Prisoners | Campfire Stories with MrBallen

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“Not only is the story itself super creepy, but I'm telling you the plot twist at the very end.”

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Also, please subscribe to our channel and turn on all notifications, so you don't miss any of our weekly uploads. Okay, let's get into today's story. One afternoon in the winter of 2015, a 57-year-old woman named Petrisi Adare, a sleeping on her couch inside of her home in France,

“when the sound of her phone dinging will grow up. Petrisi has slowly opened her eyes, and she felt groggy and confused.”

She'd been relaxing and watching a movie, since she had the day off from her job as a reporter for a local radio station, but she realized, you know, she must've dosed off. And so Petrisi, she grabbed her phone, and she checked her notifications, and she saw she had a text message, but from a number that she didn't recognize. And what it said was really weird, it said, quote, "the castle wants you, the castle is calling you, come."

And for a second, Petrisi had just had no idea what this meant. Couldn't make sense of what this even said,

but then she realized there was actually text messages that she had received earlier from this number, and she realized who it was. So the person texting Petrisi had this strange message, "was this middle-aged woman named Barron J. About eight months earlier, Barron J had a approach Petrisiow while she was out in public, and told her that she desperately needed Petrisiow's help.

“Because Barron J said, she worked in a castle, and that castle was haunted."”

So Petrisiow, in addition to being a local news reporter, was also a self-proclaimed psychic medium, meaning she basically believed that she had the ability to contact the death. That was something she was really passionate about, and in fact, she was fairly famous for being a psychic medium in France. So, you know, this request was actually not that bizarre for Petrisiow. But because of Petrisiow's status, both because she was, you know, a famous medium, and also because

she was on the news, you know, she was sort of well-known, and it drew a lot of people to her, claiming that they had, you know, paranormal issues, ranging from, you know, thinking they saw a ghost, to their house is haunted, or whatever. And almost all the time, when Petrisiow would follow up with some people who claimed they had issues, she would discover that, you know, spite her best efforts. They're clearly was nothing going on that was paranormal. There was no dead to talk to.

It was just like, you know, drafty windows, or a house settling, or, you know, just a shadow that looked really eerie or something. So, the vast majority of times people approached Petrisiow, she really didn't take them that seriously. So, a couple of months ago, when Barrangea had approached

Petrisiow, you know, her reaction to it was basically like, "Oh, you're, your castle's haunted."

Yeah, I bet, you know, but she was polite about it, but realistically, she didn't believe it was true. But because Barrangea was sort of persistently demanding help from Petrisiow, Petrisiow, Petrisiow did give her her phone number, sort of, to be polite, and then immediately afterwards Barrangea had texted Petrisiow, and those were the text messages that Petrisiow had, you know, in the thread, but Petrisiow had intentionally ignored them. But now, you know, here was Barrangea,

texting her once again with this sort of weird, cryptic message, you know, again about this haunting of her castle. And this actually kind of peaked Petrisiow's interest. And because Petrisiow did have a day off here, she actually felt inspired to follow up, and maybe go check out this castle and see what this haunting was all about. And hour and a half later, Petrisiow pulled up in front of the small cottage that was on the same property as the castle. She knew from earlier text messages

that this cottage was where Barrangea actually lived. And so Petrisiow parked, she got out, she walked up to the front door of the cottage, and she knocked, but nobody answered. And so after a few moments, she tried knocking again, this time a little bit louder, and then the door did open,

seeing Petrisiow standing there. And just from the look in his face, you know, Petrisiow immediately

“launched into this, you know, explanation of why she was here, you know, as Barrangea here,”

I was speaking to her via text message, and the man still is looking at her like, what do you do in here, what's going on? But then, from behind him, outwalks Barrangea. And when she looked towards the door, and she saw Petrisiow standing there, Barrangea was practically leaping. I mean, she was so happy and clearly relieved to see Petrisiow and she's just like, oh my gosh, thank you so much for coming. This is unbelievable. Thank you, like we really need your help.

