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WE'RE IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
THIS PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOWN IS BEAUTIFUL,
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT HERE FOR BEAUTY.
WE'RE HERE FOR WHAT'S BENEATH MY FEET--
THE VERY NOTORIOUS SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
(banging)
(man) ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
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.
Closed Captions provided by Scripps Networks, LLC.
ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN PORTLAND, OREGON,
AND, UH, WE ARE HERE TO DO A SPECIAL LOCKDOWN--
BEAUTIFUL CITY, PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
AARON GREW UP HERE.
SO, AARON, YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS CITY...
I DO.
AND HE'S HELPING US OUT, FINDING OUR WAY AROUND.
AND THE FIRST PLACE WE GOT TO FIND
IS THESE SHANGHAI TUNNELS,
AND OUR ENTRANCE INTO THEM
IS GOING TO BE FROM A RESTAURANT CALLED HOBO'S OR A BAR.
SO WE NEED TO FIND THAT PLACE.
(ship horn blows)
PORTLAND WAS A BUSTLING PORT CITY
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 19th CENTURY.
THE EXTREMELY HIGH VOLUME OF FREIGHT
BEING MOVED IN THE OFTEN MUDDY STREETS
LED TO MERCHANTS DIGGING TUNNELS THAT CAME OUT
A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE BANKS OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER.
DESPITE THESE INNOCENT BEGINNINGS,
THIS UNDERGROUND NETWORK WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN
FOR THE EVIL THAT WOULD SOON TAKE PLACE HERE.
AARON, I KNOW YOU'RE FROM PORTLAND.
DID YOU EVER GO TO THE--TO THESE PLACES THAT WE'RE GOING TO?
UH, WHEN I--FROM LIKE THE AGE OF 17 TO LIKE 21
I HUNG OUT DOWNTOWN ALL THE TIME.
I LIVED LIKE 20 MINUTES AWAY, BUT I ALWAYS HUNG OUT HERE.
BUT AT THAT TIME YOU WEREN'T INTO THE PARANORMAL.
BUT I WASN'T INTO THE PARANORMAL.
SO YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT.
I JUST--I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT.
OKAY.
SO I JUST CAME DOWN HERE AND HUNG OUT.
SO IS IT--IS IT WEIRD BEING HERE NOW,
UM, SEEING IT IN A NEW PERSPECTIVE?
KIND OF,
BECAUSE NOW THERE--YOU DO KNOW HOW MUCH HAUNTINGS ARE HERE.
MM-HMM.
AND THE COOL PART IS IS I NEVER REALLY WENT TOO DEEP
INTO SHANGHAI...
MM-HMM.
SO NOW WITH THESE PLACES THAT WE'RE GOING,
IT'S KIND OF LIKE I'LL LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT PORTLAND.
(Nick) THAT IS KIND OF COOL.
ALL RIGHT, HERE IT IS-- HOBO'S.
SO RIGHT BENEATH THESE METAL DOORS
IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DOING OUR LOCKDOWN,
AND THIS IS WHERE WE WERE TOLD TO STOMP ON THIS,
AND A ZOMBIE IS GOING TO ARISE OUT OF THE GROUND,
AND WE CAN INTERVIEW HIM.
WHAT'S HIS NAME?
MICHAEL.
MICHAEL.
STEP BACK, FOLKS.
(Zak) HEY. LOOK AT YOU...
WELCOME.
POPPING OUT OF THE GROUND LIKE THAT.
WELCOME TO THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WENT ON DOWN HERE
AND WHO WE MIGHT BE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH.
WHEN YOU LEAVE, YOU'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT SHANGHAI AND PORTLAND
THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW.
VERY COOL.
SO FOLLOW ME.
I LOVE MYSTERIOUS, CREEPY THINGS.
LET'S GO.
IN THE 1850s, PORTLAND WAS SENDING MANY SHIPS
ACROSS THE PACIFIC TO TRADE WITH THE EAST.
BUT THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GOLD RUSH
HAD LEFT MANY CAPTAINS WITHOUT CREWS.
ALL HANDS ON DECK.
WITH LITTLE PROSPECTS,
THEY TURNED TO THE PRACTICE OF SHANGHAIING.
THIS BAR, BEFORE IT WAS HOBO'S--
LET'S GO BACK TO THE 1800s.
THIS AREA RIGHT HERE WAS KNOWN AS LAZLO'S.
LAZLO'S SALOON.
IT WAS A SALOON.
CORRECT.
THIS IS WHERE THE SHANGHAIERS
WOULD VICTIMIZE AND KIDNAP
THESE ENSLAVED PEOPLE, RIGHT?
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
(Michael) THESE WERE SAILORS, LOGGERS, COWBOYS, SHEEP HERDERS,
PEOPLE WHO WERE TRANSIENT.
THEY WEREN'T RESIDENTS OF PORTLAND.
THEY--THEY HAD WANDERED HERE NOW.
SO THEY WERE KID-- LIKE, KIDNAPPED?
YEP.
TYPICALLY A CAPTAIN WOULD SET UP IN A BAR OR A BORDELLO.
AFTER SPOTTING AN ABLE-BODIED GENT,
HE WOULD MARK HIS VICTIM WITH A TOUCH.
COLLABORATORS WOULD THEN SOFTEN THE UNSUSPECTING TRANSIENT
WITH LIQUOR OR DRUGS.
YOU'RE DRUNK,
OR THEY HAD TO SLIP SOME KNOCKOUT DROPS INTO YOUR DRINK.
(man coughs)
(woman) THAT'S RIGHT.
(man) WHOO, YEAH.
(woman) CATCH YOU LATER, BABY.
NOW SEVERELY IMPAIRED, THE PREY WOULD BE LURED AWAY
TO A QUIET CORNER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
YOU'RE STAGGERING. YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE BAR.
YOU'RE NOT AT THE BAR LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK.
YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE BAR.
AN INNOCENT NIGHT OUT TURNS TO A NIGHTMARE
IN A BLINK OF AN EYE.
(banging)
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL SITE.
THIS WAS BOARDED UP
WITH A NEW FLOOR ABOVEGROUND IN 1970.
I WAS STANDING RIGHT UP THERE WHEN THEY DID IT.
THIS WAS CALLED A DEADFALL.
NOW WHERE WERE THESE TRAPDOORS LOCATED, ANDY?
IT WAS RIGHT OVER HERE.
IT WAS RIGHT OVER HERE?
RIGHT OVER HERE.
IT'S BEEN TILED OVER NOW,
BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SEE ‘EM FROM BELOW.
TWO GUYS WOULD BE WAITING DOWN BELOW.
THEY'D GRAB HIM, HAUL HIM TO A HOLDING CELL, LOCK HIM UP.
