My Ghost Story (2010) s05e04 Episode Script

1 Plumer: I SEE THIS BALL OF LIGH MOVE ACROSS THE ROOM, GO RIGHT ON TOP OF TRENT'S HEAD, AND DISAPPEAR.
Patterson: I HAVE PROOF THAT GHOSTS EXIST, AND IT JUST BLEW ME AWAY.
Nance: THE WAY THIS THING MOVED, IT WAS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
IT WAS LOOKING RIGHT AT ME.
Ricksecker: I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
Argie: BOTH OF US CAUGH THE SAME TYPE OF ANOMALY IN OUR PICTURES.
Weber: IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SHOOTING FROM THE FLOOR.
Salinas: I CAUGHT SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DIDN' PHYSICALLY SEE -- A STATUE OF A GARGOYLE, BUT THERE WAS NO ACTUAL STATUE THERE.
Bentley: DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOS TERRIFYING NIGHTS OF MY LIFE.
Kenneth: WE HAD A GHOST IN THE HOUSE.
THIS APPARITION APPEARS.
YOU CAN SEE A WOMAN'S LONG DRESS UP IN THE AIR.
Monika: [ Asian accent .]
I WAS FROZEN IN FEAR.
Argie: THIS SPIRI DID NOT LIKE ME AT ALL.
Weber: THERE WAS THIS BLUE, ROD-LIKE ANOMALY.
WE BELIEVED IT COULD HAVE BEEN HELEN THERE WITH US.
Argie: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I VISITED THE OHIO STATE REFORMATORY, MANSFIELD PRISON.
ON MY FIRST VISI TO MANSFIELD PRISON, I WAS JUST A TOURIST.
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ESCORTED BY A POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PRISON.
HE SHOWED US AROUND DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE FACILITY THAT WERE REALLY INTERESTING.
AS WE WERE ON OUR WAY OUT, WE SAW A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS AT A GREAT, BIG, STEEL DOOR, AND WE COULD HEAR POUNDING FROM THE INSIDE.
[ POUNDING .]
APPARENTLY, ANOTHER MAN WAS BEHIND THE DOOR AND HAD BEEN IN THERE TO TRY TO JUMP OU AND SCARE HIS FRIEND.
WELL, HE COULDN'T GET OUT.
THE MAN ON THE OUTSIDE SAID, "THE DOOR ISN'T LOCKED.
PUSH THE DOOR OPEN.
" AND THE MAN ON THE INSIDE WAS VERY DISTRESSED, AND HE WAS OBVIOUSLY FRIGHTENED, AND HE WAS POUNDING ON THE DOOR, SCREAMING, "LET ME OUT! THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE WITH ME!" FINALLY, THE POLICE OFFICER SAID, "STEP AWAY FROM THE DOOR, AND WE'LL GET IT OPEN.
" AND AS HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE DOOR, THE DOOR JUST OPENED.
THE MAN ON THE INSIDE WASN'T NEAR THE DOOR, AND NONE OF US ON THE OUTSIDE WERE NEAR THE DOOR, AND THE DOOR JUST OPENED.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT, "THERE IS REALLY SOMETHING WEIRD GOING ON HERE.
" AFTER THAT INITIAL EXPERIENCE AT MANSFIELD, I STARTED TO DO MORE RESEARCH INTO THE FACILITY AND INTO ITS HISTORY, AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK.
CATHI HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING THE TOWN HISTORIAN, AND SHE'S REALLY GOOD AT RESEARCH, AND I WANTED TO GET HER ON MY TEAM.
Weber: WHEN THERESA CAME, SHE DID TRY TO CONVINCE ME TO JOIN HER ON AN INVESTIGATION AT THE MANSFIELD PRISON.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE LEERY ABOUT PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION.
EVENTUALLY, SHE WORE ME DOWN, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNEW, SHE TOOK ME TO THE MANSFIELD PRISON.
THE FIRST TIME I VISITED MANSFIELD PRISON WITH THERESA, I CAN'T EXPLAIN THE FEELING I HAD -- AWESTRUCK OR MAYBE EVEN DUMBFOUNDED BECAUSE IT'S A MASSIVE, MASSIVE BUILDING BUILT TO LOOK SIMILAR TO A CASTLE OR A GOTHIC CHURCH.
THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LAKE OUT FRONT WITH SWANS IN IT.
YOU CANNOT BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO A PRISON.
ONCE YOU GET INSIDE, THE REALITY HITS YOU.
THE MANSFIELD PRISON IS AN EXCITING PLACE AS A HISTORIAN.
IT WAS BUILT AROUND 1886.
THE BACKGROUND IS VERY, VERY DEEP.
IT'S THOUGH THAT OVER 200 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT MANSFIELD PRISON -- PRISONERS, PEOPLE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS' FAMILIES, AND GUARDS, AS WELL.
Argie: IT WAS THE NIGH OF THE FIRST INVESTIGATION, AND WE WERE FEELING PULLED DOWN TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
Weber: AS WE WEN INTO THE SOLITARY AREA, WE HAD OUR RECORDERS WITH US.
WE HAD OUR CAMERAS WITH US.
WE STARTED TO RECORD AND SHOOT.
Argie: SO, I'M STANDING INSIDE THIS CELL IN SOLITARY, AND WE WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR A NAME AND A PRISON NUMBER.
WHEN WE PLAYED BACK OUR RECORDING, WE GOT THE ANSWER.
Weber: AS WE LISTENED, WE WERE SHOCKED TO FIND OU THAT SOMEONE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS MIKE EVANS, ALONG WITH A PRISON NUMBER.
Argie: 7-9-SOMETHING.
WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT -- NOT ONLY DID WE GET MIKE, BUT WE ALSO GO AN OBSCENITY OR SCREAMING.
IT WAS FAIRLY OBVIOUS THAT THIS SPIRI DID NOT LIKE ME AT ALL.
Weber: WE WERE PACKING UP FOR THE NIGHT.
IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE, AND AFTER GOING TWO FLIGHTS DOWN, WE ENTERED INTO A HALLWAY AND NOTICED WE WERE RIGHT NEAR THE WARDEN'S LIVING QUARTERS.
SUDDENLY, WE HEARD A VOICE PIERCING THE DARKNESS.
[ SHRIEK .]
Argie: IT WAS SO LOUD, WE BOTH STOPPED IN OUR TRACKS AND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, LIKE, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" IT SOUNDED LIKE A WOMAN'S ANGUISHED CRY, LIKE SHE WAS IN DEEP PAIN, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL.
