When Mark Corvo returns to his childhood home with the intention of renting its extra rooms, he soon realizes there has been supernatural activity taking place.
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00:00a man returns to live in his childhood home and finds it's not the place it
00:13used to be he and his new tenants are terrorized by evil spirits and demonic
00:19forces paranormal investigators must come up with an answer before it's too
00:25late in America there is real evil it lurks in the darkest shadows and in our
00:35most ordinary towns between the worlds we see and the things we fear there are
00:42doors when they are opened nightmares become reality
01:13Mark Corvo is no ordinary child
01:24he often sleepwalks and has a rare talent but doesn't realize it yet and
01:30won't until decades later
01:33Mark is an empath able to sense the presence of spirits he experiences
01:51vivid dreams but are they all too real?
01:57Mark, are you down there?
02:03I'm here, Mom!
02:18in 2011 Mark Corvo returns to Cromwell, Connecticut as the new owner of his
02:24childhood home
02:28in spite of his sleepwalking, which stopped as he grew older, Mark retains
02:34fond memories of his youth and family life in the 18th century house
02:41it's a old colonial in a very nice part of town, one of a kind, it really was a lot
02:49of fun to grow up there and everybody loved each other, it was a great place
02:57Mark's newfound happiness is tinged with sadness
03:01he acquired the house after his parents died one soon after the other
03:07Mark recognizes that for him it will always be a special place
03:14from when I was small I always had the ability to sense different things that
03:20were going on but as you grow up you get involved and I sort of put it on the
03:27back shelf and ignored it
03:32Mark plans to take in tenants but first there's a lot of repainting to take care of
03:37it needed a lot of cosmetic work
03:44I thought I heard footsteps
03:51it was startling
03:55I thought maybe somebody was playing a joke on me
03:59there was nobody there
04:05I didn't know what to think and I was tired so I just went to bed and that was it
04:14well this is it, this will be your room
04:17nice
04:18after a month of renovating Mark welcomes his first potential tenant
04:22Sean Angus, a local firefighter
04:25I'm trying to restore this place to its former glory
04:28I'll take it
04:30I was ready to move out of my mother's house, I was looking for a place to rent
04:34I loved the location, it was right up the street from the firehouse so I decided to move in
04:43Trammell's a small town, like a little village
04:52and I knew that in a very short period of time I'd be able to rent that side of the house out
05:00Ashley Singer has just moved to the area
05:04hey, you had a room advertised?
05:06right, I have a room for rent, correct
05:08would you like to see it?
05:10yeah
05:11follow me
05:14Ashley considers herself a spiritual person and senses a presence
05:25Ashley, this way
05:28ok, thanks
05:29Ashley's a very interesting and eclectic person
05:34and I knew she would appreciate the history of the house
05:43with two tenants now in place, Mark's never-ending restoration work continues
05:48need a hand?
05:49sure, that'd be great
05:51and volunteers are welcome
05:53I gotta get a nail, just a second, set it down for me
06:13that's an old well, it's been there forever
06:16I bet, how deep do you suppose it goes?
06:24it's deep
06:25the well was built at the time of the house in 1741
06:29and was long abandoned before Mark grew up here
06:32he's rarely given it a second thought since he was a child
06:44the well is now a museum
06:55it's the blessing and curse of living in a 200-year-old home
07:00the hissing of the pipes, the miscellaneous bangs
07:05Mark isn't the only one hearing strange noises at night
07:09John told me there was a lot of noises and things going on
07:15and I just attributed it to pipes
07:25he understood and eventually got used to it
07:32Ashley believes there could be another reason for those strange noises
07:37she senses the house is haunted and studies the spiritual world
07:43the house is haunted
08:05she would tell me that there was a lot of activity
08:09she'd seen this or seen that or something else was happening
08:14I didn't minimize it, but I didn't really give it the full credence that I probably should have
08:25a few weeks later
08:29I smelled smoke
08:33smoke was coming from Ashley's room
08:36oh my god, is the house on fire?
08:58Ashley, are you in there?
09:08Mark Corville moves back into the house he grew up in
09:12where a mysterious well and vivid dreams colored his childhood
09:16recently he's encountered unexplained events and strange noises
09:22and now, one of his tenants appears to be trapped in her burning room
09:28Ashley, are you in there? Ashley!
09:36Ashley!
09:38we gotta get out of here!
09:41you have or hold no power here
09:47she seemed to be in a trance in a world of her own
09:51it's my sacred place, I banish you away
09:54she was holding a pile of twigs and all the smoke was coming from there
09:59you have or hold no power here
10:02I realized she must be performing some kind of ritual
10:08to me it was completely alien and strange what she was doing
10:12Ashley! Ashley!