WHEN THEY GRABBED THESE VICTIMS,
THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR SHOES, BECAUSE THEY BROKE GLASS
AND SPREAD IT THROUGHOUT THE UNDERGROUND.
SO IF SOMEBODY TRIED TO GET AWAY, THEY COULDN'T GET TOO FAR,
AND THEY COULD ALWAYS FOLLOW THE BLOOD.
(Zak) THESE ARE LIKE BONES.
THESE ARE LIKE HUMAN REMAINS.
(Michael) LATER WHEN THE SHIP WAS READY TO LEAVE,
AND I MEAN JUST READY TO LEAVE PORT,
THEY WOULD BRING THEM THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND
AFTER GIVING THEM SOME MORE KNOCKOUT DROPS,
BRING THEM TO THE SHIP,
AND THEY COLLECTED $50 PER MAN BLOOD MONEY.
JEEZ.
AND RIGHT WHERE WE'RE STANDING,
WE'RE IN WHAT IS LEFT OF A HOLDING CELL THAT DROPPED YOU
RIGHT FROM A DEAD-END ALLEY INTO THE UNDERGROUND.
LOOK--LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT.
RIGHT THROUGH THERE.
THIS WAS A HOLDING CELL?
THIS WAS A HOLDING CELL.
IN THIS 6-FOOT BY 6-FOOT CELL,
THE VICTIM WOULD AWAKEN UNAWARE OF HIS FATE.
ANDY, BETWEEN YOU AND I...
UN-HUH.
DO YOU STILL SHANGHAI PEOPLE IN HERE?
NO. NO, NO. WE HAVEN'T SHANGHAIED ANYBODY FOR A WHILE.
ANDY?
MOST PEOPLE MAKE IT.
BE HONEST WITH ME, ANDY.
(laughs) NO, YOU'RE SAFE.
(laughs)
I'M SURE A LOT OF THEM SOBERED UP
AND TRIED FIGHTING BACK,
AND TRYING TO GET, THEIR FREEDOM BACK
I'M SURE A LOT OF THEM HAD TO HAVE BEEN TORTURED,
BEATEN, AND KILLED DOWN HERE.
WELL, THE OBJECTIVE WAS NOT TO KILL ANYONE,
BUT PEOPLE DID DIE.
(echoing) PEOPLE DID DIE.
IT'S SCARY DOWN HERE.
THERE'S A--
IT'S DEFINITELY SCARY DOWN HERE.
THERE'S SOME TYPE OF AGGRESSIVE ENERGY DOWN IN HERE
THAT IS NOT VERY SUBTLE.
HAVE YOU EVER FELT THREATENED DOWN HERE?
HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU WERE BEING SHANGHAIED?
THERE'S TIMES WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE SHANGHAIERS DOWN HERE.
IN YOUR 20-PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
AS A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR,
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT ARE SOME THINGS
THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED DOWN IN THAT AREA
AND TELL US WHERE.
ONE OF THEM IS A BRICK FLYING AT YOU.
A BRICK FLYING AT YOU?
WE WERE DOING A WORK PARTY DOWN THERE ONE NIGHT.
HEY, NICK.
SOMEONE ELSE HAS HAD THAT HAPPEN TO THEM ON THIS PLANET.
(Zak) IS THAT YOU MAKING ALL THE NOISE?
HOLY (bleep). OH, MY GOD! HOLY!
(Bob) WE WERE DOING AN ARCHAEOLOGY DIG,
AND WE WERE DOWN THERE WHERE THE BOOTS ARE AT.
IN THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE
THERE WAS THREE OF US DOWN HERE WORKING.
WE WERE DOWN HERE ON OUR HANDS AND KNEES,
AND WE WERE DIGGING OUT BOOTS THAT WE FOUND DOWN HERE.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NEXT THING WE KNOW
HERE COMES A BRICK OVER OUR SHOULDER
AND HIT THE WALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
(crash)
(Nick) DID IT ALMOST HIT YOU?
OH, YEAH.
IT CAME ABOUT THIS CLOSE FROM SMACKING ME IN THE HEAD,
SO...
(Zak) THAT WOULD HAVE KNOCKED YOU OUT.
IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.
THEN YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SHANGHAIED.
(laughs)
OH, YEAH.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN SITTING IN ONE OF THE CELLS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
YEAH.
THERE ARE 13 SETS OF WIND CHIMES
HERE IN THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
WE HAVE THE CHIMES SET UP TO PICK UP SPIRIT ENERGIES.
WE CALL THEM SPIRIT CHIMES.
AND WHEN SPIRITS PASS THROUGH OR CLOSE ENOUGH,
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THESE EITHER SWAY BACK AND FORTH,
OR THEY'LL RING.
AND THIS PARTICULAR SET,
I DID WITNESS AFTER A TOUR HAD PASSED THROUGH
AND NO ONE WAS IN THIS AREA,
THE CHIMES JUST STARTED SWINGING BACK AND FORTH.
THERE IS NO AIRFLOW DOWN HERE,
SO THAT THERE'S NO WAY THEY WOULD RING NORMALLY.
(ringing)
WELL, FOLLOW ME THIS WAY.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU GOT TO SEE.
THIS IS A CRIB ROOM.
WOW, LOOK AT THIS, AARON, NICK.
THESE WERE FANCY ROOMS
WHERE THE PROSTITUTES COULD BRING SOME OF THEIR CLIENTS.
IT WAS MAINLY, HOWEVER,
ADVERTISEMENT FOR WHAT LAY ON THE TOP FLOORS,
SO THEY WOULDN'T BE FORGOTTEN.
KIDNAPPING, PROSTITUTION.
THE UNDERGROUND NEVER STAYED THE SAME.
HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING CRAZY IN HERE?
(laughs) ABSOLUTELY.
(Zak) HUMAN TRAFFICKING
IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS HERE IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
(Nick) YEAH.
(female police dispatcher speaking indistinctly)
WHOA.
(man) SO WE GOT A GIRL OVER HERE ON MY LEFT.
(Zak) SO RIGHT NOW
I THINK WE'RE GETTING READY TO WITNESS AN ARREST.
MANY SPIRITS STAND WITNESS
TO THE HORRORS OF THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS,
BUT ONE IS MOST PREVALENT.
(Michael) NINA WAS A KLICKITAT INDIAN.
SHE LIVED ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
SHE WAS GRABBED BY WHITE SLAVERS AND SOLD INTO PROSTITUTION.
AND THIS IS WHERE SHE DIED.
