[Newscaster] Our top story tonight,
a Rochester woman is speaking out
about the desperate search
for her husband, Nick Brandreth.
A man disappeared on Thursday
and now his wife and kids are panicking.
Rochester police are asking for your help
finding a missing man.
Hes six feet 180 pounds.
He was last seen
wearing a light blue shirt,
khaki pants and was known to wear glasses.
Volunteers and rescue teams
met up this morning.
Search crews were back out with canine
teams, a scuba team
and an aerial unit from Rochester
Police Department.
Family members
say they just want to know he's safe.
Anyone with information
should contact Rochester police.
That number is on our website
at WBCCnews.com
Police say theyve searched everywhere
to try and find him
but the fact of the matter is,
he's gone without a trace.
My name is Francine --
[Olivia]
Do it to the camera.
My name is Francine Brandreth
and I live in Rochester, New York.
I work at the Wallace Library at RIT.
And I have a daughter named Olivia.
Which you already know about.
Hi, Mom.
[Francine]
In 1997, my husband Nick
he
in 199-.
I'm sorry.
[Olivia]
What for?
I shouldn't be crying in your movie.
Mom.
Years of this.
This piece of my life,
of me missing.
And I just have no idea what happened.
[Olivia]
No closure.
[Francine]
Right. No closure.
[faint sound of train approching]
[Olivia]
We're going to find out what happened to Dad.
[Francine sighs]
[Olivia]
We will.
Okay.
[Olivia]
You don't sound very convinced.
Oh, it's not you, honey.
I-I know you want to help.
[Olivia]
What, what is it?
[train sound intensifies]
[ominous chanting]
[menacing electronic music plays]
[Crew Member]
0-5A take one, mark.
[sighs]
My name is Olivia Brandreth.
I'm originally from Rochester, New York
and I'm a filmmaker
working in documentary
and investigative projects
[Olivia] True crime, mostly.
[Olivia] Nick Brandreth was my father.
[eerie music]
He went missing in 1997.
Police remain baffled in the disappearance
of Nick Brandreth,
who after weeks
of searching remains missing.
[Francine] I think this was
1988 around there, maybe.
[Olivia] Wow. This is an old house.
Yeah.
Do you remember it?
[Olivia] I think so. Yeah.
[sighs]
I always loved this picture.
[Olivia] Nicholas Brandreth was born
in the summer of 1958
in Buffalo, New York.
My father liked to say
that the life of a photographer
is a life dedicated
to manipulating light.
Ironically,he was born
during a city wide blackout.
His father, Oliver Brandreth,
managed a bank downtown.
He was a dedicated
member of the Elks Lodge,
an outdoorsman
and a fan of the Bills.
His mother, Amelia,
was an Italian immigrant
that stayed at home with Nick
and his two older siblings,
Peter and Mary Anne.
My name is Mary Anne Stoughton
and Nick Brandreth was my little brother.
He still is my little brother, I suppose.
Nick would get lost in his own ideas.
Even growing up, he was so
very focused on making all kinds of things.
Photos, art, even woodworking.
This was the first picture
Nick had published.
He was 11.
We had so many copies of this newspaper
when it came out,
they were all over the house.
[Mary Anne]
Our father was supportive.
He let Nick arrange
a little workspace
in the basement for him
to make his pictures.
It kept him busy.
But our mom.
Oh, she loved it.
She was so excited that Nick
had found a calling
and an artistic one at that.
[Francine] Nick and I met in 1978
when he was studying at RIT.
It was his sophomore year.
I had just graduated high school
and I got a job at the library part time.
So, in walks this guy with a camera
and he's taking pictures
of all the stacks.
Photos and photos of books.
It seemed funny to me,
but to your father,
he always saw the world
in a different way.
[Olivia]
It is weird,
you know, not being back,
but being back for this
[Chris] Hm.
- [Chris] Yeah, I can only imagine.
- Yeah.
Oh, Rochester.
- [Chris] Does it look like you remember?
- [Olivia] Yeah, for the most part.
[Chris] Hello my name is Chris Donovan.
I am producer,
camera operator...
- [Olivia] Editor.
- Editor.
Graphic designer.
- [Olivia] Jack of all trades.
- Master of all trades.
I met Olivia
while we were attending
NYU in 2004,
and we've been
making films ever since.
[Olivia]
Well, this certainly looks different.
[Olivia]
This was Benton Photo Supply
My dad used to come here all the time.
[Chris]
Not much to see now, is it?
[Luke]
Not really.
[crow cawing]
I think this was my father's favorite place
in the whole city.
[ Olivia ] It makes sense to start here.
[ TV Presenter ] The Great Lakes have become
the fourth seacoast for the United States,
with Rochester as the focal point.
Genesee is an Indian word,
meaning beautiful valley.
And still today, no description more aptly
fits this area of the world.
Olivia!
- [ Olivia ] Hi, Harry. How are you?
- Good.
Look at you, youre all grown up.
- Come on in, come on in.
- [ Olivia ] Oh, thanks.
Watch your step there.
[ Harry ] My name is Harry Benton
and I ran Benton Photo Supply
from 1970 until 1999.
[ Olivia ] Do you miss it?
- The store? No, I don't think so.
[ Harry ] But I am sad that it's gone.
It's strange to outlive your career.
[ Harry ] Anyway, I don't think Benton Photo Supply
is the subject for today, is it?
[ Olivia ] No, well not exactly.
But it was a big part of my father's story.
[ Harry ] Your dad was a regular.
He bought countless,
countless rolls of film.
I ended up just letting him use a darkroom
because she was around all the time.
I don't think I met anyone
who ever fired off
more film than your father.
[ Footsteps ]
[ Harry ] After I closed the store,
I set up in here just to stay busy.
Your father used all of this stuff.
