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The Buried Secret That Haunted This Family Will Make Your Blood Run Cold... · Mystery Archives Episodes

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Things were so bad that Michael's parents, Jackie and
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Esther, and his sister Martha had to leave the house along
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with Martha's baby daughter Sarah Louise.
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It happened about 100 years ago. It was a baby boy that was
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smothered at birth and she said this baby like was just a
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newborn baby. Can we just get that clear?
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Michael did. Did you see it?
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Yes. You saw it.
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I did see it, yes. Galway, a city on Ireland's West
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Coast, sits where the River Korub meets the Atlantic Ocean.
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The city's hub is an 18th century Ire Square, a popular
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meeting spot surrounded by shops and traditional pubs that offer
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live Irish folk music. But Galway is known for much
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more than just beauty and entertainment.
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Like many places, it harbors dark and mysterious secrets.
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Underneath the bustle of feet walking and music playing, if
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you listen hard enough, you can hear the faint whispers of the
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dead. Our story begins here in 1996
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with the Fahey family. The last 30 years, they've
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called this council house home. Living is one big, happy family
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all together. There's Jackie Fahey, a bus
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driver for special needs children, his wife Esther, who
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works as a cook at a nearby child care center.
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And they are joined by their daughter Martha, who has
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recently given birth to a baby girl by the name of Sarah
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Louise, and their son Michael with his fiance Anne.
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In the words of Michael Fahey, with the birth of Sarah Louise,
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when she came into the house, we felt as if it was a new
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beginning. Me and Anne were in the process
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of getting married and I had just started my own business.
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It was a very happy time for the family.
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But as the family loves one another and cares for the
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newborn Sarah Louise, something else seemed to be watching them
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lurking within the walls of their home.
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A few months after Sarah Luis is born, their next door neighbors
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begin a series of renovations. The construction and it's noises
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begin to bleed over into their house as well.
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But it seems as though the baby is not the only entity that is
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disturbed several days after the renovations began.
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As Michael walks into the living room, he is hit seemingly out of
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nowhere by a horrendous smell. Describing it as smelling like
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rotten meat or rotting flesh in later interviews.
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But thinking it had to have been a deceased rodent or something
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to do with the pipes, he brings it to the attention of his
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father. Jackie too was taken aback by
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the noxious smell. Although the two do their
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absolute best to discern where the smell is coming from, it
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seems to be everywhere yet is spawning from nowhere.
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Concerned, Jackie contacts the local property authority to have
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their pipes examined for the potential cause.
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The following morning, with a knock at the door, two plumbers
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arrived to hopefully begin to figure out the cause of the
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smells and come up with a solution for the family.
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Walking inside, they asked Jackie and Michael just what
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seems to be the problem, as they explained that the smell seems
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to be everywhere yet nowhere, often times being stronger in
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certain parts of the home versus other times as if it's moving.
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They think it could have something to do with the pipes.
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They tell the men that it smells like rotting flesh or death or
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both. Pinching their noses in disgust,
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they ask the plumbers if they smell it.
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Unfazed, neither men can smell anything.
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This very much confuses the Fahes.
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Telling the men that the sin is often stronger upstairs, they
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lead them there and into the restroom.
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Michael and Jackie continue to cringe in discomfort, but the
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plumbers can't seem to smell what they're smelling.
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Confused and becoming angry, considering they've been
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smelling this rot for several days now, they ask the plumbers
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to check everything anyways, since they're already there.
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So the men do just that. They examine the toilets, pipes
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and drains, however everything is fine and in working order.
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Never once did they smell what the Fahey's had described.
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Finding this incredibly odd and realizing that if they were the
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only ones smelling whatever this was, the two plumbers must have
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thought that they were crazy. They were now more concerned
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because if the smell wasn't coming from any place checked by
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the plumbers, then just where was it coming from and just what
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was it? The smell, however, is not just
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experienced by Jackie and Michael.
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Over the next several days, it is experienced on varying levels
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by all members of the family. Feeling as if they were losing
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their minds, they begin to clean most hours of the day when they
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are home, disinfect the sinks and drains regularly.
