02x15 - Under att*ck

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NARRATOR:

America's top ghost hunters

relive their most

extreme assignments.

[ Door creaks ]

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 the psyche ward

of an abandoned hospital,

an investigator is

feeling violated

after a terrifying att*ck.

Stop!

Stop! Don't touch me!

Get away from my daughter!

ANNA: My dad instantly

switches into dad mode.

You know,

do what you want to me,

don't you ever come

close to my daughters.

NARRATOR: In West Virginia,

a seemingly perfect home

harbors an unwelcome

and dangerous guest.

-Get out of here!

-Ah!

There is no negotiating,

it wanted us out.

NARRATOR: And in Indiana,

the ghosts of former prisoners

are still locked behind

the bars of an old jailhouse.

Oh, please,

please don't do that to me.

Don't. Stop!

Whatever was there

was saying things

that I just don't feel

comfortable even discussing,

as a woman,

a person, a daughter.

♪♪

NARRATOR:

The intensity of human emotion,

life, death, trauma is

embedded within hospital walls,

which is why abandoned hospitals

often have a reputation

for being haunted.

It's long been rumored that

the dilapidated hallways

of this hospital are

haunted by spirits.

♪♪

When renovations start

on the old building,

contractors soon discover

the scary stories

may be much more

than just rumors.

♪♪

Mysterious shadow figures.

♪♪

Hello?

Hello, who's there?

[ Indistinct whispering ]

NARRATOR:

And most disturbingly,

a strange threatening whisper.

You should have left.

Oh!

♪♪

There is a couple of rooms,

especially in the basement,

that civilian employees just

refused to work by themselves,

'cause they would hear the sound

of a woman's footsteps

in high heels

walking across the floor

and there was nobody there.

NARRATOR: Len Miller is

a paranormal investigator

intrigued by haunted hospitals.

♪♪

I liken the paranormal

to fishing,

you throw a reel out there,

you hope you catch something,

most of the time you won't,

but every once in a while

you catch something big.

NARRATOR: Len's background

in law enforcement

is a valuable tool in

the world of ghost hunting.

I am a retired police officer,

so I have the mentality that

my job is to protect my client,

my job is to protect

my teammates,

it's just natural to me.

NARRATOR:

Len knows all too well,

that hospitals can be hotbeds

of paranormal activity.

Back when he was a cop,

he had a disturbing

encounter at a hospital.

LEN: I was assigned a patrol

and I was taking a report

at the hospital,

when it was still open.

Len's work is interrupted,

when a g*nsh*t victim

staggers into the ER.

♪♪

Len calls for help,

tries to save him,

but his efforts are in vain.

Sadly he d*ed,

I was right there,

I saw the gentleman

take his last breaths

and I still to this day

remember what he looks like.

♪♪

A few months later, I had

driven into the ER area

to finish up a report

and I looked up

and I saw the same man

standing outside the ER.

The first thing I thought

was this guy's trespassing

and he shouldn't be there

and then I realized that

was the guy I saw die

and I did this double

take and he was gone.

NARRATOR: Len is deeply affected

by his experience.

♪♪

When the opportunity

arises for him

to investigate yet

another haunted hospital,

he quickly assembles his team,

co-investigator, JC Rositas,

and Len's daughter, Tori Miller.

♪♪

When my dad told me

that he was gonna go

and investigate an old hospital,

I was so excited,

because I'd seen the hospital

from different locations,

it'd catch your eye and you'd

wonder what's in there,

so I begged to go

and finally he conceded

and I was able to go with him.

NARRATOR: For JC,

the hospital immediately

exhibits signs of

the paranormal.

The first time that

I stepped into the hospital,

I felt almost swallowed,

you walk in and you feel

a presence of the history there.

[ Electronic whirring ]

NARRATOR:

Anxious to see if they can

communicate with

one of the spirits,

the team heads to an alleged

area of ghostly activity,

the psyche ward.

When you walk onto the floor,

it feels very oppressive,

almost as if you're not wanted,

there's a feeling

when you're there,

that you're being

watched constantly

and the people who

are watching you

are not happy you're there.

♪♪

Tori feels it, too.