10:17sorry, I was just smudging the room
10:20what?
10:21yeah, it's sage, it's for spiritual cleansing
10:27look, I've always been a spiritual person
10:30some people have even called me a white witch
10:34a witch?
10:35there are malevolent forces in your house
10:38she told me there are spirits in the house that need to be cleansed
10:43well, just be careful, don't burn the house down
10:48Mark, I'm sorry, I should have warned you
10:51despite what's happened, Mark retains a soft spot for his unusual tenant
10:56as long as she didn't start the house on fire and paid her rent on time
10:59what she did in the privacy of her rental apartment was fine by me
11:04Mark, I'm taking a trip to New Orleans
11:07and I told a friend she could stay at my place while I was away
11:10that's fine
11:20a few days later
11:23you must be...
11:24Sadra, Ashley's friend
11:26let me take that for you
11:27oh, thank you
11:29this way
11:34let's go
11:52alone in the house, she drifts off to sleep
12:04what?
12:29terrified, she flees the home in search of safety
12:35but she returns one last time to confront Mark
12:40I don't know what kind of scam you've got going
12:42sorry, I don't know what...
12:44save it!
12:45I'm out of here
12:46tell Ashley I'm not sticking around
12:50and that was the end of Sadra
12:53last I saw of her
12:55now my antennas are up
12:57I'm starting to get alarmed at what's going on
13:00when you rent a house out
13:02your uppermost thought in your mind is that everybody is safe and protected
13:09the way she ran out of that house was just very, very strange and alarming
13:20Mark's tenant Ashley, who claims she's a white witch
13:24returns from her trip to New Orleans with some new friends
13:30I could tell she seemed different
13:32you okay?
13:36fine
13:37she seemed a little darker than she had been when she left
13:43she was my tenant and I respected her right to have guests
13:48but I just didn't feel right about them being in the house
13:55Ashley's friends are originally from Haiti
13:58Mark has no idea that they are in the attic
14:01practicing the witchcraft of their homeland
14:04all right, quit it, it's time to start
14:09they're performing a voodoo ritual
14:11to try and make contact with the spirits Ashley believes are in the house
14:17as Ashley grows more intense
14:19she gives Mark an ominous warning
14:23they had blessed the house with voodoo
14:27and if I ever sold the house
14:29and ever left the family
14:31I would die
14:36Mark's house is haunted by the spirit of the witch
14:39and Mark's house is haunted by the spirit of the witch
14:43I would die
14:48Ashley
14:49she was very nervous and easily spooked
14:54we need you inside for the next part
14:57I'm fine
15:03the mysterious Haitians soon leave
15:05but now the white witch wishes she hadn't dabbled with the spirits
15:09and is convinced they're evil
15:11and after her own soul
15:14she was smudging the house on a daily basis
15:22Ashley
15:23she told me it's just too intense
15:26the spirits are here
15:30Ashley spends hours alone in the house
15:32terrorized and tormented by the evil presence
15:35stop
15:37it's hard to see
15:39somebody
15:41be in that kind of
15:43distress and turmoil
15:46that's it, that's it, I can't live here anymore
15:49Ashley talk to me
15:50no, you don't understand
15:52she just couldn't tolerate
15:55the intensity of what she perceived was coming at her
15:59from the house
16:02she was frightened
16:03she was truly frightened
16:06abruptly, Ashley disappears
16:09she just took off
16:10and left her stuff even
16:14that's how adversely impacted she was
16:17by what she perceived was going on in the house
16:20I was really upset
16:23angry
16:24plus concerned, I mean
16:28was it the house?
16:34with Ashley gone
16:38only Sean and his new girlfriend Jessica
16:41remain in the house with Mark
16:59Sean
17:03Sean
17:11in a home that dates back to the 1700s in Cromwell, Connecticut
17:15spirits are terrorizing tenants and visitors
17:18two have been compelled to leave
17:27now Jessica, the girlfriend of Sean Angus
17:30has become the target of something menacing
17:34Sean
17:36Sean, Sean
17:38Sean, Sean wake up
17:39Sean wake up
17:41Sean
17:55I didn't know what was going to happen to me next
17:57or what was going to happen in that room
17:59I was terrified
18:00terrified
18:28what's going on?
18:29what the hell?