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Alongside this, they open the windows for the fresh air.
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And yet, whether they're open or not, whether they are cleaning
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or not, the smell only continues to get worse.
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It starts to affect the family, causing them to feel sick,
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nauseous and dizzy at varying times, suffering with the smell
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for almost a month. One day it mysteriously
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vanishes, but something else equally bizarre would take its
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place. One night, as the moon hangs
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high and large over the Fahey residence and the wind rustles
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the trees outside in the darkness, Michael and his fiance
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Anne are woken up by the sounds of a baby crying.
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This normally wouldn't be a problem, but the crying is
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persistent and continuing to grow louder with each passing
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minute. Concerned as to why Martha
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wasn't taking care of her baby and irritated as most would be
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given the hour, Michael decides to get up and check on just what
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was going on. Walking down the hall, the cries
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of the infants seem to grow louder with each step he takes,
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finally reaching a fever pitch when he reaches the room that
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Sarah Louise was in. Opening the door to check on
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her, he sees Sarah fully awake and looking around the room in
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her crib. But she has a Binky in her mouth
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and the cries, which he had believed were coming from his
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niece, were still echoing all throughout and hadn't eased in
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volume or intensity. Even stranger, his sister Martha
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was sleeping as if there was nothing out of the ordinary.
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The cries continued despite Sarah Louise not making them.
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Thoroughly freaked out but unsure of how to tackle the
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situation, Michael slowly makes his way back to his bedroom
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where Anne asked him just why he didn't get Martha to take care
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of her baby. He responds with I did, I
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checked on her and it's not Sarah Louise who's crying and
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Martha is asleep. As they both look at each other
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confused and concerned, Michael suddenly begins to choke.
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He tries to scream and grabs at his throat, but nothing but
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struggle. Gasps of air come out.
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In later interviews he would say it felt as if someone was
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choking me and sitting on my chest.
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I couldn't speak, I couldn't breathe.
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Feeling as if he was going to pass out, he makes his way
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towards the mirror where on the dresser it was connected to, it
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was a rosary. Reaching desperately for it,
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he's able to clutch it just barely, and in this moment,
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whatever invisible hand that was smothering him pulled away.
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Terrified. As the cries that go all around
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them, Michael and Anne hold each other with the rosary and pray
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as hard as they possibly can in Michael's own words.
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As we prayed, the crying seemed to get worse.
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It got louder and louder, almost as if we were physically hurting
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the spirits. As the couple continues, the
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screams go from sounding like those of a young baby to
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something much scarier. It sounds as if a low toned
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person is screaming alongside the baby, as if whatever was
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mimicking this sound was being harmed by their prayers.
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They then stopped praying to listen and suddenly the crying
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had vanished. This concludes this utter horror
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of a night, but little did they know that it would be far from
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the last that the family would have to endure.
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The following morning, as Michael and Anne head into the
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kitchen together before they have a chance to speak with
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anyone, they are concerned with Jackie and Esther frantically
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searching through the drawers, asking both of them if they had
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seen the baby's bottles. The answer?
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No. Michael then asked his parents
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if they had heard the baby crying last night as well,
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saying that Sarah Luis was quiet last night.
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Jackie looks concerned, believing his son to be
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withdrawn and unlike his normal self, he asked him what he
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means. Michael answers him with there
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was a baby crying last night, but it wasn't Sarah Louise
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asking what he was talking about because the neighbors don't have
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any babies. Jackie once again inquires.
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Michael responds with saying that he believes that there may
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be something in the house and whatever this thing was may have
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just hidden the bottles as well. Jackie and Esther didn't really
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believe in any sort of an afterlife and aren't religious.
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They seem to essentially laugh off any sort of a notion that
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any of this could be attributable to a ghost,
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especially Jackie. And after Michael calls out into
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the room if there is a ghost, show us a sign.
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Receiving zero response, who walks away from his parents,
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confused and slightly embarrassed by their reactions.
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He then gets ready for work for the day.
