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- [chuckling] I had a feeling you guys were gonna call me

after what happened with Russell.

Where are we gonna start?

After Hell House, I thought that was it.

End of story.

You know, they'd tear it down.

Well, not only did the town not demolish it,

but nearly 10 years later, one of the richest men

in the country is planning to open it up again.

- [Interviewer] Had you heard of the show Insomnia

before it opened up at the Abaddon?

- I knew it was a hit in New York,

that's about it.

And then, Vanessa Shepherd takes over for Suzy McCombs,

on "Morning Mysteries".

And gets invited to film an all-access, behind-the-scenes

episode of Russell Wynn's Insomnia.

[light piano music]

- Hello everyone, I'm Gregory Sandvick,

and I play Faust, the lead, obviously.

- [Vanessa] What's your favorite thing

about doing this play here at the infamous Abaddon hotel?

- Honestly, there's nothing I like

about being here at this hotel.

Let alone having something I like most.

I mean, the conditions here aren't suitable

for high school theater, let alone something

the scale of Insomnia.

But I'm not gonna, you know, complain to the union

or anything, 'cause Russell's paying us pretty well.

- Russell's a complete visionary,

I have a lot of respect for him.

He's taken a classic, like Faust,

and put this modern twist on it.

He's made it relatable for even millennials, you know?

It's literally God versus the devil,

they're playing this game with Faust in the middle,

and Faust could be anyone, Faust could be me!

- I don't know what Russell's plan is to get

an audience here.

I mean, the people in this town

don't really strike me as the theater type, you know?

But don't judge a book by its cover.

Unless that cover's in upstate New York.

[static crackling]

[crowd cheering]

[static crackling] - Think we're next!

[static crackling]

- Hey, what's up, I'm Max.

Hey Vanessa. [chuckle]

I play Mephistopheles.

My friend lazy Susan, she's my partner in crime.

[chuckles]

- [Vanessa] That's really cool,

would you mind if we actually turned that off, though,

while we're doing the interview?

It's just kinda loud, it's messing with the audio,

is that okay?

- Sure.

- [Vanessa] Thank you.

- No problem.

The last time this bar was featured in a tale,

was when Hell House had their celebratory spirits

right here in this room, 10 years ago?

[static crackling] - That guy that played Lucifer

was that guy from like Queens, he had really thick New--

He'd be like, "Yeah, welcome to Lucifer's cabin."

[others laughing]

- [Paul] Lucifer's cabin, yeah.

[static crackling] - This is like doing

Julius fricking Caesar

at the theater of Pompeii ruins.

- [Vanessa] Have you watched the Hell House documentary?

- Bits and pieces.

- [Vanessa] And none of what's shown

on it disturbed you?

- Like what?

[static crackling]

[chaotic music] [muffled screaming]

[static crackling]

- [Vanessa] Well, the unexplained things happening

to the crew.

[static crackling]

[muffled screaming] [gasping]

- [Paul] What's that?

[static crackling]

- [Vanessa] People disappearing here.

[static crackling] - Here we go!

[static crackling]

- All right, Ben, challenge accepted.

I'm goin' in.

[static crackling]

- [Vanessa] Inanimate objects moving around

on their own?

[floorboards creaking]

[static crackling]

- I haven't seen the movie.

I don't know, it seemed like one of those silly

found-footage films, it's not really my thing.

I don't think [laughs], I don't think I'll be watching

the film while I'm here.

- [Vanessa] At least you guys don't have to

stay overnight here.

- They stayed overnight?

[static crackling]

- It's supposed to be haunted, but I mean,

you would know more than I would.

- [Alex] It is not haunted.

- Have you heard any bumps in the night?

[static crackling]

- Did you hear that? - Yeah.

- It sounded like a scream.

[static crackling]

[clock strikes] [woman screams]

- Holy shhhh-- - Oh, fuck.

[static crackling]

- Seen it?

I own it! [laughing]

I mean, some pretty messed-up shit

happened to those people here.

[static crackling]

- [Paul] Tony, let me the fuck out!

[banging]

Tony, fuck!

[static crackling]

- [Vanessa] It doesn't bother you

that people died here while, I mean,

putting on a show like you guys are?

- Yeah, I will say I, I do know where every exit is.

[static crackling]

[banging]

- [Paul] Hello? Anybody?

[static crackling]

- [Alex] There's no knob!

- [Paul] What do you mean, there's no fucking knob?

- There's no knob! [static crackling]

- [Vanessa] There were reports of several people

having gone missing and their last known location

was this hotel.

Most recently the guests of "Morning Mysteries" last year,

Mitchell Cavanaugh, Brock Davies?

Have you head of any of this?

[static crackling] - The hotel wants to be heard.

[static crackling] - What the fuck is happening?

- Let's get the fuck outta here.

- [Brock] Go, go, go, go, go!

[screaming] [static crackling]

[low ambient noise]

- My name is Vanessa Shepherd,

I was the host of "Morning Mysteries"

when Russell took over the Abaddon Hotel in 2018.

When my producers came to me and said

that they wanted me to do an episode at the Abaddon,

I said that I was not interested.

- [laughs] Yeah, Vanessa wasn't interested at all.

But once we mentioned Russell Wynn,

her ears perked up a little bit.

The most striking thing,

other than what happened that night,

was that Russell was very open to allowing Vanessa and Louie

to film everything.

We thought it was a long shot, and that

we'd never get called back.

[ambient sound swelling]

Actually looking back, maybe that was a red flag.

[dramatic music]

[women screaming]

[crows cawing]

- Ghosts sightings, disappearances,

even reports of demonic possession.

I, is this real?

Okay, [laughs].

All right, let's go again, okay.

With all of these events happening,

all the history, all the mysteries,

enter Russell Wynn,

the founder of Wynn Media Group.

An entrepreneur that made his first million by 25,

and has since been building a media empire

along with his hit live-action interactive shows.

Russell took his love of prominent theater

and poured it into a passion project called Insomnia.

An interactive and dark performance piece

that has received overwhelming love from the press

and audience members.

I've been granted full behind-the-scenes access

to the set of Insomnia, in its very new location.

The Abaddon Hotel.

Okay, that's my intro, can I meet Russell now?

- [Jeff] Right now, no.

He's in a creative meeting, they can go on for,

I don't know, depends on his mood.

- So after that?

- [Jeff] Yeah, probably.

- This is Jeff Stone, Russell's head of?

- Operations. - Operations, yes.

What does that entail?

- Right now, keeping you occupied.

Russell wants me to give you a tour

before we do introductions with everyone.

You afraid to go in?

- Aren't you?

- [Jeff] You're doing a behind-the-scenes documentary

on Insomnia at the Abaddon Hotel.

You do realize you'll have to go in eventually, right?

- I know that, okay.

- Good.

Honestly we were all a bit hesitant

about going in at first but it's really just wood and nails.

That's what Russell always says.

- Is that? - From Hell House, yeah.

You'll see a few of their things still laying around.

- Ladies and gentlemen,

this is my buddy, Hector.

- [Jeff] We haven't fully made it ours yet

but it's really starting to come together,

you might think.

Trust me you'll be fine, we've been here for three weeks.

The only thing scary in here is the asbestos.

Russell's made certain some of the actors

and production staff will be available for interviews.

- Oh, including you?

[sighing]

- Give you a quote right now,

I can't wait to get the hell back to New York.

- Oh, hey, Jeff, can I post this on Insta?

- Just make sure you clear it with Russell first.

- [Isabel] Thanks.

- Alright, you'll like this.

