[whispered]
On<i> The Haunting Of...</i> (woman)
I don't want to be at war with something
that is in the house. It's making
my life uncomfortable. There's somebody
or something stuck with me. It feels like a black hole. (Kim)
I can feel
an electrically charged energy coming right at me. (Diane)
I'm standing in the room,
and it's like, "krrcch!" (Kim)
I feel she is following you-- very strongly. You're the way to get this
message back to her family. You're the conduit. (Kim)
Is this from the outside? It's nowhere.
It's in between. (Kim)
That light just went on and off. - It happens all the time.
- What? [loud bang]
[screams] (Kim)
Oh, my God, that just
scared the life out of me. [eerie music] ♪ ♪ (Kim)
My name is Kim Russo, and I am a psychic medium. When I was nine, I was visited
by the first of many dead people who wanted to communicate
with the living through me. Realizing that I couldn't ignore
my abilities, I chose to embrace them. Many people are haunted
by traumatic paranormal events buried in their past. Some of these people have faces
you might recognize. You've heard about their
paranormal experiences. Now you're about to witness
the moment they take me back to the place of the haunting in the hopes
of uncovering the truth. This is... (Diane)
We've been here in this house
for 2 1/2 years. I don't want to be at war with
something that is in the house. I feel like I'm
threatened a little bit. And it's making
my life uncomfortable. (Kim)
I'm in Los Angeles, 15 minutes outside
of Hollywood, California, and I'm on my way
to meet with Diane Farr. She's a wonderful actress, and she played
in the TV series<i> Numb3rs,</i> and she played in<i> Rescue Me.</i> She previously
lived in another home, and she started having some sort
of paranormal sightings, and she felt this energy there that she actually
thinks followed her to her current home
where she lives. So Diane wants to see
if there's anything I pick up or if it's just her imagination. It may not be something
like a poltergeist, but it can be. It can be something dangerous. I don't think, especially with
a young woman with children, that we should take any chances. I bought my first house
as a single lady. It was a cute
little Spanish house. The first thing I did was put in
a giant security system so this would be a safe place
that I could live by myself. Or so I thought. I think I'd been in the house
about three or four months, and there was one day where I
was sitting in the living room watching TV... [low rumbling] And I could hear
something in my office. There's no way somebody
could get in here without a chime going off. If somebody walked
into the house, I would know. So what could the noise be? So I run towards the office. And I get in the office
and there's nothing there. So other than thinking
maybe I've lost my mind, I go back down the hallway. You know when you
have that feeling, sort of on the back
of your neck, that somebody's behind you
and somebody's watching you? So I looked back... Standing in the hallway, there's a little old lady with a bun sort of tied back, a bit of a house dress... And then I saw her
vanish into thin air. I'm not crazy. What's going on? Then I started
to see her all the time. I'm constantly aware that we're
both living in the same house. I sort of see her
like we are two ships passing in the night
in my house. And then I met my husband. We got married
and he moved into the house, and then almost immediately got
pregnant with our first child, and then I had
two more children only one year later, and it was getting
a little cramped. So we decided to sell the house
and move into something bigger. I listed the house
with an agent on a Tuesday, and the first open house
would be on Saturday. There was a speaker system
built into the entire house, and I turned on some sort
of classical music. ♪ ♪ Just as the Realtors were coming
and I'm walking out the door... [loud bang] I hear the speakers
in the living room explode... Into, like,
an arena-level volume. Every single speaker
in the house exploded. One at a time,
they were going off in a violent array of noise. A moment later... [water rushing] In the middle of the hallway, a shaft of water started
gushing down from an air vent that's not connected
to any water. So the water's pouring out, and I'm thinking, "I know exactly what this is." "That lady is pissed." She was taking back her space. Eventually,
a nice couple comes along and they want to buy my house. So I have to sit down
with my little old lady before the last walkthrough
of the house. One night when my husband
was at work late, I decided it was time
to let the spirit go so new people
could come in unimpeded. I took every bit of advice
I'd ever heard about a ghost and lit a candle,
shut off all of the electricity, and burned all kinds of incense, and I say to her, "I have to go, "and if you don't let me go, "I'm going to be
