The Dead Files

amy: These dead people are coming.

This person holds the key.

I just feel like it's latched onto her.

The next thing I know, I was being choked.

They are sucking the life out of these people.

I think there was something out there that punched me.

He wants to, like, steal you. Oh, god!

It scares the living **** out of me.

amy: For the living, time's running out.

I'm hearing a devil's triangle.

My name is amy allan.

I see dead people.

I think he might've been a stalker.

I speak to dead people.

And they speak to me.

He will kill you. He has killed people.

But there's only one way to know if my findings are real.

They're being possessed.

I rely on my partner.

I'm steve dischiavi.

I'm a retired new york city homicide detective.

How many people died here over the years?

And I know every person, every house has secrets.

It's my job to reveal them.

But steve and I never speak...

We never communicate during an investigation.

...Until the very end...

This sketch is like a nightmare.

...When we uncover if it's safe for you to stay...

I never thought that the biggest problem was me.

...Or time to get out.

He could, more than likely, kill you.

steven: So, I'm back out here in pennsylvania,

this time, in newtown.

It's about 30 minutes north of philly.

I got a call from a young woman named maggie.

Now, she told me her childhood home was always haunted,

and until recently, it wasn't a big deal,

but now the whole family is under attack,

and she's getting the worst of it.

Maggie says if we can't help,

she doesn't know if she'll survive living there.

amy: This is weird.

I'm hearing a lot of clocks.

The living would hear ticking, like clocks ticking.

and it would be like maybe there's a clock in the room

and it would get louder and louder and louder.

But it's really not that clock.

For the living, time's running out.

steven: So, maggie, it's good to finally be here.

We spoke on the phone.

This place sounded like total mayhem.

What's life like in this house?

it is like hell living here.

I just know that it wants to hurt me,

and it has tried to kill me.

And I think that if it could, it would.

So, I understand that you grew up here,

and this is your parents' house? Mm-hmm.

Who all is living in the house now?

So, I have a picture here.

So, that's me, my sister katie, and then my mom and my dad.

You mentioned on the phone

that you've always had activity here.

Yes. It was never, like, bad.

Nobody ever got hurt or anything like that.

What changed?

We redid the kitchen.

And how long ago did that happen?

It happened coming up a year ago.

So, is that how long it's been where the activity got crazy?

Mm-hmm. Okay.

Any place in particular?

Kind of everywhere.

And it just kept getting worse.

What the hell are you guys experiencing?

So, we have the feeling of getting watched.

Objects have been thrown.

Shadow figures...

Actual apparitions...

Voices.

And I just flip out.

I feel like a lot of it's my fault.

here.

Thank you.

Why your fault?

I've been told that I'm, like, sensitive

and that, I guess, they kind of get drawn to me.

I am so sick of it, and I just don't want to do it anymore.

I just want it gone and my house back.

I just want it to feel like my home again.

amy: I see this dead woman.

She is within a white mist.

She's very young.

If she's 20, I'll be shocked.

This woman is always depressed,

and so people who would be exposed to her

would feel those emotions.

They're falling into a pit of despair and loss and confusion.

okay, so, what's going on in here?

So, we're having a lot of mood swings, depression,

or anxiety, out of nowhere.

It's almost like I'm like having the weight

of somebody else on my shoulders, like a dead female.

And it's just so sad.

Like, you just can't help but not cry.

Is everybody in the house dealing with it?

We're actually all experiencing it.

Me and my mom will argue.

Why do you think it's paranormal?

I think it's paranormal because we've never had

this problem before until the kitchen.

I've never experienced my family being like that before.

Okay, so anything else?

We have a huge problem

with the electronics in our house.

So an example would be tvs turning on and off,

the alarm system going on and off.

The other day, I was really agitated,

and then, all of a sudden,

the light on the ceiling just blew.

Okay, now, have you had any of this stuff checked out?

Well, my dad is actually a contractor,

and he redid all the electrical work

when we did the kitchen.

Okay.

Anything else?

I have a very special ring

that I would wear every single day,

and I put it in the box.

Then the next day I woke up.

It wasn't in there, and I have not seen it since.

Anybody jealous of this ring that wants it?

Nope.

So, looks like every day is one thing after another?

Yeah.

How do you live in a house

where something happens all the time?

I don't want to live in fear.

I can't do that anymore.

amy: A living person here has abilities.

They're open. They're very open.

Definitely see the light shining out the window.

And so, these dead people are coming.

This person holds the key

with why this dead woman's in this particular house.

This one person is a pk agent.

They're creating poltergeist phenomena.

The living people are having issues with any electronics.

Objects would move on their own.

There would be unusual noises, things like that.

steven: So, what's going on up here?

I do see a young female apparition.

Okay, so do me a favor and describe her for me.

She is, like, about 12.

Okay.

She's got brown hair.

What time period are we thinking?

Like 1800s, probably.

Okay, so, where do you see her in the room?

Usually, next to my bed.

I did wake up one time

and have her in bed next to me also.

Okay, so, anything else?

I was laying in bed one night,

and then the next thing I know, I was being choked.

And there was this guy over top of me.

His face was just, like, right in my face.

It was the scariest thing I think I've ever encountered.

Can you describe him for me?

He was probably, I guess,

maybe, like, in about his 50s, from what I saw.

He had a white shirt and then overalls...

like, jean overalls, on.

Okay. Anything else?

I do have a chronic disease.

Basically, it's a severe inflammation of the bladder.

I was actually in remission for 10 years,

and then, as soon as we started the kitchen up,

I went out of remission.

How's it affecting your life?

I worked very hard to become an emt.

Okay.

As soon as I went out of remission,

because of my illness they told me

that I couldn't do it anymore.

It was like my...

ruined my life.

I just wanted to help people.

I liked it so much.

it's exhausting.

It's okay.

amy: The dead woman...

she sleeps at the end of the bed, like a dog.