You're almost overcome

with a presence

of you're being looked at

from almost every

angle around you.

NARRATOR: Determined to face

the entities head on,

JC has an unusual idea.

My background is a pharmacist,

I'm very familiar with a lot

of the psychotropic dr*gs

and things that

are usually given

for behavioral health control,

so I went to the nurses'

window and I called, I said,

"Are there any patients here?

We have your meds ready."

And I started pulling out

various names and medications.

It's time to take

your medication.

NARRATOR: The response to

JC's communication

is immediate and disturbing.

Diazepam,

lorazepam,

clonazepam.

As I was calling out

these medication names,

there was a dark shadow,

that was starting to form.

Clonazepam.

♪♪

It was something that was

getting darker and darker

just by the moment as I was

calling out these drug names.

When you see a shadow

figure manifest,

it's something that you do

have to be careful about,

the darker

the shadow usually means

it's much more malevolent.

Clonazepam,

Zolpidem.

NARRATOR: Len fears that JC

is about to be overcome

by the dark presence.

JC, stop!

NARRATOR: JC snaps out of it

and the shadow disappears.

Let's get out of here.

♪♪

[ Electronic whirring ]

NARRATOR: Anxious to escape

the malevolent presence,

the investigators

move through the ward.

♪♪

This is perfect.

Turn on the recorders.

NARRATOR:

Len attempts to make contact

with any other spirits present.

What year is it?

I'm asking several

different questions,

what year is this?

Who's the president?

What's your name?

Basic information

that we wanna get.

Who's the president?

♪♪

What's your name?

NARRATOR:

But it seems the spirits

are in no mood for talking.

-[ Groans ] God.

-Dad!

♪♪

NARRATOR: In the psyche ward of

an abandoned hospital,

a powerful spirit presence

has made itself known.

JC, stop!

NARRATOR: But as

the investigation continues,

the ghosts are getting physical.

Jeez!

[ Groans ]

LEN:

I felt a burning on my arm

and it felt really painful.

[ Groans ]

I wasn't near a wall,

so I couldn't have accidentally

leaned up against something,

there was nothing

coming from the ceiling,

there were no cords coming down,

that could have scratched

me or anything like that,

there was nothing like that,

there was nobody even near me,

so I couldn't figure

out how it happened.

[ Groans ] God.

When I am scratched

or when I'm att*cked,

all my defensive

training comes to mind

and I'm just ready for a fight.

NARRATOR:

Len thought that was bad,

things are about

to get a lot worse.

All of a sudden, I feel

like I'm being touched.

What, don't, don't!

Don't, don't!

Don't touch me.

Then it becomes more

sexual in nature

with being groped.

Don't touch me!

Don't! Stop!

Stop! Don't touch me!

It was all sides around me,

it felt like somebody was on

my right side, my left side

and right in front

of me touching me.

When you can't see where

this all is coming from,

it's terrifying,

you can't say, hey, stop this,

you can't swat a hand away,

you're powerless.

Stop!

NARRATOR: Horrified, Len jumps

to his daughter's defense.

-Get off me!

-Get away from my daughter!

Now when my daughter was

touched inappropriately,

that angered me, it angers me,

whenever somebody on my team

gets touched or

hurt or whatever,

but your kid's different,

you know, do what

you want to me,

don't you ever come

close to my daughters.

My dad instantly

switches into dad mode

and he wants to fight back,

but he can't, so he is upset,

which is even more

frustrating for everybody,

'cause we can't do

anything to stop it.

Stop it!

Stop touching me!

Get out of here.

Get out of here.

There was a weird sense of

not just anger, but fear,

whatever's there, it's almost

like all bets are off,

anybody who it wants to go

after, doesn't matter who it is,

they're going to do it.

NARRATOR: Unable to stop

the as*ault on his daughter,

Len knows the only

option is to flee.

So when my dad pulls

me out of the room

and I'm shaking, 'cause it's

my first terrifying experience

and he's trying to console me,

which is only making

me more upset,

because I feel bad that

my dad feels upset.

NARRATOR: But before they can

get out of there,

the spirits turn

their attention to JC.

