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00:00Based on eyewitness accounts, some names have been changed to protect the identity of those involved.
00:09In this world, evil lurks.
00:13Among the shadows and in the most common places.
00:17These are true accounts of innocent people and unimaginable facts.
00:24In the mountains of Taiwan, the bishops are strangers in a foreign country.
00:30Their new home is a place of nightmare, full of deadly creatures and terrifying visions of another dimension.
00:38A Taoist priest performs ancient rituals to protect those of the angry dead and appease a power that escapes human understanding.
00:53Between the world we see and the things we fear, there are doors.
01:00When they open, nightmares become reality.
01:05ULTRATUMBA STORIES
01:10HUNGRY GHOSTS
01:15In the Far East, many people believe that there are no borders between the physical world and the spiritual realm.
01:22GHOSTS
01:26Ghosts are part of everyday life.
01:32On the island of Taiwan, at the foot of the Yangming Mountains, there is a sacred valley where, as they say, the dead have more power than the living.
01:42BISHOPS
01:48In 1984, the Bishop family visits the north of Taiwan.
01:53Dennis Bishop has recently been promoted to a position in a North American company based in Taipei.
02:01It was a very important promotion for me.
02:04When you're offered jobs like this, you can reject them, but if you do, you may never have another opportunity like this.
02:11You can hardly refuse an offer like this.
02:16Dennis's wife, Candice, is nervous about having to move in with her two younger daughters, Stacy, 16, and Marisa, 12.
02:26It was known in our circle that Taiwan was being taken over by a savage country.
02:30I was extremely concerned about the physical integrity of my family.
02:44The representative of Dennis's new boss takes the family to visit the mansion that the company has made available to them on the outskirts of Taipei.
02:53Stacy looks impressed.
02:55He drove us along the access road and we looked at it. It was beautiful.
02:59We liked it in almost every way.
03:06For Marisa, the mansion is almost magical.
03:10The residence was impressive.
03:12Until then, we had lived in a very small house in Tokyo, a very populous city,
03:16and suddenly coming to this mansion surrounded by farms, cemeteries, and rice fields seemed surreal to us.
03:39It's the biggest house I've ever seen.
03:42Dad says there's a pool back there.
03:45Really? Let's go check it out.
03:46They love the pool.
03:48They're going to enjoy it.
03:50From the very first moment, Candice finds the house a little creepy.
04:03Who did that?
04:04It was like a really powerful fist hit me in the back.
04:08It slammed me so hard that it pushed me forward. I lost my balance.
04:13What?
04:16I felt like someone had hit me in the back.
04:20I turned around and there was no one around.
04:23I didn't know what to think, but I was afraid.
04:30I don't like this place.
04:32But you haven't seen it yet. Come.
04:35I'll show you.
04:36To the left is the kitchen.
04:43To the right is the living room.
04:49This is the living room.
04:50It's very cozy with the house.
04:52You're going to love this place.
05:00Have you had a problem with humidity?
05:02We'll take care of this right away.
05:04It won't be a problem.
05:05Lately, we've had some heavy rains and the house has been empty for a season.
05:13Candice, I don't like this house.
05:15It'll look good when we've fixed it.
05:18I don't like it.
05:20Would you rather we look for another place before making a decision?
05:23Yes, please.
05:25She reacted strongly and didn't want to live there.
05:29We decided to look for other houses with the real estate agent.
05:33Thank you for showing us the place.
05:36During the next two weeks, we looked at practically dozens of houses
05:40and none of them seemed as acceptable as the one we had seen at the beginning.
05:47Angry, Candice agreed to move to the company's house.
05:53I thought I had no other choice.
05:55This was the best for my husband, so it was the best for my family.
06:01And it was my decision.
06:03And as a sensible woman, I was determined to find a way to make it work.
06:14On the day of the move, the Bishops meet Chan,
06:17the family's chauffeur, hired by Dennis' company.
06:21Dennis.
06:31It's done.
06:33Well, there's not much left to do.
06:36We're almost done.
06:37I'm very tired, and you...
06:43Did you hear that?
06:44It seems to come from the furniture.
06:49What was that?
06:50I don't know.
07:06My God!
07:07Did you see that?
07:08A huge spider!
07:10A huge spider.
07:11I heard the screams.
07:12I ran and saw Chan climbing the stairs at full speed with a shovel.
07:21It wasn't your fault.
07:22Did it jump on you?
07:23Yes, it was a huge jump.
