My Ghost Story (2010) s04e12 Episode Script
The Bride Wore Black
Prince: ON THE VIDEO, IT LOOKED LIKE A SNAKE WAS KIND OF GOING LIKE THIS.
JUST KNOWING THAT THING WAS RIGHT THERE WITH ME TOOK MY BREATH AWAY.
Lambalzer: I ROLLED THE FOOTAGE BACK, AND WE HAD EYES STARING AT US FROM THE REFRIGERATOR.
THIS WASN'T FRIENDLY.
Howell: THE WOMAN IN BLACK WAS APPEARING IN THIS BODY OF WATER.
IT WAS ASTONISHING.
Ian: IN ONE PICTURE, EVERYTHING'S CLEAR.
AND THE NEXT ONE, YOU SEE WHERE THIS BLACK SHADOW HAS NOW MOVED INTO THE PICTURE.
Ross: THE SHADOW FIGURE DEFINITELY HAS LEGS AND APPEARS TO BE WALKING.
Reno: THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE CEMETERY MEANS IT'S RIPE FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
Prince: WE HADN'T BEEN THERE 10 MINUTES AND ALREADY SEEN SOME SORT OF MIST OR SOMETHING.
Ward: I JUST KNEW SOME THING WAS COMING UP BEHIND ME TO HURT ME.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I MOVED INTO MY FAMILY HOME IN GATESVILLE, TEXAS.
THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1874.
MY GRANDFATHER PURCHASED THE HOME IN 1925, AND IT'S BEEN IN OUR FAMILY EVER SINCE THEN.
IN 1990, MY TWO CHILDREN AND I MOVED INTO THE HOME.
WHEN WE FIRST MOVED INTO THE HOUSE, WE WOULD HEAR FOOTSTEPS.
[ FOOTSTEPS .]
AND WE WOULD HEAR DOORS SLAMMING UPSTAIRS.
[ DOORS SLAMMING .]
WE WOULD GO UP THE STAIRS TO INVESTIGATE AND NEVER FOUND ANYONE.
AND THIS WENT ON MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH.
WHEN I WOULD BE SITTING IN ONE PARTICULAR ROOM, I WOULD SEE MOVEMENT.
AT FIRST, I WOULD SEE I IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION IN THE HALLWAY.
I NEVER COULD SEE THEM IN ANY GREAT DETAIL, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY LIKE A SHADOW FIGURE -- A SILHOUETTE.
I WAS JUST SO AFRAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO ME OR THAT THEY WOULD HURT ME OR MY CHILDREN.
I THOUGHT, "OKAY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET MY KIDS KNOW.
" BOTH OF MY CHILDREN SAID, "I'VE SEEN IT, TOO.
" ONE NIGHT, IN PARTICULAR, I'D GOTTEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND, ALL OF THE SUDDEN, EVERY SENSE IN MY ENTIRE BODY WAS ON RED ALERT.
I JUST KNEW SOMEONE OR SOME THING WAS COMING UP BEHIND ME -- I MEAN, RUSHING UP BEHIND ME TO HURT ME.
I SENSED IT.
IT WAS REAL.
IT WAS THERE, AND IT WAS BAD.
"DO I TURN AND LOOK? DO I RUN? WHAT DO I DO?" MY KIDS ARE UPSTAIRS ASLEEP IN THEIR BEDS.
AND I JUMPED DOWN THE THREE STEPS THERE IN THE HALLWAY RAN TO MY BEDROOM, SHUT MY BEDROOM DOOR.
MY HEART WAS POUNDING, AND I LISTENED, AND I LISTENED, AND I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING COMING DOWN THE HALL.
DEAD SILENCE -- JUST EERILY SILENT.
I KNOW THAT DOOR COULDN'T HAVE STOPPED IT, BUT IT JUST MADE ME FEEL BETTER.
SO I WOULD CLOSE THAT DOOR EVERY NIGHT BEFORE I'D GO TO BED.
THAT WAS, BY FAR, THE SCARIEST, MOST TERRIFYING THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFE.
AFTER THAT, I WANTED TO FIGURE OU WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY HOUSE, SO I WEN TO A PARANORMAL CONFERENCE.
I MET ROBBIE AT THE CONFERENCE AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING AT MY HOUSE.
Prince: WHEN JANET TOLD ME THE STUFF THAT SHE EXPERIENCED, I HAD TO GO SEE THIS FOR MYSELF.
WHEN WE PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE -- SPOOKY, MAN.
THE WOODS AROUND THIS PLACE WAS TERRIFYING.
AS SOON AS WE GOT IN THERE, IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU AT ALL TIMES.
NOW, EVEN IF YOU TURNED AROUND, IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU.
A COUPLE OF THE OTHER INVESTIGATORS -- THEY FELT THE SAME WAY I DID.
NOW, I HAD ONE OF THEM COME AND TELL ME, "DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT WANTED IN THIS HOUSE?" I SAID, "THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL, MAN.
" Ward: WHEN ROBBIE FIRST CAME TO MY HOUSE, WE SET UP THE BASE COMMAND IN MY KITCHEN.
I WAS TELLING ROBBIE, "MY MOTHER JUST PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH, AND SHE JUST LOVED THIS KITCHEN.
" AND RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, A DARK CLOUD -- AND I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 3 FEET IN DIAMETER.
IT CAME DOWN FROM THE CEILING AND IT JUST HOVERED OVER THE TABLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, AND WE WERE SPEECHLESS.
Prince: WE HADN'T BEEN THERE 10 MINUTES AND ALREADY SEEN SOME SORT OF SHADOW OR MIST OR SOMETHING.
THERE WAS FIVE OF US IN THAT ROOM, AND WE ALL SEEN I AT THE SAME TIME.
IT HOVERED RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ROBBIE, AND HIS EYES [Chuckling.]
WERE AS BIG AS SAUCERS.
Prince: EVERYBODY JUST STOPPED AND LOOKED UP, YOU KNOW, LIKE, "WHAT WAS THAT?" TO ME, IT SEEMED LIKE A SHADOW, MAYBE A BLACK MASS OF SOME SORT -- IT WAS CRAZY.
Ward: THEN IT JUST TOOK OFF TOWARD THE CEILING AND JUST DISAPPEARED.
WE WERE ALL LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, AND, "BOY, DID YOU SEE THAT?!" WE WERE AMAZED.
WE REALLY FEL THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN MY MOTHER.
Prince: I JUST KNEW RIGHT THEN, "THIS NIGHT IS GONNA BE VERY INTERESTING.
" Ward: LATER THAT EVENING, WE SE UP CAMERAS ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
I SAID, "ROBBIE, I'M NOT GONNA PROMISE THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET ANYTHING.
" HE SAID, "I HAVE A FEELING WE ARE," AND THEY DID.
Prince: TWO OF MY FRIENDS WERE SITTING ON THE COUCH, AND IT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE -- IT WAS LIKE THIS LITTLE FLASHING ORB THAT COME RIGHT OU OF ONE OF THEM'S BACK AND INTO THE OTHER ONE.
AND IF YOU NOTICE, YOU SEE ONE KIND OF LOOK DOWN LIKE SHE FELT SOMETHING.
I ASKED HER -- I SAID, "DID YOU FEEL SOMETHING TOUCH YOU A WHILE AGO?" SHE DIDN'T SEE THE ORB, BUT I DID IN THE DVR.
WHEN IT CAME OUT AND WENT IN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHEN SHE WENT LIKE THIS, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, "WAS THA WHAT MADE HER LOOK DOWN?" Ward: THIS THING JUST COMES FROM BEHIND THEM, AND IT'S FLASHING AND FLICKERING.
THEN IT JUST VANISHES.
THERE'S ANOTHER ORB THAT MOVES FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGH IN FRONT OF THE TWO WOMEN.
AND IT'S KIND OF FLICKERING, FLASHING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A DEFINITE DIRECTION.
NOW WHEN I SIT BACK THERE, I'M WONDERING, "OKAY, WHO'S BACK HERE WITH ME?" THEN WE WENT UPSTAIRS, AND ROBBIE HAD ONE CAMERA POSITIONED AT THE TOP OF MY STAIRCASE AND ONE AT THE BOTTOM OF MY STAIRCASE.
Prince: THE UPSTAIRS -- IT JUST FELT UNEASY.
YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S JUST LIKE, "GET OUT OF MY ROOM.
" YOU FELT COLD.
THERE WAS, LIKE, A COLD SPOT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM.
I HAVE NO CLUE 'CAUSE THERE -- NO WINDOWS WERE OPEN.
THERE IS NO CENTRAL HEATING/AIR.
THERE WAS NO FANS.
THEN I DECIDED TO COME DOWNSTAIRS, AND WHEN I DID, THAT'S WHEN WE CAUGHT THE LIGHT ANOMALY.
ON THE VIDEO, IT LOOKED LIKE A SNAKE WAS KIND OF GOING LIKE THIS.
Ward: YOU SEE THIS WHITE FORM KIND OF SLOWLY SPIRALING, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY FOLLOWING THEM.
AND IT JUST STARTS DARTING AND ZIPPING AROUND IN EVERY DIRECTION.
Prince: I ROUNDED THAT END STEP, AND HERE COMES THAT WEIRD LIGHT ANOMALY RIGHT BEHIND ME, RIGHT THERE.
BUT THEN, AS SOON WE WALKED OFF, IT SHOT BACK UP.
Ward: THAT HAD TO BE SOMETHING PARANORMAL.
WE REALLY THINK IT WAS A SPIRIT OF SOME KIND.
Prince: IT FREAKED ME OUT.
JUST KNOWING THAT THAT THING WAS RIGHT THERE WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY, FOR SURE.
I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS HOUSE.
Ward: IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY TO SEE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF SOME OF THESE HAPPENINGS IN MY HOUSE.
Prince: WHEN YOU PASS ON AND YOU HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S THAT BEAUTIFUL, YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.
YOU'RE HAPPY WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT.
Ward: I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER REALLY BELIEVED IN GHOSTS, BUT I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT I WOULD PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE IT.
I ALWAYS PICTURED A GHOS TO BE SOMETHING BAD AND SOMETHING SCARY.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BAD AND NOT NECESSARILY SCARY, I FOUND OU LIVING IN THAT HOUSE.
Lennon: THE CAMERA FLIPPED UP IN THE AIR AND LANDS.
I THINK THE SPIRIT IS TRYING TO TELL US HE DIDN'T WANT US THERE.
Lambalzer: WE WERE LOOKING TO CONNECT WITH SOME SPIRITS, AND WE RECORDED SOMETHING THAT REALLY FRIGHTENED US.
THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THE SPIRIT WAS FOLLOWING US.
Lambalzer: I'M VIDEOTAPING, AND THEN YOU SEE THIS IMAGE JUMP DOWN, AND THEN THIS SHADOW FIGURE SLUMP FORWARD AND THEN WALK AWAY.
Lennon: MY FIRST REACTION WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO WAS, "OH, MY GOSH.
WHAT WAS IT? WHAT JUMPED IN FRONT OF ME?" Lambalzer: LATER, I RECORDED SOMETHING THAT REALLY FRIGHTENED US.
THERE WERE EYES STARING AT US FROM THE REFRIGERATOR.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN AT AN APPLE FARM IN LOCKPORT, NEW YORK.
I HEARD ABOUT THE APPLE FARM FROM A FRIEND OF OURS.
HIS FAMILY OWNS IT.
