[indistinct on recorder]
Is this your top hat
that we have in front of us down here?
[indistinct]
Did that... hold on a second. Did that just say "beaver"?
-Did you hear that? -Let me see it. I just wanna make sure
I... I'm not going crazy.
[Phil] I think it said "beaver." Like a beaver-skin hat.
[Phil's voice] Is this your top hat that we have in front of us down here?
[voice on recorder]
Oh!
What?
What kind of hat?
-It said "beaver." -What kind of hat?
I just got the chills.
[narrator] On this episode of Expedition X...
Phil and Jess continue their investigation
into one of the most reportedly haunted places in the country,
Mackinac Island, Michigan.
And this time, we've called for backup.
Dalen, Marcus and Juwan from The Ghost Brothers.
-Is that your Bible? -[beeps]
-[Dalen] Oh-oh. -[Juwan] Oh, wow.
[narrator] More evidence only leads to more questions.
[Phil] Did you die out here?
-[crackling] -Holy...
[narrator] Winter is coming to this paranormal hotspot.
-[Jessica] Oh, my gosh. -[narrator] And my team's investigation
yields truly chilling results.
[Phil] Are you trapped?
[voice on recorder]
-[Dalen] Yeah, that said, "Yes." -[Jessica] What?
-[Phil] Hey, look who it is! -[Jessica] Hello!
Hi!
-Hello! -[Phil] How you guys doing?
[Jessica] Good. How are you?
-Thank you, guys, for making it. -Thank you for having us.
You brought in the big guns.
-That's right. That's right. -[laughs]
[Phil] Marcus, Juwan and Dalen
make up The Ghost Brothers.
They have years of experience in the paranormal,
so we're excited they decided
to come all the way from Atlanta to help us out.
[Jessica] Mackinac Island has definitely lived up to its reputation
and here is what we have encountered so far.
We started right here at the Bed and Breakfast...
-We found an old beaver hat. -[Jessica] Wow.
...which gave us a lot of activity.
[voice on recorder]
-[Jessica] "Dead." -[Phil] No, it did not just say that.
It just absolutely did.
And sensing there was more going on
than just an isolated haunting,
we discovered that Mackinac Island
is one giant Native American burial ground
from the downtown to the shoreline.
Then we met a witness that connected
paranormal activity on the land
with a mysterious anomaly over the lake.
Afterwards, Josh found a possible connection
between the shoreline activity
and one of the many deadly shipwrecks in the area...
where things promptly went haywire
for Phil in the frigid waters.
We saw it, we felt it. It messed with us.
[Jessica] There's so much left to investigate
and we're just ready to jump right into this with you guys.
So what do we got here?
-Ooh, this is the command center. -Okay.
So the reason that we are here at this hotel
in the first place is that Brian, the hotel owner,
sent us this. Take a look at this footage.
It's quick. Just comes and goes.
-[Dalen] Oh, wow. -[Phil] So it's not there.
-[Juwan] Yo, that's really crazy. -[Phil] It shows up.
-Look, Is somebody wearing a hoodie? -Right? It almost looks like
someone wearing a hoodie.
[Jesssica] Oh, look at...
Watch. Watch this.
Right here.
-[Dalen] Hmm. -Right there.
[Phil] A little flash?
The light in that room went off.
-'Cause all the other lights are on. -[Dalen] Yeah.
And that's at 8:17 this morning.
So that's right after we left.
-That's weird. -Oh, my God. All right, I wanna see it one more time.
All right. Ready?
[Phil] Oh yeah.
-[Marcus] That's wild. I mean, but you know what? -[Jessica] That's it.
Them the type of ghost you want though.
'Cause those are the ghosts that are considerate of bills.
-You understand what I'm saying? Like... "Hey... -That's true.
you guys left the lights on. That's on you."
You gotta take responsibility for that yet.
I noticed you didn't go... about that, did you?
I need the ghost that turns off the curling iron when I leave
-and forget to unplug it. -Yeah. See? See?
Let me just show you this.
[Jessica] Our producer, Brian, comes in
to make sure that we see another curious piece of surveillance footage
that was captured while Phil and I were away.
So where is this at?
So this is the third floor
and that closet is where all of the personal items were found.
[Dalen] Wait a second, did that door open?
[Jessica] Oh, [bleep].
-[Juwan] Oh, wow. -[Jessica] What the [bleep] is this?
Yo, are you serious?
-It's like pulling its door... -Oh, no, something comin' out of there.
Something is coming out of there.
That is crazy.
[Jessica] That is weird.
And that's on carpet.
