Ghosts of Shepherdstown (2016) s01e07 Episode Script

King: A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT SHEPHERDSTOWN IS THE MOST HAUNTED TOWN IN THE COUNTRY.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD A VERY SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN UNUSUAL EMERGENCY CALLS.
[ SIREN WAILING .]
I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE I IN MY 36 YEARS OF POLICE WORK.
I HAD TO DO WHAT NO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS EVER DONE BEFORE.
I ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF TOP PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS TO HELP US SOLVE SOME OF THESE BIZARRE CASES.
THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE.
AND THE INVESTIGATORS SPEN MOST OF THE SUMMER TRYING TO RESTORE SOME KIND OF NORMALCY TO SHEPHERDSTOWN.
GO, GO, GO! FOLLOW IT! THE QUESTION IS, DID IT WORK? [ SIREN WAILING .]
THERE'S A FEMALE THAT WALKS THESE TRACKS AT NIGH AND JUST SCREAMS.
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? -- Captions by VITAC -- CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS King: HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT IS REALLY STRANGE.
WHERE DID YOU SAY THAT WAS AT? Moats: Knott Road, down there by the Tomac.
AND LET ME GUESS -- THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING, DID THEY? Not a thing.
[ CHUCKLES .]
ALL RIGHT, THANKS, DOC.
No problem.
SO, AFTER THE PARANORMAL TEAM WRAPPED UP THEIR INVESTIGATIONS OVER THE SUMMER, THE UNUSUAL ACTIVITY KIND OF DIED DOWN HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
WELL, THAT WAS OFFICER MOATS THAT WAS ON THE PHONE, AND HE SAID THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CALLS IN THE MARTINSBURG, CHARLES TOWN, AND AREAS OUTSIDE OF SHEPHERDSTOWN.
THEY'VE BEEN GETTING A LO OF CALLS THAT ARE JUST UNUSUAL.
WELL, THIS IS THE SECOND CALL THIS WEEK FOR A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
YEAH, YEAH, THERE ARE, BUT THEY DON'T VANISH INTO THIN AIR WHEN YOU PULL UP TO THEM.
I REGULARLY CHECK IN ON THE LOCALS, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, WITH THE RECENT UPTICK IN UNUSUAL ACTIVITIES IN THE TOWNS NEARBY, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED, AND IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO MAKE ANOTHER CHECK.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU? MEGAN, HOW ARE YOU? HEY, MIKE, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD.
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, EMPLOYEES AT THE SWEET SHOP BAKERY WERE EXPERIENCING SOME PRETTY STRANGE THINGS.
[ Phone ringing .]
[ SIREN WAILING .]
WHAT'S GOING ON? Woman: I HEARD THIS WEIRD NOISE COMING FROM UPSTAIRS.
SO I GOT UP AND I WALKED THROUGH THE BREAK ROOM.
AND THE SOUND STOPPED.
SO I WALKED BACK THROUGH THE BREAK ROOM.
SOMETHING DROPPED FROM THE SECOND-STORY WINDOW.
IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE A SACK OF FLOUR FALLING.
AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE, IT HAPPENS AGAIN.
King: NOW, THIS WASN'T THE FIRS TIME THE POLICE DEPARTMEN HAD RECEIVED THIS TYPE OF CALL FROM THE SWEET SHOP.
SHEPHERDSTOWN POLICE! COME ON OUT! AND SINCE I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS, I CALLED IN THE SPECIALTY TEAM.
[ Phone dialing, ringing .]
HEY, BUDDY.
HEY, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN HERE AND MEET ME AT THE SWEET SHOP? King: NICK GROFF, A WORLD-RENOWNED PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR.
ELIZABETH SAINT, A SENSITIVE.
AND BILL HARTLEY, A GHOST-HUNTING TECH EXPERT.
NICK, HOW ARE YOU? HOW YOU DOING? HOW'S EVERYTHING? THE FIRST THING THEY DISCOVERED WAS THAT THE SWEET SHOP WAS ONCE A CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL.
THEY CALLED I THE CHOP SHOP.
THE CHOP SHOP? WE'RE JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER FROM SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM TOOK PLACE.
NOW, THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM WAS THE BLOODIEST DAY IN AMERICA.
IT WAS 23,000 CASUALTIES IN ONE DAY.
THEY BROUGHT IN THOUSANDS OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM THAT BATTLE.
JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD AN AMPUTATION TO SAVE THEM DOESN'T MEAN IT WORKED.
Man: WE COMMEND THE SPIRI OF THIS BRAVE SOLDIER INTO YOUR ARMS.
Mitchell: AND THEY WOULD JUST BE THROWING THESE AMPUTATED LIMBS BY THE HUNDREDS OUT THE SECOND-FLOOR WINDOW.
King: MAYBE WHAT MEGAN SAW FALLING FROM THE WINDOW WAS A PHANTOM LIMB.
SO THE TEAM INVESTIGATED THE THEORY THAT THE GHOS OF A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER WAS STILL HAUNTING THE MAKESHIF HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.
YOU LOOK FOR PARANORMALS, RIGHT? YEAH.
I LOOK FOR -- I HUNT THE PARANORMAL.
SO YOU PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GHOSTS OF THIS BUILDING, RIGHT? I DO.
WE HAVE ONE PRIMARY ONE.
YOU DO? WE CALL HIM THE COLONEL.
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3, 2.
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IT'S RISING.
-YEAH.
WE'RE PICKING UP EMF ENERGY.
MY GOD, THERE IS SOMETHING IN THIS SAFE.