IT WAS HEARTBREAKING.
AND, OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR RECORDERS GOING.
Weber: YOU'RE NEVER GONNA FORGET THAT MOMEN WHEN YOU HEAR A DISEMBODIED VOICE.
IT COMES OUT OF THE AIR, AND THEN YOU REALIZE YOU'RE HEARING SOMETHING THAT THERE'S NOT AN EXPLANATION FOR.
Argie: WE KNEW THAT WE HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH A SPIRIT.
AND THIS SPIRIT DEFINITELY WANTED US TO KNOW IT WAS THERE.
[ SHRIEK .]
AFTER WE HEARD THE CRY, WE IMMEDIATELY WANTED TO KNOW WHO IT WAS.
WHY WOULD THERE BE A WOMAN'S CRY IN A MAN'S PRISON? Weber: WE DID FIND A STORY ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE BUILDING, AND HER STORY WAS SAD AND VERY MYSTERIOUS.
THE WOMAN WAS HELEN GLATTKE.
SHE WAS THE WIFE OF ARTHUR GLATTKE, WHO WAS ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS.
Argie: SHE DIED IN 1950.
THE STORY GOES ONE DAY, SHE WAS GETTING READY FOR CHURCH.
SHE PULLED DOWN A JEWELRY BOX FROM HER CLOSET, AND THERE WAS A LOADED GUN ON TOP OF HER JEWELRY BOX.
THE GUN ACCIDENTALLY FELL [ THUD .]
AND DISCHARGED AND SHOT HER IN THE CHEST.
THE MORE RESEARCH I DID ABOU THE DEATH OF HELEN GLATTKE, THE MORE QUESTIONS IT RAISED.
THERE WAS NEVER ANY OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION INTO HER DEATH.
THE PRISON DOCTOR DECLARED THAT IT WAS A FAFAULTY GUN THAT KILLED HER.
I THINK THAT I NEED TO CONTINUE ON DIGGING AND DISCOVERING WHA HAPPENED TO HER.
SO WE ORGANIZED ANOTHER INVESTIGATION TO PROBE DEEPER INTO THE STORY.
WHEN WE RETURNED BACK TO MANSFIELD PRISON, WE WENT INTO THE FAMILY BEDROOM, AND AS SOON AS I CROSSED THE THRESHOLD, I WAS IMMEDIATELY HI WITH AN OVERWHELMING SCEN OF ROSE PERFUME.
WE TRIED TO FOLLOW THE SMELL BECAUSE IT WOULD DISSIPATE AND THEN IT WOULD REAPPEAR AGAIN.
SO, THE SMELL WOULD BE GONE.
WE'D TAKE A FEW STEPS, AND IT WAS THERE.
Weber: IT SEEMED TO STAY IN THE ROOM WITH US, AND WE BOTH SAID, "COULD IT BE HELEN?" AT ONE POINT, THERESA STARTED TO WALK TOWARDS THE DOOR, OUT INTO THE HALLWAY, WITH HER CAMERA IN HER HAND, AND I GOT MY CAMERA UP, AND I WAS FACING THE CLOSE WHERE THE ALLEGED ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
THE DOORWAY WHERE THERESA WAS WAS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THAT.
Argie: I WAS FOLLOWING THE SMELL.
I SNAPPED A PICTURE, AND I'M SHOOTING RIGH INTO THE DOOR OF THE BEDROOM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT ANOMALY GOING ACROSS THE PICTURE.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
Weber: SHE SNAPPED THE HALLWAY.
I SNAPPED THE CLOSET.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PICTURE AFTER I SNAPPED IT, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE FRAME, THERE WAS THIS BLUE, ROD-LIKE ANOMALY COMING RIGHT UP.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SHOOTING FROM THE FLOOR.
Argie: BOTH OF US CAUGH THE SAME TYPE OF ANOMALY IN OUR PICTURES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE SAME AREA.
Weber: AS WE TOOK THESE PHOTOS AND WE COMPARED, WE BOTH CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE BELIEVED IT COULD HAVE BEEN HELEN THERE WITH US.
Argie: LATER THAT NIGHT, WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD CONNEC WITH THE SPIRIT OF MIKE EVANS DOWN IN SOLITARY.
Weber: THERESA AND I BOTH FEL LIKE SOMETHING WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
WE BOTH HAD THAT FEELING OF ANTICIPATION.
Argie: WE WENT THROUGH A HALLWAY, DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
I GOT ABOUT TWO FEE BEFORE THE NEXT SET OF STAIRS WHEN I FELT THREE HARD YANKS ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
I DIDN'T IMAGINE IT.
MY HAIR WAS PULLED THREE TIMES, VERY HARD, AND NO ONE WAS AROUND ME.
MY HEART STARTED BEATING WILDLY, AND I STARTED SHAKING.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT THEY CAN TOUCH YOU.
THEY HAVE THE POWER, AND YOU DON'T.
THAT WAS A GAME-CHANGER.
I REALIZE THAT WHENEVER I GO BACK TO MANSFIELD, THAT I NEED TO BE CAREFUL, BUT I FEEL COMPELLED TO TELL THE STORY, ESPECIALLY HELEN'S STORY, AND THAT COMPULSION FOR ME OVERRIDES THE FEAR THAT I HAVE OF MIKE EVANS OR ANY OTHER SPIRI THAT MIGHT BE AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS ME THERE.
Weber: I WOULD SAY TO PEOPLE WHO MAYBE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING, IF YOU INVESTIGATE AND CHECK OU PLACES LIKE MANSFIELD PRISON, YOU MAY HAVE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
Monika: AS SOON AS WE MOVED IN, I COULD FEEL A PRESENCE.
Kenneth: THERE WERE BIG, BRIGHT ORBS.
WHOA! I CAPTURED AN IMAGE OF A WOMAN'S DRESS UP IN THE AIR.
WE HAD A GHOST IN THE HOUSE.
Kenneth: I CAPTURED AN IMAGE OF A WOMAN'S DRESS UP IN THE AIR.
ORBS WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE.
WHOA! Monika: I WAS FROZEN IN FEAR.
Kenneth: WE HAD A GHOST IN THE HOUSE.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I MOVED INTO A HOUSE IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO.
[ BIRD CAWS .]
THE HOUSE WAS NEW.
IT HAD NEVER BEEN LIVED IN.
3 BEDROOM, 2 1/2 BATH.
I WOULD SAY THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THE HOUSE FROM AN OUTWARD APPEARANCE THAT WOULD STRIKE A PERSON AS BEING UNIQUE OR DIFFERENT.
