A Haunting (2005) s09e01 Episode Script

1 ABOUT A LITTLE TEAM REUNION? Narrator: DEEP INSIDE AN OLD HOUSE, AN ENTITY LURKS.
FOR YEARS, THE FAMILY BELIEVES IT'S HARMLESS WE CALLED I CASPER, THE FRIENDLY GHOST.
UNTIL THEY UNKNOWINGLY PROVOKE IT.
GOD IS MY ROCK.
HE IS MY SHIELD.
Narrator: NOW EVIL IS COMING IT WAS VERY HARD TO BREATHE.
[ SCREAMS .]
AND THE BATTLE FOR GOOD BEGINS.
THE WALLS WERE BLEEDING.
IT CAME AFTER OUR GRANDSON.
MONSTER! MONSTER! Narrator: IN AMERICA, THERE IS REAL EVIL.
IT LURKS IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS AND IN OUR MOST ORDINARY TOWNS.
BETWEEN THE WORLDS WE SEE SOMEONE'S IN MY ROOM.
AND THE THINGS WE FEAR [ SCREAMS .]
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED -[ SCREAMS .]
NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS IN THE LATE '80s, BOB CRANMER PURCHASES A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE GREW UP.
AS A CHILD, I JUST WOULD PEER IN THE WINDOWS FROM THE SIDEWALK.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE PAR OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF WHA IT REPRESENTED -- SUCCESS, OLD-STYLE LIVING.
Narrator: BUT OVER THE YEARS, BOB, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN DISCOVER THE HOUSE HAS SECRETS.
AFTER OUR FIRST WEEKS IN THE HOUSE, WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE HAD A GHOST.
EVERY LIGHT WOULD BE ON.
THINGS WOULD MOVE OR THE WATER WOULD JUST TURN ON OUT OF NOWHERE.
[ FOOTSTEPS .]
WE WOULD HEAR WALKING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, WEIRD NOISES.
DIFFERENT THINGS WOULD HAPPEN, AND WE JUST LET IT GO AND DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE CALLED I CASPER, THE FRIENDLY GHOST.
-HEY.
-HEY.
-HOW ARE YA? -GOOD.
Narrator: IN 2004, IN SPITE OF HER SPOOKY CHILDHOOD -HELLO, HONEY.
HOW ARE YA? -DAD! GOOD.
JESSICA, THE ELDEST, MOVES BACK HOME WITH HER NEW HUSBAND, TOM HERE'S ONE FOR YOU.
HOLD ON, GUYS.
AND SON, COLLIN.
-YOU GOT IT? TAKE THIS ONE.
-ALL RIGHT.
I ALWAYS KNEW THERE WAS STUFF GOING ON AT THE HOUSE.
I GUESS CHALK IT UP TO BEING AN OLD HOUSE, ANDCERTAIN THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN AN OLD HOUSE.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT MUCH OF AN ISSUE WHEN WE'D MOVED IN.
-YOU SURE THIS IS OKAY, DAD? -YOU KIDDING ME? I'M THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD.
I'VE GOT MY WHOLE FAMILY TOGETHER.
-GLAD TO BE HERE.
-[ KISSES .]
I LOVE YOU, HONEY.
-I LOVE YOU, TOO.
-DAVID? -YEAH? COME HERE.
DO ME A FAVOR.
BRING THIS UP TO YOUR SISTER'S ROOM? -OKAY.
SURE.
-THANKS.
THERE'S AN APARTMEN ON TOP OF THE HOUSE.
MY DAD HAD OFFERED I SO THAT WE COULD WORK AND SAVE MONEY AND BE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY BUY A HOUSE SOMETIME SOON.
THERE'S A LARGE WALK-IN CLOSE UNDERNEATH THE STAIRCASE.
THE LIGHT IS ABOUT 6 FEE OFF THE FLOOR, AND THERE'S A SIMPLE PULL CHAIN TO TURN IT OFF AND ON.
I NOTICED THE CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE LIGHT.
Narrator: BOB IS USED TO THIS KIND OF MYSTERIOUS ACTIVITY.
BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LIVING IN THE HOUSE, HE DECIDES TO TAKE ACTION.
I WAS BORN AND BAPTIZED INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
I DID HAVE A REAL STRONG FAITH.
I TOOK A SET OF ROSARY BEADS.
