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The Confession
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00:00:28You
00:00:35You
00:01:06This is Arthur Riley, pastor of Mount Calvary Church. I'm a father and soon a grandfather. I'm a man of
00:01:17God. I'm leaving this for my daughter Naomi.
00:01:32If anyone else listens, you may need it too. If you found this, it means the rats are back. If
00:01:44they are, beware.
00:02:04I'm on the outside looking in. Can anybody hear me knocking?
00:02:20Oh my God, there's no such part.
00:02:33You were great tonight.
00:02:36Nobody gives a shit. They just want to hear music from a decade ago.
00:02:40They just don't know the new stuff yet, babe.
00:02:42Yeah, I'm sure that's it.
00:02:44You've been really inspired making the new record. Don't lose that just because people in some random dive bar didn't
00:02:50love it.
00:02:52Let's clear it out now. Let me see the room for the next one.
00:03:20Mom, I need you!
00:03:25Just a sec, buddy.
00:03:37Thank you, dude. Really appreciate this.
00:03:47Okay, I get it. Wowie.
00:03:50You want some breakfast?
00:03:51I don't like it in here. I want to go outside.
00:03:53How was the new babysitter last night? She seems really nice.
00:03:56I don't like it.
00:03:59Well, do you like it if I...
00:04:01No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
00:04:07Good morning, Samus.
00:04:09It's so weird here, Mom. Why can't we just go back to California?
00:04:13Maybe when my album is finished. What if you like it and you want to stay?
00:04:17It never happened.
00:04:19Never?
00:04:21Hey, Samus.
00:04:24You gonna talk to us today?
00:04:27Come here.
00:04:29You just have to do a little...
00:04:38Naomi?
00:04:41Grayson?
00:04:42I thought that was you.
00:04:44Oh, my God. I haven't seen you in...
00:04:46I don't even know how long. How you been?
00:04:49Oh, we've been good. We've been in L.A. We've been good.
00:04:54Oh, shit!
00:04:56Dylan! Dylan, what happened? Are you okay? Let me see. Let me see. Let me see.
00:05:00Careful. Careful.
00:05:01Come on. You're all right. Come on. Let's go. Let's go. You're all right.
00:05:04It's gonna do absolutely nothing. I'm bad. It's good. That is very awful. I'm sure you're done. Thanks.
00:05:14How's he doing?
00:05:15What?
00:05:15Oh, he's good. They stitched up a gash, but it looked a lot worse than it was. So, thank God.
00:05:22The nurse is just wrapping it up now.
00:05:25Hey, I'm sorry if I, like, distracted you, or...
00:05:27What? No. Oh, my God. The goat's the asshole. It fucking bit D.
00:05:32Yeah, he was an asshole.
00:05:34Were you just coming by, or...?
00:05:35Yeah. I heard you were home. Want to see if I could catch a glimpse of the rock legend?
00:05:40Mm.
00:05:41Hey, I know it's been a while, but I just wanted to say that I'm so sorry about your dad.
00:05:47He was a good man.
00:05:49Yeah.
00:05:52Think there's ever been a Bobble Bowl champion with that many tattoos?
00:05:55Uh, I don't know. A guy from Creed, maybe?
00:06:00I should get back to Dylan.
00:06:01Hey, let me know if y'all need anything, okay?
00:06:04Yeah.
00:06:05We'll see you around.
00:06:06All right.
00:06:16Can you do that?
00:06:22Amazing. Do it again.
00:06:28Oh.
00:06:29Close. But did you hear this one?
00:06:32It's a tritone.
00:06:33That kind of chord was banned by the church because they said it made people do crazy things.
00:06:36They wouldn't let you play music?
00:06:38It's not even the craziest thing they've done.
00:06:41Anyway.
00:06:42Bedtime. Let's go.
00:06:43No. Let's play something banned.
00:06:46Tomorrow. Let's go.
00:06:49All right. You ready?
00:06:52One.
00:06:53Big breath.
00:06:54Two.
00:06:54Mm-hmm.
00:06:56Three.
00:07:00Oh!
00:07:02You little cheater!
00:07:04I win!
00:07:05I win!
00:07:06I win!
00:07:06Can you check the room, Mom?
00:07:08I heard something the other night.
00:07:10You don't need me to check the room.
00:07:12It's weird here, Mom.
00:07:14It's not weird. It's just...
00:07:16old.
00:07:18Get used to it.
00:07:21Okay, look.
00:07:21Give me this guy.
00:07:23Something is here.
00:07:24And you can touch it.
00:07:25It's real.
00:07:27If you can't, it doesn't exist.
00:07:29You can't touch monsters because they're in your head.
00:07:32What about Dad?
00:07:34People say we'll see him again.
00:07:36Is that real?
00:07:38If you close your eyes and you think about him, you can see Dad whenever you want.
00:07:43Okay.
00:07:43Okay.
00:07:44I'm gonna go see him right now.
00:07:45Mm-hmm.
00:08:17We miss you.
00:08:25Oh!
00:08:32Where did, Shit?
00:08:36Uh!
00:08:37Ooh!
00:08:40Oh!
00:08:41Mmm!
00:09:09What the?
00:09:23Mm-hmm.
00:09:26Mm-hmm.
00:09:43I don't know.
00:10:18I don't know.
00:11:02This is Arthur Riley, pastor of Mount Calvary Church.
00:11:07I'm a father, and soon a grandfather.
00:11:11I'm a man of God.
00:11:14I'm leaving this for my daughter, Naomi.
00:11:18If anyone else listens, you may need it too.
00:11:22If you found this, it means the rats are back.
00:11:26If they are, beware.
00:11:29I believe Jesus taught us right and wrong.
00:11:33Taught us about God's laws.
00:11:37But I committed the ultimate sin.
00:11:41I took a man's life.
00:11:44His name was Royce Cobb.
00:11:46I thought it was the right thing.
00:11:50I was afraid this thing would destroy people, children.
00:11:55I did it to protect future generations.
00:12:01I buried him here.
