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Debra is excited for her new life in a small town where she opens a retail store. She's fascinated by the train that passes by...at first. But when visions of a girl appear everywhere she looks, a terrified Debra wonders if she's losing her mind. When she rides the train, she sees the disheveled girl, who vanishes as quickly as she appears.

The Wescott House is the perfect place for Belle to start her nursing home. With its many rooms and expansive interior, Belle dreams of the number of patients she can help. But from the first day she sets foot in Wescott House, Belle senses an unwelcomeness, which she chalks up to nerves, overwork, and lack of sleep. But Belle should heed the warning, for the Wescott House isn't as serene as it looks. She hears voices but sees no one. Employees and residents have unexplained encounters, and Belle has a nightmare so horrific that she swears it was real.

Blake is ecstatic when she is able to purchase her dream house and make a new start for herself. With a new job, a new city, and a majestic old house, Blake feels she is finally living the life she had always dreamed of. But while Harper House looks angelic from the outside, evil resides inside. When Blake notices ice cold areas in the house, hears unexplained noises that are not of this world, sees gruesome visions, feels a presence in her bed, and finds items disappearing and reappearing, she believes it's stress from her move that is causing her to imagine things.

Something bad happened on Flight 161 many years ago. Something that Tara is not aware of, and the flight from Chicago to Las Vegas is never a smooth one. Mechanical issues mysteriously appear, people mysteriously vanish on board, and passengers experience terror each time they board. When Tara and pilot Parker uncover the evil that is terrorizing the plane, they must find a way to stop it before their—and their passengers'—lives are ended and Flight 161 goes down in another horrid history.

River View Penitentiary housed the most notorious of criminals within its walls until the slaughter of 1945. Reopened in 2000 as Penvill prison, its evil still resides there. Single mom, Allison, is excited to work the night shift there, unaware of the deadly secrets that await her. When she’s terrorized by prisoners, stalked like an animal, and witnesses murders within the prison walls, she knows she’s the next target. As Allison plans her escape, something horrific happens to her co-worker. A terrified Allison can tell no one, or she will join the dead-housed in Penvill prison.

The campground holds the grisly secrets of what happened there years ago when jealousy tore friends apart, leaving a terrifying aftermath. Gary and Linda plan a relaxing camping trip with their two sons. But it's anything but relaxing. When their oldest son begins to experience visions, his terror nearly drives him insane. As his worried parents try to help their son, they, too, experience the horrifying secrets of the woods - a secret which comes alive again after too many years.

Molly is excited when she gets a summer job at the elite Southoak Stables. She is quickly drawn to Chesterfield, and they form a strong bond. But fear soon evades the peacefulness of Southoak. The horses are restless, refuse to go in their stalls, and startle easily. When Molly is attacked in the stables one night, the horses rear up, trying to fight off the evil enemy that has taken hold of Southoak.

The Langdon house is the perfect place for Bobby and Hannah's restaurant. They dream of an upscale restaurant with a specialty menu and set to work on renovating the old house. But the house has other plans. Hannah soon finds herself in a nightmare that she can't wake up from, because she isn't asleep. She sees horrifying visions of a past tragedy, hears loud cries but no one is around, and that awful smell - the smell that is putrid and never goes away. The Langdon house wants them gone and will do whatever it needs to.

Bertha House is a massive house that foretells of the wealth of the people who lived in it long ago. But its stately demeanor betrays all of the horror and evil that occurred within its walls. Kristine is thrilled at the price she paid for the Georgian mansion. She plans to restore it and then flip it for a nice profit. But things start going wrong the moment she steps foot in the house. Children appear begging for help, and an old lady appears out of nowhere, her beady eyes watching every move that Kristine makes.

Barrister Mansion holds a gruesome secret so evil that the mansion has stood empty for years - until Sophie falls in love with it and has grand visions of a peaceful bed-and-breakfast inn. But once the mortgage papers are signed, evil comes out to play. When the terror overrides the safety Sophie feels in the house, she knows she has two choices: stay and fight with the evil she can’t see or leave her dream home behind.