IT TURNS OUT, THE MYSTERIOUS OBJECT THEY FOUND IN THE BAKERY'S ANTIQUE SAFE DID YOU CRACK IT? YOU CRACKED THE SAFE? -YEAH.
-HE'S GOT IT.
-OH! -WHOA! King: WOULD BECOME THE FIRS REAL CLUE THEY NEEDED WHAT DID HE PULL OUT OF THERE? TO SOLVE THE RASH OF HAUNTINGS IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY THERE MIGHT BE AN ANTIQUE BABY SHOE INSIDE THE SAFE HERE? WONDER WHY WE'RE GETTING SUCH HIGH EMF? MAYBE SOMEONE'S LOOKING FOR THAT SHOE.
PROBLEM WAS, ONCE THE INVESTIGATORS REMOVED THE SHOE -YOU OKAY? -WHAT HAPPENED? King: THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY GOT EVEN WORSE.
Cari: RICK? SOMETHING JUST GRABBED ME.
King: SO THE TEAM BROUGHT IN LOCAL PSYCHIC LORIE JOHNSON TO TRY AND COMMUNICATE WITH WHAT THEY BELIEVED WAS THE GHOST OF THE COLONEL.
Johnson: IT'S A MALE.
I CAN FEEL HIM.
LOT OF ENERGY, LOT OF ENERGY.
King: WHEN LORIE MADE CONTACT I THINK THAT HE WAS AMPUTATING THESE PEOPLE.
King: THEY DISCOVERED THA THE COLONEL MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A SOLDIER WHO DIED IN THE SWEET SHOP BUT THE SURGEON WHO PERFORMED THE AMPUTATIONS.
Johnson: SOME OF THE MEN WERE HALF-DEAD AND COULD NOT BE HELPED.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE REASON WHY HE WANTS FORGIVENESS.
HE'S HOLDING HIMSELF ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.
King: THE SPIRIT OF THE SURGEON WAS PUT TO REST AT ANTIETAM.
Man: MAJOR ALEXANDER TINSLEY, A SURGEON IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
LET US REMEMBER HIM.
[ BAGPIPES PLAY .]
ARMS! King: BUT THEY STILL WEREN' SURE HOW THIS CASE WAS RELATED TO THE SPIKE OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
Groff: WHY IS ALL THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY INTENSIFYING NOW? WHY NOW? I STILL CAN'T GET OVER THIS BABY SHOE THAT WE FOUND.
Berry: OKAY.
HEY, MIKE.
King: HEY, I'M JUST MAKING ONE OF MY CHECKS, JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
OH, PRETTY GOOD.
HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW EMPLOYEES.
AND THEY HAVE REPORTED HEARING A COUPLE OF EERIE SOUNDS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT THE GHOS OR IF THEY'RE JUST NO USED TO THE BAKERY NOISES YET.
THESE NOISES THEY'RE HEARING, THEY DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S COMING FROM THAT OLD SAFE? NO.
NO, NOT ANYMORE.
IF ANYTHING SHOULD START UP, LET ME KNOW, OKAY? OKAY, I CERTAINLY WILL.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
King: NOW, THIS IS THE OLD PROSPECT ROADHOUSE.
THIS IS WHERE THE SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY STUDENT NICOLE LIVED.
WELL, IT DIDN' GET CALLED IN AS A GHOST.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING .]
[ SIREN WAILS .]
Hartley: SO, UH, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF NIGHTMARES, JUST STRESS-RELATED ABSENCES FROM SCHOOL.
I SORT OF WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
AND THEN I HEARD A LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE IN THE HALLWAY [ FEMALE VOICE ECHOING .]
WHICH WAS REALLY STRANGE BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE STAYING HERE AT THE HOUSE.
I OPENED MY DOOR, AND I CALLED OUT TO HER.
HELLO? [ GIGGLING .]
AND WHEN SHE WAS FACING ME, SHE -- IT WAS VERY LIKE -- ALMOST LIKE HER EYES WERE HOLLOWED OUT.
[ LIQUID FLOWING .]
-ARE YOU HEARING THAT? -YEAH.
THERE'S WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE PIPES.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THE HOUSE.
IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE THE TUB IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO COME ON AGAIN.
AND THERE IT IS! Groff: DID YOU GET IT? DID YOU GET THAT? -IT JUST CAME ON.
-WHAT?! Woman on radio: LIBERTY 25, CODE 6 A LOT OF THESE OLD HOUSES HAVE WATER-PIPE ISSUES.
AND I THINK IF THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME, I'D CALL A PLUMBER.
UH, THE TEAM DECIDED TO CALL LORIE INSTEAD.
Johnson: THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL IN HERE.
I'M, FOR SOME REASON, GETTING WATER.
THERE'S -- I CAN SMELL THE WATER.
I CAN SMELL THE SOMETHING -- IT'S LIKE A FLOOD.
A-N-N-E.
Saint: ANNE.
SHE DIED IN THAT FLOOD.
SHE'S HAUNTING THE PLACE WHERE SHE DIED.
THERE'S A CHANCE THAT SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW SHE'S DEAD.
Mitchell: THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF FLOODS IN THIS AREA, BUT ONE PARTICULAR FLOOD HAPPENED IN 1889.
THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD WAS SO DEVASTATING, ENTIRE FAMILIES WERE WIPED OUT.
THE GIRL THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR COULD POSSIBLY BE ONE OF THOSE CASUALTIES.
WOW.
PULL THAT UP AGAIN.
JUNE 1, 1889.
