A Haunting (2005–…): Season 4, Episode 2 - The Awakening - full transcript

Narrator: In this
world, there is real evil,

in the darkest shadows and
in the most ordinary places.

These are the true stories

of the innocent and
the unimaginable.

When Marcy wikoff senses an
unnatural presence in her house,

her husband, Randy,
attributes her fears to stress.

But over time, the fear grows,

and Marcy feels like a
prisoner in her own home.

Randy watches helplessly

as an unknown
invader tortures his wife.

But he can't fight
what he can't see.



Between the world we
see and the things we fear,

there are doors.

When they are opened...

Nightmares become reality.

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the heartland of North America

is filled with
illusions of eternity...

Vast open spaces, endless skies,

and roads that seem
to go on forever.

But for some,

thoughts of
eternity are terrifying

and the open road
is a road to nowhere.

Woman: Is it true, frank? Is it?

[ Police radio chatter ]



[ Sighs ]

Something's wrong.
I'll be right back.

[ Door opens ]

Larry, what happened?

Hey, Randy. I didn't
even realize you live here.

This guy came around the corner,

lost control, and struck
that tree right there.

How bad is he hurt?

He's conscious, but the
real question is whether or not

he sustained any
type of massive trauma.

It's a heck of a way
to start your morning.

I can't believe I
didn't hear anything.

Marcy says I
sleep like the dead,

but I should have
heard something.

See you later.

[ Siren wailing ]

Marcy: Ma'am, I need
you to calm down.

Can you give me that address?

Where are you?

Narrator: In the winter of 2003,

Marcy wikoff manages
a police dispatch center

in bloomington, Illinois.

Adam 38, Adam 44.

Family disturbance
involving children

in progress at 1234
west Washington.

White male, intoxicated
and dangerous.

Rough day?

Just busy.

Narrator: Her husband, Randy,

is a detective in the
same department.

Marcy: With both of us
working in law enforcement,

it doubles the stress.

I worry about him.

I'm in a safe environment
inside the building.

He's not. He's out
there on the street.

How come you're fielding calls?

Judy's out sick. We needed
an extra person on the phones.

Randy: As long as
we've been together,

she's never worked
a 40-hour week.

It's always 48,
50, 55, 60 hours.

I just worry about
her stress levels.

Did you hear anything
more about the accident?

Yeah, I talked to Larry
at county an hour ago.

And? The guy didn't make it.

Apparently there were
some complications,

something unexpected.

I was surprised and saddened

because I didn't think his
injuries were that extreme.

Wish there was something
we could have done.

Marcy: We felt
horrible, terrible.

There was a guy that
died in your front yard.

Narrator: For eight years,
the couple's country home

has provided an escape
from their stressful jobs.

Marcy: I loved coming
home after work.

It was just so nice
to come out here.

It was so quiet.

You didn't hear the traffic.
You didn't hear any sirens.

It was great.

[ Music playing on television ]

Narrator: But there is one
sound the couple misses...

The laughter of
their son, Clint.

He recently joined
the army national guard

and was deployed
to the middle east.

Marcy: The day that he
left, the phone quit ringing.

Nobody came over, and
it was just, like, deserted,

there was no one here.

It almost felt like we'd had
a funeral and he was gone.

Narrator: In his absence,

Marcy and Randy depend
on each other more than ever.

Marcy: Randy and me have
gotten along great from day one.

He's always been my best friend.

Oh, those guys have got it made.

Mercenaries,
hangings, plagues...

What more could you want?

I meant the actors,
not the characters.

Be nice to deal
with a fictional crisis

for a change
instead of real ones.

Mm-hmm.

That's all I want.

I have always told Randall,

if there's anything I ever want
to do in my life before I die,

I want to ride a
horse in a western.

I just think that would
be the coolest thing.

Narrator: During the week,

Randy frequently
works the graveyard shift.

Marcy is usually asleep
before he gets home.

[ Footsteps approaching ]

Randy, is that you?

Randy?

Absolutely no one there.

I kind of just let it go.

"All right, this is
my imagination."

I am a level-headed person.

I think things through.

I don't make snap,
knee-jerk decisions,

and that comes from
the line of work that I'm in.

Narrator: As winter breaks,

Marcy's stress at work
and home only grows,

as does her concern
for her son's safety.

It's been almost three weeks.

Marcy: Months before,

I was telling him what time
he had to be home at night,

and now he's out defending
our country with a gun.

You know he'll call
or write when he can.

Here. This should cheer you up.

Start shooting in a few weeks.

That's only 20
minutes from here.

You know he wouldn't
want you to worry like this.

It was the scariest thing
for me to ever go through.

Every day, I would say a little
prayer for that kid every day.

Randy!

What's the matter?

