02x07 - Hard Lessons

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NARRATOR:

America's top ghost hunters

relive their most

extreme assignments.

Something was hunting me

this whole time.

NARRATOR: Hardened veterans

of the paranormal,

these are the cases

that truly tested them.

I don't think I was

ready for this.

NARRATOR: In Utah,

a paranormal investigator

comes face-to-face

with an old enemy.

I've investigated

some of the world's most

haunted locations,

and I've never felt

as uneasy as I did here.

[ Groans ]

NARRATOR: In Arizona,

investigators check into

a haunted hotel,

but can they check out?

JAY: I remember screaming

for my team.

I remember yelling for them,

and I remember

that nobody would respond.

Ah!

NARRATOR:

And in Pennsylvania,

spiritual warfare leaves

deep wounds on one ghost hunter.

I was there for them,

and I felt like I let them down.

Ah! Ah! Ah!

♪♪

NARRATOR: In Utah, miles

south of Salt Lake City

stands

the Tooele Valley Hospital.

♪♪

Decommissioned in ,

it's since been turned into

a haunted house

for paying customers

known as Asylum .

♪♪

But away from

the carnival scares,

something far more sinister

and real is going on.

Staff and visitors report

numerous interactions

with a powerful entity.

So over on the older side

of the hospital,

there's a spirit called

the Guardian,

and although it sounds

like a kind of protective name,

he's actually very much

the opposite.

♪♪

NARRATOR:

Richard Estep is the founder

of the Boulder County

Paranormal Research Society.

A paramedic by trade,

British-born Richard

has seen over investigations

and prides himself

on his scientific approach

to ghost hunting.

♪♪

I think a good paranormal

investigator

is naturally skeptical,

is not willing to believe

that every creaking floorboard

is a ghost

or something along those lines.

NARRATOR: No stranger to

Tooele Valley Hospital,

Richard has already had

some unpleasant encounters

with its mysterious Guardian.

The Guardian and I

have some history.

We've gotten into it before

on a former investigation.

The last time I'd investigated,

we went to the Guardian's area

to try and see

what was going on with him.

We would hear footsteps prowling

all around us in the dark

and getting closer

and closer to us

until I was squaring off

against the Guardian.

So I got into a yelling match

with something

I couldn't see...

Get away!

...which was pretty surreal.

♪♪

NARRATOR: In , Richard

returns to the hospital,

choosing the annual Halloween

haunt as the perfect occasion

to spark some

supernatural communication.

He is accompanied by fellow

ghost hunter Jason Fellon.

So going into the Asylum

Tooele Valley Hospital,

the goals are to make contact

with either new spirits

or entities

or the other ones

we've already made contact with,

and maybe learn

more about them.

NARRATOR: Richard and Jason

together with team members

Eric Manson and Catlyn Keegan

prepare to investigate

the areas

which are not open

to the public.

Tooele Valley Hospital is always

a special place to investigate,

but this time out, it was

a little more disconcerting

than it usually is for me.

I didn't feel comfortable.

In fact, I felt uneasy

and on edge,

and that's very, very unusual.

NARRATOR: A crucial part of

the investigation

will be separating

the fake ghosts

from the real ones.

One of the things you've always

got to be wary of is

they have these props

with sensors that trigger them,

so I take the sensor and I put

it facedown on the ground.

There's no way physically

then this beam can be broken

because it's in contact

with the ground.

NARRATOR: The team decides

to start an EVP,

or an electronic

voice phenomena session

in the hope of capturing

some communications

with the spirits.

Hello, is there anyone here?

We are asking questions,

when all of a sudden,

I hear just this hiss.

♪♪

And the banshee comes flying

out of the dark at us.

♪♪

I was actually doing a handheld

video camera, night vision,

and I caught the banshee

once it started triggering.

I heard a pneumatic go off.

I turned my camera,

panned to it,

and saw it come out on video,

and it shook and scared

the hell out of Richard.

♪♪

-Should that have happened?

-I didn't touch anything.

Nobody touched anything.

ESTEP:

I jump halfway out of my skin.

