1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 I had this secret inside, this dark secret. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,000 It was happening again. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Oh my God, that's not my son. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,000 This is when the truth comes out. 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,000 No! 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,000 He just disappeared. 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 This family was in trouble. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 God, I don't like it. 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Please, this child of God! 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Out! 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 I'm just playing the game. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Oh. 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Man over. 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Man over. 15 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Man over. 16 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Man over. 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Man over. 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Man over. 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Man over. 20 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I was sad to say goodbye to my mom and dad. 21 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 But at 22, I knew it was time to go. 22 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,000 I knew it was time to start my own life. 23 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 I remember the day that Eric moved out. 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 As a parent, you're never ready to let him go. 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 My family is everything to me. 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Some people have other possessions, 27 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 but my possession is my family. 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Eric is my big brother. 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,000 I was very excited for him starting a new chapter. 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,000 He was growing as human man. 31 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000 But Kage was gonna miss Uncle Eric. 32 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,000 He was very close to him, and he looked up to him a lot. 33 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 My husband, Chris, and I moved back home 34 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,000 to live with my parents so that we could save up to buy a house. 35 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,000 We were gonna actually stay in Eric's old bedroom. 36 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000 In the hallway bedroom where Ashley had stayed as a child 37 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 is where we put Kage's bed. 38 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,000 You could tell that a boy had been living in that room. 39 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 This whole thing. 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Eric's old gaming computer was still in the air, covered in dust. 41 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,000 He played a lot of video games all day every day. 42 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 There was even a phase where he barely left his room 43 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,000 and no one, absolutely no one was allowed in his bedroom. 44 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 I remember that. 45 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Later that week, I decided to redecorate Eric's old room. 46 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Eric is so rebellious that he wanted the room dark. 47 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:29,800 I'd been wanting to do this for years just to give it a fresh new look. 48 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:44,200 I was up on the ladder painting and I heard this whisper and it was a voice. 49 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:51,200 But I looked around the room and there was no one there. 50 00:03:51,200 --> 00:04:06,200 I was very confused. I know what I heard. I know I heard something. 51 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:24,200 One night it was getting very late. I had already put Gage to bed and was going to bed myself. 52 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:49,200 I was very confused. 53 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,200 Gage? 54 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,200 Mommy! 55 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:03,200 Gage? 56 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,200 Gage? 57 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,200 Hey, babe. 58 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,200 Baby, what's the matter? 59 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,200 There's a man standing next to my bed. 60 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,200 He said that he was tall and he was smiling. 61 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,200 It's just not my baby. 62 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:26,200 So I went to look everywhere just to show him there's no boogey man. 63 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,200 Nope. Not over here. 64 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,200 I could not see anyone. 65 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,200 You're such a big boy. 66 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,200 But he refused to be in his room alarm. 67 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:08,200 After getting Eric's bedroom from the first night on I felt very uneasy. 68 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,200 I never could sleep. 69 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:20,200 I could not get the feeling out of my mind that I was being watched. 70 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:45,200 I felt a cold rush like I had just stepped into a walk-in freezer. 71 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,200 I was too scared to move out of my bed. 72 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,200 I knew someone was in my room. 73 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:13,200 And it got really quiet and everything felt calm. 74 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,200 Oh, Jesus. You scared the willies out of me, son. 75 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,200 Oh, it's good to see you. 76 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,200 It's been about a month and a half. 77 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,200 So I figured I would just drive out there and check on him and... 78 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,200 Gage? 79 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,200 I wanted to see how Gage was doing. 80 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,200 I was just really eager to see him's doing. 81 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,200 Come here. How you doing? 82 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,200 Walking into the house it brought back some good memories. 83 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,200 But it brought back some bad memories. 84 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:25,200 My mom and I went to town to get takeout to bring home to treat everyone 85 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,200 because we knew that that's what Eric liked to eat. 86 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:34,200 I was just sitting down playing with Gage. His favorite toys. 87 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,200 Buddy, what are these? 88 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,200 By the time we got home it was dark. 89 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,200 We saw that the porch white was on and... 90 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,200 Who's that? 91 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,200 This man is in your room? 92 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,200 Gage told me that he had seen a man in his room 93 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,200 that was looking back at him and just frightened him a whole lot. 94 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,200 I could see a man standing there. 