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(Zak) THIS IS THE MOST DEATHS OF ANY PRISON
THAT WE'VE EVER INVESTIGATED.
14,000 PEOPLE.
(man) MURDERERS, RAPISTS, THIEVES--YOU NAME IT.
I THOUGHT I SAW A FIGURE IN THE WINDOWS THERE.
I JUST SAW A LIGHT GLOWING RIGHT HERE.
WHAT THE (bleep).
MY NAME IS ZAK BAGANS.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS
UNTIL I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE.
YOU WANTED US. YOU GOT US.
SO I SET OUT ON A QUEST
TO CAPTURE WHAT I ONCE SAW ONTO VIDEO.
GO, GO, GO!
WITH NO BIG CAMERA CREWS FOLLOWING US AROUND,
I AM JOINED ONLY
BY MY FELLOW INVESTIGATOR NICK GROFF
AND OUR EQUIPMENT TECH AARON GOODWIN.
THE THREE OF US WILL TRAVEL
TO SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY ACTIVE PARANORMAL LOCATIONS
WHERE WE WILL SPEND AN ENTIRE NIGHT
BEING LOCKED DOWN FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN.
YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR FINAL DESTINATION--
HELL.
RAW...
OH! STOP!
EXTREME...
(Aaron) HOLY (bleep)!
(Zak) STOP! (bleep) STOP RUNNING!
THESE ARE OUR GHOST ADVENTURES.
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THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL
MAY BE THE MOST SINISTER PRISON WE'VE EVER INVESTIGATED.
DURING ITS 130 YEARS OF OPERATION,
UPWARDS OF 14,000 PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LIVES.
TODAY, THE JAIL IS HAUNTED
BY THE MOST EVIL FEMALE SPIRIT WE'VE EVER FACED--
LAVINIA FISHER.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW DARK THIS LADY WAS,
CONSIDER HER LAST WORDS
JUST BEFORE SHE WAS BEING HANGED ON THE GALLOWS--
"IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE DEVIL...
TELL ME NOW FOR I'LL BE SEEING HIM SOON."
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, IS CONSIDERED
ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST HAUNTED CITIES.
MANY BELIEVE THIS IS DUE ITS RICH HISTORY
AND THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF ITS HISTORIC BUILDINGS
HAVE BEEN PRESERVED SUCH AS THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL
BUILT IN 1802.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TALK TO A MAN
BY THE NAME OF CALHOUN, BUT AROUND THESE LOCAL PARTS,
THEY JUST REFER TO HIM AS THE, UH, "HOUN."
HOW YOU DOING, "HOUN"? I'M ZAK.
I'M DOING GOOD, ZAK. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
NICE TO MEET YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THIS IS NICK, AND THIS IS AARON.
GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.
IS IT TRUE THAT UPWARDS OF 14,000 HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES?
THOSE ARE THE NOTATIONS THAT I HAVE
FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
ARE THOSE ALL INMATES AND PRISONERS?
NO.
OR ARE WE GOING BACK BEFORE THAT TIME?
NO, WE'RE GOING BACK, LIKE, 130-SOME YEARS.
OKAY.
137 YEARS THAT THIS PLACE WAS AN INCARCERATIVE UNIT.
UH-HUH.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WERE CRIMINALS, INMATES,
PEOPLE WHO ESCAPED EUROPE,
AND THE MILITIAS AND THE POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR THEM.
MM-HMM.
WHEN THE SHIP SET SAIL TO GO BACK TO EUROPE,
THEY STAYED HERE.
THESE WERE BAD EUROPEANS.
THESE WERE BAD, BAD--
MURDERERS, RAPISTS, THIEVES, PICKPOCKETS--YOU NAME IT.
THIS WAS ALSO JUST A MISERABLE PRISONER-OF-WAR FACILITY
DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
UNION SOLDIERS WERE HELD HERE IN THIS COMPOUND.
JAY, YOU ARE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL HERE
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THIS
IS ONE OF THE MOST DARKEST HISTORY,
MOST DEATHS OF ANY PRISON THAT WE'VE EVER INVESTIGATED,
AND YET, YOU COME INSIDE, AND HALF OF IT'S JUST,
IT LOOKS LIKE A SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT IS.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THE SCHOOL IS CONSTRUCTING WHAT EXACTLY?
WHAT WE DO IS WE TRAIN ARTISANS
IN BLACKSMITHING, CARPENTRY, TIMBER FRAMING,
PLASTERING, MASONRY,
AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE,
THEY HAVE A 4-YEAR LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE,
BUT THEY ALSO ARE SKILLED IN VARIOUS SPECIALTY AREAS.
AND IT'S THE ONLY KIND OF SCHOOL OF THIS SORT IN THE WORLD.
ARE THE LESSONS TAUGHT AT THIS VERY SCHOOL
HARBORING AND ATTRACTING THE SPIRITS
THAT ONCE ROAMED THESE HALLS?
SO THIS IS IT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THIS IS ONE OF THE DARKEST HISTORICAL PRISONS
WE'VE EVER STEP FOOT IN.
UPWARDS OF 14,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES HERE.
BUT WITHIN THESE DUNGENESS-TYPE ROOMS AND EVERYTHING,
YOU HAVE AN ART CENTER--
PEOPLE CONSTRUCTING ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS.
HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT WORKING INSIDE OF THIS PLACE?
I LIKE.
YOU DO?
DO YOU EVER HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE OR FEELINGS?
NO PROBLEMS EVER?
NO TOUCHES, EXPERIENCES.
NO, WELL, THERE WAS THAT ONE TIME.
OH.
OKAY, OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
WELL, ONE OF THE SENIOR PLASTER WORKERS LAST YEAR
JUST RAN A CORNICE...
UH-HUH.
AND NO ONE WAS AROUND, BUT WHEN HE CAME BACK,
THERE WERE, LIKE, SCRATCH MARKS IN HIS PLASTER.
WERE THESE SCRATCH MARKS FROM ONE OF THE PRISONERS
RECORDING THEIR ETERNAL SENTENCE
AS THEY DID ON THE WALLS OF THEIR CELLS?
ALTHOUGH THIS STRUCTURE IS NOW A WELCOMING HOME
FOR ART AND CREATIVITY, ITS HISTORY IS SCARRED
WITH THE BRUTAL PAIN AND SUFFERING
INFLICTED ON THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED TIME AS PRISONERS.
NOW WHAT WERE THESE IN THESE ROOMS?
THESE WERE CELLS.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE FLOOR, THE NATURE OF THE CELLS
WHERE THE MARKS ARE.
OH, YEAH, YEAH.
THEY WERE SMALL.
THEY WERE VERY SMALL.
