EPISODE

18. Pater Familias

A series of bodily possessions reveals the truth behind Melinda's family, including why her father vanished and why her mom kept the truth a secret.

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Melinda realises that the ghost of Paul Eastman (the convicted murderer in the 1979 case from the previous episode) has been possessing her father and causing his spirit to be displaced. Melinda's mother has to reveal a huge secret regarding Paul Eastmann after Mel finds his bones buried in the house she grew up in, and the secret changes everything because when Tom Gordon finds out she knows, she ends up in mortal danger from him.

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