MY WIFE, MONIKA, WAS HAPPY TO MOVE.
Monika: I WAS REALLY EXCITED, ACTUALLY.
MY DAUGHTERS, MICHELLE AND SARAH, WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN ROOMS.
BUT I DIDN'T EXPEC STRANGE OCCURRENCES.
AS SOON AS WE MOVED IN, I COULD FEEL A PRESENCE.
I THOUGH SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING ME.
THIS MADE ME UNEASY JUST TO STAY IN OUR HOUSE.
Kenneth: ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE NOTICED WAS OUR DOG, ROSIE, WOULD BE ASLEEP AND THEN SUDDENLY JUST JUMP UP AND RUN OUT OF THE ROOM.
SHE'D NEVER ACTED THAT WAY BEFORE, AND WE HAD OWNED HER FOR FIVE YEARS, SO WE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING.
Monika: IT WAS REALLY UNSETTLED FEELING.
Kenneth: MY DAUGHTER SARAH FEL THAT SOMEONE WAS WATCHING HER WHENEVER SHE WOULD GO TO BED.
MYSELF AND MONIKA, ALSO, AT DIFFERENT TIMES, FELT LIKE WE WERE BEING WATCHED.
ONE TIME, I WAS DOWNSTAIRS BY MYSELF, AND I THOUGH I ACTUALLY COULD SEE SOMEBODY OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE.
AND I TURNED MY HEAD, BUT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE "THE HAIR STANDS UP ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK" FEELINGS, AND IT STAYS WITH YOU.
AFTER HAVING SO MANY STRANGE EXPERIENCES IN THE HOUSE, I DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE.
I STARTED BY TAKING SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING .]
IN ONE OF THE PICTURES, THIS SMALL BALL OF LIGH APPEARED BEHIND MY DAUGHTER AMANDA.
SO I DECIDED TO TAKE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS.
IN ONE OF THE FIRST PICTURES I TOOK, THIS WHITE BALL OF LIGH APPEARS TO BE MOVING.
AFTER THAT, I STARTED TAKING PICTURES ON A DAILY BASIS, CAPTURING MORE AND MORE OF THESE BALLS OF LIGHT, WHICH I CAME TO FIND OU WERE CALLED "ORBS.
" [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING .]
THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO USE MY VIDEO CAMERA.
IT HAS A NIGHT-SHOT FEATURE ON IT.
WE LEFT THE HOUSE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
WHEN WE CAME BACK, I SAT DOWN TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
WE STARTED GETTING THE GRINDING ON THE CAMERA.
THE GHOST WAS ABSORBING ENERGY IN ORDER TO APPEAR.
MY HEART WAS RACING, BUT I TOLD MONIKA, "I KNOW WE HAVE SOMETHING HERE IN THE HOUSE.
" Monika: EVERYBODY WAS FEELING SCARED.
Kenneth: WE DECIDED TO REACH OU TO THE ENTITY INSIDE THE HOUSE TO SEE IF WE COULD TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
Monika: WE HAD NO EXPECTATION WHAT IS COMING.
[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING .]
HE WAS TRYING TO FIND OU WHO OUR GHOST WAS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTITY WOULD NOT HARM HIS FAMILY.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT KEN BECAME OBSESSED.
Kenneth: I DECIDED TO ADD RELIGIOUS MUSIC TO THE ROUTINE.
INVESTIGATORS OF THE PARANORMAL HAD DONE THIS, AND THEY HAD AN INCREASE IN SPIRIT ACTIVITY.
PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS FILMING ONE TO THREE OF THESE ORBS.
AFTER THAT, IT JUMPED UP TO LIKE 15 IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
IT WAS VERY DRAMATIC.
THEY WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE.
WHOA! Monika: I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW.
Kenneth: VERY BIG, BRIGHT ORBS FLYING STRAIGHT TOWARD THE CAMERA.
WHOA! IT WAS SHOCKING.
I WOULD ASK THE SPIRIT TO LET US SEE THEM IN HUMAN FORM.
DURING THOSE TIMES, I STARTED GETTING THESE LOUD RAPPING SOUNDS.
[ RAPPING .]
AND THEN ONE NIGHT, I WATCHED THE TAPE, AND THIS APPARITION APPEARS.
YOU CAN SEE A WOMAN'S LONG DRESS UP IN THE AIR, AND IT MOVES VERY QUICKLY INTO THE KITCHEN, SPINS AROUND, AND VANISHES.
I'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE HAD A GHOST IN THE HOUSE.
IT WAS SHOCKING.
ONE NIGHT, I CAPTURED AN IMAGE OF A WOMAN'S DRESS UP IN THE AIR, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S BLENDING INTO THE BOOKCASE.
Monika: LIKE FROM THE 1800s.
I WAS SURE THAT OUR GHOST WAS A WOMAN AT THAT TIME.
EVERYBODY WAS FEELING SCARED.
Kenneth: I CONTACTED THE FORT COLLINS MUSEUM, AND WE DISCOVERED THAT THE LAND ON WHERE OUR HOUSE WAS BUIL BELONGED TO A MAN NAMED STEWART WEBSTER, AND HE OPERATED A SHEEP FARM THERE BACK IN THE 1880s, 1890s.
HE HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED MARY BELL.
MARY BELL, HER DAD, AND ONE OF HER BROTHERS CAME DOWN WITH TYPHOID FEVER.
THE DAD AND HER BROTHER SURVIVED.
MARY BELL DID NOT.
AFTER HEARING THAT, I IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO SUSPEC THAT MARY BELL WAS PROBABLY GONNA BE OUR GHOST.
Monika: SHE DIED SO YOUNG.
SHE COULDN'T SEE HER DAUGHTER GROW UP.
AND I BECAME UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WAS SO ATTRACTED TO OUR FAMILY.
ONE NIGHT, I WENT UPSTAIRS TO CHECK ON MY DAUGHTER.
AS I APPROACHED THE UPSTAIRS LANDING, I SAW A WOMAN.
SHE WAS WEARING A WHITE NIGHTGOWN.
I WAS FROZEN IN FEAR.
Kenneth: SHE CAME RUNNING DOWNSTAIRS AND SAID, "I JUST SAW MARY BELL! I JUST SAW MARY BELL!" Monika: I FELT CHILLS ON MY BACK.
IT STILL SCARE ME SOMETIMES.
