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If you're a believer that places hold energy
from events that have gone on,
there's no doubt bad things have happened here.
ZAK: The Fear Factory.
We were watching shadows run across the ceilings.
You know that those can be the pre-signs of demonic oppression.
Something definitely knocked the ladder out from under her.
People that were working here died in terrible situations.
There's something more mysterious going on here.
Whoa, what happened?
Is someone in here?
ZAK: There are things in this world
that we will never fully understand.
MAN: Understand.
ZAK: [ Echoing ] We want answers.
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[ Creaking, whirring ]
This former cement factory located at 666 West 800 South
in Salt Lake City is now a Halloween fun house.
But what's happening to employees inside
is no laughing matter.
We were watching shadows run across the ceilings.
I started getting, like, the worst headaches I've ever had
in my entire life.
You hear just a little giggling sound.
It sounded like a little girl giggling.
The owners have asked us to come here...
and help unravel the mysteries...
behind this haunted factory.
In the late 1800s, this site was home
to the Portland Cement Factory, which remained in operation
for nearly 100 years.
In the decades since, it sat abandoned,
until recent, when it was given new life
as a massive permanent Halloween exhibit called the Fear Factory.
But is the fear here just manufactured by its proprietors,
or could this facade be a magnet for something darker?
To answer this question, we look to the people
who have the most exposure to this location -- its employees.
ZAK: Jessica?
Great.
Jessica Rice is a performer here at the Fear Factory.
RICE: So, this is the swamp silo.
So, out of all the experiences that you've had here...
...what has been the most terrifying one?
Probably the hell silo.
We were hanging out in there one night,
and we were watching shadows run across the ceilings.
Really?
We had a spirit box in there, too,
that kept saying some not very nice things to us.
What were they saying?
It just kept repeating that it was a demon.
Documentation supports several cases
where demonic entities have manipulated radio waves
not only to mimic others, but also to identify themselves.
Were these voices happening at the same time
Yeah.
While disturbing, we can't assume
there are demons here from this single account,
but what we begin to uncover in the hell silo
leads us to believe there may be a possibility.
Is there a guy in your attraction
that reads from the Satanic Bible?
So, you're telling me that this Satanic book
wasn't part of your attraction?
There's something more mysterious going on here, I think.
To hear him say how they found this Satanic book,
and they don't know how it got here --
I think I want to investigate a little bit deeper.
The next thing is
Yeah.
...and see whether or not he can give us any more information.
ZAK: How you doing, man?
Good.
Chris Porter is a performer in the hell silo.
Yes.
What do you do here?
I work in the hell silo.
I play the role of Satan.
I would pick out sayings
that sounded really, like, brutal and cool,
and I'd announce them.
Do you think that's safe to do?
Well, probably not, because weird thing started happening.
What started happening to you?
I started getting, like, the worst headaches I've ever had
You know that those can be the pre-signs of demonic oppression
Yeah. Yeah.
You know if I was a lawyer, you know what I'd ask you --
What?
I play Satan.
In the hell silo.
Yes, indeed.
[ Aaron laughs ]
All right. [ Chuckles ]
ZAK: Now that we understand who may have been responsible
for unknowingly triggering this activity, one question remains.
How did this book of demonic rituals and versus
get into the hell silo to begin with?
PORTER: I don't.
It was buried by a vase with some fake flowers.
and it was just covered in dust.
I've asked several people. No one knows how it got here.
Do you think people were breaking in here
and doing rituals in the hell silo?
At this moment, Chris innocently reveals a shocking detail
which may explain the origins of this book.
They do?
By the Satanists.
...that they did rituals. And they told me to be careful
because they were scratched, and they were harmed.
In the hell silo.
That answers it. You're exactly right, Nick.
Now that we've uncovered the source of this dark activity,
we inform the owner
so he is aware of the potential danger to his employees.
We just want to let you know that we talked with Chris.
He told us that there are a few of your actors
that are Satanists.
But the actors told Chris that they were doing Satanic rituals
in the hell silo.
So, I think the hell silo is really the hell silo.
[ Bird caws ]
The owner shows us another hot spot on the property --
The catacombs exhibit.
DUNFIELD: Yeah, we're in an underground tunnel right now.
