[whispered]
On<i> The Haunting Of...</i> (Margaret)
I was really afraid
in this house. I just had to get out
for my own safety. I'm actually afraid
to go back right now, but I think there's something
that I need to find out. (Kim)
There's something upstairs. There's some violent energy. (Margaret)
That's where it got
really scary. (Kim)
I smell something burning. [suspenseful music] It just feels like
there's a spear between my shoulder blades. This is probably the source
of my insomnia. I really have trouble
sleeping still. I'm sensing some kind
of satanic cult. That is not good. [shudders] ♪ ♪ Oh, I don't know
about today. [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... [eerie music] (Margaret)
We are in Peachtree City,
Georgia, and we are headed to a house
that I rented for a shoot that I was
doing here a few years ago. ♪ ♪ I only ended up staying there for actually
less than a month. ♪ ♪ I thought that I would be alone, but apparently I was not. I was really not okay with sharing my house
with a ghost. ♪ ♪ I just had to get
out of the house for my own safety. ♪ ♪ (Kim)
I'm headed out to meet
with Margaret Cho. She's best known for her role in the television series<i>
Drop Dead Diva,</i> and she also is
an amazing stand-up comic. While she was
on location filming, she rented this house, and apparently there was
something in there that she claims
was supernatural and that there was
a force or a presence that seemed to really,
really want her out. You know, Margaret comes across as a pretty tough chick, as if nothing frightens her, and for her to be
terrified to return, it had to be pretty bad. I was going down to Georgia to work on my show on Lifetime,<i>
Drop Dead Diva,</i> and I had rented a house. [tense music] When I first walked
into the house, I really felt that
there was something there, that there was somebody there. ♪ ♪ I really have no problem
sharing the space with spirits, so I don't have a sense of fear, particularly around ghosts. At least, I didn't think so. [foreboding music] ♪ ♪ There was a lot of noise,
a lot of some doors slamming. [door slams] There were footsteps. [footsteps tapping] I just tried to block it out
with headphones, block it out with earplugs, but the more that I ignored
the presence there, the more it tried to make itself known. [doors slam]
- [gasps] ♪ ♪ One night,
I was just laying there... ♪ ♪ [gasps] (Margaret)
And the bed lifted. [suspenseful music] The whole bed, like, up
and crashed back down. [bed slams] [eerie music] And it was so jarring
and so terrifying and I was so shocked
that I thought, "There is nothing
that could have explained "that bed actually, like,
lifting up with me in it and crashing back down." ♪ ♪ A little later, I felt a weight
pushing the bed down, and I could feel something or someone actually lift up the blanket and get in bed with me. [whooshing] [ominous music] [creaking] It was not... human. [soft growl] I was so terrified that I just stayed there
till the sun came up. ♪ ♪ And then I turned around,
and it was part daylight, and, of course,
nothing was there. [eerie music] At that point, I really felt that
I needed to leave the house, that that was more
than I could deal with. So I called up the realtor
and was very adamant about moving
as quickly as possible. When I hung up the phone... [static crackles] [electronic beeping] The oven started beeping. [beeping continues] It was really loud. [beeping continues] The garbage disposal there just started going off
like crazy. [garbage disposal grinding] It was as if some spirit
at the house is so enraged that
it just started to erupt. [grinding and beeping] [pots clanging] I just felt so, just,
violated by this presence. I got out of there
as quickly as I could. [solemn piano music] So about a week later,
I came back to the house to make sure that I had not
left anything behind, and right in front
of the house... [ominous musical flourish] [suspenseful string music] There was a dead rabbit, and it looked like it had
had his throat slashed, very violently killed. It seemed like something
was just saying, "Just don't come back here. You're not welcome here." And I did not go back in. [eerie music] (Margaret)
I haven't been back
to this house. It's a dark place in my mind. It's a dark memory. I was really afraid
in this house. I'm actually afraid
to go back right now, but I know that I need to. I think there's something
that I need to find out or something that
I need to experience, something that's
drawing me back. ♪ ♪ I've had other experiences
with the paranormal, but this was certainly
the most bizarre, the most active,
and the most crazy, and it was very,
very, very scary. ♪ ♪ [tense music] (Kim)
Today's going to be
really, really interesting, to say the least. ♪ ♪ There's energy
that is very present and very much alive. I feel it. This is one of those times where I need
to amp up the protection. If this energy
wanted Margaret out, then why would I think
it wouldn't want me out? I have to think about that. ♪ ♪ There's a woman coming through. She's definitely Asian. She might be her grandmother, and inside of a pot,
there's, like, fish heads. I didn't expect
to just see that-- heads of fishes. I feel that Margaret
is someone who has been through
a lot of emotional trauma. I don't feel she had it easy
as a child. I feel like Margaret might need
to open up a little bit and maybe feel
that she can trust somebody. ♪ ♪ There's something else
about today that's disturbing to me,
and it's very disturbing to me. [shouting indistinctly] I'm picking up a lot of arguing. - What are you gonna do?