There was someone here!

Where?

Where are you going?!

Get my gun! Stay inside!

I mean, he was there, and
he was gone just like that.

There's nobody here.

Are you sure you saw something?

Yes. I saw somebody
standing right in front of me.

A split second
later, he was gone.

Gone where? I don't
know. I didn't see him leave.

I just saw him
standing in the doorway.

Randy: The thing about
Marcy is she's very grounded.

She's not taken towards
big, imaginative things.

She's very here and now.

What did he look like?

He was tall, older.

I think he was wearing jeans.

"I want to believe you, but I
don't have anything tangible

that supports what
you're telling me."

Well, he's gone
now, whoever it was.

Marcy: I knew deep down that
there was something in here.

I knew it.

Narrator: Left with
no other explanation,

Marcy considers the impossible.

Perhaps her house is haunted.

Marcy: You read about
it. You see it on TV shows.

You see movies about it.

"Can this really be
happening? Can this be?"

Narrator: In the spring of 2003,

Randy gets promoted to sergeant

and starts working even
longer hours than before.

Marcy is nervous
about being home alone.

Marcy: I'd stay at work.

I'd stay sometimes
to 8:00, 9:00 at night.

That was not uncommon.

That way, I figured,
"okay, I go home.

I'm only gonna be home by
myself for a couple hours."

[ Telephone ringing ]

Hello?

Hi, mom.

Clint! How are you?

I'm good. Things are
kind of crazy right now.

What's new with you guys?

Other than working
too hard, we're okay.

I really miss you guys.

I really can't talk right now.
We're on the move again.

I just wanted to call and
let you know I'm doing okay.

Will you tell dad I called?

Of course.

I really love you guys.

We love you, too, so much.

Bye, mom.

Bye.

[ Telephone beeps ]

[ Gasps ]

All at once, I feel this air
down the back of my neck.

There's not a window open.
The air-conditioner is not on.

Nothing's running...
No fans, nothing.

Get out of here!

I said, "I mean it. Go away.

"Get out of this house.
We don't want you here.

Leave me alone. Leave me alone."

Narrator: Marcy forces
herself to carry on.

Marcy: On one
hand, I'm terrified.

On the other hand,
this is my home,

and you're not gonna
run me out of here.

[ Screams ]

I couldn't get out of that
basement fast enough.

I didn't know if something
was following me,

if something was chasing me.

I had no idea.

[ Dialing ]

Randy? Something
is in this house.

Something touched me.

Who touched you?

I don't know.
There's nobody here.

Randy: I don't know
what you tell your wife

when she thinks there's an
unknown presence in your house.

I don't know what the
correct response for that is.

Marcy, are you all right?

Marcy?

Marcy, are you all right?

I'm fine.

Just get home as
soon as you can, okay?

Okay.

Marcy: I was scared.

"Is somebody watching
everything that I'm doing?"

You can't even
explain to someone

how horrible that feeling is.

[ Siren wailing ]

Narrator: While
Randy races home,

Marcy does everything she
can think of to protect herself.

Marcy: I'm not going
in that basement again.

That's out of the question.

But now what do you do?

How do you fight
something you can't see?

If something's gonna
come through the door,

I'm at least gonna hear it.

I didn't find
anything down there.

I know what I felt.

Okay, then tell me.

I don't know what
you're going through

unless you talk to me.

It was very frustrating for me,

'cause I can't explain
to him how that felt.

You had to be
here to believe it.

When I'm alone in this house,

I feel as though someone
is standing right next to me

as close as I am
to you right now.

How can I help?

I don't know!

Randy: But I never doubted
that she felt what she said she felt.

But anything that I would say
would just come off as empty.

It was real frustrating for me

because I'm used
to fixing problems.

Narrator: The only
time Marcy feels safe

is when she's not alone.

Man on television:
Several days passed

with no word from the teenager.

Police, friends, and
neighbors organized

a search of the area
surrounding Micah's home.

Desperate for a lead...

Marcy: There's a blue
mist right in front of my face.

I am awake.

I can see the TV
in the background.

What is this mist?

What's wrong? What's wrong?

It's in here now.

It's gone now.

But there was a blue light
in here a few seconds ago,

and I wasn't dreaming.

Why didn't you wake me
up? It was gone too soon.

Now I don't feel safe in
there, not even with him,

so nobody can protect me.

You start questioning
yourself day in and day out.

You can drive
yourself over the edge.

I was just a basket
case all the time.

Because I wanted
somebody to tell me, "it's okay.

It's all right."

I wasn't looking
for a support group.

I just wanted to know this
happened to someone else.

[ Tires screech ]

Man: You are
nothing without me...

Both of you.

