(dramatic music)
(footsteps crunching)
- [Ann] Is that the maze?
- [Boy] Hell yeah, you wanna go in?
- [Ann] I don't know.
- [Boy] How about we just get a few pictures, okay?
(wind whistling)
(footsteps crunching)
(woman screaming)
- Who's that?
- [Boy] Shit, I don't know.
- [Ann] I wanna leave.
(footsteps crunching)
(Ann whimpering)
Hello? Yo, I'm about to turn around.
Just tell me where you are.
(footsteps crunching)
(wind whistling)
(Ann whimpering)
Ann?
(footsteps crunching)
(Ann breathing hard)
(ax striking)
(dramatic music)
- [Mark] This is the main street.
Got a little tiny prison here.
Got a hotel over here.
Some of you might be thinking,
hold up, these buildings look a little crappy
They even look fake.
You know what, you'd be right. Some of them are.
I don't know what the people that lived here were doing.
Maybe they were filling in the gaps or just having
a good time, but there are several legit buildings
been here for a really long time.
This is one of them.
- And there's no real history about this place, right?
- Right.
Well, there was, I did find one article.
I found, it was an old,
a scanned, burnt newspaper article,
and it was about a great big fire in Blackwood Falls.
So it does prove that this town existed.
All the rest, though, is a mystery.
Okay, ready?
- Mm-hm.
- Okay.
Hi.
- Okay, whoa whoa whoa, don't say that.
You sound like an anime girl.
- Okay.
- Just relax.
- Okay, yeah, you're right, good.
Hey, welcome to our new channel. I'm Mark.
- I'm Jenna.
- And the title is not click bait.
We actually have purchased, well we're soon
to purchase a ghost town.
We will soon be the proud of owners
of the abandoned Blackwood Falls town.
And what we're gonna do here,
we're gonna make this a destination spot.
There's gonna be shops, there's gonna be restaurants,
a hotel, it's gonna be an amazing place to go,
to go out into the middle of nowhere and have a great time.
We put our entire savings into this,
this incredible town, so we hope that you will
tell your friends and you will get excited about it as well.
Let's go take a tour.
Here we are.
Three hours from any town or gas station
or anything like that.
There's no cell service,
even though there's some giant towers over there.
I don't know what the problem is.
Electricity is solar panels.
- How are we supposed to communicate
with the rest of civilization?
- [Mark] Well, babe, we actually qualified
for satellite internet.
It's 500 bucks a month , but do some streaming.
- Well at least if someone tries to kill us we know
we can call someone to drive three hours out to save us.
- [Mark] So, folks, I should probably mention
that my beautiful, smart and always sexy wife
has a few reservations about us
dropping everything and coming out here.
- Back to the tour.
- You know what, I just...
I'm really grateful that she supports me 100%
in all of my crazy ideas.
- Well, this might be the last idea I get behind.
- [Mark] Okay, okay. Back to the tour, back to the tour.
- Whoa, check out the outhouse baths.
- [Mark] Okay, let's check this out.
(door creaking)
- [Jenna] How is it?
- Aw, babe. This is luxurious.
You're gonna love these facilities.
It's beautiful, babe.
(soft mysterious music)
This is
probably the largest building here.
We've got the church.
It's so cool to me to think about, like 120 years ago,
more than that, like, people were just in this place.
Just sitting,
thinking, praying.
Oh.
(soft mysterious music)
How cool is this?
- We can renew our vows, babe.
- [Mark] And here we have the post office.
(footsteps advancing)
- [Jenna] That mannequin scared the crap
out of me when I first saw it.
- [Mark] Oh, this guy? He's the only friend we have here.
- He's kinda hot.
- Oh.
Yeah, my wife has strange tastes. She also likes this girl.
Whoa.
Here, we have
some kind of outdoor theater.
- [Jenna] We still don't have movies.
- [Mark] Oh yeah, it'll be like 200 bucks an hour
to stream out here too.
- Big screen, though. Pretty cool.
Can practice some of my mining shadow puppetry.
Ah!
- [Mark] Oh, give me another one.
- [Jenna] Choo
Ooh, watch out for the ant pile.
- [Mark] Ooh.
- You gonna show them the maze?
- Yeah, this is definitely the...
One of the most bizarre things about this town.
I don't know if...
Maybe somebody created it for Halloween or.
