the demon files

Ralph: TONIGHT, WE'RE IN WARTRACE, TENNESSEE,

A HOME WITH A GRIM HISTORY OF MURDER, SUICIDE, AND VIOLENCE.

THERE IS SOMETHING IN THIS HOUSE THAT WANTS TO HURT PEOPLE.

Ralph: AN INNOCENT FAMILY LIVES UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK.

FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES, THEY'VE CALLED ME AND MY TEAM TO HELP.

LOOK, LOOK.

WELL, NOW WE HAVE DEFINITE PROOF.

LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

LET'S SHOW THE WORLD WHAT YOU ARE!

OH!

THIS IS GOOD VERSUS EVIL.

THIS IS NOT A MOVIE.

THE DEVIL DOES NOT WANT THIS SHOW TO BE MADE.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

MY NAME IS RALPH SARCHIE.

I'M A RETIRED NEW YORK CITY POLICE SERGEANT,

AND NOW I'M ON A NEW KIND OF MISSION... TO HELP PEOPLE.

I'M NOT A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR.

I'M NOT A GHOST HUNTER.

I AM A DEMONOLOGIST.

EVIL, AGGRESSIVE SPIRITS AREN'T GHOSTS.

THEY ARE DEMONS.

TRADITIONAL PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS

CAPTURE EVIDENCE OF THEIR EXISTENCE,

BUT CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.

MY TEAM CAN.

COLLECTIVELY, WE'VE GOT 99 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

WE'RE THE ONES WHO CAN FIGHT THE DEMONS

AND EXORCISE THEM... FOR GOOD.

IF YOU STARE AT EVIL, IT WILL STARE BACK AT YOU.

Mark: WE ARE IN WARTRACE, TENNESSEE, FOUNDED IN 1853.

IT REALLY HASN'T GROWN MUCH.

THE PRESENT CENSUS IS ONLY 651 PEOPLE.

THIS IS RICH IN HISTORY AROUND HERE.

Ralph: WARTRACE HAS A BRUTAL PAST.

NATIVE AMERICANS WERE FORCED OFF THIS LAND,

AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR,

THERE WERE CLASHES AND EXECUTIONS HERE.

SO MANY VIOLENT DEATHS IN THIS AREA

COULD EXPLAIN PARANORMAL ACTIVITY OF HUMAN SPIRITS.

BUT THE FAMILY IN THE HOUSE WE'RE HEADED TO

REPORTS AGGRESSIVE EXPERIENCES

THAT GO BEYOND THE GHOST HAUNTING

AND POINT TO DEMONIC ACTIVITY.

Cyndy: I'M AFRAID IN MY HOUSE.

THERE IS SOMETHING IN THIS HOUSE

THAT WANTS TO HURT PEOPLE.

WE'VE HAD FOLKS WHO WEREN'T BELIEVERS,

AND AFTER THEY SPENT A NIGHT HERE,

THEY WERE BIG BELIEVERS.

I'M TOUCHED, AND I'M PUSHED, AND I'M SCARED.

THERE'S SOMETHING EVERY DAY.

Ralph: I GET INVOLVED IN A CASE

WHEN A PERSON CALLS ME AND ASKS FOR MY HELP.

WE INVESTIGATE AND TRY TO FIND

AN EXPLANATION FOR THE PHENOMENON,

BUT IF WE ENCOUNTER GROWLS, HEAVY OBJECTS MOVING,

OR PHYSICAL ATTACKS,

WE KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH A DEMON,

AND WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO

TO GET RID OF THAT THING FOR THEM,

AND WE WANT TO SEND IT RIGHT BACK TO HELL WHERE IT BELONGS.

HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN LIVING IN THE HOUSE, MARK?

THIS IS NOW IN THEIR SIXTH YEAR.

SIX YEARS.

MARK STABINSKI IS MY LEAD INVESTIGATOR,

AND MIKE DOLAN IS MY LEAD TECH GUY.

WE ALL COME FROM A LAW-ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND.

IT'S ALSO BEING REPORTED THAT AL CAPONE'S CAPTAINS

USED THE HOME DURING THE PROHIBITION PERIOD AS A HIDEOUT.

IT'S RUMORED THAT THERE WERE MOB HITS IN THIS HOUSE

DURING PROHIBITION.

AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN FOUR DEATHS

ON THIS PROPERTY.

THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING

IF DEMONS CAUSED ALL THE TRAGEDIES

OR WERE ATTRACTED TO THE NEGATIVITY.

BUT I DO KNOW IF THERE ARE DEMONS IN THIS HOUSE,

THIS FAMILY IS IN DANGER.

I APPROACH THESE CASES AS A POLICE OFFICER,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I AM.

AS A DEMONOLOGIST,

I BRING IN ONE VERY SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT INGREDIENT,

AND THAT'S GOD.

READY, MARK? ALL RIGHT.

MIKE, JUST HANG BACK.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN TO COME IN.

GOOD, OLD TENNESSEE MUD, HUH?

UH-OH. THAT AIN'T NO DOG.

WE COME IN PEACE.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE SEE DEMONS AS BLACK MASSES

OR OUTLINES OF ANIMALS,

BUT MOST OF THE TIME, THEY'RE INVISIBLE.

AS A COP, IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE ENEMY,

YOU ARE AT A GREAT DISADVANTAGE.

THIS IS EVEN MORE TRUE WITH THE DEMONIC.

HI. CYNDY, NICE TO MEET YOU.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

EDDIE, IT'S A PLEASURE. RALPH, NICE TO MEET YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO GLAD TO SEE YOU.

IT'S LIKE A NIGHTMARE THAT YOU NEVER WAKE UP FROM,

...AND YOU'RE FINALLY HERE. - I KNOW.