...where an employee was mysteriously tormented.
And since we'll be going underground,
I've decided to wear my respirator
for this portion of the investigation.
DUNFIELD: Right here is where she was working.
She was on her ladder, and there was another guy
working with her. He left and went up above ground
and was up in the cemetery working.
She came up crying,
and she said something definitely
knocked the ladder out from under her.
This is the other end of the tunnel.
This is the area where
they say George is made contact with a lot.
ZAK: Our research shows that George Howe may have been
the first documented death at the Portland Cement Factory.
He was an employee who was simply doing his job
when he met a gruesome demise.
[ Buzzing ]
[ Whirring ]
[ Crunching ]
[ Door creaks, shuts ]
I don't know. That's a good question.
We head over to the Manor Exhibit
to meet a couple whose recent experience at the Fear Factory
proves the malevolent energy here knows no boundaries.
Do you want to go back to the spot where this happened?
Yes.
I worry for him. I'm not worried about myself.
Morgan Walton is a lead performer at the Fear Factory.
His wife, Erin, joined him for this interview.
Did things happen to you where you believe
that these things almost attached themselves to you
or followed you home?
Yeah, definitely, and my wife can attest to that.
Did you come to the conclusion
that this energy was from this building?
Yes.
So, this is actually what we call our doll room.
During the season, I was actually a big Scottish guy.
I was wearing a kilt and everything.
And one night, as I went to turn around and leave,
I got -- my kilt got pulled on.
And you hear just a little giggling sound.
It sounded like a little girl giggling.
[ Girl giggling ]
The most alarming part to me here is the giggling noise.
A lot of people affiliate that, obviously,
with the spirits of little children
but also, possibly, darker entities
mimicking something innocent to lure you in.
Chris, who is an actor over in the hell silo --
He tells us that they found a Satanic ritual book.
And during the attraction,
he was reading from it over the intercom.
Okay.
He also told us that a few of the actors that he knows
are Satanists and that they were doing rituals here.
When you started telling me that something followed you home,
then I just wanted, you know, you to know that.
We ask Erin for her perspective
of how this oppressive energy affected her husband.
ERIN: My husband is a funny, happy-go-lucky, punchy dude.
And it was just not him.
We have two small children who didn't want him at home anymore.
It would have very much been divorce-worthy.
Really?
But because there started to be --
[ Chuckling ] That's nice to know. I had no idea.
I felt like it would be better for myself and my kids
to not have him around.
Has this gotten better?
Oh, 100%.
So, I'd like for you two to get out of here
so that we stay happy at home.
How do certain places become haunted...
by creating visuals of hell?
By creating an environment where we scare people...
...at an address that is the mark of the devil?
Nick and Aaron, let's do whatever we can
to invoke what dark entity may be here.
We have actually had a fatality on premise.
There were?
He walked up and literally just put his head right on the track.
Bad things have happened here.
ZAK: So far, our experience in Salt Lake City, Utah,
is full of unexplained events.
Up to this point in our investigation
of the Fear Factory,
we've collected compelling evidence
around the individuals who have had paranormal experiences here.
But now it's time to go deeper
into the history of this location
to better understand who these souls may actually be.
And we found just the individual who can help us.
We have a location here that's on the bad side of town.
We're on the wrong side of the train tracks right now.
This is the industrial part of town.
Paul Draper is a cultural anthropologist.
Do you know of any documented deaths from this location?
Oh, there were lots of documented deaths.
There were?
People that were working here died in terrible situations.
Somebody crawls under a piece of machinery,
and that piece of machinery drops on them...
[ Crash ]
...or tears off their arm.
We just go about the day and keep living.
Modern day, a lot of homeless deaths here.
We had a huge homeless population
that lived in this facility
prior to the Fear Factory taking it over,
and there was a lot of death there as well.
So this was a homeless city inside of this building.
This was a homeless city inside.
Hey, Jeff.
JEFF: Hey, Zak. What's up?
ZAK: With this information coming as a surprise,
we immediately call our researcher, Jeff Belanger,
to help find a resource
who may have been witness to these recent tragedies.
You're all set, Zak.
Good luck.
Thanks, Jeff.