Russell had the old bottles pulled

and replaced with his personal label out of California.

- Ooh! [electronic crackling]

- What's your wine of choice there, hot shot?

- Pretty impressive.

- [Jeff] You think so?

- Sure.

- You can have about 15-20 boxes, how big is your van?

[laughing]

We're not moving that anyway.

- Okay, good. - You'd be doing me

a big favor.

- Sounds good.

- Anyway, this room is gonna be the most popular

set for the audience, I think, along with the bar

which is actually-- [electrical switches flipping]

- [Vanessa] Whoa.

Jeff, what's going on?

- [Jeff] I'm still here, don't freak out.

- Okay, I'm not freaking out. - Power's been spotty

for the past few days,

it usually comes back on in about 10 seconds or so.

- [Vanessa] Okay.

- [Jeff] You wanted the Insomnia experience,

here you have it.

- [Vanessa] Sure getting it, yeah.

- Here we go, like I said, just about 10 seconds or so.

Alright, so shall we-- - Power went out again.

Love the dark.

- Thank you, Max. [walkie talkie crackling]

[sighing] Harvey.

Harvey, what can I do for you?

- [Harvey] Do for me?

What can you do for me?

You can make me a size two again.

But Russ, what you can do for him

is know that he's finished and we're in the basement.

- He's no good with radios.

Harvey's the head of artistic operations.

- Okay. - He's also a big pain in my,

wait, what, where are you?

You're in the basement?

- [Harvey] Aah,

because he still wants to use it in the show,

because we all know it's gonna be super safe

for my actors and not a liability at all.

Did you hear my side on your end?

I just wanna make sure that was audible, copy.

- Yeah, tell Russell to meet me in the bar,

I'm not going in the basement.

After you meet Russell, you'll love him.

- Great. - We'll go through Heaven.

- Sounds good.

[sighing]

- Well, this is Heaven.

If you didn't figure it out on your own.

This is where God'll make his wager with the Devil

with our angels as his witness.

The white, a little cliché,

but that's what Russell wants.

- I thought I saw something.

- [Jeff] Otherwise you guys can--

What? - Someone.

- What's going on?

What are you guys looking at?

Abaddon eyes, that's what we call it.

Everybody feels like they

saw something out of the corner of their eyes

or just felt like they're being watched.

It happens to all of us,

just our imaginations messing with us.

[knocking]

- Abaddon eyes.

- [Jeff] You coming?

- Yeah, I'm coming. - Are you sure you don't wanna

just hang out?

- No, no.

- Okay, shall we?

So--

- Oh, hey, guys.

Guess where I was in the blackout?

Right fucking here.

Think about that.

- That's why we have a buddy system.

- Fuck off.

- All a--

Okay [sighing].

Actors.

Here, makes his shit wine,

and he insists on using the damn basement.

Hey, sweetie!

- Hey, honey!

One of my least favorite people in the world!

- Well, right back at ya.

Where's your buddy here?

Where is he?

- Old Russ is coming up the stairs right about now.

You can't rush perfection.

Five, four, three and one.

- Oh, there he is, Jeff.

How are you?

- [Jeff] How you doing, wine-maker?

- Huh. Didn't see you down in the basement.

Not a peep.

- Look at that. [laughing]

He opened it right up. - You brought your

camera crew. - Hi.

Hi, I'm Vanessa Shepherd. - Russell Wynn.

- It's nice to meet you,

Russell. - Pleasure to meet you.

Thank you for having us here,

we're really excited.

- So you're the new "Morning Mysteries" girl?

- [Vanessa] I am.

- That's too bad, I liked Suzy.

[electronic crackling]

Don't get me wrong,

she was a total bitch,

but I liked her.

And don't thank me yet.

- [Vanessa] Why is that?

- Well, I'm sure you've heard all the stories

about this place.

Everyone who enters with a camera

never seems to make it.

- Don't do that.

She barely came in as it is.

He's just kidding.

- I'm just screwing with you.

- Ah, well, we will try to stay out of your way

as much as possible.

Just be two,

no, thank you,

flies on the wall.

- I appreciate that.

I like what you've done with "Morning Mysteries".

- [Vanessa] Oh, I didn't think that you watch?

- [Jeff] He doesn't.

- [Russ] I do.

- He does.

- And none of your guests have disappeared,

so you've got that on Suzy.

- That is true, thank you.

- Lawson, is it?

- [Louie] Louie, actually.

- Uh-huh [affirmative].

- [Louie] I'm a huge fan of all of your shows

and everything that you've done.

- You've got good taste.

And I give you full permission

to film to your heart's content.

And when you follow the actors,

they may moan and groan,

but it's all part of the show.

They're actors and they secretly love attention.

- [Jeff] Yeah, it's no secret.

- Well, where should we start?

- Let's meet everyone.

- [Jeff] Yeah.

[crowd murmuring]

- Ah, there he is.

Alright, everyone.

Welcome, welcome, so

Vanessa and her guy, Lonnie?

Lonnie? - Louie.

- Louie!

They're gonna be embedded with us for the entire duration.

They'll be filming everything,

so don't say anything

you don't want a few million people to hear.

And I'll leave it to you, Vanessa.

- Thank you.

As you guys can see,

we've handed a few of you your own mini-camcorders.

Why did we do this?

Well, we want to encourage you to film

anything that you want.

Self-taped interviews, any fun behind-the-scenes stuff

that we might miss.

And when we wrap here,

we'll grab everyone's cameras

and incorporate that footage into the episode.

Make sense?

- [Gregory] Question, Russell.

- Yeah. - What happens if we catch

a ghost on camera?

[laughing]

- That's a good.

- Wow, great question, really good

- In your case, Gregory,

you could ask it if it's ever heard of you,

if it's ever seen you,

maybe seen your reel.

- [Gregory] Probably has.

some of your work, perhaps.

- I was in that other thing called Shakespeare In The Park,

I mean, I don't know.

Have you heard of it?

- It was a brilliant,

brilliant summer theater, thank you.

- [Vanessa] Which show were you in?

- [Isabel] No.

- Don't, don't. - Don't get him going.

- "Into The Woods",

it was me and Amy Adams.

- You and Amy Adams?!

You were like tree number three!

Two people played a tree better than you.

- [Crowd] Ooh.

- [Russell] Alright, take it easy.

- Well, anyways, what I really want everyone to do

is just pretend that we're not even here.

If you've ever seen the show "The Office", anyone?

Okay, well, we're like that camera crew.

Just catching everything.

- [Jane] I hated "The Office".

- [Max] It was pretty--

- [Gregory] Minimalistic.

- [Jane] Yeah, it didn't make any sense.

- Alright, they're a pretty difficult group

to keep focused.

So let's stay on task, okay?

- [Isabel] Wait, no.

Question, Russell? - Yes. Mm-hmm [affirmative].

Could we still post on social media or?

- [Russell] Yes, same restrictions,

keep it vague.

- Yes, actually, we encourage social media.

Just make sure to tag "Morning Mysteries."

- Okay, so #MM?

- [Vanessa] Actually, "Morning Mysteries".

- So not MM?

- [Vanessa] No.

The full-- - But I think MM

sounds better, it's like food.

- [Jane] It's like Mm.

- And it keeps it vague, you know?

- We want it to be not vague,

it's very specific, "Morning Mysteries".

[crowd chattering]

- She's too bossy.

- Right, well, this is going well.

I just wanted you guys all to meet,

so here we are.

[crowd chattering] - Bye.

Thank you, thanks.

- [Max] I think, Gregory--

- I believe we need to go back to the city.