-[Dalen] Oh, yeah. -So that's not just like lightly opening on its own,
that... you'd have to pull that open.
That's that 1986 carpet too.
-Yeah. -And that's that thick carpet.
[chuckling] Thick. Yeah.
[Marcus] You could lose a penny in that carpet.
-[Jesssica] Mmm-hmm. -[Marcus] You know how thick that carpet is.
[Jessica] It certainly looks like the inn has been active in our time away.
So we're going to break off into groups
and try to figure out what we're dealing with here.
[Phil] Okay.
[exhales]
So what do you think we should take?
[Jessica] You got a REM pod,
[Marcus] The SLS cam.
-[Jessica] SBox? -[Phil] All right.
Definitely bring the walkie and I'm grabbing that one.
All right, you guys are heading up, we're heading down.
-[Jessica] Sounds good. -[Dalen] Let's go.
[Jessica] Phil and Marcus are gonna start at the basement.
where the ghostly figure was captured on surveillance footage
by the hotel's owner.
They're taking the beaver-fur top hat that was found in the attic
and plan to use it as a potential trigger object.
Marcus considers himself the most spiritual member of The Ghost Brothers.
You can kind of show up on the SLS cam.
Just show up. Do a little dance for us.
[Jessica] If this is an intelligent haunting,
he might be able to connect personally
with any potential entity
and elicit an intelligent response.
It's a lot colder.
I'm taking Juwan and Dalen up to the attic.
Dalen is the history buff of The Ghost Brothers,
so he's ready to use the old Bible as a trigger object...
And we found a Bible.
You can see their handwriting.
[Jessica] ...to try and make contact with whatever it was
that caused the closet door to open.
Juwan has a reputation for running into the fire of paranormal hotspots
If it hits the fan, I know he'll brave all of the scares
and help me get to the bottom of all this activity
that we are capturing.
Okay, so here is the closet.
[sighing] All right.
So this is the room.
Did y'all hear that in the bathroom?
[Jessica] No. What did you hear?
[Dalen] It was like little tapping coming from the back of the bathroom.
Ugh.
We can keep going into the room now.
-Ooh. -[Jessica] Let's see.
-Okay. -[creaking]
See. Look at that. There's no way.
[Dalen] For starters, this...
is gonna take some force for you to pull that open.
Yeah, there's no way that that's
gonna open up on its own.
You know what? How about this room?
I'm just gonna check and see what kind of drafts we're working with here.
How about we place one of the objects...
-Inside? -...inside the closet?
-Here's the Bible. -Can we do the Bible?
So this is the camera that recorded that footage
-we showed you. -Okay. Yeah.
[Phil] So we think that whatever the blue thing was, popped up
basically right from the pole, right behind the pole.
We could not figure out what it was.
-Right. It looked like a figure of a person almost. -Yeah.
I... honestly, when I saw the footage, I was convinced
it was just someone who walked in and out.
But then when I tried to recreate it, I got nothing.
Picking up anything?
[Marcus] Nothing thus far.
[Phil] Marcus calibrates the SLS camera
which stands for Structured Light Sensor.
It's got high-tech software and an infrared light projector
that Marcus believes can supposedly map out the presence of spirits,
which would show up in the frame as stick figures.
As for me, I'm willing to give it a try.
Hey, there. So we heard that you were down here.
Could you show yourself in this SLS cam?
[Phil] I brought a hat.
Is this your hat?
Does it bring back any memories for you?
Hmm.
[Marcus] It's a 100 percent beaver.
-[Phil] It's the good stuff. -[Marcus] Good stuff.
High quality.
Come on out real quick for us.
Right now I'm not catching anything on the SLS at all.
-Maybe put the hat right there. -[Phil] Yeah.
And I think I have the REM pod right here actually.
So I'll put the REM pod right beside it.
All right, so...
Just show up. Do a little dance for us.
I'm not trying to get you to perform or nothing, but...
-No pressure. -No pressure.
But if you wanna come, wear your top hat,
We got a hat for you, man. We got...
-Tell 'em we've got the hat. We've got the hat. -[Phil] Beaver skin hat.
-[Marcus] You don't get no finer than that beaver skin. -[Phil] Mmm-mmm.
Do you mind showing yourself on this SLS cam?
Definitely feel the temperature change.
Ooh! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[Phil] Something show up?
-Look, look, look, look. -[Phil] Oh, right there.
Yes. And that's why I'm the camera man.
We're right beside you.
So, uh, could you pick up your right hand for us?
[Phil] Oh, it went up.
-And it's gone. It's gone. -[Marcus] It's got to--
Okay, you got hyped about the hat.
