Infrared (2022) Movie Script
(film reel whirring)
(ambient music)
(dog barks)
(tone beeps)
- Hey everyone, it's Wes Wheatley here,
and we're on location at Sarah
and Ian's residence,
where evidently, nightly,
Sarah has been rising out of bed
and wandering around the house
with no knowledge of having done it.
And Ian is afraid
that his wife might be
possessed by a demon.
We're here at the house right now
to investigate, to find out,
if Ian's concerns are valid.
Let's go meet the couple.
Come on.
(door knocking)
This is Ian and Sarah.
Ian, hi.
- Hey.
- Wes.
- Wes.
- Good to meet ya.
- Yeah, yeah, man.
Glad you're here.
- All right, let's go.
- You ready?
- Yeah, yeah.
We're here in Ian and Sarah's living room,
where Sarah has agreed
to allow us to perform a deliverance,
otherwise known as an exorcism.
I have a book of demonology here,
just in case,
depending on the spirit
that has possessed Sarah.
When it comes forward,
we'll see if we need this book.
Sarah,
the way that an exorcism works
is not like, you might be accustomed
to seeing in the movies.
I don't know if you watch horror movies,
but it's nothing like that.
Usually, it's actually a very subtle,
a release in the shoulders
with tingling on the back of the neck.
So, what I want you to do
is that I want you to pay close attention
to how you're feeling in your body.
Demon, in the name of Jesus Christ,
I command you,
surface now.
Shh. Sit still.
Look at me.
Demon, in the name of Jesus,
I command you to show yourself, now.
Look in my eyes Sarah.
Demon, I am talking to you.
- [Ian] Oh, God.
- In the name of God,
I command you
to show yourself, now.
Demon, in Jesus' name...
- Do you wanna kill her like
you killed the other one?
- [Man] Randy, you got the...
- Do you want to kill her
like you killed the other one?
Is that what you want
- Randy, grab her! Hold her down!
Demon!
- Is that what you want?
- Demon, I command you...
- Do you want to kill her
like you killed the other one?
Is that what you want?
- To leave this vessel now!
- Wes?
- Demon...
- Is that what you want?
I command you--
- Sarah!
- To leave this vessel now!
- Is that what you want?
(demon snarling)
Demon!
In the name of God,
I command you,
to leave this vessel now!
(demon roaring)
Demon, in the name of God,
I command you,
to leave this vessel now!
Demon!
In the name of God,
I command you to leave this vessel, now!
(static ceases)
(breathing heavily)
Back up, back up, back up.
- [Ian] What the fuck? Is she okay?
- Shh.
God, come on, Sarah.
(Wes breathing heavily)
(Sarah gasps)
(Wes breathing heavily)
It's okay.
You did great.
Okay?
- Okay.
- You're gonna stop
having those bad dreams.
- How you doing?
- Good. Good. Hey.
Hey, guys.
What you just saw was a
successful deliverance,
what most people refer to as exorcisms.
That was Sarah and her husband Ian.
Sarah was possessed by a demon,
but we successfully exorcized the demon,
and, I think that she's
gonna be sleeping well
from now on.
So, great job, everybody.
(window bangs)
(Jane gasps)
- Oh, God.
- Jane?
- Yeah. Geoff?
- Yeah.
- Hi.
- Here you go.
Back door's open.
Just, if you meet anybody,
don't tell 'em you got the keys from me.
Just you're on a night walk, okay?
- Okay.
- Keep it quick.
Be back here in an hour.
- Got it.
- Okay.
- See you in an hour.
- Okay, Jane.
- Thanks, Geoff.
(keys jingle)
- All right, everybody.
We are here,
finally.
I think a lot of you know
that I have been trying
to get access to this building
for a really long time.
So, this is a pretty big deal.
All right, we are here.
We have the keys,
and we are entering in through
the side of the school.
Here we go.
We are in.
It's chilly in here.
The second floor.
Amazing to finally see what
this looks like on the inside.
Okay. We are inside
on the first floor.
My goal is to plant a camera on this floor
and then another one upstairs,
and I'll come back and get them later.
Okay, so now we are going to find a spot
to plant this first camera.
This looks like...
Let's see.
Oh, this looks like the front door,
so I bet if we place the camera
somewhere in view.
Oh, that little spot might work actually.
Let's see.
Okay.
Okay, there is our first hidden camera.
We are now just heading
into the old admin office.
Oh, here's the names
of some of the teachers
that used to work here.
There's a little, tiny door over here
with some really messed up carpet.
(carpet peeling)
(knocks on door)
(knocking on door)
(Jane gasps)
I'm just fucking with you.
(chuckles)
So, we will go up here
to do what I've been really excited to do;
check out the second floor.
All right.
So, now we will find a
place to put the camera,
the second camera.
We have two stairwells.
So, 50-50 shot of where we wanna aim it.
I don't think putting it
under the water fountain
will work very well up here.
This will actually probably work fine.
So, turn it on.
Okay.
Okay.
There we go.
Yeah, looks pretty good.
Whoa!
It looks like everyone
in Sacramento is asleep.
Hopefully, if anyone's
looking in right now,
they don't think I'm a ghost.
Okay, now we'll go check out the basement,
which I think it's just a
bunch of dirt and chairs,
but we'll see what we can find.
(door bangs)
Geoff?
This door was open when
I was in here last.
(locker door bangs)
Geoff ?
Hello!
I think, there's somebody
in here right now.
(locker door clunks)
So, not exactly sure
what that sound was, but
I think I need to get the
fuck out of here, because...
(door bangs)
Hello?
(loud bang)
(static crackling)
(footsteps approaching)
- Yep, rolling.
(Randy knocking door)
Hi, Isabel?
- Hello.
- [Isabel] Yeah. Randy?
- Yes.
- [Isabel] Nice to meet you.
- So, like I mentioned before,
we have a camera crew.
- Oh.
Oh! (chuckles)
Hello.
- This is Rob.
- Hey.
- Our camera guy.
- Hi, Rob.
- And this is Austin,
our sound guy.
- Are we filming?
- We are.
- Oh.
Okay.
(chuckles nervously)
Come on in.
- [Austin] There. You're all set.
- Okay.
I don't normally deal with demons
or kind of the darker side of things.
It's more, you know I
help people reconnect
with their loved ones
who have passed on, stuff like that.
I do believe in the kind of darker side
and that there are darker spirits.
But not to the level
that Wes seems
to be involved.
I think, you have to tread lightly,
especially with...
You know, if you're
working on darker stuff.
And I think that...
That's all
I'll say about that.
(chuckles)
- [Randy] Okay, you seem a bit...
I don't wanna be rude.
Obviously, we're not gonna put this
in the film
or wherever he wants to do it.
You seem a bit reserved.
- I just...
You know, obviously,
I know I'm being recorded
and I know that you're
doing this with Wes.
So, I'm just trying to be
a little bit more judicious
about what I'm saying.
Are you gonna show him all
of the stuff that I say?
- [Randy] Probably not.
- I think Wes has a
different style than I do.
And I think,
it can be misused.
So, Wes doesn't know you're here?
- [Randy] No.
Don't worry, he's not gonna know
that we're filming this.
As I said, this is just for us.
We're just curious.
- So, you're not gonna
use this in the show?
- [Randy] No.
- Well, then
why are you filming it?
- [Randy] For research.
'Cause as a producer,
I need to know more about him as a person,
because, you know these kinds of shows,
they have a personality,
and we're tryna humanize him more,
because he just seems very over-the-top.
And there's a lot of
stuff like that out there.
So, we wanna bring more to his character.
If we know more about
him, that's gonna help.
Do you talk to him still?
When was the last time you talked to him?
- It was a couple of years ago.
A couple of years ago,
I had to call him about a health thing
relating to our mom,
but other than that,
I mean, we kind of had
a little falling out,
and so we haven't really talked.
- [Randy] Do you do exorcisms?
- No.
- [Randy] Does he?
- He has been known to do exorcisms.
That was actually part of
the contributing factor
to our falling out.
When was this?
- [Randy] Three days ago.
- Oh.
Did it...
What happened?
I mean, I don't wanna go into any details,
but that...
You know, the reason we're not talking
is all of this stuff.
- So, this is some footage
that somebody sent to me.
This is the typical kind of thing I get
where somebody wants me to analyze some...
This is some security footage.
You can see the door closing by itself.
My job when I'm reviewing
something like this
is to see, first of all,
if there is a practical
explanation for this.
Most people, something spooks them,
and their mind immediately
zips to something paranormal.
And I know, that most of the time...
You can see actually here,
there's a spirit orb,
and the stool gets knocked over.
But I have to look at this and go,
okay, are there open windows around?
Is there a reason that the door
would have closed by itself?
Like, is there an AC unit
that comes on in the night?
And then after I look at the video
and I can see,
oh, actually there's legit reason
to think
that maybe there's something
spiritual happening here,
that's when I go and investigate.
Did you see the orb?
This is my, I call it the spirit satchel.
Take this with me.
I've got a book of demonology here.
All demons are spirits,
not all spirits are demons.
These are the devices that I've...
This is my haunting kit.
We've got an EMF meter here.
This is a spirit box
that scans through radio frequencies.
This is a recorder
that anybody could pick up,
although I've modified it a little bit
to hear higher frequencies.
And this is a,
just a regular camera,
although this does have
an infrared setting,
which is very important,
because that allows
you to see in the dark.
Does your camera have an
infrared setting by the way?
- [Rob] Yeah, it does.
- It does.
- [Rob] Yeah. Do you want to see it?
- Yeah.
- [Rob] yeah! Cool.
- [Rob] So, it's the green type.
It doesn't have the white type.
- [Wes] Yeah!
- [Rob] Hi, Randy.
- Hi.
- [Wes] I know it doesn't look red,
it looks green,
but that is infrared.
Allows you to see in the dark.
A lot of ghost hunters use
these, which they should.
However, what I think that they get wrong
is most ghost hunters get
excited just when they get a hit.
But the reality is that
there are lots of things
that emit electromagnetic frequency.
So, getting a hit itself
isn't the thing that's exciting.
To me, what you're looking for
is something that is disrupting
the electromagnetic field
that is present.
This is a transmitter, right?
- [Austin] Yeah.
- Does this...
Here, let's see.
(transmitter beeping)
So, you can see right there
that a lot of people would go,
"Oh my God, there's a
ghost in your sound pack!"
Obviously, that's not the case.
What this does is...
(radio static crackling)
This just picks up radio frequencies.
So, what you do...
is you let it cycle through
the radio frequencies,
and you'll notice you'll
pick up legit radio stations,
things that you know,
or DJs playing music, talk shows.
But to me, this is an opportunity
for spirits to actually
try to make contact with us
through this device.
Hey, everyone.
Wes Wheatley here.
Welcome to the first
episode of "Infrared".
This is a paranormal investigation show,
and right now we are on our way
to investigate the paranormal activities
that are taking place at
Jay and Nicole's residence.
They've been experiencing
what sounds to me
like an average haunt.
I think, that the spirits
don't mean them any harm,
but they themselves
are feeling very, very
frightened right now,
and we're gonna do a spiritual cleansing
so that we can release the spirits
from their residence
and let them get back to
feeling safe and secure.
Okay.
Here we are.
We are at Jay and Nicole's
residence right now.
We're gonna be going in.
We're gonna do a spiritual
cleansing of the space,
release the haunt,
and let them get on with their lives.
So, let's do it.
- [Randy] They know we're filming?
- Uh...
Yeah.
Of course.
So, I'm just gonna go in there
and have a quick little pow-wow with them
to let them know what to expect,
and then we can all go in
and film this first haunt.
- [Rob] I'll come with you.
- No, no, no. That's okay.
It's all right. I'll just be right back.
(doorbell rings)
- Hey, how's it going?
- Jay. Hey man.
Good to meet you. I'm Wes.
All right, let's get this place cleansed.
We'll get you and your wife feeling good.
I've got a camera crew
here with me, actually,
that's gonna be filming the--
- No.
- The cleansing.
- No, no, no.
We're not doing that.
We're not doing cameras.
- We didn't agree to that.
- Little miscommunication.
(chuckles)
So, when I spoke to them earlier,
they thought it was next week.
Are you guys familiar with this?
This is Lincoln School.
This place gets talked about a lot.
A lot of people who have
tried to get into the space.
A lot of people who've tried
to sneak onto the grounds,
and cops are called,
and they're usually taken out.
Nobody's really been able to...
that I know of anyway, really infiltrate.
Is this good?
(laughs)
What do you think?
(crew chattering)
Okay.
(chuckles)
- [Randy] Do you actually
believe in this kind of stuff?
- Yeah, I do, very much.
- [Randy] Really?
- Yeah.
- [Rob] Did you always?
- I didn't when I was a kid.
Actually, it's funny.
When I was a kid, I grew up
in a very religious house.
I believed the idea of,
like something, I believed in, God,
and I believed in something different.
- [Randy] Is your sister
religious as well?
- Yeah.
I don't really wanna talk about my sister
in this, though.
- [Randy] Why not?
- 'Cause she's not a part of it.
We don't really have,
you know, we don't work together anymore.
So, she's not a part of this show.
I'd rather just not have her be included.
So, there's a lot of different
rumors about, you know,
like why this school closed
down in the first place.
You can imagine 12 years
having been shut down,
you hear a lot of different stuff.
I think,the most popular rumor is that
a teacher,
I think, it was a seventh grade teacher,
went crazy.
Nobody really defined what crazy meant,
but went crazy
and like, murdered a
classroom of students.
An infestation of demon rats.
This was something I read on Facebook,
I think, like three years ago.
- [Randy] So, do you
know why actually closed?
- I do, yeah.
It's not quite as
exciting as demonic rats,
but what actually happened is that
there was a gas leak in a classroom,
and a teacher and five students died.
Since then, it's been totally shut down.
Nobody's been allowed on the premises.
And as far as I know,
nobody's actually been able to go in,
and there's no reports
of any kind of hauntings
or anything of that nature.
But, I think,
how can there not be?
With a tragedy like that,
the abandoned building.
It is the perfect atmosphere
for paranormal activity
to be taking place.
- Yeah, I know, it was like maybe,
I don't know, five or six years ago.
- [Randy] And you still remember.
- [Isabel] Mm-hm. Yeah.
- [Randy] So, do you wanna tell us about
what's gonna happen here?
- Yes. We're doing a cleansing today.
So, this woman, Judy,
has contacted me
because she has a spirit in the house.
And so, I'm here
to send the spirit,
so that it can be at peace.
- [Randy] Cool.
- So.
(knocking door)
- Hello, Isabel.
Hi, I'm Judy Perry.
- Hi, Judy.
Nice to meet you.
- Hi, fellas.
- [crew] Hi
- Yeah, we have this
camera crew with us today.
You said that's okay.
- Yes, you mentioned that.
(Isabel laughing)
- I'm just gonna...
I don't remember exactly what I told you
about the circumstances around here,
so, I'll just tell you everything.
- [Isabel] Okay.
My husband, Skip,
passed away six months, three weeks
and two days ago.
- Okay.
- And since that happened,
I've had several things
that have been disconcerting to me.
I mean, I think, probably most people.
One thing that happened,
and this has happened a couple of times.
Skip used to get my coffee every morning.
One morning I had had coffee, I took,
let me go in here and show you.
I had taken my empty coffee cup,
set it right here,
went into the bedroom
to try and go to get dressed for the day.
