>> ON<i> THE HAUNTING OF...</i> >> THIS HOUSE GAVE YOU THE FEELING THAT THERE WAS A PRESENCE WITH YOU, THAT YOU WERE NEVER ALONE. WE DEFINITELY KNEW THAT WE WERE SHARING THIS SPACE WITH SOMETHING OR SOMEONE ELSE. [indistinct whispering] >> I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT JESSE WENT THROUGH AS A CHILD. THE ENERGY WHERE WE'RE HEADED, IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M COMING BACK. >> THERE'S SOMETHING CREEPY ABOUT THIS LAND. >> I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS SPIRIT WAS THERE. IT WAS DEFINITELY A TURBULENT TIME. NOBODY WENT DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT. >> [shrieks] >> I JUST FELT THAT ENERGY. DID YOU FEEL IT? THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING DOWN HERE. [eerie music] ♪ ♪ 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... >> WE'RE DRIVING TO WATERFORD, CONNECTICUT, TO THIS HOUSE THAT I LIVED IN FROM WHEN I WAS 11 TILL 13 YEARS OLD. AND IT SITS ON THIS ESTATE ON THE WATER. I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO THIS HOUSE IN 22, 23 YEARS. SOME THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSE SCARED ME WHEN I WAS A CHILD. ENTERING DIFFERENT ROOMS, YOU WOULD HAVE A VERY VISCERAL PHYSICAL REACTION, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A SHIVER DOWN YOUR SPINE, YOU KNOW? OR THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK AND YOUR ARMS WOULD STAND STRAIGHT UP. WE DEFINITELY KNEW THAT WE WERE SHARING THIS SPACE WITH SOMETHING OR SOMEONE ELSE. I'M A LITTLE ANXIOUS TO SEE MY CHILDHOOD HOME AGAIN AND ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN AND SEE IF I--SEE IF I HAVE SOME OF THOSE SAME FEELINGS THAT I HAD AS A CHILD LIVING IN THAT HOME. >> I'M ON MY WAY TO MEET WITH JESSE METCALFE. JESSE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN <i> DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES</i> AS EVA LONGORIA'S VERY SEXY LANDSCAPER. CURRENTLY HE'S STARRING IN THE TELEVISION SERIES<i> DALLAS.</i> WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO HIS CHILDHOOD HOME WHERE HE LIVED FOR A FEW YEARS, AND APPARENTLY HE HAD SOME TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES IN THIS HOME. HE HAD EXPERIENCES THAT HE CANNOT EXPLAIN, AND HE NEVER FORGOT IT. IT STUCK WITH HIM. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENERGY AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED; IT MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. SO I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT JESSE WENT THROUGH AS A CHILD. >> SO IN 1990, WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, ME, MY MOTHER, AND MY STEPFATHER MOVED INTO A NEW HOME IN WATERFORD, CONNECTICUT. IT WAS AN OLD VICTORIAN HOME FROM THE EARLY 1920s ON THE WATER. WE HAD A LOT OF HAPPY TIMES IN THIS HOME AND ALSO A LOT OF... UNEXPECTED, MYSTERIOUS EXPERIENCES. FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS HOUSE DEFINITELY GAVE YOU THE FEELING THAT THERE WAS A PRESENCE WITH YOU... ALWAYS... THAT YOU WERE NEVER ALONE. [door clicks open] [floorboards creaking] AND I HATED BEING DOWN IN THE BASEMENT. THERE WERE CREAKS AND THUDS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT NOISES THAT THIS BASEMENT MADE. [indistinct whispering] [clattering] IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING RIGHT BEHIND ME, LIKE AN ENERGY RIGHT BEHIND ME... EVERY SINGLE TIME I WENT INTO THE BASEMENT. AND I WOULD RUN UP THOSE STAIRS, AND EVERY TIME I RAN UP THOSE STAIRS, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING NIPPING AT MY HEELS. IT REALLY FRIGHTENED ME. AFTER LIVING IN THIS HOME ABOUT TWO YEARS, I WAS HAVING A SLEEPOVER WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENDS IN THE LIVING ROOM. WE HAD ALL PASSED OUT BETWEEN 2:00 AND 3:00 A.M. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I AWOKE, AND IMMEDIATELY IN MY LINE OF SIGHT WAS THIS WOMAN HOVERING IN FRONT OF THIS HUGE WINDOW, AND SHE WAS STARING STRAIGHT AT ME WITH A SMIRK ON HER FACE. NOTHING ABOUT HER SEEMED HUMAN. I WAS PETRIFIED. I WAS PARALYZED WITH FEAR. I SLAMMED MY EYES SHUT... AND WHEN I OPENED MY EYES AGAIN, SHE WAS GONE. I REMEMBER FEELING RELIEVED AND STILL SCARED. A FEW WEEKS LATER, I TOLD MY PARENTS THIS STORY OF SEEING THIS APPARITION OF A WOMAN. >> I SAW A GHOST. SHE WAS WEARING THIS WHITE NIGHTGOWN, HAD HER HAIR UP... >> AND MY STEPFATHER SAID, "I DID AS WELL." AND MY MOTHER SAID, UH... >> I SAW HER TOO. >> "I SAW HER TOO." I WAS FLOORED. I HAD GOOSE BUMPS ALL OVER AGAIN. AND AT THAT MOMENT, WE REALIZED WE HAD ALL SEEN THE SAME THING. THIS WAS REAL. MY FEAR WAS--WAS JUSTIFIED. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PRESENCE IN THE HOUSE, SO WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS HOUSE IS-- IS DEFINITELY HAUNTED. I DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS SPIRIT WAS THERE, YOU KNOW? WHAT DID SHE WANT TO ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, BY MAKING HER PRESENCE KNOWN, BY BEING IN THE HOUSE, BY BEING IN OUR LIVES? WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD, I THINK ABOUT THIS HOUSE; I THINK ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, AND I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF LAY THE EXPERIENCE TO REST. GETTING AN EXPLANATION, YOU KNOW, AN EXPLANATION AS TO-- AS TO WHY IT HAPPENED, MAYBE A SLIGHT HOPE THAT IT COULD REVEAL SOMETHING ABOUT MYSELF OR ABOUT MY PAST. >> SOMETHING ABOUT JESSE'S CHILDHOOD IS MAKING ME FEEL VERY SAD. I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. I KEEP SENSING A WOMAN. SHE'S WEARING A LONG DRESS, LIKE A WHITE EYELET NIGHTGOWN. HER HAIR IS UP. IT'S TWISTED UP ON THE TOP OF HER HEAD. IT'S THE SALT-AND-PEPPER HAIR, BUT IT'S MOSTLY WHITE. SHE ALSO HAS A VERY PROTECTIVE ENERGY. I DO GET THE SENSE THAT SHE'S FROM THIS AREA WHERE I'M HEADED TO. I FEEL LIKE SHE KNOWS THE AREA VERY WELL. MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE JESSE KNEW. IT COULD ALSO BE SOMEONE ATTACHED TO THE LOCATION. WHO IS THIS LADY? [suspenseful music] ♪ ♪ THERE'S ALSO A SENSE OF A DARK, DARK ENERGY. I CAN TELL IT'S A MAN, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING VERY... I CAN'T GET THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THIS MAN. LIKE... IT SEEMS AS IF HE'S SHOWING HIMSELF TO ME IN THE WAY HE LOOKED IN DEATH. I FEEL LIKE SOME KIND OF WATER, WATER SURROUNDING HIM. >> [moaning] >> AND HE FEELS LIKE HE WANTS TO GET REVENGE, AND THAT IS NOT GOOD. >> [bellowing] >> MY HEART'S STARTING TO RACE, AND I'M FEELING HIS AGITATION. WE MUST BE CLOSE, BECAUSE TENSION IS BUILDING. OH, BOY. I KEEP GETTING THE CHILLS, AND IT'S A WARM, SUNNY DAY. OKAY. HERE WE GO. THIS IS SO INTERESTING. I FEEL A LOT OF ACTIVITY. BUT THAT DARK ENERGY IS HERE. HE FOLLOWED ME. THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY CREEPY ABOUT THIS LAND. I SEE WATER FROM HERE. THAT'S THE WATER I WAS SENSING IN THE CAR; IT HAS TO BE. AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING HAPPENED BACK THERE. AH... [gasps] I SEE THE DEAD BODY IN THE RIVER. OH, MY GOD. WHAT THE HECK IS THIS PLACE? I JUST SAW THE LADY STANDING, LOOKING OUT THAT WINDOW. >> AH... [gasps] I SEE THE DEAD BODY IN THE RIVER. THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS DARK ENERGY I FEEL. WHAT THE HECK IS THIS PLACE? THAT LADY FROM THE CAR IS BACK. AND SHE'S PACING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. SHE'S KIND OF CREEPING ME OUT A LITTLE BIT NOW. SHE'S SOMEHOW VERY ATTACHED TO THIS HOUSE. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER DEAL IS. OKAY, WELL, I CAN'T REALLY START ANYTHING WITHOUT JESSE, SO I GUESS I'LL JUST WAIT FOR HIM. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M COMING BACK AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. I'VE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCE. BUT, UM, I STILL HAVE A BIT OF SKEPTICISM WHEN IT COMES TO PSYCHICS, WHEN IT COMES TO MEDIUMS. BUT I'M HOPING SHE CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON MY EXPERIENCE. [dramatic percussive music] ♪ ♪ I'M A LITTLE ANXIOUS. I THINK MY PALMS MIGHT BE A LITTLE SWEATY. I'M A LITTLE-- I'M A LITTLE ANXIOUS. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. AND HERE'S THE HOUSE. WOW. IT'S CHANGED A LOT. ALL RIGHT. >> HI, JESSE. >> HEY. HOW ARE YOU? >> I'M GOOD. >> WOW. >> HOW'S IT GOING? >> NICE TO MEET YOU. >> SAME HERE. WOW. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU WITH YOUR SHIRT ON. [laughter] DOES EVERYBODY SAY THAT? >> GOOD ONE. [laughter] >> HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN? >> [sighs] IT'S BEEN 22, 23 YEARS. >> ISN'T IT WEIRD? >> IT'S VERY WEIRD. >> SO TELL ME. WHAT BRINGS YOU BACK HERE ALL THESE YEARS LATER? >> I GUESS I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS HOME WAS MEANT TO TELL ME, AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WOMAN THAT I SAW IN-- >> SO IT WAS A SHE? >> YES. >> IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE... THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE WAS A LADY THAT-- I WILL TELL YOU-- DID GREET ME WHEN I PULLED UP, AND SHE WAS WITH ME IN THE CAR. SHE SEEMS TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS PROPERTY AND THIS HOME. >> REALLY? >> YEAH. HAS ANYONE ELSE THAT LIVED WITH YOU SEEN HER? >> BOTH MY MOTHER AND MY STEPFATHER SAW HER. >> REALLY? >> YEAH. >> AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU? >> NO, ALL DIFFERENT OCCURRENCES, AND WE SHARED OUR INDIVIDUAL STORIES WITH EACH OTHER. >> DID THEY MATCH? >> THEY DID. >> REALLY? >> MM-HMM. >> EITHER ONE OF THEM, COULD THEY JOIN US TODAY? >> MY STEPFATHER IS GONNA BE COMING HERE... >> OH, YOU INVITED HIM? >> IN A COUPLE OF HOURS, YEAH. >> GOOD, GOOD. THAT'S A NICE CONNECTION WHERE WE CAN HAVE HIS POINT OF VIEW AS WELL. I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO MEET HIM. SO I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU HOW I WORK. BASICALLY I AM DEFINITELY SOMEONE WHO COULD CONNECT AND FEEL ENERGY. I READ ENERGY. >> OKAY. >> AND WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU IS NOT TO TELL ME ACTUALLY TOO MUCH. >> OKAY. >> I DO WANT YOU TO VALIDATE SOMETHING; IF I SAY SOMETHING TO YOU AND YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT IT'S ACCURATE OR THAT YOU CAN VALIDATE IT, THAT'S FINE. >> OKAY. >> I JUST WAS GETTING A REALLY HUGE PULL TOWARDS THE BACK OF THIS HOUSE. >> OKAY. >> COULD WE GO THERE? LET'S GO THERE. >> SOUNDS GOOD. >> THAT RIVER LOOKS SO PEACEFUL. >> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOWN THERE AS A CHILD. >> I'M SURE. FISHING? >> YEAH. >> YOU NEVER FELT A STRANGE ENERGY WHEN YOU WERE FISHING DOWN THERE OR... >> UH, YOU KNOW, THIS-- THIS PROPERTY, THIS HOUSE, WAS FULL OF STRANGE ENERGIES. [water gurgling] >> 'CAUSE I WAS SENSING A DARK ENERGY WITH ME ON THE WAY HERE THAT I FEEL QUITE POSSIBLY MIGHT HAVE DIED IN THAT RIVER. >> REALLY? >> LIKE, HORRIFIC VISIONS IS WHAT I'M GETTING. THE PROBLEM IS, I SENSE THAT THAT DARK ENERGY FROM THE RIVER HAS FOUND ITS HOME HERE. I CAN'T SAY MUCH MORE ABOUT HIM UNTIL I GET IN THE THICK OF IT. >> MM-HMM. >> UM... THERE'S A MAN COMING THROUGH. I DO BELIEVE HE'S YOUR FAMILY MEMBER. UM... I JUST ASKED HIM HIS NAME. HE JUST--HE GAVE ME AN INITIAL G. >> OKAY. >> LIKE A--A GIN--GIN-- NOT JOHN. >> GINO. >> I'LL TAKE IT. THIS IS-- >> THAT'S MY MOTHER'S FATHER, MY GRANDFATHER. >> HE SHOWED ME THESE DOCKS AS WELL, THAT HE WORKED NEAR DOCKS, AND HE'S BENDING OVER-- >> HE WAS A LONGSHOREMAN, YEAH. >> IS THIS THE GUY THAT KIND OF RAISED YOU? HE'S MAKING ME FEEL LIKE HE-- HE WAS LIKE YOUR FATHER FIGURE. >> YEAH, HE--HE WAS MY-- HE WAS MY FATHER FIGURE. >> [whispering] >> HE DIED, LIKE, KIND OF-- BY TODAY'S STANDARDS--YOUNG. THAT'S WHAT HE'S TELLING ME. >> HE DID. >> UM, MAYBE NOT-- LIKE 55, 60? >> YEAH. >> [wheezing] >> I DON'T THINK THAT HE WAS WELL WHEN YOU LIVED HERE. IS THAT TRUE? >> NO, HE WASN'T WELL WHEN I LIVED HERE. >> [murmuring] >> HE SAID, "I NEVER-- I NEVER RECOVERED," SO-- AND I CAN'T BREATHE. THAT MEANS HE HAD A CONNECTION TO HIS--LUNG PROBLEMS. >> HE HAD LUNG CANCER. >> OKAY. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU-- THERE ARE NO GOOD-BYES. >> I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO HIM. >> YOUR GRANDFATHER'S BEEN WATCHING YOU EVER SINCE HE PASSED. LIKE, YOU ARE HIS WORLD. >> WOW. >> HE SAID HE WATCHED YOU GROW INTO A FINE YOUNG MAN. SOMEHOW I FEEL YOUR GRANDFATHER IS CONNECTED TO WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU HERE. WHY DON'T WE GO INSIDE AND TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT? >> OKAY. >> ARE YOU READY TO GO INTO THIS INCREDIBLY CHANGED HOME OF YOURS? >> YEAH, I THINK SO. >> YOU KNOW, OPENING A DOOR TO ANY TYPE OF A HOME THAT HAD PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN IT, I COULD BE STIRRING UP MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE CURRENT HOMEOWNER. SO ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN WHEN WE WALK IN HERE. ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT? [indistinct whispering] THIS WOMAN JUST FOLLOWED US UP HERE. FEEL A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE? >> YEAH, I'M A BIT APPREHENSIVE. >> YOU KNOW, OPENING A DOOR, I COULD BE STIRRING UP MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE CURRENT HOMEOWNER. SO ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN WHEN WE WALK IN HERE. ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT? >> YEAH, I THINK SO. >> YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? >> SURE. [sighs] >> HOW DOES IT LOOK? >> IT LOOKS DIFFERENT. >> LET'S SEE WHAT'S THROUGH HERE. A LITTLE CREEPY. WHAT WAS THIS? >> THIS WAS ALWAYS THE-- THE OFFICE. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO AS IT-- THE WAY IT WAS. >> THAT LADY IS STILL WITH ME. DID I TELL YOU SHE HAS A-- LIKE, A BUN IN HER HAIR, LIKE HER HAIR IS UP? >> NO, YOU DIDN'T. YOU DIDN'T. >> UM... NOW, SHE WAS WEARING, LIKE, A WHITE DRESS, LIKE A WHITE NIGHTGOWN-LOOKING THING. >> RIGHT. SHE WAS WEARING A NIGHTGOWN WHEN I SAW HER, AND HER HAIR WAS UP JUST LIKE THAT. >> [murmuring] MY THINGS... >> SHE JUST SAID... "MY THINGS ARE MISSING. THEY TOOK MY THINGS." SHE'S TELLING ME SHE LIVED HERE. >> OH, WOW. >> SHE DEFINITELY LIVED HERE. SHE KEEPS WANTING TO TAKE ME ON A TOUR. WHAT'S OVER HERE? SHE'S TELLING ME TO GO TO THIS SPACE RIGHT HERE. WHAT WAS THIS? >> WELL... >> HAS THIS CHANGED? >> IT'S CHANGED A BIT. THIS ROOM WAS ENTIRELY CLOSED OFF AND WAS A SMALL BEDROOM. >> [whispering] >> SHE KEEPS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THESE CARVINGS OF MONKEYS. >> YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S A RUNNING THEME IN THIS HOUSE, THESE CARVED MONKEYS IN THE MOLDINGS. >> [speaking indistinctly] >> THIS LADY'S TELLING ME SHE CREATED THESE MONKEYS. >> [speaking indistinctly] >> SHE SAID SHE SCULPTED THEM... "WITH MY OWN HANDS." SHE MADE THESE. THESE WERE NOT PURCHASED. >> REALLY? >> YES. >> [speaking indistinctly] >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, I FEEL LIKE THERE WERE A LOT MORE SCULPTINGS THAN WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. >> I--I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN--HAVE BEEN REMOVED, DEFINITELY, 'CAUSE THERE WERE A LOT MORE IN THIS HOUSE. >> OH, SO WHEN SHE SAID THEY-- "MY THINGS ARE MISSING," THAT'S WHAT SHE PROBABLY MEANT, BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF THIS HOME. I JUST SAW THE LADY STANDING, LOOKING OUT THAT WINDOW. >> YOU KNOW, AND IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU FEEL HER PRESENCE HERE, BECAUSE ON ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE, MY MOTHER HAD COME HOME LATE ONE NIGHT BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT SHE HAD TO DEAL-- WITH HER FATHER, WITH HIS ILLNESS. >> OH, YEAH, I-- >> YOU KNOW, SHE WAS TAKE-- TAKING CARE OF HIM AT HIS HOME, AND SHE WOULD COME HOME LATE. SO SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB ANYONE, SO SHE SPENT THE NIGHT IN THIS ROOM, AND THAT'S WHEN SHE SAW THIS PRESENCE, THIS WOMAN, THIS GHOST. >> RIGHT HERE? >> IN HERE. AND SHE SAID, "IT'S OKAY." >> THE LADY? >> YES. >> THIS IS IMPORTANT. I HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. [doorbell ringing] IS THAT YOUR STEPFATHER? >> HEY, SCOTT? HE'S--HE'S AT THE DOOR. >> OH, THAT WAS GOOD TIMING. >> [laughs] HEY, COME ON IN. >> OKAY. >> THIS IS MY STEPFATHER, SCOTT. >> HI, SCOTT. >> HEY. >> HAVE YOU BEEN BACK HERE? >> NO, THIS IS THE FIRST TRIP. >> LOOK AROUND. DOES IT LOOK THE SAME? >> A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. >> YEAH, BUT REMEMBER-- REMEMBER, THIS WAS, LIKE, A LITTLE SITTING AREA, AND THEN THIS WENT INTO A ROOM RIGHT HERE? >> YEAH. >> I KEPT SEEING-- THERE'S THIS WOMAN IN THIS HOUSE, AND SHE KEEPS TRYING TO GET MY ATTENTION, BUT SHE'S LOOKING OUT A WINDOW THERE. >> HUH. THAT'S FUNNY. >> I SEE YOU STEP-- TAKE A STEP BACK. >> WELL, I SAW HER... SIMILAR. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> THAT'S-- COME, COME, COME CLOSER. >> YEAH. >> ARE YOU AFRAID? >> WELL, YOU KIND OF FREAKED ME OUT A LITTLE BIT THERE, BUT IT WAS IN A WINDOW TOO. SAME THING. >> NOT THIS ROOM? >> NOT THIS ROOM. LOOKING OUT A WINDOW, THOUGH, AND THEN LOOKED BACK AT ME, LIKE OVER HER SHOULDER, LIKE, YOU KNOW... YOU KNOW, LIKE, "IT'S OKAY." >> OH, THAT'S INTERESTING. OKAY. SHE KEEPS LOOKING AT THE RIVER. THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT RIVER, AND MAYBE IT'S THE DARK ENERGY. I DIDN'T TELL YOU THIS, BUT JESSE AND I WERE SPEAKING, AND I SAW A DEAD BODY IN THE RIVER. >> REALLY? >> AND I FEEL HIM SOMEWHAT HERE IN THE HOME. I'M NOT QUITE SURE OF HER CONNECTION WITH THIS ANGRY MAN. HE'S ANGRY. EITHER IT WAS SOMEONE SHE KNEW, OR MAYBE SHE WAS TRYING TO KEEP HIM AWAY. I FEEL LIKE SHE'S STANDING GUARD... >> REALLY? >> BY THE WINDOW. DID YOU EVER INVESTIGATE THIS? >> I ASKED THE GUY THAT WE WERE RENTING THE PLACE FROM. HE SAYS THAT SOME WOMAN DID PASS AWAY IN THE HOUSE BEFORE WE GOT HERE. >> OH, WOW. >> BUT WHY IS SHE HERE? >> I CAN'T QUITE TELL, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT; THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF. ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON A SECOND. SOMEONE'S COMING THROUGH FOR YOU, SCOTT. >> REALLY? >> YEAH. I'M NOT TRYING TO SCARE YOU OR ANYTHING, BUT I JUST GOT THE VISION OF THAT DARK ENERGY FROM THE RIVER AGAIN. >> ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON A SECOND. SOMEONE'S COMING THROUGH FOR YOU, SCOTT. >> REALLY? >> YEAH. >> [murmuring] RO... >> WHO HAS A NAME LIKE ROGER OR ROLAND OR... R-O? >> ONLY R WAS ROBERT, FOR MY DAD. >> OH, THEN THIS IS YOUR FATHER. >> WOW. >> HE'S SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SEE YOU. >> REALLY? >> I CAN SEE THAT HE'S A COOL MAN... >> RIGHT. >> BUT I FEEL LIKE HE HAD SOME REGRETS ABOUT HIMSELF. I FEEL LIKE, YOUR DAD, HE WASN'T THAT TYPE TO SAY "I LOVE YOU"... >> NEVER, NO. >> PUT HIS ARM AROUND YOU. >> NO. HE DIDN'T EVER TELL ME HE LOVED ME, EVER. >> [murmuring] ALWAYS LOVED... >> WELL, HE'S TELLING ME NOW THAT HE ALWAYS LOVED YOU. >> THAT'S--THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S NICE. >> IN LIFE, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF IT. >> RIGHT. >> THROUGH ME, IT'S EASY FOR HIM TO SHOW HIS LOVE. >> WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T EITHER. I MEAN, UNTIL I TURNED PROBABLY 45, 50, I COULDN'T HAVE TOLD JESSE I LOVED HIM. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> TOTALLY, RIGHT. >> IT JUST--EVENTUALLY SOMETHING JUST CLICKED IN ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT I WAS LIKE, "I GOT TO AT LEAST TELL THE KID WHAT HE MEANS TO ME." >> WHAT CLICKED IN YOU IS YOUR FATHER. >> IT WAS, LIKE, AT THE TIME THAT HE DIED, MATTER OF FACT, THAT YOU SAY IT. >> THINK ABOUT THAT. THINK ABOUT THE TIMING. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS LITTLE GATHERING IS ABOUT? YOU REALLY ARE GOING BACK TO THAT LITTLE BOY. EVEN COMING BACK HERE IS GOING BACK TO THAT LITTLE BOY JESSE. >> YEAH. >> SO YOU'RE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THAT TIME. >> NO, THAT WAS, IN LARGE PART, WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS AND WHY I WANTED TO COME BACK TO THIS HOUSE. >> I DIDN'T EVER HAVE ANY-- EXPECT THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE ANY KIND OF--THIS PART OF IT. I THOUGHT I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION WHAT I HAD EXPERIENCED IN THE HOUSE. >> WELL, THEY DO LEARN WHEN THEY GET TO THE SPIRIT WORLD. >> OKAY. >> THEY SEE HOW THEIR ACTIONS AFFECTED THE LIVING, AND THEY DO TRY TO MAKE AMENDS. BUT LISTEN, HERE'S THE MORAL OF THE STORY WITH YOU AND DAD: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. >> YEAH. THAT WAS NICE THAT YOU TOLD ME THAT. >> SO, SCOTT, YOU WANT TO CATCH UP WITH US LATER? >> SURE. I APPRECIATE IT. >> IT WAS REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU. >> IT WAS A PLEASURE. >> [whispering indistinctly] >> HOLD ON. I AM FEELING THAT LADY AGAIN. >> [whispering] UPSTAIRS... >> SHE WANTS TO GO UPSTAIRS. >> OKAY. >> DID YOU HAVE A BEDROOM UP