02x02 - In God's House
Posted: 07/14/23 11:32
NARRATOR:
America's top ghost hunters
relive their most
extreme assignments.
[ Door creaks ]
[ Woman screams ]
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 New York, a cemetery haunting
turns into
a spiritual possession.
She was completely insane.
She was crazy.
NARRATOR: And the consequences
could prove fatal.
This was an att*ck --
a spiritual att*ck.
NARRATOR:
In Romania, a creepy forest
hides a terrifying secret.
[ Gasping ]
Can't br--
It wasn't an animal.
I had never seen anything
like that in my life.
NARRATOR:
And in Ohio, a paranormal
investigation turns sinister
when investigators
turn on each other.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
The whole team!
The whole team seemed like
they were being influenced
by things we could not see.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
The city of Troy, in New York,
is home to the old
Ascension church
and the Mount Ida Cemetery.
When the church closes,
the building becomes
a preservation hall
used to house cemetery records.
♪♪
But records are not the
only things preserved
within these four walls.
[ Footsteps, whispers ]
Witnesses report hearing
disembodied voices and footsteps
and seeing shadowy figures
move among the pews.
[ Whispers ]
♪♪
In , paranormal
investigator Stacey Horton
is asked to look into
the strange activity.
She has no idea what's
she's getting herself into.
♪♪
I ended up doing a walk-through
to try to explain
where some of their
hotbed of activity was.
♪♪
[ Exhales ]
[ Buzzing ]
♪♪
[ Moaning ]
I had gone up into
where the sanctuary is,
and I went to open the
door into the sanctuary.
[ Moaning continues ]
♪♪
And I had seen a woman
kind of on the edge of the pews,
towards the aisle.
And she was wearing
a hospital gown...
[ Laughing ]
...and she had
completely blacked-out eyes.
The best way that
I can describe her
was that she was
completely insane.
She was crazy.
[ Laughing ]
[ Screams ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Laughing continues ]
[ Screams ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: Terrified,
Stacey runs from the church
into the adjacent cemetery.
[ Panting ]
♪♪
Off the back of where
the church is, there's a gorge.
I just started looking
down the cliff.
And I remember just getting
her in the back of my mind
and saying, "It's okay.
You'll be okay.
Jump. It'll be fun."
[ Indistinct voice ]
Jump over. It's okay.
Jump.
♪♪
Jump over.
And I realized that
that was not a thought process
that I would be having.
So I said,
"No, we're all done with this."
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Deeply distressed by the
events that day in the cemetery,
Stacey calls a more experienced
investigator for help.
♪♪
Jack Kenna is a veteran
of paranormal phenomenon
and among the country's
top ghost hunters.
There's little he hasn't seen.
♪♪
A paranormal episode can
be extremely dangerous
for somebody who really doesn't
know what they're doing.
And you have to be prepared
mentally, physically,
and spiritually for that.
And if you're not, you're
gonna get into trouble.
So this was an att*ck.
Jump. Jump.
HORTON: I think that it could
have been a possibility
that she would have
influenced me to
jump off the back of the cliff.
NARRATOR: A few months later,
Jack Kenna and his
co-investigator Ellen MacNeil
head to the church
along with Stacey
and her partner, Steve Kulls.
♪♪
[ Door creaks ]
♪♪
As they begin
their investigation,
the team are
immediately unsettled.
[ Door creaks ]
♪♪
Jack, in particular,
starts feeling the effects
of the atmosphere.
[ Labored breathing ]
You okay, Jack?
Yeah, I think so.
[ Creaking ]
Let's split up and cover more
ground that way. Let's go.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
The teams splits in two.
Ellen and Stacey
go out to the cemetery,
while Jack and Steve
investigate the church.
♪♪
We tried to make contact
with this woman Stacey had seen,
which I ended up calling
"the crazy lady."
Are we in the presence
of the crazy lady?
She said this woman was
wearing, like, a hospital gown.
And there had been
a hospital for the insane
actually just across, on the
other side of the river
at one time.
NARRATOR: Keen to provoke
some paranormal responses,
Jack sets up a flashlight,
which he hopes to use to
communicate with the spirits.
Are we in the presence
of the crazy lady?
♪♪
I said, "Well,
if that's who you really are,
then shut it off."
And they shut it off.
We got someone
here.
♪♪
[ Banging ]
We also get some
loud bang responses.
It's fairly loud.
There's nobody else around.
We're it.
[ Banging continues ]
That changed my opinion of maybe
what we're dealing with here,
that it's fairly significant.
It's got a lot of energy to it.
It's got a lot of power to it.
So we might want to be a little
careful of what's going on.
[ Door creaking ]
NARRATOR:
Meanwhile, out in the cemetery,
Stacey and Ellen
are trying to record
ghost communications, or EVPs.
HORTON: When we started
doing our EVP session,
right behind the cemetery,
the gravestones,
I saw this huge,
tall, big, black mass.
♪♪
Didn't necessarily have a
shape to it, but it was huge,
and it blocked out
everything behind it.
♪♪
The black mass was just kind
of moving among the trees.
[ Breathing heavily ]
But I wasn't sure if I was
really seeing what I was seeing.
MacNEIL: Stacey!
♪♪
[ Panting ]
Stacey,
what's wrong?
[ Whispering ]
There's something out there.
It's -- I...
[ Gasping ]
Jack! Jack!
Yeah, go. It's Jack.
Something's wrong with Stacey.
I'm gonna bring her
inside.
[ Groans ]
All right, send her in.
I'll be right there.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Shaken, Stacey returns to
the church to collect herself.
HORTON: Going back to the
church the second time,
after we'd been in the cemetery,
it had a different feel to it.
It was a lot more heavy.
NARRATOR:
Fearing for her safety,
Steve insists on
remaining with her.
Meanwhile, Jack and Ellen
team up outside.
As I enter into the cemetery,
I just feel like I'm drawn
to the back section.
NARRATOR: Once again,
Jack attempts to make contact.
So I actually left the
flashlight completely on,
and we asked whatever
spirit's there
to shut the flashlight
off for a "yes" response.
Is this the crazy lady?
Turn the light off.
Are you someone else?
Turn it off.
♪♪
NARRATOR: At the
Mount Ida Cemetery in New York,
paranormal investigator
Jack Kenna is searching
for the spirit of the
so-called "crazy lady,"
who took partial possession
of a fellow ghost hunter,
Stacey Horton.
Jump. Jump over.
And using a flashlight
to communicate,
Jack thinks he might be
about to make contact.
KENNA: Is this the crazy lady?
Turn the light off.
Are you someone else?
Turn it off.
NARRATOR: Though thrilled to
make contact with the spirit,
Jack's not certain that this
is the one he's looking for.
KENNA: At this point,
with this spirit
we're communicating with,
I don't think it
had anything to do
with the one that had
taken over Stacey.
But there was very strong energy
there within that cemetery,
and this spirit was able
to communicate with us.
