A Haunting (2005) s02e01 Episode Script

1 Narrator: IN THIS WORLD, THERE IS REAL EVIL IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS AND IN THE MOS ORDINARY PLACES.
THESE ARE THE TRUE STORIES OF THE INNOCENT AND THE UNIMAGINABLE.
WHEN THE MACKEYS CONVERT AN ABANDONED ROADHOUSE INTO A COUNTRY-MUSIC DANCE HALL, THEY AWAKEN AN OLD EVIL, THE ANGRY DEAD ATTACK THE LIVING AND INVADE THE BODIES OF THE WEAK.
WITH THE HELP OF A PSYCHIC AND A PREACHER, THE POSSESSED FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR SOULS.
[ HEART BEATING .]
Narrator: BETWEEN THE WORLD WE SEE AND THE THINGS WE FEAR, THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED, NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
-- Captions by VITAC -- Narrator: IN WILDER, KENTUCKY, AN ABANDONED MUSIC HALL STANDS ON THE BANKS OF THE LICKING RIVER, WHICH RUNS NORTH TO CINCINNATI.
LOCAL LEGEND SAYS THAT MURDERERS AND DEVIL WORSHIPPERS ARE DRAWN TO THIS WATERWAY -- ONE OF THE FEW IN THE WORLD THAT FLOWS TRUE NORTH.
TOWN RECORDS ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT IT ONCE RAN RED WITH BLOOD.
WELL, HERE'S THE PLACE, MR.
MACKEY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS FACILITY HAS EVERYTHING THA YOU'RE GONNA NEED.
Narrator: COUNTRY-MUSIC ARTIST BOBBY MACKEY HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR 12 YEARS.
EVER SINCE HE QUIT HIS JOB WITH THE RAILROAD TO SING FULL-TIME, HE'S DREAMED OF OWNING HIS OWN NIGHTCLUB.
WELL, THE TYPE OF MUSIC THA I'VE ALWAYS LOVED IS THE TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC, AND LOTS OF CLUB OWNERS DON' UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEY WANTED DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC, AND IT GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE I DIDN'T WANT NOBODY DICTATING TO ME THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT I FELT IN MY HEAR AND I WANTED TO PLAY.
AND IT WAS EITHER MOVE TO NASHVILLE AT THAT TIME OR GET MY OWN PLACE.
THIS'LL WORK.
THIS WILL WORK.
Narrator: THE FORMER ROCK 'N' ROLL ROADHOUSE IN WILDER, KENTUCKY, IS EXACTLY WHAT BOBBY HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR.
WANT ME TO JUST GIVE YOU THE KEY? I'D LIKE TO BRING MY WIFE BY SOMETIME.
Narrator: LATER THA AFTERNOON, BOBBY RETURNS TO THE CLUB WITH HIS PREGNANT WIFE, JANET.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? COME ON, LET'S GO INSIDE.
DID YOU SEE THAT? SEE WHAT? THE DOORS JUST OPENED.
IT WAS JUST A WIND.
COME ON.
I WANT TO SHOW IT TO YOU.
Bobby: JANET DOESN'T WANT TO COME IN.
SHE DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT IT AT ALL.
COME ON, CHECK THIS OUT.
WATCH YOUR STEP, JANET, RIGH HERE.
WELLWHAT DO YOU THINK? CHECK IT OUT.
THERE'S THE BAR RIGHT THERE.
AND THE RESTROOMS ARE OVER HERE.
AND I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS PLACE.
HERE, WHY DON'T YOU GO CHECK OUT THE KITCHEN? IT'S REALLY BIG IN THERE.
Narrator: JANET MACKEY APPEARS IN SILHOUETTE TO PROTEC HER PRIVACY.
I FELT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS IN THERE.
AND THERE WASN'T NOBODY IN THERE BUT HIM AND I.
[ DOOR CREAKS .]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION .]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY .]
I WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BOBBY? WHO YOU TALKING TO? NOBODY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I HEARD VOICES.
WHO WERE YOU TALKING TO? JANET, I'M NOT TALKING TO ANYBODY.
JUST YOU AND ME HERE, BABY.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS PLACE.
I'M READY TO GO HOME.
I'M READY TO LEAVE.
"LET'S COME BACK TOMORROW.
LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS SOME MORE," BECAUSE ALL I WANTED TO DO IS GET OUT OF THERE.