18:30there was this thing
18:31and it was coming
18:32it was coming in the bed
18:33and there was this thing
18:34like a white sheet
18:35it was over the bed
18:36and it was coming
18:37you're dreaming
18:38no, I wasn't
18:39I tried to wake you
18:40and you wouldn't wake up
18:41ok, well just
18:42ok, just come inside
18:43she kept saying repeatedly
18:44I have to get out of here
18:46I have to get out of here
18:47no, I can't
18:48I'm sorry, I can't
18:50I'll call you
18:51tell Sean I love you
18:52got in my car
18:53and didn't look back
18:54what?
19:00the next day I told Sean
19:01I can never stay in the house ever again
19:05Mark is stunned
19:06when he hears of this latest night of horror
19:09I felt angry
19:10I felt concerned
19:12I felt troubled
19:15what is going on?
19:25gonna miss you guys
19:26wish there was another way
19:27Sean said
19:28listen, I have to find someplace else to live
19:32Jessica's not really comfortable here
19:34given the experience that she had
19:40he was quite surprised
19:42that we needed to move out
19:43but wasn't surprised
19:45that we actually saw something
19:47it's almost like he knew
19:48there was something in the house
19:58Mark feels compelled to act
20:00launching his own paranormal investigation
20:03aided by tips and guidance
20:05from books, TV shows and the internet
20:10I've always been a person of action
20:12I didn't want to have new tenants come in
20:15if there was going to be some situation
20:21I developed a plan based on EVPs
20:24EVPs are electronic voice phenomena
20:36who are you?
20:40who are you?
20:42who are you?
20:52I came upon what looked like
20:54a place of sacrifice
20:56or a very ritualistic altar
21:00with a dead bird, carcass, cross
21:04and an empty bottle
21:09if this was voodoo
21:11what was my house turned into?
21:18day and night
21:19Mark wanders his home
21:20in the hope of making contact
21:22with the spirits that have brought
21:23so much misery and fear
21:25who are you?
21:28why are you here?
21:30what do you want?
21:42who are you?
21:50that for me was the moment
21:52where I realized that my house
21:54was haunted
21:56what do you want?
22:06I knew that I was in serious trouble
22:11I knew that I was in serious trouble
22:21after months of terrifying paranormal encounters
22:24who are you?
22:25why are you here?
22:26Mark Corvo has managed to capture EVP recordings
22:29of the voices of spirits
22:31in his 270 year old home
22:34and now an evil presence has made itself known
22:37and issued a direct threat to his life
22:42who are you?
22:45I knew now I needed some help
22:48professional help
22:51Mark contacts GONERS
22:53the ghosts of New England Research Society
22:56GONERS, this is Kurt Knapp
22:58Kurt is a former police officer
23:00who's been a paranormal investigator
23:02for more than two decades
23:04when Mark Corvo first called me
23:07he sounded kind of stressed out
23:09about the situation he was facing
23:11well how long have you been living in the house?
23:13GONERS primary mission is to determine
23:15first of all if a haunting is genuine
23:17and if it is to determine
23:19how we can best help the people in the house
23:21thank you Mr. Corvo
23:30let me get you a cup of coffee here first
23:32yeah sounds good
23:34so Mark what's been going on in the house?
23:36well I tell you
23:37I had a couple of tenants
23:40they had to move out
23:43from everything that's been going on
23:45all the noises
23:47poor Ashley
23:49she ran out of here screaming
23:51I found in police work
23:53that after an hour or so
23:55a person will start to change their story
23:57if they're lying to you
23:59well there was none of that with Mark
24:01he was as genuine in the end
24:03as he was in the beginning
24:05I'm starting to
24:07hear a few things myself
24:09I did some preliminary research on the property
24:13I got a few things I want to show you
24:15we found out that
24:17the house was built in 1741
24:19by a sea captain
24:21who was active in the slave trade in the West Indies
24:23and we do know for a fact
24:25that he kept slaves on the property
24:27that might be the reason I've captured
24:29so many EVPs
24:31you have EVPs?
24:33yeah I've got some recordings
24:35I'd love to hear them
24:47I was able to identify
24:49about six separate voices
24:51in the EVPs he played for me
24:53I knew immediately that we had to investigate
24:55this property
24:59where did you record these?