I'm not sure, but you're gonna see.
It is really easy to get lost.
(birds singing)
- Mark?
(Mark whistling)
Come on, it's not funny.
(Mark whistling)
- (gasps) You scared the shit outta me!
(sighs) Don't put that in the video.
- [Mark] Yeah, sure, of course not.
- [Jenna] Fine, let's go.
- [Mark] Got some coffins up here,
which my wife has said, if things don't work out,
these are all ready for me.
- Hopefully not on the first day.
- [Mark] A little bit messed up, but I mean look at her.
She's so pretty it doesn't matter.
I gotta put up with it.
- Okay.
(insect buzzing)
- [Mark] Ooh, there's a wasp hotel.
- [Jenna] Mark, that thing is huge.
- [Mark] But we'll figure it out.
(insects buzzing)
- [Jenna] I wouldn't get too close.
(insects buzzing)
- [Mark] What do you think the price
of a room at the wasp hotel is?
(insects buzzing)
All right, Jenna, tell us where we are.
- Well, this is our new home.
Or the black widow's nest, as I like to call it.
Because I've killed around five black widows
in here today alone.
- Aw, well, spiders are good. They kill the other insects.
They might catch some wasps.
But this is our living arrangement.
You can see this beautiful spot here is for me,
and here is the queen's bed.
And no they don't make king-size cots,
so we are sleeping separately.
- Just like they used to. - So luxurious.
- What's that? - So luxurious.
- [Mark] Oh, it's super luxurious.
And, you know, she's on the nice bed
and I'm on the floor.
But no complaints here. I'm loving it.
We've got all of our stuff here.
We're surviving. We've got water.
We've got some fresh fruit that we're gonna
have to eat soon or it's gonna go bad.
We've got some processed foods that'll
keep us alive for a little while.
- Oh, and, babe, just so people know,
I'm not being held hostage here.
Mark said we can go back if things get too bad.
Okay?
- Yeah.
(upbeat violin music)
All right, folks, this is the entire vision here.
Got it all laid out.
See, while most people see an old town
with broken-down buildings,
I see a family destination.
We're gonna have families eating, enjoying rides,
making memories.
This place, it's gonna be like stepping into a time machine.
I can see it all already.
We have the land. We just need the funding.
More funding,
and I've got a guy coming in just a couple days.
It's all, it's all happening.
And what I'm hoping is you, the viewers,
will come out and enjoy this place.
Right now, you have the opportunity to see something grow
from, from this, these early, early stages
into something really big.
And, the place is gonna be amazing,
so I hope to see you all here.
This is, this is just...
I'm so glad that you're on this ride with me, and um...
Yeah, I guess, I guess that's it for today.
So, thanks for watching and we'll see you tomorrow.
- Okay, I was asleep, but I heard some noises.
And you know, I want this channel to be totally transparent,
so I'm gonna show you all the good, the bad and the scary.
The previous owner did say that there was like some...
Sometimes kids would come down here and sneak in.
I'm smelling some kinda burning wood,
so I hope nobody's playing with fire.
Let's see.
(crickets chirping)
(soft mysterious music)
What the hell?
Oh my God.
(Jenna gasping)
- Mark! What the hell are you doing out here?
- [Mark] Oh, there were some foxes. Let's go.
- [Jenna] Why do you smell like smoke?
Babe, I just need you to promise me you're gonna
be 100% honest with me here.
- Yeah, it's...
It was nothing, it was like an animal or something.
Don't worry.
- [Jenna] And the smoke?
- I don't know. It's, it's no big deal.
It's fine.
It's uh...
Don't freak yourself out, okay?
- Okay.
- It's okay. Let's go.
Yeah, let's go to bed.
- (laughs) Okay.
I'll share my bed with you, for one night.
- Yeah.
(crickets chirping)
(recorder whirring)
(soft ominous music)
(floorboards squeaking)
(ominous music)
- All right, we've got an action-packed day today.
Got a special guest coming later.
And, by the end of today, we are gonna sign papers
to be the new owners of this ghost town.
So, looks like there's gonna be a lot of activity today.
(bird cawing)
Ooh, looking good. The breakfast, I mean.
What are you making?
- Just sausage and eggs.
- Oh, I think Jenna's a little spooked from last night.
- No, I'm not spooked.
I'm just wondering what you were doing walking
around here at three in the morning.
