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[Amy Allan] She was murdered
and he keeps burying her.
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Sometimes, he literally shakes
the entire house.
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-Something jerked me.
-Show me. Oh!
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I woke up and my body
was completely paralyzed.
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This shadow figure
holding this person down
by their shoulders.
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-What's going on?
-Uh...
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You can tell me.
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[Amy] Everything
that's going on here is
about keeping your mouth shut.
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He definitely is getting off
on torturing him.
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[speaking softly] I'm sorry.
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[Amy] All I hear from him is,
"Stay dead. Stay dead."
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He wants a person dead.
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My name is Amy Allan.
I see dead people.
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I saw a winged creature.
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I speak to dead people
and they speak to me.
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This person feels
like a monster.
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But there's only one way
to know if my findings
are real.
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They are sucking the life
out of these people.
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I rely on my partner.
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I'm Steve DiSchiavi,
a retired New York City
homicide detective.
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So how many bodies
are we talking?
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And I know every person,
every house, has secrets.
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It's my job to reveal them.
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But Steve and I never speak.
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We never communicate
during an investigation.
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Until the very end.
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Ooh, you're not
gonna like this.
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When we uncover if it's safe
for you to stay...
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I'm sorry, I need
to take a break.
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...or time to get out.
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-It wants inside the house,
because it wants to kill you.
-[gasps]
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[Steve] I'm up here
in Euclid, Ohio.
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It's a suburb just outside
of Cleveland.
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I got a desperate call
from a single mother
of three who says
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she and her kids
are getting terrorized
by the paranormal.
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I feel hopeless as a mother.
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And this has been
going on for four years
consistently.
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And sometimes it's daily.
It's real and I need help.
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But here's the weird thing,
it wasn't her idea
to reach out to us.
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She was talked into it
by two of her son's
grade school teachers.
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Now, that is
definitely a first.
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And I'm hoping Amy and I
can help her out.
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[Amy] I'm seeing
this dead girl.
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She's in a decomposed,
skeletal shape.
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She was murdered.
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She wants help.
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The male who killed her,
he's nearly an animal.
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Anytime he comes in,
she runs away.
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So there's battles
between these two
dead people here.
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[Steve] So, Brooke,
this is a beautiful place
to raise children.
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And when we spoke
on the phone,
you sounded pretty frank.
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What the hell's going on?
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I need help, um, I'm tired.
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[Steve] Yeah, huh?
I'll bet you are.
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Oh, thank you.
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-Sounds like you're
having a tough time.
-[Brooke] Yeah.
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Try to stay positive,
good vibes, um, I'm always
smiling, but it hurts.
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Okay, so, Brooke,
let's start with some
of the basics.
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Who lives
in the home with you?
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I have a photo here.
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[Steve] Okay.
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[Brooke] That's my daughter,
Novee, she's four.
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That is my daughter Michaela,
she's 23 and my son Kingston,
he's nine.
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Okay, so they all
live here now?
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Michaela used to,
um, but she moved out
about two years ago
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and she will be moving back in
in a couple months.
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I have a granddaughter now.
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Ah, okay.
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All right, is she happy
about coming home?
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No, she's terrified.
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Because of what's
going on here.
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Yes and she would have
to move down
into the basement.
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What about your little one,
as far as experiences.
Is she having any?
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Absolutely.
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-[Steve] Okay.
-She has probably the most.
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I recently started
documenting it
and recording it.
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[Brooke speaking]
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That just breaks my heart.
[sighs]
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Um, so something's
touching her.
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This is just one
of the examples of many.
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Are you telling me your son's
teachers had suggested
to call us?
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Now, that's a first.
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Yeah.
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Tell me about that.
What happened?
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They did bring up
that he is playing and talking
and seeing dead children.
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And he did not want
them to tell me.
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Okay, Brooke, uh,
obviously there's a lot
going on here,
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so just give me a list
of what you guys
are experiencing.
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[Brooke] So, we hear
strange things.
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We're seeing shadow people.
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Things are getting
really violent.
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It's affecting my health.
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What about your health?
What are we talking about?
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I get headaches.
The fatigue is horrible.
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Um, sometimes it almost feels
like I'm sedated.
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Anxiety.
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What do you think is here?
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I feel like there's
a spiritual warfare
going on here.
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[Amy] The man who killed
that dead girl I saw,
tries to be a shadow man.
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There's fighting going on
between this dead woman
and this dead guy.
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So, all of a sudden,
a living person's having
massive anxiety.
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Massive panic, like almost
panic attacks,
when the fighting is going on.
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This person's getting
wicked headaches.
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Ah, [bleep], my head.
[exclaims]
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He does use headaches
to distract the living
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and to get the dead girl
out of the room.
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He stops her from talking,
'cause he doesn't want
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anybody to know
that he killed her.
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[bleep]
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-[Steve] All right, so,
is this your bedroom?
-[Brooke] Yes.
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Tell me about some
of the experiences
you're having.
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I'm seeing shadow figures.
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-Is it possible you're getting
a shadow from outside?
-[Brooke] No.
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Why is that?
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I have my curtains all closed
at all times.
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Okay, so, what else
is going on?
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When I was walking
through my living room,
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something grabbed
my purse strap
and jerked me.
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Okay, so how hard
were you jerked?
Show me.
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-Are you sure?
-Yeah, yeah.
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Oh! Okay.
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All right. Did anything else
physical happen to you?
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Yes. I was attacked
when I was giving
my daughter, Novee, a bath.
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Okay, what happened?
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Out of nowhere,
my arms started burning,
like acid was on them.
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I actually have a photo
I wanna show you
of the scratches.
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Oof.
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Those are definitely
scratches.
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-This ain't a rash
or anything.
-[Brooke] No.
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Why don't you just
get the hell out of here?
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-I fought for this house.
-Mmm-hmm.
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This is our house.
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-It is your house, right?
-Mmm-hmm.
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-[Steve] It's not their house.
-Right.
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-Okay.
-I'm not gonna give up.
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So the dead woman,
that I saw outside,
does come in here often.
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I think this person
is a sensitive
and she keeps trying
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to talk to this person.
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I see her, like,
shaking the bed.
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The person's feeling
like the bed's moving,
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which is, you know,
freaking her out.
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And the dead lady's
getting angry,
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because she wants
to get the [bleep]
out of here.
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She's touching
the lady's hair,
trying to talk
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and then she gets louder
and louder and louder.
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So there's a definite
miscommunication here,
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between the dead
and the living.
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[Steve] So, Michaela,
your mom said
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you moved out of here,
because of the activity
that was going on?
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[Michaela] Yes,
it was that bad.
