1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,733 Narrator: WHEN A WOMAN'S HOBBY TURNS OBSESSIVE... 2 00:00:10,733 --> 00:00:12,867 LOOK. AREN'T THEY BEAUTIFUL? 3 00:00:14,833 --> 00:00:16,433 THEY'RE KIND OF WEIRD. 4 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:19,033 THE MASKS DEFINITELY CREEPED ME OUT. 5 00:00:19,033 --> 00:00:21,067 I DIDN'T LIKE THEM AT ALL. 6 00:00:21,067 --> 00:00:23,467 Narrator: ...BIZARRE THINGS BEGIN HAPPENING... 7 00:00:25,867 --> 00:00:27,333 Grier: THE EYES WERE MISSING. 8 00:00:27,333 --> 00:00:30,100 Jeannette: STRAW WAS STICKING OUT OF ITS BELLY 9 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:32,267 AND OUT OF ITS EYES. 10 00:00:32,267 --> 00:00:35,133 Narrator: THERE IS A SPIRIT INSIDE, 11 00:00:35,133 --> 00:00:38,067 WAITING TO COME OUT. 12 00:00:38,067 --> 00:00:39,867 Jeannette: VOODOO KEPT COMING UP. 13 00:00:39,867 --> 00:00:42,500 MOM. IT'S THE MASK. 14 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:46,100 AND I THOUGHT, "MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM." 15 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:47,700 I WAS TERRIFIED. 16 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:49,467 THESE MASKS ARE TRYING TO KILL ME. 17 00:00:49,467 --> 00:00:52,233 [ GASPS ] HELP ME! 18 00:00:52,233 --> 00:00:57,567 Narrator: IN AMERICA, THERE IS REAL EVIL. 19 00:00:57,567 --> 00:01:04,767 IT LURKS IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS AND IN OUR MOST ORDINARY TOWNS. 20 00:01:04,767 --> 00:01:06,833 BETWEEN THE WORLDS WE SEE... 21 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:09,167 SOMEONE IS IN MY ROOM. 22 00:01:09,167 --> 00:01:11,433 ...AND THE THINGS WE FEAR... 23 00:01:11,433 --> 00:01:12,333 [ SCREAMS ] 24 00:01:12,333 --> 00:01:13,867 ...THERE ARE DOORS. 25 00:01:13,867 --> 00:01:15,067 WHEN THEY ARE OPENED... 26 00:01:15,067 --> 00:01:17,467 [ SCREAMS ] 27 00:01:17,467 --> 00:01:21,367 Narrator: ...NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY. 28 00:01:21,367 --> 00:01:24,367 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 29 00:01:24,367 --> 00:01:27,400 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 30 00:01:29,567 --> 00:01:33,067 IN NOVEMBER 2007, BOB GRIFFITH BRINGS HOME 31 00:01:33,067 --> 00:01:35,833 AN IMPORTANT PACKAGE FOR HIS WIFE. 32 00:01:55,133 --> 00:01:57,067 [ ENGINE REVVING ] 33 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:05,633 [ ENGINE REVVING LOUDLY ] 34 00:02:14,933 --> 00:02:17,067 [ TIRES SCREECHING ] 35 00:02:21,833 --> 00:02:23,133 WHAT JUST HAPPENED? 36 00:02:23,133 --> 00:02:26,400 [ CELLPHONE RINGING ] 37 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,433 HELLO? 38 00:02:28,933 --> 00:02:30,500 OH, HEY, BABE. 39 00:02:32,867 --> 00:02:36,100 I WAS JUST ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT. 40 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:38,133 Jeannette: SHORTLY AFTER HE STARTED DRIVING, 41 00:02:38,133 --> 00:02:41,400 THE GAS PEDAL STUCK ON THE CAR. 42 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,233 AND HE COULD NOT SLOW DOWN. 43 00:02:43,233 --> 00:02:47,700 SO HE HAD TO JAM ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE 44 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:49,533 TO STOP THE VEHICLE. 45 00:02:49,533 --> 00:02:52,100 NO, I'M -- I'M OKAY. 46 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:55,100 NO, I'LL BE FINE. 47 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:58,200 LET ME JUST SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS. 48 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,200 YEAH, I GOT IT. 49 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,067 I'LL BE HOME SOON. 50 00:03:02,067 --> 00:03:03,467 LOVE YOU, TOO. 51 00:03:08,767 --> 00:03:10,433 Jeannette: WE HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT. 52 00:03:10,433 --> 00:03:12,433 AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. 53 00:03:12,433 --> 00:03:14,700 WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE CAR WAS FINE, 54 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:17,833 WE JUST BRUSHED IT OFF AND FORGOT ABOUT IT. 55 00:03:17,833 --> 00:03:20,500 YOU KNOW, WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. 56 00:03:26,567 --> 00:03:31,267 IN 2007, WE MOVED INTO OUR DREAM HOME, 57 00:03:31,267 --> 00:03:34,600 IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS, JUST NORTH OF PALM SPRINGS. 58 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,333 AND IT WAS A VERY NICE HOME. 59 00:03:37,333 --> 00:03:38,933 I LIVED THERE WITH MY HUSBAND, BOB, 60 00:03:38,933 --> 00:03:41,233 AND MY 12-YEAR-OLD SON, GRIER. 61 00:03:41,233 --> 00:03:43,300 [ DOOR CLOSES ] 62 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:45,200 HELLO! HEY! 63 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,633 [ GASPS ] THERE IT IS! 64 00:03:46,633 --> 00:03:48,367 I'M SO EXCITED! 65 00:03:48,367 --> 00:03:49,400 I WISH YOU WERE AS EXCITED 66 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,067 TO SEE ME AS YOU ARE TO GET THIS BOX. 67 00:03:51,067 --> 00:03:53,133 OH, I'M SORRY. ARE YOU OKAY? 68 00:03:53,133 --> 00:03:54,733 HOW -- HOW'S THE CAR? I'M OKAY. 69 00:03:54,733 --> 00:03:55,900 THE CAR'S OKAY. OKAY. 70 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:57,600 AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THIS, WE'RE ALL OKAY. 71 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,567 I AM JUST REALLY EXCITED. DO YOU WANT TO SEE? 72 00:04:00,567 --> 00:04:02,067 COME ON. I'LL SHOW YOU. 73 00:04:02,067 --> 00:04:04,767 MY HUSBAND HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR. 74 00:04:04,767 --> 00:04:06,267 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. 75 00:04:06,267 --> 00:04:08,867 AND HE WAS A GOOD FATHER. 76 00:04:08,867 --> 00:04:10,967 MOM, WHAT DID YOU BUY NOW? 77 00:04:10,967 --> 00:04:12,667 [ CHUCKLES ] I WILL SHOW YOU. 78 00:04:12,667 --> 00:04:15,600 GRIER IS SMART. HE'S SO INTELLIGENT. 79 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,433 HE IS A GREAT KID. 80 00:04:19,633 --> 00:04:21,133 I COLLECT ANTIQUES. 81 00:04:21,133 --> 00:04:24,367 AND AS A HOUSEWARMING GIFT FOR MYSELF, 82 00:04:24,367 --> 00:04:28,733 I BOUGHT THESE TWO HAITIAN MASKS THAT I FOUND ON THE INTERNET. 