You got hyped about the hat.
That hat too can be yours.
Just gotta do a little bit more, man.
[Phil] The REM pod is getting electromagnetic field hit.
I see that you're very smart.
You like that REM pod?
-We had an anomaly show up... -[Phil] Real quick.
Hey, remember the footage here?
-[Marcus] Yeah. It was-- -It was, in that time, real quick.
[Marcus] Ooh!
Jess, we got the REM pod going off.
What did you guys just do?
[Jessica] We just put our REM pod in the closet.
[Juwan] Can you make the REM pod stop?
[Jessica] Oh!
Yeah, we're getting activity up here too.
The REM pod was going off
and when we just asked it to turn off and it did it immediately.
And it stopped down here, so it, like, made its way up to you.
[Juwan] You think the REM pods are connected?
-There's no way. Three floors and a basement? -Ask the REM pod.
Is whatever spirit up here connected to what's in the basement?
[beeps]
[Dalen chuckling]
[Jesssica] Is that your Bible?
[beeps]
Are you glad that we brought it back to you?
[beeps]
That's spot on.
It's reacting immediately to the question
as soon as you stop.
[Jessica] Whatever is in here is intelligent.
-[Dalen] Very intelligent. -[Jessica] Yes.
But it acknowledged that it's its Bible.
-[Juwan] Right. -And they're glad that we brought it back to them.
[Phil] After the SLS anomaly
and the odd REM pod activity,
we decided to turn on the spirit box.
It's believed by some that it can scan the white noise on radio frequencies
in order to potentially transmit a spirit's voice.
Is this your top hat
that we have in front of us down here?
Did that... Hold on a second. Did that just say "beaver"?
-Did you hear that? -Let me see it.
I just wanna make sure I... I'm not going crazy.
[Phil's voice] Is this your top hat that we have in front of us down here?
[voice on recorder]
Oh!
What?
What kind of hat?
It said "beaver."
-What kind of hat? -I just got the chills.
What kind of hat?
This man said he was a skeptic. Now, look at us.
Come on, now. Yeah.
[Phil] That was weird.
I don't know what to say.
-I mean, there's a lot of-- -[laughs] I told you.
There's a lot of random words that we could have said,
"Okay," like, "maybe," but...
"Beaver" is so specific.
We just told it's high quality beaver hat!
We have an intelligent spirit down here, man.
[indistinct noise]
Can you tell us your name?
[indistinct]
[Dalen] What that you in the closet?
My name is Dalen.
-What is your name? -[voice on recorder]
-"Joe"? -I heard "Joe."
-I thought it said, "Joe," and then it said, "me." -"Me."
[voice on recorder]
"Get that out of here."
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. hold on.
What did it say?
The last very end of that.
-[Dalen's voice] My name is Dalen. What is your name? -[voice on recorder]
-[Jessica] Yep. -[Jessica's voice] I heard "Joe."
[Juwan's voice] I thought it said "Joe," and then it said "me."
[voice on recorder]
-"Get that out of here." -Yep.
[laughs]
What do you want us to get out of here?
Do you want us to get out of here?
[voice on recorder]
[Dalen and Jessica] "Leave."
[Dalen] It said, "leave."
-It said, "leave." -It definitely said, "leave."
Can you tell us your name?
[Jessica] Hey, Phil, we're actually headed
to the middle room. Join us when you guys want, okay?
Okay, we'll head up there in a second. See you there.
[Jessica] The spirit box just told us to leave.
And we don't want to be disrespectful
while trying to make contact with whoever
or whatever may be here with us.
[Josh speaking]
[Jessica] What? Holy [bleep]
Did you just turn that on?
[Jessica] Oh, my God.
[Josh] No, wait. This light just came on?
[Josh speaking]
[Jessica] You didn't...
You didn't run into... Where is the light switch?
[Brian] I don't know Josh is in front of me.
[Juwan] Where does this light switch go to right here?
I have no idea. Where is it?
And we weren't anywhere close to that.
The attic light just turned on by itself.
We have, on the SLS cam,
an actual anomaly just showed up right there, bruh.
Not only that. We were doing the spirit box...
and... [chuckles]
probably just say it. He has to.
-He got to. He has to. -I can't. I can't. It was crazy.
-I mean, I... -Now, mind you, this is a skeptic right now
Remember you said, "I don't believe in all that."
-What happened? -[Phil] It's a beaver-skin hat.
I said, "Is this your hat?"
And then... not a second later,
it said, "Beaver."
-It's a beaver skin hat. -It said... It said...