I am not ready for this,

and it shouldn't be possible.

How could that happen?

I know where I put that sensor.

I look at the sensor.

It's still facedown.

The beam's not broken,

which means there's somebody

in that room that pushed

the banshee's f*ring button.

♪♪

In the same hallway

as the banshee,

you also have the old

labor and delivery wing,

and you have the nursery,

so very much a focus

on children and newborns.

We wanted to do some

EVP sessions over there

and see if we could record

evidence of babies crying,

of the nurses talking,

something along those lines.

The vibe in that area

is very dark.

There's creaks and sounds

that happen all the time

that can make you think

that you're hearing things

when you don't,

so it definitely puts you

in a state of mind

of something

could be happening soon.

♪♪

Jason catches

the sound of a voice.

What was that?

One of the characteristics

of an EVP

is you generally

don't hear it at the time.

It turns up later

on the playback.

What Jason experiences

is something altogether

more interesting --

It's a disembodied voice.

He hears a voice say,

"She's dead."

There are stories

that the labor and delivery

wing itself

is haunted by a relatively young

girl that d*ed in childbirth.

♪♪

NARRATOR: Feeling overwhelmed

by the rush of activity

so early in the investigation,

the team decides

to take a break,

but the spirits have

something else in mind.

See if we can get

that Guardian --

One of the doors shut.

♪♪

We go check.

That's kind of odd.

We open them back up.

The doors close themselves

a second time.

♪♪

When the door shuts, that means

it's poltergeist activity.

It means that something is using

its energy to move objects

or to show you

that it has enough energy

to produce more

than just sounds.

♪♪

NARRATOR:

With the spirit activity

showing no sign of weakening,

Richard decides it's time

to track down his old nemesis,

the Guardian.

ESTEP: We head over to

the Guardian's area.

I want to figure out if he's

active this particular night.

Are you here, Guardian?

Remember me from last time?

FELLON: We were challenging him,

calling him out.

♪♪

We had a lot of gibberish

at first,

but then things quickly

turned quite nasty.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Things suddenly start

to turn very profane.

We get a voice using

the most horrendous

expletives directed at us.

NARRATOR: But things are about

to get worse.

♪♪

Ah!

♪♪

NARRATOR:

In Salt Lake City, Utah,

ghost hunter Richard Estep

has returned to the site

of a former investigation

to settle a score.

ESTEP: The Guardian and I

have some history.

We'd gotten into it before

on a former investigation.

NARRATOR: But Richard

might not be the only one

looking for a rematch.

Ah!

All of a sudden, Catlyn

feels her back is burning.

♪♪

What is that?

Oh, my god,

it scratched you.

It's burning.

A series of scratches

going across her back

that are starting to get

angry and inflamed.

FELLON: We thought that that

would definitely

have something to do

with the Guardian.

That's one of his MOs

is scratching people,

trying to make an impression

with them

and intimidate that way.

Oh.

Are you all right

to keep going?

-Yeah.

-Are you sure?

Yeah, it's good.

It certainly concerns you.

Suddenly, there was

this big figure

that was standing behind Eric.

♪♪

[ Groans ]

Then it started b*ating him

with a fist.

♪♪

Ah! Okay, come on.

We've got to go.

This is getting too dangerous.

Get him out of here.

Get him out of here.

NARRATOR:

Worried for the team's safety,

Richard tells the investigators

to leave the area.

♪♪

But even in retreat,

the dark spirit follows them.

♪♪

It's definitely becoming darker,

more aggressive,

more intimidating,

and more affecting all of us

than it usually would.

I don't know what the hell is

the matter with all of you.

I give you a simple task,

and you can't even properly --

You can't talk to me like that.

What's your problem?

FELLON: We were arguing.

We were bickering.

We were cussing at each other.

Richard led on this.

He was being affected the most,

I think.

He was very short

with his answers with us.

You can't handle

a simple instruction.

He was being very aggressive

towards certain people

that he usually would be

overly friendly with.

I could do better --

Get out of my way!

Hey, man,

what's your problem?

I'll tell you

what my problem is.

-Stop!

