My Ghost Story (2010) s04e08 Episode Script
Ship of Lost Souls
1 Hamilton: WHAT WE HAVE FELT, WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON TAPE.
Davis: THAT WHITE MIS WAS THE SPIRIT OF ALMA ELDRED.
James: I FELT A PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.
NICOLE IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
Scherry: I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
THIS WAS MY DAUGHTER.
Jennifer: ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS LITTLE THING GOES RIGHT BY THE CAMERA.
Carolann: I FELT SPIRITS ALL AROUND ME.
McDonald: THERE WAS A MISTY APPARITION ABOVE ME.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING FOLLOWED.
IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING.
Stone: I WAS RAISED THAT THERE'S NO GHOSTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT NOW.
Tracie: I JUST SAW SOMETHING MOVE OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE.
Michael: I'VE HEARD STORIES OF SPIRITS THAT CAN FOLLOW YOU HOME.
BUT YOU NEVER WANT TO BELIEVE IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.
Davis: I NOTICED THIS FEMALE FIGURE GOING AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT WAS GLOWING.
Hamilton: IT'S UNNERVING TO SEE A SMALL APPARITION RUN ACROSS THE DOORWAY.
Davis: SEEING THAT SPIRI WAS ABSOLUTELY SPOOKY.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I FIRST STEPPED FOO IN THE JAMES J.
ELDRED HOUSE.
JAMES ELDRED BUILT THE HOUSE.
IT WAS FINISHED IN 1861.
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD TO RESTORE THE HOUSE.
WE GO INTO THE HOUSE BEFOREHAND TO DO A LOT OF CLEANING AND PICK IT UP BEFORE PEOPLE COME IN FOR TOURS.
THE FIRST TIME I MET LOREN WAS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY WEN TO THE JAMES J.
ELDRED HOUSE.
HE WAS DOING THE TOUR.
Hamilton: I HOST TOURS AND PUBLIC OVERNIGHT INVESTIGATIONS AT THE ELDRED HOUSE.
KELLY SPENDS MORE TIME AT THE HOUSE THAN ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE OF HER PASSION FOR THE HOUSE.
Davis: THE ELDREDS WERE VERY WEALTHY, AND THEY LIKED SHOWING OFF THEIR MONEY.
IT WAS A VERY GRAND HOUSE WHEN ALL THE WINGS WERE ACTUALLY INTACT.
THERE WAS 23 ROOMS IN THIS HOUSE.
WHEN JAMES FINISHED THE HOUSE, THOUGH, THAT'S WHEN TRAGEDY STARTED TO STRIKE THE FAMILY.
ALMA ELDRED WAS JAMES ELDRED'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.
SHE DIED WHEN SHE WAS ALMOST 5 OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Hamilton: ALMA'S TWO OLDER SISTERS BOTH DIED ALSO OF TUBERCULOSIS.
THOSE THREE DAUGHTERS ALL DIED IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE AGE OF 17.
I THINK SO MANY DEATHS IN THE HOUSE AND SO MANY TRAGEDIES BESTOWED ON THE FAMILY CAUSES A LO OF THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WE SEE STILL TODAY IN THE HOUSE.
WHEN I FIRST WALKED INTO THE HOUSE, YOU HAD A SENSE THAT YOU WEREN'T ALONE.
IT DEFINITELY GAVE A SENSE OF FOREBODING, A SENSE THAT THERE WAS STILL ENERGY IN THE HOUSE.
Davis: ONE DAY, RIGHT BEFORE A TOUR, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOU 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, I WAS SWEEPING UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND LEVEL.
SOMETHING CAME OVER ME, LIKE A MOTHERLY INSTINCT, TO TURN AROUND, LIKE SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME.
SO, I SLOWLY TURNED, AND I LOOKED UP, AND I SEE THIS LITTLE SPIRIT GIRL PEEKING HER HEAD OUT OF THE NURSERY.
SHE HAD THIS LITTLE SMILE ON HER FACE, AND THEN SHE DUCKED HER HEAD BACK INTO THE ROOM.
I WAS COMPLETELY STARTLED, 'CAUSE I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE THAT.
I HAD TO GO RUSH AND FIND MY HUSBAND AND TELL HIM, "YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT I JUST SAW.
" WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALMA'S SPIRI BECAUSE THERE WAS REALLY NO OTHER CHILDREN OF THAT AGE THAT ACTUALLY DIED WITHIN THAT HOUSE.
ANY TIME THAT YOU SENSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT IS GONNA FRIGHTEN YOU.
ONE NIGHT WE WERE DOING A TOUR AT THE HOUSE, AND WHEN WE DO THESE TOURS, WE BREAK THEM UP IN GROUPS, AND EACH ONE OF US WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PART OF THAT GROUP AND WE SPLIT IT UP AND GO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
AND MY SISTER TOOK THEM UPSTAIRS TO THE ATTIC, AND SHE JUST STARTED TAKING PICTURES LEFT AND RIGHT.
Hamilton: THE PICTURE THAT WE CAPTURED ON THE EAST WINDOW IN THE ATTIC IS THE UPPER TORSO OF WHA APPEARS TO BE AN OLDER WOMAN.
Davis: YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE CHEEKS, THE NOSE, A BONNET, AND IT SLOWLY FADES DOWN INTO A DRESS.
WE BELIEVE IT COULD BE ONE OF THE OLDER ELDRED GIRLS -- EVA OR ALICE.
Hamilton: THIS IS AN ATTIC WINDOW THAT'S FOUR STORIES ABOVE GROUND.
IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANYONE OUTSIDE.
IT'S UNNERVING TO SEE FACES IN THE WINDOWS.
THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES THAT WE'RE NOT AT THE HOUSE, AND WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE SEND US E-MAILS BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN SOMEONE'S FIGURE IN THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT, AND NO ONE CAME TO THE DOOR.
I THINK THEY WERE SEEING THE FACES OF SOMEONE FROM A TIME LONG AGO.
WE WERE IN THE HOUSE DURING ONE VERY COLD WINTER NIGHT.
HAD THE CAMERAS ROLLING ON THE DOWNSTAIRS, POINTED TOWARDS THE KITCHEN.
Davis: MY SISTER TOLD ME, "I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S SITTING HERE.
SOMEBODY'S SITTING WITH US.
" AND I KEPT SAYING, "OKAY.
SURE.
" WE WENT OUTSIDE TO, KIND OF, COOL DOWN, AND WE WERE GONNA GO BACK IN AND CONTINUE INVESTIGATING.
SO I KNOW EVERYBODY WAS OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Hamilton: THAT'S WHEN WE CAPTURED THE APPARITION MOVING FROM THE LEF TO THE RIGHT IN THE VIDEO.
Davis: I LOOKED AT THIS FOOTAGE, AND I NOTICED THIS FEMALE FIGURE GOING AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT WAS GLOWING.
Hamilton: THE APPARITION THAT I SEEN IN THE VIDEO ABSOLUTELY BLEW ME AWAY.
IT SEEMS LIKE SHE HAS ON A LONG, BELLE-PERIOD DRESS.
THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CANNO SEE IS THE TOP OF HER HEAD.
Davis: MOST WOMEN IN THE 1860s, THEY WOULDN'T WEAR THOSE KIND OF DRESSES UNLESS THEY WERE OLDER.
WE'RE ASSUMING THA IT'S ONE OF THE OLDER TWO GIRLS WHO PASSED AWAY IN THE HOUSE.
Hamilton: THE TWO OLDER ELDRED GIRLS ALSO DIED AT A YOUNG AGE, AND THAT'S WHY WE FEEL THEIR SPIRIT STILL HAUNTS THE HOUSE TODAY.
Davis: I SHOWED I TO MY SISTER-IN-LAW, AND I SAID, "IS THIS THE AREA WHERE YOU KEPT FEELING THAT SOMEBODY WAS SITTING AT?" AND SHE SAID, "YEAH.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS.
" Hamilton: I WAS ASTOUNDED, THOUGH, THAT WHAT WE HAVE FELT, WHAT WE HAVE SENSED, WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT THAT.
Davis: SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE A TOUR, I GOT A PHONE CALL SAYING THAT PART OF THE WALL HAD COLLAPSED INTO THE NURSERY.
FOR SAFETY REASONS, WE WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO GO UP ON THE SECOND OR THIRD FLOOR.
SO I TOOK A GROUP OF PEOPLE DOWN TO THE CEMETERY RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
Hamilton: WE THOUGH THAT WE'D TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE DECEASED ELDREDS WHERE ALL THE ELDREDS ARE ENTOMBED TODAY.
Davis: WHILE WE DOWN THERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR MY FRIEND SAY, "YOU NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE NOW.
" WHEN THEY DID, THEY CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID, "LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.
" Hamilton: YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE FACE OF ALMA ELDRED SHOW UP IN THAT PICTURE.
Davis: I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS LITTLE FACE CAME FROM.
THEN I REALIZED THAT WE WERE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO THE GRAVE OF ALMA ELDRED.
Hamilton: I COULD SEE THE FACIAL FEATURES OF WHAT HAD TO BE ALMA ELDRED.
TO CATCH THE PICTURE OF ALMA MADE ME VERY EXCITED.
IT FELT LIKE WE HAD VALIDATION, AND I FELT LIKE WE WERE HELPING HER, TOO.
Davis: A FEW WEEKS LATER, SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS AND I WENT UP TO THE HOUSE, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS SOME ACTIVITY IN THIS ROOM, WHICH WE BELIEVED WAS JAMES AND EMELINE'S ROOM.
SO I SET THE CAMERA UP TO CATCH THE FULL VIEW OF THE ROOM, WHICH INCLUDED THE DOOR ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE HALLWAY.
WE WERE ACTUALLY UPSTAIRS IN THE ATTIC.
WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
BUT UPON REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE, SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENED THERE.
Hamilton: YOU'LL SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SMALL APPARITION RUN ACROSS THE DOORWAY.
Davis: SEEING THAT SPIRI WAS ABSOLUTELY SPOOKY.
THAT MIS THAT GOES ACROSS THE DOOR IS ABOUT HALFWAY IN THE DOORWAY.
SO WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IS A CHILD.
Hamilton: THE HEIGH OF THE APPARITION IS SO SHORT, AND THE DIRECTION OF THE ROOM THAT THE SPIRIT GOES INTO IS WHAT WAS ALMA'S NURSERY WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE.
Davis: THAT WHITE MIS WAS THE SPIRIT OF ALMA ELDRED.
Hamilton: I THINK ALMA'S SPIRI IS TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE SHE DIED AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE AND WASN'T ABLE TO EXPERIENCE LIFE.
Davis: SEEING THAT VIDEO SEALED THE DEAL TO ME THAT THERE WAS LIFE AFTER DEATH.
THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE AT THE ELDRED HOUSE HAS DEFINITELY MADE ME OPEN MY EYES A LITTLE BIT WIDER TO SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE OUT THERE.
Hamilton: SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME ON THE TOURS WANT TO SEE A FULL-BODY APPARITION LIKE WE SEEN IN THE VIDEO.
AND TO THOSE PEOPLE, I OFTEN USE THE ADAGE, "BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT.
" I THINK THIS IS A FAMILY OF SPIRITS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IGNORED THROUGH THE YEARS, AND NOW, I THINK THE ACTIVITY IN THE HOUSE HAS BECOME STRONGER AND STRONGER AND MORE FREQUEN THE MORE WE VISIT.
Davis: WHEN I SEE EVIDENCE LIKE THIS, IT MAKES ME HAVE MORE FAITH IN WHAT I BELIEVE IN.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE A VEIL OVER THEIR EYES.
AT THE ELDRED HOUSE, IT WILL BE LIFTED.
James: THE EMOTION WAS JUST OVERWHELMING.
I FELT A PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.
Scherry: IT JUST REALLY FLABBERGASTED ME.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHA I WAS SEEING WITH MY OWN EYES.
James: THAT WAS NICOLE'S SPIRIT THERE.