[ Harry ] The same inlarger. The loops.
Hell, the changing bags might even be his.
I brought that inlarger for my home.
- It predates the store.
- [ Olivia ] Wow.
Oh, no, no, it's fine.
I don't think it can be broken.
Go right ahead.
It'll probably be around after I'm gone.
[ Chris ] Harry Benton's
darkroom is a treasure trove.
35mm equipment was just built differently.
I can't believe how much of it
still works.
[ Mechanical sound ]
[ Harry ] Some people think a camera
or a fast lens will make something magical.
They forget, you need to make the image.
[ Harry ] Your father, he understood how to shape
and capture what was already there.
In the frame
in the exposure
and in the light.
[ Olivia ] Even today, when I hear the word
photographer, I think light manipulator.
[ Harry chuckles ] Yeah, those are Nick's words alright.
I am in the dark room of Rochester's own,
Nick Brandreth,
an award winning photographer
who has had his work published everywhere
from National Geographic
to Sports Illustrated.
Nick is our local artist spotlight
this week and you've probably seen his work already.
- Hi Nick.
- Hi Lauren thanks for having me.
Well, thanks for joining me.
- You've got some really, really great stuff here.
- I appreciate that.
[ Nick ] I put a lot of myself into my work
and I really hope that
that shows through
when people look at my photographs.
[ Newscaster ] So what are you working on right now?
Actually, I've got really into the older photo
processes, so this one's kind of special
to us, especially here in Rochester.
This is called a gelatin dry plate
and this is what
Mr.Eastman made his fortune with.
[ Ominus music ]
[ Francine ] Dusty. Sorry about that.
[ Chris ] Its all right.
[ Francine ]Most of this stuff
has been packed up for years,
I just never had the heart
to get rid of it.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
[ Olivia laughs ]
What's this?
It's weird.
[ Luke ] I think it's a trap camera.
A trap camera?
[ TV Presenter ] The trap camera is unique
because the photo was taken not by you,
the photographer, but by the subject.
- The subject takes the photo?
- [ TV Presenter ] Exactly.
Fantastic.
[ TV Presenter ] Once the KTC-125
has been placed, a trip wire controlling
the camera is set.
Springing the trip line will release
the shutter, taking the photograph.
This makes the trap camera
extremely useful in photography of
elusive wildlife, dangerous wartime documentation
and other scenarios unfit
for a photographer himself.
[ Olivia ] What do you think he was trying
to photograph with the trap camera?
[ Chris ] Wolves. Bears.
- Poachers?
- [ Chris ] Could be.
Wolves? No, not in Rochester.
But I've seen this camera before.
HCT. Horace Cody Taylor.
Your old man,
he found that camera with some friends
at a junk swap.
[ Olivia ] Do you have those photos?
[ Harry sighs ]
Hang tight.
[ Harry ] Please
don't make me regret showing you this.
[ Olvia ] I won't.
Are we still rolling?
- Yeah, right?
- [ Luke ] Actually um...
I have to switch out the mag.
Okay, let's cut.
We've been fortunate
to have agreeable subjects.
However,
they've already been well documented.
But when Harry told us about
Horace Cody Taylor, we had our first piece
of real new information
about my father's disappearance.
Unfortunately, our new lead
died nearly 100 years ago.
[ Olivia ] Born in New York City in 1888.
Horace Cody Taylor was an inventor
photographer
and cartographer.
[ Olivia ] A patent filed in 1916 in New York City
and a series of survey
maps from 1923 corroborate
the timeline we got from Harry.
However, after 1931,
there is no information on Horace
Cody Taylor.
No record of a death,
sale of his property,
next of kin, nothing.
I processed these negatives.
After your father,
after everything happened.
[ Harry ] Here, take a look for yourselves.
- [ Olivia ] These are all his?
- [ Harry ] Yeah
I told you your father shot a lot of film.
[ Olivia ] There must be hundreds of images
here, Harry.
Yeah.
[ Oliva ] Whoa!
[ Harry ] Yeah, whoa.
[ Olivia ] Check this out.
What am I looking at?
- Is that a door?
- Just
[ Olivia ] in the middle of nothing?
[ Olivia ] And what is that up in front?
-A bear maybe?--
- [ Harry ] No.
[ Harry ] I don't like this Olivia.
[ Olivia ] Is this a cult?
[ Harry ] No, not really.
More like an extremely old religion.
Sort of a naturalistic following is what
your father thought.
So a cult?
I wouldn't be so quick to label things
that you don't understand.
Okay.
[ Olivia ] Who are they Harry?
I don't know.
That's what your father
was trying to figure out, but
[ Newscaster ] Tune into Rochester News.
a local man has gone missing.
Police remain
hopeful that they will find answers
in the disappearance of photographer
Nick Brandreth.
It has been three weeks since Brandreths
pickup
truck was found parked
outside of Haddonfield State Forest,
where a 9mm firearm,
a spent shell casing
and a number of cameras were recovered
in an apparent su1c1de.
If you have any information regarding
the disappearance of Nick Brandreth...
please call the Rochester PD tip line.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you and good night.
- [ Luke ] We really gonna use this?
- [ Olivia ] Yeah, I think so.
[ Luke ] Okay.
[ Chris ] Yeah of course,
prior to the project, I knew that Olivia's
father had gone missing.
[ Olivia ] Go on.
You know, typically,
after so much time has passed,
these kind of cases rarely get resolved.
[ Olivia ] What do we got?
Not much yet.
Haddonfield Lake is surrounded by woods,
with the exception
of this stretch of highway.
[ Olivia ] According to the police,
my father's truck was found
over here in the eastern entrance.
[ Chris ] You know, Detective Frank Lynch
still works for Rochester Police.
[ Olivia ] Yep. looks like he's Captain Lynch now.
