1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 You 2 00:00:22,340 --> 00:00:27,880 People died here who shouldn't have died here. Do you know how bad these people want our help? 3 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,200 The first patient 1866 was a woman naked in a cage 4 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,440 It's like they're right here 5 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,980 When I first started working here, I heard a noise 6 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,940 You do that is there anything else here? There's a demon a strong demon 7 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,440 Chip 8 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,640 My name is Ryan and I'm a paranormal investigator 9 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:04,500 When I was a kid my experiences with the supernatural terrified me that I've been searching for answers ever since 10 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,680 When I got to Penn State, I realized I wasn't alone in my quest 11 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,880 So I founded the paranormal research society dedicated to helping those who are haunted like I was 12 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,640 We are students 13 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,640 We are seekers 14 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:25,400 Sometimes we're warriors and each time we help someone I feel like I'm one step closer to finding the truth 15 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,760 This is paranormal state 16 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:40,040 PRS has been contacted by the Willard drug treatment center. It's formerly one of New York State's mental institutions 17 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,920 Remnants and memories that it was once an insane asylum 18 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,960 Are still present 19 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,760 Some of the staff members they say there's a lot of disturbing activity at nighttime 20 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,480 And they're so terrified that they don't even want to stay on the grounds 21 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,080 What the activity is what we got to find out? 22 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,520 Now remember mental health rights didn't go into effect until much later 23 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:13,120 So if you have an individual who spent his entire life in this asylum under horrible conditions possibly tortured 24 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,240 That doesn't really make for a good life and maybe they're still there 25 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,960 I 26 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,800 Willard is a 90-day drug treatment facility 27 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,720 This building is the original building on the compound 28 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,480 It was built in 1860 29 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,440 Dr. Willard who's a psychiatrist went to the New York State Legislature asked them if they couldn't become 30 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,880 insane asylum 31 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:57,240 And while he was asking that to be done he died of a heart attack in front of the New York State Legislature 32 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,280 The first patient 1866 was a woman naked in a cage 33 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,320 Eventually or 3,500 patients were here literally thousands over the years 34 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,960 This was dormitory wing originally patients were here and what is it now now? 35 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,720 We have a dormitory with some of our sergeants stay 36 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,320 Okay, the reason why you got called is we hear a lot of ploy problems all the time 37 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,200 Where did they have the experiences here in this room this room? 38 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,840 Two sergeant lieutenants said they saw something they heard a woman screaming at them 39 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,680 They packed up left the next day really gone. How long ago was this? 40 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,320 I'm saying like maybe two months ago two months ago. Wow very recently 41 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,280 When I first started working here 42 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,960 The building that I work in I was in one of the classrooms and heard a noise and 43 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:58,680 Walked out of the classroom. I saw someone standing. There was a woman very slender and she screamed 44 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:06,440 I was sitting in the rec room watching the news and just felt like someone was standing over my shoulder 45 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:13,920 And the lock on the knob clipped the door was pushed open and when I turned I didn't say anyone 46 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,960 These have happened in the past week 47 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:27,240 This building if those walls could talk could tell you a lot stories I'm sure the people that were first housed up here 48 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:34,800 Were a sad sad group of folks sad group of folks. Do you ever have any suicide cases here? Oh, yes 49 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,640 And we did unfortunately and some people we've had people drowned in the lake 50 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,120 We had to go out and 51 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:44,480 search for a female patient who was 52 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:52,560 Depressed so we did a ground search and I happened to go in one of the buildings over in back there and this 53 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,120 Female had she had hung herself 54 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,640 So you were the one who found her? Yes 55 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:05,880 This is the cemetery for the psych center these are all patients these are patients 56 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:14,480 There's well over 5,000 people are the buried up here this whole field right here everything you see is all cemetery Wow everywhere 57 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,600 They're all in marks. Well, that's what they did when people died. There was no one who really cared about them 58 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:26,200 Were they at least given some sort of proper memorial service or were they just dumped in a hole wasn't here? I do not know 59 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:32,480 These were an unwanted people and they sent them someplace where you have to see them anymore dealing than they want 60 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,960 You 61 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,240 Thank you very much for coming Chip. What do you know about the place so far? 62 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,200 Absolutely nothing except there's barbed wire. I'm gonna take you through the entire building Chip 63 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,840 Did this place used to be a metal facility? Mm-hmm. Yeah 64 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:02,840 Hmm 65 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,840 There's such overwhelming anger and sadness in this building 66 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,840 Getting yelled at stop 67 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,320 Okay, I gotta just get a little stop. I'm just getting yelled at all over the place 68 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,760 God what are they saying? Let me out 69 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,080 So there are active spirits here absolutely there are 