Kenneth: ONCE WE KNEW FOR SURE THAT IT WAS MARY BELL WILSON, ANY FEAR WE MAY HAVE HAD AT THAT POINT WAS GONE.
WE ACTUALLY CAME TO THINK OF HER ALMOST AS A FAMILY MEMBER.
SHE STARTED DOING MORE TO LET US KNOW SHE WAS THERE, AND ON THE VIDEOS, I WOULD GET MULTIPLE ORBS.
IT WAS VERY DRAMATIC.
THEY WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE.
[ GASPS .]
WE DECIDED TO MOVE IN 2010.
IT WAS A VERY BITTERSWEET FEELING BECAUSE WE ALL BELIEVED THAT MARY BELL WOULD STAY BEHIND IN THE OLD HOUSE.
Monika: AS SOON AS WE MOVED INTO THE NEW HOUSE, I STARTED TO FEEL THAT MARY BELL FOLLOWED US.
Kenneth: I'VE SEEN ORBS FLYING AROUND THE NEW HOUSE SEVERAL TIMES.
SHE CONTINUES TO DO THINGS TO LET US KNOW SHE'S THERE.
Monika: I BELIEVE THAT MARY BELL CONSIDERED US AS HER FAMILY.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY SHE FOLLOWED US WHEREVER WE GO.
THE EXPERIENCE WILL STAY WITH ME THE REST OF MY LIFE.
Kenneth: WE'VE ENJOYED HAVING HER THERE.
I DON'T LOOK AT THE WORLD THE SAME WAY AS I USED TO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD VERY EASILY.
Plumer: WHEN I LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, I WAS AMAZED BY WHAT I SAW.
Patterson: THAT ORB WENT THROUGH ME.
THAT BLEW ME AWAY.
Plumer: I FELT IN AWE.
I THOUGHT, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT A GHOST LOOKS LIKE.
" Plumer: WHEN I LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, I WAS AMAZED BY WHAT I SAW.
Patterson: THAT ORB WENT THROUGH ME.
THAT BLEW ME AWAY.
Plumer: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I DECIDED TO VISI THE CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S HOME IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
IN 1908, THEY BUIL THE CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S HOME FOR WOMEN WHO WERE OVER 60 AND WHOSE HUSBAND HAD BEEN VETERANS AND COULDN'T SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
I WAS TRYING TO DISCOVER, IS THE CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S HOME ACTUALLY HAUNTED? AND I WAS LOOKING INTO THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.
AFTER GOING TO THE TEXAS STATE ARCHIVES, I DISCOVERED ALL THAT REMAINED OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE AND WHO ACTUALLY LIVED THERE WAS 27 BOXES THAT HELD 353 FILES, AND THOSE WERE THE ONLY FILES THAT REMAINED.
REALIZING THAT THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WHO HAD DIED IN THAT ONE LOCATION WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN LOST FOREVER MADE ME REALLY THINK THA WHAT DIDN'T GET LOST FOREVER WAS THE RESIDUAL ENERGY, OR THEIR SOUL.
TRENT GOT INVOLVED IN THE EXPERIENCE WHEN I INVITED HIM TO GO WITH ME TO FIND OU IF THE CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S HOME WAS HAUNTED.
Patterson: I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT CHANCE TO GO OUT AND LEARN SOME HISTORY ABOUT THE LOCATION AND THEN SEE IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH A GHOST.
Plumer: TRENT AND I ARRIVED AT THE CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S HOME JUST AFTER SUNSET, AND WE HAD BEEN GIVEN A KEY, SO WE PRETTY MUCH HAD FREE REIGN OF THE WHOLE PLACE -- JUST US.
WHAT I FEL WHEN I ENTERED THAT BUILDING WAS JUST THE SADNESS.
WELL, I WANTED TO GO WHERE THE HOSPITAL HAD BEEN.
AND THE HOSPITAL HAD BEEN TORN DOWN AND THEN REPLACED WITH A CONTEMPORARY BUILDING, WHICH WAS NOW AN ADULT-CARE REC ROOM.
Patterson: WE WANTED TO RUN A VIDEO CAMERA WITH AS LITTLE LIGHT AS WE COULD IN THE ROOM.
AND SO WHAT I DID IS I WENT AROUND TO SEVERAL OF THE TABLES IN THE REC ROOM, AND I STOOD ON THE TABLE AND I REACHED UP AND I GRABBED THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS AND I JUST TURNED THE BULBS SO THAT THEY WOULD GO OUT.
AND THEN WE SAT DOWN, AND JEANINE AND I READ THROUGH SOME OF THE HISTORY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE.
Plumer: ONCE WE REALLY STARTED RELIVING THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE, THINGS STARTED HAPPENING.
I FELT A GREAT SILENCE.
I FELT LIKE ALL OF THE SPIRITS WERE AROUND BUT LISTENING.
WE THEN SAW OUR CAMERA SHUT OFF AND ERASED THE WHOLE 10 MINUTES WE HAD BEEN TALKING.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT SAD.
IT WAS COMPLETELY GONE.
SO WE TURNED IT BACK ON AGAIN, AND I HAD THESE PAPERS -- A THESIS ON THE HISTORY OF THE AUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY.
AND I REFERRED TO SOME OF HER NOTES.
I FELT LIKE THE SPIRIT WAS AROUND THAT DIALOGUE, AROUND THE WRITTEN WORD.
WHEN I PUT THE PAPER DOWN, THESE TWO SPIRIT ORBS SHOO FROM THE PAPER.
Patterson: WHAT WE SAW WERE LIGHTS, WHICH WOULD JUMP OFF A PAGE OF A PIECE OF PAPER AND MOVE IN AN UNNATURAL FASHION.
BUT ALL THIS WAS ON CAMERA AFTER THE FACT.
WE DIDN'T SEE I WHILE WE WERE ACTUALLY THERE.
Plumer: WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO, I FELT IN AWE.
I THOUGHT, "IT WORKS.
" IF YOU TALK ABOUT WHATEVER THAT SPIRIT'S REALITY IS, SOMEHOW, IT'S PAYING ATTENTION.
AFTER LEAVING THE REC ROOM, WE CHOSE TO GO INTO WHAT IS CALLED A TURRET ROOM.
THEY'RE RELEVANT BECAUSE THEY WERE GATHERING PLACES FOR THE LADIES.
WHILE WE WERE THERE, WE AGAIN SAT AT A TABLE AND TALKED ABOU OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE.
