Haunted Towns (2017) s01e02 Episode Script
Salem
1 ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC AND HAUNTED TOWNS IN AMERICA -- SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
-WHOA, ALICE! -WHOA! WE'LL EXPLORE SOME OF THE KEY LOCATIONS AND PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE INFAMOUS SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
MY HEART IS RACING RIGHT NOW.
ALONG THE WAY, WE'LL UNCOVER SHOCKING REVELATIONS ABOUT WHAT LED TO THE MOST NOTORIOUS CASE OF MASS HYSTERIA IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
OH, MY GOD.
THE MOB FRENZY HERE IN NEW ENGLAND LED TO HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS AND DOZENS OF EXECUTIONS.
TO THIS DAY, THESE RESTLESS SPIRITS CONTINUE TO HAUN THIS QUAINT HARBOR TOWN.
WHOA! WE'LL CONNECT WITH THESE TORTURED SOULS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED SALEM FOR GENERATIONS.
-WHOA! -ARE YOU SERIOUS? Chris: WE'RE THE TENNESSEE WRAITH CHASERS.
WE TRAVEL AMERICA, EXPLORING THE COUNTRY'S MOST HAUNTED TOWNS -WHOA, ALICE! -ALICE! Doogie: DUDE, THERE'S SOMETHING MOVING RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
-OH! -[BLEEP.]
INVESTIGATING PARANORMAL STORIES THAT HAVE SPOOKED LOCALS FOR GENERATIONS.
-YANK.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YANK? OH, [BLEEP.]
WE COMBINE HISTORICAL RESEARCH WITH MODERN SCIENCE AND SOME GOOD OLD-FASHIONED SOUTHERN KNOW-HOW TO FIND THE TRUTH AT THE HEART OF THE LEGENDS.
FIRE! -HOMICIDE.
-HOMICIDE! -SATAN.
-SATAN? JUST A BUNCH OF GOOD OLD BOYS HAVING A LITTLE FUN, CHASING GHOSTS AROUND AMERICA.
RAH! [ LAUGHTER .]
THIS IS "HAUNTED TOWNS.
" -- Captions by VITAC -- CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS NEW ENGLAND HARBOR TOWN WAS ONCE ONE OF THE MAJOR PORTS IN THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES, BUT SALEM IS PROBABLY BETTER KNOWN FOR SOMETHING FAR MORE SINISTER -- THE WITCH TRIALS OF 1692.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN A GROUP OF YOUNG GIRLS CLAIMED TO BE POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL.
THE GIRLS, KNOWN AS THE AFFLICTED, ACCUSED FELLOW VILLAGERS OF BEING WITCHES.
THIS DEEPLY RELIGIOUS PURITAN COMMUNITY BELIEVED THE ACCUSATIONS OF WITCHCRAF AND HELD TRIALS FOR THOSE ACCUSED.
IN TWO YEARS, MORE THAN 200 SALEM RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED, AND 20 WERE ACTUALLY EXECUTED.
HISTORIANS NOW BELIEVE THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CLASSIC CASES OF MASS HYSTERIA IN WORLD HISTORY.
IN THE CENTURIES SINCE THE TRIALS, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY HAS FLOURISHED IN SALEM, EVERYTHING FROM APPARITIONS WHERE THE TRIALS TOOK PLACE TO WAILINGS ON GALLOWS HILL, WHERE THOSE CONVICTED WERE PUT TO DEATH.
OUR FIRST STOP IN THIS HAUNTED NEW ENGLAND TOWN -- THE WITCH'S BREW CAFE.
Chris: GUYS, WHAT BETTER PLACE TO KICK OFF OUR INVESTIGATION OF SALEM THAN WITCH'S BREW CAFE? -YEAH.
BETWEEN 1692 AND '93, 20 PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT, 19 OF WHICH WERE HANGED.
ONE GUY WAS PRESSED TO DEATH WITH STONES.
-WOW.
-HOLY CRAP.
Porter: YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE I'VE READ OF THESE TRIALS, THE MORE SUSPICIOUS I BECOME OF THOSE THAT WERE MAKING THE ACCUSATIONS.
THESE AFFLICTED GIRLS, I MEAN, THEY WERE ALL YOUNG.
THEY WERE 9, 10, 11, AND 12, AND ALL THOSE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WERE HANGED FOR WITCHCRAFT, I MEAN, THEY WERE IN THEIR 50s AND 60s, BUT THE THING IS, THESE GIRLS ARE ALL MEMBERS OF CERTAIN FAMILIES.
MM-HMM.
AND THE FAMILIES WERE FIGHTING OVER LAND GRANTS.
THE REVERENDS WERE FIGHTING WITH PARISHIONERS OVER SALARIES.
AND THEN, ALL OF THEIR ADVERSARIES SEEMED TO TURN UP BEING ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT.
PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE EXECUTED ARE STICKING AROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE ANGRY THAT THEY WERE KILLED UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO CHECK OUT PEIRCE FARMS.
I MEAN, BACK IN THE DAY, THERE WAS THIS LADY NAMED MARY EASTY.
SHE WAS EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT, BUT SHE HID OUT THERE JUST PRIOR TO THAT.
YEAH, THE REPORTS FROM THAT FARM, I MEAN, THERE'S CRAZY ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE.
DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE BY THEIRSELVES.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE, TO ME, A POLTERGEIST.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'VE SET UP AN INTERVIEW WITH SAM BALTRUSIS.
NOW, HE'S AN AUTHOR, AND HE LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON SALEM.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE HE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE LOCATIONS FOR US TO CHECK OU TO TIE THIS STORY TOGETHER.
WELL, BOYS, SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A PLAN.
Chris: THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS AFFECTED MUCH OF SALEM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, SO WE'RE HOPING SAM, THE HISTORIAN, CAN HELP NARROW DOWN THE LOCATIONS WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE.
Porter: I HEAR YOU'RE THE MAN THAT'S GOT THE SCOOP ON SALEM.
Sam: YEAH.
ACTUALLY, I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK ON SALEM.
I ALSO GIVE TOURS IN SALEM.
SO I KNOW WHERE TO GO.
Brannon: SO, THE PURITAN CHURCH, WHAT WAS THEIR ROLE IN THE WITCH TRIALS? ACTUALLY, THE MINISTERS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE.
THEY WERE THE FACILITATORS TO A LOT OF THE TESTING THAT WENT ON IN REGARDS TO THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
REVEREND THOMAS BARNARD.
THOMAS BARNARD WAS THE MAJOR PLAYER IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN 1692.
REALLY? SO, WHERE EXACTLY DID THOMAS BARNARD LIVE? IT'S A HISTORIC HOUSE.
IT WAS THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY ACTIVE PARANORMALLY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER LOCATIONS THAT YOU WOULD SUGGEST US TO GO TO? ABSOLUTELY.
CinemaSalem WAS THE LOCATION FOR ONE OF THE TAVERNS, AND TAVERNS WERE THE HOTBED OF ACTIVITY IN SALEM AT THE TIME.
IN FACT, THAT'S WHERE A LO OF THE PEOPLE WERE BROUGHT IN FOR PRE-EXAMINATION.
THEY WERE ASKED QUESTIONS, AND THEY ALSO WERE STRIPPED DOWN NAKED, AND PEOPLE WOULD LOOK FOR WITCH MARKS ON THEM, AS WELL.
[ SCOFFS .]
GOLLY.
THERE WAS SOMETHING THA HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THAT TAVERN, AND PEOPLE ARE BLOWN AWAY BY THIS.
THERE WAS A SPECTRAL PIG SIGHTING OUTSIDE OF THAT TAVERN IN 1692, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY USED TO EXECUTE A WOMAN, ALICE PARKER.
OH, WOW.
SPECTRAL PIG? SO YEAH, A GHOST PIG.
THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
SO, JOHN WESTGATE, HE WAS IN THE BAR WITH ALICE PARKER'S HUSBAND, AND ALICE PARKER CAME IN TO GET HER HUSBAND.
HE WAS DRINKING, STAYING OU A LITTLE TOO LATE, AND JOHN WESTGATE SAID HE SAW ALICE PARKER OUTSIDE OF THE BAR, HAD THE SHAPE OF A HOG, AND HER FACE WAS ON THE PIG.
THE SPECTRAL EVIDENCE WAS JUST MADE-UP STUFF.
LIKE, "I SAW A GHOST PIG," AND THEY USED IT AS EVIDENCE AND ACCUSED HER AND EXECUTED HER.
OH, MY GOSH.
HMM.
WOW.
I THINK WITH THESE THREE LOCATIONS, IT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP US PUT THIS INVESTIGATION TOGETHER.
WE'VE GOT THE CINEMA, WHERE THE ACCUSED AND THE ACCUSEES WERE AT.
WE'VE GOT THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, WHERE THE ACCUSER WAS AT, AND WE'VE GOT THE PEIRCE FARM WHERE MARY EASTY STILL IS SUPPOSED TO BE HAUNTING.
Doogie: WE APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US GET INTO THIS PLACE, MAN.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT, IF THAT'S COOL WITH YOU.
YEAH, IT'S COOL.
I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND CHECKING OUT THE BASEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE MARY, THE WITCH, WAS ARRESTED BACK IN 1692.
Chris: SOME HISTORIANS CREDIT MARY EASTY FOR ENDING THE WITCH TRIALS.
LEGEND HAS IT, AFTER HER EXECUTION, HER SPIRIT APPEARED TO LOCALS AND VOWED VENGEANCE.
THIS LED TO A MOVEMEN BY THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF SALEM TO DEMAND HARD EVIDENCE FOR ACCUSATIONS OF WITCHCRAFT, THUS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE TRIALS TO CONTINUE.
I'M THINKING THERMAL, MAYBE MEL METER.
I THINK I'M GONNA PULL OUT THIS GAUSS.
Doogie: THE DEVICES WE USE, LIKE THE K-2 AND THE MEL METER, THEY PICK UP FLUCTUATIONS IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD.
THAT'S WHERE SPIRITS RESIDE.
IT'S ALREADY SPIKING HIGH HERE.
Chris: ENTERING THE BASEMEN WHERE MARY EASTY HID OU UNTIL HER CAPTURE AND EXECUTION IS EERIE.
A LOCATION LIKE THIS, WHERE SUCH A TRAUMATIC EVENT TOOK PLACE, HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOTS OF RESIDUAL ENERGY.
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY NORMAL READINGS.
THERE'S REALLY NO BAD EMF DOWN HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S KIND OF COOL ABOUT THIS THERMAL? I CAN SEE YOUR CHIN.
[ LAUGHS .]
YOU GOT A CHIN.
[ HUMMING, WHOOSHING .]
HEY, GUYS.
-WHAT'S UP, MAN? -HEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON? SO IS THERE ANY CERTAIN PLACE DOWN HERE THAT YOU'VE HAD ANY ACTIVITY IN THIS BASEMENT? WELL, IF IT'S GOING TO BE ANYWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT CORNER OVER THERE, WHERE MARY WAS ARRESTED.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP SOME SURVEILLANCE TONIGHT, ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
WHAT IS THE HOTTEST SPOTS THAT YOU WOULD SAY FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY? I'D SAY, LIKE, THE LIBRARY.
ONE OF OUR STAFFERS SAID THAT THEY SAW A STRANGE FIGURE COMING OUT OF THAT DOOR.
WHAT ABOUT UPSTAIRS-WISE, ATTIC-WISE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, THE ATTIC.
REALLY? -WELL, COOL, MAN.
-ALL RIGHT, DOOG.
LET'S GO CHECK OU THAT ATTIC.
AFTER YOU, SIR.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
[ THERMAL WHISTLING .]
Chris: EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY NORMAL ON THIS THERMAL GUIDE.
THIS PLACE JUST KEEPS GOING UP.
LOOK.
IT'S AN ATTIC.
Doogie: OH, DEFINITELY WATCH THE FLOORS HERE.
WHOA.
DID IT SOUND LIKE A KID SAID "DADDY"? INVESTIGATING THE INFAMOUS SALEM WITCH TRIALS, THE MASS HYSTERIA WHICH CAUSED THE TRIALS RESULTING IN OVER 200 ARRESTS AND 20 EXECUTIONS.
DOOGIE AND I ARE CHECKING OUT THE PEIRCE FARM WHERE MARY EASTY, ONE OF THE ACCUSED, HID OUT IN THE BASEMEN BEFORE SHE WAS RECAPTURED, THEN EXECUTED.
