The school was surrounded by farmland and was built in 1914 for Liberty Township students. After 6 years Typhoid ran though the area and one school child died who was acclaimed. A crossroads and students felt being watched in the girl's bathroom and locker room. It was closed in 1985 and the building was sold and used to school equipment. Then turned into apartments and offices. Basement was used as a haunted house attraction. In 2010 the occupants were forced to leave and the haunted attraction was closed for violating fire codes. The owner once a sceptic let some paranormal investigators in to investigate. Tourists and paranormal groups see unexplained shadows, voices and have been scratched and pushed when standing near the edge of the stairs. The cause as to why something aggressive roams the halls. One of the third floor residents told them about being haunted by the spirit of a man and wrote messages on the chalkboard still on the wall. Daughter called him the Chalkman. A man committed suicide near where the woman communicated with the Chalkman. Nick will find out if the spirit is the Chalkman.
The owner was a police officer at he time, now an investigator and Austen took a photo of the scratch on his back. Heard the same voices and his name was coming through. Spoke of the Chalkman and seen a shadow figure. A former resident said someone hanged himself in a room and they got some negative energy after they communicated with him. Other people felt the same scratching etc. His father-in-law had opened the building and made it into apartments. Reports of break-ins and when they got a report they came out and called the sheriff and told them not to call again for nothing. They could hear footsteps above them in the apartment. Nick will hear footsteps later on too. Father-in-law is a sceptic and sent him a video of a TV that turned on and off again which hadn't been on in ten years. He's also shared evidence of scratches and disembodied voices and in the boiler room too. A student at Westward School as it then became known, spoke of the bathroom and felt someone was watching them and when they come here now they're certain of this. Heard of accidents that have occurred at the four corners at the crossroads outside. She says there are things here and they're here to find out what's on the other side.
Nick calls out the Chalkman using the Ghostbox. "Call out the dead." "People..." comes through. He asks why he was so angry now than when he was alive. "No" doorway was open. "Dead comes through all the time showing they do know they're dead, at least. Nick asks if he walked through their energy? "Yes." He finds it hard to breathe. "This man..." when he mentions the little girl and how he'd write on the chalkboard. Leaves the recorder here. The DR60 a new device. He hears walking on the stairs. Hear a door opening. He's seen footage of one of the doors opening by itself, so it closes, but nothing happens to it. "Leave here..." sounds like it. A voice says "f*ck off." He asks if it's the angry spirit. He hears a voice on the recording. "Nick they're here..." he also hears coughing on the recorder. "Get out..." The recorder was left on the window ledge and went downstairs and there should only be white noise coming through and it has a lower frequency, low decibels so they're picking up on these spirits even through the day, using this ITC device.
He asks why he's attacking people and who is it? "Hi..." He asks why he's called Chalkman and who he is and how he died. He's sorry for what happened to him. "We're here" comes through. Nick says there's oppressive energy as they move from the floors to the basement and sets up some experiment. The fog with the lasers to see if they can see any shadow figures or any entities as this section is the focal point of the sightings. He asks the spirits to move through the lasers, the lights towards him. Move into the space and their energy. They don't want to show themselves but don't have any problems with talking. But don't answer any questions of where they are and whether they know they've passed away. One thought I had is everytime "dead" comes through, do they refer to Nick as being dead. DO they see him as the spirit, the entity entering their 'living' world. Of course that's the premise of The Others film. But here it's relevant as that's what they say no matter where he goes and what building/location he's in.
Nick says he's being attacked by the environment instead of the spirits. He asks whether anything wants to talk to them. Whether they died on this land and where he can find the Chalkman. I hear "Chalkman" faintly come through. He asks if the boiler room is where he's been seen. The location is cold and gruelling on their bodies. A knocking sound is heard. They can hear footsteps upstairs. As they go upstairs. Someone walks there. The door is still closed. "Open." They don't want to move anything. Nick opens the door and tells them to come out. The feelings have changed there now. I think I heard "who are you?" The Chalkman and spirit of the woman can be thought form entities that act like a spirit in occultism and they arise from human thoughts brought out deliberately by thoughts. He wants them to push through.
He records with the ITC device set up and wants to speak with Chalkman. Nick asks if he was communicating with Stephanie, the girl. Where can he see him and talk with him. "I know her." He feels heat on his spine and has goosebumps. "I'm behind you." Is what I heard. "Yes behind" not yes I am. It's an intelligent voice and shows they might be speaking to the Chalkman who knew Stephanie. He asks if he committed suicide. Was he a janitor, a teacher here? He asks if he likes being called Chalkman? "I am??" Then a creepy laugh and sounds like "yeah..." "No I don't like being called Chalkman
On the devices Nick believes the Chalkman is intelligent and doesn't seem to be a thought form and is a real person after he stated he doesn't like his name. Nick speculates it's an earthbound spirit drawn here due to the paranormal investigations releasing the energy and gave him the energy to integrate and never leaves and waits for people to call on it. Of course thought forms were mentioned in season 1 of Supernatural Hookman ep. Also known as tulpas.