My Ghost Story (2010) s05e09 Episode Script
Once in a Black Moon
Irwin: YOU CAN SEE IT SHOOTING UPWARDS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT SHOOT ACROSS.
AND IN THE WALL, YOU CAN SEE A FACE.
Smith: I GOT ALL CREEPED OUT.
Steve: I HAD THREE CLAW MARKS.
Mary: HE WENT TO OUR PRIEST.
Steve: HE SAID, "OH, MY GOD.
YOU'VE BEEN SCRATCHED BY A DEMON.
" I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING VERY EVIL.
Eversole: I TOOK A PHOTO, AND THEN I NOTICED THERE WAS TWO EYES LOOKING BACK AT YOU.
Poe: IT WAS SOMETHING THAT DIDN' WANT THEM THERE AT THE TIME.
Eversole: I WAS COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT.
Hoffman: I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S TUGGING ON THE BACK OF MY SHIRT.
I DECIDED TO TAKE THE CAMERA AND SNAP IT BEHIND MY BACK.
THESE PICTURES ARE PICTURES OF SPIRIT ENERGY.
I THINK THE LANDON HOUSE IS THE MOST HAUNTED PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN TO.
Boehm: I LOOK OVER TO THE LEFT.
THERE WAS CLEARLY A FIGURE OF A CHILD STANDING THERE.
TO THIS DAY, IT CREEPS ME OU THAT THIS THING IS IN THAT STAIRWELL.
Steve: WE RIPPED THE THE CARPET UP.
AND THERE WAS A PENTAGRAM ON THE FLOOR.
I SAID, "DO YOU MEAN US HARM?" Mary: THAT REALLY TERRIFIED ME.
Steve: THIS IS A DEMON.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A HOME IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
WE JUS TOTALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
IT WAS OUR DREAM HOUSE.
Mary: IT HAD THREE BEDROOMS, BATH AND A HALF, GORGEOUS, BIG BACKYARD, FENCED IN FOR OUR DOGS.
Steve: AT THE TIME THAT WE MOVED IN THE HOUSE, WE HAD NO IDEA WHATSOEVER THAT IT HAD ANY KIND OF DARK HISTORY TO IT AT ALL.
THE GIRL THAT SOLD IT TO US -- SHE SEEMED TO BE NICE.
THE FIRST INKLING OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WAS WHEN WE TOOK PICTURES IN THE BACKYARD, IT WAS JUST LIKE A SNOWSTORM ALL THE TIME.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ORBS.
Mary: THEY WERE EVERYWHERE -- ABOVE THE HOUSE, AROUND THE SHRUBS.
THEY WERE DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT SIZES.
Steve: I'VE TAKEN PICTURES FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THESE BALLS OF LIGHT SHOW UP UNTIL WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE.
WE STARTED DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNE TO TRY TO FIGURE OU EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WERE.
THOSE ARE ENERGY ORBS, MOST OF THEM EMITTING THEIR OWN LIGHT.
I ALWAYS GOT HOME FROM WORK ABOUT 30 MINUTES EARLIER THAN MARY.
ONE NIGHT, I WAS LETTING MY TWO DOGS OUT.
AS I WAS DOING THAT, I HEAR A FEMALE VOICE SAY, "WELL, HEY THERE.
" I THOUGHT IT WAS MARY, AND IT WAS WAY TOO EARLY FOR HER TO BE HOME.
I TURNED AROUND.
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
I'M GETTING GOOSE BUMPS, THAT STANDING-UP OF THE HAIR ON MY ARM.
Mary: HE WAS DEAD SERIOUS.
I CAN TELL WHEN STEVE WAS JUS ABSOLUTELY TELLING THE TRUTH.
Steve: I KNEW, AT THAT TIME, THAT SOMETHING SOMEWHERE WAS TRYING TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF CONTACT WITH ME.
ONE NIGHT, MARY AND I WERE SITTING AT HOME, WATCHING TELEVISION.
Mary: WE WERE KIND OF SITTING THERE, CUDDLED UP TOGETHER.
AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE SAW SOMETHING COME OUT OF THE KITCHEN, AND IT DRIFTED OFF TOWARD THE HALLWAY.
BOTH OF US SAW I AT THE SAME TIME.
Steve: THERE WAS NOTHING THERE TO NATURALLY CAST A SHADOW.
Mary: IT REALLY CREEPED US OUT.
Steve: THE HOUSE STARTED TO TAKE ON A WHOLE NEW LIGHT TO US, AND IT WAS NOT GOOD.
WE WOULD PICK UP ALMOST WHAT YOU WOULD DESCRIBE AS A MOLDY, URINEY-LIKE SMELL.
WE WOULD GE A MUSTY, COLOGNE-TYPE SMELL, CIGAR SMOKE, AND EVEN DEAD-ANIMAL SMELL.
I COULD TELL, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT WE WERE PROBABLY DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS PRETTY BAD.
WE TALKED TO A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS HAVING A YARD SALE.
WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIND OU WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE HOUSE.
THE NEIGHBOR SAID, "WELL, YOU DO KNOW "THAT THE GIRL THAT SOLD YOU THE HOUSE WAS A PRACTICING WCH -- DARK WITCHCRAFT.
" MATTER OF FACT, SHE GOT OUT OF TOWN AS FAST AS SHE COULD.
MY NATURAL INCLINATION TO THA WAS THAT SHE REALIZED THAT SHE HAD PROBABLY OPENED UP SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY BAD.
Mary: THE DREAM HOUSE WAS BECOMING A NIGHTMARE.
Steve: WE WERE DETERMINED TO TRY TO MAKE THIS HOUSE WORK.
THE HOUSE HAD BEAUTIFUL, OLD FLOORS UNDERNEATH THIS CARPETING.
SO WE RIPPED THE CARPET UP, AND WE GASPED BECAUSE THERE WAS A PENTAGRAM ON THE FLOOR.
IT JUST LITERALLY SHOOK ME TO MY CORE.
Mary: TO ME, THAT TOLD ME THAT SHE MAYBE HAD OPENED UP SOME KIND OF A PORTAL.
Steve: MARY GOT DOWN ON HER KNEES, AND SHE SCRUBBED THAT PENTAGRAM AWAY.
WE THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT IF WE GOT RID OF THE PENTAGRAM, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE END OF OUR PROBLEM.
IT WAS NOT.
WE WERE VERY, VERY CONCERNED.
PROBABLY AROUND 3:00 IN THE MORNING, WE WERE AWAKENED BY A LOUD BANG ON THE HEADBOARD OF OUR BED.
[ BANG .]
IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMEBODY TOOK THEIR FIS AND JUST BLASTED THE HEADBOARD.
[ BANG .]
I GRABBED A GUN 'CAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE SOMEBODY HAD BROKEN INTO OUR HOUSE.
MY CHOW DOG WAS ON THE END OF THE BED, JUST DOING THIS REAL QUIET BARK LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO ALERT US TO SOMETHING.
MY OTHER CHOW DOG WAS NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM AT ALL.
SO I TRIED TO FIND HER.
AND I NOTICED THAT, IN THE HEAT OF MAY IN MEMPHIS, I COULD SEE MY BREATH.
I WALKED INTO THE KITCHEN.
THERE WAS A STACK OF DISHES SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE COUNTER FROM THAT NIGHT.
AS I TURNED MY BACK AND WALKED PAST THOSE DISHES, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THEY MANAGED TO LIFT OVER THAT LIP, AND ALL OF THEM CRASHED INTO THE SINK AND BROKE.
[ DISHES SHATTER .]
MY HEART ABOUT JUMPED OUT OF MY CHEST.
[ DISHES SHATTER .]
Mary: I'M HEARING ALL OF THIS, AND I'M LAYING THERE IN BED, AND I'M THINKING, "WHAT IS GOING ON?" Steve: I'M AN ORDAINED MINISTER, AND WE'RE TAUGHT THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO TYPES OF ENTITIES IN THIS WORLD -- ANGELS ON THE GOOD SIDE AND DEMONS ON THE BAD SIDE.
THIS IS A DEMON IN OUR HOUSE.
Mary: SCARED ME TREMENDOUSLY.
[ DISHES SHATTER .]
Steve: IN THE FARTHEST POIN OF THE DINING ROOM, I FINALLY FOUND MY OTHER CHOW DOG COWERING DOWN IN THE CORNER.
WHEN I WENT TO PET HER, SHE FLINCHED BACK LIKE I WAS GONNA HIT HER.
SHE WOULD NOT COME TO ME.
WE LOVE OUR DOGS.
WHATEVER IT DID TO HER MUST HAVE TAKEN MY FORM, BECAUSE SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME EVER AGAIN.
WE KNEW THEN THAT THE HOUSE WAS POSSESSED BY SOMETHING VERY SINISTER.
I NEEDED TO TRY TO FIND OU WHAT THIS WAS, WHO THIS WAS.
SO I TOOK AN AUDIO RECORDER AND I TOOK A KII METER AND I ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
I SAID, "ARE YOU THE ONE WHO SCARED OR ATTACKED MY DOG?" I GOT A DEFINITE "YES.
" I SAID, "DO YOU MEAN US HARM?" I GOT AN ANSWER -- "YES.
" THE VERY LAST THING IT SAID WAS, "TELL STEVEN TO EXPECT THE WORST.
" I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING VERY, VERY, VERY EVIL.
Mary: THE NEXT MORNING, STEVE GOT UP TO GET READY TO GO TO WORK.
HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR.
AND I SAID, "STEVE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BACK?" AND HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" SO I WENT INTO THE LIVING ROOM, AND I GOT THE CAMERA AND CAME BACK AND TOOK A PICTURE OF IT.
AND I SHOWED IT TO HIM.
I SAID, "YOUR BACK IS SCRATCHED.
" HE GOES, "OH, MY GOSH.
" Steve: I HAD THREE DECISIVE CLAW MARKS.
Mary: SO HE WENT TO OUR FRIEND, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A PRIEST.
Steve: AND WHEN HE SAW THE SCRATCHES ON MY BACK, HE SAID, "OH, MY GOD.
"YOU'VE BEEN SCRATCHED BY A DEMON.
YOU'VE GO A DEMON IN YOUR HOUSE.
" Mary: THAT REALLY TERRIFIED ME.
Steve: WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ABSOLUTELY IN DANGER THERE.
THIS THING WAS JUS WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN WE WERE.
IT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE THE HOUSE FOR ITSELF.
SO WE WALKED AWAY, AND IT TOOK THE HOUSE.
Mary: IT WAS KIND OF BITTERSWEET.
WE WALKED AWAY FROM THE DEMONS THAT WERE TRYING TO ATTACK US, BUT IT WAS SAD BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR DREAM HOME.
Steve: I BELIEVE THAT THIS LADY WHO SOLD US THE HOUSE HAD OPENED A PORTAL TO SOMETHING EVIL.
THERE IS AN ACTUAL SPIRITUAL LIFE OUT THERE THAT EXISTS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN SEE, AND A LOT OF IT'S DANGEROUS.
[ DISHES SHATTER .]
DON'T PLAY WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF.
Mary: I BELIEVE THAT LEAVING THAT HOUSE SAVED OUR LIVES.
Steve: IF YOU PUSH, IT'LL PUSH BACK.
Smith: WE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT BONAPARTE'S -- WE SEE AND HEAR VARIOUS THINGS.
Irwin: WE DID END UP CATCHING ORB ACTIVITY.
Smith: HE LOOKED SO VERY SOLID TO ME, LIVING AND BREATHING, STANDING THERE.
Irwin: I TOOK THE LAST STEP DOWN.
I THOUGH MY HEAD WAS GONNA EXPLODE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD.
Smith: HE LOOKED SO VERY SOLID TO ME, LIVING AND BREATHING, STANDING THERE.
Irwin: WE DID END UP CATCHING CHASING-ORB ACTIVITY.
I WAS ACTUALLY CREEPED OUT.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I WEN TO BONAPARTE'S RETREA IN NAPOLEON, INDIANA.
I STARTED OU AS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.
I HAD ALWAYS HAD AN INTERES IN THE PARANORMAL SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG.
I'D HAD SOME EXPERIENCES.
NAPOLEON IS A VERY SMALL TOWN.
BONAPARTE'S IS A BRICK BUILDING.
IT'S OLDER.
IT'S WEATHERED.
IT WAS, AT ONE POINT, PAR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
SLAVES WOULD COME IN THROUGH A FALSE BOTTOM IN CARRIAGES AND BE DROPPED OFF AT THE LIVERY THAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY WOULD GO INTO A TUNNEL THAT LED UNDER THE ROAD INTO BONAPARTE'S BASEMENT.
AND IN A SMALL ROOM IN THE BASEMENT AT BONAPARTE'S IS WHERE THEY WOULD EAT.
AND THEY'D RES FOR A LITTLE WHILE TILL THE NEXT CARRIAGE CAME THROUGH.