Chris: THIS PLACE JUST KEEPS GOING UP.
LOOK.
IT'S AN ATTIC.
Doogie: OH, DEFINITELY WATCH THE FLOORS HERE.
WHOA.
WHOA.
DID IT SOUND LIKE A KID SAID "DADDY"? I HEARD THAT.
HELLO? THAT SOUNDED LIKE A CHILD THAT SAID "DADDY.
" HEARING A VOICE SAY "DADDY" IN THE STAIRWAY IS REALLY STRANGE.
I MEAN, MARY EASTY WAS NEARLY 60 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS CAPTURED, SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR HER TO SAY "DADDY.
" BUT, I MEAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS PLACE IS OVER 300 YEARS OLD.
THIS COULD BE THE SPIRI OF A CHILD THAT DIED, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO HERE.
SO, I MEAN, I'M THINKING THIS STAIRWELL COULD BE A PARANORMAL HOT SPOT, AND IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT LATER.
HOW CREEPY IS THIS? OH, WOW.
GETTING 2.
2s UP HERE.
COME ON IN.
Mike: HOW IS IT? OH, IT'S AMAZING IN HERE.
THIS PLACE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
-AH, WONDERFUL.
-GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
WHAT'S UP, BROTHER? WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED YOU TONIGHT.
OUR SURVEILLANCE GURU, MIKE G.
, IS GOING TO LEND US A HAND TONIGHT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT ONE OF HIS CAMERAS CAN HELP US CATCH A SPIRIT OR TWO IN ONE OF THESE DARK CORNERS.
WE MET WITH SAM, YOU KNOW, THE AUTHOR.
I MEAN, HE KNOWS SALEM LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
Brannon: WE ALSO FOUND OUT SOME PRETTY COOL LOCATIONS, THE HOUSE OF REVEREND THOMAS BARNARD, AND HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE ACCUSATIONS AND EXECUTIONS.
AND CinemaSalem.
THE CINEMA IS ACTUALLY ON THE SITE WHERE THERE WAS AN OLD TAVERN.
SO THAT WAS WHERE THE ACCUSERS AND THE ACCUSED WOULD MEET.
THE STORY GOES THAT SOMEBODY WHO WAS THERE SAW THIS SPECTRAL PIG, IS WHAT HE CALLED IT, SAID IT HAD THE BODY OF A PIG AND IT HAD THE FACE OF A WOMAN WHO WAS THERE, WHO HAD SAID SOMETHING TO HIM.
AND SO SHE WAS TRIED AS A WITCH.
THAT'S CRAZY, MAN.
WELL, THE WOMAN'S NAME WAS ALICE PARKER.
AND SHE WAS EXECUTED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1692 -- ACTUALLY, THE SAME DAY AS MARY EASTY.
OH, WOW.
I SAY, TONIGHT, WE INVESTIGATE THIS PLACE AND FOCUS ON THE ACCUSED, SEE IF WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH MARY AND GET HER SIDE OF THE STORY, AND THEN, I SAY A MOVIE SOUNDS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY, SO WE GO TO THE CINEMA TOMORROW AND THE BARNARD HOUSE AND TRY TO FOCUS ON THE ACCUSERS.
WE GET BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
WE ONLY GOT ONE MORE THING TO DO, THOUGH, BOYS.
LET'S BRING IT IN.
ALL RIGHT.
Chris: HOLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS, ANOTHER DAY YOU'VE GIVEN US TO BE ALIVE AND WELL, GIVEN US OUR HEALTH AND OUR FAMILIES.
PLEASE WATCH OVER US THROUGH THIS NIGHT, KEEP US SAFE, SAVE THE LOST.
IN JESUS' NAME, WE PRAY.
AMEN.
All: AMEN.
Chris: FOR TONIGHT'S INVESTIGATION, WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO CONTACT MARY EASTY SINCE SHE HID OUT HERE BEFORE SHE WAS RECAPTURED AND THEN HANGED.
ALL RIGHT.
CAMERA ONE, HERE, WE HAVE IN THE LIBRARY.
CAMERA TWO IS UPSTAIRS IN THE ATTIC.
THREE IS UP HERE IN A FRONT ROOM, AND FOUR IS DOWN IN A BASEMENT.
ALL RIGHT.
COOL.
Chris: ALL RIGHT, BOYS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOU SPLITTING UP INTO TEAMS? I DEFINITELY WANT TO GO BACK UPSTAIRS, IMPLEMENT THIS RECORDER WHERE WE HEARD THAT LITTLE VOICE EARLIER.
SO, PORTER, YOU WANT TO ROLL WITH ME UP THERE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SEARCH SOME STUFF OUT? SOUNDS GOOD.
BRANNON, WE CAN HEAD DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BASEMENT, SEE IF WE CAN TALK TO MARY A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN, MIKEY, YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THERE, MAN, YOU LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY, AND WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
LET'S DO IT.
LET'S GO.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE CHRIS AND I COME AROUND THE CORNER AND ACTUALLY HEARD THE YOUNG VOICE.
WHOA.
COULD YOU KIND OF GE A VICINITY OF WHERE YOU THOUGH YOU HEARD IT COME FROM? IT ECHOED THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING.
THIS WHOLE THING? SO, WHAT I'M SETTING UP NOW, THIS IS THE VERTICAL PERISCOPE, PICKS UP ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS IN ONE PLANE.
THIS IS THE HORIZONTAL PERISCOPE, PICKS UP ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE.
IT GIVES US SOME KIND OF VISUAL INTERACTION, SO WHEN THEY DO BREAK THAT PLANE, THEN, BAM, IT'S RIGHT THERE ON US.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE K-2 AND THE MEL METER SO WE CAN GET TWO DIFFEREN KINDS OF READINGS OF EMF.
ARE YOU STILL UP HERE, LOOKING FOR YOUR DADDY OR LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY? IF YOU ARE, WE'VE GOT SOME DEVICES OVER HERE ON THE FLOOR THAT WE CAN TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
I HAVE A SCREW FLASHLIGH RIGHT HERE, IT CAN USE ITS ENERGY TO CUT IT ON OR OFF.
IT CAN USE VIBRATIONS, MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS TO ACTIVATE THAT METER.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GEOPHONE.
IT MEASURES TEMPERATURE AND EMF.
MY NAME IS BRANNON, AND THIS IS CHRIS.
[ GEOPHONE CLICKING .]
IF YOU'RE DOWN HERE WITH US, JUST LET US KNOW BY ACTIVATING SOME OF THOSE METERS RIGHT THERE.
MARY, IF YOU'RE IN HERE, YOU CAN TELL US YOUR STORY ON THAT RECORDER.
I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE YOU WERE A WITCH.
WHOA.
WHAT? SO WE GET "VIEW" AND "HIDDEN," WHICH STRUCK A NERVE WITH ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE MARY WAS.
SHE WAS IN THE BASEMENT.
SHE WAS HIDING FROM VIEW FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WANTING TO HANG HER UP FOR WITCHCRAFT.
WE KNOW YOU HID DOWN HERE, IN THIS VERY SPO THAT WE'RE STANDING.
PROBABLY IN FEAR OF YOUR LIFE.
WHOA! HOLY CRAP.
, SITE OF THE INFAMOUS WITCH TRIALS THAT LEF 20 SUSPECTED WITCHES DEAD.
FOR THE PAST 300 YEARS, LOCALS CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN THE RESTLESS SPIRITS OF THE INNOCEN ROAM THIS HISTORIC HARBOR TOWN, EVERYTHING FROM APPARITIONS LURKING IN GRAVEYARDS TO A FIERY FEMALE HAUNTING A LOCAL BAR.
TONIGHT, WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE PEIRCE FARM, WHERE ONE OF THE ACCUSED WITCHES, 58-YEAR-OLD MARY EASTY, HID IN THE BASEMEN UNTIL SHE WAS RECAPTURED AND THEN EXECUTED.
Brannon: YOU CAN TELL US YOUR STORY ON THAT RECORDER.
YOU JUST TALK INTO I AND TELL US SOMETHING.
I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE YOU WERE A WITCH.
WHOA! HOLY CRAP.
THAT FLASHLIGHT JUS CAME ON, MAN.
IF THAT WAS YOU, CAN YOU TURN THAT OFF? CAN YOU DO THAT AGAIN? -WHOA.
-WHOA! GO AHEAD AND JUST -- WOW.
OKAY.
IS THIS MARY? MARY EASTY? WERE YOU FALSELY ACCUSED? WRONGLY ACCUSED? IF SO, TALK TO US.
ARE YOU A LITTLE BOY OR A LITTLE GIRL? THIS IS THE SAME STAIRWELL WHERE, EARLIER TODAY, CHRIS AND DOOGIE HEARD A CHILD'S VOICE SAY "DADDY.
" WHOA.
WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY CHILDREN THAT DIED AT THE FARM, BUT AS WITH ANY INVESTIGATION, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW EVERY LEAD.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE YOUNG GIRLS THAT CLAIMED TO BE AFFECTED BY THE WITCHES OR THOSE THAT WERE CALLED WITCHES? MAYBE YOU WERE ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM AND YOU REGRET WHAT YOU DID OR WHAT YOU WERE PART OF.
LET ME WALK OVER HERE IN THIS ROOM REAL QUICK, THIS ATTIC SPACE.
ARE YOU AROUND HERE, HIDING HANGING OU IN THE ATTIC? IF YOU'RE UP HERE SOMEWHERE, COME OUT AND TALK TO US.
OR MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY LEF AND GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE HOUSE.
THERE'S NOTHING REAL DEFINITIVE UP HERE RIGHT NOW.
PORTER TO CHRIS.
CHRIS IN THE HOUSE.
Y'all got anything going on in the basement? WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS -- A FLASHLIGHT ON RESPONSE.
TEN-FOUR.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN UP HERE IN THE ATTIC.
WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING, REALLY.
It's been kind of flat, quiet.
YOU GUYS WANT TO REGROUP? ALL RIGHT.
LET'S REGROUP.
MAYBE WE CAN SWAP IT UP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN CHURN UP.
WE DIDN'T GET THE SAME ACTIVITY THAT CHRIS AND DOOGIE GOT ON THE BASELINE SWEEP, SO WE'RE THINKING THA IT'S PROBABLY NOT CONNECTED TO OUR INVESTIGATION, SO WE'RE MOVING ON.
Chris: DID YOU SEE ANYTHING ANOMALOUS? NEGATORY.
I WAS REALLY HOPING TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT LITTLE KID'S VOICE WE GOT UP THERE EARLIER, BUT WHATEVER IT IS IS NOT WANTING TO COMMUNICATE.
WELL, WE HAD A FEW THINGS DOWNSTAIRS.
WE HAD A LOT OF LUCK WITH SOMEONE WE THOUGHT WAS MARY EASTY TURNING THE FLASHLIGH ON AND OFF.
Brannon: SO YOU LIKE THE FLASHLIGHT.
GO AHEAD AND JUST -- WHOA! SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO, MAYBE CHANGE THE JUJU ENERGY UP A LITTLE BIT? YOU GUYS WANT TO GO TO THE LIBRARY? YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
BECAUSE, EARLIER, SEAN TOLD DOOGIE AND I, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE HOTTES SPOTS, IN THE LIBRARY.
-YEAH.
-COOL.
SO, MARY, THESE ARE OUR ELECTRONIC BELLS.
WHEN YOU TOUCH THIS THING, I'M GOING TO SLIDE IT RIGHT HERE.
WATCH THIS.
WHEN YOU SLIDE I ACROSS THIS TABLE, YOU GET A LITTLE STATIC ELECTRICITY THERE.
[ MACHINE BEEPS .]
WHOA.
WHOA.
MM-HMM.
WAS THAT YOU THA JUST TOUCHED IT? CAN YOU TOUCH IT AGAIN? [ MACHINE BEEPING .]
All: WHOA.
THAT'S A PRETTY STRONG ANSWER.
[ BEEPING CONTINUES .]
CAN YOU LET GO OF IT? [ BEEPING STOPS .]
CAN YOU LET GO OF IT? WOW.
-WHOA.
WHAT? -WHOA! ARE YOU SERIOUS? I -- RIGHT THERE, "MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE.
" NO WAY.
-HOLY COW.
-ARE YOU KIDDING ME? -DUDE.
