1 00:00:01,669 --> 00:00:04,670 [edgy music] 2 00:00:04,897 --> 00:00:09,566 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:09,659 --> 00:00:11,585 - I felt like I was acting like a crazy person 4 00:00:11,737 --> 00:00:15,589 But then there's like a towel set out with knives on it. 5 00:00:15,741 --> 00:00:18,258 - He wanted to perform surgeries 6 00:00:18,410 --> 00:00:20,185 On my wife and children. 7 00:00:20,412 --> 00:00:22,003 - Things that you would see in scary movies. 8 00:00:22,097 --> 00:00:23,263 - I think that I'm on the verge 9 00:00:23,415 --> 00:00:25,357 Of a complete mental breakdown. 10 00:00:25,584 --> 00:00:28,252 - I saw something that I will never forget. 11 00:00:28,270 --> 00:00:30,178 - This person had been watching us. 12 00:00:30,272 --> 00:00:32,256 - Hold up. We are not alone. 13 00:00:32,274 --> 00:00:33,532 [woman screams] 14 00:00:33,683 --> 00:00:37,036 Wow, there's literally a man living in your closet. 15 00:00:37,263 --> 00:00:39,371 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:39,598 --> 00:00:41,707 - Man found hiding between a family's walls. 17 00:00:41,934 --> 00:00:44,543 - Intruder secretly living inside her attic. 18 00:00:44,694 --> 00:00:46,620 - Man slithers out from under home. 19 00:00:46,772 --> 00:00:48,863 - Make sure your crawlspaces are locked. 20 00:00:48,883 --> 00:00:50,215 - I hear footsteps. 21 00:00:50,367 --> 00:00:54,444 - I'm vulnerable, naked, and someone is in my house. 22 00:00:54,538 --> 00:00:56,446 - There was somebody violating my home. 23 00:00:56,465 --> 00:00:58,039 - I want to believe it's in my head. 24 00:00:58,133 --> 00:01:00,559 - It's a giant man's handprint. 25 00:01:00,786 --> 00:01:03,120 - You came into my home. You invaded my privacy. 26 00:01:03,138 --> 00:01:04,788 [tense music] 27 00:01:04,881 --> 00:01:07,900 - We had a phrogger in our house. 28 00:01:08,127 --> 00:01:12,813 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:12,965 --> 00:01:16,408 - It actually turns out that I wasn't going crazy... 30 00:01:16,635 --> 00:01:17,984 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:18,137 --> 00:01:21,822 But the reality of what was happening was way worse. 32 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:27,753 [eerie notes] 33 00:01:27,904 --> 00:01:31,590 [edgy music] 34 00:01:31,817 --> 00:01:36,153 ♪ ♪ 35 00:01:36,246 --> 00:01:39,172 - In 2019, I'm living in honolulu, hawaii, 36 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:41,433 With my wife and two children. 37 00:01:41,660 --> 00:01:44,586 ♪ ♪ 38 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:47,331 When we'd gotten to hawaii, we were newlyweds. 39 00:01:47,424 --> 00:01:50,425 We had just gotten married in 2018. 40 00:01:50,444 --> 00:01:52,444 We went and did the whole las vegas thing 41 00:01:52,671 --> 00:01:55,522 And had elvis marry us in the pink cadillac. 42 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:57,341 It was a ton of fun. 43 00:01:57,434 --> 00:02:01,678 - I've known james since we were in high school. 44 00:02:01,697 --> 00:02:03,680 We dated for a little bit right after high school. 45 00:02:03,699 --> 00:02:06,291 And then we reconnected. 46 00:02:06,443 --> 00:02:09,294 James and I are kind of a strange juxtaposition. 47 00:02:09,521 --> 00:02:12,780 I do tend to be more outgoing and bubbly 48 00:02:12,875 --> 00:02:15,116 And kind of a little bit more crazy. 49 00:02:15,210 --> 00:02:17,361 James is a lot more analytical, 50 00:02:17,454 --> 00:02:19,713 And he likes to really think decisions through. 51 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:22,032 I feel like we even each other out really well. 52 00:02:22,050 --> 00:02:23,809 ♪ ♪ 53 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,460 He actually was a single father. 54 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:27,037 Had two sons. 55 00:02:27,055 --> 00:02:28,981 ♪ ♪ 56 00:02:29,208 --> 00:02:31,799 It made me feel really excited in a lot of ways. 57 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:34,319 But at the same time, it was really scary 58 00:02:34,546 --> 00:02:37,656 Because I had just become a mom for the first time. 59 00:02:37,883 --> 00:02:40,993 I had just gotten married. I was in a totally new place. 60 00:02:41,144 --> 00:02:44,054 And then also just learning about all my new surroundings. 61 00:02:44,147 --> 00:02:46,165 It took a while for me to find my footing. 62 00:02:46,392 --> 00:02:49,059 - She had really stepped up and become a stepmom 63 00:02:49,077 --> 00:02:51,653 To my two sons. 64 00:02:51,747 --> 00:02:53,730 She really became mom for them. 65 00:02:53,823 --> 00:02:56,416 It was great to move to hawaii. 66 00:02:56,510 --> 00:03:00,070 It was a big adjustment, but we really liked the environment. 67 00:03:00,088 --> 00:03:02,681 We brought our cat from the mainland, 68 00:03:02,908 --> 00:03:04,499 But we had just gotten a new dog 69 00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:07,411 That we've purchased in hawaii. 70 00:03:07,429 --> 00:03:11,264 Life was looking good. 71 00:03:11,358 --> 00:03:15,343 [ominous music] 72 00:03:15,437 --> 00:03:18,271 [muffled chatter] 73 00:03:18,424 --> 00:03:25,287 ♪ ♪ 74 00:03:26,523 --> 00:03:29,374 [birds chirping] 75 00:03:29,601 --> 00:03:31,025 ♪ ♪ 76 00:03:31,045 --> 00:03:34,046 - Our new neighborhood wasn't exactly what you would think of 77 00:03:34,197 --> 00:03:36,606 When you think of, you know, living in hawaii. 78 00:03:36,625 --> 00:03:38,124 It was actually very normal. 79 00:03:38,219 --> 00:03:39,943 It's like something you'd see on the mainland. 80 00:03:39,962 --> 00:03:44,114 ♪ ♪ 81 00:03:44,132 --> 00:03:45,390 The community that we lived in, 82 00:03:45,617 --> 00:03:49,895 It was totally just your typical suburban community. 83 00:03:50,122 --> 00:03:53,232 - It was a safe neighborhood in honolulu. 84 00:03:53,459 --> 00:03:57,143 We lived on a cul-de-sac. It was a two-story house. 85 00:03:57,238 --> 00:03:59,238 As you walked through the front door of the home, 86 00:03:59,465 --> 00:04:01,131 Immediately in the family room, 87 00:04:01,224 --> 00:04:02,315 Which had vaulted ceilings, 88 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:04,726 You could see upstairs to the banisters. 89 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:07,079 If you walked further towards the stairs to the right, 90 00:04:07,230 --> 00:04:09,915 There was the kitchen and a small dining room 91 00:04:10,142 --> 00:04:13,418 With a sliding glass door that went to the backyard. 92 00:04:13,645 --> 00:04:16,830 As you go up the stairs, there was a hallway 93 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:20,575 And our son's bedroom was off to the left 94 00:04:20,594 --> 00:04:22,076 And our master to the right. 95 00:04:22,170 --> 00:04:23,503 There was one bathroom upstairs. 96 00:04:23,655 --> 00:04:26,765 Above the bathroom, there's a crawlspace attic. 97 00:04:26,992 --> 00:04:33,772 ♪ ♪ 98 00:04:35,943 --> 00:04:37,609 - One day I go to the garage, 99 00:04:37,836 --> 00:04:40,520 And I see all of our packed boxes in the garage, 100 00:04:40,672 --> 00:04:42,281 But they were opened, 101 00:04:42,508 --> 00:04:45,617 And there would be things pulled out of them 102 00:04:45,844 --> 00:04:49,863 That had previously been packed away in the box. 103 00:04:50,015 --> 00:04:52,365 - A lot of my music gear had been shifted around. 104 00:04:52,459 --> 00:04:53,625 Just really weird. 105 00:04:53,852 --> 00:04:57,854 ♪ ♪ 106 00:04:57,947 --> 00:04:59,856 - One thing that I did almost every day 107 00:04:59,875 --> 00:05:01,525 When I was getting ready, 108 00:05:01,618 --> 00:05:04,636 Is I would sit and watch makeup tutorials. 109 00:05:04,863 --> 00:05:07,455 One day, I was upstairs doing my makeup, 110 00:05:07,549 --> 00:05:09,474 Watching my makeup tutorials. 111 00:05:09,701 --> 00:05:10,809 [door slams] 112 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,538 I hear the front door slam out of nowhere. 113 00:05:14,556 --> 00:05:21,445 ♪ ♪ 114 00:05:25,159 --> 00:05:28,976 - Even that evening, she was hearing the door shut, 115 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:31,479 Open, and close. 