EPISODE

17. Stranglehold

Melinda is given the file number of a murder case for which her father was lead prosecutor in 1979. With the file, Melinda sets out to find whether or not the victim's murder or the trial is linked to her father's disappearance. Melinda's father comes back into her life, and she must solve the mystery of where he's been and how it relates to a young ghost who won't cross over.

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Melinda is given the file number of a murder case for which her father was lead prosecutor in 1979. With the file, Melinda sets out to find whether or not the victim's murder or the trial is linked to her father's disappearance, and discovers that the dead ten year old victim is still hanging around his family, who all seem aware of this, but none more so than his mother, and he is able to temporarily possess people, which causes their spirit to be displaced. Melinda must find out the truth behind the ghost's death (whether or not he was actually murdered) and convince the mother to let him cross over!

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