WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:59.426 --> 00:01:02.762 (group sings) ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 4 00:01:02.762 --> 00:01:05.899 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 5 00:01:05.899 --> 00:01:09.402 ♪ Happy birthday, dear Sean ♪ 6 00:01:09.836 --> 00:01:12.939 - ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ - (gasps) 7 00:01:13.473 --> 00:01:15.742 - (kisses) - [Gloria] Aw, my boys. 8 00:01:15.742 --> 00:01:17.877 - (tender music playing) - [Gloria] Sean was always 9 00:01:17.877 --> 00:01:19.379 such a curious child. 10 00:01:19.379 --> 00:01:21.247 [Donald] Inquisitive, good-natured. 11 00:01:21.247 --> 00:01:24.284 - [Heather] Kind, caring. - [Jake] Reliable, funny. 12 00:01:24.284 --> 00:01:26.319 [David] A class clown, bit of a show-off. 13 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.721 [Jake] But mostly, Sean was fearless. 14 00:01:28.721 --> 00:01:30.723 - [Gloria] He loved stories... - (Young Sean grunts, screams) 15 00:01:30.723 --> 00:01:32.225 ...he loved adventure, 16 00:01:32.225 --> 00:01:34.394 he loved learning about the world. 17 00:01:34.394 --> 00:01:35.862 [Donald] Always asking questions. 18 00:01:35.862 --> 00:01:38.331 [Gloria] Always with his nose in a book. 19 00:01:38.331 --> 00:01:39.799 [Donald] Always tinkering with stuff, 20 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.402 always tearing things apart. Like that alarm clock. 21 00:01:42.402 --> 00:01:46.106 [Gloria] He was our own little miracle, our angel. 22 00:01:46.473 --> 00:01:47.740 Sean was... 23 00:01:51.344 --> 00:01:54.114 Sorry, it's hard. (sniffles) 24 00:01:56.649 --> 00:01:58.451 It still feels unreal. 25 00:01:58.451 --> 00:02:02.422 I just keep going over it again and again in my head. 26 00:02:02.956 --> 00:02:06.092 Like, why didn't he say anything? 27 00:02:06.092 --> 00:02:07.494 It's terrible and confusing 28 00:02:07.494 --> 00:02:08.828 and I'm still trying to figure it out 29 00:02:08.828 --> 00:02:09.963 and how I feel about it. 30 00:02:09.963 --> 00:02:13.299 God gave him to us for only a moment... 31 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:17.971 and when the time came, God called him home. 32 00:02:18.271 --> 00:02:19.806 Jesus, Tim, I don't know. (scoffs) 33 00:02:19.806 --> 00:02:22.942 I mean... (inhales) ...why does anybody do anything? 34 00:02:23.643 --> 00:02:25.378 I mean, you can't know... 35 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:28.515 what somebody is going through 36 00:02:28.515 --> 00:02:31.851 and why they do things that drastic. 37 00:02:32.218 --> 00:02:34.654 And this little documentary, 38 00:02:34.654 --> 00:02:36.689 it's not gonna help you figure it out. 39 00:02:37.390 --> 00:02:39.092 It's gone, he took it with him. 40 00:02:41.361 --> 00:02:42.462 [Tim] When we were kids, 41 00:02:42.462 --> 00:02:44.030 my brother Sean and I made movies together. 42 00:02:45.231 --> 00:02:46.866 I won't tell you anything! 43 00:02:46.866 --> 00:02:49.702 We already know everything, Mr. Torrance. 44 00:02:49.702 --> 00:02:52.472 We are everywhere. 45 00:02:52.472 --> 00:02:54.707 [Tim] He was always willing to do whatever I asked of him. 46 00:02:54.707 --> 00:02:56.209 (groans) 47 00:02:56.209 --> 00:02:57.477 (screams) 48 00:02:57.877 --> 00:02:59.512 [Tim] No matter how silly... 49 00:02:59.512 --> 00:03:01.581 You're out of bullets, comrade. You can't win. 50 00:03:01.581 --> 00:03:03.049 Then I'll die a hero. 51 00:03:03.583 --> 00:03:06.486 - (grenade ticking) - No! 52 00:03:06.953 --> 00:03:08.054 [Tim] ...stupid... 53 00:03:08.054 --> 00:03:11.958 - (Young Sean growls) - (Young Tim screams) 54 00:03:11.958 --> 00:03:13.193 [Tim] ...or dangerous. 55 00:03:13.193 --> 00:03:16.229 Tell me where you hid Alvarado's gold 56 00:03:16.229 --> 00:03:18.531 or else you'll walk the plank! 57 00:03:18.865 --> 00:03:20.567 Never! (spits) 58 00:03:22.168 --> 00:03:24.704 - (screams) - (laughs menacingly) 59 00:03:25.238 --> 00:03:27.907 - (Sean choking) - Sean? Sean! 60 00:03:28.441 --> 00:03:31.411 I'll get help! Mom! Dad! 61 00:03:31.411 --> 00:03:33.213 [Tim] After the tree house incident, 62 00:03:33.213 --> 00:03:34.280 I promised myself 63 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:36.516 that I'd be there for Sean no matter what. 64 00:03:37.250 --> 00:03:40.520 But on September 27th, 2013, 65 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:44.057 at 09:33 p.m., I ignored a call from him 66 00:03:44.591 --> 00:03:46.292 because I didn't feel like talking. 67 00:03:47.260 --> 00:03:50.763 - An hour later, Sean was dead. - (dial tone ringing) 68 00:03:50.763 --> 00:03:51.931 [automated voice] Please enter your pass-- 69 00:03:51.931 --> 00:03:53.199 (telephone beeping) 70 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:55.635 [automated voice] You have one new voice message. 71 00:03:55.635 --> 00:03:57.537 - First voice message. - (telephone beeping) 72 00:03:57.537 --> 00:03:59.639 (Sean breathing heavily over recording) 73 00:04:01.140 --> 00:04:05.445 (Sean over recording) 74 00:04:24.764 --> 00:04:29.736 - (screams, yells indistinctly) - (ominous music playing) 75 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:42.882 One, two. Check, one, two. 76 00:04:43.750 --> 00:04:45.451 I'm Tim, Sean's brother. 77 00:04:46.352 --> 00:04:47.820 [Nicole] Tim, can you please rephrase 78 00:04:47.820 --> 00:04:49.956 the question in your answer? It'll help with the edit. 79 00:04:50.323 --> 00:04:53.059 Sure, yeah. (inhales, sighs) 80 00:04:53.059 --> 00:04:56.663 My name is Tim Wilson and I'm Sean's older brother. 81 00:04:57.463 --> 00:04:58.798 [Nicole] Tell me about Sean. 82 00:04:59.265 --> 00:05:02.001 (foot tapping) 83 00:05:03.469 --> 00:05:07.240 - Just... - [Nicole] No? Okay. 84 00:05:09.242 --> 00:05:10.443 - Please tell me... - (sighs) 85 00:05:10.443 --> 00:05:12.512 ...why you're making a documentary about him. 86 00:05:14.847 --> 00:05:17.150 Because I wanna make one last movie with him. 87 00:05:18.184 --> 00:05:20.486 Because I owe him, I owe Sean that much. 88 00:05:20.486 --> 00:05:22.288 (breathes deeply) 89 00:05:22.288 --> 00:05:24.090 [Nicole] Why do you feel like you owe Sean? 90 00:05:25.858 --> 00:05:26.859 Just... 91 00:05:28.995 --> 00:05:30.096 Just ask me-- 92 00:05:30.096 --> 00:05:31.397 [Nicole] Tim, you have to answer these questions. 93 00:05:31.397 --> 00:05:32.532 Ask me about the documentary, okay? 94 00:05:32.532 --> 00:05:33.700 - [Nicole] Okay. Okay, fine. - Great. 95 00:05:33.700 --> 00:05:36.002 [Nicole] So, you think Project MKHEXE is real? 96 00:05:36.002 --> 00:05:37.870 His death doesn't make sense. 97 00:05:38.938 --> 00:05:43.343 Look, if Sean was crazy or depressed or whatever, 98 00:05:43.343 --> 00:05:45.511 there'd be some sort of precedent, right? 99 00:05:45.745 --> 00:05:47.146 Some sort of sign. 100 00:05:47.146 --> 00:05:49.115 People don't go crazy like that overnight, okay? 101 00:05:49.115 --> 00:05:50.116 They just don't. 102 00:05:50.750 --> 00:05:52.552 He found something, okay? 103 00:05:53.486 --> 00:05:55.188 And I believe they killed him over it. 104 00:05:56.289 --> 00:05:57.890 Don't you wanna find out the truth? 105 00:05:58.157 --> 00:06:00.126 Don't you wanna find out who did this? 106 00:06:02.328 --> 00:06:04.831 (melancholic music playing) 107 00:06:05.064 --> 00:06:10.002 - (attendees murmuring) - (indistinct chatter) 108 00:06:10.002 --> 00:06:11.304 Of course, thank you. 109 00:06:11.537 --> 00:06:14.240 - (sobbing) Oh! - (attendee 1 sobbing) 110 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:15.341 Thank you for coming. 111 00:06:15.341 --> 00:06:17.410 [Tim] I was only supposed to film the funeral... 112 00:06:18.578 --> 00:06:20.213 as a gift for my parents. 113 00:06:22.382 --> 00:06:23.716 But I kept filming. 114 00:06:24.250 --> 00:06:26.352 Would you put that thing down, Tim? 115 00:06:26.352 --> 00:06:27.887 - (indistinct chatter) - You have friends here. 116 00:06:28.354 --> 00:06:30.423 [Tim] 'Cause Sean's death didn't make sense. 117 00:06:31.391 --> 00:06:32.792 [Jake] It doesn't make sense. 118 00:06:32.792 --> 00:06:35.027 [David] We're just shocked, man, confused. 119 00:06:35.027 --> 00:06:38.464 [Heather] If Sean had issues or was upset or anxious 120 00:06:38.464 --> 00:06:40.600 or whatever, why didn't he say something? 121 00:06:40.867 --> 00:06:42.635 [Tim] Didn't you guys hang out with him this summer? 122 00:06:43.002 --> 00:06:46.272 Me and Jake were out of town, but we were still in touch 123 00:06:47.106 --> 00:06:49.208 until Sean started ghosting us, man. 124 00:06:49.208 --> 00:06:51.944 I reached out over and over again. 125 00:06:52.745 --> 00:06:55.281 Trying to see him, trying to hang out, trying to... 126 00:06:57.083 --> 00:06:58.418 But he wouldn't answer. 127 00:06:58.418 --> 00:07:02.221 Did he need us? Did he need our help? (sniffles) 128 00:07:03.122 --> 00:07:04.357 Did we let him down? 129 00:07:05.725 --> 00:07:06.726 I'm sorry. 130 00:07:08.127 --> 00:07:11.597 (ominous music playing) 131 00:07:11.898 --> 00:07:13.733 [Owen] All right, guys. Grab your shots. 132 00:07:13.733 --> 00:07:15.401 [Tim] My friends, Owen and Steve, 133 00:07:15.401 --> 00:07:17.570 decided to give Sean an Irish wake. 134 00:07:17.570 --> 00:07:20.506 To Seanie, the best of us! To Sean! 135 00:07:20.506 --> 00:07:21.808 [group] To Sean! 136 00:07:21.808 --> 00:07:23.676 [Tim] They thought they were helping. 137 00:07:23.676 --> 00:07:26.446 - Oh, yeah. Ooh! - (attendee 2 coughs) 138 00:07:26.446 --> 00:07:27.780 - Listen, man. - Mm? 139 00:07:27.780 --> 00:07:29.315 - [exclaims] - [Owen] Family sucks, okay? 140 00:07:29.315 --> 00:07:31.417 But it's not, like, really their fault. 141 00:07:31.417 --> 00:07:34.253 You know, every terrible, horrible thing. 142 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:36.088 It's in our genes, man. 143 00:07:36.088 --> 00:07:39.091 It's like been coded since the dawn of time, 144 00:07:39.091 --> 00:07:42.128 and we're all just spiraling through a world 145 00:07:42.128 --> 00:07:43.830 that we did not create, 146 00:07:43.830 --> 00:07:47.533 put in situations for which we have no control. 147 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:50.136 [Steve] It's like we're all just souls 148 00:07:50.136 --> 00:07:53.539 strapped to meat puppets, moving through time. 149 00:07:53.539 --> 00:07:55.508 [Owen] Yes, yes. We're space meat. 150 00:07:55.508 --> 00:07:57.810 - So, it's not your fault... - (sneezes) 151 00:07:57.810 --> 00:08:00.780 ...it's not Seanie's fault or your parents' fault. 152 00:08:00.780 --> 00:08:03.483 It's just the bullshit we've all inherited, man. 153 00:08:04.150 --> 00:08:05.251 - Okay? - (retches) 154 00:08:05.251 --> 00:08:08.321 - Oh, shit-- (laughs) - [Steve] Oh, dude! (laughs) 155 00:08:08.321 --> 00:08:09.789 [Owen] Get the bucket, man! 156 00:08:09.789 --> 00:08:12.124 - (laughs) - (ominous music builds) 157 00:08:12.124 --> 00:08:13.292 [Owen] Look at this fool! 158 00:08:13.292 --> 00:08:15.862 He just threw up all over himself! 159 00:08:16.496 --> 00:08:18.698 No! No! No! 160 00:08:18.998 --> 00:08:21.968 - (lighter flicking) - (inhales deeply) 161 00:08:25.638 --> 00:08:28.274 (chair rattling) 162 00:08:38.584 --> 00:08:42.522 (toy gun wailing, zapping) 163 00:08:42.522 --> 00:08:44.490 (groans, sniffles) 164 00:08:44.490 --> 00:08:47.393 - (object clattering) - (exhales deeply) 165 00:08:55.935 --> 00:08:57.169 (whispers) Jesus, Sean. 166 00:09:00.740 --> 00:09:02.775 - (soft thud) - (metal creaking) 167 00:09:04.944 --> 00:09:08.214 - [Tim] What the hell? - (muffled thumping) 168 00:09:10.850 --> 00:09:14.353 - (soft thud) - Okay, that's weird. 169 00:09:15.755 --> 00:09:18.424 (chair rattling) 170 00:09:23.396 --> 00:09:24.430 (Tim groans) 171 00:09:27.733 --> 00:09:29.969 - Okay. (grunts softly) - (cellphone chimes) 172 00:09:30.369 --> 00:09:33.906 (inhales, sighs, groans) 173 00:09:33.906 --> 00:09:36.175 (breathes deeply) 174 00:09:36.175 --> 00:09:39.879 - (sighs) - (muffled indistinct chatter) 175 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:41.514 [Donald] We'll get it cleaned up. 176 00:09:41.514 --> 00:09:42.782 (Gloria sobbing) It's so dirty. 177 00:09:42.782 --> 00:09:44.917 [Donald] We'll get everything straightened away, don't worry. 178 00:09:44.917 --> 00:09:47.520 - (Tim breathes heavily) - [Gloria] It's all unclean. 179 00:09:47.520 --> 00:09:50.456 (sobbing) My baby. My angel. 180 00:09:50.456 --> 00:09:52.458 [Donald] Don't think about that. Just relax. 181 00:09:52.458 --> 00:09:53.593 (Gloria sobbing) 182 00:09:54.594 --> 00:09:57.396 (Tim breathes deeply) 183 00:09:57.396 --> 00:09:58.798 [Donald] All right, let's get back in there 184 00:09:58.798 --> 00:10:01.067 - and take care of her. - (sinister music playing) 185 00:10:01.467 --> 00:10:03.636 (crickets chirping) 186 00:10:11.377 --> 00:10:15.414 [Tim] One question echoed through my mind, "Why?" 187 00:10:15.615 --> 00:10:17.984 Why did Sean have all this stuff, 188 00:10:18.451 --> 00:10:20.620 why were my parents throwing it out, 189 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:23.322 and why didn't they give it to the police? 190 00:10:24.223 --> 00:10:27.560 Sean's death was ruled a suicide in almost record time. 191 00:10:27.793 --> 00:10:30.129 Police ignored what was right in front of them. 192 00:10:30.696 --> 00:10:31.964 No one attempted to piece together 193 00:10:32.398 --> 00:10:33.566 his final months. 194 00:10:33.566 --> 00:10:35.001 No one even cared enough 195 00:10:35.001 --> 00:10:38.104 to look on his computer, or his phone. 196 00:10:39.005 --> 00:10:41.507 It took me four hours to unlock Sean's phone. 197 00:10:41.507 --> 00:10:47.046 And what I found, confused and disturbed me. 198 00:10:48.414 --> 00:10:50.716 (static crackling over radio) 199 00:10:51.517 --> 00:10:55.054 (garbled audio playing over radio) 200 00:10:59.325 --> 00:11:03.496 (feedback screeching over radio) 201 00:11:09.835 --> 00:11:11.003 (static fades) 202 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:16.909 (distorted feedback blaring over speaker) 203 00:11:16.909 --> 00:11:19.512 - (computer buzzing) - [Sean] Damn it! 204 00:11:30.556 --> 00:11:33.759 (Sean breathes heavily) 205 00:11:36.896 --> 00:11:39.098 I guess this is test one. 206 00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:45.171 (entrancing music blaring over speaker) 207 00:11:45.171 --> 00:11:46.939 [Sean] It's working! (chuckles) 208 00:11:46.939 --> 00:11:48.708 (distorted feedback echoing) 209 00:11:48.708 --> 00:11:51.343 - (knocking on door) - [Donald] Sean! Sean! 210 00:11:51.343 --> 00:11:52.912 - Knock it off! - [Sean] Sorry! 211 00:11:52.912 --> 00:11:54.046 (music shuts off) 212 00:11:54.046 --> 00:11:57.383 (breathes heavily) It worked! (chuckling) It works! 213 00:11:57.717 --> 00:12:00.019 - (cellphone chimes) - (breathes deeply) 214 00:12:02.521 --> 00:12:04.223 (gulps) 215 00:12:24.376 --> 00:12:28.380 - (static buzzing) - (distorted feedback echoing) 216 00:12:29.115 --> 00:12:31.450 (retches) 217 00:12:34.887 --> 00:12:38.991 (sobbing) Damn it! Fuck! 218 00:12:39.258 --> 00:12:43.429 (whispers) I love you. (swallows) Forgive me. 219 00:12:46.832 --> 00:12:49.835 (breathes heavily) Two cameras. A redundant system. 220 00:12:51.704 --> 00:12:52.972 (mumbles indistinctly) 221 00:12:53.606 --> 00:12:58.177 - (birds chirping) - (crows cawing) 222 00:12:58.577 --> 00:12:59.578 (tripod thuds) 223 00:13:00.012 --> 00:13:05.017 (panting) Almost dawn. (swallows) Hoping for a glimpse. 224 00:13:08.754 --> 00:13:12.091 - (static buzzing) - (gasps, breathes shakily) 225 00:13:12.091 --> 00:13:14.093 (chuckling) Did you... did you... did you see that? 226 00:13:14.093 --> 00:13:15.094 It's real! 227 00:13:22.401 --> 00:13:26.639 (entrancing music playing over speaker) 228 00:13:28.407 --> 00:13:30.576 (music distorts, fades) 229 00:13:30.576 --> 00:13:32.978 [Sean] Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit! 230 00:13:32.978 --> 00:13:35.147 (panting) Shit. 231 00:13:37.516 --> 00:13:38.517 Shit! 232 00:13:38.884 --> 00:13:40.986 (car engine rumbling) 233 00:13:46.525 --> 00:13:48.160 - (knocking on window) - (car window whirring) 234 00:13:48.160 --> 00:13:49.428 [Nicole] Were you just filming me? 235 00:13:49.862 --> 00:13:50.996 No. 236 00:13:50.996 --> 00:13:54.133 (Nicole hesitates) I haven't heard from you. 237 00:13:55.601 --> 00:13:56.669 Sorry? 238 00:13:57.136 --> 00:13:58.771 [Nicole] What is all this stuff that you've got-- 239 00:13:58.771 --> 00:14:00.005 Time's running out, Nicole, 240 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:01.907 I've gotta stop it. 241 00:14:03.042 --> 00:14:04.076 I have to. 242 00:14:04.910 --> 00:14:06.212 - [Nicole] Sean, don't-- - (sighs) 243 00:14:06.212 --> 00:14:07.780 [Nicole] Don't do anything, okay? 244 00:14:07.780 --> 00:14:10.049 - Okay, no-- No! Sean! Sean! - (door handle rattling) 245 00:14:11.016 --> 00:14:13.352 - (crickets chirping) - (breathes shakily) 246 00:14:17.857 --> 00:14:20.626 (strains, groans) 247 00:14:21.493 --> 00:14:23.863 (breathes heavily) 248 00:14:29.335 --> 00:14:31.370 (strains, groans) 249 00:14:35.841 --> 00:14:40.880 (entrancing music playing over speaker) 250 00:14:42.548 --> 00:14:47.052 - (static buzzing) - (music distorts) 251 00:14:48.020 --> 00:14:49.221 (distorted feedback screeching) 252 00:14:49.221 --> 00:14:51.123 (screams) 253 00:14:53.425 --> 00:14:55.427 (somber music playing) 254 00:14:56.061 --> 00:14:58.964 [Tim] I watched Sean's footage again and again, 255 00:14:58.964 --> 00:15:00.199 trying to make sense of it. 256 00:15:01.400 --> 00:15:03.269 What was on Sean's computer? 257 00:15:04.203 --> 00:15:06.405 What was that machine Sean built? 258 00:15:06.872 --> 00:15:08.941 Who were those people at the tree house? 259 00:15:09.541 --> 00:15:10.709 And what was that... 260 00:15:11.543 --> 00:15:13.579 that thing in the circle of stones? 261 00:15:14.446 --> 00:15:16.215 What happened to my brother? 262 00:15:17.149 --> 00:15:18.984 And why was he so scared? 263 00:15:19.718 --> 00:15:21.320 (spray hissing) 264 00:15:23.122 --> 00:15:24.123 [Tim] Mom? 265 00:15:26.091 --> 00:15:27.226 Hi, dear. 266 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:29.261 [Tim] Mom, what are you doing? 267 00:15:30.062 --> 00:15:31.163 I'm cleaning, dear. 268 00:15:31.430 --> 00:15:33.465 (drill whirring) 269 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.768 [Donald] What do you want? 270 00:15:35.768 --> 00:15:39.471 [Tim] I'm-- I was just-- Is that Sean's computer? 271 00:15:41.073 --> 00:15:42.341 Why are you filming me? 272 00:15:42.341 --> 00:15:43.709 [Tim] Mom, I need to know the truth 273 00:15:43.709 --> 00:15:47.112 about what happened to him, about his last few days. 274 00:15:48.314 --> 00:15:50.950 Tim, what happened to your brother was a tragedy. 275 00:15:51.450 --> 00:15:54.153 It was a tragedy. All right? It's time for us to move on. 276 00:15:54.153 --> 00:15:55.988 Your brother was an angel. 