I guess
they promote incompetence from within.
What?
You want to tell us how you really feel?
No, I just did.
[ Frank ] I remember your dad's case.
You know,
we don't get too much heavy crime up here.
[ Olivia ] Heavy crime?
[ Frank ] Your r*pes, your murders, homicides.
Every now and then I'm sure they happen.
But for the most part
it's pretty quiet up here.
I'm Captain Frank Lynch of the RPD.
Back in 1997, I was the lead
detective in the Brandreth
missing persons case.
[ Frank ] In 1997 there wasnt much to report.
Your father went out in the woods
near Haddonfield
Lake late one night in July.
[ Olivia ] September.
What?
[ Olivia ] My father went missing on September 28th.
Anyway, he went out in the woods
and never came back.
[ Olivia ] My father went missing on September 28th,
Police searched for two weeks
before they released a statement
that my father's death was a su1c1de.
Hi, Dad.
[ Olivia ]
Did you believe the police statement
that Dad's death was a su1c1de?
No, not a bit.
And I never trusted that Detective Lynch.
[ Olivia ] Why not?
su1c1de was a way
for the police
to skirt their responsibility.
It just doesn't make sense.
[ Olivia ] Do you ever go out in Haddonfield woods
fishing or hiking, maybe.
I used to go there
when I was a kid, but not anymore.
[ Olivia ] Why is that?
Well, in general I don't make it a habit
of hanging out in old crime scenes.
[ Frank ] But we spent nearly a month
looking for your old man.
We never saw an animal.
It was so quiet up there,
you couldn't even hear any birds.
Weird place.
[ Frank ] Honestly, we didn't have much to go on.
We found a 9 mm handgun
with a spent round.
Your father's prints were on the firearm.
Sorry, Olivia
it was a su1c1de.
- [ Olivia ] But the body--
- [ Frank ] The body was never recovered,
that is correct.
- That didn't strike you as odd?
- Yeah, it did.
It struck me as very odd.
We canvased the clients
that he had invoiced,
friends, family.
No motives. No suspects.
No indication of foul play at all.
This is heading down a dangerous path.
Harry?
[ Harry ] Olivia.
You don't think
my father's death was a su1c1de, do you?
[ Harry ] No one who really knew Nick Brandreth
ever believed that story.
Captain Lynch,
how long have you been a detective?
[ Frank ] Lead detective.
[ Olivia ] Right. Excuse me.
How long had you been a lead
detective in 1997?
What difference does that make?
There is often a defensiveness
amongst law enforcement.
That tension between what's right
and what's right by the book.
It's always there.
[ Olivia ] If my father shot himself, why was the
firearm found but not the body?
We figured some kids found the g*n,
started playing with it, having some fun,
you know.
They moved the g*n
from the original crime scene.
[ Olivia ] Your answer is children
playing with a handgun?
Are here to bust
my chops lady, what is this?
It's not unusual that,
Frank reacted like that.
He knows something.
[ Olivia ] Did you ever follow up with anyone else?
Yes, we hired a private investigator
to help us make sense of things.
Hired is just another way of saying
we lit $20,000 on fire.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Brandreth, but do you
remember the name
of the private investigator?
Hank Arbaghast.
[ Frank ]
Weird guy.
Real pain in the ass.
- [ Olivia ] Arbaghast?
- Thats it.
Arbaghast.
What a loon.
I'll never forget the name,
and I'll never forget him.
Why is that?
Because he felt that my husband
entered a parallel dimension.
I'm sorry, what?
A parallel dimension.
- Mm hmm
- Uh..
Yeah, it's
hard to forget that kind of crazy.
Say do you like mystery stories?
Well, we have one for you.
The mystery is time.
If our story is true,
before we're finished,
I think you'll agree
that truth is stranger
than the strangest fiction.
In 1998 a book on my father's
disappearance was released.
Blue Hour touched on a number
of unexplained aspects of the case,
but ultimately supported
the official police statement.
Hank Arbaghasts
theories were discredited
as the insane ramblings
of a madman
in the book's final publication.
Now, is this a simmer or a boil?
Yes, a simmer.
- It's simmering right now.
-Simmer.
You got it.
[ Francine ] She's upset.
I'm not upset.
I'm just focused.
She's upset.
She always did that when she was
a little girl with her homework.
Thank you, Mrs.Brandreth,
this looks great.
You're welcome. I appreciate the help.
- Salute!
- Salute!
- This is very weird.
- Shh.
- Luke, you gonna eat?
[ Luke ] Sure am.
[ Chris in Italian ] Mangiamo.
[ TV Presenter ]
Photography as a hobby
can lead to photography
as a career, and often does.
But professional work calls for a lot more
than just snapping pictures here
and there.
[ TV Presenter ] Laboratory or darkroom assistants
and technicians
have an opportunity to learn
how to mix chemicals
to develop films,
to retouch negatives
and to make prints.
[ emotional music ]
[ Harry ] Here it is.
[ Olivia ] I dont really know what I'm looking at.
[ Harry ] You think I understand what this is?
I just made the photo.
[ Luke ] Jesus.
[ Olivia ] Are you sure my dad wasn't staging these?
If this was some sort of an art piece,
Nick was really committed.
[ Chris ] Yeah.
[ Luke ] This is wild.
[ Olivia ] Did you ever show these to the police?
[ Harry ] Of course, it seemed relevant.
- It still seems relevant.
- Yeah, I'd say so.
You told Captain Lynch
about this photo, of these people?
[ Harry ]
Yeah, I told Captain Lynch.
He said they were fakes.
He laughed me out of the station.
Fakes?
Another long day searching for missing
photographer Nick Brandreth.
I am here with Detective Frank Lynch,
whose investigating--
Lead detective.
Lead detective Frank Lynch.
Earlier today, our station was delivered
these unsettling photographs.
