My Ghost Story (2010) s05e03 Episode Script

Work: YOU JUST KIND OF FEL LIKE SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING YOU.
English: "OH, WOW.
DID YOU SEE THAT?" Storer: WE FOUND A FIGURE IN THE DOORWAY.
Moore: THIS WAS A REAL EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
Lennon: I FELT A THUMP ON MY FOOT, AND YOU COULD SEE AN ORB LEAVING MY FOOT.
Srock: ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE ENDED UP WITH ORBS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Marie: I SEE OUT THE CORNER OF MY EYE AN APPARITION STARTING TO TAKE FORMATION.
[ CREAK .]
THIS IS THE MOST FRIGHTENING THING THAT I HAD EVER ENCOUNTERED.
Nichols: I FELT THIS THING GO UP THE BACK OF MY LEFT LEG.
I DID FEEL IT WAS THE SPIRI OF WILLIAM WHO WAS TOUCHING ME.
English: IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE'S WALKING THROUGH THE OFFICE.
Work: I FEEL IT HAS TO BE PARANORMAL.
English: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I STARTED WORKING WITH THE JUNCTION CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2004.
THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING FOR THE VILLAGE IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
IT HOUSES EVERYTHING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, TRUSTEES, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHEN I WAS BY MYSELF, I WOULD HEAR NOISES.
[ THUD .]
ONE OF THE NOISES IS A FOOTSTEP.
IT OCCURS IN THAT HALLWAY THAT CONNECTS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE'S WALKING THROUGH THE OFFICE, TAKING THAT STEP TO COME IN.
YOU CONSTANTLY THINK YOU HEAR IT, AND YOU KNOW SOMEONE'S COMING.
I WOULD LOOK UP AND WONDER WHY NO ONE CAME IN, AND I WOULD ASK THE FORMER CHIEF, "WHAT WAS THAT?" AND IT WAS JUST DISMISSED.
IN 2010, I WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF OF JUNCTION CITY.
AS THE MORE TIME I SPENT THERE, STRANGE THINGS WOULD OCCUR.
[ CREAKING .]
LIKE FURNITURE BEING MOVED ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND IT'S BETWEEN 2:00 AND 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
TO ACCESS THE UPSTAIRS, YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND WALK AN EXTERIOR STAIRWAY INTO THE SECOND FLOOR.
I WOULD EXPECT TO FIND SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING, AND NO ONE WAS IN THE ROOM.
I'M STILL NOT REALLY SURE ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY IS HAPPENING, BUT THINGS WERE HAPPENING.
ONE NIGHT, I WAS BY MYSELF BETWEEN 2:00 AND 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
I KNOW NO ONE ELSE IS IN THIS BUILDING.
SO AS I'M WALKING TOWARDS MY OFFICE IT FELT LIKE SOMEBODY CAME UP BEHIND ME AND TRIED TO STOP ME.
THAT PRESENCE YOU FEEL WHEN SOMEONE GETS INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO STANDING BEHIND YOU.
SOMETHING ELSE WAS OCCURRING HERE.
SOMEBODY ELSE WAS THERE WITH ME THAT I COULDN'T SEE.
IT WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME SAY, "OKAY, IT'S TIME TO END FOR THE NIGHT.
" WHEN I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT, I HAD TO TALK TO SOMEBODY BECAUSE THAT FEELING WAS JUST TOO WEIRD, AND BEING LAW ENFORCEMENT, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO OU ASKING QUESTIONS AND APPEAR, YOU KNOW, OFF MY ROCKER.
THAT'S WHEN MY HUSBAND SAID ONE OF HIS FRIENDS IS A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER AND HE DOES PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS.
BEING FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ENCOURAGEMEN TO SEEK OUT HIS HELP.
I SPOKE WITH THEM, AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD SEND A CREW OUT TO INVESTIGATE.
MEG CAME AND ARRIVED AT THE BUILDING AND SET UP FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION.
Work: AMY CONTACTED US AND ASKED US IF WE COULD COME IN AND DO AN INVESTIGATION FOR HER.
IT WAS POSSIBLY PARANORMAL.
English: I DECIDED TO LEAVE THE BUILDING.
I WENT OUT ON PATROL AND PRETTY MUCH STAYED OUT OF THEIR WAY.
Work: WHEN OUR TEAM FIRST WALKED INTO THE BUILDING, THERE REALLY WASN'T MUCH OF A FEELING IN THAT PARTICULAR ROOM.
THE NEXT ROOM WAS THE HALLWAY WHERE SHE SAID SHE HEARD A LOT OF FOOTSTEPS.
WHEN WE WALKED IN THAT AREA, THE ATMOSPHERE SEEMED TO CHANGE.
AND YOU JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE MAYBE SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING YOU.
WE SET UP MONITORS.
WE SET UP CAMERAS, SOME IN THE HALLWAY, SOME IN AMY'S OFFICE.
WE ALSO SET UP VOICE RECORDERS, AND WE SEE IF THEY LIGHT UP OR NOT.
DURING THE INVESTIGATION, I HEARD FOOTSTEPS, JUST AS AMY HAD, AND I KNEW NO ONE WAS THERE.
WHEN I LISTENED TO THE RECORDINGS BACK, THERE'S THE EVPs OF FOOTSTEPS IN THE HALLWAY.
THEY HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
English: THEY HAD CAPTURED THE SAME SOUND THAT I HEARD.
Work: IN THE COUNCIL ROOM, WE GOT A VIDEO OF A LIGHT ANOMALY.
IN THE FIRST FRAME WE SAW, IT COMES FROM THE RIGHT SIDE AND MOVED ACROSS THE SCREEN.
AND THEN IN ANOTHER FRAME WE GOT, IT CAME FROM THE FLOOR.
THERE WERE NO LIGHTS THAT COULD HAVE SHINED IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA FROM OUTSIDE OR ANYTHING.
WHEN YOU'VE RULED OU ALL POSSIBILITIES, I FEEL IT HAS TO BE PARANORMAL.
AS I WAS REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE, I WAS SHOCKED.
IT LOOKS LIKE A PERSON GOING ACROSS THE SCREEN.
I MEAN, IT WAS AMAZING.
English: IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.
YOU CAN SEE IT PROGRESS OUT OF MY OFFICE.