I started feeling

pain on my back,

it was almost like a heat

kind of like type of pain,

where it started to sear.

Jeez! Oh, my God! Ah!

Get out, go, go, go!

NARRATOR: Fearing their very

lives may be in danger,

Len orders his team

out of the building.

There are times,

when you just have to

take responsibility

for your team.

I have people whose safety

depends on my decisions,

if I believe

my team's in danger,

if I believe

it's getting too dangerous,

time to say goodnight.

NARRATOR: For Len and his team,

the conclusion is clear,

the hospital is truly haunted.

I don't like this word,

haunting,

people think of it as,

you know, the classic

s movies,

the ghost with chains

around it and moaning,

hauntings are not that,

hauntings are just people

coming back from the dead

and that's what we saw,

we saw somebody coming back.

NARRATOR:

But for both JC and Len,

the knowledge that the building

is haunted is valuable

both to themselves and to

ghost hunters everywhere.

As investigators, we grow

from each investigation,

no matter how long

you've been doing this,

you learn something

new each time.

The most rewarding part

of this investigation,

I would say is like every

other investigation you're on,

knowledge,

the more knowledge you get,

the more information

you can build up,

makes the field of paranormal

investigations more credible

and the more credible we become,

the more

the scientific community

has to take us

into consideration.

NARRATOR: Still to come...

ANNA: I immediately started

to hear a man speaking.

NARRATOR:

An abandoned jailhouse

may not be as empty

as it first appears.

I couldn't tell

what he was saying,

but I could hear a deep,

raspy male voice

and immediately froze.

It's one of the most

defined shadow figures

that we've captured in

a decade of investigating.

NARRATOR: But first,

a suburban home

hides a terrifying secret.

-Get out of here!

-Ah!

We were looking at

this dark figure

and we couldn't see

through this thing.

♪♪

NARRATOR: When David moves to

a small town in West Virginia,

his new home feels almost

too good to be true.

-How you doing?

-Oh, I'm good.

NARRATOR:

The neighborhood is perfect.

Did you just move in here?

NARRATOR: The neighbors seem

friendly enough,

but appear nervous and unsettled

around his new home.

Yeah, no, thanks.

-Nice seeing you.

-See you.

♪♪

NARRATOR: David starts noticing

peculiar noises in his new home,

disembodied voices

and children laughing.

[ Children laughing ]

♪♪

[ Children laughing ]

NARRATOR:

The laughter is so frequent,

that it becomes impossible

to sleep through the night.

[ Children laughing ]

Then David starts

seeing a shadowy figure.

MAN: Leave.

♪♪

NARRATOR: In West Virginia,

new homeowner, David,

is delighted with his new house

and its idyllic neighborhood,

but there's a lot

more to the house

than first meets the eye.

MAN: Leave.

NARRATOR:

Terrified by the events

happening under his own roof,

David reaches out to paranormal

investigator, John Hines.

A seasoned ghost hunter,

John began working in

the paranormal field

in order to help

people like David.

There are a lot of people,

who are going through

a lot of bad things,

but they don't wanna

talk to anybody about it,

because they're afraid of how

they're going to be perceived

and part of my ultimate goal

is to kind of help validate

for them what's going on

and maybe even help

them find their voice.

♪♪

NARRATOR:

John assembles his team,

investigator, Josh Fogelman

and psychic medium,

Deanna Reynolds.

Deanna immediately

notes the atmosphere

surrounding the home.

♪♪

My first thought about

this investigation

was a negative feeling,

it didn't feel good to me.

There was a heaviness to it

and there was also kind

of a depressed feeling.

[ Knock on door ]

It was very dark.

♪♪

John, thanks for coming.

My colleagues.

NARRATOR: As the investigators

head inside,

one thing strikes them all.

I kind of felt like

we were gonna have

activity that night,

the hairs on the back of

my neck were standing up

as soon as I walked

into the house.

[ Electronic whirring ]

♪♪

NARRATOR: Confident that there's

a spirit present in the house,

the team begins their

investigation on the main floor.

