Ghosts of Shepherdstown 2.8 "Excellent Day for an Exorcism" Review

Before I start writing, unbelievably my sis said the EVP was "Ca-hill" seconds before Dana said it!!
Well it is believable!!  She didn't hear it in the clip posted cos she doesn't like to watch those beforehand, but on the flip side, I can't believe I missed that!!

So this one led to the ultimate showdown with the demon as Sharon, the owner of the teahouse, found the place wrecked, as well as a knife being thrown at her and she couldn't stay there anymore.  Nick, Elizabeth and Bill came to check it out and felt a heavy presence, with Elizabeth sensing something was there.  With the EMf readings being extremely powerful and picking up on plenty of static electricity too with none of the electricals being faulty or impacting on this.  Elizabeth and Nick feeling drained and then the wire being yanked away from being plugged into the wall on camera, giving Nick goosebumps.

Back at HQ, Dana found more evidence of the 'ocurrences' historically telling of the "Wizardclip" story; where a man who owned land, Adam Livingston, was met by a stranger one night knocking on his door and he was ill and asked for last rites.  Adam wasn't able to do this and the man died. Thus he beginning of poltergeist activity and he buried him in some corner of his land fearing he may have been possessed.  He found the heads of his chickens ripped off and other happenings inside the house, hearing the sound of shears.  Finally he went to the priest, who happened to be Father Cahill and he finally performed an exorcism.  The same Father Cahill that we met in episode 2.5 Now You're In That Sunken Place.  I was going to add this was one reason why the Father's spirit was roaming as he wasn't able to administer last rites to the dying couple in the cave.  As Dana said the demon probably didn't know he returned to Ireland, but it was ironic that his spirit came back here.  Also the teahouse is in the same location where Adam asked for the Father's help.

Each of the cases led to the demon attempting to exact his revenge on Father Cahill, with the apparent possessions of John and Jen, almost, and the Watson farm which was next to the Priestfield, the land given to the church by Adam in return for his exorcism.  The Benson's experienced the mutilations, the shears, antique scissors they found in the cave and all of these being connected.  Bill says it's time they carried out an exorcism too and calls someone he knows, an ordained priest who has carried out exorcisms in the past, Jeff  Leeper.  He sensed the oppressiveness to and said they needed to deal with the demon right now.  Also that there's no time limit on these things, it could still return and Father Cahill's exorcism was so long ago.

Setting up their equipment, you could see some entity on the 3D camera, small and at one point, when it turned, it looked like it had a tail even.  Even looking a bit insect like.  But it was trying to attach onto someone and trying for Nick's back as he said.

As well as going after Jeff in the basement when he began the exorcism, after drawing the circle on the floor and giving them blessings and the Seal of Solomon on their palms for protection, as Lorie did the same.  As well as needing trigger objects, which were the scissors, which Nick had to go into the narrow opening to retrieve, I thought they would've taken them already; the bell, the bones, the rosary from Nina.
Lorie felt something was going to come out of the kitchen and go towards Nick and a glass is smashed behind the closed doors, having been flung from the shelf.

The demon also threw everything ti had at them, trying to scare them, like the spider walking in the circle and then tonnes of crickets.  The spider heading towards Sharon.  Later the entity is picked up again on the 3D as it was next to Sharon.  With the power going out at command too, gathering as much energy as possible.  Finally the entity goes and Jeff blesses everyone, then tests them with holy water, as does Lorie to see if they have no further attachments.

That was an eventful episode and with the demon gone Nick said hopefully it will be gone for another hundred years or so.  Elizabeth finding further evidence as to why Shepherdstown seems to be a hotspot and why the demon may have been awakened, since the last time they were here, there was flooding and storms.  Maybe Shepherdstown is just that sort of a hotspot attracting spirits and entities.  As Chief King hands Nick the box of trigger objects which they couldn't leave behind!

I know fans already want a season 3 and Nick said they have been in contact with the town and whilst that may be intriguing for us, as i tweeted Elizabeth after season 1 ended, many people, if not all of Shepherdstown especially and the surrounding areas wouldn't want to go through that again and keep on going through it.