-My problem is you!

I start to snap at my team,

which is a pretty uncool thing

for a team leader to do.

-I'm really sorry.

-It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

Let's just get out of here.

I genuinely think that some kind

of influence in that hospital

started to affect all of us to

a greater or a lesser extent.

NARRATOR:

Fearing further deterioration,

the team decides to end

the investigation.

♪♪

We decided to wrap

the investigation up after

we were to a point

where we were going to

maybe be at each other's

throat literally,

and we didn't know

where else it could lead

if we stayed

in the hospital any longer.

I've investigated the home

of a serial k*ller,

never got to me

like this at all.

I've investigated sanatoriums

where thousands

of people have d*ed.

I've investigated some

of the world's most

haunted locations,

and I've never felt

as uneasy as I did here.

♪♪

NARRATOR: But for Richard,

the data collected

speaks for itself.

This haunted house

is truly haunted.

I think the reward

from this investigation

came in the form

of our evidence.

We had physical phenomena.

We had audio phenomena.

We had a visual apparition.

We had the doors closing.

We had the banshee f*ring,

so we had a full spectrum

of phenomena,

and not many locations

yield that for you.

NARRATOR: As for his conflict

with the Guardian,

Richard is able to draw

some reasonable conclusions.

♪♪

It's commonly believed that if

you are dealing with an entity

that scratches you

or causes physical harm,

that it's malevolent,

that it is trying to hurt you,

but if that's the only way

you can communicate,

that's what

you're gonna do, right?

♪♪

NARRATOR: Still to come,

a residential cleansing

goes terribly wrong

for one investigative team.

[ Growling ]

It was horrifying.

It was the worst

possible scenario

that we could have come out

of a case like this.

NARRATOR: But first,

an abandoned hotel

has trouble

letting its guests leave.

You felt hands all

over you everywhere

and I felt like they almost,

like, tried to suck us down.

Let go! Ah!

♪♪

NARRATOR: The Central Hotel

in Yuma, Arizona,

sitting above a casino

in the historic downtown,

the building has long been known

as a hotbed of

paranormal activity.

♪♪

The hotel closed

several years ago,

but it's claimed that

some guests never checked out.

♪♪

[ Indistinct whispering ]

NARRATOR: Witnesses report

hearing disembodied voices

and seeing

unexplained apparitions.

♪♪

Keen to find answers,

the hotel's caretaker

reaches out to

paranormal investigators.

Former prison guard Jay Yates

has been ghost hunting

for over years,

but he's been witnessing

paranormal phenomena

for a lot longer.

JAY: I've been haunted

my entire life.

I've experienced

paranormal phenomenon

ever since I was a child,

so I've been around

enough of it to really know

when I'm in the presence

of something supernatural

or unexplained.

NARRATOR: Jay's partner in crime

is his wife, Marie.

As a paranormal investigator,

I've probably been on

about or more cases.

I do hear things that sometimes

people say they don't hear.

I do believe it's because

I'm around it all the time.

NARRATOR: Jay and Marie are keen

to witness

the activity of the hotel

for themselves,

but like any good investigators,

they are initially skeptical.

When I heard the information

from the caretaker,

you know,

I figured that, you know,

some of it might have been

a little bit embellished.

The number of witnesses

that have seen things here

keep growing.

NARRATOR: But the sheer volume

of alleged activity

is persuasive.

♪♪

I thought, you know, there was

a good possibility

that we could catch

something great there.

NARRATOR:

Walking through the hotel,

Marie is immediately aware

of the building's

strange energy.

I don't know what

Jay was feeling,

but I felt overwhelmed.

It felt like things

were watching you

and there was a whole bunch

of eyes on you.

I felt a heaviness over my chest

and everything,

so it was a weird feeling.

♪♪

NARRATOR: In Yuma, Arizona,

ghost hunters

Jay and Marie Yates

are looking into

an alleged hotel haunting,

but it's starting to seem

like the investigators

are the ones being watched.

♪♪

Jay and Marie begin

their tour of the hotel

and are led to a hot spot

of activity

known as the malevolent room.