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Later that night, however, what the couple experiences yet again
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is no laughing matter. The ghostly wails of an unseen
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child echo all throughout the house and all around Michael and
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Anne's room. Huddled together, holding one
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another yet again and praying with Michael's rosary, their
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prayers grow louder in an attempt to compete with the
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volume of the cries. Their prayers are soon
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interrupted, however, by their door opening.
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Suddenly It's Jackie asking them just what was going on, why were
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they praying and becoming louder and louder.
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Michael asked him if he too heard the baby's cries.
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Jackie would respond with all I hear is you 2 praying.
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He then scolds them both, obviously having heard nothing.
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He slams the door behind him. When he exits their room,
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Michael is left speechless. It seems like whatever entity
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residing within the home is possibly targeting him and Anne,
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and somehow, some way, the rest of his family wasn't
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experiencing what they were. Needless to say, the two
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wouldn't get much sleep that night either.
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Roughly a week later, as Jackie and Martha come back home with
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baby Sarah Louise following a doctor's appointment for her
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while the rest of the family is out of the house, the two take
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the baby upstairs to lay her down in her crib for her
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afternoon nap. Opening the door to her bedroom
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though, they are shocked by what they see.
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They're on the floor, surrounded by all of her toys, is a music
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box, and it's eerily playing it's song.
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At first Jackie blames his son and fiance, thinking they must
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be playing a trick on them to try and convince them of their
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ghost theory. He then begins to feel something
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else, something he can't so easily explain, as if he's being
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watched. He then begins to wonder if
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perhaps they could be right. The rest of the day would come
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and go. The sun would fall below the
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horizon and the moon would once again rise, casting its ethereal
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glow over the Fahey residence. As the rest of the family sleeps
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in their beds, Michael and Anne are suddenly woken up by a
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bright flashing light. Opening their eyes and
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simultaneously seeing a floating orb of swords pulsing with a
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white and yellow light within their room.
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They huddled together with Michael clutching his rosary as
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hard as he can, watching this thing move and flash before
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their very eyes. In Michael's own words, it was
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like a bright orb. It slowly dissipated, and then
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it just disappeared. Following the sighting of this
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orb, the unearthly cries begin again.
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The couple again would not sleep much this night.
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The following morning, as the Fahey sit down at the table for
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breakfast together, Michael and Anne describe to everyone just
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what they had experienced the night before.
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This starts a bit of family drama.
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Esther, although not religious, was still scared of even the
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thought of the paranormal. She begins to scold Michael as a
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result. The arguing is soon interrupted
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by Jackie, who says to his son, You promised that you didn't
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touch those toys. Michael hadn't yet been Privy to
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the information that his father and sister came home the other
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day to the toys being in a circle surrounding the music box
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in Martha and Sarah Louise's room.
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You would reply with what toys? I never touched any toys.
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In Jackie's own words. That's when I realized we have
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something going on in the house, something not normal.
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The tide of the conversation quickly shifts with this hideous
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revelation. Jackie suggests consulting a
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priest for help. Michael is worried that no one
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will believe them, so to meet somewhat in the middle, they
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decide that they will place a tape recorder in the baby's room
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to see if they can capture the supernatural cries of this ghost
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baby. That way they would have
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tangible proof that could be heard alongside their testimony
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in an effort to seek help. Later that night, as Michael and
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Jackie head upstairs to place the tape recorder in the room,
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they realize that they've left the tapes downstairs.
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They then set the recorder on one of the dressers while they
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head back downstairs. After retrieving the tapes, they
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would then hear a violent commotion coming from upstairs.
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Rushing back upstairs and back into the room as fast as they
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could would come face to face was something that neither of
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them could explain. There on the floor before them
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was the tape recorder. However, it had been completely
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destroyed, mangled as if someone had deliberately, with a strong
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hand, torn it apart. While father and son try and
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decipher the mystery of the destroyed tape recorder, cries
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suddenly erupt from downstairs. There, before Esther and Anne's
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eyes, the curtains, as if with a mind of their own, begin opening
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and closing rapidly. Jackie and Michael would soon
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rush downstairs to see just what had happened.
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In Jackie's words, that moment of fear.
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Seeing the pure fear in Esther's eyes was just horrible.