WE HAVE HAD GROUPS COME IN AND GET EVIDENCE...

...AND LEAVE.

THEY DON'T HELP YOU.

RALPH IS THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON.

IF HE CAN'T DO IT, IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE.

IT IS OUR LAST HOPE.

WE'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOU FOR MONTHS.

MY TEAM AND I ARE GONNA DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR YOU.

WE DON'T MAKE ANY GUARANTEES. I CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU.

BUT WE WILL DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO HELP YOU OUT.

Ralph: I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 25 YEARS,

AND I'VE HELPED DOZENS OF FAMILIES.

HOPEFULLY, I'LL BE ABLE TO HELP THIS FAMILY, TOO.

SO, LET ME ASK YOU, HOW'S IT BEEN THESE PAST FEW DAYS?

- Eddie: THIS DEMON'S REALLY AFTER OUR DAUGHTER, LILY. - YEAH.

LILY IS A TEENAGER.

WE HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO HAVE HER ON CAMERA.

WE HAVE SIX CHILDREN.

Cyndy: WHEN WE MOVED HERE,

FIVE CHILDREN HAD LEFT THE HOME, EXCEPT LILY.

SHE WAS 11.

THE MINUTE THAT SHE STEPPED ON OUR FRONT PORCH,

SHE SAID, "WE CAN'T LIVE HERE,

THERE'S SHADOW PEOPLE HERE."

IN THE BEGINNING, I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT,

BUT THIS IS SO REAL, AND I CAN'T PROTECT HER.

SHE'S AT HER LIMIT. IT'S BEEN CHIRPING IN HER EAR.

IT'S A SCREAM LIKE AN ANIMAL SCREAM.

TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST GONNA STAY IN YOUR HOUSE,

AND WE'RE GONNA SEE IF THIS THING REACTS

AND IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT IT IS.

Ralph: I HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS HOUSE,

BUT I DON'T WANT TOO MANY DETAILS,

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO INFLUENCE MY INVESTIGATION.

GET THE TEAM IN. BRING THE TEAM BACK IN, YES.

THANK YOU.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WALK AROUND YOUR HOUSE

AND GET MY LAY OF THE PLACE AND MY IMPRESSIONS,

AND I DO THAT ALONE.

THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE.

I WAS A SERGEANT IN THE NYPD FOR 20 YEARS.

SOME CRIMINALS WERE REALLY VICIOUS.

SOME WERE JUST PLAIN EVIL SON OF A BITCHES.

NOW THE PERPETRATOR IS THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS.

I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE.

I WANT TO SEE HOW THEY LIVE.

I LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING THAT IS OUTSIDE THE NORM.

I NEED TO KNOW IF ANYONE IS USING DRUGS OR INTO THE OCCULT,

BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HARDER FOR ME TO DRIVE OUT ANY DEMONS.

AS THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN,

A FEAR GROWS.

THE HEAVINESS, THE SICK FEELING, SOMEONE TOUCHING ME,

I'M TERRIFIED.

MY FIRST REACTION WAS, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GHOSTS.

BUT ONE NIGHT, SOMETHING WOKE ME UP.

IT GRABBED MY LEFT ANKLE AND MY LEFT WRIST

AND PINNED ME DOWN.

BEING IN DENIAL HAD TO COME TO AN END,

BECAUSE I REALIZED WE MAY HAVE A DEMON IN THIS HOUSE.

Ralph: HUMAN SPIRITS CAN'T DO THINGS THAT THESE DEMONS CAN DO...

GROWLING, PEOPLE GETTING BITTEN, SCRATCHED.

IF YOU HAVE A WASHING MACHINE THROWN ACROSS THE ROOM,

THAT'S A DEMONIC SPIRIT DOING THAT.

THAT'S NOT A GHOST.

LILY'S ROOM IS THE ROOM

THAT WE'VE HAD THE MOST TROUBLE IN.

SHE MOVED BEDROOMS.

LILY'S IN DANGER.

I'M SCARED SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN TO HER.

SHE SEES YELLOW EYES,

WHICH IS A BLACK MASS

WITH SHARP, PIERCING, YELLOW EYES.

LILY WAS TAKING A SHOWER.

HAD A LARGE SCRATCH APPEAR ON HER.

Ralph: THE DEMONIC GO AFTER CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY'RE EASY TARGETS.

THEY'RE EASIER TO EXHAUST WITH FEAR.

THEY'RE EASIER TO INFLUENCE AND POTENTIALLY POSSESS.

Eddie: IN THE BASEMENT, I FEEL A COLD BREEZE.

AND AT THAT EXACT MOMENT, SOMETHING WHISPERED IN MY EAR.

I COULD FEEL IT. IT WAS REAL.

IF SOMEBODY WAS TELLING ME THIS STORY,

I'D SWEAR THEY WERE CRAZY.

Ralph: THIS FAMILY IS CREDIBLE.

THERE'S NOTHING SUSPICIOUS LYING AROUND THE HOUSE,

AND THEY'RE READY TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY

TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN HOME.

AND WE'RE READY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SOMEBODY WROTE "I HATE MY LIFE" ON THIS DOOR.

THE FAMILY'S CLAIMS

AND THE GENERAL FEELING I GET IN THE HOUSE

LEAD ME TO BELIEVE WE'VE GOT A DATE WITH THE DEVIL TONIGHT.

I GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS.

Eddie: WE WERE BEING TERRORIZED BY THESE DEMONS.

ANYBODY WHO SPENT MORE THAN TWO OR THREE NIGHTS HERE

HAD SOME REAL EXPERIENCE,

EITHER HEARING FOOTSTEPS...

SOMETHING WHISPERING IN THEIR EAR...