HE SAID, "THERE'S A HISTORY OF SPIRITS THERE, "AND FAMILY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES, "HAVE HAD EXPERIENCES [ BARKING .]
"UNEXPLAINED STUFF LIKE VOICES, THINGS BEING MOVED, LAUGHTER.
" AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN MY FRIEND SHARON AND I COMING TO INVESTIGATE AND JUST GIVE THEM PEACE OF MIND OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE.
Lennon: SOME OF THE WORKERS TOLD US ABOUT THE HAUNTINGS IN THE FARM, THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY WERE THE DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS STILL WORKING ON THE FARM.
Lambalzer: AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE DEAD-END STREET, FIRST YOU SEE THE BAKERY, THEN THE BARN, AND THEN THERE'S TWO HOUSES OFF TO THE SIDE.
SHARON AND I DECIDED TO GO OUT TO THE BARN FIRST.
THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO LEVELS TO THE BARN.
THE FIRST PAR IS WHERE THEY STORE THE APPLES, AND THE SECOND LEVEL IS STRICTLY JUST BOXES WITH PERSONAL EFFECTS.
Lennon: WHEN WE GOT TO THE BARN, IT FELT STRANGE.
WE DID FEEL A HEAVINESS.
WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS PARANORMAL.
WE JUST KNEW SOMETHING WAS THERE WITH US.
Lambalzer: AND YOU HAVE TO GO UP THESE OLD, WINDING, TWISTING, NARROW STAIRS TO GET UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL.
WHEN WE GOT UP THERE, THE ROOM JUST FELT DIFFERENT.
IT WAS VERY, VERY HARD TO SEE.
THEN WE NOTICED THIS SMELL.
IT SMELLED LIKE ROTTEN GARBAGE.
WE COULDN'T FIND ANY REASON AT ALL WHY THIS STENCH WOULD HAVE BEEN UP THERE.
THERE WAS NO FOOD ROTTING, THERE WAS NOTHING ABOVE OR BELOW IT THAT WAS ROTTING, AND IT WAS CONCENTRATED IN ONE SPOT.
Lennon: IT WAS REALLY QUITE UNNERVING BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO GARBAGE.
IT WAS JUST STORAGE CRATES, AND THEY WERE ALL EMPTY.
Lambalzer: AND AS WE WERE WALKING, WE HEARD THIS CRUNCHING UNDERNEATH OUR FEET, AND WE'RE LIKE, "WHAT IS THIS?" THEY WERE DEAD, DRIED BUGS.
THEY WERE ONLY IN THAT ONE CORNER.
Lennon: I WAS SNAPPING PICTURES, AND I GOT WHAT LOOKS LIKE ORBS JUMPING FROM THE CRATES IN THE ATTIC.
THEY WERE COMING TOWARDS ME.
Lambalzer: TO ME, THAT'S HARD EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING UP THERE.
IT'S MORE OF AN INTENSE ORB THAN WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
IT HAS A VERY INTENSE COLOR -- SOMETHING YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE IN AN ORB PICTURE.
SO, AFTER THAT, I'M LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT? "LET ME ROLL THIS BACK.
"WE'RE GETTING HIGH ENERGY UP HERE.
LET ME SEE WHAT WE GOT.
" SO I ROLLED THE FOOTAGE BACK, AND I SAID, "HOLY CRAP, SHARON.
YOU GOT TO GET OVER HERE NOW.
" Lennon: MY FIRST REACTION WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO WAS, "OH, MY GOSH.
WHAT WAS IT? WHAT JUMPED IN FRONT OF ME?" I WAS USING DIVINING RODS, JUST ASKING SOME QUESTIONS, TRYING TO GET SOME ANSWERS.
Lambalzer: AND THEN YOU SEE THIS IMAGE OFF IN THE CORNER, AND IT JUMPS DOWN, AND THEN, TWO SECONDS LATER, YOU SEE THIS SHADOW FIGURE SLUMP FORWARD AND WALK AWAY.
THIS SPIRIT WAS OUT TO SCARE US.
Lennon: THE SPIRIT HAD LOTS OF ENERGY.
THEN IT WAS DIRECTING I TOWARDS ME.
Lambalzer: SHARON AND I BELIEVE THIS SPIRI CAME FROM A NEARBY HOUSE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FARM.
THERE IS A GRAVEYARD NEAR IT, AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGH IT'S AFFILIATED WITH THAT HOUSE.
Lennon: ONCE WE FINISHED WITH THE BARN, IT WAS TIME TO GO FIND OUT WHA WAS HAPPENING IN THE BAKERY.
SOME OF OUR OTHER FRIENDS WERE IN THE BAKERY, AND ONE MAN THAT WAS WITH US WALKED THROUGH THE KITCHEN AREA, AND THEN HE LOOKS AT THE CAMERA AS IF HE'S SEEING SOMETHING.
HE WALKED OUT, AND THEN, ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF LATER, THE CAMERA FLIPPED UP IN THE AIR AND LANDS, AND IT TOOK A FULL 20 SECONDS BEFORE IT STOPPED MOVING.
I THINK THE SPIRI THAT FLIPPED THIS CAMERA OVER WAS TRYING TO TELL US HE DIDN'T WANT US THERE.
AFTER THAT, WE WERE DOING THE RECORDINGS, AND WE HEAR A "GET OUT" ON THE RECORDING.
Lambalzer: IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS TRYING TO FRIGHTEN US AGAIN.
THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THE SPIRIT FROM THE BARN WAS FOLLOWING US.
LATER THAT EVENING, SHARON AND I DECIDED TO GO TO THE FRONT OF THE STOREROOM, AND I JUST CONSTANTLY KEPT LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER.
I FELT LIKE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WAS STARING AT ME.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE RECORDER WENT OFF AND STARTED PLAYING BY ITSELF.
Lennon: WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
Lambalzer: I'M LIKE, "WHAT THE" GOT UP, FIXED IT, AND I SAID TO SHARON, "LET'S STOP, LOOK AT THE VIDEO, AND SEE WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN.
" THAT'S WHEN WE SAW SOMETHING THAT REALLY FRIGHTENED US.
WE HAD EYES STARING AT US FROM THE REFRIGERATOR.
THAT CUED ME IN THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I KEPT LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER.
THESE EYES WERE STARING AT ME, AND THEN IT LOOKED OVER AT THE TABLE, BLINKED.
IT GOES OFF.
IT WAS INTELLIGENT.
IT KNEW WHAT IT WAS DOING.
Lennon: I ACCOUNTED FOR EVERY REFLECTION THAT CAME OFF OF THOSE REFRIGERATORS.
TO THIS DAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE EYES APPEARED THERE.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WANTED TO CAUSE TROUBLE.
LIKE, HE DISMANTLED THE RECORDER AND STARTED WATCHING US AS WE WERE INVESTIGATING.
Lambalzer: THIS WASN'T FRIENDLY.
THIS WAS A VERY MISCHIEVOUS SPIRIT.
IT WAS OUT TO SCARE US THAT NIGHT, AND IT WAS GETTING ANGRIER.
Lennon: I KNEW THEN IT MEANT BUSINESS.
Lambalzer: SO, AFTER THAT, WE GOT OUT OF THERE.
Lennon: WHATEVER WAS IN THE BARN, I BELIEVE, FOLLOWED US TO THE BAKERY.
I BELIEVE IN THE PARANORMAL, AND I BELIEVE IN GHOSTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT IN THE BARN WAS THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HAD THE EYES IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND THAT IT SAID, "GET OUT" AND HE MEANT THAT TOWARDS US.
Lambalzer: AFTER SEEING THE SPIRIT IN THE BARN, THE CAMERA BEING FLIPPED THE EYES STARING AT ME, I BELIEVE THERE IS STUFF THAT HAPPENS THAT WE CAN'T EXPLAIN.
THERE ARE THINGS IN THE WORLD THAT ARE EVIL.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE TO INVESTIGATE, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH, AND YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE UNKNOWN.
Howell: THERE'S A GROUP OF SPIRITS THAT ARE THERE.
WE PICK UP WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TO EACH OTHER.
TO THINK THAT SHE WAS THERE -- THAT WAS MORE THAN WHAT I EXPECTED.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HEARD A VOICE OF A SPIRIT.
Burton: WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO, THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN.
Howell: THE PICTURE OF THE WOMAN IN BLACK WAS ASTONISHING.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
HOW CAN A SPIRIT DO THAT? MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I STARTED WORKING AT THE LITTLE ROCK VISITOR CENTER LOCATED IN CURRAN HALL.
CURRAN HALL IS WHAT THEY CALL AN ANTEBELLUM HOME -- BUILT IN 1843, BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.
IT WAS BUIL BY COLONEL EBENEZER WALTERS FOR HIS YOUNG BRIDE, MARY ELIZA WALTERS.
SHE ENDS UP GOING INTO PREMATURE CHILDBIRTH, AND SHE DIES BEFORE MOVING IN.
ALONG ABOUT 1996, THE CITY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, AND NOW IT'S OPERATING AS THE LITTLE ROCK VISITOR CENTER.
I HAD BEEN WORKING AT CURRAN HALL FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR.
WE HAD A CURIO CABINET, WHERE SOME OF THE GLASS BOTTLES THAT WERE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HOUSE WERE PLACED IN THIS GLASS CABINET, AND THERE WAS A BOTTLE LYING ON ITS SIDE, AND IT WOULD ROLL BACK AND FORTH.
[ GLASS CLINKING .]
THERE WERE ALSO ROCKING CHAIRS ON OUR PORCH THAT WOULD ROCK BY THEMSELVES.
A PICTURE FELL OFF THE WALL.
IT WAS SUCH A THUD, IT WAS LIKE -- WE THOUGHT THERE'D BEEN A CAR ACCIDENT OUT ON THE STREET.
[ TIRES SCREECH, THUD .]
AND THEN THIS MAN CAME IN AND SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS SPIRI FOLLOWING ME AROUND THE HOUSE.
"HER NAME WAS MARY ELIZA.
" I TOLD HIM, "IT MUST HAVE BEEN MARY ELIZA WALTERS.
" ONCE HE MENTIONED HER NAME, I STARTED DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON HER.
I FOUND OUT THAT SHE DIED JULY 15, 1843, AND MY BIRTHDAY IS JULY 15, 1945.
SO SHE BASICALLY DIED ON MY BIRTHDAY 102 YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN.
WE WERE BONDED IN SOME WAY.
ONE DAY, I GOT A LETTER FROM A WOMAN NAMED RHONDA FROM A PARANORMAL ORGANIZATION, WANTING TO KNOW IF THEY COULD INVESTIGATE THE HOUSE.
I DECIDED IT WAS TIME THA WE FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Burton: WHAT I REALLY ENJOY IS THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND THE PARANORMAL INVESTIGATING TOGETHER 'CAUSE I FIGURE WITH SO MUCH ACTIVITY AND HISTORY IN THESE BUILDINGS, THERE HAS TO BE SOME SOR OF SPIRITS HANGING AROUND.
SO THAT'S HOW I ENDED UP GOING TO CURRAN HALL.
ONCE I GOT THERE, IT WAS SUCH A CALMING, RELAXING PLACE, I THOUGHT, "OKAY, PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.
" ONE OF THINGS I DO ARE EVP SESSIONS.
I LET THE SPIRIT KNOW THAT IF THEY WANT TO TALK TO ME, THEY CAN DO IT RIGHT THEN.
