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WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
IS THAT THE MOTION SENSORS GOING OFF?
IS SOMEBODY HERE?
[ ECHOES ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
OH, MY GOSH. GUYS. GUYS. GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN. I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
Bagans: MY NAME IS ZAK BAGANS.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS
UNTIL I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE,
SO I SET OUT ON A QUEST
TO CAPTURE WHAT I ONCE SAW ONTO VIDEO.
HOLY [BLEEP] OH, MY GOD!
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.
IF THIS IS THE PORTAL TO HELL,
WHY DON'T YOU COME UP OUT OF THAT GROUND AND GET US?
RAW.
I JUST SAW SOMETHING. SOMETHING JUST PASSED BY.
EXTREME.
NO! GO! GO!
THESE ARE OUR GHOST ADVENTURES.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY THE TRAVEL CHANNEL, L.L.C.
Bagans: SO, ALL RIGHT. SO, WE'RE LOOKING FOR CHURCH STREET?
Goodwin: YEAH.
WE'RE IN NORTH ADAMS NOW.
NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.
NESTLED IN THE HEART OF THE BERKSHIRE MOUNTAINS,
IS ONE NEW ENGLAND'S MOST MYSTERIOUS
AND HAUNTED BUILDINGS -- THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WOW, MAN, LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
HERE. LET ME PULL IN HERE.
IT'S HUGE.
I GUESS WE'RE HERE.
THIS PLACE LOOKS CREEPY.
WELL, WE JUST GOT HERE.
WE'RE IN NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS,
AND WE CAME HERE BECAUSE OF THIS PLACE,
THIS HOUSE, THIS HUGE MANSION.
THIS IS THE HOUGHTON MANSION,
AND BEFORE WE GET LOCKED DOWN IN HERE LATER ON,
NICK, AARON, AND MYSELF, I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DARK HISTORY ABOUT THIS PLACE,
AND I HEAR THERE WAS SOME TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED
TO THE FAMILY THAT BUILT THIS PLACE, THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SAID TO HAUNT THIS PLACE,
SO LET'S GO FIND OUT IF WE CAN LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORY
AND GET READY FOR OUR LOCKDOWN, GUYS.
COME ON, AARON.
ALBERT CHARLES HOUGHTON WAS BORN IN 1844 IN NEARBY VERMONT
BUT MADE HIS FORTUNE
AS PRESIDENT OF ARNOLD PRINT WORKS,
THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN NORTH ADAMS.
ELECTED THE TOWN'S FIRST MAYOR IN 1896,
THE MANSION WAS BUILT FOR HOUGHTON AND HIS FAMILY.
TODAY, THE STRUCTURE AT 172 CHURCH STREET
IS HOME TO A MASONIC TEMPLE,
BUT ITS DARK HISTORY BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1900s.
Marino: AUGUST 1, 1914,
MR. HOUGHTON AND HIS DAUGHTER MARY DECIDED TO GO TO BENNINGTON
FOR A PLEASURE DRIVE.
CAR WAS A BRAND-NEW 1914 PIERCE-ARROW TOURING CAR.
IT WAS DRIVEN BY THEIR LONGTIME CHAUFFEUR, JOHN WIDDERS.
THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A DR. AND MRS. HUTTON FROM NEW YORK.
ABOUT 9:30, THEY WERE IN POWNAL,
GOING UP WHAT'S NOW OAK HILL ROAD.
THEY CAME ACROSS A TEAM OF HORSES
PARKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO, MR. WIDDERS TURNED TO THE LEFT TO GO AROUND THEM,
AND ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE,
AND IT ROLLED OVER, ROLLING DOWN THE HILL,
TURNING OVER THREE TIMES.
THE MEN ALL ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES --
CUTS, SCRAPES, BRUISES, MINOR FRACTURES.
THE WOMEN WERE NOT SO LUCKY.
MRS. HUTTON WAS KILLED INSTANTLY
WHEN THE CAR ROLLED OVER HER ON ITS WAY DOWN THE HILL.
IT CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION
IN A FARMER'S FIELD AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL,
AND MARY HOUGHTON DIED OF HER INJURIES
AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE CHAUFFEUR, MR. WIDDERS,
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR
AND WAS IN A HIGH EMOTIONAL STATE,
SO IT WAS DECIDED TO PUT A WATCH ON HIM
TO MAKE SURE HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING CRAZY.
AT ABOUT 5:00 IN THE MORNING,
MR. WIDDERS TOLD HIS FRIEND HE WAS GONNA GO DOWN
AND TEND TO THE HORSES,
AND WHEN HE DID NOT RETURN
IN WHAT HIS FRIEND CONSIDERED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME,
HE CALLED THE POLICE.
AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE,
THEY FOUND HIM IN THE CELLAR OF THE BARN,
WHERE HE HAD SHOT HIMSELF WITH A HORSE PISTOL.
[ GUNSHOT ]
A.C. HOUGHTON SUFFERED NO SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES
DURING THE ACCIDENT,
BUT THE TRAGIC EVENTS BROKE HIS HEART.
HE DIED IN THE MANSION 10 DAYS AFTER THE CRASH
THAT TOOK HIS DAUGHTER'S LIFE.
WE WERE JUST TOLD THAT
THE GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF A.C. HOUGHTON --
HER NAME IS RACHEL BRANCH...
THIS IS HER ADDRESS RIGHT HERE -- 999.
SHE ACTUALLY LIVES HERE,
SO WE'RE GONNA GO UP AND TALK TO HER
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER FAMILY
AND SEE IF SHE STILL BELIEVES THAT HER GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER
IS STILL IN THE MANSION.
HI. ARE YOU RACHEL?
Branch: YEAH.
HI. MY NAME IS ZAK.
ZAK.
WE WERE JUST CHECKING
'CAUSE I HAVE INJURIES FROM A CAR ACCIDENT.
OH, OKAY. SORRY.
YEAH, THIS IS MY CREW HERE.
ARE YOU FILMING?
YES, WE ARE.
GRANDDAUGHTER OF -- REALLY?
YES.
OKAY, WELL, DO YOU MIND IF WE COME IN AND TALK WITH YOU?
OH, I'D LOVE IT.
OKAY. GOOD.
THIS IS A LITTLE ALBUM OF MY FATHER'S.
OH, COOL.
THIS PICTURE SAYS GRANDMA GALLUP WITH HER CHIPPIES.
OH.
AND THIS WOULD BE FLORENCE LOUISA HOUGHTON.