♪♪

The history of

the malevolent room,

it's kind of, like, blurred.

No one really knows, like,

why this particular room

is what it is.

There's some stories

that came through and rumors

that a mentally ill man

had took his life

in that particular room.

Whatever that man,

that energy that he pumped

in that particular room

definitely altered

its presence today.

There's something left behind

NARRATOR:

Already unsettled,

the malevolent room starts

to have an effect on Marie.

MARIE:

I started feeling really upset,

feeling that heaviness on me,

getting very anxious and angry.

NARRATOR: With the rest of

the investigative group

having now arrived,

Jay kicks things off

by taking team members

Michael Papp and Jessica Segarra

to set up their equipment,

but the setup is interrupted

by a sudden disturbance.

At that point, I heard screaming

down the hallway.

[ Shouting indistinctly ]

Whoa, whoa!

I had this overwhelming anger

for almost everybody,

and I mean,

so anybody that came

in front of me at that moment,

I probably would have

started yelling at you.

I was expressing my anger

even in front of the caretaker.

NARRATOR:

Both Jay and Marie are unsettled

by Marie's outburst and suspect

a dark spirit is at work.

Knowing that something

could affect me in that way

actually really

is concerning.

♪♪

NARRATOR: Once recovered,

Marie and Jay

head to the malevolent room

to join the rest of the team.

JAY: The room is weird in

and of itself.

It's got a weird,

strange energy to it,

and I'm trying to really

just pick up

on, like, hey, what is this?

Is this naturally occurring,

or is this something that

I'm experiencing

that's more

of a paranormal-type phenomenon?

NARRATOR:

But something isn't right.

I become more and more

disoriented.

I'm getting kind of confused,

feeling kind of nauseous,

trying to pull myself together

and still trying to lead,

but at the same time,

like, I'm not doing good.

I'm not feeling well at all.

NARRATOR: And then another

feeling starts to take over.

♪♪

JAY:

Only way I can describe it is,

it's just when you know

when someone walks into a room

or comes up behind you,

you just get that feeling.

It was almost kind of

like a threatening feeling.

-Is there someone behind me?

-No.

No.

Michael, play back

the last seconds.

NARRATOR:

Unnerved by the presence,

the team decides

to check their equipment.

♪♪

MAN: We are going to scratch

you good!

While we're in this room, we

actually played back an audio,

and it actually

was threatening me.

On that audio session,

it was a male voice,

and it said it was going to

essentially att*ck Marie.

MARIE: That actually really

concerned me

that we actually

picked up an audio

that said

threatening things to me.

The person that actually

spoke those words

could be the one that actually

was taking over my feelings.

At this point,

I wanted to take action.

Jay, let's go.

♪♪

I started feeling like,

it was the weirdest feeling.

We got to this one part

in the hallway.

I honestly felt like I got moved

down, almost like an elevator.

NARRATOR:

And then things get worse.

-Ah!

-What? What?

♪♪

In Yuma, Arizona,

paranormal investigators

Jay and Marie Yates

are pursuing

what they believe

to be a malevolent spirit.

Hurry up, Jay.

NARRATOR: But something

has led them to a dead end.

Ah!

All of a sudden I felt

like something hit my back.

I was trying to get to the wall,

but everything kept feeling

like it was spinning in a way,

and so I, like, leaned towards

the back of the wall,

and I was just laying there,

and I'm like,

"Jay, no, it's getting worse.

The pain hurts."

Ow. Ow.

Babe, what are you doing?

Oh, my god, there's this pain

on my back.

♪♪

I see her back and it looked

like they had scratched her

from the lower to the upper

back, and it was red.

MARIE:

What is on my back?

Like, a whole bunch

of scratches, Marie.

I was like, "Okay, I'm done.

I want to get out of here."

♪♪

NARRATOR: But getting out isn't

as easy as it seems.

♪♪

It became a very confusing

situation really quickly,

and at that point,

I kind of forget where we're at

and how to get back

to where we're at,

and I'm seeing shadows.

It felt like this little tunnel

got closed in,

and you felt hands

all over you.