AND IN MY MIND'S EYE, I COULD SEE IT ALL.
I COULD SEE THE CROWD.
I COULD SEE PEOPLE DANCING.
AND SO THERE WAS NOTHING GONNA STOP ME.
I HAD TO HAVE THE PLACE.
Narrator: FROM THE DAY THA BOBBY SIGNS THE BANK NOTE AND BUYS THE PLACE, HE NEVER LOOKS BACK.
HIS WIFE TRIES TO SUPPORT HIS DECISION.
I WAS AFRAID OF IT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HIS DREAM.
I KNEW THAT'S WHAT HE'S ALWAYS WANTED, AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, I'LL JUST HANG IN THERE AND SUPPORT HIM.
" Narrator: ONE DAY, BOBBY AND JANET ARE CLEANING UP THE CLUB WHEN A STRANGER ARRIVES.
HOW YOU DOING? HI.
HOWDY.
MY NAME'S CARL LAWSON.
Narrator: CARL LAWSON WORKED FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE CLUB AS A HANDYMAN, BUT HE'S BEEN OUT OF A JOB SINCE A SERIES OF BRUTAL MURDERS FORCED THE CLUB TO SHUT DOWN.
I'VE KIND OF BEEN OUT OF WORK SINCE THEY I HAD SEEN MORE JUS UNEXPLAINED ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN AND AROUND THAT BUILDING THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT.
ANY NIGHTCLUB OR BAR IS GONNA HAVE ITS SHARE OF BRAWLS OR FIGHTS -- IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WHY WAS IT SHUT DOWN? BUT ON THIS SCALE HERE WELL, THIS PLACE USED TO DRAW A REALLY IT WAS ABNORMAL.
I NEED AN AMBULANCE HERE NOW.
I GOT A GENTLEMAN DOWN ON THE GROUND.
HE HAS A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE CHEST.
Narrator: THE LAST YEAR OF THE CLUB WAS THE MOST VIOLENT -- SIX HOMICIDES.
CARL BELIEVES THAT SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLACE CAUSES PEOPLE TO BECOME VIOLENT.
JONATHAN! SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH THIS PLACE.
EVENTUALLY, THAT'S WHAT GOT THE PLACE CLOSED DOWN.
CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC HERE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE HERE -- YOU'LL SEE.
I ASSURE YOU.
WELL, THAT'D BE A NICE CHANGE OF PACE, SIR.
Narrator: BOBBY BELIEVES HIS BRAND OF CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC WILL ATTRACT A MORE PEACEFUL CROWD.
DO YOU PAINT? WHICH HAND YOU WANT ME TO PAINT WITH? [ LAUGHTER .]
Narrator: BOBBY HIRES CARL AS A FULL-TIME HANDYMAN AND CARETAKER.
I JUST KNEW RIGHT OFF THE BA I'D GET ALONG WITH HIM.
I MEAN, HE JUST SEEMED STRAIGHTFORWARD AND JUST SAID WHAT HE MEANT AND MEANT WHAT HE SAID.
I THINK THAT'LL JUST ABOU DO IT.
HIS WIFE, JANET, WAS ABOU THE SAME WAY.
CARL AND I BECAME BUDDIES, AND HE WAS MORE LIKE MY LITTLE BROTHER.
CARL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER ABOU STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING TO PEOPLE AROUND HERE? ME AND HER KNEW -- THIS PLACE, THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.
I'M GONNA BE IN THE NEX ROOM, PAINTING.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST GIVE ME A HOLLER.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
[ LIQUID BURBLING .]
[ BREATHING QUICKLY .]
AAH! AAH! AAH! AAH! [ GRUNTING .]
AAH! AAH! AAH! AAH! JANET, JANET! JANET, JANET! YOU OKAY? JANET, WHAT IS IT? T-THERE WAS BLOOD IN THERE! THERE WAS BLOOD COMING UP OUT OF THE SINK! THE SINK IS EMPTY.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE SINK.
WASN'T FOR HIM, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED NEXT? THERE'S BLOOD IN THERE.
I DO KNOW FOR A FAC SOMETHING FORCED THAT WOMAN'S HEAD DOWN INTO THAT SINK.
THERE WAS A HAND PUSHING MY HEAD INTO THE SINK! I KNEW RIGHT THERE AND THEN WHATEVER HERE IS NOT PLAYING GAMES.
IT'S BECOME DANGEROUS.