Believe it or not, the wine's not selling like it--

- [Vanessa] I'm sorry, can...

Sorry, Jeff, can I just interrupt for a second?

I was wondering if I could give you guys cameras as well?

- Ah, I'd love to, but no can do.

Gotta keep my hands free.

Sorry. - Okay, you know what?

We could probably get a Go-Pro or something?

And Russell, can I give you a camera?

- I, I'm not gonna, you know, use it.

- That's okay,

I understand. - I'm not a camera guy.

- But we just want you to have it, just in case,

you don't have to use it if you don't want to, it's fine.

Good, let's just get this real quick.

[static crackling]

- [Adam] Just come up with us and we'll help you,

whatever you need, okay?

- So cold in here. - Just--

- Oh, fuck! - Oh my God!

- Go, go, go!

Go, go, go, go!

[pipes knocking]

[water dripping] - Look at this.

[metal creaking]

- [Vanessa] Whoa!

- [Louie] That's creepy.

- [Vanessa] Whoa.

Would you look at that?

[static crackling]

- [Paul] Alex, don't fuck with me!

Dude!

Tony, what the fuck is it--

[static crackling]

[water running]

- Okay, let's get out of here.

- [Louie] Yeah.

- Okay.

So if you do a search anywhere,

Google, Reddit, whatever,

you find a plethora of unexplained photos and videos.

Most of them really into the hotel

or the town itself.

Hell House was not the first incident

to happen in this town,

only the most popular.

There are some disappearances related to

an early 2000 County Fair.

That raises some red flags for me now.

The Billy Braddock story alone is unsettling.

[loud knocking]

It's Louie for the five o'clock.

Hey. - Hey.

I have to show you something

before we have a meeting.

- Sure, sure.

I was just updating the journal.

- And then remember when Jeff said

something about the whole Abaddon Eyes thing?

- People think they-- - People think they

see something, exactly.

So my camera,

I think it caught something.

[typing]

- Oh?

Oh, oh, do I wanna see this?

- Probably not.

[nervous laughing]

- Awesome, okay.

[deep eerie music]

[loud running]

- Hello?

Guys?

Where are you?

Jesus Christ! [loud yelling]

[laughing]

- Grab!

- Come on, guys. - Whoa.

- That's fucked up.

- I know, you looked so sad. - Why me?

It's sexist, that's sexism.

- It's sexism, what?

- And Russell would be upset

if he knew that you were playing with these things

and I don't,

if he asks, I don't have a part of that.

I'm not part of that.

- Okay. - Well, you were on camera.

Just so you know.

[laughing] It's worth it.

- Well, do you think that's what

Vanessa gave us cameras for?

- They handed them out. I don't think that's

what she had in mind. - They handed them out.

Bye, mom.

- I think Vanessa should thank us,

because there would be no footage otherwise.

- Yeah, that's true,

otherwise we'd have to listen to

Gregory go on and on about his craft.

- [Gregory] That would be good television, my friend.

[chuckling] [door creaking]

- [Russell] What else?

- Let's see.

Your bank called again.

- Which one?

- All of them.

- [Harvey] Damn.

- Is something going on?

- Like what?

- I don't know, Russ.

I've only got one bank,

if they called, I'd be concerned.

- Oh, Isabel, she asked me a weird question.

- [Russell] What's that?

- She asked if she would still get her pay

if she had to quit for some reason?

- No.

- [Russell] Is she thinking about quitting?

- I don't think so.

Like I said, it was a weird question.

- Huh.

- [Harvey] Alright, I'm off to wardrobe then.

Jane hates her dress as much

as I hate old Jeff's budget.

- Yeah.

- [Harvey] Both of them are cheap.

- See you later, Harvey.

- [Harvey] Bye, honey.

- This, Father Paulis dropped this off for you.

- Thanks.

- [Vanessa] Can I ask you about the hotel

reopening in a few weeks?

How do you feel about that?

- I told Russell, it's a mistake.

- [Vanessa] And what did he say?

- He hired me.

- Huh.

Good.

[cardboard scraping]

- Something I should know?

- [Russell] No, it's private.

- [Jeff] Okay.

How do you know that guy?

- [Russell] He's an old friend.

- Many demons claim to be the souls of real people

that once wandered the earth

thousands of years ago.

Even during the time of Christ.

They try and use their memories of events

to sow doubt into believers.

One demon that we've encountered here in Abaddon,

has said over and over,

"Est Aperta Porta."

[static crackling]

- [Jessica] Wait, what is that?

- [Mitchell] It's Latin, I think.

- What does it mean, do you know?

[static crackling]

- [Vanessa] The gate is open.

- That's right.

- [Vanessa] Father, can I ask if you've ever

[eerie piano music] heard of Andrew Tully?

- Mm-hmm [affirmative], I have.

- [Vanessa] And Tully believed that he found this gateway

and the gateway to hell.

[static crackling]

- We are servants of the snake

and we will release someone

into the lake of fire.

[static crackling]

[laughing]

- The church is rich

with references to hell and Satan.

There are some old texts

that refer to an earthly gateway to hell

and the demon, Abaddon, being the guard

and it's been said that

no man can close this gate once opened.

It would take an angel from God himself.

But if that gate is open,

literal hell could be unleashed on earth.

And there's also some versions of the bible

that dismiss all this as metaphorical.

So there's really no stance that the church holds.

- Are you bringing people all the way out here?

- No, I just needed some air.

And it might be the only time

we get a chance to chat today, so.

- You lowered ticket prices 30%,

are you expecting a drop in revenue?

- That was Jeff's idea.

He didn't think that people would pay full price

to come all the way out here.

So we decreased it to increase ticket sales.

Personally, I think people pay whatever I say

and we'll still sell out,

because it's a great show.

- I think you're right about that.

People will pay to see the show

in this godforsaken hotel.

- Why do you say that?

- Say what?

- Godforsaken.

Did you mean it literally or

some expression? - Does anyone ever use that

term literally?

I mean, I don't even believe in God.

- Neither did I.

- And then?

Don't tell me you're born again or something?

That would be a nice twist on the story.

- Not like you're thinking.

- [Vanessa] Did Hell House come out here?

- No, it was the County Fair grounds in the early 2000s.

And so they had the fair grounds over there.

[static crackling]

[eerie carnival music] [people yelling]

And they used the cornfields

behind the Abaddon Hotel as a hayride.

But they closed it down once some people got injured.

- So this is where that happened?

- Yeah.

Sad.

- And a few years after that,

Hell House comes to town.

- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

- And nine years after that,

Russell Wynn comes to town.

- I know what you're getting at.

- Yeah [laughing].

- Yeah.

- Well, you would think at some point

the town would just stop having events here.

- Well, fortunately it's not up to them.

- You still haven't told anyone

why you moved Insomnia out here, this year.

Can you tell me?

- [Harvey] Russ, there's wardrobe drama,

I need you inside now, over.

- Why do you need me in wardrobe?

[walkie talkie crackling]

- [Harvey] And asked them to do wardrobe.

- Very helpful.

We'll have to continue this later.

- Promise?

- As much as I can.

[crows cawing]

- It's progress.

Oh, this is weird.

- [Louie] What the hell is that?

- I don't know.

It's funky looking, look.

[static crackling]

- On me.

[chair creaking]

[static crackling]

- [Louie] B.D.?

- Mm.

Leave it.

I'll give Russell credit, he

he allowed people to have fun,

to enjoy themselves at work.

You know, but he also had rules.

And he didn't want anyone wandering alone

in the hotel after hours.

