Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 11 - Mutants - full transcript

Narrator: MUTANT MONSTERS

PREYING ON ANYONE
INTRUDING ON THEIR TERRAIN.

I FELT MY LIFE WAS AT STAKE.

[ GROWLS ]

WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES,

I STILL CLEARLY SEE THE IMAGE
OF THAT CREATURE THAT NIGHT.

Narrator: SATAN'S APE,
ATTACKING WITHOUT WARNING,

POUNCING ON ITS VICTIMS.

[ SCREAMING ]

IF IT GOT AHOLD OF YOU,

IT COULD JUST LITERALLY
TEAR YOU APART.



[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]

Narrator: THE ZOMBIE WITCH
RISING FROM THE DEAD.

I SAW HER ACTUALLY REACH AT ME.

THEY LOOKED LIKE CLAWS.

IT WAS STRAIGHT FEAR.

IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD,

BUT IT WAS ALIVE.

IT WAS TERRIFYING,
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: IN COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST,

RESIDENTS REPORT SIGHTINGS
OF STRANGE MUTANT CREATURES

SOMETIMES MISTAKEN
FOR CHILDREN...

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]

...BUT ONES WITH
HIDEOUSLY DEFORMED HEADS.



AS LEGEND HAS IT,
THEY ROAM THE BACKWOODS,

NOWHERE TO CALL HOME,
NOTHING TO LOSE,

SPREADING TERROR
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

MANY OF THE LEGENDS
ABOUT MELON HEADS

ORIGINATE NEAR THE SMALL TOWN
OF KIRTLAND, OHIO,

DURING THE HARD TIMES
OF THE 1930s.

BACK IN THE '30s,

A GENTLEMAN CLAIMING TO BE
A MEDICAL DOCTOR

OPENED HIS HOME UP
AS AN ORPHANAGE.

IT'S NOT LIKE TODAY WHERE
YOU HAD PROTOCOL AND PAPERWORK.

BACK THEN,
NO ONE KEPT TRACK OF ANYTHING.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
BEHIND THOSE DOORS THERE.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND,

BEHIND THOSE DOORS,

AN EVIL DOCTOR
IDENTIFIED ONLY AS DR. CROW

MUTATED ORPHAN CHILDREN
INTO MONSTERS.

Cook:
WHAT DR. CROW DID WAS PERFORM

SOME VERY NASTY, HORRENDOUS
EXPERIMENTS ON CHILDREN.

[ CHAINS RATTLING ]

FRITZ, WHO WAS HERE?

JUST ANOTHER INTAKE,
DOCTOR.

HIS PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT HIM.

WELL, WE WANT HIM.

WE CAN HELP HIM.

I REMEMBER HEARING RUMORS
ABOUT A MAD DOCTOR

DOING EXPERIMENTS
ON THESE CHILDREN.

THEIR BODIES WERE LITTLE,

BUT THEY HAD
THESE GIGANTIC HEADS.

PEOPLE STARTING CALLING THEM
MELON HEADS.

HE WAS PUTTING WATER
INTO THE CHILDREN'S HEAD,

CAUSING DEFORMITIES
AS FAR AS THE WAY THEY LOOKED,

THEIR EYES, THEIR NOSE,

THEIR TEETH, THEIR BODY,

ALSO THE SHAPE OF THEIR HEAD.

THE CHANCES OF THEM GROWING UP
AND HAVING A REGULAR LIFE

WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.

Narrator: WHATEVER DR. CROW DID
TO THE ORPHANS,

HIS REIGN OF TERROR EVENTUALLY
CAME TO A VIOLENT END.

Cook: AFTER YEARS AND YEARS
OF ABUSE BY THE DOCTOR,

THE CHILDREN ROSE UP,
FOUGHT BACK,

AND DID TAKE REVENGE.

[ SNARLING ]

[ COUGHING ]

[ CHAINS RATTLING ]

[ SNARLING ]

NO ONE REALLY KNOWS
AT THIS POINT WHAT HAPPENED.

WE'RE NOT SURE IF THE DOCTOR
ACTUALLY WAS KILLED.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE CHILDREN
BURNED DOWN THE MANSION.

[ CHILDREN SNARLING ]

WE'RE NOT SURE
IF HE ACTUALLY SURVIVED

AND MOVED ON SOMEPLACE ELSE

AND STARTED PROCEDURES
IN ANOTHER STATE.

[ FIRE CRACKLING ]

Narrator: IT ALL SEEMS TOO
STRANGE AND GRUESOME TO BELIEVE

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE DOZENS
OF SIGHTINGS OF MELON HEADS

OVER THE YEARS

LENDING CREDENCE
TO THIS BIZARRE MONSTER TALE.

SO, AFTER THE FIRE TOOK PLACE,

THERE'S A REAL GOOD POSSIBILITY
THAT SOME OF THEM MOVED ON

JUST TO GET AWAY FROM THE AREA,

BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING,
YOU KNOW, SIGHTINGS

FROM THE 1940s ON

IN MICHIGAN,
IN CONNECTICUT ESPECIALLY.

Narrator: TRUMBULL, CONNECTICUT,

IS A LEAFY
SUBURBAN BEDROOM COMMUNITY

TO THE NORTHEAST
OF NEW YORK CITY.

SEVEN DECADES SINCE THE
MELON HEAD SCARE OF THE 1930s,

THE EVIL DR. CROW
IS ALMOST CERTAINLY GONE.

COULD THE DESCENDANTS
OF HIS TWISTED EXPERIMENTS

STILL REMAIN?

RESIDENTS
IN THIS PART OF CONNECTICUT

BELIEVE THEY MAY BE OUT THERE.

Chris: WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,

MY OLDER BROTHER AND HIS FRIENDS
WOULD TALK TO ME

ABOUT A LEGEND
THAT THEY CALLED MELON HEADS.

THEY WERE MUTANTS THAT LIVED
IN A PART OF TRUMBULL

THAT THEY CALL DRACULA DRIVE.

Narrator: ON HIGHWAY MAPS,
IT'S CALLED VELVET STREET.

BUT FOR MANY LOCALS HERE,
IT'S DRACULA DRIVE.