83 00:04:28,733 --> 00:04:29,967 THEY WERE SOLID MAHOGANY, 84 00:04:29,967 --> 00:04:33,667 AND THE CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS JUST AMAZING. 85 00:04:33,667 --> 00:04:38,667 ONE OF THEM HAD THE APPEARANCE OF A GAZELLE. 86 00:04:38,667 --> 00:04:42,367 THE OTHER ONE HAD HUMAN FEATURES. 87 00:04:42,367 --> 00:04:44,967 LOOK. AREN'T THEY BEAUTIFUL? 88 00:04:47,433 --> 00:04:48,933 THEY'RE KIND OF WEIRD. 89 00:04:48,933 --> 00:04:50,300 Grier: WHEN I SAW THE MASKS, 90 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:54,933 I SORT OF GOT A VERY EERIE FEELING, ALMOST PARANOID. 91 00:04:54,933 --> 00:04:58,467 I REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD MY MOM THAT I DIDN'T LIKE THEM AT ALL. 92 00:04:58,467 --> 00:05:01,433 AND SHE INSISTED THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOOK GREAT ON THE WALL. 93 00:05:01,433 --> 00:05:05,267 OH, STOP! I THINK THEY'RE AMAZING! 94 00:05:10,733 --> 00:05:13,400 HEY, BUDDY, WHAT DO YOU SAY? LET'S GO GET SOME TAKEOUT. 95 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,567 WE'LL USE YOUR MOM'S CAR. 96 00:05:15,567 --> 00:05:16,900 ALL RIGHT. GET ME SOMETHING GOOD. 97 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:19,567 WE'LL BE BACK SOON. 98 00:05:19,567 --> 00:05:22,333 I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN THE MASKS GOT THERE. 99 00:05:22,333 --> 00:05:25,633 AND I HUNG THEM ON THEIR OWN SPECIAL WALL. 100 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,500 Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, 101 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:37,467 JEANNETTE AND GRIER SETTLE INTO THEIR HOME 102 00:05:37,467 --> 00:05:41,067 WHILE BOB IS AWAY ON BUSINESS. 103 00:05:41,067 --> 00:05:42,833 Jeannette: MY HUSBAND WAS AN RV SALESMAN. 104 00:05:42,833 --> 00:05:47,133 BECAUSE OF HIS JOB, HE WOULD BE GONE FOR 2 WEEKS, 105 00:05:47,133 --> 00:05:50,800 MAYBE A MONTH AT A TIME, FOR RV SHOWS. 106 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,367 AND HE WOULD GO AND SELL AT THESE SHOWS. 107 00:05:54,367 --> 00:05:57,300 SO IT WAS GRIER AND I ALONE IN THE HOUSE. 108 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:01,833 HEY, BUD. HEY. 109 00:06:01,833 --> 00:06:03,300 BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING TO DRINK. 110 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:04,767 THANKS. 111 00:06:04,767 --> 00:06:06,200 HOW'S IT GOING? 112 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,067 NOT TOO WELL. WHY? 113 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:10,067 I CAN'T FIGURE OUT THIS ONE QUESTION. 114 00:06:10,067 --> 00:06:12,633 OKAY. LET'S SEE HERE. 115 00:06:12,633 --> 00:06:14,633 THIS ONE? YEAH. 116 00:06:14,633 --> 00:06:16,133 MM. OKAY. 117 00:06:16,133 --> 00:06:18,067 SO, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO MULTIPLY, 118 00:06:18,067 --> 00:06:20,100 RIGHT, AND THEN SUBTRACT. 119 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:24,367 SO, IT'S GOING TO BE X MINUS 2. 120 00:06:24,367 --> 00:06:25,667 I STILL DON'T GET IT. 121 00:06:25,667 --> 00:06:27,767 AH, YOU WILL. 122 00:06:27,767 --> 00:06:29,533 WHEN'S DAD GONNA BE HOME? 123 00:06:29,533 --> 00:06:32,433 I DON'T KNOW, BUD. TOMORROW, MAYBE? 124 00:06:32,433 --> 00:06:33,467 [ THUMP ] 125 00:06:34,567 --> 00:06:37,100 WHAT WAS THAT? 126 00:06:40,467 --> 00:06:42,400 WHOA! WHAT IS IT? 127 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,600 IS THAT A BIRD? 128 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,933 OH, MAN. 129 00:06:49,933 --> 00:06:53,733 THE BIRD THAT WE SAW WAS JUST A LITTLE BLACK BIRD, YOU KNOW. 130 00:06:53,733 --> 00:06:58,067 IT WASN'T A RAVEN. IT WAS SMALLER. 131 00:06:58,067 --> 00:06:59,167 POOR GUY. 132 00:06:59,167 --> 00:07:00,667 Grier: WHEN WE SAW THE DEAD BIRD, 133 00:07:00,667 --> 00:07:03,367 WE THOUGHT IT'D JUST HIT THE BACK DOOR AND DIED. 134 00:07:03,367 --> 00:07:04,667 AW. 135 00:07:08,833 --> 00:07:12,333 OH. UM...LET'S -- LET'S GO INSIDE THE HOUSE. 136 00:07:12,333 --> 00:07:15,400 THAT WAS A LITTLE WEIRD. AND IT WAS SAD. 137 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,733 BUT BIRDS FLY INTO WINDOWS. 138 00:07:17,733 --> 00:07:19,567 WE JUST DISMISSED IT. 139 00:07:19,567 --> 00:07:24,367 YOU KNOW, WE CLEANED IT UP AND DISMISSED IT. 140 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:44,733 [ TAPPING ON WINDOW ] 141 00:07:55,233 --> 00:07:57,067 Grier: ONE NIGHT, I WAS IN MY ROOM. 142 00:07:57,067 --> 00:07:59,400 I HAD JUST STARTED FALLING ASLEEP. 143 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,633 AND I HEARD TAPPING ON MY WINDOW. 144 00:08:05,967 --> 00:08:07,433 [ CREAKING ] 145 00:08:57,733 --> 00:08:58,900 [ CREAKING ] 146 00:08:58,900 --> 00:09:01,500 WHO'S THERE? 147 00:09:24,067 --> 00:09:25,067 [ CREAKING ] 148 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:29,367 I DEFINITELY HAD A SENSE OF PARANOIA, 149 00:09:29,367 --> 00:09:31,900 LIKE SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING ME. 150 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:01,333 [ GASPS ] 151 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,233 Narrator: TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GRIER GRIFFITH 152 00:10:11,233 --> 00:10:13,167 HAS BEEN GETTING AN EERIE FEELING 153 00:10:13,167 --> 00:10:16,033 IN HIS NEW HOUSE. 154 00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:17,833 Grier: WHEN I WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALL, 155 00:10:17,833 --> 00:10:19,133 I HEARD THE CREAKING 156 00:10:19,133 --> 00:10:21,400 AND THAT SAME NOISE FROM OUTSIDE. 157 00:10:22,333 --> 00:10:23,600 [ CREAKING ] 158 00:10:39,467 --> 00:10:40,800 [ GASPS ] 159 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,700 I LOOKED BEHIND ME AND SAW NOTHING. 160 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:46,700 AFTER NOT SEEING ANYTHING, I JUST... 161 00:10:50,333 --> 00:10:52,067 ...I WANTED TO BRUSH IT OFF. 162 00:10:52,067 --> 00:10:54,133 SO I JUST SORT OF LET GO OF IT. 163 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,633 Jeannette: GRIER AND I WERE PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD. 164 00:11:06,633 --> 00:11:08,333 AND WE CAME IN. 165 00:11:08,333 --> 00:11:11,833 AND WE SHUT THE DOOR. 166 00:11:11,833 --> 00:11:12,900 [ Laughing ] YOU'RE JUST GETTING TOO FAST. 167 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:13,933 I KNOW. 168 00:11:13,933 --> 00:11:15,700 I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YOU ANYMORE. 