a very angry girl. "So I trust these people. "I need these people
to buy this house. "You need to let this happen and work it out with them." And we got through
the last walkthrough and sold the house. (Diane)
I don't know if it's the old
lady from my last house or if it's somebody or something
just attached to this house. It feels like there's
something in the house that's uncomfortable, and as long as the thing
in my house is uncomfortable, it's making my
life uncomfortable. It's leaving me
in a stuck place. This house started to have some
weird stuff almost immediately. There's window panes
in my office that are sort of smoked in, as if someone blew into them. I mean, you can't see in,
you can't see out. Then there are mirrors
that crack when there's nothing
for them to crack on. You sort of wake up
in the morning in my house and things are just broken. The morning when we woke up and the back doors
to the house were shattered-- that was the most uncomfortable. The ante keeps going up. I'm hoping Kim's gonna come in
and have a really clear answer of whoever is sort of
stalking around in my house. (Kim)
I feel like there's this energy
going on in the atmosphere that's somewhat amped up. Like, charged, like
electrically charged energy. And I'm not sure if that's
connected directly to Diane, but I can feel
an electrically charged energy coming right at me. I feel this woman. She seems bitter but aggressive. I don't know who she is, but she's someone pretty strong. And then there is also
a very sweet energy that I'm picking up. I'm sensing a little
girl energy too. I can kind of see her. She has, like,
this pretty lace dress on and her hair has curls. She looks like an angel
is what she looks like to me. I don't know who she is. I wish I had my
grounding crystal with me, because I feel like
the amount of energy I'm going to absorb today is going to just
knock me for a loop. And here it is. [sighs] Oh, this is pretty. Kind of still seeing
that older lady. I just got a better
vision of her. She's nasty, and she's aggressive, and I have a problem with that. You know? I'm sensing that
little girl again. She's so sweet. [distorted speech] And she keeps talking
about her sister. She says, "I have a sister." I have no idea, but I hope
Diane's ready for this, because my heart's about to just
pump right out of my chest. What is all this energy? I just have to warn you that this lady
could do a lot of damage. [knocking on door] - Hi, Diane.
- Hi, Kim. - How are you?
- I'm good. - So nice to meet you.
- Same here. Wow. (Kim)
This is nice. This is really pretty. I've been feeling
this high energy the whole time
on my way here. - You did?
- I did. - Okay.
- I did. You know I'm a little nervous. Okay, but it's not
particularly nerves. It's more this-- like, if you put this energy
inside of a rocket, it would take off. Yes. - Yes.
- Is that how it is? Yes, that's me
you were feeling. [laughs]
For sure. - Whoa.
- Can we both blow it out? Whoa. Yeah, let's blow it out. [both exhale] Tell me a little bit
about why you called me here without telling me
too much, though. Okay. What I do know is you think perhaps something
followed you here from another place you lived. Yes, and there's a bunch
of physical things that keep happening
in the house, which make me feel nervous that somebody or
something is stuck, and they may be the reason
why I feel so stuck. When you say you feel stuck, in what way do
you feel stuck? I feel stuck as a parent, I feel stuck at work, I feel like I'm at
a crossroads in my life, and I'm not moving on either
direction of the crossroads. Oh, all right,
that's interesting, but I was already sensing
a lot of things on the way here so I want to tell you
a little bit about some of them. Why don't we move into,
I guess, the kitchen? (Diane)
The kitchen? So lovely. Thank you. (Kim)
I don't know if you're
a spirit magnet or what, but I've been sensing
so many energies... But there's one
in particular... [exhales] and I think it may be why you're
feeling this high energy, nerves, whatever
you want to call it, and it may be
why I'm feeling it, but there is this, like,
aggressive old lady with me. - Mm.
- Like... Like, the only thing
I know about her so far is she's dressed in black, and that's usually my
symbol for, she's in mourning. She may have lost
her husband, I believe. I feel that. I don't know who
she connects to, but she's very,
like, aggressive, like, a little bit bitter and nasty. I don't know if
that relates to-- Wait, don't say too much. I like to let
the energy guide me. Mm-hmm. There was also a very adorable
little girl around you. The only thing
I know about her is she looks like an angel,
the way she showed up to me. She had, like, these-- almost like
an angel would wear, like, flowers in their hair. Like, almost
like a headband thing. Yeah. On the day she died,
she was wearing one. Did you lose a child? No. My friend
lost a child, though. Okay.