70 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:32,640 People died here who shouldn't have died here. This was a dumping ground 71 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:43,720 Okay, I just picked up the woman spirit that's active in this building and she 72 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,040 She's she's a nurse 73 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:53,440 It's almost as though she's a guardian in this building or someone who's come back to try to alleviate 74 00:06:54,280 --> 00:07:01,280 The other people that are in this building. She's come back to try to help them to actually physically not be here anymore 75 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,280 This is their prison. They still feel like they're trapped here. Yes 76 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,280 They're ready to go and help them 77 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:23,280 I don't know about you, but I feel for these people to have lived your life here 78 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,960 Someone dumped you and you're thrown somewhere unmarked 79 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,480 That's where you remain and no one's ever remembered you or honored you 80 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:36,160 Frank's box directors log because there are so many potential spirits here that could need our help 81 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:42,040 We're going to try something we've never tried before a controversial new tool called Frank's box 82 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:48,840 It's also been called a telephone to the dead. Would you mind giving them just kind of a rundown on what it is when it does 83 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,880 Yeah, absolutely runs on an RVG a random voltage generator 84 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,680 Basically pulls white noise pink noise 85 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,800 Radio fragment all through the same unit. It takes the raw signal runs it through an echo box 86 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,320 It's within the unit and that's where their voices will actually come back out through there 87 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,760 Okay, here we go take a minute to warm 88 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:16,920 Okay, let's go 89 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:32,160 How many spirits we have here with us just we know going in there were seven here 90 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:39,360 Questions from anyone right off the bat what are the what are there the spirits names? 91 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,440 One's Lucy we have a Lucy heard that 92 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,120 Is there anything else here? 93 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,880 I 94 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,800 There's a demon strong 95 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,880 Questions from anyone right off of that. What are the spirits names? 96 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,040 One's Lucy we have a Lucy is there anything else here? 97 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,560 Demon there's a demon a strong demon 98 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,880 Is that what's holding them back is the demon what's holding you here? 99 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,080 Yes, yes, she thinks Lucy speaking for all of them 100 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:40,720 We'll come down Lucy she's begging us to go on the basement. I don't know what our research on a trap 101 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,840 Can't tell it's a trap. We'll go down 102 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,800 Just thing goes on like a maze Chris just like now 103 00:09:53,600 --> 00:10:00,320 You still with us I like it down here Lucy can you hear us Lucy? 104 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:09,920 Can you hear me there's something bad bad bad down here my holy water in my pocket 105 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,920 Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa 106 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,240 Just got a shadow back here that just shot across the wall 107 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,720 They just shot across the wall came back went straight through I know where it's at 108 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,520 chip 109 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,520 Chip 110 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,080 Chip 111 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,200 What is that? 112 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,640 Chip I would love to see what's on the other side of that space 113 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,480 Lucy talks to me please 114 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,480 Lucy are you still here? 115 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,160 The demons blocking us right now he doesn't want anything coming through 116 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,240 So stop that spring 117 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,640 I 118 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:27,280 This is not good we need to get out of here. Yeah, we do okay. I'm turning off for now 119 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:43,720 So what's your opinion on the box? I don't know I mean one thing that's interesting is when I hear it clearly 120 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,880 It does valid lead it's not like it's talking about something that we're talking about 121 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,800 You know, why isn't it saying you know different random things? 122 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:56,680 It's actually giving you a number when you're asking for the number. All right. You said 110. Yeah 123 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:07,320 Josh, what do you think all this is to say I was skeptical is 124 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:14,640 Putting it mildly but there is a few clips that are very very clear so I can't discount them 125 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:23,240 We need to try to verify these names because we want to get that information to see if it matches up 126 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,760 Maybe there's some sort of a record of a Lucy who worked here as a nurse 127 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,360 I'll send the team in here see what they can find 128 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,120 I 129 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:57,360 Was an interesting experience so far last night if anything special happened to you personally or we got in contact with a couple spirits one named Lucy 130 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:03,840 Lucy, you know that name is known on the compound Lucy's people talked about Lucy before really. Yeah, huh? 131 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,080 The psychic picked up on Lucy then this box picked up on Lucy 132 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:09,200 That's interesting 133 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:14,640 Was she a nurse here? I don't think about I just know the name. What's the rumor about her? What would people talk about her? 134 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,640 She's a ghost 135 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:25,000 So you worked here I did work here. That's right 37 years 136 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,800 Did you ever know a woman who worked here in this building named Lucy? 137 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,800 Well, you're asking me a hard question 138 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:39,240 I'm sure there are Lucy's that worked here, but I can't you know right off hand think of somebody named Lucy, right? 