THEN THEY'D CRAWL BACK THROUGH THE TUNNEL, AND THEY'D CONTINUE NORTH.
WE WERE IN TOWN.
WE HAD GONE TO NAPOLEON TO INVESTIGATE ANOTHER LOCATION.
WE HAD STOPPED IN BONAPARTE'S RETREAT TO EAT.
THEY HAD BEGUN TELLING ME STORIES ABOUT THE ACTIVITY IN THE BASEMENT AT BONAPARTE'S.
A COUPLE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD SEEN A MAN IN THE BASEMEN THAT'S BELIEVED TO HAUNT THE LOCATION.
HIS NAME IS CHARLIE.
AND THAT REALLY GO MY ATTENTION.
THAT'S SOMETHING I REALLY WANTED TO SEE FOR MYSELF.
Smith: I STARTED WORKING AT BONAPARTE'S RETREA ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO.
WE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WORK AT BONAPARTE'S -- WE SEE AND HEAR VARIOUS THINGS THAT GO ON THERE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EVIDENCE TO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S ALL PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
YOU SEE THIS OR THAT.
MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE WAS WHERE I ENCOUNTERED THE SPIRIT OF CHARLIE.
I ONLY SAW HIM FROM THE SIDE.
HE WAS ACTUALLY STANDING IN THE DOORWAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BASEMENT STEPS.
HE LOOKED SO VERY SOLID TO ME.
HE WAS LIKE YOU OR I OR ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING, LIVING AND BREATHING, STANDING THERE.
I THINK HE WAS THERE TO LEAD AND GUIDE AS PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THE TUNNELS.
I THINK IT WAS CHARLIE WHO WAS THERE TO HELP THEM THROUGH.
I THINK HE'S LIKE THE CARETAKER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TUNNEL THAT'S IN OUR BASEMENT.
Irwin: PAM WAS VERY EXCITED TO TELL ME THAT SHE HAD SEEN THE SPIRI OF CHARLIE DOWNSTAIRS, AND ONCE I HEARD THAT, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO GO DOWN INTO THE BASEMEN AND SEE FOR MYSELF.
THAT NIGHT, AS I WALKED IN, I STARTED GETTING CLOSER TO THE STAIRS.
I STARTED HAVING A HEADACHE.
AS I GO DOWN THE STAIRS, I'M FEELING SICKER AND SICKER.
WITH EACH STEP THAT I GO DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT, I AM FEELING WORSE AND WORSE.
I THOUGHT, "MAYBE THIS ISN'T A GOOD IDEA.
" I TOOK THE LAST STEP DOWN, AND WHEN I DID, I THOUGH MY HEAD WAS GONNA EXPLODE.
I SAT DOWN FOR A MINUTE AND TRIED TO COMPOSE MYSELF.
THE BASEMENT IS THE EPICENTER OF ACTIVITY FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING, SO WE HAD SET UP SOME CAMERAS.
WE DID END UP CATCHING CHASING-ORB ACTIVITY.
IT HAPPENS REALLY FAST, AND IT'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE FRAME.
YOU CAN SEE IT SHOOTING UPWARDS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT SHOOT ACROSS.
AND I JUST FOUND I REALLY INTERESTING THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THE TUNNEL WHERE WE FEEL THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY THAT COMES OUT.
Smith: THEY'RE STILL USING THAT TUNNEL, AND THERE'S CHARLIE.
HE IS JUST EVER-WORKING, JUST TRYING TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO SAFETY ALL THE TIME.
Irwin: ANOTHER CAMERA HAD BEEN SET UP RIGHT NEX TO THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE.
WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, MY INITIAL REACTION WAS, "THIS IS AWESOME.
" IN THE WALL, YOU CAN SEE A FACE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FORMATION OF EYES, NOSE, AND MOUTH.
AFTER THE FACE KIND OF COMES INTO FOCUS -- BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE I CHANGING A LITTLE BIT -- THERE'S A BIG ORB THAT JUST APPEARS OVER I AND SEEMS TO ENVELOPE THE FACE.
Smith: IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SEEING.
Irwin: IT BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN WE SLOWED IT DOWN.
Smith: I GOT ALL CREEPED OUT.
Irwin: LATER ON, WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO CHECK THE FRONT PAR OF THE BASEMENT, WHERE THE SPIRI OF CHARLIE'S BEEN FELT AND SEEN.
[ BEEPING .]
WHEN I GOT TO A CHAIR THAT WAS SET IN THE CORNER, I NOTICED I'D GET A HIT.
THE GHOST METER WOULD GO OFF OVER THAT CHAIR, AND I WOULD START TO OUTLINE THE BODY OF A PERSON SITTING IN THE CHAIR.
[ BEEPING .]
I WOULD ASK IT, "CAN YOU STAND UP?" AND THEN THE METER WOULDN' GO OFF IN THE CHAIR ANYMORE.
AND THEN IT WOULD GO OFF NEXT TO THE CHAIR.
SO I COULD TRACE ALMOST AN OUTLINE OF A PERSON STANDING UP NEXT TO THE CHAIR BUT NOTHING IN THE CHAIR.
I'D ASK IT TO SIT DOWN AGAIN.
AND THEN I CAN, AGAIN, TRACE A PERSON SITTING IN THAT CHAIR.
[ RAPID BEEPING .]
SO THE FAC THAT IT WAS RESPONDING TO WHAT I WAS ASKING IT TO DO WAS AMAZING TO ME.
I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THOSE KIND OF RESPONSES FROM THE GHOST METER BEFORE IN ANY OTHER LOCATION.
Smith: I THINK IT WAS CHARLIE IN THE CHAIR.
Irwin: HE WANTS US TO KNOW THAT HE'S THERE AND THAT HE'S WITH US AND THAT HE IS STILL A PAR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
SOMEBODY ELSE HAD THEIR AUDIO RECORDER RUNNING WHILE I WASN'T FEELING WELL.
I HAD SAT DOWN AND WAS TELLING THEM HOW BAD I WAS FEELING.
WE CAUGHT A VOICE.
WE COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AT NORMAL SPEED.
WHEN WE SLOWED THE AUDIO FILE DOWN, IT BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD.
I WAS ACTUALLY CREEPED IT.
IT WAS VERY DISTURBING.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF CHARLIE ASKING US FOR HELP.
Smith: I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW UNNERVING THAT WAS.
HE'S REACHING OUT.
HE'S TRYING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT HE WANTS HELP.
Irwin: IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM ASKING FOR HELP AS A SLAVE WHO WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN, "HELP ME," AS A SPIRIT WHO WAS SOMEPLACE WHERE HE DIDN'T FEEL HE BELONGED.
OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN, "HELP ME.
"I'M SICK, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS FEELING, AND NOW I WANT YOU TO FEEL IT, TOO.
" Smith: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO HELP HIM.
AND I FEEL SO VERY BAD FOR HIM.
Irwin: I HAVE A HISTORY IN PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS.
I HAVE A HISTORY OF WORKING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I SEE OTHER PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES.
I DON' NECESSARILY BELIEVE THEM.
IN MY LIFE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER EXPLANATIONS FOR WHAT PEOPLE MAY SEE.
BUT I KNOW THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN IS 100% REAL.
AND IF I CAN'T FIND SOME KIND OF REAL-WORLD ANSWER TO WHY SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, THEN I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS PARANORMAL.
Pavlick: ONE OF THE GUESTS CAUGH ON VIDEO A SHADOWY FIGURE.
I THINK THE IMAGE IN THE VIDEO WAS SHOCKING.
Boehm: WHEN I PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN, THERE WAS A FIGURE STANDING THERE.
"HOLY CRAP.
WHAT IS THAT?" Pavlick: ONE OF THE GUESTS CAUGH ON VIDEO A SHADOWY FIGURE.
I THINK THE IMAGE IN THE VIDEO WAS SHOCKING.
Boehm: THERE WAS A FIGURE STANDING THERE.
"HOLY CRAP.
WHAT IS THAT?" MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I VISITED A HOTEL IN CONNEAUT LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA.
ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN GOING UP TO CONNEAUT LAKE PARK FOR YEARS.
CONNEAUT LAKE PARK IS A 120-YEAR-OLD AMUSEMENT PARK.
WE WENT OVER IT ONE DAY, AND WE DECIDED TO GO INTO THE HOTEL.
WHEN WE WALKED IN THE HOTEL, WE'D HAPPENED TO SEE A BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CONNEAUT LAKE PARK AND THE HOTEL.
Pavlick: THE BOOK I WROTE WAS CALLED "THE GHOSTS OF HOTEL CONNEAU AND CONNEAUT LAKE PARK.
" I FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN THE HOTEL WHEN I WAS WORKING ON A SCHOOL PROJEC ABOUT GHOST STORIES IN THE AREA.
I INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE AND STARTED WORKING THERE THE NEXT SUMMER.
GUESTS WOULD COME TO ME AND WAN TO KNOW ABOUT THE GHOST STORIES, SO I WOULD BE TELLING THE STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND FINALLY DECIDED TO JUST WRITE THEM DOWN.
AND AFTER THAT, I STARTED COLLECTING FIRSTHAND QUOTES AND PICTURES FROM PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND EVENTUALLY PUBLISHED I IN A BOOK.
THE STORIES OF THE HOTEL CONNEAUT BEING HAUNTED HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
NO ONE'S REALLY SURE WHEN THEY STARTED.
Boehm: READING CARRIE'S BOOK IS WHA DEFINITELY INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE HOTEL AND WHAT REALLY GOT ME INTERESTED IN THE PARANORMAL.
Pavlick: IN THE HOTEL CONNEAUT, THERE IS A CRYSTAL BALLROOM, AND IN THERE ARE THE SPIRITS OF ETHEL AND FRANCIS, WHO ARE SEEN DANCING ON THE DANCE FLOOR TO BALLROOM MUSIC.
SHE IS SAID TO BE WEARING A LONG DRESS, AND HE'S WEARING A TUXEDO.
ONE TIME, SOMEONE WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALL AND HEARD MUSIC COMING FROM THE BALLROOM AND LIGHTS BEING ON IN THE BALLROOM WHEN NO ONE SHOULD BE THERE.
AND ONE OF THE GUESTS CAUGH ON VIDEO A SHADOWY FIGURE.
WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO, I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW.
I THINK THE IMAGE IN THE VIDEO WAS SHOCKING.
THE SPIRITS IN HOTEL CONNEAU SOMETIMES ENTER THE GUESTS' ROOM, AS WELL.
HOUSEKEEPING HAS GONE INTO THE ROOMS TO FIND THAT THE BEDS HAVE BEEN MESSED UP, THE SHEETS PULLED OFF AND PILED ON THE FLOOR, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO REDO THE ROOM.
OTHER TIMES, DURING THE NIGHT, PEOPLE HAVE WOKEN UP IN THE NIGHT TO FIND THAT THEY'VE BEEN THOROUGHLY TUCKED IN, EVEN ON A HOT AUGUST NIGH WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.
ONE TIME, A GUEST CAUGHT ON VIDEO THEIR BEDS BEING SHAKED.
Woman: WHOA! WHOA-HO-HO! [ LAUGHTER .]
Pavlick: WN I SAW THE VIDEO, MY HAIR WAS UP.
I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD EVER REALLY SEE ONE OF THE SPIRITS IN THE HOTEL.
Woman: WHOA! Pavlick: I USUALLY WASN'T AFRAID TO WORK IN THE HOTEL.
TO SEE SOMETHING CAUGHT ON VIDEO LIKE THA IS PRETTY AMAZING AND A LITTLE CREEPY.
Woman: WHOA! Pavlick: ONE TIME, I WAS TAKING A GROUP OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE HOTEL ON A TOUR, AND AS I WAS WALKING DOWN THE LONG HALLWAY ON THE SECOND FLOOR, I SAW A FIGURE STAND UP AND PEEK AROUND THE CORNER COMING OU OF THIS SITTING-ROOM AREA.
AND I JUST ASSUMED THAT IT WAS A PERSON THERE WHO WAS SITTING AND HEARD US COMING AND PEEKED AROUND TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WHEN I GOT TO THE CORNER AND SAW THAT NO ONE WAS, IN FACT, THERE, IT WAS EXCITING BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I HAD FINALLY SEEN A GHOST IN THE HOTEL.
Boehm: WHEN WE FIRST SAW THE HOTEL, IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE JUST A CREEPY OLD HOTEL.
IT'S VERY OLD.
IT WAS RUNDOWN.
WHEN WE FIRST WALKED IN, IT WAS MYSELF, MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY SON.
AND I WENT TO THE MAIN DESK AND ASKED IF I COULD WALK THROUGH THE HOTEL, AND THEY SAID YES.