ONE NIGHT, CHRIS BARICKO
AND SOME FRIENDS,

ARMED WITH NOTHING MORE
THAN A BELLY FULL OF COURAGE,

DROVE OUT TO THE WOODS
TO TEST THE LEGEND.

Chris: I'M A BIG SKEPTIC.

I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON,

I DON'T BELIEVE IT
UNLESS I SEE IT.

THIS IS DRACULA DRIVE,
RIGHT?

YEAH.

I NEVER THOUGHT, HONESTLY,
I WOULD EVER SEE ANYTHING.

AND MY FRIEND GOES, "LOOK.
I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING."

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
OVER THERE.

AND WE THOUGHT, "OH, OKAY.

HERE IT COMES.
HE'S TRYING TO SCARE US."

HE GOES, "NO, I'M DEAD SERIOUS.
I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING."

THERE'S A DEER.

[ SNARLS ]

WHAT IS THAT?

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I WAS THINKING.

BUT SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME SAID
I HAD TO DO IT.

I HELD MY FLASHLIGHT,
AND I SAW THE HEAD.

I WAS LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME."

[ SNARLING ]

Narrator: GOING BACK
TO THE DEPRESSION OF THE 1930s,

GENERATIONS
HAVE PASSED ON A LEGEND,

A FRIGHTENING STORY
OF ORPHAN CHILDREN

TURNED INTO HIDEOUS MUTANTS.

EVERY FEW YEARS,
GIVING LIFE TO THE LEGEND,

SOMEONE SWEARS THEY'VE
ENCOUNTERED A MELON HEAD.

I CAN CLOSE MY EYES
AND STILL SEE THAT IMAGE,

THE SILHOUETTE,
JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

Narrator: THAT SILHOUETTE
IS THEIR DEFINING FEATURE.

Cook: VERY LARGE HEAD,

VEINS POPPING FROM THE HEAD,
VERY PALE.

SHARP TEETH.

Chris: GROWING UP,

LISTENING TO THE STORY
ABOUT THE MELON HEADS,

I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL.

I THOUGHT
IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE

AND, YOU KNOW, MORE FOLKLORE
THAN, YOU KNOW, REALITY

UNTIL I HAD MY EXPERIENCE.

IT'S NOT FOLKLORE.
IT'S NOT A STORY.

IT'S A FACT.

Narrator: 25 YEARS AGO,

ONE FOGGY EVENING
ON A BACK COUNTRY ROAD

NEAR TRUMBULL, CONNECTICUT,

CHRIS BARICKO AND HIS FRIENDS
WERE LEGEND TRIPPING,

EXPLORING AN AREA NOTORIOUS
FOR CREATURE SIGHTINGS.

Chris:
BECAUSE IT IS SO SECLUDED,

HEAVILY WOODED,
UNPOPULATED AREA,

IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE
FOR MONSTERS TO HIDE OUT.

Narrator:
AS THEY WOULD SOON DISCOVER...

[ SNARLING ]

Man: DUDE,
I'M GETTING CREEPED OUT.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

WE QUICKLY SAW A SHADOW
GO BEHIND THE WOODS.

Narrator: A DEAD DEER

AND SOMETHING LURKING
IN THE SHADOWS...

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

...WAS TOO MUCH
FOR CHRIS' FRIEND.

AND MY FRIENDS
WENT INTO PANIC MODE.

I SAID, "THAT'S IT,"
AND HIGH-TAILED IT OUT OF THERE.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO STAY.

I'M THE MORE ADVENTUROUS
TYPE PERSON.

I WANT TO SEE FOR MYSELF
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, WHO IT WAS.

AND I ASKED MY FRIENDS
WHO WAS WILLING TO GO BACK.

AND THEY BOTH SAID,
"NO, WE AIN'T GOING BACK."

THEY WERE TOO SCARED.

SO, I SAID,
"WELL, I'M GOING BACK."

AND THEY SAID, "OH, OKAY.

"WELL, WE'LL READ ABOUT YOU
IN THE PAPER

THAT THE MELON HEADS GOT YOU."

Narrator: A COUPLE NIGHTS LATER,
CHRIS BARICKO DECIDED TO RETURN.

HIS SKEPTICISM
WOULD BE PUT TO THE TEST.

Chris:
THE MOST I THOUGHT I WOULD SEE
IS A WILD ANIMAL IN THE WOODS.

I REALLY WAS NOT EXPECTING
TO SEE ANYTHING MORE

THAN A SQUIRREL
OR, AT MOST, A DEER.

SO, I GET OUT OF MY CAR
AND I WALK UP.

AND I DID HAVE THE TIGHTNESS
IN MY CHEST AND NERVES

'CAUSE I'M ALONE.

[ BRANCH SNAPS ]

AND I HEARD A BRANCH BREAK.

I SAW SOMETHING
MAYBE 4 FEET TALL.

SHINED A FLASHLIGHT
TO SEE WHO IS IT.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

THE HEAD WAS JUST CREEPY, EERIE.

I THINK I WAS MORE FROZE
FROM JUST THE SHOCK AND PANIC

AND ALL THE EMOTIONS INTO ONE
OF LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.

THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME."

I KNEW
I HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE.

[ HISSES ]

[ GROWLING ]

I KEPT WAITING TO FEEL
A HAND GRAB MY SHOULDER.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ GROWLING ]

I HIGH-TAILED IT OUT OF THERE.

WHO KNOWS
WHAT IT WAS GONNA DO TO ME?

WAS IT GONNA TRY TO SEVER
ONE OF MY BODY PARTS,

MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF ME,

YOU KNOW,
PUT ME UP AS A WARNING SIGN?

"DON'T BOTHER US.
STAY AWAY."

I WAS HONESTLY PETRIFIED.

MY HUSBAND, CHRIS,
IS NOT NORMALLY SCARED EASILY.

BASICALLY, HE IS A TOUGH GUY.

THAT CREATURE, WHATEVER IT WAS,
REALLY DID SCARE HIM.

Narrator: WHILE THE FIRST
STORIES ABOUT MELON HEADS

AROSE IN OHIO,

LATER SIGHTINGS
CROPPED UP IN MICHIGAN,

CONNECTICUT, AND FLORIDA.

