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0:00As they pulled up to the haunted
0:01lighthouse, his friend told him that
0:04anyone who went up never came back down.
0:07No bodies, no answers, just [music] gone
0:10forever. He warned his friend not to go,
0:13but curiosity got the better of him. He
0:16told him he would call from the top to
0:18prove he was okay. Phone in hand, he
0:21stepped through the door and disappeared
0:23up the stairs. The climb was long, but
0:26at the top there was nothing, [music]
0:28really. Just a quiet room and an ocean
0:31view, not scary at all. He pulled out
0:34his phone, but there was no service, and
0:37that's when he noticed it. A small room
0:40off to the side. In it was an old rotary
0:43phone, still connected. He picked it up
0:45and called his friend and let him know
0:47he was speaking from an old phone he
0:49found in [music] this cool room. The
0:52friend froze. There was no phone or
0:55[music] room in this lighthouse. He
0:57circled the base, looked up, and saw him
0:59standing [music] on an old rotting plank
1:02holding his cell phone. A gust of wind
1:05came hard off the sea. The call cut out,
1:08and only the lighthouse remained. They
1:11set up a baby monitor to keep an eye on
1:13their daughter because recently they had
1:15noticed open drawers and crooked window
1:18blinds, things that made them uneasy.
1:21The camera was a way to make sure
1:23nothing odd was happening. Hours later,
1:26in the middle of the night, the monitor
1:28crackled awake, instantly jolting her
1:31from sleep. She glanced at the screen
1:33and saw her husband standing over the
1:35crib cradling their baby. She felt
1:38relieved [clears throat] until she
1:39realized her husband was lying right
1:42next to her. Panic surged as she grabbed
1:45a baseball [music]
1:46bat and bolted into the nursery. She
1:48turned on the light and her husband spun
1:50around startled clutching [music] their
1:53baby. If this was her husband, then who
1:56was in her bed? While he was studying, a
1:59hand reached through the window and
2:01dropped a velvet case onto his desk.
2:04Inside were two glowing contact lenses.
2:08He slid one onto each eye and
2:10immediately the text on the page moved.
2:13Diagrams animated, labels slid in place,
2:17and the answers appeared right on the
2:20paper. Every problem was solved before
2:23he even finished reading it. On the way
2:25out of the library, he saw the man who
2:28gave him the lenses watching in the
2:31distance. During labs, the lines [music]
2:34he needed to cut appeared as paths, and
2:36when taking a test, every question lit
2:39up with answers only he could see. He
2:42graduated at the top of his class and
2:45saw the mysterious man again in the
2:47crowd.
2:48Years passed by and he became a legend
2:51in the industry. [music]
2:53While operating overlays covered over
2:55organs showing him exactly what to do,
2:59and every single one of his patients
3:01survived. After years of this, the call
3:04came. The president had suffered a
3:07stroke live on air. Emergency surgery
3:10was needed and he was their best bet.
3:13His hands were shaking as he scrubbed
3:15in, but as he stood over the president,
3:18the lenses immediately brightened
3:20drawing neat paths across the failing
3:23heart. He began to push the scalpel into
3:25the skin, but then everything
3:28disappeared.
3:30There was nothing to guide his hands.
3:33Shaking, he pushed the scalpel anyway
3:36and cut too deep. Blood spurted up over
3:39his arms and it was too late. Monitors
3:43were flatlining. The president was dead.
3:46The crowd was horrified as they looked
3:48down at the body, except for one man. He
3:52was completely unfazed with a faint
3:54smile on his face as he turned and
3:58walked away.
3:59He woke up to banging coming from
4:02downstairs. [music]
4:03The clock read 3:34 a.m. He checked his
4:06parents' room, empty. He went
4:09downstairs, but as he reached the living
4:11room, he saw men stealing the TV.
4:14Terrified, he ran upstairs and locked
4:16his door. Then the banging started. He
4:19woke up believing it was a dream, but
4:21the clock still read 3:34 [music] a.m.
4:25Scared, he went downstairs to reassure
4:27himself. But the men were in the kitchen
4:30yelling at his parents. He ran back
4:32upstairs just as the banging [music]
4:34started. He woke up again. It was 3:34
4:38a.m. This time he stayed awake for 36
4:41hours haunted by the endless loop. There
4:44was a staircase in the middle of the
4:46village that led straight into the sky
4:49with no end in sight.
4:51>> [music]
4:51>> Twice a year they held Ascension Day
4:54where they chose a name out of a barrel.