- Call it what you will.

Good fortune!

Heart, love, or God!

I have no name for it,

feeling is all.

The name is sound and smoke.

[paper scraping]

- Sorry.

I don't think I get it.

Is he questioning the existence of Heaven?

- He's explaining to Gretchen

his own doubts

about heaven and hell,

as depicted by Christianity,

Faust is full of doubts.

- Do I share those doubts?

- Guys, look, if we're gonna

unpack Faust's views on religion,

I think we should take a dinner first.

- Right. - Okay.

Yeah, yeah.

- Should we try and do this one more, yeah?

- [Jane] Yeah, one more take thing.

- Hey, seems like everything's going well.

[sighing]

- Yeah, this place is half the size

of our theater in the city.

It's easier to manage.

- How's Russell holding up?

- Mm, I can't get a read.

It's different than New York.

I've never read Faust.

- [Vanessa] No?

- No, I don't plan to either.

[laughing]

- That's a wrap, guys.

- Okay, you can do a bonfire,

but we want everyone back at the hotels

by 21:00 sharp.

Harvey will be doing room by room headcounts.

Got it?

- Yes. - Got it.

- If you're gonna shoot the bonfire,

make sure you get when Harvey gets drunk

and tries to walk over the fire.

- Jeff, I only did that twice.

It was my year of saying yes.

Why would you even bring that up?

What is that relevant to

what we're doing right now? - You were so good.

You were so close last time.

[fire crackling] [laughing]

- Oh, God.

That's funny.

[laughing]

- [Max] Guys, everybody's gone.

- So you gonna do it?

- I mean, yeah,

for 500 bucks!

[laughing]

Show me that money, I'm going in there.

Are you?

- I'm not going into that basement.

[laughing]

- [Max] Cool, so Greg's a pussy.

- Wait, you said you need 500 to do it,

you don't sound that brave.

- [Max] I need some kind of compensation for my work.

- [Jane] Why?

- [Max] It's just fucked up to run in there

in the fucking dark on a dare.

- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

- Yeah, because you saw a scary movie?

- [Max] Yeah.

And 'cause Russell and Jeff will kill me.

- True.

Fuck it.

I'll do it.

[fire crackling]

- For real?

- [Max] So, you go basement and back,

same stakes, free drinks on me.

- Done.

- If Russell finds out--

- [Max] Are you gonna tell him?

[laughing]

Are any of you gonna tell him?

So we're good? - No.

We're good.

Let's do it.

- Let's go.

- Do it, do it, do it. - Woo!

- [Gregory] Do it, do it.

- So I just [laughs].

I just gotta go and touch the clown on the nose

on camera and come back?

I don't have to make out with it?

- [Max] I mean, if you do,

I wanna watch that tape.

[laughing]

- [Max] Here.

- Be quick, please.

- [Jane] Peace out, motherfuckers.

- [Max] Ooh, you have a good time.

[door creaking]

- [Jane] See y'all bitches on the flip side.

[loud walking] [wood creaking]

Hmm, maybe I'll have a little,

a little bev first.

[loud walking] [wood creaking]

[loud breathing]

I gotta pee!

Hello.

Razzmatazz.

[heavy breathing]

Ladies, pleasure.

[loud creaking] [eerie piano music]

That's not cool, guys.

I know it's you.

[static crackling]

[loud sighing]

[wood creaking]

[heavy breathing]

[static crackling]

Bartender!

Fix me a drink.

[cup dropping]

[video glitching]

Okay.

Cool.

Alright, I'm entering the basement.

Peace out, motherfuckers.

Okay, cool.

Entering the basement. [static crackling]

[footsteps echoing]

[static crackling]

[laughing]

What's up, guys?

Oh, nice clowns, Hell House.

Looking good.

Damn, bruh.

Looking a little rough.

Alright, dick wads.

Check this out.

I'm gonna give you guys a little bonus.

[kissing]

Alright, that's about as raunchy as I'm gonna get.

[footstep crunching]

Oh, shit.

[footsteps crunching] [loud breathing]

[static crackling]

[running]

[bloodcurdling screaming]

[Jane fumbling]

Oh my God.

[sobbing]

Oh my God.

Fuck.

[footsteps crunching]

[sobbing]

Oh my God.

[sobbing]

[footsteps crunching] [heartbeat increasing]

[distant yelling]

- [Max] Are you okay?

Shit, fuck.

- [Gregory] What the fuck happened to you?

- [Max] Are you okay?

- What the fuck was she thinking?

You heard me, I said nobody inside

after we wrap.

- You said it, I said it,

even Harvey said it.

She must've had too much to drink

and just got stupid.

- Look, she didn't even show up on set today either.

[sighing]

- I'll talk to her.

- I checked her camera.

She's telling the truth.

She did see that clown.

- Goddammit.

- You gotta make sure they're not playing pranks

on each other anymore around this place.

- I will, I will,

I'll keep a tighter leash on them.

- Make sure they know it's serious.

- I said I will.

- Okay.

- We gotta get on the same page.

- [Harvey] Mm-hmm [affirmative].

- We agree that maybe she saw something.

- [Jeff] Yeah.

- But we float the idea

that maybe it was someone messing with her.

One of the pranks,

because people have been pranking each other

since we got here.

If we get ahead of it,

then we can stop them speculating,

or God forbid,

tweet about it.

- This conversation doesn't air.

Yes?

- Yes.

- [Jeff] Good.

- I know Jane.

And she does not break easy.

Russell thinks one of us fucked with her, but

I know I didn't.

There's just a lot of weird shit going on.

- [Vanessa] How does that make you feel

coming into work today?

- What am I gonna do?

- The man's paying us better

than any other gig I could possibly get.

- [Vanessa] Why do you think Russell's doing that?

Paying everyone more to be here?

- I've only known him for like five years.

But I think he's changed

since the crash.

- [Vanessa] The car crash in 2008?

- Yeah [laughing].

He's lucky to be alive.

Put it that way.

The rumor is that they were actually about to

call it.

- [Vanessa] What do you think that has to do

with him leaving the city?

- Can massive head trauma lead people to do

some crazy stuff?

Maybe.

- [Max] Do you know if we're just supposed to

like, continuously film with these things?

Mine's already full.

- She didn't really say anything.

- [Max] Well, your camera's pretty nice.

I mean, maybe you should try to take it home.

Are you all right, Isabel?

- Yeah, what's going on with you?

You're very quiet today.

- I'm fine.

- You sure?

- I'm fine.

- [Gregory] What do you think happened to Jane?

- [Max] Only person that could pull off a prank

like that, is me.

And I was with you the whole time, so.

- Were you?

- Yeah, I think so.

Either way, I didn't do it,

so doesn't matter.

- If I had seen that clown,

I would've pooped in my panties.

She really did see it, then.

Credit to her for sticking around.

She's tough for a girl.

- Oh, fuck you, Gregory.

All woman are tougher than you.

Please.

- [Harvey] Hey baby girl, are you with the boys?

- I'm just finishing up their makeup.

You guys ready downstairs?

- [Harvey] So once you're done turning them

from drab to fab,

send them my way, please, out.

- Copy.

- Get into character, barkeep.

- [Max] Want shots?

- Yes.

[laughing]

Putting this over here for you, okay?

[loud walking] [raining]

[door creaking]

[thunder roaring]

[cars driving]

[thunder roaring]

[eerie dramatic music]

[wood squeaking]

[gasps]

- [Isabel] Hello?

[loud breathing]

Fuck.

Okay.

[loud walking]

Fuck.

