A Haunting (2005–…): Season 11, Episode 4 - Inner Demons - full transcript

I love this house.

I love you.

Get the door though,
all right? Let's get in here.

Childhood sweethearts reconnect.

It was just...

you know, it was
perfect timing, actually.

But their happily ever after...

is threatened.

Joe...

Joe!

It was just like,
random things...



until it wasn't.

Dan!

We were both pretty terrified.

When a darkness plots

to tear them asunder.

Oh, my God, Joe!

In this world,

there is real evil.

Someone's in my room.

It lurks in the darkest shadows.

Between what we see,

and the things we fear,

there are doors.

When they are opened...



nightmares become reality.

Providence, Rhode Island,

one of America's oldest cities.

Founded as a haven
for religious pilgrims,

its name means
providing protection

or spiritual care.

And that's exactly what former
police officer, Joe Menano

hopes it will be
for his new family.

Dream house, yeah.

I just really needed
somebody in my life I can trust and...

care about and...

who just brought some
levity into my life.

I'd gone through
so much for so long,

it was just, you know, it was
perfect timing actually.

After a string of bad
luck and near-fatal work injuries,

Joe has reconnected with his
childhood sweetheart, Danika.

They've recently married

and are building
a new life together.

Hey, Joey.

You got that box?
That's the heavy one.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's good,
it's good. I got it.

I love this house.

Okay.

All right. I love you. Get the door though.

In a hurry, over here.

By the time Danika
and I met back later in life,

we had both gone
through divorces.

And when we found
each other, it was...

it was kind of funny, we picked
right back up where we left off.

The couple settle
into their new home.

Also unpacking baggage
of a different kind.

Uh, yeah, I'm...

trying to make the
place look perfect

and I'm not sure this
is gonna have a place.

I went three for four
on that game.

We'll figure it out.

Look Joe, it's your Pop!

He's so handsome.

I love a man in uniform.

My husband became
a police officer

because his father was
a police officer and...

it's all he knew.

And I think that
it was something that

made his father
pretty proud of him.

You ever miss the job, babe?

I had some very serious
injuries. I was almost killed.

I actually looked down the barrel
of the gun and watched it go off.

Sometimes you gotta...

take the hint and move on, no?

Not long after
Joe and Danika move in,

they begin to feel they're not
the only ones living there.

Hon!

I understand about a lot of
complicated things, but this?

I got it, I got it, I got it.

You press this button
on that remote, right?

Then you press the up
arrow on this one.

Then you press the up
arrow on this one.

Then the center button
after you scroll down,

and over,

press select.
It auto-signs you in.

It's nothing to it.

Joe.

Danika and I...

when we would have...

I don't even want
to call them arguments.

Some of them were but
some of them were like,

two people who are best friends,
who have known each other a long time,

who can kind of yell
at each other and not mean it.

What do you want from me?
Look, you want to watch your shows,

I got you the manner
by which to watch your shows.

You used to have 18 remotes,
I got it down to three.

Are you kidding me right now?

Out of the blue,

on the wall of the
room we were in.

Enough where it kind of,
shook the room.

Three very loud bangs, like...

like a grown man was taking
his fist and punching the wall.

What was that?

I don't know, baby.

I'm gonna go find out.
You stay here.

Okay.

I tried to figure out

what exactly was happening.

And I actually walked
around a little bit.

And right then,

three bangs happened
again on the wall,

right in front of my face.

Sake.

I actually felt

the wind of what...

if a human being was
standing in front of you,

hitting the wall,

you'd sense their arm moving,
and feel that wind.

That's what I felt.

And it really scared
me half to death.

Joe.

Baby!

What was it, Joe?

I don't know, baby but...

you scared the crap out of me.

I was scared less.
I didn't know what to do.

Geez.

Oh, baby, baby. Behind me.
Behind me. Behind me.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Joe, do you think
it's your dad trying to...

get in touch with you,
trying to get your attention?

Babe,

Dad's been dead for years.

- What do you mean, get my attention? That's crazy.
- I don't know

but I don't understand,
there's any other explanation.

And that was when we
kind of realized that something...

that was happening
there that we...

we were out of control of.

We were both pretty terrified.

With no explanation
for what's going on in their home,

Joe Menano spends
a restless night.

Babe...

Babe!

I heard two or three...

distinct footsteps

of what sounded like
a grown man walk up

to the side of my bed.

And I can feel...

something or someone
standing there.

Babe.

Dan.

