10x10 - Gateway to Evil

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- Hey, kid?
- What's up?

Do I know you?

After a friend is
brutally m*rder*d,

Two teenagers attempt
to contact him.

Sprits from east,
spirits of the west,

We look to you
to summon the dead.

I was giving my everything
into the board.

I was letting it use me
as a gateway.

Instead,
they trigger the awakening.

It's an entity on the hunt
for its next victim.

It's something that will make
the hair on your neck

Just stand straight up.

Are you okay?

Something is telling me,
k*ll christal right now.

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.

I've always felt like
I had a connection

To the supernatural world.

When I was 15, I underestimated

How dark and powerful
it could be.

It's just out of this world
to imagine

Talking to something or someone

That isn't of what we know,
but at the same,

There is countless risks
with that and it's dangerous.

I thought I could control
the situation,

But I couldn't.

In the fall of 2012,

Gemma meyers prepares her home
to welcome her friends,

Julisa finan and her mother.

What are you doing?

Julisa!

How are you doin', baby girl?

- Where's your mom?
- She's still outside.

Getting her stuff from the car.

I hope there's enough room
for all her stuff.

I think there'll be plenty
of room for everybody's stuff.

It's a big house.

That's why I asked you guys
out here.

Me and my mom,
we decided to move from la mesa

Because it was just expensive
and we had a friend, gemma,

Out in summitville,
and she gave us an opportunity

To save a little bit of money
with sharing a home with her.

What is this stuff?
It smells weird.

It's sage.

When you burn it, it cleanses
the energy around you.

On the outside,
gemma really just seems like

A normally, typical person,
but once you get to know her,

You do find out her interests
in the supernatural.

- Cool.
- Let's go help your mom.

Okay.

Well, I think this is
the last of it.

Julisa's mom, christal,

Hopes that this move will be
fresh start for both of them.

Being a single mom,
things were very difficult.

I was trying to start a business
doing housecleaning,

But was not being very
successful in finding clientele.

I was pretty disillusioned

With just the cost
of living in san diego,

So we ended up just taking
a leap of faith

And I really wanted this to be
my huge stepping stone

Into better things.

Well, what do you think
of this place?

It feels like home.

Coming from an apartment,
I was definitely excited

About just overall,
having more space.

We never really had our own,
like, house.

I loved it.

Why do you have so many pillows?

One afternoon, gemma
takes julisa to a new-age store.

Gemma had asked me
if I wanted to go

To a spiritual-type shop
with her

Up in a town called idlewild,

And so, I was down
for an adventure.

Don't you love it?

I love everything about it.
I love the way it smells.

There's a book in the back
that I want to look for

So just look around.

- Have fun.
- Okay.

I'll be right back.

As soon as you walked in,
you could just smell

All these herbs
and all these incense.

There was any kind of stone
you could imagine.

Books on everything, really.

Everything earth-wise,
spiritual-wise, human body-wise.

But at the same time,
there was also items that were

A little bit more dark,
a little bit more risque.

It's a beautiful beast,
isn't it?

This lady came out from one
of the back rooms,

And she had really long,
dark, brown hair.

And was just very ethereal.

She was otherworldly, almost.

Have you ever used
a spirit board before?

My mom warned me
never to play with one.

It does take a skilled hand
to use it properly.

I was very drawn
to the spirit board.

I just felt like
it was really, really cool.

May I?

And then, she says,
"I don't often do this,

But for some reason,
I feel like I need to with you."

And I said, "okay."

And so, we just
kinda held hands together,

And I just closed my eyes.

I sense a deep connection
to the spiritual world.

Do you have any experience
with the supernatural?

She said, "oh, wow, like,
I feel a lot from this."

She asked me if I felt as though
I had any kind of ability,

And I said, "no."

I really don't know anything
about this stuff.

She says, "are you sure
you have no connection

To the spiritual realm?"

And I said, "no."

So I was a little bit like,
okay, this is weird.

You have a natural ability.

Your instincts are strong.

You must always honor this gift.

No matter what happens.

She told me that I needed
my abilities.

She said that if I ever lost
them or if I ever denied them

That it would only do me harm,
and to trust myself.

Start with these.

My opinion of the supernatural
was that I knew that it existed.

I wanted to learn more about it.

Oh, I found it!

- Look.
- Cool.

How cool is that?
What are those?

- Tarot cards?
- I think.