116 00:05:31,498 --> 00:05:34,074 - I asked james, "hey, did you leave the door unlocked? 117 00:05:34,226 --> 00:05:35,500 "like, did you remember to lock the door 118 00:05:35,652 --> 00:05:36,668 Before we went up to bed?" 119 00:05:36,820 --> 00:05:39,987 - And I said, "yes, I had just done it." 120 00:05:40,007 --> 00:05:42,507 I had just come upstairs from locking the doors 121 00:05:42,734 --> 00:05:44,843 And making sure everything was okay downstairs. 122 00:05:45,070 --> 00:05:47,662 And I thought, to be honest, that she was being paranoid. 123 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,923 So I was getting a little frustrated with her. 124 00:05:50,075 --> 00:05:53,835 There's no noises downstairs. There's nothing going on. 125 00:05:53,854 --> 00:05:55,520 She got frustrated with me and went downstairs 126 00:05:55,747 --> 00:05:59,024 And checked to see if I had locked the doors. 127 00:05:59,251 --> 00:06:03,753 ♪ ♪ 128 00:06:03,847 --> 00:06:05,197 And, of course, they're unlocked. 129 00:06:05,348 --> 00:06:08,608 So we got in a little bit of an argument about that. 130 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:15,624 ♪ ♪ 131 00:06:20,772 --> 00:06:22,029 - I'm like, okay, like, 132 00:06:22,124 --> 00:06:24,699 "why would my husband lie to me about locking the door? 133 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:27,277 Like, why would he say that he did when he didn't?" 134 00:06:27,370 --> 00:06:29,446 Or I would think, is one of the boys 135 00:06:29,464 --> 00:06:31,615 Trying to sneak out at night? What is going on? 136 00:06:31,633 --> 00:06:34,467 And I tend to be a very trusting person, 137 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:38,730 And it started making me feel like I was being so paranoid 138 00:06:38,957 --> 00:06:40,140 And honestly crazy. 139 00:06:40,234 --> 00:06:42,567 Like, I felt like I was acting like a crazy person 140 00:06:42,794 --> 00:06:45,070 Obsessing over these unlocked doors. 141 00:06:45,297 --> 00:06:46,905 ♪ ♪ 142 00:06:47,132 --> 00:06:49,223 - We're upstairs and we hear the sliding door 143 00:06:49,243 --> 00:06:52,393 Open and shut. [door opens and closes] 144 00:06:52,413 --> 00:06:54,246 I had thought that the sliding door was locked. 145 00:06:54,473 --> 00:06:57,082 She did have me go downstairs in this incidence. 146 00:06:57,309 --> 00:06:59,751 And I checked and the sliding door was unlocked. 147 00:06:59,978 --> 00:07:03,922 The screen had been pulled open as well. 148 00:07:04,149 --> 00:07:08,427 I continued to be skeptical that anything could possibly 149 00:07:08,654 --> 00:07:11,763 Be happening to the family or to the home. 150 00:07:11,990 --> 00:07:15,492 I thought that brittany was maybe just on edge 151 00:07:15,510 --> 00:07:18,085 About something maybe because it was a new environment. 152 00:07:18,180 --> 00:07:19,996 - James and I start having arguments 153 00:07:20,015 --> 00:07:24,443 Over the door being unlocked, but it became an actual issue, 154 00:07:24,594 --> 00:07:26,945 And it was like this fixation for me. 155 00:07:27,172 --> 00:07:30,523 - But I definitely continued to be dismissive 156 00:07:30,617 --> 00:07:32,692 Throughout these incidents. 157 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:35,269 - So at this point, I think that I'm on the verge 158 00:07:35,363 --> 00:07:37,438 Of a complete mental breakdown. 159 00:07:37,458 --> 00:07:40,033 I'm just, like, "wow, I've taken on way too much. 160 00:07:40,185 --> 00:07:42,535 "the stress is completely getting to me. 161 00:07:42,688 --> 00:07:43,962 "I'm imagining things. 162 00:07:44,189 --> 00:07:47,540 "I'm starting to be paranoid about all kinds of weird stuff. 163 00:07:47,693 --> 00:07:50,026 I'm just not acting like myself at all." 164 00:07:50,045 --> 00:07:53,046 ♪ ♪ 165 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:55,807 - One day, I was downstairs playing piano. 166 00:07:56,034 --> 00:08:02,388 ♪ ♪ 167 00:08:02,541 --> 00:08:03,556 While I'm playing piano, 168 00:08:03,650 --> 00:08:07,210 There was just a shadow of a person... 169 00:08:07,229 --> 00:08:12,048 ♪ ♪ 170 00:08:12,141 --> 00:08:13,992 Maybe listening to me play piano. 171 00:08:14,219 --> 00:08:17,329 ♪ ♪ 172 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,056 I got up and they had walked away. 173 00:08:20,075 --> 00:08:22,892 I was a little bit weirded out by it. 174 00:08:22,986 --> 00:08:24,894 Thought it was just somebody being nosy 175 00:08:24,988 --> 00:08:27,063 Or annoyed with me playing piano. 176 00:08:27,082 --> 00:08:31,158 ♪ ♪ 177 00:08:31,253 --> 00:08:34,254 One day, I'm just at home with the boys, 178 00:08:34,406 --> 00:08:36,681 And I look at the desk calendar 179 00:08:36,833 --> 00:08:38,908 And something's written on there. 180 00:08:39,002 --> 00:08:41,411 "your rehabilitation starts today. 181 00:08:41,429 --> 00:08:43,413 "do as I did. 182 00:08:43,506 --> 00:08:48,509 Choose a house. Clean it. Set up devices." 183 00:08:48,529 --> 00:08:51,863 I had no idea what this was referring to. 184 00:08:52,090 --> 00:08:55,016 I had assumed maybe brittany had written it 185 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:58,595 And that it was just some sort of inspirational thing, 186 00:08:58,688 --> 00:09:01,447 And she wanted me to clean the house. 187 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,026 I just started to clean up a little bit around the house. 188 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,770 I thought that that's what she wanted me to do. 189 00:09:06,788 --> 00:09:08,271 And I'm, like, 190 00:09:08,364 --> 00:09:10,549 "okay, yeah, I could probably clean up a little bit." 191 00:09:10,776 --> 00:09:12,366 ♪ ♪ 192 00:09:12,386 --> 00:09:14,627 - One night we were going to see a movie, 193 00:09:14,780 --> 00:09:17,447 And there was a blanket that I had that sat on the couch 194 00:09:17,465 --> 00:09:20,541 That my family would use to snuggle with 195 00:09:20,561 --> 00:09:22,043 Like while we're watching a movie. 196 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:24,396 And I thought, oh, I want to take that blanket with me. 197 00:09:24,547 --> 00:09:27,399 That'll be like super nice to watch the movie with. 198 00:09:27,626 --> 00:09:31,628 And, you know, I go downstairs to the couch. 199 00:09:31,721 --> 00:09:33,905 It's gone. The blanket's not there. 200 00:09:34,132 --> 00:09:36,466 - Brittany asked if I was using the blanket. 201 00:09:36,484 --> 00:09:38,076 I tell her no. 202 00:09:38,227 --> 00:09:40,470 We asked the kids if they had seen the blanket 203 00:09:40,563 --> 00:09:41,913 Or had been using it. They insist no. 204 00:09:42,065 --> 00:09:44,974 - And I would think that they just didn't want 205 00:09:44,993 --> 00:09:46,810 To go back upstairs to go grab the blanket. 206 00:09:46,903 --> 00:09:48,995 So I'd be, like, "okay, come on, guys. 207 00:09:49,147 --> 00:09:50,663 Like, just go get it." 208 00:09:50,816 --> 00:09:52,816 And they would insist, "no, we don't have it." 209 00:09:52,909 --> 00:09:54,317 - It turned into a big argument, 210 00:09:54,336 --> 00:09:55,668 And it was just over a dumb blanket. 211 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:56,761 But it was gone. 212 00:09:56,988 --> 00:09:59,264 And we ended up leaving the house. 213 00:09:59,491 --> 00:10:02,416 ♪ ♪ 214 00:10:02,510 --> 00:10:06,346 - So we come home from the movies. 215 00:10:06,498 --> 00:10:08,514 We walk through the front door, 216 00:10:08,667 --> 00:10:11,443 And the blanket is there. 217 00:10:11,670 --> 00:10:15,188 ♪ ♪ 218 00:10:15,340 --> 00:10:18,950 - The blanket is put back, folded nicely. 219 00:10:19,177 --> 00:10:22,011 - And that was the first time james admitted 220 00:10:22,030 --> 00:10:24,772 That something strange was going on. 221 00:10:24,866 --> 00:10:27,441 He can't explain it either. 222 00:10:27,461 --> 00:10:29,794 - Did the kids sneak the blanket back? 223 00:10:30,021 --> 00:10:33,298 It seems like a really ridiculous thing to lie about. 224 00:10:33,449 --> 00:10:35,467 Maybe they're moving the blanket and lying about it 225 00:10:35,618 --> 00:10:37,377 Because they think they're gonna be in trouble. 226 00:10:37,529 --> 00:10:40,287 - I feel relieved. I feel vindicated. 