02x12 - Taken Over
Posted: 07/14/23 11:39
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 Ohio,
the spirit of an old woman...
[ Woman screams ]
...makes it chillingly clear
that no one is welcome
in her home.
WOMAN: Get out!
Fear starts running through you.
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Illinois,
a paranormal investigator's
biggest nightmare...
I start to feel something
come across me.
NARRATOR: ...comes to life
when the ghost of a dead girl
tries to possess her.
Aah!
And in Arizona, ghost hunters
fear they may never surface...
Aah!
...when they seek out evil
entities lurking underground.
Like she's being pulled
by the spiritual energy.
Marie!
Tried to take her away from me.
Aah!
♪♪
NARRATOR: Along the waterfront
just outside Toledo, Ohio,
stands a charming
and historic cottage.
♪♪
It's been in the Majors'
family for years.
♪♪
The vacation property
should be a place
of peace and tranquility,
where lasting memories are made.
♪♪
[ Woman humming ]
NARRATOR: But soon,
bizarre events start happening
that put the family on edge.
[ Indistinct whispering ]
♪♪
They would hear voices.
They would see shadows.
Just the energy in there.
They were completely frightened.
NARRATOR: One night,
Brett Majors and his girlfriend
sense an odd presence.
And it soon becomes quite clear
they are not alone.
[ Woman continues humming ]
[ Indistinct whispering
continues ]
♪♪
Aah!
♪♪
Get out!
ZUZIC: They heard a female's
voice say, "Get out!"
They were frightened.
They were completely frightened
of what was happening
in this house.
[ Woman continues humming ]
NARRATOR:
Scared and confused, Brett turns
to a paranormal investigator
for help.
♪♪
Karlo Zuzic is a veteran
in this field.
He's been on hundreds of cases
and is fascinated
by the supernatural.
♪♪
ZUZIC: There is nothing in
this world that'll make me stop
being a paranormal investigator.
I am so intrigued by the field.
You know,
there's so many answers
that I want to get.
[ Birds chirping ]
NARRATOR:
When Karlo takes the case,
he learns that Brett has an idea
of what, or rather who,
is haunting the cottage.
♪♪
Aunt Helen, the previous owner,
she was a mean lady.
As kids, they weren't even
allowed to go in the house.
She was so protective
of this house
that they would have
to stand on the porch.
She would not let them
in the house.
Now, hearing these stories, I
believe that energy that's there
is gonna be very, very dominant.
It's protecting its place,
and it's not letting go.
♪♪
[ Woman humming ]
They've seen a female
presence there.
They heard
a female's voice there.
They would see things
that resembled
what Aunt Helen used to do.
♪♪
Well, the one thing
Brett wanted us to achieve
was to get him answers.
He wanted to know for sure
if Aunt Helen was the person
haunting the home.
[ Woman continues humming ]
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Karlo arrives at the cottage
with seasoned investigator
Chris Page.
He immediately senses
a heaviness in the air.
The presence inside
the home was so strong
that it actually makes you stop.
♪♪
It's almost like a wall
that you hit upon.
NARRATOR:
Karlo and Chris are eager
to find concrete signs of Helen.
They head upstairs
to start their investigation
in her old bedroom.
If she's gonna strike out
and be angry
and have any immediate activity,
it would be in her bedroom.
So that's where we went.
Aunt Helen,
is this your home?
ZUZIC: And we just started
asking specific questions.
Can you make a sound
for us?
♪♪
[ Woman humming ]
And then, all of a sudden,
you can hear clearly
a woman out in the hallway.
It sounded like she was humming.
[ Woman humming ]
♪♪
And we're like,
"What the hell was that?"
[ Woman continues humming ]
NARRATOR: Karlo is anxious to
learn what is making the sound.
But he is not prepared
for what he finds.
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ZUZIC: Whoa.
Oh!
This dark mass
steps out of the bathroom.
It's looking at me for a second,
and then it steps back.
And, you know,
it was freaking me out.
Whoa.
Oh!
Holy [bleep]
I'm trying to comprehend
what I'm seeing.
Everything's racing
through your mind.
You know, your heart's
beating fast.
There's a figure
standing in front of me.
What you're seeing is a spirit.
Aunt Helen,
are you here?
We actually asked
something like,
you know,
"Aunt Helen, was that you?"
WOMAN: [ Whispering ]
I'm here.
And on the recording,
you hear, "I'm here."
I'm here.
My reaction when I heard the EVP
just gave me chills.
All the hair on my arms
is standing up.
I'm here.
Not only did I see
the shadow figure,
now this thing's speaking to us.
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[ Bang ]
Aah!
And then all of a sudden,
I hear this loud bang.
NARRATOR: They fear Aunt Helen
is behind this.
Determined to find her,
they race downstairs.
The moment we got down there,
we started doing
the EVP session.
[ Footsteps ]
♪♪
[ Indistinct whispering ]
We heard what sounded
like a woman speaking.
[ Indistinct whispering ]
I'm like, yeah, you know?
We're trying to figure out
what it's saying.
NARRATOR: The next thing
they hear is shocking.
[ Woman shrieking ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Ohio, ghost hunters
Karlo Zuzic and Chris Page
seek out the spirit
of a woman...
Are you here?
...believed to be haunting
her family's vacation home.
They pick up signs of her
right away.
First, a shadow.
ZUZIC:
Whoa. Holy [bleep]
NARRATOR:
Now a scream.
[ Woman shrieking ]
♪♪
This female just screams,
like, just an angry,
frustrating scream
that came through the house.
NARRATOR: This blood-curdling
scream terrifies them.
She's screaming at you, like,
basically telling you get out,
or she's mad at you
for being there.
It's a shock.
It's a jolt to your system,
you know? You jump back.
And, you know, you kind of get,
like, that gut punch.
It's an immediate response,
because it's something
that shouldn't be going on.
Out of hundreds
of investigations,
maybe once or twice that you've
ever heard anything like that.
NARRATOR:
Overcome by the activity,
they leave the area immediately,
hoping to regroup.
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But the spirit won't let them.
[ Thumping ]
ZUZIC: You could hear
somebody stomping,
almost like they were mad.
They were having a fit
that we're in their house.
NARRATOR:
What they witness next
stops them dead in their tracks.
And you could see
a darker figure,
probably about foot tall.
But once we see that,
we start freaking out.
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[ Gasps ]
The shadow figure,
it just darts past you,
going to another bedroom.
Seeing the shadow person
put us on edge again.
We thought that it was
probably still Aunt Helen.
Fear starts running through you.
You're always gonna be scared
when you see something.
It's our human nature.
It happens.
[ Clattering ]
And then all of the sudden,
we heard movement downstairs.
It sounded like someone
was moving furniture.
[ Scraping ]
Almost like they were trying
to get us to come down here.
[ Scraping continues ]
♪♪
You could hear something moving
and making noises, like,
right by the porch area.
[ Scraping continues ]
Karlo decided
to start snapping photos.
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[ Door creaks ]
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: One of the photos
confirms what they suspect.
♪♪
You could see clearly
what looks like a woman
standing on the porch,
looking at us.
♪♪
Seeing that, you know,
it just sent chills
through my body.
I know what I'm looking at.
I caught Aunt Helen on film.
NARRATOR: With that photo
comes conclusive proof
that it is Helen
who is haunting the cottage.
♪♪
They end the investigation
and reveal their findings
to Brett.
This validation brings Brett
and his family relief.
But despite all the terror
their aunt has unleashed
upon them,
they decline a cleansing.
Karlo and Chris admit
Helen has left a lasting
impression on them.
ZUZIC: Being an investigator,
this case was different.
This one has many
different stories.
You know, you're
capturing stuff on video.
You're capturing it on film.
You're capturing audio.
Everything happened
on this investigation
that you wouldn't expect.
The intensity,
that's the crazy thing to me,
is just how strong
the spirit was,
how nasty the spirit was.
♪♪
ZUZIC:
Till this day, Aunt Helen,
she's still protecting her home.
She's not gonna give it up.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Still to come, a husband
and wife ghost hunting team
become the hunted when they
seek out spirits underground.
♪♪
These spirits that are down
there are opportunist hunters.
And they were looking,
as predators, for prey.
Ow!
NARRATOR:
But first, aggressive spirits
at a haunted home
use terror and threats
to drive out a father-daughter
investigative team.
I could feel this thing
touching me.
Aah!
It targeted Anna.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
In Watseka, Illinois,
miles south of Chicago,
stands a historic house
with a disturbing past.
♪♪
In , it was home
to -year-old Mary Roff
and her family.
Tragically, that same year,
the troubled teen passed away.
Then, over a decade later,
something inexplicable
and very strange occurs.
It seems as though
the spirit of Mary has returned
in the form of Lurancy Vennum,
the -year-old neighbor
of the Roffs.
♪♪
This was one of the first
documented cases
of possession in America.
She knew details about Mary Roff
that she shouldn't have.
She was able to do things that
Mary Roff was very fluid with,
such as playing the piano...
♪♪
...things that convinced
the Roff family
that she was absolutely
connected to Mary.
NARRATOR: Lurancy goes to live
with the Roff family
throughout the possession.
It lasts for days,
after which the young girl
claims Mary has left her.
But Mary's spirit appears
to live on at the home.
♪♪
Throughout the years,
multiple owners and residents
report bizarre events inside.
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ALAN:
Everything from footsteps,
knocking, disembodied voices.
[ Children laughing ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: The activity
captures the attention
of paranormal investigator
Alan Tolf.
With a background in law
and a decade of experience
hunting ghosts,
Alan is one of the top experts
in this field.
Investigating the paranormal,
it's a lot of work.
I'm an adrenaline junkie.
I love the rush
of capturing some unexplainable.
It's exciting.
He works with his daughter,
Anna Tolf.
As a paranormal investigator,
I've learned
there's definitely something
that exists beyond our death
and far beyond
our mind being able
to comprehend the concept.
There are things around us
that we can't see,
can't touch,
but they can see us, touch us.
NARRATOR:
In , Alan arranges
to investigate the Roff home.
♪♪
We had hoped to document
or capture
Mary Roff.
NARRATOR: The Tolfs are eager
but also anxious.
ANNA: One of my biggest fears
is possession.
And so going into this place,
that fear was just intensified.
The fact that Anna
is a sensitive
makes her more vulnerable
to being possessed.
ANNA: That fear is really
off the charts.
♪♪
ALAN: We began investigating
in the living room area
of the house.
♪♪
Past the piano, I noticed
something out of the norm.
♪♪
Anna.
I stopped rolling and asked Anna
to take a look at the footage.
I think
I got something here.
ANNA:
It's very clear, very defined.
It looks like a girl
standing next to the piano.
ALAN: She has a white dress on,
very pale.
I really think it could
have been Mary Roff.
♪♪
ALAN: We were both blown away
upon identifying this apparition
of this young lady.
[ Beeping ]
NARRATOR: Not only do they
see Mary's spirit,
they sense it, too.
The room felt very charged.
It was very electric.
It kind of settled into,
there's somebody
in the room with us.
It shifts a little bit
from the excitement
to being a little bit
more apprehensive.
♪♪
I started to feel something
come across me.
I could physically feel it,
could feel it deep inside,
like a tingly vibration feeling,
like something was touching me.
♪♪
Aah!
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Illinois,
ghost hunters Alan and Anna Tolf
investigate the infamous home
where a young girl possessed
another back in the s.
Now the spirit of Mary Roff
threatens Anna.
♪♪
ANNA:
I could feel it deep inside,
like a tingly vibration feeling,
like something was touching me.
♪♪
-Aah! Dad!
-Anna.
She shouts out,
"Dad, can you come over here?
Something just touched me."
[ Beeping ]
ANNA:
I did start to freak out
when I could feel this thing
touching me.
You can't see it,
and you can feel it
physically touching you.
I did scream out,
requesting that Dad come
check me with the Mel meter.
♪♪
ALAN: I moved over
to Anna's left side,
moved the Mel meter
down by her thigh area,
where the Mel Meter did register
an EMF reading.
Upon reviewing the DVR footage,
a small light anomaly
appears out of the floor.
It moves along
the arm of the couch.
It moves down her left
outer thigh area,
down her leg, and into
the floor and disappears.
I believe that that little
ball of energy
was Mary Roff.
And I believe she was attempting
to get Anna's attention.
It targeted Anna.
♪♪
NARRATOR: They attempt
to contact the spirit
to confirm that it is
indeed Mary.
Who's here with us?
What's your name?
We were asking who was
in the room with us,
who was making me
feel the way I was,
who was it that we saw
by the piano.
Mary.
We start capturing
the name Mary.
♪♪
It was female.
And it states "Mary"
very clearly.
♪♪
The activity in the
investigation is escalating.
Do you want
to talk to us, Mary?
♪♪
NARRATOR:
The spirit, clearly agitated,
now affects them physically
in a very frightening way.
♪♪
ANNA: We started feeling
a very heavy presence.
We felt sick to our stomach,
headaches,
just physically feeling ill.
Both Anna and myself
became nauseated.
I think when a spirit makes you
feel that way, it's threatening,
because something's not gonna
make you feel that way
if it had good intentions.
♪♪
ALAN:
It felt like an attack.
With the history of the home,
we were absolutely concerned.
We felt we needed
to get out of the house.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Alan and Anna
find refuge in their car.
Their equipment allows them
to keep an eye
on what's happening
inside the home.
♪♪
We were able to view the camera
and maneuver the camera
from the vehicle,
using a cellular phone.
[ Child laughing ]
ANNA: We immediately started
hearing giggling,
sounded like
little kids chattering.
You would hear
the little footsteps.
[ Children cackling ]
♪♪
Like they're running
around the house
playing some sort of
hide and seek with the camera.
[children laughing]
NARRATOR: They decide it's time
to go back in the house.
They have their next run-in
right away.
♪♪
We heard footsteps
run across the upstairs floor.
[ Footsteps ]
The footsteps sounded
distinctly like a child
running across the wood floor
above us.
[ Footsteps ]
♪♪
ANNA: We go upstairs to check it
out, and then all of a sudden,
you can hear
the footsteps downstairs.
[ Footsteps ]
♪♪
ALAN: We got downstairs
to see what was happening,
and, again, didn't
find anything.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Then they hear
something terrifying.
[ Woman screams ]
A scream.
Sounded like somebody was upset.
[ Indistinct gasp ]
ANNA: We both heard it
clear as day, a woman shout.
You couldn't tell
what she was saying,
but you heard someone
scream at you.
[ Indistinct gasp ]
It reverberated off the walls
within the house.
♪♪
It was disturbing.
NARRATOR: Alan and Anna
push their fear aside
to follow the sound
of the scream.
It brings them
to Mary's bedroom.
♪♪
Is there anyone here?
[ Crash in distance ]
Is there anything
you'd like to tell us?
ANNA: We were up there
doing an EVP session,
hearing footsteps, hearing
knocks and bangs on the wood.
[ Thumping, tapping ]
ALAN: We captured the same
female voice coming through,
identifying themselves as Mary.
Where are you, Mary?
I'm home.
♪♪
ANNA: We know that Mary
can possess people.
And with that knowledge,
it intensifies the fear.
NARRATOR:
Anna's anxiety is justified.
At that moment, something
terrifying comes over her.
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Illinois,
paranormal investigator
Anna Tolf fears
her worst nightmare
is coming true.
-Aah! Dad!
-Anna!
...when a spirit tries
to take over her body and soul.
ANNA: We know that Mary
can possess people.
And with that knowledge,
it intensifies the fear.
♪♪
Being possessed is one
of the most dangerous things
you can encounter
dealing with the paranormal.
It would consume your mind,
your body, your soul.
You'd have no control
over your thoughts,
your feelings, your actions.
The dangers are extreme.
NARRATOR: The spirit of Mary
isn't the only one
they have to fear.
Something else
is in the room with them.
Back down.
ALAN: A male voice
began coming through.
Aggressive and
un-welcoming responses.
We really felt like
that was probably Mary's dad.
It sounded like a father
protecting his daughter.
And I can absolutely
relate to that.
♪♪
Very direct, very demanding,
very stern,
telling us to leave, get out.
Leave home.
This activity
could be a precursor
to something much, much worse.
You could tell we weren't
welcome there any longer.
And at this point,
Anna and I made the decision
that it was time
that we ended the investigation.
♪♪
NARRATOR: While their time at
the Roff home was frightening,
the opportunity to investigate
and validate the claims
was worth it.
♪♪
The Roff home is a very,
very chilling location.
♪♪
This investigation
was extremely active.
There are a lot of indicators
that there's more than one
spirit in the home.
Back down.
So many people had tried
communicating with Mary,
trying to get her
to come through,
and we were capable of doing so.
And I feel she knew who we were,
and I felt she chose us
to be the ones
she communicated with.
Mary.
Mary is still in the home.
She's lingering around
for whatever reason.
She's there, and she's made
her presence known to us,
and I feel she will
make he presence known
to others, as well.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Paranormal investigators
face terrifying consequences
when they unearth dangerous
spirits deep underground.
♪♪
I witnessed images
of people standing around me.
♪♪
Whoa!
♪♪
NARRATOR: miles north of
Phoenix lies Prescott, Arizona,
an old mining town
with a notorious past.
In the th century,
opium use was rampant.
But when police
cracked down on the drug,
the business went underground.
♪♪
A network of tunnels below
Prescott became home to addicts,
pimps, prostitutes,
and violent criminals.
♪♪
Today, those brave enough
to explore the tunnels
cite bizarre
and terrifying experiences.
They had seen shadow figures
and people moving
throughout these tunnels,
and there would be nobody there.
Different noises talking,
coming from within the tunnels.
There's some locals that
refuse to go into the tunnels
due to the claims.
NARRATOR: The stories
capture the attention
of paranormal investigator
Jay Yates.
Jay has years
experience in the field,
some of it very personal.
I grew up experiencing
this type of phenomenon
as far back as I could remember,
which definitely helped
keep my interests
into the paranormal
to look for answers.
With the combination
of my investigative skills
as a law enforcement officer
in the past,
it all kind of rounded me
in who I am today.
NARRATOR: Together, he
and his wife, Marie,
form the Crossing Over
Paranormal Society.
I got into this field
to actually seek the truth.
I still haven't
found all the truth,
so I'm not gonna stop.
NARRATOR: In , Jay and Marie
arrive in Prescott,
eager to explore the tunnels.
Oh, wow.
JAY:
We were quite interested to see
if there was any paranormal
legitimacy
behind the claims
of them being haunted,
and it sounded as if
it was promising
due to the history.
NARRATOR:
Underground, it is dark, eerie,
and claustrophobic.
A place like this can be prone
to paranormal activity
due to the energy that was
pumped into those locations.
I mean, there was a lot
of negative, dark things
that were happening within
these dens and these tunnels.
You definitely felt like
you weren't alone
while you were down there,
even if when it was just Marie
and I standing there.
♪♪
The air becomes dark and muggy.
It's very dusty.
It makes it difficult
to breathe.
There's a lot
of different dangers
that we have to worry about.
Your fears can make you think
you're hearing
or feeling things.
NARRATOR: Despite their
concerns, they decide
to split up
to cover more ground.
♪♪
JAY: One of the first rooms
that I recall setting up in
was a room
that kind of felt odd.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Despite his trepidation,
Jay's anxious to make contact
with the entities present.
But as he sets up
a spirit board,
a feeling of uneasiness
washes over him.
Marie!
Feeling unsettled,
Jay becomes concerned
not only for his safety
but for Marie's.
Marie.
Marie!
Ow!
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Arizona, husband
and wife ghost-hunting team
Jay and Marie Yates
investigate the notorious
Prescott Tunnels.
But after they split up, Jay
becomes increasingly worried.
There's a lot
of different dangers
that we have to worry about.
Marie.
Marie!
He goes to look for her
to make sure she's okay.
♪♪
Jay witnesses
something troubling
when he finally finds her.
Marie.
♪♪
JAY: Marie is at this hole
of this tunnel,
and she's acting like
she's gonna crawl in this hole.
Kind of like, you know, "Marie,
what the hell are you doing?"
Marie?
I have no recall at all
of how I got there,
but I go into a trance,
and I guess I sort of
reach into the spirit world.
She kind of looks at me
just completely
like where you're
looking at someone,
but you're almost looking
right through 'em,
like she's being pulled
by the spiritual energy.
Kind of like usher
away from this hole
'cause I know she's not kind of,
like, in her right mind.
When I do take her
away from this hole,
she, like, kind of starts coming
back to herself a little bit.
What's going on?
NARRATOR:
Despite Jay's efforts,
Marie is not out of danger yet.
What's wrong? Marie, look at
me. Look at me.
Look at me.
-Ow!
-What's wrong?
-God. What's --
-Ow! Mm!
MARIE:
All of a sudden, I felt, like,
almost like a stinging,
just a bad burning sensation.
No, my ankle.
I'm like, "Oh, my God. My leg.
I think I probably
just got bit."
It's actually affecting
the whole back of my leg.
It really hurts.
She's in some serious pain.
-No. No.
-What is it? What is it?
JAY: She shows me her leg, and
she has, like, a sharp scratch,
a wound on her leg.
♪♪
I really sincerely believe
that, you know,
these spirits that are down
there are opportunists hunters,
and they were looking,
as predators, for prey.
And in this particular
situation, it was Marie,
and they were trying
to isolate her.
They were trying
to take her away from me.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Although in severe pain,
Marie insists on continuing
the investigation.
♪♪
They head back
into the first chamber.
♪♪
Jay starts
a spirit board session,
but he's not prepared
for what happens next.
♪♪
As I was about to put my hand
on the planchette,
it sh**t across the board.
I kind of yell, jump back,
you know,
and she's like
"What's going on?"
and I'm like, "The planchette
moved," you know?
and I'm, like, trying
to, like, in my mind
come up with
rational explanations,
because that's very unusual
for something like that
to happen.
I really did believe that I was
in the presence of a spirit.
♪♪
That shook me up a little bit.
NARRATOR: He has a frightening
physical reaction.
-[ Coughing ]
-Jay.
Jay! Jay!
His stomach started hurting him.
Felt like he was gonna throw up,
and his head
started hurting him.
Jay is not the type of person
to actually get sick
while he's actually
on an investigation.
It's very rare.
Ohh!
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Arizona, while
investigating haunted tunnels
beneath the town of Prescott,
ghost hunter Jay Yates
comes under attack.
I really did believe that I was
in the presence of a spirit.
-[ Coughing ]
-Jay. Jay!
Jay is not the type of person
to actually get sick
while he's actually
on an investigation.
It's very rare.
He was coming in contact
with a spirit.
And I believe that the way the
spirit was reaching out to him
is affecting his body
and how he was feeling.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Once they leave the chamber,
Jay starts to feel well enough
to continue
with the investigation.
He tempts fate
with something daring.
I informed Marie
that I wanted to be by myself,
and I wanted to perform
a sensory experiment.
About ready to do
the FSO experiment,
fear sensory overload,
by myself.
Opium den.
Whiskey Row, Prescott, Arizona.
My idea is to increase
my fear response,
which then enhances
the emotional energy
within the room.
I was kind of reluctant
to do it.
Honestly, I was kind of worried.
Really kind of [bleep] scared
to do this [bleep] right now,
to be honest with you.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
For this experiment,
Jay suppresses his senses.
♪♪
I was kind of, like,
fearful to do it.
I had to push myself
to actually go through with it.
But I wanted to see if could
potentially make contact
with the other side.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Almost immediately,
a wave of paranoia hits Jay.
He starts to panic.
♪♪
My heart rate increased.
I began to sweat.
I began to be very paranoid
of my surroundings.
♪♪
Something walked into the room
where I was alone.
You could hear the dirt
being kicked around.
It sounded like somebody
was right up next to the mic.
♪♪
I witnessed images
of people standing around me.
You can't really make out faces.
You can't really
make out details.
These reddish images
of these people
standing right in front of me,
so it was frightening.
On this particular instance,
I'm definitely feeling
an emotion of anger,
confusion, disorientation,
and I'm also hearing sounds.
♪♪
Marie comes through the door,
and she's trying
to get my attention.
♪♪
I'm probably not even
feet away from him.
I said, "Jay."
He didn't respond.
Jay?
NARRATOR: Marie worries
for her husband's safety
and decides to interrupt
the experiment.
Jay!
Jay! Jay?
MARIE: I did tap him on his leg
to try to get his attention.
Aah!
And I rip off my goggles,
and here, Marie is standing
in front of me,
so I kind of had
this emotional reaction.
Aah!
I startled him very badly.
Definitely was something
that was disorienting,
to the point of almost
nausea and sickness.
NARRATOR: With increased
activity and Jay's unsteadiness,
it's far too risky
to continue on.
We need
to get out of here.
[ Groans ]
Oh [bleep]
♪♪
Let's go.
Go, go, go, go, go.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
When they're back aboveground,
they review their footage.
It confirms
what Jay had sensed all along.
I legitimately had
what appears to be
a supernatural occurrence.
♪♪
By the end of the investigation,
I really felt
that the opium dens did harbor
intelligent spiritual energy
and that they were
in fact haunted.
NARRATOR:
The events to this day
still weigh on Jay and Marie.
♪♪
JAY: There are several dangers
within this den and tunnel.
I feel that if we would
have stayed longer at
the investigation,
you're gonna get hurt
by this spirit.
I wasn't willing to risk myself
or Marie's safety.
NARRATOR:
This investigation has left them
with more questions
than answers.
I think we'd both
be willing to go back there
and give it another go.
Specifically, I would
like to know who it was
that touched or attempted
to attack Marie.
-Ow!
-What's wrong?
-God. What's --
-Ow! Mm!
And was the same person
that was messing with me
the same person
that was messing with Jay?
Aah!
♪♪
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 Ohio,
the spirit of an old woman...
[ Woman screams ]
...makes it chillingly clear
that no one is welcome
in her home.
WOMAN: Get out!
Fear starts running through you.
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Illinois,
a paranormal investigator's
biggest nightmare...
I start to feel something
come across me.
NARRATOR: ...comes to life
when the ghost of a dead girl
tries to possess her.
Aah!
And in Arizona, ghost hunters
fear they may never surface...
Aah!
...when they seek out evil
entities lurking underground.
Like she's being pulled
by the spiritual energy.
Marie!
Tried to take her away from me.
Aah!
♪♪
NARRATOR: Along the waterfront
just outside Toledo, Ohio,
stands a charming
and historic cottage.
♪♪
It's been in the Majors'
family for years.
♪♪
The vacation property
should be a place
of peace and tranquility,
where lasting memories are made.
♪♪
[ Woman humming ]
NARRATOR: But soon,
bizarre events start happening
that put the family on edge.
[ Indistinct whispering ]
♪♪
They would hear voices.
They would see shadows.
Just the energy in there.
They were completely frightened.
NARRATOR: One night,
Brett Majors and his girlfriend
sense an odd presence.
And it soon becomes quite clear
they are not alone.
[ Woman continues humming ]
[ Indistinct whispering
continues ]
♪♪
Aah!
♪♪
Get out!
ZUZIC: They heard a female's
voice say, "Get out!"
They were frightened.
They were completely frightened
of what was happening
in this house.
[ Woman continues humming ]
NARRATOR:
Scared and confused, Brett turns
to a paranormal investigator
for help.
♪♪
Karlo Zuzic is a veteran
in this field.
He's been on hundreds of cases
and is fascinated
by the supernatural.
♪♪
ZUZIC: There is nothing in
this world that'll make me stop
being a paranormal investigator.
I am so intrigued by the field.
You know,
there's so many answers
that I want to get.
[ Birds chirping ]
NARRATOR:
When Karlo takes the case,
he learns that Brett has an idea
of what, or rather who,
is haunting the cottage.
♪♪
Aunt Helen, the previous owner,
she was a mean lady.
As kids, they weren't even
allowed to go in the house.
She was so protective
of this house
that they would have
to stand on the porch.
She would not let them
in the house.
Now, hearing these stories, I
believe that energy that's there
is gonna be very, very dominant.
It's protecting its place,
and it's not letting go.
♪♪
[ Woman humming ]
They've seen a female
presence there.
They heard
a female's voice there.
They would see things
that resembled
what Aunt Helen used to do.
♪♪
Well, the one thing
Brett wanted us to achieve
was to get him answers.
He wanted to know for sure
if Aunt Helen was the person
haunting the home.
[ Woman continues humming ]
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Karlo arrives at the cottage
with seasoned investigator
Chris Page.
He immediately senses
a heaviness in the air.
The presence inside
the home was so strong
that it actually makes you stop.
♪♪
It's almost like a wall
that you hit upon.
NARRATOR:
Karlo and Chris are eager
to find concrete signs of Helen.
They head upstairs
to start their investigation
in her old bedroom.
If she's gonna strike out
and be angry
and have any immediate activity,
it would be in her bedroom.
So that's where we went.
Aunt Helen,
is this your home?
ZUZIC: And we just started
asking specific questions.
Can you make a sound
for us?
♪♪
[ Woman humming ]
And then, all of a sudden,
you can hear clearly
a woman out in the hallway.
It sounded like she was humming.
[ Woman humming ]
♪♪
And we're like,
"What the hell was that?"
[ Woman continues humming ]
NARRATOR: Karlo is anxious to
learn what is making the sound.
But he is not prepared
for what he finds.
♪♪
ZUZIC: Whoa.
Oh!
This dark mass
steps out of the bathroom.
It's looking at me for a second,
and then it steps back.
And, you know,
it was freaking me out.
Whoa.
Oh!
Holy [bleep]
I'm trying to comprehend
what I'm seeing.
Everything's racing
through your mind.
You know, your heart's
beating fast.
There's a figure
standing in front of me.
What you're seeing is a spirit.
Aunt Helen,
are you here?
We actually asked
something like,
you know,
"Aunt Helen, was that you?"
WOMAN: [ Whispering ]
I'm here.
And on the recording,
you hear, "I'm here."
I'm here.
My reaction when I heard the EVP
just gave me chills.
All the hair on my arms
is standing up.
I'm here.
Not only did I see
the shadow figure,
now this thing's speaking to us.
♪♪
[ Bang ]
Aah!
And then all of a sudden,
I hear this loud bang.
NARRATOR: They fear Aunt Helen
is behind this.
Determined to find her,
they race downstairs.
The moment we got down there,
we started doing
the EVP session.
[ Footsteps ]
♪♪
[ Indistinct whispering ]
We heard what sounded
like a woman speaking.
[ Indistinct whispering ]
I'm like, yeah, you know?
We're trying to figure out
what it's saying.
NARRATOR: The next thing
they hear is shocking.
[ Woman shrieking ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Ohio, ghost hunters
Karlo Zuzic and Chris Page
seek out the spirit
of a woman...
Are you here?
...believed to be haunting
her family's vacation home.
They pick up signs of her
right away.
First, a shadow.
ZUZIC:
Whoa. Holy [bleep]
NARRATOR:
Now a scream.
[ Woman shrieking ]
♪♪
This female just screams,
like, just an angry,
frustrating scream
that came through the house.
NARRATOR: This blood-curdling
scream terrifies them.
She's screaming at you, like,
basically telling you get out,
or she's mad at you
for being there.
It's a shock.
It's a jolt to your system,
you know? You jump back.
And, you know, you kind of get,
like, that gut punch.
It's an immediate response,
because it's something
that shouldn't be going on.
Out of hundreds
of investigations,
maybe once or twice that you've
ever heard anything like that.
NARRATOR:
Overcome by the activity,
they leave the area immediately,
hoping to regroup.
♪♪
But the spirit won't let them.
[ Thumping ]
ZUZIC: You could hear
somebody stomping,
almost like they were mad.
They were having a fit
that we're in their house.
NARRATOR:
What they witness next
stops them dead in their tracks.
And you could see
a darker figure,
probably about foot tall.
But once we see that,
we start freaking out.
♪♪
[ Gasps ]
The shadow figure,
it just darts past you,
going to another bedroom.
Seeing the shadow person
put us on edge again.
We thought that it was
probably still Aunt Helen.
Fear starts running through you.
You're always gonna be scared
when you see something.
It's our human nature.
It happens.
[ Clattering ]
And then all of the sudden,
we heard movement downstairs.
It sounded like someone
was moving furniture.
[ Scraping ]
Almost like they were trying
to get us to come down here.
[ Scraping continues ]
♪♪
You could hear something moving
and making noises, like,
right by the porch area.
[ Scraping continues ]
Karlo decided
to start snapping photos.
♪♪
[ Door creaks ]
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: One of the photos
confirms what they suspect.
♪♪
You could see clearly
what looks like a woman
standing on the porch,
looking at us.
♪♪
Seeing that, you know,
it just sent chills
through my body.
I know what I'm looking at.
I caught Aunt Helen on film.
NARRATOR: With that photo
comes conclusive proof
that it is Helen
who is haunting the cottage.
♪♪
They end the investigation
and reveal their findings
to Brett.
This validation brings Brett
and his family relief.
But despite all the terror
their aunt has unleashed
upon them,
they decline a cleansing.
Karlo and Chris admit
Helen has left a lasting
impression on them.
ZUZIC: Being an investigator,
this case was different.
This one has many
different stories.
You know, you're
capturing stuff on video.
You're capturing it on film.
You're capturing audio.
Everything happened
on this investigation
that you wouldn't expect.
The intensity,
that's the crazy thing to me,
is just how strong
the spirit was,
how nasty the spirit was.
♪♪
ZUZIC:
Till this day, Aunt Helen,
she's still protecting her home.
She's not gonna give it up.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Still to come, a husband
and wife ghost hunting team
become the hunted when they
seek out spirits underground.
♪♪
These spirits that are down
there are opportunist hunters.
And they were looking,
as predators, for prey.
Ow!
NARRATOR:
But first, aggressive spirits
at a haunted home
use terror and threats
to drive out a father-daughter
investigative team.
I could feel this thing
touching me.
Aah!
It targeted Anna.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
In Watseka, Illinois,
miles south of Chicago,
stands a historic house
with a disturbing past.
♪♪
In , it was home
to -year-old Mary Roff
and her family.
Tragically, that same year,
the troubled teen passed away.
Then, over a decade later,
something inexplicable
and very strange occurs.
It seems as though
the spirit of Mary has returned
in the form of Lurancy Vennum,
the -year-old neighbor
of the Roffs.
♪♪
This was one of the first
documented cases
of possession in America.
She knew details about Mary Roff
that she shouldn't have.
She was able to do things that
Mary Roff was very fluid with,
such as playing the piano...
♪♪
...things that convinced
the Roff family
that she was absolutely
connected to Mary.
NARRATOR: Lurancy goes to live
with the Roff family
throughout the possession.
It lasts for days,
after which the young girl
claims Mary has left her.
But Mary's spirit appears
to live on at the home.
♪♪
Throughout the years,
multiple owners and residents
report bizarre events inside.
♪♪
ALAN:
Everything from footsteps,
knocking, disembodied voices.
[ Children laughing ]
♪♪
NARRATOR: The activity
captures the attention
of paranormal investigator
Alan Tolf.
With a background in law
and a decade of experience
hunting ghosts,
Alan is one of the top experts
in this field.
Investigating the paranormal,
it's a lot of work.
I'm an adrenaline junkie.
I love the rush
of capturing some unexplainable.
It's exciting.
He works with his daughter,
Anna Tolf.
As a paranormal investigator,
I've learned
there's definitely something
that exists beyond our death
and far beyond
our mind being able
to comprehend the concept.
There are things around us
that we can't see,
can't touch,
but they can see us, touch us.
NARRATOR:
In , Alan arranges
to investigate the Roff home.
♪♪
We had hoped to document
or capture
Mary Roff.
NARRATOR: The Tolfs are eager
but also anxious.
ANNA: One of my biggest fears
is possession.
And so going into this place,
that fear was just intensified.
The fact that Anna
is a sensitive
makes her more vulnerable
to being possessed.
ANNA: That fear is really
off the charts.
♪♪
ALAN: We began investigating
in the living room area
of the house.
♪♪
Past the piano, I noticed
something out of the norm.
♪♪
Anna.
I stopped rolling and asked Anna
to take a look at the footage.
I think
I got something here.
ANNA:
It's very clear, very defined.
It looks like a girl
standing next to the piano.
ALAN: She has a white dress on,
very pale.
I really think it could
have been Mary Roff.
♪♪
ALAN: We were both blown away
upon identifying this apparition
of this young lady.
[ Beeping ]
NARRATOR: Not only do they
see Mary's spirit,
they sense it, too.
The room felt very charged.
It was very electric.
It kind of settled into,
there's somebody
in the room with us.
It shifts a little bit
from the excitement
to being a little bit
more apprehensive.
♪♪
I started to feel something
come across me.
I could physically feel it,
could feel it deep inside,
like a tingly vibration feeling,
like something was touching me.
♪♪
Aah!
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Illinois,
ghost hunters Alan and Anna Tolf
investigate the infamous home
where a young girl possessed
another back in the s.
Now the spirit of Mary Roff
threatens Anna.
♪♪
ANNA:
I could feel it deep inside,
like a tingly vibration feeling,
like something was touching me.
♪♪
-Aah! Dad!
-Anna.
She shouts out,
"Dad, can you come over here?
Something just touched me."
[ Beeping ]
ANNA:
I did start to freak out
when I could feel this thing
touching me.
You can't see it,
and you can feel it
physically touching you.
I did scream out,
requesting that Dad come
check me with the Mel meter.
♪♪
ALAN: I moved over
to Anna's left side,
moved the Mel meter
down by her thigh area,
where the Mel Meter did register
an EMF reading.
Upon reviewing the DVR footage,
a small light anomaly
appears out of the floor.
It moves along
the arm of the couch.
It moves down her left
outer thigh area,
down her leg, and into
the floor and disappears.
I believe that that little
ball of energy
was Mary Roff.
And I believe she was attempting
to get Anna's attention.
It targeted Anna.
♪♪
NARRATOR: They attempt
to contact the spirit
to confirm that it is
indeed Mary.
Who's here with us?
What's your name?
We were asking who was
in the room with us,
who was making me
feel the way I was,
who was it that we saw
by the piano.
Mary.
We start capturing
the name Mary.
♪♪
It was female.
And it states "Mary"
very clearly.
♪♪
The activity in the
investigation is escalating.
Do you want
to talk to us, Mary?
♪♪
NARRATOR:
The spirit, clearly agitated,
now affects them physically
in a very frightening way.
♪♪
ANNA: We started feeling
a very heavy presence.
We felt sick to our stomach,
headaches,
just physically feeling ill.
Both Anna and myself
became nauseated.
I think when a spirit makes you
feel that way, it's threatening,
because something's not gonna
make you feel that way
if it had good intentions.
♪♪
ALAN:
It felt like an attack.
With the history of the home,
we were absolutely concerned.
We felt we needed
to get out of the house.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Alan and Anna
find refuge in their car.
Their equipment allows them
to keep an eye
on what's happening
inside the home.
♪♪
We were able to view the camera
and maneuver the camera
from the vehicle,
using a cellular phone.
[ Child laughing ]
ANNA: We immediately started
hearing giggling,
sounded like
little kids chattering.
You would hear
the little footsteps.
[ Children cackling ]
♪♪
Like they're running
around the house
playing some sort of
hide and seek with the camera.
[children laughing]
NARRATOR: They decide it's time
to go back in the house.
They have their next run-in
right away.
♪♪
We heard footsteps
run across the upstairs floor.
[ Footsteps ]
The footsteps sounded
distinctly like a child
running across the wood floor
above us.
[ Footsteps ]
♪♪
ANNA: We go upstairs to check it
out, and then all of a sudden,
you can hear
the footsteps downstairs.
[ Footsteps ]
♪♪
ALAN: We got downstairs
to see what was happening,
and, again, didn't
find anything.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Then they hear
something terrifying.
[ Woman screams ]
A scream.
Sounded like somebody was upset.
[ Indistinct gasp ]
ANNA: We both heard it
clear as day, a woman shout.
You couldn't tell
what she was saying,
but you heard someone
scream at you.
[ Indistinct gasp ]
It reverberated off the walls
within the house.
♪♪
It was disturbing.
NARRATOR: Alan and Anna
push their fear aside
to follow the sound
of the scream.
It brings them
to Mary's bedroom.
♪♪
Is there anyone here?
[ Crash in distance ]
Is there anything
you'd like to tell us?
ANNA: We were up there
doing an EVP session,
hearing footsteps, hearing
knocks and bangs on the wood.
[ Thumping, tapping ]
ALAN: We captured the same
female voice coming through,
identifying themselves as Mary.
Where are you, Mary?
I'm home.
♪♪
ANNA: We know that Mary
can possess people.
And with that knowledge,
it intensifies the fear.
NARRATOR:
Anna's anxiety is justified.
At that moment, something
terrifying comes over her.
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Illinois,
paranormal investigator
Anna Tolf fears
her worst nightmare
is coming true.
-Aah! Dad!
-Anna!
...when a spirit tries
to take over her body and soul.
ANNA: We know that Mary
can possess people.
And with that knowledge,
it intensifies the fear.
♪♪
Being possessed is one
of the most dangerous things
you can encounter
dealing with the paranormal.
It would consume your mind,
your body, your soul.
You'd have no control
over your thoughts,
your feelings, your actions.
The dangers are extreme.
NARRATOR: The spirit of Mary
isn't the only one
they have to fear.
Something else
is in the room with them.
Back down.
ALAN: A male voice
began coming through.
Aggressive and
un-welcoming responses.
We really felt like
that was probably Mary's dad.
It sounded like a father
protecting his daughter.
And I can absolutely
relate to that.
♪♪
Very direct, very demanding,
very stern,
telling us to leave, get out.
Leave home.
This activity
could be a precursor
to something much, much worse.
You could tell we weren't
welcome there any longer.
And at this point,
Anna and I made the decision
that it was time
that we ended the investigation.
♪♪
NARRATOR: While their time at
the Roff home was frightening,
the opportunity to investigate
and validate the claims
was worth it.
♪♪
The Roff home is a very,
very chilling location.
♪♪
This investigation
was extremely active.
There are a lot of indicators
that there's more than one
spirit in the home.
Back down.
So many people had tried
communicating with Mary,
trying to get her
to come through,
and we were capable of doing so.
And I feel she knew who we were,
and I felt she chose us
to be the ones
she communicated with.
Mary.
Mary is still in the home.
She's lingering around
for whatever reason.
She's there, and she's made
her presence known to us,
and I feel she will
make he presence known
to others, as well.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Paranormal investigators
face terrifying consequences
when they unearth dangerous
spirits deep underground.
♪♪
I witnessed images
of people standing around me.
♪♪
Whoa!
♪♪
NARRATOR: miles north of
Phoenix lies Prescott, Arizona,
an old mining town
with a notorious past.
In the th century,
opium use was rampant.
But when police
cracked down on the drug,
the business went underground.
♪♪
A network of tunnels below
Prescott became home to addicts,
pimps, prostitutes,
and violent criminals.
♪♪
Today, those brave enough
to explore the tunnels
cite bizarre
and terrifying experiences.
They had seen shadow figures
and people moving
throughout these tunnels,
and there would be nobody there.
Different noises talking,
coming from within the tunnels.
There's some locals that
refuse to go into the tunnels
due to the claims.
NARRATOR: The stories
capture the attention
of paranormal investigator
Jay Yates.
Jay has years
experience in the field,
some of it very personal.
I grew up experiencing
this type of phenomenon
as far back as I could remember,
which definitely helped
keep my interests
into the paranormal
to look for answers.
With the combination
of my investigative skills
as a law enforcement officer
in the past,
it all kind of rounded me
in who I am today.
NARRATOR: Together, he
and his wife, Marie,
form the Crossing Over
Paranormal Society.
I got into this field
to actually seek the truth.
I still haven't
found all the truth,
so I'm not gonna stop.
NARRATOR: In , Jay and Marie
arrive in Prescott,
eager to explore the tunnels.
Oh, wow.
JAY:
We were quite interested to see
if there was any paranormal
legitimacy
behind the claims
of them being haunted,
and it sounded as if
it was promising
due to the history.
NARRATOR:
Underground, it is dark, eerie,
and claustrophobic.
A place like this can be prone
to paranormal activity
due to the energy that was
pumped into those locations.
I mean, there was a lot
of negative, dark things
that were happening within
these dens and these tunnels.
You definitely felt like
you weren't alone
while you were down there,
even if when it was just Marie
and I standing there.
♪♪
The air becomes dark and muggy.
It's very dusty.
It makes it difficult
to breathe.
There's a lot
of different dangers
that we have to worry about.
Your fears can make you think
you're hearing
or feeling things.
NARRATOR: Despite their
concerns, they decide
to split up
to cover more ground.
♪♪
JAY: One of the first rooms
that I recall setting up in
was a room
that kind of felt odd.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Despite his trepidation,
Jay's anxious to make contact
with the entities present.
But as he sets up
a spirit board,
a feeling of uneasiness
washes over him.
Marie!
Feeling unsettled,
Jay becomes concerned
not only for his safety
but for Marie's.
Marie.
Marie!
Ow!
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Arizona, husband
and wife ghost-hunting team
Jay and Marie Yates
investigate the notorious
Prescott Tunnels.
But after they split up, Jay
becomes increasingly worried.
There's a lot
of different dangers
that we have to worry about.
Marie.
Marie!
He goes to look for her
to make sure she's okay.
♪♪
Jay witnesses
something troubling
when he finally finds her.
Marie.
♪♪
JAY: Marie is at this hole
of this tunnel,
and she's acting like
she's gonna crawl in this hole.
Kind of like, you know, "Marie,
what the hell are you doing?"
Marie?
I have no recall at all
of how I got there,
but I go into a trance,
and I guess I sort of
reach into the spirit world.
She kind of looks at me
just completely
like where you're
looking at someone,
but you're almost looking
right through 'em,
like she's being pulled
by the spiritual energy.
Kind of like usher
away from this hole
'cause I know she's not kind of,
like, in her right mind.
When I do take her
away from this hole,
she, like, kind of starts coming
back to herself a little bit.
What's going on?
NARRATOR:
Despite Jay's efforts,
Marie is not out of danger yet.
What's wrong? Marie, look at
me. Look at me.
Look at me.
-Ow!
-What's wrong?
-God. What's --
-Ow! Mm!
MARIE:
All of a sudden, I felt, like,
almost like a stinging,
just a bad burning sensation.
No, my ankle.
I'm like, "Oh, my God. My leg.
I think I probably
just got bit."
It's actually affecting
the whole back of my leg.
It really hurts.
She's in some serious pain.
-No. No.
-What is it? What is it?
JAY: She shows me her leg, and
she has, like, a sharp scratch,
a wound on her leg.
♪♪
I really sincerely believe
that, you know,
these spirits that are down
there are opportunists hunters,
and they were looking,
as predators, for prey.
And in this particular
situation, it was Marie,
and they were trying
to isolate her.
They were trying
to take her away from me.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Although in severe pain,
Marie insists on continuing
the investigation.
♪♪
They head back
into the first chamber.
♪♪
Jay starts
a spirit board session,
but he's not prepared
for what happens next.
♪♪
As I was about to put my hand
on the planchette,
it sh**t across the board.
I kind of yell, jump back,
you know,
and she's like
"What's going on?"
and I'm like, "The planchette
moved," you know?
and I'm, like, trying
to, like, in my mind
come up with
rational explanations,
because that's very unusual
for something like that
to happen.
I really did believe that I was
in the presence of a spirit.
♪♪
That shook me up a little bit.
NARRATOR: He has a frightening
physical reaction.
-[ Coughing ]
-Jay.
Jay! Jay!
His stomach started hurting him.
Felt like he was gonna throw up,
and his head
started hurting him.
Jay is not the type of person
to actually get sick
while he's actually
on an investigation.
It's very rare.
Ohh!
♪♪
NARRATOR: In Arizona, while
investigating haunted tunnels
beneath the town of Prescott,
ghost hunter Jay Yates
comes under attack.
I really did believe that I was
in the presence of a spirit.
-[ Coughing ]
-Jay. Jay!
Jay is not the type of person
to actually get sick
while he's actually
on an investigation.
It's very rare.
He was coming in contact
with a spirit.
And I believe that the way the
spirit was reaching out to him
is affecting his body
and how he was feeling.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
Once they leave the chamber,
Jay starts to feel well enough
to continue
with the investigation.
He tempts fate
with something daring.
I informed Marie
that I wanted to be by myself,
and I wanted to perform
a sensory experiment.
About ready to do
the FSO experiment,
fear sensory overload,
by myself.
Opium den.
Whiskey Row, Prescott, Arizona.
My idea is to increase
my fear response,
which then enhances
the emotional energy
within the room.
I was kind of reluctant
to do it.
Honestly, I was kind of worried.
Really kind of [bleep] scared
to do this [bleep] right now,
to be honest with you.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
For this experiment,
Jay suppresses his senses.
♪♪
I was kind of, like,
fearful to do it.
I had to push myself
to actually go through with it.
But I wanted to see if could
potentially make contact
with the other side.
♪♪
NARRATOR: Almost immediately,
a wave of paranoia hits Jay.
He starts to panic.
♪♪
My heart rate increased.
I began to sweat.
I began to be very paranoid
of my surroundings.
♪♪
Something walked into the room
where I was alone.
You could hear the dirt
being kicked around.
It sounded like somebody
was right up next to the mic.
♪♪
I witnessed images
of people standing around me.
You can't really make out faces.
You can't really
make out details.
These reddish images
of these people
standing right in front of me,
so it was frightening.
On this particular instance,
I'm definitely feeling
an emotion of anger,
confusion, disorientation,
and I'm also hearing sounds.
♪♪
Marie comes through the door,
and she's trying
to get my attention.
♪♪
I'm probably not even
feet away from him.
I said, "Jay."
He didn't respond.
Jay?
NARRATOR: Marie worries
for her husband's safety
and decides to interrupt
the experiment.
Jay!
Jay! Jay?
MARIE: I did tap him on his leg
to try to get his attention.
Aah!
And I rip off my goggles,
and here, Marie is standing
in front of me,
so I kind of had
this emotional reaction.
Aah!
I startled him very badly.
Definitely was something
that was disorienting,
to the point of almost
nausea and sickness.
NARRATOR: With increased
activity and Jay's unsteadiness,
it's far too risky
to continue on.
We need
to get out of here.
[ Groans ]
Oh [bleep]
♪♪
Let's go.
Go, go, go, go, go.
♪♪
NARRATOR:
When they're back aboveground,
they review their footage.
It confirms
what Jay had sensed all along.
I legitimately had
what appears to be
a supernatural occurrence.
♪♪
By the end of the investigation,
I really felt
that the opium dens did harbor
intelligent spiritual energy
and that they were
in fact haunted.
NARRATOR:
The events to this day
still weigh on Jay and Marie.
♪♪
JAY: There are several dangers
within this den and tunnel.
I feel that if we would
have stayed longer at
the investigation,
you're gonna get hurt
by this spirit.
I wasn't willing to risk myself
or Marie's safety.
NARRATOR:
This investigation has left them
with more questions
than answers.
I think we'd both
be willing to go back there
and give it another go.
Specifically, I would
like to know who it was
that touched or attempted
to attack Marie.
-Ow!
-What's wrong?
-God. What's --
-Ow! Mm!
And was the same person
that was messing with me
the same person
that was messing with Jay?
Aah!
♪♪