277 00:15:57.589 --> 00:16:00.025 And God called him home. 278 00:16:02.561 --> 00:16:05.731 - [Tim] Dad? - (drill whirring) 279 00:16:05.731 --> 00:16:06.932 [Tim] Have a good night, Mom. 280 00:16:10.369 --> 00:16:14.173 Sean was at the treehouse, at our treehouse. 281 00:16:15.107 --> 00:16:18.978 But I couldn't find it, it wasn't where I remembered. 282 00:16:20.012 --> 00:16:21.780 Desperate for answers, I reached out 283 00:16:21.780 --> 00:16:23.682 to the only person I knew who saw Sean 284 00:16:23.682 --> 00:16:24.750 on the day he died. 285 00:16:25.384 --> 00:16:29.021 (dial tone ringing) 286 00:16:29.021 --> 00:16:30.522 (sighs) Okay, what am I doing? 287 00:16:33.359 --> 00:16:36.996 (cellphone ringing) 288 00:16:37.329 --> 00:16:38.330 Oh boy. 289 00:16:41.400 --> 00:16:42.468 Hello? 290 00:16:43.369 --> 00:16:45.237 - (Nicole over phone) Hello? - Nicole? 291 00:16:47.473 --> 00:16:48.640 [Nicole] Who the hell is this? 292 00:16:49.208 --> 00:16:51.944 This is Tim. Tim Wilson. Sean's brother. Can we-- 293 00:16:51.944 --> 00:16:52.978 (line disconnects) 294 00:16:54.613 --> 00:16:57.216 - Hello? - (dial tone ringing) 295 00:16:57.216 --> 00:16:59.351 [Nicole] Why would you call me from a dead man's phone number? 296 00:16:59.351 --> 00:17:01.887 - Please, we need to talk. - [Nicole] Not over the phone. 297 00:17:01.887 --> 00:17:05.024 Tomorrow at 10:30, Warren G. Harding Park. 298 00:17:06.225 --> 00:17:07.526 All right, can you say that again? 299 00:17:07.526 --> 00:17:09.061 - (line disconnects) - Hello? 300 00:17:11.263 --> 00:17:13.399 [Tim] Let's see. Hey, thanks for meeting with me. 301 00:17:13.399 --> 00:17:14.400 Sure. 302 00:17:15.701 --> 00:17:17.269 And for going on camera. 303 00:17:17.269 --> 00:17:18.404 - I appreciate it. - Yeah. 304 00:17:18.404 --> 00:17:20.539 Are you doing a documentary on Sean? 305 00:17:20.739 --> 00:17:21.874 [Tim] I'm just filming for now. 306 00:17:21.874 --> 00:17:23.375 I really think you should. 307 00:17:23.375 --> 00:17:25.277 I don't think you know the full story 308 00:17:25.277 --> 00:17:26.678 on what happened to him, to Sean. 309 00:17:26.678 --> 00:17:27.980 My name is Nicole Martin. 310 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:29.381 I went to high school with Sean. 311 00:17:29.381 --> 00:17:31.250 We were in the AV and film club together, 312 00:17:31.250 --> 00:17:33.252 but we didn't really hang out much back then. 313 00:17:33.252 --> 00:17:34.753 [Tim] When did you guys start hanging out? 314 00:17:34.987 --> 00:17:38.724 I met Sean again at a party in May or June 315 00:17:38.724 --> 00:17:40.225 and seemed like there was a lot on his mind, 316 00:17:40.225 --> 00:17:41.693 so, I went to talk with him. 317 00:17:41.693 --> 00:17:42.995 He made me laugh. (chuckles) 318 00:17:42.995 --> 00:17:44.596 Your brother was always very funny. 319 00:17:44.830 --> 00:17:46.432 We got close for awhile. 320 00:17:47.466 --> 00:17:49.601 And I started getting busy with classes. 321 00:17:49.601 --> 00:17:52.237 Sean kinda started withdrawing, 322 00:17:52.237 --> 00:17:54.039 spending more time at home, wouldn't come out, 323 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:55.674 wouldn't text back, and when he would text back, 324 00:17:55.674 --> 00:17:57.876 it'd be about, I don't know, conspiracy theories 325 00:17:58.077 --> 00:17:59.278 or urban legends. 326 00:17:59.578 --> 00:18:02.247 Soon enough, Project MKHEXE, 327 00:18:02.247 --> 00:18:03.582 and shadowy government conspiracies 328 00:18:03.582 --> 00:18:06.618 were all Sean ever talked or texted about. 329 00:18:06.618 --> 00:18:08.220 Eventually, Sean told me that it was 330 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:10.856 a secret government project about mind control, 331 00:18:10.856 --> 00:18:13.859 or a quote, unquote, "Nightmare machine." 332 00:18:14.126 --> 00:18:16.095 And he sent me links, but they didn't work. 333 00:18:16.095 --> 00:18:18.230 And then he started to say stuff 334 00:18:18.230 --> 00:18:20.766 - that was kind of scaring me. - [Tim] Like what? 335 00:18:22.501 --> 00:18:26.805 Like it wasn't safe to talk... or text, 336 00:18:26.805 --> 00:18:28.507 like he was being watched. 337 00:18:28.707 --> 00:18:29.875 [Tim] Is that why you didn't want to talk 338 00:18:29.875 --> 00:18:31.610 - over the phone? - I don't know... 339 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:36.248 I mean, that sounds crazy, right? 340 00:18:36.248 --> 00:18:38.283 Sean, all of us, we're nobodies. We're no one important. 341 00:18:38.283 --> 00:18:40.752 But then Sean showed me the MiniDV tape. 342 00:18:41.186 --> 00:18:44.289 Sean and I hadn't spoken for a few days 343 00:18:44.289 --> 00:18:46.425 because of... reasons. 344 00:18:46.425 --> 00:18:49.128 And out of the blue, a call from Sean 345 00:18:49.128 --> 00:18:50.762 said he needed help capturing it. 346 00:18:50.762 --> 00:18:53.432 And you probably know, unless you have a MiniDV camera 347 00:18:53.432 --> 00:18:55.367 or capture deck, you can't digitize it. 348 00:18:55.367 --> 00:18:57.202 Sean asked if the college had one, 349 00:18:57.202 --> 00:18:58.337 and if I had access, 350 00:18:58.337 --> 00:19:01.006 I did, and I helped. We met up, went to my school. 351 00:19:01.006 --> 00:19:02.141 We tried to capture it, 352 00:19:02.141 --> 00:19:04.543 but the tape had, like, serious time code errors. 353 00:19:04.543 --> 00:19:05.677 [Tim] What was on the tape? 354 00:19:05.677 --> 00:19:08.380 [Nicole] Fragments of some sort of experiment. 355 00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:09.648 I had to get to class. 356 00:19:09.648 --> 00:19:11.483 So, I left Sean there, and when I came back, 357 00:19:11.483 --> 00:19:13.685 Sean was gone, and so was the tape deck. 358 00:19:13.685 --> 00:19:15.854 And we got into a huge fight. (scoffs) 359 00:19:15.854 --> 00:19:17.456 I said things that I shouldn't have said. 360 00:19:17.456 --> 00:19:19.791 So did he, and that... that was the last time 361 00:19:19.791 --> 00:19:20.926 I saw him. 362 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:24.396 - [Tim] Until? - Until the day he died, yeah. 363 00:19:24.630 --> 00:19:25.831 [Tim] Do you think he was being followed? 364 00:19:25.831 --> 00:19:27.499 Do you think he found something? 365 00:19:27.499 --> 00:19:28.567 [Nicole] All I have are questions. 366 00:19:28.567 --> 00:19:30.302 I mean, who wouldn't have questions about that? 367 00:19:30.302 --> 00:19:31.870 If you are doing a documentary, 368 00:19:31.870 --> 00:19:33.839 it would be easier to do it together. 369 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:36.008 I'm training to be a journalist. 370 00:19:36.008 --> 00:19:38.310 I can help, and I have access to equipment. 371 00:19:38.310 --> 00:19:40.412 I can edit. I mean, don't you wanna know 372 00:19:40.412 --> 00:19:42.848 if there was anything we could have done to help Sean? 373 00:19:45.117 --> 00:19:46.185 You know, he called me? 374 00:19:47.352 --> 00:19:50.189 The day he died, right before it happened, 375 00:19:50.189 --> 00:19:51.890 he left me the strangest... 376 00:19:53.192 --> 00:19:55.561 At 09:33 p.m., he left me a voicemail. 377 00:19:55.561 --> 00:19:57.429 - You wanna hear the crazy part? - [Nicole] Sure. 378 00:19:57.429 --> 00:20:01.400 It's gone. I saved it, I backed it up just in case. 379 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:04.536 And today, when I went to go check my phone. Nothing. 380 00:20:05.237 --> 00:20:08.807 And I swear to God, Nicole, I did not delete it. 381 00:20:08.807 --> 00:20:10.976 And if I didn't delete it, someone did. 382 00:20:12.010 --> 00:20:13.845 - But who? - (suspenseful music playing) 383 00:20:13.845 --> 00:20:17.082 And that's the thing, Nicole. Every time I look for MKHEXE, 384 00:20:17.082 --> 00:20:18.383 every time I try to independently 385 00:20:18.383 --> 00:20:19.585 verify my brother's... 386 00:20:19.885 --> 00:20:23.021 his box of nightmares, every Google search, 387 00:20:23.021 --> 00:20:24.423 I come across something for a moment, 388 00:20:24.423 --> 00:20:25.857 and then it's gone. 389 00:20:26.725 --> 00:20:27.993 Just disappears. 390 00:20:27.993 --> 00:20:30.562 It's like someone's trying to delete every trace of... 391 00:20:30.562 --> 00:20:32.631 of whatever this is, MXHEXE, off the internet. 392 00:20:32.631 --> 00:20:34.433 It's like they're covering it up. 393 00:20:35.167 --> 00:20:38.070 And Sean was afraid of someone. I mean, you said it yourself. 394 00:20:38.070 --> 00:20:40.072 He was afraid of being watched, afraid of being followed. 395 00:20:40.072 --> 00:20:42.207 [Nicole] I said Sean believed he was being followed. 396 00:20:42.207 --> 00:20:43.375 Look, Sean left us a map. 397 00:20:43.742 --> 00:20:46.445 He left us clues, his notes, his evidence, his research. 398 00:20:46.445 --> 00:20:47.779 Let's see where it goes. 399 00:20:49.047 --> 00:20:50.482 Let's see what he found. 400 00:20:50.482 --> 00:20:53.785 Worse comes to worst, Sean found nothing, which... 401 00:20:53.785 --> 00:20:56.855 (breathes deeply) ...which would mean he... 402 00:20:59.558 --> 00:21:01.293 [Nicole] What if he had lost his mind? 403 00:21:04.930 --> 00:21:06.265 Sean wasn't crazy. 404 00:21:07.132 --> 00:21:11.036 I knew him, I knew my brother. Smart? Definitely. Gifted? Sure. 405 00:21:11.036 --> 00:21:13.272 A pain in my ass? You bet. But crazy? No. 406 00:21:13.272 --> 00:21:14.773 I mean, look at what we have here. 407 00:21:14.773 --> 00:21:17.109 You have this guy who compiles all this research, 408 00:21:17.109 --> 00:21:19.611 all this evidence on some urban legend that doesn't exist, 409 00:21:19.611 --> 00:21:21.313 about some secret government project. 410 00:21:21.313 --> 00:21:24.416 He pieces it together, commits suicide, and then 411 00:21:24.416 --> 00:21:26.518 every trace of it disappears off the internet? 412 00:21:27.152 --> 00:21:29.988 Even off my phone? That doesn't make sense. 413 00:21:30.989 --> 00:21:34.059 Sean wasn't crazy. Sean wasn't suicidal. 414 00:21:35.093 --> 00:21:36.595 He found something, okay? 415 00:21:37.629 --> 00:21:39.298 And I believe they killed him over it. 416 00:21:39.298 --> 00:21:40.799 Don't you wanna find out the truth? 417 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:42.601 Don't you want to find out who did this? 418 00:21:43.335 --> 00:21:45.003 - [Nicole] Of course. - Good. 419 00:21:46.371 --> 00:21:47.773 Then let's find the bastards who... 420 00:21:47.773 --> 00:21:49.374 - (distorted audio screeching) - ...killed my brother. 421 00:21:51.176 --> 00:21:55.280 (thrilling synth music playing) 422 00:22:07.326 --> 00:22:08.994 Disappearing hitchhikers, 423 00:22:09.795 --> 00:22:13.632 a hook-handed killer, alligators in our sewers. 424 00:22:14.666 --> 00:22:15.734 Urban legends 425 00:22:15.734 --> 00:22:18.537 are today's apocryphal fables and folklore. 426 00:22:18.537 --> 00:22:21.039 But are they nearly modern day morality tales? 427 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.174 Or could they be true? 428 00:22:22.174 --> 00:22:25.110 Join us as we take a detour towards the weird, 429 00:22:25.110 --> 00:22:26.945 the bizarre, and the uncanny. 430 00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:30.015 - Tonight on Uncanny Fables. - (tense music playing) 431 00:22:30.215 --> 00:22:35.854 [Tim] Sean's box of nightmares, 105 drawings, 87 printed pages, 432 00:22:36.154 --> 00:22:41.326 26 disposable camera photos, 13 exposed, 13 overexposed, 433 00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:45.831 three audio cassette tapes, a MiniDV tape, a hard drive, 434 00:22:46.231 --> 00:22:50.435 a VHS tape, a notebook. The sum total of Sean's research 435 00:22:50.435 --> 00:22:53.205 into an urban legend that doesn't exist, 436 00:22:53.672 --> 00:22:55.173 Project MKHEXE. 437 00:22:56.174 --> 00:22:57.843 [TV host] Urban legends are contagious. 438 00:22:58.043 --> 00:23:00.612 They're stories that happen to a friend of a friend 439 00:23:00.612 --> 00:23:01.747 or in the next town over, 440 00:23:01.747 --> 00:23:04.316 making them feel real and truthful. 441 00:23:04.316 --> 00:23:06.451 But more often than not, they aren't. 442 00:23:06.852 --> 00:23:08.920 [Tim] According to Sean's research, 443 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:12.524 this is the urban legend of Project MKHEXE. 444 00:23:13.425 --> 00:23:16.595 After the political and civil unrest of the 1960s, 445 00:23:16.595 --> 00:23:18.697 the United States government was looking for a way 446 00:23:18.697 --> 00:23:20.265 to implement mass mind control 447 00:23:20.265 --> 00:23:22.100 through combining hypnosis techniques, 448 00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:23.368 subliminal messaging, 449 00:23:23.368 --> 00:23:25.470 and the latest in broadcast technology. 450 00:23:26.571 --> 00:23:29.908 This secret government program was called Project MKHEXE. 451 00:23:30.609 --> 00:23:32.244 In the 1970s, 452 00:23:32.244 --> 00:23:34.646 MKHEXE researchers conducted their experiments 453 00:23:34.646 --> 00:23:38.583 in secret on American citizens at universities, hospitals, 454 00:23:38.817 --> 00:23:40.285 and through late night broadcasts 455 00:23:40.285 --> 00:23:42.120 in small towns across America. 456 00:23:42.654 --> 00:23:44.823 Unfortunately, the experiments didn't work. 457 00:23:45.357 --> 00:23:47.259 Instead of having their minds controlled, 458 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:49.761 MKHEXE test subjects were infected with nightmares 459 00:23:49.761 --> 00:23:52.798 and insanity, leading to horrific, violent outcomes 460 00:23:52.798 --> 00:23:54.833 that were covered up by the US government. 461 00:23:56.234 --> 00:23:59.938 After a number of failures, Project MKHEXE was shut down. 462 00:24:00.272 --> 00:24:02.841 Its technology abandoned and its research destroyed. 463 00:24:03.608 --> 00:24:06.912 Except, many believe that Project MKHEXE 464 00:24:06.912 --> 00:24:08.046 is still out there, 465 00:24:08.513 --> 00:24:10.649 lurking in the darkest corners of the internet, 466 00:24:10.649 --> 00:24:14.052 saved by an unseen group for reasons unknown. 467 00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:16.822 Some say that if you go looking 468 00:24:16.822 --> 00:24:18.924 for Project MKHEXE, you won't find it. 469 00:24:19.758 --> 00:24:23.094 Instead, Project MKHEXE finds you. 470 00:24:23.094 --> 00:24:24.830 - (static buzzing) - (eerie music playing) 471 00:24:24.830 --> 00:24:26.298 Researchers and modern day historians 472 00:24:26.298 --> 00:24:28.099 have rarely found the kernel of truth 473 00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.468 at the heart of an urban legend. 474 00:24:29.468 --> 00:24:31.269 And even if they are based on true events, 475 00:24:31.269 --> 00:24:35.106 urban legends have a tendency to mutate in each retelling. 476 00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:36.641 - (sinister music playing) - [Tim] Problem is, 477 00:24:36.641 --> 00:24:39.110 Project MKHEXE does not exist. 478 00:24:39.110 --> 00:24:41.413 Searches on the internet only lead to deleted pages, 479 00:24:42.013 --> 00:24:43.114 broken images, 480 00:24:43.114 --> 00:24:45.317 impressions indexed but incomplete. 481 00:24:45.317 --> 00:24:46.985 It isn't mentioned in any history books 482 00:24:46.985 --> 00:24:48.086 or news articles. 483 00:24:48.520 --> 00:24:53.725 For all intents and purposes, Project MKHEXE does not exist. 484 00:24:53.725 --> 00:24:56.728 And yet, somehow my brother, Sean, 485 00:24:57.262 --> 00:24:59.698 a college freshman on his summer vacation, 486 00:24:59.698 --> 00:25:04.002 compiled all of this evidence in only 106 days. 487 00:25:04.336 --> 00:25:05.670 Sean's notebook, 488 00:25:05.871 --> 00:25:08.974 a chronicle of his investigation into Project MKHEXE 489 00:25:08.974 --> 00:25:10.909 and our guide into understanding 490 00:25:10.909 --> 00:25:14.012 what exactly happened to him during the 106 days 491 00:25:14.346 --> 00:25:16.848 between the first mention of MKHEXE on June 13th 492 00:25:17.048 --> 00:25:19.217 and his death on September 27th. 493 00:25:19.651 --> 00:25:22.521 But why and how did Sean become so obsessed 494 00:25:22.921 --> 00:25:25.023 with an urban legend in the first place? 495 00:25:25.657 --> 00:25:28.326 - That wasn't the Sean I knew. - (lighter flicks) 496 00:25:28.326 --> 00:25:30.529 [Tim] To understand the truth about Sean, 497 00:25:30.829 --> 00:25:33.031 we needed to interview those closest to him... 498 00:25:34.132 --> 00:25:35.400 to find out what they knew... 499 00:25:36.568 --> 00:25:37.903 and to remember him. 500 00:25:37.903 --> 00:25:39.738 What's up, man? Thank you again 501 00:25:39.738 --> 00:25:41.573 for taking the time to talk with me. 502 00:25:41.573 --> 00:25:44.042 I'm not sure everybody's ready to talk about everything. 503 00:25:44.042 --> 00:25:46.144 [Tim] Please, Dad. For me. 504 00:25:47.212 --> 00:25:49.014 - For Sean. - (sighs) All right. Fine. 505 00:25:49.014 --> 00:25:51.683 Tim, this is such a nice thing you're doing. 506 00:25:51.683 --> 00:25:53.151 Remembering your brother. 507 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:58.023 - Remembering our Sean. - [Tim] Here's a few things 508 00:25:58.023 --> 00:25:59.858 you need to know about my brother, Sean. 509 00:26:00.959 --> 00:26:04.195 - Sean was the best. - (pensive music playing) 510 00:26:04.195 --> 00:26:05.697 He had his issues. 511 00:26:06.031 --> 00:26:09.067 Sean loved to argue. Sorry. He'd say he loved to debate. 512 00:26:09.067 --> 00:26:12.370 He always put a high premium on logic, facts. 513 00:26:12.571 --> 00:26:18.577 And you could never accuse Sean of being, like, a gentleman. 514 00:26:18.577 --> 00:26:20.345 His farts could clear a room. 515 00:26:20.345 --> 00:26:21.746 - (Tim laughing) - (Jake laughs) 516 00:26:21.746 --> 00:26:24.749 But Sean was great where it counts. 517 00:26:24.749 --> 00:26:27.218 We went to prom together as friends. 518 00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:30.355 He asked me out, to give me the experience. 519 00:26:30.355 --> 00:26:31.990 Your brother was that kind of guy. 520 00:26:31.990 --> 00:26:34.659 Sean was always talking about how me and the group of us 521 00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.927 were going places. 522 00:26:36.227 --> 00:26:38.997 He got me to dream of a better life and inspired me 523 00:26:38.997 --> 00:26:41.933 to pursue my own dreams my way. 524 00:26:41.933 --> 00:26:43.001 [Donald] He always made good grades, 525 00:26:43.001 --> 00:26:44.102 always kept us in the loop. 526 00:26:44.102 --> 00:26:46.371 Never got the feeling he was hiding stuff from us. 527 00:26:46.371 --> 00:26:48.640 I mean, after your experience in high school, 528 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:50.241 we were kind of worried, but-- 529 00:26:50.442 --> 00:26:51.843 [Tim] Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean, 530 00:26:51.843 --> 00:26:54.145 "After my experience in high school"? 