IT WAS SHOCKING AND KIND OF SCARY.
Work: IT JUST SENT CHILLS UP MY SPINE.
English: I FELT SKEPTICAL, BUT AT THAT POINT, I HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR IT.
ONE DAY, WHEN I HAD THE REST OF THE OFFICERS ALL IN MY OFFICE AT THE SAME TIME, I SHOWED THEM THE VIDEOS.
AS THEY'RE WATCHING IT, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM JUST -- THEIR EYEBROWS WENT UP, AND IT WAS JUST THAT TOTAL SHOCK OF, "OH, WOW.
DID YOU SEE THAT?" Work: MY FIRST THOUGHTS WAS OF DAVID COX.
HE WAS A WORKER FOR THE VILLAGE OF JUNCTION CITY.
HE HAD BEEN MOWING IN A PARK A BLOCK OR SO FROM THIS VILLAGE OFFICE.
THE TRACTOR HAD TIPPED OVER.
HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
EVEN NOW, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE DEN WHERE HIS HEAD HIT THE SWING SET.
IT WAS HIS LIFE.
BEING THERE WAS HIS LIFE.
THAT'S ALL HE WANTED TO DO, WAS WORK THERE.
English: WHEN SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT MR.
COX SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING WHERE MY OFFICE IS LOCATED, IT JUST STARTED MAKING A LOT MORE SENSE TO ME.
Work: IT JUST STANDS TO REASON THAT SINCE THAT WAS HIS LIFE, THAT HE WOULD WANT TO BE THERE IN HIS AFTERLIFE.
THEY SAY HE LIKED TO PLAY JOKES ON PEOPLE, AND MAYBE THIS IS WHAT HE'S DOING TO AMY -- MOVING THINGS AROUND.
BUT IT'S JUST TOTALLY AMAZING WHEN WE SAW THIS.
IT JUST CAN'T BE EXPLAINED.
English: HAVING SEEN WHAT I'VE SEEN AND HEARD WHAT I'VE HEARD, IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT UNSETTLING.
IT STILL GETS ME WHEN I'M WORKING, TO HEAR THE FOOTSTEPS, BUT AT LEAST NOW I CAN ATTRIBUTE IT TO SOMETHING.
Work: I WOULD SAY OF SOMEONE THAT'S SKEPTICAL OF THIS STORY, IF YOU SEE THIS EVIDENCE, HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT IT COULD BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN PARANORMAL? THIS IS JUST AMAZING TO ACTUALLY PICK UP EVIDENCE THIS STRONG, AND I THINK THAT OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD SEE THIS AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SPIRITS OUT THERE.
English: AS A POLICE OFFICER, I'M USED TO DEALING WITH COLD, HARD FACTS, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, I JUS CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON.
Nichols: I FELT THIS THING GO UP THE BACK OF MY LEFT LEG.
ALL'S I COULD SCREAM WAS, "STOP, WILLIAM!" Johnson: WHEN I PLAYED BACK THE RECORDING, I KNEW IT WAS WILLIAM'S VOICE.
Nichols: MAYBE I WAS IN DANGER.
Johnson: THE CHANDELIER GLOBE STARTED ROCKING BACK AND FORTH.
Nichols: ALL'S I COULD SCREAM WAS, "STOP, WILLIAM.
" Johnson: WHEN I PLAYED BACK THE RECORDING, I KNEW IT WAS WILLIAM'S VOICE.
Nichols: MAYBE I WAS IN DANGER.
Johnson: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN MY FAMILY BOUGHT THE HOME IN 1969 THAT WE CALL THE GARRS LANE PROJECT.
THE HOUSE WAS PRETTY COOL.
WE DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE WHAT WAS THERE, OF COURSE.
WHEN THE HAUNTINGS STARTED HAPPENING, IT WOULD START OU WITH SOMETHING SMALL -- CAR KEYS MOVED.
A GLASS OF COKE MOVED.
YOU WOULD SIT IT DOWN, GO TO THE BATHROOM, COME BACK.
IT WOULD BE IN ANOTHER ROOM.
AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.
Nichols: SUZY AND I MET BACK IN 1978.
WE WENT TO CHURCH TOGETHER AND JUST KIND OF BECAME REALLY GREAT FRIENDS.
I WOULD GO OVER AND SPEND EVERY WEEKEND WITH HER AND HER FAMILY AT THE HOUSE.
IT WAS JUS YOUR AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY.
Johnson: BACK IN THE EARLY '80s, MY MOM WAS A HOME HEALTH AIDE.
SHE GOT THIS ONE CASE.
THE PATIENT'S NAME WAS WILLIAM.
HE WAS IN HIS 80s.
TALL, THIN MAN -- VERY FRAIL.
AND THE FAMILY, THEY WANTED HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE.
SO MY MOM BROUGHT HIM HOME AND TOOK CARE OF HIM.
I NEVER WOULD TALK TO HIM.
I NEVER WOULD HELP WITH HIS CARE.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOU WILLIAM THAT I JUST DIDN'T LIKE.
HE WAS VERY CREEPY.
ONE NIGHT, SHE WENT IN TO CHECK ON HIM BEFORE SHE WENT TO BED, AND SHE FOUND HIM DEAD.
Nichols: SUZY CALLED ME AND SAID, "YOU NEED TO COME GET ME.
" WHEN I WALKED INTO THE HOUSE, THERE WAS A HEAVINESS IN THE ROOM, AND I JUST HAPPENED TO COME THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM.
AND I LOOKED DOWN THE HALLWAY, AND I COULD SEE HIM LYING IN THE BED.
Johnson: WILLIAM IS THE ONLY PATIEN THAT SHE EVER HAD THAT DIED IN THE HOUSE, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S HIM THAT'S HAUNTING THE HOUSE.
AFTER WILLIAM PASSED AWAY, WE STARTED HAVING MORE ACTIVITY IN THE HOUSE.
I MOVED MY BEDROOM DOWN TO THE BASEMENT FOR MORE PRIVACY, AND SOMETIMES WHEN ME AND ANGELA WOULD BE DOWNSTAIRS OR ME AND SOMEONE ELSE, THEY WOULD COMPLAIN OF BEING TOUCHED, AND WE WOULD HEAR THE DOORKNOB RATTLE.