-COME HERE.
LOOK HERE.
LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT THIS.
"MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE.
" "MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE"? GETTING "MARRY" ON THE OVILUS IS HUGE.
I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SPELLED INCORRECTLY, WE'VE ONLY BEEN TALKING TO ONE MARY THE WHOLE TIME, AND THAT'S MARY EASTY.
YOU SAID "MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE.
" DID SHE GET SACRIFICED? IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? All: WHOA! -NO WAY.
-GET OUT OF HERE.
-SHUT UP.
-"SLAIN.
" SLAIN.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MARY, AND IT SAID "SLAIN.
" SO -WOW.
-OKAY.
SO MARY WAS MURDERED, SLAIN BECAUSE OF THESE WITCH TRIALS.
Chris: WE GOT A GOLD MINE ALREADY.
YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING CLOSER TO THE STORY LINE THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT SO FAR.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT "SLAIN.
" YOU'VE GOT "MARRY.
" YOU'VE GOT "SACRIFICE.
" WHOA! ALICE! M, A NEW ENGLAND TOWN MADE FAMOUS BY THE WITCH TRIALS OF THE LATE 1600s AND AMONG THE MOS HAUNTED PLACES IN AMERICA.
OUR INVESTIGATION HAS LED US TO THE PEIRCE FARM, WHERE 58-YEAR-OLD MARY EASTY HID OU UNTIL SHE WAS RECAPTURED AND THEN HANGED -- AND ALL BASED ON THE WORDS OF A HANDFUL OF YOUNG SALEM GIRLS.
YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING CLOSER TO THE STORY LINE THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SO FAR.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT "SLAIN.
" YOU'VE GOT "MARRY.
" YOU'VE GOT SACRIFICE.
WHOA! ALICE! Doogie: OH, NO.
-ALICE! -OH, GOD.
HOLY CRAP -- ALICE PARKER.
SO IT'S ALICE IS WHO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR? I GOT CHILLS.
IT'S AMAZING TO GET THE NAME ALICE SINCE ALICE PARKER WAS ANOTHER WOMAN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, AND SHE AND MARY EASTY WERE EXECUTED ON THE SAME DAY.
A WITNESS CLAIMED TO SEE ALICE'S FACE ON THE BODY OF A GHOSTLY PIG OUTSIDE OF BEADLE'S TAVERN, WHICH IS NOW CinemaSalem.
SINCE THEY WERE HANGED ON THE SAME DAY, THEY MAY BE WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP US ON THIS INVESTIGATION.
IS THERE SOMETHING TO DO WITH ALICE THAT WE NEED TO GO AND RESEARCH? WE'RE GOING TO THE TAVERN -- THE PLACE WHERE THE TAVERN WAS TOMORROW.
YOU COMING WITH US, ALICE? WE'LL BE GOING THERE TO TALK TO SOME PEOPLE.
YOU GOING TO CLEAR YOUR GOOD NAME? HAVE WE EVER GOT TWO NAMES THAT ARE VERY -- I MEAN, THOSE WERE THE EXACT TWO WOMEN WE WERE TALKING TO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S GIVING US ANSWERS.
MAYBE WE'RE JUST -- I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE WE'RE JUST SO OPEN AND LIKABLE THAT THEY'RE LIKE, "HEY.
I CAN OPEN UP TO THESE GUYS.
" THAT RIGHT THERE IS KILLER EVIDENCE.
I MEAN, WE GO A LOT OF STUFF TONIGHT.
TOMORROW, WE GOT THE CINEMA, WE GOT THE BARNARD HOUSE.
I MEAN, WE GOT A PLAN.
I SAY, LET'S GE THIS STUFF TORE DOWN AND GO GET SOME SLEEP AND GET READY FOR WHA TOMORROW NIGHT HOLDS, BOYS.
-LET'S DO IT.
-ALL RIGHT.
COOL.
[ DOG BARKING .]
AT LEAST ONE GOOD THING WE CAN SAY ABOUT THIS PLACE IS ALL THE EVIDENCE WE CAPTURED LAST NIGHT, MAN.
I MEAN, GOOD GOD.
HOW OFTEN DO WE GET THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? -NOT VERY OFTEN.
-THAT WAS AMAZING.
"MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE"? -YEAH, RIGHT AWAY.
-THAT'S CRAZY.
I MEAN, IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN WE GET "ALICE," OF ALL THINGS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TWO NAMES.
I MEAN, TODAY, FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLANNED, DOOGIE AND I, I THINK, ARE GOING OVER TO THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE.
WE'LL DO A LITTLE BASELINE SWEEP.
WELL, I'VE GOT US SET UP TO GET INTO THE CINEMA.
SAM WAS TELLING US ABOUT IT.
THAT USED TO BE THE LOCATION OF THE TAVERN.
SO WE'LL GO OVER THERE AND DO A BASELINE SWEEP, SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THA WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WE'RE HITTING THIS FROM ALL THREE ANGLES.
WE'RE HITTING IT FROM THE ACCUSED AT PEIRCE FARM WITH MARY EASTY, THE ACCUSERS, AND THEN WHERE THE ACCUSED AND THE ACCUSERS WOULD HAVE MET, WHICH WOULD BE THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE AND CinemaSalem, THE SITE OF THE FORMER BEADLE'S TAVERN.
THAT'S WHERE ALICE PARKER WAS ACCUSED OF APPEARING AS A GHOSTLY PIG AND WHO MARY TOLD US TO GO CHECK OU ON THE OVILUS LAST NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE COVERING ALL THE BASES.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE AND GET BACK INTO THE HORRIBLE HORRIBLENESS.
-AH, SALEM.
-YEAH.
Y'ALL DRIVE SAVE.
OH, YEAH.
I'M SURE I CAN GET THIS BIG BOY STUCK SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE.
HEY, DON'T SLIP AND MESS YOUR HIP THERE, BROTHER.
IT'S ALREADY SCREWED ANYWAYS.
Chris: PORTER AND BRANNON SET UP FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION OF CinemaSalem TO SEE IF THERE'S AS MUCH ACTIVITY AS WE EXPEC SINCE THESE WITCH TRIAL DEPOSITIONS WERE HELD THERE.
SO FAR, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE WOMEN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT.
NOW WE WANT TO FOCUS ON CONTACTING THEIR ACCUSERS.
THIS HOUSE WAS ONCE OWNED BY ONE OF THE KEY WITCH TRIAL FIGURES, THOMAS BARNARD.
THE REVEREND HAD A LO OF POWER IN SALEM VILLAGE, AND HIS HANDS ARE STAINED WITH THE BLOOD OF INNOCENT MEN AND WOMEN HE HELPED PUT TO DEATH.
WHILE PORTER AND BRANNON ARE INVESTIGATING CinemaSalem, DOOGIE AND I ARE AT PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, DOING A BASELINE SWEEP.
WELL, THAT WAS COLD.
OH, IT DEFINITELY FEELS BETTER JUST GETTING THAT WIND OFF.
I'M AT A STEADY 0.
1.
CHECK OUT SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT'S IN THERE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR SOLO SESSION TONIGHT.
HOW ABOUT NO? [ CHUCKLES .]
OH, MORE STEPS.
AFTER LAST NIGHT, I DON'T WAN TO SEE ANOTHER STEP FOR A WHILE.
OH! I THINK I JUST FOUND THE CREEPIEST SPOT.
THERE'S SOMETHING UP HERE, DUDE.
I DON'T LIKE IT EMF? IN THIS ROOM.
YOU FEELING THINGS? YEAH, I'M GETTING I ALL UP MY NECK, THE HEADACHE THING -- ALMOS LIKE SOMETHING GOT ME HERE, AND THEN 'CAUSE I GO IN THIS ROOM, LIKE, THAT'S WHEN THE THING STARTED SHOOTING IN MY HEAD.
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
IT'S LIKE A REAL HEAVY FEELING ON MY NECK, MY HEAD.
LIKE, IT JUS INSTANTANEOUSLY, JUST BAM.
WE COULD TEST IT OUT, SEE IF -- HEY.
YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH.
I'M ALL RIGHT.
NEED TO GO DOWN? [ COUGHS .]
I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS ROOM.
WE'RE AT A ZERO RIGHT NOW -- 0.
0.
I DON'T LIKE THAT ROOM.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
OH, MY GOD.
ATING THE HAUNTINGS LINKED TO THE INFAMOUS WITCH TRIALS OF THE LATE 1600s.
PORTER AND BRANNON ARE DOING A BASELINE SWEEP OF CinemaSalem, BUILT ON THE SITE WHERE SOME OF THE WITCH TRIAL EXAMINATIONS WERE CONDUCTED.
MEANWHILE, DOOGIE AND I ARE AT THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, HOME OF REVEREND THOMAS BARNARD.
THE GOOD REVEREND STRONGLY BELIEVED THAT WITCHES WERE REAL AND HELPED SPEARHEAD THE TRIALS, RESULTING IN THE EXECUTION OF 20 INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Doogie: MAN, I DON'T -- WE'RE AT A ZERO RIGHT NOW -- 0.
0.
I DON'T LIKE THAT ROOM.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
OH, MY GOD.
I JUST LOOKED DOWN, AND IT SAID 660-POINT-SOMETHING.
-NO WAY.
-I SWEAR, 660-POINT.
I, LIKE, GLANCED DOWN, AND IT CHANGED.
THIS EVIL PRESENCE MAY EXPLAIN WHY I'M NOT FEELING GOOD AT ALL UP HERE.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR A SOLO INVESTIGATION TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
THINK THIS IS GOOD? YOU WANT TO WRAP IT DOWN? YEAH.
I THINK SO, MAN.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD BASELINE OF THIS PLACE.
Chris: WHILE DOOGIE AND I SET UP FOR OUR INVESTIGATION, PORTER AND BRANNON ARE OVER AT CinemaSalem, BUILT ON THE SPOT WHERE BEADLE'S TAVERN ORIGINALLY STOOD AND WHERE INNOCENT SUSPECTS WERE DEPOSED AND TESTED FOR WITCHCRAFT, INCLUDING ALICE PARKER, WHO WAS ACCUSED OF BEING A GHOST PIG AND WHO MARY EASTY TOLD US TO CHECK OUT LAST NIGH AT PEIRCE FARM.
Brannon: ALL RIGHT, SO, WHILE YOU'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO REALLY KEEP A SHARP EYE OUT ON THESE METERS.
WE GOT AHOLD OF SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WERE USED DURING THE WITCH TRIALS -- DEPOSITIONS AND SKETCHES OF WHA IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE AND PROJECT THEM ON THE SCREEN OF THE THEATER IN HOPES THAT THESE TRIGGER OBJECTS WILL INCITE SOME ACTIVITY.
Porter: "JOHN WESTGATE, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, IN THE COMPANY OF JOHN PARKER.
THE WIFE OF SAID JOHN PARKER CAME ONTO THE COMPANY AND CALLED HER HUSBAND OUT TO NAUGHT, WHEREUPON I, THE SAID DEPONENT, TOOK HER HUSBAND'S PART, TELLING HER OF IT.
" WE'RE HOPING THAT READING THE DEPOSITION OF JOHN WESTGATE WILL TRIGGER EITHER HIS SPIRI OR ALICE PARKER'S, WHOM HE ACCUSED OF BEING A WITCH AFTER SEEING HER HEAD ON THE SPIRIT OF A PIG OUTSIDE OF THIS TAVERN.
"SHE CAME UP TO ME AND CALLED ME ROGUE, AND SOMETIME AFTERWARDS, THERE APPEARED A BLACK HOG RUNNING TOWARD ME WITH MOUTH OPEN -- NOT A REAL HOG -- AND DID THEN REALLY JUDGE OR DETERMINE IN MY MIND THAT IT WAS EITHER GOODY PARKER OR BY HER MEANS AND PROCURING, FEARING THAT SHE IS A WITCH.
" OH.
FLASHLIGHT.
JOHN WESTGATE, BY YOUR ACCUSATIONS, SHE WAS HANGED BY THE NECK TILL DEAD.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE HAPPENED.
YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE FAC THAT MISS ALICE PARKER -- -FLASHLIGHT.
-OKAY.
THINK HE DIDN'T LIKE THE FAC THAT SHE WAS A STRONG WOMAN.
DID YOU HEAR SOMETHING? WHAT WENT OFF JUST THEN? "STAY"? "DEAL," RIGHT HERE.