00:12:03If anyone listens and needs it, his body won't be hard to find.
00:12:17I buried him here.
00:12:19If anyone listens and needs it, his body won't be hard to find.
00:12:26If anyone listens and needs it, his body won't be hard to find.
00:13:23If anyone listens and needs it, his body won't be hard to find.
00:13:49Vee?
00:13:55Dillon?
00:14:07Buddy?
00:14:09Are you okay?
00:14:15Hey, Buddy?
00:14:21You okay?
00:14:24What's going on?
00:14:26Uh-huh. Something's not right.
00:14:29What do you mean?
00:14:32I don't think this is the bathroom.
00:14:36It's okay. It's okay. Let's get you changed.
00:14:41You good?
00:14:43Stay, please.
00:14:47Here.
00:14:48If you need me, you blow into this as loud as you can and I'll come right away.
00:14:52I promise.
00:14:59Okay, fine. You win.
00:15:06We'll get used to it together, okay?
00:15:15Y'all finished too, bud?
00:15:23No games at the table, please.
00:15:31Did something bad happen here?
00:15:33Why would you say that?
00:15:35Just cause everyday feels weirder and weirder.
00:15:38Like something's happening to my brains.
00:15:41Happening how?
00:15:43I don't know. Just like weirdo stuff.
00:15:47Well, next time anything weird happens, can you tell me?
00:15:51Okay.
00:15:51Okay. Thank you.
00:16:01Oh, man.
00:16:03Dee, I just told you not to play games at the table.
00:16:07You just killed me. Great job. How do you like it if I killed you?
00:16:11Uh, I ended a game.
00:16:13And if you don't get your butt to the bus, you're not playing at all today.
00:16:18Fine. I hate it here.
00:16:25I thought it was the right thing.
00:16:28I was afraid this thing would destroy people.
00:16:31Children. I did it to protect future generations.
00:16:36God said he wouldn't use a flood nor plague.
00:16:40But they used a flood when I was young.
00:16:44I buried him here.
00:16:45If anyone lives-
00:17:17I hate it, just like crazy.
00:17:26In fact, you're going to be the only one that I was playing with.
00:17:28How to get back on.
00:17:28Oh, my God.
00:17:34Just like, of course.
00:17:35I made a point.
00:17:35She's what is going, too.
00:17:36She's the best way to get back on her.
00:17:37Well, now what about it?
00:17:37She needs to be the best man who is the best man.
00:17:37You're the best man.
00:17:41Yeah.
00:17:45That's the best man.
00:18:03What?
00:18:12Samus?
00:18:13Where are you, you little asshole?
00:18:19Oh, shit.
00:18:24But they used to flood the city.
00:18:27They flooded the town.
00:18:29And he came for us.
00:18:31We were never the same.
00:18:45Hey, buddy.
00:18:51The ice cream truck's here today.
00:18:53You want some ice cream?
00:18:55I'm sorry we thought earlier.
00:18:57I know how hard it is in a new place, but it will get better, I promise.
00:19:01Nathan says California's horrible and on fire all the time because everyone there is going to hell and it's all
00:19:06homosexuals.
00:19:07Kids say this stuff to you?
00:19:09Nathan does.
00:19:10What do the teachers do?
00:19:11Nothing.
00:19:12Well, Nathan doesn't know what he's talking about because you and I are the only two who have ever been
00:19:15to California and it's awesome.
00:19:18Then why can't we go back?
00:19:21Because it's expensive.
00:19:23This is just a better place for me to finish my album.
00:19:25It's you.
00:19:27It's you.
00:19:28Right there.
00:19:29It's you.
00:19:31Are you kidding me?
00:19:34It's you.
00:19:35Are you serious?
00:19:38What are you doing?
00:19:39What the hell?
00:19:41Who was that?
00:19:42I don't know.
00:19:44I don't know.
00:20:08What is the meaning of this include?
00:20:12I'm sorry, Baron.
00:20:13I thought I heard voices.
00:20:35I thought I heard voices.
00:20:35I thought I heard voices.
00:20:35I thought I heard voices.
00:20:35I thought I heard voices.
00:20:36I thought I heard voices.
00:20:37I thought I heard voices.
00:20:40I thought I heard voices.
00:20:54Dee?
00:20:56What are you doing?
00:20:59Dee?
00:21:00It's Cobb.
00:21:02He's the one doing it.
00:21:14Oh, my God.
00:21:42I don't know.
00:22:10Oh, fuck it.
00:22:18Hey, it's Naomi.
00:22:23Yeah, I just wanted to see if maybe you wanted to get dinner sometime.
00:22:30Oh, my God.
00:22:32Where?
00:22:33Where did you get this?
00:22:34I mean, I won't say I'm not a hoarder.
00:22:36Jesus.
00:22:37What was with the headphones?
00:22:38You never took those off.
00:22:39Well, after years of therapy, I could safely say that I just didn't want the music to stop.
00:22:44Because I knew that if it did, then I'd have to face the real world and the real world was
00:22:48my parents and all their madness.
00:22:52But thank goodness that you don't wear that medallion anymore.
00:22:56Don't say that.
00:22:57And I would if it hadn't got lost in the move.
00:22:59It's like the only religious thing I still like.
00:23:01I'm religious.
00:23:03You don't like me?
00:23:04Well, who am I to judge?
00:23:06Hey, look.
00:23:06I get why you would.
00:23:07I mean, people think of God like he's some kind of a genie.
00:23:11It's only there to grant wishes.
00:23:13God may exist, but that doesn't mean that he's always on your side and that you're always going to win.
00:23:19So what about you?
00:23:20What brought about your conversion?
00:23:22You used to be the damn Bible Bowl champion.
00:23:26Yeah.
00:23:27Well, I mean, I was conflicted for a while.
00:23:29You know, growing up, I would always think I saw God in, like, strange coincidences, you know,
00:23:33when everything would line up perfectly just when you needed them to.
00:23:37You know, you could say it was fate or whatever, but I thought it was God.
