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In the quiet rural town of Lamar, AR, tucked among cotton
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fields and crumbling barns, stands a white colonial
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farmhouse that once promised a dream life for the Shea family.
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Instead, it delivered something else entirely, something cold,
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intelligent and malevolent. For months in 2002 to 2003, this
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unsuspecting home became the stage for one of the most
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terrifying and well documented hauntings in modern American
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history. A descent into chaos.
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Violent manifestations. Shadow.
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Figures and so much more. This is the.
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Terrifying story of the Shea family haunting, also known as a
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haunting in Arkansas. This is not a story you want to
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listen to alone or in the dark. A.
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Home is supposed to be a sanctuary, but what happens when
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it turns on you? The Ozark.
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River Valley was once considered the.
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Gateway to the West. Perhaps more so now.
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It is a. Gateway to the Great Beyond.
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A place where life. And death collide.
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And sometimes, just maybe, don't always stay separate from one
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another. In October of 2003, hard working
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couple Ben and Jamie Shay searched for a new.
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Place to live? Originally from Little Rock.
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Their search takes. Them to Markham, Arkansas,
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they're hoping to find a house that they can make a home for
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themselves as well as their young children.
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As the couple drives to. Look at their next.
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Prospect Purchase. They are taken back by what they
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see standing before them there in front of their.
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Eyes lies a historical. Home in Jamie's words from later
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interviews. The house was absolutely.
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Beautiful and large it had. Old trees all.
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Around it. And it was.
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Just the picture of the. House that I had been wanting
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all my. Life.
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The house. The couple is looking at buying
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is indeed. Old.
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Built in the 1700s, it is one of the oldest in the state.
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Together, Ben and Jamie seem to collectively fall in love with
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it. They can already imagine raising
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their three children upon its grounds.
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Ben, who had grown up playing in the woods, truly wanted to share
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that with his children as well. The house was in the perfect
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location for the couple, directly in between two towns
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the two separately worked in. If they lived here.
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Their commutes would be significantly reduced and
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therefore they could spend more time together as a family,
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deciding to take a closer. Look.
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The Shays step inside the home, but as their.
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Feet cross the threshold. Little do they know that
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something else is taking a closer look at them as well,
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perhaps from the protection. Of the shadows.
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Regardless, the couple loves what they see.
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In the words of Jamie Shea and later interviews, I knew as soon
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as I. Saw that house that we had to
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have it it. Seemed as if it spoke.
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Directly to their. Souls.
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Almost as if something supernatural was drawing them
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in. Together.
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They continue to examine the rest of the home before fully
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committing to purchasing, but as they ascend the stairs and take
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a look inside the first room, they perhaps aren't quite as
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sure as they once were. Inside the bedroom lies
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something strange. There's a fireplace at its.
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Center and on and within it. Are all sorts of.
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Strange markings in graffiti A local boy named Clayton who had.
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Passed. Away in an Accident's Name was
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spray painted across the stone. Pentagrams were carved and
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painted on it, as well as the names the couple didn't seem to
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recognize, names that appeared to be in a language that neither
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of them knew, but despite being creeped out at. 1st the two
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thought that perhaps. Some teens had broken into the
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property at some point during its vacancy and committed the
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defacing. So with that conclusion.
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They decide that the deal was too good to pass up.
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They decide to make an offer on the home and to their surprise,
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it's accepted almost immediately.
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The couple are absolutely elated.
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The deal they got on the home seems to be too good to be true,
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and perhaps for one reason or another, it.
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Truly. Was within several.
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Weeks, the Shays wife. Jamie, husband Ben and three
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young children. 8 month old Jackson.
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Five year old Bridger. And 11 year old daughter Tori
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move into their colonial home to begin a new.
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Chapter in their lives. But little did they know that
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something else, something much more sinister, may just be
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beginning. The family quickly settles into
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a busy routine. They decide to.
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Hire an experienced and well. Reviewed Babysitter.