-THAT WAS THE DATE OF THE FLOOD! -REALLY? I THINK YOU'VE FOUND YOUR GIRL.
King: ELIZABETH LED A CEREMONY TO HELP ANCHOR THE GIRL'S SPIRI TO THE CEMETERY INSTEAD OF THE HOUSE ON OLD PROSPECT.
ANNE, CAN YOU JOIN US? I JUST GOT GOOSEBUMPS.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU MOVE ON.
AND THE HEALING SESSION IS NOW OVER.
SO, HOW DO YOU FEEL? -HOPEFUL.
-HOPEFUL? YEAH? YOU KNOW, SINCE THE INVESTIGATORS CLOSED THIS CASE, THIS LANDLORD HAS NOT REPORTED ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF CALLS WHEN CLASS GOES BACK IN SESSION AND THE STUDENTS ARRIVE.
BUT THIS YEAR, SO FAR, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY INCREASE.
JINXED MYSELF AGAIN.
[ SIREN WAILS .]
-SO, THIS IS IT? -THIS IS IT.
HE SAID HE WAS COMING DOWN HERE ON RIVER ROAD AND THOUGH HE SAW A HITCHHIKER.
SHE WAS SORT OF GLOWING.
-GLOWIN'? -GLOWIN'.
HE SAID THAT SHE TURNED RIGHT IN HERE SOMEWHERE.
HE SAID IT WAS RIGHT ABOU WHERE THESE ROCKS WERE BEFORE HE GOT TO THESE BUNCH OF TREES.
-SHE WENT DOWN HERE? -YEP.
[ SCOFFS .]
WELL, SHE DIDN'T GO FAR.
THAT'S THE POTOMAC RIVER RIGHT THERE.
HE PULLED UP ON HER.
SHE DIDN' HAVE ANY FACIAL FEATURES AT ALL.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FACIAL FEATURES? MNH-MNH.
THAT -- THEY DID AN INVESTIGATION LAST SUMMER -- THE TEAM DID -- OF A FACELESS WOMAN FLOATIN' ACROSS THE FRONT PORCH.
I WAS ASLEEP, AND I HEAR THIS BANGING ON THE DOOR.
[ BANGING .]
SO I CAME OVER AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, AND THIS THING WENT SLIDING ACROSS -- COMPLETELY WHITE, NO FACE.
[ WOMAN SCREAMING .]
Saint: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CURTAINS? WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE, THE WOMAN WHO OWNED IT BEFORE THIS TOOK THEM DOWN BECAUSE APPARENTLY SHE WOULD OPEN THEM AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST CLOSE ON THEIR OWN.
Dan: SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GONNA DO? WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND WITH OUR EQUIPMENT, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA DO EMF SWEEPS, WHICH IS ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS.
READINGS ARE JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE IN HERE.
Hartley: YEAH, I WAS NOTICING THAT, TOO.
I'M BOUNCING BACK LIKE -- 5, 6, AND 7.
IT'S JUST NOT STABLE.
WHAT IS IT? I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S THIS -- THIS WOMAN.
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A SENSE OF A CHILD.
Saint: I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED TO DAN, HE SAW A 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? King: TO GET THEIR ANSWER, THE TEAM TURNED TO LOCAL HISTORIAN DANA MITCHELL.
THERE'S A TRAGEDY CONNECTED WITH THAT HOUSE.
RIGHT HERE, THERE WAS A HORRIFIC ACCIDEN THAT HAPPENED, CONCERNING THE SNYDER FAMILY.
Groff: REALLY? LAURA IDA SNYDER, WHO WAS THE MOTHER OF THE FAMILY, SHE WENT OU ON A CARRIAGE RIDE.
[ HORSE NEIGHS .]
SOMETHING SCARED THE HORSE.
AND THEY THINK MAYBE HER FOO GOT CAUGHT, AND SHE FELL.
AND SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE GROUND.
LAURA IDA SNYDER WAS NOT ALONE IN THAT FATAL CARRIAGE RIDE THAT DAY.
[ HORSE NEIGHS .]
HER DAUGHTER, RACHEL, WAS WITH HER.
SHE HAD A 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
THEY CALLED HER RAY-RAY.
IN FACT, RAY-RAY TRIED TO KEEP HER FROM FALLING, BUT SHE COULDN'T PREVEN HER FALL.
SHE NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, AND, UH, THE CONSTABLE PRONOUNCED HER DEAD.
IT'S BEEN YEARS! WELL, YEAH.
IT'S BEEN OVER 100 YEARS.
SO WHY IS SHE SHOWIN' HERSELF NOW? I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA.
YOU THINK THIS CALL'S RELATED? I DON'T KNOW, DOC.
WE'RE SEVERAL MILES OUTSIDE OF SHEPHERDSTOWN RIGHT NOW.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, VINCE HAS BEEN TELLIN' ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVIN' SOME STRANGE CALLS OUTSIDE OF CHARLES TOWN, HARPERS FERRY AREA.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
I'VE BEEN HEARING THEY'VE BEEN GETTIN' A LOT OF STRANGE CALLS THERE AT HARPERS FERRY.
ANYTHING SUBSTANTIATED? NOTHIN' I'VE HEARD.
WELL, LOOK, I'M GONNA GO BACK INTO TOWN.
I'M GONNA CHECK ON SUSAN AND DAN FOR A LITTLE BIT.
King: I AM SEEIN' A LO OF SIMILARITIES HERE.
BUT, HEY, AT LEAST -- AT LEAST THE CALL'S NO COMIN' OUT OF SHEPHERDSTOWN.
HEY, DAN.