Howell: SHE WAS SITTING ON THE SOFA.
AND I HAD DOWSING RODS.
I ASKED, "IF MARY WALTERS IS HERE, WOULD YOU OPEN THE RODS?" THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
"WOULD YOU CLOSE THE RODS?" AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
Burton: WHEN I WENT HOME THAT NIGH AND WHEN I PLAYED BACK THE RECORDER ON REVIEW, I HEARD HER SAY, "MARY, THAT'S WHO I AM.
" Howell: THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HEARD A VOICE OF A SPIRIT.
Female voice: MARY, THAT'S WHO I AM.
TO THINK THAT SHE WAS THERE OPENING THE RODS -- THAT WAS MORE THAN WHAT I EXPECTED.
IT WAS VERY CHILLING.
Burton: ANOTHER SPIRIT RECORDING WE GO WAS A SPIRIT SAYING, "GET OUT OF HERE.
I'M TALKING!" Howell: THERE'S PROBABLY A GROUP OF SPIRITS THAT ARE THERE, AND PERHAPS WE PICK UP WHA THEY'RE SAYING TO EACH OTHER.
IT'S JUST UNUSUAL.
THAT AFTERNOON, WE WERE SITTING IN THE PARLOR.
RHONDA HAD JUST DISCOVERED THIS NEW TECHNIQUE WHERE YOU HAVE A PAN OF WATER WITH SOME WATER IN IT.
SHE HAD HER CAMERA ON A TRIPOD.
SHE MADE LITTLE RIPPLES IN THE WATER.
AS THE VIDEO IS ROLLING, IT'S TAKING PICTURES.
Burton: IT'S CALLED I.
T.
C.
-- INSTRUMENTAL TRANS-COMMUNICATION.
Howell: WHEN I FIRST SAW THE PICTURE OF THE WOMAN IN BLACK, IT WAS ASTONISHING.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A PICTURE SOMEHOW APPEARING IN THIS BODY OF WATER.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE WAS LEANING OVER OUR SHOULDER.
Burton: IT'S JUST KIND OF MIND-BOGGLING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT, BUT IT DOES.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
LATER THAT NIGHT, ME AND MY SISTER'S WALKING AROUND THE COURTYARD, JUST TAKING PICTURES, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE AN OVERWHELMING FEELING OF BEING WATCHED.
THAT TIME THE ORBS WERE CAPTURED OUTSIDE OF THE SHED.
WHEN I TOOK PICTURES OF HER -- SEVERAL PICTURES -- TWO DIFFERENT ORBS WERE FOLLOWING HER.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
Howell: I THINK WHEN YOU SEE ORBS, IT'S PROBABLY A SPIRIT.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
Burton: I WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING WITH LINDA.
MY SISTER WAS LOCATED IN THE KITCHEN AREA, WHICH IS -- RIGHT ACROSS THE COURTYARD IS THE SHED.
SHE TURNED, AND SHE LOOKED, AND SHE SAW THE DOOR WAS OPEN.
SHE THOUGH ONE OF US WENT IN IT.
SHE HAD SAID, "IS THERE ANYONE IN THE SHED?" AND I SAID, "NO.
" SHE SAID, "WELL, THE DOOR'S OPEN.
" I WENT OUT TO THE SHED.
MY CAMERA WAS RUNNING OUT THERE, 'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID, WAS SET THE CAMERA RUNNING THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE WERE THERE, WHICH WAS ABOUT THREE HOURS.
LATER THAT EVENING, WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO, THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN.
I COULDN'T QUITE BELIEVE THAT.
HOW CAN THEY PUSH THAT DOOR OPEN WHEN IT'S HARD FOR US? HOW CAN A SPIRIT DO THAT? Howell: IT WAS JUST ONE MORE REMINDER THAT SPIRITS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING TO GET ATTENTION.
BEFORE I WORKED A THE LITTLE ROCK VISITOR CENTER, YOU ASSUME THAT THERE ARE GHOSTS OR SPIRITS OUT THERE, BUT I NEVER HAD ANY CONTAC WITH ANY OF THEM NOR COMMUNICATED WITH ANY OF THEM.
NOW I AM AN ABSOLUTE FIRM BELIEVER.
Burton: THE SPIRITS ARE AROUND IN CURRAN HALL.
THEY'RE AROUND YOU ALL THE TIME.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
I BELIEVE IN I BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THEM.
THEY'VE TALKED TO ME.
THEY ARE THERE AROUND YOU.
Reno: THE GLORE PSYCHIATRIC MUSEUM OPENED IN 1874 AS STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM NO.
2.
THERE COULD BE A RESIDUAL SPIRITUAL ENERGY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAD GONE ON IN THE HOSPITAL THROUGH THE YEARS.
Ross: WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO WITH THE SHADOW FIGURE, MY REACTION WAS, "WOW.
" I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SPIRI OF A FORMER PATIENT THERE.
Ross: I STARTED TO TAKE PICTURES, AND I HAD AN ORB SHOW UP IN ONE OF THE DRAWERS.
THERE IS SOME PARANORMAL ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE TUNNEL.
Reno: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN AT THE GLORE PSYCHIATRIC MUSEUM IN ST.
JOSEPH, MISSOURI.
THE MUSEUM ACTUALLY OWES ITS ORIGINS TO THE HOSPITAL THAT WAS THERE.
IT OPENED IN 1874 AS STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM NO.
2.
THE MUSEUM CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF ITS FOUNDER, GEORGE GLORE.
HE WORKED IN THE OCCUPATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL THERAPY UNIT.
FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK, HE WOULD CREATE REPLICAS OF EARLY TREATMENT DEVICES AS A WAY TO MARKET THE HOSPITAL TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE WAS HUGE INTEREST IN IT.
SO, FROM THERE, HE DECIDED TO COLLECT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE TREATMEN OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
A LOT OF THE THINGS IN OUR MUSEUM WERE CREATED BY PATIENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF ART.
THERE WAS A FEMALE PATIENT WHO WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE VERBALLY.
SHE WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC AND MUTE.
BUT WHAT SHE WOULD DO IS EMBROIDER HER THOUGHTS.
SO, ONE OF OUR EXHIBITS IS A SHEET THAT SHE HAD TOTALLY COVERED IN EMBROIDERY.
ONE OF THE EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUM THAT CAPTURES EVERYONE'S ATTENTION AND THEY NEVER FORGE IS AN EXHIBI OF STOMACH CONTENTS FROM A FEMALE PATIENT FROM 1929 THAT HAD A COMPULSIVE EATING DISORDER.
SHE COMPLAINED OF A STOMACH AILMEN AND WHEN THEY OPERATED, THEY FOUND NEARLY 3,000 THINGS IN HER STOMACH -- SALT-AND-PEPPER-SHAKER LIDS, SAFETY PINS, ANY TYPE OF METAL.
SHE DID NOT SURVIVE LONG AFTER THE SURGERY.
I WORK IN THE POSITION OF MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO THE MUSEUM TO DO PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS.
Ross: AFTER HEARING ABOU SPIRIT ACTIVITY AT THE MUSEUM, I DECIDED TO GO CHECK IT OU FOR MYSELF, AND I CONTACTED KATHY AND ASKED IF I COULD COME TO THE MUSEUM WITH MY BOYFRIEND TO INVESTIGATE.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN THE PARANORMAL.
BUT EVER SINCE I WAS 19 YEARS OLD, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SENSE SPIRITS AROUND ME.
THE MUSEUM HAD A PRESENCE IN ITSELF.
WHEN YOU DRIVE UP TO IT, YOU CAN JUST SEE THIS PRESENCE EMANATING FROM IT, AND I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO FEEL SOMETHING THERE.
AS SOON AS I WALKED INTO THE FRONT DOOR, I BEGAN TO FEEL PRESENCE OF SPIRIT IMMEDIATELY.
THERE'S A PLAQUE THAT TALKS ABOUT MR.
GLORE, WHO FOUNDED THE MUSEUM, AND I IMMEDIATELY FEL A PRESENCE, WHICH I BELIEVED TO BE HIS.
I DID MY TOUR OF THE MUSEUM, WHICH STARTED ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS THA I FELT THE PRESENCE OF SPIRI AS I WAS WALKING THROUGH.
I WENT INTO A ROOM WHERE THEY HAD MANY APPARATUSES FOR RESTRAINING PEOPLE.
AND THERE WAS ONE, IN PARTICULAR, THAT I WAS REALLY DRAWN TO, AND I FELT COMPELLED TO TOUCH IT.
AND AS SOON AS I TOUCHED IT, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF, AND THEY CAME BACK ON.
I THOUGHT, "OKAY, THAT WAS KIND OF STRANGE.
" AND I WALKED AROUND THE ROOM AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER CAGE-LIKE APPARATUSES, AND THEN I CAME BACK TO THIS ONE, AND I FELT COMPELLED TO TOUCH IT AGAIN.
AND, AGAIN, WHEN I TOUCHED IT, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND CAME BACK ON.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
KATHY INFORMED ME THAT MOST OF THE CAGE-LIKE RESTRAINTS ARE REPLICAS, BUT THAT PARTICULAR ONE IS AUTHENTIC AND WAS ACTUALLY USED TO RESTRAIN PATIENTS.
Reno: PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, BUT THE MORGUE AND THE TUNNELS ARE PROBABLY THE EERIEST PAR OF THE MUSEUM.
THE BUILDINGS THAT HOUSED THE ORIGINAL HOSPITAL WERE VERY SPREAD OUT.
THE EASIEST WAY TO MOVE PATIENTS WAS WITH UNDERGROUND TUNNELS.
THE LAST TIME THEY WERE RENOVATED WAS IN THE 1940s.
IT'S DARK.
IT'S MUSTY.
THE TUNNELS ARE CONSIDERED A SECURITY RISK BECAUSE OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOR IS A PRISON FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI, SO THEY'VE NOW BEEN WALLED OFF AT A CERTAIN POINT.
THE ORIGINAL AUTOPSY ROOM AND MORGUE ARE PART OF THE EXHIBITS.
SINCE THE STATE OWNED THE LAND AND THE FACILITIES, THAT AUTOPSY ROOM AND MORGUE WERE USED NOT ONLY FOR OUR HOSPITAL, BUT ANYTIME THERE WAS A SUSPICIOUS DEATH -- THAT'S WHERE THE AUTOPSIES WOULD BE PERFORMED.
THE MOST RECENT USE WAS WHEN A FAMILY OF FOUR HAD BEEN MURDERED, AND THEY DECIDED TO STORE THE BODIES AND PERFORM THE AUTOPSIES AT OUR MORGUE BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOS DISCREET PLACE TO DO THAT.
SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN SOME EVIDENCE OF AN ORB IN THE MORGUE AREA.
Ross: WHEN I GOT TO THE MORGUE, THEY HAD DRAWERS WHERE THE BODIES WERE KEPT, AND THEY ACTUALLY ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF HEADSTONES.
I STARTED TO TAKE PICTURES ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
AND I HAD AN ORB SHOW UP IN ONE IN ONE OF THE DRAWERS.
ORBS, USUALLY, ARE A SIGN OF SPIRIT ACTIVITY.
THE PICTURE THAT I GO IS VERY SIMILAR TO ANOTHER PICTURE OF AN ORB THAT WAS CAUGHT THERE.
TO ME, THAT WAS A WONDERFUL CONFIRMATION THAT WHAT I FELT WAS RIGHT ON.