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To watch Jackson during the day, A woman named Molly Ben, who
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works third shift, sleeps throughout the morning, then
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wakes up to attend class and then heads to work after.
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One morning as he sleeps in his bed shortly after hiring the
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sitter, he is suddenly woken up by the sound of his baby son
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screaming through the baby monitor.
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He's placed beside his pillow. On his night stand as he
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sleepily calls out to Molly. To take care of.
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Jackson. He is met with no response from
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her. Meanwhile, the screams of the
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child only continue to grow in intensity.
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Growing frustrated, Ben sits up to go and see just what.
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Exactly. Was going on.
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He continues to call out to Molly but is meant with no
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responses as the infant screams erupt out of the baby monitor.
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Ben seeks out Molly within the house, but his calls are only
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continuing to be in vain. Molly's seemingly not around and
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is not answering him yet. His son's.
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Cries grow ever louder. As he makes his way into the
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nursery whilst carrying the monitor, the screams suddenly
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stop. As he breaches.
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The room's doorway, then. A deep.
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Chill manifests down his spine. The room itself is empty.
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The crib is barren. There's not a single soul
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dwelling within the room. Something was very wrong here.
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Confused and a bit freaked. Out.
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But not one to be the superstitious type, Ben then
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heads downstairs and continues to call out for Molly to try and
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get to the bottom of whatever was going on.
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It's when he gets into the living room that he finds a note
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on the coffee table. The note reads.
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I went shopping and took Jackson with me.
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Will be back soon. In later interviews, Ben would
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say that I knew for a fact that I wasn't dreaming.
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There was a baby. Crying on that monitor and yet
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there was nobody else home. It was a very creepy moment.
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Unsure what to make of the whole event, he decides to keep things
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to himself several nights later as Ben heads.
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To work at the hospital. And a large harvest moon hangs
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high over the Shea residence. Something not of this world
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seemed to be permeating the air within its walls.
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Bridger Shay is suddenly woken up out of a sound.
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Sleep by a. Chorus of strange voices
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emanating from nowhere, yet they seem to be everywhere.
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A cold gust of. Wind accompanies them, seemingly
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also with no origin. The young man is absolutely
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terrified as things are blown around his room.
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He gets up and begins running towards his parents room.
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Jamie too is suddenly woken up, but by the fear stricken pleas
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of her young son believing that. Perhaps he had just.
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Had a nightmare. She brings the scared boy into
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bed with her to console him, trying to quell his fears.
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She gets up out of bed. And decides to.
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Take a look. Around the house.
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Her first thought was that. Perhaps one of the other
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children had left the television on in the living room, but upon
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examining it, it was turned off. She listens for any other signs
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of activity but doesn't hear anything.
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Tired. She.
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Returns to bed and attempts to get more sleep the night.
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However, her what dwelled. Within it seemingly had other
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plans. Tory Shea is woken up by the
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sound of toys being played with. Confused, she glances around her
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room. As her clock reads. 3:00 AM On
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the nearby night stand, the sounds seem to be originating
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from her brother Bridger's room, just across.
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The hallway. From hers calling out to him,
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thinking that perhaps he had woken up and was entertaining
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himself but at her expense, she tells him that he needs.
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To go back to bed. As she opens the door to the
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young boy's room. She sees what appears to be
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practically. Any and all of his toys on the
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floor and all of them are acting on their own accord and
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operating as if unseen hands are meddling with them.
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What? Strikes fear under her heart.
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However, is that her brother? Is nowhere to be seen.
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Stepping back into the hallway, she's met with a rush of cold
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wind and hears a. Chorus of voices.
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Voices that. She doesn't recognize it was as
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if multiple people with differing tonalities were
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speaking over one another and the concophony enveloped.
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The atmosphere. Around her, unsure and freaked.
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Out to say the. Least she decides to run back to
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her bedroom. Shutting the door behind her,
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she runs to her. Bed.
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And quickly hides underneath the covers.