227 00:10:40,382 --> 00:10:42,807 I'm not going completely crazy. 228 00:10:48,482 --> 00:10:50,723 - One night, I remember looking at my computer 229 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,967 And noticing that my webcam light was on 230 00:10:53,061 --> 00:10:54,878 In the middle of the night 231 00:10:54,896 --> 00:10:58,548 And me having no idea why it would do that. 232 00:10:58,566 --> 00:11:02,309 You hear about people watching you on your webcam or whatever. 233 00:11:02,404 --> 00:11:05,738 But there was no reason for anybody to be watching me 234 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:07,573 That I could think of. 235 00:11:07,668 --> 00:11:10,151 ♪ ♪ 236 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:13,229 - In September 2019, brittany and the boys and I 237 00:11:13,322 --> 00:11:14,989 Flew back to the mainland to visit family 238 00:11:15,083 --> 00:11:16,416 For about a week. 239 00:11:16,510 --> 00:11:18,084 ♪ ♪ 240 00:11:18,178 --> 00:11:20,920 - We end up taking an earlier flight back. 241 00:11:21,014 --> 00:11:23,923 ♪ ♪ 242 00:11:24,075 --> 00:11:26,333 We finally land in honolulu. 243 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:29,354 We go. We get to our car. 244 00:11:29,581 --> 00:11:32,582 - Our home was not too far from the airport, 245 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,417 So it took us just a short time to get back home. 246 00:11:34,436 --> 00:11:36,677 ♪ ♪ 247 00:11:36,697 --> 00:11:39,105 - As we pull into the driveway, 248 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:44,444 I see james' really nice road bike sitting out. 249 00:11:44,538 --> 00:11:47,688 - She asks if I was riding my bike before we left. 250 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:49,207 I tell her no. 251 00:11:49,358 --> 00:11:52,285 And we noticed something is just off. 252 00:11:52,379 --> 00:11:54,620 ♪ ♪ 253 00:11:54,715 --> 00:11:56,864 - We tell the kids to wait in the car. 254 00:11:56,958 --> 00:11:58,717 We go to the garage. 255 00:11:58,944 --> 00:12:00,777 ♪ ♪ 256 00:12:00,795 --> 00:12:02,870 - Opened up the garage, 257 00:12:02,889 --> 00:12:06,632 And I saw that it had just been completely trashed. 258 00:12:06,727 --> 00:12:08,876 ♪ ♪ 259 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:10,954 - It looked like a bomb had gone off. 260 00:12:10,972 --> 00:12:13,289 ♪ ♪ 261 00:12:13,308 --> 00:12:15,975 - I see boxes from when we moved 262 00:12:16,127 --> 00:12:18,403 That had just been opened, torn apart. 263 00:12:18,630 --> 00:12:21,055 And there's just all of our items 264 00:12:21,149 --> 00:12:24,650 Are just thrown everywhere and kind of into piles. 265 00:12:24,803 --> 00:12:26,578 Everything's just on top of each other. 266 00:12:26,805 --> 00:12:31,140 And at that moment, I'm thinking we got robbed. 267 00:12:31,234 --> 00:12:32,825 I grabbed a sledgehammer. 268 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:34,978 ♪ ♪ 269 00:12:35,071 --> 00:12:37,663 I'm concerned for the safety of my family. 270 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:40,166 So I start to walk towards the front door of the house. 271 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:42,001 ♪ ♪ 272 00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:45,655 I slide the key in, 273 00:12:45,673 --> 00:12:47,824 Unlock it, 274 00:12:47,842 --> 00:12:50,493 Start to push it open, 275 00:12:50,512 --> 00:12:52,103 And it's met with some resistance. 276 00:12:52,330 --> 00:12:54,664 ♪ ♪ 277 00:12:54,757 --> 00:12:57,016 - He pushes the door really hard. 278 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:58,926 ♪ ♪ 279 00:12:59,020 --> 00:13:02,021 And it opens a crack. 280 00:13:02,173 --> 00:13:04,783 You can see a person inside our house. 281 00:13:05,010 --> 00:13:07,343 - Who are you? Get out of our house! 282 00:13:07,362 --> 00:13:09,679 - There's a man peeking through the door. 283 00:13:09,772 --> 00:13:11,605 I'm calling 911 right now! 284 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:12,865 He's trying to hold it shut, 285 00:13:12,959 --> 00:13:15,034 And the man says, "this is not your house," 286 00:13:15,186 --> 00:13:17,186 Just very calmly. 287 00:13:17,205 --> 00:13:19,947 "this is not your house. You've got the wrong house." 288 00:13:20,041 --> 00:13:21,800 And I'm just floored. 289 00:13:22,027 --> 00:13:23,526 - And I'm screaming at the person, 290 00:13:23,545 --> 00:13:25,786 "let us inside our home." 291 00:13:25,806 --> 00:13:28,473 And I call 911. 292 00:13:28,624 --> 00:13:31,551 - She tells them, "there's a man in our house. 293 00:13:31,703 --> 00:13:34,646 We don't know who he is or why he's here." 294 00:13:34,873 --> 00:13:36,981 I start cursing and yelling back at him, 295 00:13:37,208 --> 00:13:40,393 "get out of my house." I push the door open. 296 00:13:40,545 --> 00:13:42,487 - My husband is able 297 00:13:42,714 --> 00:13:44,989 To pull the person out into the front yard. 298 00:13:45,216 --> 00:13:47,975 ♪ ♪ 299 00:13:48,069 --> 00:13:50,570 - And at this point we notice, he's wearing my clothes. 300 00:13:50,722 --> 00:13:52,572 Things are just getting crazier by the moment. 301 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:56,317 ♪ ♪ 302 00:13:56,411 --> 00:14:01,247 I'm telling him that if he doesn't listen to me, 303 00:14:01,399 --> 00:14:03,657 I'm taking this as a threat. 304 00:14:03,751 --> 00:14:06,586 I'm trying to ask him, "what are you doing here?" 305 00:14:06,738 --> 00:14:08,404 And he's kind of just contending, 306 00:14:08,423 --> 00:14:10,089 "I just didn't have anywhere to go." 307 00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:13,409 So I'm thinking, well, this is just a homeless guy, 308 00:14:13,502 --> 00:14:15,353 And he needed a place to stay. 309 00:14:15,580 --> 00:14:18,505 He's kind of a young kid. Maybe he's on drugs. 310 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,507 I don't know. 311 00:14:20,602 --> 00:14:22,509 I'm also thinking, I can't bludgeon a man to death 312 00:14:22,604 --> 00:14:23,936 In front of my kids. 313 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:26,272 They got out of the car. They had to use the bathroom. 314 00:14:26,424 --> 00:14:29,367 I'm telling them, "get back in the car." 315 00:14:29,518 --> 00:14:31,352 My wife is yelling. 316 00:14:31,446 --> 00:14:34,947 She's concerned about our cat, who is in the house. 317 00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:36,599 - He says, "don't worry. 318 00:14:36,692 --> 00:14:38,618 "I took care of your cat. I fed him. 319 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:41,212 He's inside." 320 00:14:41,364 --> 00:14:43,530 - So I'm out on the lawn staring down this guy, 321 00:14:43,625 --> 00:14:46,867 And brittany runs in the house to check on the cat. 322 00:14:46,961 --> 00:14:49,946 - The first thing that I notice is our living room. 323 00:14:49,964 --> 00:14:52,039 And it's really bizarre. 324 00:14:52,058 --> 00:14:55,059 It's almost like he had it set up like he was doing 325 00:14:55,211 --> 00:14:59,305 An inventory of everything that was in our home. 326 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,900 My husband has a lot of musical equipment, 327 00:15:02,051 --> 00:15:04,644 And it was all kind of sitting out almost like 328 00:15:04,796 --> 00:15:07,906 It was on display at a garage sale. 329 00:15:08,133 --> 00:15:12,744 So I go into the kitchen, and my cat, mr. Franklin, 330 00:15:12,971 --> 00:15:15,896 He's in a cage that was for training the puppy. 331 00:15:15,916 --> 00:15:17,823 He had no water. 332 00:15:17,918 --> 00:15:20,585 The man had been trying to feed him dried apricots. 333 00:15:20,812 --> 00:15:23,162 I look at him, make sure that he's okay. 334 00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:25,831 ♪ ♪ 335 00:15:25,984 --> 00:15:27,908 I go back outside. 336 00:15:27,928 --> 00:15:32,171 [sirens wailing] 337 00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:35,508 He was very calm. He just kind of stood there. 