THE MUTANTS WERE ON THE MOVE.

Cook: MELON HEADS WERE
ALWAYS CONSIDERED TO BE

OUTCASTS IN SOCIETY.

SOME MAY HAVE EVEN GOT INTO
THE CIRCUS OR TO THE FREAK SHOWS

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

THEY DID PROBABLY FEEL
THEY WERE SAFE THERE.

BEING PART OF SOCIETY

WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT
THEY COULD NOT GET USED TO.

Narrator: PERHAPS SOME OF THOSE
IN THE SIDESHOWS

WERE NOT ENTIRELY HUMAN.

THEY WERE MELON HEADS.

AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE
THESE GODFORSAKEN CREATURES

WERE REVERTING
TO THEIR MONSTROUS NATURE.

AAH!

[ GROWLS ]

Narrator:
ALONG FLORIDA'S GULF COAST,

CIRCUSES FREQUENTLY
MAKE THEIR WINTER HOMES.

STEVE PATE GREW UP IN THE TOWN
OF NAPLES, FLORIDA,

UNAWARE OF THE MELON HEADS
NEXT DOOR.

Pate: I LOVED GROWING UP HERE.

WE WERE OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME.

IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

JUST GO MEET YOUR FRIENDS

AND SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY
UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN.

Narrator: NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT

UNTIL THE EVENING THE MONSTERS
INVADED STEVE'S CHILDHOOD.

IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 3 FEET TALL,
BUT IT HAD THIS GIGANTIC HEAD.

Pate: MY PARENTS
HAD SOME FRIENDS OVER.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
A CREATURE

THAT ATTACKED A COUPLE
OF THE TOWER TECHNICIANS.

JUST GRABBED THE GUY
BY THE TORSO

AND JUST DRUG HIM
INTO THE WOODS.

AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T FOUND
THE BODY AT ALL.

THE BODY WAS NEVER FOUND.
NOTHING WAS FOUND.

IT WASN'T SOMETHING
THAT A CHILD SHOULD HAVE HEARD.

[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]

Narrator: THAT EVENING,

YOUNG STEVE WENT TO BED
WITH A FEAR OF MUTANT CREATURES.

THE REALITY HE WOULD ENCOUNTER
A FEW YEARS LATER

WAS WORSE THAN ANY NIGHTMARE.

Pate: MY COUSIN AND HIS FRIEND
WERE OVER TO PLAY WAR GAMES --

BASICALLY TAG
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

ME AND MY BEST FRIEND CHRIS
WERE ON ONE TEAM

AND THEY WERE ON THE OTHER.

WE STARTED CRAWLING
THROUGH THE FIELD

AND WE GOT
ALMOST TO THE WOOD LINE

WHEN WE HEARD SOMETHING
BEHIND US.

TAG!

WE GOT YOU.

WE DID.

YOU WANT TO BET?
NO!

Pate: THEY CAPTURED US

AND TOOK US FURTHER BACK
INTO THE WOODS,

AND THEY DUCT-TAPED US
TO THE SAME TREE

AND LEFT US THERE.

Narrator:
WHAT STARTED AS A CHILDISH PRANK

WOULD SOON TURN
INTO A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.

TIED TO THE TREE...

WE GOT TO GET
OUT OF HERE.

...THEY WERE SITTING DUCKS.

[ SNARLING ]

WHAT IS THAT?

WHAT?

Pate:
I COULD SEE IT IN CHRIS' EYES.

HE WAS TERRIFIED.

[ SNARLING CONTINUES ]

I COULDN'T TURN AROUND...

[ SNARLING CONTINUES ]

...BUT I COULD HEAR IT
COMING UP FROM BEHIND ME.

IT WAS COMING CLOSER AND CLOSER.

I KNEW IT WAS COMING FOR US.

[ HISSES ]

Narrator: MUTANT MELON HEADS

HIDING OUT
IN AMERICA'S BACKWOODS

LIKE AN ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS.

THESE SMALL
BUT MONSTROUS HUMANOIDS

ALLEGEDLY PREY UPON PEOPLE WHO
WANDER INTO THEIR TERRITORY.

ONE NIGHT IN 1986
NEAR NAPLES, FLORIDA,

STEVE PATE AND A FRIEND WERE
PLAYING A NEIGHBORHOOD WAR GAME.

THEY TURNED UP AS CAPTIVES
AND WERE LEFT TIED TO A TREE.

A MELON HEAD WAS CLOSING IN.

THIS THING WAS COMING UP
FROM BEHIND US.

[ SNARLING ]

Pate: HE COULD SEE
AROUND THE TREE PAST ME.

I COULDN'T TURN AROUND,
BUT I COULD HEAR ITS BREATHING.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
IT WAS EXCITED

THAT IT WAS TERRIFYING ME.

I STARTED SHAKING.

FEAR WAS THE ONLY THING
THAT HELPED ME GET FREE.

I IMMEDIATELY JUST STARTED
TRYING TO TEAR MY HANDS APART,

RUBBING THEM AGAINST THE TREE
TO BREAK THE TAPE.

EVENTUALLY IT BROKE.

ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS,
"THIS THING IS GOING TO GET ME."

[ HISSES ]

I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE
THE CUTS IN MY HANDS

FROM THE TAPE
DIGGING INTO MY SKIN.

I HAD THE SCARS ON MY WRIST
FOR A LONG TIME.

Narrator: THE SCARS WOULD HEAL.

THE IMPRINT LEFT
BY HIS MELON HEAD ENCOUNTER

HAS LASTED A LIFETIME.

Pate:
IF I SEE SOMETHING IN THE DARK,

SEE SOMETHING MOVE
IN THE SHADOWS

OR JUST SEE SOMETHING
THAT RESEMBLES ITS SHAPE,

IT BRINGS IT ALL BACK.

UNFORTUNATELY,
IT LIVES WITH YOU FOREVER.

[ SNARLS ]

I DON'T DOUBT MYSELF EVER,
WHAT I SAW THAT NIGHT.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

I STAYED AWAY
FROM DRACULA DRIVE.

I WAS SCARED TO EVER GO BACK.

HONESTLY, I BELIEVE
THEY'RE STILL IN THAT AREA.