I hope your sleepwalking's not back.
- Oh no, I don't sleepwalk.
- Last year, you walked to the neighbor's house
and banged on their door for 20 minutes.
They were terrified.
- I needed butter.
(ax striking)
Bull's-eye.
All right.
Now you try.
- [Jenna] No, I'm gonna kill someone.
- Who? I'm the only one here.
- Okay.
- [Mark] So you're just gonna take your dominant hand,
thumb up on your dominant hand.
Rock back and forth, release at eye level
and then just release it like a whip.
- [Jenna] Ah, dammit.
- [Mark] Well that's all right.
That's all right. Grab another one.
Grab another one. I know what to do.
There you go.
- No, get out from behind there. That's stupid.
- [Mark] This is what you want. Come on.
- Mark, that's idiotic. No, I'm not doing it.
- [Mark] No, just let your fantasy happen.
Here you go. Throw it, throw it.
Throw it.
- Okay.
- [Mark] Let's go.
(ax striking)
Wow.
- Surprised myself.
- Oh, here he is, the film genius himself.
What's up, 'Cuz?
- Good to see you, man, hi.
- [Mark] How you doing?
- It was like three hours out here.
Why didn't you warn us?
- [Mark] Oh yeah, it's a bit of a trek.
Hey, so who's this?
- Sorry, sorry.
This is uh...
- Lisa.
- Lisa, my girlfriend.
- Nice to meet you.
- Ah, wow. So, all right.
Justin is my cousin.
He's got all kinds of fancy film equipment.
He's got like a drone somewhere in here.
It's gonna really raise the production value for you guys.
- Yeah, it should be cool, be fun.
I think...
- Hey, Justin.
Mark, you didn't tell me they were coming.
- [Mark] Oh yeah, it was kind of a last-minute idea.
- [Justin] You told me about this two months ago.
- Hi, I'm Jenna.
- Lisa.
- Nice to meet you.
- [Mark] All right, so, Justin.
Listen, just shoot everything, dude.
Just like, if you see me taking a dump,
you see me and my wife banging.
- [Jenna] Mark.
- [Mark] Okay, you get it, right?
You're just gonna be like a ghost.
I just want you to shoot, just shoot everything.
- Yeah, marital sex, cool, it's gonna be fun.
- Yeah, dude.
All right, so, we've got the signing later today.
We're gonna have a little party after that.
And, let me show you to your room.
(recorder whirring)
- Oh.
- Justin? - Ye...
- Okay, we good? Does my face look weird?
Am I cool?
Can you hear me and everything?
- [Justin] Yeah, we're rolling when you're ready.
- Yep. Okay.
Should I, should I like, button this?
No? Okay.
All right, ready?
Okay, so, we just received the email
to sign the contract.
We'll do a quick digital sign,
and then we will be the official owners
of Blackwood Falls.
- Honey? You're 100% sure about this?
- Yeah.
Yeah. The universe gave us this, babe.
God made this happen.
You'll see.
- Okay.
- Okay, so we are just gonna initial here,
initial here,
and
final signature here.
Everybody ready?
All right, we are now the official owners
of Blackwood Falls.
Yeah!
Okay, let's celebrate.
- Yeah, it's gonna be a cash cow, dude.
This place is gonna be, like...
Gonna put a hotel in.
- Hey, I brought some wine.
- Good timing.
- Oh, nice.
- [Justin] Mark, you gonna,
gonna toast with us, or?
- Just what I needed.
Mark doesn't drink.
- Oh, no, I'm so sorry.
- Listen, it's fine.
I got this really fancy sparkling water
that I can toast with.
Bad luck to toast with water, but not with sparkling water.
Did you know that?
- [Justin] I did.
- All right, so, here we go.
Cheers to Blackwood Falls.
This place is gonna be incredible.
- Cheers, guys.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
(group swallowing)
- Ah.
All right, you know, I actually do have to go.
I have, um, I need a...
I'm gonna check those documents,
make sure the company got the, the papers.
- Cool place.
- [Justin] So, Jenna, how you feeling?
- Nervous.
- [Justin] Nervous about?
- I'm kidding.
I'm happy for Mark. I'm excited.
It's a great place for us to get away and heal.
Mm.
Uh, yeah.
We were expecting a child, and it didn't work out.
- Oh my God. I am so sorry.