TRENT STARTED BRINGING IN HIS MEMORIES OF HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Patterson: I HAD JUST EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF MY GRANDMOTHER, AND SO I KNOW SHE HAD SPEN SOME TIME IN AN ELDERLY HOME.
AND I STARTED TO ASSOCIATE WHAT I KNEW ABOUT HER LIFE AND HER TIME IN THE HEALTHCARE FACILITY TO WHAT THE WOMEN 100 YEARS AGO MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH AT THE CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S HOME.
Plumer: I DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING IN THAT ROOM, BUT WHEN I'M LOOKING BACK AT THE FOOTAGE, I SEE THIS BALL OF LIGHT, LITERALLY LIKE A LITTLE, OLD LADY -- TIMID, TIMID, TIMID -- JUST MOVE ACROSS THE ROOM, GO RIGHT ON TOP OF TRENT'S HEAD, AND DISAPPEAR.
Patterson: THESE ORBS, IN MY OPINION, ARE SPIRITS.
I DO THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THESE EXPERIENCES COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO MY GRANDMOTHER.
AND THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY BECAUSE I WAS VERY CLOSE WITH HER, AND I WAS NOT READY FOR HER TO LEAVE.
Plumer: THEY ALSO ADDED THIS CEMENT STRUCTURE IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING THAT WAS USED FOR WOMEN WHO COULD NOT CONTROL THEIR BEHAVIOR.
THEY WOULD BE PU INTO THAT DOWNSTAIRS ROOM, AND SO I WANTED TO GO THERE.
WHEN WE WALKED INTO THE ROOM, I IMMEDIATELY FEL A DARKNESS OR A HEAVINESS.
IT WAS LIKE WALKING THROUGH A SHADOW.
Patterson: BUT RIGHT ABOU THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, I HEARD SOME CHIMES.
[ CHIMES PLAY .]
SOUNDED LIKE DOORBELLS.
BUT NUMEROUS CHIMES, AND THERE WERE MAYBE 20 OR 30 OF THEM IN A ROW.
I THINK THE CHIMES WERE THE GHOSTS REACHING OU TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE PRESENT.
Plumer: WHEN I LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, I WAS AMAZED BY WHAT I SAW.
[ FAINT CHIMING .]
NOT ONLY DID WE HEAR THE CHIMES ON THE FOOTAGE, BUT YOU SEE THIS BALL OF LIGH JUST SHOOTS AROUND THE ROOM.
Patterson: THAT PARTICULAR ORB WENT THROUGH ME.
THAT BLEW ME AWAY.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT AN ORB WOULD PASS STRAIGHT THROUGH ME WHILE I DIDN'T NOTICE.
Plumer: AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT A GHOST LOOKS LIKE.
" AFTER EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED, WE DECIDED TO CALL IT A NIGHT.
Patterson: I HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR AN ANSWER FOR MANY YEARS.
THE CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S HOME LEFT ME AS A FIRM BELIEVER IN GHOSTS.
CHANGED MY WHOLE MIND.
Plumer: I BELIEVE THA THE SPIRITS HAUNTING THE HOME ARE THE WOMEN WHO LIVED THERE AND DIED THERE.
THERE ARE SPIRITS AROUND US ALL THE TIME.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS OUR DESTINY, WITH THE COMPLETE SOUL AND SPIRIT, TO BE EARTHBOUND.
THE WAY THAT WE LIVE OUR LIVES CAN DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE.
Bentley: ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR A VOICE COME OVER THE GHOST PHONE THAT SAYS, "WHAT CAN YOU DO?" THAT FELT THREATENING.
Salinas: I CERTAINLY FELT THAT THE SPIRI OF THE LITTLE GIRL WAS TAKING OVER MY CAMERA AND MAKING IT MALFUNCTION.
Bentley: I FELT LIKE THAT COULD BE THE MALE FIGURE WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S THREATENING ME.
Bentley: ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR A VOICE COME OVER THE GHOST PHONE THAT SAYS, "WHAT CAN YOU DO?" Salinas: I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T PHYSICALLY SEE.
Bentley: I FELT LIKE THAT COULD BE THE MALE FIGURE WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S THREATENING ME.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I HEARD ABOUT A HAUNTED HOUSE IN ELK GROVE, CALIFORNIA.
ME AND RUBBIE LOVE TO GO VISI OLD HAUNTED LOCATIONS, AND SO WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, WE COULDN'T WAI TO GO INVESTIGATE IT.
Salinas: THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE TOLD US THAT THERE WAS BURIED BODIES IN THE BACKYARD AND IT WAS VERY HAUNTED.
Bentley: WE HAD NEVER DONE ANY INVESTIGATIONS WHERE WE HAD BODIES IN THE BACKYARD.
WE ALWAYS DID CEMETERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THIS WAS JUST A GREAT FIND.
I SAID, "RUBBIE, LET'S GO DO THIS.
" Salinas: WHEN WE FIRST DROVE UP TO THE HOUSE, IT LOOKED SCARY FROM THE STREET.
Bentley: MY FRIENDS AND I WERE JUST KIND OF BLOWN AWAY BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A HAUNTED HOUSE.
Salinas: IF I WAS A CHILD GOING TRICK-OR-TREATING, [ Chuckling .]
I WOULD NOT WAN TO GO TO THIS HOUSE.
THAT'S HOW SCARY IT LOOKED.
Bentley: THE LOCATION USED TO BE A HOSPITAL, AND I GUESS THE DOCTOR ACTUALLY LIVED THERE, AS WELL, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HIS DAUGHTER WHO GOT TUBERCULOSIS AND WAS BURIED IN THE BACKYARD.
IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1800s, SO IT HAS THAT VERY OLD, VICTORIAN LOOK TO THE HOUSE.
THAT DEFINITELY GIVES I A CREEPY AIR ALREADY.
ONCE YOU START WALKING IN AND GETTING A COLLECTION OF ENERGY, YOU START TO FEEL THAT THINGS ARE CROWDING AROUND YOU.
Salinas: I FELT LIKE I WALKED INTO A ROOM WITH 150 SPIRITS.
IT WAS REALLY WEIRD.
I FELT MYSELF DRAWN TO THE TOY ROOM.
FOR SOME REASON, THE ROOM JUST REALLY WANTED ME TO GO THERE.
Bentley: THIS TOY ROOM WAS ALSO THE ROOM OF THE LITTLE GIRL THAT DIED.
AND AS SOON AS YOU GET IN THERE, IT FEELS VERY CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
THERE'S TOYS FROM BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR TO THE CEILING.
THERE'S JUST TOYS EVERYWHERE.