531 00:26:54.479 --> 00:26:57.148 Tim, you know you didn't make it easy on us. 532 00:26:57.382 --> 00:26:59.851 [Tim] At the beginning of the summer of 2013, 533 00:26:59.851 --> 00:27:02.754 Sean returned home to the suburbs north of L.A. 534 00:27:02.754 --> 00:27:05.256 He had just finished his first year of college 535 00:27:05.457 --> 00:27:07.025 and was looking forward to a relaxing summer 536 00:27:07.025 --> 00:27:08.093 with old friends. 537 00:27:08.827 --> 00:27:10.261 Except, that didn't happen. 538 00:27:11.029 --> 00:27:14.099 Sean came back into town early summer, maybe May or June. 539 00:27:15.166 --> 00:27:17.769 We were able to hang out as much as I could. 540 00:27:17.969 --> 00:27:19.504 Well, Sean did seem a bit bummed 541 00:27:19.504 --> 00:27:21.873 that I wasn't coming back for the summer, but he got it. 542 00:27:21.873 --> 00:27:24.442 I had an I-banking internship. 543 00:27:24.442 --> 00:27:27.846 It was an opportunity, and I'd be stupid to say no. 544 00:27:27.846 --> 00:27:29.881 I had spent the summer at my parents lake house, 545 00:27:30.115 --> 00:27:31.282 even invited him out. 546 00:27:31.282 --> 00:27:33.351 But Sean said he couldn't make it. 547 00:27:33.952 --> 00:27:35.954 And I was in another shitty relationship 548 00:27:36.421 --> 00:27:37.455 with another loser. 549 00:27:37.656 --> 00:27:40.525 So, Sean and I hung out, as much as I could, 550 00:27:40.525 --> 00:27:43.962 which wasn't really much, to be honest. 551 00:27:44.663 --> 00:27:46.698 [Tim] And I wasn't there for Sean either. 552 00:27:47.365 --> 00:27:48.833 I had just graduated from college 553 00:27:48.833 --> 00:27:51.903 and was trying to make it work as a freelancer in New York. 554 00:27:52.904 --> 00:27:55.607 So, despite occasionally hanging out with Nicole... 555 00:27:55.607 --> 00:27:57.208 We got close for a while. 556 00:27:58.343 --> 00:28:00.612 [Tim] ...Sean spent most of his time at home... 557 00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.681 with Mom and Dad. 558 00:28:02.914 --> 00:28:04.549 [Donald] Typical American family. 559 00:28:04.749 --> 00:28:08.053 We wanted to provide a safe childhood 560 00:28:08.053 --> 00:28:09.654 for you guys, and a nice environment. 561 00:28:09.854 --> 00:28:12.490 I think we did that. 562 00:28:13.091 --> 00:28:15.293 Christmas time! What'd Santa get you? 563 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:17.095 [Young Sean] That's a dinosaur. 564 00:28:17.095 --> 00:28:18.363 [Donald] Dinosaur, awesome! 565 00:28:18.363 --> 00:28:20.398 - [Gloria] A dinosaur? - [Donald roars] 566 00:28:20.665 --> 00:28:22.767 - What about you, Tim? - (tender music playing) 567 00:28:22.767 --> 00:28:24.235 It's a camera? 568 00:28:24.235 --> 00:28:26.371 (Gloria gasps) It's an underwater camera! 569 00:28:27.172 --> 00:28:29.307 [Tim] When did you guys decide to have another kid? 570 00:28:30.108 --> 00:28:31.109 (breathes deeply) We didn't. 571 00:28:31.342 --> 00:28:34.412 Sean was our own little happy accident. 572 00:28:35.113 --> 00:28:36.581 Our miracle baby. 573 00:28:36.581 --> 00:28:40.218 Sean decided to come about three weeks too early. 574 00:28:40.218 --> 00:28:43.254 He was so tiny, so fragile. 575 00:28:43.254 --> 00:28:45.957 [Donald] And he was a fighter. Tough. Full of spirit. 576 00:28:45.957 --> 00:28:47.258 Nothing ever slowed him down. 577 00:28:47.258 --> 00:28:50.895 Although your brother did have a very strong spirit, 578 00:28:50.895 --> 00:28:53.698 his body did fail him from time to time. 579 00:28:53.698 --> 00:28:56.401 [Donald] He was sick some. Every kid gets sick some. 580 00:28:56.401 --> 00:28:58.670 [Gloria] But it was my job to take care of him 581 00:28:58.670 --> 00:28:59.704 when that happened. 582 00:28:59.938 --> 00:29:01.539 [Donald] Your mom panicked over every little thing, 583 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:03.241 but there was no need to, he was fine. 584 00:29:03.441 --> 00:29:06.611 [Gloria] We got to spend so much time together, 585 00:29:06.945 --> 00:29:09.981 here at home, especially when he wasn't feeling well. 586 00:29:10.215 --> 00:29:12.250 [Tim] Is that why he was your favorite child? 587 00:29:14.052 --> 00:29:15.086 Oh, Tim. 588 00:29:16.387 --> 00:29:18.223 I loved you both equally. 589 00:29:19.357 --> 00:29:20.425 I'm your mother-- 590 00:29:20.425 --> 00:29:22.060 [Donald] You try to love your kids the same. 591 00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:23.561 You try to raise 'em the same. 592 00:29:23.561 --> 00:29:26.231 But the second time around, you're a different person. 593 00:29:26.231 --> 00:29:29.734 The circumstances are different. The environment's different. 594 00:29:29.734 --> 00:29:31.703 Your kids are different people. 595 00:29:31.703 --> 00:29:33.705 (grunts) Damn it, Tim! 596 00:29:34.105 --> 00:29:35.907 - All right. - (Young Sean laughs) 597 00:29:36.141 --> 00:29:38.309 (Donald exclaims) Catch! Oh, good try! 598 00:29:38.309 --> 00:29:39.477 [Gloria] Good try, son. 599 00:29:39.477 --> 00:29:41.579 I just wish you two had gotten along better. 600 00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:43.014 [Donald] You guys were always at each other's throats. 601 00:29:43.581 --> 00:29:44.716 It was exhausting. 602 00:29:44.716 --> 00:29:47.786 [Gloria] And your movies, when you included him, 603 00:29:47.786 --> 00:29:50.955 oh, it was like Sean was walking on sunshine. 604 00:29:50.955 --> 00:29:52.924 What we want, Mr. Robinson, is the truth. 605 00:29:52.924 --> 00:29:55.426 The truth? I told you the truth. I didn't hurt no one. 606 00:29:55.426 --> 00:29:58.329 They're taking all this so-called "evidence" 607 00:29:58.630 --> 00:30:00.265 and they've woven a narrative. 608 00:30:00.265 --> 00:30:03.601 But it's all just a flimflam. In this kangaroo court, 609 00:30:04.035 --> 00:30:07.105 there are no facts, only interpretations! 610 00:30:07.739 --> 00:30:08.807 Objection! 611 00:30:11.576 --> 00:30:13.178 All right, where are we at Nicole? 612 00:30:15.280 --> 00:30:17.015 Right, we've assembled and organized 613 00:30:17.015 --> 00:30:19.784 - all of Sean's evidence in-- - In Sean's box of nightmares. 614 00:30:19.784 --> 00:30:21.619 In the box of nightmares, yes. 615 00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:24.355 And we've begun to establish a chronology of events 616 00:30:24.355 --> 00:30:25.657 and his investigation. 617 00:30:25.857 --> 00:30:27.525 And what's your reaction to it all? 618 00:30:29.527 --> 00:30:30.795 It's a bit overwhelming. 619 00:30:30.795 --> 00:30:33.431 The fact that Sean was able to gather so much 620 00:30:33.431 --> 00:30:36.701 in such a short period of time. It's kind of... incredible. 621 00:30:36.901 --> 00:30:39.470 So, do you think there's truth to Sean's thesis 622 00:30:39.470 --> 00:30:42.473 that Project MKHEXE was more than just an urban legend 623 00:30:42.473 --> 00:30:44.042 - or a conspiracy theory? - Maybe. 624 00:30:45.977 --> 00:30:47.178 We talked about this, "maybe." 625 00:30:47.178 --> 00:30:48.246 Tim, we said we weren't gonna-- 626 00:30:48.246 --> 00:30:49.380 - Come on! - Okay. 627 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:51.382 No wrong answers, okay? Just say what you're thinking. 628 00:30:52.250 --> 00:30:55.486 Why? (breathes sharply) 629 00:30:56.855 --> 00:30:58.256 All the evidence aside... 630 00:30:59.457 --> 00:31:01.259 Sean's notebook. It doesn't... 631 00:31:03.361 --> 00:31:05.463 It doesn't look like a sane person 632 00:31:05.463 --> 00:31:07.265 would write that. I'm sorry, but it's-- 633 00:31:07.265 --> 00:31:09.033 - So, you think Sean was crazy? - No. 634 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:12.537 That's not what I'm saying. Anything's possible. 635 00:31:12.537 --> 00:31:16.107 I mean, "An absence of evidence is not an evidence of absence." 636 00:31:16.374 --> 00:31:17.842 - [brooding music playing] - [Tim] Sean's notebook. 637 00:31:17.842 --> 00:31:20.011 June 13th, 2013. 638 00:31:20.478 --> 00:31:23.214 His first entry on Project MKHEXE. 639 00:31:23.214 --> 00:31:25.049 Maybe it was boredom that drew him in. 640 00:31:25.049 --> 00:31:26.384 Maybe it was loneliness. 641 00:31:26.384 --> 00:31:29.220 But either way, Sean began finding bits and pieces 642 00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:32.290 about the MKHEXE urban legend all across the internet. 643 00:31:32.857 --> 00:31:34.425 Newspaper clippings about strange 644 00:31:34.425 --> 00:31:35.727 late-night broadcasts. 645 00:31:36.127 --> 00:31:38.363 Blogs about secret government projects. 646 00:31:38.563 --> 00:31:40.865 Articles on strange sound transmissions, 647 00:31:40.865 --> 00:31:43.768 and online forms dedicated to conspiracy theories. 648 00:31:44.402 --> 00:31:46.971 Evidence I could not find on my own. 649 00:31:48.072 --> 00:31:49.974 Sean created a lost and found log 650 00:31:49.974 --> 00:31:52.143 of every mention, every website, every version 651 00:31:52.143 --> 00:31:53.878 of the urban legend he could find. 652 00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:57.315 Until he couldn't, until they began to disappear. 653 00:31:57.548 --> 00:31:59.918 Sometimes within days, sometimes hours, 654 00:31:59.918 --> 00:32:02.220 sometimes even within minutes of finding them. 655 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:04.689 Websites would just vanish, as if someone was deleting 656 00:32:04.689 --> 00:32:07.892 every trace of Project MKHEXE off the internet. 657 00:32:07.892 --> 00:32:09.994 But who, and why? 658 00:32:10.395 --> 00:32:12.297 In trying to answer these questions, 659 00:32:12.297 --> 00:32:14.699 Sean created his own conspiracy theory. 660 00:32:15.166 --> 00:32:17.135 But what about conspiracy theories? 661 00:32:17.135 --> 00:32:18.336 - (tense music playing) - World events 662 00:32:18.336 --> 00:32:21.472 shaped by sinister actors working in the shadows. 663 00:32:21.472 --> 00:32:23.141 In some ways, it's easier to believe 664 00:32:23.141 --> 00:32:25.743 that there's a man... or men behind the curtain, 665 00:32:25.743 --> 00:32:27.545 than to accept that the world we live in 666 00:32:27.545 --> 00:32:29.414 is one of chaos and confusion. 667 00:32:29.414 --> 00:32:31.349 - (pensive music playing) - [Tim] The problem is, 668 00:32:31.349 --> 00:32:32.917 Sean wasn't the kind of person 669 00:32:32.917 --> 00:32:35.420 who believed in conspiracy theories. 670 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:37.722 He was always about science and facts. 671 00:32:37.922 --> 00:32:41.426 He hated pseudo-scientific conspiracy theory bullshit. 672 00:32:41.426 --> 00:32:43.928 Soon enough, Project MKHEXE 673 00:32:43.928 --> 00:32:45.430 and shadowy government conspiracies 674 00:32:45.430 --> 00:32:48.333 were all Sean ever talked or texted about. 675 00:32:48.766 --> 00:32:51.202 [Tim] Sean theorized that maybe Project MKHEXE 676 00:32:51.202 --> 00:32:54.372 was related to another infamous Cold War secret program, 677 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.674 - (tense music playing) - [Tim] Project MKULTRA. 678 00:32:56.674 --> 00:32:58.443 Beginning in 1953, 679 00:32:58.443 --> 00:33:00.979 Project MKULTRA was the CIA's attempt 680 00:33:00.979 --> 00:33:04.482 to use mind control techniques to create the perfect spy. 681 00:33:04.482 --> 00:33:07.585 The word MKHEXE follows the CIA's cryptonym pattern 682 00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:10.288 with the letters "MK" designating projects 683 00:33:10.288 --> 00:33:13.157 run by the CIA's Technical Services Staff, 684 00:33:13.157 --> 00:33:15.393 the same people who ran MKULTRA. 685 00:33:15.760 --> 00:33:19.030 But the meaning of "hex" or "heksa" is even stranger. 686 00:33:19.030 --> 00:33:21.466 In English, a hex is a curse. 687 00:33:21.466 --> 00:33:24.869 In German, "hexe" means witch or hag, 688 00:33:24.869 --> 00:33:27.038 the folklore version of sleep paralysis. 689 00:33:27.372 --> 00:33:30.041 This led Sean to wonder if Project MKHEXE 690 00:33:30.041 --> 00:33:33.077 was somehow created by ex-Nazi scientists 691 00:33:33.077 --> 00:33:34.846 from Operation Paperclip, 692 00:33:34.846 --> 00:33:36.681 who combined ancient occult knowledge 693 00:33:36.681 --> 00:33:38.416 with advanced hypnosis techniques, 694 00:33:38.416 --> 00:33:41.152 to create the ultimate psychological weapon. 695 00:33:42.487 --> 00:33:43.688 But why would Sean, 696 00:33:43.688 --> 00:33:46.057 my left brained science-minded brother, 697 00:33:46.057 --> 00:33:47.392 believe in any of this? 698 00:33:48.393 --> 00:33:50.061 According to a recent study, 699 00:33:50.061 --> 00:33:52.497 almost 50 percent of all Americans 700 00:33:52.497 --> 00:33:55.233 believe in at least one conspiracy theory. 701 00:33:55.833 --> 00:33:57.435 - (muffled techno music playing) - Okay, everyone's super nice. 702 00:33:57.435 --> 00:33:58.536 [Nicole] Okay. 703 00:33:58.536 --> 00:34:00.405 - Hey, what's up, buddy? - [Tim] What's up, man? 704 00:34:00.638 --> 00:34:02.573 - Who's this? - [Tim] Everyone, 705 00:34:02.573 --> 00:34:04.342 - this is my friend, Nicole. - [Nicole] Hey. 706 00:34:04.342 --> 00:34:05.410 I didn't know you guys would be filming. 707 00:34:05.410 --> 00:34:06.711 Let's give 'em something to film, right? 708 00:34:07.011 --> 00:34:08.346 Beers aren't gonna drink themselves. 709 00:34:08.346 --> 00:34:11.182 - (partiers laugh, applaud) - Urban legends? 710 00:34:11.549 --> 00:34:15.720 Yeah, man, I think there's truth to some of those. 711 00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:18.423 There's a little bit of truth to every story, right? 712 00:34:18.423 --> 00:34:20.525 Conspiracy theories are such horseshit. 713 00:34:20.525 --> 00:34:22.193 It's just a bunch of paranoid rednecks 714 00:34:22.193 --> 00:34:24.595 trying to make sense of a world that just don't make sense. 715 00:34:24.595 --> 00:34:26.664 Hell yeah, I think the government's watching us. 716 00:34:26.664 --> 00:34:29.400 Ain't you seen that shit? That Snowden shit? 717 00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.535 Life's... 718 00:34:32.103 --> 00:34:35.907 way too complicated to worry about these kind of things. 719 00:34:35.907 --> 00:34:38.042 When has learning anything secret 720 00:34:38.042 --> 00:34:39.744 ever made anything better? 721 00:34:39.944 --> 00:34:41.112 Seriously? You don't think 722 00:34:41.112 --> 00:34:42.447 the government's listening on us right now? 723 00:34:42.447 --> 00:34:44.482 They are totally watching us right now. 724 00:34:44.482 --> 00:34:46.784 Yeah, I'm sure they really care what we're up to. 725 00:34:47.218 --> 00:34:50.154 We're already living in, like, a boring dystopia, man. 726 00:34:50.621 --> 00:34:54.158 You got politicians lying, robbing us blind, 727 00:34:54.158 --> 00:34:55.927 on both sides of the aisle. 728 00:34:55.927 --> 00:34:59.897 We still got mass brainwashing. Double speak, all that shit. 729 00:35:00.231 --> 00:35:01.966 I mean, there's not much we can do about it anyways, 730 00:35:01.966 --> 00:35:04.769 so, you know... fuck it. 731 00:35:04.969 --> 00:35:09.440 They want us dumb and scared and divided. 732 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:12.310 My point is these tinfoil hat wearing dudes 733 00:35:12.310 --> 00:35:13.711 assume there's someone in control, 734 00:35:13.711 --> 00:35:16.314 when the truth is way, way scarier. 735 00:35:17.048 --> 00:35:18.349 [Owen] And what's that, Ashleigh? 736 00:35:18.349 --> 00:35:22.487 That there's no one in control. That it's all just so random. 737 00:35:23.354 --> 00:35:24.922 - [Steve] Boom! - (laughs) 738 00:35:24.922 --> 00:35:26.991 [Steve] That ain't random! That's skill, baby. 739 00:35:26.991 --> 00:35:28.526 Drink up! Whoo-hoo! 740 00:35:28.526 --> 00:35:30.595 (eerie music playing) 741 00:35:30.595 --> 00:35:33.464 Conspiracy theories follow a circular reasoning 742 00:35:33.464 --> 00:35:35.800 where evidence and the lack thereof 743 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:37.935 reinforce the truth of the conspiracy. 744 00:35:37.935 --> 00:35:41.606 In conspiracy theories, there are no coincidences. 745 00:35:41.606 --> 00:35:43.941 - (tense music playing) - [Tim] June 27th, 2013. 746 00:35:44.442 --> 00:35:47.745 A list of so-called relatively stable websites. 747 00:35:48.012 --> 00:35:49.614 The Exoheretic Enclave, 748 00:35:49.947 --> 00:35:52.817 a defunct conspiracy forum from the early 2000s 749 00:35:52.817 --> 00:35:54.352 that seemingly fell apart 750 00:35:54.352 --> 00:35:56.687 after its users began researching the urban legend. 751 00:35:57.321 --> 00:35:58.823 JusticeforJudson.net, 752 00:35:58.823 --> 00:36:03.361 a 1990s webpage about a man who went missing in the 1970s. 753 00:36:03.361 --> 00:36:04.662 A source that, at first, 754 00:36:04.662 --> 00:36:07.031 seemed completely unrelated to Sean's research. 755 00:36:07.398 --> 00:36:09.100 And the Black Budget Compendium. 756 00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:11.836 A folder directory with declassified files 757 00:36:11.836 --> 00:36:13.571 on secret government projects. 758 00:36:14.172 --> 00:36:15.940 Inside the MKHEXE folder, 759 00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:17.942 Sean found photos labeled, "Subject 23" 760 00:36:18.476 --> 00:36:21.579 and a memo on a "Subproject 1101D." 761 00:36:22.113 --> 00:36:25.183 Sean had finally found actual photographic 762 00:36:25.183 --> 00:36:27.885 and written evidence about Project MKHEXE. 763 00:36:28.553 --> 00:36:30.221 But that wasn't enough for Sean. 764 00:36:30.488 --> 00:36:32.690 Sean tried to post his findings online, 765 00:36:33.057 --> 00:36:34.592 maybe in hopes that others would help him 766 00:36:34.592 --> 00:36:37.361 in his quest to prove Project MKHEXE was real. 767 00:36:37.995 --> 00:36:40.364 Except, every time Sean tried, 768 00:36:40.665 --> 00:36:43.067 his posts were almost immediately deleted. 769 00:36:43.334 --> 00:36:46.971 But someone noticed. Someone found him. 770 00:36:47.438 --> 00:36:49.407 Belief in conspiracy theories, 771 00:36:49.407 --> 00:36:51.409 known as, "conspiracist ideation," 772 00:36:51.409 --> 00:36:52.910 can become pathological, 773 00:36:53.344 --> 00:36:55.813 leading the believer to become paranoid, 774 00:36:56.147 --> 00:36:57.615 and even dangerous. 775 00:36:57.848 --> 00:36:58.983 [Tim] By the beginning of July, 776 00:36:58.983 --> 00:37:01.586 Sean's investigation into Project MKHEXE 777 00:37:02.086 --> 00:37:03.854 had become an obsession. 778 00:37:03.854 --> 00:37:06.457 [Nicole] Sean kind of started withdrawing. 779 00:37:06.457 --> 00:37:08.259 I do remember something weird. 780 00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.927 Around, like, the 4th of July. 781 00:37:09.927 --> 00:37:13.164 I was going to a barbecue and I wanted Sean to join me, 782 00:37:13.731 --> 00:37:15.533 but he wasn't really answering texts. 783 00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:17.735 So, I stopped by your parents' place. 