WE WOULD HEAR KNOCKS ON THE WALLS.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU MIGHT HEAR A VOICE.
Nichols: YOU JUST NEVER FELT ALONE.
Johnson: ONE NIGHT I WENT TO THE BASEMENT WITH SOME DOWSING RODS, 'CAUSE I WANTED TO FIGURE OU WHO WAS HAUNTING THE BASEMENT.
SO I WENT THROUGH THE ALPHABET, AND WE CAME UP WITH THE NAME "WILLIAM.
" EVER SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN CONVINCED THAT IT IS WILLIAM HAUNTING THE BASEMENT.
[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING .]
BACK IN 2001 WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE, I STARTED INVESTING IN SOME EQUIPMENT -- A VIDEO CAMERA -- AND THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD CATCH SOME STUFF ON FILM -- YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WEIRD STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON.
AND ONE DAY, WE WERE SITTING AROUND THE DINING ROOM TABLE, THE CHANDELIER GLOBE STARTED ROCKING BACK AND FORTH, SO I GRABBED MY CAMERA.
AND I SET IT UP, AND I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THA ON FILM.
[ RATTLING .]
THAT'S IT.
KEEP GOING.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING.
I SET UP A CAMERA BACK IN THE BACK BEDROOM AND HAD IT FACING THE DOOR, AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT.
IT KNOCKED OVER A HEADBOARD AND A FOOTBOARD.
[ CRASH .]
AND AFTER THEY FALL OVER, YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK MIS GO UP AND OVER THE DOORWAY IN THE ROOM.
[ THUD .]
[ THUD .]
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING.
SINCE WE GOT THE FOOTAGE IN WILLIAM'S ROOM, THAT COULD VERY WELL BE THE GHOST OF WILLIAM HANGING OUT DOWN THERE AND MAKING HIS PRESENCE KNOWN.
ANGELA CALLED ME IN NOVEMBER OF 2011 AND TOLD ME THAT HER HUSBAND AND SOME OF HER FRIENDS WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE HOUSE, GO IN THE BASEMENT, AND SEE IF ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN.
Nichols: I THINK THEY MAY HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF NOVEL TO BE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT.
THAT HOUSE CARRIES A LOT OF ENERGY.
Johnson: I TOLD HER IF HER HUSBAND AND HER FRIENDS CAME BACK, THAT SHE NEEDED TO COME BACK WITH THEM.
Nichols: I WAS VERY RELUCTANT.
I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THAT HOUSE FOR 26 YEARS, AND I TOLD MY HUSBAND AND OUR FRIENDS, "I HAVE NO DESIRE TO BE IN THAT HOUSE.
" Johnson: I FIGURED ANGELA SHOULD COME BACK, SINCE IT WAS HER HUSBAND AND HER FRIENDS THAT WANTED TO BE THERE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I FIGURED WHATEVER WAS DOWN THERE WAS GONNA REMEMBER HER FROM BEING THERE SO MANY YEARS BEFORE.
Nichols: ON THE EVENING NOVEMBER THE 19th, MY HUSBAND AND I AND A SET OF FRIEND OF OURS GOT TO THE HOUSE, AND INSTANTLY I FEL AS IF THOUGH SOMETHING WAS PUSHING ME BACK.
I MEAN, MY BODY WAS SHAKING.
THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF MY NECK STOOD UP.
AND SUZY, SHE INSTANTLY INVITED US ALL TO GO DOWNSTAIRS.
AT THAT POINT, I WAS NO LONGER FELT LIKE I WAS PUSHED.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE I WAS BEING DRAWN.
SUZY HAD TURNED ON A RECORDER, AND THEY TURNED THE LIGHTS OFF, AND I SAW THE DOORWAY GO COMPLETELY BLACK.
Johnson: HER HUSBAND STARTED TALKING.
"IF ANYBODY'S HERE," YOU KNOW, "LET US KNOW.
GIVE US A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE.
" Nichols: IT WAS ALMOST LIKE I COULD FEEL SOMEBODY IN THERE.
Johnson: AND THEN I ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OVER INTO WILLIAM'S ROOM TO SEE IF WE COULD GET ANYTHING ON TAPE.
Nichols: THE TWO GUYS WENT INTO WILLIAM'S ROOM.
Johnson: I DIDN'T GO IN THERE.
I STAYED OUTSIDE.
ANGELA STAYED EVEN FURTHER BEHIND ME.
Nichols: I KNEW I WASN'T GOING THERE.
I HAD ON A PAIR OF CAPRI PANTS, AND I FELT THIS THING START AT MY ANKLE AND GO UP THE BACK OF MY LEFT LEG.
ALL'S I COULD SCREAM WAS, "STOP, WILLIAM.
" I DID FEEL IT WAS THE SPIRI OF WILLIAM WHO WAS TOUCHING ME, AND THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS TO SCREAM, "STOP," AND THEN MY FINGER BEGAN TO BURN.
Johnson: ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEARD HER SCREAM THAT HER FINGER HAD BEEN BURNED, SO WE TURNED ON THE LIGHTS TO LOOK AT HER FINGER, AND IT WAS RED.
Nichols: I FELT LIKE I WAS GONNA PASS OUT.
I TOLD THEM WE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE.
I NEEDED AIR.
I REALLY WANTED OUT OF THE HOUSE.
AND WE WENT OUTSIDE, AND I TOLD MY HUSBAND, I SAID, "I'M READY TO GO.
" AND HE WAS LIKE, "JUST GIVE US 30 MORE MINUTES.
" Johnson: WE WANTED TO GO BACK DOWNSTAIRS, SEE IF ANGELA AND HER GROUP COULD GET SOME MORE STUFF.
I CONVINCED HER TO STAY, SO WE WENT BACK DOWNSTAIRS, AND I CHECKED MY RECORDER TO SEE IF IT HAD CAUGHT ANYTHING.
Nichols: I HEARD HER SAY, "OH, MY GOODNESS.
" SHE BROUGHT THE RECORDER OUT, AND YOU HEAR A MAN'S VOICE SAY, "STOP, OR YOU'RE GONNA GET BURNT.
" Johnson: WHEN I PLAYED BACK THE RECORDING OF THE EVP, I KNEW IT WAS WILLIAM'S VOICE, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN WILLIAM'S VOICE BEFORE AND HIS VOICE IS UNMISTAKABLE.