95 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,200 And it was a very tall man wearing all black. 96 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,200 My stomach felt tight. I wanted to throw up. 97 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,200 He was there for one moment. 98 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,200 And then gone. 99 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,200 He just disappeared. 100 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:44,200 It was happening again and I knew he was back. 101 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,200 So I grabbed my handgun. 102 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:50,200 Y'all wait here. 103 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,200 And look down side. 104 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:02,200 If I don't see anything with my own eyes or hear anything with my own ears, 105 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,200 it's not there. 106 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:09,200 Well, not like I had any silver bullets anyhow. 107 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:15,200 I had this secret inside, this dark secret. 108 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,200 But I could never get it out. 109 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,200 I had gotten up early that morning. 110 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:33,200 Billy was still sleeping and I was sitting there putting my makeup on. 111 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,200 Billy, you all? 112 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,200 Billy, you all? 113 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,200 Billy, you all? 114 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:12,200 I saw a man standing in the hallway looking at me. 115 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:18,200 And then he crossed the hallway and went into my room. 116 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,200 Oh my God, Billy's in there. 117 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,200 The door just busted open. 118 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,200 Billy, Billy, it's in here. There's something in here. 119 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,200 What the hell's going on? 120 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,200 It's in this room right now. I said it came in here. 121 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,200 But I didn't even find that. I didn't see no one. 122 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:47,200 I mean how in the world could a seven foot tall man walk into a bedroom and then disappear? 123 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,200 Billy, you all? 124 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,200 Something just grabbed my leg. 125 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,200 It was just trying to pull me under. 126 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,200 I looked around and I'm like, there's nothing in here. 127 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:53,200 I knew we needed to seek the help from a godly man, someone that could help us get this out of our home. 128 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,200 I know. 129 00:12:55,200 --> 00:13:03,200 I think every husband, every dad wants to think that he can't protect his family. 130 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,200 That's when I told her I said make her call. 131 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,200 I have been a pastor since 1993. 132 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,200 I was born to be a pastor. 133 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:27,200 I was one of those kids that when I was young, I'd walk down the railroad tracks preaching to the woods, preaching to the trees. 134 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,200 It's my life. 135 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,200 Hello, ma'am. I'm Pastor Owens. 136 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:55,200 They seem to be a very close family. 137 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,200 But at the same time, you could see that this family was in trouble. 138 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,200 They needed help. 139 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:09,200 So I asked him and their family, can you tell me from the beginning when this started? 140 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:15,200 I had told him that everything started happening the day that our son, Eric, had moved out. 141 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,200 Eric was very uncomfortable. He didn't want to make eye contact. 142 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:28,200 That's when I first began to wonder, was Eric hiding something? 143 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,200 I felt like he knew that there was something I wanted to get off my chest. 144 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,200 Eric? 145 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,200 I couldn't take it any longer. I knew I had to tell him. 146 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,200 This is when the truth comes out. 147 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,200 Okay. 148 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,200 Alright, I'll tell you. 149 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:16,200 I was 16 years old. I was your typical teenager. 150 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:24,200 I was extremely obsessed with gaming. I gained all day, every day. 151 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,200 Eric? 152 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,200 You'll be late for school. 153 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:36,200 There were times where I felt like I lost control of reality. 154 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,200 We were at long. 155 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:44,200 We always were kind of puzzled, you know, was whining out with the girls, you know. 156 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,200 Why lock yourself in a room? 157 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:52,200 It allowed me to escape. It allowed me to do what I wanted to do and be who I wanted to be. 158 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,200 And that's what I wanted. 159 00:15:54,200 --> 00:16:00,200 I wanted to experience power and control and, you know, I wanted to be who I wanted to be. 160 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:05,200 I wanted to be able to control and I wanted to be able to do what these characters on these video games were doing. 161 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,200 It wasn't a big deal to talk to a stranger in a chat room. 162 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:18,200 I'd talk to many in games. I'd talk to many in different open chat rooms before. 163 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,200 It's completely anonymous. 164 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,200 The next thing I know, a message popped up. 165 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,200 Inviting me to come try a new game out. 166 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,200 And I typed back. 167 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,200 It was a role-playing game based on Heaven and Hell. 168 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,200 You didn't have to try to beat the devil. 169 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,200 I had friends. Just a couple of friends. 170 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,200 I wasn't like a failing student, but I wasn't an above-average student. 171 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,200 Eric, D minus. 172 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,200 Josh. 173 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,200 And to me, it just wasn't good enough. 174 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,200 You would see the people who had it all. 175 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,200 They had the girls. 176 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,200 They had the girls. 