Okay. It'll tell me. Oh, that was the little girl when I was walking
up to your door. She kept talking
about her sister. She has a sister, and she said that,
from the spirit world, she plays with her sister. She's so strong and intense. She says--if you don't mind, I have to, like,
move a little bit, 'cause I get--
I'm getting anxious. [distorted speech] Her energy's so excited
to come through. She also told me that... [distorted speech] This is a very important
message for your friend, or her family. She's thanking her mother
for all the foundations that she set up in her
name and her honor. Stuff with the school. There's been plaques donated and benches donated
in her honor, and this little garden. I think it's by a school
or in a schoolyard. Do you know about that? Yes. Awesome.
Awesome. I went to that school too. You went to that school too? Really? [distorted speech] She also said that she drew
something while she was alive, maybe in school, or maybe just at home, and this drawing has been
reproduced several times. Do you know what she means? In the mass at her funeral, one of her drawings was
on the back of the program from the mass. Oh, of course
that's what it is. Yeah. 'Cause she said it's been
reproduced many times. Yes. So there's many copies
made of that to give out. That's just her
proof to show you she was there
watching her mom-- you have to tell her mom. [distorted speech] I could swear she just
gave me the name Grace. Is that her name? It started from a death. As soon as you said that, I got, like, a tap. I feel like something
just tried to come in. [distorted speech] I could swear she just
gave me the name Grace. Is that her name? That's the sister. That's her sister? Oh, okay. Then that's-- between the drawing-- she's just trying
to show you it's her, and she said you're the way to get this message
back to her family. - Yeah.
- You're the conduit. - You're the person.
- Yeah. And she's very
appreciative of that. Okay. (Diane)
All right, I'm gonna
tell you something weird. So, if I am a spirit magnet, I feel like I get
a bit of information, and I just pass it. Sometimes I'm not even aware that I'm getting
the information, but I know I'm giving
someone information that I shouldn't
be aware of. Mm. But I don't know
how to utilize it. Okay, well, thank you
for that information. I think that'll help me
as we go along our day. But we didn't figure out
the bitter old lady. And is there any possibility that old lady is
from my last house or someone connected
to this house? She could be someone
from your last house, or she could be someone that you
picked up along--in your path. Which is part of what
I feel sometimes-- that there's somebody
or something stuck with me. It feels like me and somebody
are bumping something. I want to know from you, first and foremost-- do you do anything
to keep yourself balanced and grounded? No. - Really?
- No, and I need to. No spiritual practices? Yes, I have them. I just don't do them
as much as I should since I had all the kids. I took yoga for 25 years. Okay, so,
you know what? Based on what
you're telling me, I think there's some<i> one</i> that's keeping you planted
in your current zone, in your current
living situation, and it could be
this older woman. I feel like whatever
this older woman is, I've been feeling her
for a long time. All right, well, why don't
we move along the house, and I'll--
believe me, Everything I'm seeing,
feeling, hearing, and sensing, I will
share it with you. - Okay.
- All right? So is that, like,
the dining room? Why don't we
go in there? That lady--
that older lady-- she's not, like,
really talking to me. She's just showing
herself to me. But I just-- like, every time I turn my head,
there she is. And I'm wondering-- you know, you said that
you picked up an energy of a lady
a long time ago, you said. Yeah.
In my old house. Does it sound like she
was aggressive like this, and, like, she has, like,
this bitter, angry demeanor, like, "Oh, woe is me," and-- do you know that? Yes. That's exactly
what her feeling was like. Do you feel that,
in this house, your mood changes on a dime? Yes. I'm--I feel
she is following you. I'm not really
loving her demeanor. You know? This lady is just like--
like a--like a-- you know what an
energy vampire is? No, but I can tell
from the name. It's, like, gonna suck
everything out of you. That's a real term, "Energy vampires." You know, there's some--
some people have friends that-- you kind of hang out
with them all day and you feel so drained. Yes.