NARRATOR: Despite the setback,
Jack is determined
to keep searching for the
entity that possessed Stacey.
KENNA:
I spot something in the woods.
Looks like it's walking
right towards us,
or coming towards us.
It started off very small,
almost like a size...
I would say a raccoon.
But as it kept coming
towards us, it got larger.
It was almost morphing.
I could see these two
glowing eyes on it.
As it keeps coming up, it morphs
into the size of a man,
of a person about foot tall.
And these red glowing eyes.
We actually did catch it --
the eyes at least -- on camera.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Jack watches
the entity approach,
certain it's the same one
that frightened Stacey.
I wanted to see what this thing
was, and I yell at it.
Who are you?!
[ Hissing ]
And it just turned and took off
and -- boom -- was gone.
[ Panting ]
NARRATOR:
Back in the church, Stacey's
nightmare is far from over.
♪♪
[ Laughing ]
♪♪
The crazy lady is back, and this
time, stronger than before.
[ Laughing continues ]
I can hear her laugh,
and in turn, it starts
to channel through me.
KULLS: Mary of God, all the
saints preserved...
NARRATOR: Afraid he's losing
Stacey to the entity,
Steve has no choice
but to perform an exorcism.
...out of this woman!
[ Indistinct prayers ]
[ Banging ]
[ Shouting ]
Steve's efforts have worked.
Stacey is shaken, but free.
[ Panting ]
Jack, Jack!
Come in, Jack.
[ Breathing heavily ]
What is it?
There's something wrong
with Stacey.
We're in the church.
Get in here now.
Copy that.
We'll be right there.
Ellen,
we're heading back.
HORTON: When an entity
is trying to use you
for whatever purpose it has,
you don't generally
have time to think.
When you realize that something
has that much control
over what you say
and what you're doing,
it's absolutely terrifying.
NARRATOR: Not wanting
to risk further att*cks,
Jack calls an end to
the investigation.
We decided just to --
all right, this is enough.
It's time to wrap it up and go.
♪♪
NARRATOR: With the investigation
closed and Stacey's ordeal over,
Jack finally has time to reflect
on what he saw that night.
KENNA: I had never seen
anything like that before.
Never saw that before
in my life.
NARRATOR: As for conclusions,
Jack has a theory
that links the black
shadow figure in the cemetery
to Stacey's encounter
in the church.
My impression was that,
definitely,
this shadow figure
and that crazy woman
were the same entity, based on
what I could sense from it.
And I think it was trying
to create more energy
and keep a stronger
hold on Stacey
while Steve was trying
to pray over her.
But when I ran into it,
I interrupted it,
and I broke its connection.
NARRATOR: And for Jack,
every case closed
is a lesson earned.
My advice to people who either
take paranormal activity lightly
or they just truly
don't understand it --
they're out there to
get a thrill out of it --
Don't do it.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Still to come...
an investigation turns sour
when investigators
turn on each other.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
There was something
up there with us,
and it made us all act
uncharacteristically.
NARRATOR: But first,
a Transylvanian forest
reveals some
deep, demonic roots.
DESROCHERS:
We asked about Vlad Dracula.
Had he come through the
forest at some point?
[ Growling ]
We heard "da" -- "yes."
[ Growling ]
♪♪
NARRATOR:
The Hoia Baciu Forest in Romania
is said to be the world's
most haunted forest.
And even
in darkest Transylvania,
home to the legend of
Dracula and Vlad the Impaler,
this dense woodland strikes fear
deep into the hearts
of locals and visitors alike.
Regarded as Romania's
Bermuda Triangle,
witnesses have reported seeing
strange lights, apparitions,
and unidentifiable creatures
among the trees.
Visitors have been known
to become hopelessly lost,
returning bruised
and scratched --
if they return at all.
♪♪
One local legend
tells of a small child
who became lost in the forest
and vanished without a trace.
It's said that the girl
reappeared five years later,
dressed in the same clothes,
having remained the same age,
as if no time had passed at all.
It's stories like these
which sparked the interest
of paranormal investigator
Michelle Desrochers.
DESROCHERS:
I do tend to have a sixth sense.
That would be that
feeling where you get
the butterflies in your stomach
or the hair on the back
of your neck goes up.
But I am definitely
intuitive, a medium.
NARRATOR: And for Michelle,
a visit to the Hoia Baciu
is a fascinating prospect.
The haunted forest is literally
a flagship destination
for most researchers.
The forest is just
one of those locations
that have been on
my bucket list.
And to go there was an
overwhelming experience for me.
NARRATOR: Little could
Michelle have guessed
that her dream trip could turn
into her worst nightmare.
♪♪
In , Michelle and
her investigative team,
Melissa McLennan and Romanian-
born Adriana Fierastrau,
travel to Transylvania
to uncover the truth
about the haunted forest.
Considering the
Hoia Baciu Forest
is very known for its activity,
I was very excited to see
what it would sort of give up.
NARRATOR:
Despite their intrigue,
Michelle knows that
the location provides
some logistic
challenges for the team.
DESROCHERS: We're used to
investigating locations
that are more confined.
This was a very large space.
We were in a forest,
a very dense forest.
People disappear
in these forests.
NARRATOR: The team's
investigation will focus
on a strange clearing
in the woods --
a near-perfect circle
where nothing ever grows.
DESROCHERS:
The circle in the forest
is where people
tend to get att*cked.
This is where people
see the light anomalies.
This is where they hear
growls and disembodied voices.
NARRATOR:
Reaching the circle safely
will be the team's
first challenge.
Do you hear that?
What's that sound?
DESROCHERS: There was
this low, droning sound.
It was almost like a humming,
and it was very unusual.
We had no clue what it was.
♪♪
We finally arrived
to the circle,
and we felt right away
that we were not alone.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
In Transylvania, Romania,
Michelle Desrochers and
her team are exploring
the mysterious
Hoia Baciu Forest.
But as they reach the epicenter
of the forest's
paranormal activity,
the team realizes that things
are starting to feel very wrong.
We could sense that
we were being circled.
It felt as though
we were being watched,
almost as though the trees
had a different sort of life.
And Adriana worded it perfectly.
She said, "It feels like
the trees are watching me."
NARRATOR: Taking this as a sign
that there are spirits nearby,
the team starts setting
up their equipment.
Adriana sets about gathering
electronic voice phenomena,
tangible evidence of
spirit voices in the forest.
♪♪
DESROCHERS: Adriana is Romanian,
so we thought we would
have her start asking questions
in Romanian.
FIERASTRAU: I was asking
all about the forest
because it was still a
mystery to us at the time.
I was asking if anyone
wants to say anything.
[ Speaking Romanian ]
We wanted to know
if there were any spirits
that were watching us,
because we felt like
we were being watched.
NARRATOR: And they soon discover
that they are not alone.
DESROCHERS: And there
appeared to be a shadow.