177 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,200 They had the girls. 178 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,200 They had the girls. 179 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,200 You would see the people who had it all. 180 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,200 They had the girls. They had the cool cars. 181 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,200 They had the great grades. 182 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,200 I wanted that. 183 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,200 Marnie was a cheerleader. 184 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,200 She was the most popular girl in school. 185 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:40,200 All her friends, all the guys she dated, they come from wealthy families. 186 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,200 Their parents just were extreme wealth, had lots of money, good jobs. 187 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,200 And my family just, we didn't come from that. 188 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,200 She just, she had everything going for her. 189 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,200 And I didn't... 190 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,200 A few days later, I was in my room looking at a car magazine. 191 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,200 And a little private message pops up. 192 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,200 It said, hi, Eric. 193 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,200 And my username on there is not Eric. 194 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,200 Nobody knew who I was. 195 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,200 There was a link. 196 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,200 I was in the car. 197 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,200 In that moment, I realized what the truly was. 198 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,200 And I knew that I wanted to try it. 199 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,200 This is going to be the best game ever. 200 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,200 It was a chat room. 201 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,200 I had started noticing that there were doctors and lawyers and police officers. 202 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,200 It was just amazement. 203 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,200 A lot of the high-end people were claiming that, you know, there was, 204 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,200 this was the reason that they had gotten to the positions they got. 205 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,200 I asked him who he was. 206 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,200 And he told me, he said, I'm someone who does know you very, very well. 207 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,200 He said, I'm a good guy. 208 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,200 I was like, I don't know. 209 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,200 I don't know. 210 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,200 I don't know. 211 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,200 So I sent one back. 212 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,200 Ha ha. Very funny. 213 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,200 I'm not following for this. 214 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,200 But part of me was intrigued by it. 215 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,200 It caught my attention. 216 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,200 A few days later, I was going to school. 217 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:46,200 And there was this car, this beautiful black car. 218 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,200 It was a car. 219 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,200 The next thing I know, I feel a hand grabbing my right shoulder and I turn around. 220 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,200 There was a man standing there. 221 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,200 And he was just a tall, tall man. 222 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,200 Very tall. 223 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,200 He carried himself well. 224 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,200 He was dressed very, very nice. 225 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,200 With this beautiful black suit. 226 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,200 He looked very, very successful. 227 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,200 You like the wheels? 228 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,200 What was your secret, man? 229 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,200 I made my first million before I was 23. 230 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,200 His eyes were like a baby blue. 231 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,200 It's like he captured my brain and I couldn't take my eyes off of him. 232 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,200 But you already know the secret, don't you? 233 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,200 It's not about the money. 234 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,200 It's power you're looking for. 235 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,200 Anyway, have a nice life, kid. 236 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,200 I'm going to get you. 237 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:32,200 Not long after, I got a private message from the guy saying, are you still interested? 238 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,200 And he sends me one back. 239 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,200 Saying a blood pact. 240 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,200 So I sent him a message asking, you know, what is a blood pact? 241 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,200 And that's when he went on to tell me that he would send me the contract. 242 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,200 And at the bottom, you're going to sign your name in blood. 243 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,200 But for me, it was like another game. 244 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,200 I figured what's wrong with just pricking my finger. 245 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,200 Good night. 246 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,200 When I pulled out the paper, I was like, okay. 247 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,200 It's now or never. 248 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,200 Let's see how serious this guy is. Let's see how serious he is. 249 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,200 A few days later, I had everything I needed. 250 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,200 All I needed was just my blood. 251 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,200 So I went ahead and pricked my finger and I started signing my name in blood. 252 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,200 And as the instructions told me, I glided. 253 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,200 I was like, okay. 254 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,200 As I watched it burn, as I watched it slowly turn into an ash, 255 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:54,200 some of my thoughts going through my head were, maybe this is going to be real. 256 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,200 For the first time, something in my life is going to be real. 257 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,200 Eric told me I signed a blood pack. 258 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,200 And I just kind of sat there and I said, you did what? 259 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,200 That's not where the story ends up. 260 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,200 I'll buy a long shot. 261 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,200 Change happened overnight. 262 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,200 That the snap of finger, it was instantly, everything was different. 263 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,200 Alyssa? He? 264 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:51,200 I suddenly started scoring better. 