10x04 - Haunted Past

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When a mother's past
returns to haunt her...

I felt like something
was gonna attack me.

Complete fear took over me.

An evil entity
targets her family.

Will their faith be enough
to save them...

Heavenly father, armor me
to withstand evil.

From the horrors

Taking over their home.

I felt this very vile energy,
very angry, very hateful.

In america, there is real evil.

It lurks in the darkest shadows

And in our most ordinary towns.

Between the worlds we see...

Someone's in my room.

And the things we fear...

There are doors.

When they are opened...

Nightmares become reality.

All my life,

I struggled
with childhood memories

That overwhelm me with fear.

Interview with deborah,
camera and "d" marker.

But I was determined not
to allow that fear to define me.

It wasn't until my family
became a target of the evil

And the hate, that I realized
I might never escape my past.

In the spring of 2013,
deborah and brian utley

Celebrate their daughter
zoe's 10th birthday.

My two little jelly beans.

aww!

You two were so small.

I can't believe
how much you've grown.

Oh.

Going by so fast.

I would describe my family...
my children and my husband...

As being the air I breathe.

They are the reason
why I'm here.

You were not happy
when we brought

Your sister home, were you?

I really wanted a dog.

Instead, I got you.

But I was so cute.

Yes, she was.

Look. Look at that face.

Look at that little face.

Yeah, I guess you were
pretty cute back then.

Me and my sister were close
when we were younger.

I've always been
really protective of zoe.

Well, when we brought you home,

It was one of the happiest
days of my life.

What zoe brought
to our life was completeness.

When my wife knew
she was having a girl,

She was elated,
and I was just blessed.

It was gonna be healthy.

I feel extremely lucky

That I have my mom around
and my dad.

We're all pretty close,
and we all talk a lot

About almost everything.

How old were you here?

Oh, um...

About 10.



Uh-huh.

Why do you look so sad?

Hey, look.

There's a cake in there
with extra-fudge icing

That's got your name
all over it.

Let's go. Come on.

You okay?

Yeah, just need a minute, okay?

Get your finger away
from my cake!

Oh, look at this cake.

Who's gonna get the first piece?

Me.

I had a difficult time
as a child.

I felt unworthy of being loved.

I felt lonely, scared,
that I was deserving

Of pain and torment.

Alright, let's light
the candles.

Alright, get your mom in here.

Come on.

Mom, come on.
I'm gonna blow out my candles.

Coming.

There are some ghosts
from the past

That stay with us forever.

What are you doing still up?

I just wanted to say I had
the best birthday ever.

I love my new doll.

Thanks, mom.

My mother is very protective
and nurturing and caring,

And she wants the best for me.

It is way past your bedtime.

Go on to bed.

okay.

Not again.

Oh, man.

We had the whole house rewired,
but we noticed

That the lights were
still coming on on their own.

It was really strange

Because I saw the chandelier
rock back and forth.

It wasn't a quick sway,

But it was a rocking motion
back and forth,

And I don't know of anything

That would have caused that
in our home.

You know, I'm getting
tired of this.

Didn't we pay electricians
to fix this?

Hmm.

Seems like it's
getting worse to me.

Okay, well, I called
a different guy.

He's supposed to be really good.

He'll come next week.
He'll probably fix the problem.

Well, I certainly hope so.

As a kid, at night,
I would turn on my closet light

And use it as, like,
a night light.

The door was opening on its own.

I didn't think very much of it.

I thought I just didn't close
the door hard enough.

help me.

Help me.

Unbeknownst to the utley family,

Their pennsylvania home
is haunted.

Although deborah can't see them,

She believes there are
spiritual forces in the world,

Both good and evil.

It was the first time
I noticed something was amiss,

There was something
out of place.

Good morning, everyone.

I hope everybody
have a blessed week.

Who would like to lead us in
this morning's opening prayer?

Isaiah?

Yes, ma'am.

Dear lord, bless us as we study
and learn about you.

My mom has been very religious

Since as young
as I can remember.

Amen.