IT'S BECOME VIOLENT.
I'M TELLING YOU, BOBBY, THERE WAS A HAND IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BACK, FORCING ME INTO THE SINK.
Narrator: JANET TELLS HER HUSBAND WHAT'S HAPPENED, BU BOBBY CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE'S HEARING.
IT WAS LIKE IT'LL JUST STOP.
HE TOLD ME I WAS CRAZY.
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE CARL.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? BUT IT DID HAPPEN.
I'M TELLING YOU, I DON'T WAN YOU FILLING HER HEAD WITH ANY MORE OF THIS STUFF.
HE'S NOT PUTTING ANYTHING IN MY HEAD.
I KNOW WHAT I SAW, AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT IT.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS.
GOT TO BE AN EXPLANATION -- SOME -- SOMETHING ELSE.
IT CAN'T BE THAT.
CARL, SIT DOWN.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FILL HER HEAD WITH ANY MORE OF THESE GHOST STORIES.
DO YOU HEAR ME? Narrator: BOBBY WARNS CARL TO KEEP HIS GHOST STORIES TO HIMSELF OR HE'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER JOB.
I'M GOING TO CLEAN THE BAR.
Bobby: I INVESTED EVERYTHING I HAD IN HERE AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS GET IT OPEN AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT GHOSTS AND I HAD TOLD CARL OVER AND OVER NOT TO TELL PEOPLE ABOU IT AND MUCH LESS AND YOU KNOW ???.
Narrator: ONE NIGHT SOON AFTER, POLICE OFFICER LARRY HORNSBY MAKES HIS ROUNDS.
I HAD A FUNNY FEELING ALL NIGHT FOR SOME REASON.
AND A FULL MOON -- SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THIS WILL WORK.
YOU GUYS DON'T HAPPEN TO NEED ANY HELP, DO YOU? AAH! AAH! Narrator: OFFICER LARRY HORNSBY CALLS FOR BACKUP, SUSPECTING A BURGLAR MAY BE INSIDE BOBBY MACKEY'S CLUB.
[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS .]
DID YOU HEAR? YEAH.
BACKSTAGE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
ALL RIGHT.
POLICE! COME ON OUT! POLICE! COME OUT! [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION .]
[ MUSIC STOPS .]
[ CONVERSATION STOPS .]
I KNEW THERE WAS A MAN AND A WOMAN AND A RADIO PLAYING.
I HEARD THE VOICE, AND I HEARD THE MUSIC.
THERE'S NOBODY BACK HERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NOBODY BACK HERE? I HEARD VOICES IN HERE.
ME TOO.
THE FRONT DOOR! NO WIND THERE WAS NOTHING COULD HAVE CLOSED THAT DOOR.
WE WAS STUNNED.
PUT IT THAT WAY, IN PLAIN WORDS -- WE WAS STUNNED.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA CALL IT? WE SAW A GHOST? I SAID, IF I PUT THIS IN REPORT LIKE THIS, THEY'RE GONNA SEND ME TO A PSYCHIATRIST.
I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT, "I WENT INTO THE BUILDING AND CHECK IT OUT, MAKE SURE NOBODY IS HERE.
" I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW, RIGHT? I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
[ SIREN WAILING .]
Narrator: A FEW NIGHTS LATER, OFFICER LARRY HORNSBY RETURNS TO THE NIGHTCLUB IN RESPONSE TO A FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.
TRY TO GET A PULSE.
WE GOT NOTHING? ALL RIGHT.
WE NEED TO GET THESE GUYS OUT OF THE CAR.
WE GOT ANYTHING TO COVER THE BODIES? NOTHING IN THE CAR.
LOOK, I NEED AN EMT OUT HERE QUICK.
I GOT TWO BODIES FROM A CAR ACCIDENT.
WE NEED THE -- THANKS.
HERE.
[ SIREN WAILING .]
[ HORN HONKS .]
AFTER WE GOT THE SCENE CLEARED, WE CAME BACK UP, KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, SO WE COULD THANK HER FOR GIVING US THE TABLECLOTH.
BUT THE DOORS WERE LOCKED.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
Narrator: THE NEXT AFTERNOON, OFFICER HORNSBY TELLS BOBBY ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT OUT THE TABLE CLOTHES.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THA ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT? YEAH.
I READ ABOUT IT.
Hornsby: WE THOUGHT IT WAS WAITRESS AND WE DESCRIBED HER.