THESE ARE, LIKE, 3x3-FOOT CELLS.
YES.
THERE WAS A HORRIBLE SOUND
THAT PEOPLE REPORTED HEARING IN HERE, TOO.
WHAT'S THAT?
IT WAS THE SOUND THAT AS THE GUARDS WOULD WALK THROUGH
IN THEIR LEATHER-SOLED BOOTS, THERE WAS A CRUNCHING NOISE.
IT WOULD MANY TIMES OCCUR DURING THE NIGHT.
IT WAS THE SOUND OF LICE EGGS...
LICE EGGS?
CRUNCHING UNDER THE GUARDS' FEET.
SO WHAT DID THEY DO TO GET RID OF THE LICE?
WELL, IN THE DAYS THAT IT WAS PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP,
THE UNION SOLDIERS WOULD ACTUALLY SPEND THEIR TIME
SHARPENING A BLADE,
AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SHAVE EACH OTHER'S BODIES
TO TRY TO RID THEMSELVES OF LICE.
THE LATRINES WERE OVERFLOWING.
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE FRESH WATER.
THEY COMPLAINED SOMETIMES
BECAUSE OF MAGGOTS IN THEIR FOOD.
WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE IS WE'VE BEEN TO SOME PRISONS,
SOME HUGE PRISONS.
YES.
MOUNDSVILLE'S HUGE.
EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY'S HUGE.
BUT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT HOUSE,
A MANSION OR SOMETHING.
YES.
AND YOU LOOK AT HOW THICK THESE WALLS ARE,
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WITHIN THESE WALLS
IS WHERE THESE UPWARDS OF 14,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.
YOU START TALKING ABOUT HAUNTINGS AND GHOSTS
AND SPIRITS.
WHEN SOMEBODY DIES,
IT'S JUST THE MOST MYSTERIOUS POINT IN EVERYBODY'S LIFE.
YES.
AND YOU MAGNIFY THAT 14,000 TIMES.
ARE ALL THOSE DEATHS,
COMBINED WITH ALL OF THE EMOTIONS,
ALL THE CONDITIONS OF THE LICE EGGS,
THE INFECTED FOOD, EVERYTHING,
YOU INTERTWINE THAT ALL INTO A BIG CYCLONE,
AND WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? WHAT IS STILL HERE?
THAT IS WHY THE JOB THAT WE HAVE
IS JUST SO DAMN FASCINATING.
YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR THINGS, AND YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA COME UP WITH NEXT.
RIGHT. I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST THIS EVENING.
INSIDE YOUR LOCKDOWN,
DO BE OPEN TO EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.
SO, ERIC, YOU'RE A TOUR GUIDE?
YES, SIR.
YOU DO TOURS THROUGH THE BUILDING?
YES, I DO.
(Eric) ONE THING I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY ON MY TOUR,
WHEN THE SHERIFF WALKED OUT OF THIS BUILDING IN 1939,
HE TOOK THE LAST PRISONER OUT OF THIS BUILDING,
BUT WHEN HE LEFT, HE DID NOT EMPTY THE BUILDING.
THERE'S STILL SOMETHING GOING ON IN THERE.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT, BUT IT'S THERE.
(creaking)
THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO ME, I'VE SOMETIMES
HAVE BEEN ALONE, SOMETIMES I'VE HAD AS MANY AS 20 PEOPLE WITH ME
WHEN THEY'VE HAPPENED.
YOU'RE DOWNSTAIRS.
YOU'RE SECURING THE BUILDING FOR THE NIGHT.
THREE FLOORS ABOVE YOU, A DOOR SLAMS,
YOU KNOW, FOOTSTEPS RUNNING DOWN THE HALL.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF STUFF IN THIS BUILDING
THAT I CANNOT EXPLAIN.
I JUST KNOW THAT THE LAST PRISONER MIGHT BE GONE,
BUT THIS BUILDING'S NOT EMPTY.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF A FEW GUYS LIKE US,
UH, HOOKING UP WITH A HORSE LIKE THIS?
(whinnies)
WE WANT TO FIND A PLACE THAT WE CAN INVESTIGATE RIGHT NOW.
MOVE SOMETHING IN THIS ROOM. KNOCK THAT WATER BOTTLE OFF.
IF SOMETHING FLIES ACROSS THE ROOM,
I'M GONNA FLY OUT THAT DOOR.
ALTHOUGH THE WALLS OF THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL
SUBJUGATED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REPREHENSIBLE LAWBREAKERS,
TWO STAND OUT AS MOST HEINOUS--
JOHN AND LAVINIA FISHER.
THE COUPLE RAN THE SIX MILE INN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CHARLESTON
IN 1819.
MANY BELIEVE LAVINIA TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE SERIAL KILLER.
(man) AS THE LEGEND HAS IT, LAVINIA FISHER
LURED IN MANY GUESTS WITH HER SEDUCTIVE WILES,
FED THEM A FINE HOME-COOKED DINNER
AND THEN SEDATED THEM
WITH WARM TEA POISONED WITH OLEANDER.
HER HUSBAND JOHN ROBBED THEM IN THEIR SLEEP,
MURDERED THEM, BUTCHERED THEM,
AND THEN DISPOSED OF THEIR BODIES
IN THE CELLAR OF SIX MILE HOUSE.
ONE EVENING, BY MYSELF IN THIS BUILDING,
WITH MY FLASHLIGHT,
I WAS AT THIS VERY LOCATION
TRYING TO SEE WHAT WAS THROUGH THOSE WINDOWS THERE.
THESE WERE THE OLD JAILERS QUARTERS.
UH-HUH.
AND I THOUGHT I SAW A FIGURE IN THE WINDOWS THERE.
AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED, MY GOD, IT'S NOT IN THE ROOM.
IT'S STANDING BEHIND ME.
IS IT TRUE THAT JUST BEFORE SHE WAS GETTING READY TO BE HUNG,
SHE MADE A VERY EERIE STATEMENT?
YES.
JUST BEFORE THEY WOULD DROP THE TRAPDOOR
AND HER NECK WOULD SNAP,
SHE LOOKED TO THE CROWD,
AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SHE SAID.
IF ANY OF YOU HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE DEVIL,
TELL ME NOW FOR I WILL BE SEEING HIM IN A MOMENT.
AND WITH THAT, SHE RAN TO THE FRONT OF THE GALLOWS,
FLUNG HERSELF OVER THE GROUND,
THE ROPE CAUGHT, BUT IT DID NOT SNAP HER NECK.
MM-HMM.
AND SHE SWUNG, AND SHE BANGED, AND SHE FLAILED, AND SHE KICKED
FOR, SOME SAY, UP TO 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE LIFE LEFT HER BODY.