AND IN CARRIE'S BOOK, SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES BY THE FIREPLACE, AND THEY WOULD SEE A FIGURE OF SOMEONE NAMED MICHAEL.
Pavlick: MICHAEL IS THE GHOST OF A YOUNG BOY.
HE'S BEEN SEEN THROUGHOUT THE HOTEL BUT MOST OFTEN IN THE FIREPLACE LOUNGE.
ONE TIME, THERE WERE TWO GIRLS THAT WERE TAKING PICTURES IN THE FIREPLACE LOUNGE WITH THEIR CAMERA PHONES, AND ONE OF THEM SAW THAT SHE HAD CAPTURED A DARK, SHADOWY FIGURE.
AT FIRST, WHEN I SAW THE PHOTO, I THOUGH THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN HER FINGER IN FRON OF THE CAMERA OR SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK THE SHADOWY FIGURE COULD HAVE BEEN MICHAEL BECAUSE THAT IS THE ROOM THAT HE'S SEEN IN, MOSTLY.
Boehm: THEN, WE LEFT THE TV ROOM, AND WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS, AND GOING FROM THE SECOND FLOOR TO THE THIRD FLOOR IS WHEN I CAME UPON A METALISH DOORWAY INTO A STAIRWELL.
WHEN I PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN, I PANNED TO THE LEFT FIRST, AND THEN I CAME BACK TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN I PANNED BACK TO THE LEF AND CONTINUED AROUND THE CORNER, UP THE STAIRS, AND THAT WAS THE END OF I AT THAT.
DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AT THE TIME, BUT I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A NICE PLACE.
WHEN WE GOT HOME, I WANTED TO WATCH THE VIDEO, AND IT WAS RATHER UNEVENTFUL THROUGH THE WHOLE VIDEO UNTIL I WAS ENTERING INTO THE STAIRWELL.
I PUSH THE DOOR OPEN.
I LOOK OVER TO THE LEFT.
THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
I COME TO THE RIGHT.
WHEN I COME BACK TO THE LEFT THERE WAS CLEARLY A FIGURE OF A SMALL CHILD STANDING THERE.
AND IT MOVES, AND IT DISAPPEARS.
AND I WAS LIKE, "HOLY CRAP.
WHAT IS THAT?" Pavlick: TO SEE SOMETHING CAUGHT ON VIDEO LIKE THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
Boehm: I BELIEVE THAT WHAT I CAUGHT ON VIDEO WAS THE GHOST OF MICHAEL -- A SMALL BOY THAT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS RIDING A TRICYCLE AND DIED IN THAT STAIRWELL.
TO THIS DAY, IT CREEPS ME OU THAT THIS THING IS IN THAT STAIRWELL WHEN I WALK IN THERE, AND THEN IT JUST VANISHES INTO THIN AIR AS I COME AROUND THE CORNER.
AND THERE'S NOTHING ANYONE'S EVER GONNA SAY TO CONVINCE ME THAT THAT WAS NO THE GHOST OF MICHAEL IN THAT STAIRWELL.
Pavlick: THE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HAD WORKING AT THE HOTEL CONNEAUT HAVE MADE ME BELIEVE THAT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE.
Woman: WHOA! Boehm: I WAS A SKEPTIC BEFORE THIS EVENT.
I DIDN'T REALLY GIVE MUCH CONSIDERATION INTO GHOSTS OR HAUNTINGS, BUT KNOWING WHAT I HAVE ON VIDEO -- THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WAS WATCHING US AND SOMETHING IN THERE THAT VANISHED, I'M DEFINITELY A BELIEVER.
Poe: I WEN BACK TO THE VIDEO FOOTAGE, AND I WAS SHOCKED.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUS DON'T CATCH ON FILM.
Eversole: I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING.
I WAS COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT.
Poe: THE SPIRIT OF THE LITTLE GIRL WAS TRYING TO DESPERATELY COMMUNICATE WITH US.
Eversole: OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
Poe: I WENT BACK TO THE VIDEO FOOTAGE, AND I WAS SHOCKED.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUS DON'T CATCH ON FILM.
Eversole: OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
Poe: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I VISITED BLACK MOON MANOR IN GREENFIELD, INDIANA.
THE OWNER OF BLACK MOON MANOR, MATT SPECK, ASKED US TO COME OVER AND CHECK OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS PLACE 'CAUSE MATT HAD TOLD ME THAT BLACK MOON MANOR IS KNOWN TO BE HAUNTED, 'CAUSE HE'D HAD SOME OTHER GROUPS COME IN.
BUT THEY'D NEVER HAD AN INTUITIVE COME IN AND LOOK AROUND THE PLACE, AND HE WANTED TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT I SENSED AND TO TELL HIM A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE OPINION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.
MY JOB AS AN INTUITIVE IS JUST TO GO INTO A HOUSE, FIND OUT WHAT I'M FEELING, SENSING, AND TRY TO MAKE CONTAC WITH THE ENTITIES THAT ARE STILL STUCK IN THE PLACE.
BLACK MOON MANOR WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1862 BY JOHN EASTES.
IT WAS THE FIRST HOUSE BUIL IN THE COUNTY.
IN THE EARLY 1900s, IT WAS CONVERTED INTO A SMALLPOX HOSPITAL.
AND OVER 200 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE HOME, AND MOST OF THEM ARE BURIED IN THE PROPERTY, IN THE BACKYARD.
WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE OVER THE YEARS, I FELT THERE WAS MANY ENTITIES AND ENERGIES STILL STUCK IN THE PLACE.
ME AND MY WIFE GOT THERE ABOUT 6:00 IN THE EVENING AND DECIDED TO SET UP SOME CAMERAS.
I PUT TWO DOWNSTAIRS -- ONE IN THE KITCHEN AREA, ONE IN THE FRONT SITTING ROOM.
AND I JUS KIND OF WENT AROUND THE HOUSE, KIND OF SEEING WHAT I FELT.
I WAS FEELING A PRESENCE OF A LOT OF THINGS WATCHING US.
I'D FINISHED SETTING ALL THE EQUIPMENT UP AND WENT UP THE STAIRS.
AND JUST AS I HIT THE TOP STEP, I HEARD A LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE SAY, "HELLO.
" MATT HAD TOLD ME THAT WE'D HAVE THIS PLACE TO OURSELVES.
SO I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS.
I HEARD IT WITH MY OWN EARS.
I ACTUALLY DROPPED ONE OF MY DIGITAL RECORDERS AND BROKE IT.
I SPEN PROBABLY THE NEXT 10 MINUTES LOOKING AROUND UPSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT I COULD FIND.
SO I WAS TRACKING TO SEE WHERE THIS VOICE WAS AT.
I KNEW IT WAS WITHIN A COUPLE FEET OF ME IN THE FIRST BEDROOM.
SO I WALKED BACK IN THERE AND WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND AND FOUND NOBODY THERE.
THEY HAD A LITTLE HOBBYHORSE IN THERE ON SPRINGS THAT WOULD BOUNCE UP AND DOWN IF KIDS SAT ON IT.
SO I PU MY NIGHT-VISION CAMCORDER ACROSS THE HALL FROM I SO IT SHOT RIGHT IN AT IT, AND I PUT A DITAL RECORDER RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT, SO WE COULDN'T MISS ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON AROUND THAT AREA.
AND I THOUGHT, "THIS IS GONNA BE THE WAY TO DRAW EVERYTHING OUT.
THIS WILL BE A GREAT WAY TO BRING THE SPIRITS TO US.
" AFTER I HAD EVERYTHING SET UP, I DECIDED I WAS GONNA GO OUTSIDE AND GET SOME FOOTAGE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
AS I WAS GOING OUT THE DOOR, MATT, THE OWNER, WAS COMING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY.
SO I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE OF HEARING THE LITTLE GIRL.
HE SAID THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN REASON WHY HE WANTED SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND CHECK OUT THE HOUSE.
MATT WENT INTO SOME DETAIL ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON THAT HE KNEW ABOUT.
HE'D HEAR VOICES, FOOTSTEPS WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS THERE.
HE WAS ACTUALLY PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS AT ONE TIME AND ALWAYS HAD THE FEELING OF DREAD GOING ON WITH HIM.
AFTER MATT HAD GAVE US KIND OF THE RUNDOWN OF THE PLACE, WE WENT INSIDE AND STARTED SETTING UP IN THE FRONT SITTING ROOM.
WE WEN THROUGH THE BASIC EVP QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D ASK EVERYBODY -- "WHAT'S YOUR NAME? "HOW LONG AGO DID YOU DIE? DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE STILL HERE?" -- THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE GOT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
WHEN WE STARTED ASKING ABOUT DAY-TO-DAY LIFE THINGS, THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED.
THE ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR STARTED BUILDING UP.
I FELT THIS HEAVINESS.
AND I SAID, "WE'VE CAME A LONG WAY TO HEAR YOUR STORY.
" ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, YOU CAN HEAR A MALE VOICE SAYING, "STORY.
" ME AND MY WIFE BOTH HEARD THA WITH OUR OWN EARS, AND IT WAS KIND OF SHOCKING.
I ACTUALLY LEANED BACK AGAINST THE WALL AND WAS LOOKING AROUND, LIKE, "WHAT WAS THIS?" SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST ASK A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
I SAID, "IF -- IF YOU CAN SHOW YOURSELF -- WE'LL LEAVE IF YOU DON'T WANT US HERE.
" AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BACK, WE HEARD "DON'T LEAVE" -- A LONG, DRAWN-OUT, WHISPERY SOUND.
BOTH OF US HEARD IT AND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER ONCE AGAIN.
I WAS JUST SHOCKED.
THIS, TO ME, FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT HAD A REALLY BAD TIME THERE, JUST KIND OF GOT LOS IN THE SHUFFLE AROUND THERE, AND NEEDED SOMEBODY TO HELP MOVE THEM ALONG.
AFTER WE GO THAT ROOM ALL BUNDLED UP, WE DECIDED TO JUST MAKE ONE MORE PASS THROUGH THE HOUSE.
I WENT DOWN TO THE BASEMENT.
AS I GOT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS JUST A PRESENCE STANDING BY ME AND GOT THE IMAGE IN MY MIND OF A LITTLE GIRL.
AND SHE TOLD ME HER NAME WAS HANNAH.
I DID NOT SEE HER WITH MY EYES, JUST THE PRESENCE OF FEELING SOMEBODY AROUND ME, BUT KNEW SOMETHING WAS THERE.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, IT FELT TO ME LIKE IT WAS THE LITTLE GIRL I HEARD EARLIER IN THE NIGHT, SAYING "HELLO" TO ME.
SO, AFTER THE INVESTIGATION, WE STARTED GOING THROUGH ALL THE EVIDENCE.
I WENT BACK TO THE VIDEO FOOTAGE AND WAS SURPRISED WHAT WE'D FOUND.
I'D WATCHED PROBABLY 11 HOURS OF FOOTAGE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I SAW THE HOBBYHORSE THAT WAS UPSTAIRS SHAKE UP AND DOWN.
AND LOOKING BACK AT THIS VIDEO AGAIN, TO ME, IT FELT LIKE A LITTLE GIRL WAS SITTING ON THE HOBBYHORSE, JUST SHAKING IT UP AND DOWN, OR GETTING ON AND TRYING TO RIDE IT.
AND THE HOBBYHORSE STOPPED SHAKING, AND THERE'S A WHITE ORB THAT COMES OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE HOBBYHORSE AND STARTS COMING TOWARDS THE CAMERA AND SHOOTS OUT THROUGH THE WALL.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I THOUGHT, "SOMEBODY'S PLAYING A JOKE ON ME," AT FIRST.
SO I WEN THROUGH ALL THE OTHER FOOTAGES AT THAT TIME THAT WE HAD GOING ON TO MAKE SURE NOBODY WAS IN THE HOUSE, AND AT THE TIME, WE WERE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE WITH MAT WHEN HE WAS BUILDING A FIRE.
I WAS SHOCKED.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUS DON'T CATCH ON FILM.
I'VE HAD SOME STRANGE EXPERIENCES, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS I'D EVER SEEN.
I'D MET SCOTT AT ANOTHER PARANORMAL-INVESTIGATION-GROUP MEETING.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BLACK MOON MANOR AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON THERE.
Eversole: JEFFREY TOLD ME ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AT BLACK MOON MANOR.
Poe: AS A SKEPTIC, SCOTT WAS UNSURE ABOUT WANTING TO GO OUT THERE UNTIL I KIND OF PIQUED HIS ATTENTION ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED -- GIVE HIM AN IDEA THAT THERE'S MORE GOING ON THAN WHAT YOU EXPECT TO BE WHEN YOU GET THERE.
Eversole: AFTER SPEAKING TO JEFFREY, I JUST GO WITH MY OTHER FRIENDS, AND WE JUST DECIDED TO GO AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE COULD FIND.