And then before Petrisiow could ask any questions, Barrangea pointed to the man that had opened the door for Petrisiow and seemed so confused. And, you know, at this point his expression had softened quite a bit. And Barrangea said, this is my husband, this is Remy, and he too is so relieved you're here. And so this point Petrisiow, you know, she shook his hand and she smiled at them both and was like, yeah, you know, I don't know what I can do for you, you know, why don't you

“you film me in? You know, all I know is apparently your, your castle over there is haunted,”

can you, can you tell me the story? And so Barrangea, she had to kind of compose herself because she was quite emotional, just to see Petrisiow here. But, you know, after collecting herself, she told Petrisiow that about a year ago, her husband, Remy, had been hired as the caretaker

of that castle and that she had just come along to help. And she said, you know, at first,

both of them had been really excited for this opportunity because it came with free housing in this cottage. However, Barrangea said that they had only been working here for a couple of weeks when really weird stuff started to happen. Barrangea said that she'd be in the castle doing, you know, daily chores and she would know that she's the only one in the castle yet she would suddenly hear what were obvious footsteps of people walking and running around on the upper floors

of the castle. And at this point, Remy chimed in and he said, yeah, me too, like I've heard those footsteps in the castle when I know it's totally empty. But even stranger than that is Remy said, he'd be in the castle and he would hear voices and not just, you know, people whispering or something like you see in the movies. Now, he would hear people screaming at the top of their lungs, like in other distant parts of the castle that he couldn't see and it was terrifying.

As Petrisiow listened to Remy and Barrangea tell the story, you know, Petrisiow was struck by how earnestly they came across. I mean, they definitely were shaken by whatever they experienced inside of that castle. Like they were genuinely troubled and didn't know what to do about it. I mean, Remy still had this job at the castle. They still had to go in there. But it was becoming like this big issue. They didn't know what to do about it. As Petrisiow was listening to the couple tell the

story, you know, she couldn't help but feel like they were being very honest. They seemed very earnest as they're telling the story. Like they weren't trying to to dramatize. They were trying to relay what amounted to, you know, trauma. They both clearly did not like going in the castle. It was like this thing they had to do due to Remy's job, but they were trapped. They felt like we don't know what to do here and no one's taken us seriously. But at the same time, Petrisiow

is a veteran, you know, psychic medium and she's, she's been to numerous house calls, numerous haunted homes and, you know, many times, you know, the screams people think they hear in their home or like, you know, the sound of wind coming in through an open window and the footsteps are like, you know, a pet somewhere in the house. So there could easily be, you know, a reasonable justification here. But it seemed apparent that there was enough here that it certainly warranted

Petrisiow actually going to the castle and having a look around. And so she said, okay, let's go over. Like, let's go see the castle. A few minutes later, Petrisiow followed Remy along this wooded path from the cottage over to the castle. Even from pretty far away, the castle was huge and very intimidating. There were two very tall round towers on either end and in the middle was a slightly shorter section that was decorated with a bunch of turrets. The castle only had

two windows that were visible from the front where they were approaching. And for a second, as Petrisiow

was looking at it, she had this sort of uneasy feeling that the windows were the eyes on the castle and the castle was looking at her. But she shook the feeling off and kept walking along. And a few minutes later, they reached the castle's huge front door and at this point Remy pulled

“out this huge key ring covered in keys and he unlocked the door and then he kind of stepped aside”

and pushed it open sort of gesturing for Petrisiow to make her way inside. Now Petrisiow was doing her best to be very professional and, you know, not quite by into the hype at least not yet. You know, this could be something completely rational but when Petrisiow walked into the castle, she found herself inside of this huge empty space called the Great Hall. And the first thing she noticed was really how dark and cold it was inside. I mean, this was a castle of course and

you'd want to spend a lot of time. And also it just felt like the atmosphere was just heavy somehow.