00:23:40So my husband used to drive his dad to chemo treatments and sit with him and then take him home
00:23:48after.
00:23:49And one day, about a year ago, the hospital was running late and everything was backed up.
00:23:54And on the way home, they were hit by a drunk driver.
00:23:59Both killed instantly.
00:24:03All of those coincidences lined up perfectly.
00:24:07In an almost evil way.
00:24:11So is that God, too?
00:24:14It's not God.
00:24:16Or the devil.
00:24:17Just the randomness of a world without either.
00:24:22I'm sorry.
00:24:25Yeah.
00:24:28Um.
00:24:30Can I ask you something?
00:24:31Hmm?
00:24:31And I know how this is going to sound, so.
00:24:35Uh.
00:24:36Weird things have been happening here.
00:24:38Um.
00:24:39When I first moved back in, I found a tape that my dad recorded.
00:24:43And on it, he admits to killing a man named Royce Cobb.
00:24:50What?
00:24:51Ever since we moved back, things have been happening in this house.
00:24:54I have been having the craziest dreams.
00:24:57Dylan is acting strange.
00:24:59He's doing and saying really odd things.
00:25:03Like, he's acting much younger than he is.
00:25:05His behavior is regressing.
00:25:08I don't know if he's seeing somebody on the property or...
00:25:10You're messing with me.
00:25:11I get it.
00:25:12I'm not fucking with you.
00:25:18You're a journalist.
00:25:19I thought maybe you could look up this Cobb guy,
00:25:21see if there's any connection to my dad.
00:25:23Or if he's even dead.
00:25:24You know, anything that could help me figure out what the fuck is going on.
00:25:27Nah, you and Dee have been under a lot of stress.
00:25:29I know what stress looks like.
00:25:31This is not stress.
00:25:41Look, even if this was my area, I mean...
00:25:45You really think your dad did this?
00:25:54I don't know.
00:25:56That's kind of the point.
00:26:01Let me think about it.
00:26:25Hey, buddy.
00:26:26Are you still cool taking the...
00:26:29What?
00:26:39This is Arthur Riley.
00:26:42Pastor of Mount Calvary Church.
00:26:44And pastor there a long time.
00:26:47I'm a father.
00:26:48And soon a grandfather.
00:26:50I'm a manager.
00:26:55Hey.
00:26:56Hi.
00:26:56I was up all night researching.
00:26:57I found out some pretty interesting stuff.
00:26:59Wow.
00:27:00Oh, okay.
00:27:01So for the past ten years,
00:27:03Cobb's daughter has been talking to anyone who will listen to her about her father
00:27:05and that the police never did shit.
00:27:08She has got some fascinating stuff to say.
00:27:11That's great.
00:27:12We should find a time to go talk to her.
00:27:15She's in my car.
00:27:17I'm going to go talk to her right now.
00:27:25I'm sorry if I was bugging you that day in town.
00:27:28I've just never seen a star before.
00:27:30Oh, so you were pointing at me, not my son.
00:27:34I don't know your son, but I sure as shit know who you are.
00:27:38So, what did a preacher man think of you playing the devil's music?
00:27:42He never listened to any of it.
00:27:43You know, I think when my album Backslider came out, he tried to start a boycott.
00:27:48You ever meet Ted Nugent, the Nuge, Motor City Madman?
00:27:54I never had the pleasure.
00:27:56I put a curse on him once because he stopped answering my letters.
00:28:00You and him are my favorites.
00:28:03Any curses you have on people currently?
00:28:06Well, I can't answer that.
00:28:08There is a situation pending because I was acting erratic, as the police put it.
00:28:14Why don't you tell Naomi what you told me about your father?
00:28:18All he has been missing a long time.
00:28:21When I was young, he kind of abandoned me, Mama.
00:28:24It's always in and out of my life.
00:28:26But it seems like now he is out permanently.
00:28:30Any reason someone would have done something to him?
00:28:34Only about 2,000.
00:28:38There's two sides to that man, like a quarter.
00:28:41He could be real nice.
00:28:42He could also start a fight in an empty house.
00:28:45At some point, I don't know, he started doing all kinds of weird stuff.
00:28:48Like, he'd be gone all night and come home just covered in blood.
00:28:53Dead animals start showing up all around our property.
00:28:56He's always muttering about some guy named Ryder.
00:29:00Hyder.
00:29:01Saying something about a debt being due.
00:29:03It didn't make no sense.
00:29:05Did you ever meet this guy?
00:29:06No.
00:29:07None of his friends didn't either.
00:29:09It helped cross my mind that he might have just been going crazy.
00:29:17Yeah, I assume you talked to the police.
00:29:19Yeah, I'm so, I'm so sorry.
00:29:20Uh, uh, I got it.
00:29:22Yo, thanks.
00:29:26He never fit in with all the Bible humpers in town.
00:29:29They always looked down on him for being poor, like some kind of outcast.
00:29:34So he started dipping his toe in the devil's pool, like he wanted to get back at him.
00:29:40Started spending all his time down by the water.
00:29:42Would never talk about it, but that's when he started in with all the weird stuff with the blood and
00:29:46the animals.
00:29:47It was like, he couldn't stop.
00:29:50Like he was drawn to it.
00:29:53At the end, my daddy was full of bad mojo.
00:29:56The blackest kind.
00:29:57Like those snakes where the head can still kill you even after it's been cut off.
00:30:02I'd be scared if I was the one who'd done something to him.
00:30:04He may be dead, but I bet you he's giving hell to whoever done it.
00:30:07Right now.
00:30:09As we speak it.
00:30:10Did you give us the names of his friends?
00:30:12Anyone else you think maybe we should speak to about what might have happened?
00:30:15Yeah, of course.
00:30:16Yeah.
00:30:17Y'all let me know what you find out.
00:30:21Hey, you know what hillbilly girls say during sex?
00:30:24What's that?
00:30:25Get off me, Uncle Bill.
00:30:28I love that.
00:30:30I'm gonna have a smoke.
00:30:36There's definitely something here.