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It takes her quite some time, but she eventually manages.
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To fall back asleep. The following morning as the
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children wait. Outside to head to school.
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They begin to talk among each other about the previous night's
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events. Tori, who perhaps was initially
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trying to rationalize what she had seen, had.
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Thought that Bridger had hid. From her when she had come to
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confront him about playing in the middle of the night.
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When she asked the young boy why he hid and why he had been
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awake, he seems confused. He quickly tells her that he had
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slept. With their mom and father and
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hadn't been in his room at all at that time.
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Further confused, Tori asks him just why he had gone to sleep in
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their mother's bed and hadn't stayed in his own.
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With this question, the boy goes silent.
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Upon further prodding, he tells his sister.
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That he had heard lots of scary voices.
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And that it had got windy so he ran being a good.
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Older sister Tori decides. Not to further add.
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To her brother's fear. She can tell that he genuinely
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meant what he was saying. She doesn't tell him that she
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too experienced the very same things he.
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Had just described. During the night later that
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evening before heading to work, Ben spends quality time with
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Bridger. The two lay in the boy's bed as
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Ben reads his son a children's book to relax him.
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For now, Ben is stuck working later hours while he earns his.
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Degree. He hopes that in due time, once
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the. Process is over.
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That he'll be able to. Adjust his hours.
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So he can spend more time with his family.
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As he heads back. Out into the darkness of night
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to provide for them, Something lurks within the shadows.
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Of the Shay. Household As the children sleep,
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Jamie is busy crunching numbers and budgeting.
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As she clicks. Away on her calculator and jots
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down notes in a notebook, her concentration is abruptly broken
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by the sounds of children giggling.
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Considering the hour, she knows that her children should not be
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awake, let alone playing, so she sets things down and decides to
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investigate. Glancing towards the stairs from
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the kitchen where she had been, she continues to hear her
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children giggle and laugh, and then also begins to hear loud
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thumping sounds as if they were running up and down the stairs
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in rapid succession. She calls.
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Out to them multiple times, yet is meant with no response.
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Finally deciding to get up and go scold her children for not
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only being up past their bedtime, but also for running
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around the house like gremlins, Jamie heads towards the stairs
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where the sounds are originating from.
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However, instead of coming face to face with ornery children,
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she's instead met with nothing but the now cold dead silence of
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the house. The thumping, giggling and
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horseplay sounds have seemingly ceased out of nowhere.
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Finding this unnerving to say the least, Jamie then quietly
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makes. Her way upstairs to check.
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On them. She's very surprised.
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Given what she had just. Heard.
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To find them all asleep in their beds with a sinking feeling in
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the pit of her stomach growing the concerned mother.
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Decides to double check the house for safety.
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All windows and doors are. Locked.
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There are no other souls present within the house.
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This very creepy. Happening would be far from the
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last in the coming days and headed into the following
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weekend. Jamie and the children have
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continued to experience strange activity in the home.
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Jamie. Decides that she.
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Can no longer. Keep the details to herself.
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And although she doesn't want to add anything further to her
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husband's already full plate at this point, she feels like she
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must talk to him about what's been taking place, beginning to
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share the various occurrences, including one that had taken
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place. That very day, their babysitter
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had heard. Crying on the baby monitor and
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upon checking it, there was no child weeping.
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Ben looks up from his studying and.
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Freezes as he hears his wife's words.
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He then tells her that. Several weeks ago, he too had
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heard the cries of a child. And upon checking.
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Discovered that his. Child and their babysitter
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weren't even physically in the house.
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And what puts a chill shivering down his spine?
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Is that he had kept. The experience a secret from
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everyone almost as soon as the. Words leave his.
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Lips the sound of banging starts to fill the stillness of the
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house, thinking at 1st that it was their children.
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But quickly. Realizing that the sounds were
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coming from downstairs, Ben springs into action and begins
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heading towards where the sounds are coming from.
