03x01 - Fear House

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Narrator: in this world,

There is real evil in the

Darkest shadows and in the most

Ordinary places.

These are the true stories of

The innocent and the

Unimaginable.

When a family looking for

Stability invests their hopes in

An old house, restless spirits

Prey on their fears...

Tormenting them until they

Leave.

But when another family moves

In, the dead become angry and

Will stop at nothing until the

House is theirs.

Between the world we see and the

Things we fear, there are doors.

When they are opened, nightmares

Become reality.

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Union, missouri, a small town

About 50 miles southwest of

St. Louis.

European settlers helped

Establish the place more than



For most, their souls have moved

On.

But for others, the memory of a

Tragic past fuels their anger,

Compelling them to hound the

Living.

In may of 2001, steven lachance

And his three children are

Beginning a new life.

Eli, I found our glove.

Hey, guys. Picture time.

We just took one yesterday.

Grandma needs one.

Narrator: steven is a

Corporate trainer.

He specializes in improving

Relationships between management

And employees.

Okay. Ready?

Narrator: recently divorced,

He has sole custody of his three

Children -- eliza, elliot, and

Eli.

Okay, there we go.

Narrator: the house is a

Rental, but until steven is

Ready to buy a place of his own,

It's a perfect solution.

It was nice and large.

We had been living in an

Apartment where we were on top

Of each other.

I felt very at home right away.

It felt like I was in the right

Place.

Dad, you know where the

Baseballs are?

In that box by the fireplace.

You all right up there, buddy?

Yeah.

Narrator: steven's oldest,

Eliza, is 13.

I thought the house was

Really neat.

I didn't have to be really close

To my brothers, 'cause our rooms

Had always been close together.

And they weren't so close

Together in that house.

Narrator: eli is 12 years

Old.

Elliot, the youngest, is 11.

I haven't seen that in a

Bazillion years.

It was so big compared to

What we had.

I was like, "sweet!"

Come on, guys.

Wait a minute.

We had invested so much into

This move, emotionally, it

Wasn't just a normal move for a

Family.

It meant something.

Narrator: steven sends eli

And elliot to the basement to

Get the garden hose.

Eli.

Yeah?

Give me a hand for a second.

I got to get the hose, dad.

Elliot, you get the hose.

Eli, come on up.

Okay. [ Imitating chicken ]

Stupid hose.

It's all wet.

Elliot.

Elliot.

Dad!

Dad!

What's the matter?

I heard someone calling after

Me, like, boom, boom, up the

Steps.

It freaked me out, and so I took

Off.

Was it a basement monster?

Shut up. It's not funny.

Knock it off.

Guys, come on.

No, I'm not going back down

There.

Come on, come on.

I'm not going.

I'll go with you.

No.

Okay.

I was trying to justify to

Him that it's the monster in the

Closet -- open the closet,

There's no monster.

I was doing the same thing with

The basement.

You take him to the basement,

There's no monster.

Narrator: at night, the boys

Must camp out in steven's room

Until their new beds arrive.

Eliza usually joins them before

Going to sleep in her own room.

Eliza, stop changing the

Channel so much.

I was watching the cardinals

Game.

I don't want to watch hockey.

It's baseball.

Whatever.

I'm trying to find a movie or

Something.

One more commercial, and it's

Bedtime.

Dad, I have to go to the

Bathroom.

Congratulations.

Elliot, come on, buddy.

Don't be silly.

Will you go with me?

Come on, don't be silly.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

Except the basement monster.

Shut up, eliza!

Please?

You'll be all right.

You'll be all right.

We'll watch this 'cause I

Can't find anything else.

[ Creaking ]

I was never that scared in my

Life.

Dad!

[ Exhales deeply ]

Dad! Dad!

What's the matter?

There's something in the

Hallway.

What?

I think it's the thing from

The basement.

I was very worried about

Elliot at that point.

I wasn't quite sure what was

Going on.

I thought maybe it was the

Emotions of the move.

It's just this house.

No, it's there.

Come on. Nothing out there.

I'll take you down there.

Narrator: now even eli and

Eliza feel sorry for their

Little brother.

We left him alone about it

'Cause it seemed like it

Bothered him pretty bad.

Narrator: a couple of nights

Later, the family returns home

From a visit with steven's

Parents.

Who left all the lights on?

It wasn't us.

There's something wrong here.

Narrator: thinking someone

Might have broken in, steven

Checks all the doors and

Windows...

But finds the house is secure.

Kids, I want you in bed in

Five minutes.