Amen.

Thank you.

I chose to be extremely active
with my church

Because the people I knew
who to reach out to the most,

That need to be loved the most,

Protected the most
are the children.

Okay.

Can anybody tell me who this is?

It's the devil.

That's right.

And sometimes, he's called...?

Satan. Satan.

Let me lead you
in a special prayer, okay?

I prayed this one when I was
a little girl.

Heavenly father...

Heavenly father...

Armor me with your
strength and tenacity...

Armor me with
your strength and tenacity...

To withstand evil every day.

To withstand evil every day.

Heavenly father, armor me
with your strength and tenacity

To withstand evil every day.

As a child growing up
in the life that I did,

I needed to figure out a way
to survive on my own.

That's when I started to pray
and ask for strength or ask

For a shield of protection.

Armor me with your strength
and tenacity

To withstand evil every day.

Heavenly father, armor me
with your strength and tenacity

To withstand evil every day.

Heavenly father, armor me
with your strength and tenacity

To withstand evil every day.

Heavenly father, armor me
with your strength and tenacity

To withstand evil every day.

Heavenly father...

No one else might have loved me,
but god loved me.

That was my glue.

- Amen.
- Amen.

Sorry, I didn't mean
to interrupt,

But we should he... daddy!

We should head to the airport.

Go get your stuff.

Okay.

Brian, deborah's husband,

Often goes out of town
on business for weeks at a time.

I own a repping business in
the building products industry.

My career is one that I travel.

I've traveled as much as
maybe three weeks at a time.

My husband and I chose
to sacrifice two incomes

So that I could be at home with
our children and raise them.

You got five minutes
before lights out.

Isaiah! Okay.

I started getting weird
feelings,

But then again,
I thought it was silly.

Time went on,
and I was in the basement

Doing my laundry.

The lights are going off,

The lights are turning on
on its own.

I started feeling like there
was a thickness in the air.

I was thinking,
"somebody's in here,

And I feel like
I'm being watched."

Deborah utley feels
an evil presence

Unlike anything
she's ever sensed before.

"somebody's in here,

And I feel like
I'm being watched."

The tension and fear multiplied.

Ah!

I felt like something was gonna
attack me,

And not just attack me,
but lunge on me.

Just complete fear took over me.

Aah!

A few days later,

The electrician her husband
contacted comes by the house.

I checked all the circuits,
and they all look good.

It's bizarre.

I've never seen
anything like this.

I think the problems
are the light bulbs.

We continued to have
electricians come work

On these issues,

And every time, they would leave
and say, "everything's fine.

There's nothing wrong."

I started wondering,
"what is going on?

Why am I being so paranoid?"

No! What just happened?

Look.

Mom!

We had a deal.

If you want this computer
to stay in this room,

You need to use it for school
work, not for video games.

I did all my homework already.

Look, isaiah, I can't keep up

With all of this
all of the time.

It was me and my sister
and my mom mainly,

And my mom had to be
the man of the house

When my father wasn't around,

And she had to take care
of all the problems herself.

When your dad's out of town,
I need you to step it up.

Okay. Okay, fine.

Thank you.

It was a difficult time.

It was hard.

I was exhausted all the time.
I was frustrated a lot.

I was really stressed,

And I probably added
to their anxiety

As much as I was adding
to my own, honestly.

I was sleeping in my room.

I heard typing on the keyboard
of the computer.

I look over,
and there's nothing there.

I was almost in shock.
I was laying in my bed,

And, like, I didn't even know
what to do.

I was too scared to do anything.

I look back out, and the chair
is just spinning

And it's spinning.

I thought the paranormal was
just a way

Of entertainment on shows.

Never thought it would be real,
but it definitely was.

Over the next few weeks,

Both deborah and isaiah

Keep their encounters
to themselves,

But the haunting feeling
grows stronger.

Hey, come on.

Pass, pass.

I got it.

I always had this uneasy feeling

That something was behind me,

Like something was
following me or watching me.

I just tried to ignore it.

I tried to tell myself
it wasn't there.