Here we go.
[ Frank ] What's with the photography?
- Always with the pictures.
- [ Marisa ] I'm sorry.
Are you already aware
of these photographs?
Yeah, I'm familiar with them.
- Would you care to comment?
- No. Not really.
It's a hoax.
[ Harry ]
But he didn't want anything
that he couldn't wrap his head around.
[ Harry ] Who knew
how many other case sit would impact.
Other cases?
Well
if it's happened,
maybe it's been happening?
[ Olivia ] Right.
I see what you're saying.
[ pensive music ]
[ Olivia ] Can you start by introducing yourself?
My name is Marissa Biondi,
formerly of WQCB,
where I was a field reporter.
Mostly the job consisted of local events
and happenings, stuff like that.
But um
I covered the Nick Brandreth case.
[ Marisa ] We don't get a lot of national news
coming out of Rochester
but your father's case
really struck a nerve.
Nick Brandreth?
It's just super tragic
and, you know,
my heart really goes out
to his family and
They find a g*n
and a casing
and decide its su1c1de?
What, did he k*ll himself
and then walk off?
Well, it's not like the most comforting
thought
when you put it that way.
I think the media is going to say
whatever they want,
but you know,
only God knows what really happened.
Nick Brandreth?
They're making excuses
for the fact
that they had no idea
what happened.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
That's the guy that [ shot ] himself off
in the woods, right?
[ Olivia ] Why do you think that was?
Well,
the police didn't
do themselves any favors
by declaring your
father's disappearance
a su1c1de so quickly.
[ Marisa ]
It felt flimsy from the start.
There were other things.
[ Olivia ]
You mean the photos?
[ Marisa ] I remember these.
[ Frank ]
It's a hoax.
Come on, Marisa,
don't bring me this garbage.
Its just a bunch of freaks
playing with triangles
and halloween costumes.
- I'm wondering if--
- No!
excuse me, detective.
[ police sirens ]
I'm Marisa Biondi
with WQCB, Rochester.
It was impossible
to get the police
to consider anything.
They had their answer,
they liked that answer
and that was it.
And we're gonna have
a couple of cop cars
coming soon
- which is going to be perfect--
- [ Chris ] Were rolling.
[ Olivia ] Hi, my name's Olivia Brandreth.
I'm here to see Captain Lynch.
[ Receptionist ] One, moment please.
[ Frank ] Olivia.
[ Olivia ] Thank you for meeting
with me again Captain
I promise
this will be quick.
[ Frank ]
Okay.
[ Frank ] What is this
supposed to be?
[ Olivia ]
I was hoping you could tell me?
[ Frank ]
What? Is this joke?
[ Olivia ]
You've seen this photograph
before haven't you?
[ Frank ]
This is fake.
Photoshop.
This is photoshop.
[ Olivia ]
Captain, this is from a 35 mm
negative taken
by my father in 1997.
I watched it get developed
by hand a few hours ago.
- Captain Lynch?
- Yes?
[ Olivia ]
You told me there were no
other persons of interest
in my father's disappearance.
[ Frank ]
There werent.
[ Olivia ]
Then who are these people?
[ Frank ]
I don't know.
[ Olivia ] Well, the private investigator
my mother hired...
- Weve already talked about Arbaghast
- I know.
But do you have any idea
where I could find him?
[ Frank ]
That guy is a nut job.
You aren't gonna learn
anything from him.
[ Olivia ]
I believe you
but any information
at all might help.
[ Olivia ]
Please?
Can you help me understand
what happened to my father?
[ Frank ]
Wait here a minute.
[ mic rustling ]
[ Chris ]
What happened ?
[ Olivia ]
Arbaghasts address.
- Well, I hope so.
- How?
Lynch.
He slid across the table,
and he just stormed off.
All right.
[ Olivia ]
Oh, my god.
[ Chris sighs ]
[ Olivia ]
Whew.
[ Olivia exhales ]
Was that legal?
[ Chris ] Recording conversation
or him giving you the address?
Either one.
[ Chris ] No.
Maybe he just felt bad.
[ Chris ] He is a bad cop.
[ Olivia ]
That too.
Okay.
[ ominous music ]
[ door knocking ]
[ Olivia sighs ]
[ door knocking ]
[ Hank ] Hey!
- Turn the cameras off.
- [ Olivia ] Hank Arbaghast?
My name's Olivia Brandreth.
Turn the camera off.
- [ Chris ] Sure no problem--
- Camera!
- [ Olivia ] Hank Arbaghast?
- [ Hank ] Yeah?
My name is Olivia Brandreth,
you were investigating
my father's disappearance.
[ Hank ] Figured it's about time
you guys showed up.
[ Chris ]
Mr.Arbaghast, would you be willing
to appear in our documentary ?
[ Hank nods ]
[ Chris ]
Can you please sign this release?
[ Hank ]
Let me read it again.
Ive forgotten all the fine print.
[ Chris ]
Uh, yeah - of course.
[ Hank ] My name is Hank Arbaghast.
[ egg timer winds ]
Ive been a private investigator
for over 25 years
depending on how you count
the passage of time.
In 1997, I was hired
by Francine Brandreth
to find her husband
which I did.
I'm sorry. What did you just say?
I found your father
back in 1997.
Regardless of the ridiculous claims
made by the Rochester Police Department.
[ VHS clicks ]
[ remote clicks ]
Nick Brandreth is
in a place called the Beyond.
[ Olivia ]
You mean the doorway?
[ Hank ]
The Beyond the hub
for the space time
continuum.
Where every
moment of our reality,
of this reality,
rotates around this dimension.
And when
the doorways line up,
you can move from
one moment in time
to the next.
[ Olivia ]
Mr. Arbaghast,
I think we need
to start at the beginning.
No, we don't.