WHAT ARE THE REPORTS AS FAR AS THE HAUNTINGS?
I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN HER...
THE HAUNTINGS? HER PRESENCE IS HERE.
SHE IS HERE.
WELL, I SOMEHOW SEEM TO ATTRACT PSYCHOTIC, EVIL WOMEN.
DO YOU?
THAT'S GOOD.
SO YEAH.
THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU, ZAK.
NO, IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT.
AND LOTS OF TIMES, SHE CAN BE SEEN ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
MANY PEOPLE REPORT SEEING LAVINIA AT THIS WINDOW
LOOKING OUT ONTO MAGAZINE STREET FROM TIME TO TIME.
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WHAT DO THEY DO, NICK? DO THEY DO TOURS?
YEAH, THEY TAKE YOU AROUND THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT.
HELLO. I'M GOOD, MATE.
SO WHAT ARE THE CHANCES, UH, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
OF A FEW GUYS LIKE US,
UH, HOOKING UP WITH A HORSE LIKE THIS?
(whinnies)
I MEAN, WAIT, WAIT.
(laughs)
(Aaron) THIS AIN'T TIJUANA, DUDE.
NO, NO, NO, HOLD ON.
THIS ISN'T TIJUANA.
LET ME REPHRASE THAT.
THIS ISN'T TIJUANA.
LET ME REPHRASE THAT.
WELCOME TO CHARLESTON.
SO HERE'S THE THING.
WE'RE HERE INVESTIGATING THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL.
WE'RE DOING A LOCKDOWN INVESTIGATION THIS EVENING.
BUT A LOT OF OUR FANS, A LOT OF VIEWERS,
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN GENERAL, ALWAYS ASK,
WHY DO YOU JUST HUNT GHOSTS AT NIGHT?
AREN'T GHOSTS DURING THE DAY? ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCES DURING THE DAY.
SO BEFORE WE DO OUR INVESTIGATION,
WE WANT TO FIND A PLACE THAT WE CAN INVESTIGATE RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
DO YOU KNOW OF SOME PLACES THAT WE CAN JUST WALK IN THERE
AND ASK PERMISSION TO INVESTIGATE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO?
WE CAN.
THERE'S A PLACE KIND OF OFF THE BEATEN PATH
THAT'S VERY WELL KNOWN FOR THE GHOSTS, ACTUALLY.
AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS?
WE'RE GONNA GO TO AN OLD HOUSE THAT'S BEEN CONVERTED
IN TO A BED AND BREAKFAST...
OKAY.
BUILT IN THE 1840s, AND NOW IT'S
A VERY PLUSH, WELL-RESPECTED BED AND BREAKFAST.
OKAY, WAIT, CAN I THROW THE URINAL MARKER OUT...
YEAH.
PLEASE?
NOW DON'T GET ALL CRAZY WITH IT.
OKAY.
WE JUST WANT A LIGHT TOSS.
OKAY.
WHEN THEY GO NUMBER ONE ON THE STREET,
YOU THROW DOWN A URINE MARKER. THAT MARKS THE SPOT.
THAT TRUCK RIGHT THERE COMES BY, SPRAYS EVERYTHING DOWN,
KEEPS IT OFF GUESTS.
(Aaron) THAT'S USED.
AND THAT IS USED, YEAH.
YEAH.
OH.
NO, MAN, THAT'S YOURS.
NOT INTO THE BAG.
OKAY.
ONTO THE GROUND.
RIGHT OVER THERE?
YEAH.
JUST TOSS IT?
YEAH, JUST GIVE IT A GOOD GO.
TADA! GOOD. THAT'S A GOOD SHOT.
RIGHT IN THE URINAL.
RIGHT IN.
THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT AS, LIKE, A NEW OLYMPIC SPORT, MAN--
URINAL THROWING MARKER.
WHEN THE HORSE, WHICH IS NOT A REGULAR HORSE,
IT'S LIKE A HORSE ON STEROIDS. IT'S A CLYDESDALE, RIGHT?
HE IS A FRENCH PERCHERON.
OKAY, THAT WAS MY NEXT GUESS.
FRENCH PERCHERON.
YEAH.
WHEN A HORSE TAKES A (bleep) IN THE BAG...
UH-HUH.
I NOTICED THE BAG JUMBLES UP
KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE TOSSING SOME SALAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
DO YOU GET THE VAPORS, FUMES,
OR VAPOR THAT COMES BACK UP THROUGH HERE?
WELL, I GUESS, UM, UH, YEAH, YOU DO.
YOU DO?
YEAH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YEAH.
SO FAR, I'VE LEARNED NOTHING ABOUT THE CITY, JUST POOP,
AND, UH, THAT'S A BUNCH OF (bleep) TO ME.
(John) SEE TO THE LEFT, CHARLESTON'S HARBOR.
SEE THAT ISLAND OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HARBOR THERE?
THAT'S FORT SUMTER,
OH, YEAH, OKAY.
THAT WAS THE UNION FORT DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
IT WAS ON THAT FORT THAT THE FIRST SHOTS WERE FIRED
APRIL 12th OF 1861.
BUT THAT'S WHERE THE FIRST SHOTS OF THE CIVIL WAR STARTED.
THAT'S IT.
WOW.
HOPEFULLY, UH, IT SHOULD BE FUN.
SHALL WE GET STARTED?
WE'RE READY. ARE YOU GUYS READY? LET'S GO.
WE'RE READY? HECK, YEAH.
SO THIS IS IT, JOHN, RIGHT?
CORRECT.
(Zak) THE BATTERY CARRIAGE HOUSE INN.
WE HAVE TWO ROOMS THAT GET THE MOST ACTIVITY--
ROOM NUMBER 8 AND ROOM NUMBER 10.
ROOM NUMBER 8 AND 10.
MM-HMM.
LET'S DO IT.
THERE'S TWO MAIN GHOSTS THAT YOU KEEP HEARING ABOUT
OVER AND OVER, ONE OF 'EM BEING THE GENTLEMAN GHOST...
OKAY.
AND THE OTHER THE HEADLESS TORSO.
OKAY.
AND WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THIS BEING
A MAJOR BATTLEGROUND DURING THE CIVIL WAR...
RIGHT.
AND THE HEADLESS TORSO
BELIEVED TO BE THE GHOST OF A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
THAT SOMEHOW DECAPITATED AND ARMS AND LEGS BLOWN OFF.
WAS THIS PLACE USED AS A FIELD HOSPITAL?
IT WAS.
IT WAS?
YEAH.
IT WAS.
YEAH, MOST OF THESE HOUSES WERE, YOU KNOW, ABANDONED...