338 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:37,326 ♪ ♪ 339 00:15:37,345 --> 00:15:38,828 - As soon as the police arrived, 340 00:15:38,921 --> 00:15:40,329 I just start pointing at him. 341 00:15:40,423 --> 00:15:44,091 "hey, I don't know this guy. I don't know why he's here." 342 00:15:44,185 --> 00:15:46,018 - The police came over and started talking to him, 343 00:15:46,171 --> 00:15:49,689 And he just kind of started having a casual conversation 344 00:15:49,841 --> 00:15:51,765 With the police and walked away with them. 345 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:54,101 It was really as if this person 346 00:15:54,195 --> 00:15:58,939 Didn't think that he was doing anything out of the ordinary. 347 00:15:58,959 --> 00:16:01,125 - They put them in handcuffs. He doesn't resist. 348 00:16:01,277 --> 00:16:04,629 And they put him in the cop car. 349 00:16:04,856 --> 00:16:07,298 At this point, we're still in shock, 350 00:16:07,450 --> 00:16:09,300 But we're thinking, 351 00:16:09,452 --> 00:16:12,695 This must have just been a robbery or a simple instance 352 00:16:12,714 --> 00:16:16,048 Of a homeless guy needing a place to stay. 353 00:16:16,201 --> 00:16:17,976 Everything is just trashed. 354 00:16:18,203 --> 00:16:21,204 ♪ ♪ 355 00:16:21,222 --> 00:16:25,558 My keyboard was now sitting on the couch for some reason. 356 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:30,396 There's pots and pans just piled on top of each other. 357 00:16:30,548 --> 00:16:32,064 - One of the things that seemed really odd 358 00:16:32,217 --> 00:16:35,067 Is the boys' bedroom. 359 00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:39,055 He had actually done all of their laundry 360 00:16:39,073 --> 00:16:43,075 And made their beds, and it was immaculate. 361 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:46,245 Like, the entire house was in complete shambles, 362 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:48,673 But for some reason, our boys' bedroom was-- 363 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:51,175 It was almost like a sacred space. 364 00:16:51,402 --> 00:16:54,587 It was extremely neat and tidy and pristine. 365 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:56,663 ♪ ♪ 366 00:16:56,683 --> 00:17:00,667 In our bedroom, everything is in a huge disarray. 367 00:17:00,762 --> 00:17:05,264 But then there's like a towel set out with knives on it. 368 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:07,508 ♪ ♪ 369 00:17:07,602 --> 00:17:12,679 And then next to the knives, there's our computers. 370 00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:16,108 It was an old computer that we didn't use anymore. 371 00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:19,779 Something told me to, you know, go ahead and look at it. 372 00:17:19,931 --> 00:17:22,782 So I start pressing buttons, and the screen comes on. 373 00:17:22,876 --> 00:17:25,376 There's a text document that's on the screen. 374 00:17:25,528 --> 00:17:30,273 - And there are all of these typed notes called 375 00:17:30,291 --> 00:17:31,883 "the omnivore trials. 376 00:17:32,110 --> 00:17:35,945 A rehabilitation for rat like people." 377 00:17:35,963 --> 00:17:39,724 - It's like a journal that this person had been keeping. 378 00:17:39,951 --> 00:17:44,378 The journal has entries about us. 379 00:17:44,472 --> 00:17:48,791 - But they're like observations about our family. 380 00:17:48,884 --> 00:17:52,236 - He has profiles about us. 381 00:17:52,463 --> 00:17:55,055 There's intimate details that he knows about us 382 00:17:55,149 --> 00:17:57,466 That's written down. 383 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,151 - There were some things in the writing 384 00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:02,321 That detailed some very personal information 385 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,898 And some things that he could have only known 386 00:18:04,992 --> 00:18:07,993 If he was listening in on our private conversations. 387 00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:10,146 - He somehow knew that my husband and I 388 00:18:10,239 --> 00:18:12,315 Were trying to have a baby. 389 00:18:12,333 --> 00:18:15,334 And he wrote that I should give up 390 00:18:15,486 --> 00:18:16,427 On trying to have a baby 391 00:18:16,654 --> 00:18:19,580 And focus on the children that I have. 392 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,432 And nobody knew. 393 00:18:21,584 --> 00:18:23,326 Like, we hadn't even told family 394 00:18:23,419 --> 00:18:25,661 That we were trying to have the baby. 395 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,921 This person had obviously somehow been privy 396 00:18:28,015 --> 00:18:30,015 To very private conversations. 397 00:18:30,168 --> 00:18:31,758 - Now it's gone from trashing the house 398 00:18:31,853 --> 00:18:33,853 To somebody's been stalking us. 399 00:18:34,005 --> 00:18:37,448 Somebody's been listening in on our private conversations. 400 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,358 - And it becomes apparent to me 401 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:42,678 That this person was not just a random person. 402 00:18:42,771 --> 00:18:44,196 This person had been watching us. 403 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:47,208 ♪ ♪ 404 00:18:52,190 --> 00:18:56,359 - He had planned to perform various surgeries on us. 405 00:18:56,377 --> 00:18:58,043 [tense music] 406 00:18:58,196 --> 00:19:00,863 - These writings were suggesting 407 00:19:00,882 --> 00:19:03,382 That surgical procedures should be performed 408 00:19:03,534 --> 00:19:06,310 On my wife and my children. 409 00:19:06,537 --> 00:19:08,795 ♪ ♪ 410 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:12,208 It mentions, like, how he's gonna go about doing it 411 00:19:12,226 --> 00:19:13,818 And drugging our family. 412 00:19:14,045 --> 00:19:16,988 And we found these serums that are labeled, 413 00:19:17,215 --> 00:19:20,232 "to use on the omnivores," so he detailed us 414 00:19:20,385 --> 00:19:23,494 As being a species that he called omnivores. 415 00:19:23,721 --> 00:19:25,496 ♪ ♪ 416 00:19:25,648 --> 00:19:30,242 - He had looked at websites trying to buy surgical tables. 417 00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:35,748 He had looked up how to perform specific surgeries. 418 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:37,566 - And he had been looking up videos 419 00:19:37,660 --> 00:19:40,753 On how to surgically remove an arm. 420 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:44,407 He looked up how to do gender reassignment surgery. 421 00:19:44,425 --> 00:19:46,500 ♪ ♪ 422 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,928 - Everything that he had written about 423 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,764 Wanting to do in his plans, 424 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:54,767 He had researched ways 425 00:19:54,919 --> 00:19:58,696 To implement these plans that he had. 426 00:19:58,923 --> 00:20:01,199 He had actually had an agenda, and there was a reason 427 00:20:01,426 --> 00:20:05,277 That he was in our home specifically. 428 00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:08,597 So in addition to the computer that had the notes on them, 429 00:20:08,691 --> 00:20:10,766 There was my computer that I used 430 00:20:10,859 --> 00:20:13,878 That would sit on my makeup desk. 431 00:20:14,105 --> 00:20:16,714 I started looking through that computer as well, 432 00:20:16,865 --> 00:20:19,442 And I found a video file on it. 433 00:20:19,535 --> 00:20:20,885 - Hey, what's going on, everybody? 434 00:20:21,112 --> 00:20:23,387 It's me. 435 00:20:23,614 --> 00:20:27,874 I'm actually doing this video to show some-- 436 00:20:27,969 --> 00:20:33,305 Some ways that you can change 437 00:20:33,458 --> 00:20:36,141 Your outer appearance. 438 00:20:36,294 --> 00:20:42,298 This is day two of the trials that I've been working on. 439 00:20:42,316 --> 00:20:46,302 This one is just called cosmetology. 440 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:52,308 It kind of hurts a little, but they believe beauty hurts. 441 00:20:52,326 --> 00:20:54,919 ♪ ♪ 442 00:20:55,146 --> 00:20:56,328 Anyways. 