You're just saying
- a lot of things I don't understand.
- Yet.
Things you
don't understand yet.
[ Olivia ]
And where are these doorways?
When are the doorways.
That's the question
you want to ask.
It's all right there
in the title of
your daddy's book.
Blue Hour?
Yes.
You can know
where to go
but without the wind
you'll never find it.
You follow the light,
chase the
shadows to the end.
Then you can
move beyond.
[ laughs ]
[ Olivia ]
And my father
went into one
of these doorways?
Not willingly,
but that's right.
Ive been collecting information
on this, on them,
for a while.
Who are they?
[ Hank ] Acolytes.
Runaways.
Gypsies.
Believe it or not, one was a lawyer.
[ Olivia ]
Are they dangerous?
Mostly no, no.
But, you know how people can get
when they really believe in something.
They act irrational.
[ Olivia ]
Do you have any idea
why the doorways
in Rochester?
That is where
that doorway is.
Different doorways,
different places.
But again, most important
different point in time.
I came out of a
door in Bar Harbor, in 1832,
another in Dallas, 63.
London, 1888.
And these people worship the doors?
No, they protect them.
The acolytes worship
the Obsidian Pyramid.
[ Olivia ]
Excuse me?
[ tense music ]
[ Olivia ]
Mr. Arbaghast?
[ Chris whistles ]
I forgot where I was
for a moment.
We're nearly finished.
Your father didn't
commit su1c1de.
Hes become possessed.
He now serves
the Obsidian Pyramid.
The what?
[ corny intro music ]
Doorways.
Doorwaysfrom one point
in time to another.
Some would say wormholes.
Portals that allow you
to move through time.
The Obsidian Pyramid has been seen
globally,
all across the world.
It's an incredible idea
that the very fabric of reality,
that time itself is structured.
It's balanced
by a mystical rock.
Depictions across cultures,
across time
of floating monoliths.
Too similar,
far too coincidental
to disregard as anything
other than
interconnected.
Nick Brandreth
went through
a doorway
and is now
in the beyond.
Possessed, spellbound, occupied,
we don't have words to describe
the effects
of parallel dimensions.
Your father may look like
what you remember,
but you'll see it.
[ Hank ]
You can see it in his eyes.
His eyes?
[ Hank ]
Yes.
Interesting.
You know,
we've done this before.
And you were
arrogant then, too.
[ Olivia ]
I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be--
[ Hank sushes ]
Say that you can't be
in two places at once.
- What?
- [ Hank ] Go ahead, say it.
You can't be
in two places at once.
Exactly.
Only one version of you can exist
at any given point in time.
- But that doesn't make any sense.
- [ Olivia ] But that doesn't make any sense.
Please keep up.
[ Hank ] You travel from
one point in time to another.
Great. Easy.
Only the latest version
of you will continue to exist.
Any previous
iteration will cease to be.
[ Olivia ]
That doesn't make any sense.
But you just said you can't
be in two places at once.
- [ Olivia ] Right.
- Then we agree.
- [ Olivia ] We do?
- Yes.
Unquestionably, there's very real
evidence of the Obsidian Pyramid
and the men and women
who live in service to it.
Where did this
monolith come from?
Is this evidence of aliens
intervening here on earth,
or is something altogether
more mysterious at play?
It's pointless
to wonder where
the pyrimad came from.
It was here before mankind.
Given our penchant for greed.
It will be here long after.
In the eyes of those
that serve the pyramid,
is it a god?
God is just a word
used to describe
things beyond
our understanding.
The Obsidian Pyramid
is more like a
metronome than anything.
It keeps time for existence.
If time, like the land
or the seas or
outer space itself.
If time can be navigated
with the correct knowledge,
what other secrets
can we uncover?
[ TV static ]
[ Hank laughs ]
This is going
to happen soon.
So I got to move fast.
But in seven years
I go through a door
and I come back
to this very moment.
And then I
[ woosh ]
[ camera fumbles ]
[ Olivia ]
What just happened?
[ Luke ]
Hey guys I think he exploded.
[ Chris ]
Exploded Luke?
[ woosh ]
[ bites apple ]
Versions of us
will do this again
eventually.
[ timer bell rings ]
[ Olivia ]
It doesn't make any sense.
Arbaghast?
He's insane.
He has to be, right?
I can't explain
what I saw.
No, me neither.
A number of years ago in Germany,
a man gave to the world a new concept.
It shook the scientific world
from top to bottom.
Changed the course
of human history and
gave us the atomic age.
The man, Albert Einstein.
The concept, relativity.
That strange, fantastic relationship
between time,
distance and mass.
E=MC 2.
Energy equals mass
times the
speed of light squared.
He didn't make any sense.
Mmhmm.
[ Luke ]
Guys, he can teleport.
Teleport through time.
Thanks, Luke.
[ ominous music ]
[ Chris ]
All right, You ready?
[ Luke ]
I'm ready.
- [ Chris ] Olivia?
- [ Olivia ] Yeah.
I am ready.
[ Chris ]
What are you doing?
[ Luke]
I just got to grab something.
Hold on one sec.
[ Chris ]
It's like wrangling cats.
All day.
Every single day.
[ drone sounds ]
[ pulsing music ]
[ Olivia ] It's pretty.
Quiet
and peaceful.
[ pulsing music ]
Captain Lynch was right.
Silence.
There's something
there in the stillness.
An uneasiness.
[ leaves rustle ]
[ footsteps ]
[ Olivia ]
We're looking for that.
Or that.
There are so many trees.
[ shutter clicks ]
[ creepy music ]
[ Chris ]
Yeah.
I'm not really an outdoorsy person but
Haddonfield Forest
didn't seem that weird to me.
Scariest thing is probably the name.
[ Olivia ]
The name?
Yea, its the
town from Halloween.