Scherry: I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
THIS WAS MY DAUGHTER.
James: I FELT A PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.
Scherry: AND THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS, "THAT WAS NICOLE.
" IT JUST REALLY FLABBERGASTED ME.
James: OBVIOUSLY, NICOLE IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
Scherry: MY GHOST STORY BEGINS SHORTLY AFTER THE DEATH OF OUT BEAUTIFUL 26-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, NICOLE.
NICOLE WAS AN AWESOME DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS THE ONE THAT ALWAYS REMEMBERED ME ON MOTHER'S DAY AND MY BIRTHDAY.
SHE HAD THE MOST CAREFREE SPIRIT.
James: OH, NICOLE WAS WONDERFUL.
SHE WAS FUN TO BE AROUND.
SHE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HER FACE.
Scherry: SHE WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HER BACK.
SHE LOVED WORKING WITH PEOPLE, AND SHE LOVED BEING A MOM.
NICOLE HAD BEGUN TELLING CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS, PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS BEFORE SHE DIED, THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO LIVE TO SEE 30.
THE FIRST TIME SHE TOLD ME THAT, SHE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD.
SHE WASN'T DEPRESSED.
WE WERE ACTUALLY WATCHING TV, AND SHE SAYS, "MOM, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO 30.
I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE.
I'LL DIE BEFORE YOU.
" AND I TOLD HER THAT WAS RIDICULOUS.
THERE WAS NOTHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH NICOLE.
SHE WAS VERY HEALTHY.
SHE WAS YOUNG.
AND THERE WAS NO REASON TO ASSUME THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE.
HER PREMONITION, UNFORTUNATELY, DID COME TRUE ON APRIL 2, 2010 AT ABOUT 10:00 AT NIGHT.
MY HUSBAND AND I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL SAYING THAT NICOLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE MORGUE, THAT SHE HAD PASSED AWAY.
SHE ACTUALLY DIED IN HER SISTER'S HOUSE, PUTTING ON HER MAKEUP.
HER HEART SIMPLY STOPPED.
James: EVERYTHING JUST WENT NUMB.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, HONESTLY.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Scherry: I WENT INTO SHOCK.
I COULDN'T THINK.
I COULDN'T SPEAK.
I COULDN'T CRY.
I WANTED TO GO SEE HER, AND MY HUSBAND THOUGHT THA IT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA.
HE WAS AFRAID THAT IT WOULD TRAUMATIZE ME.
SO, I NEVER REALLY GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY DAUGHTER.
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER NICOLE DIED, I WAS IN THE KITCHEN WITH ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS NOT ON THE BEST OF TERMS WITH NICOLE, AND I TURNED JUST IN TIME TO SEE A NIGHT-LIGH THAT WAS IN MY KITCHEN OUTLE COME FLYING OUT OF THE OUTLET.
IT SAILED OVER THE DOOR, IT HIT THE PANTRY, AND IT RICOCHETED OFF THE PANTRY AND CAME TO A SPIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE KITCHEN FLOOR.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS HURLED WITH GREAT FORCE, AND THE FIRST THING I THOUGH WAS, "THAT WAS NICOLE, AND SHE WAS ANGRY.
" IT JUST REALLY FLABBERGASTED ME.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHA I WAS SEEING WITH MY OWN EYES.
AFTER THE INITIAL INCIDEN IN THE KITCHEN, THINGS REALLY STARTED HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS.
SOME OF THEM WERE MINOR, SOME OF THEM WERE MAJOR, AND THEY WOULD INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM HEARING FOOTSTEPS IN THE ATTIC, PICTURES BEING TURNED AROUND, COLD AIR, THE ANIMALS ACTING STRANGELY.
[ DOG BARKS .]
AND THIS BECAME ACTUALLY PART OF OUR NORMAL HOUSEHOLD.
James: THERE WAS ONE NIGH I HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT LONG WITH BAD NAUSEA AND JUST WAS FEELING TERRIBLE.
SCHERRY HAD FALLEN ASLEEP, AND THE PAIN JUST WENT AWAY.
I HAD A CALM, VERY PEACEFUL FEELING ABOUT ME.
AND I FELT A PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.
THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IS, IT'S A BALL OF SOFT, COLD AIR, AND I KNEW IN EVERY FIBER OF ME THAT THA WAS NICOLE'S SPIRIT THERE.
SHE WAS JUST HOVERING OVER ME, AND I REACHED OVER AND I SHOOK SCHERRY AWAKE AND I SAID THAT, "SHE'S HERE.
" Scherry: AND I SAID, "WHO'S HERE?" AND HE SAID, "NICOLE'S HERE.
" AND I LOOKED AROUND, AND I SAID, "WHERE?" AND HE SAID, "SHE'S EVERYWHERE.
" AND WE NOTICED A LARGE BALL OF COLD AIR MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE AMBIENT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
IT WAS JUST A VERY SOFT, COMFORTING, COLD BALL OF AIR.
AND IT MOVED UP AND DOWN OUR BODIES, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
THIS WAS MY DAUGHTER.
James: THE EMOTION WAS JUST OVERWHELMING.
Scherry: WE LAY THERE AND MY HUSBAND WAS CRYING, AND HE DOESN'T CRY.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS HAVING AN EXTREMELY INTENSE EXPERIENCE.
I WAS, TOO, AT THAT POINT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE COLD AIR DISAPPEARED.
IT WAS JUST GONE.
POOF! AFTER ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE, I DECIDED THAT I WOULD TRY TO GET PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, AND I FELT THAT THE FIRST PLACE TO LOOK WAS IN THE BEDROOM.
AND MY METHOD OF TAKING PICTURES WAS TO TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES IN RAPID SUCCESSION.
ONE DAY WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE JUST SIFTING THROUGH PICTURES, HE TOLD ME TO STOP, GO BACK TO ANOTHER PICTURE I HAD JUST PASSED.
James: AND SHE ROLLED THROUGH THIS ONE PICTURE, AND SHE SAID, "THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ONE.
" I SAID, "WHOA.
WAIT A MINUTE.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIRROR IN THAT ONE.
GO BACK.
" SHE EXPANDED THE PICTURE TO WHERE THE MIRROR FILLED THE SCREEN, AND THERE'S AN IMAGE OF A FACE.
Scherry: AND IT LOOKED LIKE ME.
AND AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS ME.
MY HUSBAND SAID, "IT CAN'T BE YOU, SCHERRY.
WE'D SEE YOU IN THE MIRROR.
" I THOUGHT, "DUH.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
" [ LAUGHS .]
I TRIED TO DUPLICATE THAT PICTURE IN HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH 100 SHOTS, AND ONLY IN THAT ONE PICTURE IS THAT FACE THERE.
AND IT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE ME.
AND MY DAUGHTER, NICOLE, ACTUALLY, WE RESEMBLE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH, AND SO WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS, IN FACT, NICOLE.
James: MAYBE SHE WANTS US TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY, THAT SHE'S STILL THERE AND THIS ISN'T THE END.
Scherry: I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THE PICTURE WE CAPTURED IS MY DAUGHTER.
THAT'S THE CORNER SHE LIKES TO HANG AROUND, AND NICOLE ALWAYS LIKES TO DO DRAMATIC THINGS, AND THERE'S NO MUCH MORE DRAMATIC THAN A PICTURE IN THE MIRROR.
I DIDN'T FEEL FEAR AT ALL.
I WAS ACTUALLY EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
I DIDN'T GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY DAUGHTER.
I FELT LIKE I WAS CHEATED OUT OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT A MOTHER CAN SHARE WITH HER DAUGHTER.
AND I FELT LIKE, FINALLY, I HAD A LITTLE PIECE OF HER THAT WAS STILL HERE WITH ME.
AND IT HELPED ME TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT LESS CHEATED.
James: THAT REALLY WAS AN EYE-OPENER FOR ME.
OBVIOUSLY, NICOLE IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
Scherry: MY DAUGHTER'S FIANCé IS RAISING THEIR SON.
I BELIEVE THAT NICOLE VISITS HIM QUITE FREQUENTLY.
IN ONE PICTURE, I REALIZED THERE WAS AN AMAZING ORB RIGHT NEXT TO HIM.
AND I FOUND SOME VERY SIMILAR ONES IN OTHER PICTURES.
SOME OF THE PLACES THAT NICOLE'S ORBS HAVE APPEARED HAVE BEEN IN THE HALLWAY, WHERE HER PICTURE IS, IN MY BEDROOM IN THE CORNER, WHERE, I BELIEVE SHE LIKES TO HANG OUT A LOT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I SLEEP.
ALSO, THERE WAS A PICTURE CAPTURED LAST CHRISTMAS OF MY SON ON THE COUCH WITH A VERY MAGNIFICENT ORB WITH HIM AND THE DOG.
THE ORBS ARE AMAZING.
THEY HAVE A VERY SHARP EDGE, THEY'RE ALMOST PERFECTLY ROUND, AND THEY'RE VERY CONSISTEN IN THE WAY THEY APPEAR.
I ABSOLUTELY DO FEEL THESE ARE HER SPIRIT ENERGY.
I ACTUALLY WEN AND PORED THROUGH HUNDREDS OF FAMILY PHOTOS, AND WE HAVEN' CAPTURED THESE ORBS IN ANY PICTURES THAT WE HAD PRIOR TO NICOLE'S DEATH.
WE WERE AT A VERY FORMAL OCCASION EARLY THIS YEAR, AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PICTURES TAKEN AT THIS OCCASION.
AND WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE PICTURES, WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE ORBS ON MY HUSBAND'S BODY AND ON MY BODY IN THE PICTURES.
AND THE ONLY ORBS THA WERE VISIBLE ON ANY PICTURES WERE THE ONES THAT WERE ON MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF.
James: I THINK MAYBE SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO BE A PART OF THAT EVENING WITH US.
Scherry: THIS EXPERIENCE HAS CHANGED ME IN THE FAC THAT I'D ALWAYS KNOWN FROM THE TIME I WAS A CHILD THAT THERE WERE SPIRITS, BUT I NEVER HAD ANYTHING REALLY TANGIBLE.
THIS EVENT JUST KIND OF REACHED OUT AND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE, AND IT SOLIDIFIED WHAT I'D KNOWN ALL THE TIME -- THAT AFTER WE DIE OR PASS AWAY, WE JUST SIMPLY CHANGE FORM.
WE'RE STILL ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND WE WILL IN ANY WAY WE CAN.
James: LOSING YOUR DAUGHTER -- THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO LOSE A CHILD LIKE THAT.
TO KNOW THAT SHE'S STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF REASSURANCE THAT SHE'S GONNA BE THERE AGAIN WHEN WE GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Jennifer: I WAS REALLY FRIGHTENED BECAUSE IT WASN'T OF HUMAN FORM.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A HUMAN.
IT LOOKED SCARY.
Carolann: WE SAW ANOTHER APPARITION RUNNING BY THE CAMERA.
THE SHIP WAS GETTING CREEPIER AND SCARIER.
I FELT SPIRITS ALL AROUND ME.
Jennifer: WE HEARD A "BANG, BANG.
" AND THAT'S WHEN THE APPARITION WENT BY.
Carolann: WE WERE IN A HALLWAY.
WE GOT AN EVP OF A MAN SAYING, "CHARLES.
" Jennifer: I KNEW WE WERE NOT ALONE ON THAT SHIP.
I WAS FRIGHTENED.
Carolann: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN ON THE U.
S.
S.
HORNE IN ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.
I BECAME INTERESTED IN U.
S.
S.
HORNE BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT THE SHIP, AND I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE IF THESE STORIES WERE REAL.
SO, I DECIDED TO CHECK IT OUT.
A FRIEND OF MINE NAMED JENNY CAME WITH ME.
Jennifer: THE U.
S.
S.
HORNET WAS COMMISSIONED IN WORLD WAR II.
IT'S SEEN MANY WARS, LIKE THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
I'VE HEARD A LO ABOUT THE HORNET, BUT I HAD NO IDEA HOW BIG THE SHIP WAS GOING TO BE.