[switches shuffling]

Hello?

[static crackling]

Jane?

Jane!

Jane, really?

Come on.

Jane, this is so fucked up.

[door slamming] [gasping]

[loud breathing] [wood creaking]

[screaming]

[loud running]

- I thought more money would help.

It worked on Jane.

Goddammit.

Now we have to rehire.

So close to opening, too.

- [Jeff] What did you offer her to stay?

- [Russell] Double pay, same as Jane.

That better not leave this room.

- [Harvey] Look, I've got some calls out,

I'm sure we'll have the department filled by tomorrow.

- Just make sure you stay quiet about why she left.

- Of course, but what are we gonna inevitably say

when the others start asking?

You know this cast is gossipy as hell.

- Could be she just

burned out, got too tired.

People get tired, right?

- Jeff, I have known Isabel for years.

We're not gonna go around saying

she's too tired to do a gig, okay?

Look, I know I'm a bit over the top,

but listen to me.

Something is wrong here.

You know it, we know it,

everybody knows it.

And we're just plowing through the day

like everything's perfectly fine.

But it's starting to feel like,

I mean, nevermind, it's...

- Go on.

- [Harvey] It's starting to feel like Hell House.

And they didn't listen to the warning signs,

did they, Russell?

[static crackling]

- [Paul] I'm telling you, we have to call it off right now.

- You were there!

I mean you saw what fucking happened!

And now you're gonna make a fucking joke, right now.

To Alex, your fucking best bud.

Fuck you, man.

- This is nothing like Hell House.

Nobody's gonna get hurt.

Don't tell me you're jumping on the bus with Isabel?

- No, that's not what I'm saying, Russell.

What I'm saying is

I've personally recruited people to be here,

and I feel like something bad is gonna happen.

And if that happens,

that's on me and I can't handle that, okay?

- It won't.

If we all do our jobs, including me,

I promise you, this is gonna work out.

- Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt.

But just, talking about Isabel,

we got her camera back

but the card is missing.

You guys know anything about that?

- [Jeff] What card?

- [Vanessa] The memory card that goes in the camera.

We can't get any of the footage off of it.

- Ah, shit, we better find that.

[chair creaking]

- Don't look at me.

- So I've been tasked with turning this

shit show of a hotel into a functioning set.

This has been the least enjoyable project I've worked on,

and I have done children's theater in Alabama.

- [Vanessa] With Isabel's sudden departure,

how's everyone's mood here on set?

- I mean, it was unfortunate to lose Isy.

We've had a few hiccups as any production would.

You know, I wanna make it explicitly clear

that nothing was wrong with Isy's performance,

she's great, she just had to leave.

Isy, baby girl, if you're watching this,

we miss you.

I'm gonna see you in New York, we'll have a drink.

Love you.

- When Isabel left the production suddenly,

it really wasn't a surprise

if you look back at her social media history

while she was there.

I mean she was taking a lot of selfies

and posting them on Facebook

or Instagram or whatever.

If you read the comments carefully,

some people started to point out things in the background.

I mean, if you look at the pictures,

you can see there's something there.

[wind blowing] [eerie bass heavy music]

[static crackling]

- That's a fucking mannequin--

[static crackling]

- You good?

Just don't shit your pants like last time.

[static crackling] [deep bass]

[static crackling] [screaming]

- [Tony] Alex!

Alex, hold on!

[static crackling]

[camera zooming]

- What's wrong with it?

- The zoom lens isn't focusing.

- [Vanessa] What does that mean?

- It's working, it's just being a little wonky.

- Can you fix it?

- Yeah.

Let me grab my bag from the car.

- You know, they're wrapped for the day,

do you wanna just go back to the hotel?

- Let me just take care of it here.

And keep your eye on the camera for me.

- Sure.

- [Louie] Use it in case anything

weird or interesting happens.

[laughing]

- Okay.

- [Louie] It's still recording!

- Okay!

[switch flipping]

[eerie dramatic music]

[calm heavenly music]

[camera shuffling]

Jeff?

Harvey?

Hello?

[knocking] [gasping]

[shuffling]

Louie, if you're screwing with me,

I'm gonna shove this camera you know where.

[shuffling]

[door creaking]

Hello?

[camera zooming]

[static crackling]

[screaming]

- So Louie calls me one afternoon saying,

essentially something happened to Vanessa.

He wanted to pull her out and go back to New York.

I said, that was her call, not his.

- There was no one anywhere in the hotel, okay?

We cleared out well before the--

- [Louie] She said she saw something, Jeff.

She's not crazy.

- Look, I never said she was.

- [Louie] Well, then explain why

your guys' sets are malfunctioning.

- Excuse me?

- Look, our sets are not malfunctioning,

she is.

- Okay, let's calm down.

And let's just listen to Vanessa.

What do you think you saw?

- I don't know, it was really quick.

- So maybe it was nothing?

- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

- You know, maybe.

- [Louie] No way.

Don't let them

bully you. - Look, I just,

I really wanna forget about the whole thing, okay?

I'm a little embarrassed.

- [Louie] Vanessa.

- I'm okay, Louie.

- She just freaked herself out, she's good.

[sighing]

- I could already hear my male colleagues saying

"See? She couldn't handle it."

Yeah, I wasn't going anywhere.

Look, I just don't wanna be called difficult

or crazy or all of the other sexist

shit that men say about women in the workplace.

- [Louie] I get it.

- I mean, Jesus,

I've only had this job a few months.

Louie, I can't screw it up

because I saw something that I couldn't explain.

Just, hell no.

- [Louie] Believe me, I get the situation you're in.

But you and I saw that video.

That was real.

And I got your back on that.

What do you wanna do?

[sighing]

- I wanna talk to Russell.

- [Louie] Okay.

I think he gets in at like 08:00 tomorrow?

- No, right now.

- [Louie] You wanna ambush him at his hotel?

- Yeah.

I do.

- If Russell thought he was gonna be the first person

to use the Abaddon and not have

the unusual paranormal incidents pile up,

he was insane.

And actually, a lot of people thought he was insane.

It wasn't just Hell House.

There are countless people

who have disappeared inside that hotel.

The latest being those poor folks on that

"Morning Mysteries" episode.

Last seen at a bar near the Abaddon

before going missing.

[static crackling]

- Oh, no. - Coming on the dance floor.

- Oh God.

- Well, it's okay. - The dance commander.

- There's the Billy Braddock disappearance.

He posted on Facebook that he was going to the Abaddon

to burn it down.

Never heard from again.

Most of these people film what they were doing,

just like Hell House and Insomnia.

Those tapes have to exist somewhere.

[vents squeaking]

[knocking]

[buzzing]

- [Vanessa] Russell?

What is this?

- [Louie] What is that?

- [Vanessa] I have no idea.

- [Russell] What are you doing?

- Hi, sorry, I was looking for you actually.

I wanted to talk to you if I could.

- Sorry. - About what?

- [Vanessa] About the hotel, Russell.

I mean what's been going on there?

Your people don't feel safe

and if I could just show you the video that we shot earlier.

- [Russell] I don't need to see your video.

I'm sure you saw something that scared you.

- [Vanessa] Then why aren't you concerned?

- [Russell] You're not here to advise me on my business,

you're here to document the opening.

I'm sorry about what happened to you.

Really am. - Look, forget about

what happened to me,

just talk to your own people, Russell.

They don't feel safe there.

[ice clunking]

- [Russell] I'll see you guys at the Abaddon.

[door closing]

- Was that Mitchell Cavanaugh?

- [Louie] Yeah.