What did Jeff say?
He said that the, uh, fire captain, Kyle,
is willing to talk to us.
About what?
About things that have happened
here on this site that they've responded to.
That could also be a reason for some of the spirits here.
Captain Lavender, how you doing?
Nice to meet you.
Kyle Lavender is the captain
of Engine Company Number 7.
Has your department
ever made any calls to that property?
I can remember a couple of calls there.
As a matter of fact, if you'd like,
take the fire engine and go over to the Fear Factory.
Okay, we're ready. Let's do this.
All right.
[ Laughs ]
[ Horn honking ]
So, the Fear Factory
is part of our first due area for medical calls.
We have actually had a fatality on premise.
You did?
It appeared to be pretty obvious that it was a suicide.
Did you find the body?
We did.
Okay, where was the body?
On the railroad tracks.
Yeah.
The body was in a kneeling position still,
and his head actually had rolled about three rolls,
and his baseball hat was still on.
It was -- it was surreal.
Oh, my gosh.
Um, why do you think that person chose that particular area?
You know that area at the time
was really well known as a transient hangout.
The fire call we went on,
there was somebody inside the building that was on fire.
As we arrived at the Fear Factory,
the feeling is even more ominous
as Captain Lavender takes us to the spot
where he responded to a bizarre suicide.
Let's head over here to the railroad tracks.
Can you show me where the body was found?
Right around in this area is where this guy came in.
He walked up and literally
just got in the hands-and-knees position
and put his neck right on the track.
And just sliced his head right off.
Took it right off, with his baseball hat still on.
[ Bell ringing ]
[ Train horn honking ]
Any other deaths?
That's the only death I've been on in here.
Yep.
So, there's really no telling, too,
Right.
Because a lot of it never gets reported.
And that really adds to the --
another layer, as I was saying,
to the darkness of the Fear Factory.
ZAK: Captain Lavender takes us to where he once responded
to a fire call
and witnessed something he still deems unexplainable to this day.
So, let's talk about the fire.
You came here.
We could see smoke coming out
of all of the creases and cracks,
smoke down to about this level.
We're on our hands and knees.
We're crawling through. It's a mess.
There's clothes.
There's remnants of people living in there,
and there's a pair of boots with legs in them
just standing in the smoke in front of us.
Just standing? Not moving.
Are you sure it was a person and not a ghost?
I hope so.
It was not what I was expecting to find in there,
that's for sure.
So, if there is a place
that contains dark energy
and possibly entities that feed off of dark energy,
would you believe that this place
would be one of the top locations in Utah?
If you're a believer that places hold energy
from events that have gone on,
there's no doubt bad things have happened here.
With only a few hours of daylight left,
we do one final walk-through of the Fear Factory.
You walk through here
and just knowing that this was a homeless city...
you just -- you don't know what happened here.
Anything could have happened here.
But as we approach the doll room,
where one of our interviewees
claims to have suffered an attachment,
something unexpected begins to happen.
I don't know what it is, but I just don't like this area.
I just felt that.
It's the first time I ever felt anything
walking through this factory.
When we first walked through here, I could feel it.
When you're all isolated and alone in here,
you know.
I just got, like, a little angry-ish.
I need to get out of this area for a minute, man.
Feeling the way I am
and we're not even in lockdown yet,
I quickly head outside to clear myself
of this disturbing sensation.
A little strange.
I hit something. There was something there.
You know, and everybody watching this right now,
you have to understand that...
We know.
We know.
It's the only way we could say it is, "We know."
Sounds like something is crawling around.
Yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Our camera just went out.
This is the entrance of the Catacombs.
Jay and Billy just said they have a complete power outage.
ZAK: Before Nick, Aaron, and myself
arrive to do our investigation at the Fear Factory,
we have our audio/visual techs, Billy and Jay,
monitoring four live night- vision surveillance cameras
throughout the building.
Sometimes things happen
when we're just watching nobody in a room.
And Jay's also got a microphone set up in the tunnels.
Way down in there, and it's incredibly quiet right now,
which is awesome.
There's not much contamination down there.
About 45 minutes after Jay and Billy
hit record on all these cameras,
Jay hears something come from the underground tunnel
where a factory worker
was apparently ground up by a piece of machinery.