And when I came back out,
I was gonna put it into the dishwasher.
It was full and it was hot.
It was steaming.
I mean, that's a little hello, right?
- [Isabel] Mm-hm.
- We used to have a little deal.
I would do the sorting of the laundry,
and I would put it in
the machine and wash it,
and then he would take
it out of the machine,
put it into the dryer, dry it
and fold it, put it away.
He kinda got the raw deal, if you ask me.
(both laughing)
So, I had put the laundry in the washer,
and it was late at night,
and I thought, I'm just gonna go to sleep.
I'll put it in the dryer in the morning.
I came in here, and it was folded.
It was folded.
- Oh.
I feel something in this corner.
- You do?
- Mm-hm.
Yeah.
That's typical with kind
of hotspots like this.
- Do you feel him? Do you feel a--
- I don't know what it is, but--
- Does it feel angry or sad?
- I'm not sure yet,
but it's kind of confirming
what you're saying, so.
- Oh.
Wow! That's very exciting.
I mean, I just love the
idea that it is him,
- Yeah.
- And yet I don't want him
to be unhappy.
- Right.
- You know?
- Yeah.
- There's this little voice,
very high pitched, like a little baby,
little baby voice
under a pile of blankets.
It's very muffled.
It's like,
"Help".
(whispers)
"Help".
(whispers)
Is that weird?
It's like, baby Skip.
- You know,
Judy, I totally understand why you would-
- [Judy] You do?
- I mean, this is not...
I wouldn't say it's
normal for me, but it's...
This is within the realm of standard.
- [Judy] Oh.
- You know?
- [Judy] It's so reassuring.
- So, what you're saying is that this...
You're not necessarily feeling distressed.
- No.
I mean, I do think it's Skip.
So, it doesn't distress me.
- Yeah.
- I love him.
But, I don't want him to be unhappy.
- [Isabel] We wanna--
- We want--
- [Isabel] To set him at peace.
- Yes.
Go. Go with God, honey.
- Yep.
My method,
it'll probably take
about 20 to 30 minutes.
- [Judy] That's fast.
- Mm-hm.
It is best, if the loved
one is not in the room.
- [Judy] Oh, you don't want me to here.
- It just allows the spirit
to let go more easily.
- [Judy] Of course.
- So, I'll just ask you
to be in another room
for the 20, 30 minutes.
- I can.
Okay.
- And then I'll just let you know,
when it's done.
So, I'm gonna go to my car
get some equipment.
So, if you just wanna,
I don't know if there
are any kind of things
you want to say to Skip--
- I've got some reading to do.
- [Isabel] To let him go.
- Absolutely.
- [Isabel] In peace.
- Absolutely.
- [Isabel] And then you can
just go to the other room.
- Okay.
- [Isabel] I'll come back,
and I'll set him free.
- I'm so relieved.
- [Isabel] Okay.
I'm so relieved.
I didn't know it would happen today,
but thank you so much--
- Yeah.
- Isabel.
- So, I'll just run to my car
and grab some of my equipment.
- [Judy] Buh-bye.
- Bye.
- [Randy] Thank you.
- [Randy] So, is this
the only thing you do
when you come to these cleansings?
- Not to the clients.
I mean, what's nice about smudging
is that it leaves
a physical, like a smell,
you know, that something's happened.
So, it's like,
it represents the spirit passing on.
So.
- Smells good.
- Yeah.
- I mean, I get a lot of calls from
especially, it seems like a lot of widows.
So, I don't know what's going on there,
if it's like,
you know, women having trouble letting go
or something,
But, you know, this does actually,
I mean, it seems to help 'cause,
you know,
I haven't gotten any complaints.
We'll just hit it in here.
This is a nice touch,
'cause now her laundry
will smell like sage,
and it'll be like...
But, 20 to 30 minutes is still fast,
but a reasonable amount of time
(phone buzzing)
to set a spirit free.
- [Randy] Hey, Rob,
I'm gonna take this. It's Wes.
- [Isabel] Judy?
- [Judy] Yes.
(door knocking)
Yes?
Hi, Isabel.
How did it go? Are you done?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- All done.
- Well.
- So, you can come out.
- That was pretty quick, wasn't it?
- Yeah.
- Well, that was easy, huh?
- [Isabel] Yeah.
- Yeah.
- So, I will invoice you.
- Okay. Okay, great.
I was gonna ask.
- Yep.
So, I've got your contact info,
and so you'll get that.
- Okay.
- Just in
probably like 20 minutes.
- In the email?
- Yep.
- Okay.
All right.
Okay, Isabel. Thank you so much.
I'm so, so thankful.
- [Isabel] All right.
Thanks, Judy.
- And you guys, thanks so much--
- [Randy] Nice to meet you. Thank you.
- For your help today.
- [Rob] Thank you.
- [Judy] Yeah. Okay.
All right.
You have a good day.
- Thanks. You, too.
- Buh-bye.
- [Rob] Thank you, Judy.
- [Rob] We got all we need, right?
- Yeah.
- Wes said he has some news for us.
Something to do with that school.
- [Austin] Good or bad?
- Good, good. I think.
- [Rob] I mean, he'd only
call if he got it, right?
- We'll see what he says.
So, I have this idea.
I think, I can convince him, but if...
Would you be open to joining the show?
I think, I can win him over.
- First of all, I don't
think he's gonna want that.
- I think he wants it.
- But, I also don't know, like,
what would I be contributing?
You know, like--
- Just keep him grounded,
some sort of human element.
- I don't think,
(chuckles)
I don't think I'm gonna keep him grounded.
- I think you can.
- I don't think he's gonna listen to me.
- [Rob] I think it's worth a shot.
Worst thing he can do
is tell you to leave.
I mean, you've been tryna
fix that relationship
with him.
- Yeah.
I mean, I don't...
So, the point of this show is...
- [Randy] To hunt ghosts.
- But is it to help him?
Like, is it going to end up helping him?
- [Randy] I think it will help him.
And it's helping people.
I think, he wants to
help people, honestly.
I don't know if he's
doing it the right way.
But I think, truly,
that's what he wants to do.
- It's just been a long time
since I've talked to him, you know.
I did not think that this is
how this day was gonna go.
- All right! Very
exciting news, everybody!
We've gotten permission
to go to Lincoln School.
It is an enormous abandoned building,
been abandoned for years,
and I've always wanted to go
and do a spiritual investigation there,
and we got permission
to go to that school.
It took some aggressively
charismatic emails,
but we did it.
And we're going
and that's our next haunt.
Super excited!
- [Rob] We're good.
- Good.
All right!
Great job.
- So, the other day,
when you were doing your exorcism,
deliverance or wherever it was,
she mentioned that you killed someone.
What was that about?
- During exorcisms, actually,
demons will say a lot of things
to try to provoke everybody.
So, it was nothing.
- [Rob] It seemed like you knew
what she was talking about.
- What I...
If you saw a recognition,
it was that I recognized
that this possession was legit
and,
it needed to be expedited. So, yeah.
- [Rob] Not gonna give us anything else?
- I'd give you something if
there was more to give you.
- Geoff!
- Wes! Hey, welcome.
- So good to meet you.
- [Wes] Thank you so much!
- Yes, I'm Geoff.
I'm also known as the owner's manual.
- The owner's manual!
- Yeah!
Hey, I'm so...
- That's great.
- Come on in, guys.
- Oh, yeah. I'm so sorry.
This is the crew.
This is my producer, Randy.
- Producer.
Never met a producer before.
This is great.
- Here he is.
This is Austin. He's our sound guy.
- [Geoff] Hey, Austin. How are you?
- [Wes] And behind the camera, that's Rob.
- You know what?
I'm so excited for you guys to meet her.
- Meet her?
- You know, this place,
it does need a facelift,
but to me it's the
happiest place on earth.
She. Oh, the building is her.
- [Geoff] Yeah.
Of course.
- [Wes] Great.
- So anyway, let's get rolling.
I have a few other engagements today,
but I'm very happy to give you a tour
and show you all the things
we have to offer here.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
This is a closed...
Is this...
- This is my sister, Isabel.
- [Geoff Oh, it's your sister, Isabel.
Okay.
Well, who else is gonna show up? (laughs)
- That's a great...
(laughs)
That's a great question!
- I'm Geoff. I'm the owner's manual.
I'm the owner.
And we have a beautiful tour.
I'm ready to show you guys.
But we gotta get moving.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course.
- Believe it or not, I own
more than one property.
So, there's a lot of
history to this place.
- Great, great.
Randy, let me talk to you for a second.
- [Randy] No, let's keep going.
Because, I guess, he's busy.
- I understand that he's busy,
but I just want to have
a quick word with you.
Really fast. So, you can cut.
I'm sorry, just a show thing...
- Is everything okay?
- Talk about the framing
here for a second.
- [Geoff] We are in view.
- [Wes] Did you do this?
- This building is the show.
- [Geoff] I'm trying to be
as lenient as I can here--
- This is my show!
- She's gonna help.
- [Geoff] There's a time issue.
- Absolutely. Yeah, Geoff.
- [Geoff] I just don't want
to cut your tour short.
You know, so.
- Yep. No, no, everything's great.
Everything's great.
- Yeah, I'd rather spend
time inside than out here--
- Yeah, me too.
- Even though the whole place
is beautiful.
But, after you. Yeah.
- You're still recording? Great.
- [Rob] Yeah, I'm gonna turn the light on.
There we go.
- This...
I think that looks better.
Let's do it that way.
So, basically he's just gonna
do an intro to the episode.
He's gonna talk to you about the building.
Just give us a tour.
- Okay.
- Is this gonna be at the
beginning of the movie
or at the end of the movie?
- This is the opening to the show.
Yeah.
- Show? Okay.
- Yeah.
- We're gonna give 'em a show.
(Wes laughs)
- We're gonna give 'em
a show. Let's do it.
Hey, everybody, it's Wes Wheatley here.
Welcome to another episode of "Infrared".
I'm here with Geoff,
the owner of the Lincoln School,
which you've seen or heard so much about.
Oh, this is adorable.
Is this a--
- You know,
- An original--
- This supposedly, after midnight,
serves fruit punch.
(Wes laughs)
- [Wes] Well then, we're in luck.
- Just fruit punch.
- Great, nothing but fruit punch here,
- Till 8 am.
- And water.
- Freshly brewed. Yeah, water.
- Cool.
- All original, all authentic.
- Great.
- Just like this whole building.
- Terrific.
And we'll get a sponsorship
from fruit punch.
- So, then the classrooms,
they all kind of have their own story.
This used to be the vice-principal's spot,
but then it was taken
over by Miss Schultz.
Miss Schultz was a
fascinating English teacher.
She shared a lot of stories-
- Can we go in?
- Of course.
- Thank you.
Miss Schultz was...
It was not the vice-principal
but took over from the vice-principal.
- Yeah, she was an English teacher.
She would share stories of Germany
and her time there.
These quotes are scattered
and written throughout.
I always wondered what
some of these things meant,
but you might be able to detect more.
- [Isabel] Wait, when were
these written? These notes?
- Ah, they've come from
all different times.
I mean, hey, time is a
big question mark, right?
I want to kind of give
you guys a basic feel.
Now, there was
the security guard did talk
about this corridor here.
When he would do is his night watch,
he'd hear laughter.
- In this corridor?
- In this corridor,
and a lot of times that would come
from either bringing in...
There was like a puppy in
here, he would hear laughter.
There was a child, he would hear laughter.
So--
- Interesting.
- Just patterns of sound
that pass through here,
but this was a spot he would talk about
that he would hear things.
- [Randy] Just for the...
So we have it,
can you just show us upstairs as well,
maybe more of the building?
- Hey, you gotta love your producer.
He's always thinking up! Right?
- He sure is always thinking.
- This is gonna be a great movie!
(Wes claps)
I have a great feeling!
- [Wes] Yeah, yeah.
He's worth every penny!
- The higher up we go,
the more interesting it gets.
Interest rises, right?
Look at this!
(Wes laughs)
This is the happiest day of his life.
That's what I do. I make people happy.
So, there was an art class in here.
A painter from Spain would come through.
The light comes in at
very interesting angles.
He used to say that the sun burn
was starting to kind of fry
that part of the ceiling,
so the ceiling's starting to come down.
- [Wes] Interesting.
- [Isabel] He said that was burn?
- I mean, the stories people come up with.
We all kind of make up our own reality.
That thing is bizarre.
Apparently, it's turned on on its own.
- Oh, interesting.
- [Geoff] And even though
that outlet doesn't work,
- [Wes] It doesn't?
- So, I don't know.
Yeah.
- Is there electricity
in the building at all?
- No, not right now.
- [Rob] So, the exit signs,
they must be on a back-up service?
- Hey.
- Or on a generator.
- Maybe it's just a spirit.
- [Wes] Or maybe they are haunted, right?
- Dr. Kenneth, when he was here,
he would teach psychology.
And he would walk into his
classroom early in the morning.
Nobody had been in here,
and he would just smell traces
of smoke, cigarette smoke.
I don't think the doctor did these.
He's not really into ballerinas.
But,
(Wes laughs)
it's helped, you know.
(overlapping speech)
Again, there's codes here.
It's almost like you're...
You know, you go to, what
are those things called?
Escape rooms or something?
- Yeah.
- It's like
that might be a code word,
that might be nothing.
You know, how you could
grab this here and write,
Mr. Geoff versus
Wes, the hero.
(Wes laughs)
- Wes, the hero.
- You see what he's doing?
He's scoping everything out.
That's the kind of person
you need in your life.
- [Wes] Yeah, that's why I've got him.
- He sees the big picture.
That's where things happen.
- [Wes] That's right.
He knows how to sculpt a narrative.
- It may not be Hearst Castle,
but it's got character.
One time this guy came in,
and he's like, "Wait, I feel
really dizzy when I walked in."
It's like, well, no shit,
you had like two drinks
before you came here, you know?
So, I always like to just
see through the nonsense.
But, again, I'm open-minded.
I just haven't seen anything
that's convinced me.
- Sure.
- In these...
Not to diminish your efforts, but,
(locker door closes)
hopefully you find
something that's concrete.
- [Wes] Yeah, yeah, for maybe--
- I want this movie to be good.
- Yeah, the show.
The show is gonna be a hit.
Okay.
Before you go,
if you could, for the camera...
There's been a lot of rumors. Right?
About why the place closed down.
And I would love to get
you telling the camera
the real story of--
- You want me to be the movie star. Okay.
(Wes laughs)
- Yeah, yeah. You're gonna
be the star of this episode.
- Let's all get closer.
Let's get a...
- How's that look?
- A quick snap.
- Yep.
(chuckles)
- So, the school, again, it's--
- Oh, wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry.
So, I'm gonna intro it,
and then I'll throw it to you.
Hey, everyone, Wes Wheatley here.
Welcome back to "Infrared".
We're here with Geoff,
the owner's manual
of Lincoln School.
And he's about to put
those rumors to sleep.
Anyone who's been on
the Facebook group page,
we've all heard a lot of crazy things.
So, Geoff.
- I'm a little nervous,
I don't do this often.
- Yeah, why did it get abandoned?
- I'm not into the whole whatever
it's called, the Facebook,
I just like to tell the cold, hard truth.
This is an amazing place,
it's an inspiring place,
a lot of great stuff has happened here.
Unfortunately, the school closed down.