- Gonna pay with your-- It feels like a lot
of men energy. I hear yelling at each other, pointing fingers. [both shouting indistinctly] There's a lot of negativity; there's a lot of darkness,
of evil. ♪ ♪ There's always a target. There's always one person that the energy will target, and I really believe
that target was Margaret. ♪ ♪ And now she's coming back? It will remember her, and it may try to make her
the target again. ♪ ♪ I think this is it. ♪ ♪ Here we are. ♪ ♪ Wow. There's something going on
in this house. [foreboding music] There's some energy
in that window. I don't know.
There's something upstairs. ♪ ♪ And it looks like it might
move things in its path. [doors thud] Oh, no. Oh, I don't know about today. ♪ ♪ There's something freaky
about... [scraping]
- [gasps] [crashing] I know poltergeists
when I see poltergeists. ♪ ♪ [screaming] My ears are ringing. [dramatic music] There's too much
violent energy around here. ♪ ♪ [eerie music] ♪ ♪ (Kim)
There's something upstairs, and it looks like it might
move things in its path. [foreboding music] Oh, no. Oh, I don't know about today. [scraping]
- [gasps] [crashing] I know poltergeists
when I see poltergeists. I want to get this over with. ♪ ♪ (Margaret)
I'm really scared right now. It feels like my blood
is on fire. It's a very alarming thing,
and I feel very threatened. I don't want to do this,
but I feel like I have to. [tense music] ♪ ♪ - Hi.
- Margaret. (Kim)
Nice to meet you. (Margaret)
Nice to meet you. - Thank you. Thank you.
- How are you? (Margaret)
I'm a little nervous. (Kim)
I can see why, honestly. I think this is
one of those cases that it doesn't need
to look like a haunted house in order for it to be one. (Margaret)
Mm-hmm. How long did you
stay here? I stayed here
for about a month and increasingly got more and more terrified
as it went on, and things became
more active. I already started
picking up some information by tuning in
on the way here. I usually like to know
what I'm getting myself into, so I try to send
my energy to the place prior to me even getting here,
and I did that, and then when I pulled up
and I was waiting for you, I don't know
if you see what I see, but the energy of this home
sticks out. And there's something
dark about it, and there's something
threatening about it. Well, I am
on board with that. - Yeah.
- So we agree on that. Mm-hmm. Let me ask you a question. Do you believe in a power
greater than us? I definitely do. So do you ever
call upon that power? I guess if I do,
it's calling upon ancestors... That's fine. And calling upon people who I love,
who I've lost... Right. And, you know,
people who I feel like can help me now. - Right.
- You know, it's weird. I've been calling
Joan Rivers a lot. Oh, how great is that? I would talk to her
when she was alive when I was afraid,
and so, you know, now she's kind of,
like, everywhere, so... I am just a little bit concerned
more than anything at this point about entering this house. [ominous musical flourish] I am actually speculating that there's some
violent energy in there. ♪ ♪ You said it seemed
to want you out. Yes. And you paid attention. My concern is,
if it wanted you out then, it certainly doesn't want you
to come back now. Mm-hmm. ♪ ♪ (Margaret)
I want to tell you what happened
the last time I was here. There was a dead rabbit... [foreboding music] Laying right in the middle,
right here, and it looked like
its throat had been slashed. - What did it mean to you?
- I don't know. It just meant don't go back,
don't go back. So you, like,
took it as a sign of... I took it as a sign
of just, you-- this is not
a safe place for you. All right, that's-- let me see
what I pick up on that. Okay. - You ready to go in?
- Yeah. ♪ ♪ (Margaret)
[whispers] Okay. ♪ ♪ (Kim)
How does it feel? (Margaret)
It feels different, definitely. This was sort of
a little living area here. There was, like, couches here,
and I would play music, and there was a point
where I would just try to play as loud as I could
to drown out the sounds of stuff happening in the house. (Kim)
Just give me a brief
description of sounds. Like doors slamming, creaking, like windows,
shutters-- Okay, okay. I almost thought
it was like the wind. I would always try
to explain it away. - You better watch out!