Sorry.

Narrator: steven calls his

Landlady.

We just came home, and when

We got here, every light in our

House was on -- all the lights.

I was wondering if you had been

Here.

I would not come in the house

Without your permission.

That would be ill*gal.

Maybe you left the lights on.

Well, maybe.

Sorry to bother you.

[ Exhales deeply ]

Whoa.

[ Electricity crackles ]

[ Gasping ]

Narrator: an electrical

Charge passes through steven's

Body.

It was like this tickling

Inside that would work its way

Out.

[ Exhales deeply ]

[ Door opens ]

Eli?

Elliot?

[ Door creaks ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

It scared me quite a bit

'Cause I didn't know what was

Going on.

Dad. Dad.

What?

I'm gonna sleep in here

Tonight.

What?

I want to sleep in here.

Every kid's gonna be afraid

Of the dark at some point in

Their life.

That's how I justified it.

She was just experiencing that

Thing that all kids do.

No, I want to sleep in here.

You saw it, didn't you?

Go back to bed.

Tell him to go back to sleep.

Move over.

I know you saw it.

Narrator: steven wonders if

The children will ever feel

Comfortable in the old house.

There's something wrong with

It.

I don't know what it is.

Narrator: the next day,

Steven's father, who is a

General contractor, comes over

To inspect the electrical

Wiring.

Steven hopes he'll be able to

Offer a logical explanation for

The electrical shocks and the

Temperature variances.

There's no door on it, but

This is a relatively recent box.

No shorts.

Nothing here that would cause a

Shock down here or upstairs.

That doesn't need a door to

Protect the kids from it.

Hey, steve.

Yeah?

Look at this.

What?

That's a butcher shower.

Narrator: three-quarters of a

Century ago, the butcher's

Shower was used by farmers to

Cleanse themselves of blood

After slaughtering an animal.

The sink was used for cutting

And cleaning the meat.

I got to tell our audience

First -- when I heard this, I

Had to get you on the air.

We're gonna open up our phone

Lines in just a second.

First, our guest...

[ Telephone rings ]

Hello? Yeah, dad.

No, unh-unh.

What happened and who was it

And why?

Better hurry up.

The bus is here.

What was that?

Was that you?

It was probably just dad.

[ Screaming ]

I heard screaming coming from

I don't know where in the house,

And I don't know who was

Screaming.

[ Screaming continues ]

This one's shaking, too.

Stop slamming the doors up

There!

Help! Dad!

Hey, dad, I got to call you

Back.

Dad!

Dad!

Unlock the door.

Help!

Dad, the door started shaking

Itself.

Out, out, out!

Finally, everybody believes

Me.

There was no doubt.

Get in there.

Everybody saw something.

I was happy and terrified at

The same time.

[ Engine turns over ]

Narrator: the family moves in

With steven's parents until they

Can find a new home.

Once my children were put in

Danger, there was no way I was

Ever gonna step back in there.

Narrator: once again, the

Big, old house is available.

It isn't long before another

Family falls in love with it and

Signs a lease for the spacious

Home.

You like it?

It's great.

I love it!

Narrator: the new tenants are

Linda marsh and her husband

Emmett bryson and their



Emmett is a maintenance worker

At a nearby nursing home.

Linda is a sales associate at a

Local department store.

They've moved from a trailer

Park on the edge of town.

We thought we'd hit the

Jackpot.

You just felt so comfortable in

There, and it was like home.

Narrator: in the days that

Followed the move, linda takes

Some time off work to decorate

The house while ashley's at

School and emmett is at work.

[ Footsteps ]

Emmett?

[ Knock on door ]

Welcome! Hi!

My name is emily.

I live down the street.

I made you a pie.

Welcome to the neighborhood.

It's key lime.

I hope you like it.

I'm sure I will.

Hope it's not too sweet.

I live down the street.

Thank you for the pie.

Narrator: later that night...

[ Door slams ]

[ Growling softly ]

Mom? Dad?

Is that you?

Mom?

Emmett, can you read this?

I just can't...

Sure.

Who was upstairs?

No one. Want some dessert?

Your dad brought ice cream home.

Who was slamming doors?

Well, I thought that was you.

I don't know what that was.

It's just an old house.

You're gonna have to get used to

It.

I heard something.

You're not gonna tell me that

You think this place is haunted,

Too, are you?

I love my wife and my kid.

And I don't want to hear about

That.

I ain't got time for that.

I'm trying to think about how

I'm gonna get food on the table

And pay the rent and stuff like

That.