169 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,567 WHAT'S THAT? 170 00:11:20,567 --> 00:11:21,967 IT'S GLASS. 171 00:11:23,933 --> 00:11:28,200 AND THERE WAS GLASS ALL OVER THE DINING ROOM. 172 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,700 WHAT THE HECK? 173 00:11:35,167 --> 00:11:37,167 WHAT BROKE THE GLASS? 174 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:42,133 BE CAREFUL. OKAY. 175 00:11:42,133 --> 00:11:45,333 IT MADE A TRAIL 25 FEET. 176 00:11:45,333 --> 00:11:47,400 IT JUST MADE NO SENSE AT ALL. 177 00:11:49,467 --> 00:11:52,167 THE TRAIL OF GLASS DEFINITELY SEEMED TO BE 178 00:11:52,167 --> 00:11:54,567 PLACED IN THIS LINE. 179 00:11:59,567 --> 00:12:01,300 Jeannette: AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THE GLASS 180 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:02,800 WENT THROUGH THE DINING ROOM, 181 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,067 INTO THE LIVING ROOM, AND AROUND THE CORNER. 182 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:16,767 Grier: I JUST KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. 183 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:23,333 OH, GOD! 184 00:12:23,333 --> 00:12:25,467 WHAT WAS IT? 185 00:12:25,467 --> 00:12:27,167 I...DON'T KNOW. 186 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,200 WHAT? 187 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,567 WHAT IS IT? 188 00:12:51,933 --> 00:12:54,467 OH! OH, GOSH. 189 00:12:57,567 --> 00:12:59,567 WHEN I GOT DOWN CLOSE TO IT, 190 00:12:59,567 --> 00:13:01,767 I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG 191 00:13:01,767 --> 00:13:03,633 WITH THIS BIRD. 192 00:13:03,633 --> 00:13:06,067 IT'S FREAKY. LOOK AT ITS EYES. 193 00:13:07,833 --> 00:13:10,733 IT WASN'T JUST THE EYES WERE MISSING. 194 00:13:10,733 --> 00:13:14,633 IT WAS THAT THERE WAS ACTUAL VERY LARGE HOLES. 195 00:13:14,633 --> 00:13:19,433 IT WAS STUFFED WITH STRAW COMING OUT OF IT. 196 00:13:19,433 --> 00:13:21,400 IT WAS VERY DISTURBING. 197 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,333 THE STRAW WAS STICKING OUT OF ITS BELLY. 198 00:13:24,333 --> 00:13:26,300 THAT ACTUALLY WAS PRETTY FRIGHTENING 199 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:28,233 BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE 200 00:13:28,233 --> 00:13:30,567 PUT THERE SOMEHOW. 201 00:13:30,567 --> 00:13:32,400 THAT'S JUST NOT NORMAL. 202 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,300 IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF SOME KIND OF SICK JOKE? 203 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:37,833 NO, I -- I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 204 00:13:40,133 --> 00:13:41,967 WHAT IF SOMEONE'S MESSING WITH US? 205 00:13:41,967 --> 00:13:43,300 WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 206 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:44,400 WHO WOULD -- 207 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,067 ONE OF THE MANY THOUGHTS I HAD 208 00:13:47,067 --> 00:13:49,400 WAS THAT SOMEBODY WAS MESSING WITH US. 209 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,767 UM... 210 00:13:51,767 --> 00:13:54,933 I, AT THE TIME, DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHO THAT COULD BE. 211 00:13:54,933 --> 00:13:56,967 I DON'T KNOW. IT WASN'T ME. 212 00:13:59,067 --> 00:14:01,700 I'LL GO GET A BAG OR SOMETHING TO PUT IT IN. 213 00:14:03,333 --> 00:14:06,233 Jeannette: I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF THE STUFFED BIRD, 214 00:14:06,233 --> 00:14:09,433 OTHER THAN IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN PUT HERE. 215 00:14:09,433 --> 00:14:12,333 BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD DO THAT. 216 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,167 IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 217 00:14:16,167 --> 00:14:18,833 I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK ABOUT IT. 218 00:14:18,833 --> 00:14:20,467 BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME 219 00:14:20,467 --> 00:14:23,167 THAT I STARTED FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE HOUSE. 220 00:14:26,867 --> 00:14:28,267 Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, 221 00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:31,067 WITH JEANNETTE'S HUSBAND ON THE ROAD AGAIN FOR WORK, 222 00:14:31,067 --> 00:14:32,533 JEANNETTE AND GRIER MAKE SURE 223 00:14:32,533 --> 00:14:35,467 TO KEEP THE HOUSE UNDER LOCK AND KEY. 224 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:45,167 [ WATER RUNNING ] 225 00:15:37,433 --> 00:15:39,467 [ CRICKET CHIRPING ] 226 00:15:46,267 --> 00:15:48,500 [ CRICKETS CHIRPING ] 227 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:55,133 [ GASPING ] 228 00:15:55,133 --> 00:15:57,133 NO! 229 00:15:57,133 --> 00:16:00,067 [ SCREAMING ] 230 00:16:13,867 --> 00:16:15,600 Narrator: STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING 231 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,400 IN JEANNETTE OSBOURNE'S DREAM HOME. 232 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,700 [ CRICKETS CHIRPING ] 233 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:23,233 [ GASPING ] 234 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:24,633 [ SCREAMING ] 235 00:16:24,633 --> 00:16:28,667 I HAD 10 OR 15 CRICKETS COMING UP OUT OF MY SHOWER DRAIN. 236 00:16:28,667 --> 00:16:31,067 I WAS MORE THAN A LITTLE FREAKED OUT. 237 00:16:31,067 --> 00:16:32,467 I DON'T LIKE BUGS. 238 00:16:32,467 --> 00:16:34,200 [ SCREAMING ] 239 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,967 I WAS TERRIFIED. 240 00:16:40,067 --> 00:16:42,233 OH! OH, GOD! 241 00:16:42,233 --> 00:16:44,267 OH! MOM! 242 00:16:44,267 --> 00:16:45,500 WHAT'S WRONG? 243 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:47,100 THERE WERE ALL THESE CRICKETS IN MY BATHROOM. 244 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:48,733 I -- THEY WERE COMING OUT OF THE DRAIN. 