139 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,600 No, I imagine you got to know a lot of patients. I did I had a lot of patient friends 140 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:50,280 But the mental illness is very very difficult. It's difficult for the person who has it and it's difficult for the person who has to watch them 141 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:56,760 Have it how you deal with that. Well, you grow with the place you you become a part of it and it becomes a part of you 142 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:06,400 So far we've been unable to confirm the identity of Lucy but because of the possibility of her and others being trapped here by demonic entity 143 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,440 I've invited Lorraine Warren to join the investigation 144 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,320 Oh god, no, oh 145 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:24,620 This is oh god help us. This is awful in here, honey. It's like these people are actually crying out for help 146 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,760 The demon type thing 147 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,280 That's what I feel here here. Yes, and the human spirit 148 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,440 They can't escape because of these demonic things that are here 149 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,520 We're splitting in the teams for dead time 150 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,480 One team will be in the basement and tech headquarters is setting up in an old classroom 151 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:52,640 Chip Lorraine and I will be stationed in one of the patient rooms. Hi, sir. Gee. We're ready to commence dead time 152 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,040 Chip is there any spirit that wants to communicate with us? 153 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,040 I'm actually going to ask Lucy 154 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,720 the spirit of the woman 155 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:09,720 Did I encounter it in this room to come to me and see if she can give me any information if we can get her we can get the others 156 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,400 What is your name 157 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,640 What did they do to you 158 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,360 We're not here to do you a harm right here to help if we can 159 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,660 But give us a sign that you're here without doing us a 160 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,400 harm 161 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,360 Sounded like a thud upstairs. Yeah 162 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,720 She keeps moving 163 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:56,320 Very close and makes contact with me and then she's not fully investing I feel female energy 164 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,360 I heard talking so did I 165 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,480 It sounded like a woman 166 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,800 I mean it was a higher pitch voice. I heard it the second time you did 167 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:23,040 Hey, sir, this is basement. Is there anybody walking around on the floor above the basement? 168 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,040 Oh 169 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:43,620 So what's wrong are you choking now he's 170 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,960 Who's he 171 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:54,800 You know he's not a person is he 172 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,680 What's the name of the spirit pin chip now or near chip now 173 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,440 One out of this chip 174 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:25,880 Do you want out of this chip yes, thank you 175 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,880 Something nasty 176 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,960 It came up to me 177 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,800 Lucy died trying to protect people 178 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,720 here 179 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,200 If you want help you also need to ask for it 180 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,400 You need to be determined you need to be strong you can get out of this place 181 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:07,360 What I would suggest that you do is make a circle of energy and everyone draw the energies of the spirits into that circle and 182 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,800 Send them up 183 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,200 You know how to do this create the vortex. Can we do it right here? 184 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:18,720 I would suggest that what you do is you do it with with all the energy that's in this building 185 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,840 I would suggest that you do it with your entire PRS team 186 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,520 Imagine the powerful white light of energy 187 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:34,120 If there are anyone here in the Lord levels, I asked you now, please move upstairs to where Ryan rain and chip are 188 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:42,380 St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil 189 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:50,060 Make God review come re humbly pray and do thou a prince of the heavenly host by the divine power of God 190 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:53,900 Cast into hell Satan all evil spirits 191 00:18:58,780 --> 00:19:02,980 If you want to leave this place you can do it there's a door here now 192 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:06,500 You're all free to go 193 00:19:12,820 --> 00:19:14,820 I 194 00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:20,700 Directors log so tonight we marked a new era for Willard an era of healing 195 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:26,620 It's difficult to imagine what the people here went through, but I feel like it's time. We did something for them 196 00:19:27,620 --> 00:19:35,500 We're asking surviving friends and family members of the patients who died here and the local community to join us in a ceremony on the cemetery grounds 197 00:19:42,940 --> 00:19:44,940 You 198 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:54,220 Ladies and gentlemen we fill out what we're doing today is very important that we are gonna be honoring 199 00:19:54,780 --> 00:19:56,460 the men and women 200 00:19:56,460 --> 00:19:58,780 Who lived and died at Willard? 201 00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:04,160 The field that we're standing in has many of these individuals buried here 202 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:09,060 But as you can see they aren't marked so together as a group we would like to honor them 203 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:11,300 We just want to bring closure to this place 204 00:20:12,060 --> 00:20:16,580 To the people who suffered here and also to the men and women who worked here and tried to make a difference 205 00:20:17,460 --> 00:20:19,460 Almighty Father eternal God 206 00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:21,940 Hear our prayers 207 00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:25,700 For your sons and daughters that are buried here 208 00:20:30,060 --> 00:20:33,580 We honor those who are buried here 209 00:20:34,420 --> 00:20:38,460 We honor the dead and in doing so we honor and respect life 210 00:20:39,180 --> 00:20:42,440 Every life is sacred we offer this prayer 211 00:20:43,420 --> 00:20:45,420 Aming amen. Amen 212 00:20:50,580 --> 00:20:53,660 This is the final directors log for the Willard haunting 213 00:20:53,660 --> 00:20:59,280 I sincerely hope that the work that we've done here has helped these people move on with the dignity that they deserve 214 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:03,200 I also hope that by acknowledging them. Maybe we can correct 215 00:21:03,820 --> 00:21:07,220 the mistakes of the past as for PRS our 216 00:21:07,220 --> 00:21:09,780 Mission continues