[ Chris ]
Anything?
[ Olivia ]
Not even close.
[ Chris ]
Got to be around the site.
We've been walking
about two miles.
Yeah, thats pretty close.
[ creepy music ]
[ footsteps ]
[ branch cracks ]
- [ Luke ] Sorry guys.
- [ Luke ] Sorry guys.
- [ Olivia ] It's okay.
[ eerie music ]
[ Chris ]
You all right?
[ Luke ]
Yeah im good.
[ eerie music ]
[ wind blows ]
[ eerie music ]
[ Olivia sighs ]
[ footsteps ]
[ wind intensifies ]
[ Olivia ]
Let's keep going this way.
[ Olivia ]
Maybe that.
All right, come on.
we're going to
start losing light.
[ footsteps ]
[ Olivia ]
I dont
[ Olivia sighs ]
[ Olivia ] Oh, my god.
Look!
That's a match, right?
[ Chris ]
Looks like it lines up.
[ Luke ]
Hang on I can't pull focus.
- [ Olivia ] So--
- [ Chris ] About--
His trap camera would
have been right over there.
[ sighs of relief ]
[ pulsating music intensifies ]
[ pulsating music continues ]
[ camera shuffles ]
[ Luke ]
Jesus.
[ Olivia ] Hey Chris.
[ Chris ] Yeah?
- Wheres Luke?
- [ Chris ] Uh, I dont know.
- [ Chris ] He was right here filming.
- Luke?
[ Olivia ]
When's the last time you saw him?
[ Chris ]
15 minutes ago.
Luke!
[ Chris ]
Luke!
[ Olivia ]
Luke!
[ Chris ] Luke!
[ twig snaps ]
[ Luke ]
Oh, hey Chris.
[ footsteps approaching ]
[ Luke ] Whoa whoa. Im sorry.
No, im sorry. im really sorry.
Ill leave.
[ Luke gasps ]
[ body hits the ground ]
[ stabbing sounds ]
[ Luke moaning ]
[ Olivia ]
Luke!
[ Chris ]
Luke!
Hes probably flying his drone.
[ Chris ]
Yeah.
[ Chris ] Olivia?
[ Chris ] Are you alright?
No.
[ Chris ] Luke?
[ Chris ] Luke?
Luke!
[ Chris breathing heavily ]
Its still rolling.
Luke!
[ dragging sound ]
[ wind blowing ]
[ ominoius music ]
Mitchell Robinson reporting live
from outside of
Rochester, New York,
where a grisly
m*rder has shaken
this otherwise
quiet community.
Freelance cinematographer
Luke D'Antonio
was working on a true crime documentary,
when he was brutally att*cked
in Haddonfeild woods.
[ pulsating music ]
[ pulsating music continues]
[ pulsating music continues]
Hi guys, Miranda here,
live from
Haddonfield Woods.
[ Miranda ]
What was that?
[ Olivia sighs ]
We shut down production
following Luke's death.
It didn't feel right to continue.
[ somber music ]
And then.
I'll be here for the next week
checking out the mysterious disappearances
in these woods.
So, as always, don't forget to follow
along and like and subscribe.
See you soon.
[ creepy slo motion sounds ]
[ news intro music ]
Reporting live from outside of Rochester,
where another
grisly m*rder has shaken
this once quiet community.
Miranda Tully, a true crime
podcast host, has been m*rder*d.
There it is.
Can we
zoom in on that?
Can you get that?
[ Cop ]
Hey, you guys cant film here.
[ footsteps ]
[ emotional music ]
Olivia called me right away.
It was great to hear from her.
I didn't like leaving
the project unfinished.
What did I do
during the shutdown?
- [ Olivia ] Yeah.
- Worked.
[ tinny guitar plays ]
Tried to find work.
There was a lot of
downtime, mostly.
[ announcer ] 2 seconds to go.
And the kick from 27 yards is, is, no
good.
Its over.
Lukes family has been very
supportive of the idea. So,
that feels good.
I mean, they could
have shut us down.
[ Olivia ] How do you feel
about being back?
Good.
I'm a little
concerned about safety,
if I'm honest.
But,
maybe we should
put a pin in this?
[ Olivia ] Huh?
- [ Mark ] Hello?
- [ Chris ] Hey, Mark.
- Yeah. Chris?
- Hey, Chris yeah.
Nice to meet you dude.
Nice to meet you.
Olivia.
[ Olivia ] Yeah.
[ Ominous music ]
Okay.
All right, here we are.
So, six months ago,
we were in
Haddonfield Woods over here,
which is where my father went
missing and also,
obviously, where Luke
where Luke was att*cked.
[ Olivia ] It's also near where
Miranda Tully's body
was found.
I think maybe the saddest
part of Miranda Tully's death
is that it was
completely avoidable.
It was just an
unnecessary risk.
We know
Miranda Tully's body
was found
near where Luke's
was m*rder*d.
They both had
their throats slit.
But that's the only similarity.
Luke was cast aside,
Miranda's body was put on display.
We were there
when Luke got att*cked.
I mean, we were shouting his name,
we may have interrupted
whatever ritual
they were trying to perform.
[ Mark ]
I'm sorry. Who are the they In
this m*rder ritual situation?
[ ominous music ]
- Oh. We'll explain in a minute.
[ Mark ] Okay.
[ Chris ] The location is the only thing that
connects to your father's disappearance.
[ Chris ] I don't think it's enough
to paint a complete picture at this point.
Unless you believe Arbaghast.
Right.
Unless you belive Arbaghast.
Maybe. I don't know.
I mean, he's
no doubt unhinged,
but
he seemed very sure of himself
and incredibly specific.
And also completely out of his mind.
But this I know.
The very formulas and facts
which gave man the ability
to blast himself into eternity.