245 00:16:48,733 --> 00:16:50,133 THEY WERE ALL OVER ME. 246 00:16:50,133 --> 00:16:51,800 OH, MY GOD. 247 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,467 [ CLATTER ] 248 00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:07,800 [ GASPS ] 249 00:17:17,167 --> 00:17:20,233 WHAT HAPPENED? 250 00:17:20,233 --> 00:17:22,067 I HAVE -- I HAVE -- 251 00:17:22,067 --> 00:17:23,933 DID YOU DO THIS? NO. 252 00:17:23,933 --> 00:17:26,233 WELL, WAS IT LIKE THIS WHEN YOU CAME THROUGH HERE? 253 00:17:26,233 --> 00:17:28,433 I DON'T THINK SO. 254 00:17:35,467 --> 00:17:37,533 WHAT IN THE WORLD? 255 00:17:40,267 --> 00:17:42,800 IT'S FOOD. 256 00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:51,233 I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SORT OF, 257 00:17:51,233 --> 00:17:55,067 LIKE, A TRAIL OF DRY GOODS. 258 00:17:55,067 --> 00:17:58,367 Jeannette: IT WENT OUT OF THE KITCHEN, INTO THE DINING ROOM, 259 00:17:58,367 --> 00:18:02,067 AND STOPPED AT THE WALL -- STOPPED RIGHT BELOW THE MASKS. 260 00:18:10,967 --> 00:18:12,067 MOM. 261 00:18:15,267 --> 00:18:16,667 MOM! 262 00:18:16,667 --> 00:18:17,967 IT'S THE MASKS. 263 00:18:17,967 --> 00:18:21,867 THE TRAIL IS LEADING TO THE MASKS. 264 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,633 NO, HONEY, IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE. 265 00:18:23,633 --> 00:18:25,300 NO, IT'S NOT. 266 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:27,900 WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? 267 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,367 Grier: THE PATH FROM THE DRY GOODS CABINET 268 00:18:30,367 --> 00:18:33,600 TO THE MASKS WAS ABOUT 7 OR 8 FEET. 269 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,267 AND EVEN IF IT HAD JUST FALLEN DIRECTLY OUT OF THE CUPBOARD, 270 00:18:37,267 --> 00:18:41,067 THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY THAT IT COULD HAVE MADE A TRAIL. 271 00:18:41,067 --> 00:18:44,333 I TOLD YOU THEY WERE CREEPY FROM THE DAY YOU GOT THEM. 272 00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:46,100 YOU SHOULD GET RID OF THEM. THEY ARE NOT CREEPY! 273 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,567 THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. 274 00:18:48,567 --> 00:18:50,100 I WOULD TRY AND EXPLAIN TO HER, LIKE, 275 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:52,667 "YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THIS IS PROBABLY 276 00:18:52,667 --> 00:18:54,700 BECAUSE OF THOSE MASKS, RIGHT?" 277 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:57,733 AND, OF COURSE, SHE WOULD TRY TO BRUSH IT OFF. 278 00:18:57,733 --> 00:19:00,300 YOU'RE OVERREACTING. 279 00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:03,100 WHY WON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME? 280 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,767 Jeannette: THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. THEY'RE MINE. 281 00:19:04,767 --> 00:19:06,567 AND I LOVE THEM. 282 00:19:06,567 --> 00:19:08,833 AND THEY'RE GONNA STAY RIGHT THERE, ON THE WALL. 283 00:19:12,233 --> 00:19:13,600 Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, 284 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,800 JEANNETTE OFTEN FINDS HERSELF ADMIRING THE MASKS. 285 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:22,400 Jeannette: I KNOW THAT THEY HAD A HOLD OVER ME. 286 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,867 I HAVE OTHER MASKS AND OTHER ANTIQUES. 287 00:19:26,867 --> 00:19:29,200 AND, OF COURSE, LIKE ANY COLLECTOR, I LOVE THEM. 288 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,167 YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE ME HAPPY. 289 00:19:32,167 --> 00:19:33,700 THESE WERE DIFFERENT. 290 00:19:36,067 --> 00:19:40,067 I WASN'T WILLING TO TAKE THEM DOWN. 291 00:19:40,067 --> 00:19:42,333 Narrator: JEANNETTE'S GROWING OBSESSION TAKES A TURN, 292 00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:45,133 AND SHE BUYS EVEN MORE MASKS. 293 00:19:52,633 --> 00:19:53,767 HONEY? 294 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:01,233 JEANNETTE? 295 00:20:04,567 --> 00:20:06,200 DON'T YOU THINK YOU'RE SPENDING A LITTLE TOO MUCH TIME 296 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,500 ON THIS...HOBBY? 297 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,633 TOO MUCH TIME? 298 00:20:11,633 --> 00:20:14,767 NO, I LIKE THEM. 299 00:20:14,767 --> 00:20:16,800 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 300 00:20:22,767 --> 00:20:25,700 LOOK, I'VE GOT TO GO. 301 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:26,633 I LOVE YOU. 302 00:20:26,633 --> 00:20:28,567 [ SMOOCHES ] 303 00:20:28,567 --> 00:20:31,100 I'LL BE BACK SOON. 304 00:20:42,267 --> 00:20:44,833 I HAD AN UNNATURAL ATTACHMENT TO THESE THINGS. 305 00:20:44,833 --> 00:20:47,000 THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION FOR IT. 306 00:21:05,733 --> 00:21:08,633 Grier: MY DAD WORKED A LOT, AND DURING THIS TIME, 307 00:21:08,633 --> 00:21:11,067 HE WAS ACTUALLY LEAVING FOR WEEKS 308 00:21:11,067 --> 00:21:13,333 OR MAYBE A MONTH AT A TIME. 309 00:21:13,333 --> 00:21:15,967 WITH THAT HAPPENING, HE COULDN'T BE, 310 00:21:15,967 --> 00:21:19,333 SORT OF, LIKE, A HELPING HAND, ON MY PART, 311 00:21:19,333 --> 00:21:22,200 WITH PERSUADING MY MOM TO GET RID OF THESE MASKS. 312 00:21:24,567 --> 00:21:26,333 WHEN MY MOM WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME ABOUT THE MASKS, 313 00:21:26,333 --> 00:21:28,233 IT MADE ME FEEL ALONE. 314 00:22:32,167 --> 00:22:33,100 AAH! 315 00:22:44,167 --> 00:22:47,200 Narrator: TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GRIER HAS JUST BEEN ATTACKED 316 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,067 BY AN UNSEEN ENTITY. 317 00:22:50,067 --> 00:22:51,733 AAH! 318 00:22:51,733 --> 00:22:54,300 IT FELT LIKE SOMEBODY HAD HIT ME. 319 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,867 MOM! 320 00:22:57,867 --> 00:22:59,267 WHAT? MOM! 321 00:22:59,267 --> 00:23:01,533 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. CALM DOWN. CALM DOWN. 322 00:23:01,533 --> 00:23:02,867 WHAT? WHAT? 323 00:23:02,867 --> 00:23:05,400 GRIER CAME RUNNING INTO MY ROOM. 324 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,600 AND HE SAID THAT SOMETHING WAS IN HIS ROOM. 325 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:10,967 I WAS SLEEPING IN MY ROOM. 326 00:23:10,967 --> 00:23:13,200 AND SOMETHING HIT ME IN THE FOREHEAD. 