There was a terrible, terrible tragedy,
and it happened in the
lower level classrooms.
There was a teacher, and five students,
and there was a gas
leak, and they were like,
they were trapped.
It's hard for me to talk about it.
- Yeah.
So, it was like,
did you say the lower level classrooms?
I had read that it took
place in the basement.
- There's all kinds of
stories that people tell,
but it was the lower level.
And it was a horrible tragedy.
And I still try to-
- Would you be able to
say it one more time
and just say that it was the basement,
say that it happened in the basement?
- So, yeah, it closed the school down,
And my wife, she's an
amazing teacher as well.
We want this place to come back to life,
because we can't live in the past.
We want to live in the future,
and we go to these groups,
and we talk about moving forward.
And one of the theories is you know,
you gotta forge ahead,
and you gotta kick ass,
and you gotta move forward.
We're trying to come
back bigger and better.
And that's--
- Did your wife work here also?
- She taught here, yeah. She taught here.
- She did? She was a teacher here?
- She was a teacher here.
Well, not like right there.
(laughs)
- What did she teach?
- Oh, she's a...
Oh my God, she's just the
most amazing music teacher.
- Wow!
- I mean--
- Does she still teach?
- She's so great,
she almost taught me how
to play one note of guitar.
(all laughing)
She got me to play "The Twilight Zone".
That's all I could learn how to play.
- Oh, wow.
- She's a very passionate music teacher.
- Did she teach all
different levels of music?
- I mean,
- Yeah.
- Like, Kindergarten to on up.
- She can do everything, yeah.
She's brilliant.
But anyway, I'm kind of
taking over your show here.
- No, no, no.
- Sorry, but I'll--
- You're doing such an awesome job.
In fact, if we could,
what would be terrific would be
if we could actually get
access to the basement,
because, I'm not sure if you know this,
but for the show, it's true that
the point of a trauma or a tragedy
fosters the most vulnerable space
for spiritual activity.
- So--
- Well, last I know,
it's a storage unit.
It's got a bunch of junk in there
from when the school closed.
So, it's not like anything like this,
you know, but--
- No, no, no.
And this is great. I cannot wait to...
I mean, trust me, we're gonna...
Every inch of this place,
we're gonna get to it.
- You know, I gotta run.
If you really want to,
one of these I think,
will get you in there.
- Into the basement?
- I can't make any promises.
I don't know it's...
But anyway, I gotta run.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Geoff] Hey, I wish you guys
all the success in the world.
- [Wes] Thank you so much.
We really, really appreciate this.
- I'll be around.
So, make yourselves at home.
- Okay.
- And, you know,
let me know if you need anything.
- [Wes] Great.
- [Geoff] Be safe.
- Yeah. Thank you so much.
Did you know she was gonna be here?
You did?
- [Rob] Yeah.
- Did he tell you? I
mean, how did you know?
- [Rob] We...
I mean, you're gonna find out.
We shot with her the other day.
Randy thought that--
- You shot with her the other day?
- [Rob] Randy didn't feel the show
was as dynamic as it could be, and--
- Are you recording all this?
- [Rob] To use an old saying,
y'know, get the band back together.
I mean, like, would it not be nice
to hang out with your sister,
again?
- No.
No, it would not be nice.
Otherwise, I'd have her here.
- [Rob] She is here.
- I would have invited her here, I mean.
- [Rob] I'm gonna go get some B-roll.
Okay?
- Sure.
Make some good music with the old band.
- [Rob] All right.
(whispers)
- [Randy] So, it'd really
help if you stayed.
- How is it?
I don't know how it's helping.
I'm not, I'm not helping.
I'm not helping by being here.
He doesn't want me to be here.
I don't wanna be here.
- It's gonna help him.
- How?
What does that- Oh my God.
(footsteps banging)
- How you doing guys? B-roll?
[Rob] some B-roll for the, yep.
- [Randy] So, can you tell us about
what you're doing right now?
- Right now, I'm setting up a camera
that has infrared capacity
to film this hallway.
- [Randy] Cool. Okay.
So, what we're gonna do?
We're gonna do an intro
with you and Isabel.
So, we're gonna go get her now.
- Wait, what are you talking about?
We're gonna do an intro
with me and Isabel.
This is my show.
- [Randy] You want a good show?
This is what I do.
- But what we're doing a show
in the building right now.
- We can do the intro,
with you two in the building.
- What the fuck?
- [Randy] Double the ratings.
- [Randy] Let's do this.
You're gonna love it.
Trust me.
Trust me, I do this for a living.
(sighs)
- I got you off Craigslist.
You do this for a living.
Sure, bring her up.
- [Randy] Take it away, Wes.
- Give me an action.
- [Randy] Action!
- Hey everybody.
It's Wes Wheatley here and,
- Izzy Wheatley.
- And we're here at the Lincoln School
where we are looking to...
Let's...
That sucks.
Hey everybody, it's Wes Wheatley here.
- [Randy] You don't need to do that again.
- I'll just fucking do it.
Just let me roll into it.
Hey everybody.
Hey everyone.
Hey everyone, Wes Wheatley here and...
- Izzy Wheatley.
- And we're here at Lincoln School,
which has been such a dream come true,
being able to get into this facility.
I've wanted to get in here
for the last 10 years.
and here we are.
- [Randy] What about if
you two do it together?
If you Izzy, you start
and you just explain
to the camera together.
- And this is an infrared camera.
That Wes set up.
- Wes, do you wanna--
- That's what it is--
- Say some more about it
- It's an infrared camera
that I set up.
(chuckling)
- Oh man.
- Randy, did you talk to him?
- [Randy] I haven't had a chance yet,
but I'm gonna talk to him.
This isn't working.
Randy, it's not helping. I'm not helping.
You said I was coming to help.
How is this helping?
(footsteps)
How?
- He needs more confidence.
I think, you can give him that confidence.
It's not, I can't do it.
I'm not.
- How am I gonna give him confidence.
- [Randy] He needs your acceptance.
I think he's just lacking something
that I cannot give.
I think, you can help.
- I mean, if...
He doesn't wanna talk to me.
He hasn't wanted to talk
to me for two years.
- You wanna help him, right?
- Yeah.
- Do you have to do that now?
What will help him is,
is if the show will work,
'cause it's not working
at the moment, right?
We want it to work as well.
Let's work together.
Let's make this happen.
- I mean, I'll try talking to him.
I don't think he'll talk to me.
- Please.
Thank you.
- Why did you decide to come, by the way?
- Because, Randy said that I would help.
- He said that you would help,
with the show?
Yeah--
- Like, a crew member.
- You would want me here
and that I would help.
- [Wes] Help doing what?
- I don't know.
I mean, that's why I told him,
I was gonna leave.
- Are you gonna leave?
- I mean, I will, if you want me to.
- You might as well leave
because, this show is a sinking ship.
- You drive me fucking crazy.
But, you are really good at this stuff.
- You do not--
- I do.
- Think that.
I do.
- You never thought that.
I do, You've been doing
this since we were like,
I mean, like,
you were like six years old
and you were like, "The
Wes Wheatley Show".
This has been your dream forever.
And now we're finally here.
You made it to the Lincoln School,
which nobody has been able to get into.
And you did that.
You're here for a reason.
- But the show is going terribly.
I was the first one to get in here
and now I could fuck it up.
- But it's your own show.
- Great!
- You've never done this before.
So, of course you're not gonna be like,
you gotta figure it out,
but you were made to do this Wes.
You might...
Drive me crazy, but that's true.
- I thought the camera would be on
and it'd be like, boom,
boom, boom, boom, boom.
Like when I was a kid.
- Do you remember your motto?
"I'm Wes Wheatley and I can't lose".
(Wes chuckling)
- Well, it hasn't felt like that.
- Well...
Let's get back in there.
- You're gonna...
Do you wanna stick around?
You wanna be part of the "Wes
Wheatley Can't Lose Show"?
- Let's just get in there and do the show.
- I'll do that.
If you admit,
you feel something in here.
Isabel, don't fuck around with me.
- It's drafty.
( Isabel laughing)
It's an old drafty school. That's true.
- Well, let's get down to
the fucking drafty basement
and find some God damn ghosts.
Hey everybody. Welcome back to "Infrared".
I'm Wes Wheatley and I'm
here with -- Izzy Wheatley.
Izzy Wheatley, how about some pep?
One more time.
- [Randy] Action.
- Hey everybody, welcome
back to "Infrared".
I'm Wes Wheatley and I'm here with--
- Izzy Wheatley.
And we are here at the basement door.
So, let's go inside.
You might recall,
but this is the location
where the gas leak took place
that actually saw the building condemned,
where a teacher and five
students were killed,
making this the most vulnerable
place in the building
for spiritual activities.
These keys don't work.
I need you to call Geoff
and tell him that the
basement key isn't here.
Just tell him to bring all
of the building keys down
so that one of the keys would,
can you do that? Thank you.
Okay.
- Okay.
- Back upstairs.
- Flashlights up.
All right. Ready?
Welcome back,
to "Infrared".
- Infrared.
(chuckles)
- Say it with me,
- [Both] Welcome back to "Infrared".
- We'll work on that.
I've got my EMF meter
and what we're doing currently
is we're gonna be
roaming the dark hallways
of Lincoln School here.
And we're gonna be using this EMF meter
as our trusty guide
to see where we can start to pick up
on some electromagnetic frequencies.
- It smells in here.
- Yeah!
- [Randy] Is that a quite common thing?
- It is.
- [Randy] With spirits.
- It's a common thing
in an old abandoned location.
I think, this is the location.
The room where he mentioned
that there's a security guard
that comes around
that sometimes smells
cigarette smoke.
- Oh yeah, like, smoke. Yeah.
- I think, that this is probably nothing,
but let's bear the name Hannah in mind.
- Okay. So, Izzy do you know
how to use an EMF meter?
- You just hold it.
(Wes giggling)
- That's true.
- Right?
- Yeah.
Although, Izzy's job is
not using the EMF meter
because anyone can do that.
Izzy's job is to trust her intuition,
because, Izzy is intuitively
far more sensitive
to the spirit realm
than any of the instruments that I have.
Izzy, in fact, is the reason--
- Let's go upstairs.
- Izzy is the reason
that I started doing
this in the first place.
Shh.
Okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
(whispers)
All right.
We're getting some
interesting activity up here.
Let's see, if it get
stronger as we move up.
Okay.
Very interesting fluctuations right now.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, twenty.
Getting really high numbers right now.
Okay.
Come on.
(locker door bangs)
(EMF meter beeps)
Okay.
Okay.
(EMF meter beeps)
Oh my God!
That sounded like a locker.
(whispers)
(EMF meter beeping)
(locker door clunks)
(Wes breathing heavily)
(EMF meter beeping)
Okay.
This is the most fractured
signal I've ever seen.
(EMF meter beeping)
Look at that.
Look at those fucking numbers.
Holy shit!
(Isabel gasping)
Holy shit!
Okay.
Guys?
Izzy,
Izzy,
what is it?
(EMF beeping continues)
Izzy, okay, okay.
Let me turn this off.
Talk to me.
What are you feeling?
Izzy, what are you feeling?
(Isabel weeping)
Huh?
- It's here.
(sobbing)
Where, where, where?
Where?
Show me.
Izzy, stay with it.
Show me.
Come on.
It's okay , it's okay.
You're okay.
Stay open.
Where's the spot?
Show me where it is
- It's right here.
(sobbing)
- Right here?
Yeah?
Okay.
Okay, so...
We're gonna get set up here.
(Spirit Box crackling)
If there are any spirits
present in this room,
we invite you to communicate with us.
(Spirit Box crackling)
(Isabel sobbing)
If there are any spirits in this room now,
we invite you to communicate with us.
Izzy.
- I can't do it.
- Huh?
- I can't do it.
(Isabel sobbing)
- What are you talking about?
- I can't do it.
- Hey,
Izzy.
Hey, are you getting something?
(Isabel crying)
Are you getting something?
- Can we stop please?
(Isabel weeping)
- Izzy, no, no, no.
Hey, it's okay.
- I wanna stop, please.
- Izzy, please, please, please.
- Hey I'm sorry but..
- What, what, what?
(door bangs)
(Isabel gasping)
- Look, Izzy, Izzy, Izzy.
Oh my God!
- What is wrong with...
- [Austin] It's not working..
- [Wes] Rob, Rob, what the
fuck are you guys doing?
- I'm not going back in there.
That was so dark.
You don't know, you didn't feel it.
- That's true.
I know.
Listen, I know.
I understand.
You're the one with the gift. Okay.
And it is a gift.
Which is why I need you.
- This is what you do,
you like using other people
for your entertainment.
- That's not true.
- That's what you did with that guy.
That's why he died.
- What happened with that guy,
I felt fucking terrible about, all right.
I was naive. I didn't
know what I was doing.
- No, this is exactly what you like to do.
You like to stir shit up.
You stir up all this dark.
That's exactly what the show is all about.
- It's not.
Listen, you completely
misunderstand my interests.
Okay?
The show is not about trying
to stir any darkness out.
My interest has always been,
always been trying to find out
how to be able to set
that dark realm free.
That's true.
And from what I have seen,
the way that you do that
is by acknowledging them.
Let them be seen.
But I cannot do that on my own.
I need you.
So, can we please,
Izzy, please, please.
Will you please go back in there with me
and help me find a way
to give this place some peace.
You felt that.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
- Just give me a second.
- Alright. Hey guys, break's over.
We're gonna go back in, okay.
- [Randy] Can we ask you a few questions?
If you're okay with it?
- About what?
- What happened up there?
- Sometimes...
Sometimes I'm able to feel,
spirits.
The dark ones are...
It's really hard.
They're really...
There's just a lot of pain
and fear
and it's uh
it's just overwhelming.
- [Randy] Was the one up there... bad?
You didn't feel anything, Wes?
- Not like that.
I mean, I sometimes,
there's a little something,
but it's nothing like...
Izzy's got a gift.
That was the biggest reaction, I've seen.
I've seen her react.
When we were young,
it was a...
Yeah.
We didn't know what was going on, but
that was a big one.
I think,
this is a troubled space.
- [Randy] What happened two years ago,
was it something like this?
- I don't wanna talk about that.
- [Randy] Okay.
If you feel uncomfortable, that's fine.
Thank you Izzy,
for talking to us.
- Okay.
Okay.
Okay. Hey, Austin is your
sound equipment okay?
- Yeah we're good.
- You said, it got fucked up or something?
- Yeah, we had some interference,
but I checked it all out,
we're good to go.
- Okay, great, great, great.
Are you recording?
- [Rob] Recording.
- Okay.
So, here we are at the camera
that I set up in the hallway.
Battery is dead.
So, I'm just gonna do a
quick battery change here.
And, once I get it on,
I'm gonna scrub through
some of the footage to see
if anything occurred
during the time that we were in there.
So, I'm just gonna jump
to the approximate time
that we had that activity
in the other room.
I'm looking for...
Holy shit, Izzy, come here.
Look, look, look,
did you see that orb?
Did you see that?
Rob, did you see that orb?
- [Rob] Yeah.
(Wes gasping)
- Holy shit!
(Wes claps)
Oh my God!
That was this door.
We were in that room
and a door slammed, right?
But that slammed.
Now, this is a different door.
Izzy, Izzy,
come here, come here.
Is your infrared on?
- [Rob] I can turn it on.
- Turn on the infrared.