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I understand that you're
moving back here
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with your two-year-old
daughter.
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Why is that?
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Well, I'm going back to school
to be a nurse and it's gonna
help me financially.
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So, the basement, what's--
Why'd you bring me down here?
What's the story?
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This is where I'm actually
moving back into.
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Okay.
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And this is where I felt
a lot of the activity
going on,
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but this would be
the only room
for me to go.
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Okay, so take me through
the experiences you had
when you were living here.
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So, one night, I woke up
in my room and my body
was completely paralyzed.
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I had tears coming
down my eyes.
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I was crying,
'cause I was so scared.
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I couldn't even scream
if I wanted to.
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Were you on any kind
of medication
or anything like that?
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-No.
-So, nothing. Taking any weed
that might have...
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-No.
-Okay, so what else
can you tell me?
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I was in my bedroom once
and when I looked
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to the doorway,
there was a shadow figure.
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Okay, so now,
your mom mentioned
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about a shadow figure
that she saw in the hallway.
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What'd it look like to you?
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It looked like
a smaller person
and I honestly started crying.
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-Because I was so scared.
-Right.
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Because I just felt
like something bad was
about to happen to me.
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It's no wonder you don't wanna
come back here.
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I mean, what else is going on?
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I'm constantly feeling
watched in this house.
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-It's very creepy.
-Okay.
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It feels creepy
and one of the reasons it does
is one of the places
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-I often felt watched was
when I was in the shower.
-[Steve] Hmm.
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And it felt like someone
was in the room staring at me.
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[Steve] So, listen, I'm not
trying to pick on you,
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but you're moving back here
with a two-year-old.
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You think that's
such a good idea?
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No, I honestly don't
think it's a good idea,
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but, at the same time,
I don't have a choice.
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[Steve] Okay.
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[Amy] That dude is a
little perv-y
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and he does watch
women in the shower.
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Don't like that.
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Not good.
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-He does get really angry
down there.
-[Matt] The basement?
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[Amy] Yes. That's his lair.
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Sometimes he literally
shakes the entire house.
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They hear bangs from him
all the [bleep] time.
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He literally goes
crazy down there.
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He would not like
anybody down here
living-wise, period.
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[Steve] Hey, Kingston,
there you are.
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-[Kingston] Yeah.
-[Steve] How are you,
buddy?
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[Kingston] I'm good.
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-[Steve] What are you doing
out here, are you playing?
-Yeah.
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So mom was telling me
you're having some experiences
in the house?
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-[Kingston] Yeah.
-Yeah, what's going on?
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Uh... Hmm...
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You could tell me.
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Well...
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It's just, I need to find out
what's going on.
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-Okay.
-Mom said you have some
friends that you talk to?
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That nobody else can see?
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Yeah.
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So, what can you tell me
about them?
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Um, the first one,
he likes to play
Legos with me.
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And the second one,
likes to, um, watch
TV with me.
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Let's talk
about the third one.
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What's his story?
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Um...
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I, uh... Hmm...
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He doesn't really do anything.
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Usually, he's, um, outside.
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Does he scare you at all?
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Um, well, I don't know.
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[Steve] What do you hoping
we can do for you?
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Well, if I can have
my normal life back,
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to being a playful boy,
playing with Legos,
watch TV a lot...
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-[Steve] Right.
-...and play with my friends
at daycare.
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[Steve] So you wanna
go back to being--
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Having a normal life
and not seeing...
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-[Kingston] Yeah.
-...people that nobody
else sees, right?
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-Yeah, and that's all
I can tell you.
-[Steve] All right.
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[Amy] I'm getting this
scared little kid in
this room.
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This person is hearing
something coming
down the hallway.
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I think it's the killer guy,
but he looks different.
234
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And then there's, like,
I think... I wanna say
scratching at the door.
235
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And then the door's opening
and then there's, like,
this black mist.
236
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But, you know,
about this tall?
237
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Kind of rolling into the room.
238
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It was, like, you know,
a very aggressive feeling
is coming from this thing.
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Like, I'm gonna [bleep]
take your [bleep] out.
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And this person's scared.
241
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At some point too,
this person's being held down.
242
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Like, I see this shadow figure
leaning over and holding
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this person down
by their shoulders.
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Like, can feel
that something's
right there
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and they can't move,
they can't talk.
246
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He seems to enjoy
torturing them.
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Oof.
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[Steve] After talking
to Kingston, I got the feeling
249
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he's dealing with a lot more
than he's letting on.
250
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So, I reached out
to the teachers who talked
Brooke into calling us in,
251
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to see what he shared
with them.
252
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So, what made you guys
think Kingston had
some issues going on with him?
253
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He just, kind of, talked to me
about things that he was
seeing at home
254
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and, um, that he was
a little nervous
and apprehensive about.
255
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Did he get specific with you?
256
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Yeah, he, um,
told me that there were
three children.
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And that two children
interact more with him
than the third.
258
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And that the third is,
um, not as nice.
259
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He got really bad vibes
off of him and that he
was, like, really mean.
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He said something
interesting to me.
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He says, um,
"Well, if they do leave,
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then I can get my life
back to normal."
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That, to me, makes me
feel like right now,
it's bothering him a lot.
264
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It's really weighing
heavy on him.
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He is struggling.
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Ladies, you're convinced
that what's going
on with Kingston's
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paranormal-related
and not anything else?
268
00:14:35,909 --> 00:14:37,709
Yes, my family actually
grew up in the area
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and we've had
experiences as well.
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-He's a good kid
and it's a good family.
-It is a good family.
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[Steve] So, I'm curious,
you guys being teachers
and suggesting the paranormal,
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were you worried about,
any kind of, backlash,
or anything like that?
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No, I wasn't, uh,
after you teach
for over 20 years,
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you see a lot
and you experience a lot
and you know your kids.
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And Kingston is not one
to make up stories
to scare people.
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Okay.
277
00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:15,413
I feel like this person
wasn't being taken seriously
for a while
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and has seen
a lot of [bleep].
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00:15:21,688 --> 00:15:24,422
I think that this person
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is actually kind of happy
that we're here.
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'Cause I think this person's
very tired and scared.
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[Steve] We've done quite
a few cases here over
the years,
283
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so I've made a bunch
of local contacts.
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One of them is a genealogist.
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She just called me,
saying a couple
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of the original owners
of Brooke's property
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have a story I definitely
need to know about.
288
00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:11,669
Well, Mary, it's good
to see you again,
289
00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:13,404
I appreciate you
helping me out.
290
00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:15,807
All right, so, what can you
tell me about this family?