Narrator: BOBBY SAYS THERE WAS NO ONE AT THE CLUB AFTER 10PM.
Hornsby: I NEVER DID BELIEVE IN GHOSTS, NEVER.
I WOULD LAUGH ABOUT IT THEN.
BU A LOT OF THINGS CHANGED SINCE THEN.
I'M TELLING YOU, LARRY, THESE DOORS WERE LOCKED.
NO ONE ELSE WAS HERE.
Bobby: I DON'T WANT TO SAY ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE LIARS, BECAUSE THESE'S A LOT OF CREDIBLE PEOPLE, BUT I JUS FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE, ANY SUPERNATURAL OR ANY GHOSTS OR I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S GO TO EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.
OHH.
YOU ALL RIGHT? OH, I'M FINE.
I JUST BROKE THE LAST OF MY GOOD BULBS.
I GOT TO GO GET ANOTHER ONE.
OKAY.
BE CAREFUL OF THE GLASS, THOUGH.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'LL CLEAN IT UP.
I'M GOOD.
JANET, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLEAN ANYTHING UP.
I CAN TAKE -- I'LL GET IT.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, OKAY? UGH! [ BREATHING QUICKLY .]
[ COUGHING .]
[ BREATHING QUICKLY .]
GET HER IN HERE.
GET HER IN HERE.
COME ON, DARLING.
COME ON.
HELLO, ANYBODY HERE?! HELP! HOLD ON.
MY WIFE -- SHE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
SHE'S PREGNANT.
I WAS SO TERRIFIED, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA LOSE MY BABY.
SIT DOWN.
STAY HERE.
I WENT INTO LABOR.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE? MY WIFE -- SHE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
SHE JUST TRIPPED.
I WAS ANGRY.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
I WAS EVERYTHING.
NURSE, I NEED TO YOU FIND ME AN O.
R.
SHE TOLD ME SOMETHING HAD FORCED HER DOWN THE STEPS, AND I BELIEVED HER.
BOBBY'S CONCERN WAS THE BUSINESS.
OH, JEEZ.
I MEAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND.
HE'S GOT HIS REPUTATION ON THE LINE.
WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOU THESE SPIRITS, MAN! THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL! CARL, THERE'S NO SPIRITS! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?! NOBODY'S GONNA BELIEVE UNLESS YOU EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF.
YOU ALL RIGHT? DO YOU NEED ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: JANET GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL WHO WEIGHS ONLY 1 POUND, 15 OUNCES.
HI.
Narrator: THEY DON'T KNOW IF SHE'LL SURVIVE.
IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, THE COUPLE MONITORS THEIR NEWBORN.
WHEN IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THEIR DAUGHTER WILL SURVIVE, BOBBY PREPARES FOR THE GRAND OPENING.
BY BOBBY MACKEY.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME.
OPENING NIGHT, I WAS KIND OF NUMB.
I HAD A LOT ON MY SHOULDERS -- A LOT OF STRESS AND A LOT OF PRESSURE.
DON'T FORGETBEHIND THE BAR.
TAKE IT, JEFF.
WISH I WAS A KING OR HAD A MILLION BUCKS I WISH A PENTHOUSE VIEW I DON'T THINK ABOUT A HUMMER OR A LIMOUSINE OH, VACATIONS ARE THE FINES THRILLS ALL I WANT IS A COUNTRY GIRL AND I MUST BE -- I WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE CARL.
CARL, LISTEN.
CARL, I DON'T WANT YOU TELLING ANY GHOST -- CARL, LOOK AT ME.
I DON'T WANT YOU TELLING ANY OF THE CUSTOMERS THAT STUFF, ALL RIGHT? MY FOCUS WAS TOTALLY ON RUNNING THIS BUSINESS AND MAKING IT WORK.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF THIS NONSENSE.
I WANTED TO MAKE THE PLACE KNOWN FOR A GREAT COUNTRY-MUSIC DANCE HALL.
Narrator: A FEW WEEKS LATER, CARL MOVES INTO AN APARTMEN ABOVE THE CLUB.
HE SPENDS EVERY NIGHT THERE, ALONE.
UNLESS I HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE, I STAYED HERE -- KEPT AN EYE ON IT, PROTECTED IT.
[ SCRAPING .]
[ THUMPING .]
[ BREATHING QUICKLY .]
IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE FROM A NIGHTMARE.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING, BUT I WASN'T -- IT WAS REAL.
