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00:00¡Suscríbete al canal!
00:30I stood in front of that damn wardrobe
00:32And then
00:46Daddy? Daddy? Daddy? Daddy?
00:56You finally found me daddy?
01:02It all started when Aaron was preparing to get married
01:05His future in-laws insisted that both families see a psychic before the wedding
01:09They believed the marriage should begin with a proper blessing
01:11So my wife and I went
01:13We thought it would be a formality
01:15But after the reading
01:16The psychic looked up at us with a grave expression and said
01:19You have another child, don't you?
01:22One who hasn't come home in years
01:26My stomach dropped
01:28I turned to Helen
01:29She looked pale as hell
01:31She knew what I was thinking
01:32The psychic kept going
01:34A marriage like this needs the whole family present
01:37If someone's been left behind
01:39Whatever is following them will follow the couple too
01:42What do you mean following them?
01:44The old man just shook his head
01:46Better not to ask
01:48You have a daughter, don't you?
01:50Yes
01:52But
01:52It's her
01:53She's been begging to come home and she's become something powerful
01:57I was confused
01:58My daughter was dead
02:00Dead for 20 years
02:01How could she want to come home?
02:03How could she be powerful?
02:05Some spirits don't rest easy
02:07Not when something was left unfinished
02:09Your family has a missing piece
02:11And that kind of absence doesn't stay buried
02:14Go home
02:15Make your family whole again
02:17Then come see me
02:18We left
02:19Faster than we had arrived
02:20Back home
02:21Helen sat on the couch
02:23Trembling
02:24What do we do?
02:26We moved
02:27We ran
02:28We left her there
02:30How are we supposed to bring her home now?
02:32I ran my hands through my hair
02:34Anxious
02:35Erin was engaged
02:36Our future daughter-in-law's family was rich and prominent
02:39Her people had money
02:40And influence
02:42More than we ever would
02:43Erin couldn't afford to lose a match like this
02:45I couldn't let the ghost of our daughter stand in the way
02:48I had to find a way to deal with it
02:50With her
02:55My daughter's name was Katie
02:56If she were still alive
02:58She would have been 28 this year
03:00When Katie was 8
03:01My wife, Helen
03:02And I decided to move to the city for work
03:04Life was hard enough already
03:06And trying to start over with 2 young children felt impossible
03:09The day before we left
03:11Helen suddenly said she didn't want to take Katie with us
03:13She only wanted to bring our 7-year-old son, Erin
03:17My parents were already dead
03:18There were no grandparents to leave Katie with
03:21If we didn't take her
03:22There would be no one to care for her
03:23She doesn't need anyone to care for her
03:26We'll lock her in the house
03:27And act like she was never born
03:29I stared at her, stunned
03:31But she didn't seem bothered in the slightest
03:33What's so shocking about that?
03:36We can't afford to drag 2 kids into a new life
03:39One of them was always gonna slow us down
03:42Erin comes with us
03:43Katie stays
03:44But
03:45Enough!
03:48I've made up my mind
03:49Just do what I say
03:54Tomorrow, I'll show you exactly what to do
03:56Helen had always favored our son over our daughter
03:58And once she decided something
04:00There was no changing her mind
04:02The next day, we packed as usual
04:04Katie and Erin were both excited
04:06Running back and forth
04:08Stuffing their toys into the bags
04:10When it was almost time to leave
04:11Helen gave me a look
04:13I knew exactly what she meant
04:15I hesitated for a long time
04:17But in the end, I walked over to Katie
04:25Katie, daddy's tired from packing
04:27Wanna play hide and seek?
04:28Katie frowned
04:29She never liked hide and seek much
04:32I don't wanna play
04:33I wanna help pack
04:35Then Erin chimed in at exactly the wrong moment
04:37I wanna play!
04:39Katie please play with us!