USED, UH-HUH.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AND THEN THEY JUST--
A LOT OF THESE HOUSES BECAME MAKESHIFT HOSPITALS.
THIS HOUSE WAS ON THE FRONTLINE.
MM-HMM.
YOU'VE GOT RIGHT THERE BATTERY PARK...
YEAH.
WHERE THE ARTILLERY WAS, RIGHT?
RIGHT, EXACTLY.
SO THIS WAS RIGHT FRONTLINE.
MM-HMM.
LET'S GET STARTED.
WE'VE SWITCHED TO OUR LITTLE CAMERAS, AS YOU CAN SEE,
AARON AND NICK.
AND IT'S NOT ON NIGHT VISION.
THAT'S THE WEIRD PART.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO AN INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW
AT THIS OLD HOME.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, JOHN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE OBSERVING
EVERY SINGLE THING WE DO, OKAY?
OKAY.
SO LET'S GO.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE IN HERE.
SO LET'S DO A SESSION.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM AT ALL
THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US?
YOU WERE A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER?
HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THE PAIN?
DID YOU BITE ON BULLETS?
WHAT WAS IT LIKE BACK THEN IN WAR?
I HEARD THAT YOU SHOW UP A LOT
AND TALK TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY STAY IN THIS ROOM.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL THE LIVING?
CAN YOU MOVE SOMETHING, LIKE, PUSH THAT WATER BOTTLE
OFF THE TABLE RIGHT THERE?
MOVE SOMETHING IN THIS ROOM. KNOCK THAT WATER BOTTLE OFF.
IF SOMETHING FLIES ACROSS THE ROOM,
I'M GONNA FLY OUT THAT DOOR.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, JOHN...
ONE OF THE PHOTOS BEHIND AARON,
IT APPEARS LIKE A GUY STANDING BEHIND AARON.
WE DECIDED TO RE-CREATE THE CONDITIONS
OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH
IN ORDER TO PROVE OR DISPROVE OUR THEORY.
WHEN WE EXAMINED THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS SIDE BY SIDE,
WE NOTICED THE SAME DARK AREA BEHIND AARON.
AT THIS POINT, IT BECOMES APPARENT.
THIS IS SIMPLY HIS SHADOW.
AT NIGHTTIME, ALL YOU HAVE TO REALLY WORRY ABOUT
FOR SHADOWS IS OUR LIGHT SOURCES...
(John) MM-HMM.
WHICH ARE THE INFRARED LIGHT SOURCES ON OUR CAMERAS.
BUT IN THE DAYTIME,
YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS LIGHTING,
LIGHTING COMING IN FROM THE WINDOWS
BOUNCING OFF FROM PICTURES.
THAT SHADOW, AARON, WAS BEING CAUSED
BY THE LIGHT FROM THAT WINDOW.
YEAH.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST SHOWING YOU ANOTHER REASON YET
WHY WE HUNT AT NIGHT.
SO LET'S GO DOWN, AND WE STILL HAVE TO FIND OUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAPTURED ANYTHING
ON THOSE DIGITAL RECORDERS.
WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY HERE.
WE'VE GOT JOHN. WE'VE GOT ELIZABETH WHO WORKS HERE,
AND ALSO...
CRYSTAL.
OKAY, BILLY, I KNOW YOU'VE MARKED A FEW THINGS
AND YOU WANT TO GO OVER IT.
(Billy) THIS LITTLE VOICE RIGHT HERE.
CAN YOU MOVE SOMETHING, LIKE, PUSH THAT WATER BOTTLE
OFF THE TABLE RIGHT THERE?
THIS IS GET TOO FAR AWAY OR GET SOMETHING AWAY.
TAKE SOMETHING AWAY OR SOMETHING...
YEAH.
THAT WATER BOTTLE OFF THE TABLE RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU GUYS HERE ANYTHING?
YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU HEAR?
I HEARD SOMETHING ON THERE.
SOMETHING WATER.
LIKE, "GET THEIR WATER."
I HEARD "TAKE THE WATER."
(speaking indistinctly)
(woman) TAKE THE WATER.
DID IT SOUND LIKE WATER?
I KEPT SAYING, "CAN YOU MOVE THE WATER BOTTLE?"
CAN YOU MOVE THAT WATER BOTTLE?"
AND THEN YOU SAID IT, TOO, ZAK.
CAN YOU MOVE SOMETHING, LIKE, PUSH THAT WATER BOTTLE
OFF THE TABLE RIGHT THERE?
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE IT RIGHT THERE.
IMAGINE US WORKING HERE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
NOW I HEAR ALL THIS STUFF.
IT'S GONNA TAKE ON A WHOLE NEW MEANING.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO GET LOCKED DOWN
INSIDE OF OLD CHARLESTON JAIL.
WHOA. I JUST SAW A LIGHT.
ARE YOU HERE, LAVINIA?
THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL.
(Aaron) THE DEVIL! OH, MY GOD!
IT'S DARK TIME, JAY.
ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN IT'S DARK TIME, IT'S TIME FOR US TO GET LOCKED DOWN
INSIDE OF OLD CHARLESTON JAIL.
UPWARDS OF 14,000 PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS BUILDING
WHERE YOU NOW HAVE A SCHOOL.
RIGHT.
OKAY, WELL, WE'RE THE STUDENTS TONIGHT.
YEAH.
AND WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE.
WHY ARE YOU STANDING HERE?
BECAUSE DAKOTA'S GOT MY CAMERA.
WHO?
DAKOTA.
WHO ARE YOU?
I'M DAKOTA.
JUST KIDDING. THIS GUY RIGHT HERE IS DAKOTA.
A LOT OF GREAT VIDEOS WERE SUBMITTED
FOR OUR MASHUP VIDEO CONTEST, BUT YOUR DAD'S
AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO CAME OUT ON TOP.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS
UNTIL I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE.
YOU THAT PORTRAY ME--
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR FOHAWK IS TONIGHT.
NOT TONIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING IN A LOCKDOWN WITH US TONIGHT.
AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
OH, YEAH, MAN.
BUT NOW, AARON, YOU NEED TO TAKE HIS CAMERA.
ALL RIGHT.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, AT 10:00 P.M.,
YOU ARE GONNA BE COMING INSIDE OF OUR LOCKDOWN.
YOUR FATHER ROB-- WHERE YOU AT, ROB?
COME HERE, DUDE.
YOU ARE COMING IN AS WELL WITH DAKOTA.
THE GATES WILL OPEN. YOU TWO WILL ENTER.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE GONNA EXIT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
ALL RIGHT, BUDDY, THANKS SO MUCH.
WE'RE USING THIS CLASSROOM, THIS WORKSHOP, AS OUR BASE CAMP.