I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GO IN AND SET UP, AND WE WENT DOWNSTAIRS INTO THE BASEMENT.
THE THREE OF US KIND OF SEPARATED.
AND I WAS STANDING IN THE CENTER OF THE BASEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT A PEACEFUL, CALMING FEELING JUST OVERCAME ME.
AND I'M LIKE, "HEY, I'M PICKING UP SOMETHING HERE.
SOMETHING'S TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO ME.
" AND AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES, I STARTED HEARING SOMETHING.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A GROUP OF CHILDREN PLAYING, TALKING, LAUGHING.
SO I STARTED ASKING OUT LOUD, "IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE?" AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF ME, THERE WAS THIS LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE THAT WENT, "DADDY?" I KIND OF FELT REALLY BAD BECAUSE SHE SOUNDED LOST.
AND SO, IMMEDIATELY, I TOOK A PICTURE [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
AND THERE WAS AN ORB RIGHT THERE.
IS THIS THE SPIRI OF THE LITTLE GIRL THAT THOUGHT I WAS HER DAD? Poe: AND THIS HAPPENED TO BE IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE WHERE I'D FELT THE LITTLE GIRL EARLIER, SAYING "HANNAH" TO ME.
AND TO ME, THE SPIRI OF THE LITTLE GIRL WAS TRYING TO DESPERATELY COMMUNICATE WITH US, TO LET US KNOW SHE WAS THERE AND NEEDED HELP.
Eversole: THIS WAS A TURNING POINT FOR ME FROM BEING A SKEPTIC TO A BELIEVER NOW.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
UPON LEAVING THE HOUSE, I WAS THE LAST ONE TO GO UP AND SHUT THE DOOR.
AND WHILE I WAS STANDING INSIDE THE HOUSE, I CLOSED THE DOOR, AND I TOOK A PHOTO.
I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING AT FIRS UNTIL I STARTED GOING THROUGH AND ENLARGING THE PHOTOS.
AND THEN I NOTICED THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE.
AND I KEPT ENLARGING IT, AND THEN, BOOM, THERE IT IS -- TWO EYES LOOKING BACK AT YOU.
WHEN I'D SAW THOSE EYES STARING BACK AT ME, I WAS COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT.
THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF MY NECK STOOD UP.
AND IT MAKES ME FEEL THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THERE -- SOMETHING BAD, SOMETHING EVIL.
Poe: THE LAST PHOTO I SAW FROM SCOT JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT TO ME.
MY IMPRESSION OF THIS PICTURE WAS THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T WANT THEM THERE AT THE TIME.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE SPIRIT OF THE LITTLE GIRL IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT -- FOR HELP, BECAUSE OF THIS EVIL SPIRIT.
AFTER GETTING ALL THAT EVIDENCE, I AM A DEFINITE BELIEVER.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND -- THERE'S A SPIRI OF A LITTLE GIRL ROAMING BLACK MOON MANOR.
Poe: LOOKING BACK AT IT, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE -- THERE ARE SO MANY SPIRITS AND ENERGIES THAT ARE STILL HANGING OUT THERE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST LEAVES YOU WONDERING.
I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO THINK TWICE BEFORE GOING BACK TO BLACK MOON MANOR AGAIN.
FOUND SO MUCH INFORMATION THERE AND SO MUCH THAT WAS GOING ON, I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO STEP INTO THAT AGAIN.
Dolan: THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE I THAN JUST BEING COMPLETELY CREEPY.
Hoffman: WHEN WE'RE UP THERE, WE START SNAPPING PICTURES -- WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LADY THAT'S HOLDING A LANTERN.
Dolan: WHEN I HEARD THAT EVP I WAS STUNNED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Hoffman: WHEN WE WERE UP THERE, WE STARTED SNAPPING PICTURES.
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LADY THAT'S HOLDING A LANTERN.
Dolan: WHEN I HEARD THAT EVP I WAS STUNNED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I PURCHASED THE LANDON HOUSE IN URBANA, MARYLAND.
THE IMPRESSION ONE WILL GE DRIVING UP TO THE LANDON HOUSE IS THAT YOU'RE TRAVELING BACK IN TIME TO THE CIVIL WAR.
WE'VE CHANGED VIRTUALLY NOTHING.
THE HOUSE ITSELF IS A MAGNIFICENT MANSION.
IT'S 12,500 SQUARE FEE ON SIX ACRES OF IDYLLIC PROPERTY.
IT'S 100 FEET WIDE, SO YOU CAN SEE, LITERALLY, FROM ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO ANOTHER, STRAIGHT SHOT.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, IT BECAME FAMOUS AS BEING THE HOST SITE FOR CONFEDERATE GENERAL "J.
E.
B.
" STUART'S SABERS AND ROSES BALL HELD RIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM STILL REMAINS THE SINGLE BLOODIEST DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
23,000 DEAD, WOUNDED, OR MISSING IN LESS THAN SEVEN HOURS.
AND ANY BUILDING THAT WAS STANDING BECAME A HOSPITAL, SO YOU'VE GOT BRAVE, YOUNG SOLDIERS, PROBABLY FROM BOTH SIDES STAYING AT THE LANDON HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS SERVING AS A HOSPITAL BUT ALSO DYING THERE.
THE DOMINANT SPIRIT AT THE HOUSE IS SAID TO BE LUKE TIERNAN BRIEN AND HIS WIFE.
THEY HAD CHILDREN ALL OF WHOM PREDECEASED THEM.
SADLY, THEY ARE SAID TO CONTINUE ROCKING ON THE FRONT PORCH, WAITING FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO RETURN HOME.
THERE IS A FOREBODING ATMOSPHERE AT THE LANDON HOUSE WHEN YOU COME AFTER DARK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME IN AFTER DARK.
THE FOREBODING QUALITY OF THE HOUSE COMES INTO PLAY WHEN YOU GO INTO THE ROOMS ON THE THIRD FLOOR, WHERE TWO OF THE OWNERS OF THE LANDON HOUSE DIED, AND ALSO INTO THE BASEMENT.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE I THAN JUS BEING COMPLETELY CREEPY.
I HAD SEVERAL EPISODES OF WHAT I WOULD CALL PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, WHETHER IT'S STRANGE NOISES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGH OR THINGS BEING MOVED.
MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE, I WAS AT LANDON HOUSE EARLY IN THE MORNING ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND I HEARD A FEMALE VOICE SAY "HELLO?" AND IT WAS SO REAL THAT I CALLED OUT "HELLO.
" -HELLO? -I CAME DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR, CALLED OUT "HELLO" AGAIN, LOOKED AROUND, THEN WENT ON THE FRONT PORCH.
I WENT OUTSIDE AND WALKED AROUND TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS OUT THERE.
CALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES HELLO? WITH NO RESPONSE.
IT'S QUITE SHOCKING TO HEAR A VOICE AND NOT SEE A BODY.
AS WORD GOT OU THAT LANDON HOUSE WAS HAUNTED AND HAD QUITE A BI OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AND LEGENDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSE, I WAS CONTACTED BY QUITE A FEW PARANORMAL GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
Hoffman: WITH ALL THE STORIES I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE LANDON HOUSE, I WAS KIND OF INTIMIDATED JUST TO BE THERE.
Dolan: WHEN I MET TODD, I BASICALLY GAVE HIM THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE, AND HE RAN WITH IT.
Hoffman: WE SET UP A CAMERA IN THE BALLROOM, THE THIRD-FLOOR BEDROOM, AND THE BASEMENT.
THE BASEMENT IS THE CREEPIEST PART OF THE HOUSE.
YOU'D BE WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY, AND SOMETHING'S TELLING YOU, "DON'T GO ANY FARTHER.
" Dolan: ANOTHER ONE OF THE LEGENDS OF THE HOUSE, IN TERMS OF IT BEING HAUNTED, IS THE GHOST DOGS OF ANTIETAM.
THESE DOGS FOLLOWED THE TROOPS BACK FROM THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM AND FOUND THEMSELVES TRAPPED IN THE BASEMEN AFTER THE CONFEDERATE TROOPS RETREATED BACK TO VIRGINIA.
[ DOGS YELPING .]
YOU CAN STILL SEE THE SCRATCH MARKS ON THE DOOR LEADING TO THE BASEMENT.
ACTUALLY, ON A COOL SEPTEMBER NIGHT, YOU CAN HEAR THEM HOWLING AND BARKING.
[ HOWLING .]
Hoffman: WHEN WE WERE DOWN THERE, ASKING QUESTIONS, TRYING TO GET EVPs, OUR WALKIE-TALKIES STARTED MAKING STATIC NOISES AND STUFF.
[ BEEP .]
I TOLD ONE OF MY TEAM MEMBERS, "TURN THAT OFF.
" SOON AS HE WAS ABOUT TO TURN IT OFF, THIS KID'S VOICE CAME OVER THE WALKIE-TALKIE AND SAID, "HELLO?" AND WE'RE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, THAT'S A KID.
" AND WE'RE LIKE, "HOW OLD ARE YOU?" AND YOU COULD HEAR HIM FAINTLY SAY, "I'M THREE.
" WE ASKED HIM, "WHERE ARE YOU?" AND HE DIDN'T RESPOND FOR MAYBE 20 SECONDS, AND YOU HEAR HIM SAY, "I'M UP ON THE THIRD FLOOR, CLEANING MY ROOM.
" I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE RANGE ON THESE WALKIE-TALKIES ONLY REACHES MAYBE 300 FEET, AND THE HOUSE IS BY ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
SO THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN PICK UP A KID'S VOICE FROM SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AROUND THAT AREA.
Dolan: WHEN I HEARD THAT DISEMBODIED VOICE THAT TODD CAPTURED IN THE BASEMENT, IT SHOCKED THE HELL OUT OF ME.
Hoffman: AFTER CAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF THIS CHILD, I KNEW ALL THE STORIES I HEARD ABOUT THE LANDON HOUSE ARE TRUE.
THE SPIRIT SAID HE WAS UPSTAIRS ON THE THIRD FLOOR, CLEANING HIS ROOM, SO I DECIDED TO GO UP AND SEE IF HE WAS REALLY THERE.
THE HOUSE WAS LIKE ROOM TEMPERATURE -- 70 DEGREES.
BUT AS SOON AS YOU GET UP TO THAT THIRD FLOOR, IT FELT LIKE 30 DEGREES -- IT WAS REALLY FREEZING UP THERE.
WHEN WE WERE UP THERE, WE STARTED SNAPPING PICTURES.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING .]
WE DIDN'T GET KIDS OR ANYTHING, BUT WE DID CATCH A LOT OF LIGHTS.
THEN I WENT DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR DINING ROOM AREA, AND I WAS TRYING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, TRYING TO CAPTURE SOME EVPs.
A FEW MOMENTS LATER, I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S TUGGING ON THE BACK OF MY SHIRT.
SO I DECIDED TO TAKE A CAMERA AND SNAP IT BEHIND MY BACK.
AFTER I SNAPPED THE PICTURE, I LOOKED AT IT.
AND THEN I SEEN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LADY THAT'S HOLDING A LANTERN.
ONLY PERSON THAT IT COULD BE IS LIEUTENANT BRIEN'S WIFE.
GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DIED IN THIS HOUSE, I BELIEVE THAT THESE PICTURES ARE PICTURES OF SPIRITS' ENERGY.
WHEN I WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, ONE OF MY INVESTIGATORS CALLED ME FROM DOWNSTAIRS OVER THE WALKIE-TALKIE TO COME DOWN AND LISTEN TO THIS EVP.
WHEN HE PLAYED THE TAPE, I COULD HEAR ALL THESE KIDS PLAYING.
Dolan: WHEN I HEARD THAT EVP, I WAS STUNNED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
WE HEARD A LOT OF KIDS ON THE EVIDENCE, AND, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE MAIN HAUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSE ARE THE FIVE CHILDREN OF THE BRIENS, WHO DIED BEFORE THEIR PARENTS DID.
Hoffman: AFTER INVESTIGATING THAT NIGHT, WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE CAPTURED, THE PHOTOS, THE CHILDREN ON THE WALKIE-TALKIES THE EVPs THE LANDON HOUSE IS THE MOS HAUNTED PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN TO.
Dolan: I'VE SEEN ENOUGH IN 12 YEARS TO BELIEVE THA THERE IS SUCH A THING AS GHOSTS AND PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SPIRITS THAT RESIDE AT THE LANDON HOUSE.
YOU HAVE A VERY TRAGIC ASSOCIATION WITH THE BRIEN CHILDREN DYING THERE.
AND I THINK THA A LOT OF THOSE BRAVE SOLDIERS, WHEN THEY GO TO THE LANDON HOUSE AND THEY TOOK THEIR LAST BREATH, WERE TRAPPED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE WALLS, AND THEY'RE NOT AT PEACE BECAUSE OF THE HELL ON EARTH THAT THEY HAD JUST GONE THROUGH AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT SHOOT ACROSS.