AFTER THAT, THINGS GOT KIND OF SCARY.
I WAS TAKEN INTO THE TUNNEL TO SEE WHAT GENERAL IMPRESSIONS I COULD PICK UP ON.
WITHIN LITERALLY A MINUTE OF ENTERING THE TUNNEL, I BEGAN TO HAVE THIS SENSATION IN THE BOTTOM PART OF MY LEGS FROM THE KNEE DOWN, AND I GOT THE IMPRESSION RIGHT AWAY OF HAVING A LOSS OF CIRCULATION IN MY LEGS, LOSS OF FEELING IN MY LEGS, AND JUST NOT HAVING USE OF MY LEGS.
THEN THE IMAGE OF A WHEELCHAIR CAME INTO MY MIND.
I KNEW THAT SPIRIT WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME.
I FELT THA THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF A PATIEN WHO HAD BEEN THERE IN A WHEELCHAIR AT ONE TIME.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE GATHERED IN THE TUNNELS, INCLUDING A VIDEO OF A SHADOW.
WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO WITH THE SHADOW FIGURE, MY REACTION WAS, "WOW.
" THAT, TO ME, IS DEFINITE PROOF THAT THERE IS SOME PARANORMAL ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE TUNNEL.
Reno: MY INITIAL REACTION TO SEEING FOOTAGE OF THE SHADOW WAS SURPRISE, I ADMIT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A SHADOW LIKE THAT.
NO ONE HAD EVER BROUGHT ME A PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT LOOKED ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
Ross: THE SHADOW FIGURE DEFINITELY HAS LEGS AND APPEARS TO BE WALKING BETWEEN THE TWO INVESTIGATORS.
Reno: AS FAR AS WHAT THE SHADOW IS OR WHO IT COULD BE, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SAY.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PASSED THROUGH THOSE TUNNELS, SO YOU HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS.
Ross: I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SPIRI OF A FORMER PATIENT THERE.
Reno: WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PARANORMAL, I'M INTRIGUED.
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I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A RESIDUAL SPIRITUAL ENERGY AT THE MUSEUM.
Woman: CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAME? Reno: BUT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, SO I'M -- I'M OPEN.
Ross: I AM DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING BACK AND INVESTIGATING SOON.
AFTER MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TUNNEL AND WITH THE RESTRAINT CAGE AND WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT I CAUGHT OF THE ORB IN THE MORGUE, THAT, TO ME, IS DEFINITELY PROOF THAT THERE ARE SPIRITS IN THE MUSEUM.
Erin: I SAW THIS LITTLE GIRL WALK RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
Ian: IN THE BOTTOM-LEFT CORNER IS THIS GLOWING BALL OF LIGHT.
WITH THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS MOVED.
Erin: I THINK IT COULD BE SPIRIT CHILDREN.
Erin: I SAW THIS LITTLE GIRL WALK RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
Ian: YOU SEE WHERE THIS BLACK SHADOW HAS NOW MOVED INTO THE PICTURE.
Erin: THERE WAS NOBODY IN THERE, AND I REALIZED, "I'VE JUST SEEN A GHOST.
" Ian: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I GOT MARRIED IN A HAUNTED HOUSE IN JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
Erin: IAN AND I MET AT AN IRISH PUB.
Ian: AT THAT SAME TIME, MY DAD WAS FLYING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE OF HIS JOB.
HE ACTUALLY LIVED IN ANOTHER STATE.
ERIN GOT TO MEET HIM AND TALK WITH HIM A COUPLE TIMES, AND THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS KILLED NOT LONG AFTER THAT.
Erin: IAN WANTED TO KNOW THAT HIS FATHER WAS OKAY AND WHERE HE WENT.
WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
WHERE DO YOU GO? WHAT'S THE AFTERLIFE? SO THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH OUR QUEST.
WE STARTED GOING ON PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE FOUND THE PRIDE HOUSE.
THE PRIDE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1888 BY GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN.
Ian: IT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING.
Erin: IT WAS A BOARDINGHOUSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND IT'S BEEN A BED-AND-BREAKFAST EVER SINCE.
THE HOUSE IS VICTORIAN, IT'S TWO-STORY, IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, AND SO WE INSTANTLY BONDED WITH THE HOUSE.
Ian: WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPEC OTHER THAN JUST TRYING TO FIND ANSWERS AND NEVER EXPECTED THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO ENCOUNTER AT THE PRIDE HOUSE.
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Erin: WE CONTINUED TO GO TO THE PRIDE HOUSE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE'D BE THE ONLY ONES THERE, AND WE COULD HEAR PEOPLE TALKING UPSTAIRS.
SO WE'D GO UPSTAIRS, AND, LO AND BEHOLD, THERE'S NOBODY UPSTAIRS.
YOU'D HEAR DOORS SHUT.
YOU COULD HEAR KIDS PLAYING IN THE HALLWAY, LIKE THEY'RE BOUNCING A BALL ON A HARDWOOD FLOOR, BUT THERE'S CARPET IN THE FLOOR OUT IN THE HALLWAY.
Ian: WE COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.
IT WAS ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK.
WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET MARRIED.
Erin: IT JUST -- IT MADE SENSE TO GET MARRIED WHERE WE LOVED TO GO.
Ian: WE FINALLY ASKED THE OWNER OF THE PRIDE HOUSE, AND SHE SAID, "OF COURSE.
" Erin: MY ENTIRE FAMILY STAYED AT THE PRIDE HOUSE, AND WE HAD SOME FRIENDS COME AND STAY.
IAN AND I -- WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SOUL MATES, AND THIS IS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY.
WE WERE ALL EXCITED.
Ian: THE DAY OF OUR WEDDING, I WAS UPSTAIRS IN OUR ROOM, AND ERIN HAD COME UP.
I COULD HEAR HER COMING DOWN THE HALLWAY.
Erin: I WALKED UP, AND HE WAS STANDING JUST INSIDE THE DOOR, AND JUST AS I DID, I SAW THIS LITTLE GIRL, ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD, JUST WALK RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
Ian: AND HER EXPRESSION CHANGED, AND HER EYES GOT KIND OF BIG, AND SHE WAS KIND OF LOOKING TO MY LEFT.
Erin: IAN SAW MY FACE, AND HE SAID, "WHAT DID YOU SEE?" I SAID, "I SAW A LITTLE GIRL.
" HE WAS IN THERE BY HIMSELF.
HE TURNED AROUND.
WE LOOKED.
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE, AND I REALIZED, "I'VE JUST SEEN A GHOST.
" Ian: AFTER THAT, THERE WAS A PHOTOGRAPH THAT ERIN TOOK IN ONE OF THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
AND, IN THE DOORWAY, THERE IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL "SPIRIT ENERGY.
" THE THING WE THOUGHT WAS REAL INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS, IT'S ACTUALLY MOVING.
Erin: TOO ACTUALLY SEE ONE MOVE AND CATCH IT IN MOTION IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
BEING OUR WEDDING WEEKEND, I BELIEVE ACTIVITY WAS VERY HIGH IN THE HOUSE.
Ian: SEEING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOVING ENERGY, IT HELPED VALIDATE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.
Erin: IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THAT.
Ian: ON OUR WEDDING DAY, WE TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES.
ERIN'S SISTER KEPT COMING UP WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT POSES.
AND MYSELF AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE OUTSIDE, AND, SO, SHE SAID, "ALL RIGHT, SHAKE HANDS LIKE THEY WOULD DO A BUSINESS DEAL.
" AND SHE TOOK TWO PICTURES IN A ROW.
SO, IN ONE PICTURE, EVERYTHING'S CLEAR.
AND THE NEXT ONE, YOU SEE WHERE THIS BLACK SHADOW HAS NOW MOVED INTO THE PICTURE.
I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT IT'S SPIRIT ENERGY.
I DEFINITELY WOULD SAY THAT IT'S PARANORMAL.
Erin: SINCE THE MEN WERE SHAKING HANDS, MAYBE IT WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN SAYING, "OH, WELL, IF IT'S ALL THE MEN OF THE HOUSE, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE, TOO.
" Ian: SEEING THE PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE SHADOW IN I WAS JUST ANOTHER VALIDATION OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL IN THAT HOUSE.
IT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT.
ERIN'S NEPHEWS WERE OUTSIDE.
WE WERE JUST DOING ALL THESE DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHS.
Erin: CHILDREN TEND TO BRING OUT THE PARANORMAL.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY, BUT THEY DO.
MY NEPHEWS ARE STANDING ON THE SIDE PORCH OF THE PRIDE HOUSE.
THEY'RE JUST STANDING IN FRON OF IT, POSING FOR A PICTURE.
Ian: AND IN THE BOTTOM-LEFT CORNER IS THIS GLOWING BALL OF LIGHT.
Erin: WE ALWAYS TAKE TWO PHOTOS IN A ROW, JUST IN CASE.
Ian: WITH THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS MOVED.
SO NOT ONLY IS I A STRANGE ANOMALY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOVING IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THOSE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS TO COMPARE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN CHILDREN THAT WERE HANGING AROUND THEM, TRYING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY WERE THERE -- SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH.
Erin: I ALWAYS THINK OF LIGH AS A POSITIVE, WONDERFUL THING, AND I THINK THAT IT COULD BE SOME OF THE SPIRIT CHILDREN AT THE PRIDE HOUSE WANTING TO JUMP IN THE PICTURE WITH MY NEPHEWS.
Ian: THE DAY AFTER OUR WEDDING, ERIN HAD TOLD MY MOM ABOUT THE GIRL SHE HAD SEEN.
Erin: IAN'S MOM WAS IN HER ROOM, AND SHE WAS RECORDING, AND SHE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.
SHE ASKED, "ARE YOU THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE SANDY BLOND HAIR THAT ERIN SAW?" Ian: THE RESPONSE TO MY MOM'S QUESTION WAS A YOUNG GIRL SAYING, "I AM! I AM! I AM!" AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
BOTH OF US WERE.
THE VOICES THAT CAME OU OF THE RECORDER WERE SO STRONG, IT JUST REALLY BACKS UP THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
TO THIS DAY, ERIN CAN'T LISTEN TO THAT RECORDING WITHOUT GETTING TEARY-EYED.
IT JUST REALLY IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THAT DAY AND HOW SPECIAL IT WAS.
Erin: [ Voice breaking .]
YOU KNOW, IAN AND I ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SPIRITS A VOICE TO TALK.
WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THIS LITTLE GIRL A VOICE, AND IT MEANT THE WORLD TO ME.
Ian: WE COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE PRIDE HOUSE.
I THINK ANYONE WHO'S BEEN THERE -- YOU JUST FEEL THAT YOU WANT TO STAY.
Erin: IT WAS SUCH AN INTENSE, EMOTIONAL TIME, AND SPIRITS TEND TO COME AROUND EMOTIONAL PLACES.
SO I KNOW THEY WERE ALL THERE, AND I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE THEM ON MY WEDDING DAY.
IT WAS AWESOME.
Ian: THE FAMILIES THAT LIVED THERE -- THEY WERE FAIRLY LARGE FAMILIES, AND ALL I CAN IMAGINE IS THE EMOTIONS AND THE FEELINGS THAT THEY LEFT BEHIND.
IT SHOWED ME THAT I WAS MAKING CONTACT WITH SOMEONE, BUT IT ALSO, FOR ME, BROUGHT ME CLOSER TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FINDING MY DAD AND CONNECTING WITH HIM.