Like it really was just a tense place to be. Petrisiow took a deep breath and kind of centered herself and then she looked around a bit more closely and she saw there were a few windows on the back wall but they were all shut. And then right in front of her was this huge stone staircase and to her right and to her left she could see there were long hallways that she knew must lead to dozens of rooms potentially. And so after standing there for a few moments just kind of taking in the

scene. Petrisiow turned to Baron Jay and she asked her she said okay so you've heard footsteps you know upstairs when this place was empty. Can you tell me what you were doing you know

“in any of the instances where those sounds came through like what were you doing do you remember?”

And and Baron Jay said actually yeah I do remember the last time it happened I was closing the

shutters on the window and I know I heard people upstairs when I was doing that. And so immediately Petrisiow's thinking oh you know that could be it maybe it was literally the sound the shutters were making that maybe somehow gave Baron Jay the impression that there were footsteps elsewhere inside of this castle. I mean everything echoes inside of here it's this big cavernous space. They was possible and so Petrisiow's like okay well let's go test the shutters let's just see if maybe

that is causing some strange sounds in your home. And Baron Jay and Remi did not seem remotely offended by this. If anything they were like eager to find a rational explanation for whatever it was they were experiencing and so quickly they along with Petrisiow walked over to one of the

“windows and Petrisiow reached out and she opened up the shutters and then shut the shutters and then”

did it a few more times but there were no strange sounds. There certainly were no sounds of footsteps running around inside of the castle like there was no way that the shutters were making sounds that you could confuse for footsteps like this was not it. However Petrisiow decided she would just in case try another shutter you know see if maybe one of the other shutters made strange sounds just to just confirm really this is not the case but as she reached for this other shutter before she

even touched it there was this loud, sudden, high-pitched shrieking sound that echoed all through the castle from upstairs and then it just went deadly silent and immediately the hairs on the back of Petrisiow's neck stood up I mean this was like an unmistakable sound and Petrisiow she turns to Remy and Barroget and they're obviously spooked I mean they've experienced stuff like

“this but this is still just so terrifying and Petrisiow you know she's standing they're not even”

sure what to do but then she kind of she tells herself like wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute that couldn't have been what we thought it was there's no way that that was like some screech coming from some ghost upstairs like there has to be a logical explanation here and part of the reason she was thinking this is even in you know her time as a psychic medium nothing this visceral had ever happened in her career something like that was out of a movie you know

like literally a ghost screeching upstairs and so Petrisiow turns to the couple and she's like look obviously I heard that too but let's not rule out that that could have been the wind or something let's not jump to conclusions here okay let's let's be rational let's be pragmatic let's just search the the castle and see what we're up against and so the couple you know Remy and Barroget they did not seem reassured but they kind of nodded along like you know whatever you say but then like before

anyone could do anything else there was another sudden loud high-pitched scream coming from somewhere else upstairs a different voice is now screaming upstairs and then it went deadly silent again and then it was very clear to Petrisiow and certainly to the couple this castle might just be haunted there's something going on here that is not right however as Petrisiow is standing there kind of trying to get her bearings of like what she should even suggest they do because suddenly she

is like the expert in charge of the response here before she could even think she had this very

powerful feeling come over her that she would sort of describe as like a pull it was like a magnet

was pulling her in the direction of these screams like she felt like she needed to go upstairs to the second floor to wherever those screams came from she had to and it wasn't even clear if this was like her channeling her psychic medium powers it was like the the castle was was pulling her deeper and deeper inside of the structure and so without even telling Remy and Barroget what she was doing Petrisiow just kind of silently turned and began walking almost against her will

towards that stone staircase that went up to the upper levels and now at this point the castle is deadly silent all you can hear is the sound of their footsteps there footsteps as they're

they're just you know tucked up right behind Petrisiow following her along not even sure what