[ Branches rustling ]
And all of a sudden, the shadow
moved across very quickly.
And Melissa looked at me. She
goes, "Did you just see that?"
And I went, "You saw that?"
[ Rustling ]
NARRATOR: Trying to pinpoint
the cause of the activity,
Adriana drifts away from the
relative safety of the group.
♪♪
[ Rustling ]
♪♪
[ Gasping ]
[ Choking ]
All of a sudden,
I was feeling short breaths.
I'm feeling
like I can't breathe,
just feel like something
just sat on my chest.
[ Gasping, coughing ]
Can't br--
We could see immediately.
I mean, she was pretty vocal
about how she was feeling,
saying, like,
"I don't feel right.
I feel a heaviness in my chest,
like something's pushing on it."
All of a sudden,
she kind of went [Gasps],
and whatever it was
seems to have released.
She was no longer feeling
the pressure in her chest.
Okay, we're getting
out of here.
[ Gasping continues ]
NARRATOR:
Terrified for their safety,
the investigators run
from the clearing.
[ Crashing ]
[ Screams ]
♪♪
I believe that it was a
very malevolent presence,
possibly a demonic
presence in the forest,
that connected with Adriana.
[ Gasping ]
-Oh, my God.
NARRATOR: But once they've
caught their breaths,
the team is determined
to press on.
Even though we were experiencing
such a varied degree
of phenomenons,
we just decided to stick it out.
We had brought with us
a mini ghost box,
which is essentially
a modified radio.
This is meant to allow spirits
to ride the radio waves.
We were trying to literally see
what's out there -- anything.
NARRATOR:
They don't have to wait long
for the spirits to make contact.
DEEP VOICE: Da.
Out of the box
comes the word "da,"
which is "yes" in Romanian.
[ Speaking Romanian ]
DESROCHERS:
We asked about Vlad Dracula --
Had he come through the
forest at some point?
DEEP VOICE: Da.
And we heard "da" -- "yes."
♪♪
I do not doubt that he
would have gone through
the haunted forest at some point
in his many years of rule.
NARRATOR: But the communication
soon turns sinister.
[ Indistinct voice, snarls ]
There were different voices
coming through the spirit box,
and one voice came up
and said, "Go now."
[ Voice continues ]
That's it. Conversation is done.
[ Voice continues ]
♪♪
NARRATOR:
In Transylvania, Romania,
investigator Michelle Desrochers
has successfully made contact
with the spirits in
a haunted forest.
[ Overlapping groans ]
[ Gasps ]
NARRATOR:
But communication seems
to have taken an ominous turn,
leaving Michelle
and her team fearful
that they might be
in terrible danger.
[ Indistinct voice ]
DESROCHERS: All of a sudden,
we turn around...
and the tree line
is doing something
that I have never seen before.
The trees seemed to be moving.
It looked as though
the tree line was going down.
It was folding onto itself.
FIERASTRAU: It was like
nothing I've ever seen before.
It looked like something was
sort of just walking over.
It was, um...
It was definitely an experience.
[ Low growling ]
NARRATOR: Terrified,
the team decides
to leave the forest immediately.
[ Snarling ]
♪♪
-Aah!
-Run!
[ Screaming ]
[ Rustling ]
We could hear something
beside us.
It was like crunching
in the leaves,
and it sounded to us
like footsteps.
And whatever it was,
it was keeping up with us.
We looked back,
and there's eyes.
There's two glowing eyes.
It wasn't an animal.
I have never seen anything
like that in my life.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
It was definitely...
For me, it was probably the
scariest thing that I've seen.
[ Snarling ]
-Go, go, go, go!
-Aah!
[ Growling ]
[ Rustling ]
NARRATOR: Michelle and her team
make it out of the forest
and head as quickly as
possible back into town.
[ Screaming ]
♪♪
DESROCHERS:
We got back to the hotel.
Adriana went to her room, and
Melissa and I went to our room.
I think that we had had a
really long, exhausting day.
It was probably about
: or : in the morning
at this point,
and we were
just trying to get some sleep.
NARRATOR: But the night's events
aren't over yet.
I probably went to sleep for
about an hour, two hours maybe.
And all of a sudden, I wake up.
I had an eerie feeling.
I don't know what's going on,
and I'm looking around the room.
And I'm looking, and there's
this shadow figure there.
[ Screaming ]
I want to get out of there fast.
I definitely think
it was from the forest.
NARRATOR: Terrified,
Adriana bolts from the room.
But for Michelle, the
appearance of the shadowy figure
is very significant.
That tells me that
whatever is in that forest
is completely powerful.
It's more than what I had
come up against before,
and I've been up against
some pretty nasty things.
♪♪
Some things want
to be left alone,
and they have a very long reach.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Paranormal teams
are a united front
against evil spirits.
But when those spirits
thr*aten to divide the team,
all bets are off.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
♪♪
Lake County, Ohio --
home of Madison Seminary.
Built in as a
religious school for adults,
it later became a refuge
for vulnerable women.
At the turn of the last century,
scores of w*r widows live and
die within the seminary walls,
mostly alone and long forgotten
by their families and friends.
♪♪
By the mid-s,
the sanctuary closes,
and the building
stands largely unused.
The decaying property
gains a reputation
as one of Ohio's
most haunted locations.
♪♪
People have seen shadow figures.
People have heard
disembodied voices.
Doors slam on their own.
[ Door slams ]
[ Indistinct whispers ]
It's really just
everything you can imagine,
rolled up all into one.
NARRATOR: Eric McGill is one of
several paranormal investigators
interested
in the alleged haunting.
He's been pursuing ghosts
for over years,
overseeing hundreds of cases
across North America.
McGILL: I've always been
fascinated with the paranormal.
And I realized that strange
things were happening around me,
and I wasn't able
to explain them
through conventional methods.
NARRATOR: He believes that the
activity at the Madison Seminary
sounds like the work
of a trapped spirit.
McGILL:
I had heard that there were
shadow figures that were seen.
They say that people
have been hit,
people have been scratched,
and people have
literally been pushed.
[ Banging, thud ]
[ Gasping, clamoring ]
[ Footsteps departing ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: And so, in ,
Eric decides to conduct an
investigation of the building.
♪♪
I would believe that
most of the activity
would be related
to some of the women
who have lived
their whole, entire lives there.
Once their husbands
had passed away,
they were sent here
with their children,
their possessions that they had,
into these tiny, little
living spaces.
And I just feel like all their
sadness, all their emotion,
may have became trapped
within those walls.
NARRATOR: Eric assembles
his top investigative team --
Amber Wellman, Shawn Gilmore,
Ray Goosby, and Tom Javorsky.
Investigator Tom
is immediately struck
by the atmosphere
inside the seminary.
♪♪
There was a feeling of
tightness in my chest,
like maybe there was
a presence nearby.
All right. Let's start
setting up.
♪♪
Let's start down here.