JUST KNOWING THAT THING WAS RIGHT THERE WITH ME TOOK MY BREATH AWAY.
Lambalzer: I ROLLED THE FOOTAGE BACK, AND WE HAD EYES STARING AT US FROM THE REFRIGERATOR.
THIS WASN'T FRIENDLY.
Howell: THE WOMAN IN BLACK WAS APPEARING IN THIS BODY OF WATER.
IT WAS ASTONISHING.
Ian: IN ONE PICTURE, EVERYTHING'S CLEAR.
AND THE NEXT ONE, YOU SEE WHERE THIS BLACK SHADOW HAS NOW MOVED INTO THE PICTURE.
Ross: THE SHADOW FIGURE DEFINITELY HAS LEGS AND APPEARS TO BE WALKING.
Reno: THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE CEMETERY MEANS IT'S RIPE FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
Prince: WE HADN'T BEEN THERE 10 MINUTES AND ALREADY SEEN SOME SORT OF MIST OR SOMETHING.
Ward: I JUST KNEW SOME THING WAS COMING UP BEHIND ME TO HURT ME.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I MOVED INTO MY FAMILY HOME IN GATESVILLE, TEXAS.
THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1874.
MY GRANDFATHER PURCHASED THE HOME IN 1925, AND IT'S BEEN IN OUR FAMILY EVER SINCE THEN.
IN 1990, MY TWO CHILDREN AND I MOVED INTO THE HOME.
WHEN WE FIRST MOVED INTO THE HOUSE, WE WOULD HEAR FOOTSTEPS.
[ FOOTSTEPS .]
AND WE WOULD HEAR DOORS SLAMMING UPSTAIRS.
[ DOORS SLAMMING .]
WE WOULD GO UP THE STAIRS TO INVESTIGATE AND NEVER FOUND ANYONE.
AND THIS WENT ON MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH.
WHEN I WOULD BE SITTING IN ONE PARTICULAR ROOM, I WOULD SEE MOVEMENT.
AT FIRST, I WOULD SEE I IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION IN THE HALLWAY.
I NEVER COULD SEE THEM IN ANY GREAT DETAIL, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY LIKE A SHADOW FIGURE -- A SILHOUETTE.
I WAS JUST SO AFRAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO ME OR THAT THEY WOULD HURT ME OR MY CHILDREN.
I THOUGHT, "OKAY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET MY KIDS KNOW.
" BOTH OF MY CHILDREN SAID, "I'VE SEEN IT, TOO.
" ONE NIGHT, IN PARTICULAR, I'D GOTTEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND, ALL OF THE SUDDEN, EVERY SENSE IN MY ENTIRE BODY WAS ON RED ALERT.
I JUST KNEW SOMEONE OR SOME THING WAS COMING UP BEHIND ME -- I MEAN, RUSHING UP BEHIND ME TO HURT ME.
I SENSED IT.
IT WAS REAL.
IT WAS THERE, AND IT WAS BAD.
"DO I TURN AND LOOK? DO I RUN? WHAT DO I DO?" MY KIDS ARE UPSTAIRS ASLEEP IN THEIR BEDS.
AND I JUMPED DOWN THE THREE STEPS THERE IN THE HALLWAY RAN TO MY BEDROOM, SHUT MY BEDROOM DOOR.
MY HEART WAS POUNDING, AND I LISTENED, AND I LISTENED, AND I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING COMING DOWN THE HALL.
DEAD SILENCE -- JUST EERILY SILENT.
I KNOW THAT DOOR COULDN'T HAVE STOPPED IT, BUT IT JUST MADE ME FEEL BETTER.
SO I WOULD CLOSE THAT DOOR EVERY NIGHT BEFORE I'D GO TO BED.
THAT WAS, BY FAR, THE SCARIEST, MOST TERRIFYING THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFE.
AFTER THAT, I WANTED TO FIGURE OU WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY HOUSE, SO I WEN TO A PARANORMAL CONFERENCE.
I MET ROBBIE AT THE CONFERENCE AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING AT MY HOUSE.
Prince: WHEN JANET TOLD ME THE STUFF THAT SHE EXPERIENCED, I HAD TO GO SEE THIS FOR MYSELF.
WHEN WE PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE -- SPOOKY, MAN.
THE WOODS AROUND THIS PLACE WAS TERRIFYING.
AS SOON AS WE GOT IN THERE, IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU AT ALL TIMES.
NOW, EVEN IF YOU TURNED AROUND, IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU.
A COUPLE OF THE OTHER INVESTIGATORS -- THEY FELT THE SAME WAY I DID.
NOW, I HAD ONE OF THEM COME AND TELL ME, "DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT WANTED IN THIS HOUSE?" I SAID, "THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL, MAN.
" Ward: WHEN ROBBIE FIRST CAME TO MY HOUSE, WE SET UP THE BASE COMMAND IN MY KITCHEN.
I WAS TELLING ROBBIE, "MY MOTHER JUST PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH, AND SHE JUST LOVED THIS KITCHEN.
" AND RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, A DARK CLOUD -- AND I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 3 FEET IN DIAMETER.
IT CAME DOWN FROM THE CEILING AND IT JUST HOVERED OVER THE TABLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, AND WE WERE SPEECHLESS.
Prince: WE HADN'T BEEN THERE 10 MINUTES AND ALREADY SEEN SOME SORT OF SHADOW OR MIST OR SOMETHING.
THERE WAS FIVE OF US IN THAT ROOM, AND WE ALL SEEN I AT THE SAME TIME.
IT HOVERED RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ROBBIE, AND HIS EYES [Chuckling.]
WERE AS BIG AS SAUCERS.
Prince: EVERYBODY JUST STOPPED AND LOOKED UP, YOU KNOW, LIKE, "WHAT WAS THAT?" TO ME, IT SEEMED LIKE A SHADOW, MAYBE A BLACK MASS OF SOME SORT -- IT WAS CRAZY.
Ward: THEN IT JUST TOOK OFF TOWARD THE CEILING AND JUST DISAPPEARED.
WE WERE ALL LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, AND, "BOY, DID YOU SEE THAT?!" WE WERE AMAZED.
WE REALLY FEL THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN MY MOTHER.
Prince: I JUST KNEW RIGHT THEN, "THIS NIGHT IS GONNA BE VERY INTERESTING.
" Ward: LATER THAT EVENING, WE SE UP CAMERAS ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
I SAID, "ROBBIE, I'M NOT GONNA PROMISE THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET ANYTHING.
" HE SAID, "I HAVE A FEELING WE ARE," AND THEY DID.
Prince: TWO OF MY FRIENDS WERE SITTING ON THE COUCH, AND IT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE -- IT WAS LIKE THIS LITTLE FLASHING ORB THAT COME RIGHT OU OF ONE OF THEM'S BACK AND INTO THE OTHER ONE.
AND IF YOU NOTICE, YOU SEE ONE KIND OF LOOK DOWN LIKE SHE FELT SOMETHING.
I ASKED HER -- I SAID, "DID YOU FEEL SOMETHING TOUCH YOU A WHILE AGO?" SHE DIDN'T SEE THE ORB, BUT I DID IN THE DVR.
WHEN IT CAME OUT AND WENT IN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHEN SHE WENT LIKE THIS, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, "WAS THA WHAT MADE HER LOOK DOWN?" Ward: THIS THING JUST COMES FROM BEHIND THEM, AND IT'S FLASHING AND FLICKERING.
THEN IT JUST VANISHES.
THERE'S ANOTHER ORB THAT MOVES FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGH IN FRONT OF THE TWO WOMEN.
AND IT'S KIND OF FLICKERING, FLASHING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A DEFINITE DIRECTION.
NOW WHEN I SIT BACK THERE, I'M WONDERING, "OKAY, WHO'S BACK HERE WITH ME?" THEN WE WENT UPSTAIRS, AND ROBBIE HAD ONE CAMERA POSITIONED AT THE TOP OF MY STAIRCASE AND ONE AT THE BOTTOM OF MY STAIRCASE.
Prince: THE UPSTAIRS -- IT JUST FELT UNEASY.
YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S JUST LIKE, "GET OUT OF MY ROOM.
" YOU FELT COLD.
THERE WAS, LIKE, A COLD SPOT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM.
I HAVE NO CLUE 'CAUSE THERE -- NO WINDOWS WERE OPEN.
THERE IS NO CENTRAL HEATING/AIR.
THERE WAS NO FANS.
THEN I DECIDED TO COME DOWNSTAIRS, AND WHEN I DID, THAT'S WHEN WE CAUGHT THE LIGHT ANOMALY.
ON THE VIDEO, IT LOOKED LIKE A SNAKE WAS KIND OF GOING LIKE THIS.
Ward: YOU SEE THIS WHITE FORM KIND OF SLOWLY SPIRALING, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY FOLLOWING THEM.
AND IT JUST STARTS DARTING AND ZIPPING AROUND IN EVERY DIRECTION.
Prince: I ROUNDED THAT END STEP, AND HERE COMES THAT WEIRD LIGHT ANOMALY RIGHT BEHIND ME, RIGHT THERE.
BUT THEN, AS SOON WE WALKED OFF, IT SHOT BACK UP.
Ward: THAT HAD TO BE SOMETHING PARANORMAL.
WE REALLY THINK IT WAS A SPIRIT OF SOME KIND.
Prince: IT FREAKED ME OUT.
JUST KNOWING THAT THAT THING WAS RIGHT THERE WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY, FOR SURE.
I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS HOUSE.
Ward: IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY TO SEE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF SOME OF THESE HAPPENINGS IN MY HOUSE.
Prince: WHEN YOU PASS ON AND YOU HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S THAT BEAUTIFUL, YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.
YOU'RE HAPPY WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT.
Ward: I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER REALLY BELIEVED IN GHOSTS, BUT I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT I WOULD PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE IT.
I ALWAYS PICTURED A GHOS TO BE SOMETHING BAD AND SOMETHING SCARY.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BAD AND NOT NECESSARILY SCARY, I FOUND OU LIVING IN THAT HOUSE.
Lennon: THE CAMERA FLIPPED UP IN THE AIR AND LANDS.
I THINK THE SPIRIT IS TRYING TO TELL US HE DIDN'T WANT US THERE.
Lambalzer: WE WERE LOOKING TO CONNECT WITH SOME SPIRITS, AND WE RECORDED SOMETHING THAT REALLY FRIGHTENED US.
THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THE SPIRIT WAS FOLLOWING US.
Lambalzer: I'M VIDEOTAPING, AND THEN YOU SEE THIS IMAGE JUMP DOWN, AND THEN THIS SHADOW FIGURE SLUMP FORWARD AND THEN WALK AWAY.
Lennon: MY FIRST REACTION WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO WAS, "OH, MY GOSH.
WHAT WAS IT? WHAT JUMPED IN FRONT OF ME?" Lambalzer: LATER, I RECORDED SOMETHING THAT REALLY FRIGHTENED US.
THERE WERE EYES STARING AT US FROM THE REFRIGERATOR.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN AT AN APPLE FARM IN LOCKPORT, NEW YORK.
I HEARD ABOUT THE APPLE FARM FROM A FRIEND OF OURS.
HIS FAMILY OWNS IT.
HE SAID, "THERE'S A HISTORY OF SPIRITS THERE, "AND FAMILY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES, "HAVE HAD EXPERIENCES [ BARKING .]