“they should be doing and so upstairs they went to Petrisiow again she's got like this intense”

feeling that she she has to go upstairs she can't even control it and so up the stairs she goes no one's talking all the here's the sound of the footsteps in the staircase and up and up they

go all the way up to the third floor which is you know where these screams were likely coming from

and at that point Petrisiow almost on instinct turned left and began walking down this long hallway with all these doors that were shut along the way and again the castle is just deadly quiet all you can hear their footsteps and down the hallway they go all the way to a dead end where there is a single room that is shut at the very end of the hallway and at this point Petrisiow almost like without even thinking she turns and kind of almost aggressively says to Remy get your keys out

and open the store like she didn't even know why she was being aggressive it was like just coming through her but Barra J at this point she chimed in and says you know the owner of the castle they

“told us this is the one room we're not allowed to go and we've never been inside of here we we can't”

go in here Petrisiow she just looks at Barra J and says I don't care we have to go in open the door I'm going in I have to go in this room and so at this point Barra J she looks at her husband and Remy kind of shrugged I mean they don't even know what they're supposed to do at this point but they figured all right you know she's the expert let's let her go in and so Remy pulled us big set of keys and he fumbled through them all and Petrisiow you know she's rearing to go in

this room she can't even she can't even understand why she feels the sway and Remy he reaches over he turns the lock he pushes the door open and Petrisiow walks inside now as soon as this door opened up Remy and Barra J got a look inside of this room and it was unremarkable it was like a vacant room there was nothing inside of it like there was no clear reason why this room was off limits per the owner but as they watched Petrisiow walk to the middle of the room sort of

“slowly and methodically and come to a stop right in the middle with her back to them they could”

have sworn they heard whispers suddenly picking up inside of this room even though there's nobody else in there but Petrisiow and then Petrisiow who by this point was sort of you know freaking out

Barra J and Remy she was acting just very different than when she had first arrived she just stood

there and this sort of bizarre way just like rigid staring towards the back of this room as these whispers are kind of going on in the start room and then from the threshold Barra J and Remy watched as Petrisiow who has not turned around yet or anything she just began to twitch like her shoulders were moving around funny and her neck was snapping in a strange direction and then she began letting out this this just awful croaking sound this constant like single tone croaking sound

and it went on for so long that you'd think she would have need to to take in a breath to then continue this croaking sound but she didn't it just went on and on and on just emanating from her body and you know Remy and Barra J they're terrified at this point for a host of reasons but really it's not Petrisiow that's scaring them the most and Petrisiow she's twitching and croaking she suddenly stops and whips around and looks at the couple and then her mouth is

open like her jaw is slack and this croaking sound is still coming out of her but clearly she's also weeping tears are coming down her face now Remy and Barra J I mean they are beyond terrified at this point for so many reasons but they clearly know some kind of crisis is unfolding with Petrisiow and they want to help her and they were about to ask her like what can we do like what's going on when there's this loud slamming sound somewhere else in the castle and one of

the lower levels it sounded like a door slamming shut the really loud and it was like the noise like snap Petrisiow out of whatever trance she was in and suddenly she became really focused and then instead of communicating with the couple she just bolted right past them sprinted down the hallway and ran down the stairs like she was chasing after the sound that had just been made somewhere downstairs and so Remy and Barra J they're like what else can we do but follow her and so they

run down the hallway you know several you know lengths behind Petrisiow who's somewhere downstairs

and they get down to the second floor the couple does and they can hear the sound of movement

in one of the rooms down the hallway and then they hear this loud like animalistic yelling sound that appears to be you know Petrisiow yelling or growling or something somewhere in one of these rooms and so they make their way in that direction and they see there's this open door that leads into a bedroom and then there's a bathroom off the bedroom they go in and they look in that bathroom and there's Petrisiow in her back as to them and she's on her knees and she's visibly weeping

and she's looking up at something in the room she was kind of at an angle where they could see her face and her face is contorted just in horror and she's seeing something in the bathroom that is

they walk in there and they grab Petrisiow who did not want to leave but they drag her out of the