WHEN THEY WANT TO COME OUT,
THEY'LL COME OUT.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE
A SIDESHOW FOR YOU.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE
YOUR ENTERTAINMENT.

Narrator: ON THE WESTERN EDGE
OF THE APPALACHIANS

LIES THE SMALL TOWN
OF WEST POINT, KENTUCKY.

HIDDEN WITHIN
THESE ANCIENT HIGHLANDS,

THERE ARE STORIES OF A MUTANT
CREATURE LIKE NO OTHER.

Marva:
THERE ARE THINGS IN THE COUNTRY

THAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN
FOR CENTURIES,

BUT I WOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED

THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
COULD EXIST.

I KNOW THEY EXIST NOW.

I DIDN'T BEFORE,
BUT I KNOW THEY DO NOW.

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS,

THE LAST NORTH AMERICAN PRIMATES
LIVING IN THE WILD

DIED OUT
SOME 30 MILLION YEARS AGO.

OF COURSE,
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,

THERE'S A STORY ABOUT A MONKEY
ON THE LOOSE AND THRIVING.

THERE'S NO QUESTION

THAT AN ANIMAL AS INTELLIGENT
AND RESOURCEFUL AS A PRIMATE

CAN SURVIVE HERE.

IMAGINE IF THOSE CAPACITIES
MUTATED

INTO SOMETHING UTTERLY MEAN.

THE DEVIL MONKEY
HAS BEEN SIGHTED

PRIMARILY IN THE APPALACHIANS.

THERE'S A LOT OF WOODLAND THERE,
A LOT OF CAVES.

IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE
FOR A CREATURE TO HIDE.

Narrator: SOMETIMES, THESE
CREATURES DON'T STAY HIDDEN.

THEY GO LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.

IN THE 1970s,

MARVA AND WAYMAN MORGAN
MOVE TO RURAL KENTUCKY

TO GIVE THEIR FOUR YOUNG
CHILDREN A LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY LOVE THE SERENITY THEY FELT
FROM THE WOODS CLOSE BY.

AS THEY'D DISCOVER,

THOSE WOODS WERE HIDING
SOMETHING MONSTROUS.

BACK YEARS AGO,

MY AUNT AND UNCLE
OWNED THIS PROPERTY.

MY UNCLE, HE HAD CHICKENS.

AND THEY HAD LEFT FOR A NIGHT
AND CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY,

AND ALL THE CHICKENS WERE DEAD.

Narrator: THEY DIDN'T PAY MUCH
ATTENTION TO THE FAMILY TALE.

BUT AFTER THEY MOVED IN,
THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN --

STRANGE THINGS.

Wayman: MY WIFE'S MOM
GAVE HER A SHELTIE,

A LITTLE COLLIE DOG.

WE WAS LOOKING FOR THE DOG.

AND WE THOUGHT
SOMEBODY DONE STOLED IT

OR IT RAN OFF OR SOMETHING.

MY SON WAS WALKING
UP ON TOP OF THE LEVEE,

AND THERE THE DOG LAID,
AND THE DOG WAS TORE ALL UP.

IT WAS PRETTY MANGLED.

I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT
AROUND THERE.

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

Narrator:
AND THEN THERE WERE THE NOISES.

Marva: ME AND MY HUSBAND,

WE'D BE LAYING IN THE BED,
2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING,

AND WE HEAR THESE GARBAGE CANS
JUST CLANGING

AND GETTING KNOCKED AROUND.

Wayman:
THE OLD METAL CANS WAS CLANGING,

THE LIDS WAS OPENING
AND SLAMMING.

WE HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS MAKING THAT NOISE.

WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS DOGS.

Narrator: THE MORGANS WOULD SOON
LEARN THE AWFUL TRUTH.

THE EVENING BEGAN
AS ORDINARY AS ANY OTHER.

Marva:
SHANNON WAS A BABY AT THE TIME,

SO SHE FELL ASLEEP ON THE COUCH.

AND THE OTHERS WERE WATCHING TV.

Narrator: WITH THE KIDS SETTLED
IN FRONT OF THE TV,

WAYMAN GRABBED THE CHANCE
TO UNWIND WITH A HOT BATH.

THE TRANQUILITY
WOULDN'T LAST LONG.

AND I WAS IN THE BATH TUB.

AND THE CURTAINS BLEW, YOU KNOW?

IT BLEW OUT.

AND THIS HORRIBLE ODOR
CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW.

SMELLED SO BAD,

LIKE A BUNCH
OF OLD WET HOUND DOGS

THAT'S BEEN OUT HUNTING.

MARVA, WHAT'S THAT SMELL?

AND I SAID, "OH, I DON'T KNOW."
I SAID, YOU KNOW, "IT'S AWFUL."

MAYBE SOMETHING SORT OF DEAD.

I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY GROTESQUE.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.

I START GOING
TO THE DIFFERENT WINDOWS,

OPENING THE CURTAINS,
LOOKING OUT,

AND SEEING
IF I SMELLED ANYTHING.

I WENT TO OUR BEDROOM WINDOW
AND OPENED UP THE CURTAIN.

[ CREATURE SCREECHES ]

[ MARVA SCREAMS ]

I WAS TOTALLY PETRIFIED.

I MEAN, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT
I NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS

THOUGHT I WOULD EVER COME
FACE TO FACE WITH.

[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]

Narrator: SINCE THE 1950s IN
THE APPALACHIANS IN KENTUCKY,

THERE HAVE BEEN
NUMEROUS SIGHTINGS

OF A CREATURE RESEMBLING
A BABOON OR SMALL APE,

A PRIMATE-LIKE BEAST
SO AGGRESSIVE

IT'S COME TO BE KNOWN
AS THE DEVIL MONKEY.

Seech: THE DEVIL MONKEY
IS A VERY UNIQUE

5- TO 7-FOOT TALL, BABOON-LIKE
CREATURE WITH POINTY EARS.

IT HAS VERY POWERFUL HIND LEGS.

AND IT HAS THREE TOES,

BASED ON SOME OF THE TRACKS
THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND.

SOMETIMES THERE IS AN ODOR.

IT'S A MUSKY, A DOG-LIKE SMELL
THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED.