00:30:39Her dad was in my dream last night.
00:30:41It was the exact same face that was on that poster.
00:30:46You want to go and tell her about the tape?
00:30:48Yes.
00:30:49I just, I need to make sure it's 100% real first.
00:30:51I mean, she could be the one doing all this shit for all I know.
00:30:54Listen, we need to talk to cop's friends.
00:30:56Figure out your dad's connection.
00:30:57Figure out what the hell happened, right?
00:31:01Hello?
00:31:06Wait, wait, wait, he did what?
00:31:08The head of a what?
00:31:12A goat head is not an acceptable item for show and tell.
00:31:16I am so sorry.
00:31:19I had no...
00:31:20This is what Miss Roy's homeroom saw today.
00:31:23I truly can't imagine how...
00:31:25Please, take a look.
00:31:27I know what a goat looks like.
00:31:29The head?
00:31:31Just the head.
00:31:32You've seen that?
00:31:34Because Nathan out there, along with the rest of the class, has now.
00:31:37And you're lucky he's not expelled.
00:31:40Is that the same Nathan that's been bullying my son?
00:31:44I'm sure I don't need to tell you this, but your son has had a hard time fitting in.
00:31:49Now, I don't know how y'all do things in California, but around here...
00:31:54You know what?
00:31:54I was raised here, so you can spare me the lecture on how things are done around here.
00:31:59And California isn't some alien planet.
00:32:01It's three fucking states that way.
00:32:02He shouldn't have brought that, obviously.
00:32:04But maybe he'd fit in a little better if he wasn't constantly hearing how different he is.
00:32:09Maybe California isn't a problem.
00:32:13Yeah.
00:32:14Congratulations.
00:32:15You solved it.
00:32:22Let's go.
00:32:35Where did you find it?
00:32:37Is that a mouse?
00:32:38No, the other goat whose head you took to school.
00:32:40Yes, Samus.
00:32:42In the woods, his head was away from the rest of him.
00:32:45My friend Nathan wanted to see it.
00:32:47You're friends with Nathan now?
00:32:49Yeah.
00:32:51Did you hurt Samus?
00:32:53No.
00:32:53I found him like that.
00:32:55Because if you did, he hurt you first.
00:32:58I just want to know the truth.
00:33:00I didn't hurt him.
00:33:01I'm not trying to make you mad at me.
00:33:02I'm not mad at you.
00:33:03I just...
00:33:04I don't want you sent home from school.
00:33:05You don't want to see me?
00:33:07I don't want you in trouble.
00:33:09I love you so much.
00:33:11I just want to cut off your head and carry it around so I can see your face whenever I
00:33:15want to.
00:33:23You feeling okay after today?
00:33:26Yeah.
00:33:26I shouldn't have taken Samus' head to school.
00:33:31Look, if you do something bad or you see something bad, you tell an adult, okay?
00:33:43What's this?
00:33:45I have a studio now.
00:33:47That's awesome.
00:33:49You want me to check your room?
00:33:50No.
00:33:51I like it when he visits.
00:33:55When who visits?
00:33:57The man.
00:33:58What man?
00:34:00What are you talking about?
00:34:02Grandpa's friend.
00:34:03The one from the flood.
00:34:05I thought he visits you, too.
00:34:08What?
00:34:09Who?
00:34:10What are you talking about?
00:34:13Goodbye, Mommy.
00:34:15No, no.
00:34:16No.
00:34:16Hey.
00:34:17Hi.
00:34:18What do you mean?
00:34:19What does he look like?
00:34:21Where does he come from?
00:34:23I don't know.
00:34:24I just wake up and he's here.
00:34:27I don't know.
00:34:34I don't know.
00:34:35I don't know.
00:34:37I don't know.
00:34:39I don't know.
00:34:43I don't know.
00:34:46I don't know.
00:34:47I don't know.
00:34:49I don't know.
00:34:51I don't know.
00:34:52I don't know.
00:34:54I don't know.
00:34:55I don't know.
00:34:56I don't know.
00:34:56I don't know.
00:34:57I don't know.
00:34:58I don't know.
00:34:59I don't know.
00:35:01I don't know.
00:35:02I don't know.
00:35:03I don't know.
00:35:06I don't know.
00:35:38Dylan?
00:35:43Dee?
00:35:49Mom?
00:35:54Don't look back and close your eyes.
00:35:56Come sleep in my room.
00:36:08Don't look back and close your eyes.
00:36:43Hi, this is Naomi Riley.
00:36:44I'm calling to make sure that Dylan Riley got to school.
00:36:47He did.
00:36:48Okay.
00:36:54Should I check your car and make sure there's no surprise guests?
00:36:59What the hell?
00:37:00You thought you could just steal this?
00:37:01Steal?
00:37:02Seriously?
00:37:03You didn't tell me the body was buried on your property.
00:37:06You didn't tell me that there are clues.
00:37:07Would it have made a difference?
00:37:09The whole point of this is to try and find the body, right?
00:37:13So what the hell else are you not telling me?
00:37:18Look, you helped me through some pretty shitty times in high school, all right?
00:37:21I want to be there for you, but you got to be straight with me.
00:37:24And at some point, Llewellyn.
00:37:26Look, I'm sorry, okay?
00:37:27Nobody left me a manual for what to do when your dad leaves you a fucking murder tape.
00:37:32And so I'd like to make sure it's true before I start shouting it to the world.
00:37:35Look, I get it.
00:37:36I get it.
00:37:36I'm just asking you to be straight with me.
00:37:40Okay.
00:37:40Yeah.
00:37:41Uh, this.
00:37:44Yeah, this.
00:37:46I'm pretty sure the body's not here.
00:37:49I see.
00:37:52Okay, so on the tape, your dad said that he did it to protect future generations.
00:37:57What would killing Cobb protect you from?
00:37:59I wish I knew.
00:38:02I think.
00:38:03I think we put these pieces together, find the body,
00:38:05hopefully figure out what the hell's going on so we can stop it before anything else happens.