I SIMPLY TIED THEM TO THIS CHAIN ON THE LIGHT IN THE CLOSET.
I CLOSED THE DOOR.
I HEARD SOMETHING IN THE CLOSET.
IT TOOK THE ROSARY BEADS AND WRAPPED THEM COMPLETELY AROUND THE LIGHT.
Narrator: ALARMED, BOB TAKES I TO HE NEXT LEVEL.
I TOOK MY BIBLE GOD IS MY ROCK.
AND I SPENT ABOU A HALF AN HOUR IN THAT CLOSET, READING SCRIPTURE.
WITH HIM, I TAKE REFUGE.
HE IS MY SHIELD AND THE HORN OF MY SALVATION.
GOD IS MY STRONGHOLD.
GOD KEEPS ME SAFE FROM ALL ENEMIES.
THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD.
I COULD FEEL IT WHEN I WAS IN THE CLOSET WITH IT.
WAS IT COLD? WAS IT HOT? NO.
BUT I COULD FEEL IT THERE WITH ME.
I HAD CROSSED THE LINE TO WHERE I WAS INTERACTING WITH A SUPERNATURAL BEING.
I WASN'T SURE WHERE THIS WAS GONNA GO.
Narrator: A FEW NIGHTS AFTER SETTLING INTO THEIR THIRD FLOOR APARTMENT, TOM CHECKS ON HIS STEPSON COLLIN.
JESS? EVERYTHING OKAY? JESSICA? HEY.
HEY, BUDDY.
Narrator: CONCERNED, TOM RUSHES TO TELL HIS WIFE WHAT HE SAW.
THERE WAS SOMETHING IN COLLIN'S ROOM STANDING OVER COLLIN'S BED.
I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF EVERY POSSIBLE WAY FOR I NOT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO THINK OF SOMETHING HARMING COLLIN.
Narrator: TAKING NO CHANCES, BOB DECIDES TO SPEND THE NIGH IN THE ROOM PRAYING.
BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND HIS MIGHTY POWER.
PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD AGAINST THE EVIL SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL.
I DID THAT FOR AN HOUR OR SO.
I LAID DOWN ON COLLIN'S LITTLE BED, AND I FELL ASLEEP.
[ THUMPING .]
I WOKE UP TO POUNDING ON THE WALL.
THIS THING WAS TOYING WITH ME.
[ THUMPING .]
Narrator: BOB CRANMER HAS LIVED WITH WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE A HARMLESS GHOST FOR YEARS, UNTIL ONE NIGH IT GETS PHYSICAL.
I NOTICED STINGING ON MY NECK.
THERE WERE SCRATCHES THAT BEGAN UNDER MY EAR, CAME DOWN MY NECK, AND ACROSS MY CHEST.
IT BECAME PERSONAL.
THIS WAS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Narrator: FOR NOW, BOB DECIDES NOT TO DISCUSS THE EXPERIENCE WITH HIS CHILDREN.
Bob: I DIDN'T WAN TO CONCERN THEM.
Narrator: ONE AFTERNOON, THE CRANMERS' OLDEST SON, BOBBY, IS HANGING OUT IN THE HOUSE.
I FELT SOMETHING LIKE THE WIND MOVE AS IT WENT PAST MY HEAD.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL THESE PIECES OF PLASTIC COME RAINING DOWN.
THE WHOLE THING TOOK MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A SPLIT SECOND, JUST VERY FAST.
Narrator: FEARING FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN, THE CRANMERS INVITE FATHER MIKE SALVAGNA, A PASSIONIST PRIEST, TO BLESS THE HOME.
PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT YOU MAY TAKE YOUR STAND.
THERE IS A TIME TO COME OUT AND PRAY AND TO BLESS THE HOUSE, UH, LEST THE -- THE DEVIL HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER ITS PEOPLE OR A LOCATION.
WE BLESSED THE HOUSE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
WE WANT TO SANCTIFY THE LOCATION.
OUR STRUGGLE IS NO WITH THE FLESH AND BOLUS.
THAT WAS A DEFINING MOMEN BECAUSE THIS REALLY COULD HAVE HURT BOBBY.
IT CLEARLY WAS DANGEROUS.
OUR STRUGGLE IS AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES IT HAD UPPED ITS GAME AGAINST US.
I KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN THAT HOUSE BESIDES WHAT WE CONSIDERED CASPER, THE FRIENDLY GHOST.
AND AGAINST THE DEVIL IN THE DARKNESS.
I HAD A SENSE THAT THERE WAS A BIG EVIL FORCE HERE THAT HAS BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
YOU COULD SEE THAT THIS WAS WHA WE CALL A HOUSE INFESTATION.
IT'S, UH, SPIRITS THAT SOMEHOW DWELL THERE AND, UH, THEY DON'T LEAVE POLITELY.
BUT I WOULD ALWAYS ENCOURAGE BOB AND LESA TO HANG IN THERE, TO PERSEVERE, BE STRONG.
PRAY TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
GOD WILL HEAR YOU.
-THANK YOU, FATHER.
-GOD BLESS.
HE BLESSED SOME OF THE ROOMS WITH HOLY WATER AND SO ON.
I HAD HOPED THAT SIMPLE PRAYERS LIKE THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
Narrator: ONE NIGHT, WHILE JESSICA'S HUSBAND AND SON ARE OUT, SHE FINDS HERSELF ALONE IN THEIR THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM.
I WOKE UP, AND I FEL LIKE SOMEBODY WAS SITTING ON ME.
IT WAS VERY HARD TO BREATHE, AND THEN YOU CAN'T MOVE.
I WAS LOOKING AROUND BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT ALL I COULD DO, WAS MOVE MY EYES.
I SAW A DARK FIGURE STANDING AT THE FOOT OF MY BED.
I JUST WANTED TO SCREAM, BUT I COULDN'T.
Narrator: FOR YEARS, UNEXPLAINABLE EVENTS HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN THE CRANMER FAMILY'S OLD HOUSE.
ONE NIGHT, SOMEONE, OR SOMETHING, PAYS THEIR DAUGHTER JESSICA A VISIT.
I WOKE UP AND COULDN'T MOVE.
I SEE A FIGURE AT THE FOOT OF THE BED.
YOU WANNA BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE DREAMING, AND THEN YOU REALIZE THAT IT'S REAL.
IT'S A VERY, VERY SCARY FEELING.
AND I REMEMBER TRYING TO SCREAM, BUT IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE WORDS WERE COMING OUT.
[ SCREAMING .]
JESSICA! JESSICA! MOM! [ CRYING .]
JESSICA! WHAT'S THE MATTER? WHAT'S HAPPENING? THERE WAS SOMETHING IN MY ROOM! I-I-I COULDN'T MOVE OR SPEAK.
I-I [ CONTINUES CRYING .]
-IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
I REALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW SHE GOT UP THERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS SCREAMING SO THAT ANYBODY COULD HEAR ME.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
JESSICA WAS PETRIFIED.
SHE WAS SHAKING AND CRYING.
FROM THAT POINT ON I JUST I-I WASN'T COMFORTABLE.
I DIDN'T LIKE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT THINKING, "AM I GONNA WAKE UP AND HAVE THAT HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN?" IT'S OKAY.
Narrator: THE FAMILY IS NOW BEYOND WORRIED.
NEWS OF THE HAUNTING REACHES THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF PITTSBURGH, WHO ASSIGNS FATHER RON LENGWIN TO HELP.
AFTER I SPOKE WITH BOB, I FELT PRETTY CERTAIN THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE THAT NEEDED TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER.
I TOLD BOB THAT THIS WAS NO GONNA BE AN EASY FIX.
EVIL IS NOT THAT EASY TO OVERCOME.
Lesa: FATHER RON SAYS, "YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS HERE" -THANK YOU.
-"STAY AND FIGHT, "AND WE WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THIS ENTIRE THING, OR YOU CAN LEAVE.
" ARE WE REALLY UP FOR THIS? WE CAN BEAT THIS THING.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE MUCH LONGER.
I MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WOULD STAY PU AND WE WOULD FACE THE SITUATION.
HEY, GUYS, GO HELP YOUR MOTHER IN THE KITCHEN.
-HEY, SWEETIE.
-HI, HONEY.
OH, LOOK WHO IT IS! UP BEFORE NOON.
MORNING, SLEEPYHEAD.
TAKE A SEAT.
I COULDN'T SLEEP.
I TOSSED AND TURNED ALL NIGHT.