04:41I rarely spent time playing with the children
04:43Erin was always eager for any scrap of attention from me
04:47Under her brother's pleading, Katie finally gave in
04:49So I played along for a while
04:51Fake smiles
04:52Fake laughter
04:54Pretending everything was normal
04:55Then Helen gave me another look
04:57The bags were packed
04:59Everything was ready
05:00It was time
05:02Last round
05:03This time Katie hides
05:05And Erin and I will look for her
05:07Katie, you better find a really good spot
05:09Helen joined in with a smile
05:11That made my skin crawl
05:14Don't worry
05:15I know the perfect hiding place
05:17They'll never find you there
05:19Come on sweetheart
05:20Mommy will take you
05:24She led Katie toward the storage shed
05:26No one but Helen and I knew
05:28There was a cellar underneath it
05:29My great-grandfather had dug it years ago
05:31To store grain in case of famine
05:33Later, when life got better
05:35It was abandoned and left to rot
05:36There was an old wardrobe down there
05:38It had been there for as long as I could remember
05:40It was thick, heavy, and impossible for a child to open
05:50When Helen led Katie down into the cellar
05:53I saw the padlock in her hand
05:54A little while later, Helen came back up
05:57Alone
05:57That same night, we called the police and told them our daughter was missing
06:01Back then, child trafficking cases were all over the news
06:05And Helen cried so hard in front of the officers
06:07That no one ever suspected us
06:0920 years passed in the blink of an eye
06:11We went back to our hometown a few times after that
06:14But Helen and I never spoke about what we had done
06:16We never went down into the cellar, either
06:18But this time, for Aaron's wedding, I had no choice
06:22The psychic had made it clear
06:24Our family had a missing piece
06:25Katie had never been laid to rest
06:27If I wanted nothing to interfere with my son's marriage
06:30I had to go back
06:31I had to find her
06:33And bury her properly
06:34Helen said
06:35Then go
06:36Right now
06:38Whatever you do
06:41Don't let this ruin Aaron's wedding
06:43I drove back to my hometown that night
06:45The house was an old single-story place
06:48I kept all the lights off the whole time
06:50Afraid the neighbors might notice something strange
06:52I found the shed
06:54And the concrete slab covering the entrance
06:56The moment I lifted it
06:58I felt something was off
06:59A gust of wind came up from below
07:01Cold
07:02Sharp
07:03It hit me right in the face
07:04And that wasn't all
07:06The instant I opened it
07:07I heard a bang
07:08Heavy
07:09Dull
07:10Solid
07:10Like something had suddenly slammed into the wardrobe underground
07:17I held my breath and listened carefully
07:19A few minutes passed
07:20The strange sound didn't come again
07:22Just a rat
07:23Just a damn rat
07:24I went down to the basement
07:25Same as 20 years ago
07:27Empty
07:28Dark
07:28Flashlight swept the space
07:30Only that wardrobe in the corner
07:31Paint peeling
07:32Padlock still locked
07:33No smell
07:3420 years had passed
07:36Katie must have decomposed beyond recognition by now
07:39Any smell would have long since faded
07:41I let out a breath
07:42Then I took out the key Helen had given me
07:44And reached for the lock
07:45Suddenly
07:47My first thought was that someone had followed me
07:49Who's there?
07:51Who's here?
07:52I looked around carefully
07:53No one
07:53But in the corner
07:54I found a dried up carcass
07:56Didn't matter
07:56I went back to the wardrobe
07:58Took a deep breath
07:59Tried to calm myself down
08:00I was too nervous
08:01That had to be
08:03This time
08:04I heard it clearly
08:05It came from inside the wardrobe right in front of me
08:07Daddy
08:10Daddy is that you?
08:12I've been waiting for you for so long
08:16I'm right here in the wardrobe
08:21Holy shit
08:22It really was Katie's voice
08:24How was that possible?
08:26Daddy
08:27Why aren't you talking to me?
08:30Open the door
08:31She still sounded like that same little 8 year old girl
08:34How was that possible?
08:36Locked inside an airtight wardrobe for 20 years
08:38Even if she hadn't suffocated
08:40She would have starved to death
08:41So what the hell was inside that wardrobe?
08:51Open the door!
08:53I want help!
08:56Daddy!
09:03The wind!
09:04The thud!
09:04The voice!
09:05Wayne!
09:05Are you making this up because you're too scared to bury Katie?
09:08How could something this creepy even be real?