[ Footsteps approaching ]

[ Woman crying ]

Marcy: I see the guy
in the white t-shirt again,

standing with
two girls this time.

[ Gasps ]

He is just staring at me
like, "you can't touch me."

You know, "I'm here."

I just saw a man push two
women into the basement.

What? Stay here.

I think he thought,
"oh, here we go again.

Now she's seeing things."

But he didn't say that.

He tried very hard
to be supportive.

Narrator: Randy
knows it's important

that Marcy get out of the house

so she doesn't dwell
on her growing fear.

Randy: I was concerned that
if this progression continued,

that it could cause her some
actual tangible health problems.

Man: See that camera over
there? It's got to be there.

You got to get
rid of these cars.

Excuse me? How can I help you?

I'm looking for the director

or somebody who can tell
me about being an extra.

Yeah, we need people.
Right this way, sir.

Jim?

Man: Hold on a second.

All right, move this trailer.

Excuse me. Can you
talk to this fellow, please?

Good morning,
I'm sergeant wikoff.

Jim conover. Nice to meet you.

I read in the paper that
you were looking for extras,

and my wife... it's always been
her dream to be in a western.

And she could really use
something like this about now.

Here. It's a card
for my assistant.

You give her a call next week.

She'll set something
up for both of you.

I really appreciate it.

Come on, let's go. We
got to move that camera.

Narrator: One night,
while Marcy's at work...

[ Screams ]

[ Screams ]

[ Screams ]

[ Screams ]

Randy: It was real. It was loud.

It was right on top
of me. I wasn't alone.

This was what Marcy
has been talking about.

I know what you mean now.

I could tell
something was there,

even though I couldn't see it.

Marcy: Now we're
on the same page.

Now he understands.
Now he's gonna help me.

You think it has anything
to do with the guy

who was killed in the
motorcycle accident?

I mean, maybe it's
him you've been seeing.

But what about the two
women in the basement?

Who are they?

The whole thing
really was crazy.

We were trying to put
a name and a face to it,

and we don't have a clue.

Narrator: Marcy and
Randy get out of the house

as often as possible.

They volunteer as extras in
the filming of a local movie.

You must be the new extras.

Marcy: It gave me
something to do

so I wasn't just worried about
what was gonna happen next.

And you're both with the police
department? Yes, that's right.

I used to be a private
investigator for 14 years.

How did you get
involved in this?

I didn't. My brother
did. He's the director.

I'm just helping him
out while he's filming.

So what do you do now?

I'm a full-time
paranormal investigator.

Are you serious?

16 years.

Randy: For us to find
him at that time in that way,

it just seemed extremely
coincidental or lucky.

So, what does
that mean, exactly?

I mean, what do you do?

Basically, I talk to spirits.

I know a lot of people
don't believe in that,

but I try to help those that do.

Narrator: Rob
conover has intervened

in hundreds of hauntings

since discovering his
clairvoyant abilities.

I refer to myself as
a reluctant astronaut

because I didn't
want it, but I got it.

What would you say if I told
you our house is haunted?

I'd say we just met,

and I don't see any
reason for you to lie to me.

I keep seeing a man in my house.

Yeah, I sensed a
heaviness about you.

Marcy: He goes, "you
definitely have got some issues

"going on in your house.

You definitely have got
some problems there."

Which floored me...
How does he know this?

When I see him,
he's standing there,

looking at me, staring at me.

Rob: Most people see
spirits as they fade away.

And I knew then that
this is gonna get worse,

because it's obvious
he's there to scare her,

which means the more
he gets away with it,

the more he's going to do.

The most important thing
to do is to control your fear.

When a spirit
comes into a house,

it will play on one person.

The fear of that
person gives it energy.

I always tell people
that if they're scared,

to pull out their Bible
and recite the 23rd psalm.

Your brother's asking for you.

Here's my card. Gave
me a call if you need help.

Rob: I don't push
myself on people.

When they call me, it's
because they're ready...

They're ready
for me to be there.

Narrator: For weeks, Marcy
has avoided being home alone.

But she can't stay away forever.

One night, while
Randy is at work...

"The lord is my
Shepherd. I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures."

[ Water running ]

Randy?

I said, "that is it. I am done.

I'm through with
you. You're leaving."

Rob, this is... This
is Marcy wikoff.

[ Thunder rumbles ]

Rob, thanks so much for coming.

I know it's kind
of nasty out there.

Yeah, the storm's
gonna be here soon.

Rob: There's no preparation.

I don't know how the
spirit is gonna react to me.

And I go in and I deal with
it the way I did all my life...

one-on-one, face-to-face,

and not backing down.

First thing I need to do
is kind of walk around

and see if I can locate
the source of energy.

Marcy: I had no
idea what to expect.

Okay.