BOBBY, WHAT HAPPENED? OH, MY GOD! OW, WHAT IS THAT? IT'S BURNING.
I HAD THREE 6-INCH-LONG, LIKE, RAZOR KINDA SCRATCHES.
BOB! WHAT? WHAT'S THE MATTER? OH, MY GOD.
WHAT HAPPENED? DID YOU FALL? -NO.
DAVID.
DAD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? -CHARLIE.
-DAD, WHAT'S WRONG? LISTEN, I WANT YOU TO GO UPSTAIRS AND WASH THOSE SCRATCHES.
I WANNA TALK TO YOUR MOTHER.
-IS EVERYTHING OKAY? -EVERYTHING'S FINE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING? I MEAN, WHY IS THIS THING COMING AFTER OUR CHILDREN? IT'S NOT JUST THE KIDS.
AT LEAST YOU'RE SAFE.
LESA.
LESA.
TALK TO ME.
IT BIT ME VERY HARD, ENOUGH TO LEAVE TEETH MARKS.
THEY WEREN'T BITE MARKS, LIKE, FROM HUMAN TEETH.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY ALMOS WERE PUNCTURE WOUNDS, LIKE A DOG BITE.
I'M CALLING FATHER MIKE RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: BOB AND LESA ALERT FATHER MIKE TO THE ESCALATING DANGER.
HE OBTAINS SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE DIOCESE TO CELEBRATE MASS INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE ENTITY IN YOUR HOUSE IS DEMONIC.
THE SCRATCHES ON YOUR FAMILY, THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
A DEMON? THE DEMON WANTED TO PUT FEAR INTO THAT FAMILY.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WAN CHILDREN TO BE, UH, VERY FEARFUL IN A HOME.
SO LET'S GET STARTED.
I CELEBRATE THE MASS TO SANCTIFY, TO DRIVE AWAY THE EVIL SPIRITS.
OH, LET US PROCLAIM THE MYSTERY OF FAITH.
LET US PRAY.
WE HAD MASS WITH FATHER MIKE.
WE HAD BOTH HOPED THAT HE WOULD COME AND DO THE BLESSING ON THE HOUSE, AND THEN IT WOULD STOP.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS .]
I'LL GET IT.
[ RING .]
[ RING .]
[ BEEP .]
HELLO? -HEY, MOM.
-HI, HONEY.
COLLIN WANTS TO COME DOWN AND SAY HI TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA.
IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.
SEND HIM DOWN.
BYE.
[ BEEP .]
Jessica: SO I SEND COLLIN DOWN.
THERE IS THREE FLIGHTS OF STEPS YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN.
Narrator: COLLIN HAS JUS ENCOUNTERED THE DEMONIC ENTITY HAUNTING HIS GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.
[ GASPING LOUDLY .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? I RUSH UP THE STEPS TO FIND COLLIN HYPERVENTILATING AND SHAKING.
WHAT'S THE MATTER? COLLIN? WHAT HAPPENED? -A MONSTER.
-WHAT'S GOIN' ON? -MONSTER.
MONSTER! MONSTER! HE WAS SCREAMING, "MONSTER," AND POINTING TO THE ROOM.
-MONSTER! -COLLIN? WHAT HAPPENED? TAKE HIM DOWNSTAIRS.
LET'S GO.
-GO DOWNSTAIRS.
-LET'S GO.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
WHATEVER APPEARANCE THIS THING TOOK, IT CLEARLY TERRIFIED HIM.
HE COULDN'T BREATHE.
THIS THING WAS DRAWN TO TERRIFYING OUR CHILDREN.
I DETERMINED RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE TO MOVE JESSICA AND COLLIN OUT OF THE HOUSE.
I ALWAYS LOVED THAT HOUSE NO MATTER WHAT, BUT I WAS RELIEVED TO GET COLLIN OUT OF THE SITUATION.
Narrator: WHILE THE DEMON HAS FORCED JESSICA AND HER FAMILY OUT OF THE HOUSE, BOB, LESA, AND THEIR THREE SONS REMAIN.
I SAW ALL OF THIS BLOOD ON THE WALL.
AND IT WAS STILL WET.
YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE LARGE DROPS HIT THE WALL, SPLATTERED, AND THEN RAN DOWN.
