DEATH.
AND THE MAMA WAS KILLED.
THE STORY, IT'S TRUE.
IS THAT WHY I'VE BEEN HEARING A SCREAMING BABY? I NEED TO ASK YOU, CLAIRE ARE YOU PREGNANT? WE DIDN'T WANNA TELL ANYONE JUST YET.
IT'S A LITTLE EARLY, BUT OKAY.
WHEN YOU CAME IN, YOU WOKE EVERYTHING UP.
IT REMINDED HER OF HER BABY.
AND I CAN FEEL HER NEGATIVITY AND ANGER, MAD SHE'S PISSED.
SHE'S MAD.
I FELT LIKE THIS MOTHER INSTINCT ABSOLUTELY.
AND, LIKE, JUST WORRIED AND ANXIOUS AND SCARED AND BUT THEN, THERE WAS THE SIDE I FELT THIS ANGER AND THIS DARKER SIDE.
I COULDN'T DECIPHER WHETHER IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE OR WHETHER IT WAS ONE PERSON -- EXACTLY.
WITH JUST TWO DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES.
WE GOTTA REMEMBER, SHE WAS ACCUSED OF BEIN' A WITCH.
BUT THE VILLAGERS WERE WRONG.
AND SHE WAS JUST A MOTHER WITH HER CHILD, TOTALLY INNOCENT.
THE TOWN PEOPLE ATTACKED HER.
THEY KILLED HER.
BUT IT DIDN'T JUST KILL HER.
THEY HAD DETACHED HER FROM HER CHILD.
THE MORE SHE'S NO WITH HER CHILD, THE STRONGER MEAN SHE'S GONNA BE AND THE MORE SHE'S GONNA HAUNT THIS WHOLE TOWN UNTIL SHE FINDS IT.
SO WHATEVER SHE'S BEIN' ACCUSED OF, SHE'S BECOMING.
I -- I DO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS PART OF THIS NEGATIVE ENERGY THAT WE FELT IN THE -- THE WOODS.
SO BECAUSE THEY DID THIS TO HER, IN HER SPIRIT FORM, SHE COULD SOMEHOW PUT A CURSE ON THE TOWN OR SOMEHOW SPREAD, LIKE, A NEGATIVE ENERGY? ABSOLUTELY.
SHE'S GONNA GET HER -- HER REVENGE.
RIGHT.
AND THE MADDER SHE GETS, THE MORE STRONGER SHE IS.
I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE EVERYTHING BACK TO HEADQUARTERS AND SPEAK WITH DANA.
AND HOPEFULLY SHE CAN KIND OF GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ABOUT THIS WITCH.
OKAY.
THE STORY LORIE TOLD ME WAS HONESTLY HORRIFIC.
SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS ACCUSED OF BEING A WITCH.
AND SHE WAS ACCUSED OF POISONING THE TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY THROUGH THE WELL AND CAUSING ALL OF THESE DEATHS AMONGST THE CHILDREN OF THE TOWN.
AND THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN TOOK THIS WOMAN TO THE RIVER.
AND THEY MURDERED HER THERE.
AND HER BABY WAS IN A BASKET LEFT BEHIND.
THE BABY ENDED UP DYING.
THE PROBLEM IS I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING AND RESEARCHING, TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING ABOUT A WITCH IN THE HISTORICAL RECORDS.
AND THERE JUST ISN'T ANYTHING.
I TOOK ANOTHER BEND.
AND I STARTED RESEARCHING INFANT MORTALITY IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENTS OF VIRGINIA.
AND I FOUND OUT ESPECIALLY ALONG PORT TOWNS AND RIVER TOWNS, THERE WAS A HUGE INFANT MORTALITY RATE.
AND THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF EPIDEMICS AND WATERBORNE ILLNESSES, IN PARTICULAR, SOMETHING THEY CALL BLOODY FLUX.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY DYSENTERY.
WAIT -- WAIT A MINUTE.
SO THAT SAYS TO ME THAT IT'S NOT THIS WOMAN THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE DRINKING WATER GOT CONTAMINATED FROM A COMPLETELY NATURAL CAUSE THAT THEY DIDN' UNDERSTAND YET.
BUT THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO BLAME IT ON.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS ONE SOURCE OF ENERGY, THIS SPIRIT CAN HAVE SO MUCH POWER, SHE REACHES OUT TO OTHER GHOSTS AND AFFECTS THEM TO KICK UP ACTIVITY AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, ALL THE LOCATIONS WE'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING? IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT THIS ONE POWERFUL SPIRI COULD REALLY DO THAT.
ALMOST LIKE SHE'S USING THE TOWN RUN AS, LIKE, SORT OF, LIKE, A PARANORMAL HIGHWAY IN BETWEEN LOCATIONS.
RIGHT.
IT REALLY DOES SEEM LIKE WE FOUND THE ORIGIN FOR WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
I FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO DO JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT THING TO BRINGING CLOSURE TO THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO HER IN SOMEWAY.
SO I THINK WE GO DOWN TO THE RIVER WHERE SHE WAS KILLED.
AND -- AND SEE IF WE KIND OF DO SOME SORT OF CEREMONY THERE AND PUT HER SPIRIT TO REST.
I AGREE.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
LET'S TRY AND PU AN END TO ALL THIS.
YEAH.