(drums pounding rhythmically)
MISSIONARIES CAME DOWN TO THIS AREA,
AND THEY BEFRIENDED HER,
TOLD HER, “GIVE US ALL THE INFORMATION YOU CAN
“ABOUT THIS PRACTICE AND WHO'S DOING IT,
AND WE'LL GET YOU BACK HOME TO YOUR FAMILY.”
MM-HMM.
THEY TOOK HER TO THE POLICE NAIVELY
WHERE SOME OF THEM WERE ON THE TAKE.
AND TWO NIGHTS LATER SHE WAS THROWN DOWN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT.
I'VE SEEN AN ELEVATOR GO UP. IS THAT THE ONE?
THAT'S THE ONE.
THEY THREW HER DOWN THAT ELEVATOR SHAFT,
AND SHE'S NOT HAPPY.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS HERE IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
YEAH.
I READ A HUGE ARTICLE YEARS AGO
ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON ROUTE 5, IS IT?
AND IT STARTS UP IN HERE,
AND THIS IS SHANGHAI AT ITS WORST.
RIGHT, RIGHT, MODERN DAY.
YEAH, MODERN DAY SOCIETY.
SO HOW ABOUT WE GO SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE TASK FORCE
THAT CONTROLS HUMAN TRAFFICKING HERE IN PORTLAND.
MAYBE WE CAN LEARN SOME TIPS FROM THEM
IF WE COME INTO CONTACT WITH HER KILLERS...
ABSOLUTELY.
WITH HER “SHANGHAIERS” OR “MODERN DAY PIMPS.”
OKAY, SO AS ALWAYS BEFORE OUR LOCKDOWNS,
WE ALWAYS WANT TO, UH, DO DEEPER INVESTIGATION.
AND BECAUSE THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS
WERE CREATED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
WE WANT TO FIND OUT IF THAT CREATED
THIS PROBLEM THAT IS IN PRESENT DAY IN PORTLAND.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO INTERVIEW THE GUY THAT IS IN CHARGE
OF THE TASK FORCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
HIS NAME IS DETECTIVE BICKFORD.
ARE WE GOING HERE?
(woman) YOU ARE NOW.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US?
NO.
IS DETECTIVE BICKFORD IN THERE? NO. OKAY.
WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DETECTIVE KEITH BICKFORD.
(woman speaking indistinctly)
NO. OKAY.
(whistling)
DO YOU KNOW--ANYBODY KNOW WHERE DETECTIVE KEITH BICKFORD IS?
DO YOU KNOW HIM?
(woman) NO, I DON'T.
OKAY. I DON'T EVEN THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT BUILDING.
AND WHILE I'M SAYING ALL THIS OUT LOUD, ALL THESE PEOPLE--
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS RIGHT THERE.
(Nick) YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
OKAY, I THINK THAT'S HIM.
HE'S PROBABLY THERE, WAVING US IN.
(Aaron laughs)
(laughs)
DETECTIVE BICKFORD? HOW YOU DOING, MAN? KEITH.
HE WAS STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT.
YEAH.
ZAK. HOW YOU DOING?
OH, YEAH. I KNOW YOU VERY WELL.
DO YOU?
HOW YOU DOING?
NICK AND AARON.
(Nick) YOU KNOW US BY OUR FIRST NAME.
YOU DOING, LIKE, BACKGROUND CHECKS ON US?
YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE?
OH, YES. ABSOLUTELY. WE WATCH YOU EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.
OKAY, GOOD. PHEW. WE GOT THAT.
GOOD. ICEBREAKER, DONE.
(laughs)
(Zak) WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, KEITH...
YES.
UM, FOR--FOR MEETING WITH US.
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT TODAY
IS HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM HUMAN TRAFFICKING STILL IS
IN PORTLAND.
WE HAVE YOUNG KIDS UNDER 18
WHO ARE 4-POINT STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL...
MM.
HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE GETTING SUCKED INTO THIS AS WELL.
THAT'S SICK.
THESE PIMPS ARE SO GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
MM-HMM.
THEY CAN TWIST THESE KIDS UP INTO A-A KNOTTED MESS...
MM-HMM.
AND GET THEM TO GO OUT
AND HAVE SEX WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING MONEY FOR IT.
NOW WE LEARNED EARLIER IN THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS
A LOT OF THE FEMALES WERE TRAFFICKED FOR THE PROSTITUTION.
SO WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE BELOWGROUND
IS NOW TAKING PLACE ABOVEGROUND--
SAME SCHEMATICS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
EXACTLY.
BEFORE WE DO OUR LOCKDOWN,
IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE WAY YOU THINK THAT ME--
MYSELF, NICK, AND AARON CAN DO A RIDE-ALONG
WITH ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS OUT THERE ON THE STREET
SO WE CAN THIS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL?
ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YES. THANK YOU.
OKAY.
THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME. I CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS.
HOP IN.
TIME TO GO ON PATROL.
(Keith) HAVE FUN, GUYS.
THE NINJA'S ALWAYS THE ONE IN THE BACK THAT NO ONE SEES,
SO THAT'LL BE ME.
ONE IS BECAUSE I'VE TRAINED WITH THEM,
AND TWO IS ‘CAUSE I AM ONE, A NINJA, SO...
(man) SO THIS IS 82nd AVENUE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S ALL BUSINESSES.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF MOTELS.
THESE MOTELS ARE WHERE THIS STUFF IS GOING ON.
I MEAN, WE GET GIRLS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM TACOMA,
ARE COMING UP FROM VEGAS OR, YOU KNOW, FRESNO OR WHEREVER,
AND THEY'LL GET THESE ROOMS,
AND THEN THE *** WILL PUT THEM ONLINE,
OR THEY'LL--AND/OR THEY'LL THROW THEM OUT ON THE AVENUE
AND SAY, “OKAY, GO WALK THE STRIP”"
WOW.
IT'S CLEAR THE MISFORTUNES OF THESE GIRLS
ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE KIDNAPPINGS
THAT OCCURRED IN THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
THE REASON FOR THIS RIDE-ALONG IS SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE DARK ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THIS WAY, IF WE MAKE CONTACT
WITH THE SPIRIT OF A SHANGHAIER DURING OUR LOCKDOWN,
WE'LL BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE DEPTHS OF THE EVIL WE WILL FACE.
WE GOT A GIRL OVER HERE ON MY LEFT BEHIND US.
YEAH, WALKING.
YEAH.
EVEN ON A COLD NIGHT LIKE THIS,
THE STREETS ARE FILLED WITH GIRLS
SEARCHING FOR THEIR NEXT CUSTOMER.
(Zak) SO SHE IS A WORKING GIRL THERE, RIGHT?
(Jeff) YES.
I THINK SHE'S 19.