09:10I swear!
09:11I heard her!
09:12She's still in there!
09:13Fine!
09:14If you're too much of a coward
09:15I'll do it myself
09:16She slammed the door and left
09:18I sat on the couch
09:19Trying to process everything that just happened
09:21I cracked open a six pack
09:23Drank until my hands stopped shaking
09:25How?
09:25How could a child survive in a sealed metal box for 20 years?
09:28No air
09:29No food
09:30No water
09:30Unless it was a ghost
09:32But how could a ghost be trapped inside the wardrobe?
09:34Why did it knock?
09:35Why did it sound like her?
09:37With all these thoughts
09:38I passed out
09:39And woke up to screams
09:40Helen was shaking me
09:41Her hair was matted with dirt
09:42Her jacket was torn
09:44Her eyes were wide
09:45You went back?
09:46I went down there
09:47I heard it
09:49That voice
09:49Everything
09:51What did you do?
09:53I opened the door
10:00I couldn't process what she had just said
10:02I slowly turned toward the door
10:03There she was
10:04Wearing the exact yellow dress with tiny blue flowers
10:07Her hair was tied into two neat ponytails
10:09It was as if she had only been gone for 20 minutes
10:12Daddy
10:13I'm home
10:14My heart stopped
10:15It was definitely Katie
10:16My daughter
10:17The one we had buried alive
10:18Don't
10:19Don't come closer
10:20She stopped
10:21Just stood there
10:22Obedient
10:22Just like she had always been
10:24This is impossible
10:25She'd be dust
10:27She'd be gone
10:28What do you mean mommy?
10:30I'm right here
10:31Nothing sweetheart
10:32Mommy is just
10:34Upset
10:35Wow
10:36Is this where we live now?
10:37I love it
10:38I want to stay here forever
10:41By the way daddy
10:43Where's Aaron?
10:45Didn't he want to play hide and seek?
10:52Well he went out to take care of something
10:55Helen evasively explained
10:57Yeah
10:57I greased him something on me to Pison anymore
11:02Lear
11:04Kids don't have things to take care of
11:07Katie
11:08Sweetie
11:09Daddy and I need to talk
11:10Just for a minute
11:11Helen was so overwhelmed
11:13She grabbed my arm and shouted
11:16You play for a bit?
11:18Helen didn't wait for her answer
11:19She shut the bedroom door and whispered
11:22Is she
11:24Human?
11:25How would I know?
11:26You were the one who let her out
11:28Oh god the crap
11:30Like I know any better
11:33Jesus
11:34Let's just
11:35She took a knife out of the drawer
11:41No
11:42No
11:42You can't just kill her
11:45She's
11:46Katie
11:47Our little girl
11:51We already killed her once Wayne
11:53What difference does it make
11:55This time?
11:56I snatched the knife from her hand
11:57No
12:00Not again
12:02We were poor and desperate back then
12:05Now Aaron has grown
12:06And we can afford to raise an 8 year old
12:09But I couldn't tell Helen about this
12:11I really missed Katie
12:12How I had tricked my little girl
12:14How I had betrayed her trust
12:15How she had looked at me with those innocent eyes
12:17And now
12:18She came back
12:20Maybe
12:20Maybe this was my second chance
12:22However
12:23I still had to figure out why she hadn't aged
12:26And what had happened to her all those years
12:27Helen was still hesitating
12:29Then she continued
12:31Are you out of your mind?
12:32If they find out we buried her
12:34Our son's son's life is over
12:36No job
12:37No future
12:39No grandkids
12:40Suddenly
12:41An idea flashed into my mind
12:46I opened the drawer and took out a business card
12:49A private investigator's business card
12:53The one I'd found shoved under our door weeks ago
12:59Helen frowned
13:00Where did you even get this?
13:02None of your business
13:05Anyway
13:05He's our only shot
13:08She had been going out a lot lately
13:11And I had started to suspect she was cheating on me
13:14I dialed
13:16A young voice answered
13:18Hello
13:19Mr. Shaw
13:22Yes
13:22How can I help you?