Narrator: WITH SHARP CLAWS
AND LARGE FANGS,

THIS BEAST IS READY FOR A FIGHT.

Seech:
RUNNING INTO A DEVIL MONKEY
IN ANY KIND OF SITUATION

WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.

THESE CREATURES
ARE VERY TERRITORIAL

AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO ATTACK
WITHOUT ANY PROVOCATION.

Narrator: THAT'S THE MONSTER

THAT MARVA MORGAN
WAS CONTENDING WITH ONE NIGHT

ALONGSIDE HER KENTUCKY HOME,

JUST AS SHE WAS CLOSING THE
WINDOWS TO A SUDDEN AWFUL SMELL.

[ CREATURE SCREECHES ]

I KNEW THIS CREATURE
WAS NOT HUMAN.

I KNEW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE,

AND I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS GONNA DO.

Narrator: EYEBALL TO EYEBALL
WITH A DEVIL MONKEY.

[ SCREAMING ]

[ GROWLING,
POUNDING ON WINDOW ]

Marva: IT SCARED ME SO BAD.

AND I SCREAMED AND RUN.

AND ALL THE KIDS
SCREAMED AND RUN

AND FOLLOWED ME
INTO THE BATHROOM.

[ MARVA SOBBING ]

Wayman:
MY WIFE SAT THERE AND CRIED.

SHE WAS JUST -- COULDN'T EVEN
TALK IT SHOCKED HER SO BAD.

SHE COULDN'T TELL ME
WHAT SHE HAD SAW.

AND THEN FINALLY SHE DID
CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT,

AND SHE SAID IT WAS HORRIBLE.

IT WAS THERE --
THE WINDOW.

WHAT?
WHAT DID YOU SEE?

Marva: I SAID,
"I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS,

"BUT I WAS AFRAID
THAT THIS CREATURE

WAS GONNA COME THROUGH
THAT WINDOW."

I WAS AFRAID FOR MY KIDS.

[ GASPS ]

Narrator: THEN THEY MADE
A HORRIFYING REALIZATION.

THEIR YOUNGEST ONE WAS ALONE
OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM.

I WAS SO AFRAID THAT I LEFT
MY BABY LAYING ON THE COUCH.

Narrator:
EASY PREY FOR THE MUTANT BEAST.

WAYMAN FEELS BLESSED
THAT HE GOT TO HER IN TIME.

IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS
AFTER THE TERRIFYING ORDEAL,

WAYMAN TRIED TO MAKE SENSE
OF THE MONSTER.

Wayman: THE COAL WORKER
THAT I WORKED WITH

TOLD ME THAT HE SAW
A LITTLE MONKEY.

I SAID, "YOU DID?"

HE SAYS, "YEAH.

"IT WAS SQUATTED DOWN,
CUPPING WATER IN ITS HANDS

AND SPLASHING IT ON ITS FACE."

I THOUGHT, "WELL, MAYBE WHAT
WE SAW IS WHAT'S GROWED UP."

Narrator: THOUGH THE CREATURE
NEVER RETURNED

TO TERRORIZE THE MORGANS AGAIN,

THE MEMORY STILL HAUNTS MARVA.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER
IN MY LIFE FELT THAT AFRAID.

THESE AREN'T HAPPY LITTLE
MONKEYS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

THEY'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE.

THEY'RE NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT
WANT TO ENCOUNTER ONE.

Narrator: 300 MILES
ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS

TO THE EAST
IN SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA,

THE SAME SORT OF MANIACAL MONKEY

HAS ALSO MADE
ITS PRESENCE KNOWN.

GENERATIONS OF THE BOYD FAMILY

HAVE LIVED IN THE SAME
SMALL VIRGINIAN TOWN.

MY FATHER WORKED ON THE RAILROAD
FOR 13, ALMOST 14 YEARS

AS A FIREMAN SHOVELING COAL.

MY MOM WAS A CHEERFUL,
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY PERSON.

Narrator:
THE OLDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN,

SCOTT BOYD ENJOYED HIS CHILDHOOD

IN THE FOOTHILLS
OF THE APPALACHIANS.

Boyd: YOU WERE OUTSIDE.
YOU WERE IN THE WOODS.

YOU WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

NOBODY GAVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT.

Narrator: UNTIL ONE EVENING
IN MAY OF 1959,

WHEN THAT SENSE OF SAFETY
WOULD CHANGE.

Woman: OH, I BROUGHT SANDWICHES
IF YOU WANT ONE.

THANK YOU, SWEETIE.

IT IS MRS. SANDLER'S JAM
FROM DOWN THE ROAD.

Boyd: IT WAS MOONLIT, BRIGHT,

AND THEY WERE DRIVING ALONG

WHEN MY DAD NOTICED A MOVEMENT
COMING DOWN THROUGH THE WOODS

ON THE PASSENGER SIDE
OF THE VEHICLE.

WHAT IS THAT?!

[ SCREAMS ]

THE ANIMAL JUMPED...
[ ANIMAL GROWLING ]

...RIGHT STRAIGHT OUT
INTO THE ROAD.

[ ANIMAL GROWLING,
WOMAN SCREAMING ]

AND IT JAMMED ITS FACE RIGHT UP
IN THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW.

MY MOTHER LOOKED IT
RIGHT IN THE FACE,

LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO ITS EYES,
RIGHT INTO ITS FACE.

[ SCREAMS ]

Narrator: FOR SIX GENERATIONS,
THE BOYD FAMILY

HAS MADE COAL COUNTRY
IN THE APPALACHIANS THEIR HOME.

IT'S A PLACE
WHERE THE WOODS ARE ALIVE

WITH LEGENDS
OF A MYSTERIOUS CREATURE.

Boyd: THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE
THAT HAVE CLAIMED

TO HAVE SEEN AND HEARD AND
RUN UP ON THINGS IN THE WOODS

THAT THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN

AND ACTUALLY FRIGHTENED THEM
PRETTY BAD.

Narrator: ONE DAY,

THAT KIND OF STORY ARRIVED
AT SCOTT'S FRONT DOOR.