AND IN THE WALL, YOU CAN SEE A FACE.
Smith: I GOT ALL CREEPED OUT.
Steve: I HAD THREE CLAW MARKS.
Mary: HE WENT TO OUR PRIEST.
Steve: HE SAID, "OH, MY GOD.
YOU'VE BEEN SCRATCHED BY A DEMON.
" I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING VERY EVIL.
Eversole: I TOOK A PHOTO, AND THEN I NOTICED THERE WAS TWO EYES LOOKING BACK AT YOU.
Poe: IT WAS SOMETHING THAT DIDN' WANT THEM THERE AT THE TIME.
Eversole: I WAS COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT.
Hoffman: I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S TUGGING ON THE BACK OF MY SHIRT.
I DECIDED TO TAKE THE CAMERA AND SNAP IT BEHIND MY BACK.
THESE PICTURES ARE PICTURES OF SPIRIT ENERGY.
I THINK THE LANDON HOUSE IS THE MOST HAUNTED PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN TO.
Boehm: I LOOK OVER TO THE LEFT.
THERE WAS CLEARLY A FIGURE OF A CHILD STANDING THERE.
TO THIS DAY, IT CREEPS ME OU THAT THIS THING IS IN THAT STAIRWELL.
Steve: WE RIPPED THE THE CARPET UP.
AND THERE WAS A PENTAGRAM ON THE FLOOR.
I SAID, "DO YOU MEAN US HARM?" Mary: THAT REALLY TERRIFIED ME.
Steve: THIS IS A DEMON.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A HOME IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
WE JUS TOTALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
IT WAS OUR DREAM HOUSE.
Mary: IT HAD THREE BEDROOMS, BATH AND A HALF, GORGEOUS, BIG BACKYARD, FENCED IN FOR OUR DOGS.
Steve: AT THE TIME THAT WE MOVED IN THE HOUSE, WE HAD NO IDEA WHATSOEVER THAT IT HAD ANY KIND OF DARK HISTORY TO IT AT ALL.
THE GIRL THAT SOLD IT TO US -- SHE SEEMED TO BE NICE.
THE FIRST INKLING OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WAS WHEN WE TOOK PICTURES IN THE BACKYARD, IT WAS JUST LIKE A SNOWSTORM ALL THE TIME.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ORBS.
Mary: THEY WERE EVERYWHERE -- ABOVE THE HOUSE, AROUND THE SHRUBS.
THEY WERE DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT SIZES.
Steve: I'VE TAKEN PICTURES FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THESE BALLS OF LIGHT SHOW UP UNTIL WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE.
WE STARTED DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNE TO TRY TO FIGURE OU EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WERE.
THOSE ARE ENERGY ORBS, MOST OF THEM EMITTING THEIR OWN LIGHT.
I ALWAYS GOT HOME FROM WORK ABOUT 30 MINUTES EARLIER THAN MARY.
ONE NIGHT, I WAS LETTING MY TWO DOGS OUT.
AS I WAS DOING THAT, I HEAR A FEMALE VOICE SAY, "WELL, HEY THERE.
" I THOUGHT IT WAS MARY, AND IT WAS WAY TOO EARLY FOR HER TO BE HOME.
I TURNED AROUND.
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
I'M GETTING GOOSE BUMPS, THAT STANDING-UP OF THE HAIR ON MY ARM.
Mary: HE WAS DEAD SERIOUS.
I CAN TELL WHEN STEVE WAS JUS ABSOLUTELY TELLING THE TRUTH.
Steve: I KNEW, AT THAT TIME, THAT SOMETHING SOMEWHERE WAS TRYING TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF CONTACT WITH ME.
ONE NIGHT, MARY AND I WERE SITTING AT HOME, WATCHING TELEVISION.
Mary: WE WERE KIND OF SITTING THERE, CUDDLED UP TOGETHER.
AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE SAW SOMETHING COME OUT OF THE KITCHEN, AND IT DRIFTED OFF TOWARD THE HALLWAY.
BOTH OF US SAW I AT THE SAME TIME.
Steve: THERE WAS NOTHING THERE TO NATURALLY CAST A SHADOW.
Mary: IT REALLY CREEPED US OUT.
Steve: THE HOUSE STARTED TO TAKE ON A WHOLE NEW LIGHT TO US, AND IT WAS NOT GOOD.
WE WOULD PICK UP ALMOST WHAT YOU WOULD DESCRIBE AS A MOLDY, URINEY-LIKE SMELL.
WE WOULD GE A MUSTY, COLOGNE-TYPE SMELL, CIGAR SMOKE, AND EVEN DEAD-ANIMAL SMELL.
I COULD TELL, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT WE WERE PROBABLY DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS PRETTY BAD.
WE TALKED TO A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS HAVING A YARD SALE.
WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIND OU WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE HOUSE.
THE NEIGHBOR SAID, "WELL, YOU DO KNOW "THAT THE GIRL THAT SOLD YOU THE HOUSE WAS A PRACTICING WCH -- DARK WITCHCRAFT.
" MATTER OF FACT, SHE GOT OUT OF TOWN AS FAST AS SHE COULD.
MY NATURAL INCLINATION TO THA WAS THAT SHE REALIZED THAT SHE HAD PROBABLY OPENED UP SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY BAD.
Mary: THE DREAM HOUSE WAS BECOMING A NIGHTMARE.
Steve: WE WERE DETERMINED TO TRY TO MAKE THIS HOUSE WORK.
THE HOUSE HAD BEAUTIFUL, OLD FLOORS UNDERNEATH THIS CARPETING.
SO WE RIPPED THE CARPET UP, AND WE GASPED BECAUSE THERE WAS A PENTAGRAM ON THE FLOOR.
IT JUST LITERALLY SHOOK ME TO MY CORE.
Mary: TO ME, THAT TOLD ME THAT SHE MAYBE HAD OPENED UP SOME KIND OF A PORTAL.
Steve: MARY GOT DOWN ON HER KNEES, AND SHE SCRUBBED THAT PENTAGRAM AWAY.
WE THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT IF WE GOT RID OF THE PENTAGRAM, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE END OF OUR PROBLEM.
IT WAS NOT.
WE WERE VERY, VERY CONCERNED.
PROBABLY AROUND 3:00 IN THE MORNING, WE WERE AWAKENED BY A LOUD BANG ON THE HEADBOARD OF OUR BED.
[ BANG .]
IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMEBODY TOOK THEIR FIS AND JUST BLASTED THE HEADBOARD.
[ BANG .]
I GRABBED A GUN 'CAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE SOMEBODY HAD BROKEN INTO OUR HOUSE.
MY CHOW DOG WAS ON THE END OF THE BED, JUST DOING THIS REAL QUIET BARK LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO ALERT US TO SOMETHING.
MY OTHER CHOW DOG WAS NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM AT ALL.
SO I TRIED TO FIND HER.
AND I NOTICED THAT, IN THE HEAT OF MAY IN MEMPHIS, I COULD SEE MY BREATH.
I WALKED INTO THE KITCHEN.
THERE WAS A STACK OF DISHES SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE COUNTER FROM THAT NIGHT.
AS I TURNED MY BACK AND WALKED PAST THOSE DISHES, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THEY MANAGED TO LIFT OVER THAT LIP, AND ALL OF THEM CRASHED INTO THE SINK AND BROKE.
[ DISHES SHATTER .]
MY HEART ABOUT JUMPED OUT OF MY CHEST.
[ DISHES SHATTER .]
Mary: I'M HEARING ALL OF THIS, AND I'M LAYING THERE IN BED, AND I'M THINKING, "WHAT IS GOING ON?" Steve: I'M AN ORDAINED MINISTER, AND WE'RE TAUGHT THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO TYPES OF ENTITIES IN THIS WORLD -- ANGELS ON THE GOOD SIDE AND DEMONS ON THE BAD SIDE.
THIS IS A DEMON IN OUR HOUSE.
Mary: SCARED ME TREMENDOUSLY.
[ DISHES SHATTER .]
Steve: IN THE FARTHEST POIN OF THE DINING ROOM, I FINALLY FOUND MY OTHER CHOW DOG COWERING DOWN IN THE CORNER.
WHEN I WENT TO PET HER, SHE FLINCHED BACK LIKE I WAS GONNA HIT HER.
SHE WOULD NOT COME TO ME.
WE LOVE OUR DOGS.
WHATEVER IT DID TO HER MUST HAVE TAKEN MY FORM, BECAUSE SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME EVER AGAIN.
WE KNEW THEN THAT THE HOUSE WAS POSSESSED BY SOMETHING VERY SINISTER.
I NEEDED TO TRY TO FIND OU WHAT THIS WAS, WHO THIS WAS.
SO I TOOK AN AUDIO RECORDER AND I TOOK A KII METER AND I ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
I SAID, "ARE YOU THE ONE WHO SCARED OR ATTACKED MY DOG?" I GOT A DEFINITE "YES.
" I SAID, "DO YOU MEAN US HARM?" I GOT AN ANSWER -- "YES.
" THE VERY LAST THING IT SAID WAS, "TELL STEVEN TO EXPECT THE WORST.
" I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING VERY, VERY, VERY EVIL.
Mary: THE NEXT MORNING, STEVE GOT UP TO GET READY TO GO TO WORK.
HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR.
AND I SAID, "STEVE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BACK?" AND HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" SO I WENT INTO THE LIVING ROOM, AND I GOT THE CAMERA AND CAME BACK AND TOOK A PICTURE OF IT.
AND I SHOWED IT TO HIM.
I SAID, "YOUR BACK IS SCRATCHED.
" HE GOES, "OH, MY GOSH.
" Steve: I HAD THREE DECISIVE CLAW MARKS.
Mary: SO HE WENT TO OUR FRIEND, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A PRIEST.
Steve: AND WHEN HE SAW THE SCRATCHES ON MY BACK, HE SAID, "OH, MY GOD.
"YOU'VE BEEN SCRATCHED BY A DEMON.
YOU'VE GO A DEMON IN YOUR HOUSE.
" Mary: THAT REALLY TERRIFIED ME.
Steve: WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ABSOLUTELY IN DANGER THERE.
THIS THING WAS JUS WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN WE WERE.
IT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE THE HOUSE FOR ITSELF.
SO WE WALKED AWAY, AND IT TOOK THE HOUSE.
Mary: IT WAS KIND OF BITTERSWEET.
WE WALKED AWAY FROM THE DEMONS THAT WERE TRYING TO ATTACK US, BUT IT WAS SAD BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR DREAM HOME.
Steve: I BELIEVE THAT THIS LADY WHO SOLD US THE HOUSE HAD OPENED A PORTAL TO SOMETHING EVIL.
THERE IS AN ACTUAL SPIRITUAL LIFE OUT THERE THAT EXISTS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN SEE, AND A LOT OF IT'S DANGEROUS.
[ DISHES SHATTER .]
DON'T PLAY WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF.
Mary: I BELIEVE THAT LEAVING THAT HOUSE SAVED OUR LIVES.
Steve: IF YOU PUSH, IT'LL PUSH BACK.
Smith: WE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT BONAPARTE'S -- WE SEE AND HEAR VARIOUS THINGS.
Irwin: WE DID END UP CATCHING ORB ACTIVITY.
Smith: HE LOOKED SO VERY SOLID TO ME, LIVING AND BREATHING, STANDING THERE.
Irwin: I TOOK THE LAST STEP DOWN.
I THOUGH MY HEAD WAS GONNA EXPLODE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD.
Smith: HE LOOKED SO VERY SOLID TO ME, LIVING AND BREATHING, STANDING THERE.
Irwin: WE DID END UP CATCHING CHASING-ORB ACTIVITY.
I WAS ACTUALLY CREEPED OUT.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I WEN TO BONAPARTE'S RETREA IN NAPOLEON, INDIANA.
I STARTED OU AS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.
I HAD ALWAYS HAD AN INTERES IN THE PARANORMAL SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG.
I'D HAD SOME EXPERIENCES.
NAPOLEON IS A VERY SMALL TOWN.
BONAPARTE'S IS A BRICK BUILDING.
IT'S OLDER.
IT'S WEATHERED.
IT WAS, AT ONE POINT, PAR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
SLAVES WOULD COME IN THROUGH A FALSE BOTTOM IN CARRIAGES AND BE DROPPED OFF AT THE LIVERY THAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY WOULD GO INTO A TUNNEL THAT LED UNDER THE ROAD INTO BONAPARTE'S BASEMENT.
AND IN A SMALL ROOM IN THE BASEMENT AT BONAPARTE'S IS WHERE THEY WOULD EAT.
AND THEY'D RES FOR A LITTLE WHILE TILL THE NEXT CARRIAGE CAME THROUGH.