- It's fine (chuckles).
- All right, folks, that is a wrap on an action-packed day.
We are now the proud owners of Blackwood Falls.
It's gonna be amazing.
Please stay tuned, everybody out there,
for all the excitement that lies ahead.
(ominous music)
(footsteps moving swiftly)
- [Mark] Hey.
- What?
- [Mark] Dude, were you playing loud
piano music like 10 minutes ago?
- What's going on?
- No.
- [Mark] Are you messing with me?
- We're sleeping, dude. What the hell's going on with you?
Wait a second. Think I heard it.
(piano music)
- Did you ask Justin?
- [Mark] He was asleep.
- [Jenna] We need to call the police.
- There are no police here.
All right, so it's 3:30 in the morning,
and there's some kinda piano music.
I don't know if kids are messing around or what,
but I'm about to find out.
(upbeat piano music)
(door creaking)
(glass smashing)
(indistinct banging)
(Mark inhaling and exhaling)
(floorboards creaking)
What the hell?
(Mark sighing)
(glass banging)
- What was it?
- [Mark] It was fine, it was nothing.
It was a piano that plays by itself.
- What? Are you sure?
- Mm-hm. - How'd it start?
(gentle music)
- Hey, guys. Didn't get a lotta sleep last night.
I don't think anybody did.
We had a wild night here,
but things are,
things are, are, are moving forward.
As always, any business is gonna have its setbacks, right.
But, we have an investor coming today.
Very excited.
And I've also hired a groundskeeper, who's gonna help out
with some of the stuff that you guys have seen,
crazy stuff happening here at Blackwood Falls.
- [Jenna] No, I don't think you're thinking
this whole thing through, it's not safe here.
- [Mark] It's safe.
- There's not a single cop around for like three hours,
let alone another human being.
- Yeah, well, I hired help. He's coming today.
- So now we're gonna have five people living here.
How are we supposed to feed and care for these people, Mark?
- We'll adapt. Jesus Christ, Jenna.
Can you like, just support me here?
Just trust that I'm gonna figure things out? It'll be fine?
Hey, man.
I gotta go get the groundskeeper,
so why don't you spend some camera time with Jenna?
- No, that's okay.
- No, it'll be fine.
It's like B-roll, right? That's a thing.
So just, you know, go around and
and follow her around, and it'll be awesome.
See you guys later.
- Okay, so I'm not really sure what it is
I'm supposed to do, not used to this stuff.
- [Justin] Just be natural. Tell us what you're doing.
- Well, okay.
Right now I'm taking pictures of all the building for Mark.
Try to put them on the website,
make this place more appealing.
(Jenna sighing)
(camera snapping)
Oh hey, you wanna see something cool?
- [Justin] Sure.
- [Jenna] Holy crap.
- [Justin] Whoa.
- No, this thing has like quadrupled in size since Monday.
- [Justin] No, that's impossible.
A nest this big would take like six months.
My aunt lived on a ranch.
(insects buzzing)
(camera snapping)
(insects buzzing)
And what about last night?
Mark never told me exactly what happened.
- Oh, that was nothing.
Mark said it was just one of those pianos
that plays by itself, I guess.
(camera snapping)
- Here? - Yeah.
(doors creaking)
- Yeah.
I guess this is it.
- [Justin] You sure this was it?
- Oh.
Maybe it was another one.
(soft music)
- [Justin] Do you mind if I ask you
kind of a personal question?
- Yeah, go ahead.
- [Justin] How do you feel about living here?
- Oh, well, I mean it's different.
But there's exciting times ahead.
- [Justin] Jenna, come on. How do you really feel?
- I fucking hate it here.
Besides no electricity, no running water,
no cellphone service,
I can't sleep.
And Mark's become obsessed with this place.
I have no idea who he is anymore.
It's like
time standing still
A day feels like a month and
the longer I'm out here,
I'm starting to feel like I don't even exist anymore.
- [Justin] Do you wanna go home?
- We have no home.
(Mark laughing)
- This is my wife, Jenna.
- [Jenna] Hi.
- Hello, ma'am. How you doing?
- Nice to meet you. - I'm Billy.
- The man with the camera is Justin.
- Where's your lady? - How you doing?
- [Justin] She's in the room.
- Okay, um,
Billy, how long ago did you work here?
- Probably about 10 years ago.