HEY, SUSAN.
-HOW'S IT GOIN', SIR? -HOW ARE YOU? -ALL RIGHT.
HOW YOU DOIN'? -GOOD! GOOD! -WANT SOME TEA? -NO.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS.
YOU KNOW MOSES? I'VE SEEN MOSES A FEW TIMES AROUND TOWN.
HEY, LOOK, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF STRANGE CALLS OUTSIDE OF TOWN, SO I JUST WANTED TO STOP IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, LIKE, UNUSUAL THINGS GOIN' ON HERE AT THE HOUSE.
NO, I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S BEEN FINE.
IT'S BEEN GOOD ACTUALLY.
BACK TO NORMAL, YEAH.
King: THE BREAKTHROUGH FOR THIS CASE CAME WHEN THE TEAM LEARNED A CRITICAL CLUE ABOUT LAURA SNYDER'S DAUGHTER, RAY-RAY.
RAY-RAY WAS KNOWN TO BE PSYCHIC.
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, TRYIN' 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.
HEY, BILL, HOW'S THIS CAMERA LOOK? I'M IN THE BASEMENT NOW.
Hartley: That looks actually really good.
King: DURING THE NIGHT INVESTIGATION, THE TEAM OPENED THE WINDOWS IN HOPES OF ENTICING THE SPIRI OF RAY-RAY TO MANIFEST.
[ LAUGHS .]
Groff: THAT IS INCREDIBLE! WE JUST ABSOLUTELY CAPTURED UNBELIEVABLE PARANORMAL EVIDENCE RIGHT THERE.
PLAY IT AGAIN.
Saint: OH, MY GOD.
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? THE LITTLE GIRL CAN SENSE, LIKE A SMELL -- MOMMY, MOMMY.
BUT SHE'S WALKING AROUND MOMMY BECAUSE SOMETHING IS BLOCKING HER SIGHT TO SEE HER MOM.
King: AND WHEN LORIE TUNED INTO YE ANOTHER SPIRIT AT THE HOUSE AND IT'S LAUGHING.
[ LAUGHS EVILLY .]
King: THE TEAM CAME UP WITH A NEW THEORY WE HAVE A DARK ENTITY IN HERE, GUYS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHA WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THAT SOME KIND OF DARK PRESENCE WAS LURKING IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
Groff: WE'RE DISCOVERING THA IT'S NOT JUST ONE LOCATION.
IT'S NOT THE SWEET SHOP, THE CEMETERY.
IT'S NOT THIS LOCATION, THE SNYDER HOUSE.
IT'S THE WHOLE ENTIRE TOWN.
IT'S GROWLING.
[ GROWLING .]
[ FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS .]
[ BEEPING .]
IT'S GROWLING.
[ GROWLING .]
[ FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS .]
[ BEEPING .]
IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE HERE THAT'S NOT RAY-RAY? THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES .]
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT THE HELL? ALL THE POWER, EVERYTHING JUST WENT OFF.
WOW.
OKAY.
THIS LITTLE GIRL IS GETTIN' OUR ATTENTION FOR A PURPOSE.
DO YOU THINK SHE'S TRYING TO WARN US FROM SOMETHING ELSE? SHE'S TRYING TO WARN US ABOUT SOMETHIN' THAT'S GOIN' ON IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
AND AS YOU SAID THAT, THE STORM JUST STOPPED.
YOU GUYS HAVEN'T SEEN THAT WOMAN, YOU KNOW, THE HEADLESS OR -- YOU KNOW, JUST THAT ONE TIME OVER THE SUMMER.
WHY, CHIEF? HAS SOMEONE ELSE SEEN HER? WELL, WE JUST TOOK A CALL A LITTLE BIT AGO DOWN ON RIVER ROAD.
A WOMAN WAS GLOWING AND KIND OF FLOATING DOWN THE ROAD.
THIS WAS WAY OU ON RIVER ROAD, ANYHOW.
TOWARD HARPERS FERRY? GOIN' TOWARD HARPERS FERRY.
-OKAY.
-OH, BOY.
WELL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN HARPERS FERRY.
YOU KNOW I HAVE A CANDY STORE THERE, RIGHT? IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH IS GOING ON IN THAT STORE! SOMEBODY IS THROWING THINGS ACROSS THE ROOM.
NOBODY'S THERE.
UM, WE'LL COME IN IN THE MORNING, WE'LL FIND JARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR BROKEN.
IT'S COSTING ME MONEY! PROBABLY I'LL GIVE BILL A CALL AND JUST SEE IF HE'S HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT HARPERS FERRY.
CHIEF, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST HARPERS FERRY ANYMORE.
-REALLY? -YEAH.
CARI ROSEN SAID STUFF'S GOIN' ON IN MARTINSBURG, TOO.
[ Telephone rings .]
King: SINCE BILL HARTLEY HAS BEEN DOIN' A FEW INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BALTIMORE AREA, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE HIM A CALL TO SEE IF HE'S HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UPTICK IN PARANORMAL ACTIVITY NEARBY.
-Hartley: Hello? -HEY, BILL, HOW ARE YOU? -Hey, Mike, how are you doin'? -HEY, I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANY UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN ANY OF THE NEARBY TOWNS, LIKE HARPERS FERRY, CHARLES TOWN, UH, ANY OF THAT AREA? Um, nothing, nothing specifically about towns, but I've actually been getting some calls from private residents along the Potomac River itself.
REALLY? The activity has really just started like two weeks ago.
Have you ever thought of maybe asking Lorie? She is local to that area.