What did you hear?

It was nothing, baby, really.

It was nothing.

You're both crazy.

And I'm going to bed.

Ashley, come here. Sit down.

Narrator: linda is beginning

To wonder if there's something

Wrong with the house.

That's, I think, the first

Time I really started thinking,

"Okay, this house is haunted.

There's something going on here

That we have no answer for."

Aah!

Narrator: steven lachance

Thought the old house was out of

His life forever, but an ominous

Dream pulls him back into its

Clutches.

It was a reoccurring

Nightmare that happened, but it

Frightened me.

I had it enough times that

Something was trying to tell me

Something.

[ Footsteps ]

Hello.

My name's steven lachance.

I used to live here with my

Family, and I was wondering if I

Might be able to speak to you

About the house.

Narrator: a shocking

Nightmare compels

Steven lachance to warn the new

Tenants of his former home.

I did not want to go to the

House.

I was afraid of it, but I wanted

To make sure everything was

Going all right.

Honey, this is steven...

Lachance.

Emmett bryson.

Nice to meet you.

He used to live in the house

Before us.

Is that right?

Would you like some coffee?

I would. Thank you.

Do you mind if I speak frankly?

Go right ahead.

Well, when we first rented

Here, some strange things

Started to happen.

This is a bit difficult.

I mean, I don't know you, and

You don't know me --

Why don't you just say what's

On your mind?

It's haunted.

The house is haunted.

Yes.

That's the reason why we moved

Out.

I felt so good to know that

It had happened to them, too.

I wasn't the only one.

I felt then like, "okay, I'm not

Crazy.

My daughter is not crazy."

There are a lot of unanswered

Questions.

You mean to tell me that you

Moved out of this great house

Because you thought it was

Haunted?

For the sake of my children,

Yes, I did.

I didn't know the guy that

Well.

That's why I wanted to come

Over and talk to you.

"Oh, lord, here we go."

What kind of things did you

See?

My son, in the basement...

My daughter upstairs...

Look, we're not moving away

From here, if that's what this

Is all about.

If you think our landlady's

Gonna give us the security

Deposit back just because you

Think this place is haunted?

It was a lot of money.

Anyway, I don't believe in

All of this nonsense.

We're gonna deal with them the

Best we know how, but we don't

Need your help.

Look, it was very nice to meet

You, okay?

But I have to get to work.

I'm sorry.

No, it's all right.

I didn't believe it happened to

Me until I saw it for myself.

It took me a long time to

Understand.

My advice to linda, from the

Beginning, was "get out."

It made the whole house shake.

If it could do that, don't tell

Me it can't hurt you.

I know it can hurt you.

Narrator: linda describes her

Own experiences in the house.

The one thing linda and I

Both decided is we wanted to

Find out why these things were

Occurring.

And I was doing this as much for

Myself as I was doing it for her

'Cause I was dealing with my own

Demons, I guess you could say.

Narrator: steven is

Determined to find someone to

Help solve the haunting.

Yeah, I know.

I don't even know anyone in the

School.

I don't even want to go to

Classes anymore.

It's so creepy.

Sometimes I hear weird noises

When I'm upstairs, and I ask mom

Or dad about it, and dad's like,

"You're crazy."

Mom seems like she's hiding

Something from me, but I don't

Know.

[ Rope creaking ]

Uh, hey, I -- I got to call you

Back.

No, I just got to go.

What?

There was a baby in the tree.

It was hanging upside down.

Ashley.

At that point, I was really

Concerned that she was having

Some kind of mental problems.

No, I'm not smoking anything.

My first concern was drugs.

Mom, I swear to god I saw a

Baby in the tree.

I accepted the fact that she

Was hearing noises because I

Did, too.

But as far as seeing things, I

Was not seeing the things that

She was.

Ashley, there's nothing

There.

[ Scoffs ] forget it!

Just leave me alone!

Narrator: linda is shocked to

Learn that ashley has been

Skipping school.

She didn't like school.

She didn't go to school.

Everyone here's so lame.

She was just very unhappy.

Ashley, we need to talk.

I got to go.

I'll call you back.

Ashley, I have something very

Serious to talk to you about.

What?

I know that you've been

Missing school.

Are you spying on me?

No, I got a letter from your

School -- unexcused absences,

Ashley.

I can't believe this.

Oh, god, what have you done to

Yourself?

Don't touch me!

Ashley, what have you done?

I cut myself, see?

Why would you do it?

I'll do it again 'cause it

Makes me feel better!