Okay. Rob, I need you
while you're looking at it. Right?
You're also scanning for orbs.
You saw that orb
on the camera, right?
- [Rob] Yeah.
- That's the kind of thing
that you're looking for.
Izzy, how are you feeling?
Rob, scan this room.
See, if you can see anything.
Okay.
- Izzy, do you feel anything?
- No.
(whispers)
- No? What the fuck.
Okay.
Rob, with your infrared,
I need you scanning,
looking for...
anything out of the ordinary,
but there's these kinds of orbs.
That's really what
you're looking for here.
Izzy, here.
Let's also walk around, okay?
You're our barometer.
- [Rob] What do we do if we find an orb?
- If you find an orb,
you let me know exactly where you saw it.
Izzy, are you getting anything?
- [Isabel] I don't know.
- [Wes] Relax into it.
Wait, what?
- I don't feel anything.
- [Rob] Wes?
What is it?
- I don't know.
It looks like a camera.
- Is this one of ours?
- [Rob] Nope. It's not one of mine.
Does it have a card in it?
- Yeah.
What the fuck is it doing here?
Who would've done that?
- It must be Geoff's right?
He's the only one who's in here.
- Why would Geoff put a camera there?
He's watching us.
- [Randy] Where was it? Up here?
- Yeah, it was right here.
It was right here,
it was pointing right over there.
It was pointed right here where
all of the main activity happened. Right?
Can we do a quick scan?
Let's use your camera light here,
and do a quick scan
to see if we find any more
of these cameras.
'Cause, if Geoff is watching us,
I wanna know why?
Hey everybody, we're downstairs now.
And, we found another one of these cameras
sitting here, hidden down on this outlet.
And it's pointing at the
entrance of the building.
We're gonna pop the card reader out
and we're gonna take a
look at what's on this
and the other camera
and see if there's anything interesting.
A woman turned on this little camera
and she set it up
and she positioned it on that ledge.
And this is what the camera's filming.
What it is that she's doing?
Why she set up the camera?
Where she is in the buil...
Oh, there she is.
So, this is the area
where those lockers are.
So, this is the space
where everything happened,
when we were up there.
Okay, looks like she's coming now.
There she is.
(whispers)
- [Isabel and Wes] Oh!
- [Wes] what the fuck?
Holy shit!
- That was it.
- [Wes] What?
- That was it.
- [Wes] That was it?
- Yeah.
That had to be it.
That had to be it, what I felt.
- That's Geoff.
Is that Geoff?
Oh, shit!
Okay. I'm gonna put on the other card.
- I mean, we're the only
ones allowed in here, right?
- [Randy] Yeah.
(whispers)
- I mean, he--
- Yeah, that's right.
Geoff said nobody else, nobody
else comes in here. Right?
He said, nobody else is coming in here.
We're scrubbing through,
this is the lower level.
- But, why was she setting up cameras?
- I don't know.
I mean, that's the question.
Is she trying to...
Is she looking for ghosts?
Is she looking for him?
Fuck!
Oh my God!
(gasps)
Geoff, what the fuck
are you goddamn doing?
- Wes, we have to call the police.
- [Randy] No, no, no, no police.
- [Wes] What?
- We have to call the police
- What?
- We call the police,
we're gonna lose the show--
- Who gives a shit about the show?
- Whoa, whoa, Randy,
she is right.
We are absolutely going
to be calling the police.
And we're gonna be turning over this,
we're gonna be turning over
all of the footage that we have.
This is a fucking crime scene man. Okay?
But, Izzy,
it's also true that if we
call the police right now,
they're gonna come,
they're gonna lock up the building,
and all of the darkness
that exists in here right now,
it's gonna stay.
Whatever happened 12 years ago,
whatever bad shit happened just now,
it's gonna keep on happening.
- Wes, I have never
(whispers)
felt anything this strong.
Like, not even two years ago,
that was like nothing compared to this.
I think we just call the police.
- Izzy,
I'm afraid,
that if we don't do something now,
nobody's going to.
Nobody's done anything
for the last 12 years.
And once the police find out
about whatever it is,
that's been happening in here.
- We don't even know where it is.
- We know where it is.
It's in the fucking basement.
That's why he didn't want us down there.
Did you get a hold of Geoff with the key?
- [Randy] Not yet.
- I don't think,
we wanna be talking to Geoff.
I was just curious,
if he came by with it.
- [Austin] I can just pick the lock.
If you guys want.
- You can pick locks?
- Yeah.
- You can pick that lock?
- [Austin] I think so.
- Okay, then we pick the lock.
We film it,
and we cleanse this space,
and then we turn everything
over to the cops.
- Got it.
- Okay.
Do you feel it?
- Yeah.
- [Wes] Yeah?
- It's here.
- Okay.
(door bangs)
- [Rob] Open it!
(Wes banging the door)
(Wes grunting)
- Fuck! Come on
- [Rob] Wes?
- Shit!
(piano keys bangs)
- [Isabel] Wes.
- Yeah.
- It's this way.
- Okay.
It's okay.
Okay.
- It's here.
(sobbing)
- In here?
Can you shine your light in there?
- [Isabel] You have to go in there.
- [Wes] We have to go in there?
- [Isabel] Yeah.
- [Wes] Okay.
(Isabel weeping)
Okay, okay.
Izzy, you're doing great,
you're doing great.
Okay, we find the spot.
- It's right here.
- Is this it?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Go, go, go.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Spirit, we summon you to
commune with us in this space.
(Isabel screaming)
(static crackling)
- Spirit, we invite you--
- Wes--
- We invite you
to communicate with us in this space.
(Isabel screaming)
Okay, okay.
Alright, let's go, let's go.
Izzy, Izzy.
Turn it off.
Turn it off, okay.
Turn it off, okay.
Okay? Are you okay?
- Okay.
- All right, let's go.
Where's Randy?
Hold on, hold on--
- [Rob] Randy? Randy, come on we gotta go.
- [Austin] Where is he?
- [Rob] Randy!
Randy!
- [Isabel] We gotta go.
- [Wes] Fuck, Rob, come on.
- [Rob] Randy?
- Fuck, is he really gone?
- Randy!
- We gotta go.
(loud bang)
- Go, go, go.
Fuck!
- I think, it's in here.
Go back.
- Come on, come on.
- [Rob] Shit.
- This door is unlocked.
- It's not fucking working.
- [Wes] Let me try.
- [Rob] Fuck this.
[Austin] Where are you going?
- [Rob] There's nothing here.
(Isabel grunting)
- Guys?
(door closing)
- [Isabel] Rob.
- [Rob] Shit!
(Woman screaming)
- Go, go.
Run, run.
Let's go.
(everyone shouting)
- [Rob] She's behind us, just go!
(everyone screaming)
- [Wes] Rob, what did you see?
(door slams)
- Hold the door.
(Isabel screaming)
Hold the fucking door!
- Okay, okay.
Let light rise, out of darkness!
Let light rise, out of darkness!
(everyone screaming)
Let light rise, out of darkness!
Demon I banish you!
Let light rise out of darkness!
I banish you!
Let light rise out of darkness.
(banging stops)
- Okay, let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
(gun clicking)
- Shut up!
- [Wes] Holy shit!
Geoff, what the fuck?
- What did I tell...
Hey, don't play games.
- [Wes] I'm not playing games--
- Don't play games with me.
What did I tell you?
- I swear to God,
I'm not playing games--
- What did I tell you,
there was nothing down here.
What did you do?
You disrespected me,
I'm the owner's manual,
I let you in here!
- Geoff, I'm so sorry.
I did not mean to disrespect--
- What were you doing
in there?
You know what,
You made a mockery of me.
You wanted to show,
you brought these clowns in here
to make a fucking show.
- [Wes] I don't know--
- You better fucking
keep recording,
'cause we got a show coming.
You wanted show, you got it.
But, I'm the fucking producer this time.
Alright? I'm the producer.
It's my show!
- You're the producer.
- I'm the producer.
Why aren't you fucking recording me?
- You're the producer--
- You fucking asshole.
I saw your attitude
when you walked in here,
you were making fun of me.
- [Wes] Geoff, Geoff!
- I own you guys now!
- [Wes] Geoff, just tell us,
what you need, man.
Just tell us what you need.
We'll do whatever you want.
- You wanted a show,
that's what we're gonna do.
Get fucking moving, right now.
- Okay.
- Get moving.
- Okay.
- Alright?
- 15 minutes of shame starts right now.
- You're the producer, man--
- Yeah, I'm ready
for my close-up.
I've been ready for my close-up. Let's go.
Wes, you're no hero.
You're a fucking coward.
You're a fake hero.
You're a false idol.
- [Wes] You're you're right, man.
- [Geoff] You're just
one big Facebook group.
That's what I hate about Facebook.
- [Wes] You're right, man. I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
- [Geoff] Oh, hey.
In here.
Where do you think you're going?
You're driving around my place.
You all act like, you own the place
What am I?
- You know, you're right.
- We're trying to follow your direction--
- [Geoff] Isabel, this
is just ridiculous. Okay.
- Geoff, whatever you want--
- Hey, right through there, come on.
It's beautiful, come on.
- [Isabel] No!
It's a great sound stage. Let's go.
It's the scene of the crime.
Hey Isabel, come on.
You wanted show, what's your...
Come on, Isabel.
Hey, come on, come on.
Just move the light on here.
Let's help the sound guy.
Hey, is the sound okay?
- Yeah, it's fine.
- Okay, great.
- [Isabel] Fuck!
- So, Isabel, come on, come on.
Let's save this for the show.
You're giving away all your emotion.
Like, you gotta teach
these guys everything.
Come on, cameraman, come on --
- [Wes] Geoff, man,
you don't have to do this.
- [Geoff] This is going way too slow.
- Geoff man you don't--
- [Geoff] too fucking slow!
You don't have to do this, okay.
Whatever you--
- No. We've got a show to do.
- [Wes] Okay.
- Okay,
enough bullshitting.
Let's slate.
Come on, stop stuttering.
What the fuck's your problem?
You're up there, you're
asking about the basement.
Oh my God!
You're a big show off.
When the camera's on,
you don't know how to shine,
that's the problem.
- Geoff, I'm ready.
I'll do the show, man.
- [Geoff] Okay.
- Okay.
- [Geoff] Ready?
- Yes, yes.
- [Geoff] And, action.
- Okay. Hey everyone this
is Wes Wheatley here.
Welcome back to "Infrared".
We're here--
- [Geoff] What did you
see? What did you find?
What are you doing here?
- Alright, We're here,
at the Lincoln School.
- [Geoff] And, who introduced you here?
- We're here with Geoff,
who introduced us...
- Yeah!
- To the school.
He brought us down here for the show.
And, so now, we're down here.
We're doing this show
and Geoff is--
- [Geoff] Oh man!
- Geoff is here with us.
- Cut, hold a sec.
- Yeah, man. Geoff is here with--
- Hey, stop moving around,
you're like a ballerina.
- I'm so sorry.
Okay.
Hey everyone, it's Wes Wheatley,
we're here with a very
special episode of "Infrared".
We're here with Geoff
and he's let us down into
this really amazing space.
- Shh, you hear that?
(Woman singing)
- Oh my God,
that melody is so beautiful.
(whispers)
- Isabel, come in,
come into the light.
Come in, you gotta hear this.
Oh my God, they're marinating...
- Okay?
- They're gonna be ready for the--
(Isabel crying)
- Okay.
- [Geoff] Okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Okay. Come in here.
Do you know why we're here?
Do you know why we're in this space?
- I don't know why we're in--
- Remember that story that I told you?
Remember, you kept asking
the basement, what happened?
You were so interested--
- Yeah, yeah.
- This tragedy and my wife,
you know what, this is where it happened.
This is where the gas leak happened.
- He's gonna kill us.
(sobbing)
- You see, that's the sign of a great show
is you start with the emotion,
you end with it.
You bookend it, you fucking bookend it.
- You get the setup and the payoff.
- Yes!
- That's right.
Yes, Geoff-
- And now,
you are gonna be part
of the most beautiful
finale you've ever seen.
- No--
- Infrared is a fucking joke,
compared to what this is gonna be.
- You're right.
- Okay?
- Yeah.
You're right.
- Why did you fucking move?
What are you shooting? Dirt?
Let's get this over here.
Let's get us in a three shot. Come on.
The new star, the movie stars.
(laughing)
- All =right, yeah man.
- One final frame.
- This is it--
- This is gonna be incredible.
This is kind of tight.
I see why you didn't like it.
Come here, come on, come on.
Guys, you can trust me.
I'm the owner's manual.
I gave you everything you wanted.
You wanted the basement,
you got the basement.
Now, just come on.
Come on.
- Okay.
- We gotta move.
This is a slow.
We've got runtime here.
Come on. Let's go.
What are you shooting?
That looks like shit.
That's all green.
- [Rob] It's infrared.
- We're not gonna get
on a big show with this.
This isn't a movie.
Good lord!
No, keep the camera on. Come on guys.
You guys are...
This is gonna be fun.
You guys got your show.
This is the show.
You guys look so scared.
You guys don't take any creative risks.
- Geoff.
- That's the problem.
That's why the show hasn't worked.
- Geoff, just please man.
- Yeah, we're going.
Just please, what?
This is gonna be the
best show of your life.
- No!
- Come on,
- We're going here.
Just relax!
Sometimes, what people want the most,
you give it to them
and then they realize they don't want it.
(sobbing)
- Oh God!
- Geoff, you do not have to do this man.
- [Geoff] You know what,
- Okay?
- You should be calling me the producer.
- [Wes] Okay.
- I'm not Geoff anymore,
I'm the producer.
- Okay, you're the producer man.
- Oh, this is--
- You don't have to do...
Whatever you have--
- yes, I do.
I gotta give you a show.
I give people what they want.
Wes, the hero,
I believed in you.
I trusted you
and I'm loyal to you.
Now go.
This is gonna be the
greatest moment of your life.
- Man, people are gonna be wondering--
- Let's go.
- [Geoff] Nobody's gonna
ever fucking wonder.
- Please, please, okay?
You do not have to do this--
- You're gonna take a nap.
You're upset.
- I swear to God, man.
- You're gonna need to relax .
- I swear to God--
- So..
- You do not have to--
- you know,
you're gonna have to--
- I wanna tell your story, okay?
- I'm gonna tell your story.
Now, sneak under here...
We're gonna get this camera right.
We're gonna do a little prep session.
You're gonna go wait in here.
- Geoff.
- This is your dressing room.
- Geoff.
This is a real fucking show.
- Geoff--
- Okay?
- Please man, you do not have --
- I wanted to make a movie,
you wanted to make a show,
now you've got a show, you're not happy.
Get in there, it's your dressing room.
- Please, man--
- Okay?
There's some even good
food waiting for you.
There's filet mignon.
[Rob] Just tell him to get in there
- Just go!
Please go!
Isabel, this is the greatest
moment of your life!
This is your moment.
Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
This is gonna be a great movie. Okay guys.
I will be back. Okay?
Give me five minutes.
(door banging)
(door closes)
(Isabel screaming)
- [Isabel] No!
- Knock, knock.
- Geoff.
- [Geoff] Say hi to my wife for me.
- Geoff?
(door banging)
- Geoff?
- [Rob] He's gone, he's fucking gone.
(door banging)
- There's gotta be a way
to open this fucking door.