Boyd: I REMEMBER WALKING OUT
IN THE BROAD DAYLIGHT

AND LOOKING AT THE CAR
THAT MY DAD HAD BEEN DRIVING

AND SEEING THE DAMAGE
DOWN THE SIDE OF THAT.

MY DAD WAS THE ONLY ONE
THAT WOULD REALLY TALK ABOUT IT

BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO HAVE SCARED
MY MOTHER SO BAD,

SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO LISTEN
TO HIM TALK ABOUT IT.

Narrator: IT HAD ALL STARTED
HOURS EARLIER DURING THE NIGHT,

WHEN SCOTT'S PARENTS,
JIM AND POLLY BOYD,

WERE DRIVING
ON A DARK MOUNTAIN ROAD.

WHAT IS THAT?

OUT OF NOWHERE...
[ SCREAMS ]

OH, MY GOD!

...A CRAZED MONKEY MONSTER
LEAPED TOWARDS THE CAR.

[ ANIMAL GROWLING ]

IT HAD ITS FACE PRESSED
RIGHT UP INTO THE WINDOW

WITH ITS LIPS CURLED BACK
FROM ITS TEETH IN A SNARL.

DAD SAID YOU COULD HEAR IT
RAKING THE SIDE OF THE CAR,

SCRATCHING AND SCRAMBLING
AT THE SIDE OF THE CAR.

AND HE SAID
THAT IT WAS RUNNING UPRIGHT,

PACING THE CAR,

REACHING AT THE BACK OF THE CAR,
GRABBING AT THE BACK OF THE CAR.

Narrator:
THEY GUNNED IT DOWN THE ROAD,

WORRIED THE CREATURE
MIGHT BE FOLLOWING.

Boyd: MY DAD, HE HAD A HUNTING
RIFLE BEHIND THE SEAT.

SO WHEN HE THOUGHT HE'D GOT
OUT FAR ENOUGH AHEAD OF IT,

HE PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL

AND WAS REACHING BEHIND HIM
TO GET THE RIFLE.

AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS COMING
AT HIM SO FAST...

GO NOW! IT'S COMING!
GET BACK IN HERE!

MY MOTHER, SHE'S SCREAMING
AND PLEADING FOR HIM NOT --

"PLEASE SHUT THE DOOR.
LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO."

AND HE JUST JERKED HIS LEG
BACK IN THE VEHICLE,

AND THEY SPED OFF
AND LEFT IT BEHIND.

MY MOM AND DAD
CAME STRAIGHT ON HOME.

I CAN REMEMBER MY MOM BEING
REAL QUIET AND REAL PALE.

THERE WERE SCRATCHES
ALL THE WAY INTO THE METAL,

THROUGH THE PAINT,

FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW

ALL THE WAY DOWN
THE SIDE OF THE CAR

AND GOING OFF THE BACK END.

THEY WERE IN ROWS OF THREE.

NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT
BEFORE OR SINCE.

MY DAD SEEMED LIKE
HE WAS ALMOST EMBARRASSED.

YOU COULD SEE THE FRIGHT
ON HIS FACE

WHEN HE WOULD TALK ABOUT IT.

AND THAT LITERALLY SCARED ME
TO DEATH, REALLY.

IT BOTHERED ME
FOR YEARS AFTER THAT.

Narrator: SPECULATION OF WHERE
THIS BEAST MAY HAVE COME FROM

AND WHY IT EXISTS
RUNS RAMPANT TO THIS DAY.

Seech: POSSIBLY THE DEVIL MONKEY
COULD BE A MUTANT

THAT ESCAPED FROM
A GOVERNMENT RESEARCH FACILITY,

A REGULAR ANIMAL
THAT WAS EXPERIMENTED ON.

AND THE ONLY WAY IT CAN SURVIVE

IS TO ATTACK ANYTHING
THAT IT BELIEVES ARE FOOD.

Boyd: THE AREA THAT
THE ATTACK OCCURRED IN

WAS HIGHLY POLLUTED
WITH HEAVY METALS

FROM A CHLORINE PROCESSING PLANT
THAT WAS IN THE AREA.

MAYBE SOME OF THE POLLUTANTS
IN THE AREA,

THE GROUNDWATER, WHATEVER
HAD CAUSED A MUTATION.

Narrator: THE CREATURE'S ORIGIN
REMAINS A MYSTERY.

BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT
THE EFFECT IT HAD ON SCOTT BOYD.

AND THAT LITERALLY SCARED ME
TO DEATH, REALLY.

IT BOTHERED ME
FOR YEARS AFTER THAT.

I HAD A HARD TIME
RIDING IN A VEHICLE

DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD
THROUGH A WOODED AREA

WITHOUT CONSTANTLY SCANNING
THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,

WAITING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
TO JUMP OUT AT THE CAR.

Narrator:
RESIDING IN THE GEOGRAPHIC
CENTER OF AMERICA'S LOWER 48

IS KANSAS,

THE PRAIRIE STATE
THAT HOLLYWOOD FASHIONED

AS THE BACKDROP
FOR A YOUNG GIRL'S ENCOUNTER

WITH MUNCHKINS, WIZARDS,
AND A WICKED WITCH.

WHILE THE MOVIE'S WICKED OLD HAG
WAS A TECHNICOLOR FANTASY,

IN KANSAS' CAPITAL CITY, TOPEKA,

GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS
HAVE GROWN UP

HEARING ABOUT A REAL-LIFE WITCH.

SHE APPEARS
WANDERING THE STREETS,

LOOKING LIKE NOTHING MORE
THAN A HARMLESS OLD WOMAN.

BUT THAT'S WHEN
THE REAL TERROR BEGINS.

TO THOSE WHO'VE ENCOUNTERED
THE OLD CRONE,

SHE SEEMS HELL-BENT ON REVENGE.

George: SHE WANTED TO SCARE.

SHE WANTED TO MAKE YOU
FEEL TERROR

THE WAY SHE HAD POSSIBLY
FELT TERROR IN LIFE.

Schultz:
THE MOST NOTABLE MYSTERY

THAT I THINK IF YOU ASKED
ANY OF THE FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE

THE MYSTERY
OF THE BLUE ALBINO WOMAN.

[ BOTH SCREAMING ]

Narrator: MANY TOWNS
HAVE STORIES ABOUT A MONSTER.