WE'VE GOT OUR GAME CAMERAS.
ANYTHING THAT TRIGGERS THIS MOTION SENSOR,
IT'LL CUE THIS IN INFRARED TO TAKE VIDEO
OR, AARON, STILL PHOTOS, RIGHT?
YEAH.
AND OVER HERE, WE'VE GOT OUR "X" CAMERAS ALL SET UP.
WE'VE GOT OUR Mel Meters, ELECTROMAGNETIC PODS.
WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR DIGITAL RECORDERS.
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING. WE'RE READY TO GO.
SO LET'S TURN THOSE LIGHTS OFF, AND LET'S GET FINDING LAVINIA,
BECAUSE I GOT A DATE WITH HER TONIGHT.
WAIT, I THINK WE'RE MISSING ONE THING.
WHAT?
UH, THE CHAIN AND THE LOCK.
BECAUSE DAKOTA, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA CHAIN HIM UP
AND LOCK HIM UP IN A PRISON CELL.
(bleep) YEAH.
YEAH. (laughs)
LET'S DO THIS, YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IF THERE'S ANY SPIRITS HERE IN THIS OLD JAIL,
AND YOU'RE ONE OF THE UPWARDS
OF 14,000 THAT LOST YOUR LIVES IN HERE...
SOMETIMES THESE SPIRITS, THEY WON'T HEAR ME.
THEY'RE JUST RESIDUAL SPIRITS,
SPIRITS THAT WERE HERE
SCREAMING, EATING FOOD.
BUT THE INTELLIGENT ONES ARE THE ONES
THAT WE'RE REALLY MYSTERIOUS ABOUT.
WHY ARE THEY STILL HERE IF THEY'RE INTELLIGENT?
MAYBE YOU LIKE THE PAIN AND SUFFERING
THAT WAS HOUSED HERE.
WE GOT THREE OF OUR MOTION-ACTIVATED GAME CAMERAS
SET UP ON EACH FLOOR
WHILE WE'RE IN THE SECOND FLOOR HERE IN ONE OF THE ROOMS.
YOU'RE GONNA TURN ON THE SPIRIT BOX.
AND I'M GONNA SWEEP REVERSE
AT THE FASTEST SWEEP RATE POSSIBLE.
WE'VE REMOVED ALL OF THE ANTENNA COMPONENTS
TO THIS DEVICE, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE,
SO WE'RE REALLY ELIMINATING ANY POSSIBILITIES
OF RADIO FEEDBACK TO TRY AND COMMUNICATE
TO START OFF RIGHT AWAY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE CONTACT
WITH ONE OF THE MOST EVIL SERIAL KILLERS
THAT THIS BUILDING EVER WITNESSED--LAVINIA FISHER.
SHE'S SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE FIRST FEMALE SERIAL KILLER
IN AMERICA.
LAVINIA, ARE YOU HERE, LAVINIA?
LAVINIA, DID YOU LIKE KILLING PEOPLE AND WHY?
LAVINIA, WHEN YOU WERE ON THE GALLOWS,
YOU SAID, "IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE..."
THE DEVIL! OH, MY GOD!
THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? OH, MY GOD, BRO.
LAVINIA, WHEN YOU WERE ON THE GALLOWS,
YOU SAID, "IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE..."
THE DEVIL! OH, MY GOD!
THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL.
LAVINIA, ARE YOU HERE, LAVINIA?
WE'VE BEEN DOING SPIRIT BOX SESSIONS FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW
AND HAVE RECEIVED SOME INCREDIBLE INTELLIGENT VOICES
FROM THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THIS VOICE...
WHICH FINISHES THE EXACT TWO WORDS
THAT LAVINIA FISHER HERSELF STATED
WHILE SHE WAS ON THE GALLOWS BEFORE BEING HANGED
WAS ONE OF OUR CLEAREST, MOST DIRECT RESPONSES EVER.
WE HAVE TO REPLAY IT AGAIN.
THE DEVIL.
THE DEVIL.
(speaking indistinctly)
LAVINIA, LAVINIA.
OH, I FELT THAT!
AFTER I HEAR THIS RESPONSE,
I CAN LITERALLY FEEL HER SAYING YES.
LAVINIA.
OH, I FELT THAT!
LAVINIA, THANK YOU. YOU DID SAY THE DEVIL.
WHOA.
WHAT?
I JUST SAW A LIGHT GLOWING RIGHT HERE
LIKE IT WAS COMING UP THE STAIRS, DUDE.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
WHAT DID YOU SEE HERE?
IT WAS LIKE A BALL, AND THEN IT TURNED INTO A MIST.
WHAT THE (bleep)?
LOCKED DOWN IN THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL,
WE JUST CAPTURED
ONE OF THE CLEAREST, INTELLIGENT RESPONSES
WE'VE GOTTEN WITH THE SPIRIT BOX.
THE DEVIL!
THE DEVIL!
BUT THE FUN ISN'T OVER YET AS AARON IS ABOUT TO SEE.
I JUST SAW A LIGHT GLOWING RIGHT HERE
LIKE IT WAS COMING UP THE STAIRS, DUDE.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
WE CHECK OUR GAME CAMERA, WHICH IS ROLLING IN THIS AREA,
BUT DISCOVER THAT NOTHING TRIGGERED THE MOTION SENSOR
WHEN AARON SAW THE WHITE MIST.
ONLY WHEN AARON WALKED OUT
DID THE CAMERA TRIGGER TO RECORD.
I SERIOUSLY FELT SOMETHING COME THROUGH ME,
LIKE, PASSED RIGHT BY ME, I COULD FEEL ITS ENERGY.
WHAT DID YOU SEE HERE?
IT WAS LIKE A BALL, AND THEN IT TURNED INTO A MIST.
WHOA. SHH, SHH.
I SAW THIS WHITE--
IT WAS LIKE A BALL, AND THEN IT TURNED INTO A MIST.
MIST.
MIST.
WHOA, SHH, SHH.
WE IMMEDIATELY GO IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCE
OF THIS UNEXPLAINED KNOCKING
AND DISCOVER A MAKESHIFT JAIL CELL.
BECAUSE WE FEEL THE ACTIVITY
IS EXTREMELY INTENSE AT THIS MOMENT,
NICK DECIDES TO ENTER THE CELL TO SEE IF BEING ALONE
WILL PROMPT EVEN MORE ACTIVITY, AND IN DOING SO,
THIS HAPPENS.
I'M INSIDE A JAIL CELL RIGHT NOW.
(crashing)
WHAT THE (bleep)? WHOA.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
STAND BY. STAND BY. DON'T MOVE. DON'T MOVE.