Dan, wake up.

You're not gonna wake up.

Dan!

Wake up!

What I felt was sheer terror.

- Wake up!
- What? What... what...

The hell is wrong with you?

There was somebody
watching me, then you were...

- talking like a zombie.
- What?

Yeah, like you were possessed
or whatever. There was a...

felt somebody...

just staring at me.

The foot of the bed, there.

What are you talking about, Joe?

Really, I thought
that he was... he was nuts.

I'm talking and I don't
know I'm talking,

and he's sensing something at
the same time that I'm talking?

It's... it's just
not believable.

- Your voice, it was like a deep growl.
- Joe...

You really don't remember?

No, Joe.

Maybe it was just a nightmare.

But I'm up now.

Gonna go get a glass of water.

You go to sleep, Joe.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, you don't
want to go to sleep.

You don't want to be
alone in the house.

You get up in the middle
of the night,

you get that feeling like
something's watching you

and that's kind of when...

it really got bad.

It really got bad after that.

Crazy nut.

Sure, Dan.

Talking in your sleep.

I'm a zombie.

What?

What is it? What, baby?

Baby, what, what, what...

Did something bite me?

- What?
- Right here.

Where, where? Here we go.

- Okay.
- Oh, Dan.

- Oh, Dan, baby, you got scratches.
- What?

Three in a row.

A series of disconcerting
and unexplainable experiences

has been happening to
Joe and Danika Menano

since they moved
into their new home.

It looks deep. Does...

does this hurt?

Yes.

Tonight,

it turned physical.

Baby, baby.

This isn't my dad, okay?

He would never hurt you.

This is something different.

Something bad, baby.

He would have tried
anything to get rid of this negativity,

because, as a man,

this is your family.
I'm his wife.

Somebody's trying
to hurt his wife.

So, at this point,
he had had enough.

While Danika
is away on a work trip,

Joe begins watching
ghost hunting tv shows

and is curious about
electronic voice phenomenon.

And how it might
be able to tell him

what's going on in the house.

Select, arrow up,

volume down.

Doesn't take a rocket scientist.

He buys a digital tape recorder

and begins to ask questions.

Who are you?

What's your name?

You know what,

what do you want?

Why are you bothering me?

It wasn't until I kind of found

paranormal investigations on tv

and really started
getting into it,

that all of this stuff...

really started going crazy.

Who are you?

What's your name?

Who are you?

Who are you?

What do you want?

Why are you bothering me?

Joe begins
to obsessively record.

Listening for any electronic
voice phenomenon.

As I started listening,
and doing more and more,

I realized as
I would listen back,

I would hear whispering.

It was just like
random... random things,

until it wasn't.

Hey, Joe, they were out of, um,

Moo Shu Pork, so I got you
some Mongolian beef.

Joe, can you take the
headphones off and talk to the living?

Shh.

I swear it's...

saying I'm worthless.

Oh, Joey.

You're starting to scare me.

Either you're hearing
something that...

is there or you're hearing
something that isn't there.

Joe!

I couldn't tell
what it said at first,

but I could hear it.
I knew it was there.

It was in the white noise
of the recorder,

kind of, that static.

I would hear what sounded
like, talking, to me.

Very fast,

very quiet whispering.

I slowed it down a little bit

and it was all just...

swearing at me, vulgar.

Telling me it was
going to kill me.

It wants my soul.

It's gonna kill my family.

It wants Danika and I apart.

It has a right to be there.

Joe keeps the darker
contents of the EVPs from Danika.

Eventually, he begins
hearing them in real time.

You're a fun date.

Yeah. Okay, baby,
I'll be done in a minute.

Yeah.

Sure.

So, he started
running a recorder,

when we would watch tv
at night, I'd fall asleep.

He'd have the recorder on

and he would just listen to it,

and listen to it.

Kill yourself, Joe.

All of a sudden, now I'm hearing

this thing, this energy,

this... this spirit.
I don't know.

You know, it's all a big,
kind of mystery to me.

I'm coming to kill you.

Dan, did you hear that?

No!

Baby!

- No.
- Tell me that you heard that.

No.

I'm sorry, baby, I didn't.

I didn't hear anything.

Joe is certain there is
a message for him in the static.

Something that could solve the
strange occurrences in their home.

Every waking hour,

Joe continues his quest.

I sat there
every night while she slept,

with headphones on,

trying to figure out

what this thing was saying.

Because I thought,
maybe there's a message here.