784 00:37:18.202 --> 00:37:19.837 But Sean didn't come to the door. 785 00:37:19.837 --> 00:37:21.572 Your mom did. Your mom said... 786 00:37:22.473 --> 00:37:24.175 Sean couldn't come out because he was sick. 787 00:37:24.175 --> 00:37:25.876 The weird thing, man, is... 788 00:37:26.844 --> 00:37:29.046 as I was walking back to the car, 789 00:37:29.046 --> 00:37:31.649 I looked up at Sean's room and the blinds were shaking. 790 00:37:31.649 --> 00:37:33.417 Like he had been there, watching me. 791 00:37:33.417 --> 00:37:36.954 I texted him, but nothing. I didn't hear from Sean again. 792 00:37:37.388 --> 00:37:40.291 Your brother had just had a stressful first year, 793 00:37:40.291 --> 00:37:44.562 and he needed to relax, and to regain his strength. 794 00:37:44.562 --> 00:37:45.630 (sinister music playing) 795 00:37:45.630 --> 00:37:47.098 [Tim] But unbeknownst to anyone else, 796 00:37:47.098 --> 00:37:49.333 Sean had begun to receive items in the mail 797 00:37:49.333 --> 00:37:51.335 sent by a mysterious source. 798 00:37:51.335 --> 00:37:53.671 Unfortunately, Sean never found out 799 00:37:53.671 --> 00:37:55.973 who sent him the stuff or how they found him. 800 00:37:55.973 --> 00:37:58.075 Maybe someone saw his posts online. 801 00:37:58.075 --> 00:37:59.477 But how they traced those back 802 00:37:59.477 --> 00:38:01.412 to our home address remains a mystery. 803 00:38:01.879 --> 00:38:04.782 The only clue we have is a single catalog envelope 804 00:38:04.782 --> 00:38:07.318 with a strange sigil as the return address. 805 00:38:07.518 --> 00:38:10.288 On July, 3rd, Sean received a VHS tape 806 00:38:10.288 --> 00:38:13.124 with a barely playable recording of an old video 807 00:38:13.124 --> 00:38:14.425 of police interrogating 808 00:38:14.425 --> 00:38:17.695 one Henry Baker Judson, the missing man 809 00:38:17.695 --> 00:38:20.264 from the Justice for Judson website. 810 00:38:20.264 --> 00:38:22.633 (audio rewinds) 811 00:38:22.633 --> 00:38:25.369 Thank you. Thank you, thank you. 812 00:38:26.537 --> 00:38:28.906 - [Det. Bryant] For what? - For... (exhales) 813 00:38:30.474 --> 00:38:32.677 (groans) For stopping me. 814 00:38:33.077 --> 00:38:34.512 [Det. Bryant] It would really help us, Henry, 815 00:38:35.112 --> 00:38:38.616 to get an understanding as to what happened. 816 00:38:38.616 --> 00:38:41.018 It's those dreams, man. It's those goddamn dreams. 817 00:38:41.018 --> 00:38:42.687 [Det. Cameron] You wanna talk to us about your dreams? 818 00:38:42.687 --> 00:38:43.788 Missing time, 819 00:38:43.788 --> 00:38:46.357 visions about those goddamned experiments, okay? 820 00:38:46.357 --> 00:38:48.125 It's been following me, all right? 821 00:38:48.959 --> 00:38:50.261 Look, I don't know 822 00:38:50.261 --> 00:38:52.330 what you think I did to Allison and Brett and Tony, 823 00:38:52.330 --> 00:38:54.165 but it was not my fault. 824 00:38:54.165 --> 00:38:55.966 They got into my goddamned head, man. 825 00:38:56.267 --> 00:38:58.736 [Tim] Then, Sean began receiving strange drawings 826 00:38:58.736 --> 00:39:01.305 throughout July, all seemingly similar, 827 00:39:01.305 --> 00:39:03.674 despite being drawn by different hands. 828 00:39:03.974 --> 00:39:05.343 - (brooding music playing) - [Tim] On July 6th, 829 00:39:05.343 --> 00:39:07.812 Sean received 26 disposable camera photos 830 00:39:07.812 --> 00:39:10.748 he described as, "Spring Break '99." 831 00:39:10.981 --> 00:39:14.118 Thirteen were exposed, 13 were overexposed. 832 00:39:14.485 --> 00:39:17.655 On July 9th, Sean received an audio cassette, 833 00:39:17.855 --> 00:39:19.724 the first of three of what he called, 834 00:39:19.724 --> 00:39:21.892 "The Tacoma Tapes," recorded by a man 835 00:39:21.892 --> 00:39:23.661 who describes a recurring nightmare. 836 00:39:23.661 --> 00:39:24.695 (cassette tape clicks, whirs) 837 00:39:25.329 --> 00:39:28.199 (man speaks over recording) 838 00:39:39.076 --> 00:39:40.878 - (brooding music continues) - [Tim] On July 11th, 839 00:39:40.878 --> 00:39:42.179 Sean received a MiniDV tape 840 00:39:42.613 --> 00:39:45.516 with what he called, "The Chicago Experiments," 841 00:39:45.516 --> 00:39:47.585 recorded sometime in early 2007. 842 00:39:47.585 --> 00:39:49.186 [Nicole] Sean and I hadn't spoken 843 00:39:49.186 --> 00:39:51.222 for a few days because of reasons. 844 00:39:51.222 --> 00:39:53.357 But then, Sean showed me the MiniDV tape. 845 00:39:53.791 --> 00:39:56.594 Hello, my name is Miriam Yildiz. 846 00:39:56.594 --> 00:39:59.997 Abstract, although controversial in modern science, 847 00:39:59.997 --> 00:40:02.233 acoustic therapy through brainwave entrainment 848 00:40:02.233 --> 00:40:06.270 has a long ancient history of-- (gasps, shrieks) 849 00:40:06.270 --> 00:40:08.372 Although, so-called Solfeggio Frequencies 850 00:40:08.372 --> 00:40:11.409 have gotten the credit, this has been dismissed 851 00:40:11.409 --> 00:40:13.611 and ridiculed by closed-minded scientists 852 00:40:13.611 --> 00:40:15.713 unwilling to... blah, blah. 853 00:40:16.113 --> 00:40:19.817 Remapping of the vibrations. 854 00:40:19.817 --> 00:40:22.820 Remapping-- Remapping of the sensations 855 00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:25.289 of the vibrating acoustic ecology of the world. 856 00:40:25.823 --> 00:40:28.759 My conclusions show that maybe there can be... 857 00:40:29.927 --> 00:40:32.263 There are applications of noninvasive 858 00:40:32.263 --> 00:40:36.267 ultrasonic acoustic procedures that are... 859 00:40:38.803 --> 00:40:41.572 (speaking in foreign language) 860 00:40:41.772 --> 00:40:43.841 (in English) I fear they'll see through my results, 861 00:40:43.841 --> 00:40:44.842 and all this... 862 00:40:45.075 --> 00:40:50.080 (speaking in foreign language) 863 00:40:50.414 --> 00:40:52.082 (Tim, in English) And on July 16th, 864 00:40:52.082 --> 00:40:55.519 Sean received an old hard drive that was full of videos 865 00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:58.489 made by a mommy blogger, circa 2010. 866 00:40:58.689 --> 00:41:02.827 Hey there, Moms and Momettes. Vlog-A-Mama, Kim Eckles here. 867 00:41:02.827 --> 00:41:05.963 And today we are talking about how important it is 868 00:41:05.963 --> 00:41:08.265 for all of you active mothers out there 869 00:41:08.265 --> 00:41:11.402 to catch some Z's. (chuckles, inhales) 870 00:41:13.170 --> 00:41:16.340 (yawns) See what I mean? 871 00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:17.541 - (brooding music playing) - [Tim] At first, 872 00:41:17.541 --> 00:41:19.543 Sean wasn't sure what these items had to do 873 00:41:19.543 --> 00:41:23.113 with Project MKHEXE, but for the rest of July 874 00:41:23.113 --> 00:41:26.116 and into August, as he started to make connections, 875 00:41:26.116 --> 00:41:28.352 a narrative began to unfold. 876 00:41:28.686 --> 00:41:30.020 [Det. Bryant] What got into your head, Henry? 877 00:41:30.020 --> 00:41:31.322 I was low on cash, so... 878 00:41:31.322 --> 00:41:34.258 (inhales) ...I saw this flyer for some sleep study. Okay? 879 00:41:34.258 --> 00:41:36.026 At least that's what it said. 880 00:41:36.026 --> 00:41:38.729 There was this scientist, this ex-Nazi guy. 881 00:41:39.029 --> 00:41:40.431 - [Det. Bryant] A Nazi? - Yeah, man. 882 00:41:40.431 --> 00:41:44.335 He had to be, okay? Doctor Teufel, I think. 883 00:41:44.335 --> 00:41:45.536 (distorted) He experimented on us, 884 00:41:45.536 --> 00:41:46.637 experimented on me. 885 00:41:46.637 --> 00:41:47.805 [Det. Bryant] What kinds of experiments? 886 00:41:47.805 --> 00:41:50.174 They subjected us to some weird shit, okay? 887 00:41:50.174 --> 00:41:52.343 All right, they had these TVs that weren't TVs, 888 00:41:52.343 --> 00:41:53.911 and films wouldn't actually be films. 889 00:41:53.911 --> 00:41:56.514 One minute you'd be looking at the screen, 890 00:41:56.514 --> 00:41:58.048 and then another minute, it's like you're waking up 891 00:41:58.048 --> 00:42:00.150 from a bad dream. It wasn't even worth it. 892 00:42:00.150 --> 00:42:01.218 (breathes deeply) 893 00:42:01.218 --> 00:42:02.319 [Det. Bryant] Why is that, Henry? 894 00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:03.554 Ah, the nightmares, man. 895 00:42:03.554 --> 00:42:06.657 They infected my mind with nightmares. 896 00:42:06.657 --> 00:42:08.592 - (pensive music playing) - [Tim] Was Henry's confession 897 00:42:08.993 --> 00:42:12.062 proof that Project MKHEXE's experiments were conducted 898 00:42:12.062 --> 00:42:15.199 in secret at universities across America? 899 00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:17.868 Ahmet finally took me to the tunnels under the Reg 900 00:42:17.868 --> 00:42:20.838 and we found something... something... 901 00:42:20.838 --> 00:42:22.039 (speaking in foreign language) 902 00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:24.208 (chuckles, in English) Old Cold War tunnels. 903 00:42:24.608 --> 00:42:27.011 Hundreds of boxes, artifacts. 904 00:42:27.011 --> 00:42:29.079 (speaking in foreign language) 905 00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:31.148 (in English) Including this machine, this... 906 00:42:32.416 --> 00:42:36.720 computer type device. I'm talking about cathode tubes, 907 00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:39.623 old-fashioned switches, huge speakers! 908 00:42:39.623 --> 00:42:40.724 And, Ahmet... 909 00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.693 Well... 910 00:42:42.693 --> 00:42:45.195 (speaking in foreign language) 911 00:42:50.634 --> 00:42:52.536 (in English) So, I can't really trust him anymore. 912 00:42:54.238 --> 00:42:56.240 But I know the way in now. (giggles) 913 00:42:58.776 --> 00:43:02.780 (Meryem breathing heavily) 914 00:43:03.113 --> 00:43:05.816 (wind howling) 915 00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:17.628 - (objects clattering) - (Meryem gasps) 916 00:43:17.628 --> 00:43:19.430 (breathes heavily) 917 00:43:20.064 --> 00:43:22.066 (speaking in foreign language) 918 00:43:22.533 --> 00:43:23.734 (chuckles) 919 00:43:24.835 --> 00:43:28.806 (panting, in English) Wow. 920 00:43:31.475 --> 00:43:32.776 - (machine beeping) - (Meryem) Hmm. 921 00:43:32.776 --> 00:43:34.612 - (soft thud) - (feedback screeching) 922 00:43:34.612 --> 00:43:36.146 (speaking in foreign language) 923 00:43:37.014 --> 00:43:41.285 (screeching grows louder) 924 00:43:42.987 --> 00:43:46.790 (distorted feedback screeching) 925 00:43:48.325 --> 00:43:51.395 (machine beeping, powers off) 926 00:43:51.395 --> 00:43:54.932 (gasps, breathes heavily) 927 00:43:55.499 --> 00:44:00.638 (chuckles, in English) What? (laughs hysterically) 928 00:44:00.638 --> 00:44:02.706 [Tim] Sean concluded that Meryem had found 929 00:44:02.706 --> 00:44:04.875 Project MKHEXE's fabled nightmare machine. 930 00:44:05.709 --> 00:44:07.945 He now had videographic evidence 931 00:44:07.945 --> 00:44:09.179 of the government's secret program. 932 00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:10.447 (brooding music playing) 933 00:44:10.447 --> 00:44:13.450 [Tim] But the MKHEXE urban legend went beyond that. 934 00:44:13.450 --> 00:44:16.320 There were rumors of strange late night broadcasts 935 00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:18.355 in small towns across the country. 936 00:44:19.023 --> 00:44:21.892 (man over recording) 937 00:44:27.698 --> 00:44:29.733 [Tim] And Sean also believed that someone had uploaded 938 00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:32.803 the Project MKHEXE video to the internet. 939 00:44:33.337 --> 00:44:36.006 But who? And for what purpose? 940 00:44:36.607 --> 00:44:40.144 I'll admit, it's been a rough few nights. 941 00:44:40.144 --> 00:44:43.047 Weird thoughts and weird dreams. (inhales deeply) 942 00:44:43.047 --> 00:44:48.052 And that stupid trickster and his dumb hypnosis video. 943 00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:51.188 (eerie music playing) 944 00:44:51.188 --> 00:44:53.190 [Tim] And then, there was evidence 945 00:44:53.190 --> 00:44:55.759 that something even stranger was going on. 946 00:44:58.996 --> 00:45:01.465 What did the MKHEXE video show its victims? 947 00:45:01.765 --> 00:45:03.167 No one could remember. 948 00:45:03.367 --> 00:45:04.568 One minute you'll be looking 949 00:45:04.568 --> 00:45:06.670 at the screen, and then another minute, 950 00:45:06.670 --> 00:45:08.472 it's like you're waking up from a bad dream. 951 00:45:08.472 --> 00:45:09.773 (man over recording) 952 00:45:09.773 --> 00:45:11.508 I don't know why, but the universe 953 00:45:11.508 --> 00:45:12.743 has given me a gift. 954 00:45:13.944 --> 00:45:16.747 (speaking in foreign language) 955 00:45:17.014 --> 00:45:19.516 (in English) I need to document everything, 956 00:45:20.084 --> 00:45:21.485 because when it turned on... 957 00:45:25.856 --> 00:45:27.091 I can't quite remember. 958 00:45:27.858 --> 00:45:29.526 I think what it sings... 959 00:45:31.395 --> 00:45:34.031 it's hypnotic. That's the best way to put it. 960 00:45:34.331 --> 00:45:38.669 Possibly an induced alpha state. Someone somehow got there first. 961 00:45:38.669 --> 00:45:41.538 But that's not a problem. If it fills in the gaps... 962 00:45:41.972 --> 00:45:45.275 (speaking in foreign language) 963 00:45:45.509 --> 00:45:47.578 (breathes deeply) 964 00:45:47.811 --> 00:45:50.614 (in English) My mind feels... open. 965 00:45:51.248 --> 00:45:52.449 I am aware. 966 00:45:52.916 --> 00:45:54.785 I see connections between things. 967 00:45:55.285 --> 00:45:57.821 I see what I was missing in my research. (inhales) 968 00:45:58.288 --> 00:46:01.558 (speaking in foreign language) 969 00:46:02.226 --> 00:46:03.460 (in English) And I will go back. 970 00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:05.129 - (ominous music playing) - [Tim] And for whatever reason, 971 00:46:05.129 --> 00:46:07.765 the MKHEXE video couldn't be recorded. 972 00:46:08.232 --> 00:46:11.935 (breathes heavily, sniffles) 973 00:46:12.469 --> 00:46:16.707 23:45. February 7th, AV test 13. 974 00:46:16.707 --> 00:46:20.410 (sniffles) Here we go. (breathes deeply) 975 00:46:21.245 --> 00:46:24.014 - (static buzzing) - (distorted feedback echoing) 976 00:46:26.483 --> 00:46:29.119 February 13th, AV test 21. 977 00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:32.422 - (static buzzing) - (distorted feedback echoing) 978 00:46:32.422 --> 00:46:33.857 AV test 34. 979 00:46:33.857 --> 00:46:38.295 - (static buzzing) - (distorted feedback echoing) 980 00:46:38.295 --> 00:46:39.296 Test 55. 981 00:46:39.563 --> 00:46:43.967 - (static buzzing) - (distorted feedback echoing) 982 00:46:43.967 --> 00:46:46.036 (breathes shakily) Test 89. 983 00:46:49.640 --> 00:46:53.177 - (static buzzing) - (distorted feedback echoing) 984 00:46:53.510 --> 00:46:56.780 All attempts to visually record 985 00:46:56.780 --> 00:46:58.148 neuromodular deployment mechanism 986 00:46:58.148 --> 00:46:59.616 of Phobos Machine have failed. 987 00:47:00.617 --> 00:47:03.987 As if something prevents it from going on tape. 988 00:47:03.987 --> 00:47:06.990 Sound records successfully. (sighs) 989 00:47:06.990 --> 00:47:10.360 (distorted feedback screeching) 990 00:47:10.360 --> 00:47:11.795 - (sinister music playing) - [Tim] Sean theorized 991 00:47:11.795 --> 00:47:13.297 that the MKHEXE video 992 00:47:13.297 --> 00:47:16.166 incorporated audio-based brainwave entrainment techniques 993 00:47:16.166 --> 00:47:19.203 to hypnotize its viewers. But to what end? 994 00:47:19.770 --> 00:47:22.673 (speaking in foreign language) 995 00:47:23.607 --> 00:47:25.142 (Meryem, in English) Sound will be clearer, hopefully. 996 00:47:25.142 --> 00:47:26.210 (distorted feedback screeching) 997 00:47:26.210 --> 00:47:28.011 [Meryem] Repeating infrasonic expressions. 998 00:47:28.011 --> 00:47:30.547 Here, one at 19 hertz, one at 12. 999 00:47:30.547 --> 00:47:32.983 That seemed to induce not only an alpha, 1000 00:47:32.983 --> 00:47:35.552 but maybe even theta or delta state in the brain. 1001 00:47:35.552 --> 00:47:36.720 But then there's this. 1002 00:47:36.720 --> 00:47:38.989 If transferred to a Spectrogram... 1003 00:47:38.989 --> 00:47:40.858 - (keyboard clacking) - (Meryem sighs) 1004 00:47:41.191 --> 00:47:43.360 (speaking in foreign language) 1005 00:47:43.560 --> 00:47:45.696 (Tim, in English) Sean noticed that all of the MKHEXE victims 1006 00:47:45.696 --> 00:47:49.233 developed the same physiological and psychological symptoms. 1007 00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:53.036 Symptoms that seem to get worse with repeated exposure. 1008 00:47:53.537 --> 00:47:55.939 After the initial amnesia of the video itself, 1009 00:47:56.406 --> 00:47:58.408 the first symptom was an open mind. 1010 00:47:59.376 --> 00:48:01.044 - (tense music playing) - My mind feels open. 1011 00:48:01.044 --> 00:48:02.746 (man over recording) 1012 00:48:08.485 --> 00:48:12.356 [Tim] Next, victims experienced intense dreams and nightmares. 1013 00:48:12.923 --> 00:48:15.058 Weird thoughts and weird dreams. 1014 00:48:15.058 --> 00:48:18.295 They infected my mind with nightmares. 1015 00:48:18.295 --> 00:48:20.597 [Tim] Sean wondered if everyone experienced 1016 00:48:20.597 --> 00:48:22.966 - the same shared dream. - (cassette player clicks) 1017 00:48:22.966 --> 00:48:25.135 [Tim] He turned to the Tacoma Tapes for answers. 1018 00:48:25.435 --> 00:48:27.204 (man over recording) 1019 00:49:21.491 --> 00:49:22.960 [Tim] And for MKHEXE victims, 1020 00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:25.362 the dreams were followed by paranoia. 1021 00:49:26.596 --> 00:49:27.898 (Meryem, speaking in foreign language) 1022 00:49:28.498 --> 00:49:31.368 (speaking in foreign language) 1023 00:49:34.838 --> 00:49:36.573 (speaking in foreign language) 1024 00:49:39.209 --> 00:49:40.744 (in English) Today's vlog is going to be 1025 00:49:40.744 --> 00:49:42.446 a little different 1026 00:49:43.046 --> 00:49:46.850 because, Momettes, our house has been violated. 1027 00:49:46.850 --> 00:49:49.386 Someone intruded into my home. 1028 00:49:49.586 --> 00:49:50.721 I just don't know when. 1029 00:49:50.721 --> 00:49:53.190 I mean, I didn't hear anything last night, but, oh, 1030 00:49:53.190 --> 00:49:54.958 there is a lot of evidence 1031 00:49:54.958 --> 00:49:57.861 that someone was here, no matter what Carl says. 1032 00:49:58.228 --> 00:50:02.366 Oh, my God. 1033 00:50:05.035 --> 00:50:06.036 What? 1034 00:50:07.504 --> 00:50:09.039 (gasps) Oh, my God! 1035 00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:10.340 And the strangest thing? 1036 00:50:10.640 --> 00:50:15.078 I mean, the strangest thing, Moms and Momettes, 1037 00:50:15.779 --> 00:50:17.047 is where I found the knives. 1038 00:50:17.314 --> 00:50:19.516 What the... (bleep) ...is going on? 1039 00:50:19.516 --> 00:50:21.018 But it's fine, Moms and Momettes. 1040 00:50:21.018 --> 00:50:22.986 A den mama's gotta do what a den mama's gotta do 1041 00:50:22.986 --> 00:50:24.021 for her pups. 1042 00:50:25.022 --> 00:50:26.223 Am I right? 1043 00:50:26.223 --> 00:50:27.991 [Tim] The victims would soon experience 1044 00:50:27.991 --> 00:50:29.192 missing time, 1045 00:50:29.192 --> 00:50:31.695 minutes and hours that they couldn't remember. 