19 YEARS OLD, HUH?
ABOUT 40 DEGREES OUTSIDE,
WALKING BY HERSELF
ON ONE OF THE WORST STREETS IN PORTLAND FOR PROSTITUTION.
(Jeff) I'M NOT HERE TO SIT THERE AND JAM YOU UP ALL THE TIME,
BUT THE FACT IS I SEE YOU OUT HERE WALKING 82nd ALL THE TIME,
AND YOU KNOW,
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU TO STOP.
(girl in altered voice) RIGHT NOW I'M GOING
TO MY FRIEND'S HOUSE.
RIGHT NOW OFFICER RUPPEL'S
TALKING TO THIS VERY, VERY YOUNG GIRL,
AND THIS YOUNG GIRL SEEMS TO BE AVOIDING
ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH-- WITH, UH, WITH THE POLICE.
HE'S EVEN OFFERING HER HELP TO GET HER OUT OF THIS RAIN,
TO GET HER OUT OF THIS.
BUT THESE GIRLS, THEY'RE BRAINWASHED.
THESE YOUNG GIRLS, THEY'RE BRAINWASHED
INTO THIS SLAVE TRADE OF SEX,
AND THEIR *** MIGHT BE WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHAT--WHY CAN'T SHE JUST GET AWAY FROM THIS?
WHY CAN'T SHE JUST RUN, GET ON A TRAIN,
AND LEAVE THIS AREA?
(Jeff) SHE'S 19 YEARS OLD.
SHE DOESN'T--HER I.D.'s PROBABLY WITH HER ***.
HER PHONE'S WITH HER ***. HER MONEY'S WITH HER ***.
UM...
SO THEY WILL KEEP THAT.
YEAH. OH, YEAH.
THEY WILL KEEP HER I.D. THEY'LL KEEP ALL OF THAT.
YEAH, SO WHERE IS SHE GONNA GO?
SO--SO IT'S ALMOST-- IT IS LIKE A GANG.
IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THE GANG,
YOU HAVE TO FACE GETTING YOUR *** KICKED OR EVEN KILLED.
WELL, EXACTLY, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S--THEY'RE NOT-- THEY'RE NOT WOMEN.
THEY'RE PROPERTY. THEY BELONG TO THE ***.
RIGHT. RIGHT.
SO WE'RE PULLING UP TO ONE OF THESE ADULT BOOKSTORES.
REMEMBER, THIS IS STRICTLY INVESTIGATIVE FIELD WORK.
(Zak) “GLORY ROOM.”
WE'RE FILMING KIND OF UNDERCOVER RIGHT NOW.
THESE LITTLE CELLS
ARE JUST LIKE THE ONE-- THE LITTLE CELLS
THAT WE SAW DOWN IN THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
THIS IS THE 2011 VERSION INSIDE THESE LITTLE BOOTHS
WHERE THEY COME IN.
THEY WATCH ADULT MATERIAL ON THESE MONITORS.
BUT LOOK AT THE HOLES THEY HAVE IN THE WALLS.
IT CONNECTS TO THE NEXT BOOTH.
NICK, LET ME SEE YOUR HEAD.
UH, HANDS DON'T GO THROUGH THERE. USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
AND THIS RIGHT HERE
IS A WAY THAT SLAVE OWNERS ARE DOING THEIR BUSINESS,
IN THESE LITTLE CELLS.
READY? OKAY, PUT YOUR CAMERA AWAY.
(zipping)
(Jeff) I LOVE IT. I'M STANDING OUTSIDE THOSE DOORS.
“OKAY, PUT YOUR CAMERA AWAY. HEY, STICK YOUR HEAD THROUGH.”
(Aaron) I KNOW. (laughs)
I WAS LIKE, “REALLY, GUYS?”
(Nick) WE'RE YOUNG AND STUPID. WHAT CAN WE SAY?
ALL RIGHT, SO A GIRL WAS JUST SPOTTED GETTING INTO A CAR,
A POSSIBLE JOHN CAR OR A CUSTOMER.
(siren wailing)
OH, WHOA.
(Jeff) SEE HOW HE'S NOT STOPPING?
(Zak) MM-HMM.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR STORY STRAIGHT.
(Jeff) HEY, WHY DON'T YOU HOP OUT AND TALK TO ME?
(woman) DO YOU HAVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE ON YOU?
(girl) HE WAS GIVING ME...
(Nick) SO WE WERE DRIVING AROUND FOR A COUPLE HOURS,
AND WE WERE REALLY PATIENT,
AND THEN FINALLY, BOOM, THIS HAPPENS.
A GIRL GETS IN A CAR. PULLED THEM OVER.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
NOTHING IN YOUR PURSE?
NO.
DO YOU MIND IF I LOOK?
GO AHEAD.
NO GUNS OR KNIVES OR GRENADES OR ANYTHING?
NO.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR TYPICAL EVIDENCE
OF, UH, PROSTITUTION,
UM, YOU KNOW, CONDOMS, PHONE NUMBERS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE LAST TIME I DID THIS SHE HAD NOTHING IN HER PURSE--
NO I.D., NO MONEY-- WHICH IS COMMON.
(Zak) SO OFFICER RUPPEL JUST TOLD US TO COME IN THE SQUAD CAR
AND CHECK OUT THE SCREEN.
AND RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE GIRL
THAT WE'RE PULLING OVER, TALKING TO RIGHT NOW,
THAT'S DENYING BEING A ***
OR IN THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS HER AD. IT SAYS THAT SHE'S AGE 21.
AND THERE SHE IS,
EVEN ADVERTISING HERSELF
IN SKIMPY LINGERIE FOR HER CLIENTS.
SO RIGHT NOW
I THINK WE'RE GETTING READY TO WITNESS AN ARREST.
(woman) SO EBONY DROPPED YOU OFF,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE EBONY...
(girl in altered voice) WHY ARE YOU ARRESTING ME?
(Jeff) YOU'RE UNDER ARREST RIGHT NOW FOR ATTEMPTED PROSTITUTION.
SHE'S 21, A BEAUTIFUL GIRL,
BUT SHE'S OWNED BY SOMEBODY.
THAT'S THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
IT WAS HERE 100 AND SOME ODD YEARS AGO.
IT'S STILL GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING ON, NOT WITH TRAPDOORS.
IT'S GOING ON BY POWER, MANIPULATION, AND PERSUASION
BY HER SLAVE OWNER.
HER SLAVE OWNER IS THE SHANGHAIER.
IT'S STILL GOING ON.
(girl in altered voice) HEY, WHERE DO YOU WORK AT?
I'VE SEEN YOU... (laughs)
OH, YEAH, I WATCH YOUR SHOWS.
YOU GOT IN THEM HAUNTED HOUSES AND...