THERE? >> YEAH, I DID. >> WHY DON'T WE GO UPSTAIRS? >> YEAH, LET'S DO IT. >> WE'LL SEE WHAT ELSE SHE TELLS ME AS WE GO ALONG OUR LITTLE TOUR. >> SO THIS RIGHT HERE WAS MY BEDROOM. >> SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN HERE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THIS WOMAN JUST FOLLOWED US UP HERE. AND... [scraping] SHE JUST SHOWED ME-- WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, DID YOU FIND THINGS MOVED AROUND HERE... >> I DID, YEAH. >> OR MISSING OR NOT WHERE YOU PUT THEM? >> EXACTLY. I WOULD SET THINGS DOWN, TURN AROUND, AND TEN SECONDS LATER, THEY WOULDN'T BE WHERE I SET THEM DOWN. >> LIKE, SHE PUT YOUR ITEMS WHERE SHE FELT THEY BELONGED. >> [stammering] I--I WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY EXPERIENCED THAT IN THIS HOUSE. >> WELL, SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY TERRITORIAL ABOUT THIS HOME. I FEEL LIKE THIS WOMAN WAS TRYING TO PROTECT THIS HOUSE. HER NAME STARTS WITH AN R. >> [murmuring] RENEE. >> SOUNDS LIKE RENEE. >> [murmuring] BASEMENT... >> I'M HEARING, "BASEMENT, BASEMENT." DO YOU KNOW WHY SHE'S MENTIONING THE BASEMENT? >> YEAH. I WAS PETRIFIED OF THE BASEMENT. THE REASON WHY WE ULTIMATELY ENDED UP MOVING THE WASHER AND DRYER FROM THE BASEMENT TO THE UPPER LEVEL WAS BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, "I'M NOT GOING DOWN TO THE BASEMENT." APPARENTLY I TOLD MY MOTHER, "I'M NOT GOING DOWN TO THE BASEMENT TO GET THE LAUNDRY ANYMORE." >> YEAH. >> SO SHE MADE MY STEPFATHER, SCOTT, MOVE THE WASHER AND DRYER FROM THE BASEMENT, AND I THINK, AFTER THAT, NOBODY REALLY WENT DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT. >> REALLY? >> THIS BASEMENT SITUATION FELT LIKE A DARK ENERGY, DEFINITELY. >> YOU KNOW I'M GONNA WANT TO GO IN THAT BASEMENT, RIGHT? >> I FIGURED. I FIGURED AS MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. >> ALL RIGHT. >> FEEL A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE? >> YEAH, I'M A BIT APPREHENSIVE. THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE BASEMENT. >> OKAY, LET'S GO. OH, YEAH, SOMETHING IS GOING ON DOWN HERE, FOR SURE. OH, MY GOD. I JUST FELT THAT ENERGY. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING DOWN HERE. >> THE WASHER AND DRYER WAS... WAS OVER THERE IN THAT FAR CORNER. I DON'T EVEN REALLY LIKE HAVING MY BACK TO THAT AREA. I JUST DON'T LIKE BEING DOWN HERE. THE STAIRS WERE OVER IN THAT CORNER OVER THERE. [suspenseful music] ♪ ♪ >> [faint screaming] >> I'M NOT TRYING TO SCARE YOU OR ANYTHING. I JUST GOT THE VISION OF THAT DARK ENERGY FROM THE RIVER AGAIN. THAT MAN'S HERE SOMEWHERE. HE'S HERE. HIS FEET WERE BOUND. HIS MOUTH WAS GAGGED. >> I'M NOT TRYING TO SCARE YOU OR ANYTHING. I JUST GOT THE VISION OF THAT DARK ENERGY FROM THE RIVER AGAIN. THAT MAN'S HERE SOMEWHERE. HE'S HERE. I'M TRYING TO INVESTIGATE ON WHO THIS MAN IS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. UM... HIS FEET WERE BOUND. HIS MOUTH WAS GAGGED. HIS ARMS--EVERYTHING IS JUST TIED UP. UH... AND HE WAS THROWN IN... THROWN IN THE RIVER. UM... THIS MAN WAS MURDERED. PEOPLE THAT DIE VIOLENTLY AND TRAGICALLY WITH NO CLOSURE, THEY DON'T ALWAYS GO TO THE OTHER SIDE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE WANTS TO GET REVENGE. THIS GHOST IS--DEFINITELY HAS SOME UNRESOLVED ISSUES, FOR SURE. THAT'S THE UNCOMFORTABLE ENERGY THAT YOU'VE BEEN FEELING. >> WOW. >> I FEEL LIKE THIS DARK ENERGY--HE FOLLOWED YOU HOME FROM THE RIVER. >> HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD BE CONNECTED TO, YOU KNOW, THE WOMAN THAT LIVED IN THIS HOUSE? >> RENEE KEPT HIM AT BAY. >> SHE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO DISRUPT ALL OF THIS POSITIVE ENERGY OF YOUR FAMILY. SHE WASN'T MEAN OR EVIL. SHE DIDN'T WANT A NEGATIVE ENERGY ENTERING HER SPACE. SO HE'S BEEN HIDING OUT IN THE BASEMENT EVER SINCE. SO DOES HE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH RENEE? NO, BUT THIS IS HER HOME, SO SHE'S-- IF IT WERE YOUR HOME, YOU WOULD PROTECT IT, RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> FROM ANYTHING EVIL... >> MM-HMM. >> ANYTHING NEGATIVE. THIS IS A NEGATIVE GUY. >> YEAH. >> SO SHE MAKES SURE HE REMAINS DOWN HERE. >> WELL, THAT'S DEFINITELY A