1046 00:50:31.695 --> 00:50:33.330 And then it would start to happen in the day, 1047 00:50:33.330 --> 00:50:36.233 the nightmares. One minute, I'd be in class or in the shop, 1048 00:50:36.233 --> 00:50:37.868 and then the next, I'd be in the nightmare. 1049 00:50:37.868 --> 00:50:39.336 [Det. Cameron] So, nightmares made you do it? 1050 00:50:39.336 --> 00:50:42.339 (distorted) I don't know. I don't remember how I was... 1051 00:50:42.339 --> 00:50:44.908 I don't know what exactly happened, okay? 1052 00:50:44.908 --> 00:50:47.044 There'd be missing time, there'd be gaps, okay? 1053 00:50:47.044 --> 00:50:48.812 (distorted) The nightmares, they got worse. 1054 00:50:48.812 --> 00:50:49.913 They began to haunt me. 1055 00:50:49.913 --> 00:50:53.250 They began to follow me. If I walked by a TV, 1056 00:50:53.250 --> 00:50:56.453 I would hear that high-pitched whine, 1057 00:50:56.453 --> 00:50:59.856 and then broadcast, whatever, it would start playing. 1058 00:50:59.856 --> 00:51:01.458 Look, Brett was mad about the TV. 1059 00:51:01.458 --> 00:51:03.927 But I had to smash it, okay? I had to destroy it. 1060 00:51:03.927 --> 00:51:06.063 I had to, because if it infected me... 1061 00:51:06.063 --> 00:51:08.031 [Tim] And as their minds decayed, 1062 00:51:08.532 --> 00:51:10.300 - their bodies soon followed. - (brooding music playing) 1063 00:51:10.300 --> 00:51:12.202 [Meryem] There's a pattern. A repeating pattern. 1064 00:51:12.202 --> 00:51:13.303 A pattern of communication. 1065 00:51:13.303 --> 00:51:14.771 (speaking in foreign language) 1066 00:51:14.771 --> 00:51:16.373 (in English) Perhaps one that can be sequenced. 1067 00:51:16.373 --> 00:51:19.443 (muttering in foreign language) 1068 00:51:19.443 --> 00:51:21.445 - (static buzzes) - (feedback screeching) 1069 00:51:23.747 --> 00:51:24.915 (gasps) 1070 00:51:24.915 --> 00:51:26.883 (in English) Hey there, Moms and Momettes. 1071 00:51:26.883 --> 00:51:29.086 (sighs) Vlog-A-Mama here. 1072 00:51:30.921 --> 00:51:34.224 Pups are fine. House seems fine. 1073 00:51:34.791 --> 00:51:36.393 No more intruders. 1074 00:51:36.393 --> 00:51:40.097 Everyone's safe... (sighs) ...but Carl forgot to install 1075 00:51:40.097 --> 00:51:42.699 those damn Nanny Cams like I asked. 1076 00:51:43.600 --> 00:51:46.136 So, I stole his credit card. 1077 00:51:46.136 --> 00:51:48.605 Den mama's gotta watch the den. (chuckles) 1078 00:51:48.972 --> 00:51:52.275 Workers are coming to-mor-row. 1079 00:51:52.275 --> 00:51:54.811 I've been having the wackiest dreams about... 1080 00:51:56.480 --> 00:51:57.914 a forest. 1081 00:51:57.914 --> 00:51:59.616 Went to bed last night in my bed, 1082 00:51:59.616 --> 00:52:03.320 and I woke up here in front of the TV. (scoffs) 1083 00:52:04.754 --> 00:52:07.057 It's the weirdest thing. I've been testing out 1084 00:52:07.057 --> 00:52:10.627 a new makeup regimen for the "exhausted mom." 1085 00:52:11.495 --> 00:52:15.499 You know who you are, and hopefully, I-- 1086 00:52:15.499 --> 00:52:17.267 - (static buzzes) - (feedback screeching) 1087 00:52:23.607 --> 00:52:26.176 (gasps, breathes heavily) 1088 00:52:26.176 --> 00:52:27.511 - (sinister music playing) - [Tim] But the thing 1089 00:52:27.511 --> 00:52:28.812 that bothered Sean the most 1090 00:52:28.812 --> 00:52:31.515 was where these MKHEXE infections were heading. 1091 00:52:31.982 --> 00:52:33.283 [Det. Cameron] Is that why you killed Brett? 1092 00:52:33.283 --> 00:52:35.018 (hesitates) No, no. That... Look, between that 1093 00:52:35.018 --> 00:52:37.454 and the nightmares, that's why I called 911. 1094 00:52:37.454 --> 00:52:39.189 That's why I wanted to talk with you. 1095 00:52:39.189 --> 00:52:41.691 I was worried something bad would happen. 1096 00:52:41.691 --> 00:52:43.460 [Det. Cameron] Something bad did happen. 1097 00:52:43.460 --> 00:52:44.828 What has been bothering me 1098 00:52:45.662 --> 00:52:48.965 is why you arranged the bodies in this order 1099 00:52:49.466 --> 00:52:52.035 and why you painted Satanic symbols 1100 00:52:52.035 --> 00:52:53.370 on the walls in their blood. 1101 00:52:53.637 --> 00:52:54.971 I don't... I don't... I don't-- 1102 00:52:54.971 --> 00:52:58.008 Don't give me that, "I don't remember bullshit!" 1103 00:52:58.675 --> 00:53:02.179 Look at this, Henry. Look at the photo, Henry! 1104 00:53:03.346 --> 00:53:05.949 And explain this so I can understand. 1105 00:53:06.183 --> 00:53:07.551 Don't you see that this... 1106 00:53:07.551 --> 00:53:09.252 - this... this has happened. - (static buzzing) 1107 00:53:09.252 --> 00:53:11.821 This is happening. This will happen. 1108 00:53:11.821 --> 00:53:13.657 The sacrifices, they open the gate, 1109 00:53:13.657 --> 00:53:16.660 and the nightmares will be born anew in this world. 1110 00:53:16.660 --> 00:53:18.895 Please believe me! Goddamn it, goddamn it! 1111 00:53:18.895 --> 00:53:20.897 Don't you see that every moment we are in here 1112 00:53:20.897 --> 00:53:23.500 is another moment they are out there? Please! 1113 00:53:23.500 --> 00:53:25.569 We have to stop them, please! 1114 00:53:25.569 --> 00:53:29.539 The Aberrants, they are coming! They are com-- The Aberrants-- 1115 00:53:29.539 --> 00:53:32.442 - (static buzzes) - (feedback screeching) 1116 00:53:32.442 --> 00:53:33.610 (Kim gasps) 1117 00:53:34.711 --> 00:53:36.846 (mumbles indistinctly) 1118 00:53:50.560 --> 00:53:53.263 (mumbles indistinctly) 1119 00:53:58.401 --> 00:54:00.770 (mumbles indistinctly) 1120 00:54:37.674 --> 00:54:43.313 - (static buzzes) - (feedback screeching) 1121 00:54:43.313 --> 00:54:46.583 (groans, distorted) 1122 00:55:03.333 --> 00:55:04.701 (knife clinking) 1123 00:55:05.602 --> 00:55:08.071 (knife scraping) 1124 00:55:21.518 --> 00:55:23.920 [Kim's daughter] Mommy? Mommy! 1125 00:55:23.920 --> 00:55:27.157 - (knife slashing) - (Kim's daughter screaming) 1126 00:55:27.157 --> 00:55:28.658 - (unsettling music playing) - [Carl] Kim? 1127 00:55:30.527 --> 00:55:31.861 - (brooding music playing) - [Tim] Unfortunately, 1128 00:55:31.861 --> 00:55:33.563 we can't watch past this point. 1129 00:55:33.797 --> 00:55:36.266 Sean's notebook refers to box of nightmares videos 1130 00:55:36.266 --> 00:55:37.734 that we can't see. 1131 00:55:37.734 --> 00:55:40.270 The footage is there, but the files don't work. 1132 00:55:40.270 --> 00:55:41.538 It's like something is preventing us... 1133 00:55:41.805 --> 00:55:43.873 - (distorted feedback echoing) - ...from watching them. 1134 00:55:43.873 --> 00:55:47.510 And then a note from late August. "It found me!" 1135 00:55:48.211 --> 00:55:50.714 Sean killing himself doesn't make sense. 1136 00:55:50.947 --> 00:55:52.148 Where were the signs? 1137 00:55:53.483 --> 00:55:55.585 Aren't there usually signs for this kind of thing? 1138 00:55:56.486 --> 00:55:57.987 [Tim] When did you notice that there was something wrong 1139 00:55:57.987 --> 00:55:59.656 - with Sean? - I didn't. 1140 00:56:00.023 --> 00:56:03.693 There was nothing wrong with Sean. 1141 00:56:03.693 --> 00:56:05.328 [Tim] No difference when he came home from school? 1142 00:56:05.328 --> 00:56:08.498 No signs of anxiety, depression, nothing? 1143 00:56:08.498 --> 00:56:09.499 Nope. 1144 00:56:10.600 --> 00:56:12.435 Sean was just Sean. 1145 00:56:13.169 --> 00:56:14.738 I mean, he was around the house a little too much. 1146 00:56:14.738 --> 00:56:16.439 Told him to go out and get a job, find something, 1147 00:56:16.439 --> 00:56:18.875 get involved in life. "Get out of the house, son. 1148 00:56:18.875 --> 00:56:21.444 "Get off the computer, go do life." 1149 00:56:21.444 --> 00:56:22.846 [Tim] After the, "It found me" note, 1150 00:56:22.846 --> 00:56:25.048 our timeline of Sean's investigation 1151 00:56:25.048 --> 00:56:26.716 completely falls apart. 1152 00:56:27.016 --> 00:56:29.786 The notebook's middle pages are torn out, missing, 1153 00:56:29.786 --> 00:56:31.354 and what follows are the disjointed 1154 00:56:31.354 --> 00:56:32.689 fragments of a story. 1155 00:56:32.889 --> 00:56:36.526 Did Sean find Project MKHEXE? I believe that he did. 1156 00:56:37.761 --> 00:56:40.063 And I believe that it infected him. 1157 00:56:40.764 --> 00:56:44.334 (Sean over recording) 1158 00:56:44.334 --> 00:56:45.769 - (eerie music playing) - [Tim] Sean's mind was open. 1159 00:56:45.769 --> 00:56:48.738 He finally understood the purpose of Project MKHEXE. 1160 00:56:49.372 --> 00:56:51.708 And soon, Sean was having nightmares 1161 00:56:51.708 --> 00:56:55.111 of a forest under strange stars and a field of corpses 1162 00:56:55.111 --> 00:56:56.880 before an ancient pyramid. 1163 00:56:56.880 --> 00:57:00.350 - Sean's paranoia began to grow. - (static buzzing) 1164 00:57:00.350 --> 00:57:01.918 [Tim] He was worried that he was being watched 1165 00:57:01.918 --> 00:57:04.554 and that he was being followed, but not by the government. 1166 00:57:04.554 --> 00:57:07.624 Sean was worried about someone else. 1167 00:57:07.624 --> 00:57:09.492 Over and over again, 1168 00:57:09.492 --> 00:57:12.262 Sean wrote about the Aberrants of Kzathguul. 1169 00:57:12.262 --> 00:57:13.797 The Aberrants, they are coming! 1170 00:57:14.030 --> 00:57:16.099 [Tim] An ancient Akkadian cult focused 1171 00:57:16.099 --> 00:57:18.968 on the worship of a forgotten God, Kzathguul. 1172 00:57:19.436 --> 00:57:21.504 Sean was convinced that the Aberrants 1173 00:57:21.504 --> 00:57:23.506 were behind Project MKHEXE being out there. 1174 00:57:23.773 --> 00:57:25.308 That they were using the experiment 1175 00:57:25.308 --> 00:57:27.210 towards some unknown purpose. 1176 00:57:27.210 --> 00:57:29.045 The sacrifices, they open the gate, 1177 00:57:29.045 --> 00:57:31.748 and the nightmares will be born anew in this world. 1178 00:57:31.748 --> 00:57:32.949 Please believe me! 1179 00:57:32.949 --> 00:57:35.652 [Tim] Was the cult using Project MKHEXE 1180 00:57:35.652 --> 00:57:37.987 to somehow summon Kzathguul? 1181 00:57:37.987 --> 00:57:41.691 (Sean over recording) 1182 00:57:41.925 --> 00:57:43.960 [Tim] And despite his worsening symptoms, 1183 00:57:43.960 --> 00:57:45.662 my little brother had a plan. 1184 00:57:45.662 --> 00:57:48.264 (Sean over recording) 1185 00:57:48.264 --> 00:57:49.265 Time's running out, Nicole. 1186 00:57:49.466 --> 00:57:52.969 [Tim] Sean built a machine, but its purpose eludes us. 1187 00:57:54.471 --> 00:57:57.073 Sean spent his last day on Earth 1188 00:57:57.073 --> 00:57:59.676 trying to put his plan into action. 1189 00:57:59.676 --> 00:58:02.145 - I gotta stop it. - [Nicole] Okay, no! Sean, Sean! 1190 00:58:02.512 --> 00:58:04.280 (Sean over recording) 1191 00:58:04.781 --> 00:58:09.018 - [Tim] And then, and then he... - (music concludes) 1192 00:58:10.286 --> 00:58:11.788 - [Tim] Who found him? - Your mother. 1193 00:58:13.523 --> 00:58:14.858 [Tim] How did you find out? 1194 00:58:16.526 --> 00:58:17.894 I heard her scream. 1195 00:58:17.894 --> 00:58:20.096 Look, are you gonna ask your mom these questions? 1196 00:58:20.096 --> 00:58:21.498 Don't you think she's had enough? 1197 00:58:21.498 --> 00:58:23.500 [Tim] What about the day he killed himself? 1198 00:58:23.500 --> 00:58:25.802 (suspenseful music playing) 1199 00:58:25.802 --> 00:58:28.037 Tim, why would you ask me about that? 1200 00:58:28.037 --> 00:58:30.540 Why can't we talk about something nice? 1201 00:58:30.540 --> 00:58:32.642 [Tim] Did Sean ever reach out to you and Dad for help? 1202 00:58:34.677 --> 00:58:37.480 What about Project MKHEXE? What's that? 1203 00:58:38.448 --> 00:58:40.350 - Did Sean mention that? - (ominous music playing) 1204 00:58:40.350 --> 00:58:42.552 [Tim] Did he mention that people were following him? 1205 00:58:42.552 --> 00:58:44.721 Did he mention that he felt unsafe? Anything? 1206 00:58:46.756 --> 00:58:50.493 Did Sean ever mention anything to you about a Project MKHEXE? 1207 00:58:51.461 --> 00:58:54.163 No. What is that? 1208 00:58:54.163 --> 00:58:55.832 [Tim] What about Project MKHEXE? 1209 00:58:55.832 --> 00:58:56.833 No, what's that? 1210 00:58:57.033 --> 00:58:59.669 Is that some kind of rip off of MKULTRA? 1211 00:58:59.669 --> 00:59:01.704 [Tim] Dad, what is Project MKHEXE? 1212 00:59:04.874 --> 00:59:07.343 I don't know. Look, I'm done with this. 1213 00:59:07.343 --> 00:59:08.411 [Tim] Why were you guys throwing out 1214 00:59:08.411 --> 00:59:09.546 Sean's stuff in the middle of the night? 1215 00:59:09.546 --> 00:59:11.314 I have answered enough of your questions. 1216 00:59:11.314 --> 00:59:14.350 Your brother Sean was an angel. 1217 00:59:14.350 --> 00:59:17.587 - (tense music playing) - He was our miracle baby. 1218 00:59:17.887 --> 00:59:19.923 [Tim] Do you blame yourself for Sean's death? 1219 00:59:21.424 --> 00:59:22.425 No! 1220 00:59:23.426 --> 00:59:24.761 [Tim] That you didn't do enough to save him? 1221 00:59:24.961 --> 00:59:28.331 God gave him to us for only a moment. 1222 00:59:29.432 --> 00:59:32.902 And when the time came, God called him home. 1223 00:59:34.237 --> 00:59:38.741 I love you, son. I love you. But I dare you. I dare you. 1224 00:59:38.942 --> 00:59:41.511 We must live with that. 1225 00:59:42.979 --> 00:59:45.381 That is our burden. 1226 00:59:47.884 --> 00:59:49.886 - [Tim] Mom, I-- - Now... (sniffles) 1227 00:59:50.086 --> 00:59:51.588 ...if you'll excuse me, 1228 00:59:51.588 --> 00:59:54.090 I have to get back to cleaning. (breathes sharply) 1229 00:59:54.457 --> 00:59:55.925 'Cause this house is a mess. 1230 00:59:56.426 --> 00:59:59.796 Look, I'm done with this. Tim, I love you, son. 1231 01:00:00.263 --> 01:00:01.798 But that's enough, understand? 1232 01:00:02.899 --> 01:00:05.068 That's too far! That's too far! 1233 01:00:05.602 --> 01:00:07.203 - [Tim] An open mind-- - (feedback screeching) 1234 01:00:10.974 --> 01:00:15.545 (somber music playing) 1235 01:00:18.014 --> 01:00:20.416 [Tim] Am I just going over this again and again 1236 01:00:20.416 --> 01:00:25.154 because I just can't let Sean go? (breathes heavily) 1237 01:00:25.154 --> 01:00:26.389 Because I won't let myself feel it? 1238 01:00:26.389 --> 01:00:27.924 I mean, there's something here. 1239 01:00:27.924 --> 01:00:30.259 There's something right here. Sean was onto it. 1240 01:00:31.294 --> 01:00:32.495 And nobody helped him. 1241 01:00:34.797 --> 01:00:36.599 Even if he was sick, nobody helped him. 1242 01:00:36.599 --> 01:00:41.137 Not Mom, or Dad, or Nicole, or his friends. 1243 01:00:43.039 --> 01:00:44.941 Or me. I mean, those people in the videos 1244 01:00:44.941 --> 01:00:46.943 had to have come from somewhere, right? But... 1245 01:00:47.477 --> 01:00:49.312 God, a nightmare machine? 1246 01:00:49.979 --> 01:00:51.781 - Really? - (object clattering) 1247 01:00:51.781 --> 01:00:52.949 What now? 1248 01:00:56.185 --> 01:00:58.988 - (breathes deeply) - (crickets chirping) 1249 01:01:06.696 --> 01:01:08.698 - [Tim] Mom? - (glass crunching) 1250 01:01:09.499 --> 01:01:10.533 (Gloria whimpers) 1251 01:01:11.734 --> 01:01:13.136 All this glass. 1252 01:01:15.505 --> 01:01:16.739 What a mess. 1253 01:01:18.074 --> 01:01:19.742 [Tim] Dad, what's wrong with Mom? 1254 01:01:21.044 --> 01:01:23.346 [Donald] Your mother's fine if you'd stop bothering her. 1255 01:01:23.346 --> 01:01:24.914 [Tim] Excuse me? Bothering her? 1256 01:01:26.315 --> 01:01:28.618 [Donald] Have some respect and turn that thing off. 1257 01:01:28.618 --> 01:01:30.720 (garage door whirring) 1258 01:01:32.722 --> 01:01:33.723 Right? 1259 01:01:34.624 --> 01:01:35.625 All right. 1260 01:01:37.160 --> 01:01:39.095 So, where are we at with the documentary, Tim? 1261 01:01:42.165 --> 01:01:43.232 I don't know anymore. 1262 01:01:43.232 --> 01:01:45.068 - Sean was building a machine... - Mm-hmm. 1263 01:01:45.068 --> 01:01:47.203 ...apparently based off Meryem's experiments. 1264 01:01:47.203 --> 01:01:49.706 Some sort of sound device, why? Sean mentioned seeing 1265 01:01:49.706 --> 01:01:51.507 and hearing parts of these videos 1266 01:01:51.507 --> 01:01:52.842 that we can't seem to watch. 1267 01:01:52.842 --> 01:01:54.944 Half of the Vlog-A-Mama video files are corrupted. 1268 01:01:54.944 --> 01:01:56.846 Trying to play the Chicago experiment's videos 1269 01:01:56.846 --> 01:01:57.914 freezes the computer, 1270 01:01:57.914 --> 01:01:59.782 trying to capture the last moments of the tape, 1271 01:01:59.782 --> 01:02:01.184 shuts the computer down. 1272 01:02:01.184 --> 01:02:03.319 The last Tacoma Tape? Mostly static. 1273 01:02:03.319 --> 01:02:05.922 And half of these Spring Break photos are blown out. 1274 01:02:05.922 --> 01:02:07.790 Sean also filmed those experiments 1275 01:02:07.790 --> 01:02:09.125 on your family's Hi8 camera, 1276 01:02:09.125 --> 01:02:10.693 - so, let's-- - Yeah, and where's that? 1277 01:02:10.693 --> 01:02:13.029 Where's that, Nicole? Because that's missing too! 1278 01:02:13.029 --> 01:02:15.231 Can you just take a breath really quick? 1279 01:02:15.231 --> 01:02:16.933 (sighs) 1280 01:02:17.366 --> 01:02:18.534 Like a real one? 1281 01:02:19.502 --> 01:02:22.205 - (breathes deeply) - Okay. 1282 01:02:22.805 --> 01:02:24.207 Now what's your concern? 1283 01:02:26.109 --> 01:02:27.410 Besides having half a story? 1284 01:02:27.410 --> 01:02:28.945 Yes, besides having half a story. 1285 01:02:28.945 --> 01:02:31.080 - Apophenia. - What? 1286 01:02:31.814 --> 01:02:32.949 Apophenia. 1287 01:02:34.217 --> 01:02:36.385 Seeing patterns and connections where there aren't any. 1288 01:02:36.385 --> 01:02:38.154 Maybe Sean had apophenia or whatever, 1289 01:02:38.154 --> 01:02:41.591 and maybe he's been dragging us into his messed up worldview 1290 01:02:41.591 --> 01:02:43.159 because we wanted there to be something, 1291 01:02:43.159 --> 01:02:46.395 anything to explain his... his... 1292 01:02:46.596 --> 01:02:48.297 At first, I didn't know what to believe, 1293 01:02:48.297 --> 01:02:50.533 but lately, I have been leaning towards the idea 1294 01:02:50.533 --> 01:02:52.235 that Sean was actually onto something. 1295 01:02:52.235 --> 01:02:53.803 I believe that there's something there, 1296 01:02:53.803 --> 01:02:56.773 and that scares the shit outta me, okay? 1297 01:02:57.173 --> 01:02:58.541 So, let's see what we can do 1298 01:02:58.541 --> 01:03:01.144 for the documentary, for Sean, for us, and just... 1299 01:03:02.078 --> 01:03:04.480 no matter where it leads to, like we promised, okay? 1300 01:03:07.550 --> 01:03:08.785 (sighs) 1301 01:03:10.720 --> 01:03:11.788 Fine. 1302 01:03:11.788 --> 01:03:14.257 Mom, what happened to your hands? 1303 01:03:14.624 --> 01:03:19.128 Oh, these? (breathes shakily) Oh, it's just the winter, dear. 1304 01:03:20.596 --> 01:03:24.801 I miss your brother with all that I am, 1305 01:03:26.502 --> 01:03:30.807 but it's... it's not my place to question God's will. 1306 01:03:30.807 --> 01:03:35.144 So... I make do, the best I can. 1307 01:03:36.746 --> 01:03:38.114 Looking after you two 1308 01:03:38.648 --> 01:03:40.650 and making sure the house is clean. 1309 01:03:42.218 --> 01:03:44.287 But I do worry about your father. 