291
00:16:15,809 --> 00:16:20,178
All right, well, back in 1916,
there were two brothers.
292
00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:22,380
-Okay.
-Michael and John Hartman.
293
00:16:22,382 --> 00:16:26,651
And they bought three lots
right here where your
client's property is today.
294
00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:31,456
It's seems that they were
planning to move their mom
on to one of the lots,
295
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because she had been widowed
when they were
very young boys.
296
00:16:35,028 --> 00:16:36,694
Okay, so the kids were looking
to take care of their mother.
297
00:16:36,696 --> 00:16:37,829
[Mary] Yes.
298
00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:39,530
All right, so they seem
like a close-knit family.
299
00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:40,798
Do you know anything else
about them?
300
00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,601
Well, they were immigrants
from Transylvania,
301
00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:47,805
which was the Catholic region
of Romania.
302
00:16:47,807 --> 00:16:51,042
All right, so we got
two brothers that owned
my client's property.
303
00:16:51,044 --> 00:16:52,043
Let's start with, uh, Michael.
304
00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:55,146
All right, well Michael
actually would up moving
305
00:16:55,148 --> 00:16:58,916
to Indiana shortly after
they bought the property.
306
00:16:58,918 --> 00:17:00,118
Okay.
307
00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,021
And he worked
as a truck driver
for the public library.
308
00:17:03,023 --> 00:17:06,691
But it turned out,
Michael was leading
sort of a double life.
309
00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:11,596
He was running
a bootlegging operation
and a speakeasy
310
00:17:11,598 --> 00:17:13,998
and he was arrested
for that in 1930.
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00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,401
I have a newspaper
article about that.
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[Steve] Does he do
any jail time?
313
00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:21,339
Does he plea out?
What happened to this guy?
314
00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:23,808
Presumably, he did
a little bit of time
315
00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:30,248
and he would up
dying in Indiana
in 1956 at the age of 73.
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00:17:32,018 --> 00:17:36,120
[Amy] There's
something really strange
about this killer guy.
317
00:17:36,122 --> 00:17:40,691
He is afraid of Catholicism,
so that's interesting.
318
00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:45,329
I feel like this bad guy
did live here.
319
00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:48,733
Something about mother,
possibly living with her.
320
00:17:48,735 --> 00:17:52,270
Some kind of, like,
government job, like, I mean,
obviously he got benefits.
321
00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,173
Definitely mentally ill.
322
00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:01,479
Okay, so we got one brother
who's a bootlegger.
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-And died at the age of 73
in Indiana.
-Mmm-hmm.
324
00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:06,651
Okay, so what about John?
What do we know about him?
325
00:18:06,653 --> 00:18:11,022
Unlike Michael, uh,
John stayed on the property.
326
00:18:11,024 --> 00:18:14,659
Things turned tragic for John
almost immediately.
327
00:18:14,661 --> 00:18:15,827
So, what happens
with this guy?
328
00:18:15,829 --> 00:18:18,596
He had a wife
and she came down
329
00:18:18,598 --> 00:18:21,165
with a severe case
of pneumonia.
330
00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:26,104
She was only 27 years old
when she died in 1919.
331
00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:30,842
[Steve] All right,
so does this guy wind up
remarrying at all?
332
00:18:30,844 --> 00:18:33,444
Yes, he marries,
actually, pretty quickly.
333
00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:36,914
He marries a woman
named Johanna.
334
00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:38,883
Okay, so is there anything
else I should know
about this family?
335
00:18:38,885 --> 00:18:44,288
By 1940, John was
diagnosed with a terrible
kidney disease.
336
00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:47,792
Uh, he suffered with this
for ten years.
337
00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:50,428
All right, so this guy
had a miserable existence
for all this time.
338
00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:51,695
Yes, he did.
339
00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:59,003
He died on your client's
property in 1950,
at the age of 63.
340
00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:02,773
[Steve] What about Johanna,
does she stick around?
341
00:19:02,775 --> 00:19:06,911
Johanna stayed on the land
for another 34 years.
342
00:19:06,913 --> 00:19:11,549
She wound up dying
in 1984 at age of 86.
343
00:19:11,551 --> 00:19:13,851
So it's a sad story,
you know...
344
00:19:13,853 --> 00:19:18,823
Comes here as an immigrant,
thoughts of new life,
loses his wife young.
345
00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:22,693
And then, ten years
of suffering from something
like that had to be
346
00:19:22,695 --> 00:19:24,061
incredibly hard for this guy.
347
00:19:24,063 --> 00:19:26,197
Yeah, he suffered a lot.
348
00:19:29,769 --> 00:19:31,969
[Amy] There's a couple.
349
00:19:32,005 --> 00:19:33,404
So, man and wife.
350
00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:36,807
I guess both are deceased.
351
00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:40,244
Uh, they ran upstairs,
so I need to get upstairs.
352
00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:46,784
Okay, I don't know
where they went.
353
00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:49,020
I think they're hiding
in a closet.
354
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:55,059
I think he died
before she did.
355
00:19:56,696 --> 00:20:00,231
[Steve] I just got a call
from my old friend,
journalist Lou Hebert.
356
00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:04,202
Now, he said
he found something
that may help my case.
357
00:20:04,771 --> 00:20:07,104
He tells me a teenage girl
died in a lake,
358
00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:09,507
less than a mile
from Brooke's house.
359
00:20:09,509 --> 00:20:11,742
At first, everyone
thought it was a drowning.
360
00:20:11,744 --> 00:20:14,445
That is, until it started
to look like a murder.
361
00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:24,055
Well, Lou, it's good
to see you again.
362
00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:26,657
Uh, thanks for helping me out
on another case.
363
00:20:26,659 --> 00:20:28,125
So, before we get
to the drowning,
364
00:20:28,127 --> 00:20:28,792
what do we know
about this victim?
365
00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:30,661
Her name was Molly Petelinker.
366
00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:35,967
She was 15 at the time,
she was, uh, born
and raised here in Euclid.
367
00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:38,536
At the time, she was dating
a guy by the name
of John Mckay.
368
00:20:38,538 --> 00:20:41,973
He was seven years
her senior, he was
22 years of age.
369
00:20:41,975 --> 00:20:44,542
Okay, Lou, so let's
get to the drowning,
what happened?
370
00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:46,777
Well, it happened
on June seventh, 1928.
371
00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:49,447
John and Molly were
right here at Euclid Beach.
372
00:20:49,449 --> 00:20:52,049
They took a rowboat
out into the lake.
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00:20:52,051 --> 00:20:54,919
A few hours later,
the rowboat comes
back to the beach,
374
00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:56,821
and it's overturned.