THAT'S A.C.'s DAUGHTER.
OH, WOW.
THESE MIGHT BE THE ONLY PICTURES OF HER.
THE ORIGINAL PICTURES?
OH, YES. YES.
WHEN WE DO OUR PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION,
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SUGGEST
THAT WE MAY SAY OUT LOUD TO SOME OF YOUR ANCESTORS?
IF I MET THEM, I WOULD SAY,
"ARE YOU SO SAD BECAUSE OF THE TRAGIC...?"
DO YOU THINK THEY MIGHT BE?
OH, MY GOODNESS.
LOOK AT THE DEATHS IN THE SPACE OF 10 DAYS.
AND THEN THE CHAUFFEUR, MR. WIDDERS --
I'M SURE HE'S STILL IN A LOT OF GUILT.
OH, YES, HE MUST'VE HAD,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE DEVOTED TO A FAMILY.
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, BUT HE PROBABLY FELT, MY GOODNESS.
SO, THEY SPECULATE A LOT OF THE OCCURRENCES
THAT ARE FROM MR. WIDDERS BECAUSE HE WENT SO SUDDENLY.
BUT THE FAMILY WAS OBVIOUSLY DEVOTED TO HIM, ALSO,
BECAUSE THEY BURIED HIM IN THE FAMILY PLOT.
WE SAW ALL THE FOUR TOMBSTONES AND THEN OFF IN THE DISTANCE,
YOU SEE THAT SINGLE ONE OF MR. WIDDERS.
IT'S JUST KIND OF -- I SAW THAT FORMATION
AS KIND OF HE WAS PART OF THE FAMILY, BUT HE WASN'T,
AND BY OUT THERE, HE WAS STILL IN GUILT.
THE MANSION REMAINED WITH THE HOUGHTON FAMILY UNTIL 1926
WHEN THE FREEMASONS PURCHASED IT
FROM A.C.'s DAUGHTER FLORENCE.
THE MASONS, SHROUDED IN MYSTERY,
HOLD THEIR MEETINGS AND RITUALS WITHIN A TEMPLE THEY BUILT
ATTACHED TO THE MANSION.
IN SOME OF THE OLD HALLWAYS
ARE ENIGMATIC YET FRIGHTENING SYMBOLS OF THEIR PAST --
A BED OF NAILS AND AN ELECTRIC CHAIR COVERED IN DUST.
THIS IS A KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SWORD.
Bagans: IS THAT THE MASONS?
WELL, THEY WERE SAID TO BE PART OF THE MASONS,
BUT AN ELITE GROUP.
REALLY?
AND SOME SAY MAY HAVE PROTECTED THE HOLY GRAIL.
REALLY? WOW.
MANY OF THE MASONS AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION
HAVE WITNESSED SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCES.
NEARLY EVERY TIME I COME DOWN HERE,
YOU HEAR A DOOR SLAM OR FOOTSTEPS.
OUR MEETINGS USUALLY END
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 9:00 AND MAYBE 10:00, 10:30.
Bagans: MM-HMM.
GOING BACK UPSTAIRS TO CLEAN UP THE LOBBY ROOM
AFTER THE MEETINGS -- IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALONE.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
REALLY?
ME AND ANOTHER BROTHER WERE DOWN HERE.
WE HAD TO OPEN THE LODGE, BUT WE HAD A SNOWSTORM,
AND WE WERE WAITING FOR A THIRD MEMBER TO SHOW UP.
WE HAD KIND OF TRUDGED THROUGH THE SNOW,
AND THERE'S A LARGE ENTRY DOOR
GOIOFF THE MAIN STREET.T
MM-HMM.
WE WERE THERE. THE DOOR OPENED, SLAMMED.
THIS IS THE DOOR YOU HEARD SLAM SHUT?
THIS IS THE ONE.
WILL YOU SHOW ME HOW LOUD YOU HEARD IT SLAM SHUT?
YOU FIGURED SOMEBODY OPENED IT AT LEAST THAT FAR.
AND AFTER?
AND THAT'S AS LOUD AS IT SLAMMED, ABSOLUTELY.
AND IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER,
AS OF SOMEBODY WALKED INSIDE?
YEP.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS BANGING OFF SNOW OFF THEIR BOOTS,
HAVIN2 FEET OF SNOW.GH
REALLY?
AND THEN THEY WENT TO THE END OF THE HALL AND STOPPED.
I WAS SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL,
SO I HEARD IT CLEAR AS DAY.
THERE WAS FRESH SNOW.
IT HAD BLOWN IN AND DRIFTED OVER THIS WHOLE LANDING HERE.
MM-HMM.
AND TAT LEAST HERE. TO
UH-HUH.
AND THERE WAS NOT A FOOTPRINT.
NOT EVEN -- NOT EVEN A SQUIRREL RAN ACROSS HERE.
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY KIND OF FORCED -- ANY KIND OF ENTRY.
YOU THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MR. HOUGHTON OR MR. WIDDERS?
ONE OF THOSE TWO.
I HAVE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU.
REALLY? WHAT'S THAT?
THIS WALL OVER HERE...
YEAH?
THE ROCKS IN THE WALL WERE FROM THE HOOSAC TUNNEL.
IT WAS A TUNNEL THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 1800s.
THE CALL IT THE BLOODY PIT.
WHY DO THEY CALL IT THE BLOODY PIT?
BECAUSE OF THE MEN THAT DIED IN THAT TUNNEL.
AND HOW MANY MEN DIED?
ALMOST 200.
MINING THESE ROCKS THAT ARE SITTING ON THE PROPERTY
OF THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
EXACTLY.
THESE ARE THE ROCKS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT HOLE
THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN.
UH-HUH.
SO, I THINK THAT THESE ROCKS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH
THE DEATHS OF THE HOUGHTONS AND MR. WIDDERS.
YOU MEAN LIKE A CURSE?
A CURSE.
IT'S RIGHT OFF THE TRACKS, ISN'T IT?
WE FELT THERE WAS A CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE HORRIFIC DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ROCKS
AND THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
WE SET OUT TO FIND THE SOURCE.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN WALKING ALONG THIS RAILWAY
FOR ALMOST 2 MILES NOW.
WE JUST FOUND THE HOOSAC TUNNEL, AND THIS IS WEIRD.
YOU CAN FEEL, LIKE, LITERALLY, LIKE,
A 30-DEGREE BREEZE JUST SHOOTING OUT OF THIS TUNNEL.