“bathroom they stand her up and they literally forcibly remove her from the castle several hours later”

Barajay and Remi were back inside of their cottage sitting in their living room with all these papers scattered in front of them on their coffee table and next to them was Petrisiow and by this point you know she was basically back to normal but she was still very shaken up by what happened in the castle and also by this point she was able to explain to the couple what had happened you know from her perspective in the castle she basically told them that she did basically you know go into a

trance she had a psychic medium experience but she had never had anything like this before I mean this

was was visceral this was way beyond anything she had ever experienced in her entire career. According to Petrisiow when she had walked into that locked room on the third floor of the castle baby forbidden room the room was not empty you know when she went in there she had that that

“calling to go in there and as soon as the door opened what she saw was a room filled with people”

with basically entities ghosts if you will you know Barajay and Remi could see them but Petrisiow could and she said all these entities were wearing different clothes like from different time periods there were people in medieval peasant outfits and there were people wearing Victorian dresses and there were people wearing you know very modern 20th century business suits but that really wasn't the initial impression that Petrisiow got that was just something she noticed what she immediately

picked up on when she was called into that room and saw these entities is how lost and sort of scared these these ghosts seemed like they were in trouble and Petrisiow she said she felt like she was pulled into the center of the room and then felt kind of anchored there and as she stood there

these these ghosts basically began crowding in on her like they were trying to get her help

“by getting closer to her but she felt like overcome with this this almost claustrophobic feeling”

of being suffocated by their sadness not even by their physical presence it was like their loneliness and desperation was like washing over her and it was so awful that made her weep and then eventually Petrisiow said she was able to kind of force her body to whip around and look at least in the direction of the exit because she wanted to leave at this point and it was at that point that you know she's making this groaning sound which she didn't even recall and she

hears this loud slamming sound which was the door slamming downstairs and that kind of spooked the entities away from her and she was able to bolt from the room and Petrisiow said when she got out

into the hallway and basically began maneuvering in the direction of the slam door because again

she had this intense sense of being pulled in the direction of this noise she said it felt very different than when she had been pulled up to the third floor she said now in retrospect when she had been pulled up there you know what she was being pulled by didn't seem benevolent it seemed you know neutral or maybe even positive but as soon as she was going in the direction of this slam door down on the second floor she said it felt totally different there was obviously like a

dark presence like something bad was pulling her towards them but still you know almost against her will she ran down the hallway she went down the stairs and she made her way into that bedroom you know with Baralje and Remi following closely behind and Petrisiow said she eventually turned and went into this bathroom in this bedroom and when she went in there she saw something that was so terrifying she just fell to her knees and began to scream that was that like

animalistic wailing sound that the couple heard what she saw was this enormous tall just like dark figure it was a ghost of this this tall man of sorts with like these deep scars all over his face and he was wearing this rusted chainmail armor like he was from a different time and he just seemed evil like a dark dark presence and she knew that was the feeling she was getting it was coming from from this ghost and it was only because Remi and Baralje came in and

basically pulled her away that she thinks she even survived like she was being pulled toward death like that's the way it felt but again fortunately she's she's pulled out of the castle like back to the cottage Petrisiow you know had her chance to calm down and now the three of them were trying to basically decipher what just happened like what can we take from this unbelievable story that Petrisiow has told us and what they witnessed and what they quickly settled on was

you know we have a lot that we can begin to explore here but let's focus on that evil entity that that tall man in the rusted chainmail armor who was that and like what did he want?

their historical documents about the castle and laid them out on the coffee table and they had