- [yells] So what I was hearing,
just so you know, is, I hear men arguing,
a loud argument... [shouting indistinctly] Pointing in each other's faces. Hmm. [eerie music] And I did pick up someone
that I think might be for you or connected to you,
related to you. I think she's your grandmother. ♪ ♪ She was standing near a stove,
and there was a pot. ♪ ♪ And when she picked up the lid, I saw all of this fish heads
in the pot. Mm-hmm. Like, I saw the fish heads
looking at me, and it freaked me out
a little bit. It's like a soup
or something? It's a soup,
but it's also-- you can pick the heads clean;
it's really good. 'Cause honestly, I'm seeing
the eyeballs and everything. Oh, yeah, you have
to eat the eyeball. That's the best part. All right, thanks,
but that's not my thing. Yeah, it's very Korean. You know who that is?
Like-- Mm-hmm.
I think it's my aunt. She was wonderful,
and we called her... [speaks Korean]
Which is big aunt. And she loved food,
and she loved to cook. I see. I see. [chimes tinkling] Did this aunt
raise you on some level? She was very protective. She was very loving. Like, oh, I was her favorite. She would come from Korea,
and she would give me all the gifts that she had
gotten for everybody else 'cause she wanted me
to have everything, and she was just
overflowing with love, and, you know,
she died on a plane going back to Seoul, trying to get home
before she died to be with her kids, and she died over Seattle, and they had to
emergency land the plane, and so it never felt
like she ever got home. Well, her home is
where her loved ones are, and I believe that's why
she's with you today. And you just said something
that was very significant. You said she was a protector. - Mm-hmm.
- And we need protection today. So interestingly enough, for you to say that word
is why she showed up. All right, um... [yelling] Um... [foreboding music] [grunting] ♪ ♪ [clattering] My ears are ringing. [yelling] It's--something's trying
to change the frequency. [grunts] [banging] [suspenseful music] [both shouting indistinctly] (Kim)
So there is some violent
energy that I'm feeling. That is definitely not good. ♪ ♪ There's, like, no air up here. Gets more crowded. I don't know what
the heck they're doing. [speaking indistinctly] ♪ ♪ This is so bizarre. This doesn't always happen. [speaks indistinctly] ♪ ♪ [eerie music] ♪ ♪ (Kim)
My ears are ringing. It's--something's trying
to change the frequency. [yelling] There is some violent energy
that I'm feeling. That is definitely not good. [yelling] I think,
if what I feel is on target, is ghosts, spirits
feed off of the living in order to get their vitality
and their energy. They feed off
of our distress. If they're negative, they will gravitate
towards negative. I saw a lot of depression
around your family. Oh, yes.
Yes. I see depression
and negative. Really negative. Your aunt watches over you,
so she knows-- she's able to get some insight
into your space, because she always
was concerned about you, still is. This is getting
a little bit deep. [eerie music] She said in order to be free, you have to unlock
the pain-- and she points to your heart-- from your past
and let it go. There's some emotions
that are in your subconscious that are under lock and key,
but every once in a while, they rise to the surface,
and they affect your life. - Do you understand all this?
- Yeah. Do you have anything
you want to ask? I just want to know
if everything's gonna be okay. With your life or-- With everything, with my life and everything. [gentle music] Something recently
happened to you that triggered a lot
of the past emotions, like a traumatic thing. You lost someone recently. I just had a miscarriage, and I've been trying
to get pregnant for a long time. And I had a lot
of complications, and, you know,
it's just-- it was so devastating
when I lost the baby. - So sorry.