Yes. And that's how I feel
in this house a lot. Okay. You know, this is
definitely something to take very, very seriously, because I've seen
things happen to people that have had energy vampires
attached to them, and it can really
compromise your health, and to be honest with you, it can really make
your husband say to you, "Where's the girl I married?
This is not her." So I just have to warn you that this lady could
do a lot of damage. There's something,
though, about you that--what--I don't
think you understand how powerful your energy is. Like--
like, I know... a similar person to me
when I see one. Like, you have
this energy in you that I feel, at some point in
your life, you tapped into it. Mm-hmm. What happened
in your last house shortly before you saw
the vision of this woman? Because I feel as if you were at your lowest
point in your life. Yes. Okay. We're talking
about ten years ago? Yeah.
10, 12 years ago. That's what I'm feeling. It started from a death.
From another death. Hold on. Don't say anything. As soon as you said that, I got, like, a tap. I feel like something
just tried to come in. (Kim)
That light just went on and off. I don't know what
the heck it is. [loud bang]
[screams] (Kim)
As soon as you said that, I got, like, a tap. I feel like something
just tried to come in. I need to go with that. [distorted speech] There's a woman-- she told me you were soul mates,
soul sisters. Not real sisters,
but soul sisters. You know, like a...
[laughs] a sister from
a different mister? - Yeah.
- Like that kind of thing? Right. [distorted speech] She just told me she died
before the age of 30. So she was in her 20s. One of you was away
when she died. - Me.
- Okay. That's why she's
bringing it up. She--is she Kristen? I just heard her so clear. She said,
"It's okay," like, "We didn't
say good-bye. We didn't
say good-bye." [distorted speech] She said that one
thing you need to know above all else-- she didn't suffer. I could just see her
clenching her chest and just, like,
her heart gave out. - Right.
- That's what happened. Like this. No pain,
no suffering. I don't know if you know that. She just wants you
to know that. Okay. You know what she just said? She goes, "You made it big." [laughs] She says, "So, you made it!" And she's watched you, and you know--
you know when she's around. Like, I feel like--like,
that something flies around you, like a butterfly or a bird. She says, "You know
when I'm there." 'Cause she-- like, there's, like,
something that comes around you, and I hear you say,
"Oh, thank you. I know you're there." Are you aware of this? I just figured it
out last week. - What?
- Yeah. A bird flew in the house, and the bird had been
hanging around all day. So it was, like, you know, ten of us trying to get
the bird out of the house before it went
into the rest of it, and all I was thinking was,
"This is my friend." - You did think that?
- Yes. And she was always so
helpful to me with work. You know, and she was
always cheering me on. That's why she said,
"You made it! You made it!" Yes. (Kim)
I want to get back to what
might be going on in this house. Have you had any kind of,
like, things moving or tables flying
up in the air or-- Glass breaking. Glass breaking
is one for sure. We go through a lot
of lightbulbs. They--do they explode? Yeah. The glass
doesn't break, but you hear--
I'm standing in the room, and it's like, "krrcch!" It pops and goes out. And then the glass has broken in three different
rooms in the house. You have to show me.
Do you mind? Okay.
Let's go see. There's two sets of windows
that are fogged up. It's almost like somebody
blew into them, and they've become opaque. And then there's
a mirror in this room that cracked
virtually by itself. So if you look in here... (Kim)
Is this on the outside? It's nowhere. It's in between, and it's the same thing on those
six, ten panes over there. I see. And then this mirror-- it was the same thing. One day we woke up and the mirror was cracked. (Kim)
Go back to that day. Can you remember a little bit
about what was going on? It was right in the middle
of this change. I was gonna change
my kids' schools. We were all super
stressed out at the time. [laughs] It's my energy? I didn't even say that. How do you know
what I was thinking? How do you know what
I was thinking? I don't know how. Do you have that gift of hearing
other people's thoughts? I don't hear them, but I know what they are. Wow. But I can't just go
based on this, because-- No, there's a much
worse one in the house of glass breaking
that I can show you. Oh, I want to see that. I just felt like my attention
was drawn right over there. What is that? There's a note
in here from Kristen that is at least 20 years old. And it says, "Don't give up." - It's a fax she sent me.
- Oh, wait a minute. I have to go towards the light. The frame is broke,
that's why I'm trying to-- it's a fax she sent me
20 years ago. It's a poem about not giving up
when things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
kind of thing. Really? Well, that's why she was so
excited to say, "You made it!