Maybe if I can figure out
what it wants...

I can...

give it what it wants,

help it get somewhere
and get this out of my life.

Effing drive yourself
nuts, Menano.

What?

Dan!

Retired
police officer, Joe Menano

has become obsessed with
documenting the voices

he hears in his home.

Tonight,

the unexplained incidents

take an even darker,
more menacing turn.

What?

- Dan!
- What?

- Dan! The window!
- What?

What did you want me to see?

There... there was something...

someone

right there outside the window.

No, Joe.

Couldn't have.

Wha...

think about it, it's...

second floor. How is anybody
even gonna get up here?

There's no way

that anybody would
be out there. Just...

think about it, Joey.

Hey, I...

It was impossible for it to be
somebody standing outside of our window

because there was
no fire escape,

there was nothing over there.

I thought he was fricking crazy.

Yeah, but I...

I swear.

I swear,

I saw.

It had these eyes.

Oh, Joe.

You gotta stop the recordings.

You gotta stop
listening to them.

Go to sleep, Joe.

Go to sleep.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.
You're probably right.

Knowing Joe is struggling,

and time together is rare,

Danika makes a special
dinner for them both.

There was one night
where Joey was working a double,

and I tried to do
something nice for him.

I had lit candles around.

Oh!

For heaven's sakes, Joe.

You scared me half to death

and now my clothes
are going to be ruined.

I'll tell you what,

I'll finish with dinner and
everything. You go upstairs and...

take a shower.

Soak out the stain or
whatever and just...

Hey, just relax. Okay?

Aw!

Joe...

The messages on the mirror,
they were all negative towards him.

So, it was like,
"He's a liar."

"He doesn't deserve you."

Joe.

Joe!

I swear,

I saw.

It had these eyes.

Danika Menano,

is worried about her
husbands mental state.

She isn't sure if she's more
afraid that he might be insane

or if there really
is something sinister afoot.

Joe!

Baby, baby! Are you okay?

You okay?

- What's going on?
- Look.

Did you do this?

She's like,
when were you in here?

And I told her, I said,
I wasn't in here.

I was in the living room
the whole time.

She just turned
around and looked.

And on the mirror, was...

something written in the steam.

I've been in the living room. I was in
the living room the whole time, I swear.

Oh, Joe.

We gotta talk.

I'm really afraid, Joe.

All this stuff that's
been going on,

is it you?

Is it not you?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

There's even more
I didn't tell you.

I'm hearing these voices.

Especially this
male voice... yells.

I'm home alone and...

at night.

When I'm alone in the
house, it's been...

it's been telling me some

bad things.

It was telling me
it wanted to kill me.

It was telling me it wanted
to end my marriage

and get me alone and kill me.

God, Joe.

I had no idea it was this...

dark.

This violent.

Yeah.

I didn't want to tell you.

I didn't want to scare you
more than you already were.

Do you think that...

whatever this thing is...

it's what's writing
on the bathroom mirror?

I don't know...

but I do know,

that I'm not crazy.

And I'm not...

playing games with you.

At this point, we
definitely think something's up.

Like, it's not... it's not...

a little tiny, like, ghost

Casper, the Friendly Ghost
haunting.

This is now something that
we're starting to think

is at a demonic level.

He really felt like it was something
that wanted to separate us.

With the paranormal
activity escalating,

they are willing to go to
extremes to get some answers.

Danika suggests

an unorthodox method.

Maybe we need to
ask it what it wants.

What it is.

I've been asking, baby.

The only response
I get are curses.

We need to communicate with it.

We need a truce.

I got this.

What?

What are you doing?

Look, this is what I got.

I think we need
to use this thing.

We get to a point where

we were gonna try anything
to see what's up.

We decided this was
something we were gonna do.

Is there someone in this house

who's trying to get
our attention?

Yes.

Do we know you?

Are you related?

No.

What is it?

- What? What?
- Baby?

Baby, I...

feel hands

- on my shoulders.
- No.

No, this can't be.
Joe, I don't see anyone.

Yeah, baby. I'm telling
you, I feel it.

Who are you?

A...

- Baby, you doing this?
- Mmm-mmm.

Z...

E...

Who's Z?

E.

L.

Azazel?

Well, what the hell is that?

What? Is it a name?

Azazel? I don't
frickin' know, baby.

What? What's that on your leg?

Joe! What's on your leg?

- Oh, my God, Joe!
- Oh!