1310 01:03:44.821 --> 01:03:46.155 [Tim] And why is that? 1311 01:03:46.689 --> 01:03:49.826 [sniffles, whispers] Because Donald's 1312 01:03:49.826 --> 01:03:51.527 been drinking again. 1313 01:03:51.527 --> 01:03:54.497 [Tim] I didn't know you drank. 1314 01:03:54.864 --> 01:03:56.032 Yeah, well... 1315 01:03:56.032 --> 01:03:57.333 [Tim] So we're trying to put together 1316 01:03:57.333 --> 01:03:59.802 some missing pieces about Sean's last month. 1317 01:03:59.802 --> 01:04:01.671 Is there anything that you... 1318 01:04:02.038 --> 01:04:03.472 Didn't we already talk about this? 1319 01:04:03.472 --> 01:04:05.041 Sean was a ghost. 1320 01:04:05.675 --> 01:04:08.377 Hung out in his room a lot. Always at home, 1321 01:04:08.377 --> 01:04:11.981 but... just teenager stuff. 1322 01:04:11.981 --> 01:04:15.551 I mean, nothing... nothing to be worried about. 1323 01:04:15.551 --> 01:04:18.721 (breathes shakily, sobbing) Some little... trollop... 1324 01:04:20.790 --> 01:04:22.358 broke my angel's heart. 1325 01:04:22.825 --> 01:04:26.896 And so he returned to me. 1326 01:04:28.998 --> 01:04:32.702 He returned to his mother, who loved him best. 1327 01:04:35.371 --> 01:04:36.372 [Tim] Mom. 1328 01:04:38.341 --> 01:04:40.176 This is Sean's journal. 1329 01:04:40.176 --> 01:04:42.378 There's a note in here from late August 1330 01:04:42.378 --> 01:04:43.846 and he said that he spoke to you 1331 01:04:43.846 --> 01:04:45.548 or that he wanted to speak to you. 1332 01:04:45.848 --> 01:04:50.186 - Here, look at it. Okay? - (swallows, smacks lips) 1333 01:04:50.186 --> 01:04:52.521 When he told me he was in trouble, when... 1334 01:04:52.521 --> 01:04:56.392 (sobbing) When he came to me for help, I... 1335 01:04:58.127 --> 01:05:00.897 I just did what any mother would. 1336 01:05:02.565 --> 01:05:03.733 I helped him. 1337 01:05:03.733 --> 01:05:05.902 [Tim] Mom took Sean to a psychiatrist. 1338 01:05:05.902 --> 01:05:07.536 (breathes deeply) 1339 01:05:07.536 --> 01:05:10.239 Yeah. (sighs) Filled him with a bunch of pills. 1340 01:05:10.239 --> 01:05:12.942 'Cause that's what we do in this country, right? 1341 01:05:12.942 --> 01:05:15.111 Got a problem? There's a pill for that. 1342 01:05:15.444 --> 01:05:16.913 Damn quacks. 1343 01:05:16.913 --> 01:05:18.514 [Tim] And you don't think that medication 1344 01:05:18.514 --> 01:05:20.750 had anything to do with Sean's suicide? 1345 01:05:20.750 --> 01:05:21.751 No. 1346 01:05:22.251 --> 01:05:24.787 [Tim] Mom, what kind of drugs did you give him? 1347 01:05:24.987 --> 01:05:26.389 I... I don't know, dear. 1348 01:05:26.389 --> 01:05:28.925 Just whatever the doctor prescribed. 1349 01:05:29.558 --> 01:05:31.227 [Tim] Were they antidepressants? 1350 01:05:31.227 --> 01:05:33.262 They were whatever my Sean needed. 1351 01:05:33.262 --> 01:05:34.797 [Tim] Because you know that antidepressants 1352 01:05:34.797 --> 01:05:37.266 can increase the risk of suicide, right? 1353 01:05:37.566 --> 01:05:40.102 What are you implying, Timothy Andrew Wilson? 1354 01:05:40.102 --> 01:05:43.172 - [Tim] Mom, I'm not implying-- - [sobbing] How dare you! 1355 01:05:43.172 --> 01:05:44.807 [Tim] Mom, we need to look into all possible-- 1356 01:05:45.908 --> 01:05:50.112 (sobbing) Please, just... (breathes shakily) 1357 01:05:51.414 --> 01:05:53.883 (sniffles, chuckles) 1358 01:05:54.650 --> 01:05:57.353 [Tim] How about a family history of mental illness, Dad? 1359 01:05:57.353 --> 01:06:00.089 - How about that? - (inhales sharply) 1360 01:06:00.423 --> 01:06:03.125 That's great. (grunts) Unbelievable. 1361 01:06:03.326 --> 01:06:04.460 [Tim] What? 1362 01:06:04.460 --> 01:06:06.429 That you would find a way to blame that, 1363 01:06:06.429 --> 01:06:09.832 - the death of our son, on us. - [Tim] Well, if the shoe fits-- 1364 01:06:09.832 --> 01:06:12.768 Sean was my son! My son! 1365 01:06:14.136 --> 01:06:16.472 I loved him more than anything. Your mom too. 1366 01:06:18.174 --> 01:06:20.309 - Just like we love you. - (Tim scoffs) 1367 01:06:20.309 --> 01:06:22.111 Well, you have a hell of a way of showing it. 1368 01:06:22.111 --> 01:06:25.214 - [Nicole] Tim! - (sighs, inhales) 1369 01:06:27.116 --> 01:06:29.385 - I was wrong. - [Tim] Huh? 1370 01:06:30.653 --> 01:06:32.288 I thought we'd raised you better, 1371 01:06:32.655 --> 01:06:34.991 but I was wrong. You're selfish. 1372 01:06:36.058 --> 01:06:38.594 You always have to have somebody to point the finger at. 1373 01:06:38.828 --> 01:06:40.363 [Tim] I'm doing this for Sean, for the truth-- 1374 01:06:40.363 --> 01:06:43.065 No, Tim. No, you're doing it for you. 1375 01:06:43.599 --> 01:06:45.634 You're trying to make you the center of this story. 1376 01:06:45.634 --> 01:06:47.069 That's what you always do. 1377 01:06:47.403 --> 01:06:51.374 I need to get dinner ready... (sobbing) ...and to... 1378 01:06:52.508 --> 01:06:55.177 - and to clean this kitchen now. - [Tim] Okay. 1379 01:06:55.711 --> 01:06:57.513 - Now. - [Tim] Okay, Mom. 1380 01:06:58.014 --> 01:06:59.248 (sobbing) Now! 1381 01:07:01.083 --> 01:07:02.184 Now! 1382 01:07:03.352 --> 01:07:04.854 Now! 1383 01:07:05.154 --> 01:07:07.223 (microphone shuffling) 1384 01:07:08.090 --> 01:07:09.191 We're done. 1385 01:07:12.495 --> 01:07:13.963 [Tim] Go have another beer. 1386 01:07:15.197 --> 01:07:17.633 Cheers. Get the hell outta my house. 1387 01:07:17.967 --> 01:07:21.670 (foot tapping rapidly) 1388 01:07:21.670 --> 01:07:23.105 [Nicole] So, after interviewing your parents, 1389 01:07:23.105 --> 01:07:24.206 what do you think? 1390 01:07:25.674 --> 01:07:26.909 What do I think? 1391 01:07:28.711 --> 01:07:30.413 I think they lied to me. 1392 01:07:30.413 --> 01:07:32.214 I think everyone lied to me. They lied to me! 1393 01:07:32.214 --> 01:07:33.816 Sean was clearly sick. 1394 01:07:34.250 --> 01:07:36.986 He was clearly undergoing some sort of mental episode. 1395 01:07:36.986 --> 01:07:40.256 I mean, they took him to a goddamn shrink! 1396 01:07:40.689 --> 01:07:42.758 [Nicole] Your mother took him to a hospital. 1397 01:07:42.758 --> 01:07:45.294 And how do we know that didn't make him worse? 1398 01:07:45.294 --> 01:07:46.896 That him going to this hospital, 1399 01:07:46.896 --> 01:07:49.198 seeing this doctor and taking this medication 1400 01:07:49.198 --> 01:07:51.867 didn't tip him over the edge and make him suicidal? 1401 01:07:52.368 --> 01:07:54.570 I mean, Mom and Dad practically admitted 1402 01:07:54.570 --> 01:07:56.105 our family is cursed. 1403 01:07:56.305 --> 01:07:59.275 We are cursed. We are cursed with mental illness. 1404 01:07:59.275 --> 01:08:01.844 Dad's secret alcoholism and depression. 1405 01:08:01.844 --> 01:08:05.548 Mom's Munchausen-by-Proxy doting, all of it. 1406 01:08:05.848 --> 01:08:08.884 - (lighter flicking) - (inhales deeply) 1407 01:08:10.019 --> 01:08:12.388 (breathes heavily) I saw what I wanted to see. 1408 01:08:12.388 --> 01:08:13.722 I just didn't want to face the facts. 1409 01:08:13.722 --> 01:08:15.925 [Nicole] Okay, and what are those facts? 1410 01:08:16.292 --> 01:08:17.693 What are the facts for you? 1411 01:08:24.333 --> 01:08:26.602 (sighs, sobbing) That my little brother, Sean, 1412 01:08:27.269 --> 01:08:28.404 he lost his mind... 1413 01:08:30.072 --> 01:08:31.974 and then he came in this garage, and he... 1414 01:08:31.974 --> 01:08:37.046 and he killed himself right here. (breathes deeply) 1415 01:08:37.713 --> 01:08:40.416 His investigation, his obsession, 1416 01:08:40.416 --> 01:08:42.184 it was just an unwell mind 1417 01:08:42.184 --> 01:08:44.453 seeing connections where there aren't any. 1418 01:08:44.453 --> 01:08:46.589 [Nicole] What about the evidence, the things 1419 01:08:46.589 --> 01:08:48.524 - sent by a mysterious-- - Sent by a mysterious source? 1420 01:08:49.058 --> 01:08:50.893 Who saw Sean's posts online? 1421 01:08:52.361 --> 01:08:54.130 Nicole, did you ever think for a moment, 1422 01:08:54.130 --> 01:08:58.167 maybe, that someone was playing a prank on him? 1423 01:08:59.001 --> 01:09:01.937 That they were just fucking around with him, huh? 1424 01:09:01.937 --> 01:09:04.807 You're the journalist, the student journalist. 1425 01:09:04.807 --> 01:09:06.842 Did that miss your scope of relativity 1426 01:09:06.842 --> 01:09:08.277 - or whatever you call it? - [Nicole] Okay, me being 1427 01:09:08.277 --> 01:09:09.778 a student journalist has nothing to do with this. 1428 01:09:09.778 --> 01:09:13.015 (sniffles, breathes deeply) 1429 01:09:14.483 --> 01:09:17.353 This is... this is just a waste of time. 1430 01:09:18.320 --> 01:09:20.189 This is all... this is all bullshit! 1431 01:09:22.291 --> 01:09:23.926 (sobs) 1432 01:09:29.999 --> 01:09:31.500 (sobbing) It was just waiting, 1433 01:09:32.801 --> 01:09:37.039 lurking, just... in his genes, in our genes. 1434 01:09:37.873 --> 01:09:39.408 Just waiting for that perfect moment 1435 01:09:39.408 --> 01:09:41.310 to grab him and just... 1436 01:09:41.977 --> 01:09:43.546 (swallows) 1437 01:09:51.020 --> 01:09:52.021 You. 1438 01:09:53.122 --> 01:09:54.123 [Nicole] What? 1439 01:09:55.591 --> 01:09:57.426 - What? - You did this. 1440 01:09:58.260 --> 01:09:59.361 [Nicole] What? 1441 01:10:01.197 --> 01:10:02.264 Mom said... 1442 01:10:03.532 --> 01:10:04.900 - [Nicole] What'd your mom say? - Cut the tape. 1443 01:10:04.900 --> 01:10:06.368 - [Nicole] No, what- - I said cut the goddamn tape! 1444 01:10:06.368 --> 01:10:07.436 [Nicole] Tim, I wasn't! 1445 01:10:07.436 --> 01:10:08.904 [Tim] Tell me how you met my brother, Sean. 1446 01:10:08.904 --> 01:10:12.408 We met in high school. We went to high school together. 1447 01:10:13.676 --> 01:10:15.811 [Tim] I meant this summer. Tell me about this summer. 1448 01:10:15.811 --> 01:10:18.380 Yes, we met at a party again this last summer. 1449 01:10:18.380 --> 01:10:20.149 [Tim] And you guys got close, right? 1450 01:10:21.150 --> 01:10:22.251 Yes. 1451 01:10:22.251 --> 01:10:23.552 [Tim] Jesus, Nicole, please rephrase the question-- 1452 01:10:23.552 --> 01:10:26.188 Yes! Okay, Sean and I got close this last summer. 1453 01:10:26.188 --> 01:10:27.623 - [Tim] How close? - Close. 1454 01:10:27.623 --> 01:10:30.726 We were friends. We were new, close friends. 1455 01:10:31.827 --> 01:10:32.995 [Tim] Just friends? 1456 01:10:34.296 --> 01:10:35.297 Just friends. 1457 01:10:35.598 --> 01:10:38.400 [Tim] But you guys texted every day all the time, correct? 1458 01:10:38.400 --> 01:10:40.569 We texted as often as friends text. 1459 01:10:40.569 --> 01:10:42.438 [Tim] Did you guys ever go out on a date? 1460 01:10:44.840 --> 01:10:45.841 We hung out. 1461 01:10:47.176 --> 01:10:49.645 [Tim] Would you consider those "hangouts" dates? 1462 01:10:49.645 --> 01:10:51.280 - No. - [Tim] Why? 1463 01:10:51.280 --> 01:10:53.048 No, I would not consider those dates 1464 01:10:53.048 --> 01:10:54.717 because we both split the bill at the end. 1465 01:10:54.717 --> 01:10:56.051 [Tim] That's your definition of a date? 1466 01:10:56.051 --> 01:10:58.254 - The guy paying? - Yes! Yes, sure it is. 1467 01:10:58.254 --> 01:10:59.321 Whatever, okay. (laughs) 1468 01:10:59.321 --> 01:11:00.556 [Tim] Did Sean ever try to make a move? 1469 01:11:03.058 --> 01:11:06.595 Nicole, did Sean ever try to make a move on you? 1470 01:11:08.564 --> 01:11:10.432 - Okay, Tim, that's-- - [Tim] Just answer 1471 01:11:10.432 --> 01:11:11.900 - the question! - No, Tim, you were just the one 1472 01:11:11.900 --> 01:11:13.235 that were saying you were making connections 1473 01:11:13.235 --> 01:11:14.303 that weren't actually there. 1474 01:11:14.303 --> 01:11:16.071 [Tim] Did Sean ever make a move? 1475 01:11:16.071 --> 01:11:17.506 (sighs) 1476 01:11:20.409 --> 01:11:21.410 Yeah. 1477 01:11:23.579 --> 01:11:26.582 - [Tim] Why? Where? How? - I don't... I don't know. 1478 01:11:26.582 --> 01:11:28.250 [Tim] Think, try to remember. 1479 01:11:30.619 --> 01:11:32.521 - Why? - [Tim] Just do it, please! 1480 01:11:32.521 --> 01:11:36.058 (sobbing) Okay, sure. Yeah, fine. Sean made a move 1481 01:11:36.058 --> 01:11:37.459 maybe around the middle or the end of June. 1482 01:11:37.459 --> 01:11:40.229 I don't remember. I mean, we were hanging out. 1483 01:11:40.229 --> 01:11:42.097 We went to the movies and then dinner, 1484 01:11:42.598 --> 01:11:45.000 we took a walk around the block. And then he... 1485 01:11:45.000 --> 01:11:47.469 he tried to kiss me at my door, but I said no. 1486 01:11:48.904 --> 01:11:50.939 [Tim] Why did you say no? 1487 01:11:52.007 --> 01:11:53.609 Because we were friends. 1488 01:11:53.609 --> 01:11:57.246 Because... because we were just friends, okay? 1489 01:11:57.246 --> 01:11:59.515 Sean was just lonely, and I was, 1490 01:11:59.515 --> 01:12:00.683 I was taking school. 1491 01:12:00.683 --> 01:12:02.117 I was too busy with school, okay? 1492 01:12:02.117 --> 01:12:04.086 And frankly, I wasn't looking for a boyfriend, 1493 01:12:04.086 --> 01:12:05.721 and I just wasn't that attracted to him! 1494 01:12:05.721 --> 01:12:07.690 Is that what you wanted to hear? 1495 01:12:07.690 --> 01:12:08.791 [Tim] Nicole, 1496 01:12:08.791 --> 01:12:11.727 Why did you push to make me make this documentary? 1497 01:12:11.727 --> 01:12:15.798 (sobbing, chuckles) You've gotta be kidding me! 1498 01:12:17.132 --> 01:12:19.935 - (sobs) - [Tim] Why? 1499 01:12:22.404 --> 01:12:24.006 Just tell me the truth, Nicole. 1500 01:12:24.006 --> 01:12:27.109 Tim, don't do this, please. 1501 01:12:29.011 --> 01:12:30.879 [Tim] Was it because you felt guilty? 1502 01:12:33.649 --> 01:12:35.184 Tim, that was not the reason 1503 01:12:35.184 --> 01:12:36.585 - that I wanted to make-- - [Tim] Was it because 1504 01:12:36.585 --> 01:12:38.487 you knew that your rejection pushed Sean over the edge? 1505 01:12:38.487 --> 01:12:40.322 (breathes shakily) 1506 01:12:40.322 --> 01:12:43.225 (Tim scoffing) Or were you so desperate for a goddamn story 1507 01:12:43.225 --> 01:12:45.828 that you used me? That you used my pain, 1508 01:12:45.828 --> 01:12:48.297 my family, my dead brother, for what? 1509 01:12:48.297 --> 01:12:49.765 A class project? Your amusement? 1510 01:12:49.765 --> 01:12:50.866 - What, Nicole? - You know what? 1511 01:12:50.866 --> 01:12:52.501 I got what I needed, so thank you. 1512 01:12:52.501 --> 01:12:54.770 [Tim] You're just an opportunist, Nicole. 1513 01:12:54.770 --> 01:12:58.507 You use people. You're a liar! You're just another liar! 1514 01:12:58.507 --> 01:13:00.676 (tripod rattling) 1515 01:13:03.145 --> 01:13:06.849 Two months. (breathes heavily) 1516 01:13:06.849 --> 01:13:08.550 Two goddamn months. 1517 01:13:08.550 --> 01:13:11.620 I don't know if I want this to be Sean's last adventure. 1518 01:13:13.922 --> 01:13:17.726 - (coin jangles) - Heads, I finish. 1519 01:13:19.528 --> 01:13:20.863 Tails, well... 1520 01:13:26.034 --> 01:13:27.035 (sighs) 1521 01:13:27.236 --> 01:13:28.337 (camera chimes) 1522 01:13:28.337 --> 01:13:29.872 [Tim] Mom? Mom, what are you doing? 1523 01:13:29.872 --> 01:13:31.640 (Gloria sobbing) What is all this? 1524 01:13:32.207 --> 01:13:33.575 [Tim] It's for our documentary. 1525 01:13:33.575 --> 01:13:37.546 [Gloria] It's such a mess. (breathes heavily) 1526 01:13:37.746 --> 01:13:40.382 It's such a mess. Everything is so unclean. 1527 01:13:40.382 --> 01:13:41.884 [Tim] Mom, Mom, that's Sean's. 1528 01:13:42.184 --> 01:13:45.087 - (sobs) - [Tim] Mom, stop it! 1529 01:13:45.087 --> 01:13:46.255 - [Gloria] No! - [Tim] Mom, please! 1530 01:13:46.255 --> 01:13:48.056 - It must be purged! - [Tim] Mom, please! 1531 01:13:48.056 --> 01:13:49.224 - Please! Please! - (sobbing) Can't you see? 1532 01:13:49.224 --> 01:13:55.097 For us, we must be cleansed! We must become clean! 1533 01:13:55.397 --> 01:13:56.465 Leave your mother alone! 1534 01:13:56.465 --> 01:13:57.599 [Tim] Dad, do you see what she's doing? 1535 01:13:57.599 --> 01:13:59.368 She's throwing everything out! 1536 01:13:59.368 --> 01:14:00.636 Jesus Christ, Tim! You know what? 1537 01:14:00.636 --> 01:14:02.438 I think we've had about enough of your bullshit. 1538 01:14:02.438 --> 01:14:04.406 - [Tim] Wait, what? - You haven't changed a bit! 1539 01:14:04.406 --> 01:14:05.908 You're just as selfish as ever! 1540 01:14:05.908 --> 01:14:07.276 - [Tim] Are you serious? - You come back here, 1541 01:14:07.276 --> 01:14:09.745 you live off of our generosity! You take advantage of us! 1542 01:14:09.745 --> 01:14:12.781 You dig through our garbage! You're upsetting your mother! 1543 01:14:12.781 --> 01:14:14.049 [Tim] Dad, she's sick, she needs help! 1544 01:14:14.049 --> 01:14:15.584 We have given you everything! 1545 01:14:15.584 --> 01:14:17.753 And you're ungrateful and you're selfish! 1546 01:14:17.953 --> 01:14:19.755 I think it's time for you to get out! 1547 01:14:19.755 --> 01:14:20.956 - [Tim] You're serious? - Yeah, I'm serious! 1548 01:14:20.956 --> 01:14:22.391 I am serious, out! 1549 01:14:22.391 --> 01:14:23.926 [Tim] Sean's dead, I'm all you got left. 1550 01:14:23.926 --> 01:14:25.260 - Honey, what are you doing? - (matchbox rustling) 1551 01:14:25.260 --> 01:14:27.629 (sobbing) If we're clean, we can start again. 1552 01:14:27.629 --> 01:14:28.697 [Tim] Mom? 1553 01:14:28.697 --> 01:14:30.265 [Donald] Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby. 1554 01:14:30.466 --> 01:14:32.234 Come over here, come over here. Come over here. 1555 01:14:32.234 --> 01:14:33.836 Come over here, come over here. 1556 01:14:34.169 --> 01:14:37.873 - (fire crackling) - (fire extinguisher hissing) 1557 01:14:38.607 --> 01:14:40.409 (Gloria sobbing) 1558 01:14:40.409 --> 01:14:42.544 Baby, baby, baby, baby. You okay? 1559 01:14:42.544 --> 01:14:43.879 (sobbing) No. No. 1560 01:14:43.879 --> 01:14:45.147 Calm down, calm down. Calm down, calm down. 1561 01:14:45.147 --> 01:14:47.282 Calm down. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. 1562 01:14:47.282 --> 01:14:49.284 (sobbing) No, it's not okay. It will never be okay. 1563 01:14:49.284 --> 01:14:50.986 I want you out. Out! 1564 01:14:54.156 --> 01:14:55.724 [Tim] You were so right, Owen. 1565 01:14:55.724 --> 01:14:59.127 There are, like, these huge, massive forces 1566 01:14:59.127 --> 01:15:01.663 that are way beyond our control, 1567 01:15:01.663 --> 01:15:03.999 controlling us, controlling everything. 1568 01:15:04.900 --> 01:15:06.034 It's all coded. 1569 01:15:06.435 --> 01:15:08.804 It's all predetermined in our goddamn genes 1570 01:15:08.804 --> 01:15:10.572 and in history and shit. 1571 01:15:10.572 --> 01:15:12.708 I mean, who the hell do we think we are? 1572 01:15:14.743 --> 01:15:17.913 There's no choices. There's nothing we can do. 1573 01:15:18.981 --> 01:15:20.048 (sobbing) There's nothing we can ever do. 1574 01:15:20.048 --> 01:15:21.917 There's just nothing we can ever do. 1575 01:15:21.917 --> 01:15:23.485 There's nothing we can do. 1576 01:15:31.994 --> 01:15:33.061 It's a pattern. 1577 01:15:36.298 --> 01:15:37.299 It's a pattern. 