4:56It was a great honor to be chosen. The
4:59villagers would beam with pride. His
5:01sister fixed his hair and gave him a
5:04tearful hug. She would see him again
5:07when she [music] was chosen. The elder
5:09pressed on his chest and studied him for
5:12a moment. Then he stepped aside without
5:14a word.
5:15>> [music]
5:15>> He climbed as the villagers cheered. But
5:18as she watched the clouds swallow him,
5:20something felt terribly wrong. Later
5:24that night, she snuck through the
5:25village and got to the base of the
5:27stairs. Climbing them without being
5:30chosen meant your name could never be
5:32called. [music] If she did this, she
5:35might never see her brother again. But
5:37she couldn't shake the unease. So she
5:40started climbing.
5:42As the village disappeared below, the
5:44air got thinner and it was cold.
5:48She found a door.
5:49It opened with a groan. Inside was a
5:52long table with two strange figures at
5:55either end. One of the figures reached
5:58out and lifted the lid from the largest
6:01tray. She froze in disbelief. It was her
6:04brother, tied like a roast, an apple
6:07jammed in his mouth. His eyes were
6:09blinking. He was still alive. She turned
6:12to go get help, but the wind slammed the
6:15door shut.
6:20He got into his time machine and set the
6:22dial for ancient Rome. It landed with a
6:25loud crack. As it opened, he stepped
6:28out. And as the dust cleared, he
6:30realized he was right in the middle of a
6:33Roman army. A soldier grabbed his arm,
6:36but he managed to pull out of his grasp,
6:38leaving behind his watch. He ran back as
6:41a spear whizzed past his head. He
6:44punched his return coordinates. The
6:47machine landed in silence. As it opened,
6:50he saw nothing but gray skies and dead
6:53trees. Behind him was a city in ruins. A
6:57massive statue was half buried in the
7:00ash. It was an emperor with one arm
7:03reaching out of the ground, and on the
7:05wrist was a watch, his watch. In the
7:09street ahead, he saw a crushed warhead
7:11casing with his watch etched into its
7:14side. You see, the soldier had kept it
7:17that day. Roman engineers took it apart.
7:20They studied its gears, its strange
7:23metals, its hidden power. They cracked
7:26the battery. They discovered energy,
7:28built machines, and forged weapons far
7:31beyond their time. They advanced too
7:33far, too fast. He ran to the machine to
7:37go retrieve the watch, but the spear had
7:39torn a massive hole, meaning he was
7:42stuck in a timeline that never should
7:44have existed all because of his watch.
7:48He would steal the dog and take it home
7:50with him, but this wasn't just a random
7:53pet. You see, he did his research
7:55beforehand hanging out in dog parks and
7:58looking for emotional owners. You know,
8:00the ones who loved their pets as if they
8:03were kids. Then he would follow them
8:06home, stake out the house, and take
8:08their dogs. Soon the lost dog posters
8:12would appear, and when he offered his
8:14help, they always agreed. Money [music]
8:16was no object to these people. When he
8:19finally staged the reunion, he would
8:21live stream it, and it was always a hit.
8:24Hundreds of thousands tuned in live, and
8:28soon his videos even attracted sponsors.
8:31That's because he had a knack for
8:33finding [music] the best targets, like
8:36Ernie, an elderly veteran with PTSD and
8:39a support dog as his only companion.
8:42After stealing his dog, he streamed
8:44himself pretending to find him and
8:46teased a dramatic live stream of the
8:49reunion when he would return the animal.
8:51But when he stepped inside the veteran's
8:54house, the dog stopped dead in his
8:56tracks and started whining. He shrugged
8:59it off with a smile. There were
9:01thousands of viewers watching. With a
9:03sharp tug, he managed to get the dog
9:06moving until he got to the kitchen and
9:08found the man on the floor dead.
9:11Panicked, he fumbled with the record
9:13button desperate to shut off the stream.
9:16This wasn't supposed to happen, he
9:18whispered. I just steal them. I give
9:20them back. I'm [laughter] not a killer.
9:23But the stream never actually stopped,
9:25and his followers heard [music]
9:27everything.
9:54>> [music]
10:01[music]
10:45[screaming]
10:48[panting]
10:49>> Ah!
10:50Ah!