YEAH, I'LL GIVE HER A CALL THIS EVENING TO SEE IF SHE CAN TELL ME SOMETHING.
HEY, BILL, CARI JUST WALKED IN, AND I GOT TO TALK TO HER.
SO I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE LATER.
BYE.
You got it.
Bye.
HEY, CARI, HOW ARE YOU? I SEE YOU GOT MY MESSAGE.
I DID, AND I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING.
-YEAH, SO, HOW ARE THE TWINS? -THEY'RE GOOD.
WELL, LOOK, I'M KIND OF MAKIN' MY ROUNDS, CHECKIN' ON EVERYBODY, JUST MAKIN' SURE THA YOU'RE NOT EXPERIENCIN' ANY UNUSUAL ACTIVITY AT THE HOUSE.
DEFINITELY NOT LIKE BEFORE.
NOT AT ALL LIKE BEFORE.
King: Somebody shot off a gun in the center of town.
I can't find anybody who has heard this gunshot.
Groff: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT THERE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED? SO, THE KIDS AND I AND THE DOG WERE JUST KIND OF WALKING AROUND TOWN, AND WE WERE COMING RIGHT DOWN THE STREET HERE, RIGHT BY THE WALL.
AND THE DOG STARTED TO BEHAVE STRANGELY.
GROWLING, SNARLING.
HIS HAIR WAS GOING UP.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD A GUNSHOT.
[ GUNSHOT .]
[ DOG SNARLING .]
I'VE KIND OF HAD THIS STRANGE FEELING LATELY THAT I'M BEING WATCHED OR FOLLOWED -- WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT? WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING FOLLOWED? I CAN'T QUITE SHAKE THE FEELING THAT SOMEONE IS OUT THERE KIND OF STALKING ME.
SHE SAID SHE HEARD THE GUNSHO ACROSS THE STREET.
OH, LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT ALL THE WATER FLOWING THROUGH HERE.
Saint: WATER ACTS AS LIKE A GREAT SPIRITUAL CONDUCTOR A LOT OF TIMES.
YEAH, OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS THE TOWN RUN.
AND THIS ACTUALLY RUNS THROUGH THE TOWN? YEAH, I THINK IT ACTUALLY RUNS INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER.
REALLY? LOOK AT THAT.
King: TO FIGURE OUT WHO OR WHAT MIGHT BE STALKING CARI, THE TEAM DID A SWEEP OF THE ENTIRE TOWN.
WITH LORIE'S HELP, THEY MADE AN UNUSUAL DISCOVERY.
I KNOW.
I SAW HIM.
King: THE TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THE GHOST OF A MURDERER FROM THE 1800s ATTACHED HIMSELF TO CARI.
I NEED TO BURN HIM OFF.
YEP, THAT'S HIM.
FINALLY THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT HIS SPIRIT TO REST.
HE WENT UP.
REST IN PEACE.
YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED ANYTHING SINCE, RIGHT? -NO STALKING, NO GUNSHOTS? -NO, NO.
I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THAT.
NOW LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.
I WAS TALKIN' TO SUSAN, AND SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE IS SOME STRANGE STUFF GOIN' ON IN MARTINSBURG RIGHT NOW.
I TEACH IN MARTINSBURG, AND I'M HEARING A LOT OF PARENTS KINDA TALK ABOUT HEARING SOME NOISES, THINGS LIKE BABIES CRYING.
YOU DON'T THINK THE HAUNTINGS ARE STARTING UP AGAIN, DO YOU? NO, NOT IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
[ SIGHS .]
OKAY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON IN MARTINSBURG, SO I AM GONNA HAVE TO REACH OU TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THERE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
King: EVEN THOUGH CARI'S CASE WAS CLOSED, THE TEAM WAS STILL HAVING TROUBLE CONNECTING THE DOTS FOR WHY SHEPHERDSTOWN WAS UNDER PARANORMAL SIEGE.
Saint: I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE'RE PICKING UP A LOT OF CLUES HERE, MAYBE PIECING TOGETHER THE PUZZLE A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE THE BABY SHOE THAT WE FOUND IN THE SAFE AT THE SWEET SHOP ON GERMAN STREET.
AND THEN ON PROSPECT STREET, THE STUDENT OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING.
WE HAD THE WATER FAUCET THA WAS KIND OF GOING ON BY ITSELF.
THERE IS A WATER THEME THAT STARTED OCCURRING IN OUR CASES HERE.
I MEAN, OUR MOST RECENT CASE, WE WERE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE TOWN RUN.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING WITH A FEW DIFFERENT THEMES -- WATER, LOST CHILDREN.
BUT THE ONE THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME IS THIS DARK PRESENCE.
MAYBE WE CAN FINALLY FIGURE OU WHY THERE'S AN INCREASE OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
King: WITH THIS RECENT INCREASE OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN NEARBY TOWNS, I'VE BEEN REACHIN' OU TO SOME OF THE GUYS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN MARTINSBURG AND HARPERS FERRY TO SEE WHAT'S GOIN' ON.
ALL RIGHT, STEVE.
WELL, HEY, I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU HEAR ANYTHING MORE, GIVE ME A CALL.
ACTUALLY, IN MARTINSBURG, THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF STRANGE CALLS YET.
BUT IRONICALLY, THE PHONE CALL BEFORE, WHERE I TALKED WITH HARPERS FERRY, THAT'S A LITTLE BI DIFFERENT STORY.
APPARENTLY THERE'S BEEN A FEW SIGHTINGS OF A GHOSTLY FEMALE ON FIRE GOIN' DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
IT'S WORTH LOOKIN' INTO.