00:38:09I'm not sure where D found that goat.
00:38:15He said it was back here.
00:38:26Hey, come here.
00:38:29What is it?
00:38:32I have no idea.
00:38:33I have no idea.
00:38:35Wait.
00:38:48What?
00:38:49What are you doing?
00:38:52What?
00:38:53Wait.
00:38:54Sure.
00:38:57No.
00:38:59Oh, what the shit?
00:39:01That's weird.
00:39:06That's weird.
00:39:07That's weird.
00:39:07Okay, so what?
00:39:08Are we supposed to dig?
00:39:13Hey, hey.
00:39:15What do you think that means?
00:39:17Thirteen.
00:39:26Come with me.
00:39:29My grandfather built this house himself.
00:39:31I think those numbers could be, like, framer's code or something.
00:39:35Framer's code?
00:39:35What's framer's code?
00:39:36It's like what they use in the blueprints to figure out where the walls are going to go.
00:39:42Okay.
00:39:43Okay, what do we got?
00:39:44These are blueprints, my friend.
00:39:46And if I remember right, framer's code.
00:39:51See?
00:39:51Okay.
00:39:52So.
00:39:55Thirteen.
00:39:56That's the same number on the inside of the bag.
00:39:59That's us right here, right?
00:40:00Mm-hmm.
00:40:02Okay.
00:40:10I mean, to my dad, in whatever mental state he was in, all of this shit must have meant something.
00:40:20Okay.
00:40:21Spout in the yard, the cross, the tree, and the number thirteen, which is where we are.
00:40:28I don't know.
00:40:29There's a triangle on the tree.
00:40:32Three points of a triangle.
00:40:34Okay, so what if it is?
00:40:37You remember Miss Martin's class?
00:40:39Connect the midpoints to the sides of a triangle, you get the center.
00:40:53What the hell?
00:40:59Oh, my God.
00:41:01Okay.
00:41:06Oh, what the hell?
00:41:09What do we have here?
00:41:21Oh, my God.
00:41:22What do you see?
00:41:29I thought you lost that in the move.
00:41:32Somebody's fucking with me.
00:41:33Somebody is seriously fucking with me.
00:41:36St. Christopher is the protector of children, yeah?
00:41:40It's almost like someone was trying to bury the symbol, get it out of sight.
00:41:45Your dad said that he was worried about a thing.
00:41:49But?
00:41:51I don't know how to explain this.
00:41:54What does that mean?
00:41:56I mean, maybe something...
00:41:59...attached itself to you when you guys moved in.
00:42:03I'm just worried about what kind of danger D might be in.
00:42:06What?
00:42:07We can move.
00:42:08I can take him somewhere else.
00:42:10I've read situations where running even makes it worse.
00:42:14Houses don't get haunted.
00:42:15People do.
00:42:22There's more.
00:42:26What is that?
00:42:26I don't know.
00:42:30In case you need this, in case it happens again, in case my actions didn't stop.
00:42:39That guy that Llewellyn was talking about.
00:42:42Ryder Piter.
00:42:46Piper.
00:42:48Wow, what is it?
00:42:50Oh, my God.
00:42:57Well, we found Cobb.
00:43:01Are you starting to believe in things beyond this world?
00:43:04Because your father sure as hell did.
00:43:09Is that an A?
00:43:14Oh, God.
00:43:16No, don't.
00:43:28Ah, fuck.
00:43:33An R.
00:43:37That's supposed to be the name of something, maybe?
00:43:39Yeah, they all look like they're supposed to go together.
00:43:45Loring, does that mean anything to you, Loring?
00:43:47You know what this does.
00:43:54Harling.
00:43:58This guy that my dad was with in the seminary turned into this sort of new age kind of guy.
00:44:03I think he even left the church at some point.
00:44:06Call him.
00:44:08You're not going to like this, but I feel very strongly that we should pray around now.
00:44:16Your father, we need you.
00:44:23Haven't had a lead on this case in five or six years.
00:44:27You ever meet him?
00:44:28Cobb?
00:44:29No.
00:44:30Natural-born thief.
00:44:32Anything not tied down, he'd steal faster than a cat lick its own butt.
00:44:36Meaner and shit, too.
00:44:37Yeah, the whole thing just seems kind of weird, don't it?
00:44:41Yeah, I'd say it's all pretty weird.
00:44:43I mean, you're not bringing this to me.
00:44:46That's weird, ain't it?
00:44:48I mean, he might have been a son of a bitch, but that don't mean he don't deserve justice.
00:44:53Look, just listen to the tape, and I think you'll find a pretty cut in your eye.
00:44:59All right.
00:45:00Hey, you're not going back to L.A. anytime soon, are you?
00:45:03I want you close in case I have any more questions.
00:45:05No.
00:45:07I got to go notify next to Ken.
00:45:11Did you sign that?
00:45:14For the investigation?
00:45:16It's for me, actually.
00:45:18It's for, uh, well, my wife.
00:45:20She said your fans will buy that on eBay.
00:45:23The Bible Bowl champ becomes a rock star, then discovers a dead body under her house.
00:45:29I got to tell you, I did not see that coming when you kids were in high school.
00:45:31Mm-hmm.
00:45:54If they are, beware.
00:45:59I believe Jesus taught us right and wrong.
00:46:03I thought it was about God's law.
00:46:06I committed the ultimate sin.
00:46:09I took a man's life.
00:46:23I did not know.
00:46:26I knew you were a man's life.
00:46:29I knew you were a man's life.
00:46:30I believed Jesus taught us right and wrong.
00:46:33I thought it was about God's law.
00:46:34Dylan?
00:46:36I knew you were a man's life.
00:46:41I thought it was about God's law.
00:46:45But ...
00:47:05Don't, you will only make it worse.
00:47:20Go down the ladder, Dylan!
00:48:05Why don't you guys stay with me for a while?
00:48:08Because it's not fair to you, and I've already booked a motel.
00:48:11That's not the point.
00:48:21Hi, Dr. Guidry. Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly.