Joe and Danika
Menano have taken a chance

trying to communicate
with a spirit

they believe is
haunting their home.

What is that on your leg?

But the message it had
is seared into Joe's skin.

Oh, my God, Joe,
what is that on your leg?

-Baby,
-What?

What happened? What?

Don't even worry about it.
Don't even worry about it.

What the hell is Azazel?

Uh...

Azazel.

Biblical demon with yellow eyes.

Biblical demon with yellow eyes?

Where have I been that
something this old or evil

could be attached
to me or my house?

You know, I'm just a regular
guy from Rhode Island.

Like, why would this
thing be in my house?

Uh, I mean...

It's obviously
something intelligent.

It's uh...

paying attention to everything
that's going on.

I never had anything like this
happen to me until I met you, Joe.

Realizing they need extra help,

Joe contacts renowned
demonologist, Carl L. Johnson

and his associate,

Elise Carlson.

I'm a paranormal researcher
who specializes as a demonologist.

I define demonology as,

the systematic study
of the lore,

and cultural traditions
of wicked spirits.

Johnson began his
paranormal career decades earlier.

Investigating the
Perron family haunting

in nearby Harrisville,
Rhode Island.

That case...

inspired the first
Conjuring movie.

You know, Joe started
out when he called saying,

"I hope you won't
think I'm crazy."

Interesting.

Ready?

Let's do it.

Elise and I
work very well together.

She has a background
in law enforcement

and investigative procedure.

I'm Danika, Joe's wife.

- We're really glad you came.
- Yeah.

I'm Carl. This is
my colleague, Elise.

Joe's been making
a lot of recordings.

We're just gonna talk
for a bit right now.

Gather some information.

All right? So, Joe...

tell us what you believe these
voices have been saying to you.

Uh, do you mind if
we record the conversation?

So I don't miss anything.

I think that they came
just to make sure that we're not crazy.

And honestly,

I kind of wanted to make sure
that my husband wasn't crazy.

Carl and Elise listen intently

as Joe and Danika describe
what's been happening.

We learned
a little bit more about Joe.

That he had been through
a very traumatic experience.

You were grazed by a bullet
over your ear, in the line of duty?

Yes.

Yeah.

Thought I was going
to meet my maker.

That's when we started hearing
the voices in the house.

It's telling me
some horrible things.

Telling me I'm worthless.

That I should off myself.

They're trying to break us up.

I see.

I thought there was
no ghost haunting Joe.

Oh, there were strange things
happening in the house,

but his main problem

I thought was rooted
in his psyche.

A manifestation of his own
thoughts, his own mind,

his own conscience.

Ah, but, uh...

but maybe, uh...

maybe the most
disturbing thing is uh,

this writing on the...

on the steamed up
bathroom mirror.

That's fascinating, Joe.

Just fascinating.

Interesting scripts.

Do you mind if we just
have a look around?

Sure.

Yeah, yeah, sure. Sure.

So, Carl and I looked
around the house to...

find handwriting samples

without alerting the homeowners

because we didn't want
to make them feel

like we were calling
them out on it.

We wanted to match up

who could have possibly
written those words on the mirror.

Interesting.

What did you find?

Well...

you see how the A's and E's
are written on that mirror?

I don't know anyone who writes
an A or an E like that.

Agreed.

These are written by
a number of different people.

None of them match the
writing on that shower mirror.

Yeah, none match
here in the mail either.

Now this is getting
interesting, isn't it?

Hmm.

I just want to rule
out a few things.

Rule out any possible
anomalies or...

Yeah, or debunk any
paranormal causes. Look,

steady readings.

Oh.

Oh. Right here is where
Danika said she was scratched.

Yeah, but you see, there's nothing
in the red here, even the orange.

I mean, there's nothing
unexplainable here except maybe...

maybe the microwave
is leaking a bit.

I did not attribute it
to anything paranormal.

So, that's how
I would have logged it,

had not other information
come to light.

Thanks.

Well, Carl, Elise...

there's something
I want you to hear.

I think we've got enough
information right now

for our initial investigation.

We'll check our notes
and get back to you, okay?

Well, you see...

there's a spirit and...

he told us his name was Azazel
through the spirit board.

Joe, it's okay.

A real demon wouldn't
give its name like that.

We're gonna gather our notes and
thoughts and we'll get back to you.

Okay?

Back at their office,

Elise begins reviewing the recording
they made at the Menano interview.

Subject believes he is being
targeted by a negative entity.

I'm going to kill you.