1578 01:15:37.900 --> 01:15:39.935 - (loud thud) - (Tim sighs) 1579 01:15:44.406 --> 01:15:46.542 (crickets chirping) 1580 01:15:47.543 --> 01:15:49.244 (sobbing) Sean just called me. 1581 01:15:51.613 --> 01:15:55.584 - I don't know how. - (cellphone ringing) 1582 01:15:56.885 --> 01:15:57.953 (gasps) 1583 01:15:59.354 --> 01:16:01.223 (sighs) He's calling back. 1584 01:16:02.858 --> 01:16:06.895 (cellphone continues ringing) 1585 01:16:07.896 --> 01:16:09.097 Hello, Sean? 1586 01:16:09.097 --> 01:16:10.599 - (static buzzing) - (Sean's breathes heavily) 1587 01:16:10.599 --> 01:16:13.435 (mumbles indistinctly, distorted) 1588 01:16:13.435 --> 01:16:14.903 I can't hear you, Sean. 1589 01:16:14.903 --> 01:16:17.406 (Sean mumbles indistinctly, distorted) 1590 01:16:17.406 --> 01:16:18.941 What? The song? 1591 01:16:18.941 --> 01:16:22.644 (Sean shouts indistinctly, distorted) 1592 01:16:22.644 --> 01:16:24.279 - (feedback screeching) - (screams) 1593 01:16:28.183 --> 01:16:30.252 (sobs softly) 1594 01:16:33.355 --> 01:16:37.059 (breathes deeply, sobbing) Oh, what is happening? 1595 01:16:41.196 --> 01:16:43.999 (screams) 1596 01:16:45.567 --> 01:16:49.538 (breathes heavily) 1597 01:16:50.138 --> 01:16:54.242 (entrancing music playing in the distance) 1598 01:16:57.980 --> 01:17:02.250 (gasps, breathes heavily) 1599 01:17:10.392 --> 01:17:13.095 (owl hooting) 1600 01:17:17.299 --> 01:17:18.400 [Tim] What the...? 1601 01:17:22.471 --> 01:17:25.407 (whispers) Oh, shit. (pants) 1602 01:17:29.845 --> 01:17:33.649 (machine beeping, whirring) 1603 01:17:47.295 --> 01:17:49.331 - [Tim] Alvarado's gold. - (machine chiming) 1604 01:17:49.331 --> 01:17:53.035 - (feedback screeching) - (Tim screaming) 1605 01:17:53.035 --> 01:17:56.672 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (Tim screaming) 1606 01:18:00.676 --> 01:18:03.812 (Tim panting) Okay, okay. Okay, it was here. 1607 01:18:04.079 --> 01:18:08.383 Last night it was... it was right here, but... 1608 01:18:09.918 --> 01:18:10.919 I found it. 1609 01:18:11.753 --> 01:18:15.057 I was there. I was at the tree house. 1610 01:18:15.057 --> 01:18:18.060 I somehow ended up back here, but I was there. 1611 01:18:20.028 --> 01:18:21.763 I found Sean's tape. 1612 01:18:22.731 --> 01:18:24.066 I have the footage. 1613 01:18:25.701 --> 01:18:28.737 Jesus, I'm not crazy. Sean wasn't crazy. 1614 01:18:28.737 --> 01:18:31.306 MKHEXE does ex- 1615 01:18:31.306 --> 01:18:32.874 Of course, I doubted it. How could I not? 1616 01:18:32.874 --> 01:18:35.010 I mean, any sane person would doubt it. 1617 01:18:35.010 --> 01:18:37.512 It's just one of those things that you have to see to believe. 1618 01:18:37.512 --> 01:18:40.882 And I saw it. I can't articulate what it is I saw. 1619 01:18:40.882 --> 01:18:42.217 You know, it's like I... 1620 01:18:43.185 --> 01:18:46.488 there's this blank space in my brain 1621 01:18:46.488 --> 01:18:47.789 whenever I try to think about it. 1622 01:18:47.789 --> 01:18:50.425 I just-- I can't... I can't find the words, or... 1623 01:18:51.326 --> 01:18:54.062 - or the thoughts. - (static buzzing) 1624 01:18:56.398 --> 01:18:59.434 (unsettling music playing) 1625 01:19:00.402 --> 01:19:01.570 I had a nightmare. 1626 01:19:03.238 --> 01:19:04.973 I had the goddamn nightmare. 1627 01:19:06.408 --> 01:19:10.078 (sucks teeth) I have it. 1628 01:19:13.882 --> 01:19:15.717 Merry Christmas, Mom. 1629 01:19:17.119 --> 01:19:20.255 (breathes heavily) Oh, shit-- 1630 01:19:25.260 --> 01:19:26.261 ...fucking way! 1631 01:19:28.130 --> 01:19:29.131 Nicole. 1632 01:19:31.366 --> 01:19:32.434 Nicole, we need to-- 1633 01:19:32.434 --> 01:19:33.535 Listen, I told you to leave me alone. 1634 01:19:35.103 --> 01:19:37.005 Nicole, please, please, we need to talk. 1635 01:19:37.005 --> 01:19:39.841 - Just go away, Tim, please! - Look, I know I screwed up. 1636 01:19:39.841 --> 01:19:42.110 I know I was an asshole, but this is important, 1637 01:19:42.110 --> 01:19:43.612 - I really need-- - Listen, I don't want to talk 1638 01:19:43.612 --> 01:19:45.147 to you anymore, and I've made that very clear. 1639 01:19:45.147 --> 01:19:47.616 - So please just leave me alone. - I found it! 1640 01:19:47.949 --> 01:19:49.017 MKHEXE. 1641 01:19:50.719 --> 01:19:51.753 I found it. 1642 01:19:53.588 --> 01:19:56.725 Nicole, please. I'm-- I... I don't know who else. 1643 01:19:58.493 --> 01:19:59.828 - I found it. - Is that bullshit? 1644 01:20:01.163 --> 01:20:05.167 (Nicole sobbing, echoing) 1645 01:20:08.170 --> 01:20:09.304 (Tim, distorted) Come on! 1646 01:20:09.304 --> 01:20:11.439 We gotta get to the car! Come on! (screams) 1647 01:20:11.439 --> 01:20:12.774 So you saw MXHEXE? 1648 01:20:15.043 --> 01:20:16.478 Yeah, and what do you think? 1649 01:20:17.879 --> 01:20:18.980 I don't remember it. 1650 01:20:20.482 --> 01:20:22.751 I... I... I don't remember what it's like, or... 1651 01:20:23.285 --> 01:20:26.054 how I got home or what happened to the tree house. 1652 01:20:26.888 --> 01:20:28.290 I... I just... I don't know. 1653 01:20:30.225 --> 01:20:31.760 But you saw my footage, right? 1654 01:20:31.760 --> 01:20:34.129 You saw that the tree house was there? 1655 01:20:34.129 --> 01:20:35.130 Yes. 1656 01:20:37.199 --> 01:20:38.333 Okay, good. 1657 01:20:39.968 --> 01:20:40.969 Good. 1658 01:20:46.508 --> 01:20:47.776 - Nicole? - [Nicole] Yeah? 1659 01:20:51.379 --> 01:20:53.448 - I'm-- - [Nicole] It's ready. 1660 01:20:55.150 --> 01:20:56.785 - What? - It's ready, are you? 1661 01:20:59.654 --> 01:21:02.157 Yeah. Yeah, let's do it. 1662 01:21:12.801 --> 01:21:16.071 (entrancing music playing over speaker) 1663 01:21:20.876 --> 01:21:23.044 (static crackling) 1664 01:21:24.179 --> 01:21:26.248 (music distorts) 1665 01:21:26.248 --> 01:21:30.018 (distorted voices muttering) 1666 01:21:32.087 --> 01:21:37.025 - (Sean screams, distorted) - (distorted feedback echoing) 1667 01:21:38.894 --> 01:21:43.498 - (high-pitched droning) - (eerie music playing) 1668 01:21:48.670 --> 01:21:53.074 (distorted voices muttering) 1669 01:21:53.608 --> 01:21:57.879 - (Sean) I will build the key. - (distorted voices muttering) 1670 01:21:58.546 --> 01:21:59.714 (Sean) I will open the gate. 1671 01:21:59.714 --> 01:22:02.951 (distorted voices muttering) 1672 01:22:02.951 --> 01:22:06.421 (Sean) We offend It. We shall be punished. 1673 01:22:06.421 --> 01:22:10.258 (distorted voices muttering) 1674 01:22:11.726 --> 01:22:12.961 (Sean yells, distorted) Ya ir harmur! 1675 01:22:12.961 --> 01:22:14.596 Ya r'luhhor Kzathguul! 1676 01:22:14.896 --> 01:22:16.998 (distorted feedback echoing) 1677 01:22:18.700 --> 01:22:19.901 - We can't-- - No, we need to go 1678 01:22:19.901 --> 01:22:21.536 to the police. We need to tell somebody-- 1679 01:22:21.536 --> 01:22:22.971 Nicole, you saw the sign that Sean filmed-- 1680 01:22:22.971 --> 01:22:24.072 Okay, there are groups out there 1681 01:22:24.072 --> 01:22:25.140 and they might be able to help you. 1682 01:22:25.140 --> 01:22:26.141 Who knows who could be infected? 1683 01:22:26.875 --> 01:22:28.310 (sighs) 1684 01:22:31.346 --> 01:22:34.950 Nicole, I... I'm scared, okay? 1685 01:22:40.588 --> 01:22:43.024 (sighs) I've been dreaming. 1686 01:22:43.024 --> 01:22:44.626 Tim, we need to get you help. 1687 01:22:44.626 --> 01:22:46.294 No, we can't. We gotta get out of here. 1688 01:22:46.294 --> 01:22:49.264 It isn't safe. And I don't know how much time I... 1689 01:22:50.432 --> 01:22:52.200 - Tim? Tim? - (distorted feedback echoing) 1690 01:22:53.435 --> 01:22:54.736 Look, we're just gonna go in, 1691 01:22:54.736 --> 01:22:57.005 we're gonna get the box, the drives, all of it. 1692 01:22:57.005 --> 01:22:58.773 Then we're gonna get out, okay? 1693 01:22:58.773 --> 01:23:01.109 (crickets chirping) 1694 01:23:02.110 --> 01:23:03.111 Okay. 1695 01:23:05.013 --> 01:23:06.181 All right, let's go. 1696 01:23:07.349 --> 01:23:09.684 - (car alarm beeps) - (car doors slam) 1697 01:23:11.019 --> 01:23:14.356 (dog barking in the distance) 1698 01:23:29.471 --> 01:23:32.073 - [Tim] You ready? - [Nicole] Yeah, in and out. 1699 01:23:34.976 --> 01:23:38.146 (door creaking) 1700 01:23:40.315 --> 01:23:43.818 (static buzzing over TV) 1701 01:24:16.551 --> 01:24:17.685 [Tim] Hey, guys? 1702 01:24:18.653 --> 01:24:21.189 (floorboards creaking) 1703 01:24:22.557 --> 01:24:23.558 [Tim] Steve? 1704 01:24:26.461 --> 01:24:27.462 Owen? 1705 01:24:30.265 --> 01:24:31.566 You guys okay? 1706 01:24:32.667 --> 01:24:34.602 (Nicole whispers) Just grab the box, Tim. 1707 01:24:41.242 --> 01:24:44.579 - (static buzzing over TV) - (distorted feedback echoing) 1708 01:24:45.146 --> 01:24:47.449 [Nicole] Tim, grab the box. Grab the box! 1709 01:24:49.751 --> 01:24:51.252 - (Owen roars, distorted) - (Tim screams) 1710 01:24:51.252 --> 01:24:55.390 - (Steve roars, distorted) - (Nicole screams, grunts) 1711 01:24:56.057 --> 01:24:58.026 - (Steven huffs, pants) - (Nicole pants, whimpers) 1712 01:24:58.026 --> 01:25:00.628 - (Steve roars, distorted) - (Nicole screams) 1713 01:25:00.628 --> 01:25:01.729 (objects clattering) 1714 01:25:01.729 --> 01:25:07.135 - (Steve roars, distorted) - (screams, grunts) 1715 01:25:14.609 --> 01:25:19.114 - (Steve roars, distorted) - (Tim screams) 1716 01:25:20.482 --> 01:25:22.817 - (Nicole shrieks) - (glass shattering) 1717 01:25:23.718 --> 01:25:27.122 - [Nicole] Are you okay? - (Tim panting) I'm fine. 1718 01:25:27.122 --> 01:25:28.590 [Nicole] Okay, let's go, let's go, let's go! 1719 01:25:28.590 --> 01:25:30.125 No, no, no, get the stuff! We gotta get the stuff! 1720 01:25:30.125 --> 01:25:33.128 - (Nicole grunts) Hurry! - [Tim] It's all wet! 1721 01:25:33.128 --> 01:25:34.329 [Nicole] What the hell was I supposed to do? 1722 01:25:34.329 --> 01:25:35.430 [Tim] Go, go, go! 1723 01:25:35.430 --> 01:25:36.664 - Is that everything? - [Nicole] It better be! 1724 01:25:36.965 --> 01:25:39.100 Come on. Come on, we gotta go, we gotta go! 1725 01:25:40.101 --> 01:25:43.605 - (Steve roars, distorted) - (Owen roars, distorted) 1726 01:25:47.175 --> 01:25:48.943 [Nicole] Go, go! Go, go, go, go, go! come on, come on! 1727 01:25:48.943 --> 01:25:51.146 (Steve roars, distorted) 1728 01:25:52.213 --> 01:25:53.481 You wanna explain that thing? 1729 01:25:54.916 --> 01:26:00.522 Yeah, I thought since you've been exposed to MKHEXE 1730 01:26:00.522 --> 01:26:04.792 that it'd be good to chronicle your symptoms. 1731 01:26:04.792 --> 01:26:06.995 - Insanity? - Your symptoms, just in case. 1732 01:26:06.995 --> 01:26:08.663 We're gonna find a way out of this, okay? 1733 01:26:08.663 --> 01:26:10.999 No, I still think we should get out of here 1734 01:26:10.999 --> 01:26:12.834 and get out of town, just go, run. 1735 01:26:12.834 --> 01:26:15.136 [Nicole] Tim, I'm worried that if we go, 1736 01:26:15.136 --> 01:26:17.472 your symptoms are only gonna get worse. 1737 01:26:18.773 --> 01:26:20.808 (sighs) Oh, God. 1738 01:26:27.115 --> 01:26:28.116 I was wrong. 1739 01:26:30.985 --> 01:26:31.986 Sorry? 1740 01:26:35.657 --> 01:26:37.125 I was wrong, Nicole. 1741 01:26:42.664 --> 01:26:43.798 I'm... I'm sorry. 1742 01:26:48.803 --> 01:26:50.171 Just get some rest, okay? 1743 01:26:51.139 --> 01:26:53.174 (ominous music playing) 1744 01:26:59.847 --> 01:27:02.684 [Tim] Nicole? Nicole? 1745 01:27:08.756 --> 01:27:09.757 Ew! 1746 01:27:13.428 --> 01:27:14.429 Wow. 1747 01:27:15.863 --> 01:27:17.899 - (static crackling) - (feedback screeching) 1748 01:27:17.899 --> 01:27:19.300 (Tim groaning) 1749 01:27:26.007 --> 01:27:27.709 So I've been looking through everything 1750 01:27:27.709 --> 01:27:29.210 and I think I found something. 1751 01:27:30.278 --> 01:27:32.847 Tim won't come in here. Something about the monitor. 1752 01:27:33.214 --> 01:27:34.449 Listen to this. 1753 01:27:35.216 --> 01:27:37.785 [Henry] There's this scientist, this ex-Nazi guy. 1754 01:27:38.253 --> 01:27:39.320 [Det. Bryant] A Nazi? 1755 01:27:39.320 --> 01:27:41.256 [Henry] Yeah, man, he had to be, okay? 1756 01:27:41.256 --> 01:27:42.924 Doctor Teufel. 1757 01:27:43.258 --> 01:27:46.294 Teufel or Teufel, I think I've heard that name before. 1758 01:27:47.395 --> 01:27:51.666 The so-called Subproject 1101D memo, 1759 01:27:51.666 --> 01:27:54.269 "Sincerely, Dr. Viktor G. Teufel, 1760 01:27:54.269 --> 01:27:57.238 "Lead Scientist, Propaganda Division, T.S.S." 1761 01:27:58.406 --> 01:28:00.608 Tim said he wasn't able to find anything on this guy, 1762 01:28:00.608 --> 01:28:02.510 but surprise, surprise, 1763 01:28:02.510 --> 01:28:06.814 I think things are changing because I found him, Dr. Teufel, 1764 01:28:06.814 --> 01:28:10.618 or at least one Viktor Gerhardt Teufel 1765 01:28:10.618 --> 01:28:13.888 at an assisted living center a few hours away from here. 1766 01:28:13.888 --> 01:28:16.157 - (static buzzing) - (feedback screeching) 1767 01:28:21.829 --> 01:28:23.131 (distorted feedback echoing) 1768 01:28:23.331 --> 01:28:26.768 (upbeat hip-hop music playing over radio) 1769 01:28:29.270 --> 01:28:30.271 Dude. 1770 01:28:32.707 --> 01:28:33.708 You don't like this song? 1771 01:28:35.076 --> 01:28:37.445 (radio channels changing) 1772 01:28:37.445 --> 01:28:39.514 (pop song playing over radio) 1773 01:28:39.514 --> 01:28:40.848 What is this? 1774 01:28:43.318 --> 01:28:44.819 You don't listen to this? 1775 01:28:49.991 --> 01:28:52.560 (laughs) I don't know how you can eat that shit. 1776 01:28:52.560 --> 01:28:53.661 What do you mean? It's delicious. 1777 01:28:53.661 --> 01:28:55.496 - It's nasty! - No. 1778 01:28:55.496 --> 01:28:57.198 It's fake cheese. 1779 01:28:57.198 --> 01:28:58.733 (mumbles) I don't care if it's fake cheese. 1780 01:28:59.133 --> 01:29:01.369 - Oh, come on, grab more. - I'm grabbing. 1781 01:29:05.039 --> 01:29:08.710 - (munches) - (Tim sighs) 1782 01:29:09.944 --> 01:29:12.380 - I've done that a lot. - What? 1783 01:29:13.481 --> 01:29:17.985 Like, let fear run my life, make choices for me. 1784 01:29:17.985 --> 01:29:20.688 You, the fearless journalist in training? 1785 01:29:20.688 --> 01:29:22.857 - (laughs) - Say it ain't so. 1786 01:29:22.857 --> 01:29:25.593 (laughs) Why? 1787 01:29:25.593 --> 01:29:27.962 You've never been afraid of whatever? 1788 01:29:27.962 --> 01:29:31.232 (gentle pop song playing over radio) 1789 01:29:32.834 --> 01:29:33.868 I am now. 1790 01:29:35.069 --> 01:29:36.070 Yeah. 1791 01:29:36.871 --> 01:29:39.374 "What we fear, we create." Sean wrote that too, right? 1792 01:29:40.842 --> 01:29:41.876 Yeah, he did. 1793 01:29:45.980 --> 01:29:47.548 Have you ever heard of the law of attraction? 1794 01:29:48.750 --> 01:29:50.685 What, that hippie new age bullshit 1795 01:29:50.685 --> 01:29:52.887 about believe it and make it so, that stuff? 1796 01:29:52.887 --> 01:29:54.455 Yeah, but more like positive thoughts 1797 01:29:54.455 --> 01:29:56.324 lead to positive outcomes, whereas negative thoughts-- 1798 01:29:56.324 --> 01:29:58.626 Lead to negative outcomes, yeah. What of it? 1799 01:30:00.461 --> 01:30:03.431 "What we fear, we create" kind of sounds like that, right? 1800 01:30:03.431 --> 01:30:04.932 (stammers) It's a version of it. 1801 01:30:07.168 --> 01:30:08.703 Sure, maybe. I guess. 1802 01:30:08.703 --> 01:30:11.439 Anyways, people used to believe in the power of names, 1803 01:30:11.439 --> 01:30:13.541 like old taboos, things you couldn't say like, 1804 01:30:14.776 --> 01:30:16.177 we've forgotten the name for the word "bear." 1805 01:30:17.445 --> 01:30:19.781 - You, you just said it. - No, no, its real name. 1806 01:30:19.781 --> 01:30:20.915 "Bear" just means "brown." 1807 01:30:20.915 --> 01:30:22.750 Slavic people were afraid to say its name, 1808 01:30:22.750 --> 01:30:24.786 its real name in fear that it would conjure it. 1809 01:30:25.820 --> 01:30:29.824 "What we fear, we create." It just, it sounds like-- 1810 01:30:29.824 --> 01:30:31.459 - (feedback screeching) - (Tim screaming) 1811 01:30:31.459 --> 01:30:33.494 - Tim! - (tires screeching) 1812 01:30:34.762 --> 01:30:36.397 (feedback screeching) 1813 01:30:36.397 --> 01:30:37.465 His heart's racing a mile a minute. 1814 01:30:37.465 --> 01:30:38.566 We gotta get a doctor. 1815 01:30:38.566 --> 01:30:40.201 (Henry screaming) 1816 01:30:40.201 --> 01:30:41.736 [Det. Cameron] Whoa, Henry, Henry! 1817 01:30:41.736 --> 01:30:44.238 (screams) It's coming, it's coming! 1818 01:30:44.238 --> 01:30:45.907 (gunshots) 1819 01:30:47.108 --> 01:30:50.912 (man over recording) 1820 01:30:54.916 --> 01:30:56.217 - (static crackling) - (distorted feedback whining) 1821 01:30:56.417 --> 01:30:57.685 [Meryem] There's a pattern. A repeating pattern. 1822 01:30:57.685 --> 01:30:59.454 - (distorted feedback echoing) - Phobos language test one. 1823 01:30:59.654 --> 01:31:02.423 (entrancing music playing over laptop) 1824 01:31:07.528 --> 01:31:10.398 (Meryem breathes heavily) 1825 01:31:13.868 --> 01:31:17.071 - (ominous music playing) - It found me. 1826 01:31:17.071 --> 01:31:20.975 - (feedback screeching) - (gasps) 1827 01:31:20.975 --> 01:31:24.679 - (high-pitched droning) - (screams) 1828 01:31:26.013 --> 01:31:27.415 (static buzzing) 1829 01:31:27.415 --> 01:31:31.118 - [Kim] Don't take my babies. - [Carl] This is for the best. 1830 01:31:31.118 --> 01:31:32.119 - (static buzzes) - [Carl] Trust me, 1831 01:31:32.787 --> 01:31:34.021 this is for the best. 1832 01:31:34.021 --> 01:31:35.423 [Kim] You're not stealing my children! 1833 01:31:35.423 --> 01:31:36.557 (vase shatters) 1834 01:31:37.458 --> 01:31:40.628 (Kim breathing heavily) 1835 01:31:41.629 --> 01:31:44.365 You crazy bitch! 1836 01:31:44.632 --> 01:31:47.134 (screaming) No, no, no! 1837 01:31:48.436 --> 01:31:50.438 - Ya r'luhhor Kzathguul. - Baby? 1838 01:31:52.573 --> 01:31:54.475 Ya r'luhhor Kzathguul! 1839 01:31:55.843 --> 01:31:59.680 - (Carl groaning) - (Kim grunting) 1840 01:31:59.680 --> 01:32:02.283 (man over recording) 1841 01:32:07.355 --> 01:32:10.157 (speaking in foreign language) 1842 01:32:24.605 --> 01:32:27.608 (man over recording, in English) 1843 01:32:34.882 --> 01:32:36.350 (speaking in foreign language) 1844 01:32:36.584 --> 01:32:39.487 (man over recording, in English) 1845 01:32:39.687 --> 01:32:42.523 - (static crackling) - (feedback buzzing) 1846 01:32:42.757 --> 01:32:44.025 Are you okay? 1847 01:32:44.725 --> 01:32:46.928 Where... where are we? 1848 01:32:46.928 --> 01:32:49.897 Okay, we're at the closest police station I could find. 1849 01:32:49.897 --> 01:32:51.032 What's your passcode? 1850 01:32:51.232 --> 01:32:52.733 - What? - Your phone passcode? 1851 01:32:53.701 --> 01:32:55.202 84-44. 1852 01:32:55.202 --> 01:32:57.371 Why... why are we at a police station? 1853 01:32:59.807 --> 01:33:02.510 Because we need help, Tim. Okay? you need help. 1854 01:33:02.710 --> 01:33:04.745 (sighs) They're not gonna help us. 1855 01:33:04.745 --> 01:33:07.348 Tim, we're gonna go, okay? 1856 01:33:07.348 --> 01:33:09.350 How long... how long was I out for? 1857 01:33:10.184 --> 01:33:11.519 [Nicole] Just come here for a second. 1858 01:33:12.253 --> 01:33:13.454 - Ready? - [Tim] Yeah. 1859 01:33:15.089 --> 01:33:18.426 (Tim breathing heavily) 1860 01:33:23.431 --> 01:33:24.532 Can I help you? 1861 01:33:24.532 --> 01:33:26.200 [Nicole] Yes, we need to talk to a cop, 1862 01:33:26.200 --> 01:33:27.268 police officer, detective. 1863 01:33:27.268 --> 01:33:28.269 Are you here to report a crime? 