265 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,200 Eric? Hey. 266 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:04,200 I started feeling more confident. I started feeling like everything's going to start happening the way this man said it would happen. 267 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:10,200 Eric's appearance changed a lot. He started dressing like he had a lot of money. 268 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:18,200 He was becoming more and more popular. He had more kids following him, girls following him. 269 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:26,200 Like he was some kind of star, pop star or something. He just always had the crowd. 270 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,200 I come to realize that things are changing. 271 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:37,200 So, I figured now it was time to take the next step and see if this really worked. 272 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,200 It was time for me to ask Marnie out. 273 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,200 I knew that if Marnie said yes, then this blood pack was real. 274 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,200 My stomach started to thawk the butterflies were in there. 275 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,200 I was still unsure of what she would say. 276 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:12,200 I got her note back and opened it up and it said yes, absolutely would love to. 277 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,200 I was like, oh my God. 278 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,200 I felt like I won life's lottery. 279 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,200 From the friends, to the grades, to Marnie, it's everything I could ask for. 280 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:37,200 After a while, I noticed things were changing. 281 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,200 I was like, oh my God. 282 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,200 I would receive messages on my computer asking about recruiting. 283 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,200 Asking about trying to get more people my age into it. 284 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,200 It's almost like it was time for me to start paying back my debt. 285 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:14,200 So, this game, it will fulfill your ultimate desires, right? 286 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,200 I did a lot of my recruiting at church. 287 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,200 They wanted more followers, more people to believe what I was believing. 288 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,200 What have I done? 289 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,200 What have I done? 290 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:49,200 I started to hear voices whispering in my ear. 291 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,200 She's cheating on you. Don't trust her. 292 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,200 Teach your place. 293 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,200 Little did I know, it was about to get a lot worse. 294 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,200 I started to hear these voices all the time. 295 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:22,200 I wanted, just over and over, it was constant, just day and night. 296 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:50,200 Eric, you've been out every night the last three weeks. 297 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,200 Sometimes these voices would tell me to hurt someone. 298 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,200 Your mom hurt your dad, your sister. 299 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,200 I felt like I was possessed by something. 300 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,200 I didn't want to have to do that. 301 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,200 I felt like I was possessed by something. 302 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,200 I didn't want to hurt anybody. 303 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,200 But it was pushing me to kill someone. 304 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,200 I felt someone. 305 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,200 There was a particular Sunday where I was sitting in church. 306 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:58,200 I felt a sense of being watched 24-7, being followed. 307 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,200 There was always a set of eyes on me. 308 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,200 And me and Marnie were passing notes back and forth. 309 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,200 There was this little girl, she was over to my right. 310 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,200 I started to hear a voice in my ear. 311 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,200 It said to stab her in the neck. 312 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:34,200 I felt like I was in control of my mind. 313 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,200 He told me to stab that little girl in the neck with a pencil. 314 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,200 My fingernails were digging into the palm of my hand. 315 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,200 I fought it. I fought the best I could. 316 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:59,200 I was about to kill a little girl. 317 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,200 I just happened to be lucky that day. 318 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,200 And I got a grip on myself. 319 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,200 I got out as fast as I could. 320 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,200 I was teared up. I was crying. I started hitting the steering wheel and the dash. 321 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,200 And I just told myself I said I've had enough. 322 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,200 This has gone on too long. 323 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,200 It was out of control. 324 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,200 It was a living nightmare. 325 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:15,200 She broke up with me when she realized that I changed. 326 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,200 I became something different. 327 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:22,200 I think she started recognizing a darkness in me and evil in me. 328 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,200 That's when I realized this is not a game. 329 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,200 There just seemed to be no way out. 330 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,200 There's a man standing there. 331 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:12,200 We had a deal. We had a contract. 332 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,200 Don't you disobey an order. 333 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:33,200 I thought to myself, maybe if I just get saved and get baptized, that this will go away. 334 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,200 I get in the water and I started hearing this ringing in my ear. 335 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,200 And with that ringing came the voices. 336 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:51,200 I tell them, don't do this. This is your last warning. 337 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,200 I was trying not to listen. 338 00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:00,200 But they kept coming. They were coming harder and stronger. 339 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:06,200 Talking about hanging me. About crucifying me. 340 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:13,200 I came back up. I felt different. 341 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:17,200 The voices went away and everything went quiet. 342 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,200 It was just like it was over. 343 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:26,200 And in my head I'm thinking, I can go back and be normal again. 