Blake and Kelly are excited to move into their new home and make a fresh start. But their dream home soon turns into a nightmare, targeting Kelly with pure evil and sinister doings. She can feel him near her, but she can't see him. Sounds torment her. The sounds that only she can hear. The attic is so terrifying that Kelly refuses to go up there. But when she does, she can't escape. As Kelly's world crumbles under massive delusions, her son confides that an evil man watches him.

Brad and Camille, happily married and successful stockbrokers, fell in love with Cardon house, a beautiful Victorian mansion, the moment they saw it. They dream of restoring the mansion to its glory days. But their love of the house is short-lived when the rusty pipes start spewing out a substance other than water. When Camille experiences an evil presence in their front yard near one tree and also witnesses a grotesque silhouette at night by the same tree, things soon turn from blissful to hellish.

Maddi is excited to start her new dream job at the zoo. But strange events plague her, starting on day one. A hostile employee wants her to leave. The animals are restless and injured. All too soon, Maddi realizes that something evil lives within the zoo. Something that wants to destroy everything in its path.

Sallie's dreams of owning a restaurant come true when she finds the perfect building for her Italian restaurant, Bella Lucia's. But the horrid secrets from the past remain hidden in the building. Stubborn stains won't come out of the floor, knives go missing, people who don't exist are seen, and terrifying voices are heard. Sallie can't shake the feeling of dread when she walks into the kitchen and office areas.

Angela loves the beautiful Victorian mansion she purchases at a great price, looking for a fresh start after the death of her husband. But although beautiful, the mansion holds a sinister secret. When Angela experiences horrifying visions, hears noises that she knows are from the dead, and becomes embroiled in a mystery so scary she fears she is losing her mind, she must make a choice - leave the mansion or try and drive out the evil.

Camp Lakewood seems the perfect place for Ginny and her students to learn survival tactics. The camp is serene and peaceful, at least it seems that way. But Camp Lakewood holds a very gruesome and deadly past which Ginny is unaware of. The terror is unleashed on the campers as soon as they arrive. Terrifying sights can be seen in the water, a man with a knife terrorizes the campers, and a couple bearing horrific wounds beg for help. Ginny soon believes she is losing her mind as the terror reigns on.

Skye Ocean Liner had been the ship to the rich and famous, sailing the seas with pride until such terror occurred onboard that the ship sat docked for decades. Renovated and beautiful, Skye Ocean Liner has been setting sail for the past several years. Judy, the new cruise director, was looking forward to sailing the seas doing a job she loved. Her dreams had become a reality, but they soon turned into nightmares. People appear that only she can see, noises not of this world occur nightly, and she finds herself the target of a madman.

St. Doyle Seminary sits majestically on a hill, housing holy men who are preparing themselves for the priesthood in the Catholic Church. Widower Ben is the seminary's cook, having come to the seminary for peace and solitude to try to cope with his wife's death. But the seminary holds a very grisly past that Ben is not aware of. Horrifying visions appear, knives go flying through the air at him, agonizing noises haunt him night and day.

Someone is trying to kill her. Shay is excited for her new teaching job until unexplained events have her questioning her sanity. As she fears for the safety of herself and her students, two men follow and threaten her, threaten a student, and take over her life. Too late, Shay realizes who these men are, and must get away fast, before evil destroys her.

Andrea and Bryan love the country and are ecstatic when they purchase the home of their dreams, the Macklen house. Excited for the renovations to turn the house into their dream home, Andrea dreams of the life she and Bryan will have in the house. But the Macklen house isn't as welcoming as Andrea would like. The pitter patter of feet can be heard, but no one is there. Food mysteriously disappears. Andrea sees visions so scary she thinks she's losing her mind. And the nightmares? Well, they really aren't nightmares at all.