I was just so concerned that

She was going to commit suicide

That I checked her in the

Hospital.

[ Siren wails ]

Narrator: linda's doctor

Explains that cutting is a

Phenomenon among teenage girls

Who are trying to alleviate

Stress and anxiety.

The cutting releases

Endorphins.

It's a substance that makes the

Body feel good.

I was very upset.

I just wanted to get her some

Kind of help.

Narrator: ashley is committed

To the hospital for a period of

Observation until the doctors

Can decide the best therapy for

Her.

Stop cutting yourself.

Thank you.

Narrator: but linda is afraid

None of the doctors will accept

What she believes -- that

Ashley's suffering is caused by

Something supernatural.

I had a really bad feeling

That, somehow, she was

Possessed.

Narrator: emmett reluctantly

Consents to an investigation...

Steve, I don't like this.

Narrator: ...when steven

Finds someone who might help put

An end to the haunting.

It's nice to meet you.

Narrator: betsy

Burnett-belanger is the director

Of a paranormal investigative

Team called the st. Louis spirit

Search.

When we first walked into the

Home, we felt spirit activity...

And could tell that it was not

Human and that it was something

Otherwordly.

And exactly what it was, I had

No idea.

What was it?

What did you feel?

We did feel some activity as

We came in.

What I need is my meter.

Narrator: betsy and her

Partner quickly prepare for a

Thorough investigation of the

House.

What we plan to do is to

Start upstairs in the bedroom.

Narrator: emmett thinks

Bringing the investigators into

The house is unnecessary...

And dangerous.

I believe in letting dead

Dogs lie.

I told them, "if you're gonna

Keep messing with stuff around

Here, you're gonna stir up

Something that you really ain't

Looking for."

I need you to stay here while

We go through the house, and

Then we will return here, and I

Will tell you exactly what we

Find.

Okay. All set?

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

Is it clear?

No. I can't understand it.

It's coming from here.

We did pick up a voice.

Now, we could not make out what

The voice was saying.

It was very garbly and very

Muffled, but it drew us to that

Direction.

[ Beeping ]

Narrator: the emf meter picks

Up electromagnetic fluctuations.

There's a presence.

I can sense a presence.

Narrator: betsy senses an old

Man standing in the corner.

He was not shying away from

Us.

He was just observing what we

Were doing and why we were

There.

We decided to be very, very

Quiet and see if we could pick

Up the actual words of what this

Man was saying to us.

And what we picked up

Immediately was a voice saying,

"This is my house."

This is my house!

Yes.

So we got almost a scenario

Of his life that this had been

His house for a long period of

Time.

He had no intention of leaving.

[ Baby crying ]

Narrator: in ashley's

Bedroom, betsy feels a powerful

Negative energy.

I don't know if it's spirits.

It's hard for me to describe

To you the amount of negative

Energy that we were feeling in

There.

It was not pleasant.

It was not a pleasant place to

Be.

Why don't we sit down and try

And figure out where this energy

Is coming from.

We sat there for a good 15,



Figure out if there was actual

Entities there or if this was

Poltergeist activity that was

Generated by this adolescent

Girl.

Narrator: "poltergeist" is a

German word meaning "noisy

Ghost."

Now, a lot of people believe

That poltergeists are actual

Entities.

I'm not one of them.

I believe that it is energy, and

It is energy that is usually

Negative.

Narrator: betsy concludes

That ashley possesses

Psychokinetic abilities.

She has created a physical

Embodiment of her own negative

Energy.

This way.

[ Beeping ]

This entity was very excited

And was very agitated by the

Fact that we were there trying

To find out who it was.

Narrator: betsy stepped into

A psychic force field -- a

Vortex of spiritual energy.

It's like standing in a wind

Tunnel almost.

Your clothes aren't blowing

Around, but you can feel that

Vibration in your body.

I've felt enough.

[ Panting ]

Narrator: betsy believes that

Energy vortexes originate deep

Inside the earth and can attract

Spirits.

Especially spirits who are

Wandering who don't understand

Where they are trying to find

Their way.

There's a lot of energy going

That's on in this home.

I did not advise linda to

Move out of that house.

It wasn't my place to do that.

I did tell her that if she could

Not come to terms with living

With the man upstairs or having

The entity in the basement, that

Might be something she might

Consider.

Who exactly are these

Spirits?

We don't know.

Narrator: betsy tells steven

The traumatic events of the past

Could be responsible for the

Haunting.

Hoping to rid the house of the

Spirits, steven arranges for a

Roman catholic priest to perform

A blessing.