-Ah!

-Stop!

No!

...everywhere, and I felt like

they're almost, like,

trying to suck us down.

-No!

-Go away!

JAY: I remember screaming

for my team.

I remember yelling for them,

and I remember

that nobody would respond.

[ Screams ]

There's something on me!

The room was closing in on us,

for me, was how it felt.

It would almost being, like,

almost, like, in a purgatory

where you're not in heaven,

and you're not in hell,

and you're screaming

for the other side,

but they can't hear you.

It literally felt like we were

in another dimension.

We were not here.

We weren't there, either.

It was like we were

somewhere else,

and we were kind of trapped.

MARIE: I was really scared I was

never gonna see my kids,

so all I could do is

just sit there and pray.

And I kept praying,

and I think it was my faith

that got us out.

♪♪

-[ Whimpers ]

-Yeah.

[ Screams ]

♪♪

Where the hell were you?

-What?

-Marie was att*cked.

I meet back up with the team.

I'm very upset

and kind of angry.

I'm angry with the team

to a point...

We were screaming your names.

...because I was screaming

and yelling, and like,

"Why didn't you guys

come help me?"

They all looked at me,

and they're like,

"Jay, like,

we didn't hear you."

NARRATOR:

Shaken by their experience,

Jay and Marie decide to stop

the investigation.

Let's get the hell out of here.

We're out of here.

My conclusion of the situation

is that the claims are real.

The place is haunted.

It's something so much more

than a haunted building.

Just to call it haunted

would almost be to downgrade

what it is that's going on

in this particular location.

It's a very intelligent

manifestation

of spiritual energy

in this building.

♪♪

I would say it's one of the most

haunted locations

that I've visited.

NARRATOR: But for Jay and Marie,

the ordeal isn't quite over.

We both felt like we were

somewhere else

and that nobody was there.

Marie, come on.

It's the only investigation

that ever made me feel like

I was stuck in someplace

almost like hell,

and I couldn't get back out.

I actually felt like it was

taking me somewhere,

and I was never gonna

get back out,

and I've never felt

that way before.

I mean, is it possible?

Is it possible to just bleed

through to the other side?

Maybe that's why we have

missing persons. I don't know.

It definitely has

a lasting effect,

so maybe it still

has a hold on me today.

I still want to go back.

♪♪

NARRATOR: Paranormal battles are

spiritual as well as physical,

so when good fights evil,

the scars can move deep enough

to have tragic consequences.

I was there for them, and I felt

like I let them down.

Ah! Ah! Ah!

♪♪

In small town Pennsylvania,

an ordinary family

appears to be

enjoying a normal life.

♪♪

But behind closed doors,

they're trapped

in a nightmare...

♪♪

...tormented by bizarre

and unexplainable incidents.

♪♪

And then things get violent.

Ah! Ah! Ah!

♪♪

NARRATOR:

In small town Pennsylvania,

a family's unease quickly

turns to terror

when things get violent.

Ah! Ah!

NARRATOR: The spirit's anger is

largely directed at the wife.

She was being scratched.

Her hair would get pulled.

She got pushed down the steps.

NARRATOR:

And it's at this point

that the family decides

to get help.

♪♪

ZUZIC: They did not want to be

in this home at all.

The family started

being torn apart.

NARRATOR: Karlo Zuzic is

a paranormal investigator

and a leading member of

the Ohio Researchers

of Banded Spirits.

A veteran of the industry,

he's overseen

more than cases.

The answer I'm looking for is,

you know, what's out there?

You know, what happens to our

soul when we leave our bodies?

Why do we come back?

You know, what's the reason

for a haunting?

NARRATOR: Keen to help a family

in difficulty,

Karlo is particularly troubled

by the effect

the paranormal activity

is having

on the family's

teenage daughter.

♪♪

ZUZIC: Things were happening

to her all the time.

She was laying in bed.

At one point, she felt this

cold breeze come in,

like something

entered her room.

She was afraid.

She was terrified.

NARRATOR: And there's one part

of the account

that Karlo finds

both intriguing and terrifying.

