A Haunting - S08E02- Mind Control
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00:00when a dark secret is uncovered I found witchcraft books I found spell casting
00:13books so it's creepy do you think he's really into this in this necklace with
00:19the serpent around it a family comes face to face with evil I turn around I
00:25see this girl standing there she said we're gonna get you and kill you can
00:32they be saved before falling under its spell I see this human shadow and I was
00:41absolutely terrified in America there is real evil it lurks in the darkest
00:52shadows and in our most ordinary towns between the worlds we see and the things
01:02we fear there are doors when they are open
01:09nightmares become reality in March 2012 nursing home resident William Smith sits
01:22in a near catatonic state oblivious to his surroundings hi William Amanda when
01:30his relative Amanda Morrison comes for a visit he doesn't appear to recognize her
01:36William he was a different kind of person in our family he was more recluse
01:41and kept to himself and we didn't see him that much he ended up having to go
01:47into a nursing home and the diagnosis was my necky Korsakoff syndrome which is
01:53swelling of the brain from years of alcoholism here I brought something to
01:58cheer you up David made it for you
02:06Amanda also has important news for William so we're gonna start working on
02:13your house next week William's finances have bottomed out to pay for his care
02:18Amanda explains her family's plan to clear out his home and place it on the
02:22market William you do understand all this right
02:31William you're hurting me
02:37and stop stop
02:44Liam are you right
02:48while William's reaction is alarming Amanda is determined to help him a few
03:01weeks later she along with her husband Nate and two children get to work on his
03:05home
03:15okay guys it's gonna be fun we'll be like a team we'll get to work together
03:19separate the jobs William didn't have a lot of support from other members of the
03:25family we had done a lot of work on our own house so we felt that it wouldn't be
03:30too much of a project to take on the responsibility
03:33can I help paint of course you can as long as you follow directions David is
03:38very much a helper he he likes to do everything from fixing a toilet to
03:42painting Aaliyah's not interested in fixing up things she's very artistic she
03:47was very super girly happy-go-lucky hey do you need an invite come on Aaliyah
03:53let's go hey what are you doing sorry stop texting let's get out here
03:57Kimberly wants to know if I can go to the mall I don't know I guess if you
04:01help with the house okay okay but David better not get paint on me oh my gosh oh
04:07my god the house was visibly dark all the windows were literally sealed shut
04:15and then there were layers of old dusty curtains closed over every single window
04:20the walls were badly stained with nicotine from years of smoking the
04:24carpets were filthy where do you begin this is gross I'm gonna go back to the
04:30car Aaliyah come on now we promised William that we were gonna help
04:34William's house is like dirty there's stains and just everything was gross and
04:40all over the place and unorganized it was very gloomy and dark and the walls
04:46were ripped up
04:50TVs don't even work I mean I guess just divide and conquer yeah we'll clear a
04:57path back this way okay all right I thought I can't give up I can't stop
05:05what I signed up for I can't stop helping him get all this done
05:28I went into one really large box and I found witchcraft books I found spell
05:41casting books
05:58and wrapped up in a cloth was this gold-colored necklace that was kind of
06:05heavy it was a staff with the serpent around it but it wasn't the medical
06:13symbol it was definitely bad and not good Nate
06:18Nakey come here Nate hey hey hey look look look at this stuff look at these
06:27books so it's creepy do you think he's really into this
06:32Oz you know what put back in a box don't worry about it no wait what about
06:37this necklace my husband's not like me everything's like logical he thought it
06:43was a little bit weird just mm-hmm but he didn't think much of it cuz he's real
06:47rational it's been a long day I'm gonna get the kids and we'll just call it
06:53quits all right I know that William was a strange sort of guy but they're just
06:57books Liam all right we're gonna call it quits okay all right I'm gonna turn the
07:06lights out all right I'm gonna get David
07:48David are you ready sweetie yeah can we get some pizza on the way home sure
08:00over the next few months Nate and Amanda renovate and clean the house as
08:25it nears completion and is ready to be put up for sale
08:28Amanda pays a visit to William hey William you're gonna be so excited we
08:37nearly finished the house look I brought photos the last time I went to visit
08:42William I had brought photos of all the work that we did in an envelope and I
08:47showed him how everything had been changed and how much better you know
08:51certain things look look at this tada fresh paint he was interested at first
08:56and kind of leaning forward and squinting and looking I hope you don't
08:59mind but some of the stuff did go to Goodwill his whole face changed because
09:04we cleared all of that out he started to get meaner and he said he blamed me
09:19because he ended up in a nursing home it really upset me and that he would
09:37feel that way after everything that I did for him and pretty much broke my
09:41heart at Williams Nate is putting the finishing touches on the house before
09:50it's put up for sale
09:57better
10:11hello Amanda had left and I was at Williams house in the middle of the day
10:31I had a feeling that I was being watched
10:41as Nate Morrison prepares to sell the home of his wife's ill relative he can't
10:59shake the feeling he's not alone
11:11I turned around and saw all shadowy figure it looked like it was a human
11:27shape only much taller and much darker it was not friendly
11:41okay he looked completely stunned and I thought oh my god does my husband have
12:07a heart attack or something because he looked visibly white this big shadow
12:16and it was huge and it was shaped like a person hey what was it it was something
12:23okay I'm out of here I gotta go okay I gotta go we can leave it it's fine my
12:32husband's very analytical and to see him scared to know that he actually saw
12:37something was very scary Amanda and Nate leave the house in the hands of
12:43Williams new guardian and resume their normal routine to this day they have no
12:48idea if it ever sold even though things didn't work out the way I had hoped with
12:57William I had good intentions but I was very glad to be over with it the
13:04responsibilities and obligations have been weighing on us it was nice to not
13:09have a whole other house to take care of but little do the Morrisons know their
13:15ordeal is far from over
13:27eight-year-old David plays with a secret souvenir taken during Williams
13:34housecleaning I found this necklace with a snake around it they've had lots of
13:41scales I thought it was really cool-looking and I thought I could show
13:45my friends I wanted to keep it aware to the school
13:53you still awake
13:59lights out okay it's a school night
14:15Oh
14:45I think something's wrong with David
15:02sweetie he was crying or yelling saying that he had a nightmare I was very
15:16scared but I can't really remember the details I just knew that we felt very
15:21real to me sounds like it was just a bad dream I figured that if he wasn't
15:27remembering it couldn't be that serious and kids having nightmares is it's
15:32a fairly common thing
15:38David the last time you were in front of a campfire you were in diapers that's
15:44right over the next few weeks while the family deals with David's recurring
15:49nightmares they begin to notice something else his sister Aaliyah is
15:55growing withdrawn Aaliyah was a very bubbly social butterfly kind of child
16:01and she started to pull away a little bit well are you gonna join us Aaliyah
16:10can't you see that I'm busy whoa sorry just leave me alone
16:17ah Aaliyah's parents are shocked by her behavior and hope it's temporary we
16:25figured it was a phase that she would eventually move out of but Aaliyah's
16:29anxiety only grows worse
17:00when I was in my room I felt like something was there felt like I was
17:07being watched
17:29I really didn't feel like myself something in my brain was telling me all
17:44this crazy stuff that I usually would never do
17:54like something I was trying to control me
18:00for weeks Amanda Morrison has been worried about her 12 year old daughter
18:12Aaliyah Aaliyah sweetie how did we get up okay time for school
18:22Aaliyah
18:26Aaliyah honey Aaliyah what happened she was shaking and she was crying and she
18:40was very distressed I knew it wasn't like a joke she was like really truly
18:44scared
18:56I saw the words help me carved into her headboard oh my god
19:06she started crying and she says I don't even know why that just happened it was
19:11like she blacked out we started to become more concerned that this was a
19:16more serious major depression that she was going through
19:25doctor we're scared her parents meet with a psychiatrist who confirms Aaliyah
19:33is suffering from depression this should help so take this twice a day and
19:40hopefully in the month or so we should see a significant improvement to have a
19:44child who's dealing with depression or some kind of affliction like this it
19:49makes you feel completely powerless everything's gonna be okay it was hard
19:55when my mom and dad and my brother were worried about me because I felt like I
20:00was a bad person for making anyone upset I promise in the months that follow the
20:09family focuses their love and attention on Aaliyah I think it looks nice yeah
20:17you like it the room has a lot more color makes a big difference brighten
20:22things up a little bit since Aaliyah was feeling uncomfortable in her room and to
20:26give her a feeling of a fresh start I decided I'm gonna go buy some supplies
20:32and I'm gonna change around her room now if I could just get you to pick up your
20:36room it's not dirty it's just organized differently mom oh it's fine I like
20:42everything where it is
20:46Aaliyah did you take this no what is it David David get in here right now yes
21:02David did you take this from William's house I thought it was cool cool you
21:08don't take things that don't belong to you I've told you this I'm sorry as a
21:13mom I was kind of upset that David would go into the boxes and just start
21:16like rifling through things that weren't his I didn't think much of it I decided
21:21to get rid of it
21:30months pass and despite taking prescribed medication Aaliyah's
21:35depression only deepens it started to get to the point where she started to