07:25Mr. Bishop.
07:27Did you catch it?
07:28Yes, but these spiders go in pairs.
07:31Oh, Dennis.
07:32He told us,
07:33Sir, these spiders mate for life,
07:35so if you kill one, there's always another one around.
07:39I'm going to throw this.
07:40Okay, thanks.
07:43How long will it take?
07:44I don't want to find another spider in the bedroom.
07:47It was a jungle.
07:49I just kept saying to myself,
07:52I would do everything I could to get used to it.
08:04Come on, Stacy and Marisa.
08:06A few weeks later, Stacy and Marisa return to school,
08:09and Dennis joins his new job.
08:11Get ready.
08:12Josie, here's your lunch.
08:14Have a nice day.
08:15Okay.
08:16When you get back, I want you to tell me everything.
08:19Bye, Mom.
08:20Have a nice day.
08:21Okay.
08:23Bye.
08:24You too.
08:46The first impulse of Candice is to call Dennis.
08:54It's so out of your box of reality,
08:57you don't know what to do.
08:59What do I do?
09:00Pretend that nothing has happened?
09:02I thought it was just my imagination.
09:04I tried to find a rational explanation.
09:07I don't know what to do.
09:09I don't know what to do.
09:11I don't know what to do.
09:13I tried to find a rational explanation.
09:17I never told anyone,
09:19because I didn't want them to think I was crazy.
09:43I never told anyone,
09:45because I didn't want them to think I was crazy.
10:02Stacy?
10:06What's wrong?
10:07Is John still here?
10:09No, he left a few hours ago.
10:12Are you sure?
10:13Sure.
10:14Why?
10:17I think I saw someone out there.
10:31There's no one out there, Marisa.
10:33If you want, you can come to my room and do your homework with me.
10:38Yes.
10:40I always had the feeling
10:42that I was seeing something out of the corner of my eye
10:45and hearing strange things.
10:48Personally, I tried to discard anything that seemed out of the ordinary.
11:10Every night before going to bed,
11:12Stacy checks that there are no tarantulas in her room.
11:40TARANTULAS
12:06I heard someone walking in his room.
12:08I can hear it clearly.
12:39Stacey does not tell anyone that she has heard a voice in the room.
12:45The family has more urgent problems.
12:48The rain season has begun in Taiwan and there are drips all over the house.
12:56The water was constantly passing through the walls.
13:00All the water that was coming down the mountain was flowing into our house.
13:08Why are you doing the dark homework? You're going to ruin your eyesight.
13:12It's better than electrocuting.
13:16The walls were overflowing with water.
13:19Between the humidity and the dampness of the water and the fact that the electrical grid had no connection to the ground,
13:26you couldn't turn on a switch without getting electrocuted.
13:31Are you okay?
13:34Yeah, I'm fine.
13:35Denise, this is ridiculous.
13:54Candice.
13:55Yes?
13:56The bill for electricity has just arrived.
13:571,250 euros? How are we spending so much energy?
14:01Electricity bills are astronomical.
14:03The tension between Denise and Candice becomes more palpable.
14:07Why do you have to have the lights on all day?
14:09Denise and I were arguing all the time.
14:12There was a lot of tension in the house.
14:15Okay, I'll do it, but until then, what are we going to do?
14:18I didn't know exactly what this increase in voltage was due to, but I noticed it clearly.
14:24We were very upset and I think that's why we were taking it with the others.
14:33Denise calls an electrician.
14:36There are a lot of power cuts.
14:38The electrician verifies that there is a loss of energy underground.
14:42Apparently, the house had been built illegally.
14:46Surely, it had never been connected to the electrical grid in an adequate way.
14:51I couldn't find out how they had fixed it before.
14:55The landlord didn't speak English.
14:58So I gave up looking into any of that.
15:01To solve the problem, the public company must dig the ground to locate the existing cable network.
15:05A few days later, Stacy is left alone at home.
15:35Mom? Dad? Are you there?
16:06It was impossible to find a logical explanation.
16:09Everything that was happening, I knew I couldn't ignore it.
16:13However, I kept talking about it.
16:16I hadn't told anyone.
16:18Then I understood that I was in a good tight spot.
16:35Stacy? Stacy? Stacy?
16:48Stacy? Stacy? Stacy?
16:57Stacy? Stacy? Stacy?
17:03Stacy? Stacy? Stacy?
17:18Stacy takes refuge in her boyfriend's house whenever she can.