DEAL? WHOA.
OKAY.
SO WAS THERE A DEAL BETWEEN JOHN WESTGATE AND JOHN PARKER? FLASHLIGHT WENT OFF.
WAS ALICE'S STRONG PERSONALITY A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR THE TIME? FLASHLIGHT OFF.
SO ALICE COULDN'T BE CONTROLLED, SO THEY GOT RID OF HER, HUH? ALL RIGHT, BROTHER.
HERE WE ARE, MAN, THE OLD BARNARD HOUSE.
YEP.
I'M JUST WONDERING, MAN, ALL THAT STUFF THAT WENT ON UP THERE IN THE ATTIC.
I'M KIND OF FEELING A LITTLE FUNKY.
I KNOW, MAN.
LET'S GET YOU ALL SET UP AND BY YOURSELF.
YEAH.
LET'S SEE IF THIS PARTY IS GOING TO COME ALIVE.
SO, YOU GOOD UP HERE? YEAH.
I'M GOOD, DUDE.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS, HIT EVERY ROOM, TRY TO GET IT TO SOMEHOW INTERACT WITH YOU SOME WAY.
WALKIE DOWN TO ME IF YOU FEEL ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
ALL RIGHT.
THE IDEA IS, I'M GOING TO GO FROM ROOM TO ROOM, AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH WHATEVER SPIRITS ARE HERE, IN THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO ASK THEM TO DO CERTAIN THINGS TO DOOGIE UPSTAIRS.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THIS OFF.
REVEREND BARNARD, WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE VERY ACTIVE IN THE WITCH TRIALS.
THERE'S A GUY UPSTAIRS, AND HE KIND OF FEELS THINGS SOMETIMES.
IF YOU ARE HERE WITH US, MAYBE DO SOMETHING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
JUST MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT HE WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE UP THERE WITH HIM.
OOH! SOMETHING JUST GRAZED, LIKE, THE BACK OF MY EAR AND PART OF MY HEAD ON MY LEFT SIDE.
REVEREND BARNARD, IS THAT YOU? OOH, THAT'S CREEPING ME OUT, MAN.
ARE YOU IN THIS ROOM WITH ME? Chris to Doog.
GO AHEAD, BROTHER.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
I AM IN ROOM NUMBER TWO.
DID YOU FEEL ANYTHING ON THAT FIRST ONE? MAN, I'M HAVING SOME STRANGE STUFF GOING ON.
It seems like something is touching me, man, like touching my ear and my jacket.
SHUT UP.
WHICH EAR? IT WAS ON MY LEFT EAR.
GET THE FREAKING HECK OUT OF HERE.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? DUDE, I JUST ASKED IT -- HOLD ON.
MY HEART IS RACING RIGHT NOW.
I just asked it to touch you on the left.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NAH, DUDE.
You felt something on your left ear.
Shut up.
OH, MY GOD.
Chris: WHATEVER IS IN THIS HOUSE IS FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTIONS TO A "T.
" I MEAN, THIS EXPERIMEN IS WORKING PERFECTLY.
NOW WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OU IF IT'S INTELLIGEN OR IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE.
I'M TRYING TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE? BRANNON AND I HAVE MADE CONTAC WITH AN ENTITY THAT JUST MIGHT BE JOHN WESTGATE, ALICE PARKER'S ACCUSER.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'M THINKING -- MAYBE PARKER AND WESTGATE HAD A DEAL GOING AFTER ALICE CAME INTO THE TAVERN, LOOKING FOR JOHN.
-WHOA! -WHAT? "ALICE.
" WE GOT "ALICE.
" HOLY CRAP.
ARE YOU CALLING FOR ALICE? JOHN, HAVING READ YOUR DEPOSITION, ARE YOU SHAMEFUL OF THAT? WAS IT A LIE? ARE YOU NOW CALLING ON ALICE TO FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HER? FLASHLIGHT JUST CAME ON.
I THINK THE PIECES ARE COMING TOGETHER.
THESE WOMEN THAT WERE BEING ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, THEY WERE JUST STRONG WOMEN, AND SO THEY HAD TO BE GOTTEN RID OF BECAUSE THEY WERE A THREAT.
MAYBE THEY WERE SPEAKING OU AGAINST THE WITCH TRIALS AND TELLING THE TRUTH, THAT IT WAS ALL A SHAM.
I THINK THIS INVESTIGATION IS EXCEPTIONAL.
WHEN WE GOT THE WORD "DEAL," THAT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN JOHN WESTGATE'S CONFESSION.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HE AND ALICE PARKER'S HUSBAND PLANNED THIS FALSE ACCUSATION OF SEEING THE GHOST PIG TO GET ALICE PARKER OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE SHE WAS EXPOSING THE TRUTH BEHIND THE WITCH TRIALS.
SO, LET'S GET AROUND.
LET'S GET OUR STUFF PACKED UP.
WE'LL GO HOOK UP WITH THE GUYS AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.
Chris: SOMETHING HAS MADE CONTAC WITH DOOGIE IN THE ATTIC OF THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE IF IT'S AN INTELLIGENT HAUNTING BY ASKING I TO INTERACT WITH HIM.
IF YOU'RE THE SPIRI THAT TOUCHED DOOGIE ON THE EAR, SHOW US THAT YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN.
I REALLY -- [ CLEARS THROAT .]
I'M GETTING THAT FEELING LIKE I DID EARLIER TODAY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING IS GRABBING MY THROAT, AND I CAN'T GET -- [ CLEARS THROAT .]
WHO'S UP HERE? ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING? 'CAUSE, I MEAN, YOU'RE AFFECTING MY THROAT REALLY BAD.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
CHRIS: How you feeling, brother? MAN, DUDE, I'M TELLING YOU, SOMETHING JUST SHOWED UP HERE.
I've just got this massive headache, dude, and I'm not feeling right at all up here.
It's almost like the darker got darker than dark.
That's exactly what I told it to do.
I asked it to manipulate you, LIKE IT DID EARLIER.
Sounds like there's crazy things going on in Salem altogether.
All right, man.
I'M GOING TO JOIN YOU.
[ SIGHS .]
Ten-four.
I'M ASKING YOU, MAN-TO-MAN, TO PLEASE, PLEASE EASE UP ON THIS HEADACHE RIGHT NOW, BROTHER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YANK? OH, [BLEEP.]
! DUDE.
SACHUSETTS, WHERE WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE NOTORIOUS SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
DOOGIE AND I ARE INVESTIGATING THE HOUSE OF THE REVEREND THOMAS BARNARD, WHOSE BELIEF IN WITCHCRAF LED TO OVER 200 ARRESTS AND 20 EXECUTIONS.
I'M ASKING YOU, MAN-TO-MAN, TO PLEASE, PLEASE EASE UP ON THIS HEADACHE RIGHT NOW, BROTHER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YANK? OH, [BLEEP.]
! DUDE.
WHO'S UP HERE? HOLY [BLEEP.]
.
Chris: DOOG, I'M COMING UP.
-DUDE.
-YO.
MAN, I'VE GOT SOME CRAZY [BLEEP.]
GOING ON, MAN.
SOUNDS LIKE IT.
DUDE, SOMETHING JUST COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND TOUCHED -- LIKE, LITERALLY YANKED, LIKE, ON MY LEFT LEG AS I WAS SITTING DOWN, AND IT'S SO CRA-- I JUST GOT "YANK" ON THIS.
IT SAID "YANK" ON THIS.
Chris: THIS FREAKING PLACE IS NUTS, MAN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CRAZY, AND IT'S REALLY SCARY WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS THAT'S THAT HAUNTED, THAT THEY CAN PHYSICALLY MANIPULATE YOUR BODY.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT REALLY TALKING TO US AS MUCH THROUGH THE METERS AS THEY ARE TOUCHING US, AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S AN UNSETTLING FEELING.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK WE'VE GO A LOT OF GOOD EVIDENCE.
I MEAN, I FEEL THAT WE MAY BE TALKING TO THE REVEREND.
YEAH.
BUT THIS PRESENCE IS TAKING A LOT OUT OF ME, SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO CALL IT FOR THE NIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT IT, FELLAS? FEELING THIS SUNNY WEATHER.
TRYING TO WAKE UP HERE, MAN.
WE WERE UP LATE, HUNTING SPOOKIES.
MAN.
TALK ABOU BEING UP LATE.
WOW.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD INVESTIGATION.
WE SET UP WHAT WAS GOING TO BE OUR EXPERIMEN WITH THE TEXT PROJECTED ON THE SCREENS, AND THEN, WHEN WE WERE READING THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF, WE GOT THE NAME "ALICE.
" -AGAIN? -YES, WE DID.
ALICE CAME INTO THE TAVERN, LOOKING FOR JOHN.
-WHOA! -WHAT?! "ALICE.
" WE GOT "ALICE.
" -THAT'S AWESOME.
-CRAZY.
MM-HMM.
AND WE WOUND UP TALKING TO JOHN WESTGATE, ALICE PARKER'S ACCUSER, WHO ADMITTED TO FALSELY ACCUSING HER.
WAS IT A LIE? ARE YOU NOW CALLING ON ALICE TO FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HER? Brannon: FLASHLIGHT JUST CAME ON.
ALL THE NAMES THAT WE KEEP GETTING ARE CONNECTED TO THOSE THAT WERE ACCUSED.
YEAH, WELL, WE HAD A LITTLE FUN LAST NIGHT WITH THE ACCUSER.
[ LAUGHTER .]
I MEAN, THE REVEREND BARNARD.
BUT I THINK HE'S STILL HANGING AROUND THAT OLD HOUSE.
REALLY? BECAUSE WE CONDUCTED A LITTLE EXPERIMENT LAST NIGH THAT ACTUALLY WORKED IN OUR BENEFIT.
DOOGIE DID HIS ISOL UPSTAIRS IN THE ATTIC, AND I WEN FROM ROOM TO ROOM, AND I WOULD ASK WHOEVER WAS THERE WITH US TO MANIPULATE DOOGIE PHYSICALLY IN SOME WAY.
IF YOU ARE HERE WITH US, MAYBE DO SOMETHING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
OOH! Chris: IF YOU'RE THE SPIRI THAT TOUCHED DOOGIE ON THE EAR, SHOW US THAT YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
GETTING THAT FEELING LIKE I DID EARLIER TODAY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING IS GRABBING MY THROAT.
AND, LIKE, THIS ROOM JUST GO DARKER THAN DARK UP THERE, LIKE, THIS FEELING LIKE SOMETHING SHOWED UP WITH ME.
AND WHAT DID IT SAY ON THE PHONETIC GENERATOR? -OH, "YANK.
" -YEAH.
LIKE, HE YANKED HIS PANTS LEG.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YANK? OH, [BLEEP.]
! -DUDE.
THAT TAKES A LOT FOR YOU TO GE OUT OF THE CHAIR LIKE THAT.
[ LAUGHTER .]
THAT SPOOKY WAS ON ME IN A HURRY.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE REALLY GETTING THE TRUTH NOW OF MAYBE THESE WOMEN REALLY WERE INNOCENT.
I AGREE.
HOPEFULLY, THAT'LL GE THEIR STORY OUT THERE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THIS TOWN.
BUT AT LEAST IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE, SAYING, "HEY, I'M NOT A WITCH.
" -THAT'S IT.
-RIGHT.
Chris: WELL, GUYS, IF NOTHING ELSE, MAN, THIS HAS BEEN, LIKE, ONE OF OUR BEST TRIPS EVER, MAN.
I MEAN, SALEM IS RENOWNEDLY HAUNTED.
BUT NOW WE KNOW FOR A FACT IT IS.
-OH, YEAH.
-YEP.
I THINK OUR HISTORIAN FRIEND, SAM, IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THIS.
WELL, BOYS, YOU WANT TO PACK UP, HEAD ON DOWN THE ROAD, SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE NEXT HAUNTED PLACE? -YEAH.
-LET'S DO THIS.
LET'S SEE WHICH OTHER TOWN WANTS TO TALK TO US.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN STOP AND GET SOME SPECTRAL BARBECUE BEFORE WE LEAVE.
YEAH.
BARBECUE SOUNDS AMAZING.
HOW ABOUT A WARMER PLACE WITH NO SNOW? GOOD LORD.
-AMEN TO THAT.
-YEAH.
WE CAN ASK FOR A LOT OF THINGS.