13:24I told him everything
13:25The silence was long enough to make me think he had hung up
13:28Finally
13:28He said doubtfully
13:30So
13:31You mean your daughter
13:32Stayed in the wardrobe for 20 years
13:34She doesn't eat
13:35Doesn't drink
13:35Doesn't age
13:36Just still
13:37Ate?
13:38Well
13:39That's about it
13:41I've never heard anything like this
13:42Very interesting
13:44I'll take the case
13:45But you better bring her to me
13:47I want to see this miracle with my own eyes
13:50I hung up
13:51Walked back into the living room
13:53Katie was curled up on the couch
13:54Her head rested on her arm
13:56Her eyes half closed
13:58She smiled when she saw me
14:00Daddy
14:00Are we going to see a friend?
14:03Yeah sweetheart
14:04Just for a little while
14:06Do you want to come with me?
14:09She climbed right onto my lap
14:11Just like she used to
14:13Of course daddy
14:14I always want to stay with you
14:23I met Jamie Shaw
14:25A private investigator
14:27He poured me some tea
14:28And gave Katie something sweet
14:29He chatted with her
14:31About normal kid stuff
14:32Favorite books
14:33Cartoons
14:34And games
14:35Katie answered the same thing
14:36She would have answered 20 years ago
14:39After a while
14:40He pulled me aside
14:41Mr. Zane
14:42It does seem that your daughter
14:44Really came from 20 years ago
14:47This is the most unusual case
14:49I've ever seen in my career
14:50Have you ever heard the theory
14:51That there are strange spaces
14:53In this world
14:53Where time moves abnormally
14:55Sometimes much faster
14:56Sometimes much slower
14:57What?
15:00Something like that really exists?
15:03Out here?
15:0520 years
15:05In that wardrobe?
15:07Maybe only 3 days
15:10She didn't age because
15:11She never left the moment
15:13He locked her in
15:14He pulled an old newspaper
15:16Clipping from the shelf
15:21He pulled an old newspaper
15:23Clipping from the shelf
15:261892
15:26A man was stranded
15:28On a remote island
15:30For 25 years
15:31When he was rescued
15:33Aside from his grown out beard
15:34He hadn't changed a bit
15:36My hands shook
15:37That's real?
15:39Real enough to be recorded
15:40So
15:42She's not dead
15:44She's
15:46Frozen
15:46This case is too strange
15:48So I've decided not to charge you
15:50I want to know
15:51What is really going on as well
15:53Also
15:54I would suggest
15:55A paternity test
15:57From a biological standpoint
15:58It would tell you
15:59Whether she's biologically
16:00Your daughter
16:02How much would that cost?
16:062,000
16:08But I know a lab
16:09That'll do it cheaper
16:09I thought of my son's wedding expenses
16:12Everything cost money
16:17No need
16:19I know my own daughter
16:23Alright
16:24Then let's head to your old home now
16:26I'd like to run an experiment
16:27In that wardrobe
16:32The experiment was simple
16:33Even a rough man like me
16:35Could understand it
16:36Jamie put a candle in the wardrobe
16:40This thing is big enough
16:41So there's plenty of air inside
16:44Normally the candle should burn out
16:45In about two hours
16:46I'll light it now
16:47And come back tomorrow
16:48If it burns out
16:49Our guess is wrong
16:50If it has barely burned down
16:52Then time really does move slower in there
16:54To be safe
16:55He also put a popsicle inside
16:57As a second check
17:00After that
17:01I took Katie home
17:05Katie was tired
17:06She curled up on the couch
17:08Right after we got home
17:11Daddy my head is so itchy
17:13I want to wash my hair
17:18Helen could you
17:19Not mommy
17:20I want daddy to wash it
17:21I want daddy
17:23I froze for a moment
17:24As if I had gone back 20 years
17:26I was exhausted
17:28And a scolding almost slipped out
17:29But when I looked down
17:31Into Katie's dark eyes
17:32I swallowed the words
17:33I helped her wash her hair
17:35Twinkle twinkle little star
17:38How I wonder what you are
17:42She looked up at me
17:44Daddy
17:45Do you like my song?