I was the caretaker of this property.
I just made sure nothing crazy happened around these parts.
- Yeah, Billy here is gonna be
looking over the place, making sure we're all safe
and nothing bad happens.
So we're very excited to have him here.
- So where'd you live when you last worked here?
- Around the corner, they had some trailers back there.
Are they still here, by chance?
- [Mark] No, we'll figure something out.
- You know, I think the sheriff's office is free.
- (chuckles) Sure. I can adapt to any space.
- Hey, Mark, maybe we can have him look at that wasp nest.
The thing's grown like three times the size.
- Yikes.
- Yeah, I'll take care of it for you.
They hate fire.
- I'll show you. Whatever kills it.
- Hey, Justin, so I'm gonna have you like kinda hide.
I got an investor coming.
I just want you to, just, you know,
just catch everything that he does.
I don't necessarily want him to see the camera, okay,
but I just wanna get his reaction.
(birds singing)
(bird cawing)
(birds singing)
- Christ, took me almost four hours to get here.
- Yeah, it's a bit out there, but worth it, I think.
So when you first came in,
that's where we'll put in the hotel.
And then these little buildings are
gonna be perfect for little shops,
restaurants, that sorta thing.
It's gonna be a Western-themed park destination.
Restaurants, shops, rides, this place is gonna be huge.
- What the fuck is this place, Mark?
- What? What do you mean?
- This isn't a Western ghost town.
It's a goddam kiddie park.
These aren't real buildings.
- Well yeah, I mean, some of them aren't real
but there are real buildings here.
- You told me you had an authentic ghost town
ready for expansion.
- Yes, that's what it is. This is a town.
You...
Let me show you some of the real buildings. There's...
- You know what your problem is, Mark?
You're too much of a salesman.
You overpromise things, lie, and then give shit for results.
- I didn't lie.
- Yeah, well, I'm pulling my funding.
- What?
No.
- This place is a shit hole, and you're gonna need
at least another two million to get it up and running.
Not to mention plumbing, electricity. I'm out.
- Let me show, let me show, let me show you the saloon.
It's amazing.
There's like a, there's a piano that plays by itself.
- Did you know that two teenagers
got murdered here three weeks ago?
- What? No.
That's fake news.
They probably snuck in and got stranded or something.
- The girl's head was cut off with an ax.
- We'll change the name of the town. It's not a big deal.
Simple.
- I'm done here, and I'm done with you.
This place is a joke.
(insects buzzing)
- Uh.
Uh.
(camera beeping)
He's pulling the funding.
- [Jenna] What do you mean he's pulling the funding?
I thought the money was already in the bank.
- Yeah.
Yeah, a week ago, he was all in, and now...
- So what? What now, Mark?
I mean, we have nothing left, no savings, nothing.
- Yeah, I'm aware of our situation, Jen.
Maybe, maybe your mother or your grandmother
would wanna invest.
This is gonna be a huge return for everybody.
- My family? You want my family to invest?
Are you fucking serious?
What, are we all gonna live out here together with nothing?
Getting by, taking showers with water bottles?
- Okay, it's fine.
Don't worry about it. I'll take care of everything.
The videos are working.
It's like, I have an online presence.
Each one gets more and more views.
I'm gonna be able to monetize soon. Don't worry about it.
And, I'll rent this place out.
- Oh my God.
Everyone warned me not to do this.
Told me to have a savings, backup plan.
- Jen!
Please.
I'll figure something out.
- How much do we have left?
- Well I had to pay the down payment,
and I'm paying Justin and Billy.
So...
- So how much?
- Like $300.
(floorboards creaking)
- Justin, there is something very wrong here.
This place is not right.
These people, they're not right.
- [Justin] Lisa, it's just one more day. Stick around.
- No, we need to leave tonight.
- [Justin] I can't leave. He's my cousin.
- Well he's not mine.
(Justin sighing)
- Hey, everybody. I wanna thank all my new subscribers.
I saw that we've got 35,000 new subscribers,
which is very exciting.
And if you're new,
my name is Mark and
I sold everything to move out to a ghost town.
And we had quite a day at Blackwood Falls today.
I guess every business is gonna have it's up and downs,
and we had a big down.
The investor pulled out.
So, that leaves me with just my very small
amount of seed money.
I sold my house, sold my wife's car, everything.
