The Veil

We rolling? Yeah.

All right. I know I've been a little, uh...

maybe a little stricter than usual about this kind of thing.

But it's all for a good cause, people. Sometimes you just have to trust me.

Aren't you rolling? You don't even have the damn thing plugged in.

I've invited some cameras...

to film our little sermon here today.

'Cause people have been asking, "What's going on over there at Heaven's Veil?

What are they doing up there at that ranch? Are they being held against their will?"

- Are you a prisoner here? - No.

- Are you a prisoner here? - No.

No. Just smile for the camera, people. Wave.

Give me this Bible. This Bible...

this here book, this is a tool, people.

And as such, it only has the power that we ascribe to it.

But you, you are something much different.

Your body is of the earth, yes, but you are not your body.

You are mightier than the flesh.

We don't need no book to tell us

- about the soul! - (GASPING, CHEERING)

Did you see any lightning come down out of that sky?

I've been put here to resurrect mankind from his fallen state

and bring the power of the etheric realm

back into his hands.

I'm gonna show you, and you, and you, and every one of ya

how to push your spirit through the veil.

It's a deathless reality,

souls aglow with the ever-real

eternal life!

30 miles outside the town of Hidden Lake, California,

you'll find this small ranch known simply as The Veil,

named by the members of the Heaven's Veil cult,

the cult that lived and died here.

The FBI raided the compound this morning at 8:52 am,

only to find tragedy.

Every man, woman and child in this once-thriving community lies dead...

dead at the hands of their leader, Jim Jacobs.

Okay, and we're out. Pack the mikes.

- Wait, what's that? - (PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Everybody, stay back. Come on! Come on!

Hold it! Hold it!

Hey, guys. Stay back.

Don't worry. They're not dead. He's gonna bring them back.

Hello? - I'll do it.

- What? Sarah? - I said I'll do it.

I'll talk to you.

All right. Thank you, Sarah.

Okay. Would you do me a favor? Could you just run this up your shirt

and put a... I'm gonna clip it right there?

Sorry.

- Thanks. Okay, is that good? Yep.

All right, guys. Quiet down, please.

Okay. Um...

Why don't we start with your name.

And then we can go from there.

Okay.

Um...

my name is Sarah Hope.

I was... I...

I am the only li... the only known...

survivor of Heaven's Veil.

I have no idea...

why they didn't kill me too.

Did your, um...

Did your parents die there also?

Uh, they must have. I don't know.

I'm not... I'm not sure who my parents were.

I don't even know my real name.

They named me... they named me Sarah Hope... (SCOFFS)

at the hospital.

Uh...

I was in foster care, a lot of different homes till I was 16.

I think this is me and my brother and my sister.

But I'm not sure. I was only five.

This is that really famous one, the one of Jim and his followers.

I know this is really hard,

but there is a reason why we...

reached out to you.

Like I said earlier on the phone,

we found...

something that no one's ever seen before.

Do you see that camera right there?

And right there?

And right there.

They were filming. But there's no record of anything.

Nothing's ever been released.

And there's this.

They never found this room.

Not in the farmhouse or any of the buildings.

No one knows what happened that day.

Why did they do it?

I wanna go back out there and find those films.

Maybe we'd find out what really happened.

We're in this room.

We feel the silence.

There is a time for every season, Mama.

This child has been cut down before her time.

How long?

How long has your daughter been this way?

- Two years. - Mmm.

The doctors say she's brain-dead.

Doctors.

Doctors.

The doctors don't want her well, Mama.

They like that money coming in.

No, sir.

The child's mind is not dead.

Will you join hands with me?

We need to create an opening,

close the circuit so the girl...

can find her way back home.

Please. Indulge me.

Please.

Thank you.

There we go. All right.

Now, Mama, I want you to be brave.

Something happened before the child got lost, about a week before.

- No. - Mm-hmm.

- No. Nothing. - Not to her, Mama.

- Nothing. - To you.

To you.

Something so terrible, it froze your heart,

and you swore you'd never tell a living soul, mother. But the spirit sees all.

The spirit knows all. The spirit understands all.

Now whisper it. Whisper it to me. Let it out.

- No. No. - Let it out.

Whisper.

Whisper it in my ear! Give it to me! Tell me the truth.

The truth! The real truth! Now!

He's going down! Get his head. I got his feet.

- Grab him. - Hold him.

I've got his head. Rotate him. Look out.

- So, how long have you guys worked together? - Just long enough to talk us into this.

We actually met in film school, so we've done everything together...

- industrials, um, web series... - Infomercials.

- Once. We did one infomercial. - "Your skin will practically glow."

- That was the best payday we ever had. - Yeah, for three days of hell.

Uh, excuse me. I'm pretty sure you slept with the spokesmodel.

- Hey, she was very smart. - Oh!

- She reads books. - (LAUGHING)

But this film?

This is different.

We've wanted to make this film for a long time.

Why is it so important to you?

Wait, you didn't tell her?

Uh, our dad, he led the FBI team that day,

the day when everyone, um...

Died.

Our dad was never really the same after that.

- Neither was our mom. - So that's why you have all those photos.

That's why we're here.

Look at this guy.

Mr. Wheeler, hi. Maggie, from the documentary.

Uh-huh.

Thank you so much for letting us shoot on your property. I know this...

Twenty-five years, I kept folk away from here.

Who are all these folks? Thought it was just you.

Oh, no, uh, this is my crew.

- Christian, my brother, is the editor. - Hello, sir.

Nick is our gaffer. Matt's our cameraman.

- Ed, grip. - What's up?

Jill does sound, and Ann is our PA.

- And this is Sarah Hope. - I know who she is.

Thought it was you.

Bound to come back home. Was wondering if you ever would.

Oh, wow.

- Hey, hey. Get this. - What? Okay.

Get down. Get down.

- Oh, shit. - Sarah! Sarah!

- Sarah? - Is she okay?

- What happened? Are you okay? - I'm okay.

I don't know. Maybe we shouldn't be here.

All right, we'll set up camp over there.

Thanks.

Can you imagine how weird this must be for her to be back here?

She's the one that made it out.

My whole life has been defined by this place...

by what happened.

It's the same for me.

After it all happened, I, um...

I was only three at the time, but...

my father, uh...

killed himself.

What?

I found him hanging in the garage.

I thought he was playing a game.

We both lost our families because of this place.

I need to know why.

Sarah. Sarah.

Sarah.

Ed? Ed!

Ed! Do you see him down there?

No, he's not over here. Ed! Ed!

Ed, stop messing around!

Sarah, have you seen Ed?