443 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:58,647 - Watching the video, 444 00:20:58,741 --> 00:21:00,649 The way that he was talking in it, 445 00:21:00,668 --> 00:21:04,411 It seemed like he was talking directly to me and mocking me, 446 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:05,671 To be honest. 447 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:08,266 He begins by drawing a line, 448 00:21:08,493 --> 00:21:09,750 And it's supposed to demonstrate 449 00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:13,587 Some kind of spiritual transformation. 450 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:16,332 It was a makeup tutorial of sorts. 451 00:21:16,350 --> 00:21:19,944 - Okay, boomshakalaka. 452 00:21:20,171 --> 00:21:21,279 How does it look? 453 00:21:21,506 --> 00:21:24,840 - But with a really bizarre kind of twist on it. 454 00:21:24,933 --> 00:21:29,862 - I'm showing you that you can... 455 00:21:30,014 --> 00:21:33,291 Make yourself lighter. 456 00:21:33,518 --> 00:21:36,294 [belches] 457 00:21:36,521 --> 00:21:37,686 Excuse me. 458 00:21:37,780 --> 00:21:41,465 - This guy had been sitting naked in my chair. 459 00:21:41,692 --> 00:21:43,375 That's disgusting. 460 00:21:43,528 --> 00:21:44,710 - Hold on. 461 00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:46,045 - I just felt terror. 462 00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:48,364 That was pretty much the only way I can describe it. 463 00:21:48,382 --> 00:21:51,884 It was just a sense of just complete terror. 464 00:21:52,036 --> 00:21:53,552 A bunch of different things kind of flooded back 465 00:21:53,704 --> 00:21:56,038 To my mind. 466 00:21:56,057 --> 00:21:57,148 Looking at my computer, 467 00:21:57,375 --> 00:22:00,484 I'm noticing that my webcam light was on. 468 00:22:00,636 --> 00:22:04,655 My mind began to go all kinds of places wondering, 469 00:22:04,882 --> 00:22:08,734 How long was this person watching us? 470 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:12,479 It kind of started making a lot of things make sense. 471 00:22:12,498 --> 00:22:16,075 - So all those things that were happening--the blanket, 472 00:22:16,227 --> 00:22:19,837 Unlocked doors, noises in the house, 473 00:22:19,988 --> 00:22:21,897 They all add up to making sense. 474 00:22:21,916 --> 00:22:27,511 ♪ ♪ 475 00:22:27,663 --> 00:22:30,681 The suspect was charged with felony burglary. 476 00:22:30,908 --> 00:22:34,577 And within days, he was granted supervised release. 477 00:22:34,595 --> 00:22:36,670 He's released out into the public. 478 00:22:36,764 --> 00:22:38,581 At this point, I got really upset 479 00:22:38,674 --> 00:22:41,917 Because I felt like our family was in danger. 480 00:22:41,936 --> 00:22:44,028 But it wasn't long before he ended up 481 00:22:44,179 --> 00:22:45,754 Burglarizing the buddhist study center 482 00:22:45,773 --> 00:22:47,531 And was arrested again. 483 00:22:47,758 --> 00:22:50,776 And they revoked his supervised release. 484 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:54,521 So he remains in jail during his psychological evaluation, 485 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:58,709 And we're told he allegedly murders his cellmate. 486 00:22:58,936 --> 00:23:02,287 ♪ ♪ 487 00:23:02,382 --> 00:23:04,364 This is an incident 488 00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:07,718 That's really affected us psychologically as a family. 489 00:23:07,870 --> 00:23:11,797 It's uprooted our entire lives. We've since moved from hawaii. 490 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:15,284 Almost every aspect of our life has been touched by this. 491 00:23:15,302 --> 00:23:17,786 ♪ ♪ 492 00:23:17,805 --> 00:23:21,399 - Recovering from this has been really difficult. 493 00:23:21,550 --> 00:23:23,792 There's not exactly like a support group for people 494 00:23:23,811 --> 00:23:28,814 Who've been victims of a psychopath that stalks them, 495 00:23:28,966 --> 00:23:29,982 Breaks into their home, 496 00:23:30,134 --> 00:23:33,411 And plots to perform surgery on them. 497 00:23:33,562 --> 00:23:35,487 - There's not even a single part of me would have thought, 498 00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:38,824 Hey, there's a guy, maybe up in our attic, 499 00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:41,160 Writing a medical manifesto who wants to transform 500 00:23:41,312 --> 00:23:45,071 My family to a species that he called omnivores. 501 00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:46,590 Who would think that? 502 00:23:46,817 --> 00:23:48,926 ♪ ♪ 503 00:23:49,153 --> 00:23:53,656 I'm absolutely grateful that nothing serious 504 00:23:53,674 --> 00:23:58,510 Physically happened to my wife brittany and our two boys. 505 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:01,180 We're very lucky that we came home when we did. 506 00:24:01,332 --> 00:24:02,940 If it had been at nighttime, 507 00:24:03,167 --> 00:24:05,834 Or if the boys had gone into the home first, 508 00:24:05,928 --> 00:24:07,336 Who knows what could have happened? 509 00:24:07,429 --> 00:24:09,095 And there were just so many things 510 00:24:09,190 --> 00:24:11,264 That could have happened that didn't 511 00:24:11,358 --> 00:24:14,510 That we're very grateful for. 512 00:24:14,603 --> 00:24:18,197 - This is business. This is serious work. 513 00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:21,533 [singing cheerfully] 514 00:24:21,627 --> 00:24:25,020 - It's a complete violation. 515 00:24:25,113 --> 00:24:27,022 I felt like nothing in my space was sacred 516 00:24:27,041 --> 00:24:28,632 Or mine anymore. 517 00:24:28,859 --> 00:24:30,301 ♪ ♪ 518 00:24:30,528 --> 00:24:34,546 When you realize that there's been a stranger in your home, 519 00:24:34,699 --> 00:24:36,456 And not just a stranger, 520 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:40,644 But a stranger who had sinister plans for you. 521 00:24:40,871 --> 00:24:45,316 ♪ ♪ 522 00:24:54,476 --> 00:24:56,568 [mellow hip-hop music] 523 00:24:56,721 --> 00:24:59,238 - My name is madisyn gidrey. 524 00:24:59,332 --> 00:25:02,315 In 2019, I'm 20 years old and a junior in college 525 00:25:02,409 --> 00:25:05,410 At the university of north carolina at greensboro. 526 00:25:05,505 --> 00:25:08,172 - ♪ yo, get me going, get me out... ♪ 527 00:25:08,323 --> 00:25:10,174 - I live two minutes away from the university 528 00:25:10,325 --> 00:25:14,086 With my two roommates destiny and ahmiyah. 529 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:17,589 - My name is ahmiyah mcbride. - My name is destiny alford. 530 00:25:17,742 --> 00:25:21,685 I knew maddie for being my freshman college roommate. 531 00:25:21,837 --> 00:25:24,747 So I would think it was good to get my first apartment 532 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,431 With her since I trust her. 533 00:25:26,584 --> 00:25:28,767 And then ahmiyah being my best friend, I'm like, 534 00:25:28,919 --> 00:25:30,361 "all right, there's our third girl. 535 00:25:30,512 --> 00:25:32,421 So let's go ahead and throw her in the mix." 536 00:25:32,514 --> 00:25:35,924 And that's how we got our first apartment. 537 00:25:35,943 --> 00:25:38,427 - We just did everything together off campus. 538 00:25:38,445 --> 00:25:40,929 So it became just a no-brainer 539 00:25:40,948 --> 00:25:43,782 To go ahead and start living together. 540 00:25:43,934 --> 00:25:45,784 - So I was so excited to have my own space. 541 00:25:45,936 --> 00:25:48,620 And I'm excited to have my own space with destiny and ahmiyah 542 00:25:48,773 --> 00:25:50,881 'cause we are good friends. 543 00:25:51,033 --> 00:25:55,127 - We are all so different in the best of ways. 544 00:25:55,279 --> 00:25:57,537 Madisyn is the risk taker. 545 00:25:57,557 --> 00:25:59,890 She's brave. She's adventurous. 546 00:26:00,042 --> 00:26:03,209 She's down to do anything you want to do. 547 00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:05,621 - Ahmiyah, very intelligent person. 548 00:26:05,714 --> 00:26:08,290 And ahmiyah's more quiet and closed in. 549 00:26:08,309 --> 00:26:11,718 - I'm sort of the--the laid-back one, the goofy one. 550 00:26:11,812 --> 00:26:13,629 - Destiny is outgoing. 551 00:26:13,647 --> 00:26:15,480 Destiny's the loudest out of us. 552 00:26:15,633 --> 00:26:17,724 - I am like the mother of the group. 553 00:26:17,743 --> 00:26:20,578 I'm always trying to bring my friends up, you know, 554 00:26:20,805 --> 00:26:23,396 Just make their day a little bit better. 555 00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:25,899 - We got along very well. We didn't fight. 556 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,659 Lots of fun and laughs with us. 557 00:26:27,812 --> 00:26:30,070 [foreboding music] 558 00:26:30,164 --> 00:26:33,757 - We moved in August just before school started. 559 00:26:33,984 --> 00:26:36,151 - It's a ground-floor apartment. 560 00:26:36,244 --> 00:26:38,003 We stayed on the very first floor. 561 00:26:38,155 --> 00:26:41,323 - The three of us each had our own bedrooms. 562 00:26:41,416 --> 00:26:44,326 Those bedrooms also had our own bathroom. 563 00:26:44,419 --> 00:26:47,771 So we found that to be amazing. 564 00:26:47,998 --> 00:26:52,109 - When I initially moved in, I felt safe at the time. 565 00:26:52,336 --> 00:26:54,519 But then I noticed on the weekend nights, 566 00:26:54,672 --> 00:26:57,356 So many people on the streets, you know, going to the bars 567 00:26:57,508 --> 00:26:58,765 And going out to the nightclubs. 568 00:26:58,784 --> 00:26:59,950 I'm, like, "all right, 569 00:27:00,102 --> 00:27:02,268 That's a little too much traffic going on." 570 00:27:02,363 --> 00:27:04,863 - There were a lot of homeless people at the church 571 00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:07,366 Across the street from the apartment that we lived in. 572 00:27:07,518 --> 00:27:10,202 A lot of them did sleep on the church steps. 573 00:27:10,354 --> 00:27:12,963 - We had homeless people at the gas stations 574 00:27:13,115 --> 00:27:15,858 Where all the cops were at, you know, chillin'. 575 00:27:15,876 --> 00:27:18,952 ♪ ♪ 576 00:27:18,971 --> 00:27:20,954 - Madisyn was a bit of a fashionista. 577 00:27:21,048 --> 00:27:23,140 I love madisyn's style. 578 00:27:23,291 --> 00:27:26,977 - I do a lot of shopping. I have tons of clothes. 579 00:27:27,129 --> 00:27:29,796 - She has like every pair of sneakers in the world almost. 580 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:31,464 She'd have her jeans in a certain section, 581 00:27:31,484 --> 00:27:34,985 All her dresses beautifully hung up in the middle. 582 00:27:35,137 --> 00:27:38,397 She'll have tennis shoes to match her dresses. 583 00:27:38,549 --> 00:27:41,141 - I'm very organized, so it's very easy 584 00:27:41,235 --> 00:27:44,553 For me to notice if anything is out of place in the room. 585 00:27:44,571 --> 00:27:47,739 ♪ ♪ 586 00:27:47,892 --> 00:27:50,075 So one day I'm looking for a t-shirt, 587 00:27:50,227 --> 00:27:52,836 And it's not there, I can't find it. 588 00:27:52,988 --> 00:27:55,580 I'm thinking it could have got lost in laundry. 589 00:27:55,733 --> 00:27:58,583 We are three girls all doing our laundry in the same room. 590 00:27:58,736 --> 00:27:59,843 So I'm thinking, like, 591 00:27:59,995 --> 00:28:02,404 "oh, maybe they picked it out of my laundry." 592 00:28:02,423 --> 00:28:04,740 After that, I'm looking for socks. 593 00:28:04,758 --> 00:28:07,426 I can't find any socks. 594 00:28:07,578 --> 00:28:10,579 Also, I was looking for work clothes, couldn't find them. 595 00:28:10,597 --> 00:28:12,856 And I had went to go redo my hair, 596 00:28:13,083 --> 00:28:14,766 And I realized I was missing a brush 597 00:28:14,919 --> 00:28:16,435 That I use, like, all the time. 598 00:28:16,587 --> 00:28:17,769 So I'm, like, "why is this brush missing 599 00:28:17,922 --> 00:28:20,698 When I use it almost every day?" 600 00:28:20,849 --> 00:28:23,775 And I always buy like, a 100-pack of bobby pins. 601 00:28:23,928 --> 00:28:26,686 I would be missing a chunk of them at a time. 602 00:28:26,706 --> 00:28:30,115 I reached a point where I was missing a lot of items. 603 00:28:30,267 --> 00:28:31,783 So we just met together in the living room. 604 00:28:31,877 --> 00:28:33,359 I was like, 605 00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:34,712 "hey, have you guys had any of my clothes 606 00:28:34,939 --> 00:28:37,697 Or maybe have a t-shirt of mine?" 607 00:28:37,791 --> 00:28:39,699 And they both said no. 608 00:28:39,793 --> 00:28:41,777 - I know ahmiyah's not taking it, 609 00:28:41,795 --> 00:28:46,448 And I know I'm not taking it, so this is very weird. 610 00:28:46,541 --> 00:28:49,801 - And destiny told me that she was missing some items too. 611 00:28:49,954 --> 00:28:53,230 So where did everything go? 612 00:28:53,381 --> 00:28:55,624 - Now as to my stuff... [chuckles] 613 00:28:55,642 --> 00:28:57,793 Missing a crop top and, you know, a hairbrush 614 00:28:57,886 --> 00:28:59,886 Here and there, I don't think much of it. 615 00:28:59,905 --> 00:29:02,555 Those kind of things are about 5 bucks. 616 00:29:02,575 --> 00:29:04,390 I was like, "okay, I'll just replace that." 617 00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:06,134 So I didn't think much of that. 618 00:29:06,153 --> 00:29:09,747 ♪ ♪ 619 00:29:09,974 --> 00:29:12,082 - The three of us are in destiny's room 620 00:29:12,234 --> 00:29:13,658 Which is located at the front of the apartment. 621 00:29:13,753 --> 00:29:15,919 ♪ ♪ 622 00:29:16,146 --> 00:29:18,146 - We're just sitting there watching a movie. 623 00:29:18,165 --> 00:29:20,832 My phone rings. [cell phone trills] 624 00:29:20,985 --> 00:29:23,502 - Madisyn picks up her phone. It's a phone call from me. 625 00:29:23,596 --> 00:29:26,989 [cell phone trilling] 626 00:29:27,007 --> 00:29:30,659 - And it's ahmiyah, but she's sitting right next to me. 627 00:29:30,752 --> 00:29:33,328 So I'm confused. Who's calling me? 628 00:29:33,347 --> 00:29:35,421 And I'm like, "where's your phone?" 629 00:29:35,441 --> 00:29:36,923 - I didn't have my phone on me. 630 00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:39,017 I actually left it in the room on the bed. 631 00:29:39,169 --> 00:29:42,112 - Hold up. Her phone is in her room. 632 00:29:42,264 --> 00:29:43,688 Who's in the room? 633 00:29:43,783 --> 00:29:45,783 [women scream] 634 00:29:46,010 --> 00:29:49,620 We all jumped on my bed, like, really, really scared. 635 00:29:49,771 --> 00:29:52,956 Like, we had blankets over us, like, "oh, my gosh. 636 00:29:53,183 --> 00:29:55,441 What is going on?" 637 00:29:55,536 --> 00:29:57,944 I sat up out of my bed. 638 00:29:57,963 --> 00:30:00,038 And I'm, like, "hold up, y'all. 639 00:30:00,190 --> 00:30:02,190 "my room is right here by the front door. 640 00:30:02,209 --> 00:30:03,875 "we would have heard if somebody would have went 641 00:30:03,969 --> 00:30:05,952 Through the door, but we ain't hear nothing." 642 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:08,547 - Who's calling me? And who has ahmiyah's phone? 643 00:30:08,699 --> 00:30:11,624 We're all thinking someone's in her room. 644 00:30:11,644 --> 00:30:14,127 - So this freaks us out even more. 645 00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:15,628 [laughs] 646 00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:19,207 And now we're thinking of plans of getting out of this room. 647 00:30:19,226 --> 00:30:20,800 All right, we're gonna jump out a window, 648 00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:22,044 Or we're gonna grab something 649 00:30:22,062 --> 00:30:23,803 And just hit this person upside they head. 650 00:30:23,823 --> 00:30:25,063 And I'm sitting here, like, 651 00:30:25,215 --> 00:30:26,323 "what's about to happen after that? 652 00:30:26,474 --> 00:30:28,492 "like, we're gonna have somebody bleeding out 653 00:30:28,719 --> 00:30:31,144 In our living room, y'all. What we're gonna do about it?" 654 00:30:31,238 --> 00:30:33,163 - We wanted to call the police. 655 00:30:33,315 --> 00:30:37,059 We wanted to scream until someone else heard us. 656 00:30:37,152 --> 00:30:40,562 We wanted to go outside and be brave. 657 00:30:40,581 --> 00:30:43,732 And we decided that we would have to fight this, 658 00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:45,250 Whatever it could be. 659 00:30:45,402 --> 00:30:48,178 [suspenseful music] 660 00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:51,515 - So we ended up just picking stuff up in the room 661 00:30:51,742 --> 00:30:54,351 That we maybe could use as a weapon. 