Ca... Carl!

Come in here.

What's going on?

I'm transcribing the notes from the
conversation over at the Menanos.

I can hear someone...

it sounds like someone inhaling.

Like,

about to speak.

Like, a deep voice whisper.

So, I rewind the
recording and...

I can clearly hear there's another voice
that wasn't anyone there at the table.

Listen to this.

I'll boost it a bit.

This may be a bit more
complicated than we thought.

Play it again.

It's taunting Joe.

It's got personality to it.

It's putting him down.

This then, was the voice
that Joe was hearing.

I'm going to kill you.

It was not his imagination.

And it wasn't purely
a psychological anomaly.

It was something detached
and something real.

Something separate
from Joe himself.

It's...

actually responding intelligently to the
questions we're asking Joe and Danika.

Or that they're asking us.

And we have ourselves
a genuine haunting.

The demonologists
return to the Menanos.

To Joe and Danika,

it couldn't happen fast enough.

We're so glad you guys are back.

You said you'd got
voice on the tape.

When they called
and said that they

had captured...

speaking on their recording,

I felt validated because
I knew it was real.

Several, actually, Joe.

What we think has been happening
to you is caused by a poltergeist.

Brought on by the stress
of your near-death experience

and opening up
your latent abilities.

When someone has what we call
a near-death experience,

It opens up a whole
new dimension for them.

They're suddenly aware
that there's more out there.

And someone's life
is never the same

after a near-death experience.

Not only are poltergeists known to
wreak havoc by physically moving things,

they can have a voice too.

And it's that voice we're able to
hear through the recording we made.

Listen to this.

When I was transcribing the
notes from our last conversation,

I realized,

we'd also captured
an unnerving, deep growl.

As well as several,
quite aggressive EVPs.

Like this one.

Do you have a message for me?

That's it.

That's the voice
that's been torturing me!

That's what I've been hearing.

And now you're
hearing it too, right?

Yes, Joey.

We can hear it too.

Oh, my God.

This voice that previously
only Joe Menano had heard,

within his own hearing,
within his mind,

had been taunting him,
deriding him,

telling him he's worthless,
give it all up.

Now we hear the voice.

This turned everything around.

It's a game changing moment.

No longer do we think

it is just what's
happening in Joe's mind.

It's assaulting him,
it's talking to him.

This is a real,

parapsychological,

phenomenon.

So,

this is real?

Poltergeists are real?

What are they?

It's a German phrase,

that literally means
noisy ghosts.

But in today's terms,

it's usually energy
coming from a living person.

It's a call for attention.

A call for help.

A release of excess
energy that a person has.

Leaving some sort of
mark on the universe.

See, a poltergeist
is a construct.

It takes a force.
It's very real.

It's been documented.
It can move things.

They can appear
as living beings,

even though they aren't.

So, it's me?

But it's not me?
That's a lot to take in.

Now, just to be clear, Joe.
It is coming from you,

from your emotions
needing a release,

fear, stress, guilt...

manifested outwards.

It could be feelings connected
to leaving the force

or...

worry about letting
your father down.

Joe.

Your father was proud of you
till the day he died.

And so am I.

In my long experience
with investigating, I've...

encountered the demonic
numerous times.

Never have I found a situation
where it was...

so internalized.

Joe's was unique,

because...

it was his inner demon
that was speaking to him.

And I'm not talking about
a psychological inner demon.

It was living on its own.

Except, within him.

Speaking to him.

Never had a situation
like that before.

Can we get rid of it?

Yes, but it's going to
take time and effort.

This entity has become very
real to you and that's it's power.

You've got to treat it as a
separate personality and banish it.

Diminish it.

It's time to take back
your life, Joe.

You got to treat the...

activity like a... um,

unruly child.

Okay, don't give it any
unnecessary attention, especially,

for behaving badly.

We can't thank you enough.

I eventually just learned how to

block it out
and forget about it.

You just have to find a balance.

- Hey!
- Hi.

This is for you.

Thanks, baby doll.

White wine? Smart.

I learned a lot
about the paranormal.

I feel like I've learned
a lot about myself.

And yeah, I mean, I still deal
with it from time to time but

because I'm able to manage
it now I definitely think it's been

more of a blessing than a curse

because I came out the other end

a little bit wiser,
a little bit smarter.

Understanding a lot more.

Joey.

What was that noise?

I must have left
the faucet running

when I washed my hands.

- Okay.
- Be right back.

Okay.