YEAH.
I LIKED THE ONE WHERE YOU WENT, LIKE, TO ITALY
OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT...
YEAH, POVEGLIA.
AND YOU HAD TO GET BLESSED JUST TO GO OVER HERE.
YEAH. YEAH.
SHE EVEN WATCHES THE SHOW.
(Nick laughs)
A NICE, NICE GIRL.
MOST OF THESE YOUNG GIRLS
ARE FORCED INTO THIS LIFESTYLE,
WHETHER IT'S SHANGHAIERS FROM 1850
OR PIMPS FROM 2012,
THE STORY REMAINS THE SAME.
IT'S HUMAN SLAVERY WHERE THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
ALL TOO OFTEN IS DEATH.
WE ARE SEALED UNDERGROUND.
(Zak) STOP. I JUST SAW A LADY STANDING RIGHT HERE.
(Zak) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
YOU WILL NOTICE IT'S STILL LIGHT OUT.
THAT'S BECAUSE THIS LOCKDOWN
IS A DAYTIME LOCKDOWN,
FROM DAWN TILL DUSK.
WHEN IT GETS DARK OUT, WE COME OUT OF THE GROUND.
HE LOOKS STRAIGHT OUT OF A VIDEO GAME. (laughs)
(Nick laughs)
MICHAEL, THANK YOU, SIR.
AND GOOD LUCK.
(laughs)
WHO ARE YOU WAVING TO, DUDE?
YOU WAVING TO US?
WE ARE SEALED UNDERGROUND
IN THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
(Nick) HERE WE GO.
IT'S DAYTIME OUT,
BUT LET ME SHOW YOU IT DOESN'T MATTER,
‘CAUSE LOOK AT HOW DARK IT IS DOWN HERE...
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
PRETTY DARK.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GETTING READY TO BEGIN
OUR INVESTIGATION IN THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
SO RIGHT NOW I GOT SOME, UH,
I.R. DIGITAL STILL CAMERAS BEHIND ME, GAME CAMERAS.
UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA SET ‘EM UP.
LIKE, IF WE'RE STARTING TO FEEL SOMETHING, PUT ‘EM DOWN.
JUST LIKE A LITTLE LAND MINE, WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK.
AND SO I AM LOADED UP. WE GOT EVERYTHING.
AS WE HEAD INTO THIS LABYRINTH NETWORK OF SHANGHAI TUNNELS,
IN THE PITCH-BLACK UNDERGROUND
WHERE COUNTLESS ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE SHANGHAIERS WOULD KIDNAP
UNSUSPECTING AND DRUNK TRANSIENTS
THROUGH THESE TRAPDOORS,
WE CAN'T HELP BUT RIGHT AWAY FEEL
AS IF WE WERE IN ANOTHER DIMENSION OF TIME.
(Nick) HE SAID THAT THEY JUST DISCOVERED
TWO FLOORS BELOW THIS, TOO, ON AN X-RAY.
(Zak) REALLY?
YEAH. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO MORE LEVELS BELOW THIS.
WHEN THEY EARTHQUAKE-PROOFED THIS BUILDING A FEW YEARS AGO,
THERE'S THREE MORE-- THERE'S TWO MORE LEVELS
BELOW THE LEVEL YOU WERE AT.
(Zak) WOW.
(Nick) THERE'S THE SHOES, ZAK.
YEAH.
WE STUMBLE UPON AN AREA FULL OF SHOES
THAT WERE EXCAVATED FROM THIS VERY DIRT.
EARLIER WE LEARNED WHY THE KIDNAPPED VICTIMS
WOULD HAVE THEIR SHOES TAKEN AWAY.
THEY BROKE GLASS AND SPREAD IT THROUGHOUT THE UNDERGROUND,
SO IF SOMEBODY TRIED TO GET AWAY, THEY COULDN'T GET TOO FAR,
AND THEY COULD ALWAYS FOLLOW THE BLOOD.
THIS IS THE LAST PERSONAL POSSESSION
OF THESE VICTIMS.
AND IF THESE VICTIMS ARE STILL DOWN HERE,
WHICH THEY SAY THEY ARE IN THE FORM OF GHOSTS,
WE ARE GONNA TRY AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO START OFF
BY USING OUR SB7 SPIRIT BOX DEVICE,
WHICH RAPIDLY SCANS THROUGH RADIO FREQUENCIES,
ALLOWING SPIRITS TO COME THROUGH
AND SPEAK DIRECTLY TO US.
I'M GONNA SCAN AND REVERSE AT THE FASTEST SWEEP RATE.
(static)
CAN YOU COME HERE AND COMMUNICATE WITH US?
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
WHAT WAS THE LADY'S NAME, THE ***?
(Nick) NINA. YEAH.
NINA, CAN YOU COME AND COMMUNICATE WITH US?
(static)
(distorted female voice)
THE FIRST VOICE THAT COMES THROUGH
APPEARS TO BE A FEMALE ASKING, “WHERE ARE YOU?”
NINA, CAN YOU COME IN AND COMMUNICATE WITH US?
WHAT'S SHOCKING IS THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS,
SHE COMES THROUGH AGAIN.
(static)
(distorted female voice)
WHOA.
YEAH, I HEARD THAT.
WHOA.
YEAH, I HEARD THAT.
(Zak) COULD THIS BE ONE OF THE PROSTITUTES
WHO IS STILL CONDUCTING BUSINESS
OVER WHERE THESE BEDS ARE?
(static)
(distorted female voice)
WE NOW HEAR THE FEMALE VOICE SAY, “HE FELL.”
WELL, LET'S RECALL THE FIRST MESSAGE SHE GAVE US.
IS THIS FEMALE SPIRIT LOOKING FOR A VICTIM
THAT FELL THROUGH ONE OF THE TRAPDOORS?
(static stops)
STOP. AARON.
YEAH?
HEY, GUYS,
I THINK I JUST SAW A LADY STANDING RIGHT HERE.
FOR REAL?
FOR REAL.
I THOUGHT I SAW
WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LADY,
AND IT SHIMMERED IN AND OUT.
IT, LIKE, RIPPLED.
WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE YET WAS WHAT WE WOULD PIECE TOGETHER
FROM WHAT WAS SPOKEN BY THE FEMALE SPIRIT...
AND NOW AARON REALIZES WHAT I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF.
WAIT, ZAK. LOOK WHAT YOU'RE NEXT TO.
YOU'RE NEXT TO WHERE THE PROSTITUTIONS
USED TO BE, TOO.
OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S THE BED.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT. I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT. WOW.
DID I JUST SEE A WOMAN STANDING HERE,
AND IF SO, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
(static)
WE WERE TOLD TO COME AND MEET YOU DOWN HERE.