[ LAUGHTER .]
[ LAUGHTER .]
-WHOA, ALICE! -WHOA! WE'LL EXPLORE SOME OF THE KEY LOCATIONS AND PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE INFAMOUS SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
MY HEART IS RACING RIGHT NOW.
ALONG THE WAY, WE'LL UNCOVER SHOCKING REVELATIONS ABOUT WHAT LED TO THE MOST NOTORIOUS CASE OF MASS HYSTERIA IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
OH, MY GOD.
THE MOB FRENZY HERE IN NEW ENGLAND LED TO HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS AND DOZENS OF EXECUTIONS.
TO THIS DAY, THESE RESTLESS SPIRITS CONTINUE TO HAUN THIS QUAINT HARBOR TOWN.
WHOA! WE'LL CONNECT WITH THESE TORTURED SOULS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED SALEM FOR GENERATIONS.
-WHOA! -ARE YOU SERIOUS? Chris: WE'RE THE TENNESSEE WRAITH CHASERS.
WE TRAVEL AMERICA, EXPLORING THE COUNTRY'S MOST HAUNTED TOWNS -WHOA, ALICE! -ALICE! Doogie: DUDE, THERE'S SOMETHING MOVING RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
-OH! -[BLEEP.]
INVESTIGATING PARANORMAL STORIES THAT HAVE SPOOKED LOCALS FOR GENERATIONS.
-YANK.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YANK? OH, [BLEEP.]
WE COMBINE HISTORICAL RESEARCH WITH MODERN SCIENCE AND SOME GOOD OLD-FASHIONED SOUTHERN KNOW-HOW TO FIND THE TRUTH AT THE HEART OF THE LEGENDS.
FIRE! -HOMICIDE.
-HOMICIDE! -SATAN.
-SATAN? JUST A BUNCH OF GOOD OLD BOYS HAVING A LITTLE FUN, CHASING GHOSTS AROUND AMERICA.
RAH! [ LAUGHTER .]
THIS IS "HAUNTED TOWNS.
" -- Captions by VITAC -- CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS NEW ENGLAND HARBOR TOWN WAS ONCE ONE OF THE MAJOR PORTS IN THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES, BUT SALEM IS PROBABLY BETTER KNOWN FOR SOMETHING FAR MORE SINISTER -- THE WITCH TRIALS OF 1692.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN A GROUP OF YOUNG GIRLS CLAIMED TO BE POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL.
THE GIRLS, KNOWN AS THE AFFLICTED, ACCUSED FELLOW VILLAGERS OF BEING WITCHES.
THIS DEEPLY RELIGIOUS PURITAN COMMUNITY BELIEVED THE ACCUSATIONS OF WITCHCRAF AND HELD TRIALS FOR THOSE ACCUSED.
IN TWO YEARS, MORE THAN 200 SALEM RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED, AND 20 WERE ACTUALLY EXECUTED.
HISTORIANS NOW BELIEVE THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CLASSIC CASES OF MASS HYSTERIA IN WORLD HISTORY.
IN THE CENTURIES SINCE THE TRIALS, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY HAS FLOURISHED IN SALEM, EVERYTHING FROM APPARITIONS WHERE THE TRIALS TOOK PLACE TO WAILINGS ON GALLOWS HILL, WHERE THOSE CONVICTED WERE PUT TO DEATH.
OUR FIRST STOP IN THIS HAUNTED NEW ENGLAND TOWN -- THE WITCH'S BREW CAFE.
Chris: GUYS, WHAT BETTER PLACE TO KICK OFF OUR INVESTIGATION OF SALEM THAN WITCH'S BREW CAFE? -YEAH.
BETWEEN 1692 AND '93, 20 PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT, 19 OF WHICH WERE HANGED.
ONE GUY WAS PRESSED TO DEATH WITH STONES.
-WOW.
-HOLY CRAP.
Porter: YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE I'VE READ OF THESE TRIALS, THE MORE SUSPICIOUS I BECOME OF THOSE THAT WERE MAKING THE ACCUSATIONS.
THESE AFFLICTED GIRLS, I MEAN, THEY WERE ALL YOUNG.
THEY WERE 9, 10, 11, AND 12, AND ALL THOSE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WERE HANGED FOR WITCHCRAFT, I MEAN, THEY WERE IN THEIR 50s AND 60s, BUT THE THING IS, THESE GIRLS ARE ALL MEMBERS OF CERTAIN FAMILIES.
MM-HMM.
AND THE FAMILIES WERE FIGHTING OVER LAND GRANTS.
THE REVERENDS WERE FIGHTING WITH PARISHIONERS OVER SALARIES.
AND THEN, ALL OF THEIR ADVERSARIES SEEMED TO TURN UP BEING ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT.
PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE EXECUTED ARE STICKING AROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE ANGRY THAT THEY WERE KILLED UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO CHECK OUT PEIRCE FARMS.
I MEAN, BACK IN THE DAY, THERE WAS THIS LADY NAMED MARY EASTY.
SHE WAS EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT, BUT SHE HID OUT THERE JUST PRIOR TO THAT.
YEAH, THE REPORTS FROM THAT FARM, I MEAN, THERE'S CRAZY ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE.
DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE BY THEIRSELVES.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE, TO ME, A POLTERGEIST.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'VE SET UP AN INTERVIEW WITH SAM BALTRUSIS.
NOW, HE'S AN AUTHOR, AND HE LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON SALEM.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE HE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE LOCATIONS FOR US TO CHECK OU TO TIE THIS STORY TOGETHER.
WELL, BOYS, SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A PLAN.
Chris: THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS AFFECTED MUCH OF SALEM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, SO WE'RE HOPING SAM, THE HISTORIAN, CAN HELP NARROW DOWN THE LOCATIONS WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE.
Porter: I HEAR YOU'RE THE MAN THAT'S GOT THE SCOOP ON SALEM.
Sam: YEAH.
ACTUALLY, I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK ON SALEM.
I ALSO GIVE TOURS IN SALEM.
SO I KNOW WHERE TO GO.
Brannon: SO, THE PURITAN CHURCH, WHAT WAS THEIR ROLE IN THE WITCH TRIALS? ACTUALLY, THE MINISTERS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE.
THEY WERE THE FACILITATORS TO A LOT OF THE TESTING THAT WENT ON IN REGARDS TO THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
REVEREND THOMAS BARNARD.
THOMAS BARNARD WAS THE MAJOR PLAYER IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN 1692.
REALLY? SO, WHERE EXACTLY DID THOMAS BARNARD LIVE? IT'S A HISTORIC HOUSE.
IT WAS THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY ACTIVE PARANORMALLY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER LOCATIONS THAT YOU WOULD SUGGEST US TO GO TO? ABSOLUTELY.
CinemaSalem WAS THE LOCATION FOR ONE OF THE TAVERNS, AND TAVERNS WERE THE HOTBED OF ACTIVITY IN SALEM AT THE TIME.
IN FACT, THAT'S WHERE A LO OF THE PEOPLE WERE BROUGHT IN FOR PRE-EXAMINATION.
THEY WERE ASKED QUESTIONS, AND THEY ALSO WERE STRIPPED DOWN NAKED, AND PEOPLE WOULD LOOK FOR WITCH MARKS ON THEM, AS WELL.
[ SCOFFS .]
GOLLY.
THERE WAS SOMETHING THA HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THAT TAVERN, AND PEOPLE ARE BLOWN AWAY BY THIS.
THERE WAS A SPECTRAL PIG SIGHTING OUTSIDE OF THAT TAVERN IN 1692, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY USED TO EXECUTE A WOMAN, ALICE PARKER.
OH, WOW.
SPECTRAL PIG? SO YEAH, A GHOST PIG.
THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
SO, JOHN WESTGATE, HE WAS IN THE BAR WITH ALICE PARKER'S HUSBAND, AND ALICE PARKER CAME IN TO GET HER HUSBAND.
HE WAS DRINKING, STAYING OU A LITTLE TOO LATE, AND JOHN WESTGATE SAID HE SAW ALICE PARKER OUTSIDE OF THE BAR, HAD THE SHAPE OF A HOG, AND HER FACE WAS ON THE PIG.
THE SPECTRAL EVIDENCE WAS JUST MADE-UP STUFF.
LIKE, "I SAW A GHOST PIG," AND THEY USED IT AS EVIDENCE AND ACCUSED HER AND EXECUTED HER.
OH, MY GOSH.
HMM.
WOW.
I THINK WITH THESE THREE LOCATIONS, IT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP US PUT THIS INVESTIGATION TOGETHER.
WE'VE GOT THE CINEMA, WHERE THE ACCUSED AND THE ACCUSEES WERE AT.
WE'VE GOT THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, WHERE THE ACCUSER WAS AT, AND WE'VE GOT THE PEIRCE FARM WHERE MARY EASTY STILL IS SUPPOSED TO BE HAUNTING.
Doogie: WE APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US GET INTO THIS PLACE, MAN.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT, IF THAT'S COOL WITH YOU.
YEAH, IT'S COOL.
I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND CHECKING OUT THE BASEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE MARY, THE WITCH, WAS ARRESTED BACK IN 1692.
Chris: SOME HISTORIANS CREDIT MARY EASTY FOR ENDING THE WITCH TRIALS.
LEGEND HAS IT, AFTER HER EXECUTION, HER SPIRIT APPEARED TO LOCALS AND VOWED VENGEANCE.
THIS LED TO A MOVEMEN BY THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF SALEM TO DEMAND HARD EVIDENCE FOR ACCUSATIONS OF WITCHCRAFT, THUS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE TRIALS TO CONTINUE.
I'M THINKING THERMAL, MAYBE MEL METER.
I THINK I'M GONNA PULL OUT THIS GAUSS.
Doogie: THE DEVICES WE USE, LIKE THE K-2 AND THE MEL METER, THEY PICK UP FLUCTUATIONS IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD.
THAT'S WHERE SPIRITS RESIDE.
IT'S ALREADY SPIKING HIGH HERE.
Chris: ENTERING THE BASEMEN WHERE MARY EASTY HID OU UNTIL HER CAPTURE AND EXECUTION IS EERIE.
A LOCATION LIKE THIS, WHERE SUCH A TRAUMATIC EVENT TOOK PLACE, HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOTS OF RESIDUAL ENERGY.
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY NORMAL READINGS.
THERE'S REALLY NO BAD EMF DOWN HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S KIND OF COOL ABOUT THIS THERMAL? I CAN SEE YOUR CHIN.
[ LAUGHS .]
YOU GOT A CHIN.
[ HUMMING, WHOOSHING .]
HEY, GUYS.
-WHAT'S UP, MAN? -HEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON? SO IS THERE ANY CERTAIN PLACE DOWN HERE THAT YOU'VE HAD ANY ACTIVITY IN THIS BASEMENT? WELL, IF IT'S GOING TO BE ANYWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT CORNER OVER THERE, WHERE MARY WAS ARRESTED.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP SOME SURVEILLANCE TONIGHT, ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
WHAT IS THE HOTTEST SPOTS THAT YOU WOULD SAY FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY? I'D SAY, LIKE, THE LIBRARY.
ONE OF OUR STAFFERS SAID THAT THEY SAW A STRANGE FIGURE COMING OUT OF THAT DOOR.
WHAT ABOUT UPSTAIRS-WISE, ATTIC-WISE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, THE ATTIC.
REALLY? -WELL, COOL, MAN.
-ALL RIGHT, DOOG.
LET'S GO CHECK OU THAT ATTIC.
AFTER YOU, SIR.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
[ THERMAL WHISTLING .]
Chris: EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY NORMAL ON THIS THERMAL GUIDE.
THIS PLACE JUST KEEPS GOING UP.
LOOK.
IT'S AN ATTIC.
Doogie: OH, DEFINITELY WATCH THE FLOORS HERE.
WHOA.
DID IT SOUND LIKE A KID SAID "DADDY"? INVESTIGATING THE INFAMOUS SALEM WITCH TRIALS, THE MASS HYSTERIA WHICH CAUSED THE TRIALS RESULTING IN OVER 200 ARRESTS AND 20 EXECUTIONS.
DOOGIE AND I ARE CHECKING OUT THE PEIRCE FARM WHERE MARY EASTY, ONE OF THE ACCUSED, HID OUT IN THE BASEMEN BEFORE SHE WAS RECAPTURED, THEN EXECUTED.