♪♪

[ Deep voice ]

I am Marchosias!

ZUZIC: This dark man stood

in front of her,

and he started laughing at her,

and all of a sudden

it got darker than dark.

You know, that's when it said,

"I'm Marchosias."

If it is Marchosias that's

terrorizing this family,

it is very dangerous.

Marchosias is a demonic

commander of all demons.

He has control over

leagues of demons.

♪♪

NARRATOR: Suspecting that

the family's tormentor

might be a powerful

and dangerous entity,

Karlo wastes no time

in assembling his team,

enlisting Amy Cobb

and Chris Page

to help with

the investigation.

It's really important for us

to act quickly in demonic cases

because with a demonic case,

they get stronger and stronger

every moment that goes by.

♪♪

NARRATOR: As the team enters

the family home,

the intensity of the atmosphere

immediately strikes them.

It's just a normal everyday home

until you walk inside,

and when you walk inside,

you could feel

an unwelcoming presence.

♪♪

You could feel this dark

negative presence.

Whatever is in here is evil.

♪♪

NARRATOR: For their own safety,

Karlo asks the family

to leave

during the investigation.

Here are the keys, Karlo.

Perfect, thank you.

The family looked terrified

when we were in there,

and you could tell that

they were looking to us

as their saviors

walking through this place.

♪♪

And I knew that it was gonna be

a battle against my wits

and my religion

walking into this.

NARRATOR: As the investigators

set to work,

the power of the entity

they're about to face

starts to reveal itself.

♪♪

I've been in a lot

of investigations

where I've dealt with negative

spirits, and they're powerful.

You know, you could feel

their presence,

but in this location, this thing

was a lot more powerful.

♪♪

NARRATOR: Nonetheless,

the team head

straight to the epicenter

of the activity.

♪♪

[ Growling ]

Did you guys hear that?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

ZUZIC: We heard what sounded

like growling sounds

coming from the stairs

going up to the bedroom.

[ Growling ]

There was something there

that didn't want us there.

♪♪

The upstairs bedroom

was very active.

♪♪

You know, going up in that area,

you can feel

the different energy

that sits in that location.

♪♪

NARRATOR:

The investigators' first move

is to try to establish

communication with the spirit.

ZUZIC: We decided to use

the ghost radio.

It's AM/FM radio that's been

modified to scan the bandwidth.

It generates white noise,

and spirits use that

to talk to us in real time.

What is your name?

[ Deep voice ] Marchosias.

The sound that it gave out

sounded evil.

Like, it had a deep voice

like it was strong.

You could hear, "Marchosias!"

And Chris and I looked

at each other and were like,

"Did we just hear that?"

[ Deep voice ] Marchosias.

We play back our recorder,

and sure enough, it's on there.

That right there just documented

that there is an evil

presence in that home.

NARRATOR:

The investigators have brought

a second piece of equipment --

the devil's toy box.

A devil's toy box is a box

that is created out of mirrors,

and the mirrors

are turned inward.

Spirits are known

to get trapped,

so if they enter this box,

they get confused

because of the mirrors,

and then they can't leave.

NARRATOR: The team realizes that

the devil's toy box

is trying

to tell them something.

-The hell is going on?

-I don't know.

At that point, the room

felt like it got a lot darker,

and you could feel

this heaviness come upon you.

♪♪

What's happening?

He's touching it.

But the next thing you know,

this devil box starts shaking,

and then it just stops.

Do you want us to leave?

♪♪

♪♪

NARRATOR:

In small-town Pennsylvania,

investigator Karlo Zuzic

and his team

have made contact

with a powerful demonic spirit.

That right there just documented

that there is an evil

presence in that home.

The sound that it gave out

sounded evil.

Like, it had a deep voice

like it was strong.

You could hear, "Marchosias!"

But the communication

has provoked

a sinister

and violent response.

♪♪

And all of a sudden

you hear this loud bang.

But it was so terrifying to

actually feel everything

in a house just vibrate

because it was so violent

how the door slammed.

It was almost so strong, like,

it felt as if, like,

a car had hit the house.