♪♪
NARRATOR: With the seminary
spanning several floors,
the investigators have
a lot of ground to cover.
But it quickly becomes clear
that someone -- or something --
is expecting visitors.
[ Whooshing ]
[ Laughter ]
McGILL: We started a
walk-through in the basement,
where we found a doll.
♪♪
It was really weird and
a little creepy.
And we set up our equipment
and left to continue
the investigation.
[ Laughter continues ]
And suddenly we heard
this loud sound...
[ Crashing ]
...coming from the doll's room.
We went back into the room
to investigate.
[ Laughter continues ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Lake County, Ohio,
an old seminary has
captured the attention
of paranormal investigator
Eric McGill and his team.
But before the investigation
even begins,
Eric and his team are in
for a chilling surprise.
McGILL: Suddenly,
we heard this loud sound...
[ Crashing ]
...coming from the doll's room.
We went back into the room
to investigate.
♪♪
Something had taken the head
off of this doll
and put it
in the center of the room.
[ Faint laughter ]
♪♪
We were shocked.
We never touched the doll.
We had no idea how the head
come off of that thing.
♪♪
[ High-pitched noise ]
NARRATOR: Meanwhile,
Shawn and Amber head upstairs --
formerly the living quarters
of the women housed
at the seminary.
McGILL: Shawn and Amber
were in the kitchen,
setting up one of the
stationary cameras.
♪♪
[ Low droning sound ]
Did you hear that?
[ Low moan ]
We captured the EVP of what
sounds like a raspy moan.
[ Low moan ]
When we get activity like this
early on in the night,
it's very exciting for us.
NARRATOR:
Pleased to have captured
signs of activity so early,
Shawn and Amber
head up to the fourth floor.
When Sean and Amber
had reached the fourth floor...
-[ Humming ]
-...Amber started humming.
Amber is a sensitive,
and she has the ability to
see and hear and feel things
that not everybody can
see, hear, and feel.
NARRATOR: The mysterious humming
now becomes audible
to the whole team.
[ Humming continues ]
-You're hearing that, right?
-Yeah.
We heard this hum.
It was disembodied.
We were on the fourth floor of
an area that used to house
patients who were
considered mentally insane.
Try to be quick.
The source of this female hum
could have been
one of the patients who
were there at one time.
[ Humming continues ]
-Where is everyone?
NARRATOR: The humming seems to
be having a strange effect
on the investigators.
[ Humming continues ]
Amber? Amber!
McGILL:
This is when it all started.
This is when the emotions
started to run high.
What -- What is wrong
with you?!
-And you can shut up, as well!
-You're being ridiculous.
McGILL: And I didn't really
know what the source was
for all this irritation.
Things were starting to
get a little strange.
Occasionally, maybe one person
has an att*ck of some type.
But as a...
The whole team!
The whole team seemed like
they were being influenced
by things we could not see.
-You want to fight?
-Yes, I do!
-All right, come on!
-Hey, hey hey!
Everyone relax!
Let's go downstairs
and clear our heads.
McGILL:
I'm literally embarrassed by
the way that we were behaving.
There was something
up there with us,
and it made us all act
uncharacteristically.
[ Humming continues ]
One thing that I think
we can all agree upon
is that a spirit with
this kind of ability
certainly must have a
decent amount of power.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Deeply unsettled
but determined to continue,
Eric and his team move to
another part of the seminary
to begin EDI, or electronic data
interchange readings,
with a view to make indirect
contact with the spirits.
Is there someone in
the room with us?
McGILL: What we do is
we ask questions,
and if we can get a response,
we'll know if there's
a spirit present
and causing that electromagnetic
disturbance to be detected.
McGILL: If there is,
can you give us a sign?
We're here
to help you.
Is there someone in
the room with us?
[ Beeping ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Lake County, Ohio,
the spirits
at a disused seminary
have divided
a close-knit paranormal team.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
-Hey! Stay out of this!
NARRATOR: But, putting their
differences to one side,
the team is determined to
make contact with a spirit
before the night is through.
McGILL: Is there someone
in the room with us?
[ Beeping ]
-I'm getting something, guys.
[ Beeping continues ]
During our EDI device session,
Ray noted
what appeared to be a figure
standing outside in the hallway,
just moments after our
EDI device started to alarm.
JAVORSKY: This figure was
the size of a man,
and Ray says it darted
from left to right.
[ Beeping ]
GOOSBY: Who are you?
[ Beeping continues ]
What do you want?
Can you give us a sign?
JAVORSKY:
We were actually quite excited
because we were getting
direct responses.
What Ray saw was validated
by the device going off.
[ Rapid beeping ]
One of our static cameras
picked up an EVP.
It called out the name Jack.
We have no idea who Jack was,
but somebody wanted
to talk to him.
NARRATOR:
With contact established
and the visit proving fruitful,
the investigators are keen
to continue their work.
[ Multiple devices beeping ]
But team member Amber begins
to feel a strong presence,
and it's very close.
McGILL: Suddenly Amber felt like
she was being touched.
[ Raspy voice ]
-[ Screaming ]
[ Screaming, panting ]
[ Beeping ]
Guys, something
just touched me!
NARRATOR:
As the activity intensifies
and more team members
are affected,
panic starts to set in.
It felt to her like
something was kind of
going through her hair.
[ Panicking ] There's
someone touching my hair!
[ Screaming ]
It's touching my hair!
It's touching me.
Amber described the feeling
as cobwebs.
And it's not uncommon
for investigators to feel
this cobwebby-type feeling
on an investigation.
JAVORSKY:
And we knew there was something
trying to communicate
with the team,
and it was very eager
to be noticed.
[ Banging ]
McGILL: We heard something loud.
[ Banging continues ]
It sounded like something
had been thrown...
[ Banging continues ]
...and not gently.
[ Banging ]
Aah!
None of us know
what was going on.
[ Banging continues ]
Everyone pack up.
We're out of here.
[ Banging, shouting ]
[ Objects clattering ]
At this stage,
we had just reached our limit,
so we decided to pack things up
and just get out of there.
♪♪
We started rushing,
just trying to get out of there.
NARRATOR:
Grabbing the remaining gear,
the investigators run
from the building.
♪♪
McGILL: Getting outside
of Madison Seminary
after that kind of
investigation,
after that kind of activity,
I felt a lot better --
so much better.
It was like a burden
lifted off you, you know?
NARRATOR:
But despite their experiences,
Eric and his team are left with
more questions than answers.
JAVORSKY: When you go
into a building like this,
with this high level of energy,
you come away with
sometimes the feeling that
your energy has been drained.
It may take several days
to recover.
And you would like to know more,
but maybe you'll never
have those answers.
♪♪
McGILL:
I'm not sure what entities
are actually
at the Madison Seminary.
We assume that it was likely
some of the former patients.
But one thing that
we all agree upon
is they're very, very powerful,
and they have the ability
to influence your emotions
and your actions, as well.