(Woman singing)
(door banging)
(Geoff whistling)
(static building)
(everyone screaming)
(ambient music)
(dog barks)
(tone beeps)
- Hey everyone, it's Wes Wheatley here,
and we're on location at Sarah
and Ian's residence,
where evidently, nightly,
Sarah has been rising out of bed
and wandering around the house
with no knowledge of having done it.
And Ian is afraid
that his wife might be
possessed by a demon.
We're here at the house right now
to investigate, to find out,
if Ian's concerns are valid.
Let's go meet the couple.
Come on.
(door knocking)
This is Ian and Sarah.
Ian, hi.
- Hey.
- Wes.
- Wes.
- Good to meet ya.
- Yeah, yeah, man.
Glad you're here.
- All right, let's go.
- You ready?
- Yeah, yeah.
We're here in Ian and Sarah's living room,
where Sarah has agreed
to allow us to perform a deliverance,
otherwise known as an exorcism.
I have a book of demonology here,
just in case,
depending on the spirit
that has possessed Sarah.
When it comes forward,
we'll see if we need this book.
Sarah,
the way that an exorcism works
is not like, you might be accustomed
to seeing in the movies.
I don't know if you watch horror movies,
but it's nothing like that.
Usually, it's actually a very subtle,
a release in the shoulders
with tingling on the back of the neck.
So, what I want you to do
is that I want you to pay close attention
to how you're feeling in your body.
Demon, in the name of Jesus Christ,
I command you,
surface now.
Shh. Sit still.
Look at me.
Demon, in the name of Jesus,
I command you to show yourself, now.
Look in my eyes Sarah.
Demon, I am talking to you.
- [Ian] Oh, God.
- In the name of God,
I command you
to show yourself, now.
Demon, in Jesus' name...
- Do you wanna kill her like
you killed the other one?
- [Man] Randy, you got the...
- Do you want to kill her
like you killed the other one?
Is that what you want
- Randy, grab her! Hold her down!
Demon!
- Is that what you want?
- Demon, I command you...
- Do you want to kill her
like you killed the other one?
Is that what you want?
- To leave this vessel now!
- Wes?
- Demon...
- Is that what you want?
I command you--
- Sarah!
- To leave this vessel now!
- Is that what you want?
(demon snarling)
Demon!
In the name of God,
I command you,
to leave this vessel now!
(demon roaring)
Demon, in the name of God,
I command you,
to leave this vessel now!
Demon!
In the name of God,
I command you to leave this vessel, now!
(static ceases)
(breathing heavily)
Back up, back up, back up.
- [Ian] What the fuck? Is she okay?
- Shh.
God, come on, Sarah.
(Wes breathing heavily)
(Sarah gasps)
(Wes breathing heavily)
It's okay.
You did great.
Okay?
- Okay.
- You're gonna stop
having those bad dreams.
- How you doing?
- Good. Good. Hey.
Hey, guys.
What you just saw was a
successful deliverance,
what most people refer to as exorcisms.
That was Sarah and her husband Ian.
Sarah was possessed by a demon,
but we successfully exorcized the demon,
and, I think that she's
gonna be sleeping well
from now on.
So, great job, everybody.
(window bangs)
(Jane gasps)
- Oh, God.
- Jane?
- Yeah. Geoff?
- Yeah.
- Hi.
- Here you go.
Back door's open.
Just, if you meet anybody,
don't tell 'em you got the keys from me.
Just you're on a night walk, okay?
- Okay.
- Keep it quick.
Be back here in an hour.
- Got it.
- Okay.
- See you in an hour.
- Okay, Jane.
- Thanks, Geoff.
(keys jingle)
- All right, everybody.
We are here,
finally.
I think a lot of you know
that I have been trying
to get access to this building
for a really long time.
So, this is a pretty big deal.
All right, we are here.
We have the keys,
and we are entering in through
the side of the school.
Here we go.
We are in.
It's chilly in here.
The second floor.
Amazing to finally see what
this looks like on the inside.
Okay. We are inside
on the first floor.
My goal is to plant a camera on this floor
and then another one upstairs,
and I'll come back and get them later.
Okay, so now we are going to find a spot
to plant this first camera.
This looks like...
Let's see.
Oh, this looks like the front door,
so I bet if we place the camera
somewhere in view.
Oh, that little spot might work actually.
Let's see.
Okay.
Okay, there is our first hidden camera.
We are now just heading
into the old admin office.
Oh, here's the names
of some of the teachers
that used to work here.
There's a little, tiny door over here
with some really messed up carpet.
(carpet peeling)
(knocks on door)
(knocking on door)
(Jane gasps)
I'm just fucking with you.
(chuckles)
So, we will go up here
to do what I've been really excited to do;
check out the second floor.
All right.
So, now we will find a
place to put the camera,
the second camera.
We have two stairwells.
So, 50-50 shot of where we wanna aim it.
I don't think putting it
under the water fountain
will work very well up here.
This will actually probably work fine.
So, turn it on.
Okay.
Okay.
There we go.
Yeah, looks pretty good.
Whoa!
It looks like everyone
in Sacramento is asleep.
Hopefully, if anyone's
looking in right now,
they don't think I'm a ghost.
Okay, now we'll go check out the basement,
which I think it's just a
bunch of dirt and chairs,
but we'll see what we can find.
(door bangs)
Geoff?
This door was open when
I was in here last.
(locker door bangs)
Geoff ?
Hello!
I think, there's somebody
in here right now.
(locker door clunks)
So, not exactly sure
what that sound was, but
I think I need to get the
fuck out of here, because...
(door bangs)
Hello?
(loud bang)
(static crackling)
(footsteps approaching)
- Yep, rolling.
(Randy knocking door)
Hi, Isabel?
- Hello.
- [Isabel] Yeah. Randy?
- Yes.
- [Isabel] Nice to meet you.
- So, like I mentioned before,
we have a camera crew.
- Oh.
Oh! (chuckles)
Hello.
- This is Rob.
- Hey.
- Our camera guy.
- Hi, Rob.
- And this is Austin,
our sound guy.
- Are we filming?
- We are.
- Oh.
Okay.
(chuckles nervously)
Come on in.
- [Austin] There. You're all set.
- Okay.
I don't normally deal with demons
or kind of the darker side of things.
It's more, you know I
help people reconnect
with their loved ones
who have passed on, stuff like that.
I do believe in the kind of darker side
and that there are darker spirits.
But not to the level
that Wes seems
to be involved.
I think, you have to tread lightly,
especially with...
You know, if you're
working on darker stuff.
And I think that...
That's all
I'll say about that.
(chuckles)
- [Randy] Okay, you seem a bit...
I don't wanna be rude.
Obviously, we're not gonna put this
in the film
or wherever he wants to do it.
You seem a bit reserved.
- I just...
You know, obviously,
I know I'm being recorded
and I know that you're
doing this with Wes.
So, I'm just trying to be
a little bit more judicious
about what I'm saying.
Are you gonna show him all
of the stuff that I say?
- [Randy] Probably not.
- I think Wes has a
different style than I do.
And I think,
it can be misused.
So, Wes doesn't know you're here?
- [Randy] No.
Don't worry, he's not gonna know
that we're filming this.
As I said, this is just for us.
We're just curious.
- So, you're not gonna
use this in the show?
- [Randy] No.
- Well, then
why are you filming it?
- [Randy] For research.
'Cause as a producer,
I need to know more about him as a person,
because, you know these kinds of shows,
they have a personality,
and we're tryna humanize him more,
because he just seems very over-the-top.
And there's a lot of
stuff like that out there.
So, we wanna bring more to his character.
If we know more about
him, that's gonna help.
Do you talk to him still?
When was the last time you talked to him?
- It was a couple of years ago.
A couple of years ago,
I had to call him about a health thing
relating to our mom,
but other than that,
I mean, we kind of had
a little falling out,
and so we haven't really talked.
- [Randy] Do you do exorcisms?
- No.
- [Randy] Does he?
- He has been known to do exorcisms.
That was actually part of
the contributing factor
to our falling out.
When was this?
- [Randy] Three days ago.
- Oh.
Did it...
What happened?
I mean, I don't wanna go into any details,
but that...
You know, the reason we're not talking
is all of this stuff.
- So, this is some footage
that somebody sent to me.
This is the typical kind of thing I get
where somebody wants me to analyze some...
This is some security footage.
You can see the door closing by itself.
My job when I'm reviewing
something like this
is to see, first of all,
if there is a practical
explanation for this.
Most people, something spooks them,
and their mind immediately
zips to something paranormal.
And I know, that most of the time...
You can see actually here,
there's a spirit orb,
and the stool gets knocked over.
But I have to look at this and go,
okay, are there open windows around?
Is there a reason that the door
would have closed by itself?
Like, is there an AC unit
that comes on in the night?
And then after I look at the video
and I can see,
oh, actually there's legit reason
to think
that maybe there's something
spiritual happening here,
that's when I go and investigate.
Did you see the orb?
This is my, I call it the spirit satchel.
Take this with me.
I've got a book of demonology here.
All demons are spirits,
not all spirits are demons.
These are the devices that I've...
This is my haunting kit.
We've got an EMF meter here.
This is a spirit box
that scans through radio frequencies.
This is a recorder
that anybody could pick up,
although I've modified it a little bit
to hear higher frequencies.
And this is a,
just a regular camera,
although this does have
an infrared setting,
which is very important,
because that allows
you to see in the dark.
Does your camera have an
infrared setting by the way?
- [Rob] Yeah, it does.
- It does.
- [Rob] Yeah. Do you want to see it?
- Yeah.
- [Rob] yeah! Cool.
- [Rob] So, it's the green type.
It doesn't have the white type.
- [Wes] Yeah!
- [Rob] Hi, Randy.
- Hi.
- [Wes] I know it doesn't look red,
it looks green,
but that is infrared.
Allows you to see in the dark.
A lot of ghost hunters use
these, which they should.
However, what I think that they get wrong
is most ghost hunters get
excited just when they get a hit.
But the reality is that
there are lots of things
that emit electromagnetic frequency.
So, getting a hit itself
isn't the thing that's exciting.
To me, what you're looking for
is something that is disrupting
the electromagnetic field
that is present.
This is a transmitter, right?
- [Austin] Yeah.
- Does this...
Here, let's see.
(transmitter beeping)
So, you can see right there
that a lot of people would go,
"Oh my God, there's a
ghost in your sound pack!"
Obviously, that's not the case.
What this does is...
(radio static crackling)
This just picks up radio frequencies.
So, what you do...
is you let it cycle through
the radio frequencies,
and you'll notice you'll
pick up legit radio stations,
things that you know,
or DJs playing music, talk shows.
But to me, this is an opportunity
for spirits to actually
try to make contact with us
through this device.
Hey, everyone.
Wes Wheatley here.
Welcome to the first
episode of "Infrared".
This is a paranormal investigation show,
and right now we are on our way
to investigate the paranormal activities
that are taking place at
Jay and Nicole's residence.
They've been experiencing
what sounds to me
like an average haunt.
I think, that the spirits
don't mean them any harm,
but they themselves
are feeling very, very
frightened right now,
and we're gonna do a spiritual cleansing
so that we can release the spirits
from their residence
and let them get back to
feeling safe and secure.
Okay.
Here we are.
We are at Jay and Nicole's
residence right now.
We're gonna be going in.
We're gonna do a spiritual
cleansing of the space,
release the haunt,
and let them get on with their lives.
So, let's do it.
- [Randy] They know we're filming?
- Uh...
Yeah.
Of course.
So, I'm just gonna go in there
and have a quick little pow-wow with them
to let them know what to expect,
and then we can all go in
and film this first haunt.
- [Rob] I'll come with you.
- No, no, no. That's okay.
It's all right. I'll just be right back.
(doorbell rings)
- Hey, how's it going?
- Jay. Hey man.
Good to meet you. I'm Wes.
All right, let's get this place cleansed.
We'll get you and your wife feeling good.
I've got a camera crew
here with me, actually,
that's gonna be filming the--
- No.
- The cleansing.
- No, no, no.
We're not doing that.
We're not doing cameras.
- We didn't agree to that.
- Little miscommunication.
(chuckles)
So, when I spoke to them earlier,
they thought it was next week.
Are you guys familiar with this?
This is Lincoln School.
This place gets talked about a lot.
A lot of people who have
tried to get into the space.
A lot of people who've tried
to sneak onto the grounds,
and cops are called,
and they're usually taken out.
Nobody's really been able to...
that I know of anyway, really infiltrate.
Is this good?
(laughs)
What do you think?
(crew chattering)
Okay.
(chuckles)
- [Randy] Do you actually
believe in this kind of stuff?
- Yeah, I do, very much.
- [Randy] Really?
- Yeah.
- [Rob] Did you always?
- I didn't when I was a kid.
Actually, it's funny.
When I was a kid, I grew up
in a very religious house.
I believed the idea of,
like something, I believed in, God,
and I believed in something different.
- [Randy] Is your sister
religious as well?
- Yeah.
I don't really wanna talk about my sister
in this, though.
- [Randy] Why not?
- 'Cause she's not a part of it.
We don't really have,
you know, we don't work together anymore.
So, she's not a part of this show.
I'd rather just not have her be included.
So, there's a lot of different
rumors about, you know,
like why this school closed
down in the first place.
You can imagine 12 years
having been shut down,
you hear a lot of different stuff.
I think,the most popular rumor is that
a teacher,
I think, it was a seventh grade teacher,
went crazy.
Nobody really defined what crazy meant,
but went crazy
and like, murdered a
classroom of students.
An infestation of demon rats.
This was something I read on Facebook,
I think, like three years ago.
- [Randy] So, do you
know why actually closed?
- I do, yeah.
It's not quite as
exciting as demonic rats,
but what actually happened is that
there was a gas leak in a classroom,
and a teacher and five students died.
Since then, it's been totally shut down.
Nobody's been allowed on the premises.
And as far as I know,
nobody's actually been able to go in,
and there's no reports
of any kind of hauntings
or anything of that nature.
But, I think,
how can there not be?
With a tragedy like that,
the abandoned building.
It is the perfect atmosphere
for paranormal activity
to be taking place.
- Yeah, I know, it was like maybe,
I don't know, five or six years ago.
- [Randy] And you still remember.
- [Isabel] Mm-hm. Yeah.
- [Randy] So, do you wanna tell us about
what's gonna happen here?
- Yes. We're doing a cleansing today.
So, this woman, Judy,
has contacted me
because she has a spirit in the house.
And so, I'm here
to send the spirit,
so that it can be at peace.
- [Randy] Cool.
- So.
(knocking door)
- Hello, Isabel.
Hi, I'm Judy Perry.
- Hi, Judy.
Nice to meet you.
- Hi, fellas.
- [crew] Hi
- Yeah, we have this
camera crew with us today.
You said that's okay.
- Yes, you mentioned that.
(Isabel laughing)
- I'm just gonna...
I don't remember exactly what I told you
about the circumstances around here,
so, I'll just tell you everything.
- [Isabel] Okay.
My husband, Skip,
passed away six months, three weeks
and two days ago.
- Okay.
- And since that happened,
I've had several things
that have been disconcerting to me.
I mean, I think, probably most people.
One thing that happened,
and this has happened a couple of times.
Skip used to get my coffee every morning.
One morning I had had coffee, I took,
let me go in here and show you.
I had taken my empty coffee cup,
set it right here,
went into the bedroom
to try and go to get dressed for the day.