THEN THEY'D CRAWL BACK THROUGH THE TUNNEL, AND THEY'D CONTINUE NORTH.
WE WERE IN TOWN.
WE HAD GONE TO NAPOLEON TO INVESTIGATE ANOTHER LOCATION.
WE HAD STOPPED IN BONAPARTE'S RETREAT TO EAT.
THEY HAD BEGUN TELLING ME STORIES ABOUT THE ACTIVITY IN THE BASEMENT AT BONAPARTE'S.
A COUPLE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD SEEN A MAN IN THE BASEMEN THAT'S BELIEVED TO HAUNT THE LOCATION.
HIS NAME IS CHARLIE.
AND THAT REALLY GO MY ATTENTION.
THAT'S SOMETHING I REALLY WANTED TO SEE FOR MYSELF.
Smith: I STARTED WORKING AT BONAPARTE'S RETREA ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO.
WE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WORK AT BONAPARTE'S -- WE SEE AND HEAR VARIOUS THINGS THAT GO ON THERE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EVIDENCE TO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S ALL PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
YOU SEE THIS OR THAT.
MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE WAS WHERE I ENCOUNTERED THE SPIRIT OF CHARLIE.
I ONLY SAW HIM FROM THE SIDE.
HE WAS ACTUALLY STANDING IN THE DOORWAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BASEMENT STEPS.
HE LOOKED SO VERY SOLID TO ME.
HE WAS LIKE YOU OR I OR ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING, LIVING AND BREATHING, STANDING THERE.
I THINK HE WAS THERE TO LEAD AND GUIDE AS PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THE TUNNELS.
I THINK IT WAS CHARLIE WHO WAS THERE TO HELP THEM THROUGH.
I THINK HE'S LIKE THE CARETAKER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TUNNEL THAT'S IN OUR BASEMENT.
Irwin: PAM WAS VERY EXCITED TO TELL ME THAT SHE HAD SEEN THE SPIRI OF CHARLIE DOWNSTAIRS, AND ONCE I HEARD THAT, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO GO DOWN INTO THE BASEMEN AND SEE FOR MYSELF.
THAT NIGHT, AS I WALKED IN, I STARTED GETTING CLOSER TO THE STAIRS.
I STARTED HAVING A HEADACHE.
AS I GO DOWN THE STAIRS, I'M FEELING SICKER AND SICKER.
WITH EACH STEP THAT I GO DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT, I AM FEELING WORSE AND WORSE.
I THOUGHT, "MAYBE THIS ISN'T A GOOD IDEA.
" I TOOK THE LAST STEP DOWN, AND WHEN I DID, I THOUGH MY HEAD WAS GONNA EXPLODE.
I SAT DOWN FOR A MINUTE AND TRIED TO COMPOSE MYSELF.
THE BASEMENT IS THE EPICENTER OF ACTIVITY FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING, SO WE HAD SET UP SOME CAMERAS.
WE DID END UP CATCHING CHASING-ORB ACTIVITY.
IT HAPPENS REALLY FAST, AND IT'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE FRAME.
YOU CAN SEE IT SHOOTING UPWARDS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT SHOOT ACROSS.
AND I JUST FOUND I REALLY INTERESTING THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THE TUNNEL WHERE WE FEEL THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY THAT COMES OUT.
Smith: THEY'RE STILL USING THAT TUNNEL, AND THERE'S CHARLIE.
HE IS JUST EVER-WORKING, JUST TRYING TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO SAFETY ALL THE TIME.
Irwin: ANOTHER CAMERA HAD BEEN SET UP RIGHT NEX TO THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE.
WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, MY INITIAL REACTION WAS, "THIS IS AWESOME.
" IN THE WALL, YOU CAN SEE A FACE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FORMATION OF EYES, NOSE, AND MOUTH.
AFTER THE FACE KIND OF COMES INTO FOCUS -- BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE I CHANGING A LITTLE BIT -- THERE'S A BIG ORB THAT JUST APPEARS OVER I AND SEEMS TO ENVELOPE THE FACE.
Smith: IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SEEING.
Irwin: IT BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN WE SLOWED IT DOWN.
Smith: I GOT ALL CREEPED OUT.
Irwin: LATER ON, WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO CHECK THE FRONT PAR OF THE BASEMENT, WHERE THE SPIRI OF CHARLIE'S BEEN FELT AND SEEN.
[ BEEPING .]
WHEN I GOT TO A CHAIR THAT WAS SET IN THE CORNER, I NOTICED I'D GET A HIT.
THE GHOST METER WOULD GO OFF OVER THAT CHAIR, AND I WOULD START TO OUTLINE THE BODY OF A PERSON SITTING IN THE CHAIR.
[ BEEPING .]
I WOULD ASK IT, "CAN YOU STAND UP?" AND THEN THE METER WOULDN' GO OFF IN THE CHAIR ANYMORE.
AND THEN IT WOULD GO OFF NEXT TO THE CHAIR.
SO I COULD TRACE ALMOST AN OUTLINE OF A PERSON STANDING UP NEXT TO THE CHAIR BUT NOTHING IN THE CHAIR.
I'D ASK IT TO SIT DOWN AGAIN.
AND THEN I CAN, AGAIN, TRACE A PERSON SITTING IN THAT CHAIR.
[ RAPID BEEPING .]
SO THE FAC THAT IT WAS RESPONDING TO WHAT I WAS ASKING IT TO DO WAS AMAZING TO ME.
I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THOSE KIND OF RESPONSES FROM THE GHOST METER BEFORE IN ANY OTHER LOCATION.
Smith: I THINK IT WAS CHARLIE IN THE CHAIR.
Irwin: HE WANTS US TO KNOW THAT HE'S THERE AND THAT HE'S WITH US AND THAT HE IS STILL A PAR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
SOMEBODY ELSE HAD THEIR AUDIO RECORDER RUNNING WHILE I WASN'T FEELING WELL.
I HAD SAT DOWN AND WAS TELLING THEM HOW BAD I WAS FEELING.
WE CAUGHT A VOICE.
WE COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AT NORMAL SPEED.
WHEN WE SLOWED THE AUDIO FILE DOWN, IT BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD.
I WAS ACTUALLY CREEPED IT.
IT WAS VERY DISTURBING.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF CHARLIE ASKING US FOR HELP.
Smith: I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW UNNERVING THAT WAS.
HE'S REACHING OUT.
HE'S TRYING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT HE WANTS HELP.
Irwin: IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM ASKING FOR HELP AS A SLAVE WHO WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN, "HELP ME," AS A SPIRIT WHO WAS SOMEPLACE WHERE HE DIDN'T FEEL HE BELONGED.
OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN, "HELP ME.
"I'M SICK, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS FEELING, AND NOW I WANT YOU TO FEEL IT, TOO.
" Smith: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO HELP HIM.
AND I FEEL SO VERY BAD FOR HIM.
Irwin: I HAVE A HISTORY IN PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS.
I HAVE A HISTORY OF WORKING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I SEE OTHER PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES.
I DON' NECESSARILY BELIEVE THEM.
IN MY LIFE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER EXPLANATIONS FOR WHAT PEOPLE MAY SEE.
BUT I KNOW THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN IS 100% REAL.
AND IF I CAN'T FIND SOME KIND OF REAL-WORLD ANSWER TO WHY SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, THEN I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS PARANORMAL.
Pavlick: ONE OF THE GUESTS CAUGH ON VIDEO A SHADOWY FIGURE.
I THINK THE IMAGE IN THE VIDEO WAS SHOCKING.
Boehm: WHEN I PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN, THERE WAS A FIGURE STANDING THERE.
"HOLY CRAP.
WHAT IS THAT?" Pavlick: ONE OF THE GUESTS CAUGH ON VIDEO A SHADOWY FIGURE.
I THINK THE IMAGE IN THE VIDEO WAS SHOCKING.
Boehm: THERE WAS A FIGURE STANDING THERE.
"HOLY CRAP.
WHAT IS THAT?" MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I VISITED A HOTEL IN CONNEAUT LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA.
ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN GOING UP TO CONNEAUT LAKE PARK FOR YEARS.
CONNEAUT LAKE PARK IS A 120-YEAR-OLD AMUSEMENT PARK.
WE WENT OVER IT ONE DAY, AND WE DECIDED TO GO INTO THE HOTEL.
WHEN WE WALKED IN THE HOTEL, WE'D HAPPENED TO SEE A BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CONNEAUT LAKE PARK AND THE HOTEL.
Pavlick: THE BOOK I WROTE WAS CALLED "THE GHOSTS OF HOTEL CONNEAU AND CONNEAUT LAKE PARK.
" I FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN THE HOTEL WHEN I WAS WORKING ON A SCHOOL PROJEC ABOUT GHOST STORIES IN THE AREA.
I INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE AND STARTED WORKING THERE THE NEXT SUMMER.
GUESTS WOULD COME TO ME AND WAN TO KNOW ABOUT THE GHOST STORIES, SO I WOULD BE TELLING THE STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND FINALLY DECIDED TO JUST WRITE THEM DOWN.
AND AFTER THAT, I STARTED COLLECTING FIRSTHAND QUOTES AND PICTURES FROM PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND EVENTUALLY PUBLISHED I IN A BOOK.
THE STORIES OF THE HOTEL CONNEAUT BEING HAUNTED HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
NO ONE'S REALLY SURE WHEN THEY STARTED.
Boehm: READING CARRIE'S BOOK IS WHA DEFINITELY INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE HOTEL AND WHAT REALLY GOT ME INTERESTED IN THE PARANORMAL.
Pavlick: IN THE HOTEL CONNEAUT, THERE IS A CRYSTAL BALLROOM, AND IN THERE ARE THE SPIRITS OF ETHEL AND FRANCIS, WHO ARE SEEN DANCING ON THE DANCE FLOOR TO BALLROOM MUSIC.
SHE IS SAID TO BE WEARING A LONG DRESS, AND HE'S WEARING A TUXEDO.
ONE TIME, SOMEONE WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALL AND HEARD MUSIC COMING FROM THE BALLROOM AND LIGHTS BEING ON IN THE BALLROOM WHEN NO ONE SHOULD BE THERE.
AND ONE OF THE GUESTS CAUGH ON VIDEO A SHADOWY FIGURE.
WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO, I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW.
I THINK THE IMAGE IN THE VIDEO WAS SHOCKING.
THE SPIRITS IN HOTEL CONNEAU SOMETIMES ENTER THE GUESTS' ROOM, AS WELL.
HOUSEKEEPING HAS GONE INTO THE ROOMS TO FIND THAT THE BEDS HAVE BEEN MESSED UP, THE SHEETS PULLED OFF AND PILED ON THE FLOOR, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO REDO THE ROOM.
OTHER TIMES, DURING THE NIGHT, PEOPLE HAVE WOKEN UP IN THE NIGHT TO FIND THAT THEY'VE BEEN THOROUGHLY TUCKED IN, EVEN ON A HOT AUGUST NIGH WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.
ONE TIME, A GUEST CAUGHT ON VIDEO THEIR BEDS BEING SHAKED.
Woman: WHOA! WHOA-HO-HO! [ LAUGHTER .]
Pavlick: WN I SAW THE VIDEO, MY HAIR WAS UP.
I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD EVER REALLY SEE ONE OF THE SPIRITS IN THE HOTEL.
Woman: WHOA! Pavlick: I USUALLY WASN'T AFRAID TO WORK IN THE HOTEL.
TO SEE SOMETHING CAUGHT ON VIDEO LIKE THA IS PRETTY AMAZING AND A LITTLE CREEPY.
Woman: WHOA! Pavlick: ONE TIME, I WAS TAKING A GROUP OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE HOTEL ON A TOUR, AND AS I WAS WALKING DOWN THE LONG HALLWAY ON THE SECOND FLOOR, I SAW A FIGURE STAND UP AND PEEK AROUND THE CORNER COMING OU OF THIS SITTING-ROOM AREA.
AND I JUST ASSUMED THAT IT WAS A PERSON THERE WHO WAS SITTING AND HEARD US COMING AND PEEKED AROUND TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WHEN I GOT TO THE CORNER AND SAW THAT NO ONE WAS, IN FACT, THERE, IT WAS EXCITING BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I HAD FINALLY SEEN A GHOST IN THE HOTEL.
Boehm: WHEN WE FIRST SAW THE HOTEL, IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE JUST A CREEPY OLD HOTEL.
IT'S VERY OLD.
IT WAS RUNDOWN.
WHEN WE FIRST WALKED IN, IT WAS MYSELF, MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY SON.
AND I WENT TO THE MAIN DESK AND ASKED IF I COULD WALK THROUGH THE HOTEL, AND THEY SAID YES.
AND IN CARRIE'S BOOK, SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES BY THE FIREPLACE, AND THEY WOULD SEE A FIGURE OF SOMEONE NAMED MICHAEL.
