Conjuring Kesha

Kesha here.

When I'm not on stage, I'm exploring my connection

to the supernatural.

This is my twisted journey into the heart of darkness.

I'm surrounding myself with top paranormal experts.

I heard a growl, I heard it.

And I'm bringing along my friends for the whole terrifying trip.

Is there a spirit here?

They say what happens in life can follow you into death.

I am here to test that theory at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary.

One of the most haunted prisons in the United States.

And with me on this journey is a very good friend of mine.

The gorgeous, the talented, the hilarious Whitney Cummings.

This is not the plus one.

I was hoping to be-- - You are my plus one.

In case you've been living under a rock,

you don't know who Whitney Cummings is.

She's a television producer. She's a comedian.

She's an actress.

She does everything.

When do I get to go to the Grammys?

Kesha's like 100% in.

She's always been a believer. She's super respectful.

She has a very gentle energy.

I just want to make sure I don't go in with any, like, bad vibes.

I have to see it to believe it type of thing.

It is oddly beautiful.

So it closed, like, 12 years ago.

That's not that long ago. - I know.

Because it was too **** up. - God.

Are you ready for this?

There are places in this world that are destined for evil.

Brushy Mountain Penitentiary is among those places.

The folks who lived out their lives here

were some of the worst offenders of all time in life.

And allegedly, their spirits still remain in death

trapped within these stone walls.

I'm taking a trip into its darkness,

hoping that the light I carry inside myself

is strong enough to protect me from the evil.

That is Bloody Brushy.

The prison itself was actually built by the prisoners in 1896

in the shape of an upside down crucifix.

Like a bad omen,

it's prisoners were deemed unworthy of God.

The imprisoned were a mix of hardened homicidal maniacs

alongside the unwanted and misunderstood members of society.

More than 10,000 of them died within the prison

before it finally shut its doors in 2009.

Is that why this place is so haunted?

Or is it something even more sinister?

I'm entering the darkness that is Brushy.

Time to face my fears.

Spirits, ghosts, angels, other dimensional beings,

wherever you are.

We are interested in your story.

I'm here to see the supernatural and let it play out

in front of my eyes and really make me a believer

in something other than people.

So, we're going to go meet Debbie,

who was a correctional officer here.

And, hopefully, she's going to protect us from the ghost

'cause if she's a correctional officer, maybe they're still...

What's happening? - Whitney,

are you okay? - No.

****

I'm leaving. - Wait, what happened?

This wrist hurts like someone was, like, holding it or pulling on it.

That is very weird.

Because it just, it felt, it just felt like someone

was squeezing my wrist really hard and that it stopped.

Well, there's only one way to find out what's happening.

Me go home? No problem.

She's not gonna be my friend by the end of this one.

This is wild.

You're slowly wandering towards the front door too.

I know.

Don't you kinda wanna do it? - Because I want to see if it's gonna happen again.

Should we see if it's the building? - Yeah.

You want to try again? - Yes. Yes.

Yes.

I'm coming in. You guys don't have to drag me.

I'm nervous. - This is so weird.

This is very spooky.

Ai, yai, yai.

It smells interesting.

Just felt dead. Like...

I just can, like, feel the death.

Hi. - Hi.

Hi, are you Debbie? - I'm Debbie.

Welcome to the infamous and dark Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary.

I started work here at the prison in 1980.

I worked here until the prison closed in 2009.

Wow.

If you want to, we're going to start this way.

We'll follow you. - Okay.

And I'm going to take you down one of the cell blocks

where I used to do rounds and work.

So, what kind of things did you witness here as a guard?

There was violence here almost daily.

And one day, this inmate got in.

and when he went by, something hit us in the chest.

Blood was splattering all the way down the hallway

every step he took.

Somebody had snuck up behind him and slit him

from one ear to the other.

Both of his main arteries had been severed.

So, you were here for all that? - Yes.

Have you ever seen anything paranormal or?

I have, yes.

I have been told to get out.

Up in the hospital in particular.

I've got that one night and I immediately left.

You could hear it.

Get out.

Just out of the thin air? - Yes.

Disembodied voice.

Have people ever come in here and just been, like,

"I'm leaving." Like, I don't like the way. - Yes, they do.

People come in here and get nauseated and sick

and have to be escorted out and people get scratched sometimes.

Scratched, like, by a spirit? - Yes.

So do you think the spirits are good or evil?

We have both.

We have definitely had some experience here

that points to demons.

If they were evil in life, they're going to be evil in death.

Okay, so next, you're going to go over and meet some of

the descendants of the original owners of the land here.

And they're going to have some really interesting stories

to share with you.

Debbie is a badass.

I kind of want to know more about the demons.

I know y'all are gonna be, like, "Go in there and sit there by yourself

and, like, sleep there."

And I'll probably do it because I'm not a pussy,

but...

I am terrified of that part.

We're heading to cellblock D now.

Ooh!

I feel like the demon thing is kind of murky at the moment,

but she said that Courtaney and Jaime who are two sisters

that were relatives to the man that owned this prison

know a little more about the demon thing

'cause I feel like we should know about it sooner rather than later

'cause it's starting to get dark.

So if there are demons that are to come out,

let a bitch know.

Hi. - Hi.

Hi.

How are y'all? - Hi.

Jaime. - And I'm Courtaney.

Hi. Kesha.

So did you work with Debbie?

No, no, no, um, our great great grandfather signed this over in 1894.

When it shut down,

we had family still here that had keys,

so we came in and started playing a little bit.

Dubious honor.

Weird gift to inherit.

Right?

It's been fun though.

So what's the paranormal activity

you've seen at in cellblock D?

We've seen apparition, shadow figures.

We've been touched, things slammed.

We were getting a lot of growls.

We were getting growls. Yeah. - Growls?

Disembodied voices. Footsteps.

One of the girls, the last time this was open

that was with us.

She recited the Lord's Prayer and all of a sudden she says

her back's burning.

We turn her around and she has three big claw marks

down the length of her back.

After reciting the Lord's Prayer.

Is that demonic?

We believe so.

Yeah.

I wouldn't go trying to poke that bear

and to get something bad to happen

because I can guarantee you it will.

Being a spiritual explorer. It's all very fun and whimsical

and light and magical and existential,

spiritual.

But this **** does not feel magical.

Would you say in your experience that

it's the same paranormal entity every time?

It goes back and forth, mainly from here

to the old hospital area is where it goes.

Do you want me to take you where we think that negativity

has moved to?

Not really, but...

Well they like women, so you're on the trip. - Great.

Let's go.

This is it.

Y'all ready?

No.

Holy ****.

I don't like it.