And when I came back out,
I was gonna put it into the dishwasher.
It was full and it was hot.
It was steaming.
I mean, that's a little hello, right?
- [Isabel] Mm-hm.
- We used to have a little deal.
I would do the sorting of the laundry,
and I would put it in
the machine and wash it,
and then he would take
it out of the machine,
put it into the dryer, dry it
and fold it, put it away.
He kinda got the raw deal, if you ask me.
(both laughing)
So, I had put the laundry in the washer,
and it was late at night,
and I thought, I'm just gonna go to sleep.
I'll put it in the dryer in the morning.
I came in here, and it was folded.
It was folded.
- Oh.
I feel something in this corner.
- You do?
- Mm-hm.
Yeah.
That's typical with kind
of hotspots like this.
- Do you feel him? Do you feel a--
- I don't know what it is, but--
- Does it feel angry or sad?
- I'm not sure yet,
but it's kind of confirming
what you're saying, so.
- Oh.
Wow! That's very exciting.
I mean, I just love the
idea that it is him,
- Yeah.
- And yet I don't want him
to be unhappy.
- Right.
- You know?
- Yeah.
- There's this little voice,
very high pitched, like a little baby,
little baby voice
under a pile of blankets.
It's very muffled.
It's like,
"Help".
(whispers)
"Help".
(whispers)
Is that weird?
It's like, baby Skip.
- You know,
Judy, I totally understand why you would-
- [Judy] You do?
- I mean, this is not...
I wouldn't say it's
normal for me, but it's...
This is within the realm of standard.
- [Judy] Oh.
- You know?
- [Judy] It's so reassuring.
- So, what you're saying is that this...
You're not necessarily feeling distressed.
- No.
I mean, I do think it's Skip.
So, it doesn't distress me.
- Yeah.
- I love him.
But, I don't want him to be unhappy.
- [Isabel] We wanna--
- We want--
- [Isabel] To set him at peace.
- Yes.
Go. Go with God, honey.
- Yep.
My method,
it'll probably take
about 20 to 30 minutes.
- [Judy] That's fast.
- Mm-hm.
It is best, if the loved
one is not in the room.
- [Judy] Oh, you don't want me to here.
- It just allows the spirit
to let go more easily.
- [Judy] Of course.
- So, I'll just ask you
to be in another room
for the 20, 30 minutes.
- I can.
Okay.
- And then I'll just let you know,
when it's done.
So, I'm gonna go to my car
get some equipment.
So, if you just wanna,
I don't know if there
are any kind of things
you want to say to Skip--
- I've got some reading to do.
- [Isabel] To let him go.
- Absolutely.
- [Isabel] In peace.
- Absolutely.
- [Isabel] And then you can
just go to the other room.
- Okay.
- [Isabel] I'll come back,
and I'll set him free.
- I'm so relieved.
- [Isabel] Okay.
I'm so relieved.
I didn't know it would happen today,
but thank you so much--
- Yeah.
- Isabel.
- So, I'll just run to my car
and grab some of my equipment.
- [Judy] Buh-bye.
- Bye.
- [Randy] Thank you.
- [Randy] So, is this
the only thing you do
when you come to these cleansings?
- Not to the clients.
I mean, what's nice about smudging
is that it leaves
a physical, like a smell,
you know, that something's happened.
So, it's like,
it represents the spirit passing on.
So.
- Smells good.
- Yeah.
- I mean, I get a lot of calls from
especially, it seems like a lot of widows.
So, I don't know what's going on there,
if it's like,
you know, women having trouble letting go
or something,
But, you know, this does actually,
I mean, it seems to help 'cause,
you know,
I haven't gotten any complaints.
We'll just hit it in here.
This is a nice touch,
'cause now her laundry
will smell like sage,
and it'll be like...
But, 20 to 30 minutes is still fast,
but a reasonable amount of time
(phone buzzing)
to set a spirit free.
- [Randy] Hey, Rob,
I'm gonna take this. It's Wes.
- [Isabel] Judy?
- [Judy] Yes.
(door knocking)
Yes?
Hi, Isabel.
How did it go? Are you done?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- All done.
- Well.
- So, you can come out.
- That was pretty quick, wasn't it?
- Yeah.
- Well, that was easy, huh?
- [Isabel] Yeah.
- Yeah.
- So, I will invoice you.
- Okay. Okay, great.
I was gonna ask.
- Yep.
So, I've got your contact info,
and so you'll get that.
- Okay.
- Just in
probably like 20 minutes.
- In the email?
- Yep.
- Okay.
All right.
Okay, Isabel. Thank you so much.
I'm so, so thankful.
- [Isabel] All right.
Thanks, Judy.
- And you guys, thanks so much--
- [Randy] Nice to meet you. Thank you.
- For your help today.
- [Rob] Thank you.
- [Judy] Yeah. Okay.
All right.
You have a good day.
- Thanks. You, too.
- Buh-bye.
- [Rob] Thank you, Judy.
- [Rob] We got all we need, right?
- Yeah.
- Wes said he has some news for us.
Something to do with that school.
- [Austin] Good or bad?
- Good, good. I think.
- [Rob] I mean, he'd only
call if he got it, right?
- We'll see what he says.
So, I have this idea.
I think, I can convince him, but if...
Would you be open to joining the show?
I think, I can win him over.
- First of all, I don't
think he's gonna want that.
- I think he wants it.
- But, I also don't know, like,
what would I be contributing?
You know, like--
- Just keep him grounded,
some sort of human element.
- I don't think,
(chuckles)
I don't think I'm gonna keep him grounded.
- I think you can.
- I don't think he's gonna listen to me.
- [Rob] I think it's worth a shot.
Worst thing he can do
is tell you to leave.
I mean, you've been tryna
fix that relationship
with him.
- Yeah.
I mean, I don't...
So, the point of this show is...
- [Randy] To hunt ghosts.
- But is it to help him?
Like, is it going to end up helping him?
- [Randy] I think it will help him.
And it's helping people.
I think, he wants to
help people, honestly.
I don't know if he's
doing it the right way.
But I think, truly,
that's what he wants to do.
- It's just been a long time
since I've talked to him, you know.
I did not think that this is
how this day was gonna go.
- All right! Very
exciting news, everybody!
We've gotten permission
to go to Lincoln School.
It is an enormous abandoned building,
been abandoned for years,
and I've always wanted to go
and do a spiritual investigation there,
and we got permission
to go to that school.
It took some aggressively
charismatic emails,
but we did it.
And we're going
and that's our next haunt.
Super excited!
- [Rob] We're good.
- Good.
All right!
Great job.
- So, the other day,
when you were doing your exorcism,
deliverance or wherever it was,
she mentioned that you killed someone.
What was that about?
- During exorcisms, actually,
demons will say a lot of things
to try to provoke everybody.
So, it was nothing.
- [Rob] It seemed like you knew
what she was talking about.
- What I...
If you saw a recognition,
it was that I recognized
that this possession was legit
and,
it needed to be expedited. So, yeah.
- [Rob] Not gonna give us anything else?
- I'd give you something if
there was more to give you.
- Geoff!
- Wes! Hey, welcome.
- So good to meet you.
- [Wes] Thank you so much!
- Yes, I'm Geoff.
I'm also known as the owner's manual.
- The owner's manual!
- Yeah!
Hey, I'm so...
- That's great.
- Come on in, guys.
- Oh, yeah. I'm so sorry.
This is the crew.
This is my producer, Randy.
- Producer.
Never met a producer before.
This is great.
- Here he is.
This is Austin. He's our sound guy.
- [Geoff] Hey, Austin. How are you?
- [Wes] And behind the camera, that's Rob.
- You know what?
I'm so excited for you guys to meet her.
- Meet her?
- You know, this place,
it does need a facelift,
but to me it's the
happiest place on earth.
She. Oh, the building is her.
- [Geoff] Yeah.
Of course.
- [Wes] Great.
- So anyway, let's get rolling.
I have a few other engagements today,
but I'm very happy to give you a tour
and show you all the things
we have to offer here.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
This is a closed...
Is this...
- This is my sister, Isabel.
- [Geoff Oh, it's your sister, Isabel.
Okay.
Well, who else is gonna show up? (laughs)
- That's a great...
(laughs)
That's a great question!
- I'm Geoff. I'm the owner's manual.
I'm the owner.
And we have a beautiful tour.
I'm ready to show you guys.
But we gotta get moving.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course.
- Believe it or not, I own
more than one property.
So, there's a lot of
history to this place.
- Great, great.
Randy, let me talk to you for a second.
- [Randy] No, let's keep going.
Because, I guess, he's busy.
- I understand that he's busy,
but I just want to have
a quick word with you.
Really fast. So, you can cut.
I'm sorry, just a show thing...
- Is everything okay?
- Talk about the framing
here for a second.
- [Geoff] We are in view.
- [Wes] Did you do this?
- This building is the show.
- [Geoff] I'm trying to be
as lenient as I can here--
- This is my show!
- She's gonna help.
- [Geoff] There's a time issue.
- Absolutely. Yeah, Geoff.
- [Geoff] I just don't want
to cut your tour short.
You know, so.
- Yep. No, no, everything's great.
Everything's great.
- Yeah, I'd rather spend
time inside than out here--
- Yeah, me too.
- Even though the whole place
is beautiful.
But, after you. Yeah.
- You're still recording? Great.
- [Rob] Yeah, I'm gonna turn the light on.
There we go.
- This...
I think that looks better.
Let's do it that way.
So, basically he's just gonna
do an intro to the episode.
He's gonna talk to you about the building.
Just give us a tour.
- Okay.
- Is this gonna be at the
beginning of the movie
or at the end of the movie?
- This is the opening to the show.
Yeah.
- Show? Okay.
- Yeah.
- We're gonna give 'em a show.
(Wes laughs)
- We're gonna give 'em
a show. Let's do it.
Hey, everybody, it's Wes Wheatley here.
Welcome to another episode of "Infrared".
I'm here with Geoff,
the owner of the Lincoln School,
which you've seen or heard so much about.
Oh, this is adorable.
Is this a--
- You know,
- An original--
- This supposedly, after midnight,
serves fruit punch.
(Wes laughs)
- [Wes] Well then, we're in luck.
- Just fruit punch.
- Great, nothing but fruit punch here,
- Till 8 am.
- And water.
- Freshly brewed. Yeah, water.
- Cool.
- All original, all authentic.
- Great.
- Just like this whole building.
- Terrific.
And we'll get a sponsorship
from fruit punch.
- So, then the classrooms,
they all kind of have their own story.
This used to be the vice-principal's spot,
but then it was taken
over by Miss Schultz.
Miss Schultz was a
fascinating English teacher.
She shared a lot of stories-
- Can we go in?
- Of course.
- Thank you.
Miss Schultz was...
It was not the vice-principal
but took over from the vice-principal.
- Yeah, she was an English teacher.
She would share stories of Germany
and her time there.
These quotes are scattered
and written throughout.
I always wondered what
some of these things meant,
but you might be able to detect more.
- [Isabel] Wait, when were
these written? These notes?
- Ah, they've come from
all different times.
I mean, hey, time is a
big question mark, right?
I want to kind of give
you guys a basic feel.
Now, there was
the security guard did talk
about this corridor here.
When he would do is his night watch,
he'd hear laughter.
- In this corridor?
- In this corridor,
and a lot of times that would come
from either bringing in...
There was like a puppy in
here, he would hear laughter.
There was a child, he would hear laughter.
So--
- Interesting.
- Just patterns of sound
that pass through here,
but this was a spot he would talk about
that he would hear things.
- [Randy] Just for the...
So we have it,
can you just show us upstairs as well,
maybe more of the building?
- Hey, you gotta love your producer.
He's always thinking up! Right?
- He sure is always thinking.
- This is gonna be a great movie!
(Wes claps)
I have a great feeling!
- [Wes] Yeah, yeah.
He's worth every penny!
- The higher up we go,
the more interesting it gets.
Interest rises, right?
Look at this!
(Wes laughs)
This is the happiest day of his life.
That's what I do. I make people happy.
So, there was an art class in here.
A painter from Spain would come through.
The light comes in at
very interesting angles.
He used to say that the sun burn
was starting to kind of fry
that part of the ceiling,
so the ceiling's starting to come down.
- [Wes] Interesting.
- [Isabel] He said that was burn?
- I mean, the stories people come up with.
We all kind of make up our own reality.
That thing is bizarre.
Apparently, it's turned on on its own.
- Oh, interesting.
- [Geoff] And even though
that outlet doesn't work,
- [Wes] It doesn't?
- So, I don't know.
Yeah.
- Is there electricity
in the building at all?
- No, not right now.
- [Rob] So, the exit signs,
they must be on a back-up service?
- Hey.
- Or on a generator.
- Maybe it's just a spirit.
- [Wes] Or maybe they are haunted, right?
- Dr. Kenneth, when he was here,
he would teach psychology.
And he would walk into his
classroom early in the morning.
Nobody had been in here,
and he would just smell traces
of smoke, cigarette smoke.
I don't think the doctor did these.
He's not really into ballerinas.
But,
(Wes laughs)
it's helped, you know.
(overlapping speech)
Again, there's codes here.
It's almost like you're...
You know, you go to, what
are those things called?
Escape rooms or something?
- Yeah.
- It's like
that might be a code word,
that might be nothing.
You know, how you could
grab this here and write,
Mr. Geoff versus
Wes, the hero.
(Wes laughs)
- Wes, the hero.
- You see what he's doing?
He's scoping everything out.
That's the kind of person
you need in your life.
- [Wes] Yeah, that's why I've got him.
- He sees the big picture.
That's where things happen.
- [Wes] That's right.
He knows how to sculpt a narrative.
- It may not be Hearst Castle,
but it's got character.
One time this guy came in,
and he's like, "Wait, I feel
really dizzy when I walked in."
It's like, well, no shit,
you had like two drinks
before you came here, you know?
So, I always like to just
see through the nonsense.
But, again, I'm open-minded.
I just haven't seen anything
that's convinced me.
- Sure.
- In these...
Not to diminish your efforts, but,
(locker door closes)
hopefully you find
something that's concrete.
- [Wes] Yeah, yeah, for maybe--
- I want this movie to be good.
- Yeah, the show.
The show is gonna be a hit.
Okay.
Before you go,
if you could, for the camera...
There's been a lot of rumors. Right?
About why the place closed down.
And I would love to get
you telling the camera
the real story of--
- You want me to be the movie star. Okay.
(Wes laughs)
- Yeah, yeah. You're gonna
be the star of this episode.
- Let's all get closer.
Let's get a...
- How's that look?
- A quick snap.
- Yep.
(chuckles)
- So, the school, again, it's--
- Oh, wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry.
So, I'm gonna intro it,
and then I'll throw it to you.
Hey, everyone, Wes Wheatley here.
Welcome back to "Infrared".
We're here with Geoff,
the owner's manual
of Lincoln School.
And he's about to put
those rumors to sleep.
Anyone who's been on
the Facebook group page,
we've all heard a lot of crazy things.
So, Geoff.
- I'm a little nervous,
I don't do this often.
- Yeah, why did it get abandoned?
- I'm not into the whole whatever
it's called, the Facebook,
I just like to tell the cold, hard truth.
This is an amazing place,
it's an inspiring place,
a lot of great stuff has happened here.
Unfortunately, the school closed down.
There was a terrible, terrible tragedy,
and it happened in the
lower level classrooms.