Pass it!

Pass, pass!

Give me!

No, I never get the ball.

One night, isaiah and zoe
fall asleep while watching tv.

help me.

What's wrong?

help me.

It was just dark, and then
I see, like, a glowing figure.

It was a little girl.

what's wrong?

Who are you?! What do you want?!

Go away! Go away!

The first thing going through
my head is, "why is she here?"

Like, "why is there someone
in my house?"

What's wrong?!

Somebody's here!
Somebody's in the house!

I woke up to them both
screaming horrifically,

And I ran down the steps
'cause I didn't know

If somebody broke
into the house, what's going on.

There's nobody there!
It's just us!

It's just us. There was a girl.

She had no eyes.

She had no eyes?

Whatever it was, I'm sure
your brother scared her away.

Sit down. Come on, honey.

I'm sure he scared it away.

She was standing right there,
and then she disappeared.

I was in shock
about what I just saw.

At this time, I knew
that my house was haunted.

I was terrified.

Can you say that prayer
when you're scared?

Heavenly father, armor me
with your strength and tenacity

To withstand evil every day.

Heavenly father, armor me
with your strength and tenacity

To withstand evil every day.

Heavenly father, armor me
with your strength and tenacity

To withstand evil every day.

That's a good idea.

Okay, let's pray.

Okay?

Heavenly father, armor me with
your strength and tenacity to...

As a mother, you want to protect
your children from everything,

But this is something
that you don't know

What you're even trying
to protect yourself from.

To withstand evil every day.

After several days
out of town for work,

Deborah's husband, brian,
returns home.

Dear lord, bless the food
we are about to receive

And thank you for bringing dad
home safely from his work trip.

We are so happy
to have him back home.

- Amen.
- Amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

That was very sweet, zoe.

So, tell me what I've missed.

You're not gonna leave us again,
are you?

Well, I do have a couple
of trips coming up,

But don't worry,
I'll be around for a while.

My dad just always worked,
worked, worked,

And he never really had
a chance to be there for us.

We didn't really have
someone to protect us.

I was always pretty scared
knowing that we were alone.

May I be excused?

We just sat down to eat, isaiah.

What's wrong?

I just want to go.

It's okay.

Can I go, too?

Just be sure you take your coat.

Dad, we need you here.

We're scared
when you're not here.

During the travel season,

I might be gone a week
at a time.

When I return home is when
I would hear things

That had taken place.

What's going on?

Um...

I didn't want to tell my husband

'cause I didn't think
he would believe it,

But I just wanted
to move forward

And get to the bottom of it

And get rid of whatever
was in our home.

When you were away, things
started happening in the home,

Things that I can't explain,

Things that make me scared
to be here.

Like what?

The basement.

What scared you so much
in the basement?

I don't know! I don't know.

I just felt like I was being
preyed upon.

She felt as if someone
was following her,

That there was something
looking at her,

And something that was
watching her every movement,

Like a sixth-sense feel

That someone was breathing
over your shoulder.

It's not just me.

The kids have been
experiencing something, too.

And they are terrified.

I am terrified.

So, what are you telling me?

Are you saying that our house
is haunted?

Is that what you're saying?

There was ambiguity at times

Between what she was
explaining to me

And what I was trying to say,
"nah, that ain't happening."

Brian, I know this sounds crazy.

Honestly, I don't know
what to say right now...

But I'll get
to the bottom of it.

Brian wastes no time

Looking for a logical
explanation for the haunting.

I spent a lot of time
renovating it

And bringing this home
up to the 21st century.

I'm a practical person,
so this is about me

And how I see

And try to understand
the paranormal activities

That my family has experienced.

It really hurt my feelings,

And he was less than acceptant

That it could be
something like this.

He was just like, "you know,

I don't know
what you're talking about.

This isn't what it is.

You guys are just
hearing things."

Aaaaah!

No!

No, no!

Aah!

Aaaaah!

No!

Aah! No, no!

I thought I was gonna have
a heart attack.

I was so terrified.