So failure is not really an option.
I think it was Winston Churchill that said,
"When you're going through hell, keep going."
So that's what I'm gonna do.
It's all I can do.
(Billy belching)
Oh, hey, this is our amazing groundskeeper, Billy.
- Is everything okay?
- [Mark] Yeah, it's fine. It's um...
Well, our investor pulled out.
Because he thinks this is a fake place.
(Billy laughing)
- Fake? No, this place is very real, my friend.
- [Mark] Do you know any of the history?
- Yeah.
Actually,
back in the theater room back there,
there might be a box with some old maps
and pictures and books.
That might help you out. Might wanna take a look.
- Okay.
I don't know if you guys understood that,
but I didn't.
I'm gonna go check it out.
(crickets chirping)
(door creaking)
(door creaking and closing)
Oh.
What's this?
(crickets chirping)
What is this doing here?
(crickets chirping)
Huh.
I think after today,
I deserve a drink.
(crickets chirping)
(Mark sighing)
(crickets chirping)
Hm.
(crickets chirping)
What's this?
(crickets chirping)
(dramatic crescendo)
- I see you found it.
- [Mark] Hey, man, you scared me.
Uh, yeah.
- You all right?
You look a little dazed.
- [Mark] Yeah, I'm fine.
- All right.
Well, I have to go to bed, so if you need me,
give me a shout, all right?
- [Mark] Yeah.
- See you in the morning.
- [Mark] Now I also found a super eight film reel,
which, it's got a little copper strip,
so I think we're gonna be able to
get some sound outta this.
And we're gonna watch it together
right now.
(reel chugging)
- [Narrator] Deep in the dusty forgotten hills of Texas
rests a town whose history is filled with terror.
A town full of ghosts.
(woman screaming)
Blackwood Falls is located three hours from any major town
in what some people called the Devil's Triangle of Texas.
Facts about the history of the town are so shrouded
that it's impossible to cite the exact date
of the town's birth.
At its peak, Blackwood Falls had a population
of over 200 residents by 1893.
(dramatic music)
Then, tragedy struck.
Rumors of witchcraft within the walls of the local brothel
began to spread like wildfire.
After the disappearance of a child,
the town joined forces and burned
the brothel down with every woman inside.
All were killed except the owner
of the brothel, Madame Mary.
Legends say she hid in the shadows of the town,
wearing a mask to cover her horrendous burns
and only coming out at night.
But the hate she had inside her
for her lost women grew too sour.
On Christmas night, Madame Mary took an ax and killed
almost every man, woman and child.
But the Texas government burned all evidence of the town,
trying to bury its horrific past.
To this day, people say the wooden skeleton of the town
still holds something horrible.
(soft music)
(dramatic crescendo)
- Okay, so I've done some research on this place.
And, what I found is pretty crazy
and wanted to share it all with you guys.
So, from what I've read, I've...
Pretty sure there was a brothel in this town,
and the people in the town, they decided they were witches
or they were killing kids for sacrifice or something.
I'm not really sure why they got so mad,
but what I am sure about is that
they burned down the brothel.
There was, that's the big fire that I read
about in the article before.
So they burned the place down
with all the women inside of it,
and all the women in there died, except for the owner,
who was badly burned.
And they buried all these people,
in this, you can see on this map, mass grave.
Right, that's where the maze is now, in this town.
And then, from what I can tell
from the few things that I found,
the owner, who was the only survivor,
came back and killed everyone in the town with an ax.
Just went through and murdered everyone.
Now, I've, I've, I've searched through the deepest,
darkest places on the internet, and I can't find
anything about this town.
So somebody really wanted to bury the history of this place.
(mysterious music)
Hey, you still have your drone?
- Yes.
- [Mark] Great, meet me at the maze at 2:00 AM.
- No, for what?
- [Mark] I'll tell you later.
- Hey, actually, we have a family emergency,
so we're gonna leave.
- [Mark] What?
- Yes. - No.
- [Mark] No, I need everyone here.
Justin, that's what I'm paying you for.
- Give me a second.
Listen, man, I think it's best
if we just cut ties.
We're gonna head back, okay.
Everything going on...
- [Mark] What are you talking about? What's going on?
- You know exactly what I'm talking about.
You and Jenna arguing, the investor, like my check bounced
before I even got out here.
I'm not gonna do this anymore.