17:23I know it sounds crazy.
17:26I don't know how to explain it to you.
17:29Stacy, you don't have to worry about it.
17:31You know you're safe here.
17:33And if you need to call me, do it.
17:35You know you can count on me.
17:37Nothing's going to happen to you.
17:39I didn't know what it was.
17:41I couldn't even identify it.
17:43The only thing I knew was that it was affecting me terribly, day after day.
17:47I felt extremely helpless.
17:57Come on, Stacy. Don't worry about anything.
17:59Everything will be fine.
18:01Okay, fine.
18:29Stacy?
18:59Stacy?
19:18Hello?
19:20Stacy, it's Thomas.
19:22I was getting away from your house and I saw...
19:24Thomas, talk slower. I don't understand you.
19:26Stacy's boyfriend is calling.
19:27What?
19:29And he's telling her what he saw.
19:32Please, go see if she's okay.
19:34Look in her room, just in case.
19:36Wait.
19:38Check it, please.
19:40Mom?
19:46Mom?
19:49Mom?
19:54Mom?
19:57Mom?
19:59Mom?
20:25Mom?
20:28Mom?
20:48Stacy, what's going on?
20:50Why didn't you answer me?
20:52Didn't you hear me calling you?
20:54No, I didn't hear you.
20:59Thomas?
21:01Are you alright?
21:03Yes, I'm fine.
21:05Thank goodness.
21:09Bye.
21:11Bye.
21:13Mom?
21:15Stacy, what's going on?
21:17Tell me.
21:19I'm sick of this house and I'm sick of everything in here.
21:22I can't even go to my room without hearing footsteps or someone saying my name.
21:25Stacy started telling me about her experiences.
21:28She described the noises and the voices that she had heard.
21:34I know what you're telling me.
21:36I hear things too.
21:38Someone was calling her by her name.
21:40Yes, me too.
21:42There was someone calling me by my name.
21:45The more we compared stories and compared our stories,
21:50the more we realized that they could possibly be real.
21:56Dennis, we have to talk.
21:59We have to leave this house.
22:01We have to leave Taiwan.
22:03And what do I tell my boss?
22:05Dennis didn't believe any of that,
22:07but he did know that something was really upsetting the family.
22:12Dad, you don't believe anything she told you, do you?
22:15I don't think she thought we were lying to her,
22:18but I didn't know how to react.
22:20That's not true.
22:22I can't throw away everything I've worked so hard for.
22:23It was made very clear
22:25that dad's work was important to all of us
22:27and we needed to find a way to solve this problem
22:30in the best way possible.
22:32And what do I tell my boss?
22:34That I have to leave because my house is haunted?
22:42I told him that he had to get the girls out of the house.
22:45He had to take them outside of Taiwan.
22:49During the holidays,
22:50Candice takes her daughters to a summer house in California.
22:57She begins to investigate supernatural themes.
23:01In a book, it is suggested
23:03that ghosts get their power from the living.
23:07Candice comes to the conclusion
23:09that if her daughters overcome their fears,
23:11the incidents will disappear.
23:16I had two choices,
23:17either collapse, give up and leave everything,
23:20or stand my ground
23:22and defend my home for my children and my family.
23:30I remember I was panicking to have to come back.
23:34It was just kind of a feeling of depression that was coming over me.
23:38Marisa, dad and I are going down to the show's house.
23:42If you need anything, call us.
23:44Stacy will be back from Thomas' house very soon.
23:47Okay.
23:49I love you.
23:51I love you too.
23:53Call us.
23:55Bye.
23:57I think that my parents were taking the appropriate steps to protect us.
24:03And they were trying to reassure us that everything was fine.
24:18I love you.
24:20I love you too.
24:22I love you.
24:24I love you.
24:26I love you.
24:28I love you.
24:30I love you.
24:32I love you.
24:34I love you.
24:36I love you.
24:38I love you.
24:40I love you.
24:42I love you.
24:44I love you.
24:45I love you.
24:47I love you.
24:49I love you.
24:51I love you.
24:53I love you.
24:55I love you.
24:57I love you.
24:59Mom? Dad?
25:01Is that you?
25:09Have you forgotten something?
25:16Stacy? Is that you?
25:29Stacy?
25:38Mom?
25:40Dad?
25:42Stacy?
25:43Dad?
25:45Stacy? Is that you?
26:13Stacy?
26:31Stacy?
26:33Are you there?
26:35This is not funny.
26:43Stacy?