The missing Mitchell Cavanaugh.

- I don't know.

[walking]

- What do you wanna do in case of rain?

- It's one week until we open,

and young Jeffrey starts to worry about everything,

- Murphy's law.

- Tell them to being umbrellas,

they'll be fine.

- Alright, we still running those buses

out of the city?

- Only if they agree to the rate

they originally quoted us, despite demand.

Agree?

- Yeah, okay.

You know, everyone's doing all right.

Everybody's in great spirits.

It's like no one notices Isabel ran back to the city.

I don't know how.

- They noticed.

But you and Harvey have been doing a good job

helping to keep everyone focused.

Thanks.

- Yeah.

It's not easy.

This place.

- [Harvey] Jeff?

- Yeah, go ahead, Harvey, I'm here, over.

- [Harvey] I'm upstairs,

are we good to go on the light test?

- We good?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, good to go.

Russ and I will be there in a bit, over.

- [Harvey] Wonderful, over and out.

- We'll get it.

- Okay.

- [Jeff] See you in there.

[car driving]

- Mark, we're gonna start doing the lighting test

on the second floor whenever you're ready.

I'm in the bedroom.

- [Mark] Copy that.

- Alright, bring everything down to full dark, please.

[keyboard typing]

[electrical switches flipping]

Ain't got time to be doing this,

I had a million things to do today.

Alright, give me the dust lamp, please, on.

[static crackling]

Okay, off on that.

[electrical switches flipping]

[static crackling]

Alright, give me the red lamp, please.

[deep bass]

Oh God, that looks so good.

It'd be even better if we had two.

Ugh, we really could've used two.

Off on the red lamp.

Jeff said we can only afford one lamp.

Jeff says stop flirting with Louie.

Jeff says the things that make me sick.

What a guy, that Jeff.

What the f--

Lights up, lights up.

[electrical switches flipping]

- [Mark] Hey, are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

Let's go again.

Come on, Jeff, give me some of that money for the lights.

It's looking a little drab in here.

Looks like dinner theater.

I don't do dinner theater.

- Let's figure out a way to move a few of these bottles,

then we'll talk.

- [Harvey] What, you mean this great backwash?

[shushing] [distant talking]

- [Female Fan] No, I wish.

I actually haven't been back to New York in nine years.

- Sounds like Gregory met his first fan.

Girl actually likes him.

- [Female Fan] Confident, a little conceited.

I really like that.

- [Gregory] Well, thanks.

- [Female Fan] You're welcome.

We'll enjoy you.

- What the hell does that mean?

- [Gregory] I hope you will.

Honestly, I'm done here.

- You can say that again.

- [Female Fan] That's nice.

But you're never leaving here.

You know that, right?

- [Gregory] What do you mean?

- [Female Fan] Because, silly.

He's coming.

And you're all going to hell.

- Hey, Gregory, we--

- Oh, hey, Jeff.

I was just talking to...

Where did she go?

What the.

- [Jeff] Who were you talking to?

- I don't know, she didn't say her name.

She, uh,

did you see her?

- [Harvey] Nobody's here.

What are you talking about?

- She was right here, dude.

- [Jeff] Right here?

- [Gregory] Two seconds ago.

- Where did she go?

Was she--

- [Harvey] Yeah, you have an imaginary girlfriend now?

- No.

- [Harvey] She sounded cute though,

which is a stretch for you.

- [Jeff] What did she look like?

- She had like dark blonde hair

and she was wearing a gray T-shirt, jeans.

I don't know, did she go past you guys?

- [Harvey] No.

- She was like right here.

- It was really strange.

The way she sounded.

What she was saying.

- And no one has seen her around the hotel since?

- [Jeff] No.

- [Russell] Definitely didn't get a name?

- No name.

But the way he described her...

- [Russell] What is it?

[sighing]

- Sounded like,

sounded like Sara Havel.

[dramatic eerie music]

[static crackling]

[deep bass]

[static swelling]

- I think Russell had his enablers.

He was a lot like Alex Taylor too.

People around him letting him get away with things.

Never questioning him.

I think that's how Hell House met its demise.

And so, too, Insomnia, nine years later.

- Russell knew what he was doing the whole time.

That's what I think people should know the most.

And I think that's where the

Alex and Russell comparisons end.

Russell knew what was coming opening night.

He knew it.

When everybody got together the night before opening,

it was like nothing had happened.

I think that's the brilliance of Russell Wynn.

He created such a comfortable atmosphere,

when there was just no right

for anyone to feel comfortable.

- So Vanessa,

how single would you say Louie is?

- Why are you asking? - So what is the plan?

To be a big time news anchor or?

- She already is a big time news anchor.

- [Vanessa] Oh no.

- Tell me, in your luxurious career,

have you ever interviewed anyone as uptight

as old Jeff here?

Anyone else give you the Jeff face?

- He might be the most uptight.

That's not the face he makes.

Ah.

- Responsible and--

- Oh, well, well, well.

Look who's so late.

- Hey. - What's up?

- Good to see you, all right!

Oh, there's no room?

I'll just, I should go?

Oh.

Ah, did I miss dinner?

- [Vanessa] By about 30 minutes, yeah.

- What?

- [Waiter] Hi, Mr. Wynn.

- [Russell] Hello.

- What can I get for you?

- [Russell] How about a menu?

- I'm actually sorry,

our kitchen closed about 30 minutes ago.

- It's 22:30.

- [Waiter] I mean, I can go back there

and see if our chef will whip you up something?

- No, no, it's fine.

Can I just have some dinner rolls

and a glass of red?

- [Waiter] Yeah, sure!

What kind of wine you want?

- Château Latour, mid 80s preferably.

Maybe '91, if you have it?

- I don't think we have any Château anything.

Oh, we do have Wynn Merlot though?

- No, no, way overpriced.

Just the house red's good.

- [Waiter] Sure, be right back with that.

[crowd murmuring]

- [Vanessa] Russell Wynn.

- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

- Public amongst the people,

what should we attribute this to?

- Well, it's the last night of normalcy,

so I wanna be with my people,

because after tomorrow,

it's gonna be hell.

- [Waiter] Here you are, Mr. Wynn.

- Cheers, cheers.

- Nobody wants that, right?

- Hey! - Thanks, bud.

- Wow, okay.

[giggling]

Did anybody eat?

- [Vanessa] So, Jeff told me that you guys

are officially sold out for the first week.

How's that make you feel?

- Thank you for that question.

You're in interview mode.

[laughing]

Well, why can't you just relax?

And socialize like a normal person?

- That was normal socializing.

That was normal conversation.

- Totally, okay.

That is a very good question, Vanessa.

And I'm glad that you asked it,

because we are so excited here for Insomnia.

The colonel is ready,

and we'll see you tomorrow.

But seriously, I don't think you should come tomorrow night.

- [Vanessa] What?

Why wouldn't we come?

I don't,

you said that me Louie can come,

that's part of the plan,

I don't understand.

- Yeah, but you could film the dress rehearsal

and have the same effect.

- What are you talking about?

You said that Louie and I have full access.

- Sure, but I think you should pick another night.

[background laughing]

- [Vanessa] Russell, what is going on?

- Nothing.

- [Vanessa] Really, nothing?

- Mm-hmm [affirmative]. - You expect me to

believe that?

- [Waiter] So, can I get anything else for you?

- No, I think I'm gonna go to bed.

Just give the checks to this guy right here.

He'll take care of it.

- I'll take care of it.

♪ Running away

♪ Because I'm running away

♪ On another day

Take care.