Pavlick: MICHAEL IS THE GHOST OF A YOUNG BOY.
HE'S BEEN SEEN THROUGHOUT THE HOTEL BUT MOST OFTEN IN THE FIREPLACE LOUNGE.
ONE TIME, THERE WERE TWO GIRLS THAT WERE TAKING PICTURES IN THE FIREPLACE LOUNGE WITH THEIR CAMERA PHONES, AND ONE OF THEM SAW THAT SHE HAD CAPTURED A DARK, SHADOWY FIGURE.
AT FIRST, WHEN I SAW THE PHOTO, I THOUGH THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN HER FINGER IN FRON OF THE CAMERA OR SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK THE SHADOWY FIGURE COULD HAVE BEEN MICHAEL BECAUSE THAT IS THE ROOM THAT HE'S SEEN IN, MOSTLY.
Boehm: THEN, WE LEFT THE TV ROOM, AND WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS, AND GOING FROM THE SECOND FLOOR TO THE THIRD FLOOR IS WHEN I CAME UPON A METALISH DOORWAY INTO A STAIRWELL.
WHEN I PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN, I PANNED TO THE LEFT FIRST, AND THEN I CAME BACK TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN I PANNED BACK TO THE LEF AND CONTINUED AROUND THE CORNER, UP THE STAIRS, AND THAT WAS THE END OF I AT THAT.
DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AT THE TIME, BUT I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A NICE PLACE.
WHEN WE GOT HOME, I WANTED TO WATCH THE VIDEO, AND IT WAS RATHER UNEVENTFUL THROUGH THE WHOLE VIDEO UNTIL I WAS ENTERING INTO THE STAIRWELL.
I PUSH THE DOOR OPEN.
I LOOK OVER TO THE LEFT.
THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
I COME TO THE RIGHT.
WHEN I COME BACK TO THE LEFT THERE WAS CLEARLY A FIGURE OF A SMALL CHILD STANDING THERE.
AND IT MOVES, AND IT DISAPPEARS.
AND I WAS LIKE, "HOLY CRAP.
WHAT IS THAT?" Pavlick: TO SEE SOMETHING CAUGHT ON VIDEO LIKE THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
Boehm: I BELIEVE THAT WHAT I CAUGHT ON VIDEO WAS THE GHOST OF MICHAEL -- A SMALL BOY THAT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS RIDING A TRICYCLE AND DIED IN THAT STAIRWELL.
TO THIS DAY, IT CREEPS ME OU THAT THIS THING IS IN THAT STAIRWELL WHEN I WALK IN THERE, AND THEN IT JUST VANISHES INTO THIN AIR AS I COME AROUND THE CORNER.
AND THERE'S NOTHING ANYONE'S EVER GONNA SAY TO CONVINCE ME THAT THAT WAS NO THE GHOST OF MICHAEL IN THAT STAIRWELL.
Pavlick: THE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HAD WORKING AT THE HOTEL CONNEAUT HAVE MADE ME BELIEVE THAT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE.
Woman: WHOA! Boehm: I WAS A SKEPTIC BEFORE THIS EVENT.
I DIDN'T REALLY GIVE MUCH CONSIDERATION INTO GHOSTS OR HAUNTINGS, BUT KNOWING WHAT I HAVE ON VIDEO -- THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WAS WATCHING US AND SOMETHING IN THERE THAT VANISHED, I'M DEFINITELY A BELIEVER.
Poe: I WEN BACK TO THE VIDEO FOOTAGE, AND I WAS SHOCKED.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUS DON'T CATCH ON FILM.
Eversole: I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING.
I WAS COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT.
Poe: THE SPIRIT OF THE LITTLE GIRL WAS TRYING TO DESPERATELY COMMUNICATE WITH US.
Eversole: OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
Poe: I WENT BACK TO THE VIDEO FOOTAGE, AND I WAS SHOCKED.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUS DON'T CATCH ON FILM.
Eversole: OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
Poe: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I VISITED BLACK MOON MANOR IN GREENFIELD, INDIANA.
THE OWNER OF BLACK MOON MANOR, MATT SPECK, ASKED US TO COME OVER AND CHECK OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS PLACE 'CAUSE MATT HAD TOLD ME THAT BLACK MOON MANOR IS KNOWN TO BE HAUNTED, 'CAUSE HE'D HAD SOME OTHER GROUPS COME IN.
BUT THEY'D NEVER HAD AN INTUITIVE COME IN AND LOOK AROUND THE PLACE, AND HE WANTED TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT I SENSED AND TO TELL HIM A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE OPINION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.
MY JOB AS AN INTUITIVE IS JUST TO GO INTO A HOUSE, FIND OUT WHAT I'M FEELING, SENSING, AND TRY TO MAKE CONTAC WITH THE ENTITIES THAT ARE STILL STUCK IN THE PLACE.
BLACK MOON MANOR WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1862 BY JOHN EASTES.
IT WAS THE FIRST HOUSE BUIL IN THE COUNTY.
IN THE EARLY 1900s, IT WAS CONVERTED INTO A SMALLPOX HOSPITAL.
AND OVER 200 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE HOME, AND MOST OF THEM ARE BURIED IN THE PROPERTY, IN THE BACKYARD.
WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE OVER THE YEARS, I FELT THERE WAS MANY ENTITIES AND ENERGIES STILL STUCK IN THE PLACE.
ME AND MY WIFE GOT THERE ABOUT 6:00 IN THE EVENING AND DECIDED TO SET UP SOME CAMERAS.
I PUT TWO DOWNSTAIRS -- ONE IN THE KITCHEN AREA, ONE IN THE FRONT SITTING ROOM.
AND I JUS KIND OF WENT AROUND THE HOUSE, KIND OF SEEING WHAT I FELT.
I WAS FEELING A PRESENCE OF A LOT OF THINGS WATCHING US.
I'D FINISHED SETTING ALL THE EQUIPMENT UP AND WENT UP THE STAIRS.
AND JUST AS I HIT THE TOP STEP, I HEARD A LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE SAY, "HELLO.
" MATT HAD TOLD ME THAT WE'D HAVE THIS PLACE TO OURSELVES.
SO I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS.
I HEARD IT WITH MY OWN EARS.
I ACTUALLY DROPPED ONE OF MY DIGITAL RECORDERS AND BROKE IT.
I SPEN PROBABLY THE NEXT 10 MINUTES LOOKING AROUND UPSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT I COULD FIND.
SO I WAS TRACKING TO SEE WHERE THIS VOICE WAS AT.
I KNEW IT WAS WITHIN A COUPLE FEET OF ME IN THE FIRST BEDROOM.
SO I WALKED BACK IN THERE AND WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND AND FOUND NOBODY THERE.
THEY HAD A LITTLE HOBBYHORSE IN THERE ON SPRINGS THAT WOULD BOUNCE UP AND DOWN IF KIDS SAT ON IT.
SO I PU MY NIGHT-VISION CAMCORDER ACROSS THE HALL FROM I SO IT SHOT RIGHT IN AT IT, AND I PUT A DITAL RECORDER RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT, SO WE COULDN'T MISS ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON AROUND THAT AREA.
AND I THOUGHT, "THIS IS GONNA BE THE WAY TO DRAW EVERYTHING OUT.
THIS WILL BE A GREAT WAY TO BRING THE SPIRITS TO US.
" AFTER I HAD EVERYTHING SET UP, I DECIDED I WAS GONNA GO OUTSIDE AND GET SOME FOOTAGE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
AS I WAS GOING OUT THE DOOR, MATT, THE OWNER, WAS COMING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY.
SO I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE OF HEARING THE LITTLE GIRL.
HE SAID THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN REASON WHY HE WANTED SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND CHECK OUT THE HOUSE.
MATT WENT INTO SOME DETAIL ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON THAT HE KNEW ABOUT.
HE'D HEAR VOICES, FOOTSTEPS WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS THERE.
HE WAS ACTUALLY PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS AT ONE TIME AND ALWAYS HAD THE FEELING OF DREAD GOING ON WITH HIM.
AFTER MATT HAD GAVE US KIND OF THE RUNDOWN OF THE PLACE, WE WENT INSIDE AND STARTED SETTING UP IN THE FRONT SITTING ROOM.
WE WEN THROUGH THE BASIC EVP QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D ASK EVERYBODY -- "WHAT'S YOUR NAME? "HOW LONG AGO DID YOU DIE? DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE STILL HERE?" -- THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE GOT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
WHEN WE STARTED ASKING ABOUT DAY-TO-DAY LIFE THINGS, THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED.
THE ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR STARTED BUILDING UP.
I FELT THIS HEAVINESS.
AND I SAID, "WE'VE CAME A LONG WAY TO HEAR YOUR STORY.
" ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, YOU CAN HEAR A MALE VOICE SAYING, "STORY.
" ME AND MY WIFE BOTH HEARD THA WITH OUR OWN EARS, AND IT WAS KIND OF SHOCKING.
I ACTUALLY LEANED BACK AGAINST THE WALL AND WAS LOOKING AROUND, LIKE, "WHAT WAS THIS?" SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST ASK A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
I SAID, "IF -- IF YOU CAN SHOW YOURSELF -- WE'LL LEAVE IF YOU DON'T WANT US HERE.
" AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BACK, WE HEARD "DON'T LEAVE" -- A LONG, DRAWN-OUT, WHISPERY SOUND.
BOTH OF US HEARD IT AND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER ONCE AGAIN.
I WAS JUST SHOCKED.
THIS, TO ME, FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT HAD A REALLY BAD TIME THERE, JUST KIND OF GOT LOS IN THE SHUFFLE AROUND THERE, AND NEEDED SOMEBODY TO HELP MOVE THEM ALONG.
AFTER WE GO THAT ROOM ALL BUNDLED UP, WE DECIDED TO JUST MAKE ONE MORE PASS THROUGH THE HOUSE.
I WENT DOWN TO THE BASEMENT.
AS I GOT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS JUST A PRESENCE STANDING BY ME AND GOT THE IMAGE IN MY MIND OF A LITTLE GIRL.
AND SHE TOLD ME HER NAME WAS HANNAH.
I DID NOT SEE HER WITH MY EYES, JUST THE PRESENCE OF FEELING SOMEBODY AROUND ME, BUT KNEW SOMETHING WAS THERE.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, IT FELT TO ME LIKE IT WAS THE LITTLE GIRL I HEARD EARLIER IN THE NIGHT, SAYING "HELLO" TO ME.
SO, AFTER THE INVESTIGATION, WE STARTED GOING THROUGH ALL THE EVIDENCE.
I WENT BACK TO THE VIDEO FOOTAGE AND WAS SURPRISED WHAT WE'D FOUND.
I'D WATCHED PROBABLY 11 HOURS OF FOOTAGE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I SAW THE HOBBYHORSE THAT WAS UPSTAIRS SHAKE UP AND DOWN.
AND LOOKING BACK AT THIS VIDEO AGAIN, TO ME, IT FELT LIKE A LITTLE GIRL WAS SITTING ON THE HOBBYHORSE, JUST SHAKING IT UP AND DOWN, OR GETTING ON AND TRYING TO RIDE IT.
AND THE HOBBYHORSE STOPPED SHAKING, AND THERE'S A WHITE ORB THAT COMES OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE HOBBYHORSE AND STARTS COMING TOWARDS THE CAMERA AND SHOOTS OUT THROUGH THE WALL.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I THOUGHT, "SOMEBODY'S PLAYING A JOKE ON ME," AT FIRST.
SO I WEN THROUGH ALL THE OTHER FOOTAGES AT THAT TIME THAT WE HAD GOING ON TO MAKE SURE NOBODY WAS IN THE HOUSE, AND AT THE TIME, WE WERE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE WITH MAT WHEN HE WAS BUILDING A FIRE.
I WAS SHOCKED.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUS DON'T CATCH ON FILM.
I'VE HAD SOME STRANGE EXPERIENCES, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS I'D EVER SEEN.
I'D MET SCOTT AT ANOTHER PARANORMAL-INVESTIGATION-GROUP MEETING.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BLACK MOON MANOR AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON THERE.
Eversole: JEFFREY TOLD ME ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AT BLACK MOON MANOR.
Poe: AS A SKEPTIC, SCOTT WAS UNSURE ABOUT WANTING TO GO OUT THERE UNTIL I KIND OF PIQUED HIS ATTENTION ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED -- GIVE HIM AN IDEA THAT THERE'S MORE GOING ON THAN WHAT YOU EXPECT TO BE WHEN YOU GET THERE.
Eversole: AFTER SPEAKING TO JEFFREY, I JUST GO WITH MY OTHER FRIENDS, AND WE JUST DECIDED TO GO AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE COULD FIND.
I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GO IN AND SET UP, AND WE WENT DOWNSTAIRS INTO THE BASEMENT.