[ DOOR CLOSES .]
UGH! Narrator: FOR WEEKS, CARL IS IN DENIAL ABOUT WHAT HE'S SEEN.
ONE DAY, CARL IS CLEANING UP THE STORAGE ROOM.
"MY LOVE IS AS DEEP AS THE SEA.
IT FLOWS FOREVER.
YOU ASKED ME, 'WHEN WILL I END?' I TELL YOU, NEVER.
" "MY LOVE IS AS BRIGHT AS THE SUN, IT SHINES FOREVER.
YOU ASK ME WHEN WILL IT END, I TELL YOU NEVER.
THE WORLD MAY DISAPPEAR LIKE A CASTLE OF SAND, I WILL BE WAITING HERE WITH MY HEART IN MY HAND.
YOU ASK ME WHEN WILL I WILL DIE, I TELL YOU NEVER.
" HUH.
Narrator: THE DIARY CONTAINS THE PERSONAL CONFESSIONS OF A WOMAN NAMED JOHANNA, A DANCER WHO PERFORMED AT THE CLUB IN THE 1930s.
"TUESDAY.
" SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH A MUSICIAN.
AND JOHANNA'S FATHER DID NO LIKE THIS GUY.
"HE SAID HE'D KILL HIM IF WE DIDN'T STOP SEEING EACH OTHER.
I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN LOSE ROBERT.
" Narrator: JOHANNA WRITES THA HER LOVER MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED.
SHE FEARED THAT HAD HER FATHER HAD KILLED HIM, SO SHE POISONED HER FATHERAND THEN HERSELF.
HER FINAL ENTRY IN THE DIARY PROCLAIMED THAT SHE WOULD ROAM THE HALLS OF THE CLUB FOR ALL ETERNITY, WAITING FOR HER LOVER TO RETURN.
[ THUNDER CRASHING .]
AAH! [ GASPING .]
I COULDN'T BREATHE.
MAYBE I JUST GOT A MEDICAL PROBLEM.
I SHOULD GET CHECKED.
[ THUNDER CRASHING .]
Narrator: CARL IS UNABLE TO SLEEP.
THEN THE POWER GOES OUT.
[ CRASHING CONTINUES .]
CARL GOES TO THE BASEMENT TO CHECK THE BREAKER PANEL.
[ GRUNTING .]
Narrator: HE STUMBLES ONTO A LATCH THAT HE HAD NEVER NOTICED BEFORE.
[ DOOR CREAKS .]
[ DOOR CREAKS .]
AAH! [ BREATHING QUICKLY .]
AAH! [ GRUNTS .]
AAH! Narrator: DESPERATE AND FRIGHTENED, CARL RETURNS TO THE BASEMENT, CARRYING A VIAL OF HOLY WATER.
I'M A BELIEVER OF JESUS CHRIST.
I TELL IF IT'S EVIL, GET SOME HOLY WATER OR SOMETHING.
KEEP WHAT'S DOWN THERE FROM GET BACK UP HERE.
Narrator: CARL KNOWS THA WHATEVER IS INSIDE THE WELL, IT'S STRONGER THAN HIM.
LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
CARL? ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? Narrator: IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, CARL'S BEHAVIOR BECOMES UNPREDICTABLE.
HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T CLEANED UP THE PLACE? IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH CARL I WAS TALKING TO.
CARL, YOU OKAY? I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO HIM FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM BECAUSE HE ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE DIFFERENT.
YOU THINK YOU'RE ALONE HERE, BUT YOU'RE NOT.
CARL? YOU OKAY? YOU'LL SEE.
SEE WHAT? [ SIGHS .]
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU, BOBBY.
TELL ME WHAT? DON'T YOU SEE? THIS PLACE SORT OF -- IT BECAME A -- IT WAS PART OF ME.
Narrator: BOBBY MACKEY STAYS FOCUSED ON HIS BUSINESS.
HE ASKS A FRIEND, DOUG HENSLEY, TO HELP HIM PRODUCE A TELEVISION COMMERCIAL.
SO COME ON DOWN TO BOBBY MACKEY'S MUSIC WORLD, WHERE THE GOOD TIMES NEVER DIE.
CUT! Narrator: ALTHOUGH BOBBY REFUSES TO BELIEVE THE NIGHTCLUB IS HAUNTED, HE CONFIDES IN HIS FRIEND ABOUT THE STRANGE OCCURRENCES.
