The Dead Files

Subs created by: David Coleman.

I think they see him.

We have a gremlin crawling up on the ceilings.

It's kind of like a shadow person.

He's bad.

I see a lot of blood.

I'm not gonna let something drive us out of our home.

I feel very panicked.

This is a terrible place. I hate it.

It's really bad in here.

My name is Amy Allan.

Something is not right.

I see dead people.

This person might have been a serial killer.

I speak to dead people.

You get those chills.

And they speak to me.

He is darkness. He is evil.

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

I think she broke her neck.

I rely on my partner.

I'm Steve Di Schiavi. I'm a retired New York City homicide Detective.

Telling me the truth?

And I know every person, every house has secrets.

I think the Devil is down here.

It's my job to reveal them.

Who the hell would do this?

But Steve and I never speak...

We never communicate during an investigation.

Until the very end.

Who's he looking to kill?

We uncover if it's safe for you to stay...

You need to get out of here right now.

Or time to get out.

That was, like, endless darkness.

Amy and I work the same case, but from two separate angles.

I interview living witnesses and look for secrets buried deep in the property's past.

While Amy talks to the dead.

I'm in the tiny town of Cressona, Pennsylvania.

It's a couple hours outside of Philly.

I got a call from a man named Randy.

Randy and his fiancée are both Army veterans.

And they both know what it's like to be in a war zone.

They just never expected to find one in their own home.

I'm hoping Amy and I can help them out.

Before Amy enters a location,

I need to remove anything that could influence her findings.

This house is filled with family photographs and military memorabilia.

So I need to conceal all of it before tonight's walk.

There's this really tall, really skinny...

Weird...

Crazy...

Guy.

He has, like, a long cape.

And a hat.

He is very excited for us to be here tonight.

Because he...

Thinks he's all that as far as...

Being able to mess with people and scare them.

He said, I'll see you soon. I can't wait.

Like, you'll know when you get there. Uh...

You know, what I'm all about.

Now, Randy, I understand you and your fiancée, Angela, have got

some pretty serious things going on here for you to call us in.

- Yes. - Give me an idea what's going on.

There's apparitions. There's shadows.

There's been things moved from one area of the house to a completely

different area of the house that I know nobody has touched.

Now, is everybody in the house being affected by this?

- Yes. - Who lives in the house?

Myself, Angela, my two daughters... 8 and 11...

And my stepson, who's 9.

- Are they frightened to be in the house? - Samantha is.

Samantha actually lived here with me last year for the school year and moved out

because now she's so afraid, she doesn't want to move back.

- That's got to be heartbreaking for you. - It is. It is.

That's my little girl.

It's hard to be a father and protect your children when you can't...

How do you protect them against something like that?

Do you guys ever consider moving out of here?

It's not an option.

Monetarily, we couldn't afford to move.

Secondly, this is the best school district in the area,

and we want our children to grow up in a secure, safe environment.

- Okay. - And this is it.

Okay, do you know anything about the house?

A little. I know that the houses were built for

the employees of the rail road by the owner of the rail road.

Now, are there any parts of the house you can

show me where you've experienced or seen things?

Actually, there is. This area right here.

- You've seen stuff here? - I have.

What did you see?

It's kind of like a shadow person.

Okay, so how often do you see it?

- A few times a night. - A few times a night?

Could it be lights coming in from outside or some kind of reflection issue?

No. Not in that direction. It couldn't be.

Do you know if this tall guy interacts with the living here?

Yes, he does.

I think they see him.

He makes them scared, he stares at them.

Is there any particular reason that he does this?

He's bad.

Okay, Randy, so what's going on in here?

I'll get migraines for a whole day, and I've never, ever had headaches before.

One evening, I had a headache so badly that I couldn't even walk.

And that was followed by a tightness...

Almost like a constricting of my chest like I couldn't breathe.

I had to leave the area, and once I left the area, it started to dissipate.

- You think you were having a heart attack? - Honestly, yes, I did at first.

It feels almost as if something is sitting on you, at the same time, squeezing you.

Okay.

Like, it hurts, and I can't breathe because of the pressure.

This is the tall, creepy guy.

And he's like, I'm gonna suck the life out of you.

He doesn't want me to get anything about him.

He's getting really mad.

Ah, and he's really loud, too, and he's like blowing in my ear.

The people feel that.

He said, oh, yeah, I thought you could handle me.

And I said, I can .

Randy, you got a lot going on that you're experiencing.

I mean, is there anything else?

Sounds like there's things up in the attic.

There's loud bumps, bangs, noises in the attic.

It's just a really weird, eerie feeling

like you're constantly being followed or watched.

In fact, I make sure I take my steps very carefully when I go up and down the steps

because I feel like something will push me down the steps.

You know, Randy, I got to ask you. I mean...

Stuff you've told me so far, I don't think I would stay here, to be honest with you.

- I don't know. How are you doing it? - Because this is our children's home.

I'm not gonna let something drive us out of our home.

This is the home that we've always wanted.

Has this taken a strain on your personal life?

Yes, Sir. Yes, Sir.

We've been getting further and further apart.

- Really? - Yeah. She's my soul mate.

I've always believed for the last 20-something years she's my soul mate.

Okay. Do you think it's because of the house?

I believe so.

I truly believe it has a lot to do with it.

These stairs are so bad.

- Why? - They are an issue.

They're a problem.

- What happens? - I think they fall down them.

I got to say this is up there with my top 10 of hatred places.

I feel panicked, confused...

Scared, overwhelmed.

It's a terrible, terrible, terrible place.

I hate it.

- This is your youngest daughter's? - Yes, this is the 8-year-old's room.

Okay, what's going on in here?

She had described to me a large, dark figure with a cape and a hook hand.

That's scary for anybody, let alone an 8-year-old.

The way I understand it, she sees it pretty often.

Okay, anything else in this room?

She's deathly afraid of the closet. She had me draw crosses on her closets.

All right, so what is she afraid of about the closet?

She never went into detail. She just doesn't like the closets.

She won't even go in the closet by herself.

How do you protect somebody like that?

I'm supposed to be the protective figure. That's my role as a father.

I don't even know the kid, and my heart's breaking for her.

If I think about it, I get emotional. That's my daughter.

You can feel the fear that these people feel.

He likes the closets.

It doesn't really care for children.

They're easy mark.

The tall, thin man is making his presence felt in every room.

He likes to torment adults, but now I see his real issue is with children.

Why do you say that?

He's like, oh, I'm gonna with your head if you're gonna with my head.

And what is he doing?

He's just making me dizzy and feel like I want to vomit.

I want to puke.

I feel like someone's pushing my throat in...

Just smushing me right here.

Right here.

Like that.

Just smushing it in really hard.

Randy mentioned you guys fight a lot.

But at the same time, he says you're his soul mate, so what's the story?

I think it's something in the house trying to...

- Come between you? - Yeah.

So, what are some of the things you're experiencing?

Every night, we have a gremlin crawling up on the ceilings.

- A gremlin? - Yep.

2 feet tall, dark green with black scales going down the back of him.

I've heard a lot of bizarre stories working cases with Amy.

But when a witness tells me she's seen a gremlin,

I need to know where her head is at.

I got to ask a question you may not like, but are you on medications?

No.

Anything else going on?

I get the occasional poking in the back, hair pulling at night.

- Okay. - And it's not Randy.

No, Randy's downstairs.

- How the hell are you sleeping at night? - I don't sleep.