344 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,200 Do you understand what you've done? 345 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,200 I've been through a lot. 346 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,200 I've been through a lot. 347 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,200 I've been through a lot. 348 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,200 I've been through a lot. 349 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,200 I've been through a lot. 350 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,200 You've done it. 351 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,200 Do you understand the consequences of your actions? 352 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,200 Eric had no idea how deep he got himself. 353 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,200 He tried to make a pact with the devil. 354 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,200 I thought the baptism might get all go away though. 355 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,200 No. 356 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,200 You opened the door. You didn't close the door. 357 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,200 He's been here by this time. 358 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:21,200 Waiting. Till he's seen something he likes. 359 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,200 Gage. 360 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,200 He was worried that his nephew was going to be the one who has to pay the price for him. 361 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:52,200 So, how do we kill this? 362 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,200 How do we get rid of this? 363 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:59,200 We're not going to kill something that's been around since God's creation. 364 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,200 We're merely going to make it go away. 365 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,200 In the name of the Father. 366 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,200 I tell them that I won't bless the house. 367 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:19,200 And the Holy Spirit. 368 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,200 Because without that, there wouldn't be no protection for them. 369 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:27,200 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 370 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,200 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 371 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:42,200 Pastor Danny put a little cross on the forehead of everybody. 372 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,200 It was time for me to go over and bless Eric. 373 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:55,200 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 374 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,200 When he laid hands on Eric. 375 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,200 A sudden cold air came down our hallway. 376 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,200 Everybody in their shivered except for me. 377 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,200 I could feel my body, just my body temperature was rising. 378 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,200 The heat was just radiating from my body. 379 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,200 It's getting kind of hot in here. 380 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,200 Like an oven. 381 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,200 I think I need to go outside and get some air. 382 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,200 Jesus. 383 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,200 I remember hearing the weirdest sound I've ever heard. 384 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,200 And then I realized that it was coming from Eric. 385 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,200 I've never felt that much strength out of one man. 386 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:24,200 Whoa. 387 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,200 Give me a bowl of water and a washcloth. 388 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,200 So I begin to pray over Eric. 389 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,200 Thank you, Mother Mary. 390 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,200 Bless this water with the blood of your son Jesus. 391 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:41,200 Bless this water to pull this from Eric. 392 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,200 Mother Mary, bring us your strength. 393 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,200 And he began to scream as if I was hurting him. 394 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,200 So I'm at a point, do I keep going? 395 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,200 Is Eric going to be okay? 396 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,200 The pastor Danny did not stop. 397 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,200 He just kept praying. 398 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,200 God almighty, please, this time of God. 399 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:10,200 Ouch. 400 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,200 When he turned around, his eyes looked at my mom and I, 401 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,200 and they were blue. 402 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,200 Oh my God, that's not my son. 403 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,200 That's not Eric. 404 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:33,200 It was drawing me into his eyes and I could not look away. 405 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:40,200 So Chris grabbed me and turned me around into his chest. 406 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,200 Pull him down. 407 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,200 Eric began to twist. 408 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,200 I was so scared. 409 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,200 I was so scared. 410 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,200 I was so scared. 411 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,200 I was so scared. 412 00:40:56,200 --> 00:41:02,200 Eric began to twist in ways that a body shouldn't. 413 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:17,200 Right as that happens, outside every animal for miles, 414 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,200 you can hear just go off. 415 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,200 Eric just went limp. 416 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:37,200 His body from his head to his toes, just lifeless. 417 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,200 So I kept my hand over his heart, 418 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,200 and the heartbeat began to drop. 419 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,200 Is Eric dying? 420 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,200 Did I lose this battle? 421 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,200 Did I push too far? 422 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,200 No. 423 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,200 I'll never get over the guilt of what I did to them 424 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,200 when I put them through. 425 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:30,200 I've fought every day since then to make my parents proud of me. 426 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,200 I made a mistake. 427 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,200 This is not a false reality. 428 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,200 This is not a fantasy world. 429 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,200 And I know that kids can be groomed. 430 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,200 This is the real world. 431 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,200 It's not a game. 432 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,200 There's no extra lives involved in this. 433 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,200 You have one life, 434 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,200 and you need to be careful how you use it.