25:01throughout the house
25:03it put an end to
25:05any speculation
25:07on my part
25:09that I was either seeing things
25:11or hearing things
25:17I was kind of concerned about him too
25:25Kurt Knapp and his paranormal investigation team arrive
25:27armed with an array of high-tech
25:29ghost hunting equipment
25:31Patrick there's a lot of EVP activity
25:33around here so make sure the recorder is set to go
25:35please
25:37on the investigation I decided to bring
25:39Karen Hollis our resident psychic
25:43I was immediately struck by
25:45how heavy the energy was
25:47in the home
25:49Melanie who is in charge
25:51of evidence evaluation
25:53and also Pat Murphy
25:55who acts as case manager
25:59during an EVP session
26:01we put people on all floors
26:03of the house because as you're
26:05asking questions you may get a response
26:07on another floor
26:15every investigation is different
26:17as you're walking either
26:19upstairs or downstairs you're thinking to yourself
26:21what am I going to find? what's going to be there?
26:23what's in the darkness?
26:29say your name
26:37and I could feel
26:39that the energy was coalescing
26:41around that one area
26:43and
26:45as I stepped closer to it
26:47I realized
26:49this is more than just a well
26:51it was deep
26:53and dark and foreboding
26:55I think I see something
26:57what?
26:59I'm not sure
27:05something hit me in the chest
27:09this dark energy
27:11and it was overwhelming
27:27I got the sense
27:29that there was a young child
27:31that wanted to tell its story
27:33I felt her
27:35slip into my body
27:41and I felt her touch
27:43my hair to see if it was
27:45her hair or mine
27:47and then with the sweetness of a child
27:49she touched my cheek
27:51I could feel her
27:53as trapped
27:55I could feel her as
27:57trying to fill out my hands
27:59and my body
28:01and having a sense of wonder
28:07and then her voice came out
28:09I'm Becky
28:15where's mama?
28:21mama got sick
28:23he took her away
28:27the young slave girl's mother
28:29had been taken away to a doctor
28:31and never returned
28:33she just was very
28:35desperate to know
28:37where her sick mother had gone
28:49she's gone
28:53I was channeling
28:55her grief over her mom
29:05imagine waiting centuries
29:07and never knowing
29:09if she'd return
29:11what a horrible
29:13thing for a child to have to do
29:17this well
29:19this is no ordinary well
29:21this is a portal
29:25a portal is a door
29:27a dimensional door
29:29I could sense that this portal
29:31was where many spirits
29:33were coming and going
29:35both good and bad
29:37is someone here?
29:39meanwhile, Kurt and Patrick
29:41unaware of what's happening in the cellar
29:43are three stories above
29:45exploring the attic
29:47these are voodoo symbols
29:51are you alright?
29:53I don't know
29:55I feel weird
29:59it's just something that we don't see
30:01very often
30:03it felt evil
30:05it didn't feel right
30:07Kurt
30:09Kurt
30:11what?
30:13Kurt
30:15Patrick, you're freaking me out
30:17don't
30:19don't
30:29a nearly 300-year-old house
30:31in Cromwell, Connecticut
30:33has become a place of terror
30:37a paranormal investigation team
30:39that includes a medium
30:41is starting to encounter a range of spirits
30:45in the attic
30:47Pat Murphy believes lead investigator
30:49Kurt Knapp is in imminent danger
30:51Kurt, Kurt
30:53what?
30:55Kurt
30:57when I saw Pat's face, you know, he's more of a tech guy than a spiritual guy
30:59so for him to be
31:01alarmed about something is really unusual
31:03don't
31:05go
31:07it was scary, my heart was racing
31:09we finally realized that there's something very evil here
31:11very dark
31:17back at the office
31:19the paranormal investigators
31:21review their findings
31:23they believe the house
31:25has sheltered lost souls
31:27for centuries
31:31but when Ashley and her friends
31:33used voodoo to contact the spirits
31:35they unleashed dark forces
31:37which rose up
31:39through the old well
31:41I believe that whatever activity
31:43Ashley was engaged in in the house
31:45whatever dark magic she was practicing
31:47whatever she was trying to stir up
31:49she was successful
31:51in that she opened a portal
31:53into another world
31:55that was bringing through not only human spirits
31:57but also dark spirits
31:59if there was any place
32:01that seemed like it went straight to hell
32:03it would have been that well
32:09Kurt and Karen arrive
32:11to present their findings to Mark
32:13but they also have news that will
32:15change his life forever
32:17haven't you ever wondered
32:19why you were able to record
32:21so many voices from the afterlife
32:27I've seen it on my own team
32:29where two people in a room, one will get
32:31an EVP on the recorder and one won't
32:33and I think it has more to do
32:35with the person's ability
32:37to tune in to the paranormal
32:39to the supernatural
32:41than anything else
32:43what you have is a gift
32:45I know
32:47I have it too
32:49Mark is an empath
32:51able to connect with the spirit world
32:53and suddenly
32:55a lot of strange experiences
32:57make some kind of sense
32:59the more I talk with Karen
33:01the more light she shed
33:03on past episodes
33:05of my life
33:07there were
33:09signs early on that I had a
33:11spiritual sense
33:13I used to sleepwalk
33:15quite a bit, my parents were always
33:17terrified for me
33:19but there's a price
33:21to be paid for having such a rare ability
33:23if Mark remains
33:25determined to stay in his family home
33:27he'll have to get used
33:29to the presence of spirits
33:31including those intent
33:33on harming him
33:35I explained to Mark that psychically
33:37open people need to learn how to control
33:39that which they know
33:41is around them, but perhaps isn't good
33:43for them
33:45we needed to give him tools
33:47to be able to cope with what was happening
33:49around him, through exercise
33:51through prayer, through meditation
33:53it sort of put
33:55everything into context
33:57and I had a better
33:59understanding of
34:01what was going on and what my role
34:03was
34:05take care
34:07call me if you need to, ok?