SO, HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING? PRETTY GOOD.
I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES, THOUGH.
WHO? A KID NAMED CARL.
ONCE BOBBY TOLD ME THE STORY, I ASKED HIM WHY HE KEPT I QUIET.
AND HE SAID THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF GHOSTS, AND HE DIDN'T WANT THE WORD OUT.
HE FIRMLY SAID HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN IT, BUT HIS WIFE AND CARL LAWSON BELIEVED THE PLACE WAS HAUNTED.
Narrator: AS A WRITER, DOUG IS INTRIGUED BY THE INCREDIBLE STORY.
DO I MIND IF I TALK TO HIM, THOUGH? I GUESS.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM, YOU CAN TALK TO HIM.
LOVE TO.
I JUST WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED BEST AS YOU CAN SAY.
THIS PLACE IS EVIL.
I'VE SEEN STUFF I CAN'T EXPLAIN.
I FOUND A LOOSE FLOORBOARD.
Narrator: CARL TELLS DOUG ABOUT JOHANNA'S DIARY AND THE TWO MEN HE SAW IN THE BASEMENT.
CARL TOLD ME THAT THIS PLACE WAS FILLED WITH EVIL.
AND THE ONLY REASON HE STAYED HERE WAS TO PROTECT JANET AND BOBBY.
AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT, HE WOULD HAVE LEFT HERE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY WANT US HERE.
SOMETHING ALWAYS PULLED HIM BACK HERE.
Narrator: HENSLEY IS A NATURAL SKEPTIC, BUT HE TAKES THEIR STORIES AT FACE VALUE.
I WAS 5 1/2 MONTHS PREGNANT.
AND I FELT THIS HAND IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BACK, BUT I WAS ALONE.
I FOUND JANET TO BE MORE BELIEVABLE THAN CARL IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE HER DEMEANOR WAS TOTAL AND COMPLETE TREPIDATION.
SHE WAS AFRAID TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO KNOW JANET MACKEY TO KNOW THAT SHE WOULD NOT MAKE UP SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
Narrator: THOUGH HE REMAINED SKEPTICAL, THE STORIES PIQUE HIS INTEREST.
HE GOES TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY TO RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB.
I REALLY THOUGHT CARL LAWSON WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC UNTIL I STARTED DOING HOURS AND HOURS OF RESEARCH LEARNING THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE.
Narrator: HENSLEY FINDS AN EXPLANATION FOR CARL'S STORY IN A 19th-CENTURY ARTICLE FROM THE KENTUCKY POST.
I LEARNED OF TWO MEN THA WERE HUNG IN NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, IN 1897.
THEIR NAMES WERE ALONZO WALLING AND SCOTT JACKSON.
Narrator: ALONZO WALLING AND SCOTT JACKSON, TWO CINCINNATI DENTAL STUDENTS, WERE CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DIE BY HANGING FOR THE MURDER OF A YOUNG SOCIALITE NAMED PEARL BRYAN.
HER HEADLESS BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE SITE OF AN OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN WILDER, KENTUCKY.
SHE WAS 5 1/2 MONTHS PREGNANT A THE TIME OF HER MURDER.
ALONZO WALLING SWORE A CURSE ON THE GALLOWS AND SAID THAT HE WOULD COME BACK FROM HELL AND HAUNT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN HIS TRIAL AND HAUNT THE PLACE WHERE PEARL BRYAN'S HEAD WAS.
Narrator: HENSLEY TELLS CARL AND JANET WHAT HE HAS FOUND.
HE EXPLAINS THAT AFTER PEARL BRYAN'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED, BLOODHOUNDS LED INVESTIGATORS TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
LOCALS SUSPECTED THAT THE KILLERS HAD DISPOSED OF PEARL'S HEAD IN THE OLD WELL IN THE BASEMENT OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE AS PART OF A SATANIC RITUAL, BUT THE HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND.
DOUG EXPLAINS THAT THE NIGHTCLUB RESTS ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
SATAN WORSHIPPERS CAME TO THE SPOT AT NIGHT AND GAVE BLOOD SACRIFICES DOWN INSIDE THAT WELL TO WORSHIP THE DEVIL BECAUSE OF ALL THE BLOOD SPILLED ON HIS GROUND.
THERE WAS A CULVERT PIPE THAT ALL THE BLOOD OF THE ANNALS WAS RINSED INTO THE LICKING RIVER.