- Thank you. I am so sorry. It's so dark. You know, I don't have
a lot more chances. ♪ ♪ (Kim)
Do you want to sit? (Margaret)
Yeah. Here we go. ♪ ♪ The energy now is very off-balance
with you. Mm-hmm. And I really don't know
why I'm about to say this, but I have a feeling
that coming back here today has something to do with getting your balance
of your energy back on track. I don't know exactly
how it's going to tie in, but it will have
to wait and see. Yeah. [yelling] Something about this space gives me
a really creepy feeling, so we--I... [ominous musical flourish] I do want to know where all the activity started
for you in this house. Already psychically,
I felt that there was a room upstairs that's
a high activity zone. Upstairs in the master bedroom, that's where
it got really scary. Oh, well, we need to go there,
all right? Okay. [eerie music] The most threatening
kinds of activity was going on upstairs. (Kim)
I actually felt that
through the window. (Margaret)
Mm. ♪ ♪ (Kim)
The look on your face
says it all. Well, it's, um--
energy for me, it was always different
upstairs than downstairs and-- (Kim)
How so? (Margaret)
It was a lot colder up here and a lot more tense. I feel it. Like it's more crowded. [foreboding music] It still is tense. There's, like,
no air up here. Mm-hmm. [high-pitched ringing] My God,
my ear is ringing again. This is so bizarre. It's frequencies. [tense music] It's a deafening tone
in my ear. This doesn't always happen. Mm-hmm. ♪ ♪ I see candles lit, and I smell something burning, some kind of fire. [chanting indistinctly] I get a very strong sense
of teenage energy. [chanting indistinctly] I don't know
what the heck they're doing. They have a fire. I hear chanting. [chanting indistinctly] I'm sensing that it's
some kind of satanic cult. ♪ ♪ [shouting indistinctly] I have two separate things
going on here. [dramatic music] - [shudders]
- Mm. ♪ ♪ I just heard a gunshot. ♪ ♪ [eerie music] ♪ ♪ I don't know what
the heck they're doing. They have a fire. I hear chanting. [chanting indistinctly] I'm sensing that it's
some kind of satanic cult. [chanting indistinctly] Is this the bedroom
where you had-- It's here. That's what I felt. I thought this was it. Yeah, this is probably
the source of my insomnia today, where I really have trouble
sleeping still now, because of what
happened here... - Okay.
- In this room. This is it. - Ready?
- Yeah. [foreboding music] Okay, um... This is where
my bed was, and I remember laying
on this side. I felt something
lay down next to me, and I was so terrified,
I didn't move for I don't even know how long. The sun finally came up,
and I just turned around, and there was nothing there. I see. So I had, like,
numerous alarm clocks, at least three,
and every time-- I would oversleep
in the morning, because they would all
be turned off. That happened several times, like it was just trying
to stop me from going to work. ♪ ♪ Anything else happen
in this bedroom besides the energy
getting into the bed with you? I had overslept
in the morning, and... [gasps] I felt the bed just
slam down on the floor. I can't imagine it
lifted in the air, but I don't know how it would have slammed
down on the floor... If it didn't lift in the air. - Yeah, it was like--
- Your bed levitated... - Yeah.
- While you were in it. Yeah, to wake--
it woke me up, and that's sort of
what keeps me up still. - Unnerving.
- It was really unnerving. It was really
a shattering feeling. Everything you've
talked about is so typical
of poltergeist activity. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. There's a force that's
at odds with each other. Mm-hmm. [shouting indistinctly] I'm hearing this yelling again. [shouting indistinctly] Wait a minute. There's a older man
and a younger man. This is the ones
I saw in the car. [ominous musical flourish] [tense music] Somehow they feel related. Mm-hmm. Possibly father-son. ♪ ♪ The energy getting
into the bed with you, did you feel like
it was a man or a woman? It felt like a man. It did? It felt like a man,
definitely. Okay, all right. ♪ ♪ [echoing]
You're gonna pay for this! ♪ ♪ [echoing]
You're gonna pay for this! [hands smack] ♪ ♪ "You're gonna pay.
You're going to pay." [echoing]
You're gonna pay for this! The young guy is saying that
to the old guy. "You're not gonna
get away with this." [yells] I don't know what this is. What are you gonna do? And I just see the older guy
not backing down. He has his shoulders back. His energy is challenging
the young guy, like, "I dare you." What are you gonna do? "What are you gonna do?" That's what I just heard. They were fired up, and there was some sort of
family feud going on. It's this total
conflict of... staying on the land, utilizing the land for a certain purpose. Mm-hmm. Do you know
anything about this? No, no, I don't
know anything. You didn't hear
anything like this? No. This area is known for--
it's the McIntosh Trail, where a lot of Native Americans
were pushed through, and they call it
the Trail of Tears. There was a lot of death
and a lot of disease and a lot of sorrow. A lot of people died here. So that's
a well-known thing here? Yeah, that's the history
of the region. Because that's not
what I'm feeling at all. What a minute. I have two separate things
going on here. [chanting indistinctly] I just got a vision in my head. [foreboding music] [chanting indistinctly] These teenage kids are sacrificing an animal. [chanting indistinctly] And it's not a body;
it's an animal of some sort. Yeah, yeah. - [shudders]
- Mm-hmm. That might be the rabbit
downstairs, then. That's very possible. I believe they conjured up
a lot of evil spirits... Yeah. Doing some kind of ritual, I don't feel,
that long ago, actually. Where else did you experience
something in this house? The kitchen. That was really where
I really decided I needed to leave... Oh, really? And I really needed
to get out. All right, well, you know
where we're headed next. Yeah. All right, so let's go there. Okay, let's go. [eerie music] ♪ ♪ So when I came
down to the kitchen and I really was
about to leave and I thought,
"I've got to deal with this. I've got to get out," and then the oven started
beeping and beeping and beeping. It wouldn't stop beeping, and I couldn't get it
to shut off, no matter what I did, and it wouldn't stop, and then suddenly
the garbage disposal just started
to run on its own. At that point,
I felt really trapped, and I thought,
"I've got to get out," and I called the realtor, and I was on the phone
with the realtor, and this beeping seemed
to just get louder, and the garbage disposal, it seemed to escalate. Right past this door, there's a panel
for the fuse box. - Mm-hmm.