“begun going through them to try to learn about the sky and at some point as they were looking”

through all these documents there was one particular section that for whatever reason just drew you know Petrisiow's attention she just thought like I want to look at that and it was the section about a knight whose name was John who had lived in the 14th century and the document said that John had been a soldier during the hundred years war which was a conflict between England and France that had started in the mid-1300s and during that war the castle was used as a French military

fortress and John was killed during a battle at the castle and so after Petrisiow read this out loud to Darungia and Remi Petrisiow said she just had this feeling that the evil spirit the the tall man in the armor she saw in the bathroom that scared her so much she had a feeling that she didn't know why but that seemed like John however even if Petrisiow had been right that this

“evil spirit she encountered was John they still didn't know like why he was there or why he had”

appeared and why he had called her to the room or why any of this stuff had happened like the whole thing really was unexplained here or you know who were the other ghosts who were up on the third floor you know that apparently Petrisiow saw like none of it made any more sense at some point Barragea asked Petrisiow like what do you think what does all this mean like why did this happen what do you think but Petrisiow you know she really was still very shaken up by this I mean she

was this you know renowned psychic medium but again she had never had an experience like this I mean this

was really terrifying she just was like look I'm overwhelmed I I need to go home I need to go home and just think about this I need to process what's happened here and so you know obviously Remi and Barragea they couldn't really protest but they also were like man I really don't want

“to be left here alone with this horrifying castle but you know you do what you got to do”

and Petrisiow she got up and she left after Petrisiow left Barragea and Remi both agreed that you know despite the fact that Remi was the groundskeeper here and did need to look after the castle that for now it was just too dangerous to go in there it was not worth it and so they would stay away at least until you know Petrisiow came back and they could get to the bottom of this and for a couple of days you know with Remi and Barragea staying away from the castle like they had

normal lives I mean nothing strange happened at all they just basically lived in their cottage

and went about their lives sort of keeping the castle over here but after a couple of days when still Petrisiow had not come back again she was still at her home still processing this whole thing Barragea started having this this weird feeling in her chest it was like this this need to go to the castle not dissimilar from how Petrisiow had described like this overwhelming sense of being pulled up to the third floor when she was describing her whole encounter her whole

experience Barragea she tried to act like this wasn't happening to her but she couldn't deny it it's like she she just had this feeling of I got to go to the castle I got to go over there and then one day Remi looked out the window of the cottage and he sees his wife Barragea walking right towards the front door of this castle and he's thinking there's no way she should be going in there we agreed not to go in like what is she doing and he literally ran over there and grabbed her

and pulled her back before she went into the castle which is exactly what she was gonna do and then when she was pulled away she couldn't even describe why she was over there she's like I don't even know I just felt like I had to come over here I can't explain it but that wasn't even the strangest thing that happened over these few days after the incident with Petrisiow because shortly after you know Barragea almost walked back into the castle a man had come on the castle grounds

this random man sort of wandered on to the castle grounds and was apparently being drawn although he kind of framed it differently he didn't really know why he was there but he was drawn towards the castle and as he's walking towards this castle a deer presumably was also being drawn to the castle and the deer went running towards the castle and actually rammed into this man then heard him badly enough he had to be hospitalized he actually lost an eye from being hit by this deer and so

after this happened even though you know Barragea and Remi were trying to respect Petrisiow sort of giving herself some space here because she hadn't come back she hadn't been in touch at this point they were like we have to get in touch with her like she's the only other person who understands you know how serious this is and so Barragea called Petrisiow and she said like whatever is going on in the castle whatever dark energy is existing in there it's getting stronger

touch with them since she had left she'd basically decided like I don't want this in my life this is

“this is terrifying I don't know what happened but I don't want this in my life but she could just tell”

that you know Barragea and Remi I mean they were at their wit's end here and they didn't know what to do they were lost and they were they were turning to Petrisiow more like a friend like hey please come back here and support us and help us get through this and so Petrisiow did agree to go back and so sure enough the following evening Barragea, Remi and Petrisiow were back inside the castle in the second four bathroom where Petrisiow had been found at the end of that horrible experience looking

up at what she believes now was John's ghost this terrifying entity and so they're in this bathroom and Petrisiow had come in here in order to basically attempt an exorcism and so she's standing in this bathroom and sort of behind her is Barragea and Remi and they're kind of holding each other and Barragea so scared she's shaking and they're watching as Petrisiow despite her own fears