You made it!" Anyway... Kristen said that there's--
what is this? - That's the first book I wrote.
- Okay. [loud bang]
[screams] (Kim)
I can read you like a map. You're your own worst enemy
in a lot of ways. (Kim)
What is this? That's the first book I wrote. [loud bang]
[screams] - [laughs]
- That... I'm telling you,
she throws things off the walls all the time. That just, like,
happened out of nowhere. Yes.
I know. Kristen wanted me
to point to the red book. Okay. Wait, wait, don't touch.
Don't touch. Oh, my God, that just scared
the life out of me. - Sorry.
- You didn't get scared? No, because it
happens all the time. [exhales loudly]
All right, anyway. Your energy's making me jump. It's very jumpy. And I don't know how
to pull that in. Do you live in this
fight or flight energy daily? Yes. But first of all,
you don't look it. - I know.
- You look calm. How are you pulling this off? Because this isn't
a real day in my life. My kids are out,
my husband's at work, I'm not working today,
I'm just here with you. And this is who I am, but when I bring in even
one of those four things... Those elements. It goes. Because I think that energy
lives in me all the time. So if I add any stress to it, then I behave like
what you're feeling. (Kim)
That light just
went on and off. But this is the light thing. That happens too? Yeah. And then sometimes-- like, see the canister
on the light? About three days ago, one of
them shot out of the ceiling. They're screwed in, because the screws
were on the floor. And to me,
that's that energy that keeps moving
through all the glass, but you're saying
it's my energy. Did you think
it was this woman? I don't know what
the heck it is, and it's unclear, and you know in my last house I was really clear
on what that energy was. I could see her,
I could feel her, I could talk to her. In this house,
I can't tell what it is. It feels like
a black hole. So it does sort of make sense that it's my energy, because I can't see it. You told me you think
whatever was in that house followed you here. I don't know.
I thought maybe. I thought maybe if--
the thing from the other house or that there was
something in this house or that there's
something new. The energy here
feels different than the other house. I got it.
I got it. Okay. I got you. I want to see the rest of the
glass that breaks in this house. I'm taking mental notes
and I'm hearing things and I'm--I don't want
to let it out just yet until I see more. Okay. Let me show you
the living room. Oh, for God's sakes. (Diane)
Okay, so, the living room has these four
glass-paneled doors, and then we woke up one day and this one is
shattered on the inside. It's the same thing
as the opaque, and if you look at it, there's kind of
no starting point. (Diane)
I mean, an eagle would
have had to have flown, and any other animal isn't
gonna get up this high. But even if it did, where would-- the outside glass
is not affected at all. Nothing. It's the exact same as this.
Like... Wait a minute. There's another woman
that just joined us. Who's Rose? I have an Aunt Rose. Rose, my... Rose is big in your life? Yeah. Rose was my favorite aunt. Most influential. She died when I was away, and missed the funeral
and missed everything. She just showed up
to say hello, and I think it's
similar to your friend-- that you were also
away when she died. You're carrying guilt
mixed in with all this energy; that's part of why
you're not balanced. You don't let go-- you're your own worst
enemy in a lot of ways, 'cause that's what
Aunt Rose just said. She said, "Like her friend"-- Kristen. You have this guilt that--it's a part,
like it's-- there was no closure. So it's like--
it's all these open ends, and you're carrying
them all around with you like baggage. I can read you like a map, and I can see, over here
is a relationship hurt, over here is Aunt Rose,
over there is Kristen, and in the middle
of your heart is the person
you miss the most, and that's you. That's your soul.