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The sounds themselves cease upon his approach.
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Then, to add to his suspicion, he goes and checks on the kids
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and finds each one sound asleep in their beds.
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As he descends the stairs and approaches his wife in the
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living room, he seems visibly stricken and confused.
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He seems to know that something deep down is wrong with the
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entire situation. But tries to take a.
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Rational approach. He starts trying to explain away
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the sounds as an old house settling.
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Whether this was a way to help calm his wife or himself is
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unclear. It at least works for.
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Ben in the short term, he somewhat convinces himself that
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it was indeed the house settling and starts.
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To head off for bed. Jamie, however, is feeling very
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differently about the situation. In later interviews, she would
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say. It was at that moment that I
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truly began to feel like we might be living in a haunted
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house the following morning, consumed by a newly found
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interest. To discover just what.
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She and her family might be dealing with Jamie.
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Decides to visit the local. Library.
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While browsing the aisles, she accumulates a good amount of
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books on ghosts and hauntings. As she.
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Checks out at the front. The librarian who's assisting
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her can't help but notice just what she's interested in.
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She then tells Jamie that she herself grew up in a haunted
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house when she was younger. Jamie then asked the woman if
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the home was there in the local area or somewhere else.
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The woman, whom she had never met before, then tells her that
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it was indeed in her town. She then.
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Tells her the address. Jamie's eyes swell larger than
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the harvest moon when the words leave the woman's lips.
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It is the very. Same address that she and her
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family now live in. The woman then begins to fill
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Jamie in on the conclusions that she and her family had come to
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while living in the residence. They had.
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Believed that a young boy had accidentally fallen to his death
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from the second room in the middle of the upstairs section
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of the house the room now that her son.
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Bridger occupies. The drive home for Jamie is
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surreal. The following morning, as she
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waits for her husband to get home so she can tell him what
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she had been told regarding the house and their situation, she
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begins to worry just how living in such an environment could
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affect her children. Upon Ben's arrival, she begins
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to divulge to him just exactly what she had learned.
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Ben began to believe that. Perhaps.
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If this haunting was indeed. Real.
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That it would quiet down eventually and wouldn't have a
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large impact on their lives. As the Christmas season
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approaches, the paranormal activity within the Shea
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household seems to dwindle. To a drop of its.
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Former Self 1 Cold and snowy night As Jamie researches on the
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family computer, she suddenly begins to feel as if she's being
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watched. Out of the.
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Glare of her monitor. She sees a dark.
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Shadowy figure linger behind her.
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Startled, she turns around almost as quickly as it appeared
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it vanished. Mortified, Jamie rushes out of
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the room and runs to the nearest phone to call Ben.
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As he picks up on the other line, he is hearing his wife be
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hysterical, becoming frustrated because he can't simply leave
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work on a whim. Ben is saddened about the whole
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situation. In later interviews, Jamie would
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say this. That was the first time I ever
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truly felt scared or threatened by whatever was in the house and
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most certainly did not feel like the energy of a small child.
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The following day, Jamie would return to the library, seeking
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the woman that she had spoken to in regards to her current
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predicament and happening within the house.
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But as she glances around the library's front desk, she
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doesn't see her. She asks another library and
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just where the woman was. She was then informed that she
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no longer. Worked for the library.
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Digging further as to what happened, Jamie is told that the
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woman left with no warning and no contact information and no
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forwarding address. Albeit it could have been a very
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unfortunate coincidence, the timing of it all just seems to
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add to the suspicion that something otherworldly was
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influencing the situation. The family now found themselves
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in something dark over the next. Several weeks, the presence.
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Within the Shea, home has seemingly continued to go
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dormant, yet the heaviness of its existence continued to
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plague Jamie in another interview later on.
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She would say that. I really had an eerie sick
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feeling in my stomach. I really dreaded going home and
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it was starting to not feel like my home anymore one day after
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picking up Tori from a friend's house.