BOBBY! COME HERE! COMING! IT WAS AS IF TO MIMIC THE PRIESTS AND HOW THEY THROW HOLY WATER THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE.
Bobby: THE WALLS WERE BLEEDING.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING YOU CAN SAY TO TRY AND RATIONALIZE HOW THAT ALL GOT THERE.
DAD, WHAT IS THIS? I DON'T KNOW.
THAT IS DEFINITELY A VERY SPECIFIC KIND OF MESSAGE.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN THAT SITUATION OTHER THAN BE TERRIFIED? AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I REALIZED THAT THIS THING THINKS IT HAS WON.
Narrator: AGAIN, THE FAMILY TURNS TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR HELP.
AS THIS WHOLE SITUATION DEVELOPED, WE REACHED THE POIN WHERE I WAS ABOUT READY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BISHOP THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN EXORCISM OF THE PLACE.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THE CHURCH WILL SANCTION THE EXORCISM, THE FAMILY MUST GO THROUGH ONE MORE STEP.
WE HAD TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF OUTSIDE, NON-RELIGIOUS, SECULAR VERIFICATION THAT THINGS WERE GOING ON IN THE HOUSE THAT WERE SUPERNATURAL, THAT THIS IS NOT PSYCHOLOGICAL, THIS IS, IN FACT, A DEMONIC ENTITY.
Narrator: IN JANUARY OF 2005, A PARANORMAL RESEARCH TEAM OUT OF PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ARRIVE TO INVESTIGATE THE HOUSE.
Adam: THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS, BOB TOOK ME ON A-A TOUR OF THE HOUSE.
I THINK I SHOWED YOU EVERYTHING, TOLD YOU ALL THE STORIES.
MY ROLE THERE WAS TO PERFORM SOME INFORMAL PSYCHE EVALS ON THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO WHAT DO WE DO? TAKE ME BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
WHERE'D IT START TO GET BAD? THE CLOSET.
HE SHOWED ME THIS CLOSET AS YOU CAN SEE.
WHERE IT HAD ALL STARTED WITH THIS CHAIN BEING WRAPPED AROUND A LIGHT.
[ HOLLOW THUD .]
THERE WAS THIS REALLY INTENSE FEELING.
I DON'T CALL IT PSYCHIC OR ANY OF THAT.
IT'S JUS THERE WAS A-A STRONG FEELING THAT THE DEMON WAS UNDER THERE, UNDER THE STAIRS, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW IN THAT CLOSET.
WHAT'S BEHIND THE STEPS? IS THERE ANOTHER ROOM? I DON'T KNOW.
NEVER LOOKED.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET IN THAT SPACE IS TO CUT THE WALL OU IN THE BACK OF THE CLOSET, WHICH WAS NO AN EASY THING TO DO.
LOOK OVER HERE.
THERE'S A SMALL SHELF, ALMOST LIKE AN ALTAR.
THEY FOUND A PIECE OF PAPER, AND IT HAD PICTURES ON IT.
Narrator: THE DRAWING LOOKS TO BE AS OLD AS THE HOUSE, SHOWING THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HIS FAMILY.
IT ALSO FEATURES DISTURBING IMAGES AND THE NAME MALICK.
Adam: THE NAME MALICK WAS A FAMILY NAME.
COINCIDENTALLY, IT'S ONE VOWEL OFF FROM MOLOCH, WHICH IS AN OLD TESTAMENT DEMON THAT THE CANAANITES WORSHIPPED THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH CHILD SACRIFICE.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A CURSE.
WOULD MAKE SENSE WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON HERE.
JUST LIKE A PRIES CAN BLESS ANY OBJECT, PEOPLE INVOLVED IN BLACK MAGIC, THEY CAN CONNECT EVIL WITH ANY OBJECT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS HAUNTINGS START.
WE FOUND THE DEMON'S SPECIAL PLACE.
WE FOUND ITS LAIR.
Narrator: ADAM LEAVES THE GROUP TO TAKE A MOMENT.
Adam: I TEND TO BE A SOLITARY PERSON, SO I WANDERED OFF AND WAS ON MY OWN, JUST MULLING IT OVER IN MY HEAD.
I WAS NEW TO ALL THIS.
I HADN'T HAD ANY OF THESE EXPERIENCES BEFORE.
BUT I WAS PRAYING, AND I WAS SAYING, "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, GOD?" IN MY MIND, I SUDDENLY SAW THESE LETTERS JUST FORM.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE.