"UNEXPLAINED STUFF LIKE VOICES, THINGS BEING MOVED, LAUGHTER.
" AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN MY FRIEND SHARON AND I COMING TO INVESTIGATE AND JUST GIVE THEM PEACE OF MIND OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE.
Lennon: SOME OF THE WORKERS TOLD US ABOUT THE HAUNTINGS IN THE FARM, THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY WERE THE DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS STILL WORKING ON THE FARM.
Lambalzer: AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE DEAD-END STREET, FIRST YOU SEE THE BAKERY, THEN THE BARN, AND THEN THERE'S TWO HOUSES OFF TO THE SIDE.
SHARON AND I DECIDED TO GO OUT TO THE BARN FIRST.
THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO LEVELS TO THE BARN.
THE FIRST PAR IS WHERE THEY STORE THE APPLES, AND THE SECOND LEVEL IS STRICTLY JUST BOXES WITH PERSONAL EFFECTS.
Lennon: WHEN WE GOT TO THE BARN, IT FELT STRANGE.
WE DID FEEL A HEAVINESS.
WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS PARANORMAL.
WE JUST KNEW SOMETHING WAS THERE WITH US.
Lambalzer: AND YOU HAVE TO GO UP THESE OLD, WINDING, TWISTING, NARROW STAIRS TO GET UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL.
WHEN WE GOT UP THERE, THE ROOM JUST FELT DIFFERENT.
IT WAS VERY, VERY HARD TO SEE.
THEN WE NOTICED THIS SMELL.
IT SMELLED LIKE ROTTEN GARBAGE.
WE COULDN'T FIND ANY REASON AT ALL WHY THIS STENCH WOULD HAVE BEEN UP THERE.
THERE WAS NO FOOD ROTTING, THERE WAS NOTHING ABOVE OR BELOW IT THAT WAS ROTTING, AND IT WAS CONCENTRATED IN ONE SPOT.
Lennon: IT WAS REALLY QUITE UNNERVING BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO GARBAGE.
IT WAS JUST STORAGE CRATES, AND THEY WERE ALL EMPTY.
Lambalzer: AND AS WE WERE WALKING, WE HEARD THIS CRUNCHING UNDERNEATH OUR FEET, AND WE'RE LIKE, "WHAT IS THIS?" THEY WERE DEAD, DRIED BUGS.
THEY WERE ONLY IN THAT ONE CORNER.
Lennon: I WAS SNAPPING PICTURES, AND I GOT WHAT LOOKS LIKE ORBS JUMPING FROM THE CRATES IN THE ATTIC.
THEY WERE COMING TOWARDS ME.
Lambalzer: TO ME, THAT'S HARD EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING UP THERE.
IT'S MORE OF AN INTENSE ORB THAN WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
IT HAS A VERY INTENSE COLOR -- SOMETHING YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE IN AN ORB PICTURE.
SO, AFTER THAT, I'M LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT? "LET ME ROLL THIS BACK.
"WE'RE GETTING HIGH ENERGY UP HERE.
LET ME SEE WHAT WE GOT.
" SO I ROLLED THE FOOTAGE BACK, AND I SAID, "HOLY CRAP, SHARON.
YOU GOT TO GET OVER HERE NOW.
" Lennon: MY FIRST REACTION WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO WAS, "OH, MY GOSH.
WHAT WAS IT? WHAT JUMPED IN FRONT OF ME?" I WAS USING DIVINING RODS, JUST ASKING SOME QUESTIONS, TRYING TO GET SOME ANSWERS.
Lambalzer: AND THEN YOU SEE THIS IMAGE OFF IN THE CORNER, AND IT JUMPS DOWN, AND THEN, TWO SECONDS LATER, YOU SEE THIS SHADOW FIGURE SLUMP FORWARD AND WALK AWAY.
THIS SPIRIT WAS OUT TO SCARE US.
Lennon: THE SPIRIT HAD LOTS OF ENERGY.
THEN IT WAS DIRECTING I TOWARDS ME.
Lambalzer: SHARON AND I BELIEVE THIS SPIRI CAME FROM A NEARBY HOUSE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FARM.
THERE IS A GRAVEYARD NEAR IT, AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGH IT'S AFFILIATED WITH THAT HOUSE.
Lennon: ONCE WE FINISHED WITH THE BARN, IT WAS TIME TO GO FIND OUT WHA WAS HAPPENING IN THE BAKERY.
SOME OF OUR OTHER FRIENDS WERE IN THE BAKERY, AND ONE MAN THAT WAS WITH US WALKED THROUGH THE KITCHEN AREA, AND THEN HE LOOKS AT THE CAMERA AS IF HE'S SEEING SOMETHING.
HE WALKED OUT, AND THEN, ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF LATER, THE CAMERA FLIPPED UP IN THE AIR AND LANDS, AND IT TOOK A FULL 20 SECONDS BEFORE IT STOPPED MOVING.
I THINK THE SPIRI THAT FLIPPED THIS CAMERA OVER WAS TRYING TO TELL US HE DIDN'T WANT US THERE.
AFTER THAT, WE WERE DOING THE RECORDINGS, AND WE HEAR A "GET OUT" ON THE RECORDING.
Lambalzer: IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS TRYING TO FRIGHTEN US AGAIN.
THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THE SPIRIT FROM THE BARN WAS FOLLOWING US.
LATER THAT EVENING, SHARON AND I DECIDED TO GO TO THE FRONT OF THE STOREROOM, AND I JUST CONSTANTLY KEPT LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER.
I FELT LIKE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WAS STARING AT ME.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE RECORDER WENT OFF AND STARTED PLAYING BY ITSELF.
Lennon: WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
Lambalzer: I'M LIKE, "WHAT THE" GOT UP, FIXED IT, AND I SAID TO SHARON, "LET'S STOP, LOOK AT THE VIDEO, AND SEE WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN.
" THAT'S WHEN WE SAW SOMETHING THAT REALLY FRIGHTENED US.
WE HAD EYES STARING AT US FROM THE REFRIGERATOR.
THAT CUED ME IN THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I KEPT LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER.
THESE EYES WERE STARING AT ME, AND THEN IT LOOKED OVER AT THE TABLE, BLINKED.
IT GOES OFF.
IT WAS INTELLIGENT.
IT KNEW WHAT IT WAS DOING.
Lennon: I ACCOUNTED FOR EVERY REFLECTION THAT CAME OFF OF THOSE REFRIGERATORS.
TO THIS DAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE EYES APPEARED THERE.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WANTED TO CAUSE TROUBLE.
LIKE, HE DISMANTLED THE RECORDER AND STARTED WATCHING US AS WE WERE INVESTIGATING.
Lambalzer: THIS WASN'T FRIENDLY.
THIS WAS A VERY MISCHIEVOUS SPIRIT.
IT WAS OUT TO SCARE US THAT NIGHT, AND IT WAS GETTING ANGRIER.
Lennon: I KNEW THEN IT MEANT BUSINESS.
Lambalzer: SO, AFTER THAT, WE GOT OUT OF THERE.
Lennon: WHATEVER WAS IN THE BARN, I BELIEVE, FOLLOWED US TO THE BAKERY.
I BELIEVE IN THE PARANORMAL, AND I BELIEVE IN GHOSTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT IN THE BARN WAS THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HAD THE EYES IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND THAT IT SAID, "GET OUT" AND HE MEANT THAT TOWARDS US.
Lambalzer: AFTER SEEING THE SPIRIT IN THE BARN, THE CAMERA BEING FLIPPED THE EYES STARING AT ME, I BELIEVE THERE IS STUFF THAT HAPPENS THAT WE CAN'T EXPLAIN.
THERE ARE THINGS IN THE WORLD THAT ARE EVIL.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE TO INVESTIGATE, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH, AND YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE UNKNOWN.
Howell: THERE'S A GROUP OF SPIRITS THAT ARE THERE.
WE PICK UP WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TO EACH OTHER.
TO THINK THAT SHE WAS THERE -- THAT WAS MORE THAN WHAT I EXPECTED.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HEARD A VOICE OF A SPIRIT.
Burton: WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO, THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN.
Howell: THE PICTURE OF THE WOMAN IN BLACK WAS ASTONISHING.
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HOW CAN A SPIRIT DO THAT? MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I STARTED WORKING AT THE LITTLE ROCK VISITOR CENTER LOCATED IN CURRAN HALL.
CURRAN HALL IS WHAT THEY CALL AN ANTEBELLUM HOME -- BUILT IN 1843, BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.
IT WAS BUIL BY COLONEL EBENEZER WALTERS FOR HIS YOUNG BRIDE, MARY ELIZA WALTERS.
SHE ENDS UP GOING INTO PREMATURE CHILDBIRTH, AND SHE DIES BEFORE MOVING IN.
ALONG ABOUT 1996, THE CITY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, AND NOW IT'S OPERATING AS THE LITTLE ROCK VISITOR CENTER.
I HAD BEEN WORKING AT CURRAN HALL FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR.
WE HAD A CURIO CABINET, WHERE SOME OF THE GLASS BOTTLES THAT WERE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HOUSE WERE PLACED IN THIS GLASS CABINET, AND THERE WAS A BOTTLE LYING ON ITS SIDE, AND IT WOULD ROLL BACK AND FORTH.
[ GLASS CLINKING .]
THERE WERE ALSO ROCKING CHAIRS ON OUR PORCH THAT WOULD ROCK BY THEMSELVES.
A PICTURE FELL OFF THE WALL.
IT WAS SUCH A THUD, IT WAS LIKE -- WE THOUGHT THERE'D BEEN A CAR ACCIDENT OUT ON THE STREET.
[ TIRES SCREECH, THUD .]
AND THEN THIS MAN CAME IN AND SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS SPIRI FOLLOWING ME AROUND THE HOUSE.
"HER NAME WAS MARY ELIZA.
" I TOLD HIM, "IT MUST HAVE BEEN MARY ELIZA WALTERS.
" ONCE HE MENTIONED HER NAME, I STARTED DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON HER.
I FOUND OUT THAT SHE DIED JULY 15, 1843, AND MY BIRTHDAY IS JULY 15, 1945.
SO SHE BASICALLY DIED ON MY BIRTHDAY 102 YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN.
WE WERE BONDED IN SOME WAY.
ONE DAY, I GOT A LETTER FROM A WOMAN NAMED RHONDA FROM A PARANORMAL ORGANIZATION, WANTING TO KNOW IF THEY COULD INVESTIGATE THE HOUSE.
I DECIDED IT WAS TIME THA WE FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Burton: WHAT I REALLY ENJOY IS THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND THE PARANORMAL INVESTIGATING TOGETHER 'CAUSE I FIGURE WITH SO MUCH ACTIVITY AND HISTORY IN THESE BUILDINGS, THERE HAS TO BE SOME SOR OF SPIRITS HANGING AROUND.
SO THAT'S HOW I ENDED UP GOING TO CURRAN HALL.
ONCE I GOT THERE, IT WAS SUCH A CALMING, RELAXING PLACE, I THOUGHT, "OKAY, PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.
" ONE OF THINGS I DO ARE EVP SESSIONS.
I LET THE SPIRIT KNOW THAT IF THEY WANT TO TALK TO ME, THEY CAN DO IT RIGHT THEN.
Howell: SHE WAS SITTING ON THE SOFA.
AND I HAD DOWSING RODS.