IS THERE SOMEBODY IN THIS BED RIGHT NOW,
AND IF SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
(static)
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TO ME?
(distorted male voice)
“ALONE.”
“ALONE.”
IT SAID “ALONE,” BRO.
WE CAN'T HELP BUT BE AMUSED
AS NOW WE HEAR A MALE VOICE COME THROUGH
AND SAY THAT HE WANTS ME ALONE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TO ME?
(Aaron) “ALONE.”
“ALONE.”
(Zak) I THINK I'LL PASS
AND HOPE THAT THE FEMALE COMES BACK.
(Aaron) WHOA, DUDE.
THERE'S A CRAZY ENERGY RIGHT IN THIS ROOM, BRO.
(distorted voice)
(Zak) WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. THIS DOOR JUST RATTLED.
IT MAY BE DAYTIME IN PORTLAND, OREGON,
BUT WE ARE ISOLATED DEEP IN THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS,
COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEPARTED.
(static)
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TO ME?
(distorted male voice)
“ALONE.” IT SAID “ALONE,” BRO.
(Zak) CAN YOU TELL ME,
WHAT WAS THIS BED USED FOR,
OR WHAT IS IT BEING USED FOR NOW?
(static)
(distorted female voice)
NOW WE HEAR A FEMALE
THAT APPEARS TO BE TALKING TO THE MALE,
SAYING, “CAN'T BELIEVE YOU.”
IS THE FEMALE SAYING THIS
BECAUSE THE MALE IS MESSING WITH US?
AS SOON AS I GET ON THE BED,
THE SAME CRYSTAL CLEAR FEMALE VOICE ASKS...
(distorted female voice)
(static)
(distorted female voice)
“LET'S GET NAKED.” DUDE, IT JUST SAID, “LET'S GET NAKED”"
AND NOW, AS COMICAL AS THIS VOICE MAY SEEM,
IT IS ALSO THE MOST INTELLIGENT RESPONSE WE RECEIVE
THAT'S RELEVANT TO THIS SITUATION.
(distorted female voice)
“LET'S GET NAKED.” DUDE, IT JUST SAID “LET'S GET NAKED”"
(Zak) IT DID.
IT SAID, “LET'S GET NAKED.”
(Zak) AND KEEP IN MIND,
WE'RE ONLY RECEIVING VOICES WHEN WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS.
WHEN WE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS, ALL WE HEAR IS WHITE NOISE.
(static)
CAN YOU TELL ME
WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOU WERE SHANGHAIED?
(distorted male voice)
HE JUST SAID, “I WAS WASTED.”
WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOU WERE SHANGHAIED?
(distorted male voice)
WHAT WERE YOU DRINKING?
(distorted male voice)
(Nick) “BEATEN.” HE GOES, “I WAS BEATEN.”
(distorted male voice)
(banging)
HE WAS BEATEN. SAME VOICE.
YEAH, IT WAS.
WHO BEAT YOU?
(distorted male voice)
“SOMEONE.” “SOMEONE.”
“SOMEONE.” “SOMEONE.” JEEZ, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
WHO BEAT YOU?
(distorted male voice)
“SOMEONE.” “SOMEONE.”
“SOMEONE. “SOMEONE.” JEEZ, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
THAT WAS COOL.
(Aaron) THAT WAS COOL.
(Zak) AS WE MOVE DEEPER INTO THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS,
WE ALSO DECIDE TO SET UP A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
CALLED A SHADOW DETECTION DEVICE,
WHICH USES A TRANSMITTER
THAT SHOOTS A GREEN LIGHT TO THIS RECEIVER.
IF ANY MOVEMENT OR SHADOWS
INTERRUPT THIS TRANSMISSION OF GREEN LIGHT,
THE RECEIVER WILL ALARM.
(Zak) AND THEN, NICK, AFTER THIS WHY DON'T I TAKE YOUR CAMERA,
AND THEN YOU LEAD OFF TO A NEW AREA
AND LET'S DO SOME E.V.P.s.
(Nick) ALL RIGHT.
(Nick) OKAY, JUST STAND BEHIND THE DOOR.
I'LL START HERE, AND I'LL WALK TO YOU, AARON.
(Zak) TUCK IN THERE IN THE OTHER SIDE, AARON.
(Aaron) WHOA, DUDE.
THERE'S A CRAZY ENERGY JUST, LIKE, RIGHT IN THIS ROOM, BRO.
IS THERE?
I'M NOT KIDDING, MAN.
LIKE, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ROOM, MAN.
ZAK, AM I GONNA HIT MY HEAD?
NO, YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE IN THE BACK PART OF THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS,
BUT WE'RE NEAR THE JAIL CELL.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD KICK IT IF YOU WERE A SPIRIT,
‘CAUSE IT'S NICER, YOU KNOW.
I-I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD.
I WOULD BE PRETTY PISSED OFF
IF I WAS A SPIRIT AND SHANGHAIED DOWN HERE DRUNK,
DROPPED DOWN HERE, SLAVED INTO THIS ENVIRONMENT.
(rattling)
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
(metal clangs)
(Zak speaking indistinctly)
(Nick) I WOULD BE PRETTY PISSED OFF
IF I WAS A SPIRIT AND SHANGHAIED DOWN HERE DRUNK,
DROPPED DOWN HERE, SLAVED INTO THIS ENVIRONMENT.
(Zak) WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
(Zak speaking indistinctly)
(Nick) WHAT'S IN IT?
I WAS JUST SITTING THERE.
I SAW THIS DOOR GO...
(rattling)
AND I HEARD THAT.
WHAT IS BACK HERE, BRO?
(metal clangs)
WHOA.
CAREFUL.
(Zak) WE MAKE EFFORTS TO TRY AND DEBUNK
THE RATTLING OF THIS DOOR
BY EXAMINING AND LOOKING ON THE OTHER SIDE,
BUT ALL WE SEE IS AN EMPTY ROOM
AND NOTHING ATTACHED TO THE DOOR.
IT IS AT THIS EXACT MOMENT THAT ALL OF US ARE ALSO HIT
WITH SOME TYPE OF DISTURBING FEELING.
I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA PASS OUT.
(Aaron) THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE, MAN.
I FEEL SO DIZZY, MAN.
WE BARRICADE THE DOOR BACK UP,
BUT AS WE BEGIN TO LEAVE THE AREA,
SOMETHING UNEXPLAINED HAPPENS,
AND WE MUST FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON IT.
(footsteps)
OH, DUDE. DUDE.
IT'S FROM RIGHT IN THERE. THERE'S FOOTSTEPS IN THE DUST.
DO YOU HEAR THAT?