ANGELA JUST DIDN'T GE THE WARNING IN TIME, SO SHE SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES.
Nichols: AT THAT MOMENT, I KNEW I HAD TO LEAVE THAT HOUSE.
I FELT AS IF THOUGH MAYBE I WAS A DANGER.
I KNEW THE SPIRIT OF WILLIAM HAD TOUCHED ME.
HE HAD GIVEN ME A WARNING TO LEAVE.
Johnson: ANGELA WAS RATTLED, AND SHE COULDN'T WAI TO GET OUT OF THERE.
AND I UNDERSTOOD.
Nichols: WE HAVE A VERY QUICK GOODBYE, AND I REMEMBER SITTING DOWN IN THE CAR.
MY BODY STOPPED TREMBLING.
I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE I WAS GONNA BE OKAY.
Johnson: AFTER ANGELA WAS BURNED, IT LETS ME KNOW THAT THE GHOSTS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN, AND IF THEY HAVE TO HURT YOU TO DO IT, THEY'LL DO IT.
Nichols: EVERYTHING THAT I EXPERIENCED THAT NIGH HAS PROVED TO ME THAT THERE ARE GHOSTS.
I THINK IF YOU'RE A NONBELIEVER, MAYBE THEIR GOAL IS TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.
[ THUD .]
Johnson: EVEN AFTER ALL THA THAT HAPPENED WITH ANGELA, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU TURN AROUND THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOMEBODY THERE.
IT DOES SURPRISE ME A LOT.
[ RATTLING .]
IF SOMEONE IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE HAUNTINGS IN MY HOUSE, I SAY, "COME TO MY HOUSE "AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME IN THE BASEMENT.
I'LL MAKE YOU A BELIEVER.
" Moore: I HADN'T HEARD THA THERE WAS ANY GHOST ACTIVITY UNTIL I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE I FOR MYSELF.
BOTH PAPER TOWEL ROLLS ON EITHER SIDE WERE COMPLETELY UNRAVELED, AND IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD STARTED BLOWING ON IT.
I WAS SCARED.
I FELT THREATENED.
Moore: BOTH PAPER TOWEL ROLLS ON EITHER SIDE WERE COMPLETELY UNRAVELED, AND IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD STARTED BLOWING ON IT.
I FELT THREATENED.
Storer: I HEARD THE HUMMING OF A FEMALE VOICE.
THAT'S HER.
THAT'S BILLIE HOLIDAY.
Moore: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN AT THE LEGENDARY STORYVILLE IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
STORYVILLE WAS A FAMOUS CLUB IN BOSTON BACK IN THE 40s AND 50s WHERE JAZZ SUPERSTARS LIKE CHARLIE PARKER, DAVE BRUBECK, AND BILLIE HOLIDAY ALL PERFORMED.
STORYVILLE HAD BECOME A FAMOUS HUNGARIAN RESTAURANT IN BOSTON FOR 30 YEARS.
IT WAS OWNED BY TWO SISTERS, EDITH AND HEDDA HEDWIG, WHO WERE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.
EDITH WAS A BORN HOSTESS.
SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVED BEING THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, EDITH GO REALLY SICK WITH LUNG CANCER, AND SHE MADE HER SISTER PROMISE THAT SHE WOULD KEEP THE RESTAURANT GOING.
A FEW YEARS AFTER HER SISTER HAD PASSED, HEDDA WAS ACTUALLY MURDERED IN A MURDER-SUICIDE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING AT STORYVILLE, I HADN'T HEARD THA THERE WAS ANY GHOST ACTIVITY UNTIL I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE I FOR MYSELF.
I'M THE MANAGER AT STORYVILLE, AND IN THE OFFICE, WE HAVE A SET OF CAMERAS THAT OVERLOOK THE ENTIRE VENUE.
WHEN THERE IS SOMEBODY WALKING THROUGH THE SPACE, IT ALERTS ME SO I CAN LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SEE WHO IT IS AND WHERE THEY ARE.
I HEARD HIGH HEELS WALKING ACROSS THE MARBLE FLOOR.
AND THE TICKER ON THE CAMERA WAS GOING OFF, SO I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UP.
AND THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
MY INITIAL REACTION IS THAT THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF A DELAY OR I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THE CAMERAS.
SO I WENT BACK TO MY DESK, AND AGAIN, I HEAR HIGH HEELS WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR.
THE TICKER'S GOING.
I LOOK ON THE CAMERA.
AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE.
I WAS SCARED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
I FELT THREATENED.
A FEW HOURS LATER, I HAD WALKED INTO THE LADIES ROOM, AND WE HAVE TWO AUTOMATIC PAPER TOWEL DISPENSERS.
SO YOU HAVE TO WAVE YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF THE SENSOR IN ORDER FOR IT TO RELEASE A PORTION OF THE PAPER TOWEL.
BOTH PAPER TOWEL ROLLS ON EITHER SIDE WERE COMPLETELY UNRAVELED ALL OVER THE VANITY AND ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
HOW COULD BOTH OF THEM HAVE UNRAVELED THE ENTIRE ROLL WITHOUT SOMEBODY BEING IN THERE EITHER UNRAVELING IT THEMSELVES OR STANDING IN FRONT OF I WAVING THEIR HAND CONSTANTLY UNTIL THE ROLL WAS FINISHED? I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WAS SOME DEFEC IN THE PAPER TOWEL DISPENSERS, AND SO WE ORDERED NEW PAPER TOWEL DISPENSERS.
AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN.
NOW I'M THINKING, "THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON IN THIS SPACE.
" TINA IS A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR THAT SEARCHES FOR GHOST ACTIVITY WITH HER FRIENDS.
I CONTACTED TINA BECAUSE I WAS EXPERIENCING GHOST ACTIVITY, AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF, IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
Storer: WHAT I REALLY HOPED TO FIND AT STORYVILLE WAS KIND OF CONFIRM KYLA'S SUSPICIONS AND REPORTS, AND I WANTED TO FIND SOME HARD EVIDENCE THAT I COULD TAKE HOME.
WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED THERE, WE ACTUALLY SET UP SOME PLATES AND FORKS AND WE KIND OF PUT THEM OUT OF ORDER.