I thought he'll come
through the house,

say a couple things, and
that will be the end of it.

That's not quite what happened.

[ Thunder rumbling ]

There's definitely someone here.

I felt the energy of the spirit,

and it was very, very strong.

He's hiding from me.

Is he doing that?

Yes.

Marcy: The power goes out.

That's when things
started to happen.

[ Thunder crashes ]

Rob, I don't know
that I can do this.

Marcy, you need to be strong.

Marcy: My heart
was beating so fast,

and I was hoping that he
knew what he was doing.

Let's go.

Rob: There's definitely
someone here.

When I walk into an area
and a spirit is present,

before I see the
spirit, I get a feeling.

There's no pain.

It's just a cool
electrical shock all over.

What are you doing here?

Who are you?

[ Gasps ] What's happening?
You've got to stay calm.

Marcy: But I could see
the blue and the light,

and I could see the
outline of the figure.

I was scared to death.

Rob: He's here.

Woman: Is it true, frank?

Is it?

He's not alone.

Get back to the car, now!

Rob: I see spirits as they
were when they passed away.

Are you okay?

I've seen people that
were shot, stabbed,

people that were
in bad car wrecks.

Now!

He's keeping them here.

Marcy: What?

Two women... He's
keeping them here.

Where are they?

Who are you?

Talk to me.

What the hell was that?

There's no logical explanation.

He's just trying to scare us.

I wasn't afraid.

That put him on the
defensive even more.

Narrator: Suddenly,
Rob senses a tragedy

that took place
nearly 60 years ago.

Is it true, frank?

Is it?

Answer me.

Is it?

I swear to god, if you ever
lay a hand on my daughter, I'll...

You'll what?

[ Laughs ]

[ Tires screech ]

[ Tires screech ]

Rob: They don't belong here.

R-Rob, I want to leave.

It's okay.

There was a car crash.

What?

A car crash on this property.

It was a motorcycle
accident on the front lawn

a few months ago.

This was decades ago,
before there were houses here.

A man and two women were inside.

They died on this land.

It's not the house
that's haunted.

It's the land.

Rob: Oftentimes when
people die a sudden death,

they stay right there
where they've died.

This man was
afraid of going to hell.

He created his own self-imposed
purgatory by staying here,

and he made the
female spirits stay

because he was afraid
of going through the light.

[ Crying ] Why are they here?

Because of you.

Your fear,

your vulnerability in
times of stress feeds him,

makes him feel alive.

Are they gone?

Marcy: I literally
thought, "what on earth?

"What if now we
can't get it out of here?

What are we gonna do?"

The man is just
gathering his strength.

I'll have to talk to
all three of them

about crossing over...

make them understand

that they don't
belong here anymore.

Narrator: Rob first must
convince the female spirits

that they alone
control their destiny.

I'm here to help you.

I know that you're afraid,
but you are not alone.

He may have had
power over you in life,

but he has no power
over you in death.

He can't hold you
here any longer.

He can't hold you
here any longer!

No! Let them go!

The male spirit's
demeanor changed

because suddenly he
realized he was alone.

You need to go, too!

I want my house back!

She's not afraid of you anymore.

He began to ask me questions.

"Will I be punished?
Will it be painful?"

And I told him, "I don't know,

"but it's up to you to
face your judgment

like we all will have to."

I know that you're
afraid of being judged

for the things that
you've done in life,

but god's worst judgment

is better than the
devil's punishments.

Our heavenly father,

we pray that you will
accept this lost soul.

Give him the courage, oh
lord, to find his way into the light.

We ask this in your
holy name, amen!

I have helped three spirits
go where they belong...

Two where they should
have been all along

and one who may be
facing a judgment right now.

I don't know what's on
the other side of that light.

But I know he's where
he's supposed to be.

Marcy: And as soon as
he goes through the light,

our power pops back on.

The side of the doorway
where he went through the light

was completely hot,

and the other side of
the doorway was cool.

All this has gone away.

Rob, I want you to
meet my son, Clint.

Nice to finally meet you.

I know your parents are
glad to have you home.

It's good to be home, sir.

Your mother is quite
the brave woman.

But now you've got
to face the camera.

Your scene's coming up.

Thank you, Rob.

Randy: I don't profess or even
have an interest in the paranormal,

but if somebody asks me,

I can look them
in the eye and say,

"yeah, we had a problem,
and we dealt with it."

Marcy: Now I know there's
nothing wrong with me.

I'm okay.

If I can say one thing
about this whole experience,

it's trust your inner self.

Trust your own judgment.

For an experience like this,

no one else understands
unless you've been there.

It's something we lived
through, and I'm glad it is over.

Narrator: The wikoffs continue to
live in their house in bloomington,

but there have been no more
supernatural occurrences.