Scene 10
LORRAINE and ED stand in an attic (or other dark room) with a WOMAN. The WOMAN is very nervous and wrings her hands throughout the scene.
WOMAN: So the ghost keeps knocking on all the walls while I try to sleep...well, I've given up by now. I haven't slept or left the house in days.
ED: There's no ghost.
WOMAN: What?
ED: This floor is just incredibly old. Thanks to the exposed pipes up here, the creaking of the floorboards is echoed throughout the house. Pause. I have no idea how you thought that made a knocking sound, though.
WOMAN: But I could have sworn that somebody was knocking!
ED: Hm.
LORRAINE walks over to the window.
LORRAINE: Oh.
ED: What?
LORRAINE, gesturing outside: Carpenter.
ED comes over and looks out the window, then sighs.
ED: Well, I guess your problem is going to be over soon. Did you have a carpenter come over?
WOMAN: Oh, shoot. She facepalms. I asked him to come over about a week ago to take a look at the house and I completely forgot. I just assumed it was the ghost who made the creepy sounds coming from the attic, they just started knocking as well.
ED: He must have come back every day.
WOMAN: So that's where the knocking came from?
LORRAINE: Probably. Lack of sleep will really make your mind play tricks on you. Ma'am, most houses we see aren't even haunted.
ED: The happenings can be explained rationally about 90% of the time. Pause. Anyway, just have him fix up these boards and your ordeal should be over.
LORRAINE: And get some sleep, dear.
The WOMAN nods.
WOMAN: Thank you, guys.
LORRAINE: Our pleasure.
AN: This is an example of how many paranormal activities can be explained by using science, but not all of them can BUM BUM BUUUUMMMMMM