662 00:30:54,578 --> 00:30:58,004 I ended up picking just a hard elephant statue, 663 00:30:58,023 --> 00:31:00,765 Lifted it up in my hand. 664 00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:02,751 - We were all just standing at the door, like, 665 00:31:02,844 --> 00:31:06,104 "all right, y'all, on three. One, two, three." 666 00:31:06,256 --> 00:31:08,866 And we bust out of the room. 667 00:31:09,093 --> 00:31:11,368 - I don't know what to believe. So confused. 668 00:31:15,708 --> 00:31:19,267 [tense music] 669 00:31:19,286 --> 00:31:20,936 - Opened the door really quick 670 00:31:21,029 --> 00:31:22,862 And just looked down the hallway. 671 00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:24,606 But there was no one there. 672 00:31:24,625 --> 00:31:27,943 ♪ ♪ 673 00:31:28,036 --> 00:31:31,054 - We immediately go to ahmiyah's room. 674 00:31:31,206 --> 00:31:34,725 - And I went in and noticed that my closet door was open. 675 00:31:34,952 --> 00:31:37,802 Normally for me, I have to close things. 676 00:31:37,955 --> 00:31:39,879 - And then that's when we discovered her phone 677 00:31:39,899 --> 00:31:41,289 In the closet 678 00:31:41,308 --> 00:31:44,459 When she said that was not where she had it at. 679 00:31:44,478 --> 00:31:48,388 So at this moment, I'm for real freaked out. 680 00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:50,132 - Something was going on in the house 681 00:31:50,150 --> 00:31:51,967 That we didn't understand. 682 00:31:51,985 --> 00:31:53,744 We thought it could have been a ghost potentially. 683 00:31:53,895 --> 00:31:56,747 We thought it could have been this 684 00:31:56,974 --> 00:31:59,491 Supernatural being coming to mess with us. 685 00:31:59,643 --> 00:32:03,236 So we didn't know specifically what we were dealing with 686 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:05,330 And we didn't know if it was severe enough 687 00:32:05,482 --> 00:32:07,165 To get law enforcement involved. 688 00:32:07,317 --> 00:32:11,836 ♪ ♪ 689 00:32:11,989 --> 00:32:13,838 - I come home thanksgiving break 690 00:32:13,991 --> 00:32:15,432 Just to settle in and unpack 691 00:32:15,583 --> 00:32:17,342 Before I have to work in the morning. 692 00:32:17,494 --> 00:32:19,344 And I go to use the shower, 693 00:32:19,496 --> 00:32:21,421 But it looks like the water had ran up. 694 00:32:21,515 --> 00:32:24,516 And it was super dirty. 695 00:32:24,668 --> 00:32:26,426 So I go in the shower and kind of see, like, 696 00:32:26,445 --> 00:32:30,263 A ring around the tub of, like, dirt. 697 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:32,115 - It was really, really dirty. 698 00:32:32,267 --> 00:32:33,599 Almost looked like somebody, like, 699 00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:37,788 Rinsed off they feet from running on the ground. 700 00:32:37,939 --> 00:32:39,698 - I'm, like, that's unusual because 701 00:32:39,850 --> 00:32:42,684 My tub is normally clean. 702 00:32:42,703 --> 00:32:45,629 - And then there was a long piece of hair. 703 00:32:45,780 --> 00:32:49,115 It's a blonde hair. It's not ours. 704 00:32:49,209 --> 00:32:52,135 - It was heartbreaking because we knew at that point, 705 00:32:52,362 --> 00:32:55,046 It had to be someone or something. 706 00:32:55,199 --> 00:32:57,215 It was definitely creepy. 707 00:32:57,367 --> 00:33:01,886 ♪ ♪ 708 00:33:02,039 --> 00:33:04,314 - The next day as I'm looking in the mirror, 709 00:33:04,541 --> 00:33:07,892 I saw something that I will never forget. 710 00:33:07,987 --> 00:33:10,395 [ominous music] 711 00:33:10,547 --> 00:33:14,399 So I call destiny and ahmiyah into the room. 712 00:33:14,551 --> 00:33:18,737 - It's a giant man's handprint on the mirror. 713 00:33:18,831 --> 00:33:22,557 ♪ ♪ 714 00:33:22,576 --> 00:33:25,410 - I just kept going back to the ghost, honestly. 715 00:33:25,562 --> 00:33:28,154 It was a way of not being as scared because, 716 00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:30,173 "oh, we can just blame it on the ghost 717 00:33:30,325 --> 00:33:31,842 That lives with us in this apartment." 718 00:33:31,993 --> 00:33:34,753 - And we're all just like jokingly saying 719 00:33:34,847 --> 00:33:37,906 The ghost is messing with us. - Girl, it might be. 720 00:33:37,999 --> 00:33:41,167 If we have a ghost, I know what to do. 721 00:33:41,261 --> 00:33:43,020 - Destiny decided that 722 00:33:43,171 --> 00:33:46,690 She would purify our apartment by burning sage. 723 00:33:46,841 --> 00:33:49,084 - I said, "ladies, open up y'all bedroom doors. 724 00:33:49,102 --> 00:33:51,269 I got you." 725 00:33:51,421 --> 00:33:54,606 I lit up the white sage. 726 00:33:54,758 --> 00:33:56,849 And then I saw the smoke, just the thick smoke, 727 00:33:56,943 --> 00:33:59,277 Coming up from the sage, 728 00:33:59,429 --> 00:34:03,040 Reading psalm 23 as loud as I can from the bible, 729 00:34:03,267 --> 00:34:05,784 Banishing whatever was bothering us, 730 00:34:05,878 --> 00:34:07,452 To have a fresh start. 731 00:34:07,546 --> 00:34:09,713 ♪ ♪ 732 00:34:09,864 --> 00:34:12,532 - One day, I'm at the apartment alone, 733 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:15,886 And I heard some chatter suddenly. 734 00:34:16,037 --> 00:34:18,296 I sent a text message to destiny. 735 00:34:18,448 --> 00:34:21,892 And I asked her, "are you expecting anyone?" 736 00:34:22,043 --> 00:34:25,637 - Uh, there shouldn't be anybody home but you, ahmiyah. 737 00:34:25,789 --> 00:34:27,138 So what's going on? 738 00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:31,234 - I'm hearing whispers on the other side of the door. 739 00:34:31,461 --> 00:34:34,813 I couldn't make out what they were saying, 740 00:34:34,907 --> 00:34:37,741 But I knew that they were definitely male voices. 741 00:34:37,892 --> 00:34:40,077 It had to be more than one person. 742 00:34:40,304 --> 00:34:43,062 Destiny texted madisyn and asked her, 743 00:34:43,082 --> 00:34:44,897 "is there anyone you're expecting?" 744 00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:47,325 - I'm like, "well, I know for sure I've been at work. 745 00:34:47,477 --> 00:34:49,994 "I know I locked the door when I left for work. 746 00:34:50,147 --> 00:34:52,163 And I know my boyfriend is not at my house." 747 00:34:52,316 --> 00:34:54,332 ♪ ♪ 748 00:34:54,484 --> 00:34:56,259 - By the time I called ahmiyah, 749 00:34:56,486 --> 00:34:59,245 She tells me that the guys are gone. 750 00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:01,489 And then she said the door is unlocked 751 00:35:01,508 --> 00:35:03,508 When the door was locked. 752 00:35:03,660 --> 00:35:05,343 - I was terrified. 753 00:35:05,495 --> 00:35:09,180 I was nervous to be home alone. 754 00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:13,685 I wanted to always be in maddie or destiny's room. 755 00:35:13,837 --> 00:35:15,761 ♪ ♪ 756 00:35:15,781 --> 00:35:19,098 Who's to say that it wasn't something supernatural? 757 00:35:19,118 --> 00:35:20,859 It was beyond something we can understand, 758 00:35:21,011 --> 00:35:23,769 So we didn't know what course of action to take. 759 00:35:23,789 --> 00:35:27,182 I decided that it would be best for me to go home, 760 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,776 Back to my hometown, so that's what I did. 761 00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:34,189 Destiny and madisyn still stayed at the apartment. 762 00:35:34,207 --> 00:35:36,691 - When ahmiyah left, I was really, really sad 763 00:35:36,710 --> 00:35:38,376 'cause that was my best friend. 764 00:35:38,528 --> 00:35:40,953 We have some good moments in that apartment. 765 00:35:40,973 --> 00:35:43,715 [somber music] 766 00:35:43,867 --> 00:35:47,385 I don't know what's going on, but it's not good at all. 767 00:35:47,537 --> 00:35:49,387 We are not alone. 768 00:35:49,539 --> 00:35:51,797 ♪ ♪ 769 00:35:51,817 --> 00:35:55,485 - Early February, one day I had to work, so I figured 770 00:35:55,637 --> 00:35:59,397 I'd take a lunch break in between and go home. 771 00:35:59,549 --> 00:36:02,567 But when I came in, the door was locked. 