ITS SIZE IS ASTOUNDING.
IT'S AS BIG AS A CITY.
Carolann: MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE U.
S.
S.
HORNE WAS THE ELECTRICITY I FEL WALKING UP THE STAIRWAY.
IT WAS INTENSE.
Jennifer: I THINK THE SHIP IS HAUNTED, BECAUSE 300 MEN DIED ON BOARD FROM JUST ACCIDENTS ALONE AND SUICIDE.
Carolann: I FELT LIKE THE SPIRITS WERE ALL AROUND US.
THERE'S DIFFERENT AREAS ON THE SHIP WHERE THE TEMPERATURE WOULD JUST DROP.
Jennifer: THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS INVESTIGATE THE SICK BAY.
WE STARTED RECORDING TO SEE IF WE COULD CATCH ANY EVPs.
AND WE STARTED HEARING LOTS OF NOISE.
WE HEARD COMMOTION, LIKE, DESKS BEING DRAGGED ACROSS THE ROOM, BANGING, CRASHING.
I WENT UPSTAIRS TO SEE IF ANYBODY WAS MAKING ANY NOISE ABOVE US, BUT THERE WAS NOBODY ON THE SHIP.
IT WAS JUST ME AND CAROL.
WE KNEW IT HAD TO BE THE SPIRITS OF FORMER SAILORS.
Carolann: I HAVE THE ABILITY TO SENSE THINGS, AND LATER THAT EVENING, I WAS IN THE HALLWAY, AND A MAN'S NAME, "CHARLES," CAME TO ME.
CHARLES, ARE YOU WITH US RIGHT NOW? Jennifer: IF YOUR NAME IS NOT CHARLES, CAN YOU JUST TELL US YOUR NAME? Carolann: WE HAD A DIGITAL RECORDER AT THE TIME, AND WHEN WE WENT BACK TO REVIEW, WE CAUGHT A MAN'S NAME -- "I'M CHARLES.
" Jennifer: WHEN I LISTENED TO THE RECORDINGS, I ACTUALLY HEARD HIM SAY HIS NAME WAS CHARLES.
Carolann: HE CAME THROUGH TO ME STRONGLY THAT HE HAD DIED ON THE SHIP.
MAYBE HE WAS LOOKING FOR HELP.
I FELT SADNESS, AND I WANTED TO HELP HIM GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Jennifer: THE EVP WAS AN INTELLIGENT RESPONSE TO HER QUESTION.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A SPIRIT, DEFINITELY LETTING US KNOW THAT THEY WERE THERE AND THEY CAN HEAR US AND THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS.
Carolann: THE LATER THE EVENING GOT, THE CREEPIER AND SCARIER THE SHIP GOT.
Jennifer: LATER THAT EVENING, I FELT A HEAVINESS IN THE AIR, LIKE A PRESENCE AROUND ME.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR FAST-PACED WALKING, AND I COULD ACTUALLY HEAR THE CLOTHES MOVING WITH EACH STRIDE, AND THEY WERE COMING FAST.
I TURN AROUND -- THERE'S NOBODY THERE.
THAT WAS SCARY.
AFTER I HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS, WE WERE STILL TRYING TO GET SOME EVPs, AND WE WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SURGICAL UNITS.
THEY WERE CHAINED OFF.
AND I LOOKED TO MY RIGHT, AND I SAW THE CHAIN MOVING IN THE DOORJAMB.
CAROL, COME BACK.
-DID YOU JUST MAKE THAT CHAIN MOVE? -Carolann: NO.
I DIDN'T TOUCH THE CHAIN.
SO THEN I SAID, "CAN YOU MAKE THE CHAIN MOVE AGAIN?" [ ELECTRICITY BUZZES .]
Jennifer: THE CHAIN DIDN'T MOVE, BUT THE LIGHT RIGHT ABOVE ME FLICKERED, SO CAROL STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.
Carolann: I SAID, "CAN YOU DO THAT AGAIN? IS THAT YOU?" AND A LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF, ON AND OFF.
EVERY TIME I ASKED A QUESTION, IT RESPONDED TO ME BY FLICKERING.
Jennifer: WHEN I SAW THE LIGH FLICKER TO CAROLANN'S QUESTIONS, I KNEW WE WERE NOT ALONE ON THAT SHIP.
Carolann: SINCE WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH ACTIVITY, I DECIDED TO TAKE OUT MY CAMERA, AND AS I WAS VIDEOTAPING, I SAW A FLASH AT A LOCKER.
SOMETHING SHOT BY.
Jennifer: CAROL GOES, "I JUST SAW A FLASH.
" I ASKED IF ANYBODY WAS OVER THERE, COULD THEY PLEASE BANG ON THE LOCKER? WHILE CAROL WAS FILMING, WE HEARD A "BANG, BANG.
" AND THAT'S WHEN THE APPARITION WENT BY.
WHEN WE REVIEWED THE EVIDENCE, WE WERE BOTH FLOORED.
Carolann: WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO, I GOT GOOSE BUMPS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER CAUGHT ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
IT WAS, LIKE, KIND OF SCARY.
Jennifer: WE SLOWED DOWN THE SPEED AND WE WATCHED I FRAME BY FRAME BY FRAME.
AND THEN WE FREEZE-FRAMED IT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN OUTLINE OF A SAILOR.
AFTER WE REALIZED THAT WE CAUGH SOMETHING PARANORMAL -- AN APPARITION -- THE FIRST TIME, WE WENT BACK TO TRY TO CATCH IT AGAIN.
WE WERE IN THE SAME SPOT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUT OF A ROOM ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THIS LITTLE THING GOES RIGHT BY THE CAMERA.
Carolann: THIS TIME, IT GOES SUPER-SPEEDY FAST, LIKE, SUPERMAN.
THERE'S NO WAY IT COULD BE A HUMAN BEING BECAUSE HUMAN BEINGS CAN'T RUN THAT QUICK.
I COULD HEAR FOOTSTEPS REALLY LOUD.
Jennifer: I WAS REALLY FRIGHTENED BECAUSE IT WASN'T OF HUMAN FORM.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A HUMAN.
IT LOOKED SCARY.
Carolann: ONE OF THE STORIES I HEARD IN THE BERTHING AREA WHERE I CAUGH THE FIRST APPARITION WAS THAT A SAILOR ACTUALLY HUNG HIMSELF WITH HIS BELT.
I DO BELIEVE THA THE SPIRIT WE CAPTURED ON TAPE WAS THE MAN THAT HUNG HIMSELF IN HIS BUNK.
Jennifer: BASED ON ALL THE EVIDENCE WE CAPTURED ON THE U.
S.
S.
HORNET, I WOULD NEVER GO BACK ON THAT SHIP AND STAY THERE ALL NIGHT ALONE.
Carolann: THIS EXPERIENCE OF THE U.
S.
S.
HORNET HAS CHANGED ME TO WHERE I'M MORE OF A BELIEVER NOW THAN I'VE EVER BEEN.
BECAUSE OF THE EVIDENCE WE'VE CAUGHT I KNOW THE OTHER SIDE DOES EXIST.
McDonald: JEFFERSON, TEXAS, IS A VERY HAUNTED PLACE.
WHEN I SAW THE APPARITION, I WAS TERRIFIED.
IT JUST SEEMED AS IF EVERY PHOTO THAT I TOOK, MORE AND MORE THINGS WERE HAPPENING.
Stone: HE LOOKS EVIL.
IT'S JUST A CREEPY PICTURE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD SPIRIT.
McDonald: I FELT LIKE MAYBE I WAS BEING FOLLOWED.
IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING.
Stone: I JUST FELT REALLY WEAK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.
McDonald: WHATEVER IT IS, IT WAS IN THE ROOM WITH US.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I TOOK A TRIP TO JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
I HAD BEEN TO JEFFERSON, TEXAS, A COUPLE TIMES IN THE PAST.
IT'S JUS A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE TOWN.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF HISTORY THERE, WHICH I REALLY ENJOYED, AND WAS SURE MY AUNT WOULD, AS WELL.
Stone: WE WENT TO JEFFERSON, TEXAS, BECAUSE IT WAS MY NEPHEW BRIAN'S 30th BIRTHDAY.
WHEN YOU GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, EVERYTHING LOOKS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO THE TOWN.
YOU REALLY DON'T SEE ANYBODY.
IT'S A GHOST TOWN.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS AT ALL OF SEEING ANY KIND OF GHOST.
I JUST ASSUMED THAT I WAS GOING TO GO AND HAVE A PEACEFUL TIME AWAY FROM THE CITY.
BUT IT DIDN'T TURN OUT THAT WAY.
McDonald: WE ARRIVED AT THE JEFFERSON HOTEL.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S EVERYTHING AS, BASICALLY, LIKE IT WAS BACK IN THE 1850s.
IT'S JUS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL HOTEL.
THE DESK CLERK WAS TELLING US ABOUT DIFFERENT HAUNTINGS THAT WERE OCCURRING IN THE HOTEL.
Stone: SHE SAID THAT THERE'S A BRIDE THAT GOT A TELEGRAM THAT HER GROOM WAS NO GOING TO BE MARRYING HER.
McDonald: WHEN SHE RECEIVED THAT, SHE ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO HER HOTEL ROOM AND SHE HUNG HERSELF FROM THE CHANDELIER.
IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER BY THEIR SELF.
THE CHANDELIER WILL ACTUALLY ROCK BACK AND FORTH.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THAT ROOM.
WE ASKED THE DESK CLERK ABOU THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN ITSELF.
SHE WAS TELLING US ABOU DIFFERENT HAUNTINGS THAT WERE OCCURRING.
HOWEVER, MY AUNT AND I, WE WEREN'T REALLY BUYING THESE STORIES.
SHE PROCEEDED TO TELL US ABOUT THE GHOST TOUR.
Stone: WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO A GHOST WALK AND SEE ALL THE HAUNTED HISTORICAL BUILDINGS.
OF COURSE, I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT, BUT HOW FUN IT WOULD BE.
McDonald: OUR FIRST LOCATION WOULD BE A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.
Stone: THERE WERE ABOU 20 OTHER PEOPLE ON THE TOUR, AND THEY'RE ALL SNAPPING THEIR PICTURES.
McDonald: WELL, I KIND OF STOOD BACK, AND I SNAPPED A PHOTO.
INSIDE THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE ORBS AND A MISTY APPARITION ACROSS THE WHOLE TOP OF THE HOUSE, AS IF IT WERE FOLLOWING US.
Stone: THERE'S THIS HUGE CLOUD OF MIST.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
McDonald: ONCE I SAW THE ORBS, THE MISTY APPARITION, I KNEW THEN AT THAT POIN THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON.
WE MOVED ON TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
I WAS SNAPPING PHOTOS EVEN JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
I WOULD SEE ORBS AND A MISTY APPARITION KIND OF ABOVE ME.
I FELT LIKE MAYBE I WAS BEING FOLLOWED.
MAYBE IT JUS WANTED TO LET ME KNOW THAT YES, INDEED IT IS REAL.
IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING.
Stone: OUR LAST HOUSE THA WE WENT TO, THE PRIDE HOUSE, MY NEPHEW WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THE YARD AND THE HOUSE, AND IN THIS ONE SHOT, THERE IS A LADY IN BLUE.
HER BODY'S KIND OF SEE-THROUGH.
IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE HER HAIR IS PINNED UP AND SHE'S GOT THIS BIG HAT ON.
McDonald: WHEN I SAW THE APPARITION, I WAS TERRIFIED.
IT JUST SEEMED AS IF EVERY PHOTO THAT I TOOK, MORE AND MORE THINGS WERE HAPPENING.
Stone: AFTER THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN, WE ALL WENT INTO THE PRIDE HOUSE.
McDonald: ONCE MY AUNT ENTERED THE HOUSE, SHE BECAME VERY, VERY ILL.
Stone: AS SOON AS I STEPPED IN THE DOOR, THERE WAS A HEAVINESS.