Our first EVP session

was downstairs

and we were using

a combination of a K meter,

digital audio,

and our PX device,

a PX is kind of like, you could

think of it as an EMF meter

that actually has a vocabulary,

it actually talks.

Are you the one

who drove the previous owner

from this house?

What we got on the PX

was a very solid voice,

that said, "Leave."

Are you the one

who is responsible

for the previous owner leaving

this house after a week?

I think we were all

startled at first,

because, you know,

we didn't expect to hear that.

NARRATOR: Deanna hears

the response physically, too.

It was a male voice, I believe,

it was pretty deep

and it was very forceful.

HINES:

After that, it was silent.

[ Electronic whirring ]

NARRATOR: Keen to identify

the exact nature of the spirit,

the team heads upstairs,

the epicenter of

the alleged activity.

♪♪

We're not alone.

NARRATOR: For this phase of

the investigation,

John decides to

use a plasma ball.

A plasma ball is a glass globe

and they're designed to sh**t

little streams of electricity

through the ball using

a small electrostatic generator

and the nice thing about

these is that if there is

any kind of an electrostatic

field around it,

you'll see it kind of move.

Within a few moments,

after we turned it on,

what we got was an EVP,

that actually said, "Energy."

♪♪

Hearing the entity,

you know, saying, "Energy,"

what that was telling me was

whatever we were dealing with

could actually see that ball,

it knew what it was.

NARRATOR: The spirit response

is fairly conclusive evidence

for John and the team,

this is an intelligent haunting.

An intelligent entity is one

that actually

interacts with you,

you can, you know,

if you're asking questions,

this thing is answering,

it's something that

knows you're there.

♪♪

[ Children laughing ]

NARRATOR: Hearing a giggle come

from the other room,

psychic medium, Deanna

decides to follow the sound.

[ Children laughing ]

At this point,

I stepped out of the room

and that's when the door closed.

♪♪

The door closed and, you know,

we went to open it

and there wasn't any lock

on it, that we could tell,

but the door didn't

wanna open again.

-Deanna?

-Are you all right?

Deanna?

NARRATOR:

Separated from her teammates,

Deanna quickly becomes anxious.

-Help, help, guys!

-Deanna!

I just kind of got

a panic feeling,

which I felt was from

my fellow team members

being in that room,

stuck and being the one

outside of the door,

I was a little concerned

for their safety and my own,

I'm vulnerable standing

outside the room

wondering what's

going on, you know,

is this coming after me now

or is it in there with them?

NARRATOR: And yet Deanna's

anxieties are not unfounded.

♪♪

NARRATOR: In West Virginia,

ghost hunter, John Hines,

and his colleagues

are investigating

a domestic haunting.

Okay, whatever's here,

this is something that

is truly powerful.

NARRATOR: But when the team

gets separated,

things start looking

very dangerous.

♪♪

-Get out of here!

-Ah!

Leave! Get out!

I want you out!

REYNOLDS:

There was something negative,

evil in this location

and it didn't feel very

safe to be in there with it.

NARRATOR:

Meanwhile John and Josh

desperately try

to open the door.

First thing we tried to

do was to open the door

and we weren't able,

it was as if it was locked,

even though there was

no lock on that door.

NARRATOR: Suspecting that

a powerful demon is present,

John has an idea.

MAN: [ Speaks indistinctly ]

Give me your crucifix.

HINES: One of the tools that

I wanted to try using

was Josh's crucifix,

because a lot of times,

when you use a symbol like that,

it will draw something out.

I held it up and said

I'm holding a crucifix,

a symbol of God, basically

how does that make you feel?

Give us this day our daily bread

and forgive us our trespasses.

Leave!

Now!

Deanna, are you okay?

Leave!

NARRATOR:

But as the door swings open,

John realizes it isn't over yet.

HINES:

As soon as that door opened,

we could see what

we were looking at

was exactly what

David had told us.

Get out!

We were looking at

this dark figure

and we couldn't see

through this thing

and it filled almost the entire

width of the stairway.

NARRATOR:

Face to face with a demon,

John perseveres

with the crucifix.

Our father, who art in Heaven,

hallowed be thy name!

It just felt like this cold rush

pushing back up

the stairway, you know,

it kind of took my breath away.

