Ghostfinders

Ghost sightings number in the hundreds of thousands every

single year in the United States alone, yet it's a subject

no one wants to talk about.

Most of these sightings are inconsequential,

but what happens when a ghostly presence threatens you or your loved ones?

Who do you tell? Where can you turn?

The Ghostfinders.

Jared Baum

Franklin Jacobs

And Kat Evers.

Together, they have decades of experience investigating paranormal activity.

If you're experiencing a haunting, if you've got nowhere else to turn...

when no one else will believe you...

If you're experiencing paranormal activity or unexplained phenomena, call us.

If there's a ghost in your house... we'll find it.

So what do you have for us this time?

I hear it's going to be a real challenge.

It certainly looks that way guys. Here's the scoop:

this one's right here in Austin - a beautiful old house out by the lake.

So what's the story?

Well, apparently the owners bought the place at

a foreclosure auction a few years back.

They started experiencing paranormal phenomena almost immediately.

What sort of phenomena?

You name it. We're talking sounds, visual manifestations, objects moving...

They actually saw these things taking place?

That's my understanding, yes.

Have they attempted to do anything about it?

Well, that's why they've called us.

I don't have all the specifics yet, but the current owners are a husband and wife.

From what I understand, they bought the place hoping to retire there...

But the ghosts have made it impossible for them to do that...

Exactly.

Are they staying in the house now?

No. My understanding is they didn't even make it a single night in this place.

Well, if they've got a home like this out on the lake and they're not living in it,

something must've really shaken them up.

Most definitely. So we're going to need all our wits about us for this one.

We've been to plenty of haunted places, but if the stories they're telling

about this place turn out to be true...

A whole other level.

Precisely.

So what's the plan?

We're going to head out there and meet with the family.

They'll fill us in on all the details

and then we'll have the place to ourselves for the night.

Sounds like it's time for a roadtrip!

I'll pack up my gear.

Let's do it!

So any idea what kind of manifestations we're talking about here?

Well, we'll get the full scoop when we get there,

but from what I've been able to gather,

I think we're looking at a potential class one phenomenon.

Are you thinking Poltergeist?

I'm most definitely thinking poltergeist. Yes.

Are you picking up anything?

There's definitely some pretty powerful negative energy going on...

I didn't realize this was going to be so far out in the middle of nowhere.

Oh yeah. Old, troubled history, isolated...

it definitely has all the earmarks.

Well, hopefully the owners can help us get a clearer picture of what's going on.

-Harold Lawson? -Yes!

-I'm Jared Baum. -Nice to meet you Jared.

-This is Kat. -Hi, Kat.

-and Franklin. -Franklin.

-This is Mimi. -Hi.

All right, well, we should probably get right to it.

So why don't you start off telling us

a little bit about the history of the house itself.

Well, I'll be real honest with you,

I don't really know all that much about it.

It was built in the fifties, I think.

I got it at a foreclosure auction myself.

I see.

Normally Mimi and I couldn't have even afforded

to get a place out at the lake like that,

but they were practically giving the damn thing away.

Any idea why?

Oh, yeah, they mentioned at the auction that

the house had some sort of... trouble in its past.

Trouble?

Yeah, they didn't go into specifics and I didn't ask,

but I got the impression that whatever had happened there

was the reason it was going so cheap.

People were killed there.

That's right.

Is that true?

Yeah. Like I said, I didn't have all the details when I bought the place,

and honestly I didn't really want 'em.

I kind of figured the less we knew about

whatever bad things might've happened there the better.

But you found out?

One of the neighbors told us.

Yeah, well, apparently there had been an artist

living there before us with his family.

His paintings are still hanging on the walls there.

Yeah, the place is still set up exactly like they had it.

I was going to ask you about the artwork... it's... haunting...

Yeah, all of that stuff was there when we bought the place,

the paintings the furniture, the whole deal.

That was a big part of the appeal for us. It was just ready to move in to.

So what happened with this painter?

All I can tell you is what the neighbors told us,

but apparently it was some sort of murder suicide.

Killed his whole family and then himself.

Right there in the house.

I figure that's gotta be why all this is happening, right?

Exactly what kind of things did you experience there?

Well, we only stayed there that one night...

I didn't actually see anything myself, but I heard things...

like someone standing right behind me, whispering in my ear...

I saw something.

After we went to bed, I was lying there with my eyes closed

and I just sensed this... presence in the room...

What happened?

I opened my eyes and there was this figure standing right over us.

A figure?

Like a woman in a white dress, just... standing there, staring at us.

I woke up to her screaming.

It scared me to death.

Then what happened?

I don't know, she just kind of... wasn't there anymore.

And she didn't return?

Hell, we didn't give her a chance.

Mimi refused to stay the rest of the night there.

And you haven't gone back since?

I've gone back once or twice just to check on the place,

and we've tried renting it out as a vacation home once or twice, but no...

I know it sounds crazy, but the second you set foot inside that place

you can just feel it...

Something's wrong in there.

You said you rented it out as a vacation home?

A couple of times.

And how did that go?

It was a disaster. I ended up having to refund the money.

Hell, one lady threatened to sue us.

She thought we were trying to harass her!

Is there any way we might be able to

talk to some of the people you tried to rent it to?

Uh, yeah, I think I've still got their information around here somewhere.

So tell us about the experiences you had at the house.

Well, man, it was crazy

See, me and this chick I was dating,

We decided to rent the place out for the weekend.

We figured it'd be a nice weekend. You know, just the two of us,

we'd have some good food, some good beer.. you know, have a good time.

Sounds like a good weekend to me.

Yeah, well, that's what I thought.

But?

Well, as soon as we pull up she start complaining...

she's not digging the vibe and she's kind of creeped out.

You know, I'll be honest with you, everything seemed fine at first

but as soon as it got dark she started really creeping out on me.

I mean, with all the shit on the walls and what-not it is pretty scary.

But it wasn't until it got really dark that we started to see them.

See what?

I don't know, like shadows or movement or something.

Movement?

Yeah, like - I don't know, like something running past me like the wind. I really don't know.

But you never saw anything more substantial?

Not at first. But then after a few moments we started to hear things.

Like what?

I don't know. Kind of like whispers or voices in the wind.

I don't know. I know it sounds kind of crazy.

Not at all.

So it never escalated beyond that?

Well, yeah it escalated. That's when we started to hear...

like scratching sounds.

Scratching sounds?

Yeah like scratching sounds or something, I don't know,

but she started really freaking out.

With good reason.

I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty damn creepy.

See, she tells me to go in there and check it out.

Like, what am I gonna do about that?

So I go in there like three or four times. Every time I go in there, the sound stops.

Finally, I go in and I look up in the window and I see in the reflection

this woman behind me. She's got...

something around her neck. A rope or a leash or something.

A rope around her neck?

Well, yeah. A rope or something. I don't know.

Because as soon as I turned around, she was gone.

And so were we. I ran in and said pack your stuff. We grabbed everything

headed out in the middle of the night and never looked back.

Worst weekend ever.

Oh, yes, I've definitely seen ghosts there before.

Really?

Absolutely yes. With my own eyes. There is no doubt in my mind.

What happened?

From the moment I walked in, I knew that something was not right with this place.

It felt... you don't have the word in English, but it just felt... wrong.

Immediately I was seeing things in the corner of my eyes,

like shadows only more... substantial.

I don't know if that makes sense...

Then after I had been inside for a few minutes I began to hear these noises...

first it's like whispering or something...

then a few minutes later, I hear this scratching,

kind of rubbing noises all coming from down the hallway.

Did you check it out?

Of course I did. I assumed that someone had gotten inside - kids or something.