375
00:20:56,823 --> 00:20:59,724
Okay, so, I assume
they had a search party?
376
00:20:59,726 --> 00:21:01,259
Yeah, they started
looking for them,
377
00:21:01,261 --> 00:21:03,427
but they didn't find
anything right away.
378
00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:07,431
But about two weeks later,
a fisherman happened upon
a body of a woman.
379
00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:09,634
She was wrapped
in fisherman's line.
380
00:21:09,636 --> 00:21:12,837
And then they determined
it was, in fact, Molly.
381
00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:14,639
-Okay.
-But they never
found John.
382
00:21:14,641 --> 00:21:17,308
And it was presumed
that he had drowned as well.
383
00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:20,645
Here's a picture of her,
an article at the time.
384
00:21:20,647 --> 00:21:22,780
[Steve] All right, so when did
they start to consider this
a murder?
385
00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:24,882
Molly's sister gets a letter.
386
00:21:24,884 --> 00:21:27,785
A very strange letter
that's expressing sympathy
387
00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:29,720
and some guilt
over Molly's death.
388
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:31,722
and interestingly enough,
389
00:21:31,724 --> 00:21:33,724
it's signed
by a fictitious author.
390
00:21:33,726 --> 00:21:36,727
The police decide
to reopen the case now,
391
00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:39,664
and they put out a citywide
search for John Mckay.
392
00:21:39,666 --> 00:21:41,999
Here's an article
on it right there.
393
00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:43,968
[Steve] All right, so did
they ever find this guy?
394
00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:46,871
No, they looked
for about a year
and a half,
395
00:21:46,873 --> 00:21:49,940
and John Mckay
has never been found.
396
00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:51,409
[Steve] It's very strange,
this story.
397
00:21:51,411 --> 00:21:54,145
I'm more on the side
of there's a little
foul play here.
398
00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:55,413
I would tend to agree. It's--
399
00:21:55,415 --> 00:21:56,713
He's probably, um--
400
00:21:56,715 --> 00:21:59,083
-He probably found
a new life somewhere.
-[Steve] Yeah.
401
00:22:02,955 --> 00:22:05,956
[Amy] The killer guy
hides his victim down here.
402
00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:11,095
This is where he likes
to keep the lady.
403
00:22:11,698 --> 00:22:15,766
She did not get buried.
404
00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:18,402
He left her outside
and she rotted really quick.
405
00:22:19,072 --> 00:22:21,305
This dude killed her,
406
00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:23,040
and he thinks
407
00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:25,209
nobody knew about this,
408
00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:28,679
but here, he like, keeps her,
409
00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:33,150
and he keeps burying her,
and burying her,
and burying her.
410
00:22:33,753 --> 00:22:35,119
All I hear from him is,
411
00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:38,956
"Stay dead. Stay dead.
Stay dead. Stay dead."
412
00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:43,127
He just wants her
to be quiet and disappear...
413
00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:48,532
...because he doesn't
want her telling everybody
anything about
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00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:51,202
her being murdered,
I think, by him.
415
00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:00,711
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416
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418
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419
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:11,422
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420
00:23:18,598 --> 00:23:20,231
[Steve] So far, I've got
a terrified mother
421
00:23:20,233 --> 00:23:22,066
worried about the safety
of her children
422
00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:26,437
on a property where one
of the first owners suffered
a long and painful death...
423
00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:29,440
...but I wanna see
if there's anything else.
424
00:23:31,411 --> 00:23:34,512
Searching through old records,
I make a horrifying discovery:
425
00:23:34,514 --> 00:23:38,883
There was a deadly
fire at a school
near Brooke's house.
426
00:23:38,885 --> 00:23:41,986
I'm heading over to meet
a local author who wrote
a book about this tragedy.
427
00:23:41,988 --> 00:23:43,954
Now, he says the worst part is
428
00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:46,190
it was completely preventable.
429
00:23:50,563 --> 00:23:52,229
So, Dr. Badal,
430
00:23:52,231 --> 00:23:54,765
I appreciate you helping
me out with this case
and taking the time.
431
00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:57,168
Before we get
to this horrific fire,
432
00:23:57,170 --> 00:23:58,736
what can you tell me
about the school?
433
00:23:58,738 --> 00:24:02,473
Well, the school was
originally constructed
in 1901.
434
00:24:02,475 --> 00:24:05,409
This is what the finished
building looked like.
435
00:24:05,411 --> 00:24:10,815
300 to 350 children were
distributed among nine
different classrooms.
436
00:24:10,817 --> 00:24:12,983
[Steve] Do me a favor.
Take me through the fire.
What happened?
437
00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:16,587
[Dr. Badal] Well,
it was March 4, 1908.
438
00:24:16,589 --> 00:24:19,223
14-year-old girl, she asked
to go to the lavatory,
439
00:24:19,225 --> 00:24:21,992
and as she walked
down the stairway,
440
00:24:21,994 --> 00:24:26,897
she saw a little wisp of smoke
coming up between the cracks
of one of the steps,
441
00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:30,201
so she called
to the janitor,
whom she saw,
442
00:24:30,203 --> 00:24:31,669
and when he saw the smoke,
443
00:24:31,671 --> 00:24:33,737
he ran into one
of the classrooms
444
00:24:33,739 --> 00:24:35,005
and pulled the fire alarm.
445
00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:36,407
Where did things go wrong?
446
00:24:36,409 --> 00:24:38,409
[Dr. Badal]
Virtually everywhere.
447
00:24:38,411 --> 00:24:42,746
When the janitor opened
the doors at both sides
of the building,
448
00:24:42,748 --> 00:24:44,615
the wind just went like this,
449
00:24:44,617 --> 00:24:48,052
and the entire interior
of the school was wood.
450
00:24:48,054 --> 00:24:49,920
-So, it turned it
into a big chimney.
-[Dr. Badal] So...
451
00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:51,956
It turned it into a chimney,
452
00:24:51,958 --> 00:24:54,758
and there was a second
factor involved.
453
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,127
The interior was Georgia pine,
454
00:24:57,129 --> 00:25:01,532
and the janitor cleaned it
and kept it looking nice
by using oil,
455
00:25:01,534 --> 00:25:04,034
which is an accelerant.
456
00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:05,736
[Steve] Does
the fire department
eventually show up?
457
00:25:05,738 --> 00:25:07,037
[Dr. Badal] Yes.
458
00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:08,038
Okay, so what happened
once they got there?
459
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,842
The pressure
in the hydrants
was low,
460
00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:16,013
and they didn't have ladders
that were big enough to reach
to the second and third floor.
461
00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:17,114
Any fire escapes?