AND THEN YOU FEEL, LIKE, AN AIR PASS BY YOU AS IF SOMETHING IS LEAVING THE ROOM.
RUBBIE ACTUALLY STARTED TAKING PICTURES, AND SHE SAYS, "BELINDA, COME OVER HERE AND LOOK AT THIS.
" AND WHAT I SAW WAS BLURRED PICTURES AND VEINS COMING DOWN OFF THE LIGHTS, AND IT WAS VERY DISTORTED.
AND I SAID, "TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE.
" [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
DIDN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES SHE TOOK A PICTURE -- IT WAS ALWAYS DISTORTED IN THIS ROOM.
AND WE KNEW THAT THIS WASN' THE CAMERA DOING THIS.
Salinas: I CERTAINLY FELT THAT THE SPIRI OF THE LITTLE GIRL WAS TAKING OVER MY CAMERA AND MAKING IT MALFUNCTION.
Bentley: AND THEN THE OWNER ACTUALLY TOLD US THAT THIS WAS THE MOS HAUNTED PLACE IN THE HOUSE.
SO, AFTER THAT, WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON INTO THE BEDROOM.
Salinas: WE WERE STARTING TO DO THE INVESTIGATION IN THERE.
Bentley: I FELT SOMETHING WAS KIND OF OFF, A LITTLE STRANGE.
AND I IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND TO TELL MY DAUGHTER TO COME HERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO TELL HER SOMETHING.
[ CHILD GIGGLING .]
Salinas: WE HAD TO REMIND HER HER DAUGHTER WASN'T THERE.
Bentley: THE OWNER SAID THAT THEY HEAR SINGING OF A LITTLE GIRL.
THEY HEAR A LITTLE GIRL PLAYING IN THE HOUSE.
THEY'RE AWARE THA A LITTLE GIRL'S IN THE HOUSE.
THREE OTHER PEOPLE SAID THEY THOUGH I'D BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER, TOO, SO I'M DEFINITELY FEELING CREEPED OU 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL FOLLOWING US.
THE BACKYARD JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A PLAYGROUND FOR ANYBODY WHO LOVES THE PARANORMAL, SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO GET BACK IN THE BACK AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON DOWN THERE.
Salinas: BELINDA THEN LED US TO THE BACKYARD WITH THE HOMEOWNER, WHERE THE BODIES WERE BURIED.
Bentley: AND THE OWNER ACTUALLY TOLD US THAT ONE OF THE FIG TREES WAS BURIED RIGHT ABOVE THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE HONOR OF THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS BURIED BACK THERE.
I HAD EVERYBODY GRAB HANDS, AND I SAID, "I REALLY JUST WAN TO TALK TO THE SPIRITS "AND LET THEM KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE, AND MAYBE THEY'LL STAR COMMUNICATING.
" AND I SAID, "MY NAME IS BELINDA, "AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU TO SEE IF YOU NEED ANY HELP.
DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US?" IMMEDIATELY, I START GETTING PULLED TOWARDS THE IVY THAT WAS BEHIND ME.
I HAD TURNED ON A GHOST PHONE.
IT WAS SIMPLY A RADIO THAT SCANS WHITE NOISE SO THAT THE SPIRITS CAN SPEAK THROUGH IT.
SO I DECIDE TO TAKE THE GHOST PHONE AND ACTUALLY WALK INTO THE IVY, AND YOU CAN START HEARING THESE VOICES, AND THEY'RE CLEAR AT THIS POINT, SAYING, "KEEP.
KEEP.
KEEP.
" AND WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHY THEY'RE SAYING, "KEEP" OR WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR A VOICE COME OVER THE GHOST PHONE THAT SAYS, "WHAT CAN YOU DO?" THAT FELT THREATENING.
IT WAS LIKE, "WHAT CAN YOU DO? I'M KEEPING THEM HERE.
" AND THAT'S WHEN I ALL OF A SUDDEN UNDERSTOOD WHAT "KEEP, KEEP, KEEP" MEANT.
THE SPIRIT WANTED TO KEEP THEM THERE.
IT WAS A VERY DEEP, MASCULINE VOICE.
THE FIRST THOUGHT I HAD WAS ABOUT THE LITTLE GIRL.
AND I'M THINKING, "THIS IS THE REASON SHE CAN'T LEAVE -- IS BECAUSE HE'S HERE.
" I REMEMBER JUST LOOKING BEHIND ME BECAUSE I FELT LIKE HE WAS BIG AND HE WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME AND HE WAS READY TO DO SOMETHING AT ANY MOMENT.
Salinas: I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE IVY.
Bentley: AND I BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE PICTURE, AND I'M LOOKING UP, AND I LOOK AT THE PICTURE, AND I LOOK UP AGAIN.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STATUE? WHERE'D THE STATUE GO? Salinas: THAT'S WHEN I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T PHYSICALLY SEE -- A STATUE OF A GARGOYLE, BUT THERE WAS NO ACTUAL STATUE THERE IN THE GARDEN OR IN THE IVY AREA.
Bentley: I FELT LIKE THAT COULD BE THE MALE FIGURE WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S THREATENING ME.
SO, WE ALL DECIDE TO GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE AND SEE IF WE COULD CONTAC THE SPIRITS, AND I NEEDED THE LIGHTS TO BE OFF SO WE COULD BE COMPLETELY IN THE DARK.
SO, BEFORE WE COULD EVER GET TO THE LIGHT SWITCH, ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE HOUSE WENT OFF.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF THOSE SPIRITS THAT HAD ACTUALLY TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS.
SO, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ALL HOLDING HANDS, AND WE'RE IN COMPLETE PITCH DARKNESS.
AND RUBBIE HAD ASKED ME, "BELINDA, WHAT'S THAT LIGH ABOVE YOUR HEAD?" AND I LOOKED UP, AND THERE WAS NO LIGHT ON BECAUSE WE'RE IN COMPLETE PITCH DARKNESS.
Salinas: NO ONE ELSE SAW THE LIGHT BUT ME.
I AM JUST CONNECTING WITH THIS LIGH AND FOLLOWING I AND LISTENING TO IT.
Bentley: AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES, I HEARD SOME LAUGHING.
AND I GO, "RUBBIE, WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?" 'CAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE HER.
AND HERE COMES ANOTHER LAUGH.
THAT'S NOT RUBBIE'S LAUGH.
SOMEBODY ELSE JUST WALKED IN.