27:13Marisa, we're back.
27:15Marisa?
27:20Marisa, baby, what's wrong?
27:23Mom?
27:25What's wrong?
27:27Come on, get up.
27:29Oh, honey, what's wrong?
27:31Tell me what's wrong.
27:33I remember someone coming in the room,
27:36opening the door and pushing me over.
27:40Actually, coming into me.
27:43Honey, come, let me take you to bed.
27:47I felt defeated.
27:49I thought that my family and I were about to lose this battle.
28:06Marisa, honey, how are you?
28:10I feel good.
28:11Are you sure?
28:13Yes, I'm fine, Mom.
28:15Do you want to talk about what happened last night?
28:18No, it's fine.
28:20Don't worry.
28:22We had no idea what was going on.
28:25I didn't even think about the possibilities.
28:28Did your sister tell you anything?
28:31No, because none of them was good.
28:34So we said, well, we don't know anything.
28:37We just don't know.
28:42I was very concerned that I couldn't protect my daughters anymore.
28:49Candice calls a friend, Bob Patton.
28:53He's a journalist closely linked to the Taoist religious community in Taiwan.
28:59He had done articles about various personalities that lived in the country.
29:04And one of the people that he had interviewed
29:07was a very well-considered Taoist priest.
29:12We've arrived.
29:22I felt like, well, if this man knows what to do,
29:26maybe he can find the man to do what to do.
29:35I remember him looking around and being surprised
29:38at what was going on in the house.
29:43The priest explains that many Chinese believe
29:46that objects and physical forms can influence the spiritual energy of an enclosure.
29:52He had talked about how the humidity and its location in the mountains
29:56were generating an incredible amount of negative energy around the house.
30:02The design of this house...
30:04He tells them that no Chinese architect would have designed such a mansion,
30:09unless he wanted to curse his inhabitants.
30:13Whoever built the house,
30:16he designed it to kill us.
30:35The priest perceives the presence of what the Chinese call hungry spirits.
30:48The reason that the spirits go back to the afterlife
30:52is because they don't have what they need in the afterlife,
30:56whether it's food, money or things like that.
31:00They become hungry.
31:02They're looking for energy to survive.
31:19What he saw was a couple of bodies buried on our property.
31:24Chinese peasants believe that when a person suffers a violent death,
31:29you have to perform a ritual to grant these souls eternal rest.
31:45The priest realizes that Marisa has been the subject of a murder.
31:50And he proceeded to tell me that the spirits that were in that house
31:54were using me as a source of energy.
31:57Yes, go ahead.
32:00He was concerned about her safety.
32:03He was very afraid for us
32:06and he was not sure if there was anything he could do to help the situation.
32:11He needed to gather his strength
32:14and he needed you to gather his strength
32:16and he said he'd be back in a few days.
32:46Candice talks to A-Chan, the family chauffeur, about the history of the mansion.
32:51A-Chan, how long have you been living in Tiamo?
32:54All my life.
32:57Do you know what this farm was like before they built our house?
33:02For many years, there was a farm,
33:05a small farm,
33:08a small farm,
33:11a small farm,
33:13for many years, there was a farm
33:16and an old house.
33:19Before they built the mansion, there was a pig farm
33:23that had burned to the ground and the owner and his wife
33:27were caught in the fire.
33:31Candice believes it could be the two spirits
33:34that the Taoist priest saw.
33:37Many people do not dare to talk about it.
33:40Candice tries to convince Dennis that the family must move.
33:45You only think about work.
33:47I can't cancel the trip now, this season is very stressful for me.
33:50The hardest part was trying to distinguish the reality from the imagination.
33:54It seems to me that it is something that we could never fully clarify.
33:58Candice plans to leave Taiwan immediately.
34:04It was a very difficult decision.
34:06It would have meant the disintegration of my family
34:10because he could not leave.
34:17Finally, she decides to stay and stay close to her daughters.
34:23As long as Dennis was on the trip,
34:26the girls had to sleep with me in my room
34:29so that we were all together.
34:32I slept with a butcher knife
34:34and a baseball bat under the bed.
34:44Mom, get up quickly.
34:47There's someone out there.
34:49What's wrong, honey?
34:51There's someone on the other side of the door.
34:57Well, stay here and be quiet, okay?
35:04Okay.
35:35Mom!
35:37What's wrong?
35:39I'll never forget it.
35:41I had horrible nightmares
35:43in which she hurt one of us
35:46or dad or herself with the knife.
