Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life

No! No! Help!

Help! Help!

I'm Eli Roth, I've spent my life telling horror stories.

But imagine if those stories were real,

and suddenly, you found yourself stalked and tormented by an evil spirit,

and no one believed you.

I wasn't going insane.

It makes you feel helpless.

It was terrifying.

These are the actual tales of terror, as told by you, the victim,

who came face to face with their demons and survived.

I don't think it really sunked into me

until after everything happened.

It's mind chilling that horrible things can happen to people.

This land had a lotta history, it had, a historical marker in the front.

Somethin' drew me to the house.

And I don't know what it was. I just felt compelled to, you know, to purchase it.

I was really thrilled that our son, Granger, was gonna live in this house.

We had all of these plans

for how we were going to make it a place where he could have happy childhood memories.

When we first looked at the house, there was a lotta crosses and Bibles.

There was a lock on one a the guest doors,

and the owner refused to open it.

We've asked her several times, she refused.

At first, I didn't think it was a big deal.

I just thought it was maybe their old people quirks, you know?

There's a swing! - Stay away from that pond, June bug!

Not unless me or Mama Vickie are there.

Here we go!

You ready?

Yes, I am.

We thought great things were gonna come with this purchase.

They left the padlock on the door, so weird.

I'll take care of it...

...and the crosses, too.

I was really thrilled to live in this house, and... And...

And share moments and memories.

But little did I know, those memories weren't gonna to be the best.

Chris! I need help with the sofa.

The house was very eerie.

Come on, Granger, what did I tell you about going in the pond?

I didn't.

Then how did those wet footprints get on the floor?

I don't know.

What are you doin' in here? - This is my room.

You want this one?

It's too small for a bedroom.

I'm serious, okay? Don't let me catch you alone in the pond.

It's dangerous.

That was the first paranormal experience in the house. The first day that I moved in.

You like your new room?

You're tired, aren't you? - No.

Night, night, June bug.

Good night.

Granger?

Is that you?

Granger? You knockin' on somethin'?

Granger? Open up.

Mama?

Stop fooling around.

Mama, help me! - Granger? Honey?

Mama, help me!

It was Granger's room. I saw that his hand was in the air

while he was asleep.

It looked like somebody was holdin' his hand, and I put his hand down.

I mean, it was kinda odd.

There was a man, and he looked straight at me,

and I'm thinkin' to myself, like, where did this come from?

Looked at it again, he was gone.

Right there, I should've just known that that was

just a sign that maybe I shouldn't a bought the house.

You're watching A Ghost Ruined My Life.

Something wasn't good. I can feel that there was something there.

There are some things that it's very hard to fathom.

Chris started telling me things, you know, that she thought was going on.

I didn't really believe her much, because, I'm just, like,

you're over-thinkin' things.

That was imaginary, it's not that big of a deal.

What's goin' on?

Granger's door sticks in its frame.

Okay, but you see what time it is, right?

Crap! We gotta go. Granger?

Who was that?

Where did she go?

She was right here.

Come on, we gotta get to school.

I thought I had saw a little girl,

and I was tryin' to figure out, like, who is this?

Bye! - Have fun!

Morning, Chris! Ready for another week of being ignored by our students?

Hey, Doreen!

How'd the move go? All unpacked?

Try me in six months.

When you comin' over for dinner?

Vickie wants an excuse to make chili.

Huh! Yeah, sure.

What?

Nothin'. It's just... It's the old Abernathy house, right?

Crazy, right? It's kismet.

What is it?

I'll tell you over chili. I'll text you.

The king is squashed!

He's squashed!

What about you, Granger, you like it here?

Yeah, I like the pond.

The deep, dark pond?

Ever find anything in the water there, like teeth? Or bones?

So! What were you saying about Abernathy?

I mean, I know he owned slaves.

He did? I didn't know that.

He sure did.

If he knew there were two black women havin' dinner

in his dining room instead of servin' it?

Ooh! He'd be madder than a boiled owl.

They should really change the name a your school.

That's not the half of it. There are stories about him.

Histories that aren't told in the books.

Secret histories that are travelled down through the blood.

Granger, why don't you help me carry these dishes to the kitchen.

The things that man did.

I think I had too much wine.

Drink some water. - Ooh.

God!

Um... I'm sorry. - Okay, come on, I... I'll drive you home. No, no...

I'm sorry. - ...it's all right. It's all right.

That night was just really, really heavy,

and from then on, we just really didn't invite much people over to our property.

I was coming home from work, and I see this guy with a farmer's hat on

peeking around the house, and then he just vanished just like that.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah, I'm... Fine. I just got startled by somethin'.

I was like, W... What the hell?

You know, like, what's goin' on here?

Welcome back to A Ghost Ruined My Life.

We need to realize that there's a lotta things we don't know about the past.

You know, that history has not been documented.

Some of the people, the best people, are really not the good people.

I mean, we all have secrets.

A lotta things happen that will always change my life.

Who are you?

Looked like a slave woman, and then when I blinked,

and looked at it again, it was completely gone.

That's when I started hearing the name JR, JR, over and over, over my head.

I started to do research and I really looked

into the land and the people who lived on the land,

to try to figure out what was going on.

A lot of bad things happened here.

A lot of deaths.

The slaves were being raped.

And the person who was raping them, was JR.

And they bore him children and he drowned each and every one of them

in the water around the property.

The house was haunted, the land was haunted.

Chris started telling me things, I mean...

If you look at what the city writes about him,

he's a very upstanding guy in the community

and does great things for people.

Um, however, if you go to the library

and you start looking in archives,

that's not quite as nice as he was publicly.

Jesus.

How are we supposed to sleep here?

How is Granger supposed to sleep here?

Chris, it's history, okay?

We're here now, he's gone, they're all gone.

I don't think they are.

What?

In the barn, I saw a woman.

You saw a picture. - No.

I saw her and Granger too.

He's seen someone, a little girl.

And I saw him.

Abernathy.