TOPEKANS CLAIM
THEIRS STARTED OUT HUMAN.

Schultz:
THE BLUE ALBINO WOMAN --

SHE WAS AN ACTUAL REAL PERSON
WHO LIVED IN TOPEKA.

AND THE MONSTER STORIES
STARTED TO BECOME

WHILE SHE WAS STILL ALIVE

BECAUSE SHE HAD
SUCH A UNIQUE APPEARANCE.

SHE WAS PURELY PALE WHITE.

SHE HAD PINK EYES,
LONG WHITE HAIR.

YOU COULD DEFINITELY --
WHEN YOU SAW HER,

SHE CAUGHT YOUR EYES,
CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION.

Narrator: NO PHOTOGRAPHS EXIST
OF THIS WOMAN.

NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW HER NAME.

YET FOR MANY LOCALS,
SHE'S THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE.

George: I'M SOUND ASLEEP,
AND I SUDDENLY WAKE UP.

AND THERE SHE IS.

AAH!

SHE'S STANDING AT MY SCREEN
WINDOW LOOKING AT ME.

I WAS...THAT FAR AWAY FROM HER.

[ SCREAMING ]

IT WAS TERRIFYING,
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.

[ SNARLING ]

Streeter: WELL, THE COMMON
LEGEND FOR THE BLUE WOMAN IS

THAT SHE WAS A RESIDENT
OF THIS TOWN,

THAT SHE WAS TORMENTED
BY THE POPULACE,

AND THAT, UPON HER DEATH,

SHE WAS UNABLE TO LEAVE
OR TO FIND REST.

Narrator:
THIS MONSTER IS AN ANGRY ONE.

AND IT MAY OWE SOMETHING

TO THE ALLEGED CIRCUMSTANCES
OF HER VIOLENT DEATH...

COME ON, YOU WITCH.

WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU
IN THE GROUND WHERE YOU BELONG.

[ GASPS ]

...ABDUCTED
BY SADISTIC HOODLUMS,

BRUTALLY BURIED ALIVE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

[ CHUCKLES ]

IN TIME, SHE'D TAKE HER REVENGE.

[ GASPS ]

Streeter:
I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR HER

BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND SHE MUST
HAVE SUFFERED A GREAT DEAL.

BUT THERE ARE
JUST THINGS ABOUT HER

THAT MAKE HER VERY OBVIOUSLY
SOMETHING ELSE --

THE GLOWING RED EYES,
THE GAUNT CHEEKBONES,

THE LONG FINGERS.

Narrator:
GENERATIONS OF TEENAGERS

HAVE ROAMED
THE BACK STREETS OF TOPEKA

SEARCHING FOR A GLIMPSE
OF THE ALBINO WOMAN.

THEY FREQUENTLY GO TO A LOCATION
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

Offutt: SHE'S OFTEN SEEN
IN ROCHESTER CEMETERY,

LURKING AMONGST THE TREES.

AND THERE ARE MANY REPORTS
OF HER WALKING,

FOLLOWING PEOPLE

AND EVENTUALLY CHASING THEM
OUT OF THE CEMETERY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS
A FLESH-AND-BLOOD WOMAN,

THAT THIS PERSON RISES OUT
OF THE GRAVE AND CHASES PEOPLE.

WE'VE EVEN HEARD VIOLENT TALES

OF PEOPLE BEING RIPPED OUT
OF THE TOP OF THEIR CARS

AND THAT SHE'S EATEN PEOPLE.

Narrator: TORMENTED TO DEATH,

SHE TURNS INTO
A PLAGUE UPON THE LIVING,

SETTLING OLD SCORES.

[ BOTH SCREAM ]

Streeter: THAT NIGHT,
WHEN SHE WAS COMING TOWARDS US,

SHE HAD HANDS UP LIKE
SHE WAS READY TO HURT SOMEBODY.

THIS WASN'T JUST AN
"I'M GOING TO SCARE YOU OFF."

THIS WAS, "I AM COMING FOR YOU."

[ BOTH SCREAMING ]

Streeter: I WAS REALLY AFRAID
SHE WAS GOING TO HURT ME,

MAYBE KILL ME.

Narrator: TOPEKA, KANSAS,
IS RIFE WITH SUPERSTITIONS

ABOUT A MUTANT MONSTER,
THE BLUE ALBINO WOMAN.

Schultz:
MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO EVEN
SAY THE NAME "THE ALBINO LADY"

BECAUSE THEY FEAR
THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN,

THAT SHE'LL REAR HER PRESENCE
AND MAKE SOMETHING CRAZY HAPPEN.

Narrator: WHEN JAMES GEORGE
WAS BARELY A TEENAGER,

HE LEARNED
THE TERRIFYING REALITY

BEHIND THE BLUE ALBINO LEGEND.

IT WAS A DAY IN AUGUST RIGHT
BEFORE THE SCHOOL TERM STARTED.

I WAS SHOPPING
FOR SCHOOL CLOTHES.

SO, JAMES,
HOW ABOUT THESE?

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS MANAGER
OF THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.

Narrator: JAMES WAS ON HIS WAY
TOWARDS THE FITTING ROOM

WHEN A FEW MANNEQUINS
CAUGHT HIS EYE.

HE THOUGHT THEY WERE SPOOKY.

LITTLE DID HE KNOW

SOMETHING FAR MORE FRIGHTENING
WAS LURKING NEARBY.

[ HISSING ]

George: I LOOKED AT HER

AND FELT THE BREATH
LEAVE MY BODY.

[ SCREAMS ]

I DIDN'T KNOW WHY SHE WAS THERE.

ALL I KNOW WAS
THAT SHE TERRIFIED ME.

[ SCREAMING ]

THE SKIN HAD
A BLUISH TINT TO IT.

THE EYES WERE RED.

HER WHOLE DEMEANOR
WAS JUST TERRIFYING.

[ SCREAMING ]

AND MY GRANDMOTHER
STARTED YELLING AT HER,

"YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.

"YOU"RE NOT WELCOME
IN THE STORE.

YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE STORE
AND LEAVE IT NOW."

GO AWAY!

SHE WAS SOUNDLESS.
THERE WAS NO SOUND.