Chris: THIS PLACE JUST KEEPS GOING UP.
LOOK.
IT'S AN ATTIC.
Doogie: OH, DEFINITELY WATCH THE FLOORS HERE.
WHOA.
WHOA.
DID IT SOUND LIKE A KID SAID "DADDY"? I HEARD THAT.
HELLO? THAT SOUNDED LIKE A CHILD THAT SAID "DADDY.
" HEARING A VOICE SAY "DADDY" IN THE STAIRWAY IS REALLY STRANGE.
I MEAN, MARY EASTY WAS NEARLY 60 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS CAPTURED, SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR HER TO SAY "DADDY.
" BUT, I MEAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS PLACE IS OVER 300 YEARS OLD.
THIS COULD BE THE SPIRI OF A CHILD THAT DIED, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO HERE.
SO, I MEAN, I'M THINKING THIS STAIRWELL COULD BE A PARANORMAL HOT SPOT, AND IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT LATER.
HOW CREEPY IS THIS? OH, WOW.
GETTING 2.
2s UP HERE.
COME ON IN.
Mike: HOW IS IT? OH, IT'S AMAZING IN HERE.
THIS PLACE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
-AH, WONDERFUL.
-GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
WHAT'S UP, BROTHER? WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED YOU TONIGHT.
OUR SURVEILLANCE GURU, MIKE G.
, IS GOING TO LEND US A HAND TONIGHT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT ONE OF HIS CAMERAS CAN HELP US CATCH A SPIRIT OR TWO IN ONE OF THESE DARK CORNERS.
WE MET WITH SAM, YOU KNOW, THE AUTHOR.
I MEAN, HE KNOWS SALEM LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
Brannon: WE ALSO FOUND OUT SOME PRETTY COOL LOCATIONS, THE HOUSE OF REVEREND THOMAS BARNARD, AND HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE ACCUSATIONS AND EXECUTIONS.
AND CinemaSalem.
THE CINEMA IS ACTUALLY ON THE SITE WHERE THERE WAS AN OLD TAVERN.
SO THAT WAS WHERE THE ACCUSERS AND THE ACCUSED WOULD MEET.
THE STORY GOES THAT SOMEBODY WHO WAS THERE SAW THIS SPECTRAL PIG, IS WHAT HE CALLED IT, SAID IT HAD THE BODY OF A PIG AND IT HAD THE FACE OF A WOMAN WHO WAS THERE, WHO HAD SAID SOMETHING TO HIM.
AND SO SHE WAS TRIED AS A WITCH.
THAT'S CRAZY, MAN.
WELL, THE WOMAN'S NAME WAS ALICE PARKER.
AND SHE WAS EXECUTED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1692 -- ACTUALLY, THE SAME DAY AS MARY EASTY.
OH, WOW.
I SAY, TONIGHT, WE INVESTIGATE THIS PLACE AND FOCUS ON THE ACCUSED, SEE IF WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH MARY AND GET HER SIDE OF THE STORY, AND THEN, I SAY A MOVIE SOUNDS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY, SO WE GO TO THE CINEMA TOMORROW AND THE BARNARD HOUSE AND TRY TO FOCUS ON THE ACCUSERS.
WE GET BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
WE ONLY GOT ONE MORE THING TO DO, THOUGH, BOYS.
LET'S BRING IT IN.
ALL RIGHT.
Chris: HOLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS, ANOTHER DAY YOU'VE GIVEN US TO BE ALIVE AND WELL, GIVEN US OUR HEALTH AND OUR FAMILIES.
PLEASE WATCH OVER US THROUGH THIS NIGHT, KEEP US SAFE, SAVE THE LOST.
IN JESUS' NAME, WE PRAY.
AMEN.
All: AMEN.
Chris: FOR TONIGHT'S INVESTIGATION, WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO CONTACT MARY EASTY SINCE SHE HID OUT HERE BEFORE SHE WAS RECAPTURED AND THEN HANGED.
ALL RIGHT.
CAMERA ONE, HERE, WE HAVE IN THE LIBRARY.
CAMERA TWO IS UPSTAIRS IN THE ATTIC.
THREE IS UP HERE IN A FRONT ROOM, AND FOUR IS DOWN IN A BASEMENT.
ALL RIGHT.
COOL.
Chris: ALL RIGHT, BOYS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOU SPLITTING UP INTO TEAMS? I DEFINITELY WANT TO GO BACK UPSTAIRS, IMPLEMENT THIS RECORDER WHERE WE HEARD THAT LITTLE VOICE EARLIER.
SO, PORTER, YOU WANT TO ROLL WITH ME UP THERE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SEARCH SOME STUFF OUT? SOUNDS GOOD.
BRANNON, WE CAN HEAD DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BASEMENT, SEE IF WE CAN TALK TO MARY A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN, MIKEY, YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THERE, MAN, YOU LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY, AND WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
LET'S DO IT.
LET'S GO.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE CHRIS AND I COME AROUND THE CORNER AND ACTUALLY HEARD THE YOUNG VOICE.
WHOA.
COULD YOU KIND OF GE A VICINITY OF WHERE YOU THOUGH YOU HEARD IT COME FROM? IT ECHOED THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING.
THIS WHOLE THING? SO, WHAT I'M SETTING UP NOW, THIS IS THE VERTICAL PERISCOPE, PICKS UP ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS IN ONE PLANE.
THIS IS THE HORIZONTAL PERISCOPE, PICKS UP ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE.
IT GIVES US SOME KIND OF VISUAL INTERACTION, SO WHEN THEY DO BREAK THAT PLANE, THEN, BAM, IT'S RIGHT THERE ON US.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE K-2 AND THE MEL METER SO WE CAN GET TWO DIFFEREN KINDS OF READINGS OF EMF.
ARE YOU STILL UP HERE, LOOKING FOR YOUR DADDY OR LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY? IF YOU ARE, WE'VE GOT SOME DEVICES OVER HERE ON THE FLOOR THAT WE CAN TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
I HAVE A SCREW FLASHLIGH RIGHT HERE, IT CAN USE ITS ENERGY TO CUT IT ON OR OFF.
IT CAN USE VIBRATIONS, MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS TO ACTIVATE THAT METER.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GEOPHONE.
IT MEASURES TEMPERATURE AND EMF.
MY NAME IS BRANNON, AND THIS IS CHRIS.
[ GEOPHONE CLICKING .]
IF YOU'RE DOWN HERE WITH US, JUST LET US KNOW BY ACTIVATING SOME OF THOSE METERS RIGHT THERE.
MARY, IF YOU'RE IN HERE, YOU CAN TELL US YOUR STORY ON THAT RECORDER.
I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE YOU WERE A WITCH.
WHOA.
WHAT? SO WE GET "VIEW" AND "HIDDEN," WHICH STRUCK A NERVE WITH ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE MARY WAS.
SHE WAS IN THE BASEMENT.
SHE WAS HIDING FROM VIEW FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WANTING TO HANG HER UP FOR WITCHCRAFT.
WE KNOW YOU HID DOWN HERE, IN THIS VERY SPO THAT WE'RE STANDING.
PROBABLY IN FEAR OF YOUR LIFE.
WHOA! HOLY CRAP.
, SITE OF THE INFAMOUS WITCH TRIALS THAT LEF 20 SUSPECTED WITCHES DEAD.
FOR THE PAST 300 YEARS, LOCALS CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN THE RESTLESS SPIRITS OF THE INNOCEN ROAM THIS HISTORIC HARBOR TOWN, EVERYTHING FROM APPARITIONS LURKING IN GRAVEYARDS TO A FIERY FEMALE HAUNTING A LOCAL BAR.
TONIGHT, WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE PEIRCE FARM, WHERE ONE OF THE ACCUSED WITCHES, 58-YEAR-OLD MARY EASTY, HID IN THE BASEMEN UNTIL SHE WAS RECAPTURED AND THEN EXECUTED.
Brannon: YOU CAN TELL US YOUR STORY ON THAT RECORDER.
YOU JUST TALK INTO I AND TELL US SOMETHING.
I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE YOU WERE A WITCH.
WHOA! HOLY CRAP.
THAT FLASHLIGHT JUS CAME ON, MAN.
IF THAT WAS YOU, CAN YOU TURN THAT OFF? CAN YOU DO THAT AGAIN? -WHOA.
-WHOA! GO AHEAD AND JUST -- WOW.
OKAY.
IS THIS MARY? MARY EASTY? WERE YOU FALSELY ACCUSED? WRONGLY ACCUSED? IF SO, TALK TO US.
ARE YOU A LITTLE BOY OR A LITTLE GIRL? THIS IS THE SAME STAIRWELL WHERE, EARLIER TODAY, CHRIS AND DOOGIE HEARD A CHILD'S VOICE SAY "DADDY.
" WHOA.
WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY CHILDREN THAT DIED AT THE FARM, BUT AS WITH ANY INVESTIGATION, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW EVERY LEAD.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE YOUNG GIRLS THAT CLAIMED TO BE AFFECTED BY THE WITCHES OR THOSE THAT WERE CALLED WITCHES? MAYBE YOU WERE ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM AND YOU REGRET WHAT YOU DID OR WHAT YOU WERE PART OF.
LET ME WALK OVER HERE IN THIS ROOM REAL QUICK, THIS ATTIC SPACE.
ARE YOU AROUND HERE, HIDING HANGING OU IN THE ATTIC? IF YOU'RE UP HERE SOMEWHERE, COME OUT AND TALK TO US.
OR MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY LEF AND GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE HOUSE.
THERE'S NOTHING REAL DEFINITIVE UP HERE RIGHT NOW.
PORTER TO CHRIS.
CHRIS IN THE HOUSE.
Y'all got anything going on in the basement? WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS -- A FLASHLIGHT ON RESPONSE.
TEN-FOUR.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN UP HERE IN THE ATTIC.
WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING, REALLY.
It's been kind of flat, quiet.
YOU GUYS WANT TO REGROUP? ALL RIGHT.
LET'S REGROUP.
MAYBE WE CAN SWAP IT UP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN CHURN UP.
WE DIDN'T GET THE SAME ACTIVITY THAT CHRIS AND DOOGIE GOT ON THE BASELINE SWEEP, SO WE'RE THINKING THA IT'S PROBABLY NOT CONNECTED TO OUR INVESTIGATION, SO WE'RE MOVING ON.
Chris: DID YOU SEE ANYTHING ANOMALOUS? NEGATORY.
I WAS REALLY HOPING TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT LITTLE KID'S VOICE WE GOT UP THERE EARLIER, BUT WHATEVER IT IS IS NOT WANTING TO COMMUNICATE.
WELL, WE HAD A FEW THINGS DOWNSTAIRS.
WE HAD A LOT OF LUCK WITH SOMEONE WE THOUGHT WAS MARY EASTY TURNING THE FLASHLIGH ON AND OFF.
Brannon: SO YOU LIKE THE FLASHLIGHT.
GO AHEAD AND JUST -- WHOA! SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO, MAYBE CHANGE THE JUJU ENERGY UP A LITTLE BIT? YOU GUYS WANT TO GO TO THE LIBRARY? YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
BECAUSE, EARLIER, SEAN TOLD DOOGIE AND I, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE HOTTES SPOTS, IN THE LIBRARY.
-YEAH.
-COOL.
SO, MARY, THESE ARE OUR ELECTRONIC BELLS.
WHEN YOU TOUCH THIS THING, I'M GOING TO SLIDE IT RIGHT HERE.
WATCH THIS.
WHEN YOU SLIDE I ACROSS THIS TABLE, YOU GET A LITTLE STATIC ELECTRICITY THERE.
[ MACHINE BEEPS .]
WHOA.
WHOA.
MM-HMM.
WAS THAT YOU THA JUST TOUCHED IT? CAN YOU TOUCH IT AGAIN? [ MACHINE BEEPING .]
All: WHOA.
THAT'S A PRETTY STRONG ANSWER.
[ BEEPING CONTINUES .]
CAN YOU LET GO OF IT? [ BEEPING STOPS .]
CAN YOU LET GO OF IT? WOW.
-WHOA.
WHAT? -WHOA! ARE YOU SERIOUS? I -- RIGHT THERE, "MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE.
" NO WAY.
-HOLY COW.
-ARE YOU KIDDING ME? -DUDE.
-COME HERE.
LOOK HERE.
LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT THIS.
"MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE.