IT IS MY OPINION THAT ALLONZO WALLING AND SCOTT JACKSON BOTH DWELL A THIS NIGHTCLUB, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY DISPOSED OF PEARLS' HEAD.
Narrator: ONE STRIKING SIMILARITY AMONG JOHANNA AND PEARL BRIAN, JANET MACKEY IS HARD TO IGNORE.
JANET MACKEY TOLD ME SHE WAS 5 AND A HALF MONTHS PREGNAN WHEN SHE WAS THROWN DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
PEARL BRIAN WAS 5 AND A HALF MONTHS IN PREGNANCY.
JOHANNA, THE DANCEHALL GIRL WHO POISONED HERSELF INSIDE THIS NIGHTCLUB WAS PREGNANT RIGHT AROUND 5 AND A HALF MONTHS.
Narrator: DOUG HENSLEY KNOWS THAT THERE ARE ANGRY SPIRITS INSIDE BOBBY MACKEY'S NIGHTCLUB.
HOPING TO BRING PEACE TO THE BUILDING, HE INVITES A PSYCHIC NAMED PATRICIA MISCHELL.
MISCHELL IS A NATIONALLY KNOWN MEDIUM AND PSYCHIC COUNSELOR.
SHE CLAIMS THAT, SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD, SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD.
PATRICIA, THIS IS CARL.
WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE CLUB, I MET CARL, THE CARETAKER.
THEY'RE HERE.
HE STARTED TO TALK, AND I SAID, "DO ME A FAVOR, CARL.
" I SAID, "DON'T TALK TO ME ABOU ANY SPIRITS.
" I SAID, "LET ME WALK THROUGH THE CLUB.
LET ME EXPERIENCE WHAT I EXPERIENCE.
" I HAVE WHAT THEY CALL "INNER VISION" OR "SECOND SIGHT.
" Narrator: PATRICIA SENSES THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRIT.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? AND SHE SAID, "MY NAME IS JOHANNA.
" I SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" WHY ARE YOU HERE? SHE SAID, "I KNOW I'M DEAD.
" I SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU LET ME SEND YOU TO THE LIGHT?" AND SHE SAID, "NO, LADY, DON' SEND ME TO NO LIGHT.
Narrator: PATRICIA REALIZES THAT JOHANNA'S SPIRIT HAS CHOSEN TO REMAIN EARTHBOUND.
I THINK THAT WHAT IS IN BOBBY MACKEY'S NIGHTCLUB ARE GHOSTS THAT BELIEVE THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
AND SO THEY WOULD PREFER TO LIVE IN THIS NIGHTCLUB THAN TO GO ON TO A PLACE WHERE THEY MAY BURN FOR ETERNITY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK.
I DON'T SEE THE ROOM AS IT IS.
I SEE THE ROOM LIKE IT USED TO BE.
AAH! Narrator: PATRICIA SEES A VISION OF A DECAPITATED HEAD.
I GOT THIS OVERWHELMING FEELING OF NAUSEA.
I FELT LIKE I WAS SPINNING.
I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF THERE.
[ COUGHING .]
ARE YOU OKAY? ARE YOU SURE? MM-HMM.
DOUG'S BRINGING YOU A GLASS OF WATER, OKAY? HERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
[ BREATHING QUICKLY .]
Narrator: THE PSYCHIC SENSES THE PRESENCE OF TWO EVIL SPIRITS.
CARL? THE TWO MEN IN THE ROOM -- I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO I SAID, "CARL, THESE TWO MEN IN THIS ROOM -- I BELIEVE THA THEY'RE TRYING TO USE YOUR BODY.
" I THINK HE MAKES THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE.
THEY WERE ENJOYING THEIR SENSES -- TOUCH, SMELL, TASTE -- THROUGH ME.
I WAS CONTROLLED.
[ BREATHING QUICKLY .]
CARL, THEY'VE GONE NOW.
CARL, IT'S OKAY.
THEY'VE GONE NOW.
Narrator: THE PSYCHIC TELLS CARL HE CANNOT FIGHT THESE SPIRITS ALONE.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO GET A MINISTER TO HELP YOU.
I DEFINITELY FELT THAT CARL WAS POSSESSED.
AND I TOLD HIM THEN -- I SAID, "YOU REALLY NEED TO GET A MINISTER OR SOMEONE TO HELP YOU.