[ TRAIN BELL CLANGING .]
HEARD A COUPLE OF THE STORIES AROUND ABOUT, UH, SOME WOMAN FLOATIN' DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACKS, MAYBE ON FIRE.
OH, YOU'VE HEARD THAT, TOO, HUH? THERE'S BEEN A FEW DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TRACKS BUT NOTHING WITH A WOMAN CATCHIN' ON FIRE.
AND THERE'S A FEMALE THAT WALKS THESE TRACKS AT NIGH AND JUST SCREAMS.
I'M TELLIN' YOU, I'VE HEARD THESE FROM IS SHE ON FIRE? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HER BEING ON FIRE, BUT APPARENTLY SHE -- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING DOWN THERE UP IN THE TREES, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I'M JUS GONNA GIVE DANA A CALL AND SEE IF SHE KNOWS ANY HISTORY ABOUT THESE TRACKS.
THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY.
YOU FIGURE, THESE TRACKS RUN FROM HARPERS FERRY ALL THE WAY TO GETTYSBURG.
THERE'S A LO THAT HAPPENED HERE.
THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT, BUT WOW.
King: SHEPHERDSTOWN AND SURROUNDING TOWNS LIKE HARPERS FERRY AND SHARPSBURG ARE ALL CLOSELY LINKED BY THEIR CIVIL WAR HISTORY.
BUT THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT THESE PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN SEEING AN UPTICK IN PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
THEY ARE ALL CONNECTED BY THE POTOMAC RIVER.
AND AS THE INVESTIGATORS IN SHEPHERDSTOWN LEARNED, WATER IS A MASSIVE SPIRITUAL CONDUCTOR.
[ Telephone ringing .]
-HEY, MIKE, HOW'S IT GOING? -HEY.
WELL, JAKE AND EMILY, THEY WERE OUT FOR A NIGHT UNDER THE STARS.
AND EMILY SAYS SHE SEES A BODY FLOATIN' DOWN THE RIVER.
Emily: WE HEARD THIS BIG SPLASH.
[ WATER SPLASHES .]
WE GOT UP, WENT OVER TO SEE WHAT IT WAS.
AND I SAW A WOMAN IN THE WATER.
AND WHEN WE CAME BACK DOWN, IT WAS JUST GONE.
King: WITHOUT A HECK OF A LOT TO GO ON I DON'T SEE ANYTHING OUT HERE! THE TEAM TURNED TO LORIE FOR MORE CLUES.
Johnson: I HEARD YELLING.
AND ALL I KEPT SEEING WAS A MALE.
I SEE HIM HERE.
HE'S DOING SOMETHIN' IN THE WATER.
HOLD ON.
I SEE A BODY IN THE WATER.
-WAIT.
WHAT? -A FEMALE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER GIRL DOWN HERE, TOO.
MORE THAN ONE FEMALE? HE HAS A SCAR ON HIS FACE.
OOH, HOLD ON, HE JUST YELLED.
"YOU LITTLE BITCH.
" I'M FEELING THAT HE COULD'VE KILLED THESE GIRLS.
King: CONSIDERING NO ONE HAD REPORTED THE MISSING FEMALE OR FEMALES IN THE AREA ELIZABETH, HERE'S ANOTHER BOX OF CASES.
ELIZABETH AND DANA PORED THROUGH COLD CASES DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EARLY 1900s.
HERE'S SOMETHING.
"DOGGED POLICE WORK FAILED TO TURN UP ANY ANNOUNCED CLUES TO THE SLAYING OF TWO MARYLAND GIRLS WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND IN THE POTOMAC RIVER WATERS LAST WEEK.
" THE STORY IS THA ON JUNE 1, 1956, MARY ELIZABETH FELLERS AND HER FRIEND, SHELBY VENABLE, TELL MARY ELIZABETH'S PARENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES.
[ HORN HONKS .]
THE GIRLS WERE SEEN GETTING INTO A BLUE FORD CAR DRIVEN BY A SCAR-FACED MAN JUST BEFORE THEY DISAPPEARED JUNE 1st.
THEIR NUDE BODIES WERE FOUND NINE MILES APAR IN THE POTOMAC RIVER.
King: BECAUSE THE GHOS SEEMED TO BE DRAWN TO EMILY, THE TEAM INVITED HER AND JAKE TO JOIN THEM ON THE NIGHT INVESTIGATION.
DON'T GO TOO FAR.
I DON'T WAN TO SEE ANYBODY GET LOST OR HURT.
AND WE'LL KEEP UP RADIO CONTACT.
LET'S GO.
Johnson: OH, I SEE HER NOW.
OH, WOW.
-THE GIRL.
-WHAT -- WHICH ONE? I BELIEVE THIS GIRL HERE WAS KILLED FIRST.
THE NAME STARTS WITH THE "S.
" SHELBY.
YEAH.
I'M WONDERING IF EMILY AND JAKE ARE PICKING UP ON ANYTHING.
EMILY, JAKE, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? BILL, IS EMILY AND JAKE WITH YOU? EMILY, ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? -EMILY?! -EMILY? JAKE? Hartley: YOU GUYS AROUND? THERE'S SOMEONE BACK THERE.
Groff: EMILY, JAKE? -EMILY, JAKE? -EMILY? Groff: ANYBODY? EMILY? JAKE? -YEAH.
-OH.
GEEZ, I COULDN'T -- YOU GUYS DIDN'T HEAR US ON THE WALKIE? -NO.
-NO.