34:11many questions
34:13remain unanswered
34:15but one thing is known
34:17the spirits are still
34:19inside
34:23as the days go by
34:25Mark tries to follow their advice
34:27he devotes more time to
34:29reinforcing his faith
34:33don't attack
34:39don't attack
34:41don't engage
34:51he concentrates on the physical aspects
34:53of his home
35:03Mark
35:13Mark senses
35:15he's not alone
35:17I felt
35:19a very evil presence
35:21don't engage
35:25a dark presence
35:27don't engage
35:29I was upset
35:31and I challenged it
35:33leave me alone
35:35leave me alone
35:37whatever was
35:39in the house
35:41had consumed a lot of my life
35:47taken a lot of my time
35:53added a lot of stress
35:55and negativity
35:57I was fed up, that was it
35:59it was war for me
36:01the battle was on
36:03my house
36:05my house
36:07no
36:09no, no, no
36:11I felt a push
36:23Mark Korver was being terrorized
36:25by evil spirits in his
36:2718th century Connecticut home
36:29they're determined to kill him
36:31leave me alone
36:35no, no, no
36:37stay away from me
36:39I felt a push
36:47I was surprised I was alive
36:53I should have been dead
36:58doctors
37:00told me that I had broken my back
37:07after three weeks
37:09recovering in the hospital
37:11Mark's sister Gina drives him home
37:19well
37:21you're home
37:23yeah
37:25all rage is on
37:27as far as I'm concerned
37:31medium Karen Hollis realizes
37:33that letting his anger take control
37:35had been Mark's downfall
37:39I think Mark came to understand
37:41that what he was doing
37:43was
37:45making the situation worse
37:47and that what he needed to do
37:49was to focus on the positive
37:51through prayer, through meditation
37:53so that he could go on
37:55and free himself from what had been happening
37:57in his own home
37:59I'll be good
38:01I'll be alright
38:15this is something that he's always
38:17going to have to deal with his entire life
38:19being an empath is not something
38:21you can entirely shut off
38:23but
38:25he has the tools now
38:27to learn how to live with it
38:31he knows not to be a victim
38:33of it, he knows how to
38:35push away the spirits, how to say
38:37not today, I'm not going to deal with this today
38:41no matter where he goes
38:43or where he lives
38:45he'll always be open to spiritual happenings
38:47be devoted to
38:49one another in love
38:51honor one another
38:53above yourself
38:55over time, Mark has learned
38:57how to stop the spirits from ruining
38:59his life
39:03cling to what is good
39:05hate what is evil
39:13I think faith is a big part
39:15of what helps protect me
39:19they thrive on fear
39:21hate what is evil
39:27hate what is evil
39:33hate what is evil
39:45what seems to
39:47keep them at bay
39:49is forgiveness
39:51and love
39:53they cannot tolerate that
40:01my experiences
40:03with these
40:05spirits or entities
40:07gave me an
40:09appreciation for how powerful
40:11they can be
40:13and the damage that they can afflict
40:17Ashley was engaged
40:19in her own attempt
40:21to control the spirits
40:23which were uncontrollable
40:27she lost
40:29they won, she left
40:31and that's the sad truth
40:33of it
40:35I was being
40:37targeted
40:39these spirits wanted to harm me
40:47peace is returned to Mark's home
40:49although he knows that
40:51at any time
40:53the battles with the spirits
40:55may begin again
40:57I made a
40:59very important decision
41:01that the house was important to me
41:03it's my family's house
41:05and I want to stay there
41:09I know now I have
41:11the tools to protect myself
41:13and along with my
41:15faith, I know
41:17that I can keep on fighting