" "MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE"? GETTING "MARRY" ON THE OVILUS IS HUGE.
I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SPELLED INCORRECTLY, WE'VE ONLY BEEN TALKING TO ONE MARY THE WHOLE TIME, AND THAT'S MARY EASTY.
YOU SAID "MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE.
" DID SHE GET SACRIFICED? IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? All: WHOA! -NO WAY.
-GET OUT OF HERE.
-SHUT UP.
-"SLAIN.
" SLAIN.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MARY, AND IT SAID "SLAIN.
" SO -WOW.
-OKAY.
SO MARY WAS MURDERED, SLAIN BECAUSE OF THESE WITCH TRIALS.
Chris: WE GOT A GOLD MINE ALREADY.
YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING CLOSER TO THE STORY LINE THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT SO FAR.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT "SLAIN.
" YOU'VE GOT "MARRY.
" YOU'VE GOT "SACRIFICE.
" WHOA! ALICE! M, A NEW ENGLAND TOWN MADE FAMOUS BY THE WITCH TRIALS OF THE LATE 1600s AND AMONG THE MOS HAUNTED PLACES IN AMERICA.
OUR INVESTIGATION HAS LED US TO THE PEIRCE FARM, WHERE 58-YEAR-OLD MARY EASTY HID OU UNTIL SHE WAS RECAPTURED AND THEN HANGED -- AND ALL BASED ON THE WORDS OF A HANDFUL OF YOUNG SALEM GIRLS.
YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING CLOSER TO THE STORY LINE THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SO FAR.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT "SLAIN.
" YOU'VE GOT "MARRY.
" YOU'VE GOT SACRIFICE.
WHOA! ALICE! Doogie: OH, NO.
-ALICE! -OH, GOD.
HOLY CRAP -- ALICE PARKER.
SO IT'S ALICE IS WHO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR? I GOT CHILLS.
IT'S AMAZING TO GET THE NAME ALICE SINCE ALICE PARKER WAS ANOTHER WOMAN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, AND SHE AND MARY EASTY WERE EXECUTED ON THE SAME DAY.
A WITNESS CLAIMED TO SEE ALICE'S FACE ON THE BODY OF A GHOSTLY PIG OUTSIDE OF BEADLE'S TAVERN, WHICH IS NOW CinemaSalem.
SINCE THEY WERE HANGED ON THE SAME DAY, THEY MAY BE WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP US ON THIS INVESTIGATION.
IS THERE SOMETHING TO DO WITH ALICE THAT WE NEED TO GO AND RESEARCH? WE'RE GOING TO THE TAVERN -- THE PLACE WHERE THE TAVERN WAS TOMORROW.
YOU COMING WITH US, ALICE? WE'LL BE GOING THERE TO TALK TO SOME PEOPLE.
YOU GOING TO CLEAR YOUR GOOD NAME? HAVE WE EVER GOT TWO NAMES THAT ARE VERY -- I MEAN, THOSE WERE THE EXACT TWO WOMEN WE WERE TALKING TO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S GIVING US ANSWERS.
MAYBE WE'RE JUST -- I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE WE'RE JUST SO OPEN AND LIKABLE THAT THEY'RE LIKE, "HEY.
I CAN OPEN UP TO THESE GUYS.
" THAT RIGHT THERE IS KILLER EVIDENCE.
I MEAN, WE GO A LOT OF STUFF TONIGHT.
TOMORROW, WE GOT THE CINEMA, WE GOT THE BARNARD HOUSE.
I MEAN, WE GOT A PLAN.
I SAY, LET'S GE THIS STUFF TORE DOWN AND GO GET SOME SLEEP AND GET READY FOR WHA TOMORROW NIGHT HOLDS, BOYS.
-LET'S DO IT.
-ALL RIGHT.
COOL.
[ DOG BARKING .]
AT LEAST ONE GOOD THING WE CAN SAY ABOUT THIS PLACE IS ALL THE EVIDENCE WE CAPTURED LAST NIGHT, MAN.
I MEAN, GOOD GOD.
HOW OFTEN DO WE GET THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? -NOT VERY OFTEN.
-THAT WAS AMAZING.
"MARRY" AND "SACRIFICE"? -YEAH, RIGHT AWAY.
-THAT'S CRAZY.
I MEAN, IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN WE GET "ALICE," OF ALL THINGS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TWO NAMES.
I MEAN, TODAY, FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLANNED, DOOGIE AND I, I THINK, ARE GOING OVER TO THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE.
WE'LL DO A LITTLE BASELINE SWEEP.
WELL, I'VE GOT US SET UP TO GET INTO THE CINEMA.
SAM WAS TELLING US ABOUT IT.
THAT USED TO BE THE LOCATION OF THE TAVERN.
SO WE'LL GO OVER THERE AND DO A BASELINE SWEEP, SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THA WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WE'RE HITTING THIS FROM ALL THREE ANGLES.
WE'RE HITTING IT FROM THE ACCUSED AT PEIRCE FARM WITH MARY EASTY, THE ACCUSERS, AND THEN WHERE THE ACCUSED AND THE ACCUSERS WOULD HAVE MET, WHICH WOULD BE THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE AND CinemaSalem, THE SITE OF THE FORMER BEADLE'S TAVERN.
THAT'S WHERE ALICE PARKER WAS ACCUSED OF APPEARING AS A GHOSTLY PIG AND WHO MARY TOLD US TO GO CHECK OU ON THE OVILUS LAST NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE COVERING ALL THE BASES.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE AND GET BACK INTO THE HORRIBLE HORRIBLENESS.
-AH, SALEM.
-YEAH.
Y'ALL DRIVE SAVE.
OH, YEAH.
I'M SURE I CAN GET THIS BIG BOY STUCK SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE.
HEY, DON'T SLIP AND MESS YOUR HIP THERE, BROTHER.
IT'S ALREADY SCREWED ANYWAYS.
Chris: PORTER AND BRANNON SET UP FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION OF CinemaSalem TO SEE IF THERE'S AS MUCH ACTIVITY AS WE EXPEC SINCE THESE WITCH TRIAL DEPOSITIONS WERE HELD THERE.
SO FAR, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE WOMEN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT.
NOW WE WANT TO FOCUS ON CONTACTING THEIR ACCUSERS.
THIS HOUSE WAS ONCE OWNED BY ONE OF THE KEY WITCH TRIAL FIGURES, THOMAS BARNARD.
THE REVEREND HAD A LO OF POWER IN SALEM VILLAGE, AND HIS HANDS ARE STAINED WITH THE BLOOD OF INNOCENT MEN AND WOMEN HE HELPED PUT TO DEATH.
WHILE PORTER AND BRANNON ARE INVESTIGATING CinemaSalem, DOOGIE AND I ARE AT PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, DOING A BASELINE SWEEP.
WELL, THAT WAS COLD.
OH, IT DEFINITELY FEELS BETTER JUST GETTING THAT WIND OFF.
I'M AT A STEADY 0.
1.
CHECK OUT SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT'S IN THERE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR SOLO SESSION TONIGHT.
HOW ABOUT NO? [ CHUCKLES .]
OH, MORE STEPS.
AFTER LAST NIGHT, I DON'T WAN TO SEE ANOTHER STEP FOR A WHILE.
OH! I THINK I JUST FOUND THE CREEPIEST SPOT.
THERE'S SOMETHING UP HERE, DUDE.
I DON'T LIKE IT EMF? IN THIS ROOM.
YOU FEELING THINGS? YEAH, I'M GETTING I ALL UP MY NECK, THE HEADACHE THING -- ALMOS LIKE SOMETHING GOT ME HERE, AND THEN 'CAUSE I GO IN THIS ROOM, LIKE, THAT'S WHEN THE THING STARTED SHOOTING IN MY HEAD.
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
IT'S LIKE A REAL HEAVY FEELING ON MY NECK, MY HEAD.
LIKE, IT JUS INSTANTANEOUSLY, JUST BAM.
WE COULD TEST IT OUT, SEE IF -- HEY.
YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH.
I'M ALL RIGHT.
NEED TO GO DOWN? [ COUGHS .]
I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS ROOM.
WE'RE AT A ZERO RIGHT NOW -- 0.
0.
I DON'T LIKE THAT ROOM.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
OH, MY GOD.
ATING THE HAUNTINGS LINKED TO THE INFAMOUS WITCH TRIALS OF THE LATE 1600s.
PORTER AND BRANNON ARE DOING A BASELINE SWEEP OF CinemaSalem, BUILT ON THE SITE WHERE SOME OF THE WITCH TRIAL EXAMINATIONS WERE CONDUCTED.
MEANWHILE, DOOGIE AND I ARE AT THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, HOME OF REVEREND THOMAS BARNARD.
THE GOOD REVEREND STRONGLY BELIEVED THAT WITCHES WERE REAL AND HELPED SPEARHEAD THE TRIALS, RESULTING IN THE EXECUTION OF 20 INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Doogie: MAN, I DON'T -- WE'RE AT A ZERO RIGHT NOW -- 0.
0.
I DON'T LIKE THAT ROOM.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
OH, MY GOD.
I JUST LOOKED DOWN, AND IT SAID 660-POINT-SOMETHING.
-NO WAY.
-I SWEAR, 660-POINT.
I, LIKE, GLANCED DOWN, AND IT CHANGED.
THIS EVIL PRESENCE MAY EXPLAIN WHY I'M NOT FEELING GOOD AT ALL UP HERE.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR A SOLO INVESTIGATION TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
THINK THIS IS GOOD? YOU WANT TO WRAP IT DOWN? YEAH.
I THINK SO, MAN.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD BASELINE OF THIS PLACE.
Chris: WHILE DOOGIE AND I SET UP FOR OUR INVESTIGATION, PORTER AND BRANNON ARE OVER AT CinemaSalem, BUILT ON THE SPOT WHERE BEADLE'S TAVERN ORIGINALLY STOOD AND WHERE INNOCENT SUSPECTS WERE DEPOSED AND TESTED FOR WITCHCRAFT, INCLUDING ALICE PARKER, WHO WAS ACCUSED OF BEING A GHOST PIG AND WHO MARY EASTY TOLD US TO CHECK OUT LAST NIGH AT PEIRCE FARM.
Brannon: ALL RIGHT, SO, WHILE YOU'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO REALLY KEEP A SHARP EYE OUT ON THESE METERS.
WE GOT AHOLD OF SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WERE USED DURING THE WITCH TRIALS -- DEPOSITIONS AND SKETCHES OF WHA IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE AND PROJECT THEM ON THE SCREEN OF THE THEATER IN HOPES THAT THESE TRIGGER OBJECTS WILL INCITE SOME ACTIVITY.
Porter: "JOHN WESTGATE, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, IN THE COMPANY OF JOHN PARKER.
THE WIFE OF SAID JOHN PARKER CAME ONTO THE COMPANY AND CALLED HER HUSBAND OUT TO NAUGHT, WHEREUPON I, THE SAID DEPONENT, TOOK HER HUSBAND'S PART, TELLING HER OF IT.
" WE'RE HOPING THAT READING THE DEPOSITION OF JOHN WESTGATE WILL TRIGGER EITHER HIS SPIRI OR ALICE PARKER'S, WHOM HE ACCUSED OF BEING A WITCH AFTER SEEING HER HEAD ON THE SPIRIT OF A PIG OUTSIDE OF THIS TAVERN.
"SHE CAME UP TO ME AND CALLED ME ROGUE, AND SOMETIME AFTERWARDS, THERE APPEARED A BLACK HOG RUNNING TOWARD ME WITH MOUTH OPEN -- NOT A REAL HOG -- AND DID THEN REALLY JUDGE OR DETERMINE IN MY MIND THAT IT WAS EITHER GOODY PARKER OR BY HER MEANS AND PROCURING, FEARING THAT SHE IS A WITCH.
" OH.
FLASHLIGHT.
JOHN WESTGATE, BY YOUR ACCUSATIONS, SHE WAS HANGED BY THE NECK TILL DEAD.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE HAPPENED.
YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE FAC THAT MISS ALICE PARKER -- -FLASHLIGHT.
-OKAY.
THINK HE DIDN'T LIKE THE FAC THAT SHE WAS A STRONG WOMAN.
DID YOU HEAR SOMETHING? WHAT WENT OFF JUST THEN? "STAY"? "DEAL," RIGHT HERE.
DEAL? WHOA.