I JUST FELT REALLY WEAK AND NAUSEATED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.
McDonald: WHILE WE WERE AT THE PRIDE HOUSE, I WAS TAKING SOME PHOTOS.
IT WAS REPORTED PEOPLE HAD SEEN MANY THINGS AT THAT LOCATION.
I TOOK A PICTURE TOWARDS A DOOR, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A 6 TO 7 FOO TALL BLACK APPARITION.
Stone: I LOOKED AT IT, AND I THOUGHT THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE CREEPIEST PICTURE.
HE LOOKS EVIL.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE A FACE, BUT IT'S JUST A CREEPY PICTURE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD SPIRIT.
I THINK IT'S A BAD ONE.
I WAS RAISED THA THERE'S ANGELS AND DEMONS AND THERE'S NO GHOSTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT NOW.
McDonald: ONCE WE LEF THE HOUSE, SHE TOLD ME, "YOU'RE REALLY NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS, BUT I -- I FEEL FINE NOW.
" Stone: WHEN I WALKED OUT THAT DOOR, IT WAS LIKE I WAS GETTING BETTER -- LIKE IT WAS GOING AWAY, IT WAS BEING LIFTED OFF OF ME.
I WILL NEVER STEP FOO IN THAT HOUSE AGAIN, EVER.
McDonald: AFTER THE GHOST TOUR, I'D HAD ENOUGH AT THAT POINT, AND I WENT BACK TO MY ROOM.
Stone: WE HAD SETTLED DOWN IN OUR ROOM, AND I'M JUST ABOUT TO SLEEP.
AND I FELT SOMETHING BRUSH ACROSS MY FOREHEAD.
McDonald: SHE JUMPS OU OF HER BED WITH THESE HUGE EYES AND SAID, "SOMETHING JUST BRUSHED MY FOREHEAD.
" SO, I JUST GOT OUT THE CAMERA JUST TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS IN OUR ROOM.
THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST 10 ORBS.
ONE IS SO LARGE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT EVEN FINISHED COMING THROUGH THE WALL.
Stone: I SEEN ORBS EVERYWHERE.
IT'S JUSTCREEPY.
McDonald: I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BRIDE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GHOST TOUR THAT WE HAD TAKEN.
WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER IT WAS, IT WAS IN THE ROOM WITH US.
Stone: I DON'T NEED TO REVISI JEFFERSON.
I'VE BEEN THERE.
I'VE DONE THAT.
I'M DONE.
THE WHOLE TOWN'S HAUNTED.
McDonald: BEFORE, I WAS A SKEPTIC.
SINCE MY TRIP TO JEFFERSON, I'M A 100% BELIEVER.
SEEING EVERYTHING ON THE PHOTOS -- THE ORBS, THE MISTY APPARITION, THE VICTORIAN WOMAN, MY AUNT BECOMING ILL, THE BLACK APPARITION -- THAT CONFIRMS FOR ME THAT JEFFERSON, TEXAS, IS A VERY HAUNTED PLACE.
Michael: MY WIFE SAW THE APPARITION MOVE INTO A ROOM.
Tracie: THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR HOME.
Michael: IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE AN ANGEL.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND WHERE THE WING CONNECTS TO THE BODY.
Michael: I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DRAWING IN ENERGY TRYING TO FORM ITSELF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR LIVING ROOM.
Tracie: THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR HOME.
Michael: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I CAPTURED MY FIRST PHOTOS OF AN APPARITION ON FILM.
Tracie: THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
Michael: THAT IS A GOOD ONE, ISN'T IT? I HAVE A GREAT LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, AND I ALSO HAVE A GREAT LOVE FOR THE PARANORMAL.
AND SO I THOUGH WHY NOT JUST BRING THESE TWO ELEMENTS TOGETHER.
Tracie: MY HUSBAND HAS HAD A LOVE OF THE PARANORMAL EVER SINCE HE WAS A CHILD, AND HE JUST LIGHTS UP WHEN HE'S BEHIND THE CAMERA.
Michael: SINCE I'M NO A PARANORMAL RESEARCHER, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMEN THAT A PARANORMAL RESEARCHER WOULD HAVE.
BUT I DID HAVE MY CAMERA.
AND SO I WOULD GO TO HAUNTED PLACES AND JUST START TAKING PICTURES.
SO, I'M GOING TO ALL THESE PLACES, PHOTOGRAPHING ALL THIS WONDERFUL PHENOMENON SUCH AS THE CATFISH PLANTATION THE DRISKILL HOTEL MISS MOLLY'S BED & BREAKFAST.
I HAVE AN AMAZING PICTURE AT THE ALAMO.
THE PICTURES WERE BECOMING BETTER AND BETTER.
AND THEN, ONE DAY, WE VISITED A BOOKSTORE.
Tracie: MY HUSBAND WANTED TO GO TAKE PHOTOS AT A KNOWN HAUNTED BOOKSTORE, AND I WENT WITH HIM JUST AS A TAGALONG.
Michael: THIS BOOKSTORE USED TO BE A FORMER BORDELLO, AND IT IS NOW AN AMAZING BOOKSTORE WITH BOOKS DATING BACK EVEN INTO THE 1800s.
Tracie: IT WAS A MAZE OF BOOKS AND NOOKS AND CRANNIES AND SEVERAL ROOMS.
AS WE WERE WALKING THROUGH, THE LIGHTS HAD GONE OFF AND ON A COUPLE OF TIMES.
IT WAS OFF.
WHO TURNED IT ON? Michael: I DON'T KNOW.
DID YOU? Tracie: NO.
I THINK IT IS THE SPIRIT OF SOMETHING THAT LIVES IN THE BOOKSTORE.
THE LIGHTS WERE A KNOWN PHENOMENON TO HAPPEN.
AFTER THE LIGHTS HAD FLICKERED ON AND OFF, I JUST SAW SOMETHING MOVE VERY QUICKLY OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE.
COME HERE.
TAKE A PICTURE OVER HERE.
IT LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE WHITE LIGHT IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION.
Michael: MY WIFE SAW THE APPARITION MOVE INTO A ROOM, SO WE SNAPPED THIS PICTURE.
Tracie: THAT'S WHERE HE DID CATCH A PHOTO OF AN ORB IN BETWEEN TWO BOOKS.
THE ORB IS KIND OF SMALL AND WHITE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BLUE AURA.
WHEN I SAW THE LIGHT GO BY, IT WAS A PRETTY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
THE FIRST STRANGE THING THAT HAPPENED AFTER VISITING THE BOOKSTORE WOULD BE MY HUSBAND TELLING ME THAT THE INTERIOR LIGH OF HIS CAR TURNED ON BY ITSELF.
Michael: I WOULD GO OUT TO MY GARAGE TO THROW OUR TRASH AWAY, AND THE LITTLE LIGHTS ABOVE THE DASHBOARD, THE ONES YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY PUSH IN WITH YOUR FINGER, THOSE WERE COMING ON.
YOU DISMISS IT THE FIRST TIME.
GO OUT THERE AND TURN IT OFF THINKING IT WAS JUST A SHORT.
AND THEN, LITERALLY, WITHIN THE SPACE OF 5 TO 10 MINUTES, THIS EVENT HAPPENED THREE OR FOUR MORE TIMES.
I FELT LIKE A SPIRIT FOLLOWED ME HOME.
Tracie: WHEN I WAS ASLEEP, I WOKE UP JUST VERY SUDDENLY, AND IT FELT LIKE THE AIR HAD GONE OUT OF THE ROOM.
IT WAS AS IF SOMETHING HAD COVERED MY EYES, AS IF THE ROOM HAD ACTUALLY GOTTEN DARKER.
I KIND OF SAT UP AND LOOKED AROUND, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
Michael: SHE SAID, "SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.
" AND SHE JUST WOKE UP, JUST, FRIGHTENED.
AND WE ACTUALLY TURNED THE LIGHT ON.
Tracie: I WAS IN A BIT OF A PANIC, AND I KNOW THAT I WAS MAKING HIM FEEL PANICKED.
Michael: AND WE LITERALLY HEARD "TAP, TAP, TAP" ON THE NIGHT STAND LIKE SOMEONE KNOCKING ON IT.
AND WE'RE BOTH LOOKING AT EACH OTHER WITH OUR LIGHT ON, SO, OBVIOUSLY, NO ONE'S NEAR IT.
Tracie: SO, I MADE MY HUSBAND GET OUT OF BED AND RUN TO THE NIGHTSTAND.
HE DID OPEN THE DRAWER, AND I HAVE A LITTLE FLASHLIGH THAT'S IN THERE, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY ON.
THAT DEFINITELY FRIGHTENED ME.
WE HAD BEEN GIVEN A NEW CAMERA, AND I WANTED TO TRY IT OUT, SORT OF PLAY WITH THE SETTINGS AND SEE HOW IT WORKED.
Michael: WE'RE JUS MESSING AROUND WITH IT, TAKING SOME PHOTOS HERE AND THERE.
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE.
Tracie: I LOOK AT THIS PHOTO THAT I JUST TOOK, AND I WAS COMPLETELY AMAZED.
IT LOOKED LIKE AN ENTITY TRYING TO COME TOGETHER TO FORM SOME FORT OF SHAPE.
IT LOOKS LIKE ECTOPLASM, SMOKE.
THERE ARE TWO LARGE ARCS OF LIGH THAT ARE OVER IN THE CORNER AND A REALLY LARGE, VERY BRIGHT ORB.
Michael: IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DRAWING IN ENERGY TRYING TO FORM ITSELF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR LIVING ROOM WITHIN FEET FROM WHERE WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOU A LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME THAT FELL RIGHT AFTER THAT BOOKSTORE.
I'VE HEARD OF STORIES OF SPIRITS THAT CAN FOLLOW YOU HOME.
BUT YOU NEVER WANT TO BELIEVE IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
Tracie: I WAS STARTING TO GET UNSETTLED.
THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR HOME.
THAT HAS TAKEN ME OFF GUARD AND HAS DEFINITELY FRIGHTENED ME.
Michael: AFTER ALL THE PARANORMAL INCIDENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR HOME, I DECIDED THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
THIS JUST COULD NO CONTINUE TO GO ON.
SO, I LEARNED HOW TO SAGE MY HOME TO RID OUR HOME OF THIS ENTITY.
MY WIFE AND SON WERE GONE FOR THE DAY, AND I WAS ALONE IN THE HOUSE.
SO, AT THAT TIME, I DECIDED TO SAGE THE HOUSE.
AND AFTER SAGE-ING IT, I OPENED THE WINDOW TO ALLOW THE SPIRIT TO LEAVE.
AND AS I OPENED THE WINDOW, I FELT THE RUSH OF ENERGY GO PAST ME AS IF IT WAS JUST FINALLY EXITING OUR HOME FOR GOOD.
AND THEN I CLOSED THE WINDOW, FEELING THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM CHANGE FROM THE BAD TO THE BETTER.
AND AT THAT POINT, I FELT THE SPIRI HAD FINALLY LEFT OUR HOME.
Tracie: HAVING AN ENTITY IN OUR HOME DID REALLY AFFECT ME.
I WAS STRESSED OUT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
NOW THAT I'VE HAD A LITTLE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AND KNOW HOW TO BLESS AND SAGE, I DO FEEL THAT I HAVE SOME DEFENSE AGAINST THIS AND THAT I HAVE SAY OF WHAT GOES ON IN MY HOME.
Michael: I'M NOT A RESEARCHER.
I'M NOT A PSYCHIC.
I'M NOT A MEDIUM.
I AM JUST A REGULAR PERSON WHO HAD A HEALTHY INTEREST IN THE PARANORMAL FROM CHILDHOOD.
AND NOW THAT I'VE TAKEN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, I'VE HAD ACTIVITY IN MY HOME AND HAD TO DEAL WITH IT DIRECTLY, I CAN GENUINELY SAY 100% THAT THE PARANORMAL WORLD IS REAL, SPIRITS ARE REAL, GHOSTS ARE REAL, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT, PHOTOGRAPHED IT, EXPERIENCED IT FOR MYSELF.