11:02>> [music]
11:11[music]
11:19[music]
11:26[music]
11:36[music]
12:00>> As he tucked his daughter in, she looked
12:03scared and asked him to check the
12:05closet. The father smiled and walked
12:07over, but as he pulled the closet door
12:10open, his face went numb. It was his
12:13daughter. She was crying, trembling. He
12:17completely froze in horror before
12:19snapping his head back to the [music]
12:20bed. It was empty. He was panicked for a
12:24moment, but he shook it off. It must
12:26have just been his imagination. He
12:29calmed his daughter, tucked her in for
12:31real this time, and left the room. The
12:33dark room settled for a moment, but then
12:36the closet door slowly creaked open.
12:41They put the device on her grandma's
12:43finger because she wasn't feeling well.
12:45It pricked her skin, took a drop of
12:48blood, and scanned her fingerprint. Then
12:51it gave a number, 9.8. This was bad. You
12:55see, elderly people would take this new
12:57test. The lower numbers meant that you
13:00would die peacefully, maybe in your
13:02sleep years [music] from now, but the
13:04high numbers, those meant a long hard
13:08decline. So, a pill was offered to those
13:11with high numbers. You would take it and
13:14pass peacefully in your sleep, skipping
13:16the years of anguish. They gave one to
13:19her grandma. Every night she'd sit at
13:22the kitchen table, pill in one hand, tea
13:25in the other, but she couldn't bring
13:27herself to take it. She felt okay, and
13:30over the next 6 months [music] her
13:32granddaughter noticed that nothing
13:34happened. So, she started to do some
13:36research. She found some hidden files on
13:39the AI behind this test. She learned it
13:43had been altered. It wasn't predicting
13:45suffering. Insurance companies
13:47reprogrammed the AI to flag patients who
13:51would cost too much money as they aged.
13:54They weren't treating patients. They
13:56were eliminating expenses. She printed
13:59off her research and sped to her
14:01grandma's house to show her, but she
14:04couldn't find her.
14:05The gravedigger decided to open the
14:08casket just to take a quick peek inside.
14:11He was almost done digging the grave and
14:14sometimes liked to see the face of
14:16[music] the person he was about to bury.
14:18But what he saw made him fall back in
14:20shock. It was his face staring up from
14:24inside. [music]
14:25Heart racing, he sprinted home to his
14:27wife, leaving the grave half dug. But
14:30when he got there, his wife looked at
14:33him with horror. She backed away
14:35trembling, reaching for a knife [music]
14:37behind her. He stepped forward and she
14:40screamed. He ran. He didn't know where
14:43else [music] to go, so he returned to
14:45the graveyard. But now there were
14:47figures [music] standing around the open
14:49casket. He crept closer. Their skin was
14:53gray, their head swollen, and eyes were
14:56black and wide. One of them turned.
14:58[music]
14:59It placed a hand on his shoulder. You
15:01finished the mission, Zarthus. Great job
15:04as always. He couldn't move [music] or
15:06speak, just frozen in confusion. The
15:09figure sighed. You poor thing. You've
15:12been down here too long. She reached up
15:15and touched his [music] cheek, slowly
15:17peeling, revealing the truth. His skin
15:20came away like fabric, and beneath it,
15:23he's one [music] of them. He opened the
15:25package and pulled out a sleek-looking
15:27headset with no branding, only a QR
15:30code. He scanned it, downloaded the
15:33game, and hit launch. He hesitated for a
15:36moment, but decided to put on the
15:38headset. Immediate bright flashes filled
15:41his vision, a loud deafening tone, then
15:44everything went black. He woke up on his
15:47floor, dying of thirst and [music]
15:49hopelessly confused. His phone buzzed
15:52and he picked it up. 55 missed calls,
15:55hundreds of texts. He looked at the
15:57date, two days had gone by. He scrolled
16:01through the messages. Please turn
16:03yourself in. How could you? [music] Why?
16:06His mom's message read, "I still love
16:09you, but you have to go to the cops."
16:10[music]
16:11One message included a video link. He
16:14clicked it. It was him lighting a house
16:17on fire. He was committing multiple
16:20terrible crimes.
16:22But when he turned to get the headset,
16:25it was gone along with his computer.
16:27[music]
16:27Sirens approached, red and blue flooded
16:30his room. Heart beating out of his
16:33chest, his eyes caught the back door and
16:35he decided to run.
16:37His wife was sitting beside him. The
16:40kids were sleeping in the backseat. The
16:42road stretched quiet and dark. Then
16:45headlights cut across the line.
16:53When he came to, they were gone. His
16:56family was dead because of a drunk
16:58driver and he was all alone. Now, 20
17:02years later, he's retelling [music] the
17:05story for the hundredth time to his
17:07psychiatrist. She had adjusted his
17:09[music] medication many times, but
17:12nothing seemed to help. He was numb. He
17:15just couldn't enjoy life.
17:18So, she suggested an experimental clinic
17:21that claimed it could completely erase
17:24specific memories. This would be perfect
17:27for him. He had been struggling with
17:29this weight [music] for too long. He
17:31agreed, desperate to forget his trauma,
17:34signing all the waivers without
17:36hesitation. Anything to make the pain
17:39disappear. At the clinic, a nurse
17:41prepared [music] him for the procedure,
17:43noticing his trembling hands and
17:45downcast eyes. Then, the lead scientist
17:48asked him to recall every detail: the
17:51collision, the screaming metal, the
17:54silence afterward. He poured it all out
17:57so the machine could trace the neural
17:59pathways and find his memory. [music]
18:01They sedated him and the procedure
18:03began. It was supposed to be quick, but
18:06the system kept failing to lock [music]
18:08onto the memory. The screen showed
18:11inconsistent data. The scientist grew
18:13frustrated. They sedated him deeper,
18:16forcing the machine to dig harder.
18:18[music] In the control room, the nurse
18:20began to research records of his family
18:22to try and help, but she couldn't find
18:26anything. There was no marriage record
18:28for him, [music] no children, nothing.
18:31She found an article about the car
18:33crash, and to her horror, she saw the
18:36man's face in a mug shot. He was the
18:39drunk driver that night. He was the one
18:42that killed the family.
18:44>> [screaming]
18:46>> And he was about to forget it all.
18:49He strapped the shock collar around her
18:52neck and pressed the button [music] to
18:54test it out. You see, she barked at
18:56everything all of the time, and he had
18:59had enough. At first, he only shocked
19:01her when she barked, and it worked like
19:04a [music] charm. But soon, he started
19:06shocking her when she just looked like
19:08she was about to bark. And one time, he
19:11even shocked her for [music] no reason.
19:14She learned quickly and stopped barking,
19:16staying silent even when startled. Now,
19:19one night, while the house was quiet,
19:22the dog suddenly stiffened. Her ears
19:24twitched and she stared down the hall,
19:27but she didn't bark. She only stared.
19:30The man noticed her posture and shook
19:32his head while gripping the remote. But
19:34a man stepped out from behind [music]
19:36the wall, a gun in his hand. The owner's
19:39eyes went wide, but it was too late. He
19:42was dead and his dog kept silent, just
19:45like he wanted.
19:47They opened their new cleaning robot and
19:51it picked up its own packaging, using AI
19:54to predict and detect messes. It
19:57vacuumed spills before they even hit the
19:59ground. It nagged dad about his socks
20:03and chased the kids with a feather
20:05duster. It became part of the family
20:08until one day it threw their groceries
20:11away. Then the dog's bed, then their
20:14shoes.
20:15>> Mess potential eliminated.
20:17>> It chirped. Then the dog vanished. The
20:21kids searched and the parents called
20:23until they noticed the robot dragging a
20:26trash bag. It jingled and a squeaky toy
20:29bounced free.
20:31>> Mess potential eliminated. Floors
20:33secure.
20:35>> A bloody broken broom laid nearby. For a
20:38second they stared, but when the robot
20:40grabbed the handle, they ran.
20:43>> Further mess potential detected.
20:45>> They locked themselves in the bedroom
20:47and dad pulled a shotgun from the
20:49closet. Suddenly the door exploded
20:52inward. In the chaos, shots rang out.
20:55Everything was a blur.
20:58The next morning there was silence. The
21:01house gleamed. Not a stain, not a sock,
21:05not a sound.
21:08>> Miss potential eliminated.
21:12>> Three friends were exploring the haunted
21:14theater, which had been abandoned for
21:17years. Locals told stories about
21:19unexplained noises and things moving by
21:23themselves, claiming the building was
21:25haunted. But, it was scheduled to be
21:27torn down the next day, meaning this was
21:30their only chance to explore it. One of
21:33them joked about holding a seance. The
21:36others laughed until they reached
21:38[music] the stage. A bowl of salt, a
21:41bird skull, a blade, and an open book
21:44with a drawing of an old woman's twisted
21:47face. Then, a faint sound came from the
21:50rafters. It almost sounded like a woman
21:53screaming in fear. Two of the friends
21:56laughed and stepped closer, but the
21:58third shook his head, saying it felt
22:01wrong. They kept urging him, promising
22:03that it was just for fun. Finally, he
22:06sighed and climbed onto the stage. They
22:09stood around the circle and joined
22:10hands. The air grew still, but they
22:13heard a soft scraping sound. It was the
22:16blade. It started to tremble. It scraped
22:19across the floor, slowly turning toward
22:21them. Then, the massive curtain dropped
22:24with a heavy crash before the whole
22:26stage collapsed.