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With everyone terrified by what was taking place, Jackie decides
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that enough is enough. Without grabbing much of
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anything, the entire family runs out of the house and takes
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refuge with nearby neighbors who have been close friends for
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years. The neighbors are extremely
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helpful and supportive. They allow the family to stay
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the night with them. They all have collectively
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decided that they will call the church in the morning to seek
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assistance. It takes several days after the
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initial phone call, but a local parish priest does come to
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conduct a blessing within the Fahey house.
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As the father reads his prayers out loud with the Fahey
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surrounding him, they all begin to hear the wailing of a baby.
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However, young Sarah Louise once again is not making the cries.
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Jackie would later say that the more prayers that the priest was
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saying. The more that the ghost baby
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screamed it was if it was saying get out, we don't want you here.
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The priest although putting up a strong front and acting as if he
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wasn't hearing the cries that the rest of the family were.
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Michael can tell by the look in his eyes that he is absolutely
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petrified. Esther begins shaking because
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she is so frightened. After the priest blesses the
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living room area downstairs, he then begins heading upstairs and
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blessing each room 1 by 1. Meanwhile, the storm is brewing
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outside. The dark and swollen clouds are
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nearly ready to unleash when it's time for the priest to
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bless Sarah Louise and Martha's room.
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As Jackie goes to open the door, it won't budget first.
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As he shoves into it, he realizes that the crib has been
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placed in front of the door. After pushing it open, he tells
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the Father that there has to be something within their house.
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Although the priest seems to be in a state of denial, he
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continues with the blessing. He says several more prayers,
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inflicts some holy water around the room.
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As he finishes, he quickly, almost frantically, leaves the
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house. As Michael would later say in
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regards to the situation, it was as if he couldn't wait to get
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out of the house. He nearly ran out the door.
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The clouds which had gathered earlier finally began to rain
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down upon the earth, healing. Hopeful that the blessing done
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by the priest perhaps cast out whatever was dwelling within
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their home, the Fahey's returned their home.
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However, to be on the safe side, they decide to sleep in the
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living room together. As Thunder and lightning crackle
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outside while everyone else sleeps, Jackie suddenly wakes up
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to the cries of the ghost baby yet again.
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Oddly though, he seems to be the only one disturbed back to
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consciousness by its cries. As he follows the cries
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upstairs, they suddenly cease for a moment and feeling as if
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he was being watched from behind, he quickly turns around
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to see something that sends a cold shiver down his spine.
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There on a nearby table, was a small vase.
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Right before his eyes, he watches it levitate as if picked
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up by invisible hands. It slowly tilts and then drops
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to the floor, chattering it into many pieces.
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The shock of what he had just witnessed causes Jackie to try
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and run away, but he trips backwards and partially falls
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down the stairs. Scrambling, he gets back to his
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feet and runs through the living room.
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He then throws open the front door and collapses off the porch
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and into the front yard. As the rest of his family
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surrounds him, he finally comes back to his senses.
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The family once again takes refuge with their neighbors and
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friends several houses away. It is here in their living room
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that they debate just how exactly to tackle this
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situation. Whether to travel 4 hours away
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to stay with Jackie's sister temporarily, or to stay here
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somehow, but where? They can't move in with their
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neighbors. As they discuss what they should
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do, Jackie and Michael decide to go back together to the house
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and pack necessary items or whatever the future may hold.
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Thankfully, they encounter no paranormal resistance to their
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presence. When they obtained these items
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from the house, Jackie would call his sister and arrange for
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him and Esther to travel to her four hours away for the weekend.
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Although he wants his kids, Sarah, Louise, and Anne to join
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them, they have jobs that they must get to in the morning.
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Martha also says that the entity has never bothered her or the
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baby, which is true. He doesn't feel great about
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their decision but decides to go ahead and go after.
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He's reassured by Michael that he will keep them in the loop
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with anything and everything and will do his best to keep them
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all safe. After the parents depart,
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Michael, Anne, Martha, and Sarah Louise return to the Fahey
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house. The rest of the night is
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surprisingly quiet for the first time in what feels like forever.