It was the most horrific thing
I'll ever see in my life.

Aaaah!

It turned in my direction,
and it had a grin on its face.

Aaah! Aaah!

It was literally
taking pleasure in my fear.

It fed off of that.

It loved it.

Aaah!

I'm here.

I'm here. Aaah!

I could see the fear
in her eyes.

For me, it was hard for me
to know the truth.

What is it?! I saw... saw it!

It was in... in here!

What? What?

I don't know.

I saw it, though.

It's evil. It's evil.

Mommy?

- We heard you screaming.
- I-it's okay.

She's okay.
She just had a bad nightmare.

You don't get it.

There's something evil
in our home.

I knew that that was not
a nightmare.

I knew that was real,
and it terrified me.

Ignoring it wasn't making it
go away anymore.

It was just getting worse.

We were all becoming more
and more fearful.

It wants to hurt us.

That was the point of my
coming to realization

That this was real.

The biggest issue is what
you can't see,

What you can't taste or feel,
me personally,

I don't know
how to take care of.

I don't know how to
get rid of it.

Deborah gets in touch

With a paranormal
investigation group.

We need to face this.

We need to find out
what's going on.

And the only way we can do this

Is to get help
from other people.

Within days, the team,

Made up of two mothers
and their sons,

Arrive at the utley house.

Everybody can join hands.

They begin with
a protection prayer.

Saint michael, the archangel,
defend us in battle.

When we do investigations,

There's my mom, deb,
and there's cathy.

Both of them
are psychic mediums,

Both with unique skill sets,

And they tend to work
in tandem with each other.

And a lot of times,
their unique abilities

Will complement each other's.

May god rebuke him,
we humbly pray.

I have clairaudio.

I can hear spirits.

I also can see spirits.

Oh, prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of god...

I'm an empath, which means
I pick up emotions

And energies very, very quickly.

Thrust into hell satan
and all evil spirits

That prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls.

- Amen.
- Amen.

I can't thank you enough
for being here.

The fact that...

That you don't think
I'm crazy...

I can't tell you how much
that means to me.

The first time I met
deborah utley,

I felt great sadness
around her and great hurt.

She was a wounded soul for sure.

That you actually
have experience

With this kind of stuff,
it's just so comforting.

Hauntings are more common
than people realize.

We are doing to do everything
that we can to help you.

Suddenly, cathy senses
a presence.

Why are you talking to her?

Don't you dare.

I heard a man's voice.

Do you hear me?!

He wasn't happy that I was
talking with deborah.

The second I heard his voice
trying to intimidate me,

I felt sick.

I felt like I'd been punched
to the stomach.

Cathy, what is it?

What are you sensing?

Does the name george
mean anything to you?

George was my father's name.

Heavenly father...

Strength and tenacity...

Heavenly father...

For me, as an empath,

I felt that there's been
some type of abuse.

Evil every day.

It made me feel dirty...
dirty, as in sexual dirty...

And unclean and impure,

And it made me feel very vile
in the pit of my stomach.

Help me.

He was a very sick man.

I'm so sorry.

What does this mean?

Not sure, but we're
going to find out.

Nick and chayton get to work

Using a rem pod and a k2 meter,

Devices used to
detect spirit activity

Though spikes in
electromagnetic energy.

I'm the lead investigator.

I'm more of the rational,
critical thinker

Who takes a little bit
more skeptical approach.

Cathy's son chayton is
an investigator and a sensitive.

While mom and deb do their part,

Me and nick try to get any
other interaction in the house.

The intention is to see
if there's even any activity

To begin with and
what kind of spirits come forth.

Do you mind walking us
through your home?

We'd like to see where
your family

Experienced the most activity.

Oh, certainly.

That would be the basement.

While the sons head
to the basement...

Their mothers walk
through the house.

We split up, and as I was
walking through the home,

I felt this very,
very vile energy, very angry,

Very hateful, specifically aimed
at me and cathy.

I've never had to deal
with that type of energy before.