That's your higher self. That is Diane. So, based on everything
and how you're making me feel, there's an easy explanation. A lot of the times
it's this overabundance of energy within you that hasn't been grounded out. It could be psychic in nature, it could be powerful, it can bend spoons. There's so much emotional
buildup with you, the energy is just
short-circuiting, and it's causing
glass to break, it's causing
light bulbs to go out, it's causing all kinds of,
I'm sure, electrical shortages. Yes. But... I feel that
older lady here too. (Kim)
I feel like she's waiting, like, "What's next?" This represents the energy. What would you say to her
to send her on her way? (Kim)
I feel that older lady here too. She's huge in influencing you, and we need to get rid of her. She feels that the doctors
killed her husband. She has all this anger
and this bitterness, because she feels they
didn't tend to him in time. And she came with me here? Well, there was
something about you that she could
identify with. Okay. I almost feel like whatever you were going
through in that house, I feel like she
merged with you at one of your lowest points, because that was
her lowest point. And as you started tapping into
this spiritual practice, your yoga,
your... I just heard
your therapy sessions. Mm-hmm. You really were, like, helping this woman
in her journey, and I kind of feel
like she's waiting, and, like,
"What's our next lesson? What's next?" And she's still with you
because she's hopeful. She's hopeful that
you are the one that's gonna get her to this
road to enlightenment or to actually help her
go to the light. We need to give her
her own space, and she can't feed off
of your energy any longer. Okay. You're living the energy
for two people. You're carrying this woman
around with you. And you're also trying
to raise a family. You're also, you know,
juggling a career. You have a lot
of balls in the air. I would love to go
maybe sit down somewhere, and I can explain to you
how you can release this woman and how you could start
to hone your energy and ground it out. Come on, please.
Let's go do that. - Let's go do that right away.
- Okay. I know. (Kim)
I know. It's time. - Oh, this is lovely.
- Thank you. This is your outdoor
little sanctuary. (Diane)
It is. What a day, huh? This is crazy. I feel so much lighter already. - Really?
- Yes. You're really, really
good at your job. Aw, thank you. You have a lot of people
in the spirit world that are looking out for you: your friends,
the little girl, who is your friend's daughter. But we have to
really take charge of unblocking your system, your--this energy
that's causing havoc, and you know what I'm being
told is your biggest problem? Control. Having to have
everything perfect and in order... Is not--you're not
living in a flow. You're trying to
manipulate the energy. Yes. One time you asked
the universe to guide you, and show you the way, and not make it hurt so badly. You remember that? Yeah. When Kristen died. I think that's when you saw how much little
control we really have. And it's almost
like swimming against a huge wave in the ocean. You can never fight that wave. You have to just
go with the wave and go over it gently. You know all
the right things to do. You just have to take
the time and do them, but at the same time, this woman is somehow
relying on you. You're carrying around
this older lady's energy. I feel her name is Kate. And I think we need
to send Kate packing. Oh, please, let's
send Kate packing. So what I did was I asked
one of the crew members to get me a rope. So you may think-- you may have let go of
that woman at that house; she didn't let go of you. So there's still this
energy cord connected. - I need you to hold this.
- Okay. Now, before you cut the cord, I want you to close your eyes. Okay? Good.
Take a deep breath. This represents Kate. And what would you say to her
to send her on her way? Kate, if you got this far and you managed to find me, you're gonna be
okay by yourself. If you go find
my friend Kristen, she'll look after you. She's really good at it. And then find your husband and your people, and do your thing, 'cause you'll be
okay over there. Perfect. And we shall set her free. Wow. [laughs] - We did it.
- We did it. - You're awesome.
- How do you feel? Exhausted. So, now that we just
freed that spirit, you want to go get
a different type of spirit? Yes! [both laughing] You're awesome. Thank you,
thank you, thank you. That's great. Okay. (Diane)
I feel 100% lighter. Knowing that it's my energy leaves it back to me to just
be responsible for myself. She's also given me
a lot more faith, you know, that all these people
that I sort of know so well, 'cause I've had so many
losses in my life, are still there,
and they're still present, which is the thing
that calms me the most. So I think that's
the gift inside the gift. (Kim voice-over)
Looking back, Diane thought that the emotional
block that she had been feeling and the unexplained
occurrences at her house were the work of a spirit who may have followed her
from her previous home. We found out that while
the ghost of this woman was indeed attached to her, Diane also needed to look
inward to find the source of the chaos in her own life. Today, we were not only able
to release this negative energy, but Diane now has
a clear understanding of what she needs to do to get
a handle on her own energy and how to channel it. Helping Diane revisit painful
events from her past was very healing and serves as a reminder
to all of us that the past is behind us, the future has not happened yet, so all we really have
is the present, and that is the true gift.