462
00:25:17,116 --> 00:25:18,816
There was one.
463
00:25:18,818 --> 00:25:19,917
In a building that big?
464
00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:22,953
Originally, the builder
wanted to use three,
465
00:25:22,955 --> 00:25:25,189
but the school board
balked at the cost.
466
00:25:25,424 --> 00:25:27,858
Okay. I'm not surprised.
467
00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:31,061
There's actually some footage
that was taken of the fire.
468
00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:37,601
[Steve] Unbelievable.
469
00:25:37,603 --> 00:25:40,170
-These kids
never had a chance.
-[Dr. Badal] No.
470
00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:43,073
[Steve] Now, you told me
how many kids
went to this school.
471
00:25:43,075 --> 00:25:44,808
What was the final
death count?
472
00:25:44,810 --> 00:25:48,012
172 children were killed,
473
00:25:48,014 --> 00:25:49,079
two teachers,
474
00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:50,714
and one would-be rescuer.
475
00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,750
The fire was so bad
476
00:25:52,752 --> 00:25:56,120
that 19 of the children
never were identified.
477
00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:58,856
[Steve] So, Jim, when we
spoke on the phone,
478
00:25:58,858 --> 00:26:00,624
you said that this might
have been preventable.
479
00:26:00,626 --> 00:26:01,692
What'd you mean by that?
480
00:26:01,694 --> 00:26:04,395
They determined
that the cause of the fire
481
00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:08,399
was an overheated steam pipe
too close to a wooden joist.
482
00:26:08,401 --> 00:26:09,033
Okay.
483
00:26:09,035 --> 00:26:11,035
It was a design flaw.
484
00:26:11,037 --> 00:26:13,203
Was there an investigation?
Anybody charged?
485
00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:14,038
[Dr. Badal] No.
486
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,674
There was a very
extensive investigation,
487
00:26:16,676 --> 00:26:18,742
but no one was
actually charged.
488
00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:21,512
In fact, here's
an article about it.
489
00:26:21,514 --> 00:26:23,781
[Steve]
"Slaughtered Innocents!"
That's a good title.
490
00:26:23,783 --> 00:26:26,483
So, let me ask you a question.
As far as school fires go,
491
00:26:26,485 --> 00:26:28,986
where does this rank
in our country?
492
00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:31,088
This is the worst school fire
in American history.
493
00:26:39,565 --> 00:26:42,833
[Amy] I saw several
disturbing things on my walk,
494
00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:46,837
but the dead killer
burying his female victim
in the basement
495
00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:48,005
concerns me the most.
496
00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:50,774
I saw a grave,
497
00:26:50,776 --> 00:26:53,811
and it had fresh
earth put on top,
498
00:26:53,813 --> 00:26:57,648
and then around it,
it had, uh, little stones.
499
00:26:57,650 --> 00:27:01,752
What I saw of him was
basically the back of him,
500
00:27:01,754 --> 00:27:04,955
and he had, like,
an old-fashioned shovel.
501
00:27:10,396 --> 00:27:12,096
Amy, is this what you saw?
502
00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:15,432
Yes. That's what I saw.
503
00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:38,222
[Steve] Now that Amy
and I have completed
our investigations,
504
00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:40,824
we're ready to reveal
our findings to each other
505
00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:43,093
and our clients
for the first time.
506
00:27:43,462 --> 00:27:44,528
So, guys, this is Amy.
507
00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:46,563
she's gonna be
doing the reveal
from another room
508
00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:49,933
so she can focus
on the dead and your case
without any distractions.
509
00:27:49,935 --> 00:27:52,269
Amy, this is Brooke
and her daughter, Michaela.
510
00:27:52,938 --> 00:27:55,706
Now, Brooke
is a single mom
who lives here
511
00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:58,308
with her four-year-old
daughter, Novee,
512
00:27:58,978 --> 00:28:01,378
and her nine-year old
son, Kingston.
513
00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:03,814
Now, Michaela used
to live here,
514
00:28:03,816 --> 00:28:07,551
but she had some terrible
experiences and moved out,
515
00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:09,420
but now,
for financial reasons,
516
00:28:09,422 --> 00:28:11,655
she has to move back
in with her two-year-old,
517
00:28:11,657 --> 00:28:13,657
and she doesn't think
it's going to be safe,
518
00:28:13,659 --> 00:28:15,092
and that's why
they called us in.
519
00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:17,695
Unless Amy's got
some questions for you,
520
00:28:17,697 --> 00:28:19,029
she'll tell us about her walk.
521
00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:23,267
[Amy] During my walk,
522
00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:27,004
I encountered four
deceased people.
523
00:28:27,006 --> 00:28:31,809
The first ones
that I wanna talk about
are, uh, an older couple.
524
00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:34,778
I believe that it's
a man and a wife.
525
00:28:34,780 --> 00:28:40,017
I could not really gather
if they had lived here or not.
526
00:28:40,019 --> 00:28:43,854
They were both kind of,
you know, on the heavier side
527
00:28:43,856 --> 00:28:45,656
because of their age, mainly.
528
00:28:45,658 --> 00:28:48,726
They looked to be
in their sixties.
529
00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:50,994
Late sixties,
early seventies,
I think.
530
00:28:50,996 --> 00:28:54,765
I do believe the male died
prior to the female.
531
00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:56,633
All right, it's not
a lot to go on,
532
00:28:56,635 --> 00:29:00,137
but a few things remind me
of a guy who used to own
this property
533
00:29:00,139 --> 00:29:01,972
and lived on it
with two different wives.
534
00:29:01,974 --> 00:29:04,241
His name was John Hartman.
535
00:29:04,243 --> 00:29:05,876
Hartman came here
from Transylvania,
536
00:29:05,878 --> 00:29:08,579
saved up, and bought
the property in 1916.
537
00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:10,781
Now, his time here was brutal.
538
00:29:10,783 --> 00:29:13,717
In 1919, his first wife
died from pneumonia.
539
00:29:13,719 --> 00:29:15,119
She was only 27 years old.
540
00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:16,787
But, he quickly remarried.
541
00:29:16,789 --> 00:29:19,456
His new wife
was named Johanna.
542
00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:22,593
Now, you said the man
died before the woman.
543
00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:25,429
In 1940, John was diagnosed
with a kidney disease.
544
00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:27,798
He suffered
for ten long years,
545
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,635
though in 1950,
John Hartman died
right here on the property.
546
00:29:31,637 --> 00:29:33,804
He was 63 years old
when he died.
547
00:29:33,806 --> 00:29:35,973
I have his death
certificate here.