♪♪
America's top ghost hunters
relive their most
extreme assignments.
[ Door creaks ]
[ Woman screams ]
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 New York, a cemetery haunting
turns into
a spiritual possession.
She was completely insane.
She was crazy.
NARRATOR: And the consequences
could prove fatal.
This was an att*ck --
a spiritual att*ck.
NARRATOR:
In Romania, a creepy forest
hides a terrifying secret.
[ Gasping ]
Can't br--
It wasn't an animal.
I had never seen anything
like that in my life.
NARRATOR:
And in Ohio, a paranormal
investigation turns sinister
when investigators
turn on each other.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
The whole team!
The whole team seemed like
they were being influenced
by things we could not see.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
The city of Troy, in New York,
is home to the old
Ascension church
and the Mount Ida Cemetery.
When the church closes,
the building becomes
a preservation hall
used to house cemetery records.
♪♪
But records are not the
only things preserved
within these four walls.
[ Footsteps, whispers ]
Witnesses report hearing
disembodied voices and footsteps
and seeing shadowy figures
move among the pews.
[ Whispers ]
♪♪
In , paranormal
investigator Stacey Horton
is asked to look into
the strange activity.
She has no idea what's
she's getting herself into.
♪♪
I ended up doing a walk-through
to try to explain
where some of their
hotbed of activity was.
♪♪
[ Exhales ]
[ Buzzing ]
♪♪
[ Moaning ]
I had gone up into
where the sanctuary is,
and I went to open the
door into the sanctuary.
[ Moaning continues ]
♪♪
And I had seen a woman
kind of on the edge of the pews,
towards the aisle.
And she was wearing
a hospital gown...
[ Laughing ]
...and she had
completely blacked-out eyes.
The best way that
I can describe her
was that she was
completely insane.
She was crazy.
[ Laughing ]
[ Screams ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Laughing continues ]
[ Screams ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: Terrified,
Stacey runs from the church
into the adjacent cemetery.
[ Panting ]
♪♪
Off the back of where
the church is, there's a gorge.
I just started looking
down the cliff.
And I remember just getting
her in the back of my mind
and saying, "It's okay.
You'll be okay.
Jump. It'll be fun."
[ Indistinct voice ]
Jump over. It's okay.
Jump.
♪♪
Jump over.
And I realized that
that was not a thought process
that I would be having.
So I said,
"No, we're all done with this."
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Deeply distressed by the
events that day in the cemetery,
Stacey calls a more experienced
investigator for help.
♪♪
Jack Kenna is a veteran
of paranormal phenomenon
and among the country's
top ghost hunters.
There's little he hasn't seen.
♪♪
A paranormal episode can
be extremely dangerous
for somebody who really doesn't
know what they're doing.
And you have to be prepared
mentally, physically,
and spiritually for that.
And if you're not, you're
gonna get into trouble.
So this was an att*ck.
Jump. Jump.
HORTON: I think that it could
have been a possibility
that she would have
influenced me to
jump off the back of the cliff.
NARRATOR: A few months later,
Jack Kenna and his
co-investigator Ellen MacNeil
head to the church
along with Stacey
and her partner, Steve Kulls.
♪♪
[ Door creaks ]
♪♪
As they begin
their investigation,
the team are
immediately unsettled.
[ Door creaks ]
♪♪
Jack, in particular,
starts feeling the effects
of the atmosphere.
[ Labored breathing ]
You okay, Jack?
Yeah, I think so.
[ Creaking ]
Let's split up and cover more
ground that way. Let's go.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
The teams splits in two.
Ellen and Stacey
go out to the cemetery,
while Jack and Steve
investigate the church.
♪♪
We tried to make contact
with this woman Stacey had seen,
which I ended up calling
"the crazy lady."
Are we in the presence
of the crazy lady?
She said this woman was
wearing, like, a hospital gown.
And there had been
a hospital for the insane
actually just across, on the
other side of the river
at one time.
NARRATOR: Keen to provoke
some paranormal responses,
Jack sets up a flashlight,
which he hopes to use to
communicate with the spirits.
Are we in the presence
of the crazy lady?
♪♪
I said, "Well,
if that's who you really are,
then shut it off."
And they shut it off.
We got someone
here.
♪♪
[ Banging ]
We also get some
loud bang responses.
It's fairly loud.
There's nobody else around.
We're it.
[ Banging continues ]
That changed my opinion of maybe
what we're dealing with here,
that it's fairly significant.
It's got a lot of energy to it.
It's got a lot of power to it.
So we might want to be a little
careful of what's going on.
[ Door creaking ]
NARRATOR:
Meanwhile, out in the cemetery,
Stacey and Ellen
are trying to record
ghost communications, or EVPs.
HORTON: When we started
doing our EVP session,
right behind the cemetery,
the gravestones,
I saw this huge,
tall, big, black mass.
♪♪
Didn't necessarily have a
shape to it, but it was huge,
and it blocked out
everything behind it.
♪♪
The black mass was just kind
of moving among the trees.
[ Breathing heavily ]
But I wasn't sure if I was
really seeing what I was seeing.
MacNEIL: Stacey!
♪♪
[ Panting ]
Stacey,
what's wrong?
[ Whispering ]
There's something out there.
It's -- I...
[ Gasping ]
Jack! Jack!
Yeah, go. It's Jack.
Something's wrong with Stacey.
I'm gonna bring her
inside.
[ Groans ]
All right, send her in.
I'll be right there.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Shaken, Stacey returns to
the church to collect herself.
HORTON: Going back to the
church the second time,
after we'd been in the cemetery,
it had a different feel to it.
It was a lot more heavy.
NARRATOR:
Fearing for her safety,
Steve insists on
remaining with her.
Meanwhile, Jack and Ellen
team up outside.
As I enter into the cemetery,
I just feel like I'm drawn
to the back section.
NARRATOR: Once again,
Jack attempts to make contact.
So I actually left the
flashlight completely on,
and we asked whatever
spirit's there
to shut the flashlight
off for a "yes" response.
Is this the crazy lady?
Turn the light off.
Are you someone else?
Turn it off.
♪♪
NARRATOR: At the
Mount Ida Cemetery in New York,
paranormal investigator
Jack Kenna is searching
for the spirit of the
so-called "crazy lady,"
who took partial possession
of a fellow ghost hunter,
Stacey Horton.
Jump. Jump over.
And using a flashlight
to communicate,
Jack thinks he might be
about to make contact.
KENNA: Is this the crazy lady?
Turn the light off.
Are you someone else?
Turn it off.
NARRATOR: Though thrilled to
make contact with the spirit,
Jack's not certain that this
is the one he's looking for.
KENNA: At this point,
with this spirit
we're communicating with,
I don't think it
had anything to do
with the one that had
taken over Stacey.
But there was very strong energy
there within that cemetery,
and this spirit was able
to communicate with us.