The entire time we were there,

He just kept moving
from room to room,

Making us feel ill will.

His energy was sickening.

It's even hard to describe.

He's here with us now.

Oh, I can feel him.

Psychics deb lantz
and cathy meriaux

Are reeling from their encounter
with the evil entity

Haunting the utley house.

We can't let it control us. No.

I felt hatred and absolute pure
anger towards me.

This male energy
trying to intimidate me.

How are we gonna handle this?
This is...

This is sickening.

It just...
it took my breath away.

I was terrified.

Even saying it right now,
there are goosebumps

And hairs standing on my arms.

Hey, are you okay?

Nick asked me to come
and get you.

What happened?

We saw it.

You saw the demon?

Deborah, that's not a demon.

It's your father.

My father?!

I always was afraid that he was
gonna come back

And haunt me when he died.

What's he doing here?!

It was a male who had
once been human,

But had morphed into this even
more negative type of entity

For the sole purpose
of intimidating his daughter

And anyone else in the home.

What does he want?

Your soul.

My soul? My soul?

I'm so sorry to do this now,

But I need you two
to come with me.

Nick and chayton believe
they have captured evidence.

Throughout the investigation,

We tried to use equipment to see
if we can get anything.

I believe I got the voice
on camera.

Let me play it back.

Help me.

We heard "help me"
as clear as day.

Help me.

We were stunned.

We didn't believe what we heard.

Help me.

Anyone hear that?

Yeah.

It's the voice
of the little girl ghost

Who's been seen
around the house.

She's being held prisoner
by the male entity.

This child passed away suddenly

And is completely unaware
that she is dead.

And that often happens
with children spirits.

And they're simply
wandering around

Trying to find their way home,

Which makes her
a very easy target

For this male energy
to prey upon her.

Thankfully, deb knows
a way to free her

From the entity's clutches.

I can try to cross her over,

But I'm gonna need
everyone's help.

That's when the focus
of our investigation

Shifted to helping this child's
spirit get out of this home.

You can't force a spirit
to cross over to the other side,

But you can open the door
and hope they'll walk through,

And that was the intention,
was convincing the little girl

That it's okay
and she needs to leave.

It's okay.

We're here to help you.

Come into the circle.

Don't be afraid.

He won't ever hurt you again.

I was talking to
the child's spirit

And trying to gain her trust
and telling her

She did not
have to stay here anymore,

It was time for her to move on,

That her family was waiting
for her in the light.

She crossed
into the white light.

She's safe now.

We all felt it, and it was
a tremendous feeling.

But the team is not done.

They must now empower deborah
to face her father's spirit.

Negative human energy feeds
off of fear, hatred, anger.

Any negative emotion
actually feeds the spirit,

Allows it to become
more powerful.

Heavenly father, armor me with
your strength and tenacity...

She said, "don't feed him.

Don't feed him."

Heavenly father...

What the hell
are you doing, girl?

You're mine.

I realized that nobody's gonna
be able to get rid of it but me.

I have to stop
being afraid of him.

Heavenly father...
you're worthless.

Armor me with your strength

And tenacity...

You can never escape.

Never.

Armor me with your strength

And your tenacity. You're weak.

Subside.

To withstand evil...

To withstand evil every day!

Oh!

I was able to go from being
a victim to being a survivor...

Thank you, thank you, father.

God, thank you.

From being fearful
to being fearless.

God, thank you!

All I had to do was call on god.

It is a good day.

Thank you. You're welcome.

When I look back
on my entire life...

Thank you, zoe.

And I see where I was as a child

And what I went through,

It makes me feel strong
and powerful.

Dear lord, than you for this
food we are about to receive.

I am one stop closer to the plan
that god has for me.

- Amen.
- Amen.

It's made me believe
that there is another world

That's all around us,
we just can't see it.

But you need to be
respectful for it,

And you need to understand it.

I know that there are spirits
out there,

And I believe in evil entities.

People can believe
whatever they want to believe,

But I know it's real.

We all did come together
as a family

And get stronger together
as a family.