(Aaron) LOOK!
(Zak) HEAR THAT?
I GOT IT ON CAMERA.
I'M GOING IN.
AS WE INVESTIGATE PORTLAND'S SHANGHAI TUNNELS,
WE HEAR A DOOR MOVE ON ITS OWN...
(Zak) WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING MOVING DOWN HERE.
(Nick) YEAH, I DO. I HEAR IT NOW.
(Zak) SHUT UP.
THE DOOR JUST OPENED.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER AARON HEARS UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS,
THE DOOR BEGINS MOVING AGAIN...
(Nick) YO, LET'S FINISH THIS RECORDER SESSION.
DUDE. DUDE.
IT'S FROM RIGHT IN THERE. THERE'S FOOTSTEPS IN THE DUST.
DO YOU HEAR THAT?
YEAH, I DO. I HEAR IT NOW.
(Zak) SHUT UP.
THE DOOR JUST OPENED.
(beeping)
(Aaron) IS THAT THING GOING OFF?
IT IS, GUYS. COME HERE. LOOK!
(Zak) NOT ONLY THAT,
BUT OVER WHERE AARON HEARS THESE FOOTSTEPS
OUR SHADOW DETECTOR DEVICE IS ALSO ALARMING
AND CAPTURING SOMETHING WE CANNOT EXPLAIN.
WATCH VERY CLOSELY,
AS YOU CAN SEE A WHITE, WISPY-TYPE ANOMALY
IN THE CENTER OF THE VIDEO FRAME.
WE THOUGHT AT FIRST IT MIGHT JUST BE A CLOUD OF DUST,
BUT FOR OVER 60 MINUTES, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN,
NOR HAVE WE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
I HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS, AND NOW LOOK.
THE--THE LIGHT-- IT'S DETECTING A SHADOW.
(Zak) IT IS GOING OFF.
DUDE, I HEARD THAT.
NO, LISTEN.
WE TRY TO DEBUNK THE FOOTSTEPS
AS BEING SOMEONE ABOVE US WALKING AROUND IN THE BAR,
BUT THE REASON
WHY WE ARE INVESTIGATING THIS LOCATION DURING THE DAY
IS THAT AT THIS TIME THE BAR AND RESTAURANT IS LOCKED
AND NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
WHY'S IT DOING THAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
(Nick) LISTEN. THE DOOR'S BEING PUSHED OPEN.
(creaking)
ARE YOU TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT,
THAT PASSAGEWAY?
BECAUSE THE DOOR KEEPS MOVING AND CREAKING,
WE'RE USING THAT PAPER ABOVE IT AS A WIND INDICATION DEVICE.
AND EVERY TIME WE HEAR THE DOOR MOVE,
THE PIECE OF PAPER REMAINS COMPLETELY STILL,
RULING OUT ANY DRAFTS OR GUSTS OF AIR MOVING THE DOOR.
(Nick) LISTEN. THE DOOR'S BEING PUSHED OPEN.
(Zak) HEAR THAT?
I GOT IT, YEAH. I GOT IT ON CAMERA.
IT'S MOVING.
IT'S LIKE TWO HANDS ARE PUSHING AGAINST IT.
AARON, EVERYBODY, BE QUIET. I'M GOING IN.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE HEAR THE DOOR
BEING PUSHED OPEN AND CLOSED,
WE CAPTURE THIS BALL OF LIGHT
THAT WE DEBUNK AS NOT BEING DUST,
BECAUSE WE CAN DETERMINE ITS CHARACTERISTICS
AND DISTANCE FROM THE CAMERA BY ITS PLACEMENT AND MOVEMENT.
DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS DOOR MOVING?
OPEN THAT DOOR UP.
DO YOU WANT TO COME OUT OF THAT ROOM?
DO YOU NOT LIKE THAT DOOR BEING SHUT?
AS WE TRY AND FIND A LOGICAL EXPLANATION
FOR THIS DOOR TO BE CREAKING AND MOVING,
WE CAN'T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT VIBRATIONS FROM THE STREET COULD BE A FACTOR,
SO WE DECIDE TO MOVE EVEN DEEPER INTO THE UNDERGROUND.
OKAY, RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE DOWN HERE IS SO BIG--
IT'S HUGE.
THERE'S HALLWAYS, ROOMS, JAIL CELLS, EVERYTHING--
SO WE'RE GONNA SPLIT UP.
WE'VE GOT FOUR “X” CAMERAS ROLLING RIGHT NOW
IN DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
I'M GONNA GO BY MYSELF
AND USE THE THERMAL IMAGINING CAMERA
TO TRY AND OBTAIN SOME VISUAL EVIDENCE.
AARON, GO WAY ON THE FAR SIDE OVER THERE
AND GO INSIDE OF THAT LITTLE JAIL CELL.
(Aaron) OKAY.
NICK, YOU WANT TO STAY IN THIS AREA OVER HERE
BY THE *** DEN?
(Nick) YEAH, I'LL GO BY THE *** DEN
WHERE THAT OTHER TRAPDOOR IS...
OKAY.
THAT ANDY WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE BAR.
NOW WHERE WERE THESE TRAPDOORS LOCATED, ANDY?
RIGHT OVER HERE. IT'S BEEN TILED OVER NOW.
BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SEE ‘EM FROM BELOW.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS. HAVE FUN.
(Aaron) THEY SAID THIS RIGHT HERE
WAS THE SPOT WHERE--
THIS IS LIKE THE NICE CELLS,
‘CAUSE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIGGER, A LITTLE BETTER TO BREATHE.
SO I'M GONNA SET UP IN HERE
AND DO MY E.V.P. SESSION.
MY NAME'S AARON. I HUNT GHOSTS FOR A LIVING,
AND I'M GOOD AT TALKING WITH THEM,
SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK, THIS IS YOUR TIME.
I JUST FELT A COLD BLAST OF AIR JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH ME.
WAS THAT YOU WALKING THROUGH THIS TUNNEL TRYING TO ESCAPE?
JUST BENEATH THE STREETS OF PORTLAND
LIE THE REMNANTS OF LIVES FOREVER CHANGED
BY THE BRUTALITY OF GREED.
(Nick) AND OVER HERE
I HAVE A MEL METER THAT'S GONNA MEASURE
ANY FLUCTUATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT--
TEMPERATURE,
ANY ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY THAT SURROUNDS IT.
IT'S GONNA LET ME KNOW,
IF I START FEELING GOOSE BUMPS OR ANYTHING,
THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN MY PRESENCE WITH ME DOWN HERE.
NICK BY HIMSELF--
I'M IN THE FRONT PART OF THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS.
