When three Wisconsin teenagers learn of a local legend about a nearby cemetery, they decide to see for themselves if the stories are true.
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00:00In this world, there is real evil in the darkest shadows and in the most ordinary places.
00:16These are the true stories of the innocent and the unimaginable.
00:21When Morgan Knudsen moves into an apartment with a friend from work, she feels life is
00:26just beginning, but the spirit of a lost child threatens the peace of their new home.
00:34Now, Morgan must risk everything to save those she loves from an entity dead set on destruction.
00:48Between the world we see and the things we fear, there are doors, but they are opened.
00:57Nightmares become reality.
01:09Edmonton, Canada, a trading post turned modern metropolis, known as the Gateway to the North.
01:17But within this bustling city, other gateways exist to a dark, unholy realm.
01:35Mommy?
02:35February, 2003.
02:54Morgan Knudsen, now 20 years old, is a musician and aspiring composer.
03:01And until recently, she had no home of her own.
03:05I was going from place to place and house to house.
03:09It was terrible not having that place to say, this is my home.
03:14Six months earlier, her parents divorced and left the province.
03:18But Morgan decided to stay and find an apartment.
03:22I had nowhere to go.
03:24My extended family was not close.
03:27I was relying so much on my friends.
03:32Recently, Morgan found a job at a computer tech support center.
03:37But she still can't afford a place on her own.
03:41Help!
03:45Uh, help?
03:46Oh my gosh, Bob, are you okay?
03:48Yeah, I'm fine, I just need a little help here.
03:50Bob Levesque also works at the tech center.
03:53All right, let's put that here.
03:57That was easy.
03:58Yeah, uh, move it a little to the right.
04:00He was very outgoing, very friendly.
04:04And we connected right off the bat.
04:07He was having roommate trouble as well.
04:10So we thought, you know, let's start looking for a place together.
04:17They get lucky, finding the perfect apartment atop a four-story walk-up.
04:26We both wear our hearts on our sleeves.
04:28So everything that we loved went out onto shelves,
04:33which made the place very special.
04:37Bob was in a really tough place.
04:40He had separated from his wife and hadn't seen his kids in months.
04:45Physical separation and distance was very, very difficult for him.
05:01Bob!
05:02Huh?
05:03What are all these?
05:05Uh, sorry, I've been feeling a little funny about this.
05:11But they're Wicca candles.
05:13Wicca?
05:15Like witches and warlocks?
05:17That's the popular misconception.
05:19Wicca is a religion like any other.
05:21Only we honor the earth and nature.
05:24Most people look at it like it's a Dungeons and Dragons witchcraft.
05:29Don't worry, Bob, I'm agnostic.
05:31I don't care what you pray to.
05:33Good.
05:34You see, each candle has a special purpose and meaning.
05:38This one represents love.
05:45And this one, protection.
05:51A few days later.
05:55Okay.
06:05Good morning.
06:08Here, try it with your key.
06:10All right.
06:14It was almost like somebody had the lock on the other side and wasn't allowing us to undo it.
06:22Great.
06:26Is there somebody in there?
06:28Wait here.
06:30We heard noises like shuffling and footsteps.
06:34What's going on?
06:37Is it a burglar?
06:47Everything all right?
06:49Oh, yeah.
06:51Good night.
06:57I mean, there was no one in there, there was no shadows moving around, there was nothing.
07:07Bob?
07:25Bob?
07:31Bob?
07:37Hey.
07:39Got the key to work.
07:41Must have been some trick to it or something.
07:45What?
07:47You just startled me, that's all.
07:49Oh.
07:51I guess the noise we were hearing was coming from the apartment next door.
07:53But the apartment next to us is empty.
07:57Oh, well, these old buildings tend to sigh and creak.
07:59It's probably nothing.
08:01Yeah.
08:03Yeah, I guess.
08:07Later that night.
08:27Go to bed, Bob.
08:36Good night.
09:07What?
09:25Morgan?