772 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:07,330 So I unlocked the door, put my phone in the kitchen, 773 00:36:07,557 --> 00:36:10,667 Walked to my room to use the restroom. 774 00:36:10,818 --> 00:36:14,245 I'm in the bathroom, and I hear a lot of noise and ruckus 775 00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:17,823 Coming from my closet on the other side of the wall. 776 00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:21,827 Somebody was snatching clothes off of the hangers. 777 00:36:21,922 --> 00:36:25,348 Something is in my closet. I am super, super scared. 778 00:36:30,096 --> 00:36:32,430 [hangers rattling, clothes shuffling] 779 00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:34,098 - I'm freaking out. 780 00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:36,693 My heart is pumping 781 00:36:36,844 --> 00:36:40,530 When I realize it has to be someone in my closet. 782 00:36:40,757 --> 00:36:42,924 At this point, my phone is still in the kitchen 783 00:36:42,943 --> 00:36:43,942 From where I dropped it 784 00:36:44,094 --> 00:36:47,186 When I first came into the apartment. 785 00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:50,707 So next, I put my hand on the door 786 00:36:50,934 --> 00:36:55,103 Because I'm thinking I'm just gonna bust the door open. 787 00:36:55,196 --> 00:36:57,881 But I realized I had a smartwatch, 788 00:36:58,108 --> 00:36:59,865 And I should probably try to call the police 789 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:02,052 Before I even open the door. 790 00:37:02,279 --> 00:37:06,297 Of course, I couldn't get the watch to work to call. 791 00:37:06,391 --> 00:37:08,558 And at this point, 792 00:37:08,710 --> 00:37:11,970 I just feel, like, pressure pushing against the door. 793 00:37:12,122 --> 00:37:15,623 They might get me before I can get to them. 794 00:37:15,642 --> 00:37:17,625 The door opens, 795 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,221 And I see a man in all my clothes. 796 00:37:22,241 --> 00:37:25,391 First thing I ask him, "is who are you, 797 00:37:25,485 --> 00:37:28,561 And why are you in my closet?" 798 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:31,397 He told me his name was drew 799 00:37:31,491 --> 00:37:34,976 And him and his friends raid closets to get clothes. 800 00:37:34,995 --> 00:37:37,996 ♪ ♪ 801 00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:41,483 So I'm kind of watching him as I run and get my phone 802 00:37:41,576 --> 00:37:44,761 To snatch it up and come back to the room. 803 00:37:44,988 --> 00:37:47,839 I don't call the police because I don't want him to hear me 804 00:37:47,933 --> 00:37:49,491 And try to attack me. 805 00:37:49,584 --> 00:37:51,342 I end up just taking a quick picture... 806 00:37:51,495 --> 00:37:53,344 ♪ ♪ 807 00:37:53,438 --> 00:37:57,165 And sending it to my good guy friend and telling him, 808 00:37:57,183 --> 00:37:59,501 "hey, come over. 809 00:37:59,519 --> 00:38:02,003 I just found a man in my closet." 810 00:38:02,022 --> 00:38:05,173 ♪ ♪ 811 00:38:05,191 --> 00:38:07,358 He texts me back, "I'm on the way." 812 00:38:07,452 --> 00:38:10,936 And after that, we just sat and we talked. 813 00:38:11,031 --> 00:38:15,867 He says his mom abandoned him and thought that he was ugly. 814 00:38:15,961 --> 00:38:19,037 Then he starts asking me, do I think he's pretty? 815 00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:21,113 Or do I like his hair? 816 00:38:21,207 --> 00:38:24,859 He did ask me if we can hug, 817 00:38:24,878 --> 00:38:27,362 And I broke that off very quick. 818 00:38:27,380 --> 00:38:29,531 Absolutely not. 819 00:38:29,624 --> 00:38:31,457 So we talked for around ten minutes 820 00:38:31,551 --> 00:38:33,368 Before my guy friend shows up. 821 00:38:33,461 --> 00:38:36,704 His demeanor was more like he was scared of me, 822 00:38:36,798 --> 00:38:38,297 Rather than me being scared of him. 823 00:38:38,391 --> 00:38:40,558 I just felt really bad for him. 824 00:38:40,710 --> 00:38:43,378 I was like, "just don't bother me anymore." 825 00:38:43,396 --> 00:38:46,714 So then we let him go and he leaves. 826 00:38:46,733 --> 00:38:48,232 ♪ ♪ 827 00:38:48,327 --> 00:38:52,070 He goes in that gas station that's in front of my complex, 828 00:38:52,164 --> 00:38:54,814 And the cops are already kind of just hanging outside. 829 00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:58,910 I tell the cops, "hey, that guy that's in the bathroom 830 00:38:59,062 --> 00:39:00,895 "was just in my closet when I came home. 831 00:39:00,914 --> 00:39:02,747 He was pretty much robbing me." 832 00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:05,157 So they end up arresting him 833 00:39:05,251 --> 00:39:10,162 And taking me back to my house so they can see the evidence. 834 00:39:10,182 --> 00:39:13,683 They realize my closet has indeed been ran through. 835 00:39:13,835 --> 00:39:15,668 Some of the stuff that he had dropped 836 00:39:15,762 --> 00:39:17,078 Had also been in the house. 837 00:39:17,171 --> 00:39:20,248 - Maddie's bravery is just like, "this is my house, 838 00:39:20,266 --> 00:39:22,266 "and I'm going to find out who's in my closet 839 00:39:22,419 --> 00:39:24,510 Wearing my things." 840 00:39:24,529 --> 00:39:28,347 So it's just like she took charge of that situation. 841 00:39:28,441 --> 00:39:30,274 - Maintenance comes the next day 842 00:39:30,427 --> 00:39:32,594 Just to check out what happened. 843 00:39:32,612 --> 00:39:34,262 They check this window 844 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,873 That the blinds were always up and shut. 845 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,359 And it was a recliner right in front of the window. 846 00:39:40,379 --> 00:39:43,454 And we realized, as we look outside of the window, 847 00:39:43,607 --> 00:39:46,031 My brush, my hair stuff, 848 00:39:46,051 --> 00:39:48,960 Hair ties, were outside of the window. 849 00:39:49,112 --> 00:39:52,130 So that's how he was coming in and out. 850 00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:55,633 We later found out that his name was andrew swofford, 851 00:39:55,785 --> 00:39:58,453 And he was 30 years old. 852 00:39:58,546 --> 00:40:00,622 He pleads guilty for breaking and entering 853 00:40:00,715 --> 00:40:03,900 And gets sentenced to 79 days in jail. 854 00:40:04,127 --> 00:40:07,145 - When I first saw the picture of drew in the closet, 855 00:40:07,297 --> 00:40:10,131 I was very creeped out. Wow. 856 00:40:10,224 --> 00:40:14,059 There's literally a man living in your closet. 857 00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:16,487 We have to move. We have to move asap. 858 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,063 We're not staying there. 859 00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:19,807 - The following week, I moved out, 860 00:40:19,826 --> 00:40:23,086 And I've never been back. 861 00:40:23,313 --> 00:40:26,147 After this, we've gotten much closer together 862 00:40:26,166 --> 00:40:27,424 Than we were before just 'cause 863 00:40:27,575 --> 00:40:31,261 We experienced something crazy with each other 864 00:40:31,412 --> 00:40:34,505 And we really know we have each other's backs. 865 00:40:34,658 --> 00:40:35,932 If I could do it all over again, 866 00:40:36,159 --> 00:40:37,267 Not that I want to, 867 00:40:37,494 --> 00:40:40,770 I would call the cops as soon as I saw him. 868 00:40:40,997 --> 00:40:42,830 ♪ ♪ 869 00:40:42,924 --> 00:40:44,441 I would have never believed 870 00:40:44,592 --> 00:40:47,351 That I had a phrogger in my house. 871 00:40:47,504 --> 00:40:50,947 ♪ ♪ 872 00:40:51,098 --> 00:40:55,193 - I look up, and the crawl space door is open. 873 00:40:55,287 --> 00:40:56,453 [woman screams] 874 00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:00,272 Something is opening and closing the cabinet. 875 00:41:00,366 --> 00:41:02,200 These eyes are familiar. 876 00:41:02,352 --> 00:41:05,795 Someone is waving at us. 877 00:41:06,022 --> 00:41:11,375 I'm standing face to face with this thing. 878 00:41:11,528 --> 00:41:14,286 ♪ ♪ 879 00:41:14,380 --> 00:41:16,639 - Someone is in my house. 880 00:41:16,866 --> 00:41:18,766 ♪ ♪