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As she's. Driving through a construction
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zone, Jamie suddenly sees a. Flash before her eyes.
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Within the blink of an eye. She hits a pothole.
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And. Crashes her vehicle.
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Upon coming 2, she begins to panic.
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She sees that her daughter. Is pinned face down underneath
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the minivan emergency personnel. Rushed toward the hospital.
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After arrival on the scene, she's in critical condition.
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Ben Soon. Arrives to greet his wife at the
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hospital. And the two weep and hold each
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other. The doctors believed that Tori
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had a. Broken back, but to what extent?
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Was yet to be seen. They were unsure if she.
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Would survive. And if she did survive?
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They weren't sure if she'd. Ever be able to walk again in a
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miraculous turn of events just two weeks after the accident?
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The hospital releases Tori. Just in time for Christmas.
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Although she will be bedridden for several months, she's
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expected to make a full. Recovery.
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Several more weeks pass. And with them, the holidays
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Jamie, who had taken a leave of absence from work.
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To be able to care. For her recovering daughter
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barely notices any paranormal activity taking place in the
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house. As she gets Tory.
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To bed one night. She's called to by her.
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Son standing at the bottom of the stairs, he tells his mother.
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That people are. Talking in his room and it's
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keeping him from sleeping. Jamie goes to check on baby
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Jackson. She soon finds him fast asleep
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in his crib, fortunately unaffected by the sounds or
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people talking. However, upon exiting his room,
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she makes. Her way towards Bridgers.
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As she gathers some stuffed toys for her son to sleep with that
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night, she can't shake the eerie feeling as if someone or
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something is watching. Her as she.
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Makes her way back into her in Ben's bedroom, she tells Ben
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that she no longer feels safe within their home.
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The couple are torn, though, because they know that they
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can't go anywhere until Tori. Is fully.
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Recovered due to her condition that before anything was their
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number one priority. They didn't want to have to
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focus on selling and then buying a home amidst her healing
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journey after drifting off to dreamland as a large amber moon
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hangs in the sky. Overhead.
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Something sinister stirred within the walls of the Shea
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family home. Jamie is woken up to the strange
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sensation of her hair being pulled and toyed with.
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At first, thinking it was her husband, she asked him to please
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knock it off. Her words then wake Ben up, who
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has no idea what she's talking about.
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Then, as if invisible hands are grabbing it, she feels her hair
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being toyed with yet again, but this time she's staring directly
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at her husband. She knows for a fact that it's
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not him. Then all hell seems to break
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loose. The entire house begins to
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shake. Picture frames begin falling off
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walls. The bed itself rocks back.
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And forth and the lights. Flicker as if toggled.
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On and off by unseen forces, Bending grabs Bridger and Jamie
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grabs Jackson, and all together they rush downstairs to be with
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Tori. The only way the chaise feel
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safe now is to collectively sleep in one room.
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And with this realization, Jamie says out loud that they have to
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find some kind of spiritual help.
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The family then tries to salvage any rest that's left through the
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night. Despite various.
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Bangs In the ominous presence that seemed to bear down upon
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the Mall in the days to come, the family contacts the Central
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Arkansas Society for Paranormal Research.
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The group agrees to come to the house as soon as Tory is well
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enough to be moved and within the next.
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Several weeks, the day. Finally comes after getting the
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children a sitter for the night. The Shays are then greeted by
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the paranormal team. It takes some time.
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But they quickly set up their. Equipment and prepare for the
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night to come. The group includes a family,
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Alan Lowe, whose primary goal is gathering physical evidence
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alongside his wife Angela and daughter Violet, who are both
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sensitive to the supernatural. The presence within the home
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makes almost an immediate impression upon Angela and
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Violet in later interviews. Violet would say that.
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I felt a heavy and depressing vibe almost immediately.
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Within the group is another woman by the name of Karen
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Shillings. Her job is to.
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Try and connect the paranormal happenings.