These very facts contain
powerful moral
and spiritual implications.
Which just might
keep him from doing.
Now weve considered some weird
and fantastic things.
But the implications
to which we have just referred
are the strangest
and the most fantastic of all.
[ door knocks ]
[ Olivia ] We couldn't find Arbaghast.
[ Chris ] Are you surprised?
Yeah. I mean,
Im not surprised.
These types of
cases run cold.
Now
[ film case snaps closed ]
Rochester PD
has refused to speak to us.
- Which makes sense.
- Sorry.
Yeah, I do have some contacts
at the Eastman Museum.
Claim to have patents and
research papers on Horace Cody Taylor.
[ Olivia ] That could be useful.
I was also thinking
Arbaghast had those files on the acolytes.
We can check the footage
for legible names, addresses.
- Look Chris--
- [ Mark ] Acolytes?
Yeah, the freaks that
worship the pyramid.
[ Mark ] I'm sorry,
I have another question.
What pyramid?
Right.
Allegedly, these people worship
a floating interdimensional pyramid.
The sky's going to be
clear on Thursday.
[ Chris ] Okay?
Sundown is at 6:04 p.m.
and I'm going to Haddonfield
for blue hour.
[ Chris ]
You what?
I'm going back.
- [ Chris ] What?--
- Look you do not have to come with me.
- [ Chris ] People died Olivia--
- I know
[ Chris ] this isnt safe
[ Mark ] I can probably set
you guys up with some body cameras.
I can figure out a way
to control them remotely.
[ Olivia ]
That's a great idea.
- Great. Yes.
- [ Chris ] This two days away.
- [ Chris ] You can't be serious.
- I am.
How do we start?
Oh, sorry.
Well set up in the main
parking lot at 4 p.m.
That'll give us about 2 hours of
- Us?
- You're not doing this alone.
Look, you don't have to come with me--
Mark, can you set me
up with some body cameras?
[ Mark ]
Yeah, no problem.
[ Chris ] No problem.
[ Mark ]
So in this situation,
I'm just going to
be alone at the van.
-No, no.
-No.
We'll send a PA with you
and they'll do B-roll.
No one is alone.
[ Mark ] Thank you.
For the record,
I still think this is
a really bad idea.
[ pulsating music ]
[ car door closes ]
Thank you.
[ Olivia ] All right
[ Mark ] Good luck.
[ car door closes ]
Ready?
[ footsteps ]
[ g*n cocks ]
Really?
Yeah.
Are you all set Mark?
[ Olivia ] Everything look okay?
Yeah we're all set over here.
[ Mark ] You just enjoy
a little walk in the woods.
Thanks.
[ Olivia sighs ]
You okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
[ footsteps ]
[ Olivia ]
Where the shadows end.
[ Chris ]
What?
Something Arbaghast said.
You'll find the doorway
where the shadows end.
[ Olivia ]
The suns dipping low now.
[ Chris ]
Where shadows end?
[ heavy breathing ]
Yeah, maybe.
Did you hear that?
[ Chris ]
Yeah. It's a bird.
- [ Chris ] Were alright.
- Okay.
[ Olivia ]
We've got about an hour.
[ Chris ]
Copy that.
[ heavy breathing ]
[ footsteps ]
[ heavy breathing ]
[ footsteps ]
[ wind blowing ]
Where the shadows end.
Where the shadows
[ heavy breathing ]
Olivia?
What do you see?
[ Mark ] Stop moving.
[ Chris ] What?
- [ Olivia ] Do you see anything?
- [ Chris ] No.
[ Olivia ]
Mark, I don't see anything.
Mark!
[ Mark ]
Someone's there with you.
Someone?
[ goulish sounds ]
[ heavy breathing ]
[ rustling ]
[ instense horns ]
Olivia.
[ music intensifies ]
- [ Olivia ] Oh my god--
- Stop.
- [ Chris ] Back up!
- Chris!
[ Chris ] Stop!
- [ Olivia ] Chris?
- Yes, I see that.
[ Olivia ] No. Behind you.
It's here.
[ Chris ]
Olivia. Hey.
-[ Mark ] Yeah?
- [ Chris ] What?
You said hey.
[ Chris ] f*ck!
[ heavy breathing ]
[ Olivia gasps ]
Olivia wait.
You don't have
to come with me.
Stop.
Back up!
Olivia, don't. No!
[ Mark ] We need help
at Haddonfield Woods.
Yeah, now.
[ digital distortion ]
[ door closes abruptly ]
[ Olivia ]
Wait.
[ door handle rattling ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ creepy music ]
Can you hear that?
Mark?
Hello?
[ creepy music ]
[ Olivia gasps ]
[ ominous music ]
[ ominous music ]
[ Chris ] I don't want to use this.
[ Chris ] Olivia.
Back the f*ck up.
[ g*n clicks ]
[ digital distortion ]
[ door closes ]
[ Chris breathing heavily ]
[ digital distortion ]
[ foot steps ]
[ creaking floorboards]
[ ominous music ]
[ Nick ]
Olivia.
[ ominous music ]
[ foot steps running ]
[ Olivia ]
Dad?
[ Olivia ]
This is isnt normal.
[ Nick ]
I know.
[ Olivia ]
Why are we talking like this?
[ Olivia ]
What's wrong with my voice?
[ Nick ]
Relax.
[ Olivia ]
Am I possessed?
[ Nick ]
In a way.
It will pass in time.
[ Nick ]You were never
supposed to come here.
[ Olivia ]
And you were?
[ ominous sound builds ]
[ door squeaks open ]
[ Chris ]
Olivia?
[ door squeaks closed ]
[ Chris breathing heavily ]
[ Chris breathing heavily ]
[ door squeaks open ]
[ digital distortion ]
[ birds chirping ]
[ Chris ] Hello?