NARRATOR: Despite the setback,
Jack is determined
to keep searching for the
entity that possessed Stacey.
KENNA:
I spot something in the woods.
Looks like it's walking
right towards us,
or coming towards us.
It started off very small,
almost like a size...
I would say a raccoon.
But as it kept coming
towards us, it got larger.
It was almost morphing.
I could see these two
glowing eyes on it.
As it keeps coming up, it morphs
into the size of a man,
of a person about foot tall.
And these red glowing eyes.
We actually did catch it --
the eyes at least -- on camera.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Jack watches
the entity approach,
certain it's the same one
that frightened Stacey.
I wanted to see what this thing
was, and I yell at it.
Who are you?!
[ Hissing ]
And it just turned and took off
and -- boom -- was gone.
[ Panting ]
NARRATOR:
Back in the church, Stacey's
nightmare is far from over.
♪♪
[ Laughing ]
♪♪
The crazy lady is back, and this
time, stronger than before.
[ Laughing continues ]
I can hear her laugh,
and in turn, it starts
to channel through me.
KULLS: Mary of God, all the
saints preserved...
NARRATOR: Afraid he's losing
Stacey to the entity,
Steve has no choice
but to perform an exorcism.
...out of this woman!
[ Indistinct prayers ]
[ Banging ]
[ Shouting ]
Steve's efforts have worked.
Stacey is shaken, but free.
[ Panting ]
Jack, Jack!
Come in, Jack.
[ Breathing heavily ]
What is it?
There's something wrong
with Stacey.
We're in the church.
Get in here now.
Copy that.
We'll be right there.
Ellen,
we're heading back.
HORTON: When an entity
is trying to use you
for whatever purpose it has,
you don't generally
have time to think.
When you realize that something
has that much control
over what you say
and what you're doing,
it's absolutely terrifying.
NARRATOR: Not wanting
to risk further att*cks,
Jack calls an end to
the investigation.
We decided just to --
all right, this is enough.
It's time to wrap it up and go.
♪♪
NARRATOR: With the investigation
closed and Stacey's ordeal over,
Jack finally has time to reflect
on what he saw that night.
KENNA: I had never seen
anything like that before.
Never saw that before
in my life.
NARRATOR: As for conclusions,
Jack has a theory
that links the black
shadow figure in the cemetery
to Stacey's encounter
in the church.
My impression was that,
definitely,
this shadow figure
and that crazy woman
were the same entity, based on
what I could sense from it.
And I think it was trying
to create more energy
and keep a stronger
hold on Stacey
while Steve was trying
to pray over her.
But when I ran into it,
I interrupted it,
and I broke its connection.
NARRATOR: And for Jack,
every case closed
is a lesson earned.
My advice to people who either
take paranormal activity lightly
or they just truly
don't understand it --
they're out there to
get a thrill out of it --
Don't do it.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Still to come...
an investigation turns sour
when investigators
turn on each other.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
There was something
up there with us,
and it made us all act
uncharacteristically.
NARRATOR: But first,
a Transylvanian forest
reveals some
deep, demonic roots.
DESROCHERS:
We asked about Vlad Dracula.
Had he come through the
forest at some point?
[ Growling ]
We heard "da" -- "yes."
[ Growling ]
♪♪
NARRATOR:
The Hoia Baciu Forest in Romania
is said to be the world's
most haunted forest.
And even
in darkest Transylvania,
home to the legend of
Dracula and Vlad the Impaler,
this dense woodland strikes fear
deep into the hearts
of locals and visitors alike.
Regarded as Romania's
Bermuda Triangle,
witnesses have reported seeing
strange lights, apparitions,
and unidentifiable creatures
among the trees.
Visitors have been known
to become hopelessly lost,
returning bruised
and scratched --
if they return at all.
♪♪
One local legend
tells of a small child
who became lost in the forest
and vanished without a trace.
It's said that the girl
reappeared five years later,
dressed in the same clothes,
having remained the same age,
as if no time had passed at all.
It's stories like these
which sparked the interest
of paranormal investigator
Michelle Desrochers.
DESROCHERS:
I do tend to have a sixth sense.
That would be that
feeling where you get
the butterflies in your stomach
or the hair on the back
of your neck goes up.
But I am definitely
intuitive, a medium.
NARRATOR: And for Michelle,
a visit to the Hoia Baciu
is a fascinating prospect.
The haunted forest is literally
a flagship destination
for most researchers.
The forest is just
one of those locations
that have been on
my bucket list.
And to go there was an
overwhelming experience for me.
NARRATOR: Little could
Michelle have guessed
that her dream trip could turn
into her worst nightmare.
♪♪
In , Michelle and
her investigative team,
Melissa McLennan and Romanian-
born Adriana Fierastrau,
travel to Transylvania
to uncover the truth
about the haunted forest.
Considering the
Hoia Baciu Forest
is very known for its activity,
I was very excited to see
what it would sort of give up.
NARRATOR:
Despite their intrigue,
Michelle knows that
the location provides
some logistic
challenges for the team.
DESROCHERS: We're used to
investigating locations
that are more confined.
This was a very large space.
We were in a forest,
a very dense forest.
People disappear
in these forests.
NARRATOR: The team's
investigation will focus
on a strange clearing
in the woods --
a near-perfect circle
where nothing ever grows.
DESROCHERS:
The circle in the forest
is where people
tend to get att*cked.
This is where people
see the light anomalies.
This is where they hear
growls and disembodied voices.
NARRATOR:
Reaching the circle safely
will be the team's
first challenge.
Do you hear that?
What's that sound?
DESROCHERS: There was
this low, droning sound.
It was almost like a humming,
and it was very unusual.
We had no clue what it was.
♪♪
We finally arrived
to the circle,
and we felt right away
that we were not alone.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
In Transylvania, Romania,
Michelle Desrochers and
her team are exploring
the mysterious
Hoia Baciu Forest.
But as they reach the epicenter
of the forest's
paranormal activity,
the team realizes that things
are starting to feel very wrong.
We could sense that
we were being circled.
It felt as though
we were being watched,
almost as though the trees
had a different sort of life.
And Adriana worded it perfectly.
She said, "It feels like
the trees are watching me."
NARRATOR: Taking this as a sign
that there are spirits nearby,
the team starts setting
up their equipment.
Adriana sets about gathering
electronic voice phenomena,
tangible evidence of
spirit voices in the forest.
♪♪
DESROCHERS: Adriana is Romanian,
so we thought we would
have her start asking questions
in Romanian.
FIERASTRAU: I was asking
all about the forest
because it was still a
mystery to us at the time.
I was asking if anyone
wants to say anything.
[ Speaking Romanian ]
We wanted to know
if there were any spirits
that were watching us,
because we felt like
we were being watched.
NARRATOR: And they soon discover
that they are not alone.
DESROCHERS: And there
appeared to be a shadow.
[ Branches rustling ]
And all of a sudden, the shadow
moved across very quickly.