OKAY.
SO WAS THERE A DEAL BETWEEN JOHN WESTGATE AND JOHN PARKER? FLASHLIGHT WENT OFF.
WAS ALICE'S STRONG PERSONALITY A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR THE TIME? FLASHLIGHT OFF.
SO ALICE COULDN'T BE CONTROLLED, SO THEY GOT RID OF HER, HUH? ALL RIGHT, BROTHER.
HERE WE ARE, MAN, THE OLD BARNARD HOUSE.
YEP.
I'M JUST WONDERING, MAN, ALL THAT STUFF THAT WENT ON UP THERE IN THE ATTIC.
I'M KIND OF FEELING A LITTLE FUNKY.
I KNOW, MAN.
LET'S GET YOU ALL SET UP AND BY YOURSELF.
YEAH.
LET'S SEE IF THIS PARTY IS GOING TO COME ALIVE.
SO, YOU GOOD UP HERE? YEAH.
I'M GOOD, DUDE.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS, HIT EVERY ROOM, TRY TO GET IT TO SOMEHOW INTERACT WITH YOU SOME WAY.
WALKIE DOWN TO ME IF YOU FEEL ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
ALL RIGHT.
THE IDEA IS, I'M GOING TO GO FROM ROOM TO ROOM, AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH WHATEVER SPIRITS ARE HERE, IN THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO ASK THEM TO DO CERTAIN THINGS TO DOOGIE UPSTAIRS.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THIS OFF.
REVEREND BARNARD, WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE VERY ACTIVE IN THE WITCH TRIALS.
THERE'S A GUY UPSTAIRS, AND HE KIND OF FEELS THINGS SOMETIMES.
IF YOU ARE HERE WITH US, MAYBE DO SOMETHING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
JUST MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT HE WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE UP THERE WITH HIM.
OOH! SOMETHING JUST GRAZED, LIKE, THE BACK OF MY EAR AND PART OF MY HEAD ON MY LEFT SIDE.
REVEREND BARNARD, IS THAT YOU? OOH, THAT'S CREEPING ME OUT, MAN.
ARE YOU IN THIS ROOM WITH ME? Chris to Doog.
GO AHEAD, BROTHER.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
I AM IN ROOM NUMBER TWO.
DID YOU FEEL ANYTHING ON THAT FIRST ONE? MAN, I'M HAVING SOME STRANGE STUFF GOING ON.
It seems like something is touching me, man, like touching my ear and my jacket.
SHUT UP.
WHICH EAR? IT WAS ON MY LEFT EAR.
GET THE FREAKING HECK OUT OF HERE.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? DUDE, I JUST ASKED IT -- HOLD ON.
MY HEART IS RACING RIGHT NOW.
I just asked it to touch you on the left.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NAH, DUDE.
You felt something on your left ear.
Shut up.
OH, MY GOD.
Chris: WHATEVER IS IN THIS HOUSE IS FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTIONS TO A "T.
" I MEAN, THIS EXPERIMEN IS WORKING PERFECTLY.
NOW WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OU IF IT'S INTELLIGEN OR IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE.
I'M TRYING TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE? BRANNON AND I HAVE MADE CONTAC WITH AN ENTITY THAT JUST MIGHT BE JOHN WESTGATE, ALICE PARKER'S ACCUSER.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'M THINKING -- MAYBE PARKER AND WESTGATE HAD A DEAL GOING AFTER ALICE CAME INTO THE TAVERN, LOOKING FOR JOHN.
-WHOA! -WHAT? "ALICE.
" WE GOT "ALICE.
" HOLY CRAP.
ARE YOU CALLING FOR ALICE? JOHN, HAVING READ YOUR DEPOSITION, ARE YOU SHAMEFUL OF THAT? WAS IT A LIE? ARE YOU NOW CALLING ON ALICE TO FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HER? FLASHLIGHT JUST CAME ON.
I THINK THE PIECES ARE COMING TOGETHER.
THESE WOMEN THAT WERE BEING ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, THEY WERE JUST STRONG WOMEN, AND SO THEY HAD TO BE GOTTEN RID OF BECAUSE THEY WERE A THREAT.
MAYBE THEY WERE SPEAKING OU AGAINST THE WITCH TRIALS AND TELLING THE TRUTH, THAT IT WAS ALL A SHAM.
I THINK THIS INVESTIGATION IS EXCEPTIONAL.
WHEN WE GOT THE WORD "DEAL," THAT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN JOHN WESTGATE'S CONFESSION.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HE AND ALICE PARKER'S HUSBAND PLANNED THIS FALSE ACCUSATION OF SEEING THE GHOST PIG TO GET ALICE PARKER OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE SHE WAS EXPOSING THE TRUTH BEHIND THE WITCH TRIALS.
SO, LET'S GET AROUND.
LET'S GET OUR STUFF PACKED UP.
WE'LL GO HOOK UP WITH THE GUYS AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.
Chris: SOMETHING HAS MADE CONTAC WITH DOOGIE IN THE ATTIC OF THE PARSON BARNARD HOUSE, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE IF IT'S AN INTELLIGENT HAUNTING BY ASKING I TO INTERACT WITH HIM.
IF YOU'RE THE SPIRI THAT TOUCHED DOOGIE ON THE EAR, SHOW US THAT YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN.
I REALLY -- [ CLEARS THROAT .]
I'M GETTING THAT FEELING LIKE I DID EARLIER TODAY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING IS GRABBING MY THROAT, AND I CAN'T GET -- [ CLEARS THROAT .]
WHO'S UP HERE? ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING? 'CAUSE, I MEAN, YOU'RE AFFECTING MY THROAT REALLY BAD.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
CHRIS: How you feeling, brother? MAN, DUDE, I'M TELLING YOU, SOMETHING JUST SHOWED UP HERE.
I've just got this massive headache, dude, and I'm not feeling right at all up here.
It's almost like the darker got darker than dark.
That's exactly what I told it to do.
I asked it to manipulate you, LIKE IT DID EARLIER.
Sounds like there's crazy things going on in Salem altogether.
All right, man.
I'M GOING TO JOIN YOU.
[ SIGHS .]
Ten-four.
I'M ASKING YOU, MAN-TO-MAN, TO PLEASE, PLEASE EASE UP ON THIS HEADACHE RIGHT NOW, BROTHER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YANK? OH, [BLEEP.]
! DUDE.
SACHUSETTS, WHERE WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE NOTORIOUS SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
DOOGIE AND I ARE INVESTIGATING THE HOUSE OF THE REVEREND THOMAS BARNARD, WHOSE BELIEF IN WITCHCRAF LED TO OVER 200 ARRESTS AND 20 EXECUTIONS.
I'M ASKING YOU, MAN-TO-MAN, TO PLEASE, PLEASE EASE UP ON THIS HEADACHE RIGHT NOW, BROTHER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YANK? OH, [BLEEP.]
! DUDE.
WHO'S UP HERE? HOLY [BLEEP.]
.
Chris: DOOG, I'M COMING UP.
-DUDE.
-YO.
MAN, I'VE GOT SOME CRAZY [BLEEP.]
GOING ON, MAN.
SOUNDS LIKE IT.
DUDE, SOMETHING JUST COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND TOUCHED -- LIKE, LITERALLY YANKED, LIKE, ON MY LEFT LEG AS I WAS SITTING DOWN, AND IT'S SO CRA-- I JUST GOT "YANK" ON THIS.
IT SAID "YANK" ON THIS.
Chris: THIS FREAKING PLACE IS NUTS, MAN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CRAZY, AND IT'S REALLY SCARY WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS THAT'S THAT HAUNTED, THAT THEY CAN PHYSICALLY MANIPULATE YOUR BODY.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT REALLY TALKING TO US AS MUCH THROUGH THE METERS AS THEY ARE TOUCHING US, AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S AN UNSETTLING FEELING.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK WE'VE GO A LOT OF GOOD EVIDENCE.
I MEAN, I FEEL THAT WE MAY BE TALKING TO THE REVEREND.
YEAH.
BUT THIS PRESENCE IS TAKING A LOT OUT OF ME, SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO CALL IT FOR THE NIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT IT, FELLAS? FEELING THIS SUNNY WEATHER.
TRYING TO WAKE UP HERE, MAN.
WE WERE UP LATE, HUNTING SPOOKIES.
MAN.
TALK ABOU BEING UP LATE.
WOW.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD INVESTIGATION.
WE SET UP WHAT WAS GOING TO BE OUR EXPERIMEN WITH THE TEXT PROJECTED ON THE SCREENS, AND THEN, WHEN WE WERE READING THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF, WE GOT THE NAME "ALICE.
" -AGAIN? -YES, WE DID.
ALICE CAME INTO THE TAVERN, LOOKING FOR JOHN.
-WHOA! -WHAT?! "ALICE.
" WE GOT "ALICE.
" -THAT'S AWESOME.
-CRAZY.
MM-HMM.
AND WE WOUND UP TALKING TO JOHN WESTGATE, ALICE PARKER'S ACCUSER, WHO ADMITTED TO FALSELY ACCUSING HER.
WAS IT A LIE? ARE YOU NOW CALLING ON ALICE TO FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HER? Brannon: FLASHLIGHT JUST CAME ON.
ALL THE NAMES THAT WE KEEP GETTING ARE CONNECTED TO THOSE THAT WERE ACCUSED.
YEAH, WELL, WE HAD A LITTLE FUN LAST NIGHT WITH THE ACCUSER.
[ LAUGHTER .]
I MEAN, THE REVEREND BARNARD.
BUT I THINK HE'S STILL HANGING AROUND THAT OLD HOUSE.
REALLY? BECAUSE WE CONDUCTED A LITTLE EXPERIMENT LAST NIGH THAT ACTUALLY WORKED IN OUR BENEFIT.
DOOGIE DID HIS ISOL UPSTAIRS IN THE ATTIC, AND I WEN FROM ROOM TO ROOM, AND I WOULD ASK WHOEVER WAS THERE WITH US TO MANIPULATE DOOGIE PHYSICALLY IN SOME WAY.
IF YOU ARE HERE WITH US, MAYBE DO SOMETHING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
OOH! Chris: IF YOU'RE THE SPIRI THAT TOUCHED DOOGIE ON THE EAR, SHOW US THAT YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
GETTING THAT FEELING LIKE I DID EARLIER TODAY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING IS GRABBING MY THROAT.
AND, LIKE, THIS ROOM JUST GO DARKER THAN DARK UP THERE, LIKE, THIS FEELING LIKE SOMETHING SHOWED UP WITH ME.
AND WHAT DID IT SAY ON THE PHONETIC GENERATOR? -OH, "YANK.
" -YEAH.
LIKE, HE YANKED HIS PANTS LEG.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YANK? OH, [BLEEP.]
! -DUDE.
THAT TAKES A LOT FOR YOU TO GE OUT OF THE CHAIR LIKE THAT.
[ LAUGHTER .]
THAT SPOOKY WAS ON ME IN A HURRY.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE REALLY GETTING THE TRUTH NOW OF MAYBE THESE WOMEN REALLY WERE INNOCENT.
I AGREE.
HOPEFULLY, THAT'LL GE THEIR STORY OUT THERE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THIS TOWN.
BUT AT LEAST IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE, SAYING, "HEY, I'M NOT A WITCH.
" -THAT'S IT.
-RIGHT.
Chris: WELL, GUYS, IF NOTHING ELSE, MAN, THIS HAS BEEN, LIKE, ONE OF OUR BEST TRIPS EVER, MAN.
I MEAN, SALEM IS RENOWNEDLY HAUNTED.
BUT NOW WE KNOW FOR A FACT IT IS.
-OH, YEAH.
-YEP.
I THINK OUR HISTORIAN FRIEND, SAM, IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THIS.
WELL, BOYS, YOU WANT TO PACK UP, HEAD ON DOWN THE ROAD, SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE NEXT HAUNTED PLACE? -YEAH.
-LET'S DO THIS.
LET'S SEE WHICH OTHER TOWN WANTS TO TALK TO US.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN STOP AND GET SOME SPECTRAL BARBECUE BEFORE WE LEAVE.
YEAH.
BARBECUE SOUNDS AMAZING.
HOW ABOUT A WARMER PLACE WITH NO SNOW? GOOD LORD.
-AMEN TO THAT.
-YEAH.
WE CAN ASK FOR A LOT OF THINGS.
[ LAUGHTER .]
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