Davis: THAT WHITE MIS WAS THE SPIRIT OF ALMA ELDRED.
James: I FELT A PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.
NICOLE IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
Scherry: I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
THIS WAS MY DAUGHTER.
Jennifer: ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS LITTLE THING GOES RIGHT BY THE CAMERA.
Carolann: I FELT SPIRITS ALL AROUND ME.
McDonald: THERE WAS A MISTY APPARITION ABOVE ME.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING FOLLOWED.
IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING.
Stone: I WAS RAISED THAT THERE'S NO GHOSTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT NOW.
Tracie: I JUST SAW SOMETHING MOVE OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE.
Michael: I'VE HEARD STORIES OF SPIRITS THAT CAN FOLLOW YOU HOME.
BUT YOU NEVER WANT TO BELIEVE IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.
Davis: I NOTICED THIS FEMALE FIGURE GOING AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT WAS GLOWING.
Hamilton: IT'S UNNERVING TO SEE A SMALL APPARITION RUN ACROSS THE DOORWAY.
Davis: SEEING THAT SPIRI WAS ABSOLUTELY SPOOKY.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I FIRST STEPPED FOO IN THE JAMES J.
ELDRED HOUSE.
JAMES ELDRED BUILT THE HOUSE.
IT WAS FINISHED IN 1861.
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD TO RESTORE THE HOUSE.
WE GO INTO THE HOUSE BEFOREHAND TO DO A LOT OF CLEANING AND PICK IT UP BEFORE PEOPLE COME IN FOR TOURS.
THE FIRST TIME I MET LOREN WAS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY WEN TO THE JAMES J.
ELDRED HOUSE.
HE WAS DOING THE TOUR.
Hamilton: I HOST TOURS AND PUBLIC OVERNIGHT INVESTIGATIONS AT THE ELDRED HOUSE.
KELLY SPENDS MORE TIME AT THE HOUSE THAN ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE OF HER PASSION FOR THE HOUSE.
Davis: THE ELDREDS WERE VERY WEALTHY, AND THEY LIKED SHOWING OFF THEIR MONEY.
IT WAS A VERY GRAND HOUSE WHEN ALL THE WINGS WERE ACTUALLY INTACT.
THERE WAS 23 ROOMS IN THIS HOUSE.
WHEN JAMES FINISHED THE HOUSE, THOUGH, THAT'S WHEN TRAGEDY STARTED TO STRIKE THE FAMILY.
ALMA ELDRED WAS JAMES ELDRED'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.
SHE DIED WHEN SHE WAS ALMOST 5 OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Hamilton: ALMA'S TWO OLDER SISTERS BOTH DIED ALSO OF TUBERCULOSIS.
THOSE THREE DAUGHTERS ALL DIED IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE AGE OF 17.
I THINK SO MANY DEATHS IN THE HOUSE AND SO MANY TRAGEDIES BESTOWED ON THE FAMILY CAUSES A LO OF THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WE SEE STILL TODAY IN THE HOUSE.
WHEN I FIRST WALKED INTO THE HOUSE, YOU HAD A SENSE THAT YOU WEREN'T ALONE.
IT DEFINITELY GAVE A SENSE OF FOREBODING, A SENSE THAT THERE WAS STILL ENERGY IN THE HOUSE.
Davis: ONE DAY, RIGHT BEFORE A TOUR, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOU 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, I WAS SWEEPING UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND LEVEL.
SOMETHING CAME OVER ME, LIKE A MOTHERLY INSTINCT, TO TURN AROUND, LIKE SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME.
SO, I SLOWLY TURNED, AND I LOOKED UP, AND I SEE THIS LITTLE SPIRIT GIRL PEEKING HER HEAD OUT OF THE NURSERY.
SHE HAD THIS LITTLE SMILE ON HER FACE, AND THEN SHE DUCKED HER HEAD BACK INTO THE ROOM.
I WAS COMPLETELY STARTLED, 'CAUSE I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE THAT.
I HAD TO GO RUSH AND FIND MY HUSBAND AND TELL HIM, "YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT I JUST SAW.
" WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALMA'S SPIRI BECAUSE THERE WAS REALLY NO OTHER CHILDREN OF THAT AGE THAT ACTUALLY DIED WITHIN THAT HOUSE.
ANY TIME THAT YOU SENSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT IS GONNA FRIGHTEN YOU.
ONE NIGHT WE WERE DOING A TOUR AT THE HOUSE, AND WHEN WE DO THESE TOURS, WE BREAK THEM UP IN GROUPS, AND EACH ONE OF US WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PART OF THAT GROUP AND WE SPLIT IT UP AND GO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
AND MY SISTER TOOK THEM UPSTAIRS TO THE ATTIC, AND SHE JUST STARTED TAKING PICTURES LEFT AND RIGHT.
Hamilton: THE PICTURE THAT WE CAPTURED ON THE EAST WINDOW IN THE ATTIC IS THE UPPER TORSO OF WHA APPEARS TO BE AN OLDER WOMAN.
Davis: YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE CHEEKS, THE NOSE, A BONNET, AND IT SLOWLY FADES DOWN INTO A DRESS.
WE BELIEVE IT COULD BE ONE OF THE OLDER ELDRED GIRLS -- EVA OR ALICE.
Hamilton: THIS IS AN ATTIC WINDOW THAT'S FOUR STORIES ABOVE GROUND.
IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANYONE OUTSIDE.
IT'S UNNERVING TO SEE FACES IN THE WINDOWS.
THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES THAT WE'RE NOT AT THE HOUSE, AND WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE SEND US E-MAILS BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN SOMEONE'S FIGURE IN THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT, AND NO ONE CAME TO THE DOOR.
I THINK THEY WERE SEEING THE FACES OF SOMEONE FROM A TIME LONG AGO.
WE WERE IN THE HOUSE DURING ONE VERY COLD WINTER NIGHT.
HAD THE CAMERAS ROLLING ON THE DOWNSTAIRS, POINTED TOWARDS THE KITCHEN.
Davis: MY SISTER TOLD ME, "I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S SITTING HERE.
SOMEBODY'S SITTING WITH US.
" AND I KEPT SAYING, "OKAY.
SURE.
" WE WENT OUTSIDE TO, KIND OF, COOL DOWN, AND WE WERE GONNA GO BACK IN AND CONTINUE INVESTIGATING.
SO I KNOW EVERYBODY WAS OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Hamilton: THAT'S WHEN WE CAPTURED THE APPARITION MOVING FROM THE LEF TO THE RIGHT IN THE VIDEO.
Davis: I LOOKED AT THIS FOOTAGE, AND I NOTICED THIS FEMALE FIGURE GOING AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT WAS GLOWING.
Hamilton: THE APPARITION THAT I SEEN IN THE VIDEO ABSOLUTELY BLEW ME AWAY.
IT SEEMS LIKE SHE HAS ON A LONG, BELLE-PERIOD DRESS.
THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CANNO SEE IS THE TOP OF HER HEAD.
Davis: MOST WOMEN IN THE 1860s, THEY WOULDN'T WEAR THOSE KIND OF DRESSES UNLESS THEY WERE OLDER.
WE'RE ASSUMING THA IT'S ONE OF THE OLDER TWO GIRLS WHO PASSED AWAY IN THE HOUSE.
Hamilton: THE TWO OLDER ELDRED GIRLS ALSO DIED AT A YOUNG AGE, AND THAT'S WHY WE FEEL THEIR SPIRIT STILL HAUNTS THE HOUSE TODAY.
Davis: I SHOWED I TO MY SISTER-IN-LAW, AND I SAID, "IS THIS THE AREA WHERE YOU KEPT FEELING THAT SOMEBODY WAS SITTING AT?" AND SHE SAID, "YEAH.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS.
" Hamilton: I WAS ASTOUNDED, THOUGH, THAT WHAT WE HAVE FELT, WHAT WE HAVE SENSED, WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT THAT.
Davis: SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE A TOUR, I GOT A PHONE CALL SAYING THAT PART OF THE WALL HAD COLLAPSED INTO THE NURSERY.
FOR SAFETY REASONS, WE WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO GO UP ON THE SECOND OR THIRD FLOOR.
SO I TOOK A GROUP OF PEOPLE DOWN TO THE CEMETERY RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
Hamilton: WE THOUGH THAT WE'D TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE DECEASED ELDREDS WHERE ALL THE ELDREDS ARE ENTOMBED TODAY.
Davis: WHILE WE DOWN THERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR MY FRIEND SAY, "YOU NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE NOW.
" WHEN THEY DID, THEY CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID, "LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.
" Hamilton: YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE FACE OF ALMA ELDRED SHOW UP IN THAT PICTURE.
Davis: I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS LITTLE FACE CAME FROM.
THEN I REALIZED THAT WE WERE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO THE GRAVE OF ALMA ELDRED.
Hamilton: I COULD SEE THE FACIAL FEATURES OF WHAT HAD TO BE ALMA ELDRED.
TO CATCH THE PICTURE OF ALMA MADE ME VERY EXCITED.
IT FELT LIKE WE HAD VALIDATION, AND I FELT LIKE WE WERE HELPING HER, TOO.
Davis: A FEW WEEKS LATER, SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS AND I WENT UP TO THE HOUSE, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS SOME ACTIVITY IN THIS ROOM, WHICH WE BELIEVED WAS JAMES AND EMELINE'S ROOM.
SO I SET THE CAMERA UP TO CATCH THE FULL VIEW OF THE ROOM, WHICH INCLUDED THE DOOR ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE HALLWAY.
WE WERE ACTUALLY UPSTAIRS IN THE ATTIC.
WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
BUT UPON REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE, SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENED THERE.
Hamilton: YOU'LL SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SMALL APPARITION RUN ACROSS THE DOORWAY.
Davis: SEEING THAT SPIRI WAS ABSOLUTELY SPOOKY.
THAT MIS THAT GOES ACROSS THE DOOR IS ABOUT HALFWAY IN THE DOORWAY.
SO WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IS A CHILD.
Hamilton: THE HEIGH OF THE APPARITION IS SO SHORT, AND THE DIRECTION OF THE ROOM THAT THE SPIRIT GOES INTO IS WHAT WAS ALMA'S NURSERY WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE.
Davis: THAT WHITE MIS WAS THE SPIRIT OF ALMA ELDRED.
Hamilton: I THINK ALMA'S SPIRI IS TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE SHE DIED AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE AND WASN'T ABLE TO EXPERIENCE LIFE.
Davis: SEEING THAT VIDEO SEALED THE DEAL TO ME THAT THERE WAS LIFE AFTER DEATH.
THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE AT THE ELDRED HOUSE HAS DEFINITELY MADE ME OPEN MY EYES A LITTLE BIT WIDER TO SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE OUT THERE.
Hamilton: SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME ON THE TOURS WANT TO SEE A FULL-BODY APPARITION LIKE WE SEEN IN THE VIDEO.
AND TO THOSE PEOPLE, I OFTEN USE THE ADAGE, "BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT.
" I THINK THIS IS A FAMILY OF SPIRITS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IGNORED THROUGH THE YEARS, AND NOW, I THINK THE ACTIVITY IN THE HOUSE HAS BECOME STRONGER AND STRONGER AND MORE FREQUEN THE MORE WE VISIT.
Davis: WHEN I SEE EVIDENCE LIKE THIS, IT MAKES ME HAVE MORE FAITH IN WHAT I BELIEVE IN.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE A VEIL OVER THEIR EYES.
AT THE ELDRED HOUSE, IT WILL BE LIFTED.
James: THE EMOTION WAS JUST OVERWHELMING.
I FELT A PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.
Scherry: IT JUST REALLY FLABBERGASTED ME.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHA I WAS SEEING WITH MY OWN EYES.
James: THAT WAS NICOLE'S SPIRIT THERE.
Scherry: I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
THIS WAS MY DAUGHTER.
James: I FELT A PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.