327 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,800 LET ME SEE THIS. 328 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:19,633 HE HAD FINGERPRINTS ON HIS FOREHEAD, LIKE THIS. 329 00:23:19,633 --> 00:23:20,633 IT WAS FRIGHTENING. 330 00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:21,833 OH, MY GOD! 331 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,633 MOM, IT'S THE STUPID MASKS! 332 00:23:23,633 --> 00:23:25,767 THE MASKS? GRIER, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. 333 00:23:25,767 --> 00:23:28,433 YOU AREN'T LISTENING TO ME! 334 00:23:28,433 --> 00:23:29,733 LOOK. 335 00:23:29,733 --> 00:23:32,933 I WILL FIGURE THIS OUT, OKAY? 336 00:23:32,933 --> 00:23:34,133 OKAY. 337 00:23:39,933 --> 00:23:41,633 YOU WANT TO STAY IN HERE TONIGHT? 338 00:23:41,633 --> 00:23:43,067 MM. 339 00:23:43,067 --> 00:23:45,733 OKAY. GET IN BED. 340 00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:47,467 I DEFINITELY THINK THAT MADE THINGS 341 00:23:47,467 --> 00:23:50,567 A LOT MORE REAL FOR BOTH MY MOTHER AND I. 342 00:23:53,067 --> 00:23:55,300 Narrator: JEANNETTE CAN NO LONGER DENY THE CONNECTION 343 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:58,867 BETWEEN THE HAUNTING AND THE MASKS. 344 00:23:58,867 --> 00:24:02,767 Jeannette: I STARTED TRYING TO RESEARCH THE MASKS. 345 00:24:02,767 --> 00:24:05,967 I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THEM, OTHER THAN THEY CAME TO ME IN A BOX 346 00:24:05,967 --> 00:24:08,633 FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE IN HAITI. 347 00:24:08,633 --> 00:24:10,400 VOODOO KEPT COMING UP. 348 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,100 AND I THOUGHT, "I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. 349 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:14,567 IS IT POSSIBLE?" 350 00:24:14,567 --> 00:24:15,800 PART OF ME WAS SAYING, 351 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,833 "WELL, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM. 352 00:24:17,833 --> 00:24:19,833 MAYBE THEY'RE CAUSING THIS." 353 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:26,300 Narrator: JEANNETTE INVITES A VOODOO PRIEST INTO HER HOME. 354 00:24:28,067 --> 00:24:30,700 SO, OVER HERE IS, UM, 355 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,300 WHERE WE FOUND THE TRAIL OF FOOD 356 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:35,900 JUST LINED UP THROUGH THE KITCHEN. 357 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:39,200 I'M BLOODY MARY, VOODOO QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS 358 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,967 AND A VOODOO HISTORIAN. 359 00:24:40,967 --> 00:24:44,233 ON MANY OCCASIONS, I'M CALLED IN AS AN OCCULT EXPERT 360 00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:47,633 WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR HOUSE. 361 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,400 AND HERE ARE THE MASKS. 362 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,333 THE VOODOO PRIEST THAT JEANNETTE CALLED 363 00:24:56,333 --> 00:24:59,433 CAME OVER TO THE HOUSE TO ASSESS THE SITUATION. 364 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:22,433 THESE TWO HAVE A STRONG SPIRIT WITHIN THEM. 365 00:25:22,433 --> 00:25:24,167 THEY DO? 366 00:25:26,300 --> 00:25:27,933 MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER VOODOO 367 00:25:27,933 --> 00:25:30,833 TO BE THE OLDEST RELIGION THAT EXISTS. 368 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,067 IT'S A NATURE-BASED RELIGION, 369 00:25:39,733 --> 00:25:41,967 SO EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT WORLD. 370 00:25:41,967 --> 00:25:44,933 IN FACT, THE WORD "VOODOO" TRANSLATES TO "MEAN SPIRIT." 371 00:25:52,067 --> 00:25:55,200 [ CHANTING ] 372 00:25:58,067 --> 00:26:01,867 TRANCE DANCE POSSESSION IS A PART OF A VOODOO CEREMONY. 373 00:26:01,867 --> 00:26:05,233 IT WOULD START WITH OFFERINGS TO THE SPIRITS. 374 00:26:24,567 --> 00:26:28,100 AND EVENTUALLY, TO BUILD ENERGY, THEY'RE DANCING. 375 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:31,133 YOU'RE WANTING TO BECOME THE SPIRITS. 376 00:26:31,133 --> 00:26:34,533 IF YOU GET POSSESSED, YOU MAY GO PUT ON THE CLOTHING 377 00:26:34,533 --> 00:26:37,433 THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO THAT PARTICULAR SPIRIT. 378 00:26:37,433 --> 00:26:39,900 YOU MAY PUT ON A WIG. YOU MAY PUT ON A MASK. 379 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:48,067 Priest: THESE MASKS WERE USED 380 00:26:48,067 --> 00:26:50,367 DURING RITUAL CEREMONIES IN MY FAITH. 381 00:26:50,367 --> 00:26:52,833 THE MORE AND MORE THOSE THINGS ARE USED, 382 00:26:52,833 --> 00:26:57,167 THE MORE AND MORE THEY'RE EMBEDDED WITH THE SPIRIT ITSELF. 383 00:26:59,533 --> 00:27:01,867 WHAT KIND OF RITUALS? 384 00:27:01,867 --> 00:27:03,567 IT'S HARD TO TELL. 385 00:27:03,567 --> 00:27:07,267 BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR GUIDE. 386 00:27:07,267 --> 00:27:08,933 WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 387 00:27:08,933 --> 00:27:11,533 THE SPIRITS, THE MASKS -- 388 00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:14,300 THEY...ARE HUNGRY. 389 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:15,367 SO, WHAT DO WE DO? 390 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:16,800 I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THEM. 391 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,900 BUT I WANT THEM TO BE AT PEACE WITH MY FAMILY. 392 00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:22,300 YOU NEED TO FEED THEM. 393 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:25,600 LEAVE OUT GIFTS FOR THEM. 394 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,967 IN JEANNETTE'S CASE, THERE WERE CRICKETS 395 00:27:27,967 --> 00:27:29,267 AND THERE WERE BIRDS, 396 00:27:29,267 --> 00:27:32,400 AS WELL AS FOOD THAT WERE KIND OF BROUGHT TO HER. 397 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,833 THAT WAS A HINT THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE FED. 398 00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:38,667 I CAN SHOW YOU. 399 00:27:53,667 --> 00:27:55,300 ARE WE IN DANGER? 