“she was very calm and she was standing there where their eyes shut and she was sort of trying to”

channel John's energy because she didn't have that that feeling being pulled you know in any direction inside the castle she was sort of choosing to channel whatever spirit was inside of this bathroom and then at some point Petrisiow appeared to sort of connect with something in the room something that you know Barragea and Remi couldn't see the room appeared to be empty to them but it was obvious that Petrisiow had sort of picked up on something and then kind of out of nowhere

she said in this very stern very loud voice John show yourself and then Barragea and Remi they're staring at Petrisiow because again there's nothing else they can see in this room and Petrisiow she opens her eyes and she kind of looks around the room and then she focuses on something on the other side of the bathroom like she can clearly see something like she's seeing another entity or something Barragea and Remi are looking and there's nothing they can see and then Petrisiow again

still very focused eyes locked and whatever it is in the room she says again in that stern loud voice

“it's over you have to move on like she's instructing you know this entity presumably”

John's entity that he needs to go he needs to move on and for a second it's just it's just

silent in the bathroom as Barragea and Remi kind of wait to see what's going to happen like this Petrisiow going to go into another trance here like what's going to happen but Petrisiow she seemed very calm very forceful and she's staring still towards the back of the bathroom nothing happens nothing happens it's silent and then Petrisiow again says it's over you have to move on and this time after the second time that you know Petrisiow's given this command

Barragea and Remi they heard the sound of banging on a door upstairs on the third floor basically right above them and then they hear the sound of shuffling footsteps all over the place and then the sounds of of mournful crying and there's more banging and you know and Barragea and Remi I mean they're holding each other they're so scared Petrisiow's unmoves she's just standing there anchored in the room and all this commotion's happening upstairs

and then suddenly they hear the distinct sound of a door flying open and then all these footsteps rushing down the hallway mixed in with the sound of crying but it was it was not crying like sad it was it was blissful crying it was tears of joy as whoever was up there was charging down the hallway down the steps and out of the castle at this point it was like a calm fell over the whole castle and Petrisiow she turned away from you know whatever else was

inside of the bathroom and she looked at Remi and Barragea and she smiled and she said it's over it's okay everything's okay now Petrisiow would tell them that she was able to actually channel the ghost that had been in the bathroom that evil entity and she said it was John it was his ghost and that he had been haunting their castle because he didn't know he was dead he was stuck in a sort of purgatory where he believed he was still fighting the

hundred years war and so every time somebody died inside of this castle over the many many

years that he had been here he would take their spirit prisoner up in that room on the third floor

those were prisoners but Petrisiow during this exorcism had said to him it's over like the war is over it's time to move on and he understood that she was saying the war is over and at that point John is the one who freed the prisoners on the third floor that was the sound of all the prisoners being released they were also happy and they fled the castle and then at that point John himself his spirit was finally able to rest however there's one more wrinkle to the story

which is shortly after the exorcism when life sort of returned to normal for all parties Petrisiow

you know it's a good thing Barroget that you texted me again and got me to come back out here

“because clearly I was able to help you guys I was able to you know free these spirits from the castle”

what a good thing it was that you texted me again and Barroget said what do you mean and Petrisiow was like you know when you when you texted me about how the the castle was

was sort of calling me you know you were right like clearly it was and I came over and we took

care of it but Barroget was like I haven't texted you in months I didn't send that text message

“and Petrisiow she pulled out her phone and she showed her the text where it was like”

the castle is calling you the castle is calling you come and Barroget was like yeah I didn't send that to you

and to this day Petrisiow Barroget and Remy still have no idea who sent that text to Petrisiow

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