00:48:25Just hollering. I've heard a lot about you. I know you and your dad didn't see things the same, but
00:48:30he was always a proud papa.
00:48:34Did he ever mention anything about Royce Cobb?
00:48:39Why do you want to know about him?
00:48:42I found a tape on which my father confessed to murdering him, and last night we found human remains under
00:48:51the house with your name carved into the bones.
00:48:53And the words, if my actions didn't stop Piper, carved into the box.
00:49:00Cop came to your daddy for help. Years ago in the 1950s, people lived in what was called the valley.
00:49:08Mostly poor people.
00:49:11Town leaders flooded that area to build the lake. Lake Elby.
00:49:15The town was supposed to relocate these people and give them five acres to build new homes.
00:49:21But they backed out on him.
00:49:25There was a man who lived down there. Everybody called him the Piper.
00:49:28He sold ice cream, drove one of them trucks everywhere he went.
00:49:32All the kids followed him like the Pied Piper.
00:49:36He wanted to get revenge on the town. So he lured five of those kids to his house to wait
00:49:42for the water.
00:49:44One child for each acre of land that was promised, but never given.
00:49:50Three of them drowned. Two of them escaped. Royce Cobb and your father.
00:49:58Wasn't no trial cause Piper died in the flood with the children.
00:50:02Years later, Cobb came to your daddy for help. Told him something was happening.
00:50:07He was doing dark things. Hurting animals. Claimed he couldn't help it.
00:50:12Your dad believed this thing was taking over Cobb.
00:50:16And after Cobb died, he was afraid it was trying to take over him.
00:50:21Until then, your dad didn't think the Piper could affect the doubts.
00:50:25But he realized he was still looking for revenge on the town.
00:50:28However, he could get it. So he did what he thought he had to do to stop this thing.
00:50:33When a spirit's unsettled, it has its own dwelling place.
00:50:38Usually a place or dimension that we can't get to.
00:50:41Where it just repeats its final moments over and over.
00:50:45Your daddy believed there were portals into these dwelling places.
00:50:50He was trying to find a way to get there.
00:50:54Because of this spirit's past.
00:50:57I believe it wants to wreak havoc on the children.
00:51:01Adults have to have much closer proximity to evil to be affected or controlled.
00:51:07But that's not the case with the child.
00:51:10Since it was two children that escaped before.
00:51:12My guess is, he's looking for two children to repay the debt.
00:51:16Do you have kids?
00:51:20A son.
00:51:22How's he doing?
00:51:24Not great.
00:51:26I need you to keep a close eye on him.
00:51:29And I'll be there as soon as I can.
00:51:33You'll be okay.
00:51:34You're a coward and I'm not afraid.
00:51:37The hell?
00:51:38I ain't afraid of you.
00:51:40Oh, shit.
00:51:41I ain't afraid.
00:51:42Are you kidding me?
00:51:43Are you serious?
00:51:45Well, and I'm so, so sorry.
00:51:47There is a curse here.
00:51:48Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:51:49I'm sorry.
00:51:49I didn't want you to find out.
00:51:50No, don't say a word.
00:51:52There is a curse.
00:51:53I'm trying to remove it if it ain't too late.
00:51:57We taunt the evil.
00:51:58Because we ain't afraid of cowards.
00:52:00Sorry.
00:52:02Thank you for finding out the truth about my daddy.
00:52:06Maybe his soul can rest now.
00:52:09Um, can I ask you something?
00:52:12Yeah.
00:52:14The name that, um, your dad kept talking about.
00:52:18Ryder.
00:52:19Piter.
00:52:20Could it have been Piper?
00:52:24Yes, that's it.
00:52:26He would mumble.
00:52:27Piper.
00:52:28Piper.
00:52:28And then he'd, um...
00:52:31This...
00:52:38Hello?
00:52:39Hi, Miss Riley.
00:52:39This is Rose from Bailey Elementary.
00:52:41I was calling to find out the reason for Dylan's absence today.
00:52:44What?
00:52:45No.
00:52:46I dropped him off myself this morning.
00:52:48Miss Gartner said she hasn't seen him today.
00:52:52Uh, I'll be right there.
00:52:55What's going on?
00:52:56Dylan wasn't at school today.
00:52:58911, what's your emergency, please?
00:53:02Yeah, I spoke to Llewellyn.
00:53:04She, uh...
00:53:06She denied him.
00:53:08Is there anybody else you can think of might have done this?
00:53:12No.
00:53:13I...
00:53:16I...
00:53:17I mean...
00:53:20What if it's something bigger than this?
00:53:23What do you mean by that?
00:53:24I don't know.
00:53:26I just...
00:53:27Something to do with Cobb.
00:53:30Like a...
00:53:31Like a...
00:53:31I don't know.
00:53:32It's like a fucking force.
00:53:34Something supernatural.
00:53:37Just...
00:53:37Super natural.
00:53:43There's another child I went missing earlier today, Nathan Hudson.
00:53:47He was in Dee's class, yeah?
00:53:49Yeah.
00:53:50He said Nathan started following him around.
00:53:54Alright, well I'm hoping maybe they just ran off together and they'll...
00:53:56They'll turn up soon enough.
00:53:58Regardless, we got a search team about to go out any minute.
00:54:01But I need for y'all to stay here.
00:54:02In case Dee comes back.
00:54:04Yeah.
00:54:05Alright.
00:54:12I know you're under a lot of stress.
00:54:14So I'm just gonna forget about that whole supernatural shit you just said.
00:54:18But don't say that again.
00:54:19Or I'll have to come back and ask you some...
00:54:22Much tougher questions.
00:54:24Like I said earlier, I'm just...
00:54:26Doing my job.
00:54:28Yeah.
00:54:41We're just...
00:54:42Waiting.
00:54:43Waiting.
00:55:08As a parent, you have...
00:55:10One job.
00:55:13Protect your child.
00:55:18Hey.
00:55:20Nobody could've been prepared for this.
00:55:26You know when Harlan's getting here.