I ASKED, "IF MARY WALTERS IS HERE, WOULD YOU OPEN THE RODS?" THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
"WOULD YOU CLOSE THE RODS?" AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
Burton: WHEN I WENT HOME THAT NIGH AND WHEN I PLAYED BACK THE RECORDER ON REVIEW, I HEARD HER SAY, "MARY, THAT'S WHO I AM.
" Howell: THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HEARD A VOICE OF A SPIRIT.
Female voice: MARY, THAT'S WHO I AM.
TO THINK THAT SHE WAS THERE OPENING THE RODS -- THAT WAS MORE THAN WHAT I EXPECTED.
IT WAS VERY CHILLING.
Burton: ANOTHER SPIRIT RECORDING WE GO WAS A SPIRIT SAYING, "GET OUT OF HERE.
I'M TALKING!" Howell: THERE'S PROBABLY A GROUP OF SPIRITS THAT ARE THERE, AND PERHAPS WE PICK UP WHA THEY'RE SAYING TO EACH OTHER.
IT'S JUST UNUSUAL.
THAT AFTERNOON, WE WERE SITTING IN THE PARLOR.
RHONDA HAD JUST DISCOVERED THIS NEW TECHNIQUE WHERE YOU HAVE A PAN OF WATER WITH SOME WATER IN IT.
SHE HAD HER CAMERA ON A TRIPOD.
SHE MADE LITTLE RIPPLES IN THE WATER.
AS THE VIDEO IS ROLLING, IT'S TAKING PICTURES.
Burton: IT'S CALLED I.
T.
C.
-- INSTRUMENTAL TRANS-COMMUNICATION.
Howell: WHEN I FIRST SAW THE PICTURE OF THE WOMAN IN BLACK, IT WAS ASTONISHING.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A PICTURE SOMEHOW APPEARING IN THIS BODY OF WATER.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE WAS LEANING OVER OUR SHOULDER.
Burton: IT'S JUST KIND OF MIND-BOGGLING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT, BUT IT DOES.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
LATER THAT NIGHT, ME AND MY SISTER'S WALKING AROUND THE COURTYARD, JUST TAKING PICTURES, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE AN OVERWHELMING FEELING OF BEING WATCHED.
THAT TIME THE ORBS WERE CAPTURED OUTSIDE OF THE SHED.
WHEN I TOOK PICTURES OF HER -- SEVERAL PICTURES -- TWO DIFFERENT ORBS WERE FOLLOWING HER.
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Howell: I THINK WHEN YOU SEE ORBS, IT'S PROBABLY A SPIRIT.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS .]
Burton: I WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING WITH LINDA.
MY SISTER WAS LOCATED IN THE KITCHEN AREA, WHICH IS -- RIGHT ACROSS THE COURTYARD IS THE SHED.
SHE TURNED, AND SHE LOOKED, AND SHE SAW THE DOOR WAS OPEN.
SHE THOUGH ONE OF US WENT IN IT.
SHE HAD SAID, "IS THERE ANYONE IN THE SHED?" AND I SAID, "NO.
" SHE SAID, "WELL, THE DOOR'S OPEN.
" I WENT OUT TO THE SHED.
MY CAMERA WAS RUNNING OUT THERE, 'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID, WAS SET THE CAMERA RUNNING THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE WERE THERE, WHICH WAS ABOUT THREE HOURS.
LATER THAT EVENING, WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO, THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN.
I COULDN'T QUITE BELIEVE THAT.
HOW CAN THEY PUSH THAT DOOR OPEN WHEN IT'S HARD FOR US? HOW CAN A SPIRIT DO THAT? Howell: IT WAS JUST ONE MORE REMINDER THAT SPIRITS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING TO GET ATTENTION.
BEFORE I WORKED A THE LITTLE ROCK VISITOR CENTER, YOU ASSUME THAT THERE ARE GHOSTS OR SPIRITS OUT THERE, BUT I NEVER HAD ANY CONTAC WITH ANY OF THEM NOR COMMUNICATED WITH ANY OF THEM.
NOW I AM AN ABSOLUTE FIRM BELIEVER.
Burton: THE SPIRITS ARE AROUND IN CURRAN HALL.
THEY'RE AROUND YOU ALL THE TIME.
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I BELIEVE IN I BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THEM.
THEY'VE TALKED TO ME.
THEY ARE THERE AROUND YOU.
Reno: THE GLORE PSYCHIATRIC MUSEUM OPENED IN 1874 AS STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM NO.
2.
THERE COULD BE A RESIDUAL SPIRITUAL ENERGY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAD GONE ON IN THE HOSPITAL THROUGH THE YEARS.
Ross: WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO WITH THE SHADOW FIGURE, MY REACTION WAS, "WOW.
" I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SPIRI OF A FORMER PATIENT THERE.
Ross: I STARTED TO TAKE PICTURES, AND I HAD AN ORB SHOW UP IN ONE OF THE DRAWERS.
THERE IS SOME PARANORMAL ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE TUNNEL.
Reno: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN AT THE GLORE PSYCHIATRIC MUSEUM IN ST.
JOSEPH, MISSOURI.
THE MUSEUM ACTUALLY OWES ITS ORIGINS TO THE HOSPITAL THAT WAS THERE.
IT OPENED IN 1874 AS STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM NO.
2.
THE MUSEUM CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF ITS FOUNDER, GEORGE GLORE.
HE WORKED IN THE OCCUPATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL THERAPY UNIT.
FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK, HE WOULD CREATE REPLICAS OF EARLY TREATMENT DEVICES AS A WAY TO MARKET THE HOSPITAL TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE WAS HUGE INTEREST IN IT.
SO, FROM THERE, HE DECIDED TO COLLECT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE TREATMEN OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
A LOT OF THE THINGS IN OUR MUSEUM WERE CREATED BY PATIENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF ART.
THERE WAS A FEMALE PATIENT WHO WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE VERBALLY.
SHE WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC AND MUTE.
BUT WHAT SHE WOULD DO IS EMBROIDER HER THOUGHTS.
SO, ONE OF OUR EXHIBITS IS A SHEET THAT SHE HAD TOTALLY COVERED IN EMBROIDERY.
ONE OF THE EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUM THAT CAPTURES EVERYONE'S ATTENTION AND THEY NEVER FORGE IS AN EXHIBI OF STOMACH CONTENTS FROM A FEMALE PATIENT FROM 1929 THAT HAD A COMPULSIVE EATING DISORDER.
SHE COMPLAINED OF A STOMACH AILMEN AND WHEN THEY OPERATED, THEY FOUND NEARLY 3,000 THINGS IN HER STOMACH -- SALT-AND-PEPPER-SHAKER LIDS, SAFETY PINS, ANY TYPE OF METAL.
SHE DID NOT SURVIVE LONG AFTER THE SURGERY.
I WORK IN THE POSITION OF MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO THE MUSEUM TO DO PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS.
Ross: AFTER HEARING ABOU SPIRIT ACTIVITY AT THE MUSEUM, I DECIDED TO GO CHECK IT OU FOR MYSELF, AND I CONTACTED KATHY AND ASKED IF I COULD COME TO THE MUSEUM WITH MY BOYFRIEND TO INVESTIGATE.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN THE PARANORMAL.
BUT EVER SINCE I WAS 19 YEARS OLD, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SENSE SPIRITS AROUND ME.
THE MUSEUM HAD A PRESENCE IN ITSELF.
WHEN YOU DRIVE UP TO IT, YOU CAN JUST SEE THIS PRESENCE EMANATING FROM IT, AND I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO FEEL SOMETHING THERE.
AS SOON AS I WALKED INTO THE FRONT DOOR, I BEGAN TO FEEL PRESENCE OF SPIRIT IMMEDIATELY.
THERE'S A PLAQUE THAT TALKS ABOUT MR.
GLORE, WHO FOUNDED THE MUSEUM, AND I IMMEDIATELY FEL A PRESENCE, WHICH I BELIEVED TO BE HIS.
I DID MY TOUR OF THE MUSEUM, WHICH STARTED ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS THA I FELT THE PRESENCE OF SPIRI AS I WAS WALKING THROUGH.
I WENT INTO A ROOM WHERE THEY HAD MANY APPARATUSES FOR RESTRAINING PEOPLE.
AND THERE WAS ONE, IN PARTICULAR, THAT I WAS REALLY DRAWN TO, AND I FELT COMPELLED TO TOUCH IT.
AND AS SOON AS I TOUCHED IT, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF, AND THEY CAME BACK ON.
I THOUGHT, "OKAY, THAT WAS KIND OF STRANGE.
" AND I WALKED AROUND THE ROOM AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER CAGE-LIKE APPARATUSES, AND THEN I CAME BACK TO THIS ONE, AND I FELT COMPELLED TO TOUCH IT AGAIN.
AND, AGAIN, WHEN I TOUCHED IT, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND CAME BACK ON.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
KATHY INFORMED ME THAT MOST OF THE CAGE-LIKE RESTRAINTS ARE REPLICAS, BUT THAT PARTICULAR ONE IS AUTHENTIC AND WAS ACTUALLY USED TO RESTRAIN PATIENTS.
Reno: PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, BUT THE MORGUE AND THE TUNNELS ARE PROBABLY THE EERIEST PAR OF THE MUSEUM.
THE BUILDINGS THAT HOUSED THE ORIGINAL HOSPITAL WERE VERY SPREAD OUT.
THE EASIEST WAY TO MOVE PATIENTS WAS WITH UNDERGROUND TUNNELS.
THE LAST TIME THEY WERE RENOVATED WAS IN THE 1940s.
IT'S DARK.
IT'S MUSTY.
THE TUNNELS ARE CONSIDERED A SECURITY RISK BECAUSE OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOR IS A PRISON FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI, SO THEY'VE NOW BEEN WALLED OFF AT A CERTAIN POINT.
THE ORIGINAL AUTOPSY ROOM AND MORGUE ARE PART OF THE EXHIBITS.
SINCE THE STATE OWNED THE LAND AND THE FACILITIES, THAT AUTOPSY ROOM AND MORGUE WERE USED NOT ONLY FOR OUR HOSPITAL, BUT ANYTIME THERE WAS A SUSPICIOUS DEATH -- THAT'S WHERE THE AUTOPSIES WOULD BE PERFORMED.
THE MOST RECENT USE WAS WHEN A FAMILY OF FOUR HAD BEEN MURDERED, AND THEY DECIDED TO STORE THE BODIES AND PERFORM THE AUTOPSIES AT OUR MORGUE BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOS DISCREET PLACE TO DO THAT.
SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN SOME EVIDENCE OF AN ORB IN THE MORGUE AREA.
Ross: WHEN I GOT TO THE MORGUE, THEY HAD DRAWERS WHERE THE BODIES WERE KEPT, AND THEY ACTUALLY ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF HEADSTONES.
I STARTED TO TAKE PICTURES ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
AND I HAD AN ORB SHOW UP IN ONE IN ONE OF THE DRAWERS.
ORBS, USUALLY, ARE A SIGN OF SPIRIT ACTIVITY.
THE PICTURE THAT I GO IS VERY SIMILAR TO ANOTHER PICTURE OF AN ORB THAT WAS CAUGHT THERE.
TO ME, THAT WAS A WONDERFUL CONFIRMATION THAT WHAT I FELT WAS RIGHT ON.
AFTER THAT, THINGS GOT KIND OF SCARY.