ONE OF THE PREVIOUS OWNERS, SHE WAS VERY METICULOUS, SO WE WANTED TO SEE IF SHE WAS GOING TO MAYBE PUT THEM BACK INTO PLACE.
WE JUST KIND OF STOOD THERE FOR A SECOND, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS PASS BETWEEN ME AND ONE OF MY TEAMMATES.
[ GASPS .]
THE FOOTSTEPS, THEY WERE PRETTY LOUD.
THEY SOUNDED LIKE THE HOLLOW OF A HIGH HEEL WALKING ACROSS, SO IT DEFINITELY SOUNDED LIKE A WOMAN.
[ GASPS .]
WE WERE REALLY, REALLY FREAKED OU 'CAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS JUS THE THREE OF US IN THAT ROOM.
I THOUGHT THE FOOTSTEPS BELONGED TO ONE OF THE SISTERS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST SET UP THE PLATES SO MAYBE THEY WERE THERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY, EVERYONE WAS BEING ENTERTAINED.
SO AFTER WE HAD HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS, WE GAINED OUR COMPOSURE, AND WE DECIDED TO GO INTO THE BATHROOMS WHERE THERE HAD BEEN REPORTS OF PAPER TOWELS UNRAVELING THEMSELVES.
IT APPEARED TO BE NORMAL, AND WE'RE STANDING THERE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOME ACTIVITY STARTED HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
AND THE PAPER TOWELS STARTED UNROLLING THEMSELVES.
THEY WERE JUST COMPLETELY LAYERING UP AND UP, AND THEN IT STOPPED.
AND AS WE STOOD THERE, IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD STARTED BLOWING ON IT.
IT JUST KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH AS IF THERE WAS WIND THERE.
AND THAT WAS TERRIFYING TO KNOW THAT IT WASN'T ANY OF US.
Moore: TINA SHOWED ME THE THE FOOTAGE OF THE PAPER TOWELS UNRAVELING BY THEMSELVES.
SHE'S CAPTURED THE SAME EXACT THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING.
Storer: I TRIED TO RE-CREATE THE SAME MOTION WITH THE PAPER TOWEL, YOU KNOW, PUTTING MY HAND IN FRONT OF THE SENSOR, AND I COULDN'T RE-CREATE IT.
SO I THINK THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SPIRI OF MAYBE A PAST PATRON JUST GOING ON THROUGH THEIR NIGH AS IF NOTHING HAD EVER HAPPENED.
SO AFTER THE PAPER TOWEL SITUATION, WE DECIDED TO CONDUC A SESSION OF AN EVP.
SO WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.
WE PLAYED THEM BACK, AND AFTER WE HAD ASKED ONE OF THE SISTERS IF THEY SPENT A LONG TIME IN AUSCHWITZ, WE HEARD A REALLY BREATHY, "YES.
" [ GASPS .]
SHE SAID, "YES.
" THE YES THAT WE GO WAS LIKE A[ Softly .]
"YES.
" [ GASPS .]
SHE SAID, "YES.
" IT SENT CHILLS UP AND DOWN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR SPINES.
Moore: WHEN I HEARD THE RECORDING, I KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHO IT WAS THAT WAS HAUNTING THE SPACE.
Storer: IT DEFINITELY CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF THE SISTERS WAS THERE WITH US.
Moore: THE SISTERS ARE THERE BECAUSE OF THE PROMISE THAT THEY HAD MADE TO KEEP THE RESTAURANT GOING AND TO KEEP IT SUCCESSFUL.
Storer: A LOT OF US HAD BEEN GETTING AFFECTED THAT NIGHT.
IT BECAME HARD FOR ME TO BREATH, AND I HAD A VERY EERY FEELING.
SO UPON REVIEWING THE FOOTAGE IN THE MAIN BAR, WE DISCOVERED AN ORB THAT PASSED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
IT WAS A VERY BRIGHT ORB, AND, AT THE TIME, I KNOW I WAS FEELING KIND OF DIZZY.
I WAS GETTING PHYSICALLY AFFECTED, BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME AT THE TIME.
SEEING THAT ORB CONFIRMED MY FEELINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THE SPIRIT WAS, BUT THEY COULD TAKE DIFFEREN FORMS, AND ORBS ARE ONE OF THEM.
LATER THAT NIGHT, WE WEN BACK INTO THE GREAT ROOM WHERE THE TABLE SETTINGS WERE SET UP.
WE WERE GONNA GO BACK AND CHECK ON IT.
AND AS I WAS FILMING THE PLATES, I HEARD WITH MY EAR THE HUMMING OF A FEMALE VOICE.
THE HUMMING SOUNDED LIKE A [ HUMS .]
I WAS KIND OF THINKING MAYBE IT'S BILLIE HOLIDAY BECAUSE SHE WAS A VERY FREQUEN PERFORMER AT STORYVILLE.
SHE ACTUALLY PERFORMED A "LIVE AT STORYVILLE" ALBUM THERE, AND I THINK, MAYBE, SOME PAR OF HER SPIRIT WAS THERE AND SHE WAS JUST HUMMING ALONG.
SO AFTER WE HEARD THE HUMMING, WE DECIDED TO KIND OF WRAP THINGS UP AND GO HOME.
WE WERE REVIEWING THE FOOTAGE OF WHEN WE WERE SET UP IN THE RED ROOM.
WE FOUND A FIGURE IN THE DOORWAY.
I COULD MAKE OUT THE TWO EYES AND THE MOUTH AND KIND OF THE DIRECTION OF THE FACE OF WHERE IT WAS LOOKING.
WE CHANGED THE COLOR A LITTLE BI JUST TO SEE IF WE COULD BRING OUT ANY MORE OF THE FEATURES.
WHEN I SAW THAT FACE OF THE IMAGE THAT WE CAPTURED, IT SENT CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE.
I COMPARED IT WITH ONE OF THE PHOTOS OF BILLIE HOLIDAY, AND IT LOOKS JUST LIKE HER "LIVE AT STORYVILLE" ALBUM COVER, AND THAT JUST, KIND OF, DEFINITELY CONFIRMED TO ME THAT THAT'S HER.
THAT'S BILLIE HOLIDAY.
Moore: THAT IMMEDIATELY GAVE ME CHILLS.
THAT DOORWAY, THERE'S NO MIRRORS, THERE'S NO SMOKE, THERE'S NO PICTURES THERE.
IT'S JUST AN EMPTY DOORWAY.
AND BILLIE HOLIDAY WAS STANDING THERE.
Storer: A LOT OF HER EMPLOYEES GOT REALLY SPOOKED.
SO ONCE WE TOLD KYLA AND HER STAFF ABOUT ALL THE ACTIVITY AND EVIDENCE THAT WE CAUGHT, IT DEFINITELY HEIGHTENED THE FEAR FOR THEM AND IT CONFIRMED A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING THEMSELVES.
Moore: I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN ANY PARANORMAL ACTIVITIES.
I ALWAYS THOUGH THERE HAD TO BE SOME SORT OF LOGICAL EXPLANATION, AND THIS WAS A REAL EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
Storer: I'M GLAD WE COULD CONFIRM THINGS FOR KYLA.
WE DEFINITELY FOUND THE ANSWERS WE WERE LOOKING FOR AND MORE.
Moore: ONCE I GO THE CONFIRMATION FROM TINA AND I SAW THE EVIDENCE, I BELIEVE THERE ARE GHOSTS THERE.
Storer: ONE, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY BILLIE HOLIDAY.
SHE HAD SUCH A CONNECTION TO STORYVILLE THAT I THINK HER ENERGY'S STILL THERE BRINGING MUSIC TO PEOPLE.
AND I ALSO THINK THE SISTERS THAT USED TO OWN THE SPACE ARE HAUNTING, AS WELL, BECAUSE THEIR LIVES WERE JUS STRIPPED AWAY FROM THEM.
THEY WEREN'T READY TO GO.
Moore: I FEEL LIKE THE SISTERS ARE THERE KEEPING THEIR PROMISE THAT THE RESTAURAN IS, IN FACT, SUCCESSFUL AND BEING RUN IN A MANNER THAT IT SHOULD BE RUN.
Srock: I SAID, "LOOK AT THIS.
" FIRST FRAME, IT STARTED FILLING UP, AND NEXT THING, YOU SEE A LITTLE GIRL STICK HER HEAD OUT.
Lennon: THERE WAS A SPIRI THAT HIT MY FOOT.
Srock: ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE ENDED UP WITH 10 OR 15 ORBS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WHEN I SEEN THAT, I KNEW THE PLACE WAS HAUNTED.
Srock: FIRST FRAME, IT STARTED FILLING UP, AND NEXT THING, YOU SEE A LITTLE GIRL STICK HER HEAD OUT.
Lennon: THERE WAS A SPIRI THAT HIT MY FOOT.
Srock: ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE ENDED UP WITH ORBS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Lennon: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I ENTERED THE GRANGE BUILDING IN SOUTH BRISTOL, NEW YORK.
A GRANGE IS A FARMERS' UNION HALL TYPE OF THING, WHERE ALL FARMERS CAN COME TOGETHER AND EITHER SHARE SEED OR TALK ABOUT SITUATIONS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, AND SO, IT'S JUST LIKE A COMMON MEETING PLACE FOR THE FARMERS.
I'M A MEMBER OF A PARANORMAL GROUP, AND WE INVESTIGATED THE GRANGE.
THE CURATOR HAD ASKED US TO COME INVESTIGATE BECAUSE OF SOME STRANGE GOINGS-ON HAPPENING IN THE BUILDING.
MY FRIEND FRED IS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE PARANORMAL AND DECIDED TO COME ALONG WITH ME.
Srock: THE PROPRIETOR, HE HEARD FOOTSTEPS, AND HE SAID THEY WERE ABOVE HIS HEAD WHEN HE WAS IN THE CELLAR, AND HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THERE.
HE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND WHAT IT REALLY WAS THAT WAS MAKING A NOISE.
Lennon: THE CURATOR WAS TAKING A PICTURE OF THE WORK HE DID IN THE BASEMENT, AND HE GOT THIS WHITE MIST THA TOOK OVER THE WHOLE PICTURE.
IT WAS UNEXPLAINED.
Srock: THE GRANGE ITSELF LOOKS KIND OF PLAIN FROM THE OUTSIDE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A SHOE BOX.
Lennon: I DIDN'T DETECT ANYTHING SINISTER OR MALICIOUS FROM THE EXTERIOR, BUT AS YOU WALK IN, YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON IN THERE.
IMMEDIATELY, I HEARD FOOTSTEPS UP ABOVE IN THE SECOND FLOOR.
I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WAS OTHER PEOPLE THERE.
I IMMEDIATELY ASKED THE CURATOR, AND HE SAID, "NO, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONES HERE," AND WE WERE ALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
Srock: WE HAD ONE HANDHELD CAMERA, AND WE SET IT UP IN THE GUYS' BATHROOM.
I JUST TOOK A DIAGONAL SHOT ACROSS TO GET THE BIGGEST VOLUME I COULD TO CATCH ANYTHING, AND I SEE THIS LITTLE LIGH OUT OF NOWHERE APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR ON THE MIRROR.
THEN I GO, "WHERE'D THIS LIGHT COME FROM?" A LITTLE LATER ON, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, I SAID, "WELL, LET'S SLOW THE FILM DOWN.
" I WAS TOTALLY AMAZED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FIRST FRAME, IT STARTED FILLING UP WITH -- IT LOOKED LIKE SMOKE, AND IT GOT BIGGER, BIGGER, AND NEXT THING, YOU SEE A LITTLE GIRL STICK HER HEAD OUT, LOOK OUT THE MIRROR, AND THEN DROP BACK.
I SAID [CHUCKLES.]
"LOOK AT THIS!" WE CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY FANTASTIC.
I SAID, "I'VE NEVER SEEN A SPIRI "TO STICK THEIR FACE OUT OF A MIRROR TO TAKE A LOOK WHERE WE WERE.
" I'VE HEARD STORIES ABOUT GHOSTS USING MIRRORS AS PORTALS GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE OTHER SIDE, BUT WHEN I SEEN THAT, I SAID I KNEW THE PLACE WAS HAUNTED.
REALLY HAUNTED.