King: NOW, EMILY APPARENTLY HAD SOME PSYCHIC ABILITIES HERSELF.
AND SHE CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN SOMETHING PRETTY UNUSUAL THERE IN THE WOODS.
Emily: SHE HAD BRUISES ON HER NECK.
SHE WAS MUMBLING SOMETHING.
[ DISTORTED VOICE .]
SOMETHING LIKE "WITCH.
" [ DISTORTED VOICE .]
AND SHE WENT AROUND THE CORNER AND WAS GONE.
SHE WAS RIGHT UP HERE BY THIS ROCK.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
Groff: CAN YOU GUYS SEE THIS? THERE'S AN UPSIDE-DOWN CROSS ON THE ROCK HERE.
King: AT THIS POINT, THE TEAM WASN'T SURE IF THE WITCH WAS A RED HERRING OR IF IT WAS SOMEHOW RELATED TO THE DARK PRESENCE THA WAS HAUNTING SHEPHERDSTOWN.
HEY, I'M GLAD YOU COULD MEET ME DOWN HERE, LORIE.
I'M TELLIN' YOU, THIS RIVER HAS BEEN CALLIN' ME.
ALL WEEK.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE THOSE ROCKS ARE.
IT WAS DOWN THIS WAY.
DO YOU THINK THE CROSSES ARE STILL UP HERE ON THE ROCK? NO, I'M NOT SURE.
[ SIGHS .]
OH, YEAH, THERE IT IS.
RIGHT THERE? YEP.
IT'S ALMOST FADED OUT.
BUT YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE USING -- -IS THAT IT RIGHT THERE? -EXACTLY.
YEP.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, TOWNS AROUND HERE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME REALLY STRANGE STUFF.
AND I'VE REACHED OUT TO BILL, I TALKED TO HIM, AND HE SAID HE'S BEEN GETTIN' A LOT OF CALLS AROUND THE POTOMAC RIVER.
WE BLESSED THIS LAND HERE, BUT THAT POTOMAC RIVER IS ALIVE AND IS FULL OF ENERGY.
SOMETHING HERE IS BRINGING SOMETHING BACK.
SPIRITS FEED OFF WATER.
IT'S AN ENERGY FIELD FOR THEM.
SHOOT, THE TOWN RUN RUNS RIGHT THROUGH SHEPHERDSTOWN.
THAT CAN'T BE GOOD.
WELL, YOU DO KNOW THE TOWN RUN EMPTIES RIGHT OUT HERE INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER.
King: NOW, THE TEAM ALREADY SUSPECTED THE TOWN RUN WAS SOMEHOW LINKED TO THE OVERALL SPIKE OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS CALL CAME IN FROM PRINCESS STREE THAT THEY STARTED TO CONNECT THE DOTS.
[ SIREN WAILS .]
CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED? 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 WITHOU ME TURNING THEM ON.
A COUPLE DAYS AGO, I COULD HEAR A BABY CRYING.
THE SOUND OF THE CRYING BABY WAS COMING FROM THE FAUCET.
TODAY I JUST REACHED MY BREAKING POINT.
[ BABY CRYING .]
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.
[ DISTORTED VOICE .]
IT SOUNDED LIKE "MURDER.
" THIS IS REALLY WEIRD.
Saint: WHAT'S GOIN' ON OVER THERE? Hartley: I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A WALL THAT GOES AROUND COMPLETELY CIRCULAR.
OH, WOW! LOOK AT THIS.
YEAH, IT'S ALL CUT IN RIGHT THERE.
MM-HMM.
I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A WELL.
Saint: NICK! THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WALL HERE.
-REALLY? -WHAT DO YOU SEE? LOOKS LIKE A -- A PIECE OF LEATHER? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHOA! WHAT IS THAT? IT'S A BABY SHOE! THE FIRST CASE THAT WE TOOK ON HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN, WE FOUND A BABY SHOE AT THE SWEET SHOP BAKERY.
Hartley: 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.
I WANNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS WITH THE GHOST BOX.
-OKAY.
-WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OU ABOUT THIS DARK PRESENCE HERE IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
IS THERE A NEGATIVE HERE? -WHOA! -WHAT WAS THAT VOICE? I HEAR A WOMAN SAY "POISON.
" -REALLY? -YEAH.
POISON.
YEAH, IT IS.
[ WOMAN SCREAMS .]
[ BUZZING .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? GO, GO, GO! FOLLOW IT.
[ WOMAN SCREAMS .]
[ BUZZING .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? 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.
THIS WOULD ABSOLUTELY EXPLAIN WHY THEY WOULD BE EXPERIENCING SO MUCH ACTIVITY IN THEIR HOUSE.
SO IT'S EXACTLY WHA WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S CRISSCROSSING THROUGH ALL OF SHEPHERDSTOWN.
IT'S HITTING ALL THE MARKS AT THE LOCATIONS.
THIS IS THE TOWN RUN THAT GOES RIGH STRAIGHT INTO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE ON PRINCESS STREET.
DIDN'T YOU DO A READING IN THAT HOUSE? I DID.
AND I SENSED A BABY.
AND THEN I PUT MY HAND ON THE WELL, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BABIES.
AND THAT WELL ACTUALLY GO ITS WATER FROM THE TOWN RUN.
-EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
-HMM.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE HISTORY OF THE WITCH CAME IN, RIGHT? IT IS.
King: ALL THE EVIDENCE THE TEAM WAS WORKING WITH -- THE BABY SHOE, WATER, A DARK PRESENCE, THE TOWN RUN, EVEN THE POTOMAC RIVER ITSELF -- FINALLY STARTED COMING TOGETHER.