REVELATION, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER-- YET ANOTHER PRESENCE IN THIS HOUSE. I CERTAINLY SENSED IT, BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE CONNECTED, YOU KNOW, BUT NOW I SEE THAT MAYBE THEY WEREN'T CONNECTED, THEIR ONLY CONNECTION BEING, YOU KNOW, THEY SHARED THE SAME--THE SAME HOME. >> YEAH. I FEEL LIKE SHE SPENT SO MUCH TIME GUARDING YOUR FAMILY AND HER HOME FROM THIS NEGATIVE, BITTER MAN, BUT NOW I WANT TO KNOW WHY SHE SHOWED HERSELF TO YOU. WHERE DID YOU SEE THIS WOMAN? >> UP IN THE LIVING ROOM. >> YOU HAVE TO SHOW ME WHERE. >> OKAY, I WILL. >> SO THIS IS THE ROOM THAT YOU SAW HER? >> THIS IS THE ROOM, YEAH, THAT I SAW HER AND ALSO THAT MY STEPFATHER, SCOTT, SAW HER. THIS WAS THE SPACE WHERE ME AND MY TWO BEST FRIENDS WERE LYING ON THE GROUND WITH OUR SLEEPING BAGS, WATCHING MOVIES. >> OH, YOU HAD--WERE YOU HAVING A SLEEPOVER? >> SLEEPOVER, YEAH. >> SO DID YOUR FRIENDS SEE HER? >> NO. THEY WERE-- THEY WERE SOUND ASLEEP. >> AND WHY WERE YOU UP? >> I JUST WOKE UP. I JUST WOKE UP. I--I GOT A SENSATION ON THE BACK OF MY NECK AND MY SHOULDERS AND... >> MM, THAT'S HOW IT COMES, IN THE BACK OF THE NECK. >> SORT OF A--SORT OF A SHIVER DOWN MY SPINE, AND AS SOON AS I OPENED MY EYES, I MADE EYE CONTACT WITH HER. SHE WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT WINDOW... >> [inhales] >> WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE... >> WELL... >> AS THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN WATCHING ME FOR A WHILE. SHE WAS IN A NIGHTGOWN. >> THAT'S HOW I SAW HER. LIKE WHITE--WAS IT WHITE? >> IT WAS WHITE. >> THAT NIGHT, TELL ME WHAT YOU FELT WHEN YOU SAW HER. >> I WAS SCARED. I WAS PARALYZED WITH FEAR. AND I REALLY ONLY MADE EYE CONTACT WITH HER AND ONLY SAW HER FOR A FEW SECONDS. THEN I SLAMMED MY EYES SHUT... I GUESS HOPING I WAS IMAGINING WHAT I SAW, HOPING IT WAS JUST A DREAM. AND WHEN I OPENED MY EYES AGAIN, SHE WAS GONE. I THINK SHE PROBABLY WENT AWAY SO QUICKLY BECAUSE SHE SENSED HOW... >> FRIGHTENED YOU GOT. >> FRIGHTENED I WAS, YEAH. >> WAIT A MINUTE. RENEE IS COMING THROUGH NOW. THERE WAS A POINT THAT THIS WOMAN FELT THE NEED TO SHOW HERSELF TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY. GRANDPA WAS DYING AROUND THAT TIME SHE APPEARED TO YOU GUYS? >> YES. IT WAS DEFINITELY A TURBULENT TIME, AN EMOTIONAL TIME... >> VERY EMOTIONAL. >> FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. MY GRANDFATHER ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, PASSED. I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL THAT DAY, AND WHEN MY MOTHER TOLD ME, WHEN I GOT THE NEWS, MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT I SCREAMED, I THREW MYSELF ON THE BED, AND I BLACKED OUT... >> YOU DON'T REMEMBER. >> AND WOKE UP IN MY MOTHER'S ARMS. SHE WAS, YOU KNOW... >> OF COURSE. >> YOU KNOW, STROKING MY HAIR. SO I TOOK THAT VERY HARD. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME. IT WAS A VERY TURBULENT TIME. >> OKAY. NOW I'M GETTING WHY SHE SHOWED UP. SHE WAS DRAWN TO YOUR FAMILY. I BELIEVE SHE GOT MORE ATTACHED TO YOU THAN SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD. >> [murmuring] >> GRANDPA WAS DYING AROUND THAT TIME SHE APPEARED TO YOU GUYS? >> YES. IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME. IT WAS A VERY TURBULENT TIME. >> OKAY. NOW I'M GETTING WHY SHE SHOWED UP. >> [speaking indistinctly] >> SHE KEEPS SAYING, "I WASN'T HERE TO HARM THEM. I WAS THEIR PROTECTOR." UH... >> [murmuring] I HAD TO... >> SHE NEVER HAD CHILDREN OR FAMILY, AND THAT'S WHY SHE WAS DRAWN TO YOUR FAMILY. I FEEL LIKE THIS WOMAN HAD A LOT OF COMPASSION FOR YOUR FAMILY, AND SHE WANTED TO REALLY BE THERE TO PROTECT AND HELP AND NURTURE YOU GUYS WHEN GRANDPA WAS DYING. SHE LOVED YOUR FAMILY, SO SHE WANTED TO CONSOLE YOU, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE MEANT WHEN SHE SAID, "IT'S OKAY," TO YOUR PARENTS. >> MM-HMM. >> UM... SHE WANTED TO TELL YOU THIS TOO, BUT YOU WERE TOO FRIGHTENED. YOU KNOW? LIKE, SPIRITS FEED OFF OF INTENSE EMOTIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND? >> YEAH, SHE WANTED TO LOOK AFTER US; SHE WANTED TO BE A PART OF OUR FAMILY. >> RIGHT. I BELIEVE SHE GOT MORE ATTACHED TO YOU THAN SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD, LIKE A MOTHER WOULD GUIDE A CHILD. DO YOU WANT TO GO SIT DOWN? WE COULD CHAT ABOUT IT... >> YEAH, YEAH. >> IN MORE DEPTH. >> I'D LOVE TO. LET'S DO IT. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE. WHERE COULD WE GO? THIS WAY? >> HOW ABOUT-- YEAH, HOW ABOUT IN HERE? >> LET'S GO THIS WAY. >> ALL RIGHT. >> WHY DON'T WE JUST RECAP OUR DAY A LITTLE BIT, FROM THE BEGINNING? YOU FIRST GET HERE; YOUR GRANDFATHER CAME THROUGH. HE'S ALWAYS WITH YOU-- OVERSEEING YOU, YOU KNOW, WATCHING YOU GROW UP. DO YOU REMEMBER, HE SAID HE WATCHED YOU GROW INTO A FINE YOUNG MAN? >> YEAH. MADE ME FEEL GOOD TO KNOW THAT HE'S VERY PROUD OF ME, CHEERING ME ON AND LOOKING OUT FOR ME... >> MM-HMM. >> YOU KNOW, KEEPING TABS ON ME. >> YOU TOLD ME OUTSIDE THAT YOU DIDN'T GET TO SAY GOOD-BYE. DO YOU CARRY THAT WITH YOU? >> I THINK ABOUT IT FROM TIME TO TIME, YEAH. >> THAT YOU WISH YOU WERE THERE, LIKE, KIND OF--SAY YOUR GOOD-BYES? >> I WISH I WAS THERE TO SAY GOOD-BYE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE I KNEW HOW MUCH I MEANT TO HIM. >> ABSOLUTELY. BUT I KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU HAD TO COME BACK HERE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THAT LITTLE BOY. >> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK-- I THINK THAT WAS PART OF MY INTENTION. >> GOOD, SO-- >> YOU KNOW, A LARGE PART OF WHAT I IDENTIFY AS MY CHILDHOOD TOOK PLACE HERE IN THIS HOUSE. >> EXACTLY. >> AND I WANTED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THAT AGAIN, AND I THINK I'VE TAKEN SOMETHING VALUABLE AWAY FROM THIS EXPERIENCE. I THINK THE MESSAGE HERE IS ABOUT CLOSURE, YOU KNOW? >> CLOSURE. >> AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE CLOSURE BEFORE... PEOPLE PASS ON... >> YES. >> YOU KNOW, YOU CAN-- YOU CAN CARRY SOME OF THAT GUILT, SOME OF THAT REGRET WITH YOU. >> I THINK THIS WAS PRETTY THERAPEUTIC. >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY THERAPEUTIC, VERY PRODUCTIVE, TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE AND TO SATISFY MY CURIOSITY ABOUT WHO THIS WOMAN WAS AND POSSIBLY HER PURPOSE FOR MAKING HERSELF KNOWN AND INSERTING HERSELF INTO MY AND MY FAMILY'S LIVES. >> RENEE WAS ACTUALLY PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY, JUST LIKE SHE WAS PROTECTING THIS HOUSE. >> TOTALLY. >> AND YOU GAVE RENEE SOMETHING. YOU GAVE HER SOMEONE TO NURTURE, AND YOU GAVE HER SOMEONE TO GUIDE AND SOMEONE TO HELP AND SOMEONE TO PROTECT. YOUR WHOLE FAMILY GAVE HER THAT. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL NOT LEAVE THIS UNIDENTIFIED DARK ENERGY IN THAT BASEMENT. HE IS TRAPPED, SO I WILL DEFINITELY DO SOME SORT OF CLEANSING WHEN WE'RE DONE, BECAUSE RENEE ISN'T LEAVING THIS HOUSE UNTIL THIS DARK ENERGY IS GONE. >> YEAH, I'M SURE THE CURRENT HOMEOWNER WILL APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, DEFINITELY. >> ALL RIGHT, COOL, COOL. >> YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> YEAH. I THOUGHT KIM WAS AMAZING. I FIND, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERNATURAL AND THE IDEA OF COMING BACK INTO THIS HOUSE WITH A MEDIUM FUN AND EXCITING. A LOT OF THE THINGS SHE SAID WERE RIGHT ON-- SOME OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT SHE SHARED ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING HOW IT ALL REALLY CONNECTED, THAT RENEE--SHE WAS MOTIVATED TO LOOK AFTER US SORT OF AS A PROTECTOR WHILE WE STAYED IN THIS HOUSE FOR 2 1/2, 3 YEARS. IT TOOK COMING BACK TO THIS HOUSE TO, YOU KNOW, TURN THE PAGE ON MY EXPERIENCE HERE. >> WHEN WE FIRST MET JESSE, HE WANTED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE HE HAD AS A CHILD IN HIS CONNECTICUT HOME OVER 20 YEARS AGO. WE FOUND OUT THAT THE HOME WAS OCCUPIED BY A GHOST NAMED RENEE WHO HAD LIVED THERE PREVIOUSLY. WE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT RENEE WAS PROTECTING THE HOUSE AND JESSE'S FAMILY FROM AN EVIL ENTITY LIVING IN THE BASEMENT. SPIRITS CAN OFTEN GROW ATTACHED TO THE HOME AND THE POSSESSIONS THEY LEAVE BEHIND, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT NOT ALL SPIRITS ARE EVIL AND DANGEROUS, AND SOMETIMES WE MAY JUST FIND THAT THEY ARE EVEN HERE TO GUIDE AND PROTECT US WHEN WE NEED IT THE MOST.