36:05When Dennis returns,
36:07he asks the Taoist priest
36:10to perform an exorcism in the house.
36:13What are you doing?
36:15We had a problem
36:17and I was willing to try anything to solve it.
36:20I knew I couldn't do anything.
36:22Maybe he could.
36:34Tell me.
36:36A few days later,
36:38the Taoist priest calls
36:40and tells him he must perform the exorcism immediately.
36:43He told me it was at that time
36:45when he felt he had the necessary power.
36:48The priest asks them to leave Marisa
36:50in the house of some neighbors.
36:53I don't want to be alone.
36:55I don't want to be alone.
36:57I don't want to be alone.
36:59I don't want to be alone.
37:01I don't want to be alone.
37:02I don't want to be alone.
37:04He was concerned
37:06that if Marisa were in the house
37:08when he was calling these spirits,
37:11that they might attack her.
37:21I was pretty afraid.
37:26I really had no idea what was going to happen.
37:32Dennis was willing to carry on.
37:34How are we wasting so much energy?
37:36Dennis, I don't know.
37:37I don't know.
37:59What he explained to us
38:01was that he was going to perform an exorcism
38:03over the house
38:05and see if he could appease the spirits.
38:07and see if he could appease the spirits.
38:17The priest tells them to open all the doors
38:20so that the spirits can move freely.
38:27He has brought food and money
38:29as an offering to the hungry spirits.
38:37He has brought food and money
38:39as an offering to the hungry spirits.
38:42He is burning incense to begin the ritual
38:45that he believes would help appease the dead.
38:51The Taoist priest explains
38:54that he has just officiated a funeral
38:57by a high dignitary
38:59and he will try to use the positive energy
39:01of this funeral
39:03to carry out the exorcism over his house.
39:04By lighting this incense, we report to all the agents that symbolize the destruction
39:12of physical integrity and the redemption of these souls in pain.
39:19I am the first to admit that some inexplicable things happened.
39:28It was a force that shook our clothes and our hair.
39:31Everything was moving through us in a way that made it difficult for us to breathe.
39:35We didn't know what was happening, but it was all very, very real.
39:40Help us guide them and enlighten our path.
39:43It was a physical phenomenon.
39:45As much as I try to rationalize it or deny it,
39:48it descends upon us.
39:50and convince me that everything was in our mind.
39:52It descends upon us.
39:54It was almost impossible to deny.
39:56Lead us on the path of justice to heaven, to heavenly peace.
40:12The priest asks Stacey to take the basket of offerings to the cemetery in the backyard.
40:19You must be brave.
40:23I looked at him horrified because this was the scariest thing I've ever had.
40:31And he looked at me and said, no, you need to do this.
40:37It's okay.
41:23Help us guide them and enlighten our path.
41:26It was a physical phenomenon.
41:28As much as I try to rationalize it or deny it,
41:30it descends upon us.
41:32It was almost impossible to deny.
41:34Help us guide them and enlighten our path.
41:36It's okay.
41:41The priest blessed the four corners of each room.
41:45He recited a prayer in each room in the four corners.
41:50In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
41:55Each time he entered a room, the lights went out.
41:59The priest said,
42:02In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
42:07Each time he entered a room, the lights went out.
42:10The lights went on again.
42:14That was when I realized he was in control of these energies.
42:20I really believed that he knew what he was doing.
42:24You must remain united.
42:27The priest told the family that he had already done everything in his power.
42:32I expected that all evil would have vanished and everything would have been solved.
42:36But what he told us in the end was exactly the opposite.
42:40He told us that what he had done during the exorcism
42:43could be useful to us for two or three more months,
42:46but after that time we had to leave the place.
42:49He begged us earnestly to leave that mansion.
42:52Before leaving, the priest placed the symbol of the I Ching on the main door,
42:57hoping to maintain a sense of harmony in the house.
43:06I knew that Stacy was going to finish her studies in June and then she would leave.
43:12And so for that reason I decided to leave too.
43:18It was one of the most eye-opening events of my life.
43:21I learned that there is a world that I live in whose existence I had never suspected before.
43:28And it was also one of the most terrifying times of my life, probably the most.
43:33I know that there are spirits or negative energies, or whatever you want to call them, very powerful,
43:55that can affect my environment, that can affect my family.
44:12It was a turning point for me in my life.
44:17Because my world, my safe world that I had created,
44:22where there was no evil,
44:26was shattered.