00:55:29So many times now.
00:55:32I did some asking around.
00:55:36Some people say he's crazy.
00:55:40Others say he's a prophet that saves lives.
00:55:48Let's hope it's the latter.
00:55:49matter. No!
00:56:04I don't
00:56:05need help. I cannot believe
00:56:06you have any of you. I am to
00:56:06work in my area. I won't
00:56:09be. Here. Please
00:56:15do.
00:56:30I don't give a fuck if you are mad.
00:56:33They ain't this shit.
00:56:36But I ain't here to make friends.
00:56:37I'm here to save your boy.
00:56:43Oh, yeah.
00:56:45Yeah, there's definitely something going on in here.
00:56:49What, you think we should call in the church or something?
00:56:52The church?
00:56:54You watch the news lately?
00:56:56The church ain't got no more say in this matter than you are.
00:57:00What you need is Jesus.
00:57:01You got that?
00:57:04Well?
00:57:05Well, what?
00:57:07Are you willing to call on Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior?
00:57:12I thought you left the church.
00:57:13I left the church because the church is full of shit.
00:57:16But God ain't.
00:57:17Jesus ain't.
00:57:18You believe in the devil and all the evil he puts in this world, don't you?
00:57:22What the hell you think is going on in here?
00:57:24Parlor games and trick-or-treat?
00:57:25I assure you, this here evil is real, and it's got your boy in his grasp.
00:57:31You cannot fight this shit with one hand tied behind your back.
00:57:35Your boy needs you to fight for him.
00:57:38You don't have to believe, but promise me you'll stay open.
00:57:43Otherwise, I can't help you.
00:57:46Can you do that?
00:57:49Yeah.
00:57:52All right.
00:57:56I want you to show me where everything happened.
00:58:03Uh, a lot of it was in D's room.
00:58:06Mm-hmm.
00:58:08Do you have that, uh, necklace that you mentioned?
00:58:16St. Christopher's.
00:58:19Appointed to look over kids in the grasp of evil.
00:58:22This could have been the only thing that kept you from totally losing him.
00:58:28Did you find a key in your dad's things?
00:58:33Yeah.
00:58:33How did, how did you know that?
00:58:35Do you know what it goes to?
00:58:37All I know is Cobb gave it to your dad, and your daddy thought it was important.
00:58:42Okay.
00:58:59My mommy told me I need to tell someone when I do something bad.
00:59:03So I'm telling you.
00:59:06I wanted to kill Samus for a long time.
00:59:09I've done other bad stuff.
00:59:18Unfortunately, these kind of things are known when situations like this, uh, let's gather the rest of those up, and
00:59:24let's go through them.
00:59:36Where is God when something like this happens to a child?
00:59:43If he's not here for things like this, then what's the point?
00:59:50Please don't lose faith.
00:59:53I think it helps.
00:59:54If that means it helps me.
01:00:01This thing knows that the way to really hurt a parent, you hurt the child.
01:00:09It's what he wants.
01:00:10Let's look at the original story of the Pied Piper, right?
01:00:13The kids were let out of town.
01:00:15Just like the rats.
01:00:18Nobody knows what happened to them.
01:00:19Did they die?
01:00:21Did they go someplace and suffer because there was no one to look after them?
01:00:26Usually when we look at the story, we look at the parents' despair.
01:00:31But what if the children were actually suffering more because they were kept alive, but neglected?
01:00:40Which begs the question, which begs the question, what's worse?
01:00:46A world without children?
01:00:50A world where children live without their parents?
01:01:02You want to hear the world's shortest prayer?
01:01:05Fuck it.
01:01:07As in, fuck it?
01:01:09It's in God's hands.
01:01:12When you were a believer, how did God speak to you?
01:01:17Was it dreams?
01:01:20Was it prophecy, signs?
01:01:22Strange coincidences.
01:01:25Okay.
01:01:30We're going to have to baptize you, original style.
01:01:35None of this sprinkles and shit like that.
01:01:38Old school, straight from the Bible.
01:01:40Because you need to be ready when it's time to fight for your boy.
01:01:52What are you doing?
01:02:13Are you open to getting baptized?
01:02:21That voice on the tape, is that the thing that possessed my son?
01:02:24It's more complicated than that.
01:02:26It's more about influence.
01:02:28My guess is the Piper's using his influence on D like an antenna to broadcast his message.
01:02:34That's how he drew that other boy that went missing.
01:02:36He could lead others away by using whoever he's affected.
01:02:40Early Christians believed that true baptism required God to bring you back to the surface.
01:02:47The idea was man puts you under, God brings you back.
01:02:53Don't go out there unless you're really, really ready to do this.
01:03:26Our son needs you.
01:03:28You're his only parent now.
01:03:35No!
01:03:42Grayson?
01:03:45Carolyn?
01:03:50Grayson?
01:03:55Far away!
01:03:56Grayson!
01:04:09Let's go.
01:04:10Let's go.
01:04:10Let's go.
01:04:41Let's go.
01:05:10Let's go.
01:05:10Let's go.
01:05:10Let's go.
01:05:10Let's go.
01:05:10Let's go.
01:05:10Let's go.
01:05:10Let's go.
01:05:10Let's go.
01:05:37Hello?
01:06:01Hello?
01:06:03Hello?
01:06:03Hello?
01:06:03Hello?
01:06:56Where are you?
01:07:00Are you?
01:07:04Are you?
01:07:05Are you?
01:07:05Are you?
01:07:17Are you?
01:07:19Are you?
01:07:42Are you?
01:07:45Are you?
01:07:46Are you?
01:07:46Are you?
01:07:46Are you?
01:07:46Are you?
01:07:50What?
01:08:03Howdy friend, I was sent down here to make sure everybody's cleared on out before we
01:08:08flooded.
01:08:14Oh yeah, I was just leaving, thank you.
01:08:20Well that's great, I'm gonna follow you a couple miles on up to Garrison Road, make sure you
01:08:24don't have any trouble before I head back to the dam.
01:08:27That's not necessary, thank you.
01:08:28Well it actually is necessary, friend.
01:08:31They're not breaking the dam till I report back that everybody's cleared out.
01:08:46Yeah, okay, I'll be right there.
01:08:51Thanks friend.
01:09:20I'll be right there.
01:09:20I don't know.
01:10:01I don't know.
01:10:20I don't know.
01:11:07I don't know.
01:11:13I don't know.
01:11:16Get me out, okay?
01:11:41Okay, baby, he's coming back.
01:11:43You have to be quiet, okay?
01:11:44No, get me out!
01:11:46I am clean, so I promise be-
01:11:54Get me out!
01:11:55Please, please, just be quiet.
01:12:15I know.
01:12:17I know.
01:12:35I know.
01:12:40I know.
01:12:47Let's go.
01:13:14Let's go.
01:13:47Let's go.
01:13:47Let's go.
01:14:00Let's go.
01:14:03Let's go.
01:14:11Let's go.
01:14:13Let's go.
01:14:26Let's go.
01:14:29Let's go.
01:14:30Let's go.
01:14:30Let's go.
01:14:31Let's go.
01:14:41Let's go.
01:14:50Let's go.
01:15:00Let's go.
01:15:02Let's go.
01:15:06Let's go.
01:15:22Let's go.
01:15:24Let's go.
01:15:35Let's go.
01:15:38Let's go.
01:15:43Let's go.
01:15:44Let's go.
01:15:45Let's go.
01:15:46Let's go.
01:16:07Let's go.
01:16:10Let's go.
01:16:14Let's go.
01:16:17Let's go.
01:16:30Let's go.
01:16:35Let's go.
01:16:37Let's go.
01:16:48Let's go.
01:16:51I don't know.
01:17:32I don't know.
01:18:04I died that night.
01:18:07For several minutes.
01:18:09But then, like Harling said,
01:18:13God brought me back.
01:18:14I don't know.
01:18:44I don't know.
01:18:46I don't know.
01:18:47I don't know.
01:18:52I don't know.
01:19:01I don't know.
01:19:29Mommy!
01:19:31Mommy!
01:19:33I don't hear the music anymore!
01:19:53Mom?
01:19:57Mom?
01:19:58Mom?
01:20:02Adults have to have much closer proximity to evil to be affected or controlled.
01:20:13Until then, your dad didn't think the Piper could affect adults.
01:20:18Let's look at the original story of the Pied Piper.
01:20:21When we look at the story, we look at the parents' despair.
01:20:24But what if the children were actually suffering more because they were kept alive but neglected?
01:20:34What if that was the Piper's real tension all along?
01:20:47The Piper can lead others away by using whoever is affected.
01:20:53My guess is the Piper's using his influence on D, like an antenna to broadcast his message.
01:21:00Imagine how much stronger that message would be broadcast through an adult.
01:21:07Mom?
01:21:12Mommy?
01:21:12Mommy?
01:21:13What's worse?
01:21:14A world without children?
01:21:17Or a world where children live without their parents?
01:21:43God may exist, but that doesn't mean that he's always on your side and that you're always going to win.
01:21:48God may exist, but that doesn't mean that he's always on your side and that you're always going to win.
01:21:52I'll wear the starry crown.
01:21:54Good Lord, show me the way.
01:21:57Come on, mothers, let's go down.
01:22:01Come on down.
01:22:02Don't you want to go down?
01:22:04Come on, mothers, let's go down.
01:22:07Down to the river to pray.
01:22:13Mom?
01:22:16Mommy?
01:22:32Mommy?
01:22:33Mommy?
01:22:52Mommy?
01:22:52Mommy?
01:22:55Mommy?
01:22:55Mommy?
01:22:56Mommy?
01:22:57Mommy?
01:22:57Mommy?
01:22:58Mommy?
01:23:02Mommy?
01:23:03Mommy?
01:23:04Mommy?
01:23:07Mommy?
01:23:13Mommy?
01:23:14Mommy?
01:23:15Mommy?
01:23:15Mommy?
01:23:16Mommy?
01:23:31guitar solo
01:24:01guitar solo
01:24:05I'm on the outside again
01:24:12Can anybody see me?
01:24:16Can anybody hear me crying?
01:24:21I know, I know
01:24:24I'm alone
01:24:29I know, I know
01:24:35Oh God, there's no such party
01:24:43Oh God, there's nobody looking for me
01:24:49I think I'm gonna die out here
01:24:52I'm losing my mind out here
01:24:55I'm losing my mind
01:25:25As I went down to the river to pray
01:25:29Studying about that good old way
01:25:32And who shall wear the robe and crown?
01:25:35Good Lord, show me the way
01:25:38Come on fathers, let's go down
01:25:42Come on down, don't you wanna go down?
01:25:46Come on fathers, let's go down
01:25:49Down to the river to pray
01:25:53Down to the river to pray
01:25:56Down to the river to pray
01:25:56Studying about that good old way
01:26:00And who shall wear the starry crown?
01:26:03Good Lord, show me the way
01:26:06Come on mothers, let's go down
01:26:10Come on down, don't you wanna go down?
01:26:13Come on mothers, let's go down
01:26:17Down to the river to pray
01:26:20As I went down to the river to pray
01:26:24Studying about that good old way
01:26:28And who shall wear the robe and crown?
01:26:31Good Lord, show me the way
01:26:33Come on sisters, let's go down
01:26:38Come on down, don't you wanna go down?
01:26:41Come on sisters, let's go down
01:26:44Down to the river to pray
01:26:48As I went down to the river to pray
01:26:52Studying about that good old way
01:26:55And who shall wear the starry crown?
01:26:59Good Lord, show me the way
01:27:01Come on sinners, let's go down
01:27:05Come on down, don't you wanna go down?
01:27:09Come on sinners, let's go down
01:27:12Down to the river to pray
01:27:16Due to pray
01:27:17You
01:27:18Who
01:27:19You
01:27:20You
01:27:20You
01:27:21You
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