Scherry: AND THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS, "THAT WAS NICOLE.
" IT JUST REALLY FLABBERGASTED ME.
James: OBVIOUSLY, NICOLE IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
Scherry: MY GHOST STORY BEGINS SHORTLY AFTER THE DEATH OF OUT BEAUTIFUL 26-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, NICOLE.
NICOLE WAS AN AWESOME DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS THE ONE THAT ALWAYS REMEMBERED ME ON MOTHER'S DAY AND MY BIRTHDAY.
SHE HAD THE MOST CAREFREE SPIRIT.
James: OH, NICOLE WAS WONDERFUL.
SHE WAS FUN TO BE AROUND.
SHE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HER FACE.
Scherry: SHE WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HER BACK.
SHE LOVED WORKING WITH PEOPLE, AND SHE LOVED BEING A MOM.
NICOLE HAD BEGUN TELLING CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS, PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS BEFORE SHE DIED, THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO LIVE TO SEE 30.
THE FIRST TIME SHE TOLD ME THAT, SHE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD.
SHE WASN'T DEPRESSED.
WE WERE ACTUALLY WATCHING TV, AND SHE SAYS, "MOM, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO 30.
I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE.
I'LL DIE BEFORE YOU.
" AND I TOLD HER THAT WAS RIDICULOUS.
THERE WAS NOTHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH NICOLE.
SHE WAS VERY HEALTHY.
SHE WAS YOUNG.
AND THERE WAS NO REASON TO ASSUME THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE.
HER PREMONITION, UNFORTUNATELY, DID COME TRUE ON APRIL 2, 2010 AT ABOUT 10:00 AT NIGHT.
MY HUSBAND AND I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL SAYING THAT NICOLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE MORGUE, THAT SHE HAD PASSED AWAY.
SHE ACTUALLY DIED IN HER SISTER'S HOUSE, PUTTING ON HER MAKEUP.
HER HEART SIMPLY STOPPED.
James: EVERYTHING JUST WENT NUMB.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, HONESTLY.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Scherry: I WENT INTO SHOCK.
I COULDN'T THINK.
I COULDN'T SPEAK.
I COULDN'T CRY.
I WANTED TO GO SEE HER, AND MY HUSBAND THOUGHT THA IT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA.
HE WAS AFRAID THAT IT WOULD TRAUMATIZE ME.
SO, I NEVER REALLY GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY DAUGHTER.
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER NICOLE DIED, I WAS IN THE KITCHEN WITH ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS NOT ON THE BEST OF TERMS WITH NICOLE, AND I TURNED JUST IN TIME TO SEE A NIGHT-LIGH THAT WAS IN MY KITCHEN OUTLE COME FLYING OUT OF THE OUTLET.
IT SAILED OVER THE DOOR, IT HIT THE PANTRY, AND IT RICOCHETED OFF THE PANTRY AND CAME TO A SPIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE KITCHEN FLOOR.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS HURLED WITH GREAT FORCE, AND THE FIRST THING I THOUGH WAS, "THAT WAS NICOLE, AND SHE WAS ANGRY.
" IT JUST REALLY FLABBERGASTED ME.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHA I WAS SEEING WITH MY OWN EYES.
AFTER THE INITIAL INCIDEN IN THE KITCHEN, THINGS REALLY STARTED HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS.
SOME OF THEM WERE MINOR, SOME OF THEM WERE MAJOR, AND THEY WOULD INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM HEARING FOOTSTEPS IN THE ATTIC, PICTURES BEING TURNED AROUND, COLD AIR, THE ANIMALS ACTING STRANGELY.
[ DOG BARKS .]
AND THIS BECAME ACTUALLY PART OF OUR NORMAL HOUSEHOLD.
James: THERE WAS ONE NIGH I HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT LONG WITH BAD NAUSEA AND JUST WAS FEELING TERRIBLE.
SCHERRY HAD FALLEN ASLEEP, AND THE PAIN JUST WENT AWAY.
I HAD A CALM, VERY PEACEFUL FEELING ABOUT ME.
AND I FELT A PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.
THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IS, IT'S A BALL OF SOFT, COLD AIR, AND I KNEW IN EVERY FIBER OF ME THAT THA WAS NICOLE'S SPIRIT THERE.
SHE WAS JUST HOVERING OVER ME, AND I REACHED OVER AND I SHOOK SCHERRY AWAKE AND I SAID THAT, "SHE'S HERE.
" Scherry: AND I SAID, "WHO'S HERE?" AND HE SAID, "NICOLE'S HERE.
" AND I LOOKED AROUND, AND I SAID, "WHERE?" AND HE SAID, "SHE'S EVERYWHERE.
" AND WE NOTICED A LARGE BALL OF COLD AIR MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE AMBIENT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
IT WAS JUST A VERY SOFT, COMFORTING, COLD BALL OF AIR.
AND IT MOVED UP AND DOWN OUR BODIES, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
THIS WAS MY DAUGHTER.
James: THE EMOTION WAS JUST OVERWHELMING.
Scherry: WE LAY THERE AND MY HUSBAND WAS CRYING, AND HE DOESN'T CRY.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS HAVING AN EXTREMELY INTENSE EXPERIENCE.
I WAS, TOO, AT THAT POINT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE COLD AIR DISAPPEARED.
IT WAS JUST GONE.
POOF! AFTER ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE, I DECIDED THAT I WOULD TRY TO GET PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, AND I FELT THAT THE FIRST PLACE TO LOOK WAS IN THE BEDROOM.
AND MY METHOD OF TAKING PICTURES WAS TO TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES IN RAPID SUCCESSION.
ONE DAY WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE JUST SIFTING THROUGH PICTURES, HE TOLD ME TO STOP, GO BACK TO ANOTHER PICTURE I HAD JUST PASSED.
James: AND SHE ROLLED THROUGH THIS ONE PICTURE, AND SHE SAID, "THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ONE.
" I SAID, "WHOA.
WAIT A MINUTE.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIRROR IN THAT ONE.
GO BACK.
" SHE EXPANDED THE PICTURE TO WHERE THE MIRROR FILLED THE SCREEN, AND THERE'S AN IMAGE OF A FACE.
Scherry: AND IT LOOKED LIKE ME.
AND AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS ME.
MY HUSBAND SAID, "IT CAN'T BE YOU, SCHERRY.
WE'D SEE YOU IN THE MIRROR.
" I THOUGHT, "DUH.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
" [ LAUGHS .]
I TRIED TO DUPLICATE THAT PICTURE IN HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH 100 SHOTS, AND ONLY IN THAT ONE PICTURE IS THAT FACE THERE.
AND IT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE ME.
AND MY DAUGHTER, NICOLE, ACTUALLY, WE RESEMBLE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH, AND SO WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS, IN FACT, NICOLE.
James: MAYBE SHE WANTS US TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY, THAT SHE'S STILL THERE AND THIS ISN'T THE END.
Scherry: I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THE PICTURE WE CAPTURED IS MY DAUGHTER.
THAT'S THE CORNER SHE LIKES TO HANG AROUND, AND NICOLE ALWAYS LIKES TO DO DRAMATIC THINGS, AND THERE'S NO MUCH MORE DRAMATIC THAN A PICTURE IN THE MIRROR.
I DIDN'T FEEL FEAR AT ALL.
I WAS ACTUALLY EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
I DIDN'T GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY DAUGHTER.
I FELT LIKE I WAS CHEATED OUT OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT A MOTHER CAN SHARE WITH HER DAUGHTER.
AND I FELT LIKE, FINALLY, I HAD A LITTLE PIECE OF HER THAT WAS STILL HERE WITH ME.
AND IT HELPED ME TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT LESS CHEATED.
James: THAT REALLY WAS AN EYE-OPENER FOR ME.
OBVIOUSLY, NICOLE IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
Scherry: MY DAUGHTER'S FIANCé IS RAISING THEIR SON.
I BELIEVE THAT NICOLE VISITS HIM QUITE FREQUENTLY.
IN ONE PICTURE, I REALIZED THERE WAS AN AMAZING ORB RIGHT NEXT TO HIM.
AND I FOUND SOME VERY SIMILAR ONES IN OTHER PICTURES.
SOME OF THE PLACES THAT NICOLE'S ORBS HAVE APPEARED HAVE BEEN IN THE HALLWAY, WHERE HER PICTURE IS, IN MY BEDROOM IN THE CORNER, WHERE, I BELIEVE SHE LIKES TO HANG OUT A LOT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I SLEEP.
ALSO, THERE WAS A PICTURE CAPTURED LAST CHRISTMAS OF MY SON ON THE COUCH WITH A VERY MAGNIFICENT ORB WITH HIM AND THE DOG.
THE ORBS ARE AMAZING.
THEY HAVE A VERY SHARP EDGE, THEY'RE ALMOST PERFECTLY ROUND, AND THEY'RE VERY CONSISTEN IN THE WAY THEY APPEAR.
I ABSOLUTELY DO FEEL THESE ARE HER SPIRIT ENERGY.
I ACTUALLY WEN AND PORED THROUGH HUNDREDS OF FAMILY PHOTOS, AND WE HAVEN' CAPTURED THESE ORBS IN ANY PICTURES THAT WE HAD PRIOR TO NICOLE'S DEATH.
WE WERE AT A VERY FORMAL OCCASION EARLY THIS YEAR, AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PICTURES TAKEN AT THIS OCCASION.
AND WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE PICTURES, WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE ORBS ON MY HUSBAND'S BODY AND ON MY BODY IN THE PICTURES.
AND THE ONLY ORBS THA WERE VISIBLE ON ANY PICTURES WERE THE ONES THAT WERE ON MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF.
James: I THINK MAYBE SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO BE A PART OF THAT EVENING WITH US.
Scherry: THIS EXPERIENCE HAS CHANGED ME IN THE FAC THAT I'D ALWAYS KNOWN FROM THE TIME I WAS A CHILD THAT THERE WERE SPIRITS, BUT I NEVER HAD ANYTHING REALLY TANGIBLE.
THIS EVENT JUST KIND OF REACHED OUT AND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE, AND IT SOLIDIFIED WHAT I'D KNOWN ALL THE TIME -- THAT AFTER WE DIE OR PASS AWAY, WE JUST SIMPLY CHANGE FORM.
WE'RE STILL ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND WE WILL IN ANY WAY WE CAN.
James: LOSING YOUR DAUGHTER -- THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO LOSE A CHILD LIKE THAT.
TO KNOW THAT SHE'S STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF REASSURANCE THAT SHE'S GONNA BE THERE AGAIN WHEN WE GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Jennifer: I WAS REALLY FRIGHTENED BECAUSE IT WASN'T OF HUMAN FORM.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A HUMAN.
IT LOOKED SCARY.
Carolann: WE SAW ANOTHER APPARITION RUNNING BY THE CAMERA.
THE SHIP WAS GETTING CREEPIER AND SCARIER.
I FELT SPIRITS ALL AROUND ME.
Jennifer: WE HEARD A "BANG, BANG.
" AND THAT'S WHEN THE APPARITION WENT BY.
Carolann: WE WERE IN A HALLWAY.
WE GOT AN EVP OF A MAN SAYING, "CHARLES.
" Jennifer: I KNEW WE WERE NOT ALONE ON THAT SHIP.
I WAS FRIGHTENED.
Carolann: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN ON THE U.
S.
S.
HORNE IN ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.
I BECAME INTERESTED IN U.
S.
S.
HORNE BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT THE SHIP, AND I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE IF THESE STORIES WERE REAL.
SO, I DECIDED TO CHECK IT OUT.
A FRIEND OF MINE NAMED JENNY CAME WITH ME.
Jennifer: THE U.
S.
S.
HORNET WAS COMMISSIONED IN WORLD WAR II.
IT'S SEEN MANY WARS, LIKE THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
I'VE HEARD A LO ABOUT THE HORNET, BUT I HAD NO IDEA HOW BIG THE SHIP WAS GOING TO BE.
ITS SIZE IS ASTOUNDING.
IT'S AS BIG AS A CITY.
Carolann: MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE U.
S.
S.
HORNE WAS THE ELECTRICITY I FEL WALKING UP THE STAIRWAY.
IT WAS INTENSE.
Jennifer: I THINK THE SHIP IS HAUNTED, BECAUSE 300 MEN DIED ON BOARD FROM JUST ACCIDENTS ALONE AND SUICIDE.
Carolann: I FELT LIKE THE SPIRITS WERE ALL AROUND US.
THERE'S DIFFERENT AREAS ON THE SHIP WHERE THE TEMPERATURE WOULD JUST DROP.
Jennifer: THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS INVESTIGATE THE SICK BAY.
WE STARTED RECORDING TO SEE IF WE COULD CATCH ANY EVPs.
AND WE STARTED HEARING LOTS OF NOISE.
WE HEARD COMMOTION, LIKE, DESKS BEING DRAGGED ACROSS THE ROOM, BANGING, CRASHING.
I WENT UPSTAIRS TO SEE IF ANYBODY WAS MAKING ANY NOISE ABOVE US, BUT THERE WAS NOBODY ON THE SHIP.
IT WAS JUST ME AND CAROL.
WE KNEW IT HAD TO BE THE SPIRITS OF FORMER SAILORS.
Carolann: I HAVE THE ABILITY TO SENSE THINGS, AND LATER THAT EVENING, I WAS IN THE HALLWAY, AND A MAN'S NAME, "CHARLES," CAME TO ME.
CHARLES, ARE YOU WITH US RIGHT NOW? Jennifer: IF YOUR NAME IS NOT CHARLES, CAN YOU JUST TELL US YOUR NAME? Carolann: WE HAD A DIGITAL RECORDER AT THE TIME, AND WHEN WE WENT BACK TO REVIEW, WE CAUGHT A MAN'S NAME -- "I'M CHARLES.
" Jennifer: WHEN I LISTENED TO THE RECORDINGS, I ACTUALLY HEARD HIM SAY HIS NAME WAS CHARLES.
Carolann: HE CAME THROUGH TO ME STRONGLY THAT HE HAD DIED ON THE SHIP.
MAYBE HE WAS LOOKING FOR HELP.
I FELT SADNESS, AND I WANTED TO HELP HIM GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Jennifer: THE EVP WAS AN INTELLIGENT RESPONSE TO HER QUESTION.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A SPIRIT, DEFINITELY LETTING US KNOW THAT THEY WERE THERE AND THEY CAN HEAR US AND THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS.
Carolann: THE LATER THE EVENING GOT, THE CREEPIER AND SCARIER THE SHIP GOT.
Jennifer: LATER THAT EVENING, I FELT A HEAVINESS IN THE AIR, LIKE A PRESENCE AROUND ME.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR FAST-PACED WALKING, AND I COULD ACTUALLY HEAR THE CLOTHES MOVING WITH EACH STRIDE, AND THEY WERE COMING FAST.
I TURN AROUND -- THERE'S NOBODY THERE.
THAT WAS SCARY.
AFTER I HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS, WE WERE STILL TRYING TO GET SOME EVPs, AND WE WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SURGICAL UNITS.
THEY WERE CHAINED OFF.
AND I LOOKED TO MY RIGHT, AND I SAW THE CHAIN MOVING IN THE DOORJAMB.
CAROL, COME BACK.
-DID YOU JUST MAKE THAT CHAIN MOVE? -Carolann: NO.
I DIDN'T TOUCH THE CHAIN.
SO THEN I SAID, "CAN YOU MAKE THE CHAIN MOVE AGAIN?" [ ELECTRICITY BUZZES .]
Jennifer: THE CHAIN DIDN'T MOVE, BUT THE LIGHT RIGHT ABOVE ME FLICKERED, SO CAROL STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.
Carolann: I SAID, "CAN YOU DO THAT AGAIN? IS THAT YOU?" AND A LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF, ON AND OFF.
EVERY TIME I ASKED A QUESTION, IT RESPONDED TO ME BY FLICKERING.
Jennifer: WHEN I SAW THE LIGH FLICKER TO CAROLANN'S QUESTIONS, I KNEW WE WERE NOT ALONE ON THAT SHIP.
Carolann: SINCE WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH ACTIVITY, I DECIDED TO TAKE OUT MY CAMERA, AND AS I WAS VIDEOTAPING, I SAW A FLASH AT A LOCKER.
SOMETHING SHOT BY.
Jennifer: CAROL GOES, "I JUST SAW A FLASH.
" I ASKED IF ANYBODY WAS OVER THERE, COULD THEY PLEASE BANG ON THE LOCKER? WHILE CAROL WAS FILMING, WE HEARD A "BANG, BANG.
" AND THAT'S WHEN THE APPARITION WENT BY.
WHEN WE REVIEWED THE EVIDENCE, WE WERE BOTH FLOORED.
Carolann: WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO, I GOT GOOSE BUMPS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER CAUGHT ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
IT WAS, LIKE, KIND OF SCARY.
Jennifer: WE SLOWED DOWN THE SPEED AND WE WATCHED I FRAME BY FRAME BY FRAME.
AND THEN WE FREEZE-FRAMED IT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN OUTLINE OF A SAILOR.
AFTER WE REALIZED THAT WE CAUGH SOMETHING PARANORMAL -- AN APPARITION -- THE FIRST TIME, WE WENT BACK TO TRY TO CATCH IT AGAIN.
WE WERE IN THE SAME SPOT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUT OF A ROOM ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THIS LITTLE THING GOES RIGHT BY THE CAMERA.
Carolann: THIS TIME, IT GOES SUPER-SPEEDY FAST, LIKE, SUPERMAN.
THERE'S NO WAY IT COULD BE A HUMAN BEING BECAUSE HUMAN BEINGS CAN'T RUN THAT QUICK.
I COULD HEAR FOOTSTEPS REALLY LOUD.
Jennifer: I WAS REALLY FRIGHTENED BECAUSE IT WASN'T OF HUMAN FORM.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A HUMAN.
IT LOOKED SCARY.
Carolann: ONE OF THE STORIES I HEARD IN THE BERTHING AREA WHERE I CAUGH THE FIRST APPARITION WAS THAT A SAILOR ACTUALLY HUNG HIMSELF WITH HIS BELT.
I DO BELIEVE THA THE SPIRIT WE CAPTURED ON TAPE WAS THE MAN THAT HUNG HIMSELF IN HIS BUNK.
Jennifer: BASED ON ALL THE EVIDENCE WE CAPTURED ON THE U.
S.
S.
HORNET, I WOULD NEVER GO BACK ON THAT SHIP AND STAY THERE ALL NIGHT ALONE.
Carolann: THIS EXPERIENCE OF THE U.
S.
S.
HORNET HAS CHANGED ME TO WHERE I'M MORE OF A BELIEVER NOW THAN I'VE EVER BEEN.
BECAUSE OF THE EVIDENCE WE'VE CAUGHT I KNOW THE OTHER SIDE DOES EXIST.
McDonald: JEFFERSON, TEXAS, IS A VERY HAUNTED PLACE.
WHEN I SAW THE APPARITION, I WAS TERRIFIED.
IT JUST SEEMED AS IF EVERY PHOTO THAT I TOOK, MORE AND MORE THINGS WERE HAPPENING.
Stone: HE LOOKS EVIL.
IT'S JUST A CREEPY PICTURE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD SPIRIT.
McDonald: I FELT LIKE MAYBE I WAS BEING FOLLOWED.
IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING.
Stone: I JUST FELT REALLY WEAK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.
McDonald: WHATEVER IT IS, IT WAS IN THE ROOM WITH US.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I TOOK A TRIP TO JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
I HAD BEEN TO JEFFERSON, TEXAS, A COUPLE TIMES IN THE PAST.
IT'S JUS A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE TOWN.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF HISTORY THERE, WHICH I REALLY ENJOYED, AND WAS SURE MY AUNT WOULD, AS WELL.
Stone: WE WENT TO JEFFERSON, TEXAS, BECAUSE IT WAS MY NEPHEW BRIAN'S 30th BIRTHDAY.
WHEN YOU GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, EVERYTHING LOOKS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO THE TOWN.
YOU REALLY DON'T SEE ANYBODY.
IT'S A GHOST TOWN.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS AT ALL OF SEEING ANY KIND OF GHOST.
I JUST ASSUMED THAT I WAS GOING TO GO AND HAVE A PEACEFUL TIME AWAY FROM THE CITY.
BUT IT DIDN'T TURN OUT THAT WAY.
McDonald: WE ARRIVED AT THE JEFFERSON HOTEL.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S EVERYTHING AS, BASICALLY, LIKE IT WAS BACK IN THE 1850s.
IT'S JUS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL HOTEL.
THE DESK CLERK WAS TELLING US ABOUT DIFFERENT HAUNTINGS THAT WERE OCCURRING IN THE HOTEL.
Stone: SHE SAID THAT THERE'S A BRIDE THAT GOT A TELEGRAM THAT HER GROOM WAS NO GOING TO BE MARRYING HER.
McDonald: WHEN SHE RECEIVED THAT, SHE ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO HER HOTEL ROOM AND SHE HUNG HERSELF FROM THE CHANDELIER.
IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER BY THEIR SELF.
THE CHANDELIER WILL ACTUALLY ROCK BACK AND FORTH.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THAT ROOM.
WE ASKED THE DESK CLERK ABOU THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN ITSELF.
SHE WAS TELLING US ABOU DIFFERENT HAUNTINGS THAT WERE OCCURRING.
HOWEVER, MY AUNT AND I, WE WEREN'T REALLY BUYING THESE STORIES.
SHE PROCEEDED TO TELL US ABOUT THE GHOST TOUR.
Stone: WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO A GHOST WALK AND SEE ALL THE HAUNTED HISTORICAL BUILDINGS.
OF COURSE, I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT, BUT HOW FUN IT WOULD BE.
McDonald: OUR FIRST LOCATION WOULD BE A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.
Stone: THERE WERE ABOU 20 OTHER PEOPLE ON THE TOUR, AND THEY'RE ALL SNAPPING THEIR PICTURES.
McDonald: WELL, I KIND OF STOOD BACK, AND I SNAPPED A PHOTO.
INSIDE THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE ORBS AND A MISTY APPARITION ACROSS THE WHOLE TOP OF THE HOUSE, AS IF IT WERE FOLLOWING US.
Stone: THERE'S THIS HUGE CLOUD OF MIST.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
McDonald: ONCE I SAW THE ORBS, THE MISTY APPARITION, I KNEW THEN AT THAT POIN THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON.
WE MOVED ON TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
I WAS SNAPPING PHOTOS EVEN JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
I WOULD SEE ORBS AND A MISTY APPARITION KIND OF ABOVE ME.
I FELT LIKE MAYBE I WAS BEING FOLLOWED.
MAYBE IT JUS WANTED TO LET ME KNOW THAT YES, INDEED IT IS REAL.
IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING.
Stone: OUR LAST HOUSE THA WE WENT TO, THE PRIDE HOUSE, MY NEPHEW WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THE YARD AND THE HOUSE, AND IN THIS ONE SHOT, THERE IS A LADY IN BLUE.
HER BODY'S KIND OF SEE-THROUGH.
IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE HER HAIR IS PINNED UP AND SHE'S GOT THIS BIG HAT ON.
McDonald: WHEN I SAW THE APPARITION, I WAS TERRIFIED.
IT JUST SEEMED AS IF EVERY PHOTO THAT I TOOK, MORE AND MORE THINGS WERE HAPPENING.
Stone: AFTER THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN, WE ALL WENT INTO THE PRIDE HOUSE.
McDonald: ONCE MY AUNT ENTERED THE HOUSE, SHE BECAME VERY, VERY ILL.
Stone: AS SOON AS I STEPPED IN THE DOOR, THERE WAS A HEAVINESS.
I JUST FELT REALLY WEAK AND NAUSEATED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.