Salinas: AS I WAS STARING AT THE LIGHT, I SAID TO THE SPIRIT, "YOU MAY SPEAK THROUGH ME," AND I FEEL AT THAT MOMENT, I WAS POSSESSED.
Bentley: AT THIS POINT, I'M FREAKING OUT A LITTLE BI BECAUSE IF SHE'S POSSESSED, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO HELP HER IN THE DARK? -[ GROWLING .]
-I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO EXCEPT FOR TALK TO HER, BUT SHE'S NOT ANSWERING ME.
AND I GO AND SHE ACTUALLY HAS HER FACE OVER, AND SHE'S LIKE AND SHE'S TELLING US, YES, SHE IS A LITTLE GIRL.
AND I'M LIKE, "OKAY, SO SHE REALLY IS POSSESSED.
SOMETHING REALLY IS GOING ON AT THIS POINT.
" SO, I ASKED HER AND EVERY SINGLE TIME, ALL SHE WOULD DO IS LOOK DOWN AND NOD HER HEAD NO, THAT THIS WASN'T HER AGE.
I WAS GETTING IT WRONG.
EVENTUALLY, ONE OF THE OWNERS ACTUALLY SAID, "ARE YOU 7?" AND THAT'S WHEN RUBBIE ACTUALLY NODDED, YES, SHE WAS 7.
WHEN WE ASKED HER WHAT HER NAME WAS, SHE THEN STARTED TO SPEAK, AND SHE ACTUALLY SAID IT'S ISABEL.
Salinas: I FEEL LIKE I'M RISING ABOVE EVERYBODY ELSE, AND IT FEELS GOOD.
IT FEELS LIGH AND JUST A PEACEFUL FEELING THAT I GO WITH IT.
Bentley: TOWARDS THE END, I ACTUALLY TURNED TO ISABEL, AND I SAID, "DO YOU NEED HELP?" AND RIGHT AS I WAS HOPING TO GET A RESPONSE, RUBBIE CAME OUT OF IT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE LIGHTS JUST COME ON.
Salinas: AND THEN THE NEXT THING I FEEL -- THAT STARTLED FEELING AND THEN OPENING YOUR EYES, AND IT'S LIKE, "WHAT'S GOING ON?" Bentley: RUBBIE WAS VERY EMBARRASSED BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED HER, "DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING?" SHE SAID NO.
SHE GOES, "DID I FALL ASLEEP? WAS I SNORING?" AND WE WERE LIKE [Chuckling.]
"NO.
" SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT MY FRIEND RUBBIE BECAME ISABEL -- NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER.
Salinas: AT THIS POINT, WE'RE DONE WITH THE SéANCE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ISABEL, AND IT'S TIME FOR ME TO CLEANSE THE HOUSE, AND SO I PUT TOGETHER SOME WITCHES' SAL AND SOME CAYENNE PEPPER AND BEGIN TO SPRINKLE SOME PROTECTION OVER THE THRESHOLDS OF THE HOUSE AND THE WINDOWS.
AND THEN WE LEFT.
Bentley: TO SEE RUBBIE GET POSSESSED WAS ACTUALLY JUST AN EXTREME, INTENSE FEELING.
AND THAT'S HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING THAT NIGHT.
Salinas: I FELT VERY COMFORTED THAT I WAS POSSESSED BY A 7-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL, ISABEL RATHER THAN SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE FOR ME.
[ GROWLING .]
Bentley: WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT WHEN YOU ALLOW A SPIRI TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH YOU, ONCE THEY TELL THEIR STORIES, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO MOVE ON.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A THERAPY SESSION.
Salinas: I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE POSSESSED AGAIN, AND I DON'T WISH THA ON ANYBODY.
Bentley: I'M CONVINCED ISABEL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HOUSE ANYMORE.
I BELIEVE SHE'S GONE.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING NIGHTS OF MY LIFE.
Nance: WE HAD A MEDIUM WITH US, AND SHE WAS AFRAID FOR OUR SAFETY.
Ricksecker: WE COULD SEE THESE SMALL SHADOW FIGURES JUST STARING AT YOU.
Nance: THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE WAS AFRAID OF US COMING INTO CONTACT WITH, AND HERE IT IS.
Ricksecker: WE HAD HEARD A LOT OF RUMORS ABOUT OCCULT PRACTICES GOING ON THERE.
WE COULD SEE THESE SMALL SHADOW FIGURES JUST LOOKING IN AT US.
Nance: THE FACES IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH ARE DEFINITELY PARANORMAL.
Ricksecker: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I VISITED BLACKBEAR CHURCH IN OLIVE TOWNSHIP, OKLAHOMA.
BLACKBEAR CHURCH OU IN OLIVE TOWNSHIP, OKLAHOMA -- A LOCAL, RURAL CHURCH FOR THE FARMERS IN THE AREA, EARLY 1900s.
ACROSS THE STREET IS THE CEMETERY.
THERE'S A LOT OF LOCALS THAT ARE BURIED THERE, AS WELL AS PARISHIONERS FROM THE CHURCH.
IT BASICALLY CEASED OPERATION IN THE LATE 1960s, EARLY '70s.
WE HAD HEARD A LOT OF RUMORS ABOUT OCCULT PRACTICES GOING ON THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE COMING OU AND DOING DIFFERENT RITUALS.
SHADOW FIGURES LURKED AROUND THE AREA, AS WELL AS SOMETHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE WERE DESCRIBING AS A CRAWLER.
TODAY THE CHURCH IS USED FOR OCCULT PRACTICES BY VARYING GROUPS.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
IN THE BACK AREA, THERE IS A STONE SLAB WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE EVIDENCE OF BURNT OFFERINGS.
ANIMAL BONES HAVE BEEN THERE AS WELL AS DROPLETS OF BLOOD.
IT SEEMS THAT WHATEVER SPIRITS ARE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN CONJURED UP BY THOSE THAT WERE COMMITTING THE OCCULT PRACTICES THERE.
Nance: THROUGH RESEARCH, MIKE HAD FOUND OU THAT BLACKBEAR CHURCH WAS REALLY HAUNTED AND THAT WE SHOULD GO CHECK IT OUT.
DRIVING UP TO BLACKBEAR CHURCH, IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT I TO BE THERE.
THERE'S NO ROOF.
THERE'S NO WINDOWS.
IT'S JUST TOTALLY EXPOSED.
Ricksecker: WE WENT INTO THE CHURCH.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHERS WITH US -- A MEDIUM, FOR ONE.