This is the area where they say George has made contact
with a lot.
What happened?
It sounds like something is crawling around and moving.
Yeah.
Uh...
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Our camera just went out.
Camera four is out.
Camera four is out.
Listen to that.
[ Scratching ]
You got to get over there.
Camera just went out.
I just started hearing tons of noise.
A lot of movement, suffling around,
as if someone's down there walking around.
So, Billy just ran down there.
He's going to go check it out
and see if he encounters anything.
[ Echoing ] Anybody in here?
Yeah, Bill, it's pretty quiet now.
So, it stopped?
I don't see anything down here at all.
Um, stand by.
[ Radio squawks ]
ZAK: 30 minutes later,
Nick, Aaron, and myself arrive at the location,
and Jay and Billy debrief us on what just happened.
Play that sound.
BILLY: Yeah, exactly.
[ Scratching ]
What?!
That sounds like actual heavy footsteps.
And our camera goes out.
And how long was the camera rolling down there before this sound?
It started rolling at 7:00.
Okay, started rolling at 7:00. It's about, what?
7:50.
So, about 45 minutes after?
So, from that -- Listen to me.
From 45 minutes,
did you just have plain noise?
One time the train went by.
The train, okay.
This camera goes out.
And then you hear this noise.
Yes.
Play the noise.
[ Scratching ]
And then it just stops.
Shh!
Yeah.
Were you both here?
You were both here?
Were you listening to that live?
I was listening to it live.
And that's why I was like, "Holy [bleep]"
And I had him listen to it.
How long did you go down there after?
I ran.
Did you see anybody down there or any animals?
No, no, I didn't.
I was scared to go down there,
because I didn't know what that sound is.
Nick, Aaron, and myself gear up
and immediately head inside the tunnel
to investigate whatever made this weird, unexplained,
and very strange sound.
[ Scratching ]
NICK: There's the camera right here, Zak.
You guys see me?
Yes.
Right now, we've reached the spot
where Jay and Billy heard the very, very creepy sound
about 60 feet from this point here.
And this is the entrance of the Catacomb, the tunnel,
and also right below these stairs
is where the owner had one of his workers
be pushed off of a ladder,
and she began crying because of what happened.
She said something definitely knocked the ladder
out from under her.
So we're going to go to that area
and see if this noise
is related to anything paranormal
that pushed this lady off the ladder.
Oh, this is creepy because there's...
It's just creepy.
The microphone should be coming up here, guys.
Where is it? I can't see.
Ugh.
Whoa, what happened? The lights just came on.
We just lost power.
Why did they come on? All of them did.
Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
We just lost power.
Hang on.
Yes, to the entire building, apparently.
I think we just clearly lost power
and probably some backup security thing probably came on.
And we're right near the mike.
The second we get to this mike,
where that noise heard,
the lights just came on in the tunnel,
and they, uh -- Jay and Billy just said
they have a complete power outage.
Hey, Zak...
So I'm just going to see if this is...
Do you hear a moaning coming from the tunnel?
I just heard someone go [moans]
Listen.
At this exact moment,
the unexplained moaning sound that Nick hears
is indeed captured on Aaron's camera.
The lights just came on in the tunnel...
And they...
Tunnel...
And they...
Tunnel...
And they, uh,
Jay and Billy just said they have a complete power outage.
There was a loud moan that came from down there.
I swear to God I heard it, right as you were talking.
Is someone in here?
Is somebody down here?
Something just hit me.
We want you to show yourself.
I just heard a deep man's voice!
Someone is moving right there.
No!
NICK: Whoa, what happened? The lights just came on.
ZAK: As a sudden power outage
attempts to cripple our investigation...
We're just unable to monitor anything at this point.
We're just staring at a blank screen.
...we head deeper into the tunnels of the Fear Factory
as we suspect something paranormal is behind this.
Jay and Billy,
while you get that power outage taken care of...
Nick just heard somebody moan down here,
so we're going to go and check it out.
It is very interesting
that as soon as we reach the exact spot
where Jay's live boom mike is placed,
where this very loud unexplained noise also occurred,
the power in the entire factory unexplainably goes out.