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The following morning, with Michael and Anne at work, Martha
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relaxes on the couch and reads a book while her baby sleeps, but
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not for long. The piece is soon shattered by
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the cries of her daughter. Placing the book on the coffee
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table, she quickly heads upstairs to tend to her.
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The door, however, is closed and she didn't close it.
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Finding this strange to say the least, she grabs the handle and
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goes to open it, but it won't move.
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It's as if a large, invisible person is pushing it on the
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other side. As Sarah Louise cries for her
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mother, Martha frantically begins to throw her entire body
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into the door in an effort to open it.
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It doesn't move whatsoever. Panicking now, she runs to a
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neighbor for help as her and the neighbor rush back to her house
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and upstairs to the room. The neighbor searches through
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their toolbox to try and find something, anything that'll help
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open the door when it's suddenly and gently opens.
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The two then look at each other in awe.
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Quickly grabbing her baby, Martha then grabs her bag and
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together with the neighbor, they all flee the house.
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Later that evening, as Michael and Anne both return home from
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work, they notice that there's a note on the door.
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It tells them that Martha and the baby are at a nearby
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neighbor's house. Thinking nothing of it, as
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Michael goes to fetch his sister and his niece, Ann stays back at
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the house. As she sits in the living room
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waiting for her fiance to return, she suddenly hears the
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sound of something moving. Glancing around the room for the
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source, she realizes that a picture of Sarah Louise on a
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nearby table is shaking profusely.
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Then, as if aggressively thrown, it's the nearby wall and falls
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to the floor, shattering the glass that once held the photo
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in the frame. Upon seeing this, Anne screams
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and bolts out the front door as fast as she can.
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Upon doing this, she runs into Michael, Martha, and the baby.
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She then frantically tries to explain to Michael just what had
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taken place. She feels that if they go back
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into the house that whatever presence that was there would
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harm Sarah Louise, with Martha agreeing that she didn't want to
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return either after what had happened earlier.
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Michael relents and tells them to get in the car.
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Martha then lets him know that she needs diapers from the
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baby's room before they go. Agreeing to fetch them, Michael
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runs inside and grabs them as well as the baby's car carrier.
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Before leaving the house, however, he picks up the phone
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to make a phone call to his parents to let them know just
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what had happened. Upon dialing his aunt's number
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to call them, he hears several dial tones, but then begins to
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hear faint voices on the other end.
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These voices then began to change in pitch, going from
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higher to lower in a very unsettling way.
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Hanging up the phone and then trying again, the phone begins
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to call and then suddenly emits a horrendous high pitched noise
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directly into his ear. Throwing the phone down, he's
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absolutely stricken by what he sees.
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The phone itself is completely melted and is still smoking.
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With eyes wide. Michael then runs out of the
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house, but upon exiting the door is then shoved out as the door
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slams behind him. You would later say that I was
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utterly shocked. I didn't know how, but the phone
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itself was melted. I then felt like someone was
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shoving me, like I was being forced out of the house.
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Disturbed and taking the hint that they were unwanted, the
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four of them depart and drive the four hours to stay with
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Jackie and Esther at Jackie's sister's house for the rest of
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the weekend. Several days later, the Fahey's
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reluctantly returned to the house, but none of them want to.
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Esther felt as if the house wasn't hers anymore, that it had
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been taken over by whatever this thing was.
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With a long wait list for housing, the family is
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effectively stuck where they are.
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Trying to make the best of it, they decide to go inside.
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Upon opening the door, however, they come face to face with
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utter destruction. It's as if a cyclone has hit the
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inside of their house. The curtains are ripped, the
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pictures are broken, furniture and items disheveled.
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Things of all kinds are thrown everywhere with reckless
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abandoned. In the words of Michael, it was
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as if someone had come in and ransacked the place.
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There was nothing missing, no evidence of a break in.
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Angry and upset, the Fahey's begin to try and pick up the
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mess that was their lives now. It seemed as if the stress of it
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all was tugging at the seams that were holding them all
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together. Tired of dealing with it all,
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the family tries to brainstorm just how they could get help.
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The blessing of a Catholic priest didn't seem to work.
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They ponder what if they contact the papers?
