and it popped up, sender, jack froese. turned ghost white. >> reporter: he turned white because jack, his best friend, was dead. >> jack had passed away. it turned out to be a heart arrhythmia. it was weird. >> reporter: weirder still because jack died in june. tim hart got the e-mail in november. >> right here, it says, jack froese. i'm watching. and it says, i'm watching. did you hear me? i'm at your house. clean your attic. and the clean your attic, the second-to-last time we were here, we went up to my attic. we were up here, looking at what we'd have to do if we ever wanted to finish it. the floors were just dusty. and he was like, better clean this attic before i get up here. just he and i up there. >> i had an e-mail from jack. >> reporter: jimmy mcgraw was jack's cousin. >> the e-mail, november 21st, at 10:30 at night. it says, hey, jim. how are you doing? i knew you would break your ankle. i tried to warn you. try to be careful. and it was signed jack froese. and i had broken my ankle about the week before, walking