COME ON, NICK.
THEY ACTUALLY SAY THAT THIS TUNNEL IS VERY HAUNTED.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THIS GOES BACK
OR HOW FAR WE SHOULD GO BACK.
IS IT LIKE -- I THINK IT'S 5 MILES THAT IT GOES BACK.
Groff: 5 MILES?
THIS WHOLE THING IS 5 MILES LONG.
IS ANYBODY IN HERE?
IS ANYBODY IN HERE?
THIS IS JUST CREEPY AS HELL, MAN.
I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT. THIS IS CREEPY AS HELL.
FLASH THE LIGHT IN FRONT.
[ CLATTERING ]
WAS THAT A BRICK?
I THINK SO.
Bagans: ALL YOU CAN HEAR IS DRIPS OF WATER COMING FROM THE CEILING,
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE'LL HEAR A BIG ***
FROM THE BRICK THAT'S COMING DOWN OFF THE CEILING.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE?
[ GASPS ] DUDE, WHAT WAS THAT?
I SWEAR TO GOD -- I SWEAR TO GOD
I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS THE [BLEEP] TRACKS.
I SWEAR TO GOD I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS THE TRACKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A GUY OR AN ANIMAL OR SOMETHING,
BUT SOMETHING JUST WENT OVER FROM THAT SIDE
AND CROSSED OVER THE TRACKS.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
MY LIGHT WASN'T EVEN MOVING.
DUDE, I'M SEEING --
I DON'T KNOW IF [BLEEP] PLAYING TRICKS ON MY EYES.
YEAH, NO, I'M STARTING TO GET LIKE...
I JUST KEEP SEEING [BLEEP] EVERYWHERE.
IT'S JUST MESSED UP IN HERE.
YEAH.
I KNOW IT'S DARK IN HERE, BUT IT FEELS DARK IN HERE.
LIKE, THE ENERGY IS, LIKE, BAD OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
JUST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULDN'T BE IN HERE.
YOU THINK THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN THE SPIRIT OF JOHN WIDDERS?
I THINK HE'S TELLING US TO GET OUT.
JOSH IS THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE,
WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE HOUGHTON MANSION,
AND HE'S EXPERIENCED A BUNCH OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN HERE,
AND HE'S GONNA TAKE US AROUND
AND SHOW US WHERE SOME OF THOSE HOT SPOTS ARE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST SPOTS I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU
JUST TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF OUR SPIRITS
THAT, AT LEAST, I FEEL IS HERE.
THIS IS A PORTRAIT RIGHT HERE IN OUR MAIN LOBBY
OF A.C. HOUGHTON HIMSELF.
A.C. IS ONE OF THE GHOSTS
THAT WE BELIEVE TO BE HAUNTING THIS LOCATION.
NEARLY EVERY TIME I COME DOWN HERE,
YOU HEAR A DOOR SLAM OR FOOTSTEPS.
THERE'S A CERTAIN DOOR AS YOU'RE HEADING INTO THE LODGE ROOM,
ANDSHIVER ALMOST.NALLY SHREALLY?
WE'RE GONNA HEAD INTO MARY'S BEDROOM.
MARY IS ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF A.C. HOUGHTON, RIGHT?
YES.
IN A CAR ACCIDENT?
YES.
NOW, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY HAVE YOU...?
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE GET STRONG SENSATIONS OF SADNESS,
SENSATIONS OF BEING TOUCHED.
WE'VE CAPTURED SOME EVPs THAT HAD, LIKE, A SCREAM ON THEM.
YOU'VE HAD DIFFERENT ONES THAT SAY --
STHAT'S BEEN HEARD HERE?M
RIGHT. YES.
WOW.
SOME THAT'LL SAY "GET OUT."
GOD, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY OF THEM.
WHERE'S "GET OUT" BEEN CAPTURED AT?
YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT "GET OUTS."
ONE WAS UPSTAIRS, AND ONE WAS DOWNSTAIRS.
CAN WE GO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE ROOMS
WHERE THAT'S BEEN CAPTURED?
YES.
I LIKE THAT VOICE -- "GET OUT."
THAT'S KIND OF OUR SPEED
'CAUSE WE CAN'T GET OUT 'CAUSE WE'RE LOCKED DOWN.
SO, YOU ACTUALLY CAPTURED THIS VOICE SAYING "GET OUT"?
I DID.
WHERE DID YOU CAPTURE THIS AT -- WHAT PART OF THE MANSION?
THAT WAS ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
YOU THINK THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN THE SPIRIT OF JOHN WIDDERS?
IT COULD'VE BEEN JOHN WIDDERS.
AND HE'S SAYING WHAT?
I THINK HE'S TELLING US TO GET OUT.
GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT.
GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT.
THAT IS VERY CLEAR, TOO.
"GET OUT." "GET OUT." THAT'S A CLASS-A EVP.
GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT.
I'VE HAD -- A GOOD MAJORITY OF MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
WITH THE BUILDING HAVE HAPPENED UP HERE
ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THE SECTION OF THE HOUSE WE JUST ENTERED
IS THE SERVANTS' SECTION OF THE HOUSE.
THIS WOULD BE WHERE THE BUTLERS,
THE MAIDS AND EVERYBODY LIVED.
A LOT OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN THIS ROOM?
A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY IN THIS ROOM.
PROBABLY MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL HAPPEN HERE.
YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A FIGURE, AN APPARITION, IN THIS ROOM.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOORWAY.
NOW, THE DOOR WAS CLOSED, AND IT WAS PITCH DARK IN HERE,
ABOUT 11:00 AT NIGHT,
BUT HE WAS STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT DOORWAY.
AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAD ANOTHER ONE RIGHT HERE.
YES, AND THAT'S THE ONE
THAT I'VE TAKEN A PICTURE OF DURING THE DAYTIME.
IT WAS ACTUALLY PROBABLY ABOUT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON
I WAS TAKING PICTURES, AND YOU CAN SEE SOMEBODY STANDING
WITH THEIR FACE RIGHT HERE IN THIS WINDOWPANE.
OKAY, WELL, THEN, IF THIS IS YOUR MOST ACTIVE ROOM,
I WANT TO DO TWO THINGS.
I WANT TO SET UP -- LET'S DO TWO X's.
Groff: YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
YEAH, SO, AARON, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME YOUR CAMERA?
AARON, CAN WE PUT AN "X" RIGHT WHERE NICK IS STANDING?
