Lake Mungo Page #3

It was only after

they'd confirmed...

...it was Alice's body

that I realized...

...how much l'd invested

in the possibility...

...of it not being her.

l can't tell you

how much l...

...wanted there to have been

a terrible mistake...

...even if it had been mine.

Really, really wanted there

to have been...

...someone else's kid

in that dam...

...runaway or murder victim.

Anyone else's...

...as long as it wasn't my kid.

As long as it wasn't Alice.

Alice was reburied

two days later...

...on the 7 th of June.

But the question remained.

Who or what

was in those photos?

I continued to hear things.

-What did you hear?

-l was hearing noises.

They were relentless.

l heard them in the hallway...

...so I thought I'd set up

a camera to see...

...if I see anything.

If I see something.

The first night

I looked back...

...and there was footage

of a figure...

...moving from the room,

across the hallway...

...to the front door.

You're on Voice FM,

two minutes past eight.

I'm Helen Bath

and we're taking calls...

...with psychic consultant

Ray Kemeny.

Next, we have Nigel

on the line, Ray.

Hi, Nigel, how are you?

What can I do for you?

It was around that time

that I decided...

...to seek out the advice

of Ray Kemeny.

I had heard Ray

on the radio over the years.

Opinion was quite divided.

Some thought he was

the real deal...

...others were unconvinced.

Next, we have Annie

on the line.

Hi, Annie, how are you?

Thanks for taking

my call, Ray.

My pleasure.

What can l do for you?

I just wanted

a general reading.

General?

Not just medical?

I'm Hungarian by birth.

My parents came out here

when I was quite young.

I have a 1 5 year-old daughter

who lives...

...with her mother

in south Australia.

My Christian name

is actually Scholtz...

...but I changed it to Ray.

I think it's a more

trustworthy name for a psychic.

Australia's psychic of choice.

Most of what I do

is when I'm dealing...

...with the sick or dying,

they're a third of my clients.

lt allows them the possibility

that death isn't the bitter end.

lt's not the full stop...

...which is a consolation

l'm happy to give them...

...considering the fact

that what happens...

...after death is

up for grabs anyway.

lt's somebody very

close to you.

Someone you haven't

seen for a while.

Someone who's going

to come back to your life.

Someone who'll be

of great comfort to you.

Anyone fits that bill?

Yeah, I can think

of someone.

l won't lie to you, Annie,

l can see obstacles here.

I think that this person

who's coming back to you...

...is going to make

a great difference...

...and will be

of great solace to you.

Thank you.

See you, Annie.

Where I come from,

when someone dies...

...they block out

the mirrors in the house...

...to stop the dead

from finding their way back.

Things like that

make a difference.

Hello, l'm Ray.

lt's okay to die, Annie.

lt's just the start

of something else.

lt's all right.

I liked Ray immediately.

He wasn't what I expected.

l don't know what

l really expected...

...but there was nothing

kind of spooky...

...or fake about him.

Okay, ready?

Want you to close your eyes.

I usually videotape

my sessions...

...so they can be

reviewed by the clients...

...especially when there's

elements of trance...

...or hypnotism involved.

I keep a copy for myself

and one for them.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Okay, so you're standing

outside your house.

Tell me what you see.

My house.

It's a white house.

I'm walking towards

the front door.

l want you to go

inside the house.

l want you to move

slowly from the house.

l want you to describe

what you see...

...where you are,

give me a guided tour.

Okay, I'm walking

down the hallway...

...towards Alice's room.

What's there?

I can see Alice's shoes

outside her room.

What does that mean

for you, June?

She always used to leave

her sneakers out of her room.

I want you to go inside

her room now.

Open the door

and just move inside.

Do you feel safe enough

to go in to Alice's room?

-Okay.

-Now open the door.

I'm going inside her room.

You can see something,

can't you?

Tell me what you see, June.

She's...

Alice is sitting...

...on the wicker chair

at the end of her bed.

She looks up.

I first met Ray when...

...June brought him

home for dinner...

...the night of her

first consultation.

l'm completely indifferent

to psychics...

...l don't have a position

on them at all.

l barely mind having him

come to dinner...

...but I didn't want

to upset June.

He was a pleasant

sort of a bloke.

He wasn't spooky at all.

I was on my best behavior.

A few days later,

maybe a week later...

...l suggested to the family

that we hold a sance.

June was really keen

but l remember Russell just...

...flat out refused.

l think Mathew finally talked

his dad around.

Mathew, how did you feel

about having a sance?

At the time l was actually

quite interested...

...sort of curious.

l don't think Dad was thrilled

about the idea...

...but, yeah, l thought

it would be interesting...

...and l suggested

we filmed it.

And I recorded this

with a video camera...

...which is the PC9.

l'm getting a strong

presence in the room...

...in the house.

I think we all thought

the sance was a failure.

Ray didn't really

come up with anything...

...like any signs.

So after about an hour...

...we called it quits.

lt was not until

the next day...

...that Mathew was

reviewing the footage...

...that there was

an image of Alice.

Make your presence

known to us.

The new footage

was completely different...

...to the hallway footage.

For one, it was significantly

more detailed...

...so it was less ambiguous.

lt was impossible

to dismiss it...

...as a coincidence

of shadow play...

...or digital noise.

There was something

inexplicable in our house.

That was beyond doubt.

I was concerned.

This was pretty unfamiliar

territory for me...

...and that was terrifying.

Ray got Mathew

to help him set up...

...three permanent cameras

inside the house.

Recording in time lapse

configuration 24 hrs a day.

There'd been a lot

of speculation about Ray...

...what he was doing there.

When people don't know...

...it leads to a lot of talk.

l had heard rumors

throughout July...

...of video images reporting

an apparition in the house.

l was skeptical

as to their legitimacy.

And your view on Ray?

Also very skeptical.

l think they had me

as a Rasputin figure...

...mesmerizing the Palmers,

stealing their money...

...altering the photos

of Alice.

Happy birthday to you!

Mathew in particular

seemed to be...

...really struggling.

Happy birthday,

dear Mathew!

I thought I might be able

to help by being there.

That's it. My main

motivation was professional.

Something was happening...

...and l wanted to find out

what it was.

What was your reaction

to these images?

We were completely

gob smacked by them.

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