There was a teacher, and five students,
and there was a gas
leak, and they were like,
they were trapped.
It's hard for me to talk about it.
- Yeah.
So, it was like,
did you say the lower level classrooms?
I had read that it took
place in the basement.
- There's all kinds of
stories that people tell,
but it was the lower level.
And it was a horrible tragedy.
And I still try to-
- Would you be able to
say it one more time
and just say that it was the basement,
say that it happened in the basement?
- So, yeah, it closed the school down,
And my wife, she's an
amazing teacher as well.
We want this place to come back to life,
because we can't live in the past.
We want to live in the future,
and we go to these groups,
and we talk about moving forward.
And one of the theories is you know,
you gotta forge ahead,
and you gotta kick ass,
and you gotta move forward.
We're trying to come
back bigger and better.
And that's--
- Did your wife work here also?
- She taught here, yeah. She taught here.
- She did? She was a teacher here?
- She was a teacher here.
Well, not like right there.
(laughs)
- What did she teach?
- Oh, she's a...
Oh my God, she's just the
most amazing music teacher.
- Wow!
- I mean--
- Does she still teach?
- She's so great,
she almost taught me how
to play one note of guitar.
(all laughing)
She got me to play "The Twilight Zone".
That's all I could learn how to play.
- Oh, wow.
- She's a very passionate music teacher.
- Did she teach all
different levels of music?
- I mean,
- Yeah.
- Like, Kindergarten to on up.
- She can do everything, yeah.
She's brilliant.
But anyway, I'm kind of
taking over your show here.
- No, no, no.
- Sorry, but I'll--
- You're doing such an awesome job.
In fact, if we could,
what would be terrific would be
if we could actually get
access to the basement,
because, I'm not sure if you know this,
but for the show, it's true that
the point of a trauma or a tragedy
fosters the most vulnerable space
for spiritual activity.
- So--
- Well, last I know,
it's a storage unit.
It's got a bunch of junk in there
from when the school closed.
So, it's not like anything like this,
you know, but--
- No, no, no.
And this is great. I cannot wait to...
I mean, trust me, we're gonna...
Every inch of this place,
we're gonna get to it.
- You know, I gotta run.
If you really want to,
one of these I think,
will get you in there.
- Into the basement?
- I can't make any promises.
I don't know it's...
But anyway, I gotta run.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Geoff] Hey, I wish you guys
all the success in the world.
- [Wes] Thank you so much.
We really, really appreciate this.
- I'll be around.
So, make yourselves at home.
- Okay.
- And, you know,
let me know if you need anything.
- [Wes] Great.
- [Geoff] Be safe.
- Yeah. Thank you so much.
Did you know she was gonna be here?
You did?
- [Rob] Yeah.
- Did he tell you? I
mean, how did you know?
- [Rob] We...
I mean, you're gonna find out.
We shot with her the other day.
Randy thought that--
- You shot with her the other day?
- [Rob] Randy didn't feel the show
was as dynamic as it could be, and--
- Are you recording all this?
- [Rob] To use an old saying,
y'know, get the band back together.
I mean, like, would it not be nice
to hang out with your sister,
again?
- No.
No, it would not be nice.
Otherwise, I'd have her here.
- [Rob] She is here.
- I would have invited her here, I mean.
- [Rob] I'm gonna go get some B-roll.
Okay?
- Sure.
Make some good music with the old band.
- [Rob] All right.
(whispers)
- [Randy] So, it'd really
help if you stayed.
- How is it?
I don't know how it's helping.
I'm not, I'm not helping.
I'm not helping by being here.
He doesn't want me to be here.
I don't wanna be here.
- It's gonna help him.
- How?
What does that- Oh my God.
(footsteps banging)
- How you doing guys? B-roll?
[Rob] some B-roll for the, yep.
- [Randy] So, can you tell us about
what you're doing right now?
- Right now, I'm setting up a camera
that has infrared capacity
to film this hallway.
- [Randy] Cool. Okay.
So, what we're gonna do?
We're gonna do an intro
with you and Isabel.
So, we're gonna go get her now.
- Wait, what are you talking about?
We're gonna do an intro
with me and Isabel.
This is my show.
- [Randy] You want a good show?
This is what I do.
- But what we're doing a show
in the building right now.
- We can do the intro,
with you two in the building.
- What the fuck?
- [Randy] Double the ratings.
- [Randy] Let's do this.
You're gonna love it.
Trust me.
Trust me, I do this for a living.
(sighs)
- I got you off Craigslist.
You do this for a living.
Sure, bring her up.
- [Randy] Take it away, Wes.
- Give me an action.
- [Randy] Action!
- Hey everybody.
It's Wes Wheatley here and,
- Izzy Wheatley.
- And we're here at the Lincoln School
where we are looking to...
Let's...
That sucks.
Hey everybody, it's Wes Wheatley here.
- [Randy] You don't need to do that again.
- I'll just fucking do it.
Just let me roll into it.
Hey everybody.
Hey everyone.
Hey everyone, Wes Wheatley here and...
- Izzy Wheatley.
- And we're here at Lincoln School,
which has been such a dream come true,
being able to get into this facility.
I've wanted to get in here
for the last 10 years.
and here we are.
- [Randy] What about if
you two do it together?
If you Izzy, you start
and you just explain
to the camera together.
- And this is an infrared camera.
That Wes set up.
- Wes, do you wanna--
- That's what it is--
- Say some more about it
- It's an infrared camera
that I set up.
(chuckling)
- Oh man.
- Randy, did you talk to him?
- [Randy] I haven't had a chance yet,
but I'm gonna talk to him.
This isn't working.
Randy, it's not helping. I'm not helping.
You said I was coming to help.
How is this helping?
(footsteps)
How?
- He needs more confidence.
I think, you can give him that confidence.
It's not, I can't do it.
I'm not.
- How am I gonna give him confidence.
- [Randy] He needs your acceptance.
I think he's just lacking something
that I cannot give.
I think, you can help.
- I mean, if...
He doesn't wanna talk to me.
He hasn't wanted to talk
to me for two years.
- You wanna help him, right?
- Yeah.
- Do you have to do that now?
What will help him is,
is if the show will work,
'cause it's not working
at the moment, right?
We want it to work as well.
Let's work together.
Let's make this happen.
- I mean, I'll try talking to him.
I don't think he'll talk to me.
- Please.
Thank you.
- Why did you decide to come, by the way?
- Because, Randy said that I would help.
- He said that you would help,
with the show?
Yeah--
- Like, a crew member.
- You would want me here
and that I would help.
- [Wes] Help doing what?
- I don't know.
I mean, that's why I told him,
I was gonna leave.
- Are you gonna leave?
- I mean, I will, if you want me to.
- You might as well leave
because, this show is a sinking ship.
- You drive me fucking crazy.
But, you are really good at this stuff.
- You do not--
- I do.
- Think that.
I do.
- You never thought that.
I do, You've been doing
this since we were like,
I mean, like,
you were like six years old
and you were like, "The
Wes Wheatley Show".
This has been your dream forever.
And now we're finally here.
You made it to the Lincoln School,
which nobody has been able to get into.
And you did that.
You're here for a reason.
- But the show is going terribly.
I was the first one to get in here
and now I could fuck it up.
- But it's your own show.
- Great!
- You've never done this before.
So, of course you're not gonna be like,
you gotta figure it out,
but you were made to do this Wes.
You might...
Drive me crazy, but that's true.
- I thought the camera would be on
and it'd be like, boom,
boom, boom, boom, boom.
Like when I was a kid.
- Do you remember your motto?
"I'm Wes Wheatley and I can't lose".
(Wes chuckling)
- Well, it hasn't felt like that.
- Well...
Let's get back in there.
- You're gonna...
Do you wanna stick around?
You wanna be part of the "Wes
Wheatley Can't Lose Show"?
- Let's just get in there and do the show.
- I'll do that.
If you admit,
you feel something in here.
Isabel, don't fuck around with me.
- It's drafty.
( Isabel laughing)
It's an old drafty school. That's true.
- Well, let's get down to
the fucking drafty basement
and find some God damn ghosts.
Hey everybody. Welcome back to "Infrared".
I'm Wes Wheatley and I'm
here with -- Izzy Wheatley.
Izzy Wheatley, how about some pep?
One more time.
- [Randy] Action.
- Hey everybody, welcome
back to "Infrared".
I'm Wes Wheatley and I'm here with--
- Izzy Wheatley.
And we are here at the basement door.
So, let's go inside.
You might recall,
but this is the location
where the gas leak took place
that actually saw the building condemned,
where a teacher and five
students were killed,
making this the most vulnerable
place in the building
for spiritual activities.
These keys don't work.
I need you to call Geoff
and tell him that the
basement key isn't here.
Just tell him to bring all
of the building keys down
so that one of the keys would,
can you do that? Thank you.
Okay.
- Okay.
- Back upstairs.
- Flashlights up.
All right. Ready?
Welcome back,
to "Infrared".
- Infrared.
(chuckles)
- Say it with me,
- [Both] Welcome back to "Infrared".
- We'll work on that.
I've got my EMF meter
and what we're doing currently
is we're gonna be
roaming the dark hallways
of Lincoln School here.
And we're gonna be using this EMF meter
as our trusty guide
to see where we can start to pick up
on some electromagnetic frequencies.
- It smells in here.
- Yeah!
- [Randy] Is that a quite common thing?
- It is.
- [Randy] With spirits.
- It's a common thing
in an old abandoned location.
I think, this is the location.
The room where he mentioned
that there's a security guard
that comes around
that sometimes smells
cigarette smoke.
- Oh yeah, like, smoke. Yeah.
- I think, that this is probably nothing,
but let's bear the name Hannah in mind.
- Okay. So, Izzy do you know
how to use an EMF meter?
- You just hold it.
(Wes giggling)
- That's true.
- Right?
- Yeah.
Although, Izzy's job is
not using the EMF meter
because anyone can do that.
Izzy's job is to trust her intuition,
because, Izzy is intuitively
far more sensitive
to the spirit realm
than any of the instruments that I have.
Izzy, in fact, is the reason--
- Let's go upstairs.
- Izzy is the reason
that I started doing
this in the first place.
Shh.
Okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
(whispers)
All right.
We're getting some
interesting activity up here.
Let's see, if it get
stronger as we move up.
Okay.
Very interesting fluctuations right now.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, twenty.
Getting really high numbers right now.
Okay.
Come on.
(locker door bangs)
(EMF meter beeps)
Okay.
Okay.
(EMF meter beeps)
Oh my God!
That sounded like a locker.
(whispers)
(EMF meter beeping)
(locker door clunks)
(Wes breathing heavily)
(EMF meter beeping)
Okay.
This is the most fractured
signal I've ever seen.
(EMF meter beeping)
Look at that.
Look at those fucking numbers.
Holy shit!
(Isabel gasping)
Holy shit!
Okay.
Guys?
Izzy,
Izzy,
what is it?
(EMF beeping continues)
Izzy, okay, okay.
Let me turn this off.
Talk to me.
What are you feeling?
Izzy, what are you feeling?
(Isabel weeping)
Huh?
- It's here.
(sobbing)
Where, where, where?
Where?
Show me.
Izzy, stay with it.
Show me.
Come on.
It's okay , it's okay.
You're okay.
Stay open.
Where's the spot?
Show me where it is
- It's right here.
(sobbing)
- Right here?
Yeah?
Okay.
Okay, so...
We're gonna get set up here.
(Spirit Box crackling)
If there are any spirits
present in this room,
we invite you to communicate with us.
(Spirit Box crackling)
(Isabel sobbing)
If there are any spirits in this room now,
we invite you to communicate with us.
Izzy.
- I can't do it.
- Huh?
- I can't do it.
(Isabel sobbing)
- What are you talking about?
- I can't do it.
- Hey,
Izzy.
Hey, are you getting something?
(Isabel crying)
Are you getting something?
- Can we stop please?
(Isabel weeping)
- Izzy, no, no, no.
Hey, it's okay.
- I wanna stop, please.
- Izzy, please, please, please.
- Hey I'm sorry but..
- What, what, what?
(door bangs)
(Isabel gasping)
- Look, Izzy, Izzy, Izzy.
Oh my God!
- What is wrong with...
- [Austin] It's not working..
- [Wes] Rob, Rob, what the
fuck are you guys doing?
- I'm not going back in there.
That was so dark.
You don't know, you didn't feel it.
- That's true.
I know.
Listen, I know.
I understand.
You're the one with the gift. Okay.
And it is a gift.
Which is why I need you.
- This is what you do,
you like using other people
for your entertainment.
- That's not true.
- That's what you did with that guy.
That's why he died.
- What happened with that guy,
I felt fucking terrible about, all right.
I was naive. I didn't
know what I was doing.
- No, this is exactly what you like to do.
You like to stir shit up.
You stir up all this dark.
That's exactly what the show is all about.
- It's not.
Listen, you completely
misunderstand my interests.
Okay?
The show is not about trying
to stir any darkness out.
My interest has always been,
always been trying to find out
how to be able to set
that dark realm free.
That's true.
And from what I have seen,
the way that you do that
is by acknowledging them.
Let them be seen.
But I cannot do that on my own.
I need you.
So, can we please,
Izzy, please, please.
Will you please go back in there with me
and help me find a way
to give this place some peace.
You felt that.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
- Just give me a second.
- Alright. Hey guys, break's over.
We're gonna go back in, okay.
- [Randy] Can we ask you a few questions?
If you're okay with it?
- About what?
- What happened up there?
- Sometimes...
Sometimes I'm able to feel,
spirits.
The dark ones are...
It's really hard.
They're really...
There's just a lot of pain
and fear
and it's uh
it's just overwhelming.
- [Randy] Was the one up there... bad?
You didn't feel anything, Wes?
- Not like that.
I mean, I sometimes,
there's a little something,
but it's nothing like...
Izzy's got a gift.
That was the biggest reaction, I've seen.
I've seen her react.
When we were young,
it was a...
Yeah.
We didn't know what was going on, but
that was a big one.
I think,
this is a troubled space.
- [Randy] What happened two years ago,
was it something like this?
- I don't wanna talk about that.
- [Randy] Okay.
If you feel uncomfortable, that's fine.
Thank you Izzy,
for talking to us.
- Okay.
Okay.
Okay. Hey, Austin is your
sound equipment okay?
- Yeah we're good.
- You said, it got fucked up or something?
- Yeah, we had some interference,
but I checked it all out,
we're good to go.
- Okay, great, great, great.
Are you recording?
- [Rob] Recording.
- Okay.
So, here we are at the camera
that I set up in the hallway.
Battery is dead.
So, I'm just gonna do a
quick battery change here.
And, once I get it on,
I'm gonna scrub through
some of the footage to see
if anything occurred
during the time that we were in there.
So, I'm just gonna jump
to the approximate time
that we had that activity
in the other room.
I'm looking for...
Holy shit, Izzy, come here.
Look, look, look,
did you see that orb?
Did you see that?
Rob, did you see that orb?
- [Rob] Yeah.
(Wes gasping)
- Holy shit!
(Wes claps)
Oh my God!
That was this door.
We were in that room
and a door slammed, right?
But that slammed.
Now, this is a different door.
Izzy, Izzy,
come here, come here.
Is your infrared on?
- [Rob] I can turn it on.
- Turn on the infrared.
Okay. Rob, I need you
while you're looking at it. Right?