THIS CEREMONY MUST WORK 'CAUSE IF IT DOESN'T, I'M TELLIN' YOU, THERE WILL BE A MASS EXODUS OUT OF THIS TOWN.
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Lorie: TODAY, I'D LIKE TO SE THIS WOMAN FREE, THE YOUNG MOTHER THAT WAS -- WAS ACCUSED OF BEIN' A WITCH AND POISONING THE WELL IN SHEPHERDSTOWN, KILLING SO MANY CHILDREN.
SHE WAS DRAGGED HERE.
AND THIS IS WHERE SHE WAS KILLED.
I WANT TO RELEASE HER AND REMOVE THE CURSE FROM SHEPHERDSTOWN.
I HAVE A WITCH'S BOTTLE.
THIS WAS USED IN THE COLONIAL TIMES IF PEOPLE FELT THAT THEIR HOME WAS CURSED OR HAUNTED.
AND IN THE BOTTLE, WE HAVE POTENCY CHARMS FOR RITUALS TO RELEASE CURSES.
WE KNOW SHE'S NOT A WITCH.
BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS ACCUSED AND KILLED, SHE'S SO ANGRY.
AND SHE'S HELD ALL THAT ENERGY FROM THEM FROM THAT TIME.
SO WE HAVE TO SE THIS WOMAN FREE.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE A POTENCY CHARM.
PICK THE ONE THA YOU'RE MOST DRAWN TO.
YOU CAN LOOK OUT IN THE WATER AND THROW IT INTO THE RIVER.
BY THROWING THE POTENCY CHARMS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RELEASE THE YOUNG LADY AND LIFT THE CURSE ON SHEPHERDSTOWN.
I WISH YOU AND YOUR BABY PEACE AND RELEASE YOU FROM SUFFERING.
I REALLY HOPE, WITH THIS RITUAL, THAT HER AND HER CHILD CAN FIND PEACE IN THE AFTERLIFE, AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT DEMETRIUS AND CLAIRE NO LONGER HAVE ISSUES AT THEIR HOME AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, RAISE THEIR FAMILY IN A -- IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.
I HOPE THAT YOU AND YOUR BABY HAVE FOUND ONE ANOTHER AND THAT YOU MAY ETERNALLY BE AT PEACE.
I'M SORRY THA YOUR INNOCENT LIFE WAS TAKEN FROM YOU AND YOU WERE CALLED A WITCH.
I HOPE YOU CAN FIND PEACE AND THE CURSE CAN BE LIFTED.
YOU'RE FREE.
YOU ARE NOT A WITCH.
YOU ARE NOT GUILTY OF THE CRIME THAT THEY CHARGED YOU WITH.
I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF SHEPHERDSTOWN FOR THE UNJUST MURDER OF YOU AND YOUR BABY.
I RELEASE YOU.
YOU ARE FREE NOW.
I FREE YOU AND YOUR CHILD.
I RELEASE THE CURSE ON SHEPHERDSTOWN.
THIS CEREMONY WAS IT WAS POWER.
YOU KNOW, YOU -- YOU REALLY FELT IT.
I WOULD ALMOST SAY THIS CEREMONY LEFT US FEELING STRONGER.
I FEEL BETTER.
I FEEL BETTER AFTER DOING THIS.
Hartley: I SINCERELY HOPE THA WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE PUTS THIS WOMAN AT PEACE, THE TOWN CAN FIND PEACE, AND SERGEANT KING CAN FINALLY GET A LITTLE PEACE.
FEELS REFRESHING NOT GETTING ANY CALLS LATELY.
ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO GET A NIGHT OF SLEEP IS A WONDERFUL THING.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THE TEAM AND I WERE ABLE TO GE TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS DARKNESS THAT HAS TAKEN OVER THE TOWN.
AND HOPEFULLY, WITH THE CEREMONY, WE BROUGHT SOME PEACE TO SHEPHERDSTOWN.
IT'S REALLY NICE OUT TODAY TOO.
IT ALMOST FEELS DIFFEREN IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
YEAH, IT DOES.
I'VE BEEN DOIN' THIS ALL MY LIFE.
BUT SHEPHERDSTOWN WAS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT WE'VE EVER HAD HAPPEN TO US BEFORE.
THE TEAM AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT.
I'M GONNA MISS THE PEOPLE HERE.
YEAH, I AM TOO.
I'M NOT GONNA MISS THAT BELL.
I THINK THAT'S OUR CUE TO LEAVE.
LET'S GO.
[ CHURCH BELL TOLLING .]
King: YOU KNOW, THE STRANGE CALLS WE HAVE BEEN GETTIN' IN SHEPHERDSTOWN HAVE DRASTICALLY DROPPED OFF, UH, IN -- IN THE LAST WEEK -- WEEK AND A HALF.
THE PARANORMAL TEAM, THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FEMALE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WITCH BACK IN THE 1700s.
THEY FIGURED OUT THAT THE DEATHS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA TURNED OUT TO BE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISEASES THAT KILLED MOST OF THE PEOPLE.
SO THE WOMAN WHO WAS ACCUSED OF BEIN' A WITCH WAS VINDICATED.
YOU KNOW, I -- I DON'T BELIEVE IN WITCHES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, NONETHELESS, THE CALLS HAVE DIED DOWN.
SO WHATEVER THE PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS DID HERE, IT WORKED.
I GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED.
TIME WILL TELL.