♪♪

NARRATOR: It's clear to the team

that the atmosphere

is becoming more

and more powerful.

We brought a tool with us

that's designed

to capture spirits or demons,

and once that thing

starts shaking,

we knew that

this thing is strong.

It released itself.

It is mad, and it is strong.

It's making a stand.

This thing has no fear.

♪♪

We knew at that point that

we need to do something quick.

We need to do something

immediate.

ZUZIC:

We knew we had to start to do

the cleansing and blessing.

NARRATOR: The cleansing is

intended to rid the house

and the family of the demon.

♪♪

In the name of Jesus Christ,

I break loose this family.

ZUZIC:

As we're doing this prayer,

Chris is praying,

and I'm doing the holy water.

You could hear what sounds

like an evil, raspy laughter.

It was a strong,

strong presence,

and then it just growled.

[ Growling ]

You could feel the presence

of this thing.

It's watching us.

You could feel the energy.

But this point is

when you're in real battle

against the evil forces.

This demonic can lash out at us

because it wants nothing but for

you to stop doing the prayer.

♪♪

You're in spiritual warfare.

You don't have armor.

The only armor you have

is your faith.

I break this family

from any vows they made.

NARRATOR:

The prayers are powerful,

but so is the demon.

...called for psychic sources

that any demon

coming through the bloodline!

[ Growling ]

We face a lot of different

dangers, but we have to do it.

We have to be

the strongest ones there.

We have to be stronger

than this Marchosias.

You could feel what

was there weakening.

You could feel it getting

weaker and weaker.

In the name of Jesus!

♪♪

NARRATOR: With the final words

of the blessing,

the atmosphere clears.

The demon has left.

ZUZIC: I think once we finished

the blessing,

things seemed to be normal.

It felt different in there.

NARRATOR:

Satisfied that the house

is finally rid of Marchosias,

Karlo lets the family return.

ZUZIC: When they came back in

the house, they felt relieved.

You could see that we just took,

like,

a ton of pressure

off of them.

They felt more free being

in this house

just because how it changed.

They felt that the negative

presence was gone.

Welcome home.

We told the family that

we believe we b*at this thing.

NARRATOR: Karlo and the team

take their leave...

Feels so much different in here.

NARRATOR: ...letting the family

return to some kind of normal,

but all is not as it seems.

ZUZIC: A week or two went by

and I decided to give

the family a call

because I wanted

to check on them,

and the husband

answered the phone,

and I started talking to him,

and he didn't sound right,

and he mentioned that his wife

knows this demon

is still in the house,

and she became very depressed.

NARRATOR:

With a growing sense of dread,

Karlo begins to realize

the demon hadn't left.

It had hidden and waited

for another chance to strike.

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

PAGE: She was overcome so much

by this demonic

that in her own head,

she couldn't battle it.

We helped as much as we could

in her physical environment,

but as far as her

internal conflicts,

she couldn't fight it anymore.

♪♪

Do it.

♪♪

She took a g*n

and committed su1c1de.

♪♪

PAGE: It was horrifying.

It was the worst

possible scenario

that we could have come

out of a case like this.

ZUZIC: When I heard the news

that she had committed su1c1de,

it broke my heart.

It touches you really hard.

Doing paranormal investigating,

it's not about just getting

something cool on video.

It's the personal side

of things.

It's people's lives

that we're dealing with.

It's somebody that's tormented

both mentally and physically,

and it's not just a game.

It's reality.

We were going up

against a true demonic,

and a woman's life

was hanging in the balance,

and unfortunately, this time,

the demonic won.

♪♪

When you're dealing

with cases like we do,

I talk to these families

for days, you know, weeks.

They become a part of my family.

I take that very personally

because, you know,

I was there for them,

and I felt like I let them down.

♪♪

NARRATOR: And for Karlo,

the tragedy

has strengthened his resolve

in the fight against evil.

ZUZIC: You know,

I take this personal.

I will never, ever, ever

let a demonic

or any entity defeat me.

I will always be there

for people,

and the one thing I'll never do

is let them win, not again.

I'll never let them win again.