I was just talking to...

Shuffle these eight times.

Okay.

Although julisa has not lived

In summitville very long,
she quickly makes new friends.

In high school,
I got seated at a table

And there was no one else there
except a girl named brittney.

We had no choice but to talk
to one another.

- Eight.
- Okay.

And we just clicked.

It was like we had known
each other forever.

We just became best friends.

Ask a question about your life.

Julisa is one of those people
that if you need something,

All you have to do is call her.

And she would help you
through it no matter what.

Um, will I go to prom
with vince?

Mm. Okay.

- Hey!
- Oh, hey!

Oh, hey, vince!

- What you got?
- Food.

Brittney
introduces julisa to vince.

I had met vince through
a close friend of mine

And we hung out a lot.

Wait, let's take a selfie
before you start. Okay.

Yeah. Yeah, before you get
food in your teeth.

Vince was an outgoing person.

Always happy no matter
what the situation was.

He always knew
how to make you laugh.

Scoot. Scoot.

Okay.

She had a little bit
of a crush on him,

And I feel like he might
have had one, too,

But we were just all friends.

Oop, watch were you're going.
sorry.

There's gonna be a spider.

- Right here.
- That's disgusting.

Stop talking about it.

what?

Oh. Oh, it's my mom.

And she's super pissed off.

- I gotta go.
- Okay, bye.

I'll call you guys later.

- Bye.
- Bye.

- I should go, too.
- Come on. Do you have to?

It's still early.

Vince wanted me
to hang out with him,

And I thought about it.

Please?

I really don't want to go home
right now.

He kinda had a little bit
of a familiar back story as I...

Poverty and one parent in
and one parent out,

And one parent struggling

And not always making
the best decisions.

And it affects you when
you're a kid, like, a lot.

I could tell that he was a lot
like me in a sense.

I did feel a connection.

I did feel like I wanted
to help him,

But at the same time, my best
friend did have a crush on him,

So I was not trying
to cross any lines.

I'm really tired.

I think I'm just gonna
go to bed.

All right. That's cool.

- Bye.
- Bye.

See you.

Hey, kid.

What's up? Do I know you?

Hey!

Soon after
julisa finan moves to a new town

And starts a new high school,

Her entire world
is turned upside-down.

Brittney?

What happened? Are you okay?

It's vince.

He's dead.

What?

I was very, very shocked.

I just felt so helpless.

It was life changing.

When I had found out
about vince's death,

I was just devastated.

The only thing that I could get
through my head was why?

Why him out of everybody
that's in the world?

How?

He was m*rder*d.

Hey.

Vince had been
walking down the street,

And it was just
the wrong group of kids.

It was a g*ng initiation.

It was really ugly
what happened to him.

They stabbed him 16, 17 times.

I just remember getting chills.

I was the last person
to see him before he died.

I feel like 100%
if I had gone with him,

That it wouldn't have happened.

I felt really guilty about that.

I still do.

I'd do anything if I could say
goodbye to him.

I felt like talking to him
one last time would have,

Not necessarily gave me closure,

But would have made me
feel better.

There might be a way.

Can you come over this weekend?

Yeah.

I don't even really
remember exactly why we decided

A spirit board would be a good
idea or that it would work,

But all logic went out
the window

And I was just going
off of emotions.

We're just gonna do it.

Not bad.

Crafting the board
and putting my energy

Directly into the board
as that board's creator?

I really just wanted it to work.

I wanted to give life
to something that was inanimate.

Later that evening,
brittney arrives.

With the stage set,
julisa and brittney

Prepare to contact
their m*rder*d friend vince.

But brittney has her doubts.

When I had first seen the board,

I thought, it doesn't look like
the ones in the movies.

I had no clue
what a spirit board

Was or how to use it,

Or what could come
from using one.

Deep down, I didn't believe
that it would actually work.

My mindset at that point was

It's not real,
but we can try it.

Okay, give me your hands.

Julisa begins the séance

By visualizing a protective
shield around brittney.

Julisa told me that she was
gonna put a safety barrier

Around me
so that nothing could happen.

I couldn't put a protective
cast over myself,

Because I was giving
my everything into the board.

I was letting it use me as,
I guess, a gateway.

Okay, focus on communicating
with vince's spirit.

Spirits from the east,
spirits of the west,

Spirits of the north and south,

We look to you
to summon the dead.

Spirits of the east,
spirits of the west,

Spirits of the north and south,

We look to you
to help us summon the dead.

I was channeling so much energy.

I was pulling it
from everywhere.

The planchette started moving.

Put your fingertips
on the planchette.

Like this.

Is anyone here with us?

And slowly but surely,
it slid over to "yes."

Whoa.

I told her that she was
messing with me,

Not to move it, and she had
told me that she wasn't.

So, me and julisa were
kind of freaked out,

But we still wanted to continue,

To see what the outcome
of it was.

Vince, is that you?

Are you okay?

Are you safe?

Please, I just want to know
that you're all right.

I miss you so much.

In that moment, it was
almost like that gushy

Feeling in the stomach, like,
oh, could it be really him?

What's going on?

I'm not sure.

Vince, are you still here
with us?

"no."

That was when I knew
that something was wrong,

Like, seriously,
seriously wrong.

I don't want to do this anymore.

We can't stop.

We're finally talking to him,
and you want to stop?

I'm looking at brittney,
and all of a sudden,

I just felt, like, cold.

I wanted to throw up.

I knew that it wasn't vince.

We need to end this now.

Behind you!

Vince, is that you?

After their friend
vince is violently m*rder*d,

Julisa and brittney
attempt to contact him

Using a spirit board.

Behind you!

This was a bad idea.

Julisa believes
the presence was not vince.

I could feel that something

Was with me in the house.

I knew that it wasn't a person.

We need to say goodbye.

That's the only way
to end the séance.

Thank you for speaking to us,
but we need to go now.

Goodbye.

We can never do this again.

I can't believe it worked.

Brittney, I mean it.

Promise me.

Okay.

Brittney was just upset
that she didn't get

To keep speaking to vince,

And I don't really feel like
she understood

Why I cut it to an end.

I didn't really want to tell her
what I was feeling

'cause I didn't want
to scare her.

I promise.

The more julisa
replays the séance in her mind,

The more concerned she becomes.

I had never used
a spirit board before.

I had only gone off
of some mild research.

There was just so many things

I was reading online
of dos and don'ts.

I was scared.

Julisa!

Julisa, wait up!

What's the deal?

I've been calling you
and texting you all day.

Sorry.

Things have been weird at home.

What do you mean weird?

The spirit board.

I think we let something in.

Something not good.

Are you serious?

My first response was,
what did it let in?

What's gonna happen?

Her response is I don't know.

We just have to see
what happens.

Did you tell your mom?

No. No way.

I didn't want to go to gemma
or my mom

Because I knew that
they were gonna be super mad.

I was so afraid
of getting in trouble.

I think she needs to know.

You promised not to say
anything.

Look, I'm just gonna
handle this myself.

I felt that I had a little bit
of confidence

In myself and my abilities.

I figured maybe I could
gather more information,

To teach me ways of being
able to deal with it.

Okay.

I hope you know
what you're doing.

Julisa's instincts are spot on.

The séance has awakened a beast.

I don't know what
I was dealing at the time,

But every time I went to sleep,

I just couldn't get
all these weird thoughts

And, like, images
out of my head.

You have a natural ability.

Your instincts are strong.

Is anyone here with us?

Is anyone here with us?

Is anyone here with us?

We let something in.

We let something in.

Ah.

Ever since julisa and brittney

Attempted
to contact their friend

Vince using a spirit board,

Julisa's been having
disturbing nightmares.

I would have dreams
where it came to me.

Every feeling that I was
dealing with at that point,

I manifested into something
that was there now.

It was its own identity.

It was so much more real.

Ah!

It felt horrifying,
but in the morning,

I wouldn't remember the dreams
that I was having.

Oh, my god!

Something had been
splashed all over the wall,

Like someone had just
flung it on the walls.

There was no explanation for it.

What's the m... what is this?

Oh, my god.
What in the world is that?

I don't know.

On the walls, there was
nail polish splattered

All over the place.

My initial reaction was
I got chills.

What? I didn't do this.

Well, who did?

I mean, it's something that will

Make the hair on your neck,

Your arms, everything
just stand straight up.

Because it's shocking,
and at the same time,

Your mind doesn't even
go to rationalize it.

That was the first time that

I ever felt creepy
in that house. Ever.

It's basically vandalism
in our own home.