AND THEN WE CAN SHOOT DOWN THIS HALLWAY RIGHT HERE.
Josh: WE HAD PEOPLE COME IN HERE AND JUST HAVE TO LEAVE,
CRYING, 'CAUSE THEY FELT THAT UPSET.
THERE WAS AN EVP THAT WAS TAKEN IN HERE
THAT HAD TO RELATE ABOUT HOW HE HAD A HEAVY HEART,
WHERE HIS HEART WAS BROKEN ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.
NOABOUT MR. WIDDERS?G
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO, MEANING THAT HE PROBABLY FELT BAD FOR CAUSING THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE FELT WHEN WE LISTENED TO IT.
AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY TOLD US
ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ROOM.
THAT THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY.
RIGHT.
THE FIXTURES ARE IN HERE, BUT IF YOU TEST THEM,
THERE'S NOTHING RUNNING THROUGH IT.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW, THERE'S SOME HOUSES UP THERE.
I'VE HAD THEM COME TO ME AND SAY HOW THEY'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS ON
IN THIS ROOM, ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE
WHO'VE BEEN HERE WHO'VE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND LOOKED UP AND SAID, "OH, I LEFT THE LIGHT ON."
AND THEN THEY REALIZE THAT I CAN'T LEAVE THAT LIGHT ON.
THAT LIGHT'S NOT THERE.
THERE USED TO BE A HOUSE THAT SAT HERE
BEFORE HOUGHTON BUILT HIS HOUSE.
IN 1850, THERE WAS A HOUSE BEFORE THAT?
THAT HOUSE WAS PICKED UP AND MOVED
TO ANOTHER PLACE IN THE CITY,
SO THE CELLAR HOLE FOR THAT HOUSE IS PROBABLY STILL HERE.
WOULDN'T MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE TO FILL IN A CELLAR HOLE
JUST TO DIG ANOTHER ONE FOR ANOTHER HOUSE.
NOW, THERE'S A SPIRIT DOWN HERE
THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED MANY TIMES,
WHICH I FEEL IS A LITTLE GIRL,
TO DOCUMENT WHERE SHE CAME FROM.
MM-HMM.
BUT I THINK MAYBE SHE'S ATTACHED TO THAT ORIGINAL CELLAR HOLE
OF THAT ORIGINAL HOUSE.
YOU'LL BE TAPPED DOWN THERE. SHE'LL TOUCH YOU.
MM-HMM.
SHE'LL PLAY WITH YOUR HAIR.
AND WE TAKE IT AS A PLAYFUL SPIRIT.
MY LEG JUST KIND OF GAVE OUT.
I LOOKED BEHIND ME.
NOBODY WAS THERE.
SO, YOU FELT SOMEONE ACTUALLY PUSH ON YOUR LEG.
I THINK THAT IT WAS THAT LITTLE-GIRL SPIRIT
THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT'S DOWN HERE.
THAT PUSHED YOU.
YES.
SO, YOU SAW A LITTLE GIRL IN THE BASEMENT HERE?
SHE ACTUALLY PEEKED OUT AROUND THE CORNER,
KIND OF GOT DOWN ON THE FLOOR,
AND THEN KIND OF JUST MOVED ACROSS THE FLOOR.
SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME OUT OF THAT DOORWAY.
WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? LET ME GRAB YOUR CAMERA.
WHY DON'T WE PUT AN "X" HERE,
SHOOTING DOWN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE?
Kemp: THIS IS A BUILDING
OF MANY MYSTERIES AND A LOT OF HISTORY,
AND NOT TO HONOR IT, AND NOT TO EXPLORE IT,
AND NOT TO ARCHIVE, AND NOT TO CATALOGUE
WOULD DO IT A DISSERVICE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO THIS BUILDING
OVER THE YEARS, AND THERE MUST BE SOME FOOTPRINT SOMEWHERE.
RIGHT. RIGHT. RIGHT.
WHETHER IT BE RESIDUAL OR SOME KIND OF INTELLIGENT ENERGIES
THAT CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER YOU OR GIVE YOU COMMANDS.
IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE THEORY
OF ENERGY IS NEITHER CREATED NOR DESTROYED, WHERE DOES IT GO?
YEAH. YEAH. IT TAKES ANOTHER FORM.
IT TAKES ANOTHER FORM. EXACTLY.
I THINK BEING LOCKED DOWN HERE
PRESENTS A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
TO A BUILDING THAT IS KNOWN TO HAVE HAD A VERY LONG HISTORY,
AND NOT ALL OF IT WAS GOOD.
A.C. HOUGHTON, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
[ ECHOES ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? OH, MY GOSH. GUYS. GUYS. GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN. I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
WE'RE LITERALLY MINUTES AWAY FROM BEING LOCKED DOWN
INSIDE OF HOUGHTON MANSION,
AND DUSK IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE, SO AARON'S JUST SETTING UP
OUR EXTERIOR-STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA,
AND THIS CAMERA WILL BE COVERING THE FRONT DOOR,
WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET PADLOCKED INSIDE.
[ DRILL BUZZING ]
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE BEING LOCKED DOWN
INSIDE THESE LOCATIONS, WE LITERALLY MEAN IT,
AND IF WE HAVE TO DRILL A DEAD-BOLT LOCK
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR SO WE DON'T GET OUT, WE WILL DO IT.
YOU READY TO LOCK US IN HERE?
I'M READY TO DO IT.
OKAY.
GOOD LUCK.
SEE YOU, BRO. LATER, MAN.
ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
THIS IS HOW "GHOST ADVENTURES" CREW GETS LOCKED DOWN.
A.C. HOUGHTON, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
MY NAME IS ZAK.
THIS IS NICK, AND THIS IS AARON.
WE'RE LOCKED INSIDE YOUR MANSION, A.C.,
AND WE CAN'T GET OUT, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE US HERE,
CAN YOU GIVE US SOME KIND OF A SIGN OR A NOISE?
WHAT ABOUT YOU, MR. WIDDERS?
WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT FELT ALL THE SHAME
FOR CAUSING THE CAR ACCIDENT THAT KILLED A LOT OF HIS FAMILY.
DO YOU STILL LIVE WITH THAT GUILT?
Bagans: AFTER WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES TO THE SPIRITS
WHO ARE CLAIMED TO HAUNT THIS MANSION,
WE SET UP A STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA
AT THE SIDE-ENTRANCE HALL
WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CASES
OF THIS DOOR SLAMMING SHUT,
THEN VERY LOUD FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING WITH NOBODY THERE.