- [Mark] Dude, help...
Leave in the morning. Help me out tonight, okay?
I'll pay you in cash, I promise.
Just help your cuz out.
(crickets chirping)
- This is it, okay? This is it, and I'm done.
- [Mark] Okay, see you at two.
- What are we doing out here?
- [Mark] So this town has a really crazy history.
I been looking into it.
I think there's a mass grave under this maze.
- Are you serious?
- [Mark] Yeah, so you're gonna take the drone up
and get as high as you can, see as much as you can,
and then I'm gonna go inside.
- Shouldn't we do this in the morning?
- [Mark] No, I don't want Jenna to know and freak out.
And also I think nighttime is when it comes out.
- What comes out?
- [Mark] You ready?
(dramatic music)
I'm going in. Use this to guide me there.
- To the bodies?
- [Mark] Yeah.
All right, guys, we're about to see
what's going on.
Do you see everything?
- [Justin] Yeah.
- [Mark] Get as wide as you can.
Where am I?
- [Justin] Make a right, then a left.
(wind whistling)
- [Mark] I can now smell some kinda
burning odor, like sulfur.
- [Justin] You're almost there. Around the corner.
Oh shit.
- [Mark] What?
- [Justin] There's some...
(radio static buzzing)
- [Mark] Hello?
- [Justin] Mark?
(radio static buzzing)
There...
- [Mark] Where?
- [Justin] Mark?
(radio static buzzing)
- [Mark] Justin?
- [Justin] Right there!
(crickets chirping)
(Justin speaking indistinctly)
- [Mark] Justin?
Well, I think we lost Justin.
(footsteps crunching)
I'm not really seeing anything here.
(soft suspenseful music)
(Mark sighing)
(soft suspenseful music)
(footsteps crunching)
(girl whimpering)
(dramatic music)
(Mark breathing hard)
(soft suspenseful music)
(Mark breathing hard)
(soft suspenseful music)
- Mark, you all right?
What happened, what happened in there?
- [Mark] Nothing in there.
It was, it was nothing. Let's go to bed.
- Are you ser...
I saw someone in there with you.
- [Mark] No, it was just shadows.
Come on. Come on, let's hit the sack.
(dramatic music)
- This is Justin Giles,
on location at Blackwood Falls.
I'm making this in case something happens to me.
Last night, I was filming with my cousin Mark,
out in some maze.
Come home and my girlfriend, Lisa, was sleeping.
This morning, I wake up and she's gone.
My car is gone. Her phone's still here.
She wouldn't have left without telling me.
I've, I don't know what's going on here.
- Justin.
God, I was looking for you. Have you seen Mark anywhere?
- No.
And, Lisa's gone. My car's gone.
- What do you mean Lisa's gone?
Did she take the car?
- I, I don't know.
I...
Mark was acting different last night.
- Last night? What happened last night?
Justin, please.
- [Justin] Okay, we did some drone shots.
I saw a, a...
I don't know. He was talking about weird stuff.
Like I saw a body, a mass grave.
- A mass grave?
- [Justin] He didn't want you to know.
- Okay, Justin, I'm gonna need you to record
everything you see from now on, okay.
We might need it for evidence.
I think my life might be in danger.
I think all of our lives might be in danger.
Have you seen Billy anywhere?
- [Justin] No.
- Okay, we need to find Mark, we need to get the keys
from him, and we need to get the hell out of here.
Over here.
(Mark laughing)
Mark! What the hell are you doing?
You're drinking again?
Mark!
(Mark swallowing)
- Billy is taking care of the wasp nest.
That thing has gotten outta control.
- [Jenna] Justin said something about
a mass grave under the maze.
And a woman.
(Mark swallowing)
- [Mark] Hard to keep a secret around here.
- Fuck.
Mark, just give me the keys to the car.
I'm leaving. I can't be here anymore.
- This is because of you. This is your fault.
- Mark, please.
Mark, just give me the keys.
- You want the keys!
You want them?
- You asshole!
- No one is leaving this town!
(Jenna crying)
(boards rattling)
(Jenna breathing hard)
- [Jenna] We need to make a move tonight.
- [Justin] Like what?
- Mark's the only phone that has satellite internet.
We, we can...
I'll sneak into his room later tonight,
get the phone, I'll call 911.
- [Justin] Doesn't it take them like
three hours to get here?