I'M INSIDE A JAIL CELL RIGHT NOW.
WHAT THE (bleep)?
WHAT THE (bleep)?
WHAT THE (bleep)?
WHOA.
I HAVE ELECTRICITY JOLTING THROUGH MY BODY.
TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THIS CRASHING SOUND
THAT VIBRATED THE ENTIRE BUILDING,
I TAKE NICK'S CAMERA AND GO BEHIND THIS WALL
TO TRY AND DEBUNK IT.
CAREFUL. IT GOES TO YOUR RIGHT.
STILL ROLLING ON THE DIGITAL RECORDER.
ARE YOU A PRISONER THAT'S IN HERE
THAT'S PISSED OFF THAT WE'RE HERE?
DO YOU WANT TO DO HARM TO US?
DOES HE REMIND YOU OF HOW YOU WERE?
THE ONLY OBJECT I SEE THAT LOOKS IRREGULAR
IS THIS BAG OF SOME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
THAT APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN ON THIS BEAM.
SO TO FURTHER ANALYZE THAT A STRONG GUST OF WIND
DIDN'T JUST PUSH THIS OFF A LEDGE ABOVE,
I DOCUMENT EVERY SINGLE WINDOW ON THIS FLOOR AND ABOVE
AND DISCOVER THEY ARE ALL SEALED SHUT.
THE ATMOSPHERE IN THIS JAIL CELL IS VERY HEAVY.
AND I'M FEELING COLDNESS AROUND MY BODY.
THERE IT IS. IT'S GOING ACROSS MY FACE,
THIS COLDNESS ON ALL MY LIMBS
CIRCLING AROUND THE BODY.
AND I STEP THIS WAY REALLY QUICK, AND IT'S GONE.
WHILE I'M OVER TRYING TO DEBUNK THAT LOUD CRASHING SOUND,
NICK FEELS A DISTURBING PRESENCE BEGIN CIRCLING HIM,
AND I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT THE EERIE RESEMBLANCE
TO HIM BEING IN A SHARK CAGE RIGHT NOW.
ONLY INSTEAD OF A GREAT WHITE ATTACKING HIM,
THIS E.V.P. HE CAPTURES
MIGHT BE THE EVIL LAVINIA COMING AT HIM.
IT'S GOING ACROSS MY FACE, THIS COLDNESS,
AND ALL MY LIMBS CIRCLING AROUND THE BODY.
AND I STEP THIS WAY REALLY QUICK, AND IT'S GONE.
LET'S STOP FOR A MOMENT AND REPLAY THE CHAIN OF EVENTS
THAT HAVE JUST OCCURRED.
WE DO A SPIRIT BOX SESSION RECEIVING CLASS "A" RESPONSES
INCLUDING THE LAST WORDS OF LAVINIA FISHER
BEFORE SHE WAS HANGED.
THEN AARON SEES A WHITE MIST THAT'S IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED
BY SOME UNEXPLAINED KNOCKING SOUNDS.
IT WAS LIKE A BALL, AND THEN IT TURNED INTO A MIST.
THEN THERE'S A HUGE LOUD CRASH
THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO DEBUNK.
AND FINALLY, NICK FEELS A DISTURBING PRESENCE
SURROUNDING HIM THAT LEADS TO A FEMALE VOICE
THAT'S POSSIBLY STATING
WHY WE JUST EXPERIENCED ALL THIS ACTIVITY.
ASSUMING WE ARE IN THE PRESENCE
OF ONE OF THE MOST EVIL WOMEN IN U.S. HISTORY,
WE FEEL NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO BRING IN
OUR MASHUP VIDEO CONTEST WINNER ROB AND HIS SON DAKOTA.
WHAT'S UP, MAN?
HEY.
COME ON IN.
WE'RE READY.
(speaking indistinctly)
ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME TO THE DARKNESS.
OH, YEAH.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT NIGHT VISION IS.
AND I'M JUST GONNA FLICK IT OFF NIGHT VISION,
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SEEING-- COMPLETE DARKNESS.
WE BROUGHT YOU A NEW INMATE.
FRESH MEAT.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
LISTEN.
WHOA.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
WE JUST WELCOMED
OUR MASH-UP VIDEO CONTEST WINNER ROB AND HIS SON DAKOTA
INTO THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL
TO EXPERIENCE OUR LOCKDOWN FIRSTHAND.
GUYS, YOU DIDN'T WIN A TRIP, A BIRTHDAY PARTY TO McDONALD'S.
YOU WON A LOCKDOWN WITH US.
SO, UH, DAD,
WE'VE GOT A ROOM FOR YOU.
(laughing) OH, NO.
OKAY?
COME WITH ME.
(Aaron laughs)
(Zak) WATCH YOUR HEAD.
(coughing)
ALL RIGHT, ROB,
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE FOR THE NEXT HOUR. HAVE FUN.
WHILE YOU'RE IN HERE, THIS IS GONNA BE RECORDING.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE SOMEONE'S HERE WITH YOU, YOU CAN TALK TO IT--
OR HIM OR HER OR WHATEVER.
ALL RIGHT.
WHILE YOU'RE IN HERE, THIS IS GONNA BE RECORDING YOU.
SO REMEMBER, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE IN PITCH DARK,
IF YOU'VE GOT AN ITCH OR SOMETHING TO PICK,
JUST REMEMBER YOU'RE ON CAMERA.
(laughter)
HAVE FUN.
DAD, I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
THAT'S IT?
AND, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE,
JUST GO AFTER MY DAD.
(laughs)
(Zak) FLIP THAT ON THERE.
FOR THE NEXT 78 MINUTES,
DAKOTA'S DAD WILL BE ISOLATED IN THIS SECLUSION CELL.
ALL RIGHT, I'M IN HERE, LOCKED UP.
(beeping)
SURE FEELS CREEPY.
APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER WE LEAVE THIS CELL BLOCK
AND ARE AT OUR BASE CAMP WITH DAKOTA
GEARING UP TO GET READY FOR OUR INVESTIGATION,
WE ALL HEAR A VERY LOUD BANGING NOISE
COMING FROM THE HALL WHERE DAKOTA'S DAD IS LOCKED UP.
THE NOISE IS CAPTURED ON THIS GAME CAMERA.
(Zak) THAT WAS WEIRD. ZOOM IN.
HOLD ON.
THAT WAS DOWN BY MY DAD.
(Zak) ALL RIGHT, SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST HEARD A LOUD ***
COME DOWN FROM WHERE HIS DAD IS.
(Zak) ALL RIGHT, DAKOTA, HEAD UP.
SICK.
I'LL BE SHOOTING
WITH OUR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA,
WHICH SEES IN TEMPERATURE.