WE ALSO SET UP MOTION SENSORS THAT WILL TRIGGER AN ALARM
IF ANYTHING PASSES IN FRONT OF THEM.
RIGHT NOW, WE JUST FOUND ONE OF OUR X's
TO PLACE ANOTHER STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA,
AND THIS IS WHERE THE GUY THAT LOCKED US IN --
JOSH, THE MASON HERE --
HE SAW A FIGURE ACTUALLY RUN FROM THIS SIDE
RUN RIGHT OVER HERE.
THERE WAS A BLACK, SHADOWY FIGURE,
SO LET'S PLACE THE STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA
OVER OUR "X," AARON.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S SET. I'M GONNA START ROLLING IT.
WANT TO LEAVE IT GO?
YEAH. GO AHEAD.
Groff: IS THAT THE MOTION SENSORS GOING OFF?
THAT IS.
GO DOWNSTAIRS.
Shh!
[ ALARM RINGING ]
RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN HEAR,
ONE OF OUR MOTION SENSORS IS GOING OFF
IN THE FRONT ENTRYWAY IN THE HALLWAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED IT,
BUT THERE'S NOBODY IN HERE BUT US THREE.
AND AS YOU CAN HEAR, RIGHT NOW,
THESE MOTION SENSORS ARE GOING OFF NONSTOP.
THEY'RE GOING CRAZY. IS SOMEBODY HERE?
THOSE THINGS ARE GOING NUTS.
IS SOMEBODY HERE RIGHT NOW?
IF THERE IS, CAN YOU COME KNOCK THIS CAMERA OFF THE TRIPOD?
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE.
THOSE THINGS DON'T GO OFF THAT EASY.
WHEN WE REVIEWED THE FOOTAGE
FROM OUR STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA
TO SEE WHAT TRIGGERED THE MOTION SENSORS,
WE WERE ABSOLUTELY STUNNED BY WHAT WE SAW.
[ ALARMS ACTIVATE ]
WHAT WE BELIEVE TO HAVE CAPTURED IS A SHADOW PERSON --
A SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENON
OF DARK, UNEXPLAINED HUMANLIKE SHADOWS
THAT OFTEN MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
WHEN WE REPLAY THE FOOTAGE,
IT APPEARS THAT THIS ENTITY
COMES FROM A.C. HOUGHTON'S OFFICE TO THE LEFT
AND GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL ON THE RIGHT.
WE THOUGHT THE MOTION SENSORS MAY HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED
BY THE SPIRIT OF A.C. HOUGHTON.
A.C., DO YOU NOT LIKE US IN YOUR HOUSE?
I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETHING JUST HIT ME.
I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING JUST CAME IN AND HIT ME
WITH A SUDDEN, LIKE, BLAST OF COLD AIR
AND JUST, LIKE, SOMETHING WEIRD UP HERE IN MY HEAD, MAN.
CAN I SEE THE EMF DETECTOR?
Goodwin: YEAH.
THESE EMF DETECTORS THAT WE'RE USING,
THEY MEASURE THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT,
AND GHOSTS OR SPIRITS ARE SAID TO GIVE OFF
ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, SO WHEN WE GET SPIKES
AND WE'RE NOT AROUND NOTHING THAT'S ELECTRICAL, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S A REAL, REAL GOOD CHANCE
THAT THERE'S A SPIRIT HERE WITH US.
ARE YOU HERE WITH US, A.C.?
DID YOU NOT LIKE WHAT I SAID
ABOUT DO YOU NOT LIKE A BUNCH OF STRANGERS
BEING LOCKED INSIDE YOUR HOUSE?
[ ECHOES ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
YEAH. IT'S OVER HERE.
NO. NO. NO. NO. COME HERE. BE QUIET. Shh.
I JUST HEARD A LITTLE GIRL SCREAM.
YEAH, A SCREAM.
OH, MY GOSH. GUYS. GUYS. GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN. I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN. I'M GETTING IT AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, SO AM I. I JUST GOT THE CHILLS.
YES. LOOK AT MY BODY.
Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!
IS ANYBODY HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW?
THERE'S GOT TO BE A REASON FOR THIS.
OH, MAN.
MISSED IT?
I DON'T KNOW. I JUST HEARD A LITTLE GIRL SCREAM.
ALL THREE OF US CLEARLY HEARD A LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE,
AND AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, MY EMF DETECTOR SPIKED,
LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THE THEORY
THAT THIS WAS PARANORMAL.
[ ECHOES ]
MARY HOUGHTON, ARE YOU IN HERE?
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS.
KEEPS WALKING AROUND UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
[ CREAKING ]
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
IT KEEPS COMING FROM UPSTAIRS.
NO, DUDE, I JUST HEARD THAT.
IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WE'RE SEARCHING FOR THE SPIRIT OF MARY HOUGHTON,
WHO DIED TRAGICALLY IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
RIGHT HERE IN THE DOORFRAME. COME HERE FOR A SECOND, ZAK.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS.
KEEPS WALKING AROUND UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
[ CREAKING ]
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
IT KEEPS COMING FROM UPSTAIRS.
NO, DUDE, I JUST HEARD THAT.
FOLLOW ME. FOLLOW ME. I HEARD THOSE THREE
LOUD FOOTSTEPS.
GO UP THERE.
FOLLOW ME.
LET'S GO UP THERE.
LET'S BE REALLY QUIET.
OKAY.
AND LET'S TRY TO GO RIGHT TO WHERE THE FOOTSTEPS ARE,
AND LET'S SNEAK UP ON HER SINCE SHE'S SNEAKING UP ON US --
OR WHOEVER IT IS.
THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE WITH US.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO MARY'S ROOM RIGHT NOW --
MARY HOUGHTON --
AND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF ACTIVITY HAS HAPPENED.
ACTUALLY, THAT DARK LIGHT?VE
YEAH.
WHEN WE DO OUR INVESTIGATIONS,
WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO EXPERIMENTING
WITH NEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES.
THIS IS CALLED A DARK LIGHT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO ILLUMINATE THE BUFFERING ZONE
IN BETWEEN OUR WORLD AND THE SPIRIT WORLD
BY USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANCE
BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER RANGES
OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUMS OF LIGHT.
IN ENGLISH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT GHOSTS TO THE LIGHT,
KIND OF LIKE THOSE BUGS TO BUG ZAPPERS.
IT'S SIMILAR TO THAT.
SO, LET'S GO IN HERE AND PACE THIS WHOLE ROOM WITH THIS LIGHT.
LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
WE'LL GO IN HERE, OKAY? I'LL WAVE IT ALL AROUND.
AFTER THAT, I'M GONNA COME BACK OUT HERE,
TAKE A SERIES OF, LIKE, FIVE PICTURES
WITH OUR INFRARED CAMERA, AND SEE IF ANY SPIRITS
WERE ATTRACTED TO THIS LIGHT.
MARY HOUGHTON, ARE YOU IN HERE?
IF YOU ARE AND YOU CAN SEE ME,
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS LIGHT, PLEASE COME TOWARDS ME.
COME ON, MARY HOUGHTON.
IS THIS YOUR ROOM?
WE'RE NOT HERE FOR ANY TROUBLE.
WE JUST WANT TO SEE IF YOU'RE HERE.
SO, PLEASE COME TO THIS LIGHT RIGHT NOW, MARY.
GUYS, SHOULD WE GET OUT?
DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT, AND WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES
WITH THE DIGITAL STILL AND SEE IF THIS LIGHT ATTRACTED ANYBODY?
READY? GO. GO. GO. GO. GO. GO.
READY?
DIGITAL STILL. RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE.
READY?
YEP.
AND...OFF.
FLASH?
YEP. YEP. THERE IT GOES.
THESE LONG INFRARED FLASHES
CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH OUR NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS.
SPIRITS MOVE AT A HIGHER FREQUENCY
AND OFTEN CANNOT BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE.
USING AN INFRARED CAMERA
ALLOWS US TO SEE ABOVE THE VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM,
THUS ILLUMINATING GHOST MATTER, INCLUDING ECTOPLASM.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
THIS CAMERA ALSO RECORDS THE TEMPERATURE
AT THE EXACT MOMENT THE PICTURE IS TAKEN.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR,
AS A SUDDEN DROP CAN INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRIT.
ANALYSIS SHOWED A CONSISTENT READING OF 75 DEGREES,
EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE.
WE CAPTURED THIS UNEXPLAINED MIST
FORMING TO THE LEFT OF THE DESK.
WAS THIS THE GHOST OF MARY HOUGHTON?
WE HEADED OFF IN SEARCH OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE
THAT WAS BUILT WITHIN THE HOUGHTON MANSION
IN THE EARLY 1900s.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT'S A CLOSET WITH ANOTHER DOORWAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL -- WITH MORE DOORS IN IT.
OH, MAN.
Groff: IT SMELLS IN THERE.
IT SMELLS MUSKY, DOESN'T IT?
YEAH.
LIKE OLD COLOGNE OR SOMETHING -- CAN YOU SMELL THAT?
MM-HMM.
WHAT'S IN THIS DOOR?
IT IS VERY COMMON TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRIT
THROUGH SMELL, LIKE AN OLD PERFUME
OR MUSKY COLOGNE THEY USED TO WEAR.
[ HINGES CREAK ]
OH, MY LORD.
THIS IS THE TEMPLE, GUYS.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE?
IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE WITH US?
ARE WE IN A TEMPLE WHERE WE SHOULDN'T BE?
Goodwin: DUDE, I SWEAR TO GOD, GUYS,
I KEEP HEARING SOMETHING, LIKE, RIGHT OVER HERE.
IT'S JUST LIKE -- I'M JUST...
OH.
DUDE, DON'T HIT THAT THING.
THAT THING MIGHT HAVE SOME POWERS OR SOMETHING.
I WOULDN'T MESS WITH THAT.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT.
DO YOU WANT US TO LEAVE?
IT'S REAL EASY.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS MAKE ONE LITTLE TEENY-TINY NOISE,
AND WE'RE GONE.
[ SLAMMING ]
DO YOU --
I HEARD THAT.
CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US?
CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US?
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS, NICK.
YEAH, IT WAS THE DOOR. IT OPENED.
I KNOW. I HEARD IT, TOO.
ALL THREE OF US HEARD A DOOR OPEN AND CLOSE,
BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE THE ONES RIGHT IN FRONT OF US
BECAUSE OUR CAMERAS WERE POINTED DIRECTLY AT THEM.
AND AFTER REVIEWING OUR FOOTAGE,
WE DIDN'T NOTICE THEM OPEN AT ALL.
IT'S REAL EASY.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS MAKE ONE LITTLE TEENY-TINY NOISE,
AND WE'RE GONE.
[ SLAMMING ]
DO YOU --
CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US?
WE THEN HEARD THE SQUEAK OF A DOOR ONCE AGAIN,
RIGHT AFTER NICK'S QUESTION,
BUT THIS TIME, IT WAS MORE FAINT.
WE ENHANCED THE AUDIO SO YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR IT.
[ CREAKING ]
WE DECIDED TO IMMEDIATELY CHECK THE SET OF DOORS
DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS FIRST SET HERE
AND NOTICED THAT THEY MAKE THE SAME EXACT SQUEAKY SOUND
OF WHAT WE HEARD.
WAS THIS A SPIRIT RESPONDING TO OUR COMMANDS?
[ HINGES CREAK ]
ANYBODY IN HERE?
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HEADING DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT.
[ CLATTER ]
THAT HURT LIKE HELL, MAN. YOU GUYS GOT TO BE MY EYES.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE?
MY --
WHO'S HERE?
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
OF A DARK, UNEXPLAINED FIGURE PEERING OUT THIS WINDOW
WHICH COMES FROM MR. WIDDERS'S ROOM --
THE HOUGHTON FAMILY'S CHAUFFEUR WHO SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD
AFTER CAUSING THE CAR ACCIDENT
WHICH LED TO DEATH AND TRAGEDY FOR THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
RIGHT NOW, I'M IN MR. WIDDERS'S ROOM,
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT SETUP
WE GOT GOING ON HERE.
FROM EARLIER, WE HAVE TWO X's THAT WE SET UP HERE.
WE PLACED SOME OF OUR STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS,
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CAMERA GOING HERE,
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CAMERA RIGHT HERE
ON OUR OTHER "X" FACING THIS DIRECTION.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT,
BUT WE HAVE A THIRD CAMERA ON THE GROUND HERE
WHICH IS ZOOMED IN ON OUR EMF DETECTOR
TO MEASURE SOME ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY.
IF A GHOST COMES THROUGH HERE,
HOPEFULLY, IT'LL TRIGGER THAT, SO WE HAVE THAT SET UP.
WE HAVE A COUPLE INFRARED FLASHLIGHTS
THAT ARE BEAMING THIS WAY, TOO, AND, AGAIN,
THIS IS THAT EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT THAT WE'RE USING.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO ILLUMINATE THE BUFFERING ZONE
BETWEEN OUR WORLD AND THE SPIRIT WORLD.
BASICALLY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT GHOSTS BY THIS LIGHT.
MR. WIDDERS, IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM,
I WANT YOU TO COME TO THIS LIGHT.
YOU GUYS, GET OUT OF HERE. GO.
MR. WIDDERS, IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM,
I WANT YOU TO COME TO THIS LIGHT RIGHT HERE, OKAY?
[ INSECTS CHIRP ]
THIS OLD MANSION IS LIKE A MAZE OF ENDLESS STAIRCASES,
COUNTLESS HALLWAYS, AND DOORS AROUND EVERY CORNER.
TRYING TO WALK AROUND IN PITCH DARKNESS
WITH ONLY NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS CAN BE DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.
[ CLATTER ]
Groff: JESUS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GUIDE ME.
SORRY.
[BLEEP] CAN'T SEE [BLEEP]
I WASN'T EVEN LOOKING.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
YOU ALL RIGHT, MAN?
THAT HURT LIKE HELL, MAN. YOU GUYS GOT TO BE MY EYES.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HEADING DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT,
AND I'M WEARING A MASK
BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THERE MAY BE ASBESTOS DOWN HERE.
AND THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE INTERVIEWED SOME MASONS EARLIER.
THEY SAID THEY'VE BEEN PUSHED DOWN HERE,
AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY SEEN APPARITIONS.
YOU GUYS READY? COME ON.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE?
MY --
Shh!
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
I DON'T KNOW. I HEAR IT, TOO. QUIET.
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
YEAH.
THAT WAS LOUD.
WHAT WAS THAT THERE? WAS THAT BEHIND YOU?
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE?
MY NAME'S ZAK. I GOT NICK AND AARON WITH ME.
SOMEBODY GIVE US A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE.
*** ON ONE OF THESE PIPES, MR. WIDDERS.
CAN YOU HEAR MY VOICE?
GIVE ME A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE. *** ON SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA SIT DOWN HERE BY MYSELF.
I HAVE A STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA OVER THERE FILMING ME.
I'M GONNA BE FILMING IN FRONT OF THIS HALLWAY.
A LOT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN APPARITIONS
IN THIS HALLWAY RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF REPORTS
OF PEOPLE GETTING PUSHED DOWN HERE A LOT.
AND, ACTUALLY, THERE'S ONE MASON WE INTERVIEWED EARLIER
WHO SAW THE APPARITION OF A LITTLE GIRL
VERY CLEAR DOWN HERE,
AND WE HEARD SOME LITTLE-GIRL SCREAMS
ACTUALLY COMING FROM DOWN HERE WHEN WE WERE UPSTAIRS.
SO, I'M GONNA SIT DOWN HERE BY MYSELF
AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER THIS LITTLE GIRL IS PLAYFUL
OR IF SHE'S A DEMONIC LITTLE GIRL.
I ALSO SET A BALL IN FRONT OF ME
TO USE AS A TRIGGER OBJECT --
SOMETHING A SPIRIT MAY BE ATTRACTED TO.
AND BEFORE NICK AND AARON LEFT,
THEY SET UP A FEW MORE STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS
COVERING THIS ENORMOUS BASEMENT.
THIS WAY.
[ SIGHS ]
WHILE HE'S DOWN THERE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW?
DO YOU WANT TO GO INVESTIGATE THE SECOND FLOOR?
ACTUALLY, DUDE, I WANT TO SEE YOU GET IN THAT ELECTRIC CHAIR.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, IF YOU'RE DOWN FOR THAT.
THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. LET'S GO TO THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? LET'S GO UPSTAIRS THIS WAY.
[ HINGES SQUEAK ]
Bagans: IS THERE ANYBODY DOWN HERE?
IS THERE SOMEBODY BEHIND ME?
[ SIGHS ]
HEY, AARON?
THIS IS IT, HUH?
THERE'S THE CHAIR.
THIS MYSTERIOUS ELECTRIC CHAIR AND BED OF NAILS
WAS BELIEVED TO BE USED IN SECRETIVE RITUALS
HERE IN THE MANSION IN THE EARLY 1900s.
MAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
YOU CAN TOTALLY --
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!
DO YOU HEAR THAT?
DID YOUCOMING A SECOND AGO?S
I DID.
WHERE WAS THAT COMING FROM?
NICK AND AARON BOTH HEARD FOOTSTEPS
COMING UP THE FLIGHT OF STAIRS TOWARDS THEM.
THE AUDIO ON THEIR CAMERAS
ALSO PICKED UP THESE UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS.
...IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
[ CLATTERING ]
YOU CAN TOTALLY --
WHAT THE [BLEEP] Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!
IS ANYONE DOWN THERE?
IF YOU CAN SEE ME AND HEAR MY VOICE,
AND YOU WANT ME OUT OF HERE...
[ CLINKING ]
GET THE [BLEEP] OUT.
HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEAD.
THIS WOULD BE A GOOD CLASSIFICATION OF A HAUNTING.
IT'S 4:17 A.M.
I'M STILL IN THE BASEMENT,
AND THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET INTERESTING.
IF YOU CAN SEE ME AND HEAR MY VOICE,
AND YOU WANT ME OUT OF HERE, YOU CAN COME AND TELL ME.
JUST TATHAT'LL --IS THING
[ CLATTER ]
WHO WAS THAT?
MR. WIDDERS, ARE YOU HERE?
WHO'S HERE WITH ME RIGHT NOW?
AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, I CAPTURED AN EVP,
OR GHOST VOICE, ON MY DIGITAL RECORDER,
USING OUR GOLD BERYLLIUM SUBTLE-ENERGY MICROPHONE.
FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DECIPHER,
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OLDER MAN'S VOICE SAYING, "RAN FOR HELP."
IS THIS MR. WIDDERS TELLING US WHAT HE DID
AFTER HE CAUSED THAT FATAL CAR ACCIDENT?
[ CLINKING ]
GET THE [BLEEP] OUT.
[ CLATTER ]
WHO'S HERE?
IS THAT YOU, JOHN WIDDERS?
WELL, WE JUST CONCLUDED OUR LOCKDOWN
HERE AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION,
AND JOSH JUST UNLOCKED US OUT FROM OUR LONG NIGHT.
ALL WE CAN SAY, MAN,
IS FROM WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE HEARD
WITH OUR OWN EARS AND EYES, AND WHAT WE FELT,
I THINK A LOT OF THE STORIES THAT WE HEARD
FROM A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE INTERVIEWED
ARE GONNA BE BACKED UP BY, HOPEFULLY, WHAT WE CAPTURED.
JUST BY WHAT WE SAW AND HEARD,
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, ALL THOSE STORIES ARE VERY CREDIBLE.
SO, WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US IN AND WANDER AROUND.
YEAHWHAT WE GET, MAN.NOW
ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT? THANKS AGAIN.
AWESOME.
WE TRAVELED TO LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,
TO HAVE SOME OF OUR EVIDENCE ANALYZED.
ALL RIGHT, SO, WE CAME TO YOU GUYS
'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A VIDEO PHOTO TECH
FOR LAS VEGAS PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT -- WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOUR GROUP
IN NEWS STORIES, PUBLICATIONS HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
SO, WE WANTED TO GET A SECOND OPINION
ON THE EVIDENCE THAT WE CAPTURED.
THIS FIRST PICTURE THAT YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS --
WE CAPTURED AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WE WERE USING AN INFRARED DIGITAL-STILL CAMERA, OKAY?
WE WENT INTO THIS PLACE CALLED MARY'S ROOM.
MARY WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CAR ACCIDENT.
SHE ALSO DIED FROM THE CAR ACCIDENT, OKAY?
Luna: THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE RIGHT THERE.
MM-HMM.
YOU HAVE NO GLARE FROM THE MIRROR.
SEEMS TO BE FREE-FLOATING.
RIGHT IN HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEAD,
A LITTLE MORE OF A BODY IN HERE.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY MANIFESTING.
AND HERE IN THE OTHER PHOTOS, WE HAVE 75 DEGREES.
IT'S A CONSTANT 75 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ROOM,
AND THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK WITH THE MIST,
AND IT ACTUALLY HAS GONE DOWN 10 DEGREES.
IT'S AN AMAZING PHOTO. IT'S GREAT PROOF.
Garrico: THAT'S WHAT WE CALL AN ECTOPLASM.
ECTOPLASM IS WHEN AN ENTITY IS TRYING TO MANIFEST ITSELF,
THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING THE SUDDEN TEMPERATURE DROP.
AND IT'S WHEN YOU SEE A FREE-FLOATING MIST FORM.
EITHER THE ENTITY IS LEAVING
OR IT'S ACTUALLY REGROUPING ITSELF,
TRYING TO FORM A HUMAN FORM.
WHEN YOU'RE TRYINGAIL
TO TAKE A PICTURE.
YEAH, SO, THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, A GREAT PIECE OF EVIDENCE.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY ENVIOUS.
THIS NEXT PIECE OF EVIDENCE IS ONE OF THE ONES
THAT WE LIKE THE MOST SO FAR.
RIGHT HERE, WE ACTUALLY SEE THE MOTION SENSORS.
[ ALARM ACTIVATES ]
THEN WE ACTUALLY SEE A SMALL SHADOW IN THERE.
IT'S VERY FAST.
YOU REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS RIGHT IN THERE.
IS THAT THE MOTION SENSORS GOING OFF?
Groff: THAT IS.
SO, RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL PITCH BLACK.
I'M MORE INTERESTED, ZAK, WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE ROOM HERE.
MM-HMM.
I'M LOOKING FOR AN ACTUAL LIGHT SOURCE.
IF YOU GO FORWARD JUST A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS YOUR SHADOW RIGHT IN HERE.
IF THERE WAS ACTUALLY ANYBODY BEHIND THAT CAMERA RIGHT THERE,
THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PASS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.
AND LOOKING AT YOUR VIDEO,
LOOKING WHERE THE LIGHT SOURCES WERE,
IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO CAST AN ACTUAL SHADOW
IN THIS ONE AREA WAY OVER HERE, TOO.
THE FUNNY THING IS, IS IF YOU SIT THERE AND WATCH THIS,
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY IS JUST STANDING THERE LIKE THIS.
AND AS SOON AS IT MOVES,
IT SETS OFF THE ALARM MOTIONS, AND, BAM, IT'S GONE.
THAT'S MY HONEST OPINION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BIG DUDE HERE WAS STAKING YOU OUT
WHILE YOU GUYS WERE SETTING UP, AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
SO, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS A SHADOW PERSON?
THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. DEFINITELY.
OR A SHADOW CHILD EVEN.
I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE JUST AS TALL AS THE BOARD IS,
THIS THING IS STANDING IN FRONT OF IT, IT COULD BE A CHILD.
IT'S ONLY THREE OR FOUR FEET.
CAN SOMETHING? GUYS
WHAT?
THAT KIND OF GAVE ME A CHILL
'CAUSE YOU JUST SAID THAT THAT MAY BE A CHILD.
WE START WALKING AROUND.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEAR A LITTLE GIRL --
WAS IT A LITTLE-GIRL SCREAM?
Groff: YEAH, IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
A LITTLE-CHILD SCREAM.
[ ECHOES ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS --
AFTER WE CAME DOWN HERE -- BECAUSE OF THOSE MOTION SENSORS.
GOOD CHAIN OF EVENTS.
YEAH.
YOU HEAR THE AUDIO. YOU GOT IT ON AUDIO.
YOU HAVE IT ON A SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT, BEING AN EMF METER.
AND THEN BAM, THERE'S YOUR VIDEO.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF A MANIFESTATION OF A SHADOW CHILD,
I WOULD SAY.
THIS WOULD BE ACTUALLY A GOOD CLASSIFICATION OF A HAUNTING.
YEAH. YEAH.
GOOD HAUNTING.
THE HOUGHTON MANSION, BUILT BY A PROMINENT FAMILY,
BECAME A PLACE THAT BORE ITS TRAGEDIES,
MANIFESTED THROUGH SOUNDS...
[ ECHOES ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
...SHADOWS...
[ ALARM ACTIVATES ]
...AND MISTS.
I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
Bagans: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
WITNESSED BY THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE TODAY,
I BELIEVE THESE MYSTERIES HAVE BUT ONE EXPLANATION.
THE SPIRITS OF THESE TRAGIC VICTIMS
ARE LOCKED WITHIN THESE WALLS,
AND THEIR SADNESS STILL LINGERS GENERATIONS LATER.