- Alright, goodnight everyone.

- Night, Russ.

- [Russell] Sleep well.

You guys be ready for tomorrow.

- [Gregory] Maybe.

- Always.

- [Vanessa] Hey, hey!

Russell.

What's going on?

[music drowning out Vanessa]

- You really wanna know?

- Yeah.

[crowd chattering]

[chair shuffling]

We have to go talk to Father Paulis again.

I think he knows something.

Everything.

- [Louie] So,

do you wanna tell me what Russell said to you?

Vanessa, what are we doing here?

Come on, Vanessa.

Like, open up,

like, tell me something, please.

Okay. - Hey, come on.

Come on. - Jesus Christ.

- [Vanessa] Let's go.

[walking]

Father Paulis.

- [Father Paulis] Hello, Miss Shepherd.

- [Vanessa] Can we talk to you?

- [Father Paulis] I'm sorry, I'm very busy today,

I don't have time.

- [Vanessa] Father, I know that you're

not telling me everything

about your relationship with Russell.

- [Father Paulis] I'm sorry you feel that way.

- [Vanessa] Are you receiving any money from Russell?

[birds chirping]

[door closing]

- Money?

- [Vanessa] Yes, cash.

I can't shake this feeling that

Russell's having some banking issues right now

and that has to do with him

moving around large sums of money.

- He might be.

- [Vanessa] Do you know what he's doing with this money?

- I really don't think I can say.

- [Vanessa] Okay, Louie, come on.

Father, this is off the record.

This is too big to be between just you and Russell.

[church bell ringing]

Father, you said that you know that Andrew Tully was

searching for this fabled gateway to hell

in this town over 30 years ago.

What if he found it?

What if he found the gateway?

And he achieved what he had always wanted,

which was to cross to the other side and come back?

And Russell is having hundreds of people

go through there later tonight.

- [Father Paulis] You know, Russell's a very troubled soul,

he, uh,

he's carrying a large burden with him.

- [Vanessa] And that's making him do what?

[sighing]

- [Father Paulis] As of tonight at midnight,

he's liquidating all of his assets

and he's instructed me to disperse them

to suitable charities.

- [Vanessa] Thank you.

Holy shit.

- [Louie] What does that mean?

- [Vanessa] I think that means it's it for Russell tonight.

- She drops this bombshell story

on New York Eight's website.

Breaks all kinds of journalistic rules.

[chuckling]

It goes national within an hour.

If she's wrong, she would've been fired that day.

Turns out she was right.

- [Interviewer] Did you tell him it was off the record?

- I did.

But I knew that he was hiding something.

Everybody did.

You know, I feel like we came so close

to getting it shut down before it opened.

Imagine that.

- This is working now. - Okay.

- It wasn't in, don't ask me.

[crowd chattering]

- I'm winning this game.

- I'm bustard.

[playful mimicking]

- Thing of Insomnia, just hours away,

at its new location, the Abaddon Hotel.

We've just received news regarding Russell Wynn's finances.

The report, from New York Eight's Vanessa Shepherd,

host of "Morning Mysteries", who has spoken

to the cast and crew of Insomnia,

says that Russell Wynn is planning a complete liquidation

of all of his assets and wealth,

effective midnight tonight.

What that means for Insomnia

and the rest of his holdings and IP,

is still up in the--

[switch flipping]

- [Jane] Dude, what the fuck?

We're still getting paid, right?

- [Max] I don't,

what is liquidate?

Jeff? - He won't use it that way,

but it doesn't matter.

Doesn't matter, doesn't matter.

We're probably not getting paid.

[crowd chattering]

- [Jeff] Russell, what is this shit?

What the hell, Russell?

- Father Paulis,

if you can't trust a priest.

- What is this shit?

- Her report's very misleading.

I'm not liquidating my IP and the holdings

that fund projects like Insomnia.

- [Jeff] Who gives a shit about Insomnia?

This is bullshit!

This whole venture,

coming out to the middle of nowhere.

Your shitty wine.

What else are you hiding?

- I'm not hiding anything.

What I do with my money

is not your concern, Jeffrey.

- [Jeff] I'm the COO of Wynn Media Group.

Of course it concerns me!

- What I do with my money

is not your concern! - Oh, that's just great.

You know what?

That's just fucking great.

- You done?

We open in two hours.

Get your shit together,

and let's have an awesome show.

- Wait a minute, so we're still open, right?

We're opening tonight?

- [Russell] Yes!

- Okay, okay.

- Let's get outta here.

Let's get everything ready.

I have no idea.

[door creaking]

- Nice try.

- He was never gonna be able to keep that story a secret.

But looking back,

it makes sense.

- The tapes I found

the most interesting were the unseen footage

shot by Hell House.

I can't begin to explain how weird that was.

- [Paul] I'm in.

- Yes! - Fuck yeah.

- Alright.

- I hate the fucking city anyways, man.

- Perfect. - He didn't say

we're gonna move there permanently, though.

- Trust me, guys, okay?

Mac, you're in,

Paul's in, you,

you're, she's good.

- I'm in if Lucifer's Cabin is out.

- Oh my God. [laughing]

Please tell me that we can retire Lucifer's Cabin?

- We will retire Lucifer's Cabin.

- [Tony] We had some laughs.

- Yes.

- Mac, can you? - I mean, I do not

have any laughs. - It's recorded.

- Let's go.

- [Mac] What you scared of, ghosts?

- [Tony] Come on.

- What are you scared of? - Okay.

- Safe. - I'm just saying

that there are, you know,

there are logistical concerns.

- He's essentially an expert, okay?

He saw everything that Hell House found.

What do you wanna do?

Do you wanna go in blind?

Do you wanna lead the way to the basement?

[crowd chattering]

- Obviously not.

[sighing]

- [Jeff] Max, easy on the drinks,

keep them light.

- Come on, the drunker they are,

the better reviews they'll leave.

- [Jeff] Yeah, yeah.

Harvey, go easy.

[sighing]

- [Harvey] Okay, dad.

[crowd chattering]

[cheering] [applauding]

- Woo!

Thank you all for coming out.

The hotel will open momentarily.

Deals will be made with the devil.

God will forsake you.

You'll follow us as we fall in love

and battle with our innermost demons!

Into heaven and hell.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to Insomnia!

[cheering] [applauding]

- [Max] You look good, how do you feel?

- Fucking great, darling.

Ready to go.

- [Jeff] Faust, ready.

[door creaking]

[rain pouring] [light piano music]

- If there's anything we can do

to make your stay more comfortable.

Hope you find everything quite acquaint

and homey.

The bar is open,

the dining room is ready to serve you.

- Woo-hoo.

- A wager, then?

[calm heavenly music]

No man can resist evil.

If I can destroy what is divine in Faust,

the earth will be mine.

He's already a complicated soul,

like all men.

He preaches good, but

he does evil.

- [Max] Gretchen is clear,

Mephisto and Faust are en route to Witch's Kitchen.

20 seconds.

- Okay.

- 20 seconds, copy.

Hey, Max, you have incoming, over.

- Anybody got eyes on Russell?

- Last I saw him, he was on the balcony.

- Okay, where's that?

Do we have that?

- We don't have the camera on that.

Jeff, it's gonna be fine.

- Okay, alright.

Just wonder.

[distorting heavenly music]

- Poor Faust.

Why do you seek death when you haven't even lived?

Give me the duration of your stay here,

one fall of sand through the hour glass

and I'll be your servant.

Give you anything your heart desires.

- You do not possess the power

to give me what I truly want.

- [Mephistopheles] Try me!

Sign the contract.

- Are those lights supposed to be doing that?

[deep bass] [light crackling]

- Yeah.

It's the effect.

Jeff, calm down.

- Stay here one night.

- Alright, just wanna make sure.

- You got me all nervous.

[wooden floor creaking]

- I can show you what living can truly be.

[chuckling]

So you're lonely?

We can remedy that.

[wood floor creaking]

[bottle squeaking]

[screaming]

- Where, where is that?

What's going on?

The wine room.

What the hell is going on?

- Holy shit.

[wood floors creaking]

Someone's in 2C.

- What?

Who?

Where is that?

Pull that up. - Someone there.

[static buzzing]

Look, somebody should find Russell.

[sighs]

- Yeah, okay.

- Wait, Jeff, Jeff!

Vanessa said she wants you to wear this

at all times out there.

- [Jeff] Right, okay, alright.

- I tried 2C.

- [Jeff] Yeah.

[door closing] [footsteps walking]

[camera shuffling]

- I guess I used your camera after all.

[footsteps walking] [wood creaking]

[lighthearted piano music]

[static buzzing]

[static crackling]

[camera zooming]

- Brilliant move with the cameras.

We taped everything too, when we first opened this place.

- [Russell] Who hired you?

- Hello, old Russell.

Your role is complete.

Just sit back and enjoy your destiny about to be fulfill.

We'll all enter the lake of fire together.

The beast's time has come around at last.

[footsteps running]

- [Jeff] Russell, Russell,

what the hell are you doing?

What are you doing?

- He's coming.

- You know the rules.

You cannot break the deal, Faust!

Your life was one of old,

dust and moldy books. [laughing]

- This is not it!

- What is it that you want then?

Remember, I have until the hourglass runs out.

- He doesn't make wagers for souls.

It's far more complicated than that.

The roots, far more ancient.

- Who are you, goddammit?

- God is not here.

[electrical switches flipping] [music dying]

[eerie piano music] [shushing]

- [Jeff] Oh shit, Harvey?

Harvey!

[electrical switches flipping] [screaming]

Harvey, Harvey!

[screaming]

- [Jeff] Look, we gotta get outta here.

[screaming]

To the exits, spread out!

[running] [buzzing]

[door slamming]

[screaming]

To the exit!

To the exits right now, everyone out!

- [Vanessa] Jeff, something happened to Gregory!

- Get the hell out of here right now.

Corner bar, this way!

[screaming]

Everybody out now, to the exits, right now!

That way, keep going, this is not part of the show.

[yelling]

Get outta here.

You too, now.

[fire alarm ringing] [screaming]

[ambient drone swelling]

[demons screeching]

[static crackling]

[demons growling] [people yelling]

[screaming]

[gasping]

[screaming] [knife puncturing]

[low wind howling]

[bloodcurdling screaming]

[calm heavenly music] [screaming]

[blood splattering]

- [Audience Member] Help, help!

[gasping] [crying]

[screaming]

[gurgling]

[yelling] [knife cutting]

[screaming]

- There's some,

there's something happening inside the hotel.

We heard an alarm of some sort,

and we definitely heard the sound of,

hold on.

There's something.

[police sirens blaring] [screaming]

[ambulance alarm roaring]

[police sirens blaring]

[ambulance alarm roaring]

[eerie slow drone music]

[winding up]

[fast light piano music] [wooden floors creaking]

[screaming]

[gurgling]

[lighthearted piano music]

[gasping]

[music slowing down] [static crackling]

[music starting back up]

[sighing]

[demons screeching]

[screaming]

[slow eerie heavenly music]

[mannequin falling]

[breathing heavily]

[screaming]

[static crackling]

[knife slicing]

[whispering]

- Who are you?!

You can't stop this!

You can't have her!

[floor cracking]

[hotel collapsing]

[fire ambulance siren roaring]

- [Announcer] As fire crews continue to battle the blaze

at the Abaddon Hotel,

I have word that all audience members and staff

were found in the cornfields

behind the hotel,

miraculously unharmed.

Wynn Media Group COO, Jeff Stone,

says Russell Wynn is still

unaccounted for.

Sometime during the 20:00 p.m. performance,

a fire broke out quickly.

And reports are,

that it started in the hotel's basement.

No word yet on the cause

or the whereabouts of Russell Wynn.

[birds chirping]

[walking]

[tragic slow piano music]

- [Louie] There's nothing left, huh?

[hands wiping]

- I don't think I'll ever figure out what happened here.

What happened to us?

What happened to Russell?

I thought I died.

- You did.

Russell brought us back.

- How?

- It was the car crash.

That's why he was here.

- What a lot of people don't know

is that Russell essentially died twice.

- I don't know, we knew about the car crash.

Everybody knew that.

It's how he got his scar.

What we didn't know

was that supposedly, Russell

was legally dead for two minutes.

- You can't go public with that.

- I don't think "Morning Mysteries"

is gonna show any of this.

- I guess you could say

he went to the other side and came back.

If you believe in that stuff?

- [Interviewer] Do you believe that story?

- About Russell dying in the car crash?

I mean if you had asked me a few months ago,

I would've said no.

But I was reminded

of something that Father Paulis said

in their first interview.

No man could close the gateway.

It would take an angel from God himself.

- The most interesting thing we've learned

in the wake of these events

is the discovery of dozens of tapes and drives

in Russell Wynn's hotel room.

There's a treasure trove of information.

Some of the tapes have been made available.

Now we know what happened to the "Morning Mysteries" people.

The Hell House footage, however, was

bizarre, to say the least.

The police are calling them

"The Abaddon Tapes".

[gasping]

[heavy breathing]

- Oh, what the fuck?

[heavy breathing]

[deep bass droning]

[slow piano music]

- [Paul] Yo!

[laughing]

Yo, what the fuck happened, guys?

- We don't know, are you okay?

- [Paul] Yo!

[laughing]

What happened to you, motherfucker?

- Well, I went down in the basement and--

- [Paul] You alright?

- And then, yeah.

- We're okay now, though, right?

- Yeah, I think so.

- [Paul] I feel pretty fucking good.

[chuckling]

- Yeah, yeah.

I'm alright.

- [Alex] You're good?

- [Tony] I'm alright.

- You're good?

- Yeah.

- What do you say we

get the fuck outta here, huh?

- [Paul] Dude, let's get the fuck outta here.

- Let's go back to New York.

- [Tony] Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[door thudding]

- Oh, shit.

- Tony, can you help here, I can't get outta here?

- One, two.

- [Paul] Unlock it.

- It's not supposed to be locked

in the first place. - Use a deadbolt.

- There's no deadbolt.

- You can't leave.

None of us can.

- [Alex] And why the hell not?

- Because we died here.

The hotel took us.

- [Sara] Who are you?

- I'm the one who closed the gateway.

You're the one who helped open it.

- We're not dying here, okay?

We're not dying.

It's not supposed to happen this way.

We're not supposed to die. - Get that shit open, man.

- That's not supposed to happen.

We just did fucking.

No, we're not supposed to.

- Let's just give it up.

Just give it up.

- Aren't you gonna help me?

Or anyone wanna help me with this door?!

- [Paul] Ah, fuck.

[heavy breathing]

- I'm so sorry this happened to you.

It's time to move on.

- Wait. - Where the fuck's he going?

- Aah.

Fuck it, holmes.

Let's see if that bar is still open.

- Let's do.

[hands slapping]

- [Paul] Let's go.

- Come have a drink with us.

[crying]

[sniffing]

[intense dramatic music]