ANY SPIKES OR ANOMALIES IN TEMPERATURE
CAN SIGNIFY THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRIT.
LET'S GO IN.
(Zak) WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT YOU.
WE WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SPIRITS IN HERE
THAT CAN HEAR MY VOICE RIGHT NOW.
WE FELT AND HEARD YOU EARLIER.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS RECORDER.
IT'S ROLLING RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
HOLD IT REAL STILL AT THE VERY END OF THAT, LIKE THAT.
THERE IS A SPIRIT HERE. HER NAME'S LAVINIA.
LAVINIA WAS A PSYCHOTIC (bleep)
AND SHE KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WHY DON'T YOU HEAD BACK HERE?
THIS IS THE LEVEL THAT THEY'VE SEEN HER ON.
WE INTERVIEWED A GUY EARLIER.
HIS NAME WAS HOUN.
AND HOUN SAID THAT HE SAW HER ON THIS FLOOR.
I THOUGHT I SAW A FIGURE IN THE WINDOWS THERE.
SO IF YOU WANT, WALK BACK THAT WAY, DAKOTA.
MM-HMM.
HOLD YOUR RECORDER STEADY.
IF YOU SHUFFLE, IF YOU WHISPER,
MARK IT ON THAT RECORDER.
IS THIS DAMAGED RIGHT HERE?
NO. AARON, COME HERE. STAY BACK HERE.
SHUT YOUR L.C.D.
AND, DAKOTA, TALK LOUD.
OKAY. LAVINIA,
MY NAME IS DAKOTA,
AND I AM A LOT HOTTER THAN ZAK.
HEH. SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH.
SO IF YOU'RE HERE,
I WANT YOU TO COME OUT,
MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN TO ME.
AARON'S GONNA COME WITH YOU AND FILM YOU.
(Aaron) YEAH.
WALKIN' TO YOU.
NICK AND I REMAIN EXTREMELY QUIET
AS WE LISTEN TO DAKOTA CONDUCT HIS OWN RECORDING SESSION
WITH AARON FILMING HIM.
ALL RIGHT, SO IF I'M NOT TALKING TO LAVINIA RIGHT NOW,
MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN THEN.
SAY SOMETHING INTO THIS LITTLE RED DOT RIGHT HERE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVED IN THIS CELL?
AND IF THERE WAS PEOPLE IN HERE, AND YOU'RE STILL ROAMIN',
WE BROUGHT YOU A NEW INMATE--FRESH MEAT.
WE FEEL IT IS TIME TO STOP THE SESSION
FOR A LIVE E.V.P. REVIEW
TO SEE IF ANY SPIRITS WERE IN DAKOTA'S COMPANY.
BUT AS WE GET SET TO BEGIN,
WE HEAR THESE UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS
FOLLOWED BY DAKOTA SEEING SOMETHING
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT AARON SAW EARLIER.
(Zak) PSYCHOTIC (bleep) AND SHE KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
(Nick) LISTEN.
WHOA. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, DID YOU SEE THAT?
LISTEN.
THERE'S SOMEONE WALKING AROUND UPSTAIRS.
(footsteps)
(Nick) THERE'S SOMEONE WALKING AROUND UPSTAIRS.
IT'S LIKE FOOTSTEPS.
WHAT DID YOU SEE, DAKOTA?
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
I SAW A LITTLE LIGHT RIGHT HERE.
DID YOU?
WHERE?
RIGHT BY THIS DOOR.
(Aaron) I WAS SEEING THAT EARLIER, REMEMBER?
I WAS HEARING FOOTSTEPS UPSTAIRS.
I HEARD THAT. IT WAS--
(Zak) WE IMMEDIATELY HEAD UPSTAIRS TO INVESTIGATE
THESE MYSTERIOUS FOOTSTEPS
THAT WE ALL HEARD WITH OUR OWN EARS.
IS THERE SOMEBODY UP HERE
THAT WAS JUST WALKING AROUND?
IT IS ALSO AT THIS EXACT TIME THAT FAR DOWN BELOW
DAKOTA'S DAD, ROB, WHO HAS BEEN LOCKED AWAY
IN SECLUSION FOR 38 MINUTES,
CAPTURES A DISTURBING E.V.P. ON THE DIGITAL RECORDER
THAT'S LYING ABSOLUTELY STILL ON THE BUCKET.
ANYTHING IN HERE?
(Rob) HERE?
HERE?
ANYONE IN HERE?
WHY DON'T YOU COME OUT?
(Aaron groans)
I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA THROW UP.
(speaking indistinctly)
(Nick) MY CAMERA JUST DIED.
(Zak) WHAT?
AND LOOK AT THIS.
WHO ARE YOU?
(indistinct voice)
WHAT WAS THAT?
THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL IS BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY,
BUT THE NIGHT ISN'T OVER YET.
(Zak) DAKOTA?
MM-HMM.
WILL YOU TAKE THIS AND GO IN THAT ROOM RIGHT HERE?
(speaking indistinctly)
IF YOU BUMP INTO ANYTHING, MARK THAT RECORDER.
I'M GONNA BE WATCHING
JUST TO HAVE ANOTHER SET OF EARS ON THIS, OKAY?
(whispering) GOT IT.
AS WE SEND DAKOTA OFF
FOR A SECOND E.V.P. BURST SESSION
WHERE WE HEARD THOSE UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS,
I REITERATE TO HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE
TO MARK THEIR RECORDERS WHENEVER THEY BUMP INTO THINGS
OR MAKE SUBCONSCIOUS WHISPERS OR VOCALIZATIONS.
YOU SEE, DAKOTA JUST SAID... (whispers indistinctly)
(normal voice) AND HE TAGGED IT AND SAID, "I JUST WHISPERED."
THAT'S SO THAT WE DON'T CONFUSE THAT AS AN E.V.P.
WHEN WE REVIEW IT.
THAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO INVESTIGATE.
ALL RIGHT, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE?
TELL US ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL US,
WHO YOU ARE.
LAVINIA, IF YOU LIKE DAKOTA, GO FOR HIM.
GO OVER THERE, EMBRACE HIM,
TAKE HIM. HE'S ALL YOURS.
YOU LIKE TO KILL GUYS. WE'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
HEY, DAKOTA, COME BACK HERE, WOULD YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE NOW MOVING TO A SECURE LOCATION
SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW OUR AUDIO SESSIONS FOR ANY E.V.P.s.
There's a spirit here named Lavinia.
(speaking indistinctly)
No, you're okay...
(speaking indistinctly)
No, you're okay...
"LET ME OUT."
YEAH, "LET ME OUT," THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
IT'S, LIKE, TALKING OVER YOU, TOO.