McDonald: WHILE WE WERE AT THE PRIDE HOUSE, I WAS TAKING SOME PHOTOS.
IT WAS REPORTED PEOPLE HAD SEEN MANY THINGS AT THAT LOCATION.
I TOOK A PICTURE TOWARDS A DOOR, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A 6 TO 7 FOO TALL BLACK APPARITION.
Stone: I LOOKED AT IT, AND I THOUGHT THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE CREEPIEST PICTURE.
HE LOOKS EVIL.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE A FACE, BUT IT'S JUST A CREEPY PICTURE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD SPIRIT.
I THINK IT'S A BAD ONE.
I WAS RAISED THA THERE'S ANGELS AND DEMONS AND THERE'S NO GHOSTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT NOW.
McDonald: ONCE WE LEF THE HOUSE, SHE TOLD ME, "YOU'RE REALLY NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS, BUT I -- I FEEL FINE NOW.
" Stone: WHEN I WALKED OUT THAT DOOR, IT WAS LIKE I WAS GETTING BETTER -- LIKE IT WAS GOING AWAY, IT WAS BEING LIFTED OFF OF ME.
I WILL NEVER STEP FOO IN THAT HOUSE AGAIN, EVER.
McDonald: AFTER THE GHOST TOUR, I'D HAD ENOUGH AT THAT POINT, AND I WENT BACK TO MY ROOM.
Stone: WE HAD SETTLED DOWN IN OUR ROOM, AND I'M JUST ABOUT TO SLEEP.
AND I FELT SOMETHING BRUSH ACROSS MY FOREHEAD.
McDonald: SHE JUMPS OU OF HER BED WITH THESE HUGE EYES AND SAID, "SOMETHING JUST BRUSHED MY FOREHEAD.
" SO, I JUST GOT OUT THE CAMERA JUST TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS IN OUR ROOM.
THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST 10 ORBS.
ONE IS SO LARGE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT EVEN FINISHED COMING THROUGH THE WALL.
Stone: I SEEN ORBS EVERYWHERE.
IT'S JUSTCREEPY.
McDonald: I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BRIDE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GHOST TOUR THAT WE HAD TAKEN.
WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER IT WAS, IT WAS IN THE ROOM WITH US.
Stone: I DON'T NEED TO REVISI JEFFERSON.
I'VE BEEN THERE.
I'VE DONE THAT.
I'M DONE.
THE WHOLE TOWN'S HAUNTED.
McDonald: BEFORE, I WAS A SKEPTIC.
SINCE MY TRIP TO JEFFERSON, I'M A 100% BELIEVER.
SEEING EVERYTHING ON THE PHOTOS -- THE ORBS, THE MISTY APPARITION, THE VICTORIAN WOMAN, MY AUNT BECOMING ILL, THE BLACK APPARITION -- THAT CONFIRMS FOR ME THAT JEFFERSON, TEXAS, IS A VERY HAUNTED PLACE.
Michael: MY WIFE SAW THE APPARITION MOVE INTO A ROOM.
Tracie: THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR HOME.
Michael: IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE AN ANGEL.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND WHERE THE WING CONNECTS TO THE BODY.
Michael: I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DRAWING IN ENERGY TRYING TO FORM ITSELF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR LIVING ROOM.
Tracie: THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR HOME.
Michael: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I CAPTURED MY FIRST PHOTOS OF AN APPARITION ON FILM.
Tracie: THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
Michael: THAT IS A GOOD ONE, ISN'T IT? I HAVE A GREAT LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, AND I ALSO HAVE A GREAT LOVE FOR THE PARANORMAL.
AND SO I THOUGH WHY NOT JUST BRING THESE TWO ELEMENTS TOGETHER.
Tracie: MY HUSBAND HAS HAD A LOVE OF THE PARANORMAL EVER SINCE HE WAS A CHILD, AND HE JUST LIGHTS UP WHEN HE'S BEHIND THE CAMERA.
Michael: SINCE I'M NO A PARANORMAL RESEARCHER, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMEN THAT A PARANORMAL RESEARCHER WOULD HAVE.
BUT I DID HAVE MY CAMERA.
AND SO I WOULD GO TO HAUNTED PLACES AND JUST START TAKING PICTURES.
SO, I'M GOING TO ALL THESE PLACES, PHOTOGRAPHING ALL THIS WONDERFUL PHENOMENON SUCH AS THE CATFISH PLANTATION THE DRISKILL HOTEL MISS MOLLY'S BED & BREAKFAST.
I HAVE AN AMAZING PICTURE AT THE ALAMO.
THE PICTURES WERE BECOMING BETTER AND BETTER.
AND THEN, ONE DAY, WE VISITED A BOOKSTORE.
Tracie: MY HUSBAND WANTED TO GO TAKE PHOTOS AT A KNOWN HAUNTED BOOKSTORE, AND I WENT WITH HIM JUST AS A TAGALONG.
Michael: THIS BOOKSTORE USED TO BE A FORMER BORDELLO, AND IT IS NOW AN AMAZING BOOKSTORE WITH BOOKS DATING BACK EVEN INTO THE 1800s.
Tracie: IT WAS A MAZE OF BOOKS AND NOOKS AND CRANNIES AND SEVERAL ROOMS.
AS WE WERE WALKING THROUGH, THE LIGHTS HAD GONE OFF AND ON A COUPLE OF TIMES.
IT WAS OFF.
WHO TURNED IT ON? Michael: I DON'T KNOW.
DID YOU? Tracie: NO.
I THINK IT IS THE SPIRIT OF SOMETHING THAT LIVES IN THE BOOKSTORE.
THE LIGHTS WERE A KNOWN PHENOMENON TO HAPPEN.
AFTER THE LIGHTS HAD FLICKERED ON AND OFF, I JUST SAW SOMETHING MOVE VERY QUICKLY OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE.
COME HERE.
TAKE A PICTURE OVER HERE.
IT LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE WHITE LIGHT IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION.
Michael: MY WIFE SAW THE APPARITION MOVE INTO A ROOM, SO WE SNAPPED THIS PICTURE.
Tracie: THAT'S WHERE HE DID CATCH A PHOTO OF AN ORB IN BETWEEN TWO BOOKS.
THE ORB IS KIND OF SMALL AND WHITE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BLUE AURA.
WHEN I SAW THE LIGHT GO BY, IT WAS A PRETTY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
THE FIRST STRANGE THING THAT HAPPENED AFTER VISITING THE BOOKSTORE WOULD BE MY HUSBAND TELLING ME THAT THE INTERIOR LIGH OF HIS CAR TURNED ON BY ITSELF.
Michael: I WOULD GO OUT TO MY GARAGE TO THROW OUR TRASH AWAY, AND THE LITTLE LIGHTS ABOVE THE DASHBOARD, THE ONES YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY PUSH IN WITH YOUR FINGER, THOSE WERE COMING ON.
YOU DISMISS IT THE FIRST TIME.
GO OUT THERE AND TURN IT OFF THINKING IT WAS JUST A SHORT.
AND THEN, LITERALLY, WITHIN THE SPACE OF 5 TO 10 MINUTES, THIS EVENT HAPPENED THREE OR FOUR MORE TIMES.
I FELT LIKE A SPIRIT FOLLOWED ME HOME.
Tracie: WHEN I WAS ASLEEP, I WOKE UP JUST VERY SUDDENLY, AND IT FELT LIKE THE AIR HAD GONE OUT OF THE ROOM.
IT WAS AS IF SOMETHING HAD COVERED MY EYES, AS IF THE ROOM HAD ACTUALLY GOTTEN DARKER.
I KIND OF SAT UP AND LOOKED AROUND, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
Michael: SHE SAID, "SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.
" AND SHE JUST WOKE UP, JUST, FRIGHTENED.
AND WE ACTUALLY TURNED THE LIGHT ON.
Tracie: I WAS IN A BIT OF A PANIC, AND I KNOW THAT I WAS MAKING HIM FEEL PANICKED.
Michael: AND WE LITERALLY HEARD "TAP, TAP, TAP" ON THE NIGHT STAND LIKE SOMEONE KNOCKING ON IT.
AND WE'RE BOTH LOOKING AT EACH OTHER WITH OUR LIGHT ON, SO, OBVIOUSLY, NO ONE'S NEAR IT.
Tracie: SO, I MADE MY HUSBAND GET OUT OF BED AND RUN TO THE NIGHTSTAND.
HE DID OPEN THE DRAWER, AND I HAVE A LITTLE FLASHLIGH THAT'S IN THERE, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY ON.
THAT DEFINITELY FRIGHTENED ME.
WE HAD BEEN GIVEN A NEW CAMERA, AND I WANTED TO TRY IT OUT, SORT OF PLAY WITH THE SETTINGS AND SEE HOW IT WORKED.
Michael: WE'RE JUS MESSING AROUND WITH IT, TAKING SOME PHOTOS HERE AND THERE.
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE.
Tracie: I LOOK AT THIS PHOTO THAT I JUST TOOK, AND I WAS COMPLETELY AMAZED.
IT LOOKED LIKE AN ENTITY TRYING TO COME TOGETHER TO FORM SOME FORT OF SHAPE.
IT LOOKS LIKE ECTOPLASM, SMOKE.
THERE ARE TWO LARGE ARCS OF LIGH THAT ARE OVER IN THE CORNER AND A REALLY LARGE, VERY BRIGHT ORB.
Michael: IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DRAWING IN ENERGY TRYING TO FORM ITSELF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR LIVING ROOM WITHIN FEET FROM WHERE WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOU A LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME THAT FELL RIGHT AFTER THAT BOOKSTORE.
I'VE HEARD OF STORIES OF SPIRITS THAT CAN FOLLOW YOU HOME.
BUT YOU NEVER WANT TO BELIEVE IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
Tracie: I WAS STARTING TO GET UNSETTLED.
THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR HOME.
THAT HAS TAKEN ME OFF GUARD AND HAS DEFINITELY FRIGHTENED ME.
Michael: AFTER ALL THE PARANORMAL INCIDENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR HOME, I DECIDED THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
THIS JUST COULD NO CONTINUE TO GO ON.
SO, I LEARNED HOW TO SAGE MY HOME TO RID OUR HOME OF THIS ENTITY.
MY WIFE AND SON WERE GONE FOR THE DAY, AND I WAS ALONE IN THE HOUSE.
SO, AT THAT TIME, I DECIDED TO SAGE THE HOUSE.
AND AFTER SAGE-ING IT, I OPENED THE WINDOW TO ALLOW THE SPIRIT TO LEAVE.
AND AS I OPENED THE WINDOW, I FELT THE RUSH OF ENERGY GO PAST ME AS IF IT WAS JUST FINALLY EXITING OUR HOME FOR GOOD.
AND THEN I CLOSED THE WINDOW, FEELING THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM CHANGE FROM THE BAD TO THE BETTER.
AND AT THAT POINT, I FELT THE SPIRI HAD FINALLY LEFT OUR HOME.
Tracie: HAVING AN ENTITY IN OUR HOME DID REALLY AFFECT ME.
I WAS STRESSED OUT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
NOW THAT I'VE HAD A LITTLE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AND KNOW HOW TO BLESS AND SAGE, I DO FEEL THAT I HAVE SOME DEFENSE AGAINST THIS AND THAT I HAVE SAY OF WHAT GOES ON IN MY HOME.
Michael: I'M NOT A RESEARCHER.
I'M NOT A PSYCHIC.
I'M NOT A MEDIUM.
I AM JUST A REGULAR PERSON WHO HAD A HEALTHY INTEREST IN THE PARANORMAL FROM CHILDHOOD.
AND NOW THAT I'VE TAKEN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, I'VE HAD ACTIVITY IN MY HOME AND HAD TO DEAL WITH IT DIRECTLY, I CAN GENUINELY SAY 100% THAT THE PARANORMAL WORLD IS REAL, SPIRITS ARE REAL, GHOSTS ARE REAL, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT, PHOTOGRAPHED IT, EXPERIENCED IT FOR MYSELF.