The reason it's

dangerous for a human

to be around an entity like this

is it can try to attach to you,

they can try to

break down your mind

and they can try to even

take over your body at times.

NARRATOR: The demon is strong,

but so is their faith

and the power of

the crucifix seems to work.

Thy will be done! Amen!

♪♪

Did we get it?

We'd love to see whether

you know, it was back,

or whether it was behind us

and it was completely gone,

but at this point there had been

just so many things

that had happened,

we were all really emotionally

drained and at this point,

I didn't feel that

there was any reason

to, you know, keep going along

and have things

escalate to a point

where maybe we could

be in real danger.

I'm out of here.

I'm done, I can't do this.

NARRATOR: John terminates

the investigation.

♪♪

But once the dust has settled

and the investigators

are recovered,

they need to give David

a review of their findings.

In talking to David,

what I had told him was,

you know, at this point,

you're dealing with something

that is a demonic entity,

it's a pretty strong one,

because it is impacting

things in the environment.

He ultimately decided

he couldn't live with it

and he wound up moving to

a completely different town.

NARRATOR:

But for the ghost hunters,

a case closed is

a lesson learned.

One of the things that I learned

from this investigation

is that just like our

other demonic encounters

is that no matter how strong

you feel that you are,

these things are always stronger

than you're going to be.

NARRATOR: Paranormal

investigators are experts

at separating professional

from personal.

ALAN:

I was concerned that potentially

the spirits of these inmates

may hurt my daughter.

NARRATOR: But when ghost hunting

is the family business,

all bets are off.

Don't do it, oh, my god, stop!

Get away from my daughter!

♪♪

NARRATOR:

The old Blackford County Jail

in Hartford, Indiana,

established in .

Countless violent criminals

lived and d*ed within

these historic walls.

[ Men shouting indistinctly ]

[ Jail cell doors close ]

When the prison closes its

doors in the early 's,

rumors start swirling

about mysterious activity

inside the old jail,

witnesses report

metal bars clinking,

cell doors opening and closing

and shadowy figures moving

around the building.

♪♪

The reports peak the interest

of paranormal investigator,

Alan Tolf, a former law

enforcement officer,

his approach to ghost

hunting is pragmatic.

I do believe in the paranormal,

but I'm going to ensure

that I go through

the checks and balances

with each piece of evidence

to ensure it's valid.

NARRATOR:

Alan's investigative partner

is his daughter, Anna,

an experienced ghost hunter,

she's careful to protect herself

from the entities

she encounters.

I think one of

the challenging aspects

of paranormal investigating

is being able

to separate your everyday life

from your life as

an investigator,

especially when

there are concerns

of things piggybacking

or following you home.

NARRATOR: Intrigued by rumors

of the paranormal,

the Tolfs arrange

to spend the night

investigating the building.

Alan's experience

in law enforcement

means he knows all too well,

the dangers of being

at a former jail.

ALAN: I was concerned going

into this investigation

that potentially

spirits of these inmates

may attempt to hurt my daughter.

ANNA: I did feel worried that

I would be targeted in the jail.

Men were housed there

for numerous reasons

related to harm to women.

NARRATOR:

And it seems their concerns

might not be unfounded.

ALAN: You could immediately

feel a very heavy environment.

♪♪

You could start feeling

like a tension and anger,

almost like

hostility towards me.

Felt like I was being watched.

♪♪

[ Electronic whirring ]

NARRATOR: Nonetheless,

the Tolfs decide to begin

their investigation,

at the reported epicenter

of the activity.

♪♪

As we began our investigation,

we headed down to the basement,

the area that was used

for solitary confinement.

It's referred to as the dungeon.

NARRATOR: Alan and Anna begin

setting up their equipment.

In addition to their

usual recorders,

they've opted to use a REM Pod.

ALAN:

A REM Pod emits a EMF field.

And if that field is disturbed,

if anything breaks that field,

the REM Pod is activated.

♪♪

NARRATOR:

But as they're setting up

the investigators

get their first taste

of the paranormal activity.