548
00:29:37,543 --> 00:29:39,209
Now, after John's death,
549
00:29:39,912 --> 00:29:42,980
Johanna lived here
for another 34 years.
550
00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:45,816
She died in 1984
at a local hospital
551
00:29:45,818 --> 00:29:47,651
and she was 86 years old.
552
00:29:47,653 --> 00:29:50,954
Is it possible that's
the dead couple
you ran into?
553
00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:53,423
[Amy] You know, it's
definitely a possibility.
554
00:29:57,496 --> 00:29:59,663
[Steve] Okay,
what else we got?
555
00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:03,867
[Amy] Now, I'm gonna
discuss the other two
individuals that are here.
556
00:30:03,869 --> 00:30:05,869
One of them is a murderer,
557
00:30:05,871 --> 00:30:08,272
and one of them is his victim.
558
00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:11,742
The victim, the female,
559
00:30:11,744 --> 00:30:14,912
is in a very, uh,
decomposed state.
560
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:17,981
I saw her in this room
561
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:20,951
and going upstairs
and to the right.
562
00:30:20,953 --> 00:30:23,120
-[Steve] That's
your room, Brooke?
-[Brooke] Yes.
563
00:30:23,522 --> 00:30:26,723
She's trying to get
help from you,
564
00:30:26,725 --> 00:30:30,394
and the reason why is
because you're a sensitive...
565
00:30:32,198 --> 00:30:36,066
...but you've really
shut that down.
566
00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:38,202
I'm sorry.
567
00:30:39,605 --> 00:30:42,773
-What's going on?
-Like, she said I...
568
00:30:42,775 --> 00:30:46,109
I, like, feel stuff,
but I just shut it down.
569
00:30:46,712 --> 00:30:48,111
I only discuss
that with myself.
570
00:30:48,113 --> 00:30:50,380
I've told nobody
in this world.
571
00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:52,616
Nobody.
572
00:30:52,618 --> 00:30:53,416
Not even you.
573
00:30:54,820 --> 00:30:57,721
She really wants
to tell her story
574
00:30:57,723 --> 00:30:59,957
and to move on.
575
00:30:59,959 --> 00:31:02,960
The murderer, the killer guy,
576
00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:04,661
does not want her to talk.
577
00:31:04,663 --> 00:31:07,831
When she tries
to communicate with you,
578
00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:09,666
he gets pissed off
and they fight,
579
00:31:09,668 --> 00:31:12,402
and you're picking up
on it via emotion
580
00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:15,005
and you're getting
panicked and freaked out.
581
00:31:15,007 --> 00:31:17,741
Now, your anxiety is something
that's a real issue.
582
00:31:17,743 --> 00:31:19,343
Tell Amy how that goes.
583
00:31:19,345 --> 00:31:20,510
[Brooke] So, it just hits.
584
00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:22,079
I could just walk into a room
585
00:31:22,081 --> 00:31:25,582
and I feel a sense
of something's not right,
586
00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:27,751
something's bad,
587
00:31:27,753 --> 00:31:30,654
and I go into really
bad anxiety.
588
00:31:30,656 --> 00:31:32,355
It makes sense.
589
00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:37,060
[Steve] Now, you said
this murder victim tries
to get Brooke's attention.
590
00:31:37,096 --> 00:31:38,428
What does she do?
591
00:31:38,430 --> 00:31:40,731
I did see her touching,
592
00:31:40,733 --> 00:31:43,967
so, like, caressing
the hair and the face.
593
00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:45,836
She's just trying
to get your attention.
594
00:31:45,838 --> 00:31:48,071
So, um, a week
after we moved in,
595
00:31:48,073 --> 00:31:51,408
I was walking
through the living room
596
00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:54,678
and someone grabbed
my purse strap,
597
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,780
and it took me
back a couple feet.
598
00:31:56,782 --> 00:31:57,848
I asked her
to demonstrate on me,
599
00:31:57,850 --> 00:31:59,816
and I have news
for you, she...
600
00:31:59,818 --> 00:32:01,218
-[Amy] Pretty hard?
-[Steve] Yeah, I mean,
601
00:32:01,220 --> 00:32:02,853
I'm 220 pounds
and she pulled me.
602
00:32:02,855 --> 00:32:04,554
[Amy] Wow.
603
00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:05,856
The other thing is
when you got scratched.
604
00:32:05,858 --> 00:32:08,058
-Mmm.
-[Steve] Tell her
about that.
605
00:32:08,060 --> 00:32:09,927
So, I was giving
my daughter a bath,
606
00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:14,064
and it felt like someone
poured acid on my arms,
607
00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:16,066
and when I
brought my arms out,
608
00:32:16,068 --> 00:32:17,734
there was
609
00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:20,404
huge scratches
going down my arms.
610
00:32:20,406 --> 00:32:22,406
I got a photo
right here to show you.
611
00:32:23,909 --> 00:32:26,910
Could that be this woman
trying to get her attention,
or is that something else?
612
00:32:26,912 --> 00:32:29,046
That's more than likely the...
613
00:32:29,048 --> 00:32:30,414
The killer.
614
00:32:30,416 --> 00:32:31,982
-[Steve] Ah.
-[Amy] Yeah.
615
00:32:33,886 --> 00:32:35,585
So, since we're talking
about physical,
616
00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:37,220
I wanna talk about Novee.
617
00:32:37,222 --> 00:32:40,357
You had given me a video
I want to show to Amy.
618
00:32:56,041 --> 00:32:59,076
That would more than likely
be the female.
619
00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:02,779
It makes me very nervous,
620
00:33:02,781 --> 00:33:04,948
and the fact that I'm
bringing my daughter
621
00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:06,550
and I'm seeing this
with my little sister,
622
00:33:06,552 --> 00:33:08,085
it already breaks my heart.
623
00:33:10,456 --> 00:33:11,855
[Steve] As far
as this killer goes,
624
00:33:11,857 --> 00:33:14,024
any idea who he might have
been when he was alive?
625
00:33:14,393 --> 00:33:15,926
[Amy] According to him,
626
00:33:15,928 --> 00:33:22,099
this murder he was
able to keep secret
when he was alive.
627
00:33:22,101 --> 00:33:24,634
I believe that he might
have lived here.
628
00:33:24,636 --> 00:33:27,371
I'm thinking that he may
have lived with his mother.
629
00:33:27,773 --> 00:33:32,042
He has a deep fear
of Catholicism,
630
00:33:32,044 --> 00:33:37,547
and I got that he may have had
some type of government job,
631
00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:39,750
like a mailman or something.
632
00:33:39,752 --> 00:33:41,918
What you're talking
about makes me think of
633
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,389
the brother of John Hartman
that owned the property.