09:27Sorry, I thought I heard something.
09:31I told you, these old buildings tend to creak.
09:33And sigh, right.
09:35I guess that's it.
09:37All right, good night.
09:39Good night.
09:47I wasn't sure what to make of it.
09:49It was very, very unnerving.
09:52Huh?
10:00Morgan?
10:06I'm home.
10:09Morgan?
10:15I'm home.
10:39I really appreciate it.
10:41Morgan and Bob have lived in their apartment for two weeks
10:43when they throw a small housewarming party.
10:45Yes!
10:47I guess she'll be raising debt after all.
10:49Who knew you were so strong, Cork?
10:51No, she says that to all my slaves.
10:53Seriously, Morgan, I wouldn't have needed your slaves
10:55to carry me up if you had moved into a building
10:57with an elevator.
10:59Morgan invites Stephanie Wirtz, a grad student
11:01and her best friend.
11:03In high school, me and Morgan,
11:05we hung out all the time.
11:08We became extremely close and still are.
11:10I consider her like a sister to me.
11:12I would like to propose a toast
11:14to the new apartment.
11:16And new friends.
11:18And new possibilities.
11:20Courtney Clapper manages the tech center
11:22where Morgan and Bob work.
11:24The first time I met Morgan, she really stepped up
11:26and went above and beyond what I think normal people do
11:28in trying to assist other people
11:30in being the best they could be.
11:32These are possibly
11:34the most hideous things I've ever seen.
11:37Hey! These are my good luck charms.
11:39I painted these myself.
11:41She had almost a spark about her.
11:43So, who's got some dirt to dish?
11:45Hm? Anybody?
11:47Well, I have been wondering who my roomie
11:49has been sneaking off to see the past couple of nights.
11:51Ooh.
11:53I know you're trying to be quiet,
11:55but I can still hear footsteps.
11:57Who's the lucky lady? Come on.
11:59I don't know what you're talking about.
12:01Which department does she work in?
12:06Hats off to the chef.
12:08The meal was excellent.
12:10Can I ask you something?
12:12Yeah.
12:14Were you serious about hearing footsteps at night?
12:16Because I wasn't lying.
12:18It's not me.
12:20Well, I believe you.
12:22I guess my ears are just playing tricks on me.
12:26No, they're not.
12:30I've been hearing things, too.
12:32And I've seen some things.
12:38The other night, I saw what I think was a spirit.
12:42The spirit of a little eight-year-old boy.
12:44His name was Joseph.
12:46How do you know his name?
12:48He told me.
12:50He's come a couple of times.
12:52He talks to me.
12:54Look.
12:56I was concerned that maybe his subconscious
12:58was generating, I'd hate to say it,
13:00an imaginary friend,
13:02but something to replace
13:04that need to be with his children.
13:06I've never experienced anything like this before.
13:08Have you?
13:12It didn't hurt you or scare you?
13:14No.
13:16No, not at all.
13:18I kind of feel sorry for him, actually.
13:20Wait.
13:22I've got an idea.
13:24I'll be right back.
13:26I couldn't knock out of my mind
13:28the occurrences that had happened earlier
13:30with the footsteps and the door lock.
13:32What if this is connected?
13:34According to wicked belief,
13:36lighting this candle will bring
13:38a special sense of peace and harmony to the home.
13:42Many Wiccans believe sacred objects
13:44focus and strengthen their prayers.
13:48It'll unify us.
13:50You, me, Joseph.
13:52What if this boy
13:54is a spirit?
13:58The next morning.
14:00Hey, don't forget,
14:02I got a doctor's appointment today.
14:04I'm off.
14:06I'll see you later at the office.
14:08Good luck, Bob.
14:28Those keys
14:30had not been on the hook.
14:32They had literally
14:34come out of nowhere.
14:36I've always been
14:38a little bit more of a skeptic
14:40than a believer,
14:42but I can't explain
14:44what just happened.