WERE YOU DRUGGED AND DROPPED DOWN HERE
INTO THIS TUNNEL SYSTEM
AND ENSLAVED INTO THIS HORRIBLE ENVIRONMENT?
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ALL SPLIT UP IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS,
WE CAN'T HELP BUT GET THE STRANGE FEELING
THAT THERE'S SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
STILL VERY CLOSE TO US.
I'M FROM PORTLAND. THIS IS MY HOMETOWN.
AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS.
IS THERE ANY WAY YOU'RE RELATED THE FACT
THAT THERE'S STUFF HAPPENING UPSTAIRS
WITH KIDNAPPING WOMEN AND PROSTITUTION?
ARE YOU CAUSING THIS?
I MEAN, THIS WHOLE PLACE IS JUST A DECREPIT JAIL
FOR ENSLAVED INDIVIDUALS.
AND I JUST FELT A COLD BLAST OF AIR
JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH ME RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA GRAB THE E.M.F. DETECTOR.
.5, .4.
IS THERE SOMEONE HERE WITH ME?
WAS THAT YOU WALKING THROUGH THIS TUNNEL TRYING TO ESCAPE?
I'VE BEEN SHOOTING WITH THE THERMAL IMAGINING CAMERA
FOR OVER 15 MINUTES NOW IN THE SAME ROOM
WITHOUT CAPTURING A SINGLE ANOMALY.
AS I PAN DOWN THIS WAY,
I CAPTURE A SOLID PURPLISH FORM
MOVE THROUGH THE DOORWAY.
WHAT'S INTERESTING
IS THE EXTREME SOLID COLD TEMPERATURE
OF ITS COMPOSITION,
AND WHEN WE BRING BACK THE FOOTAGE
OF WHEN AARON EARLIER WENT THROUGH THIS SAME DOORWAY,
YOU CAN VERY DISTINCTLY SEE
THE VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND HEAT SIGNATURES
IN GREAT CONTRAST.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS TORSO-LIKE FORM
APPEARS TO HAVE NO LEGS
AS IT SLOWLY MOVES TOWARD THE AREA
WHERE AARON IS ALL BY HIMSELF.
IN A FEW WORDS, WHAT WAS THE FEELING,
YOUR FIRST FEELING, WHEN YOU GOT STUCK DOWN HERE?
OH.
(exhales) I JUST GOT LIGHT-HEADED.
I'VE BEEN GETTING REALLY LIGHT-HEADED DOWN HERE,
LIKE ALMOST WHERE I'M GONNA PASS OUT.
IT'S REALLY WEIRD.
(Nick) THE TEMPERATURE'S STAYING THE SAME--
.3, .4.
ANYTHING ABOVE--WHEN IT HITS, LIKE, A 1 OR SO,
IF IT GOES ABOVE THAT,
THEN WE'LL KNOW A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S HOLDING AT THE--THE NORMAL ENVIRONMENT
THAT'S WITHIN THESE WALLS RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SORT OF PIPES ABOVE ME,
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S .3 RIGHT NOW.
IT'S PICKING UP ON THAT.
(Zak) DUDE.
(Nick) WHAT'S UP?
OKAY, UM, FIRST OFF, THANKS FOR LETTING US DO A LOCKDOWN.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAPTURED THAT WE--
IT WAS PRETTY SHOCKING. OKAY, IT'S PRETTY COOL.
(Andrew) GREAT.
A LITTLE WHILE AGO WE WENT OFF BY OURSELVES.
I WAS RUNNING A THERMAL IMAGINING CAMERA,
AND, UM, YOU SEE THIS PURPLE MASS FIGURE.
YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE IT?
YEAH.
OKAY. WATCH.
NOW AARON IS WALKING AWAY. YOU CAN SEE HIS BODY HEAT.
HE'S GONE, RIGHT?
YEAH.
HE'S GONE THROUGH TO THE OTHER ROOM.
NOW WATCH.
LOOK AT THE PURPLE FIGURE
VERY SLOWLY GOING RIGHT TOWARDS WHERE HE IS.
YOU SEE THAT?
AND IT'S SOLID PURPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YEAH.
THERE'S NO BODY HEAT IN THAT.
FANTASTIC.
UH, WE'VE CAPTURED ONCE AT HALES BAR DAM.
AND, AARON, YOU WERE ALSO-- IT WAS ALSO AROUND YOU.
DID YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WAS...
EVERYTHING WANTS TO FOLLOW ME AROUND.
NOW AARON DIDN'T KNOW THIS, AND YET...
(exhales) I JUST GOT LIGHT-HEADED,
LIKE ALMOST WHERE I'M GONNA PASS OUT. IT'S REALLY WEIRD.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T CAPTURE ANYTHING...
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING VERY MINUTE,
AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST UNEXPLAINED,
AND WE CAN'T TAG IT AS PARANORMAL.
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
THIS IS WHAT WE GO AFTER.
NICE.
(Michael) GENERALLY YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING WITH YOUR EYES,
BUT NO ONE CAPTURES IT.
MM-HMM.
I MEAN, THIS YOU--YOU'VE ACTUALLY CAUGHT SOMETHING.
MM-HMM.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T SEE WITH YOUR EYES...
RIGHT. RIGHT.
BUT YOU CAPTURE IT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THEY FOUND SOMETHING.
WE'VE DEFINITELY KNOWN THERE'S BEEN ACTIVITY
DOWN THERE FOR YEARS, AND SO IT'S COOL THAT
YOU CAN ACTUALLY CATCH SOMETHING ON THE THERMAL IMAGING.
YOU “GHOST ADVENTURES” CREW SHOULD DEFINITELY
COME BACK SOMETIME. WE'LL FIND SOME MORE.
YOU ALWAYS GOT TO REMEMBER THIS--
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT THERE.
PORTLAND IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY FILLED WITH CULTURE,
FINE CUISINE, AND INTERESTING PEOPLE,
BUT LIKE MOST THINGS,
PORTLAND ALSO HAS A DARKER SIDE.
WOMEN WERE ALSO KIDNAPPED, SOLD INTO PROSTITUTION.
PORTLAND WAS BIG. WHITE SLAVERY NEVER ENDED HERE.
WHAT WERE YOU DRINKING?
(distorted male voice)
(Nick) “BEATEN.” I WAS “BEATEN.”
JUST BENEATH THESE PEACEFUL STREETS
THIS UNDERGROUND LABYRINTH STILL TELLS THE STORY
OF TRAGEDY AND LOSS.
(Michael) NINA WAS GRABBED BY WHITE SLAVERS
AND SOLD INTO PROSTITUTION,
AND THIS IS WHERE SHE DIED.
THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS WILL ALWAYS BE A REMINDER
OF MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN.