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Shelbyville, Kentucky Police Say Headquarters is Haunted
Aired September 05, 2003 - 14:55 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Maybe crop circles don't give you a case of the willies, but wipe that smirk off your face and hang on to your hackles as we venture to Shelbyville, Kentucky.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: There you go. It's something -- if something goes bump in the night there, don't bother calling the police because they'll tell you they've got their own paranormal problems.
Eric Flack from station from WAVE prowls the corridors in search of answers.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ERIC FLACK, WAVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In historic Shelbyville...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People used to live in that building.
FLACK: Whispers of a mystery at the corner of Third and Main.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People are talking about it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well they just said they heard doors squeaking and heard, like, babies crying.
FLACK: The police department moved into this abandoned home built in the 1820s a couple months ago.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At night they would hear stuff and different things would happen here in the building. They hear a lot of it coming from the old portion of the building.
FLACK: Sounds the officers couldn't explain.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not going to say that I believe in ghosts, I'm going to say that I don't disbelieve.
FLACK: A town clerk heard the stories.
WENDY RUTLEDGE, CITY HALL CLERK: At home I get stuff like that all the time. But this was different.
FLACK: Wendy Rutledge is a believer.
RUTLEDGE: Well there is one presence I feel. It's under the floor.
FLACK: She heard it one night in august.
RUTLEDGE: Of course, there were these knocks. You could hear the knocks.
FLACK: And upstairs...
RUTLEDGE: Something, someone had grabbed my leg.
FLACK: Wendy says she saw it.
RUTLEDGE: And it -- it was a child. It was a child. Then I heard this voice that said, Why didn't you leave me a toy?
FLACK: She did.
RUTLEDGE: This is their home for ages and ages.
FLACK: The chief has also seen evidence.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And for some strange reason this desk drawer just kind of did this and this was yesterday.
FLACK: This was one suspect...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. No, no, no.
FLACK: ...he'd rather not track down.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't think so.
FLACK: And if they do meet...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to have to hang it up because I'm not coming in the building and, you know...
FLACK: Ghosts in Shelbyville.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who would have thought it?
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: What a great piece. Great job, Eric. Great story telling and great shooting. Great photography.
O'BRIEN: Yes. All of the above. All of the above.
PHILLIPS: Pulled me in.
O'BRIEN: I heard he used a ghost writer.
PHILLIPS: Ah!
O'BRIEN: Anyway -- no, he didn't. He wrote it himself. In case you're wondering where Bill Murray is when you need him, the Shelbyville police have called the ghostbusters. Actually, taxpayers won't foot the bill for that.
PHILLIPS: The scientific investigative ghost hunting team doesn't change for its services. They call it "pro-boono" work.
O'BRIEN: Pro-boono. Pro-boono. All right.
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Aired September 5, 2003 - 14:55 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Maybe crop circles don't give you a case of the willies, but wipe that smirk off your face and hang on to your hackles as we venture to Shelbyville, Kentucky.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: There you go. It's something -- if something goes bump in the night there, don't bother calling the police because they'll tell you they've got their own paranormal problems.
Eric Flack from station from WAVE prowls the corridors in search of answers.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ERIC FLACK, WAVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In historic Shelbyville...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People used to live in that building.
FLACK: Whispers of a mystery at the corner of Third and Main.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People are talking about it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well they just said they heard doors squeaking and heard, like, babies crying.
FLACK: The police department moved into this abandoned home built in the 1820s a couple months ago.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At night they would hear stuff and different things would happen here in the building. They hear a lot of it coming from the old portion of the building.
FLACK: Sounds the officers couldn't explain.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not going to say that I believe in ghosts, I'm going to say that I don't disbelieve.
FLACK: A town clerk heard the stories.
WENDY RUTLEDGE, CITY HALL CLERK: At home I get stuff like that all the time. But this was different.
FLACK: Wendy Rutledge is a believer.
RUTLEDGE: Well there is one presence I feel. It's under the floor.
FLACK: She heard it one night in august.
RUTLEDGE: Of course, there were these knocks. You could hear the knocks.
FLACK: And upstairs...
RUTLEDGE: Something, someone had grabbed my leg.
FLACK: Wendy says she saw it.
RUTLEDGE: And it -- it was a child. It was a child. Then I heard this voice that said, Why didn't you leave me a toy?
FLACK: She did.
RUTLEDGE: This is their home for ages and ages.
FLACK: The chief has also seen evidence.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And for some strange reason this desk drawer just kind of did this and this was yesterday.
FLACK: This was one suspect...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. No, no, no.
FLACK: ...he'd rather not track down.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't think so.
FLACK: And if they do meet...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to have to hang it up because I'm not coming in the building and, you know...
FLACK: Ghosts in Shelbyville.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who would have thought it?
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: What a great piece. Great job, Eric. Great story telling and great shooting. Great photography.
O'BRIEN: Yes. All of the above. All of the above.
PHILLIPS: Pulled me in.
O'BRIEN: I heard he used a ghost writer.
PHILLIPS: Ah!
O'BRIEN: Anyway -- no, he didn't. He wrote it himself. In case you're wondering where Bill Murray is when you need him, the Shelbyville police have called the ghostbusters. Actually, taxpayers won't foot the bill for that.
PHILLIPS: The scientific investigative ghost hunting team doesn't change for its services. They call it "pro-boono" work.
O'BRIEN: Pro-boono. Pro-boono. All right.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