THE THREE OF US KIND OF SEPARATED.
AND I WAS STANDING IN THE CENTER OF THE BASEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT A PEACEFUL, CALMING FEELING JUST OVERCAME ME.
AND I'M LIKE, "HEY, I'M PICKING UP SOMETHING HERE.
SOMETHING'S TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO ME.
" AND AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES, I STARTED HEARING SOMETHING.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A GROUP OF CHILDREN PLAYING, TALKING, LAUGHING.
SO I STARTED ASKING OUT LOUD, "IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE?" AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF ME, THERE WAS THIS LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE THAT WENT, "DADDY?" I KIND OF FELT REALLY BAD BECAUSE SHE SOUNDED LOST.
AND SO, IMMEDIATELY, I TOOK A PICTURE [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
AND THERE WAS AN ORB RIGHT THERE.
IS THIS THE SPIRI OF THE LITTLE GIRL THAT THOUGHT I WAS HER DAD? Poe: AND THIS HAPPENED TO BE IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE WHERE I'D FELT THE LITTLE GIRL EARLIER, SAYING "HANNAH" TO ME.
AND TO ME, THE SPIRI OF THE LITTLE GIRL WAS TRYING TO DESPERATELY COMMUNICATE WITH US, TO LET US KNOW SHE WAS THERE AND NEEDED HELP.
Eversole: THIS WAS A TURNING POINT FOR ME FROM BEING A SKEPTIC TO A BELIEVER NOW.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
UPON LEAVING THE HOUSE, I WAS THE LAST ONE TO GO UP AND SHUT THE DOOR.
AND WHILE I WAS STANDING INSIDE THE HOUSE, I CLOSED THE DOOR, AND I TOOK A PHOTO.
I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING AT FIRS UNTIL I STARTED GOING THROUGH AND ENLARGING THE PHOTOS.
AND THEN I NOTICED THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE.
AND I KEPT ENLARGING IT, AND THEN, BOOM, THERE IT IS -- TWO EYES LOOKING BACK AT YOU.
WHEN I'D SAW THOSE EYES STARING BACK AT ME, I WAS COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT.
THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF MY NECK STOOD UP.
AND IT MAKES ME FEEL THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THERE -- SOMETHING BAD, SOMETHING EVIL.
Poe: THE LAST PHOTO I SAW FROM SCOT JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT TO ME.
MY IMPRESSION OF THIS PICTURE WAS THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T WANT THEM THERE AT THE TIME.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE SPIRIT OF THE LITTLE GIRL IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT -- FOR HELP, BECAUSE OF THIS EVIL SPIRIT.
AFTER GETTING ALL THAT EVIDENCE, I AM A DEFINITE BELIEVER.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND -- THERE'S A SPIRI OF A LITTLE GIRL ROAMING BLACK MOON MANOR.
Poe: LOOKING BACK AT IT, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE -- THERE ARE SO MANY SPIRITS AND ENERGIES THAT ARE STILL HANGING OUT THERE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST LEAVES YOU WONDERING.
I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO THINK TWICE BEFORE GOING BACK TO BLACK MOON MANOR AGAIN.
FOUND SO MUCH INFORMATION THERE AND SO MUCH THAT WAS GOING ON, I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO STEP INTO THAT AGAIN.
Dolan: THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE I THAN JUST BEING COMPLETELY CREEPY.
Hoffman: WHEN WE'RE UP THERE, WE START SNAPPING PICTURES -- WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LADY THAT'S HOLDING A LANTERN.
Dolan: WHEN I HEARD THAT EVP I WAS STUNNED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Hoffman: WHEN WE WERE UP THERE, WE STARTED SNAPPING PICTURES.
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LADY THAT'S HOLDING A LANTERN.
Dolan: WHEN I HEARD THAT EVP I WAS STUNNED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I PURCHASED THE LANDON HOUSE IN URBANA, MARYLAND.
THE IMPRESSION ONE WILL GE DRIVING UP TO THE LANDON HOUSE IS THAT YOU'RE TRAVELING BACK IN TIME TO THE CIVIL WAR.
WE'VE CHANGED VIRTUALLY NOTHING.
THE HOUSE ITSELF IS A MAGNIFICENT MANSION.
IT'S 12,500 SQUARE FEE ON SIX ACRES OF IDYLLIC PROPERTY.
IT'S 100 FEET WIDE, SO YOU CAN SEE, LITERALLY, FROM ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO ANOTHER, STRAIGHT SHOT.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, IT BECAME FAMOUS AS BEING THE HOST SITE FOR CONFEDERATE GENERAL "J.
E.
B.
" STUART'S SABERS AND ROSES BALL HELD RIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM STILL REMAINS THE SINGLE BLOODIEST DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
23,000 DEAD, WOUNDED, OR MISSING IN LESS THAN SEVEN HOURS.
AND ANY BUILDING THAT WAS STANDING BECAME A HOSPITAL, SO YOU'VE GOT BRAVE, YOUNG SOLDIERS, PROBABLY FROM BOTH SIDES STAYING AT THE LANDON HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS SERVING AS A HOSPITAL BUT ALSO DYING THERE.
THE DOMINANT SPIRIT AT THE HOUSE IS SAID TO BE LUKE TIERNAN BRIEN AND HIS WIFE.
THEY HAD CHILDREN ALL OF WHOM PREDECEASED THEM.
SADLY, THEY ARE SAID TO CONTINUE ROCKING ON THE FRONT PORCH, WAITING FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO RETURN HOME.
THERE IS A FOREBODING ATMOSPHERE AT THE LANDON HOUSE WHEN YOU COME AFTER DARK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME IN AFTER DARK.
THE FOREBODING QUALITY OF THE HOUSE COMES INTO PLAY WHEN YOU GO INTO THE ROOMS ON THE THIRD FLOOR, WHERE TWO OF THE OWNERS OF THE LANDON HOUSE DIED, AND ALSO INTO THE BASEMENT.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE I THAN JUS BEING COMPLETELY CREEPY.
I HAD SEVERAL EPISODES OF WHAT I WOULD CALL PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, WHETHER IT'S STRANGE NOISES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGH OR THINGS BEING MOVED.
MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE, I WAS AT LANDON HOUSE EARLY IN THE MORNING ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND I HEARD A FEMALE VOICE SAY "HELLO?" AND IT WAS SO REAL THAT I CALLED OUT "HELLO.
" -HELLO? -I CAME DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR, CALLED OUT "HELLO" AGAIN, LOOKED AROUND, THEN WENT ON THE FRONT PORCH.
I WENT OUTSIDE AND WALKED AROUND TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS OUT THERE.
CALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES HELLO? WITH NO RESPONSE.
IT'S QUITE SHOCKING TO HEAR A VOICE AND NOT SEE A BODY.
AS WORD GOT OU THAT LANDON HOUSE WAS HAUNTED AND HAD QUITE A BI OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AND LEGENDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSE, I WAS CONTACTED BY QUITE A FEW PARANORMAL GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
Hoffman: WITH ALL THE STORIES I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE LANDON HOUSE, I WAS KIND OF INTIMIDATED JUST TO BE THERE.
Dolan: WHEN I MET TODD, I BASICALLY GAVE HIM THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE, AND HE RAN WITH IT.
Hoffman: WE SET UP A CAMERA IN THE BALLROOM, THE THIRD-FLOOR BEDROOM, AND THE BASEMENT.
THE BASEMENT IS THE CREEPIEST PART OF THE HOUSE.
YOU'D BE WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY, AND SOMETHING'S TELLING YOU, "DON'T GO ANY FARTHER.
" Dolan: ANOTHER ONE OF THE LEGENDS OF THE HOUSE, IN TERMS OF IT BEING HAUNTED, IS THE GHOST DOGS OF ANTIETAM.
THESE DOGS FOLLOWED THE TROOPS BACK FROM THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM AND FOUND THEMSELVES TRAPPED IN THE BASEMEN AFTER THE CONFEDERATE TROOPS RETREATED BACK TO VIRGINIA.
[ DOGS YELPING .]
YOU CAN STILL SEE THE SCRATCH MARKS ON THE DOOR LEADING TO THE BASEMENT.
ACTUALLY, ON A COOL SEPTEMBER NIGHT, YOU CAN HEAR THEM HOWLING AND BARKING.
[ HOWLING .]
Hoffman: WHEN WE WERE DOWN THERE, ASKING QUESTIONS, TRYING TO GET EVPs, OUR WALKIE-TALKIES STARTED MAKING STATIC NOISES AND STUFF.
[ BEEP .]
I TOLD ONE OF MY TEAM MEMBERS, "TURN THAT OFF.
" SOON AS HE WAS ABOUT TO TURN IT OFF, THIS KID'S VOICE CAME OVER THE WALKIE-TALKIE AND SAID, "HELLO?" AND WE'RE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, THAT'S A KID.
" AND WE'RE LIKE, "HOW OLD ARE YOU?" AND YOU COULD HEAR HIM FAINTLY SAY, "I'M THREE.
" WE ASKED HIM, "WHERE ARE YOU?" AND HE DIDN'T RESPOND FOR MAYBE 20 SECONDS, AND YOU HEAR HIM SAY, "I'M UP ON THE THIRD FLOOR, CLEANING MY ROOM.
" I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE RANGE ON THESE WALKIE-TALKIES ONLY REACHES MAYBE 300 FEET, AND THE HOUSE IS BY ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
SO THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN PICK UP A KID'S VOICE FROM SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AROUND THAT AREA.
Dolan: WHEN I HEARD THAT DISEMBODIED VOICE THAT TODD CAPTURED IN THE BASEMENT, IT SHOCKED THE HELL OUT OF ME.
Hoffman: AFTER CAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF THIS CHILD, I KNEW ALL THE STORIES I HEARD ABOUT THE LANDON HOUSE ARE TRUE.
THE SPIRIT SAID HE WAS UPSTAIRS ON THE THIRD FLOOR, CLEANING HIS ROOM, SO I DECIDED TO GO UP AND SEE IF HE WAS REALLY THERE.
THE HOUSE WAS LIKE ROOM TEMPERATURE -- 70 DEGREES.
BUT AS SOON AS YOU GET UP TO THAT THIRD FLOOR, IT FELT LIKE 30 DEGREES -- IT WAS REALLY FREEZING UP THERE.
WHEN WE WERE UP THERE, WE STARTED SNAPPING PICTURES.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING .]
WE DIDN'T GET KIDS OR ANYTHING, BUT WE DID CATCH A LOT OF LIGHTS.
THEN I WENT DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR DINING ROOM AREA, AND I WAS TRYING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, TRYING TO CAPTURE SOME EVPs.
A FEW MOMENTS LATER, I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S TUGGING ON THE BACK OF MY SHIRT.
SO I DECIDED TO TAKE A CAMERA AND SNAP IT BEHIND MY BACK.
AFTER I SNAPPED THE PICTURE, I LOOKED AT IT.
AND THEN I SEEN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LADY THAT'S HOLDING A LANTERN.
ONLY PERSON THAT IT COULD BE IS LIEUTENANT BRIEN'S WIFE.
GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DIED IN THIS HOUSE, I BELIEVE THAT THESE PICTURES ARE PICTURES OF SPIRITS' ENERGY.
WHEN I WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, ONE OF MY INVESTIGATORS CALLED ME FROM DOWNSTAIRS OVER THE WALKIE-TALKIE TO COME DOWN AND LISTEN TO THIS EVP.
WHEN HE PLAYED THE TAPE, I COULD HEAR ALL THESE KIDS PLAYING.
Dolan: WHEN I HEARD THAT EVP, I WAS STUNNED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
WE HEARD A LOT OF KIDS ON THE EVIDENCE, AND, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE MAIN HAUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSE ARE THE FIVE CHILDREN OF THE BRIENS, WHO DIED BEFORE THEIR PARENTS DID.
Hoffman: AFTER INVESTIGATING THAT NIGHT, WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE CAPTURED, THE PHOTOS, THE CHILDREN ON THE WALKIE-TALKIES THE EVPs THE LANDON HOUSE IS THE MOS HAUNTED PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN TO.
Dolan: I'VE SEEN ENOUGH IN 12 YEARS TO BELIEVE THA THERE IS SUCH A THING AS GHOSTS AND PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SPIRITS THAT RESIDE AT THE LANDON HOUSE.
YOU HAVE A VERY TRAGIC ASSOCIATION WITH THE BRIEN CHILDREN DYING THERE.
AND I THINK THA A LOT OF THOSE BRAVE SOLDIERS, WHEN THEY GO TO THE LANDON HOUSE AND THEY TOOK THEIR LAST BREATH, WERE TRAPPED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE WALLS, AND THEY'RE NOT AT PEACE BECAUSE OF THE HELL ON EARTH THAT THEY HAD JUST GONE THROUGH AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.