I WAS TAKEN INTO THE TUNNEL TO SEE WHAT GENERAL IMPRESSIONS I COULD PICK UP ON.
WITHIN LITERALLY A MINUTE OF ENTERING THE TUNNEL, I BEGAN TO HAVE THIS SENSATION IN THE BOTTOM PART OF MY LEGS FROM THE KNEE DOWN, AND I GOT THE IMPRESSION RIGHT AWAY OF HAVING A LOSS OF CIRCULATION IN MY LEGS, LOSS OF FEELING IN MY LEGS, AND JUST NOT HAVING USE OF MY LEGS.
THEN THE IMAGE OF A WHEELCHAIR CAME INTO MY MIND.
I KNEW THAT SPIRIT WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME.
I FELT THA THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF A PATIEN WHO HAD BEEN THERE IN A WHEELCHAIR AT ONE TIME.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE GATHERED IN THE TUNNELS, INCLUDING A VIDEO OF A SHADOW.
WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO WITH THE SHADOW FIGURE, MY REACTION WAS, "WOW.
" THAT, TO ME, IS DEFINITE PROOF THAT THERE IS SOME PARANORMAL ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE TUNNEL.
Reno: MY INITIAL REACTION TO SEEING FOOTAGE OF THE SHADOW WAS SURPRISE, I ADMIT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A SHADOW LIKE THAT.
NO ONE HAD EVER BROUGHT ME A PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT LOOKED ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
Ross: THE SHADOW FIGURE DEFINITELY HAS LEGS AND APPEARS TO BE WALKING BETWEEN THE TWO INVESTIGATORS.
Reno: AS FAR AS WHAT THE SHADOW IS OR WHO IT COULD BE, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SAY.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PASSED THROUGH THOSE TUNNELS, SO YOU HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS.
Ross: I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SPIRI OF A FORMER PATIENT THERE.
Reno: WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PARANORMAL, I'M INTRIGUED.
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I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A RESIDUAL SPIRITUAL ENERGY AT THE MUSEUM.
Woman: CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAME? Reno: BUT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, SO I'M -- I'M OPEN.
Ross: I AM DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING BACK AND INVESTIGATING SOON.
AFTER MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TUNNEL AND WITH THE RESTRAINT CAGE AND WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT I CAUGHT OF THE ORB IN THE MORGUE, THAT, TO ME, IS DEFINITELY PROOF THAT THERE ARE SPIRITS IN THE MUSEUM.
Erin: I SAW THIS LITTLE GIRL WALK RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
Ian: IN THE BOTTOM-LEFT CORNER IS THIS GLOWING BALL OF LIGHT.
WITH THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS MOVED.
Erin: I THINK IT COULD BE SPIRIT CHILDREN.
Erin: I SAW THIS LITTLE GIRL WALK RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
Ian: YOU SEE WHERE THIS BLACK SHADOW HAS NOW MOVED INTO THE PICTURE.
Erin: THERE WAS NOBODY IN THERE, AND I REALIZED, "I'VE JUST SEEN A GHOST.
" Ian: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I GOT MARRIED IN A HAUNTED HOUSE IN JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
Erin: IAN AND I MET AT AN IRISH PUB.
Ian: AT THAT SAME TIME, MY DAD WAS FLYING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE OF HIS JOB.
HE ACTUALLY LIVED IN ANOTHER STATE.
ERIN GOT TO MEET HIM AND TALK WITH HIM A COUPLE TIMES, AND THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS KILLED NOT LONG AFTER THAT.
Erin: IAN WANTED TO KNOW THAT HIS FATHER WAS OKAY AND WHERE HE WENT.
WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
WHERE DO YOU GO? WHAT'S THE AFTERLIFE? SO THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH OUR QUEST.
WE STARTED GOING ON PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE FOUND THE PRIDE HOUSE.
THE PRIDE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1888 BY GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN.
Ian: IT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING.
Erin: IT WAS A BOARDINGHOUSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND IT'S BEEN A BED-AND-BREAKFAST EVER SINCE.
THE HOUSE IS VICTORIAN, IT'S TWO-STORY, IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, AND SO WE INSTANTLY BONDED WITH THE HOUSE.
Ian: WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPEC OTHER THAN JUST TRYING TO FIND ANSWERS AND NEVER EXPECTED THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO ENCOUNTER AT THE PRIDE HOUSE.
[ CROWS CAWING .]
Erin: WE CONTINUED TO GO TO THE PRIDE HOUSE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE'D BE THE ONLY ONES THERE, AND WE COULD HEAR PEOPLE TALKING UPSTAIRS.
SO WE'D GO UPSTAIRS, AND, LO AND BEHOLD, THERE'S NOBODY UPSTAIRS.
YOU'D HEAR DOORS SHUT.
YOU COULD HEAR KIDS PLAYING IN THE HALLWAY, LIKE THEY'RE BOUNCING A BALL ON A HARDWOOD FLOOR, BUT THERE'S CARPET IN THE FLOOR OUT IN THE HALLWAY.
Ian: WE COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.
IT WAS ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK.
WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET MARRIED.
Erin: IT JUST -- IT MADE SENSE TO GET MARRIED WHERE WE LOVED TO GO.
Ian: WE FINALLY ASKED THE OWNER OF THE PRIDE HOUSE, AND SHE SAID, "OF COURSE.
" Erin: MY ENTIRE FAMILY STAYED AT THE PRIDE HOUSE, AND WE HAD SOME FRIENDS COME AND STAY.
IAN AND I -- WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SOUL MATES, AND THIS IS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY.
WE WERE ALL EXCITED.
Ian: THE DAY OF OUR WEDDING, I WAS UPSTAIRS IN OUR ROOM, AND ERIN HAD COME UP.
I COULD HEAR HER COMING DOWN THE HALLWAY.
Erin: I WALKED UP, AND HE WAS STANDING JUST INSIDE THE DOOR, AND JUST AS I DID, I SAW THIS LITTLE GIRL, ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD, JUST WALK RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
Ian: AND HER EXPRESSION CHANGED, AND HER EYES GOT KIND OF BIG, AND SHE WAS KIND OF LOOKING TO MY LEFT.
Erin: IAN SAW MY FACE, AND HE SAID, "WHAT DID YOU SEE?" I SAID, "I SAW A LITTLE GIRL.
" HE WAS IN THERE BY HIMSELF.
HE TURNED AROUND.
WE LOOKED.
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE, AND I REALIZED, "I'VE JUST SEEN A GHOST.
" Ian: AFTER THAT, THERE WAS A PHOTOGRAPH THAT ERIN TOOK IN ONE OF THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS.
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AND, IN THE DOORWAY, THERE IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL "SPIRIT ENERGY.
" THE THING WE THOUGHT WAS REAL INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS, IT'S ACTUALLY MOVING.
Erin: TOO ACTUALLY SEE ONE MOVE AND CATCH IT IN MOTION IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
BEING OUR WEDDING WEEKEND, I BELIEVE ACTIVITY WAS VERY HIGH IN THE HOUSE.
Ian: SEEING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOVING ENERGY, IT HELPED VALIDATE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.
Erin: IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THAT.
Ian: ON OUR WEDDING DAY, WE TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES.
ERIN'S SISTER KEPT COMING UP WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT POSES.
AND MYSELF AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE OUTSIDE, AND, SO, SHE SAID, "ALL RIGHT, SHAKE HANDS LIKE THEY WOULD DO A BUSINESS DEAL.
" AND SHE TOOK TWO PICTURES IN A ROW.
SO, IN ONE PICTURE, EVERYTHING'S CLEAR.
AND THE NEXT ONE, YOU SEE WHERE THIS BLACK SHADOW HAS NOW MOVED INTO THE PICTURE.
I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT IT'S SPIRIT ENERGY.
I DEFINITELY WOULD SAY THAT IT'S PARANORMAL.
Erin: SINCE THE MEN WERE SHAKING HANDS, MAYBE IT WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN SAYING, "OH, WELL, IF IT'S ALL THE MEN OF THE HOUSE, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE, TOO.
" Ian: SEEING THE PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE SHADOW IN I WAS JUST ANOTHER VALIDATION OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL IN THAT HOUSE.
IT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT.
ERIN'S NEPHEWS WERE OUTSIDE.
WE WERE JUST DOING ALL THESE DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHS.
Erin: CHILDREN TEND TO BRING OUT THE PARANORMAL.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY, BUT THEY DO.
MY NEPHEWS ARE STANDING ON THE SIDE PORCH OF THE PRIDE HOUSE.
THEY'RE JUST STANDING IN FRON OF IT, POSING FOR A PICTURE.
Ian: AND IN THE BOTTOM-LEFT CORNER IS THIS GLOWING BALL OF LIGHT.
Erin: WE ALWAYS TAKE TWO PHOTOS IN A ROW, JUST IN CASE.
Ian: WITH THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS MOVED.
SO NOT ONLY IS I A STRANGE ANOMALY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOVING IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THOSE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS TO COMPARE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN CHILDREN THAT WERE HANGING AROUND THEM, TRYING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY WERE THERE -- SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH.
Erin: I ALWAYS THINK OF LIGH AS A POSITIVE, WONDERFUL THING, AND I THINK THAT IT COULD BE SOME OF THE SPIRIT CHILDREN AT THE PRIDE HOUSE WANTING TO JUMP IN THE PICTURE WITH MY NEPHEWS.
Ian: THE DAY AFTER OUR WEDDING, ERIN HAD TOLD MY MOM ABOUT THE GIRL SHE HAD SEEN.
Erin: IAN'S MOM WAS IN HER ROOM, AND SHE WAS RECORDING, AND SHE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.
SHE ASKED, "ARE YOU THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE SANDY BLOND HAIR THAT ERIN SAW?" Ian: THE RESPONSE TO MY MOM'S QUESTION WAS A YOUNG GIRL SAYING, "I AM! I AM! I AM!" AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
BOTH OF US WERE.
THE VOICES THAT CAME OU OF THE RECORDER WERE SO STRONG, IT JUST REALLY BACKS UP THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
TO THIS DAY, ERIN CAN'T LISTEN TO THAT RECORDING WITHOUT GETTING TEARY-EYED.
IT JUST REALLY IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THAT DAY AND HOW SPECIAL IT WAS.
Erin: [ Voice breaking .]
YOU KNOW, IAN AND I ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SPIRITS A VOICE TO TALK.
WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THIS LITTLE GIRL A VOICE, AND IT MEANT THE WORLD TO ME.
Ian: WE COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE PRIDE HOUSE.
I THINK ANYONE WHO'S BEEN THERE -- YOU JUST FEEL THAT YOU WANT TO STAY.
Erin: IT WAS SUCH AN INTENSE, EMOTIONAL TIME, AND SPIRITS TEND TO COME AROUND EMOTIONAL PLACES.
SO I KNOW THEY WERE ALL THERE, AND I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE THEM ON MY WEDDING DAY.
IT WAS AWESOME.
Ian: THE FAMILIES THAT LIVED THERE -- THEY WERE FAIRLY LARGE FAMILIES, AND ALL I CAN IMAGINE IS THE EMOTIONS AND THE FEELINGS THAT THEY LEFT BEHIND.
IT SHOWED ME THAT I WAS MAKING CONTACT WITH SOMEONE, BUT IT ALSO, FOR ME, BROUGHT ME CLOSER TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FINDING MY DAD AND CONNECTING WITH HIM.