Johnson: 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 BEING ACCUSED OF POISONING.
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 WASN'T ALONE.
'CAUSE I'M ACTUALLY SEEING -- UH, HER BABY WAS HERE.
THE WITCH.
THEY DROWNED HER IN THE, UM, THE RIVER.
BUT THE BABY WAS LEFT.
[ BABY CRYING .]
SHE STARVED TO DEATH.
[ SNIFFLES .]
[ SNIFFLES .]
I NEED TO ASK YOU, CLAIRE.
ARE YOU PREGNANT? WE DIDN'T WANT TO 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.
CLAIRE'S PREGNANCY -- IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK TRIGGERED THIS WITCH? OH, MOST DEFINITELY.
-CHIEF MIKE? -HEY, DANA.
HOW ARE YOU? HI.
I WAS UP AT THE STATION.
THEY TOLD ME YOU'D BE DOWN HERE.
HI, LORIE.
-HI.
HOW ARE YOU? -GOOD TO SEE YOU.
LORIE WAS JUST SHOWING ME WHERE THE RIVER INVESTIGATION WAS DONE AT.
I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE SPO WHERE THE WITCH WAS DROWN.
YOU KNOW SHE WASN' AN ACTUAL WITCH, RIGHT? King: TURNS OUT, WHEN DANA RESEARCHED THE HISTORY OF THE WITCH, SHE MADE A PRETTY SIGNIFICAN DISCOVERY.
I FOUND OUT THAT ESPECIALLY ALONG PORT TOWNS AND RIVER TOWNS THERE WAS A HUGE INFANT MORTALITY RATE.
AND THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF EPIDEMICS AND WATERBORNE ILLNESSES.
WAIT A MINUTE.
SO THAT SAYS TO ME THAT IT'S NOT THIS WOMAN THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, THE DRINKING WATER GOT CONTAMINATED FROM A COMPLETELY NATURAL CAUSE THAT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YET.
BUT THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO BLAME IT ON.
King: IT WAS A REAL LIGHT-BULB MOMENT FOR THE PARANORMAL TEAM.
MAYBE THE OVERALL SPIKE OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN TOWN WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED BY THE VILLAGERS OF SHEPHERDSTOWN WAY BACK IN THE 1700s.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY SEEKING REVENGE ON THE WHOLE TOWN.
Mitchell: CERTAINLY EXPLAINS WHY THE PEOPLE WERE PUTTING THOSE VICTORIAN BABY SHOES IN THE WALLS IN PLACES, FOR PROTECTION.
WELL, THAT CEREMONY THAT YOU ALL DID DOWN HERE, WASN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO LIFT THE CURSE? I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF SHEPHERDSTOWN FOR THE UNJUST MURDER OF YOU AND YOUR BABY.
I RELEASE THE CURSE ON SHEPHERDSTOWN.
Claire: I FEEL LIKE ALL OF THIS STUFF IS BEHIND US.
AND WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON SETTLING INTO OUR HOME AND WELCOMING OUR BABY -- GIRL.
[ LAUGHS .]
King: ACTIVITY HAS REALLY DIED OUT IN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
I MEAN, YOU ALL MUST'VE DONE SOMETHIN' RIGHT.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY'RE SEEING IT NOW IN HARPERS FERRY, CHARLES TOWN, MARTINSBURG.
THAT REMINDS ME OF WHY I CAME DOWN HERE LOOKIN' FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAD ASKED ME TO CHECK OU ANYTHING ABOUT THE -- THE RAILROAD AND THE TRACKS UP IN HARPERS FERRY.
AND IT SEEMS THAT BACK IN THE 1800s THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO LIVED DOWN IN THE SHANTIES NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS, AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER ONE NIGH SHE CAUGHT HERSELF ON FIRE.
SHE WENT UP IN A BALL OF FLAMES.
SHE WENT SCREAMIN' OUT OF THE SHACK [ THUD .]
AND BAM.
A TRAIN WAS COMIN' AND HIT HER HEAD-ON, AND THAT'S WHY THEY CALL HER SCREAMING JENNY.
SCREAMIN' JENNY? SHE'S GOT A NAME?! SCREAMIN' JENNY.
THE QUESTION IS, WHY THIS INCREASE IN ACTIVITY? WHY IS SHE REAPPEARING? DANA, YOU'RE ASKIN' THE WRONG PERSON.
WELL, HARPERS FERRY IS JUST DOWNSTREAM A WAYS HERE FROM SHEPHERDSTOWN.
MAYBE WHATEVER WE'RE DEALING WITH IS USING THE POTOMAC RIVER AS SOME KIND OF ASTRAL HIGHWAY.
WHATEVER WAS MANIFESTED HERE IS TRAVELING DOWNSTREAM.
THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOIN' ON IN THESE OTHER TOWNS.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT.
WELL, MAYBE IT'S BIGGER THAN SHEPHERDSTOWN.
IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING'S BEEN AWAKENED.
Johnson: WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S FEEDING OFF THIS RIVER.
King: I HOPE I'M WRONG, BUT MAYBE THIS DARK PRESENCE IS NOW TRAVELING DOWN THE POTOMAC RIVER AND HAUNTING THE ENTIRE EASTERN PANHANDLE.
PERHAPS THE WITCH WAS ONLY ONE PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER PUZZLE, AND WHATEVER AWAKENED HER IS FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN WE EVER IMAGINED.
[ Telephone rings .]
HEY, NICK, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT A LITTLE TEAM REUNION?