You're also scanning for orbs.
You saw that orb
on the camera, right?
- [Rob] Yeah.
- That's the kind of thing
that you're looking for.
Izzy, how are you feeling?
Rob, scan this room.
See, if you can see anything.
Okay.
- Izzy, do you feel anything?
- No.
(whispers)
- No? What the fuck.
Okay.
Rob, with your infrared,
I need you scanning,
looking for...
anything out of the ordinary,
but there's these kinds of orbs.
That's really what
you're looking for here.
Izzy, here.
Let's also walk around, okay?
You're our barometer.
- [Rob] What do we do if we find an orb?
- If you find an orb,
you let me know exactly where you saw it.
Izzy, are you getting anything?
- [Isabel] I don't know.
- [Wes] Relax into it.
Wait, what?
- I don't feel anything.
- [Rob] Wes?
What is it?
- I don't know.
It looks like a camera.
- Is this one of ours?
- [Rob] Nope. It's not one of mine.
Does it have a card in it?
- Yeah.
What the fuck is it doing here?
Who would've done that?
- It must be Geoff's right?
He's the only one who's in here.
- Why would Geoff put a camera there?
He's watching us.
- [Randy] Where was it? Up here?
- Yeah, it was right here.
It was right here,
it was pointing right over there.
It was pointed right here where
all of the main activity happened. Right?
Can we do a quick scan?
Let's use your camera light here,
and do a quick scan
to see if we find any more
of these cameras.
'Cause, if Geoff is watching us,
I wanna know why?
Hey everybody, we're downstairs now.
And, we found another one of these cameras
sitting here, hidden down on this outlet.
And it's pointing at the
entrance of the building.
We're gonna pop the card reader out
and we're gonna take a
look at what's on this
and the other camera
and see if there's anything interesting.
A woman turned on this little camera
and she set it up
and she positioned it on that ledge.
And this is what the camera's filming.
What it is that she's doing?
Why she set up the camera?
Where she is in the buil...
Oh, there she is.
So, this is the area
where those lockers are.
So, this is the space
where everything happened,
when we were up there.
Okay, looks like she's coming now.
There she is.
(whispers)
- [Isabel and Wes] Oh!
- [Wes] what the fuck?
Holy shit!
- That was it.
- [Wes] What?
- That was it.
- [Wes] That was it?
- Yeah.
That had to be it.
That had to be it, what I felt.
- That's Geoff.
Is that Geoff?
Oh, shit!
Okay. I'm gonna put on the other card.
- I mean, we're the only
ones allowed in here, right?
- [Randy] Yeah.
(whispers)
- I mean, he--
- Yeah, that's right.
Geoff said nobody else, nobody
else comes in here. Right?
He said, nobody else is coming in here.
We're scrubbing through,
this is the lower level.
- But, why was she setting up cameras?
- I don't know.
I mean, that's the question.
Is she trying to...
Is she looking for ghosts?
Is she looking for him?
Fuck!
Oh my God!
(gasps)
Geoff, what the fuck
are you goddamn doing?
- Wes, we have to call the police.
- [Randy] No, no, no, no police.
- [Wes] What?
- We have to call the police
- What?
- We call the police,
we're gonna lose the show--
- Who gives a shit about the show?
- Whoa, whoa, Randy,
she is right.
We are absolutely going
to be calling the police.
And we're gonna be turning over this,
we're gonna be turning over
all of the footage that we have.
This is a fucking crime scene man. Okay?
But, Izzy,
it's also true that if we
call the police right now,
they're gonna come,
they're gonna lock up the building,
and all of the darkness
that exists in here right now,
it's gonna stay.
Whatever happened 12 years ago,
whatever bad shit happened just now,
it's gonna keep on happening.
- Wes, I have never
(whispers)
felt anything this strong.
Like, not even two years ago,
that was like nothing compared to this.
I think we just call the police.
- Izzy,
I'm afraid,
that if we don't do something now,
nobody's going to.
Nobody's done anything
for the last 12 years.
And once the police find out
about whatever it is,
that's been happening in here.
- We don't even know where it is.
- We know where it is.
It's in the fucking basement.
That's why he didn't want us down there.
Did you get a hold of Geoff with the key?
- [Randy] Not yet.
- I don't think,
we wanna be talking to Geoff.
I was just curious,
if he came by with it.
- [Austin] I can just pick the lock.
If you guys want.
- You can pick locks?
- Yeah.
- You can pick that lock?
- [Austin] I think so.
- Okay, then we pick the lock.
We film it,
and we cleanse this space,
and then we turn everything
over to the cops.
- Got it.
- Okay.
Do you feel it?
- Yeah.
- [Wes] Yeah?
- It's here.
- Okay.
(door bangs)
- [Rob] Open it!
(Wes banging the door)
(Wes grunting)
- Fuck! Come on
- [Rob] Wes?
- Shit!
(piano keys bangs)
- [Isabel] Wes.
- Yeah.
- It's this way.
- Okay.
It's okay.
Okay.
- It's here.
(sobbing)
- In here?
Can you shine your light in there?
- [Isabel] You have to go in there.
- [Wes] We have to go in there?
- [Isabel] Yeah.
- [Wes] Okay.
(Isabel weeping)
Okay, okay.
Izzy, you're doing great,
you're doing great.
Okay, we find the spot.
- It's right here.
- Is this it?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Go, go, go.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Spirit, we summon you to
commune with us in this space.
(Isabel screaming)
(static crackling)
- Spirit, we invite you--
- Wes--
- We invite you
to communicate with us in this space.
(Isabel screaming)
Okay, okay.
Alright, let's go, let's go.
Izzy, Izzy.
Turn it off.
Turn it off, okay.
Turn it off, okay.
Okay? Are you okay?
- Okay.
- All right, let's go.
Where's Randy?
Hold on, hold on--
- [Rob] Randy? Randy, come on we gotta go.
- [Austin] Where is he?
- [Rob] Randy!
Randy!
- [Isabel] We gotta go.
- [Wes] Fuck, Rob, come on.
- [Rob] Randy?
- Fuck, is he really gone?
- Randy!
- We gotta go.
(loud bang)
- Go, go, go.
Fuck!
- I think, it's in here.
Go back.
- Come on, come on.
- [Rob] Shit.
- This door is unlocked.
- It's not fucking working.
- [Wes] Let me try.
- [Rob] Fuck this.
[Austin] Where are you going?
- [Rob] There's nothing here.
(Isabel grunting)
- Guys?
(door closing)
- [Isabel] Rob.
- [Rob] Shit!
(Woman screaming)
- Go, go.
Run, run.
Let's go.
(everyone shouting)
- [Rob] She's behind us, just go!
(everyone screaming)
- [Wes] Rob, what did you see?
(door slams)
- Hold the door.
(Isabel screaming)
Hold the fucking door!
- Okay, okay.
Let light rise, out of darkness!
Let light rise, out of darkness!
(everyone screaming)
Let light rise, out of darkness!
Demon I banish you!
Let light rise out of darkness!
I banish you!
Let light rise out of darkness.
(banging stops)
- Okay, let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
(gun clicking)
- Shut up!
- [Wes] Holy shit!
Geoff, what the fuck?
- What did I tell...
Hey, don't play games.
- [Wes] I'm not playing games--
- Don't play games with me.
What did I tell you?
- I swear to God,
I'm not playing games--
- What did I tell you,
there was nothing down here.
What did you do?
You disrespected me,
I'm the owner's manual,
I let you in here!
- Geoff, I'm so sorry.
I did not mean to disrespect--
- What were you doing
in there?
You know what,
You made a mockery of me.
You wanted to show,
you brought these clowns in here
to make a fucking show.
- [Wes] I don't know--
- You better fucking
keep recording,
'cause we got a show coming.
You wanted show, you got it.
But, I'm the fucking producer this time.
Alright? I'm the producer.
It's my show!
- You're the producer.
- I'm the producer.
Why aren't you fucking recording me?
- You're the producer--
- You fucking asshole.
I saw your attitude
when you walked in here,
you were making fun of me.
- [Wes] Geoff, Geoff!
- I own you guys now!
- [Wes] Geoff, just tell us,
what you need, man.
Just tell us what you need.
We'll do whatever you want.
- You wanted a show,
that's what we're gonna do.
Get fucking moving, right now.
- Okay.
- Get moving.
- Okay.
- Alright?
- 15 minutes of shame starts right now.
- You're the producer, man--
- Yeah, I'm ready
for my close-up.
I've been ready for my close-up. Let's go.
Wes, you're no hero.
You're a fucking coward.
You're a fake hero.
You're a false idol.
- [Wes] You're you're right, man.
- [Geoff] You're just
one big Facebook group.
That's what I hate about Facebook.
- [Wes] You're right, man. I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
- [Geoff] Oh, hey.
In here.
Where do you think you're going?
You're driving around my place.
You all act like, you own the place
What am I?
- You know, you're right.
- We're trying to follow your direction--
- [Geoff] Isabel, this
is just ridiculous. Okay.
- Geoff, whatever you want--
- Hey, right through there, come on.
It's beautiful, come on.
- [Isabel] No!
It's a great sound stage. Let's go.
It's the scene of the crime.
Hey Isabel, come on.
You wanted show, what's your...
Come on, Isabel.
Hey, come on, come on.
Just move the light on here.
Let's help the sound guy.
Hey, is the sound okay?
- Yeah, it's fine.
- Okay, great.
- [Isabel] Fuck!
- So, Isabel, come on, come on.
Let's save this for the show.
You're giving away all your emotion.
Like, you gotta teach
these guys everything.
Come on, cameraman, come on --
- [Wes] Geoff, man,
you don't have to do this.
- [Geoff] This is going way too slow.
- Geoff man you don't--
- [Geoff] too fucking slow!
You don't have to do this, okay.
Whatever you--
- No. We've got a show to do.
- [Wes] Okay.
- Okay,
enough bullshitting.
Let's slate.
Come on, stop stuttering.
What the fuck's your problem?
You're up there, you're
asking about the basement.
Oh my God!
You're a big show off.
When the camera's on,
you don't know how to shine,
that's the problem.
- Geoff, I'm ready.
I'll do the show, man.
- [Geoff] Okay.
- Okay.
- [Geoff] Ready?
- Yes, yes.
- [Geoff] And, action.
- Okay. Hey everyone this
is Wes Wheatley here.
Welcome back to "Infrared".
We're here--
- [Geoff] What did you
see? What did you find?
What are you doing here?
- Alright, We're here,
at the Lincoln School.
- [Geoff] And, who introduced you here?
- We're here with Geoff,
who introduced us...
- Yeah!
- To the school.
He brought us down here for the show.
And, so now, we're down here.
We're doing this show
and Geoff is--
- [Geoff] Oh man!
- Geoff is here with us.
- Cut, hold a sec.
- Yeah, man. Geoff is here with--
- Hey, stop moving around,
you're like a ballerina.
- I'm so sorry.
Okay.
Hey everyone, it's Wes Wheatley,
we're here with a very
special episode of "Infrared".
We're here with Geoff
and he's let us down into
this really amazing space.
- Shh, you hear that?
(Woman singing)
- Oh my God,
that melody is so beautiful.
(whispers)
- Isabel, come in,
come into the light.
Come in, you gotta hear this.
Oh my God, they're marinating...
- Okay?
- They're gonna be ready for the--
(Isabel crying)
- Okay.
- [Geoff] Okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Okay. Come in here.
Do you know why we're here?
Do you know why we're in this space?
- I don't know why we're in--
- Remember that story that I told you?
Remember, you kept asking
the basement, what happened?
You were so interested--
- Yeah, yeah.
- This tragedy and my wife,
you know what, this is where it happened.
This is where the gas leak happened.
- He's gonna kill us.
(sobbing)
- You see, that's the sign of a great show
is you start with the emotion,
you end with it.
You bookend it, you fucking bookend it.
- You get the setup and the payoff.
- Yes!
- That's right.
Yes, Geoff-
- And now,
you are gonna be part
of the most beautiful
finale you've ever seen.
- No--
- Infrared is a fucking joke,
compared to what this is gonna be.
- You're right.
- Okay?
- Yeah.
You're right.
- Why did you fucking move?
What are you shooting? Dirt?
Let's get this over here.
Let's get us in a three shot. Come on.
The new star, the movie stars.
(laughing)
- All =right, yeah man.
- One final frame.
- This is it--
- This is gonna be incredible.
This is kind of tight.
I see why you didn't like it.
Come here, come on, come on.
Guys, you can trust me.
I'm the owner's manual.
I gave you everything you wanted.
You wanted the basement,
you got the basement.
Now, just come on.
Come on.
- Okay.
- We gotta move.
This is a slow.
We've got runtime here.
Come on. Let's go.
What are you shooting?
That looks like shit.
That's all green.
- [Rob] It's infrared.
- We're not gonna get
on a big show with this.
This isn't a movie.
Good lord!
No, keep the camera on. Come on guys.
You guys are...
This is gonna be fun.
You guys got your show.
This is the show.
You guys look so scared.
You guys don't take any creative risks.
- Geoff.
- That's the problem.
That's why the show hasn't worked.
- Geoff, just please man.
- Yeah, we're going.
Just please, what?
This is gonna be the
best show of your life.
- No!
- Come on,
- We're going here.
Just relax!
Sometimes, what people want the most,
you give it to them
and then they realize they don't want it.
(sobbing)
- Oh God!
- Geoff, you do not have to do this man.
- [Geoff] You know what,
- Okay?
- You should be calling me the producer.
- [Wes] Okay.
- I'm not Geoff anymore,
I'm the producer.
- Okay, you're the producer man.
- Oh, this is--
- You don't have to do...
Whatever you have--
- yes, I do.
I gotta give you a show.
I give people what they want.
Wes, the hero,
I believed in you.
I trusted you
and I'm loyal to you.
Now go.
This is gonna be the
greatest moment of your life.
- Man, people are gonna be wondering--
- Let's go.
- [Geoff] Nobody's gonna
ever fucking wonder.
- Please, please, okay?
You do not have to do this--
- You're gonna take a nap.
You're upset.
- I swear to God, man.
- You're gonna need to relax .
- I swear to God--
- So..
- You do not have to--
- you know,
you're gonna have to--
- I wanna tell your story, okay?
- I'm gonna tell your story.
Now, sneak under here...
We're gonna get this camera right.
We're gonna do a little prep session.
You're gonna go wait in here.
- Geoff.
- This is your dressing room.
- Geoff.
This is a real fucking show.
- Geoff--
- Okay?
- Please man, you do not have --
- I wanted to make a movie,
you wanted to make a show,
now you've got a show, you're not happy.
Get in there, it's your dressing room.
- Please, man--
- Okay?
There's some even good
food waiting for you.
There's filet mignon.
[Rob] Just tell him to get in there
- Just go!
Please go!
Isabel, this is the greatest
moment of your life!
This is your moment.
Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
This is gonna be a great movie. Okay guys.
I will be back. Okay?
Give me five minutes.
(door banging)
(door closes)
(Isabel screaming)
- [Isabel] No!
- Knock, knock.
- Geoff.
- [Geoff] Say hi to my wife for me.
- Geoff?
(door banging)
- Geoff?
- [Rob] He's gone, he's fucking gone.
(door banging)
- There's gotta be a way
to open this fucking door.
(Woman singing)
(door banging)
(Geoff whistling)
(static building)
(everyone screaming)