17:48Of course sweetheart
17:49I love it
17:50She giggled
17:51Then
17:52Daddy why'd you take so long
17:55To come find me?
17:57I looked away
17:58I was busy
18:01But daddy
18:02I waited for you for so long
18:04Why didn't you come find me?
18:06Just as I was about to lose my temper
18:08I suddenly cried out
18:09The daughter lying on my lap
18:11Had somehow turned into a dried corpse
18:13Her body was shriveled and yellow
18:14And her eye sockets had become
18:16Two hollow pits
18:17But her mouth was still opening and closing
18:23Daddy
18:24Why didn't you come?
18:27Don't you want me
18:29To come home?
18:32I screamed
18:33Grabbed her
18:34And shoved her face
18:35Into the water
18:36She thrashed and yelled
18:43She was a monster
18:44She was not my daughter
18:47Helen stormed in
18:49I gasped
18:55I looked down and froze again
18:57The dried corpse in the basin
18:58Had turned back into a normal child
19:04On her neck was a long red scratch
19:06From my nails
19:12Didn't you say you were gonna treat her well?
19:17I wasn't trying to hurt her
19:19She
19:20Katie sniffled
19:21Is daddy drunk again?
19:23Shh
19:23It's okay
19:24Mommy's here
19:29My eyes fixed on the mirror
19:31There she was in the reflection
19:32Curled in Helen's arms
19:34She looked pitiful as she cried in Helen's arms
19:36But the corners of her mouth were curled into a dark
19:39Eerie smile
19:43That night
19:44Katie insisted on sleeping in our room
19:47Not a chance
19:48I'd sooner stay awake till dawn than lie next to that thing
19:52So I took a blanket and camped out on the couch
19:55Half awake all night
19:56One eye open
19:57Listening for the slightest sound
19:59I told myself I only had to get through one night
20:02Once Jamie's results came in
20:04I'd take care of her
20:05I wasn't about to let a monster keep breathing under my roof
20:09The next morning
20:10The first news I got wasn't Jamie's result
20:12It was that Aaron was coming home
20:15My heart lurched
20:16No
20:17Absolutely not
20:19Aaron could not see Katie
20:20I still didn't know what she was
20:23A child
20:23A ghost
20:24Or something worse
20:25But if anything happened to Aaron
20:27My whole life would go down with him
20:29Katie was at the table eating breakfast when I waved her over
20:32That's enough
20:33Come with me
20:34I was going to shut her in the guest room until I figured out the next move
20:38But the second I stepped toward her
20:40She drew back
20:40Are you trying to make me hide in the wardrobe again?
20:43I was already rolling up my sleeves
20:46Ready to force her if I had to
20:48Aaron's back
20:49Did he call you?
20:51Katie lit up at once
20:52Aaron's home?
20:53Before I could stop her
20:54She flew out the door barefoot
20:56What the hell is wrong with you?
21:00Why would you tell her Aaron was back?
21:03She shrank right in front of me
21:05Instinctively throwing her arm over her head
21:07Her forearm was a mess
21:09Purple bruises
21:10Yellowing marks
21:11Old scars crossing over new ones
21:13I ran after Katie
21:15By the time I got downstairs
21:17She was already at the building entrance
21:20Aaron had just stepped inside
21:22And there he was
21:23Rooted to the spot
21:24Staring at her like the dead had come back wearing a child's face
21:28Confusion, disbelief, and dread filled his eyes
21:32His lips trembled
21:33Then, barely audible, he said
21:36Katie?
21:37Beside him stood his fiancée
21:38Katie!
21:40Get back here!
21:41I was rattled now
21:43One suspicious look from Sophia
21:45And Aaron's marriage could be dead before it started
21:48And she was sharp
21:49Sharper than I liked
21:51Who is she?
21:57She's Aaron's sister
21:58Sister?
22:00Since when?
22:01Aaron never said he had a sister
22:04She looks just like him
22:06There was no way I was letting Sophia's family hear the truth
22:09Then came the worst possible sentence
22:12Wait
22:14Is she his daughter?
22:16No, no, of course not
22:18Sophia, come on
22:19She's my daughter
22:20How could she possibly be Aaron's?
22:22He's far too young to have a child that old
22:24So your family lied
22:24You told us Aaron was an only child
22:26And now I'm supposed to find out like this that he has a sister?
22:29You don't leave out something like that by accident
22:31If you were willing to hide this then what else are you hiding?
22:34How am I supposed to trust any of you now?
22:36Then she looked at Aaron
22:38Disappointment written all over her face
22:39I'm going home to talk to my parents
22:42I care about you
22:44But I can't be with someone who lies to me
22:46And just like that she turned and walked away
22:48But he didn't move
22:49What are you waiting for?
22:50Go after her
22:51Forget it, I was never an only child
22:53I didn't want to lie anymore
22:54I never really wanted to get married
22:56His face was calm
22:58If Sophia decides to call it off
23:00Maybe that's for the best
23:01I nearly lost my mind
23:03If we hadn't been standing in the middle of the building lobby
23:05I would have slapped him then and there
23:07That was Aaron
23:08Always Aaron
23:09Too soft
23:10Too timid
23:11And never able to stand up for himself
23:13What had I raised him for?
23:14To watch him throw away a good marriage without a fight
23:18Are you really Katie Zane?
23:21Yes
23:21I'm your sister
23:25Wow, you got so tall
23:27I was only hiding for a little while
23:32How did you grow up so much?
23:34The moment those words left her mouth
23:36Something in Aaron shattered
23:38I saw it
23:39His expression darkened
23:41His eyes went hollow
23:42Like some old wound had split back open right in front of me
23:46And then he cried
23:48Tears streaming down his face in front of everyone
23:50I clenched my fists so tight my bones ached
23:53That girl had already done enough damage
23:56Now she was ruining Aaron's marriage too
23:59She had to go back in the wardrobe
24:01If time really stopped in there, then fine
24:04She could stay in the dark another 20 years
24:0730
24:08Forever
24:08If that's what it took
24:10Maybe I'd never let her out again
24:12If Aaron could still marry Sophia, I'd be fine
24:15Her family had money
24:17Enough to make this whole mess go away
24:19As long as the marriage was still on the table
24:22There was still a way out
24:23So I pulled out my phone and called Jamie for the test result
24:27He picked up right away
24:29I was just about to call you
24:30I'm at your old house
24:31You need to get over here and see this
24:39Jamie brought in three massive work lights
24:42And the cellar lit up bright as day
24:44I'd already braced myself for the worst
24:46The second I saw it with my own eyes
24:49I was still stunned
24:50Inside the wardrobe
24:52The white candle had barely burned
24:54It was almost completely intact
24:57Even the popsicle was still frozen solid
24:59Wayne
25:00Looks like we were right
25:02Time really does stop in there
25:04Thank God
25:05That meant Katie wasn't a ghost
25:07She really hadn't died
25:09Dealing with a ghost would've been a pain in the ass
25:12Controlling a little girl
25:13That was easy
25:15My son was about to get married
25:16So my daughter was just gonna have to keep staying in the wardrobe a little longer
25:20Oh, and one more thing
25:21Can you help me out?
25:23I need a clean story for why Katie suddenly showed up
25:25Something polished enough to calm Sophia down
25:27Shut the whole thing down
25:28And get her to go through with marrying my son
25:31We'll say she's a friend's kid
25:33No real connection to this family
25:35And back then
25:36Because of some complicated situation
25:39I only pretended to be her father to protect her
25:42Sure
25:43That part's easy
25:44I'm good at stuff like that
25:46And the price?
25:47It's still free
25:49This isn't hard
25:51Honestly
25:51I should be thanking you
25:53Because of you
25:55I got to witness what this wardrobe can really do
25:58That pleased me
25:59He didn't look like much
26:00But there was more to him than I thought
26:02If Katie had grown up
26:04And if the money made sense
26:06I might've even considered marrying my daughter off to him
26:09Although
26:10I looked at him
26:11What?
26:13Wayne
26:14If I'm handling everything you asked for free
26:16The least you can do is show me a little respect
26:18I frowned
26:19What the hell is that supposed to mean?
26:21How have I disrespected you?
26:22You lied
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