400 00:27:56,767 --> 00:27:59,100 NO. 401 00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:01,400 I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED. 402 00:28:02,967 --> 00:28:06,167 BUT FIRST, LET US PERFORM A PROTECTION CEREMONY. 403 00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:10,467 THE SPIRITS NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS IN CONTROL. 404 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:14,633 OKAY. 405 00:28:17,067 --> 00:28:21,500 AFTER THE PROTECTION CEREMONY, THE HOUSE DID FEEL BETTER. 406 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:24,067 AND WE STARTED PUTTING FOOD OFFERINGS 407 00:28:24,067 --> 00:28:26,900 IN A BOWL UNDER THE MASKS. 408 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:29,367 I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD WORK OR NOT. 409 00:28:29,367 --> 00:28:31,533 BUT I WAS WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING. 410 00:28:58,333 --> 00:29:00,367 AAH! 411 00:29:00,367 --> 00:29:01,700 [ GASPING ] 412 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:18,433 NO, NO, NO, NO! NO! 413 00:29:18,433 --> 00:29:20,167 [ SCREAMING ] 414 00:29:23,067 --> 00:29:25,167 HELP ME! 415 00:29:25,167 --> 00:29:26,833 HELP! 416 00:29:35,533 --> 00:29:39,067 Narrator: JEANNETTE OSBOURNE IS TERRIFIED FOR HER LIFE. 417 00:29:39,067 --> 00:29:42,733 [ GASPING, SCREAMING ] 418 00:29:42,733 --> 00:29:45,200 AAH! HELP ME! 419 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,700 HELP! 420 00:30:05,533 --> 00:30:07,633 IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. 421 00:30:07,633 --> 00:30:12,067 BUT I KNEW WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING WAS VERY REAL. 422 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,667 Narrator: BUT IN SPITE OF HER FEAR, 423 00:30:17,667 --> 00:30:21,567 HER OBSESSION WITH THE MASKS DEFIES LOGIC. 424 00:30:21,567 --> 00:30:23,467 I DIDN'T WANT TO GET RID OF THEM. 425 00:30:23,467 --> 00:30:26,133 I WAS ATTACHED TO THEM. 426 00:30:26,133 --> 00:30:27,467 BUT I KIND OF KNEW 427 00:30:27,467 --> 00:30:29,267 THAT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEM. 428 00:30:29,267 --> 00:30:32,233 IT ABSOLUTELY HAD TO. 429 00:30:32,233 --> 00:30:37,400 Narrator: THAT SUMMER, JEANNETTE FINDS HERSELF ALONE IN THE HOUSE. 430 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,633 GRIER LEAVES TO VISIT HIS OLDER BROTHER IN KANSAS. 431 00:30:42,533 --> 00:30:43,967 YOU GOT EVERYTHING? 432 00:30:46,467 --> 00:30:48,600 WE ARE GONNA GET THIS WORKED OUT, OKAY? 433 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,000 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE FINE. 434 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,867 I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU, TOO. 435 00:30:59,767 --> 00:31:01,367 HERE'S YOUR STUFF. 436 00:31:03,633 --> 00:31:04,633 Bob: OKAY, BUDDY. 437 00:31:04,633 --> 00:31:06,200 YOU READY TO GO? YEP. 438 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,200 OKAY. MEET ME IN THE CAR. 439 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,567 Narrator: WHAT'S MORE, JEANNETTE'S HUSBAND HAS NO CHOICE 440 00:31:11,567 --> 00:31:14,300 BUT TO TAKE A NEW JOB OUT OF STATE. 441 00:31:17,267 --> 00:31:20,800 IN 2008, FINANCES WERE BAD FOR EVERYONE. 442 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:25,333 A LOT OF THE RV STORES CLOSED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 443 00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:30,733 AND MY HUSBAND HAD TO FIND WORK WITHIN HIS INDUSTRY 444 00:31:30,733 --> 00:31:32,267 WHERE HE COULD. 445 00:31:32,267 --> 00:31:33,900 IT'LL JUST BE A FEW MONTHS. 446 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:36,167 AND I'LL BE BACK. OKAY? 447 00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:42,467 LOVE YOU. 448 00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:48,367 THE LOWEST MOMENT WAS DEFINITELY LEAVING MY MOM 449 00:31:48,367 --> 00:31:49,633 TO DEAL WITH IT ON HER OWN 450 00:31:49,633 --> 00:31:51,967 BECAUSE MY DAD WAS STILL WORKING. 451 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,967 Jeannette: I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING. 452 00:31:56,967 --> 00:31:58,633 AND I THOUGHT, "I NEED TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY. 453 00:31:58,633 --> 00:32:00,467 I NEED TO GET SOME HELP." 454 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,233 Narrator: DESPERATE, JEANNETTE CONTACTS A HAUNTED-OBJECT SPECIALIST. 455 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:12,633 HI. COME ON IN. 456 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:16,967 MY NAME IS JOHN ZAFFIS. 457 00:32:16,967 --> 00:32:21,400 I'VE BEEN A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR FOR 43 YEARS. 458 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:22,867 WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A SEAT? 459 00:32:22,867 --> 00:32:24,100 SURE. THAT'D BE FINE. THANK YOU. 460 00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:25,667 WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SUGAR OR ANYTHING? 461 00:32:25,667 --> 00:32:27,967 BLACK IS FINE. THANK YOU. 462 00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:36,733 WELL, YOU'VE SEEN THE MASKS. 463 00:32:36,733 --> 00:32:38,133 I'VE TRIED TO GET RID OF THEM. 464 00:32:38,133 --> 00:32:41,367 BUT I -- I WANT THE ACTIVITY TO STOP. 465 00:32:41,367 --> 00:32:44,267 BUT I DON'T WANT THEM DESTROYED. 466 00:32:44,267 --> 00:32:46,467 I JUST, UM... 467 00:32:46,467 --> 00:32:48,667 I JUST CAN'T LET THEM GO. 468 00:32:48,667 --> 00:32:50,667 WELL, I'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS. 469 00:32:50,667 --> 00:32:52,900 AND THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME NEGATIVE ENERGY 470 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:54,700 WITH THESE MASKS. 471 00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:56,167 JEANNETTE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. 472 00:32:56,167 --> 00:32:57,900 SHE DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT THE FACT 473 00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:00,933 THAT IT COULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING ON A NEGATIVE LEVEL. 474 00:33:00,933 --> 00:33:02,600 JEANNETTE, CAN WE REMOVE THEM? 475 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:06,833 NO. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEM DOWN. 476 00:33:06,833 --> 00:33:09,567 CAN WE AT LEAST COVER THEM UP, THEN? 477 00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:13,700 Jeannette: I WAS STILL SO ATTACHED TO THEM. 478 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:17,067 BUT HE JUST FELT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT HAD TO BE THEM 479 00:33:17,067 --> 00:33:19,900 AND THAT IF I WASN'T GOING TO TAKE THEM DOWN, 480 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:22,567 I AT LEAST NEEDED TO COVER THEM. 481 00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:24,100 SO I DID. 482 00:33:26,333 --> 00:33:30,233 John: A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN THESE ITEMS ARE COVERED, 483 00:33:30,233 --> 00:33:33,200 IT CAN HELP TO CALM DOWN A LOT OF THE ENERGY. 484 00:33:34,367 --> 00:33:35,733 THESE TWO, RIGHT HERE. 485 00:33:35,733 --> 00:33:37,733 OKAY. WILL THESE WORK? 486 00:33:37,733 --> 00:33:39,067 THEY'LL WORK JUST FINE. 487 00:33:41,367 --> 00:33:43,900 JUST COVER IT UP. 488 00:33:51,467 --> 00:33:54,500 JEANNETTE, IF THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES, 489 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:57,233 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE THESE MASKS. 490 00:33:57,233 --> 00:33:59,467 I UNDERSTAND. 491 00:33:59,467 --> 00:34:02,967 CAN YOU SHOW ME THE REST OF THE HOUSE? 492 00:34:02,967 --> 00:34:05,667 JEANNETTE AND I WALKED THROUGH THE ENTIRE HOUSE. 493 00:34:05,667 --> 00:34:08,667 AND I WAS RECITING SEVERAL DIFFERENT PRAYERS. 494 00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:11,833 THIS HELPS TO BREAK NEGATIVE ENERGY. 495 00:34:11,833 --> 00:34:14,067 Jeannette: I FELT GOOD ABOUT THAT. I WAS HOPEFUL. 496 00:34:14,067 --> 00:34:15,667 "THIS IS GONNA HELP. 497 00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:18,200 THINGS ARE GONNA GET BETTER." 498 00:34:20,700 --> 00:34:22,067 Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, 499 00:34:22,067 --> 00:34:24,900 WHILE JEANNETTE DOESN'T EXPERIENCE ANY ACTIVITY, 500 00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:29,300 SHE BECOMES FURTHER AND FURTHER WITHDRAWN. 501 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:32,200 Jeannette: I WAS ALONE. IT WAS MADDENING. 502 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:36,200 AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT. 503 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,900 I THINK IT AFFECTED ME PSYCHOLOGICALLY. 504 00:34:57,367 --> 00:35:01,200 [ RUMBLING ] 505 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,067 [ GASPING, SCREAMING ] 506 00:35:04,067 --> 00:35:06,233 IT WAS JUST LIKE MY NIGHTMARE. 507 00:35:06,233 --> 00:35:09,100 [ SCREAMING ] 508 00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:14,567 AND I BEGAN HEARING POPS COMING FROM UNDER THE FLOOR. 509 00:35:14,567 --> 00:35:16,367 BUT THEY WERE A DEEP TONE. 510 00:35:16,367 --> 00:35:18,700 [ CREAKING ] 511 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:23,067 IN MY MIND, THIS WAS THE FOUNDATION POPPING. 512 00:35:23,067 --> 00:35:25,200 AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED. 513 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,867 [ WHIMPERING ] 514 00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:29,867 Narrator: JEANNETTE IS OUT OF OPTIONS. 515 00:35:29,867 --> 00:35:32,900 SHE MUST GET RID OF THE MASKS. 516 00:35:34,967 --> 00:35:38,500 THE ACTIVITY WAS BUILDING. IT WAS CHAOS IN THE HOUSE. 517 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:41,067 AND I KNEW THEY HAD TO GO. 518 00:35:41,067 --> 00:35:42,467 [ WHIMPERING ] 519 00:35:42,467 --> 00:35:44,600 [ CREAKING CONTINUES ] 520 00:35:51,533 --> 00:35:53,867 JOHN -- HE SAID I COULD SEND THEM TO HIM 521 00:35:53,867 --> 00:35:56,667 BECAUSE HE COULD KEEP THEM SAFE AND HE COULD STUDY THEM. 522 00:35:56,667 --> 00:35:58,067 AND HE WOULD KEEP THEM 523 00:35:58,067 --> 00:36:00,367 FROM DESTROYING SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIVES 524 00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:03,733 OR WREAKING HAVOC IN THEM. 525 00:36:03,733 --> 00:36:06,433 I TOOK THE MASKS. THEY WERE IN THE BOX. 526 00:36:06,433 --> 00:36:08,567 AND I PUT THEM IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR. 527 00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:47,633 AND I GOT PINNED AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. 528 00:36:47,633 --> 00:36:50,067 AND MY KNEES WERE ALL JAMMED UP IN FRONT. 529 00:36:50,067 --> 00:36:52,267 AND I WAS OUT IN THE INTERSECTION, 530 00:36:52,267 --> 00:36:54,700 STUCK AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. 531 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,100 [ GRUNTING ] 532 00:37:11,933 --> 00:37:13,400 I WAS TERRIFIED. 533 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,567 [ WHIMPERING ] 534 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:17,800 I ABSOLUTELY THOUGHT, 535 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:21,200 "THESE MASKS ARE GOING TO GET ME KILLED IN MY CAR. 536 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,300 THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME." 537 00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:24,067 [ HORN BLARING ] 538 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:31,100 Narrator: FOR MORE "A HAUNTING," VISIT tlc.com. 539 00:37:40,533 --> 00:37:42,933 [ WHIMPERING ] 540 00:37:42,933 --> 00:37:45,267 Narrator: JEANNETTE OSBOURNE HAS BEEN TERRORIZED 541 00:37:45,267 --> 00:37:48,633 BY WHAT SHE BELIEVES TO BE MASKS POSSESSED 542 00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:50,433 BY EVIL SPIRITS. 543 00:37:50,433 --> 00:37:51,967 [ CREAKING ] 544 00:37:51,967 --> 00:37:54,733 [ WHIMPERING ] 545 00:37:54,733 --> 00:37:58,900 Jeannette: THE ACTIVITY WAS ESCALATING. 546 00:37:58,900 --> 00:38:02,333 MY DREAM HOUSE WAS ABSOLUTELY BECOMING A NIGHTMARE. 547 00:38:02,333 --> 00:38:05,867 I WAS AFRAID TO BE IN IT. 548 00:38:05,867 --> 00:38:07,667 THE MASKS HAD TO GO. 549 00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:34,567 I WAS STUCK AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL OUT IN THE INTERSECTION. 