And if that's not
terrifying enough,

In the corner,

A triangular shape similar
to the letter "d"

Has been etched into the wall.

When I saw the "d,"
I thought of "demon."

I was silently losing my mind
at this point.

I thought that this was just
gonna be how it was forever.

With the paranormal activity

Escalating in the house,
julisa knows what she must do.

I thought that if I got rid
of the spirit board,

Maybe that would maybe cut off
connection or make it go away.

And I even was thinking
about burning it.

Julisa decides on a method.

I cut into the seven pieces.

After I did that,
I went out to the backyard

And I just made
seven different holes.

But the risks are grave.

It's important to dispose

Of a spirit board correctly,

Because if you do it
the wrong way,

Then you can't go back.

I was just hoping that
it would work.

Now all julisa can do is pray.

Then, one night...

Julisa finan
has just been attacked

By the paranormal entity
haunting her home.

It was just the darkness thing
I've ever felt in my life.

I thought that it was
gonna k*ll me.

What's wrong?

Hey, hey, it's okay, it's okay.

I had never come across energy
that was so strong.

Are you okay?

Julisa is dead white,
just absolutely pale,

It was like she was cold.

She was just shivering
and her teeth were chattering.

And she was just so upset.

Are you hurt?

I started feeling pain
on my neck.

There's three scratches
on my neck.

Ow!

I felt a weird burning
in my back.

Ah.

She had scratches on her sides
and then

A capital letter
"d" on her back.

Why is this happening?

Julisa can't keep the secret

To herself any longer.

I'm so sorry.

What for?

She was like, "mom, I have
to tell you something,

And I'm sorry
I didn't tell you before."

Brittney and I,

We just wanted to talk
to vince one more time.

That's when I came clean
about using the spirit board.

And we tried to contact him.

But it wasn't him we talked to.

It was something evil,
and I brought it here.

Christal is in shock.

Her daughter's confession
has brought up

A disturbing memory
from christal's past.

It was so long ago,

But my best friend and I
in high school

Just wanted to see
if spirit boards really worked.

- Are you moving it?
- I'm not moving it.

You're messing with me
right now.

It was really out of curiosity

To see if they really
even do anything.

- "d"...
- "d"...

The entity from
the spirit board...

- "e"...
- "e"...

When it finally started
talking to us...

"a"...

Explained that
her name was deanna.

"n"...

She never used her name again

After spelling it out
to us the first time.

- "n"...
- "n"...

- "a"...
- "a"...

She would only introducer
herself as the letter "d."

This is kinda freaky.

I saw a shadow in the corner.

My heart's racing
and I can't move.

oh, my god!

Christal suspects that
this is the same entity

That scratched the letter "d"

In the wall
and on her daughter's back.

I'm sorry.

Like, the hairs stood up
on the back of my neck,

And I knew exactly
who the entity

From julisa's spirit board was.

It's okay. It's okay.

Christal gets in touch

With the paranormal
investigative team,

Cal-para research.

Thank you, guys,
so much for coming.

Well, I'm glad
that you contacted us.

So, this is sue and fred.

In addition to being
the team leader,

Kd foreman serves as a medium
during investigation.

What really caught my eye,
is you have a teenage daughter

That created a spirit board,
and I thought,

"oh, no. Here we go."

Spirit boards are believed
to have portals

That are opened
to lower level energies,

Negative things that have been
waiting to come across

And interact with the living.

And unless someone has
the knowledge

Of how to deal with that,

You just need to stay
far away from it.

Fred serves as
the lead investigator.

Because of the nature
of his day job,

He's chosen to remain anonymous.

The goal of the group is
to investigate the paranormal,

But also, to come up
with answers

If we can to help the clients

Better understand
what's going on.

Sue ogden is the third
set of eyes and ears

Collecting evidence
during the investigation.

When I first heard about

The case with
julisa and christal,

I had skepticism.

I look at being an investigator
to try to find the facts.

Try to find proof
of these things.

Julisa takes fred
and sue to the second floor.

On the walls,

The first thing
I noticed was the smear marks.

I could tell this wasn't
a normal ghost investigation.

This was definitely something
different,

Because normally,
if it's put on,

There would be
a drip going downward.

Everything was from
the floor upward.

There was a triangle
that was etched,

But you could tell
the deepness in that.

Whatever it was came with
a lot force and a lot of power.

The things that were happening

In the home were very unusual.