" Narrator: DOUG HENSLEY BRINGS A PENTECOSTAL MINISTER TO MEE WITH CARL.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE MOST EVIL SITE THAT HE'D EVER SET FOOT ON IN HIS LIFE, THAT IT WAS FULL OF EVIL.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS WAIT HERE? HE SAID, "I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS, AND I'M TELLING YOU, CARL LAWSON IS DEMONICALLY POSSESSED.
" Narrator: THE MINISTER HAS AGREED TO PERFORM AN EXORCISM.
PRAY FOR US.
HE ASKED ME TO STAND OUTSIDE THE ROOM, AND HE AND CARL WEN INTO THE OLD KITCHEN AND SAT A A TABLE, AND THE MINISTER STARTED PERFORMING AN EXORCISM.
YOU'RE A LIVING GATEWAY FOR VIOLENT SPIRITS.
IT'S NOT A NATURAL TYPE OF THING.
THEY WANT TO LIVE INSIDE OF YOU.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE US PRAY TOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND, PREACHER.
THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME.
THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO KILL YOU, TOO.
NO, NO, NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
WE HAVE GOD ON OUR SIDE.
JUST PRAY WITH ME.
IT'LL BE BETTER -- YOU'LL SEE.
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD.
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME.
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS I IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
CARL? CARL! CARL! [ GROWLS .]
[ Raspy voice .]
I'M NOT PRAYING TO ANYONE, PREACHER.
WHO ARE YOU? ALONZO.
ALONZO NEEDS TO LEAVE CARL'S BODY! AND THEREFORE, I SAY UNTO YOU, BE WITH THE LORD GOD, AND THE DEVIL WILL FLEE FROM YOU! AAH! CARL! SUBMIT YOURSELF TO GOD! FLEE FROM THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU! IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH, I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE CARL'S BODY! [ SCREAMING .]
THE EXORCISM STARTED TO BECOME VIOLENT, AND REVEREND GO AFRAID.
AND HE CALLED US OTHER MEN INTO THE ROOM TO SURROUND CARL.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE HIS BODY! HE STARTED SPEAKING IN LATIN.
THEN HE STARTED SPEAKING IN "I AM SATAN.
" THIS BIBLE COMMANDS YOU YOU AND THE SPIRIT SAID, LIKE A DOG GROWLING, "I MA NATAS.
" AND TELLS YOU TO LISTEN! THEREFORE, GOD IS.
.
AT THAT TIME, NONE OF US HAD ANY IDEA WHAT THAT MEANT, BU LATER ON, AFTER THE EXORCISM, THE PREACHER SHOWED US.
HE WROTE THAT BACKWARDS, AND I SAYS, I AM SATAN.
" JAMES 4:7 SAYS, "SUBMIT TO GOD!" [ SCREAMING .]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY .]
CARL CAN YOU HEAR ME? [ Normal voice .]
YEAH.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? WHEN I WOKE UP, EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING AT ME.
AND I WAS ON THE FLOOR.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
Narrator: AFTER THE EXORCISM, CARL DECIDES IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON.
I FELT DIFFERENT.
TAKE IT EASY, NOW.
I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, CARL.
IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
I FELT CHANGED.
TIME FOR ME TO GO.
TAKE CARE.
I FELT LIKE A NEW HUMAN BEING.
SO, GUESS I'LL BE GETTING ON, TOO.
HOW ABOUT A CUP OF COFFEE? COME ON.
NO, IT'S OKAY.
I DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE TO HAVE SPIRITS TELL ME TO GET OUT.
I GOT OUT, AND I NEVER WEN BACK.
[ COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS .]
Narrator: TO THIS DAY, BOBBY MACKEY CLAIMS HE HIMSELF HAS NEVER WITNESSED PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AT HIS NIGHTCLUB.
[ SINGING INDISTINCTLY .]
I DON'T KNOW IF THE PLACE GO AHOLD OF ME OR ANYTHING UNFORESEEN IS HOLDING ME HERE.
IF THAT'S A SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE, THEN, SO BE IT, AND I'M GONNA STAY HERE.
Narrator: BENEATH THE ACTIVE NIGHTCLUB, IN THE BOWELS OF THE OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSE, THE WELL REMAINS.
SOME SAY THAT IT IS STILL A GATEWAY AND THAT AN ANCIENT EVIL HIDES DEEP INSIDE WAITING.