- So I turned the fuses off. - Right.
- And they wouldn't shut off. - [gasps]
- They wouldn't shut off. I turned the fuses off
for the entire house... - Oh, my God.
- And nothing would shut off. And then I just--
at that point... - Were you, like, shaking?
- I was shaking. I couldn't stand it
in here anymore. Oh, my God. It was, like, too scary,
and I had to get out. [beeping] Whatever this energy was, it was trying
to communicate with you through all of the electric. Mm-hmm. And that's another
typical sign of the poltergeist activity. [clattering and scraping] [yells and grunts] There's too much
violent energy around here. [yelling] It's built up to a point where it's tangible,
it's real, it has a heartbeat,
it has a pulse. [gunshot] I just heard a gunshot. [suspenseful music] Somebody was shot. ♪ ♪ - [yelling]
- You thought it wanted you out. Yeah. The energy source needed you. [suspenseful music] Honestly, it didn't want
to let you go. ♪ ♪ [eerie music] ♪ ♪ (Kim)
I just heard a gunshot. Somebody was shot. [suspenseful music] [both shouting indistinctly] ♪ ♪ This looks like
one of those old-fashioned guns. [gunshot] [grunting] I feel like I've just been shot
right in my chest, right here. ♪ ♪ This has something to do
with this house and this land. One man, I feel his name
is Joe or John. - Mm-hmm.
- Because I see J-O. I really feel there's, like,
some kind of connection between you and these men. I will really try
to put it all together for you. Okay. Remember what your aunt came through
and talked about earlier? She kept talking about this stuff that you shoved, and you have it
under lock and key. Mm-hmm, yeah. Well, she said it had to do
with when you were younger. Mm-hmm. Like, either you're
holding a grudge, or you just can't
seem to get past. Maybe it's just, I'm trying to protect
my own body somehow. Like, I always feel like
getting stabbed in the back. Anything that's emotional manifests in a physical
kind of a pain and definitely between
my shoulder blades. It just feels
like there's a spear between my shoulder blades
sometimes. The root of that, where do you think
that stemmed from? Because I keep being shown something about... [gentle piano music] I'm very honest. Sometimes this is not
easy for me to do. I don't mean to press, but when you were younger, you never really felt like you were
like the other kids. Did they also make you
feel that way? I think it's just
that I wasn't really able to express myself properly because I had such
a fear of talking and also an inability
to understand society or understand other kids. - Okay.
- So I was really shunned. I had a very difficult childhood
in that regard. I mean, I was bullied
a lot as a kid and very kind of alone-- That's what I was-- And it was--
yeah, it was terrible. That's what I feel you have locked in there. - Oh, yeah.
- It's locked up. Oh, yeah,
that's certainly-- I mean, of course,
it's there. I mean, I actually sort of
refuse to let it go, because I feel like
letting it go means that it was sort of
all for nothing, or, you know, like,
if you hang on to that suffering, you prove a point in a way. That's so interesting
that you just said that. [yelling] [eerie music] Okay.