634
00:33:45,391 --> 00:33:46,857
Now, his name was Michael,
635
00:33:46,859 --> 00:33:50,961
and he and John
bought three lots
636
00:33:50,963 --> 00:33:53,330
Of property here
together back in 1916.
637
00:33:53,332 --> 00:33:55,932
One of the lots was
supposed to be for John,
the other for Michael,
638
00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:59,136
and the third
was supposed to be
for the widowed mother...
639
00:33:59,138 --> 00:34:00,670
-Ah.
-[Steve] ...so she
could live here.
640
00:34:00,672 --> 00:34:01,671
Now, you said this--
641
00:34:01,673 --> 00:34:03,507
The killer's afraid
of Catholicism.
642
00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:06,410
As I mentioned, this family
was from Transylvania.
643
00:34:06,412 --> 00:34:10,781
Apparently, it's an extremely
Catholic region of Romania.
644
00:34:10,783 --> 00:34:12,649
But, like you said, Michael
had a government job.
645
00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:14,718
He drove a library truck.
646
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:16,286
But, as far
as murdering someone?
647
00:34:16,989 --> 00:34:18,522
I got nothing on that.
648
00:34:18,524 --> 00:34:21,391
[Amy] He kept it
a secret in life.
649
00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:25,395
All of the boxes are
coming together with him.
650
00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:28,131
-With the Catholicism
and all that?
-Yeah.
651
00:34:31,904 --> 00:34:34,938
When I went down
into the basement,
652
00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:37,874
he is burying her.
653
00:34:37,876 --> 00:34:41,311
This happens over
and over and over again
654
00:34:41,313 --> 00:34:44,414
because she gets out,
655
00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:48,318
and that's when she's
coming to you and trying
to talk to you,
656
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:52,622
and then he's gotta get her
and put her back in the grave.
657
00:34:52,624 --> 00:34:54,825
Like, he just wants her gone.
658
00:34:54,827 --> 00:34:58,295
I did have a sketch done
of this situation.
659
00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:00,430
This should be interesting.
660
00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:08,305
[shudders] This is creepy.
661
00:35:16,081 --> 00:35:18,648
Michaela, that's your new
space in the house, isn't it?
662
00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:21,084
Oh, no.
663
00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:23,386
[Michaela] Like, that's
terrible and terrifying.
664
00:35:23,388 --> 00:35:25,155
Like, that's supposedly
happening, like,
665
00:35:25,157 --> 00:35:27,924
where I'm supposed to be
living with my child.
666
00:35:27,926 --> 00:35:29,726
[Amy] And the basement, like,
667
00:35:29,728 --> 00:35:31,495
that's his place.
668
00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:34,564
He doesn't want any
of the living down there.
669
00:35:34,566 --> 00:35:38,001
So, does this killer
do anything to interact
with these guys?
670
00:35:38,003 --> 00:35:42,038
I did get that he,
on occasion, will watch
the females,
671
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,941
uh, bathing or showering.
672
00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:47,010
That was the two
spots, actually.
673
00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:49,746
It was the basement
and the shower
674
00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:51,948
where I constantly
felt watched.
675
00:35:52,985 --> 00:35:56,753
I saw that he,
at one point,
got into a rage,
676
00:35:56,755 --> 00:36:00,390
and it literally felt
like the house shook.
677
00:36:00,392 --> 00:36:02,192
Like, it was
like this... [rattling]
678
00:36:03,162 --> 00:36:04,828
[Steve] Brooke, have you
heard anything like that?
679
00:36:04,830 --> 00:36:06,396
[Brooke] Yes.
680
00:36:06,398 --> 00:36:09,733
Very obnoxious banging
for about 20 to 30 minutes.
681
00:36:09,735 --> 00:36:11,101
What? That long?
682
00:36:11,103 --> 00:36:13,136
-Yeah.
-[Amy] Holy smokes!
683
00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:15,872
He is pretty active
684
00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:17,941
in one of the bedrooms,
685
00:36:17,943 --> 00:36:20,610
uh, which is the one
directly across from here.
686
00:36:20,612 --> 00:36:22,679
-[Steve] So, that's
Kingston's room?
-[Brooke] Yes.
687
00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:24,881
[Amy] I did think
it was a boy.
688
00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:28,618
I got that he was, like,
excited for us to be here
689
00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:31,655
because he is tired and scared
690
00:36:31,657 --> 00:36:35,792
of all of these experiences
that he has had,
691
00:36:35,794 --> 00:36:39,462
and he felt like he wasn't
being taken seriously,
692
00:36:39,464 --> 00:36:41,198
and that frustrated him.
693
00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,068
Wow, Kingston. I'm a little
blown away by that.
694
00:36:45,604 --> 00:36:47,070
So, Amy, here's
what you need to know.
695
00:36:47,072 --> 00:36:49,906
Kingston was having
problems at school,
696
00:36:49,908 --> 00:36:53,376
um, and he told his teachers
that he was seeing three
different dead children
697
00:36:53,812 --> 00:36:54,877
here at the house.
698
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:59,015
He told them two were nice
and one not so much.
699
00:36:59,017 --> 00:37:01,618
The reason we're here
is because those teachers
called Brooke
700
00:37:01,620 --> 00:37:04,354
and told her to have us
come in and investigate.
701
00:37:05,157 --> 00:37:07,757
I was upset
because he never told me.
702
00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:08,825
He never opened up,
703
00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:10,393
and when I asked him, he said,
704
00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:13,230
"I wanted to protect you."
705
00:37:13,232 --> 00:37:15,932
Who are these kids
that he might be talking to?
706
00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:20,437
He might be, uh,
perceiving the older couple
as the two friendly children.
707
00:37:20,439 --> 00:37:21,771
Okay.
708
00:37:21,773 --> 00:37:25,942
And, maybe perceiving
the other kid who's bad
is the killer.
709
00:37:28,046 --> 00:37:30,614
I interviewed him
and he seems to be holding
back something else.
710
00:37:30,616 --> 00:37:33,083
[stammers] He's not
telling me everything.
711
00:37:33,085 --> 00:37:37,120
Everything that's going
on here is about keeping
your mouth shut.
712
00:37:37,889 --> 00:37:39,756
That's the killer's MO.
713
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,791
That's what he's
doing to this woman.
714
00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:43,293
I mean, that's, like,
715
00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,395
the whole thing here
716
00:37:45,397 --> 00:37:47,063
is keep your mouth shut,
717
00:37:47,065 --> 00:37:52,636
and I think the killer
has targeted him
718
00:37:52,638 --> 00:37:57,574
because he has
medium abilities.