What's even more shocking
is that 33 minutes before the factory loses power,
the X camera in the hell silo captures
unbelievable super-loud banging noises
that we are unable to explain.
It was exactly at this time
that all five of us were at nerve center
reviewing the sounds coming from the tunnels,
and because we were listening to that audio,
we did not know that this camera
was capturing these sounds in the hell silo.
As we continue to investigate the tunnels,
we have to follow our strict investigation protocol
and make sure that no one else is in here with us.
NICK: Is there someone back here?
You can see that the light turned on...
when this happened, when we got down here.
That's why the light...
The lights are on.
Someone is moving right there.
There's someone walking at us.
You guys heard that, right?
Holy [bleep]
When we got down here, that's why the light --
the lights are on.
Someone's moving right there.
There's someone walking at us.
Dude, something just hit me.
Oh [bleep] I had a panic for a second.
Or a person.
It's right behind here, man.
Is there somebody down here?
You don't belong down here,
and we will call the police.
I'm checking every door, every last spot,
just so you guys know.
Okay, good.
To make sure we are alone from the living,
if there is someone in here with us,
we will flush them back to the end of the tunnel.
So, that's chained.
This is the end.
That's chained.
[ Clanging ]
Locked.
Yeah, this is the only other way in.
So, any possible escape for any person at the end of the tunnel
is completely padlocked shut from the inside,
which means whatever we experienced and heard down here
is not of a living person.
That's pretty weird.
Hey, guys, hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on.
Quiet, Aaron.
Quiet.
Steps?
You heard that too?
I heard 'em.
It's walking this way.
Will you guys stay here?
Okay.
Be careful.
We want you to make contact with us.
We want you to show yourself.
Can you make that ladder move?
I'm going to put the recording device on top of the ladder.
I'm going to back up.
Can you go to that ladder and speak into the device?
Hey, guys.
I got that electricity feeling right near the ladder!
Aaron, was that you talking?
No!
I just heard a deep man's voice
at the same time the [bleep] lights came off!
At the same exact moment
I feel an electrical type energy shoot through my body,
the factory emergency lights go off,
meaning the power to the entire factory comes back on,
and I also hear a deep man's voice
that is captured by the recorder I just placed on this ladder.
Hey, guys, I got that electricity feeling
right near the ladder!
Aaron, was that you talking?
We're doing an experiment in the hell silo.
There have been satanic rituals there.
We want to see if we capture any voices.
What was that?
ZAK: As we continue our investigation of the Fear Factory,
Nick and Aaron head back to base camp
while I remain in the underground tunnels,
leaving myself open to the energy here,
which if truly paranormal,
may be the same force
that pushed a female employee from her ladder.
I'm alone now.
I reach the end and begin using the SB7 Spirit Box,
and as the device sweeps audio frequencies,
there is nothing but empty white noise until I ask a question.
[ Static and grinding ]
It's a woman's voice.
Who is in here with me?
What is your first name?
A female voice just came through.
Can you tell me, did you turn the power off?
Whoa!
ZAK: Based on this response,
I continue to ask questions for the next 10 minutes.
Often when I'm not asking questions,
I'll state that you can't hear any voices coming through.
This is to show you and skeptics
that our customized device isn't just spitting out words
every second creating pareidolia.
And it is at this time that the same female voice
that I've been communicating with comes through once again.
Why did you turn the power off?
This female came through and spoke three times.
I received no other voices in this underground tunnel
with incredibly thick walls,
and she just told me that she is the one who did it.
Is she taking responsibility
for the power outage and unexplained sounds?
I now return to base camp
for the next phase of our investigation.
All right, we're doing an experiment here,
and, uh, you can turn around, Chris.
You may remember Chris.
Chris plays Satan in the Halloween attraction.
And Chris is the one who also found
this, uh, Satanic ritual book in the hell silo.
So, we are going to be watching you from surveillance center.
Like we said, we are not condoning this
or asking you to do something that you wouldn't already do.
As you say, when you read from this in the hell silo,
where a lot of dark events happen,
there have been Satanic rituals there,
and, uh, you say activity happens.
So why wouldn't we bring you here
and let you read from this and watch?