THIS IS BIZARRE.
Narrator: WHILE INVESTIGATING THE EVIL PLAGUING THE CRANMER FAMILY, PARANORMAL EXPERTS DISCOVER A DEMON'S LAIR HIDDEN INSIDE THEIR HOME.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A CURSE.
ADAM BLAI HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
HE'S SUDDENLY STRUCK WITH A VISION OF LETTERS FLOATING BEFORE HIS EYES.
I SUDDENLY GOT WOOZY, A LITTLE BIT DIZZY.
ADAM, YOU OKAY? DUDE, YOU'RE BLEEDING.
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IS IF YOU TOOK YOUR FINGERNAILS AND KIND OF RAKED 'EM ACROSS YOUR FOREHEAD HARD.
GIVE ME A PIECE OF PAPER.
WHAT'S THAT? WHERE'S THE LAPTOP? IT'S IN THE LIVING ROOM.
Narrator: THE LETTERS APPEAR TO FORM A WORD, "SATHI.
" ADAM DOES A SEARCH AND DISCOVERS IT'S A NAME.
IT'S SAID THAT THIS NAME WAS A DEMON WHOSE FUNCTION WAS TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO SACRIFICE THEIR CHILDREN.
YOUR DEMON, HER NAME IS SATHI.
SHE WAS A CONSORT TO MOLOCH.
WHEN ADAM REVEALED THE NAME OF THE DEMON AND WHAT THE DEMON REPRESENTED, EVERYTHING SEEMED TO STAR FALLING INTO PLACE, AND WE WERE UNDERSTANDING THINGS BETTER.
IT ALSO TIES BACK IN WITH WHA WAS GOING ON WITH OUR GRANDSON, THAT IT -- IT CAME AFTER HIM, AND WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH MY OWN KIDS.
Narrator: BASED ON THIS NEW REVELATION, BOB LOOKS THROUGH THE RESEARCH HE HAS GATHERED ON THE HISTORY OF HIS HOUSE AND LAND.
ONE STORY OF A TRAGIC MASSACRE THAT TOOK PLACE NEAR HIS PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY STANDS OUT.
I READ OF A VERY VIOLEN INDIAN WAR THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE EARLY 1790s.
A WOMAN AND HER THREE CHILDREN -PLEASE.
-HAD BEEN KILLED BY THE INDIANS SOME DISTANCE FROM FORT PITT.
PLEASE! AAH! OUR HOUSE WAS 6 MILES FROM THE FORT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THIS.
SO MUCH EVIL.
SO MUCH DEATH.
IT'S NO WONDER IT ATTRACTED A DEMON.
Narrator: BOB REMEMBERS THAT A TREE IN HIS YARD HAS SOME LONG-FORGOTTEN HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
THIS OAK TREE IS SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
I WAS TOLD THAT THIS TREE WAS A-A MEMORIAL TO SOMETHING.
Narrator: TO CONFIRM THE POSSIBILITY OF BODIES ON HIS PROPERTY, BOB HIRES PROFESSIONALS.
I HAD THE GROUNDS SCANNED BY GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR.
IT DEPICTED THE EXACT DIMENSIONS OF A HORIZONTAL GRAVE THAT HAD BEEN DUG WITH THE REMAINS OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE FOUR BODIES IN THE GROUND.
Narrator: BUT THE QUESTIONS REMAINS -- HOW AND WHY DID THE DEMON COME INSIDE? ONE THEORY IS THAT WHEN THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, A WORKER PLACED A CURSE ON IT, GIVING THE DEMON POWER TO HAUNT THE HOME.
WE FELT THAT THE EVIL THAT PRECIPITATED THAT TERRIBLE MASSACRE ATTACHED ITSELF TO OUR FRONT YARD AND EVENTUALLY INHABITED THE HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT THERE.
THE CURSE STRENGTHENED IT.
EVIL BRINGS OUT EVIL.
Narrator: SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE INVESTIGATION, BOB AND LESA RECEIVE GOOD NEWS.
THE CHURCH HAS APPROVED AN EXORCISM OF THEIR HOME.
IN SEPTEMBER 2005, AN EXORCIS ARRIVES TO TAKE ON THE DEMON.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK IN TERMS OF OUR DIOCESE.