[ flutter in distance ]
What the f*ck?
[ Olivia ] Dad?
[ Nick ] Easy, easy.
I don't mean you any harm.
I'm just trying to
find out what happened
to Horace Cody Taylor.
Horace Cody Taylor!
[ Horace ] Stop.
My time should
have ended long ago.
Please k*ll me.
[ ominous music builds ]
[ ominous music builds ]
[ door handle jiggles ]
[ ominous music builds ]
[ door opens ]
[ digital distortion ]
[ ominous music builds ]
[ ominous music builds ]
Excuse me.
Where am I?
[ fisherman in German ] Guten tag.
[ waves crashing ]
[ fisherman in German ] Allo!
[ Horace ] Please k*ll me.
Please. k*ll me.
Release me.
[ Nick ] I'm sorry.
[ Olivia ] Mom is never going to believe this.
[ surge of energy ]
[ door squeaks open ]
[ g*n cocks ]
Gentlemen.
[ bikers ]
Get him.
[ bikers screaming ]
[ door slams shut ]
[ door locks ]
[ Chris breathes heavily ]
Woo!
Ah, f*ck.
Hey!
[ Nick ]
There will be another time.
[ Olivia ]
I'm here now.
I need you.
Mom needs you.
- [ Nick ] Goodbye Olivia.
- No!
[ Olivia ]
Dad no, don't say that.
Dad, please.
[ Nick ] Shhh.
[ Olivia ]
Help.
[ Olivia cries ]
[ Chris ] Olivia.
[ Olivia ]
Was that?
[ Olivia cries ]
I'm sorry.
[ Olivia ] Follow me.
[ Chris ]
Are you sure?
[ Olivia ]
I think so.
[ Chris ]
You think so?
Do you have any other ideas?
[ door opens ]
[ Chris ] Wait.
[ footsteps ]
[ Chris ]
It got warm.
[ footsteps ]
Where's the van?
Christ.
Mark.
[ footsteps ]
[ door opens ]
I guess Mark's running late.
[ Chris ] Yeah.
[ footsteps ]
[ Chris ] I can start backing up
what I shot last night.
[ footsteps ]
[ keyboard clicking ]
[ Chris ] Oh wow.
[ Olivia ] I can't believe
we can see so much.
[ Chris ]
64,000 iso.
- [ Olivia ] Is that good?
- [ Chris snickers ]
[ door opens ]
[ Luke ] Hey.
[ Chris ]
Luke?
Chris.
[ Olivia ]
What's today?
It's Thursday.
[ Chris ]
No, the date.
Its September 7th.
No, eighth.
[ Olivia ]
Oh my god.
I don't believe it.
[ Olivia ]
We time traveled?
We time traveled.
[ Chris & Olivia ] Holy shit.
When we came
out of the doorway,
it was dark
and the van was gone.
[ Olivia ]
We assumed we had just
lost track of time, or Mark
had been asked to leave.
[ Luke ] Wait, what are
you guys talking about?
[ Olivia ]
You died.
[ Luke ]
No, I didn't.
[ Chris ]
She means you will die.
I mean, we're all going to die.
[ Olivia ]
No, okay . Here, take this.
Okay, listen Luke.
On Saturday, September 10th,
we went to Haddonfield Woods and you died.
I died this coming Saturday?
Chris and I jumped back in time,
188 days.
[ Luke ]
Do you really want to use this?
[ Olivia ]
Yeah, I think so.
- It sets up Arbaghast nicely.
- Okay.
[ clock ticking ]
[ emotional music ]
You know,
we've done this before.
You were arrogant then, too.
It was like
dja vu over and over.
[ film crew member ]
Part 2 take 2.
- Howve you been?
- Good, good, this is Luke and Chris.
Hi Luke, hi Chris.
Are we filming?
[ Chris ]
Yeah. Is that okay?
Oh, sure.
A lot of people
are gonna want to see this part.
[ emotional music continues ]
Youre your father's daughter.
[ emotional music continues ]
Every day had already happened.
We were just
experiencing it differently.
[ emotional music continues ]
[ camera shutter clicks ]
[ emotional music ends ]
[ Olivia ] Captain Lynch,
we wanted to show you this.
What are those body cams?
We got to wear those now.
Whoa.
I tried to relax.
To decompress.
[ Francine ] There were five bedrooms
and I remember that was so fun.
[ Olivia ]
Wait is that aunt Connie?
- [ Francine ] Thats aunt Connie.
- It is aunt Connie.
Oh, my gosh.
-Thin there.
-Shh.
Yes, she was.
This is a good time.
It really is.
[ eerie music ]
Chris had a slightly different approach
to reliving the last six months
of his life.
[ Chris ] I can't explain it.
Any of it.
[ Chris laughs ]
Arbaghast was telling the truth.
All of it.
[ TV Sportscaster ]
And he's knocked out of bounds at the 27.
That's a time out.
New York down1,
with 3 seconds left to play.
27 yards?
This is in the bag.
[ ominous music ]
[ Olivia ] Chris?
[ Olivia ] Chris?
So I actually get what he means.
It's not time travel,
like the way
you think of it,
it really is traveling through time.
Like, just from one to the next.
- 200 bucks he misses.
- You're on.
- 200 bucks he misses.
- You're on.
[ car door closes ]
[ Olivia ]
Hey, Luke have you seen?
Oh, never mind.
[ Luke ]
Okay.
What are you doing?
[ Luke ]
I can film around here right?
No, Luke, just stay in the car.
- [ Luke ] But I can help.
- [ Olivia & Chris ] No!
Alright. Ready?
Here we go again.
[ Olivia sighs ]
Alright, let's go.
[ hatch closes ]
[ footsteps walking away ]
Blue Hour: The Disappearance of Nick Brandreth (2023)
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