719
00:37:57,576 --> 00:38:00,810
I think the killer feels
a threat that he could
get him out of here.
720
00:38:00,812 --> 00:38:03,480
He could push him out
and expose his secret.
721
00:38:03,482 --> 00:38:07,050
There was one situation.
it was really dark.
722
00:38:07,052 --> 00:38:10,253
He was hearing footsteps
coming down the hallway...
723
00:38:11,556 --> 00:38:13,089
...and then the doors opening,
724
00:38:13,091 --> 00:38:16,126
and then there's, like,
this black mist
725
00:38:17,029 --> 00:38:18,328
kinda rolling into the room.
726
00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:27,504
The feeling was just
rage and aggression
727
00:38:27,506 --> 00:38:29,939
and very threatening,
728
00:38:29,941 --> 00:38:35,011
so it seems like he
definitely is getting off
on torturing him as well.
729
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,982
This poor kid is
going through hell.
730
00:38:38,984 --> 00:38:43,086
What kind of mother am I
to bring my daughter somewhere
where I know is not safe?
731
00:38:43,088 --> 00:38:44,254
I...
732
00:38:45,891 --> 00:38:47,123
I'm sorry.
733
00:39:03,442 --> 00:39:04,607
[Steve] So, Brooke,
734
00:39:04,910 --> 00:39:06,976
you know why Kingston's
been having all these issues,
735
00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:07,944
and Michaela,
736
00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:09,512
you know why the basement
freaks you out,
737
00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:11,648
so it's time to answer
the big question:
738
00:39:11,650 --> 00:39:13,850
Is there anything you guys
can do about this,
739
00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:15,852
and if so,
what's it gonna take?
740
00:39:15,854 --> 00:39:18,154
Uh, for that answer,
I'm gonna turn it over to Amy.
741
00:39:21,093 --> 00:39:23,760
[Amy] What I would
like to see happen
742
00:39:23,762 --> 00:39:26,429
is for a male medium
743
00:39:26,431 --> 00:39:28,631
who is a practicing Catholic,
744
00:39:28,633 --> 00:39:30,834
they'll come here
745
00:39:30,836 --> 00:39:34,070
and they will engage
with the killer
746
00:39:34,139 --> 00:39:36,005
and move him on.
747
00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:37,607
Once he is gone,
748
00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:40,110
I feel that the female
749
00:39:40,112 --> 00:39:45,215
will be able to finally
see clearly her way out.
750
00:39:45,851 --> 00:39:46,850
Once that's done,
751
00:39:46,852 --> 00:39:50,687
the older couple will leave.
752
00:39:50,689 --> 00:39:53,823
So, once they
get rid of this--
The killer, right?
753
00:39:53,825 --> 00:39:56,192
Michaela can move in, or does
she need to wait a while?
754
00:39:56,194 --> 00:39:59,028
Yeah, no. She can
totally move in, yeah.
755
00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:00,430
He'll be gone,
756
00:40:00,432 --> 00:40:01,765
the lady'll be gone,
757
00:40:01,767 --> 00:40:04,334
everybody'll be gone.
758
00:40:04,336 --> 00:40:05,902
-How do you feel
about that?
-Relief.
759
00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:08,204
[laughs]
It's sorta like... [exhales]
760
00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:12,275
-I'm happy about this.
-[Steve] Me, too.
761
00:40:12,277 --> 00:40:15,311
We are also dealing
with abilities here,
762
00:40:15,313 --> 00:40:18,481
and functioning, and I am
concerned about your health.
763
00:40:18,483 --> 00:40:23,853
It would be really great
if you could see
a Reiki practitioner.
764
00:40:23,855 --> 00:40:28,358
You have a lot of stuff
that needs to get
out of your body,
765
00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:31,628
and then, with Kingston,
766
00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:35,799
we need to create a lot
of safe spaces for him.
767
00:40:35,801 --> 00:40:39,736
So, what I would like
is for him to see
a child therapist,
768
00:40:39,738 --> 00:40:42,405
uh, who's open to this.
769
00:40:42,407 --> 00:40:45,008
I know Kingston was
your number one concern.
770
00:40:45,010 --> 00:40:47,110
The behavior was not him.
771
00:40:47,112 --> 00:40:48,912
I felt like something was--
772
00:40:48,914 --> 00:40:50,146
There's more to it.
773
00:40:50,148 --> 00:40:51,414
But now you know why.
774
00:40:51,416 --> 00:40:52,382
Now I know why.
775
00:40:52,384 --> 00:40:54,184
-But you feel
relieved about that?
-I do.
776
00:40:55,587 --> 00:40:56,886
-I do.
-[Steve] Yeah.
777
00:40:56,888 --> 00:40:58,054
You're gonna do
what she says, right?
778
00:40:58,056 --> 00:40:59,856
Of-- 100%.
779
00:40:59,858 --> 00:41:01,191
-Are you kidding me?
-Yes.
780
00:41:01,193 --> 00:41:02,392
You look much better.
781
00:41:02,961 --> 00:41:03,893
Yeah.
782
00:41:03,895 --> 00:41:06,830
This is huge for us
and our family.
783
00:41:06,832 --> 00:41:10,099
I appreciate you guys more
than I could ever express.
784
00:41:10,402 --> 00:41:11,468
Seriously.
785
00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:15,805
[Amy] I really hope
Brooke contacts a medium
786
00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:19,709
to remove the killer
and the other dead
trapped inside her home.
787
00:41:19,711 --> 00:41:22,479
If she does that and finds
a therapist for Kingston
788
00:41:22,481 --> 00:41:25,782
as well as a Reiki master
for herself,
789
00:41:25,784 --> 00:41:29,419
I believe this family
will find the peace
and happiness they deserve.
790
00:41:35,427 --> 00:41:37,026
We took your advice.
791
00:41:37,762 --> 00:41:42,031
Um, we did everything
that you had put together
for us that would help us,
792
00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:43,399
and it worked.
793
00:41:43,401 --> 00:41:44,968
As you can see now,
794
00:41:44,970 --> 00:41:47,904
my beautiful daughter
is finally moving down
to the basement,
795
00:41:47,906 --> 00:41:50,840
and we have
been renovating it.
796
00:41:50,842 --> 00:41:51,741
Yeah, I couldn't
appreciate you more.
797
00:41:51,743 --> 00:41:54,911
I feel 100% comfortable
down here,
798
00:41:54,913 --> 00:41:56,379
and it's definitely
because of your guys' help.
799
00:41:57,315 --> 00:41:59,215
-Thank you, guys!
-Thank you!