21:40wear a lot of dark clothing black clothing or like head-to-toe the fear of
21:46possibly losing your child to something like this we're very very worried about
21:51her safety and how it was gonna change her I was gonna affect her what we could
21:55do to make it stop
22:11I felt like I was trapped from my depression I was really scared I thought
22:24I was going crazy
23:10I was like the middle of the night and I started hearing my name called but I
23:20thought you know it's just in my head
23:40I
24:1013-year-old Aaliyah Morrison has been plagued with anxiety and fear I felt
24:22like a lot angrier so I didn't talk to anyone I just wanted to do nothing and
24:27just stay in my house I thought I was going crazy an evil force appears to be
24:33controlling her thoughts
24:40I
24:55turn around I see this like girl standing there she had black hair that
25:01was kind of covering her face she was saying like we're gonna get you and kill
25:04you Aaliyah came into the family room crying she said there was a black shadow
25:21that rose up out of my floor and was right in front of my bed and it said my
25:26name she was really truly scared
25:57Amanda
26:07what is all this come here look at this
26:12she's sketching all these hey what are we gonna do I don't know our concern
26:29immediately was that these are hallucinations and voices is a classic
26:34indication that she's developing a psychosis greater than what she was
26:40originally having Amanda and I were very afraid that we were going to lose
26:44her
26:49the family takes Aaliyah back to the psychiatrist I've talked to Aaliyah for
26:56several hours and I've determined that she does not have any type of
27:00schizophrenia or delusion he was convinced that this was not a
27:05development of a new mental illness but something that he couldn't explain I do
27:11think that we should change her medicine as her depression is still severe then
27:16what is she seeing I don't know but I can tell you she believes that she's
27:22seeing something in her room and her fear is very real this was not a figment
27:29of her imagination or the product of an illness but was an actual physical
27:36manifestation that she was seeing and her fear was real the whole mood in our
27:48house started changing it was taking away our peace and the amount of stress
27:54quadrupled we did feel as parents that we were failing at times we were doing
28:03everything that we could to help her and support her it was putting a lot of wear
28:09and tear on our marriage our family life it wasn't a very good time
28:24David
28:42David
28:54I
29:25you
29:28you
29:53David
29:57you
30:27for months Amanda Morrison didn't know what to believe when her husband and
30:49daughter claim they were seeing an unexplainable terrifying entity until
30:54now
31:03I see this human shadow growing taller and taller
31:15and I was absolutely terrified
31:25it's real it's real I saw that thing the thing that you saw I saw that shadow
31:33the thing that it's here to breathe my rational mind said it can't possibly be
31:39that my rational mind didn't let me accept this immediately the things that
31:46my family had been experiencing weren't separate they were all connected to this
31:51dark energy there was like a time-changing moment right there we
31:55really need to figure out what is going on not knowing where to turn Amanda
32:00searches for someone who can perform a house blessing she finds Samantha Harris
32:05of the Michigan Paranormal Research Association I'm a demonologist published
32:09author and a paranormal investigator intuitively I was picking up on a lot of
32:15heaviness there was a lot of negativity in the home it was really obvious that
32:19the Morrison family was experiencing some sort of strains and stressors in
32:22their family life
32:30when I walked into a Leo's room I was instantly hit with a heaviness
32:39I could sense it very clearly that some sort of demonic or negative entity is
32:44actually in the room with me
32:49it's here what are you talking about I believe there is a demonic presence in
33:06your home I feel it the strongest here in a Leo's room how did this happen is
33:13there some way that you could have brought it with you is there someone in
33:17your family involved with the occult or the dark arts we recently found some
33:24things that are relatives
33:30the more Amanda tells Samantha about the books and objects she uncovered inside
33:35her relatives home the more convinced Samantha becomes that William was
33:39involved in satanic rituals
33:48Amanda found this box that included a demonic sort of necklace David actually
33:55took this necklace without telling anybody I think that action released
34:01this demonic entity into their home when Samantha told us that all of the bad
34:07negative dark stuff came from Williams house I felt like I unintentionally
34:13sabotage my family like I did something wrong I felt guilt why is this thing
34:18after Leah unfortunately she's more at risk it's really common for demonic
34:25entities to focus and target actually adolescence is a perfect time target
34:32basically it's because of their energy there at a spiritual crossroads this
34:38demonic entity really targeted her and I think was trying to will her to the
34:42dark side we need to do a blessing immediately at this point it was our
34:52last option was our last resort
34:56hey we're going to pray now you can join in as you feel comfortable and the only
35:01thing that's important is that you remain focused ok Samantha got everybody
35:06involved it was a family activity to cleanse the house Heavenly Spirit I bow
35:12in praise and worship before you I claim the protection of the light for my family
35:19my finances my home my spirit soul and body I surrender myself completely in
35:29every area of my life to you I take a stand against all the workings of
35:34darkness and negativity it really felt like my family and I were fighting to
35:39reclaim the house and the prayer was a battle cry
35:53I looked up and the light above our table was flickering
35:57My finances, my home, my spirit, my soul and body
36:02Aaliyah was kind of having a difficult time concentrating on this prayer and
36:06starting to feel ill
36:08In every area of my life to you
36:10I take a stand against all the workings of darkness and negativity
36:15As we were saying the prayer I felt like the demons telling me like don't say it
36:20don't get rid of me
36:21Heavenly Spirit I bow in worship
36:24The demonic entity was trying to distract her or to claim her back
36:28I cover myself with the white light and protection of God
36:32I claim the protection of the light for my family, my finances, my home, my spirit, my soul and body
36:40I surrender myself completely in every area of my life to you
36:44Aaliyah
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36:59I surrender myself completely in every area of my life to you
37:04The Morrison family is attempting to spiritually clean their house of a demon
37:10that is after their 13 year old daughter Aaliyah
37:14I claim the protection of the light for my family, my finances, my home, my spirit, my soul and body
37:21We knew that something was trying to get to Aaliyah and take control of her and we were terrified
37:27I commit it to leave
37:29Heavenly Spirit I bow in worship and praise before you
37:33I cover myself with the white light against all the workings of darkness and negativity
37:39I cover myself with the white light
37:41Paranormal investigator Samantha Harris urges Aaliyah to stay strong
37:45Aaliyah, pray with me, Aaliyah
37:49I bow in worship and praise before you
37:51But the demon keeps beckoning her to the dark side
37:55The demonic entity was affecting Aaliyah kind of as its last chance to try to claim her back or to somehow have power over her
38:04I surrender myself completely in every area of my life to you
38:08I take a stand against all the workings of darkness and negativity
38:11I said no, I want my house back and I want to be able to sleep in my room at night
38:15So I told like the demon in my head no, just go away
38:18I take a stand against all the workings of darkness and negativity
38:25I cover myself with the white light and the protection of God
38:29I destroy all evil and command it to leave
38:34After we were done with the prayer, it felt like a bunch of weight was lifted off
38:47It's gone
38:50I don't feel it anymore
38:52Mom, it's gone
38:53When the house cleansing was done, there was just a brighter feel
38:58Almost like we had cleaned the windows and more sunlight was coming in
39:02We were all just kind of happier
39:05It really did seem to make a difference right away
39:09Thank you so much
39:11You gave me my family back
39:14That's the moment that I felt like I got her back
39:17That's when I had my like exhale moment where I'm like, oh, it's really gone
39:24We knew it was all over and all this demon stuff can go away and we can live a happy ending
39:40Okay, it's your turn, to the left
39:42Okay
39:45That's some reaction
39:46Oh, I thought he won
39:47I thought it was over
39:49We haven't had any paranormal experiences since the house cleansing
39:54Okay, so it's my turn. Do you have any aces?
39:57No, I don't. Go fish
39:59It feels much more peaceful
40:01David said that his nightmares have stopped
40:04Okay, ace, please
40:07Oh, he's been waiting for that one
40:10My wife is happy now
40:13Everything's fine
40:16My wife is happy now
40:19Everything's good and back to normal
40:22Mom, do you have a queen?
40:25Aaliyah is sleeping much better
40:28She's sleeping in her room. She's not waking up and crying
40:33I don't think I'll ever get over the experience
40:35I think it's probably changed all of us
40:38To be scared of something like that, that you have no control over
40:42You don't know what to do in that moment
40:44Fire
40:46It's still affecting me today
40:48I guess in the back of my mind, I'm just praying to God that it just doesn't ever bother us again, you know
40:54I'm still kind of on guard
40:56I know now that there really is good and evil
41:00And that you can actually see it
41:02And it's something that can actually come into your home and bother you
41:06Before all this happened, I didn't really believe in, like, demons or ghosts
41:12Now I believe that if you let them, they'll just make your life miserable
41:16You two are ganging up
41:18Dog-eat-dog world
41:21As for William, who's dealing with black magic
41:24Is believed to have conjured the demon in the first place
41:27The Morrisons never saw him again
41:33Probably because it's his last one
41:35It looks like something suspicious is happening right there
41:38You know, I can see right through that car
41:40You can, you know
41:41I can
41:42Aaliyah?
41:43Aaliyah?
41:45Sweetie
41:46Are you okay?
41:49Yeah
41:51Yeah
41:52Yeah, I'm fine
41:53It's just something you can't really get over or forget
41:57It'll still always be there