IT'S TALKING OVER BOTH OF YOU.
(speaking indistinctly)
No, you're okay...
"LET ME OUT."
IT WAS A COOL VOICE,
AND YOU COULD HEAR IT, IT GOES, "LET ME OUT,"
OVER THEM TALKING. LISTEN.
(speaking indistinctly)
No, you're okay.
I WONDER HOW YOUR DAD'S FEELING.
OH, I KNOW. I HOPE HE'S JUST HAVIN' A BALL.
(indistinct playback)
I HEAR "I WANNA GO."
IT'S LIKE...
OH.
YEAH, "I WANNA GO."
YOU CAN HEAR THAT CLEAR.
I WANNA GO.
I WANNA GO. I WANNA GO.
REMEMBER, WE ARE IN A PRISON,
AND THIS PLACE WAS FULL OF CRIMINALS
WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE HERE.
WITH THAT SAID, THESE E.V.P.s BECOME EVEN MORE COMPELLING,
AS I'M SURE THAT THESE MESSAGES
HAVE BEEN SAID OVER AND OVER.
No, you're okay... No, you're okay...
AFTER RECEIVING THESE VOICES,
WE FEEL IT'S NOW TIME TO TURN THE PAGE
AND FINALLY LET DAKOTA'S DAD ROB OUT OF HIS JAIL CELL.
IT'S PITCH BLACK.
ROB?
YOU ALL RIGHT?
IT'S LIKE A PUNISHMENT.
(laughter)
...LIKE SOMEONE WON A CONTEST.
THAT'LL MAKE YOU THINK TWICE
WHEN YOU WIN A "GHOST ADVENTURES" PRIZE.
AMONGST ALL OF THIS LAUGHTER,
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRIZES FOR US
IS THE E.V.P. ROB CAPTURED
IN THIS ROOM WHILE IN SECLUSION.
ANYTHING IN HERE?
AFTER WE REVIEWED THE AUDIO AND REALIZED WHAT WE CAUGHT,
WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED ROB AND ASKED HIM VIA TELEPHONE
IF AT ANY TIME HE HEARD ANY YELLING FROM WITHIN THIS ROOM.
NOW THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I WAS LOCKED UP,
I NEVER HEARD ANY VOICES, ANY SCREAMING OR ANYTHING,
IT WAS COMPLETELY SILENT.
THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS WHAT'S CLASSIFIED
AS AN ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENON.
WHEN YOUR EARS DON'T HEAR IT,
BUT IT'S PICKED UP BY A RECORDING DEVICE,
DID ROB CAPTURE A YELL FROM ONE OF THE PRISONERS
OVER 100 YEARS AGO?
IT'S A LITTLE CRAMPED UP HERE IN THE PRISON CELL,
SO TIME TO DROP OFF TWO GUYS, AND LEAVE IT TO US THREE
TO CONTINUE INVESTIGATING.
WE RELEASE DAKOTA AND HIS FATHER
FROM THE PRISON AND CONTINUE OUR INVESTIGATION,
NOW ARMED WITH AN INFRARED DIGITAL STILL CAMERA
IN HOPES OF CAPTURING VISUALLY
WHATEVER HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO US IN HERE.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA THROW UP.
WHY?
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST,
RIGHT WHEN I WALKED OUT OF THAT ROOM, OH, MY GOD.
AND YOU START GETTING THOSE SWEATS.
YEAH.
OH.
THAT WAS WEIRD.
(sniffles)
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
WHAT MAKES AARON'S FEELING EVEN STRANGER
IS THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS,
BOTH THE BATTERY ON NICK'S NIGHT VISION CAMERA
AND THE BATTERY ON MY STILL CAMERA GO COMPLETELY DEAD.
(Nick) ARE YOU ROLLING ON THAT CAMERA?
(Zak) YEAH.
'CAUSE MY CAMERA JUST DIED.
WHAT?
I JUST TURNED IT BACK ON. WATCH.
WATCH, IT WAS TOTALLY FULL--
"BATTERY LEVEL'S LOW"--
HE JUST HAD--
LOOK AT THIS.
AND LOOK AT THIS.
I NEED TO GRAB A NEW BATTERY FOR THIS CAMERA.
NO, NO, HOLD ON. JUST HOLD ON.
IF THERE WAS A SPIRIT HERE WITH US,
IT JUST DRAINED TWO BRAND-NEW BATTERIES
AT THE SAME EXACT TIME AS AARON GOT THAT NAUSEATING FEELING,
SO I NEED--I'M GONNA ROLL REAL TIME.
ARE YOU TAKING ALL OUR BATTERY POWER
SO YOU CAN JUICE YOURSELF UP?
WHO ARE YOU?
(Aaron) DID YOU TRY TO MAKE ME SICK?
IS THERE SOMEONE IN HERE WITH US
THAT'S USING OUR ENERGY TO TRY TO SPEAK?
(speaking indistinctly)
WE IMMEDIATELY DO LIVE REVIEW,
AND DISCOVER THAT RIGHT AFTER WE ASK
IF SOMETHING IS USING OUR ENERGY,
WE CAPTURE A SHOCKING E.V.P.
Are you taking all our battery power
so you can juice yourself up?
Who are you?
WHAT WAS THAT? I HEAR A VOICE.
OH, OH.
Are you taking all our battery power
so you can juice yourself up?
Who are you?
WHOA.
(Aaron) WHAT THE HELL?
...juice yourself up? Who are you?
IT GOES, "GET OFF HIM." LISTEN.
Who are you?
"GET OFF HIM."
YEAH, I CAN HEAR THAT.
IS THIS A GOOD SPIRIT TELLING THE OTHER SPIRIT,
WHO HAD ALSO DRAINED OUR BATTERIES
TO GET OFF OF AARON?
AS WE CONCLUDE OUR INVESTIGATION
OF THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL, WE CAN ONLY HOPE
THAT THE GOOD SPIRIT'S DEMAND WORKED,
AND NOTHING LEAVES HERE WITH US.
ARE THE DECEASED PRISONERS OF THE OLD CHARLESTON JAIL
STILL ROAMING ITS HALLS,
WAITING FOR THEIR RELEASE?
LAVINIA, WHEN YOU WERE ON THE GALLOWS,
YOU SAID, "IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE..."
THE DEVIL! OH, MY GOD.
IS IT POSSIBLE THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT AND DIED HERE
REMAIN TRAPPED IN A LOOP,
RELIVING THEIR LAST MOMENTS?
THE CITY OF CHARLESTON
HAS SEEN MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF TRAGEDY.
IT'S A CITY FOR THE LIVING,
A CITY FOR THE DEAD.