14:58Is there anything else?
15:00All right, have a good day, sir.
15:22Billy, I got a call.
15:24What is it?
15:26I gotta tell him.
15:30Hello?
15:32What are you doing later?
15:34I need to talk.
15:36Why don't you come on over?
15:38You sound weird.
15:40Yeah, I feel weird.
15:42I don't want to get into this over the phone,
15:44but Bob thinks there's
15:46a ghost in our apartment.
15:48A ghost?
15:50Yeah, or a spirit of some kind.
15:52Look, I gotta go. I'll talk to you later.
15:54Oregon.
15:56Hey.
15:58Hey.
16:00I had a really good time last night,
16:02and I was wondering, do you want to go out for drinks?
16:04I'd love to, but
16:06I just made plans.
16:08Can I take a rain check?
16:10Sure, yeah.
16:18I've been thinking.
16:20I must have imagined it.
16:22It's about time. What did Bob say?
16:24He didn't come in today. He had a doctor's appointment
16:26and wound up being out all day.
16:28Look, maybe it's not as crazy as it seems.
16:30I was watching this TV show today
16:32where this lady was talking about the supernatural.
16:36Okay, well, here. I taped it, okay?
16:38Sit down.
16:42Lorraine Warren has investigated the supernatural
16:44for 30 years.
16:46The spirit is attracted
16:48to our aura,
16:50to the supernatural glow that surrounds
16:52our physical body,
16:54because that depicts
16:56the person that we really are.
17:00Do you think this Lorraine Warren
17:02has a website?
17:04Maybe, yeah. I'll just check.
17:10Oh, it's dangerous.
17:12We became admirers
17:14of Lorraine Warren's cases
17:16and investigative techniques.
17:18We thought, because we had nowhere else
17:20to turn for advice, that
17:22Lorraine Warren might be our
17:24best bet.
17:32Light!
17:40It should light!
17:42Having trouble?
17:44I didn't get the whole candle thing covered.
17:48I need this one to light.
17:50Well, maybe the wick got wet.
17:54This wick would not
17:56even accept the flame.
18:02I was diagnosed with cancer today.
18:10What? What did you say?
18:14I said blood cancer.
18:18Oh my God, Bob,
18:20I'm so sorry. You know what?
18:26I think I have a lighter.
18:30I was devastated.
18:32This could mean
18:34the end of a very close friend.
18:42Bob?
18:45Bob, I just...
18:47I'm really sorry.
18:49Not right now, please.
18:51Okay.
18:53Just, if you need to talk...
18:55Leave me alone!
19:15So I don't know what to think.
19:17I mean, first Bob thinks he sees a little boy,
19:19and now I'm hearing things,
19:21seeing things.
19:23What are you thinking?
19:25I am thinking that this is the most
19:27fascinating first date of all time.
19:31Come on. Let's go.
19:33I will prove to you
19:35that there is a scientific explanation
19:37for all of this.
19:39And I will even get that candle of yours to light.
19:41And I will even get that candle of yours to light.
19:43Okay.
19:47I am actually certified
19:49as a master candle lighter.
19:51One.
19:53Two.
19:55See?
19:57There's a special touch.
19:59Thanks, Mr. Pyromaniac, but the green candle
20:01is the one that won't light.
20:03Observe.
20:07We light the lighter.
20:11Huh.
20:17Told you so.
20:23What just happened?
20:25Sparks were coming off this candle like a sparkler,
20:27and this was just a normal wick wax candle.
20:29What's going on with Bob?
20:31He's...
20:33working through some issues.
20:35Oh.
20:37Then I'd better get going, then.
20:41Well, then, uh, good night,
20:43mystery girl.
20:49Good night.
20:51Good night.
20:53Good night.
20:55Good night, mystery girl.
21:11Bob?
21:13Not now.
21:17Bob.
21:19What?
21:21What was that?
21:23You're not alone.
21:25You always know what to say.
21:37The next morning.
21:41Yes, I know.
21:43Hard to believe.
21:45It's Bob in the flesh.
21:47Washed wrist and not foaming at the mouth.
21:49Look, I even made coffee.
21:51Are you feeling better?
21:53Much. A decent meal.
21:55Morgan is thankful for Bob's renewed spirit.
21:57Oh, well, good.
21:59He's even planned a trip to visit his sons.
22:01I'm going up to Saskatchewan
22:03right after work today for the weekend.
22:05Oh, Bob, that's great.
22:07Yeah, and you don't have to worry about me.
22:09I'll see you.
22:21Good night.
22:51Oh, my God.
23:21Oh, my God.
23:35I didn't know if it was going to attack me.
23:41All I know is that it wanted me
23:43very scared.
23:47Something more than a child was in the house.
23:51Oh, my God.
24:09Okay, sir, I think we fixed it.
24:11Now just hit restart.
24:13Bob, Bob, something happened.
24:15I was in the shower and these hands,
24:17these hands are pushing in on me.
24:19Can you please hold?
24:21Can you please hold?
24:23I think it was that Joseph.
24:25He was trying to threaten me.
24:27You can't possibly think it was Joseph.
24:29He's just a little boy.
24:39I just heard everything you said.
24:41You need to calm down.
24:43I don't want to. I don't want to calm down.
24:45All I'm saying is that could have been
24:47an updraft of cold air.
24:49If you have hot water
24:51entering and it's a cold bathroom,
24:53the hot air rises and pulls in the shower curtain.
24:55So you're telling me you'd rather believe
24:57in this paranormal mumbo-jumbo. Why?
24:59Because this happened before, okay?
25:07When I was a little girl,
25:09I woke up in the middle of the night.
25:17I saw this white, opaque,
25:19transparent form.
25:21It scared me beyond
25:23anything that
25:25I have ever experienced since.
25:27Morgan,
25:29those were nightmares.
25:31Just forget it.
25:33Little girls have nightmares all the time.
25:35Just forget it.
25:39Here's this guy that's supposed to be my friend
25:41and he A,
25:43doesn't believe me
25:45and B, is just being
25:47you know,
25:49completely unsupportive.
25:51Morgan seeks the help
25:53of the one person she knows will understand.
25:55Stephanie believes
25:57they can capture the disembodied voice
25:59of Joseph on tape.
26:01It's not much, but...
26:03What paranormal experts call an EVP,
26:05or electronic voice phenomenon.
26:07Yeah, I think it'll be a little work.
26:11What was that?
26:13Did you hear that?
26:15Oh my gosh.
26:19Did you lock the front door?
26:21Of course.
26:23Are you sure?
26:25Yeah.
26:27Oh my God.
26:29I can't believe it.
26:31I definitely felt like
26:33the spirit was directing
26:35its anger towards me.
26:39It was almost declaring
26:41its revenge.
26:45You should do the honors.
26:55Who are you?
26:59How old are you?
27:01We're talking to the spirit that resides here.
27:05Did you knock over my figurine?
27:07How long have you been living here?
27:09When you chose this apartment,
27:11what do you want from us?
27:13Show yourself to us.
27:15The process is slow and painstaking.
27:17We're talking to the spirit that resides here.
27:21What's your name?
27:25Did you knock over my figurine?
27:27We thought we were really onto something.
27:29That we'd be able to get some results,
27:31but there was nothing.
27:35Morgan is nervous spending the night,
27:37but it's too late to call the neighbor
27:39who helped carry Stephanie up the stairs.
27:43I have one problem, though.
27:45I was able to get into her bed
27:47with not too much trouble,
27:49but we realized that we weren't going to be able
27:51to get me back out of the bed.
27:53Don't worry about it.
27:55We'll call court in the morning, okay?
27:57Only if we're desperate.
28:07Is that Bob?
28:09Maybe he came home early.
28:13I don't think so.
28:21Morgan.
28:23Hold on.
28:27Morgan, what's going on?
28:29Morgan, I can't see.
28:31Morgan!
28:33Morgan!
28:37Okay, call court.
28:41Steph and I were basically stuck.
28:43I didn't want to leave her sitting there
28:45because I knew it could lock the doors,
28:47and I knew it would probably take
28:49that opportunity to
28:51get the two of us apart.
28:53Nobody's answering.
28:59Leave us alone!
29:01Stop!
29:03Morgan, I can't see anything!
29:07From 1.35 to
29:096 o'clock the next morning,
29:11we listened to this thing
29:13open and slam the door.
29:15At dawn,
29:17Morgan reaches court, and together
29:19they take Stephanie home.
29:21I just think that
29:23it would be safer if you went away
29:25for a few days.
29:27Do your parents live around here?
29:29Is there someplace you can go
29:31so this all can cool down?
29:33So now you're a believer?
29:37I believe in you.
29:41This was my home.
29:43I just was not willing to give that up,
29:45whether we had to deal with the spirit or not.
29:47Hello, Ms. Warren?
29:49This is Morgan Knudsen from Canada.
29:51Morgan contacts Lorraine Warren,
29:53the renowned paranormal investigator
29:55she'd seen on TV.
29:57Things are getting pretty worse.
29:59My roommate, Bob, he's been acting...
30:01Morgan's description of the activity
30:03and Bob's obsession with Joseph
30:05sends up a red flag to Warren.
30:07She knew immediately
30:09that it was not a human spirit.
30:11This was a front
30:13that this entity has put up
30:15in order to get itself into the house.
30:17Warren warns Morgan
30:19that she's not the entity's prime target.
30:21It's Bob.
30:23She's dealing with an individual
30:25who is under demonic possession.
30:27That person
30:29is not there.
30:31Something has taken over.
30:33Okay.
30:35Bob has fallen victim due to his emotional
30:37and physical distress.
30:39The weakest, most vulnerable
30:41individual
30:43is the one who is going to come under possession.
30:45Warren tells
30:47Morgan that her only hope
30:49lies in spiritually fortifying herself
30:51and convincing Bob
30:53to renounce Joseph.
30:59Look,
31:01you don't have anywhere else to go.
31:03Come crash at my place tonight.
31:05Morgan appreciates the offer,
31:07but isn't ready to give up on her roommate.
31:09I wanted to be there for Bob.
31:11He didn't have anywhere to go
31:13or anybody to take care of him.
31:25He's gone, huh?
31:27Good.
31:31Good.
31:37If Bob refuses help,
31:39Warren fears the worst.
31:41It was inevitable
31:43there was going to be a tragedy in that home.
32:01Morgan's only hope
32:03for Bob
32:05is to follow Lorraine Warren's advice.
32:07Bob,
32:09I know how to make things right again.
32:13We have to get a priest.
32:15No.
32:21You have to know that you're not the same
32:23as you used to be.
32:25Yeah, well, it can't be.
32:27It can't be.
32:29You're not the same as you used to be.
32:31Yeah, well, the cancer diagnosis will do that to you.
32:33That's not it.
32:35All right, all right, if I do it,
32:37will you shut up?
32:43All right, here we are.
32:45Come on.
32:51Come on.
32:53I'm not going in there.
32:55Bob, just come inside.
32:57I'm not doing this.
32:59Bob.
33:01Distraught but determined,
33:03Morgan meets with a Catholic priest.
33:05To repel evil,
33:07he suggests displaying symbols of God
33:09throughout the house
33:11and reciting the prayer of St. Benedict,
33:13patron saint of the poisoned.
33:17The priest regrets not helping more,
33:19but for that, he would need to meet with Bob.
33:21What are you?
33:23Some kind of Jesus freak now?
33:25I'm going to say this once.
33:27Take it down!
33:45This isn't me.
33:49I have all this anger in me
33:51and I don't know where it's coming from.
33:53Well,
33:55maybe if you
33:57just ignore this Joseph
33:59just for one night,
34:01then maybe...
34:03There you go again,
34:05talking about things you know nothing about!
34:07What is it going to take
34:09to get through to you?
34:23Oh!
34:35I was attacked.
34:37Whatever it was going to do,
34:39I had no chance.
34:41No!
34:53I was greatly concerned for Bob,
34:55but I had to
34:57start looking at myself
34:59and the idea that I
35:01needed to get out.
35:03But before Morgan leaves for good,
35:05she resolves to
35:07follow through with the priest's advice.
35:13Several nights later,
35:15she persuades court to recite the prayer
35:17of St. Benedict with her.
35:19Come on.
35:23O
35:25glorious St. Benedict,
35:27sublime model
35:29of all virtues,
35:31behold me humbly
35:33kneeling at thy feet.
35:35O glorious St. Benedict,
35:37sublime model
35:39of all virtues,
35:41behold me humbly
35:43kneeling at thy feet.
35:45To thee I have recourse
35:47in all the dangers
35:49which...
35:53...
35:59Did you hear that?
36:01Let's keep going.
36:03Shield me against my enemies.
36:05Inspire me to imitate thee
36:07in all things.
36:11To live and die
36:13as a faithful child of God.
36:15And to attain
36:17the eternal happiness
36:19of heaven.
36:21Ah, man.
36:23Okay, we need to get out of here.
36:25Wait!
36:27Mom!
36:29Mom!
36:31Mom!
36:33Mom!
36:35Joseph.
36:37Mom!
36:39I've missed you, Joseph.
36:43Are we alone now?
36:51No.
37:07Hey.
37:09Feeling any better?
37:13For the next two weeks,
37:15Morgan stays with Cort.
37:17Well, we at least agreed on one thing.
37:19I move in here.
37:25Hey.
37:31But Morgan still must retrieve
37:33her belongings,
37:35leaving Cort worried.
37:37You sure about this?
37:39Absolutely.
37:41You will wait for my call, right?
37:43I will.
37:45Okay.
37:47I was demonstrating hostility and anger
37:49and I had no way of knowing
37:51to what degree that would escalate to.
37:53Make sure your phone's turned on.
38:03Hey, welcome back, buddy.
38:09I got a call from Courtney.
38:13He said I've been gone about two weeks.
38:17Okay.
38:23Hello?
38:25He just showed up.
38:27Okay.
38:47Okay.
39:17Okay.
39:39Going somewhere?
39:41Bob,
39:43I wanted to tell you...
39:45Are you still here?
39:47Sneaking around?
39:49No, I still care about you.
39:51I want to help you,
39:53but I can't anymore.
39:55If you would just let go of Joseph,
39:57he's not who you think he is.
39:59He's not some little boy who needs you.
40:01Of course he doesn't need me.
40:03I need him!
40:07Just go.
40:09Get out of here!
40:11Take your stupid dolls with you.
40:13Joseph never liked them,
40:15but you already know that.
40:29You're not alone anymore.
40:44He was completely inhuman.
40:46Black eyes,
40:48thick gray skin,
40:50twisted limbs.
40:52This is the little boy.
40:54This is Joseph.
40:57I left with knowing
40:59there is nothing more I could have done.
41:09Bob, stop showing up at work.
41:11Soon after,
41:13he moves out of the apartment,
41:15leaving no forwarding address.
41:19It's so weird.
41:21It has been four years,
41:23and Morgan and Cort's relationship
41:25continues to grow.
41:27Morgan and Stephanie remain friends.
41:29They are also colleagues,
41:31having formed Entity Seeker,
41:33an agency that helps those
41:35endangered by the paranormal.
41:37Take a look at the house.
41:39There are people that need help
41:41that don't feel that there are
41:43resources anywhere to get some answers.
41:45This incident has really helped me
41:47relate to them.
41:49And I know that they're feeling
41:51when they're faced with something like this.