- It's our only chance.
- [Justin] Has he ever acted like this before?
- No, no.
It's not Mark anymore.
I don't know who he is.
I just know that we, we gotta get outta here.
I gotta get in there, get that phone, and we'll call 911.
(soft ominous music)
- Hey, guys.
Thanks for watching.
You know, it's funny.
When you have a big dream, big goal,
seems like
people'll do whatever they can to shut you down.
Maybe it's self-hatred,
envy, I don't know.
But, we're developing a big, big problem
here in Blackwood Falls.
My own family is plotting against me.
My wife, my cousin.
My own blood.
Tonight we're gonna have to lay down some ground rules.
Let me just check on Billy,
see how he's doing with this wasp nest.
(insects buzzing)
Hey, man. Appreciate all the work you're doing here.
(insects buzzing)
Oh.
Excuse the mess.
Lisa here is in timeout for trying to steal my cousin away.
(broom sweeping)
- [Jenna] Okay, so how does everything work?
- [Justin] Well when the night vision's on,
you can just look into the screen.
- [Jenna] Okay, cool.
I'm gonna bring it in there so I can see, grab the phone,
call 911, we get the hell outta here.
- [Justin] Okay, do you have like a weapon or something?
- [Jenna] I have a hatchet.
(door creaking)
(wind rumbling)
(footsteps crunching)
(wind whistling)
(soft ominous music)
(door creaking)
(wind whistling)
(floorboards squeaking)
(wind whistling)
(floorboards squeaking)
(wind whistling)
(footsteps running)
Justin.
Justin!
Shit.
Where are you?
(Jenna groaning)
(body thudding)
(Jenna sniffing)
- Hey, babe. Wake up.
Wake up. Wake up.
Hey.
Oh, are you looking for Justin? He's here.
He's fine.
Justin, give us, give us a little wave.
He's being shy.
Yep, so, to all my viewers out there,
it's, we're in the church of Blackwood Falls,
and it seems that my wife was going
to run away with my cousin.
So, we just had to take care of some things.
But we've got 500,000 subscribers, which is very exciting.
And we're gonna have a good show for you tonight.
I'm gonna put this harness on.
Oh.
Justin, our cameraman, is felling a little
under the weather, so I'm gonna have
to do everything, as usual.
But what I really wanna know is, why?
Why, after all these years of marriage,
all these struggles, why would you do this?
(Jenna crying)
Is it because I have goals? Dreams?
And then I find this?
(hatchet clattering)
What is that?
You were gonna, you were gonna cut me up,
slice me open with this rusty ax
and then run off with my cousin?
(Jenna crying)
I have the ax now.
But you know what? I'm a fair guy.
We're gonna do this
fair.
Heads, I cut off your head.
Tails, I cut off your legs.
(coin clattering)
Oh.
I lied.
I'm gonna cut off your head no matter what.
- No (cries).
- [Mark] Justin, what are you doing?
(Jenna screaming)
(hatchet striking)
(Mark groaning)
You bitch.
(Jenna whimpering)
(Mark breathing hard)
(soft ominous music)
(Mark breathing hard)
- [Phone] Sorry, all circuits are busy.
- Hello, this is Jenna Sanders.
I'm at Blackwood Falls, and my husband's trying to kill me.
This is not a joke.
Please send police.
This is Jenna Sanders. I'm at Blackwood Falls.
Please send help now.
(Mark whistling)
- [Mark] Honey, let's just talk this over please.
Jenna?
(Jenna whimpering)
Jenna?
Come on, babe.
We can get some therapy.
Jenna?
We can try for another baby, anything you want.
Let's just talk this over.
- Oh my God.
(footsteps crunching)
(voice whispering)
This is Jenna Sanders. Please send help now.
(Jenna screaming)
- [Mark] Oh, there you are.
No, hey. Come on, I just wanna talk.
I just wanna talk, babe.
- No. No!
- [Mark] Oh, here we go.
(Jenna screaming)
Weird.
Jenna!
Hey, Jenna?
- [Jenna] Mark!
(ax striking)
(Mark groaning)
(soft ominous music)
(Jenna breathing hard)
(footsteps crunching)
(Jenna gasping)
(voice distorting)
This is Jenna Sanders.
(voices whispering)
(dramatic music)
(gentle mysterious music)
(voices whispering)