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With historical factors such as the house's history through her
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research. She's able to determine that the
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home itself was built in the year 1780 and was once a
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Stagecoach and hotel. It then later became a jail.
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As part of the group's. Routine Angela and Violet begin
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a walkthrough of the home to see if they can sense any entities
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that could perhaps be lurking inside.
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Going room to room, the two sense the same dark and.
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Depressive energy they also. Start sensing the spirit of a
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small child. Who's too scared to approach?
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Them they then also pick up on not one, but many entities.
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It's as if a sea of spirits surround.
26:57
Them, and they are not happy in the slightest.
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As the two continue to explore, they would pick up on something
27:06
else amidst the sea. They begin to sense a dark and
27:10
foreboding presence that seemed to permeate the air around them.
27:15
Something that wasn't human and perhaps never was, as Angela
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would describe in her later interviews.
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I hadn't been. Scared of a spirit?
27:26
Since I was a small child, but this one truly scared me.
27:31
While walking, the two simultaneously see a brief
27:35
apparition of the creature. It's skin is dry.
27:38
And dead, it's eyes hollow. And soulless.
27:42
It's as if it thrived on pain and misery.
27:46
This thing, whatever it was, had never experienced A singular
27:51
breath of humanity. As they finished their
27:54
walkthrough, the mother and daughter then head back down to
27:57
the base level of the home to tell the.
27:59
Chaise what they had discovered and felt, they tell.
28:03
Them that they believed a small boy was present within the
28:07
house, as well as a multitude of other human spirits.
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They believed that. These were the ones frequently
28:13
speaking and were responsible for keeping their son up late at
28:17
night. They then informed them of the
28:20
very dark energy that they had felt and seen the two were
28:25
unsure of exactly. Just what the creature was.
28:28
But asked for the family's permission to try and attempt to
28:32
contact. It the Ouija.
28:34
Board. The chaise reluctantly agree and
28:37
soon the team lays out the board within the dining room of the
28:41
house. Then who is unsure about the
28:44
Ouija board method is in control of the planchet alongside Allen.
28:50
The group then begins to ask questions as they attempt to
28:53
speak with the negative entity. Upon asking for its name, the
28:58
planchet begins to move it then letter by letter.
29:03
Spells out Seth. When asked when it was alive,
29:11
the planchette again, letter by letter.
29:14
Spells out the word. Never.
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The answers seem to confirm everyone's.
29:20
Worst fears, they believed. That they had been dealing with
29:24
a demon. Then the planchette, without any
29:28
assistance from Alan or Ben, starts moving erratically
29:32
across. The board.
29:33
To everyone's shock and horror, it then.
29:36
Flies off the board. And towards the crew's cameras
29:41
feeling like this was a sign, the group then reviews.
29:44
The footage. And to further horror, everyone
29:48
sees the grotesque figure on the monitor.
29:51
As it floats eerily. Down the hallway and then
29:54
dissipates into nothingness, asking the.
29:58
Shays just what? Could have perhaps summoned a
30:00
demon into their. Home.
30:02
They are at first at a loss for words.
30:05
However, Ben and Jamie quickly remember that when they had
30:08
first seen the house, there had been strange symbols and
30:13
pentagrams within its walls. Could this have perhaps been the
30:17
cause? The group concludes that even if
30:21
it was some teens experimenting with the occult.
30:24
As first thought that they still.
30:26
Could have opened up a. Gateway or a portal to the
30:28
other? Side and allowed this entity to
30:31
come in and infest. Angela believed that the family
30:35
was in imminent danger and if something wasn't done
30:39
immediately that this demon could inflict very real harm
30:43
upon them as shown with the potential.
30:46
Tie to the previous. Car accident.
30:49
She then suggests A ritual cleansing of the house.
30:53
Almost as soon as the words leave her mouth, the planchette
30:57
begins to violently move in a Figure 8 motion, whipping back
31:02
and forth with rage. Then, in a ritualistic fashion,
31:07
Angela begins to burn sage within the home, attempting to
31:11
cleanse it of any and all negative forces.
31:15
As the smoke and prayers fill the air, the windows open and
31:19
close by themselves. The lights flicker.
31:22
And almost everything it seems like within the home begins to
31:26
move and shake with energy. Violet.
31:30
Sees visions of all the. Souls that appear to be.
31:32
Within the house itself or bound to the land, she now believes
31:37
that the entity set. Was.
31:39
Perhaps drawn to their energy and has been feeding upon it as
31:43
a. Source as well as the.
31:45
Turmoil being caused to the Shea family.
31:49
Following this aging, the raging atmosphere continues like a
31:54
storm. Angela and her daughter then
31:57
make their way. Outside.
31:59
And begin pouring a ring of blessed salt around the
32:01
property, creating a. Barrier to protect.
32:05
The home and all who dwell within it, with the circle
32:09
connected around the home. Almost the minute the granules
32:12
meet one another, the movement within ceases.
32:18
In her later interviews, Jamie would say this in regards to
32:21
this very night after the cleansing, I felt an immediate
32:26
change. Instead of feeling a sense of
32:28
evil, I felt a sense of peace in the air.
32:32
I felt that the sense of evil had been lifted following these
32:37
nights events the next several months.
32:40
Life of the Chaise. Returns to normal Tory makes.
32:43
A full recovery. And the family seems relatively
32:47
happy, all things considered. That was.
32:51
Until one very strange evening, as Ben and Jamie discuss things
32:56
they needed to take care of their son, Bridger walks into
32:59
the room. However, something seems very
33:03
off about the young boy. He's just standing there and
33:07
staring at them, almost in a trance like state.
33:12
He then opens his mouth and begins to speak, but what comes
33:16
through him is not his own voice.
33:20
Instead, a dark raspy. And menacing tone comes through
33:26
1/2 laughing, half wicked sound that.
33:30
Deeply. Disturbs his parents.
33:33
Jamie runs up and gives him a small shake, trying to get her
33:37
son to come too, and thankfully he does.
33:42
However, he doesn't remember wandering into their room at
33:45
all, freaking out as anyone would.
33:49
Jamie then asks her son to. Stay with his father.
33:52
As she quickly runs to grab baby Jackson upon picking him up out
33:57
of his crib, she begins to hear 2 very distinct voices floating
34:01
around her. They seem to be getting louder
34:05
and louder as she makes her way back towards the bedroom door,
34:10
headed out of the room into the hallway.
34:12
She then finds a scared looking Tori standing before her.
34:17
As she asks her to. Quickly come with her.
34:20
Tori points to the end of the hallway behind them.
34:23
There. Mere feet away, it's large.
34:27
And robed with the same cracked skin.
34:31
And glassy black pits for. Eyes screaming and grabbing her.
34:35
Daughter as well. Jamie then runs them all down
34:38
the stairs and back towards Ben and Bridger.
34:43
These series of events left the chaise with seemingly no other
34:46
choice. Out of fear for their lives.
34:49
They would jump into the family minivan and leave behind what
34:53
was once their dream home. As a result of this, they would.
34:57
Quietly put their home upon the market and move to a nearby
35:01
apartment. Ben would.
35:03
Graduate School. In the months to come and upon
35:06
the sale. Of the house, the couple would.
35:09
Take the money and move to a brand new town.
35:12
Where they started? Life anew.
35:14
Before we go, I wanted to share my thoughts on this case and
35:18
some of the details that I noticed.
35:21
The whole ordeal. Contrary to what most typically
35:24
occurs, seemed to make the Shays a much stronger family unit
35:27
instead of tearing them apart. Which is always a positive.
35:31
Thing to see come out of these hauntings.
35:33
From what I could find, it seems that the Shays are still
35:36
thriving, and thank God for that.
35:39
Given all that they've been through, this case strikes me as
35:42
more genuine compared to many others that I've seen.