1864 01:33:28.669 --> 01:33:29.971 - [Nicole] Yeah, sure. - What kind? 1865 01:33:29.971 --> 01:33:33.074 (Nicole stammers) Murder. Conspiracy to commit murder. 1866 01:33:33.074 --> 01:33:34.308 We need to talk to an officer now. 1867 01:33:34.308 --> 01:33:36.077 Okay, okay. You need to fill out forms. 1868 01:33:36.077 --> 01:33:37.211 [Nicole] We don't. (laughs) 1869 01:33:37.578 --> 01:33:38.946 Is he okay? Do you need medical attention? 1870 01:33:38.946 --> 01:33:40.481 [Nicole] No, no, he's not all right. 1871 01:33:40.481 --> 01:33:42.249 Okay, please just let us talk to someone who matters. 1872 01:33:43.484 --> 01:33:45.219 - Okay. - [Nicole] Now, please, 1873 01:33:45.219 --> 01:33:49.123 - thank you. - (Tim breathing heavily) 1874 01:33:53.594 --> 01:33:56.464 [Punk Bunny] Bullshit! I know my rights! 1875 01:33:57.498 --> 01:33:58.866 I know the birds aren't real. 1876 01:34:00.134 --> 01:34:01.936 They're brainwashing our dogs! 1877 01:34:02.236 --> 01:34:05.806 (police radio chattering) 1878 01:34:06.707 --> 01:34:08.843 [Tim] Okay. (sighs) 1879 01:34:12.613 --> 01:34:15.983 So you're here to report a homicide? 1880 01:34:15.983 --> 01:34:17.852 Yes, yes, potentially several. 1881 01:34:19.320 --> 01:34:20.454 - Several? - [Nicole] Yes. 1882 01:34:20.454 --> 01:34:23.491 And we have evidence, we have videos, photos, 1883 01:34:24.358 --> 01:34:26.460 written evidence about these murders. 1884 01:34:26.661 --> 01:34:28.696 And we have reason to believe that there will be more. 1885 01:34:28.696 --> 01:34:31.632 Okay, so let's slow down and begin at... 1886 01:34:32.033 --> 01:34:33.167 at the beginning. 1887 01:34:33.367 --> 01:34:36.203 Tell me about this first supposed homicide. 1888 01:34:37.705 --> 01:34:40.174 - [Tim] It was my brother. - Your brother was murdered? 1889 01:34:40.474 --> 01:34:41.509 [Tim] Yes. 1890 01:34:43.077 --> 01:34:44.645 Was that tonight? Is that what that blood is? 1891 01:34:44.645 --> 01:34:47.181 - [Nicole] No. - [Tim] No, in... in September. 1892 01:34:47.715 --> 01:34:49.750 - Sean wasn't-- - In September? 1893 01:34:50.284 --> 01:34:53.688 [Tim] You guys said he was, it was a suicide. 1894 01:34:53.688 --> 01:34:55.856 He, he was murdered. He didn't kill himself. 1895 01:34:57.692 --> 01:34:59.093 Okay, so who killed him? 1896 01:35:00.361 --> 01:35:03.230 [Tim] If we tell you, it will kill you. 1897 01:35:03.230 --> 01:35:04.665 - Really? - Okay, yeah, what Tim means 1898 01:35:04.665 --> 01:35:08.302 to say, I think, is that we have video evidence of these people, 1899 01:35:08.302 --> 01:35:11.205 of Sean, his brother acting suspicious the night he died. 1900 01:35:11.205 --> 01:35:12.473 - [Tim] Yes, exactly. - [Nicole] Not to mention 1901 01:35:12.473 --> 01:35:13.641 - questions about how-- - Let me just stop 1902 01:35:13.641 --> 01:35:14.809 - you right there. - [Nicole] No, 1903 01:35:14.809 --> 01:35:16.110 but I haven't even gotten to where I'm trying to say- 1904 01:35:16.110 --> 01:35:17.211 I know, but I know where you're going. 1905 01:35:17.211 --> 01:35:19.080 Look, we've been getting this a lot recently, okay? 1906 01:35:19.080 --> 01:35:20.581 The guys around the station are calling it the, 1907 01:35:20.581 --> 01:35:21.916 hey, Chuny, What are they calling that thing? 1908 01:35:22.116 --> 01:35:23.718 - [Chuny] True Crime, Sarge. - [William] Yeah, 1909 01:35:23.718 --> 01:35:25.052 the true crime effect. 1910 01:35:25.052 --> 01:35:26.253 - Have you heard of this? - [Tim] What? 1911 01:35:26.253 --> 01:35:29.123 It's all the podcasts and the documentary shows. 1912 01:35:29.924 --> 01:35:31.325 You guys watch Uncanny Fables? 1913 01:35:31.892 --> 01:35:34.395 It's not bad, it's not bad. We watch it here at the station. 1914 01:35:35.262 --> 01:35:37.398 Look, because of that, 1915 01:35:37.665 --> 01:35:40.201 we've got every armchair sleuth and keyboard warrior 1916 01:35:40.201 --> 01:35:43.070 coming in here telling me how to do my job. 1917 01:35:43.070 --> 01:35:44.672 [Nicole] True, what? We... we have an... 1918 01:35:44.672 --> 01:35:45.906 we have evidence of a murder. 1919 01:35:45.906 --> 01:35:47.541 - A whole goddamn box. - [Tim] Look, look! 1920 01:35:47.541 --> 01:35:49.143 Ma'am, I'm gonna need to ask you to calm down right now. 1921 01:35:49.143 --> 01:35:51.412 [Nicole] I'm calm, I'm calm. I'm calm, okay? I'm just scared. 1922 01:35:52.046 --> 01:35:53.047 Scared of what? 1923 01:35:53.614 --> 01:35:55.249 [Nicole] I'm scared of the people 1924 01:35:55.249 --> 01:35:56.951 who have been following us, 1925 01:35:56.951 --> 01:35:59.420 of the people who may or may not have killed his brother. 1926 01:36:00.387 --> 01:36:01.422 - Who's following you? 1927 01:36:01.622 --> 01:36:04.358 - [Nicole] We don't know! - Excuse me? 1928 01:36:04.358 --> 01:36:06.260 [Tim] You need to believe us. 1929 01:36:09.163 --> 01:36:10.564 - Please listen. - Okay. 1930 01:36:11.165 --> 01:36:12.900 - [Tim] Please. - Here's what's gonna happen. 1931 01:36:13.400 --> 01:36:15.269 You two are gonna go see Officer Chuny over there. 1932 01:36:15.269 --> 01:36:16.470 You're gonna fill out a report. 1933 01:36:16.470 --> 01:36:18.939 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 1934 01:36:18.939 --> 01:36:20.007 - [Tim] Close your eyes! - What? 1935 01:36:20.007 --> 01:36:23.244 Close your eyes! Come on! 1936 01:36:23.244 --> 01:36:27.782 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 1937 01:36:27.782 --> 01:36:30.651 - [Tim] Come on! Let's go! - Tim! Tim! What's happening? 1938 01:36:32.119 --> 01:36:34.255 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 1939 01:36:34.588 --> 01:36:38.125 (Nicole screams) 1940 01:36:39.260 --> 01:36:41.162 [Tim] You're all right. You're okay. 1941 01:36:41.162 --> 01:36:43.964 - (Nicole sobbing) - [Tim] Go! 1942 01:36:44.765 --> 01:36:46.467 (gasps, groans) 1943 01:36:46.467 --> 01:36:48.102 - (Nicole sobbing) - (Tim groans) 1944 01:36:48.102 --> 01:36:49.470 - Shit! - (Nicole screaming) 1945 01:36:49.470 --> 01:36:51.472 - (Sergeant grunting) - (Tim grunting) 1946 01:36:52.039 --> 01:36:54.175 - (kicks thudding) - Come on! 1947 01:36:54.508 --> 01:36:58.512 - (Nicole sobbing) - (footsteps thudding) 1948 01:36:59.780 --> 01:37:00.881 (Nicole sobbing) 1949 01:37:00.881 --> 01:37:02.950 [Tim] We gotta get to the car! Come on! 1950 01:37:02.950 --> 01:37:05.186 (Nicole sobbing) 1951 01:37:05.186 --> 01:37:07.288 (Sergeant roars, distorted) 1952 01:37:07.822 --> 01:37:11.292 - (sobs, screams) - (grunts) 1953 01:37:11.692 --> 01:37:13.527 Tim, Tim, Tim, Tim! 1954 01:37:13.828 --> 01:37:16.297 - (metal clangs) - (Tim grunts) 1955 01:37:17.665 --> 01:37:19.033 (punch thuds) 1956 01:37:19.967 --> 01:37:22.803 (sobbing) 1957 01:37:25.172 --> 01:37:26.307 (car engine revving) 1958 01:37:26.307 --> 01:37:28.342 There's more! There's more coming! 1959 01:37:28.342 --> 01:37:32.213 - (pants) - (engine revving) 1960 01:37:32.213 --> 01:37:34.148 Go, go, go, go, go! Go! 1961 01:37:34.782 --> 01:37:36.617 (tires screeching) 1962 01:37:36.617 --> 01:37:39.453 (pants, sobs) 1963 01:37:39.687 --> 01:37:41.155 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 1964 01:37:41.155 --> 01:37:42.356 We're gonna get you to the hospital, okay? 1965 01:37:42.356 --> 01:37:44.558 - You're gonna be all right. - No, no. 1966 01:37:44.558 --> 01:37:45.726 No, no, you have to go to a hospital. 1967 01:37:45.726 --> 01:37:47.728 No, no, no. (stutters) Just take me to the college. 1968 01:37:48.462 --> 01:37:51.265 - You're bleeding! - Please! (panting) 1969 01:37:54.001 --> 01:37:55.369 We're gonna broadcast it. 1970 01:37:57.037 --> 01:37:58.839 We're gonna tell the world. (breathing heavily) 1971 01:37:58.839 --> 01:38:00.374 - Push down. - Okay 1972 01:38:00.908 --> 01:38:03.177 - You ready? - Yes, yes. Just, just... 1973 01:38:03.744 --> 01:38:06.680 (pants) 1974 01:38:13.587 --> 01:38:15.923 One last interview for old time's sake. 1975 01:38:18.092 --> 01:38:19.727 (Nicole gasps, groans) 1976 01:38:19.727 --> 01:38:21.228 [Tim] Nicole, we don't have to do this. 1977 01:38:21.228 --> 01:38:24.064 Huh? Tim, I've got this, okay? 1978 01:38:24.064 --> 01:38:26.734 Just the world needs to know. 1979 01:38:27.401 --> 01:38:30.971 (breathes heavily) 1980 01:38:33.841 --> 01:38:34.842 Hi, America. 1981 01:38:35.876 --> 01:38:37.544 My name is Nicole Martin, 1982 01:38:38.212 --> 01:38:40.981 and you need to know your government is lying to you. 1983 01:38:42.750 --> 01:38:44.118 During the Cold War, 1984 01:38:44.718 --> 01:38:47.888 the government tried to create some kind of mass 1985 01:38:47.888 --> 01:38:51.125 mind control device, Project MKHEXE. 1986 01:38:51.992 --> 01:38:53.627 (groans) 1987 01:38:53.961 --> 01:38:55.796 - [Tim] Nicole. - No, no, no, no, no, no. 1988 01:38:55.796 --> 01:38:56.997 I've gotta finish. 1989 01:38:57.564 --> 01:39:00.701 Okay, okay. (pants) Project MKHEXE. 1990 01:39:03.537 --> 01:39:06.907 The government failed to control minds 1991 01:39:07.441 --> 01:39:08.876 in the way they wanted to. 1992 01:39:09.410 --> 01:39:13.347 Instead, they created a nightmare machine. 1993 01:39:13.347 --> 01:39:14.715 - (static buzzing) - [Tim] Nicole. 1994 01:39:14.715 --> 01:39:17.885 No. (breathes heavily) They opened a door to something. 1995 01:39:17.885 --> 01:39:20.187 - (desk thuds) - Something unbelievable. 1996 01:39:20.187 --> 01:39:24.792 Something that wants us dead. Something that is using MKHEXE-- 1997 01:39:24.792 --> 01:39:25.893 - (static crackling) - (feedback buzzing) 1998 01:39:25.893 --> 01:39:26.894 - [Tim] Nicole! - Damn it, Tim! 1999 01:39:27.094 --> 01:39:29.196 - Won't you let me just finish! - [Tim] Don't look, don't! 2000 01:39:29.196 --> 01:39:32.633 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2001 01:39:32.633 --> 01:39:35.502 (Nicole choking) 2002 01:39:35.502 --> 01:39:38.505 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2003 01:39:41.909 --> 01:39:42.910 [Tim] Nicole? 2004 01:39:44.511 --> 01:39:45.512 Nicole? 2005 01:39:46.947 --> 01:39:48.949 Hey, hey, Nicole. Hey, wake up. 2006 01:39:50.751 --> 01:39:51.752 Nicole? 2007 01:39:53.187 --> 01:39:55.522 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Please, Nicole. 2008 01:39:55.756 --> 01:39:56.857 (static crackles) 2009 01:39:56.857 --> 01:39:57.958 I would never hurt her. 2010 01:39:57.958 --> 01:39:59.159 I would never do anything like that. 2011 01:39:59.159 --> 01:40:02.596 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2012 01:40:02.596 --> 01:40:05.232 Ya r'luhhor Kzathguul! 2013 01:40:07.634 --> 01:40:10.804 - (Tim groaning) - (static buzzing) 2014 01:40:14.475 --> 01:40:17.644 (muffled scream) 2015 01:40:42.436 --> 01:40:43.437 [Tim] Mom? 2016 01:40:44.538 --> 01:40:48.409 [Gloria] There, there my baby. There, there my child. 2017 01:40:48.409 --> 01:40:49.443 It's okay. 2018 01:40:52.546 --> 01:40:54.214 Why don't I make you a sandwich? 2019 01:40:54.581 --> 01:40:56.083 - (Tim breathes heavily) - [Gloria] Okay? 2020 01:40:56.083 --> 01:40:57.718 - [Tim] Yeah. - [Gloria] Okay? 2021 01:40:57.718 --> 01:40:58.986 [Tim] Thanks, Mom. 2022 01:41:00.988 --> 01:41:03.257 (yawns) 2023 01:41:04.058 --> 01:41:07.294 Mom, I love you and I love Dad. 2024 01:41:07.294 --> 01:41:08.862 And I love you guys. 2025 01:41:09.129 --> 01:41:11.298 [Gloria] Oh, we love you too, honey. 2026 01:41:12.933 --> 01:41:15.769 Now go in and put your feet up, okay? 2027 01:41:15.769 --> 01:41:17.004 [Tim] Okay. 2028 01:41:18.105 --> 01:41:20.874 (sniffles, sighs) 2029 01:41:36.490 --> 01:41:37.591 (static on TV) 2030 01:41:41.495 --> 01:41:43.764 (ominous music playing) 2031 01:41:46.133 --> 01:41:49.970 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2032 01:41:51.138 --> 01:41:54.608 (breathes heavily) 2033 01:41:56.176 --> 01:41:58.912 (static crackling) 2034 01:42:03.283 --> 01:42:05.185 He needs to see someone. 2035 01:42:07.821 --> 01:42:09.289 Do you think a shrink is gonna know our son 2036 01:42:09.289 --> 01:42:11.358 better than we do? His parents? 2037 01:42:11.358 --> 01:42:13.260 [Gloria] Maybe a therapist can help him. 2038 01:42:13.660 --> 01:42:14.828 Lord knows we've tried. 2039 01:42:15.129 --> 01:42:16.196 He doesn't do anything but, 2040 01:42:16.196 --> 01:42:18.732 but sit in that room and play on the internet. 2041 01:42:20.667 --> 01:42:22.936 [Donald] Well, if you hadn't babied him so much. 2042 01:42:22.936 --> 01:42:25.806 - Yeah, here we go again. - I'm serious, Gloria. 2043 01:42:25.806 --> 01:42:28.275 The kid's fragile, he's soft. I didn't make him that way. 2044 01:42:28.509 --> 01:42:31.545 [Gloria] He's your son too. You are just as guilty as I am. 2045 01:42:32.980 --> 01:42:37.818 Look, I'm just trying to say that maybe a therapist is... 2046 01:42:37.818 --> 01:42:40.654 is the kind of doctor who could help him with whatever-- 2047 01:42:40.654 --> 01:42:42.956 - (knife swishes) - [Donald] Our son's not crazy. 2048 01:42:43.157 --> 01:42:46.193 You don't need to be crazy to see a therapist. 2049 01:42:46.994 --> 01:42:50.330 We just need someone to talk to the kid 2050 01:42:50.764 --> 01:42:52.966 because he sure as hell ain't talking to us. 2051 01:42:54.134 --> 01:42:56.236 (sighs) You're right. 2052 01:42:56.470 --> 01:42:58.672 It might help figure out what's going on and... 2053 01:42:58.872 --> 01:43:01.675 and it could help him plan for what's next. 2054 01:43:01.675 --> 01:43:04.778 Because where he is right now, honey, I fear for him. 2055 01:43:04.778 --> 01:43:07.848 - [Donald] I do too. - We need to try. 2056 01:43:09.249 --> 01:43:10.551 He's our angel. 2057 01:43:12.352 --> 01:43:15.155 - (static crackles) - Ya r'luhhor Kzathguul! 2058 01:43:15.155 --> 01:43:16.323 (Sean speaking in Akkadian) 2059 01:43:17.024 --> 01:43:19.226 - (Sean speaking in Akkadian) - No! 2060 01:43:19.226 --> 01:43:23.864 - (punches thudding) - (Donald groaning) 2061 01:43:24.665 --> 01:43:27.167 (Gloria gasps, in English) Oh, no, my God! 2062 01:43:29.870 --> 01:43:32.739 - Are you okay? - (sobs) No. 2063 01:43:35.008 --> 01:43:37.277 (both grunting) 2064 01:43:43.250 --> 01:43:46.220 (Gloria sobbing) Please don't! 2065 01:43:46.220 --> 01:43:47.521 - (both grunting) - (bone crunches) 2066 01:43:50.057 --> 01:43:51.058 Oh, God. 2067 01:43:52.025 --> 01:43:53.193 Oh, God. 2068 01:43:53.827 --> 01:43:56.630 No, no, no, no. No, no, no. 2069 01:43:56.630 --> 01:43:58.432 - (static crackles) - (distorted feedback buzzes) 2070 01:44:09.576 --> 01:44:10.944 (door creaks) 2071 01:44:16.483 --> 01:44:18.485 - (Gloria) Oh, hi dear. - What are you doing here? 2072 01:44:18.485 --> 01:44:20.554 - You killed him. - (Donald) Excuse me? 2073 01:44:23.957 --> 01:44:25.425 You killed Sean! 2074 01:44:26.593 --> 01:44:28.228 [Donald] Don't do anything stupid, son. 2075 01:44:28.228 --> 01:44:30.030 - (static crackles) - (distorted feedback buzzes) 2076 01:44:30.030 --> 01:44:31.932 - Tim? Tim?! - (Tim screaming) 2077 01:44:31.932 --> 01:44:34.134 - Over here! - (Tim groaning) 2078 01:44:34.134 --> 01:44:35.235 Tim! 2079 01:44:35.235 --> 01:44:36.336 - You did it! - Tim! 2080 01:44:36.336 --> 01:44:38.272 - (Tim screams) - (static crackling) 2081 01:44:39.640 --> 01:44:41.208 (static crackling) 2082 01:44:44.278 --> 01:44:46.947 (breathes heavily) 2083 01:44:47.247 --> 01:44:48.949 (static crackles) 2084 01:45:03.830 --> 01:45:07.167 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2085 01:45:07.367 --> 01:45:10.837 Sean is not sick. He's not crazy. 2086 01:45:11.271 --> 01:45:14.441 Look, you don't have to be crazy to see a therapist. 2087 01:45:15.909 --> 01:45:19.613 We just need someone to talk to the kid. 2088 01:45:21.381 --> 01:45:23.650 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2089 01:45:23.650 --> 01:45:25.519 (Sean screaming) 2090 01:45:25.519 --> 01:45:27.788 - (Sean gasps) - (metal clangs) 2091 01:45:27.788 --> 01:45:29.623 Because he sure as hell ain't talking to us. 2092 01:45:31.558 --> 01:45:33.927 (sighs) I know. 2093 01:45:34.394 --> 01:45:37.364 (Sean sobbing) 2094 01:45:44.705 --> 01:45:48.809 It might help figure out whatever's going on. 2095 01:45:49.009 --> 01:45:52.746 It could help him plan for what's next. 2096 01:45:52.746 --> 01:45:56.383 Because where he is right now, honey, I fear for him. 2097 01:45:58.318 --> 01:46:00.721 I won't. I will not. 2098 01:46:01.388 --> 01:46:04.191 I... I am in control. 2099 01:46:04.391 --> 01:46:07.561 You offend me! 2100 01:46:07.961 --> 01:46:08.962 [Donald] Let's go to bed. 2101 01:46:10.230 --> 01:46:13.066 - [Gloria] Oh, I know that look. - [Donald] What look? 2102 01:46:14.067 --> 01:46:16.870 [Gloria] Why don't you go warm up the bed for me? 2103 01:46:16.870 --> 01:46:21.775 - (Sean gagging) - (rope creaking) 2104 01:46:22.542 --> 01:46:25.379 [Gloria] 'Cause somebody has to take out the garbage. 2105 01:46:25.379 --> 01:46:27.314 - [Donald] I can do that. - [Gloria] No, no. I've got it. 2106 01:46:27.314 --> 01:46:30.183 (Sean gagging) 2107 01:46:41.228 --> 01:46:42.629 (door creaks) 2108 01:47:02.115 --> 01:47:03.183 Sean? 2109 01:47:04.785 --> 01:47:06.119 Sean! 2110 01:47:06.119 --> 01:47:07.120 (static buzzes) 2111 01:47:08.622 --> 01:47:11.425 Oh, no, oh, God! 2112 01:47:12.426 --> 01:47:15.829 Oh, my God! (sobs) 2113 01:47:16.897 --> 01:47:21.134 Mom. Dad. (sobs) 2114 01:47:23.270 --> 01:47:26.473 (sobs) 2115 01:47:31.578 --> 01:47:36.516 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2116 01:47:39.085 --> 01:47:42.222 No, no, stop hearing, stop hearing! 2117 01:47:42.622 --> 01:47:45.659 Stop seeing, stop hearing! 2118 01:47:46.126 --> 01:47:48.795 Stop hearing, stop seeing! 2119 01:47:48.995 --> 01:47:51.665 (ominous music playing) 2120 01:47:51.865 --> 01:47:53.333 - (screams) - (static buzzes) 2121 01:47:57.471 --> 01:47:59.840 [Tim] Dawn approaches, I can feel it. 2122 01:48:00.340 --> 01:48:03.643 They kept me here all night. They want me to finish it. 2123 01:48:03.643 --> 01:48:05.145 They want me to broadcast it. 2124 01:48:05.145 --> 01:48:06.146 [Nicole] We're gonna broadcast it. 2125 01:48:06.413 --> 01:48:09.282 [Tim] So that others hear the song too. 2126 01:48:09.616 --> 01:48:13.086 I'm sorry for everything. I take the blame, 2127 01:48:13.086 --> 01:48:15.989 even though it was inside me, I did this. 2128 01:48:15.989 --> 01:48:19.326 I climbed the pyramid. I gave them the key. 2129 01:48:19.326 --> 01:48:20.961 And It needs more. 2130 01:48:20.961 --> 01:48:23.497 "What we fear, we create." Don't believe this. 2131 01:48:23.497 --> 01:48:24.631 Don't believe any of it. 2132 01:48:24.631 --> 01:48:26.533 Don't listen to this! Don't listen to this! 2133 01:48:26.533 --> 01:48:28.735 Don't give It life! Don't! Stop listening! 2134 01:48:28.735 --> 01:48:29.836 Just stop! 2135 01:48:29.836 --> 01:48:32.105 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2136 01:48:33.840 --> 01:48:37.978 - (Morse code beeping) - (dramatic music playing) 2137 01:48:39.179 --> 01:48:43.016 - (distorted feedback echoing) - (static buzzing) 2138 01:48:43.216 --> 01:48:46.286 (static crackles) 2139 01:48:57.497 --> 01:49:00.133 (ominous music playing) 2140 01:53:39.145 --> 01:53:40.980 (music concludes)