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Will they be made fun of? Maybe.
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But could someone potentially hear of their story and reach
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out to help them? That was also a very real
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possibility. Deciding to take the risk,
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hoping that it'll result in some real help, they decide to reach
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out to a Dublin radio station with their story.
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As a result, a local paper decides to come and interview
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the Fahes and see just what exactly is happening.
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The family agrees to the interview and it is decided that
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a reporter will come not only to interview the family, but
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they'll stay the night with them to see if they experience any
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ghostly phenomenon. The reporter they send is
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skeptical and doesn't believe in anything like the paranormal,
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but decides to stay anyways. The phase of notice certain
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changes that would signal that something was about to occur
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within the home. One of those signals was that it
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would grow exceptionally cold. Beforehand.
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This very thing would happen with the reporter present
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sitting at the dining room table, beginning to write her
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story. She didn't believe that anything
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was going to occur. As she speaks, the family
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conversation is suddenly shattered by the sound of
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something breaking. Rushing to the living room where
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the sounds seem to have originated from, they find a
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shattered porcelain figure on the floor.
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It's small, minute fragments strewn everywhere.
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Upon seeing this, the reporter is shaken to her core.
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It's clear that she's convinced that there's something in the
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home now, considering everyone was all together in the kitchen
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when the figure was broken. Deciding to take a photo of the
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broken figure, she keeps writing in the kitchen and she doesn't
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sleep through the night. As a result of her article, the
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story begins to get picked up by more local newspapers and soon
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press from all over Europe is intrigued by what is dubbed the
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Galway Ghost. Naturally, with the press came
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harassment. Reporters, news stations and
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onlookers soon flocked to the Fahey residence hoping to catch
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a glimpse of the alleged haunting for themselves.
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With this new found fame that they didn't ask for, the Fahey's
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begin to worry that they will only be the subject of ridicule
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and that no one will hear their cries for help.
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Fortunately, they would be dead wrong several weeks after the
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story. Broke and gained traction.
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A reporter would reach out to the.
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Family and offer the assistance of a professional they knew a
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woman named Sandra Ramdani. Sandra's a well known
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parapsychologist and healer. She has stated that psychic.
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Abilities are an innate part of the human consciousness and that
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they are not supernatural powers.
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She also rejects the term. Psychic, as she said.
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It is misappropriated by frauds. After speaking.
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With the family within a week, they welcome her at their door.
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Michael. Would describe meeting her like.
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This when Sandra arrived and stepped in the door, we got this
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warm feeling as if we had known her for 100 years.
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After introducing herself to the family, Sandra begins to ask
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them just what all they had been experiencing.
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So the family started at the beginning.
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One thing she really. Took to.
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Was that the activity? Began shortly after the.
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Arrival of Sarah Louise. And to their lives and home,
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asking the family to take her to the room where they felt the
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most activity in. They would lead her.
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To the baby's room, walking around the room and feeling it
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out to. See if she could decipher.
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Just what kind of spirit they were dealing with.
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She picks up on something else as well.
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He asks the family if there's been any recent construction in
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the house. Surprised by her?
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Question Michael would answer her.
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With a yes, that the. Neighbors have been doing some
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work on their home and it had occurred right around the same
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time. That Sarah Louise was.
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Born and came to live with them in Jackie.
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'S words. It freaked me out when she was
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able to tell me that the neighbors were doing
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construction, asking to be alone in the room for a time to see if
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she could gather any more information.
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The family leaves Sandra within. As she closes her eyes.
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And begins to. Focus.
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Hoping to make contact. With whatever could be there, he
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starts to. Feel a cold air on her skin,
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causing her to get goosebumps, and then she begins to smell as
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if there's smoke within the room.
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She is then drawn into a vision. In this vision, she's in an
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entirely different room. There's a young woman screaming.
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She seems to be giving birth. Within the room, there appears
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to be a man. Possibly her father.
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His eyes. Seemed angry yet sad.
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Glancing around the room, then she sees a second man lurking
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within the. Shadows his face is.
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Stern, and he too, seems as if he could be angry.
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The screams continue. For a short while.
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And then they turn into heavy breathing as the cries of a
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newborn. Baby fill the air.
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They then start up again, but these screams are different.
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They seem desperate in a sense. The young mother seems to be
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reaching forward for her. Baby, but the child.
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Seems to be in one of the men's arms.
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It's her father, but instead. Of nurturing the infant, he
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instead has placed some kind of. Cloth over its face.
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And is smothering it. The other man then restrains the
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mother as she continues to scream.
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Sandra gasping and opens her eyes.
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The vision has ceased. Warm tears are slowly trickling
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down her. Face she is.
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Shocked at what has been revealed to her, walking down
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stairs to greet the family, they can tell she's.
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Obviously shook up. She then sits down with them in
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the living room to explain just. What all she saw and was able to
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figure out, she tells the. Family that she believes the
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baby was born out of wedlock and out of shame.
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Its life was taken. By the girl's.
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Father that, the ghost baby. Wasn't haunting the house that
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the Fahey's now lived in, but rather the land itself.
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She also believes that the. Construction by the neighbors
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inadvertently. Disturbed the spirit.
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Causing it to become active again and because it never.
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Got to live. Or feel the love and affection
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of its mother that had desperately wanted to get close
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to Martha since she had just become a new mother herself.
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Asking what could be done now, Sandra offers to conduct a
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healing ceremony in hopes of allowing the spirit to find
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peace and move on to the. Other side.
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The family would agree. First things first, Sandra asked
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them to. Please get Sarah Louise out of
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the house. Before the ceremony, needing
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Martha to be a. Part of the ritual it is decided
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that the. Baby will be taken on the stroll
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by Esther and Jackie. The rest of the family,
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alongside Sandra, then heads upstairs to the child's room to
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begin the ceremony. What she did was then she went
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up to the baby's room and she placed rose rose quartz crystal
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and Snow White quartz crystal in the cot as a focal point as the
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baby in the cot. Then what she did was then she
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actually communicated with the ghost by telepathic abilities
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and she found out that it happened about 100 years ago.
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It was a baby boy that was smothered at birth.
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This baby, like was just a newborn baby.
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And who killed the baby? The mother and father.
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And this happened not in the house, but on on that bit of
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land where the house is now built.
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That's right. It is explained that amber
40:51
incense will be burned to protect them during the event
40:55
and to promote spiritual healing of the ghost as well.
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She then lays down quartz crystals in the four corners of
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the room in order to purify and recharge the home itself.
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They then place an empty baby carrier on the ground in the
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center of the room and join hands surrounding it.
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They all then close their eyes and begin to take deep breaths
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to focus on the task at hand. Sandra tells them to imagine the
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ghost baby laying in the bassinet before them, surrounded
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by a golden light, to focus on him, to tell him it's time to
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move forward and move on. And then you see the, the very
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last part of the ceremony was actually, well, it was the most
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important part. And I, I saw the spirit actually
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been lifted up and taken away into what?
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The far side, as she called it, or into heaven, whatever it is,
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whatever you want to call it. You saw that yourself.
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Yeah, and. What, what?
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What exactly did you see? Well, what she did first, she
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put us all into a circle, right? And she said, imagine the baby
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in the circle. And then she she telepathically
42:04
linked with us by moving energy around the circle.
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And then she told us, think like, think we're breathing in
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golden sunlight and bringing out tears and unhappiness and
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sadness and just keep concentrating.
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And I could actually see the baby on the floor.
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Can we just get that clear? Michael, did you see it?
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Yes. You saw it.
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I did see it, yes. And we're doing the exercise,
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breathing, concentrating. And then she said just keep
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concentrating. And then she said, imagine the
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golden light going out to the top of your head.
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And at that moment I saw the baby being lifted up into the
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light and then it just disappeared.
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And it left peacefully. It left peacefully, yes.
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Upon the ghost baby crossing over, the feeling is almost
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immediately night and day. It's as if everyone and
42:58
everything could breathe again, with everyone amazed and so very
43:03
happy that the infant had crossed over.
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The feeling of joy and peace filled the home once again.
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Jackie and Esther, who had been outside walking with Sarah
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Louise, returned as well, and they too could instantly sense
43:19
that the ghost was gone. This is what would be considered
43:25
a happy ending for most, but the Galway ghost still haunts the
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minds of the Fahey family. Every time they hear a knock or
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something seems out of place, they fear that perhaps what
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should be gone isn't that. Maybe it's always there,
43:44
watching and waiting to return. This was a highly requested case
43:54
and a very interesting wanted that I did have some of my
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personal takes on this case as well as some resources and
44:00
questions that I'd like to share with you.
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Now before we go, and this will be in no particular order, so
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this case apparently has been tied to a scandal that took
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place between a priest and a family, with the priest having
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impregnated the daughter a long, long time ago.
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This information comes from Jackie, whose real name actually
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appears to be Jonathan Fahey from his book Cry From Beyond.
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If this is true, it would very much corroborate the ghost baby
44:30
story in the you know, in my opinion.
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I however am a little more skeptical of this ghost baby
44:36
having felt the energy in a home supposedly haunted by a little
44:39
girl, AKA the Sadly house. Albeit things may vary on a case
44:44
by case basis, I do believe that entities and or demons can
44:49
masquerade themselves as children in order to exploit the
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vulnerable. Ask yourself this, why would a
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child, an innocent newborn baby, cause such dread and fear among
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the Fahey's? For this very reason, although
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they may have crossed over a baby's spirit makes me believe
45:08
that something more sinister haunted their home, that perhaps
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following this event, for one reason or another, this entity
45:15
went dormant. It seems that construction
45:19
kicked off the activity by disturbing the ghost that was
45:22
already dormant there in the beginning.
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I believe this probably played a role, having had constructions
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wake up ghosts in an old home of mine.
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This led to some very strange experiences such as hearing a
45:34
chorus of whispers and having night terrors, which was not a
45:38
fun time. I also like how the plumbers
45:41
couldn't smell any of the smells that the Fahey's were, as in the
45:44
disgusting ones. I think perhaps they were
45:47
desensitized to an extent. Maybe this played a role in
45:50
that. As a former painter, I mean Meg
45:53
can tell you that my sense of smell is pretty much cooked.
45:56
I'm sure you know depending on your profession, for one reason
45:59
or another people get nose blind.
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I dug as much as I could, but I could not find any updates on
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the Fahey's past 2006. The initial case took place from
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1996 into 1997 and it seemed as if the family still lives in the
46:15
same residence as of 2006. I hope wherever they are now
46:19
that they're peaceful and happy. I was only able to find one
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photo that I believe is the real residence in which the case took
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place in, and I will show it to you now.
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But on the off chance that someone still lives there,
46:33
whether it's the Fahey's or anyone, please respect people's
46:37
privacy and do not harass or bother them.
46:40
Thank you. With how the home was designed,
46:45
it would be nearly impossible for someone to have accessed the
46:49
window in that room on the 2nd floor to have been able to move
46:52
the crib in front of the door and then close it to cause
46:56
resistance to the door being opened.
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Just how did the phone end up melting?
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I do know that in most of Europe the power is much stronger than
47:05
it is here in the United States, but there would have been some
47:09
kind of serious malfunction or a surge to be that powerful that
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it melted the phone. I always found that aspect of
47:16
the case to be exceptionally creepy.
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It doesn't surprise me that Ireland has so many folk and
47:22
ghost tales. It seems to be such a mysterious
47:25
yet beautiful place that I'd certainly like to visit one day.
47:30
I did want to give a shout out to my Irish fans.
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I hope I did this infamous story justice for you guys.
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And I did want to ask, had you heard of this case before?
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I covered it with that. Everyone please like the video
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I say this often, but all this stuff really helps me out
47:57
tremendously. I did want to let you know that
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I did revamp my store with some new and much cooler merchandise
48:03
as well, and I restocked on books.
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So if you wanted to pick anything up, now would
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definitely be the time. Other than that, guys, I love
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and appreciate all of you truly. Thank you so much for your
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patience as always. And this has been Cody here at
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Mystery Archives. Remember to please stay safe out
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there and take care. I'll see you next time.