THE FIRST THING I ALWAYS DO WHEN I WALK INTO AN AREA IS I START SNAPPING PICTURES.
I SNAP A PICTURE, AND RIGHT DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PICTURE IS A VERY ILLUMINATED BALL OF LIGHT.
WHEN I WALKED IN, I DIDN'T SEE THE ILLUMINATED BALL.
IT SHOWED UP EXCLUSIVELY ON THE CAMERA, BUT IT WAS HIGH ABOVE THE MIDDLE OF THE CHURCH AREA, LIKE NEAR THE PULPIT.
MY IMMEDIATE REACTION IS TO GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW WITH MORE PICTURES, SEE IF I COULD STILL CAPTURE IT.
BUT IT WAS GONE.
I DEFINITELY THINK THE BALL OF LIGHT WAS A SPIRIT.
IT HAD ITS OWN LUMINESCENCE ABOUT IT.
Nance: I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH WHEN I TOOK A PICTURE.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.
THERE'S FACES.
ONE OF THE FACES ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A MASK, LIKE IT HAD TO BE PUT THERE OR CREATED BY SOMETHING, BUT IT'S NOT.
THE FACES IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH ARE DEFINITELY PARANORMAL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S SPIRITS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HUMAN OR NOT.
MIKE AND I WENT DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT, AND WE HAD A MEDIUM WITH US.
SHE FELT THAT THERE WERE THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH THAT WERE PEEKING IN, AND SHE WAS AFRAID FOR OUR SAFETY, SO SHE TOLD US NOT TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE DOORS OR THE WINDOWS.
Ricksecker: WE COULD SEE THESE SMALL SHADOW FIGURES JUST LOOKING IN AT US.
WE REALLY COULDN'T SEE A FACE OR EYES.
YOU COULD JUST SENSE THAT THEY WERE STARING AT YOU, KIND OF PEERING IN, LIKE THEY WERE LEANING AS CLOSE TO THE WINDOW AS THEY COULD.
Nance: THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY THICK.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO BREATHE.
I WAS NAUSEATED.
Ricksecker: YOU COULD SEE SOMETHING MOVING ABOUT, DARTING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, SOMETIMES UP ALONG THE CEILING AREA.
WE TOOK THAT TO BE THE CRAWLER THAT WE HAD HEARD SO MANY RUMORS ABOUT.
IT KEPT GETTING CLOSER TO US.
THE MEDIUM WAS REACTING TO IT, SPINNING AROUND, GLANCING FROM CORNER TO CORNER TO TRY TO GET A GRIP ON WHERE IT WAS.
AROUND THAT TIME, THERE WAS A PLASTIC BOTTLE THAT GOT THROWN ACROSS THE FLOOR.
I KNEW THE BOTTLE BEING KICKED WASN'T ONE OF US.
WE WEREN'T NEAR IT.
IT DEFINITELY HAD TO BE SOMETHING ELSE.
Nance: WHEN I WAS SORTING THROUGH THE PHOTOS, ALL THE HAIR WENT UP ON MY BODY BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I WAS LOOKING AT SOMETHING PARANORMAL.
IT WAS LOOKING RIGHT AT ME IN THE PHOTO.
THE MEDIUM HAD, IN FACT, SEEN THE CRAWLER BECAUSE THERE IT WAS, ITS KNEES DRAWN UP, ITS ARMS WRAPPED AROUND ITS LEGS.
THIS IS WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOU WAS CRAWLING AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE WAS AFRAID OF US COMING INTO CONTACT WITH, AND HERE IT IS.
MIKE AND I WEN INTO THE CEMETERY.
Ricksecker: I TOOK A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO JUST WALK THE HEADSTONES, REALLY TAKE IN THE FEEL OF THE CEMETERY AND THOSE WHO HAD BEEN BURIED THERE.
I WAS CARRYING WITH ME A DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDER, AND WHILE I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AT THE TIME WITH MY EARS WHILE I WAS IN THE CEMETERY, LATER ON, I HAD LISTENED BACK TO THE AUDIO FROM THE RECORDER, AND I HEARD A VOICE SAY, "MY TEETH ARE WARM.
" NOW, THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE THAT WAS NEAR ME.
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS BACK OFF BY THE CAR, AND I WAS BACK A WAYS IN THE CEMETERY, COMPLETELY ALONE, AND YET THERE'S A VOICE THAT VERY CLEARLY SAYS, "MY TEETH ARE WARM.
" THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE STRANGER AND CRAZIEST AUDIO RECORDINGS THAT WE'VE EVER PICKED UP.
I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT STATEMENT MEANS.
Nance: MIKE AND I WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE THE CEMETERY, AND WE HEARD OBVIOUS FOOTSTEPS COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
Ricksecker: WE'RE THINKING ONE OF THE LOCALS HAS COME DOWN TO SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING 'CAUSE WE HAD OUR CAMERAS GOING.
LIGHTS ARE FLASHING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Nance: WE WALKED OUT THE GATE, STARTED WALKING DOWN THE ROAD TO SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE, AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
SO WE DECIDED TO GET INTO THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE COYOTES.
[ COYOTE HOWLS .]
Ricksecker: WE GET IN THE CAR AND ACTUALLY DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF A MILE, AND WE DON'T SEE ANYBODY OUT THERE.
NOT A SINGLE SOUL WAS ON THIS ROAD THAT COULD HAVE MADE THE FOOTSTEPS.
Nance: IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE OUT THERE.
THERE'S SOMETHING WATCHING YOU, MAYBE SEEING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND THEY WERE MAYBE THERE TO CHECK US OUT.
Ricksecker: WE DROVE BY THE CHURCH AND THE CEMETERY ONE LAST TIME, JUST KIND OF TOOK IT IN FOR ONE LAST, FINAL MOMENT, AND THEN WE CALLED IT AN EVENING AND WENT HOME.
BEING OUT THERE AT BLACKBEAR CHURCH AND THE CEMETERY ACROSS THE STREE WAS A VERY EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE.
THIS WAS REALLY THE DARKEST LOCATION I HAD BEEN TO.
Nance: WE DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE WE GOT WHAT WE CAME FOR.
I'VE GO SOME OF THE BEST EVIDENCE EVER.
I WOULD NEVER GO TO BLACKBEAR CHURCH BY MYSELF.
[ COYOTE HOWLS .]
Ricksecker: IT REALLY BROUGH INTO PERSPECTIVE HOW DEEP THIS ENTIRE WORLD THAT WE CAN'T USUALLY SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES CAN REALLY GO.