Lennon: WHEN FRED PULLED UP THE IMAGE OF THE FACE IN THE MIRROR, I WAS JUST STUNNED.
Srock: BEFORE WE WENT TO THE GRANGE, WE HEARD OF A FAMILY OF FOUR THAT -- THEY DIED IN A FIRE THAT WASN'T VERY FAR FROM THE GRANGE.
Lennon: I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT THIS IMAGE THAT FRED CAUGH WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE LITTLE GIRL THAT DIED IN THE FIRE.
Srock: THE NEXT THING WE DID, WE WENT DOWN TO THE BASEMENT.
Lennon: WHILE IN THE BASEMENT, I PULLED OUT MY DIVINING RODS TO GET "YES" OR "NO" ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS.
THE QUESTIONS WE WERE ASKING WERE, "IS THERE A FAMILY DOWN HERE? "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? ARE THERE MORE THAN ONE SPIRIT HERE?" AS WE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS, WE HEARD BANGS.
Srock: ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HEAR A QUICK SLAP OR A POP.
[ BANGING .]
AND THEN I SAID, "IS THAT FOR OUR BENEFIT?" [ BANGING .]
Lennon: I THEN REPEATED THE QUESTION.
AND WE HEARD THE SAME BANG AGAIN.
[ BANGING .]
AND SO, WE KNEW IT WAS THE SPIRIT ANSWERING US.
I THINK THAT FAMILY OF FOUR WAS TRYING TO GET OUR ATTENTION WITH THESE BANGS THA WE KEPT HEARING ABOVE OUR HEADS.
Srock: LATER THAT NIGHT, ALL OF US WERE GOING UP ONE SET OF STAIRS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE ENDED UP WITH 10 OR 15 ORBS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SOME WERE SMALL.
SOME WERE BRIGHT, WHITE LIGHT.
SOME WERE BIG LIKE A BASKETBALL.
Lennon: WE HAD ORBS COME LEFT, RIGHT, TRACKING UP AND DOWN.
Srock: THEY WERE JUS TRACKING ALL OVER THE PLACE, LIKE SOMEBODY WAS MOVING THEM AROUND UPSTAIRS.
Lennon: WE DID CATCH AN EVP OF A LITTLE GIRL SAYING, "MOMMY.
" IT'S QUITE CLEAR.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A PLACE WHERE WE GOT EVPs THAT WERE SO CLEAR.
YOU CAN HEAR ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE FAMILY OF FOUR IN THE BASEMENT, THE LITTLE GIRL THAT HAD PERISHED IN THE FIRE THAT'S SAYING, "MOMMY.
" WE HAD SET POWDER TRAPS UP IN THE BUILDING TO SEE IF WE CAN CATCH SOME SPIRIT ACTIVITY.
Srock: THE POWDER TRAPS, WHAT THEY ARE IS JUST FLOUR ON A COOKIE SHEET, AND WE PUT MARBLES ON I TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A SPIRI TO MOVE THEM TO LET US KNOW THEY'RE THERE.
Lennon: WHEN WE CHECKED THE POWDER TRAPS, ONE MARBLE HAD MOVED FROM ONE SPOT AND JUMPED TO ANOTHER.
WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS QUITE SURPRISED.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THA HAPPEN BEFORE, WHERE A MARBLE HAS ACTUALLY JUMPED ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE CAUGHT SPIRIT ACTIVITY WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT.
WHEN I WAS CHECKING THE POWDER TRAP, I WAS ALSO TAKING A PICTURE OF IT.
AND WHEN I WAS LEANING OVER, TAKING A PICTURE OF IT, I FELT A THUMP ON MY FOOT.
I TOOK THE PICTURE, I LOOKED DOWN, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
Srock: I WAS WATCHING THE MONITOR, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, AN ORB COMES FROM BEHIND HER, COMES DOWN, AND HITS HER LEG, AND YOU SEE HER TURN AND LOOK DOWN.
Lennon: LATER WE LOOKED AT THE FOOTAGE, AND YOU COULD SEE AN ORB LEAVING MY FOO AFTER I HAD FELT THE THUMP.
IT WAS A SPIRI THAT HIT MY FOOT.
Srock: THAT'S ONE OF THE WILDES THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN.
Lennon: I BELIEVE THE GRANGE IS HAUNTED WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE FAMILY OF FOUR AND OTHER SPIRITS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE.
Srock: TO ME, IT'S FASCINATING.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
THEY TOUCH YOU.
YOU TOUCH THEM.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
YOU SEE A MIST.
IT'S GREAT.
I'M 100% CONVINCED THERE ARE SPIRITS OUT THERE, AND THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Lennon: WITH EVERYTHING WE CAUGHT, BETWEEN THE ORBS, THE SPIRIT HITTING MY FOOT, THE MARBLES, THE FACE IN THE MIRROR I BELIEVE THE GRANGE IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTED PLACES I'VE BEEN TO.
McCann: WE DISCOVERED THERE'S A CEMETERY AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
Marie: I GOT IN CONTAC WITH A FEMALE SPIRIT.
SHE BEGAN TO ASCEND UP A HILL.
WHAT HE CAPTURED WAS PHENOMENAL.
HE TURNED WHITE AS A GHOST.
Marie: WHAT HE CAPTURED WAS PHENOMENAL.
HE TURNED WHITE AS A GHOST.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I INVESTIGATED CENTRALIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
I'M A CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUM.
I MAKE CONTAC BETWEEN THIS PLANE AND THE OTHER PLANE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED ON.
I'M CONTACT BETWEEN THE WORLDS.
I HAD SET OUT TO FIND A LOCATION THAT HAD NOT BEEN TAPPED INTO YET BY PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS WHEN ONE OF MY RESEARCHERS CAME ACROSS THE TOWN OF CENTRALIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
McCann: MY NAME IS JAMES McCANN.
I'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE PARANORMAL FOR 10 YEARS.
Marie: JAMES HAD A WONDERFUL REPUTATION IN THE FIELD OF PARANORMAL RESEARCH, SO I CALLED HIM IN TO WORK WITH US ON THE PROJEC DOWN IN CENTRALIA.
McCann: I WAS EXCITED WHEN ROBIN INVITED ME DOWN TO CENTRALIA TO DO THE INVESTIGATION WITH HER.
MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, MY GRANDPARENTS -- THEY'RE FROM CENTRALIA.