We have also outfitted him
with a device going down his back here
to stabilize this unit,
and while you read from that,
we want to see if we capture any voices,
any growling, anything like that.
Okay?
Do you want to go with him?
Okay, why don't we do this?
Why don't we let him go by himself first?
ZAK: This area of the factory that Chris is heading to
is also where countless people
have quit working at the attraction
because of very terrifying experiences they've had here.
I've had nights where 10% of our cast went home.
Shadows run across the ceilings.
Whoa! Whoa!
What was that?
Yeah.
That was a weird anomaly.
Yeah.
Man, I'm feeling, like, really weak.
[ Coughing ]
I definitely am hearing something over here,
and I swear I heard a man, like, growling-talking.
ZAK: For the final leg of our investigation
of the Fear Factory,
we send Chris, an employee, into the hell silo
to read passages from a Satanic book he once discovered there.
And while Chris has done this before...
"The fire of hell..."
...Satanic verses have the potential
to bring forth great negative energy.
So we are lowering the audio for these sections
of our investigation
as not to risk broadcasting these verses,
which could adversely impact our audience.
Chris, can you hear me?
Go for Chris.
All right, Chris, can you turn off the head lamp?
Because it's making this camera go out of focus.
Yeah, I'll do that.
"Unseen..."
Because we are having some issues with filming Chris,
we have no choice but to send someone in
to help shoot this experiment.
So we decide to send Aaron.
To my right.
Yes. Yes. Right there.
Just leave it like that. Go back and shoot him now.
Okay.
All right. "Unseen..."
As Aaron begins having a look of concern
for the atmospheric change in energy,
Chris' recorder on his back
captures this dark voice and laugh
after he pauses reading from the book.
And watch Aaron's head look up
as he hears these voices with his own ears.
I definitely am hearing something over here,
and I swear I heard a man, like, growling-talking.
When you were doing that,
you took a break and I heard a [growls]
Really?
That's really weird.
I'm just going to keep reading the same pages.
Yeah, keep going.
"For the..."
[ Coughing ]
Man, I'm feeling, like, really weak.
Yeah.
Like, woozy almost.
If you need to take a break, just holler.
Like, I think I'm all right.
"Come forth..."
Whoa, I just got dizzy.
I know, man.
ZAK: Chris, is Aaron okay?
Because we're noticing that Aaron doesn't look good.
I just felt dizzy.
Yeah.
Go ahead and wrap it up. Come on back.
AARON: Okay.
Hey, you know what's crazy, Zak?
AARON: There was so much energy.
It was like him and someone else that whole time.
Feeling all right?
Yeah, I feel, like, really tired now.
Like, just drained?
Yeah, like super drained.
Like I should, like, go crash immediately
like, "Oh, man."
Like I've been up for days.
Dude, I kept hearing things on the --
And I kept hearing this man over in the corner.
While the most compelling evidence
is this disembodied voice
that Aaron also heard with his own ears...
I definitely am hearing something over here,
and I swear I heard a man, like, growling-talking.
...on top of that,
we captured an additional EVP on Chris' recorder
while he was reading from the book,
and it's a crystal clear voice saying "Billy."
"So we..."
Although Billy is not in the room at this time,
back when he was setting up the camera in this room by himself,
he had a disturbing experience
that left him refusing to go back in here.
BILLY: The second that I went inside the hell silo,
I never felt like I was alone.
I'm rolling out cable,
and I'm going through the little maze, you know.
And I just felt like someone was on my heels
following me the entire time.
"For only..."
You felt dizzy or anything?
I was for a little bit, and then it, like, went away.
Yeah, it was --
AARON: Yeah, it was weird in there.
It was like a heartbeat,
but like a slow pace of energy.
[ Imitates device rewinding slowly ]
The hauntings at the Fear Factory in Salt Lake City, Utah,
go far beyond its facade as a Halloween attraction.
Could the Satanic rituals once performed here
in concert with the ongoing readings of Satanic verses
by one of the staff have ignited a cauldron of activity
that has affected several of the employees here?
Our evidence confirms something is haunting here.
We wonder, could this be a manifestation
of the darker energy?
Or is it simply residual energy of an employee
from the bygone cement factory days
who met an untimely death
and is forever tied to these grounds?