I get it. [yelling] Margaret, that's what
this energy was. One man was trying
to prove a point to the other. Mm-hmm. And they're not
letting it go. It was a feud. This male wants revenge. He didn't get over it. And what I need
to explain to you is, these teenage kids
summoned the spirit which is causing
the poltergeist activity. What a poltergeist activity derives from is, they thrive on your repressed emotions. A lot of the times, they find a target,
like a host. It was all of your emotions
that you refused to let go of, like your badges of honor,
almost. Mm-hmm. You were giving food
for this energy to thrive. Mm-hmm. You thought
it wanted you out. Yeah. The energy source needed you. Honestly, it didn't want
to let you go. [suspenseful music] You're not ready
to let it go. No, even if it's
a negative energy source, this is mine. ♪ ♪ [eerie music] ♪ ♪ (Kim)
The energy source
needed you. Honestly, it didn't want
to let you go. There's more to this. I just... You want to go
sit down and talk? - Yeah. Yeah.
- All right. ♪ ♪ Did you ever use this backyard
when you lived here? No, not really. It just didn't seem
very welcoming to me. It's the energy. It's not inviting. Yeah, yeah. Let's think about everything
that I saw today. We have a cocktail
of negative compounds. I see, like I told you,
the teenagers. They're doing some kind
of dark, ritualistic-- I believe satanic--
sacrifice, worshipping, and it was going on
when you lived here. They lived close by,
these boys. Sometimes people that dabble
in any type of paranormal that don't know
what they're doing, they're going to attract
the lower entities, and I believe they conjured up
the poltergeist activity here. Mm-hmm. There were two men. One of them got shot
and is hanging around with a vengeance. Mm-hmm. Then here you come. Probably not
a lot of energy here for this poltergeist
to feed off of... Yeah. Until you moved in. Yeah. Poltergeist energy likes
to feed off of intense emotions. It was feeding off of
your suppressed emotions-- Yeah. That you said you're
not ready to let it go? No, I don't know if I would ever consider letting it go. You know, part of that
rage in me is kind of-- I don't know.
It fuels me. It keeps me going.
It's an energy source. Even if it's
a negative energy source and does cause suffering, it's still kind of
a point of pride. This is mine, you know? I do know. Just like these men
with this feud. Right. It's exactly the same thing,
a sense of pride. I'm not going to let
the other guy win. Right. - I need to have the last say.
- Yeah. My question to you is, at what point
do you ever release... - I don't know.
- Those wounds? I don't know.
How do you release? And is it healthy
to hold on to it? No, I'm sure it's not.
I'm sure it's not. But how do you even begin
to let it go? Well, if you could
have a message for those people that
bullied you back then, knowing who you are now,
what would that message be? I think it would
just be, um... ♪ ♪ "Why?" You know, just--
I would want an answer. Even if they had a reason, it would never be
a good enough reason. If I could just let it go
and just say, "I feel hurt and angry, and I'm still a child
because of this." That's right. It's stunting
your soul's growth. Yes, yes. And perhaps that's
why you are not exactly where
you want to be, where you feel, "Is it ever going
to get better?" Yeah, yeah. - And that's your answer...
- Mm-hmm. Is, it will only get better
if you want it to get better. Yeah. For you, all these years,
it made sense to you to hold on to it. Right, right. And I'm not gonna say
it didn't make you stronger, because I think it did. Now take that strength
and use it for the good. Yeah. How do you feel? - Do you feel better?
- I feel better. I feel great. Even you talking about this
actually releases the spear out of my back. Like, I can feel all this
tension drain out of my back. - Like, I feel a lot lighter.
- Lighter? I feel energized. I feel like, oh,
there's kind of a-- like a weight lifted
off of my back or something. Like, it does feel,
certainly, like, internal. Good. - You know, it's good.
- How about a hug? - Thank you.
- You're a doll. [gentle music] (Margaret voice-over)
Coming back here,
I had so many fears and so much trauma here,
but really Kim helped me just kind of release it all
and kind of helped me take responsibility
for it all too, which was really profound. I realized that I'm part
of this energy cycle, that I'm part of all of this. The haunting
and all of the stuff that was going on here,
I am a party to it, and I don't have to be afraid of these poltergeists
or anything, because really
the haunting was inside me. I feel such a sense of closure. I'm really changed and moved
by this experience. ♪ ♪ (Kim)
Looking back,
Margaret was anxious to return to the Georgia home
where she once fled from unexplained
violent activity. We discovered
that Margaret's aunt, who had been
her protector in life, still watches over her
to this day. We also learned
that teenagers nearby had conjured poltergeists
by experimenting in dangerous dark arts. Uncovering the history
of these angry spirits helped Margaret to realize that she needed to let go
of past resentments in order to release
the negative energy she had been carrying around
like a badge of honor. Margaret's courage to revisit
and then release painful events from the past can inspire all of us
to let go of old hurts that block us
from moving forward on a path to a brighter future.