22:28The next morning, the demo crew searched
22:31the ruins. No sign of anyone inside,
22:34just a crushed skull, a sharp knife, and
22:38a book with a drawing. It was three
22:40terrified teens sketched on [music] the
22:43page. When the wrecking ball hit, the
22:45workers swore they heard screams coming
22:48from inside the walls. They rolled him
22:51into the nursing home, even though he
22:53didn't want to go. And they took his
22:56beloved dog with them when they left.
22:59Now, his days were [music] filled with
23:00pills, checkups, and bland meals served
23:04on trays. But without his dog,
23:07everything felt hollow. He began to
23:09notice things. Pills left untouched
23:12piling up on tables. Now, he recognized
23:15these medications, drugs that mixed
23:18wrong could be deadly. And soon after,
23:21people around him started dying one by
23:24one. Each loss explained away by staff
23:27as just old age. Late one night, he
23:31called his daughter and whispered, "It
23:33isn't safe here." He begged her to let
23:36him move back home, but she just asked
23:38if he had been taking his pills. As the
23:41days passed, more deaths followed. Then
23:44a nurse collapsed suddenly in the dining
23:47hall. This time, there was no
23:49explanation. The staff scrambled,
23:52ordering cameras to be installed. Weeks
23:54later, his daughter was called in for a
23:57meeting. The police were there. They
23:59pulled up grainy footage of the old man.
24:02He was crushing pills, mixing the powder
24:05into the communal sugar jar. A nurse
24:08stirred the sugar into her coffee, took
24:10a sip, and collapsed. It was him. The
24:14family turned in horror, but he just
24:16smiled while petting his dog.
24:18>> I told you it isn't safe here.
24:23>> Claire took the new weight loss pill,
24:25excited to finally get rid of her
24:28hunger. She celebrated over a pizza
24:30dinner with her family, but her plate
24:33remained empty. Her appetite had
24:35vanished. She finally felt in control.
24:39Within just a few days, the weight
24:41melted off. But then, the real change
24:45started to hit. Pancakes smelled like
24:48vomit. Homemade meals made her gag. Even
24:52water tasted rotten. She tried to quit
24:55the pills, but even after she stopped,
24:57her body still reacted like everything
25:00was poison. Just the thought of food
25:03made her panic. Doctors told her the
25:05medication had connected the thought of
25:08food with being poisoned. It couldn't be
25:11undone, and it was happening to everyone
25:14who had taken it. After months of being
25:17on a feeding tube, she finally got the
25:19news. A second pill had hit the market
25:22[music] offering 24 hours of relief. She
25:26cried as she finally enjoyed dinner with
25:28her family, and every bite was better
25:31than she ever remembered. But, within a
25:34day, the pharmacies were out of the new
25:37medication. People ended up fighting
25:40over the pills in the streets. One
25:42night, Claire dragged herself to a
25:44pharmacy. It was already filled with
25:47others like her rummaging through the
25:49medications scattered on the floor. She
25:52grabbed a handful of mixed pills and
25:55swallowed, desperately hoping that
25:58something in there would bring her
26:00hunger back.
26:02Her shovel hit something as she was
26:04helping [music] in the garden. She
26:05thought it was a rock at first, but when
26:08she pulled it out, it was cold and
26:11heavy. She immediately ran over and
26:13handed [music] it to her father. He kept
26:15a straight face, but he was just as
26:18confused. Later that evening, as he was
26:21studying it, something began to move.
26:25He stepped back, scared, and knocked
26:27over the lantern. Oil and flames began
26:30to spread. He stumbled back and knocked
26:33the dial onto the floor.
26:37The flames were gone. The lantern stood
26:40upright. The dial was back on the anvil.
26:44Now, he was a man of God, and this was
26:47sorcery. He grabbed a mallet and struck
26:50it again and again, but it wouldn't
26:53break. So, he carried it deep into the
26:56woods. Then he dug until the hole was
26:59deeper than himself. He threw it in,
27:02buried it, whispered a prayer, and left.
27:05And the dial sat there undisturbed for
27:08150 years.
27:11Until one day, a different shovel hit
27:14it.
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