SHE NEVER SAID ANYTHING.

AND SHE JUST...

THE ONLY WAY
I KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT

IS LIGHTED OUT THE DOOR.

I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.

WHERE DID SHE COME FROM?
I DON'T KNOW.

I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS IN MY YOUNG LIFE.

Narrator: THROUGHOUT HISTORY,

MANY CULTURES
DEMONSTRATE THEIR FEARS

OF AN EVIL, DEFORMED WITCH,

AN OLD CRONE
WHO WIELDS DARK POWERS,

DEVOURS CHILDREN,
HAUNTS YOUR DREAMS.

Offutt:
THE OLD HAG IN WESTERN CULTURE

IS GENERALLY DEPICTED
AS A DEMONIC-TYPE ENTITY

THAT COMES TO PEOPLE
IN THE NIGHT.

THEY AWAKE TO FIND WHAT THEY SEE
AS AN UGLY, OLD WOMAN

SITTING ON THEIR CHEST,
STRANGLING THEM.

Narrator:
RESIDENTS IN TOPEKA, KANSAS,

CLAIM THAT WHAT THEY WERE
DEALING WITH ISN'T FOLKLORE.

Schultz: I PERSONALLY
NEVER EXPERIENCED IT,

BUT THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS

WHO HAVE REPORTED SIGHTINGS
OF THE BLUE ALBINO WOMAN.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO DOUBT
HAD A REAL RUN-ON

WITH WHAT THEY WOULD SWEAR IS

A FLESH-AND-BLOOD CREATURE
OUT THERE.

Narrator: THE ENCOUNTERS
CONTINUE TO PILE UP.

RECENTLY ADDED
TO THE ALBINO WOMAN'S HIT LIST,

JESSICA STREETER,

A SMALL-BUSINESS OWNER LIVING
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOPEKA.

MARCH 13, 2013,

JESSICA'S 25th BIRTHDAY.

HER BOYFRIEND, JASON,

HAD TAKEN HER OUT FOR A NICE
DINNER IN DOWNTOWN TOPEKA.

INSTEAD OF GOING HOME,

JESSICA HAD AN IDEA
FOR SOME FRISKY FUN.

SO, SHALL I TAKE YOU HOME,
BIRTHDAY GIRL?

UM...NO.

HOW ABOUT YOU TAKE ME
TO THE CEMETERY

AND GIVE ME
MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT?

[ CHUCKLES ]

OKAY.

LET'S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ CHUCKLES ]

WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD
AND GO GHOST HUNTING.

IT'S SOMETHING
THAT SHE LIKES TO DO.

AND SO WE WENT UP
TO ROCHESTER CEMETERY.

Streeter: ROCHESTER CEMETERY

DOES HAVE
A SORT OF CREEPY FEEL TO IT

WITH ALL THE OLD OAK TREES
AND WEEPING WILLOWS,

AND IT'S ALWAYS
JUST SO UNNATURALLY QUIET.

WE'RE GONNA GET CAUGHT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA
GET CAUGHT.

SO, DID YOU HAVE
A GOOD BIRTHDAY?

I REALLY DID.
[ CHUCKLES ]

GOOD.
WELL, I GOT TO TELL YOU.

IT'S GONNA GET EVEN HOTTER
AND BETTER IN JUST A SECOND.

[ CHUCKLES ]

Hodgin: WELL, I WAS STARTING
TO GET CREEPED OUT,

AND I THINK JESSIE WAS, TOO.

I WAS JUST KIND OF HOPING
JUST THE FEELING WOULD GO AWAY

'CAUSE I WAS HAVING FUN
AT THE SAME TIME.

[ SNARLS ]

[ BOTH SCREAMING ]

[ GROWLS ]

I FELT HER SCRATCH AT ME,
TRY TO CHOKE ME.

[ SCREAMING,
GROWLING CONTINUE ]

I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT TO THINK.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA KILL ME.

[ SCREAMING ]

OH, MY GOD!

Streeter:
WHEN I SAW THE BLUE WOMAN,

I FELT A SENSE OF UTTER TERROR.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S SUPPOSED TO
JUST BE A LEGEND.

I JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY
AS QUICK AS I COULD.

[ SNARLING ]

Narrator: JESSICA AND JASON
MANAGE TO DRIVE OFF.

I THINK SHE ONLY AFFECTS PEOPLE

WHO ARE GOING THERE
TO LOOK FOR HER.

PERHAPS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE
LOOKED UPON ANYMORE.

SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
DON'T EVER COME LOOKING AGAIN.

Streeter:
WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE,

I WAS FEELING VERY SHAKEN.

I WAS JUMPING AT EVERY SOUND
THAT I HEARD

BECAUSE I WAS REALLY AFRAID
SHE WAS GOING TO HURT ME,

MAYBE KILL ME IF SHE FOUND ME.

Narrator:
HOPING TO PROTECT HERSELF,

JESSICA MADE USE OF A RITUAL
TO WARD OFF WITCHES.

Streeter: I ACTUALLY PUT UP
SOME OF THE JAPANESE PAPER SEALS

AND ANOINTED THE DOOR
WITH HERBS AND OIL,

THINGS THAT ARE REPUGNANT
TO THE DEAD.

KIND OF A MIX
OF IRISH AND GYPSY MAGIC.

I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THE
BLUE WOMAN IS OUT THERE WAITING,

WHETHER IT'S FOR REVENGE,
WHETHER IT'S FOR CLOSURE.

I THINK PEOPLE
SHOULD BE AFRAID OF HER

AND I THINK THEY SHOULD
STAY AWAY FROM HER.

Narrator: WHEN TOPEKANS
COME FACE TO FACE

WITH THE BLUE ALBINO,

THE ENCOUNTER IS HARD TO FORGET.

George: IT WAS TERRIFYING,
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.

IT WAS A CREATURE.

IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD,

BUT IT WAS ALIVE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE

THAT I DO BELIEVE
ARE MUTATED IN SOME WAY

TO WHERE MAYBE
DEATH DON'T TAKE THEM

THE WAY IT TAKES THE REST OF US.

WHEN DEATH VISITS THEM,
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY DIE.

[ GROWLS ]