35:46
I've drawn those conclusions not only from the Shea's actions.
35:49
Throughout their story. But from listening to
35:51
interviews. Years after.
35:53
They seem like very credible and decent people to me at.
35:57
Least did a portal exist? Within the Shea home, I
36:01
certainly think that it's possible considering they found
36:04
a coal related symbolism and other ritual items within the
36:07
home before they even officially.
36:09
Lived there, it's hard to tell. If it was some kids playing
36:12
around or something more methodical.
36:15
Regardless, a door could have been opened inadvertently or
36:19
otherwise, allowing these entities to come in and wreak
36:23
havoc upon lives. Upon having the paranormal
36:26
research group come in and attempt to communicate with the
36:29
dark entity within the home. It's interesting that the name
36:33
that came out of the Ouija board session.
36:35
Was Seth or set? Interestingly, those names are
36:40
the same names for the Egyptian God.
36:42
Of chaos, this figure is. Also known as a trickster.
36:45
Figure. At times, could the entity and
36:48
the God be one in the same? I mean, it's certainly possible,
36:52
albeit unlikely in my opinion. But I found this element pretty
36:57
interesting and I needed to share it with you all.
37:00
They also mentioned that the plane shed on the Ouija board
37:03
moved in a Figure 8 pattern. This is also.
37:06
Very interesting because it's. Also a characteristic of the.
37:09
Demon Zozo. I think this.
37:11
Is the first case. Outside of that original story
37:15
and the first hand accounts of interactions with said demon
37:18
that I've heard of this phenomena manifesting, and I do
37:21
have to say, all seriousness aside.
37:23
This case is. Covered on one of my all time
37:25
favorite. Shows which is called the.
37:27
Haunting and I went back and rewatched.
37:30
The episode that features the story which is called Where Evil
37:33
Lurks. And dude, the acting.
37:36
The parts that feature the creature's betrayal.
37:38
On the show. Are absolutely hilarious.
37:54
Like what even is that? Like come on guys, you could
37:57
have done better. I'll be it.
37:58
I always enjoy the show and the stories being told that.
38:02
Part was just way too. Funny for me not to mention now
38:05
saging is a very ancient and. Useful practice I've.
38:08
Seen it work with my own eyes and one of the most disturbing
38:11
and violent hauntings that I've ever experienced and it
38:15
literally forced the entity outside where then proceeded to
38:18
bang on the walls and windows and occasionally the floor and
38:22
ceiling. It's a whole saga of the story.
38:25
If you guys aren't familiar with it, maybe I'll go into it more
38:28
so here another day, but that convinced me that saging can
38:32
very much work. The particular cleansing ritual
38:35
that was used in this case combined saging with Christian
38:38
prayer, which I'm sure could be effective.
38:41
However, if the portal was left. Open, which I think it was.
38:45
The entity just made its way back into the home and or
38:49
another or multiple other entities made their way back in.
38:52
Because the chaise. Continue to be haunted and it
38:55
was that that ultimately led to them leaving.
38:58
I also can't judge them for selling the.
39:00
House as it was. They tried to handle things the
39:02
best way that they knew how and I hope whoever ended.
39:06
Up with it after. And up to present day, we're
39:09
able to get things more spiritually calmed down, so to
39:12
speak, and weren't nearly as haunted and.
39:14
Plagued as the Shays were. I hope wherever the Shay family.
39:18
Is today that they're happy? Safe and thriving and I always
39:23
mention this just to be on the safe.
39:24
Side Please respect their privacy.
39:28
And anyone else's. Privacy of stories that we've
39:31
covered here. With that being said,
39:34
unfortunately, sometimes when we think we've found our happily
39:37
ever after, it ends up being nothing more than a.
39:40
Trap a lurid false. Sense of security that when our
39:44
guard is finally down, the monster within the darkness
39:47
strikes. Like a Viper from the shadows,
39:51
so be. Wary and take precautions and
39:54
don't let. This be you.
39:57
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