♪♪

NARRATOR: The reputation of

the Old Blackford County Jail

in Indiana has given

paranormal investigator,

Alan Tolf, reason to worry.

ALAN: I was concerned going

into this investigation

that potentially,

spirits of these inmates

may attempt to hurt my daughter.

NARRATOR:

And the mounting evidence

of a spirit presence

seems to suggest

that his concerns

were not unfounded.

♪♪

[ Footsteps ]

Dad.

Dad, footsteps over there.

ALAN: You could hear what

sounded like footsteps

shuffling or scuffling

across the floor.

[ Footsteps ]

NARRATOR: The investigators

begin to suspect

that they're being taunted.

Shortly after that,

the REM Pod began to activate.

[ Beeping ]

For the REM Pod to go off,

there's only two ways

for it to go off,

either you physically putting

your hand on the antenna

or for something to be

breaking the field.

Dad, Dad, it's going off.

NARRATOR:

Encouraged by the activity,

they decide to

conduct an EVP Session

to try and connect with

any spirits present.

ALAN:

During the EVP Burst session

I was asking questions

along the lines

of who's in there?

Are you a deputy?

Who's in here?

We could hear what

sounds to be a male speaking,

it's difficult to

understand what he's saying,

but he does sound angry.

A jailor, a guard?

A prisoner?

NARRATOR:

Now convinced there's a strong

spirit presence within the cell,

the investigators decide to

play back their recording.

What they hear is disturbing.

♪♪

♪♪

ANNA: I immediately started

to hear a man speaking.

[ Indistinct whispering ]

I could hear a deep,

raspy male voice

and immediately froze.

NARRATOR: The aggressive nature

of the communication

leads Alan to a theory

about the spirit.

Based on

the responses we received,

I believed this

to be potentially,

a angry inmate that

remains in that

solitary confinement

to this day.

[ Indistinct whispering ]

Whatever was there

was saying things that

I just don't feel

comfortable even discussing,

as a woman,

a person, a daughter.

I don't feel comfortable

repeating something

so offensive.

[ Indistinct whispering ]

Ah!

Dad.

Dad, there's something there.

Come on, come on,

This is enough, let's go.

NARRATOR: Worried by

the spirit's aggression

Alan and Anna decide to move to

another part of the basement.

♪♪

But despite the activity

Anna in particular

is keen to see

the investigation through.

You have this internal

conflict of wanting to run

but wanting to investigate,

and not wanting to let them

take control of you like that.

Anna's determination to continue

may come at too high a price.

ANNA: It felt like being

a young female

walking through a jail

full of angry inmates,

and it felt like they

were all watching me.

It felt like they were

trying to belittle me.

Almost like they

were taunting me,

I guess, would be

the better word to use.

♪♪

I know you're here.

♪♪

-You can talk to me.

-[ Whispering indistinctly ]

What are you --

please, don't do that.

Please stop.

Being touched in any manner,

let alone

an inappropriate manner,

makes you feel beyond violated.

You can't protect yourself,

and it's beyond uncomfortable.

-[ Whispering indistinctly ]

-Please, please.

Don't, stop!

NARRATOR:

But still, Anna is determined

to keep investigating.

[ Groaning ]

I didn't leave because

I'm a paranormal investigator,

I'm there to experience

these things,

to capture what I can,

to learn more.

Have that be good or bad,

I'm there to learn.

Going into the investigation

I was apprehensive about

Anna being touched

or taken advantage of,

and then now it's happening,

so it was extremely upsetting.

It pissed me off.

Oh, my god, stop!

Get away from my daughter!

NARRATOR: Shaken by the ordeal

in the cell block

the investigators head

to the relative safety

of the sheriff's quarters.

While Anna takes some time out,

Alan sets up the equipment.

Once again,

the paranormal presence

quickly makes itself known.

♪♪

[ Beeping ]

♪♪

Dad.

♪♪

NARRATOR: Checking

the recording equipment,

Alan is shocked

by what he discovers.

Oh, my god!

♪♪

NARRATOR:

At the Old Blackford County Jail

in Hartford, Indiana,

investigators Alan and Anna Tolf

are attempting to make contact

with a spirit presence.