In the name of the father

And the son and the holy spirit.

In the name of jesus christ, I

Demand you to go back.

[ Creaking ]

I bless this house in the name

Of the father and of the son and

Of the holy ghost.

I'm gonna have to leave.

Father, you didn't do all the

Upstairs bedrooms.

It's not necessary to do all

The rooms in the house.

But my son and the psychic

Said that there was a lot of

Activity in the basement.

He seemed like he was

Just very uneasy the whole time

He was in the house.

He just seemed like all he

Wanted was to get out.

Narrator: although the

Blessing was brief, linda

Remains hopeful that it worked.

[ Creaking ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Coughing, panting ]

Oh, god!

What's wrong, baby?

It was choking me.

What was choking you?

I don't know.

It had its hands around my

Throat.

It was just a dream.

Emmett, it wasn't a dream.

He was trying to k*ll me!

I told him, "I don't know

What it was, but it felt like

There were hands around my

Throat."

I can't do this anymore.

We'll leave. It's okay.

[ Grunting ]

[ Coughing, panting ]

Oh, god.

[ Telephone rings ]

Hello?

Steven?

What's wrong?

[ Sobbing ] they tried to

Strangle me.

She was obviously headed to a

Nervous breakdown.

I don't know what I'm gonna

Do!

I would rather take pills and

Die than to keep going like

This.

Now, listen to me...

I said, "pack your bags.

I'm coming to get you, and we're

Getting you out."

I'll be over there in five

Minutes.

Narrator: steven believes

That the evil in the house is

Tearing linda apart.

Don't do anything foolish.

Think about ashley.

Okay. Hurry!

I wasn't sure what was going

On in the house.

Linda!

[ Sobbing ]

Linda! Linda!

Are you all right?

Come here, come here.

I saw the bruises on her

Body.

Who did that to you?

The spirit.

Come on.

Let me help you get up.

At that point, she was

Suicidal.

Narrator: linda is admitted

To the hospital.

She remains there under close

Observation for four days.

She's examined by psychiatrist

Dr. Imron shishdi.

At that time, she was

Depressed and felt hopeless

And suicidal.

Linda, tell me about the

Footsteps.

Narrator: it is not until her

Third meeting with the doctor

That linda told him the real

Reason she wanted to die.

Do you hear voices?

[ Exhales deeply ]

What would you say if I told

You that my house is haunted?

[ Coughing ]

You'd think I was crazy,

Wouldn't you?

No, I wouldn't say that.

I wouldn't think you're crazy at

All.

My reaction was, "I believe

You.

Maybe your house may have been

Haunted.

Tell me more."

Narrator: dr. Shishdi

Believes his has a unique

Perspective on the world of

Spirits.

I'm muslim by faith, and we

Grew up reading the koran and

The presence of these beings of

Their world is documented in all

Religious books.

I'm gonna give you a

Prescription for your anxiety.

Narrator: linda is diagnosed

With depression, but dr. Shishdi

Believes she does not suffer

From a mental illness that might

Cause her to have hallucinations

Or hear voices.

He encourages linda to stop her

Investigations into the

Hauntings and move out of the

House immediately.

I don't know of many people

Who have challenged the spirits

And walked way.

What would you do if someone

Broke into your house in the

Middle of the night?

You would chase them out.

It is their place.

If you stay there and say, "I

Don't believe in you," then they

Might compelled to show you

Something to make you believe in

Them.

Thanks, steve.

Welcome.

Narrator: linda arranges to

Move in with a relative who

Lives nearby.

Ashley is released from the

Mental health facility.

She'll be staying with her

Mother until emmett finds

Another place suitable for the

Whole family.

Since we left the house,

Things are so much better.

Our whole family life has just

Improved a lot.

It's pretty much back to where

It used to be.

Narrator: for

Steven lachance, what haunted

The union house remains a

Mystery, but he does have a

Theory -- whatever is there, for

Some reason, is targeting

Everyone's worst fears.

Eliza's afraid of closets, so

Her closet door opens at night.

Elliot's afraid of clowns.

He's seeing clowns.

My worst fear would be me not

Being able to get to my

Children.

I think this place is a

Predator.

I think it thinks.

I know that sounds crazy, but,

To live through what I've lived

Through and to see how it would

Pick certain things that it

Shouldn't have known, but it did

Know, how else would you explain

That?

Narrator: soon after linda

And emmett move out, another

Family with six children, move

Into the house.

Within six months, they, too,

Move out.