550 00:38:34,567 --> 00:38:36,367 [ WHIMPERING ] 551 00:38:39,733 --> 00:38:41,633 I REALLY THOUGHT I COULD BE KILLED. 552 00:38:41,633 --> 00:38:43,500 I WAS GONNA GET HIT. 553 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:45,267 NO, STOP! 554 00:38:45,267 --> 00:38:46,267 [ HORN BLARING ] 555 00:38:46,267 --> 00:38:47,833 AAH! 556 00:38:49,767 --> 00:38:51,800 AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR 557 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,600 WHO WAS DOING 40 MILES AN HOUR ON THE BIG CROSS STREET. 558 00:39:00,067 --> 00:39:01,667 [ GASPING ] 559 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:08,967 I GOT OUT. 560 00:39:08,967 --> 00:39:12,767 HAD TO GO OUT MY PASSENGER DOOR TO GET OUT. 561 00:39:26,533 --> 00:39:29,067 THE BOX WAS GONE. 562 00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:30,267 IT WAS JUST GONE. 563 00:39:30,267 --> 00:39:31,067 NO. 564 00:39:31,067 --> 00:39:32,500 [ PANTING ] 565 00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:34,133 NO. 566 00:39:34,133 --> 00:39:35,633 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 567 00:39:35,633 --> 00:39:36,700 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 568 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:38,700 I WAS SURPRISED. 569 00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:41,233 I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 570 00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:46,733 Narrator: FEARING FOR HER SAFETY, 571 00:39:46,733 --> 00:39:50,133 JEANNETTE REFUSES TO GO BACK IN THE HOUSE. 572 00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:51,300 Jeannette: THAT WAS OUR DREAM HOUSE. 573 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:53,300 IT WAS THE NICEST PLACE WE'VE EVER LIVED. 574 00:39:53,300 --> 00:39:56,067 BUT WE LOST EVERYTHING IN THAT HOUSE, 575 00:39:56,067 --> 00:39:59,067 AND IT ALMOST TORE OUR FAMILY APART. 576 00:39:59,067 --> 00:40:01,800 WHEN WE MOVED, FINANCIALLY, IT WAS A HUGE LOSS. 577 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,533 BUT FAMILY, THAT'S WHAT WAS IMPORTANT, 578 00:40:05,533 --> 00:40:07,400 YOU KNOW, TO GET OUR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER. 579 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:11,533 WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO A NORMAL LIFE. 580 00:40:11,533 --> 00:40:15,800 Narrator: THE FAMILY EVENTUALLY SETTLES IN ARIZONA. 581 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,600 Jeannette: MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR. 582 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,733 AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HORRIBLE THING 583 00:40:20,733 --> 00:40:23,900 TO LOSE YOUR FATHER, TO LOSE YOUR HUSBAND. 584 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:26,800 BUT IN A WAY, IT'S BROUGHT US CLOSER. 585 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,700 Grier: BUT THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. I'M LIVING WITH MY MOM. 586 00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:31,300 WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN 587 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:33,300 TO KEEP EACH OTHER AFLOAT. 588 00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:35,100 WE'RE DEFINITELY CLOSER BECAUSE OF IT. 589 00:40:37,467 --> 00:40:40,700 Narrator: AS FOR THE MASKS... 590 00:40:40,700 --> 00:40:42,833 Jeannette: MY SON WAS RIGHT. 591 00:40:42,833 --> 00:40:46,900 YOU KNOW, WHAT HE FELT ABOUT THESE MASKS FROM DAY 1, 592 00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:50,867 FROM THE MINUTE HE SAW THEM, HE WAS RIGHT. 593 00:40:50,867 --> 00:40:53,167 Grier: THE MASKS DEFINITELY CREEPED ME OUT. 594 00:40:54,633 --> 00:40:57,567 I REALLY JUST DIDN'T WANT THEM IN THE HOUSE AT ALL. 595 00:40:57,567 --> 00:41:01,367 I DEFINITELY THINK IT WAS WEIRD THAT THEY JUST WENT MISSING. 596 00:41:01,367 --> 00:41:04,067 AS FAR AS MY BELIEFS, VOODOO IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS 597 00:41:04,067 --> 00:41:07,900 THAT I ALWAYS FELT LIKE YOU JUST SHOULDN'T MESS WITH, 598 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:12,467 UNLESS YOU'RE EXPERIENCED IN THAT SORT OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE. 599 00:41:15,267 --> 00:41:16,933 I DON'T COLLECT MASKS ANYMORE. 600 00:41:16,933 --> 00:41:20,233 IN FACT, I'M VERY CAREFUL WHAT I BRING INTO MY HOUSE AT ALL. 601 00:41:20,233 --> 00:41:21,600 I ABSOLUTELY THINK THEY'RE OUT THERE 602 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,433 LOOKING FOR ANOTHER FAMILY, ANOTHER PERSON. 603 00:41:24,433 --> 00:41:27,067 AND I THINK WHOEVER COMES ACROSS THESE THINGS... 604 00:41:27,067 --> 00:41:28,300 MOM. 605 00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:29,467 MOM! 606 00:41:29,467 --> 00:41:32,067 ...IS GONNA FEEL THAT ATTRACTION TO THEM, 607 00:41:32,067 --> 00:41:35,300 IS GONNA BE DRAWN TO THEM. 608 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:37,500 John: JEANNETTE, SHE CALLED ME, HYSTERICAL. 609 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:39,433 AND SHE WAS SAYING, "JOHN, THE BOX IS GONE. 610 00:41:39,433 --> 00:41:42,067 THEY JUST TOTALLY DISAPPEARED." 611 00:41:42,067 --> 00:41:44,067 THAT TOLD ME, RIGHT THEN AND THERE, 612 00:41:44,067 --> 00:41:47,367 WHATEVER WAS ATTACHED WITH THESE TWO PARTICULAR MASKS 613 00:41:47,367 --> 00:41:49,267 WAS EXTREMELY POWERFUL. 614 00:41:51,167 --> 00:41:55,067 AND THEY DID NOT WANT JEANNETTE SHIPPING THEM OFF TO ME. 615 00:41:55,067 --> 00:41:58,067 [ WHIMPERING ] 616 00:41:58,067 --> 00:42:00,333 [ HORN BLARING ] 617 00:42:00,333 --> 00:42:01,433 John: IT DOES BOTHER ME. 618 00:42:01,433 --> 00:42:04,533 [ PANTING ] 619 00:42:04,533 --> 00:42:07,367 AM I CONCERNED THAT THEY MIGHT SHOW UP IN ANOTHER THRIFT STORE 620 00:42:07,367 --> 00:42:09,900 OR THEY MIGHT SHOW UP AT A TAG SALE SOMEPLACE 621 00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:12,167 AND WREAK HAVOC FOR SOMEBODY ELSE? 622 00:42:12,167 --> 00:42:13,367 ABSOLUTELY. 623 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:29,967 WHAT'S EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS, WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 624 00:42:29,967 --> 00:42:32,067 AND WHO WILL BE CALLING NEXT?