It did appear to be

More on the darker side.

I understand that
you were scratched.

Mm-hmm.

When I found out that
julisa had been scratched,

It gave me goosebumps.

You mind if we take a look?

- It's on my back.
- Can I lift your shirt?

- Is that okay?
- Mm-hmm.

Wow.

Oh, my gosh.

I knew that they had
reason to fear this entity,

And I knew the possibility of
what it could do to this family.

It's going after somebody
mentally,

And the ultimate goal
is to weaken that mind,

To weaken that person,
to control the individual.

While fred and sue continue with

The investigation upstairs...

Is it okay with you if we
record this? Absolutely.

Thank you.

Kd questions
christal about the haunting.

So, tell me a little
about the events

Leading up to this activity.

Well, it started
a couple weeks ago.

We've had just weird things
happening.

As a medium, I'm able to pick up

On conversations
and impressions.

You know, we just moved here
not too long ago,

And we moved in and...

As christal's talking to me,
something was clouding my head.

Something was overwhelming.

I'm sorry, uh...

Are you okay?

The danger was so thick
in that home.

Kd?

Never in my life
before had I experienced

This kind of energy,
this level of intensity.

The friend that...
that passed away,

What was his name again?

Vince. Yeah, so, my...

My daughter's friend
was m*rder*d.

It was there. I could feel it.

Are you sure you're all right?

Do I... do I need
to get you some water?

- Or...
- k*ll...

k*ll...

The feeling was oppressive,
evil.

Kd?

Something was taking over me
and telling me,

"k*ll christal. Right now."

Are you all right? Kd?

- Kd?
- k*ll...

On investigating a haunting...

are you okay?

Medium kd foreman

Is suddenly overtaken
by a vicious entity.

k*ll, k*ll, k*ll, k*ll...

It's overwhelming me,
and something is telling me,

"k*ll christal. Right now."

k*ll...

And I'm just pushing, pushing,
with everything, back.

Are you okay? Kd?

I think I need some air.
I'm sorry.

Whatever I was dealing with
was not human.

It had never been living.

I had never felt this much
power and negativity.

I think my sheer willpower
is the only thing

That got me out of that moment.

Kd?

Hey, wait up.

Kd?

When we were investigating
the house,

We wanted to speak
to kd outside,

Because something
was going on with her.

I don't know she was feeling,

But I think it became
too much for her.

What do you think
that we're dealing with?

Poltergeist?

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

I told her it was basically
a poltergeist case,

Otherwise known
as a demonic case.

Whatever it is, it's...
it's bad.

It's powerful.

This thing is the strongest
thing I've come up against,

And I don't know
that I have the knowledge

To handle this home,

And I kinda wondered,
should we even be here?

Are we qualified?

We were definitely over our
heads in taking this case,

'cause we weren't
really ready for it.

Kd, she apologized,
and she actually told me

That she felt that
an investigative group like hers

Didn't have the answers
that I needed

And there was nothing more
that they could do,

From their viewpoint.

At the end of the investigation,

I didn't feel like it was
a waste of time,

But it didn't lead to ending
the issues that were happening.

It didn't get rid of whatever
it was that was haunting me.

But one thing's for certain...

Both mother and daughter
strongly suspect

It has something to do
with their experiences

Playing with spirit boards.

Even though I'm not necessarily
being scratched

Or heavily attacked,

I still know and feel that
this entity is still with me.

You know, spirit boards

Don't bring spirits forward.

They open doors to things
that don't belong here.

Whether it was from
my old experience

Or it was from julisa
and her friend

Playing with one, I honestly...
I don't think I'll ever know.

As a 15-year-old, back then,

It made me realize
that it wasn't a joke.

It's not something to mess with.

This experience has
definitely changed my life.

It's kinda forced me to dive
a little bit deeper

Into the abilities that I have,

And it kinda helped me
find out who I am

And why these things happen.

And I had no choice
but to get stronger,

Because I couldn't
get rid of it.

Ultimately, julisa's experience

With the supernatural leaves

Her searching for answers.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Can I help you with anything?

There's someone
who does readings here.

Is she here now?

I'm the owner of the shop

And I've never had anyone
do readings here.

To this day,
I still live with this,

And I feel like it will forever,

Until I figure out either
what it wants

Or how to get rid of it.

Uh, sorry I bothered you.

Okay.

But until then, it's just
part of who I am now.