Marie: RIGHT BEFORE HE WAS LEAVING, HIS FAMILY MENTIONED TO HIM THA HE HAD HAD SOME FAMILY MEMBERS THAT MIGHT BE BURIED OUT IN THAT AREA.
MOLLY MAGUIRES WERE INFAMOUS FOR BEING IN THIS AREA.
THEY WERE IRISH IMMIGRANTS THAT CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO DEVELOP THE COAL-MINING INDUSTRY, AND THEY WERE ACCUSED OF A LOT OF INFAMOUS CRIMES.
SORT OF LIKE MODERN-DAY GANGSTERS.
McCann: THERE WAS A PRIES THAT PUT A CURSE ON THE TOWN OF CENTRALIA BECAUSE HE WAS BEAT UP BY MOLLY MAGUIRES.
Marie: FATHER McDERMOTT WAS A PRIES IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARISHES IN CENTRALIA, AND HE WAS HOPING TO STOP CRIME IN THE TOWN.
HE PUT A CURSE ON ANYBODY THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MOLLY MAGUIRES, THAT "MAY THEY BURN FOREVER IN HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY.
" THE MOLLY MAGUIRES, THEY BEA HIM AFTER HE SAID THAT, AND THEY ALL DIED THROUGH HANGING.
[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING .]
BACK IN 1962, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENTAL COAL-MINE FIRE THAT BROKE OUT AND HAS BEEN BURNING FOR 50 YEARS.
IN DOING RESEARCH, WE FOUND OU THAT THE TOWN OF CENTRALIA HAD BURNED TO THE GROUND FOUR TIMES.
McCann: CENTRALIA IS A TOWN THAT'S LITERALLY ON FIRE.
Marie: THE FIRST NIGHT THAT WE ARRIVED, WE WERE UP BEHIND A RUSSIAN CHURCH, WHICH IS THE ONLY STRUCTURE THAT'S LEFT IN CENTRALIA.
I WAS DOING SOME CHANNELING, AND I GOT IN CONTAC WITH A FEMALE SPIRIT, AND I JUST HAPPENED TO SEE OUT THE CORNER OF MY EYE THAT THERE WAS AN APPARITION STARTING TO TAKE FORMATION.
AS SHE WAS BEGINNING TO MANIFEST, SHE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH ME AND SHOWING ME MEMORIES OF HER DEATH.
I ASKED HER WHERE SHE WAS FROM, AND SHE TOLD ME, "I'M BY THE DOOR.
" AND I SAID, "WHERE IS THE DOOR?" THEN SHE BEGAN TO ASCEND UP A HILL, AND I WATCHED HER GO TO THE HILLTOP.
McCann: SO WE DISCOVERED THERE'S A CEMETERY AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
Marie: IT WAS A VERY CLEAR NIGHT.
AND WE SHOT HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS CLEAR EXCEPT ONE PICTURE THAT JAMES HAPPENED TO CAPTURE.
THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE MIS OVER A HEADSTONE OF A REVEREND WHO WORKED A THAT PARTICULAR RUSSIAN CHURCH.
IT'S ALL ACROSS THE PICTURE, AND IN THAT, THERE'S A CLEARING OF THE MIST, AND WITHIN THAT CIRCLE THAT'S OVER THE HEADSTONE, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE INFANT DE PRAGUE, WHICH IS A COMMON STATUE USED BY CHRISTIANS REPRESENTING THE BABY JESUS.
McCann: IT'S THE BABY JESUS THAT HAS HIS ARMS RAISED UP AND HOLDING, LIKE, A BALL WITH A CROSS.
Marie: WHILE JAMES WAS TAKING THE STILLS, HE PUT HIS RECORDER ON TOP OF THAT HEADSTONE OF THE REVEREND, AND WHAT HE CAPTURED WAS PHENOMENAL.
McCann: "I COME IN SOLACE IN THE SIGN OF GOD.
" Marie: WHAT HE CAPTURED HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST EVPs THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD.
McCann: AFTER ANALYZING IT, WE FEEL IT'S A WOMAN'S VOICE.
I DO BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME WOMAN ROBIN ENCOUNTERED BEFORE.
Marie: I KNEW THERE HAD TO BE A CONNECTION THERE.
McCann: WE'RE ALL FEELING GOOD AFTER THE FIRST NIGH OF THE INVESTIGATION.
EVERYBODY'S EXCITED TO GET BACK OU AND DO SOME MORE INVESTIGATING.
Marie: WE RETURNED THE NEXT MORNING.
JUST AS WE WERE WALKING UP THIS TRAIL, I LOOK DOWN, AND I SEE A DOOR.
I YELLED DOWN.
I SAID, "LOOK, THERE'S A DOOR! IT'S IN THE GROUND.
" I MEAN, I NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD BE THERE.
I WAS LOOKING FOR STRUCTURES OR SOMETHING.
IT MADE NO SENSE TO ME.
McCann: I START WALKING UP THE STEPS, AND I GET HALFWAY UP THE STEPS.
Marie: HE GRABS HIS LEFT ARM, AND HE TURNED WHITE AS A GHOST.
HE LOOKED UP.
RIGHT AWAY, I THOUGH THAT HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
McCann: I HEAR A VOICE THAT TELLS ME TO LOOK UP.
AND I LOOK UP, AND I IMMEDIATELY KNOW THAT THAT'S MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS' HEADSTONE.
Marie: HAD I NOT STOPPED RIGHT THEN TO LOOK AT THAT DOOR THAT THIS APPARITION HAD BEEN TALKING TO ME ABOUT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN LINE WITH THAT HEADSTONE.
McCann: I WASN'T ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR THE HEADSTONE OF MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS.
THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
I THINK THE VOICE THAT WE ALL HEARD WAS THE VOICE OF MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, THEODOSIA.
Marie: I FELT LIKE A LOT OF SPIRITS THAT MADE COMMUNICATION WITH ME WERE SEEKING SOLACE FOR ALL OF THE TRAUMATIZING SITUATIONS THAT THEY HAD TO LIVE THROUGH.
McCann: I THINK IT CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOLLY MAGUIRES.
MAYBE THESE RESTLESS SPIRITS, THEY'RE AFRAID.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THEIR SOULS?