And Melissa looked at me. She
goes, "Did you just see that?"
And I went, "You saw that?"
[ Rustling ]
NARRATOR: Trying to pinpoint
the cause of the activity,
Adriana drifts away from the
relative safety of the group.
♪♪
[ Rustling ]
♪♪
[ Gasping ]
[ Choking ]
All of a sudden,
I was feeling short breaths.
I'm feeling
like I can't breathe,
just feel like something
just sat on my chest.
[ Gasping, coughing ]
Can't br--
We could see immediately.
I mean, she was pretty vocal
about how she was feeling,
saying, like,
"I don't feel right.
I feel a heaviness in my chest,
like something's pushing on it."
All of a sudden,
she kind of went [Gasps],
and whatever it was
seems to have released.
She was no longer feeling
the pressure in her chest.
Okay, we're getting
out of here.
[ Gasping continues ]
NARRATOR:
Terrified for their safety,
the investigators run
from the clearing.
[ Crashing ]
[ Screams ]
♪♪
I believe that it was a
very malevolent presence,
possibly a demonic
presence in the forest,
that connected with Adriana.
[ Gasping ]
-Oh, my God.
NARRATOR: But once they've
caught their breaths,
the team is determined
to press on.
Even though we were experiencing
such a varied degree
of phenomenons,
we just decided to stick it out.
We had brought with us
a mini ghost box,
which is essentially
a modified radio.
This is meant to allow spirits
to ride the radio waves.
We were trying to literally see
what's out there -- anything.
NARRATOR:
They don't have to wait long
for the spirits to make contact.
DEEP VOICE: Da.
Out of the box
comes the word "da,"
which is "yes" in Romanian.
[ Speaking Romanian ]
DESROCHERS:
We asked about Vlad Dracula --
Had he come through the
forest at some point?
DEEP VOICE: Da.
And we heard "da" -- "yes."
♪♪
I do not doubt that he
would have gone through
the haunted forest at some point
in his many years of rule.
NARRATOR: But the communication
soon turns sinister.
[ Indistinct voice, snarls ]
There were different voices
coming through the spirit box,
and one voice came up
and said, "Go now."
[ Voice continues ]
That's it. Conversation is done.
[ Voice continues ]
♪♪
NARRATOR:
In Transylvania, Romania,
investigator Michelle Desrochers
has successfully made contact
with the spirits in
a haunted forest.
[ Overlapping groans ]
[ Gasps ]
NARRATOR:
But communication seems
to have taken an ominous turn,
leaving Michelle
and her team fearful
that they might be
in terrible danger.
[ Indistinct voice ]
DESROCHERS: All of a sudden,
we turn around...
and the tree line
is doing something
that I have never seen before.
The trees seemed to be moving.
It looked as though
the tree line was going down.
It was folding onto itself.
FIERASTRAU: It was like
nothing I've ever seen before.
It looked like something was
sort of just walking over.
It was, um...
It was definitely an experience.
[ Low growling ]
NARRATOR: Terrified,
the team decides
to leave the forest immediately.
[ Snarling ]
♪♪
-Aah!
-Run!
[ Screaming ]
[ Rustling ]
We could hear something
beside us.
It was like crunching
in the leaves,
and it sounded to us
like footsteps.
And whatever it was,
it was keeping up with us.
We looked back,
and there's eyes.
There's two glowing eyes.
It wasn't an animal.
I have never seen anything
like that in my life.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
It was definitely...
For me, it was probably the
scariest thing that I've seen.
[ Snarling ]
-Go, go, go, go!
-Aah!
[ Growling ]
[ Rustling ]
NARRATOR: Michelle and her team
make it out of the forest
and head as quickly as
possible back into town.
[ Screaming ]
♪♪
DESROCHERS:
We got back to the hotel.
Adriana went to her room, and
Melissa and I went to our room.
I think that we had had a
really long, exhausting day.
It was probably about
: or : in the morning
at this point,
and we were
just trying to get some sleep.
NARRATOR: But the night's events
aren't over yet.
I probably went to sleep for
about an hour, two hours maybe.
And all of a sudden, I wake up.
I had an eerie feeling.
I don't know what's going on,
and I'm looking around the room.
And I'm looking, and there's
this shadow figure there.
[ Screaming ]
I want to get out of there fast.
I definitely think
it was from the forest.
NARRATOR: Terrified,
Adriana bolts from the room.
But for Michelle, the
appearance of the shadowy figure
is very significant.
That tells me that
whatever is in that forest
is completely powerful.
It's more than what I had
come up against before,
and I've been up against
some pretty nasty things.
♪♪
Some things want
to be left alone,
and they have a very long reach.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Paranormal teams
are a united front
against evil spirits.
But when those spirits
thr*aten to divide the team,
all bets are off.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
♪♪
Lake County, Ohio --
home of Madison Seminary.
Built in as a
religious school for adults,
it later became a refuge
for vulnerable women.
At the turn of the last century,
scores of w*r widows live and
die within the seminary walls,
mostly alone and long forgotten
by their families and friends.
♪♪
By the mid-s,
the sanctuary closes,
and the building
stands largely unused.
The decaying property
gains a reputation
as one of Ohio's
most haunted locations.
♪♪
People have seen shadow figures.
People have heard
disembodied voices.
Doors slam on their own.
[ Door slams ]
[ Indistinct whispers ]
It's really just
everything you can imagine,
rolled up all into one.
NARRATOR: Eric McGill is one of
several paranormal investigators
interested
in the alleged haunting.
He's been pursuing ghosts
for over years,
overseeing hundreds of cases
across North America.
McGILL: I've always been
fascinated with the paranormal.
And I realized that strange
things were happening around me,
and I wasn't able
to explain them
through conventional methods.
NARRATOR: He believes that the
activity at the Madison Seminary
sounds like the work
of a trapped spirit.
McGILL:
I had heard that there were
shadow figures that were seen.
They say that people
have been hit,
people have been scratched,
and people have
literally been pushed.
[ Banging, thud ]
[ Gasping, clamoring ]
[ Footsteps departing ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: And so, in ,
Eric decides to conduct an
investigation of the building.
♪♪
I would believe that
most of the activity
would be related
to some of the women
who have lived
their whole, entire lives there.
Once their husbands
had passed away,
they were sent here
with their children,
their possessions that they had,
into these tiny, little
living spaces.
And I just feel like all their
sadness, all their emotion,
may have became trapped
within those walls.
NARRATOR: Eric assembles
his top investigative team --
Amber Wellman, Shawn Gilmore,
Ray Goosby, and Tom Javorsky.
Investigator Tom
is immediately struck
by the atmosphere
inside the seminary.
♪♪
There was a feeling of
tightness in my chest,
like maybe there was
a presence nearby.
All right. Let's start
setting up.
♪♪
Let's start down here.
♪♪
NARRATOR: With the seminary
spanning several floors,
the investigators have
a lot of ground to cover.
But it quickly becomes clear
that someone -- or something --
is expecting visitors.
[ Whooshing ]
[ Laughter ]
McGILL: We started a
walk-through in the basement,
where we found a doll.
♪♪
It was really weird and
a little creepy.
And we set up our equipment
and left to continue
the investigation.
[ Laughter continues ]
And suddenly we heard
this loud sound...
[ Crashing ]
...coming from the doll's room.
We went back into the room
to investigate.
[ Laughter continues ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Lake County, Ohio,
an old seminary has
captured the attention
of paranormal investigator
Eric McGill and his team.
But before the investigation
even begins,
Eric and his team are in
for a chilling surprise.
McGILL: Suddenly,
we heard this loud sound...
[ Crashing ]
...coming from the doll's room.
We went back into the room
to investigate.
♪♪
Something had taken the head
off of this doll
and put it
in the center of the room.
[ Faint laughter ]
♪♪
We were shocked.
We never touched the doll.
We had no idea how the head
come off of that thing.
♪♪
[ High-pitched noise ]
NARRATOR: Meanwhile,
Shawn and Amber head upstairs --
formerly the living quarters
of the women housed
at the seminary.
McGILL: Shawn and Amber
were in the kitchen,
setting up one of the
stationary cameras.
♪♪
[ Low droning sound ]
Did you hear that?
[ Low moan ]
We captured the EVP of what
sounds like a raspy moan.
[ Low moan ]
When we get activity like this
early on in the night,
it's very exciting for us.
NARRATOR:
Pleased to have captured
signs of activity so early,
Shawn and Amber
head up to the fourth floor.
When Sean and Amber
had reached the fourth floor...
-[ Humming ]
-...Amber started humming.
Amber is a sensitive,
and she has the ability to
see and hear and feel things
that not everybody can
see, hear, and feel.
NARRATOR: The mysterious humming
now becomes audible
to the whole team.
[ Humming continues ]
-You're hearing that, right?
-Yeah.
We heard this hum.
It was disembodied.
We were on the fourth floor of
an area that used to house
patients who were
considered mentally insane.
Try to be quick.
The source of this female hum
could have been
one of the patients who
were there at one time.
[ Humming continues ]
-Where is everyone?
NARRATOR: The humming seems to
be having a strange effect
on the investigators.
[ Humming continues ]
Amber? Amber!
McGILL:
This is when it all started.
This is when the emotions
started to run high.
What -- What is wrong
with you?!
-And you can shut up, as well!
-You're being ridiculous.
McGILL: And I didn't really
know what the source was
for all this irritation.
Things were starting to
get a little strange.
Occasionally, maybe one person
has an att*ck of some type.
But as a...
The whole team!
The whole team seemed like
they were being influenced
by things we could not see.
-You want to fight?
-Yes, I do!
-All right, come on!
-Hey, hey hey!
Everyone relax!
Let's go downstairs
and clear our heads.
McGILL:
I'm literally embarrassed by
the way that we were behaving.
There was something
up there with us,
and it made us all act
uncharacteristically.
[ Humming continues ]
One thing that I think
we can all agree upon
is that a spirit with
this kind of ability
certainly must have a
decent amount of power.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Deeply unsettled
but determined to continue,
Eric and his team move to
another part of the seminary
to begin EDI, or electronic data
interchange readings,
with a view to make indirect
contact with the spirits.
Is there someone in
the room with us?
McGILL: What we do is
we ask questions,
and if we can get a response,
we'll know if there's
a spirit present
and causing that electromagnetic
disturbance to be detected.
McGILL: If there is,
can you give us a sign?
We're here
to help you.
Is there someone in
the room with us?
[ Beeping ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Lake County, Ohio,
the spirits
at a disused seminary
have divided
a close-knit paranormal team.
[ Overlapping shouting ]
-Hey! Stay out of this!
NARRATOR: But, putting their
differences to one side,
the team is determined to
make contact with a spirit
before the night is through.
McGILL: Is there someone
in the room with us?
[ Beeping ]
-I'm getting something, guys.
[ Beeping continues ]
During our EDI device session,
Ray noted
what appeared to be a figure
standing outside in the hallway,
just moments after our
EDI device started to alarm.
JAVORSKY: This figure was
the size of a man,
and Ray says it darted
from left to right.
[ Beeping ]
GOOSBY: Who are you?
[ Beeping continues ]
What do you want?
Can you give us a sign?
JAVORSKY:
We were actually quite excited
because we were getting
direct responses.
What Ray saw was validated
by the device going off.
[ Rapid beeping ]
One of our static cameras
picked up an EVP.
It called out the name Jack.
We have no idea who Jack was,
but somebody wanted
to talk to him.
NARRATOR:
With contact established
and the visit proving fruitful,
the investigators are keen
to continue their work.
[ Multiple devices beeping ]
But team member Amber begins
to feel a strong presence,
and it's very close.
McGILL: Suddenly Amber felt like
she was being touched.
[ Raspy voice ]
-[ Screaming ]
[ Screaming, panting ]
[ Beeping ]
Guys, something
just touched me!
NARRATOR:
As the activity intensifies
and more team members
are affected,
panic starts to set in.
It felt to her like
something was kind of
going through her hair.
[ Panicking ] There's
someone touching my hair!
[ Screaming ]
It's touching my hair!
It's touching me.
Amber described the feeling
as cobwebs.
And it's not uncommon
for investigators to feel
this cobwebby-type feeling
on an investigation.
JAVORSKY:
And we knew there was something
trying to communicate
with the team,
and it was very eager
to be noticed.
[ Banging ]
McGILL: We heard something loud.
[ Banging continues ]
It sounded like something
had been thrown...
[ Banging continues ]
...and not gently.
[ Banging ]
Aah!
None of us know
what was going on.
[ Banging continues ]
Everyone pack up.
We're out of here.
[ Banging, shouting ]
[ Objects clattering ]
At this stage,
we had just reached our limit,
so we decided to pack things up
and just get out of there.
♪♪
We started rushing,
just trying to get out of there.
NARRATOR:
Grabbing the remaining gear,
the investigators run
from the building.
♪♪
McGILL: Getting outside
of Madison Seminary
after that kind of
investigation,
after that kind of activity,
I felt a lot better --
so much better.
It was like a burden
lifted off you, you know?
NARRATOR:
But despite their experiences,
Eric and his team are left with
more questions than answers.
JAVORSKY: When you go
into a building like this,
with this high level of energy,
you come away with
sometimes the feeling that
your energy has been drained.
It may take several days
to recover.
And you would like to know more,
but maybe you'll never
have those answers.
♪♪
McGILL:
I'm not sure what entities
are actually
at the Madison Seminary.
We assume that it was likely
some of the former patients.
But one thing that
we all agree upon
is they're very, very powerful,
and they have the ability
to influence your emotions
and your actions, as well.
♪♪