And checking

the recording equipment,

it looks like they

may have succeeded.

Upon rolling back

the video I observed

a shadow figure move

within the room.

[ Beeping ]

I mean,

it's an incredible sh*t,

it's an incredible image,

very compelling.

It's one of the most

defined shadow figures

that we've captured in

a decade of investigating.

[ Beeping ]

[ Electronic whirring ]

NARRATOR:

The investigators are keen to

communicate with

the new presence

by conducting a double-blind

Spirit Box session.

A double-blind Spirit Box

session entails

running the Spirit Box out

of the digital recorder

into a headphone set.

Now Anna has the headphones on

and can only

hear the responses coming

through the Spirit Box.

I'm asking questions.

Anna cannot hear

the questions that I'm asking.

We did this by giving me, like,

noise canceling headphones,

all I could hear

is the Spirit Box.

And we said, I'll just spit

out whatever it is I hear.

Dad can ask

the questions to see if

we can get these

relevant responses

without any

influences whatsoever.

Who are you?

Do you live here?

♪♪

Dad, Dad,

it said yes, it did.

ALAN: After a short amount of

time conducting this session,

Anna's answers begin to align

with the questions

that I'm asking.

NARRATOR: But things suddenly

take an unexpected twist.

Dad, Dad, it's a little boy.

It's a little boy!

I was hearing a little

boy's voice come through

saying things like "Help me,"

"I'm lost,"

things of these nature.

I have no idea why a little

boy would be in this jail,

other than he was

potentially the child

of one of the sheriffs,

or just a little boy

that got lost in a place

that a little boy shouldn't be.

♪♪

He says he's lost.

NARRATOR:

Ever the father figure,

Alan becomes determined

to help the little boy.

Yeah I reacted as a father,

as a dad would.

As any lost child

is just -- it's sad.

Do you need help passing over?

Do you wanna move forward?

Do you see your loved ones?

Go, walk into the light,

go into the light.

Go into the light.

I asked the little boy

if he wanted to move on.

If he wanted to cross over,

to wherever it is

we go after we die.

NARRATOR:

But Alan's attempts to help

are suddenly interrupted.

Dad, an older voice just

told him to "Shut up!"

He's really angry.

There was a really

deep voice just now

but I don't know what it said.

An older man, an angry man

came through

and scolded the boy.

The responses were

very direct

and the little boy

would not speak.

Leave him alone,

just let him talk.

ANNA:

I have no idea at the time

what Dad's asking,

what he's doing.

I'm just shouting

out what I hear.

I could hear a little

boy come through.

I could hear an old

man come through.

When the old man

would come through

the little boy would

stop talking for a while,

then he'd come back through.

He's back, the boy's back.

NARRATOR: Alan is desperate to

help the little boy,

but the older voice

refuses to let go.

ALAN: Let him go.

ANNA: I can't.

ALAN: Yes, you can.

Accept Jesus Christ

as your savior.

You're doing so good,

go into the light.

I said if you're crossing over

just give me some sort of sign

say cross, crossing,

something along those lines.

Do you accept?

ANNA: Crossing!

♪♪

Crossed, he crossed.

ALAN:

At that point Anna said crossed.

I stopped the session

at that point.

And it was probably

one of the most

fulfilling experiences

that I've ever encountered

during a paranormal

investigation.

ANNA: My dad is the most

incredible man I know.

And being in law enforcement

for as long as he has been,

and the training he's had,

I think

he was really able to utilize

that to help this little boy.

ALAN: It was a really

gratifying moment.

As investigators,

as a father and daughter,

it felt like we had

accomplished something positive.

NARRATOR: The investigators

leave the prison

exhausted from their ordeal,

and although the investigation

was harrowing in places

both Alan and Anna feel

their visit was worthwhile.

♪♪

If I could go back,

I would have everything

happen exactly the same way.

Helping this little boy made

all of my experiences in

the basement worth it.

The difficulties, the trouble,

it made it worth it knowing

that this little boy was okay.

This investigation

and the experiences

we had here will

stand out forever.

For the mere fact that

we were able to help

this little boy cross over.

I'll always remember that,

and it'll always stand out.