I'LL BE A PRIEST 50 YEARS, AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER CASE WHERE AN EXORCIST WAS CALLED IN.
I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THIS WAS FINALLY GOING TO BE BROUGH TO SOME TYPE OF CONCLUSION.
AND AFTER THIS EXORCIST CAME, THE HOUSE DID SEEM SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.
Lesa: THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE HOUSE HAD CHANGED.
THE HOUSE LIGHTENED UP.
Narrator: MONTHS PASS BY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Bob: I WAS IN THE BASEMEN ADJUSTING THE FRON OF THE HOT WATER HEATER.
AS I LOOKED UP, I SAW THIS ENTITY.
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Narrator: SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER AN EXORCISM OF THE CRANMER HOUSE IS PERFORMED, BOB SENSES THE DEMON IS BACK.
I CLEARLY SAW IT MOVE, SO I KNEW IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT, AND IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT WITH ME.
Lesa: BOB SAYS, "I SAW SOMETHING DOWN THERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MASS.
" Narrator: BOB CONTACTS FATHER MIKE.
AND HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, "TAKE THIS AND EAT.
"THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
" [ SCRATCHING .]
WE ALL HEARD IT SCRATCHING ON THE WALL.
AND BEFORE HE WAS GIVEN UP TO DEATH, HE SAID, "DRINK THIS.
" [ KNOCKING .]
DURING THE CONSECRATION OF THE WINE, THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE WALL, THREE DISTINCT KNOCKS.
"THIS IS MY BLOOD.
DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
" FATHER, GRAB THE HOLY WATER! OVER HERE! I COULD JUST SENSE THAT IT WAS IN THE CORNER, THAT IT WAS THERE.
Bob and Father Mike: OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
WE FELT WE CORNERED THIS THING.
IT WAS ITS LAST HIDING PLACE, ITS LAST DEN, AS IT WERE.
AND WE JUST POUNDED I WITH PRAYER.
AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
THERE WAS NO LOUD CLAP OF THUNDER OR LIGHTNING.
I THINK THIS THING WAS JUST FINALLY SPEN AND IT GAVE UP.
GLORY BE TO GOD.
AND I TOOK THE CRUCIFIX AND I PUT IT ON THE FLOOR WHERE IT HAD TAKEN PLACE, AND THAT WAS THE END.
AMEN.
IT SEEMED LIKE A BRAND-NEW DAY.
I JUST FELT A SENSE OF PEACE.
WE HAD FOUGHT THE BATTLE AND VICTORY HAD BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH THE POWER OF GOOD.
WE'RE STILL IN THE HOUSE, AND THE HOUSE IS VERY PEACEFUL AND VERY CALM.
THE GRANDKIDS RUN UP AND DOWN THE HOUSE, AND NO ISSUES WITH ANY OF THEM BEING IN THERE.
I LOVE THAT HOUSE.
I LIVE THERE NOW.
I DON'T EVER WANNA LEAVE THE HOUSE.
I KNOW IT AFFECTED ME AND MADE ME STRONGER IN SOME WAYS.
ULTIMATELY, IT WAS LIKE TRYING TO TAKE PART IN, LIKE, A PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR.
YOU'RE EXPERIENCING ALL THESE THINGS AND ALL THIS STUFF'S HAPPENING THAT EVERYONE TELLS YOU IS IMPOSSIBLE.
IT WAS JUST LIKE A LIVING NIGHTMARE.
I'M JUST GLAD WE ALL MADE IT OUT OKAY.
I HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED THE POWER OF GOD AND THE DEVIL.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE SUPERNATURAL, SO I KNOW THAT IT'S TRUE.
THERE'S A SPIRITUAL WORLD AROUND US THAT WE CAN'T SEE.
I'VE EXPERIENCED IT.
AND WHETHER PEOPLE WANNA BELIEVE ME OR NO MAKES NO DIFFERENCE BECAUSE I-I WAS THERE.
THE INITIAL PLAQUE TO MARK I AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK SAID, "THE MALICK HOUSE.
" AND AFTER WE WEN THROUGH ALL THIS, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THE MALICK HOUSE.
I CALL IT GRAND OAKS MANOR.
BRAND-NEW HOUSE.
NEW NAME.
I LOVE IT.
THIS HOUSE IS OURS NOW.
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