"beaver," bruh.
-Of all... I mean, -It could've been anything.
-Anything.
There's a lot of words in the dictionary.
And to hear "beaver" come through so clear,
I got goosebumps. It was wild.
Wow, even Phil's getting in on the action.
-You wanna check out the green room now? -[Phil] Yeah.
[Phil] After we regroup, we focus our attention
toward the green room on the second floor.
[Marcus] Activity at the top, activity at the bottom.
[Phil] Let's see if it's meet in the middle.
This morning when the hotel was empty,
one of our surveillance cameras
recorded a light from inside the room
mysteriously turning off.
-Gotta knock. -We gotta knock.
[Dalen] We gotta be respectful.
Go in.
[Phil] This is a big closet door.
So what light would it have been? Would it have been the...
-the lamp? -[Jessica] Must've been the lamp.
-That's the only light. -[Phil] There's not even a light switch.
[Jessica] No, there is no light switch.
Yeah, it would have to have been the lamp.
-Oh, so you have to-- -Hold on a second.
This is one of them old-school ones
-It's a push. -We gotta push the thing in. Oh.
Yeah, that's the only light in here. It's gotta be it.
-[Juwan] Closet light? -...crazy.
-So what y'all wanna try to do? Spirit box again? -Yeah.
-[voice on recorder] -[both] "Ghosts."
[Juwan] Can you tell us how many ghosts are here?
-[voice on recorder] -"Light."
Can you cut the light back on for us?
"Where?" The light on the desk.
Can you make the REM pod go off next to the light?
-[Jessica gasps] -Whoa, that just flashed.
Can you cut on the lamp on the desk?
[voice on recorder]
"People."
[voice on recorder]
"Seven."
Seven people.
Brian, you around the corner?
[Dalen] Yeah, he wasn't in the room at the time.
He was right where he is.
-Play back the end. -That's... that's seven people.
-That's seven people. -[Marcus] I told you, man.
[all] Yeah, we're seven.
[voice on recorder]
[Dalen] Five.
[voice on recorder]
"No. Seven."
-It said, "Five..." -[both] "No. Seven."
Two cameras...
five of us. That's seven.
[Marcus] Yo...
That's wild.
-The accuracy of these... -[beeping]
They're like, "What more do y'all want from us?"
-Yeah. -..."Y'all know I'm here."
So, okay, they got a proper count.
-[Phil] Yeah. -How do you explain that?
I mean... I don't know.
[Juwan] He about to challenge the spirit box.
-[all laughing] -Listen, we've had...
We've had a lot of random bad luck.
-[Dalen] Yeah. -It's possible that's just random...
good luck that it randomly got the right number just going through there.
And the fact that you had a beaver pelt hat
downstairs out of all the words...
That was the most,
I think, jaw-dropped I've ever been with that.
[Dalen] But there's only one way to figure out if this whole island
is haunted or not.
-And that's to check out some more places too. -[Phil] We gotta explore.
[Phil] The next day, we give The Ghost Brothers
a quick bicycle tour of the island
before making our way to the lake shore.
Allegedly, one of the most haunted places in the area
is the St. Helena Lighthouse.
It actually sits on its own little island
a few miles from Mackinac.
So we're gonna need some help getting out there.
[Jenn] Just never mind me over here.
[Phil] We reconnect with Captain Jenn.
who has arranged a little different type of charter for us this time
due to the shallower waters we're gonna cross.
Captain Jenn, meet the Ghost Brothers.
-Oh, hey. Aye-aye. -Captain Jenn.
-[Dalen] Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
So it looks nice to go out to the... to the lighthouse today.
It's gorgeous day out here in the streets.
-Let's grab some life jackets and get on the way. -[Marcus] All right.
[narrator] St. Helena Lighthouse
begins operating 150 years ago.
But it isn't until the turn of the century
when things start to go crazy... literally.
In August of 1900,
the lighthouse keeper, Charles Marshall
is painting the structure
when he loses his grip on the support line.
Having no way to pull himself up or down,
he dangles terrified for hours
in plain sight...
And though he is eventually saved,
he spends the rest of his life in a mental hospital,
ranting about the island's paranormal energy.
The next keeper, George Legatt, drowns in a boating accident
after just seven months on the job.
A third keeper, Joseph Townsend,
also dies under mysterious circumstances.
The lighthouse is reportedly built on the former site of a native village
that was levelled during the British invasion of Mackinac.
Today, St. Helena Island is said to be haunted
by the restless souls of the three keepers.
-[Phil] There's the lighthouse. -[Jessica] Yep.
So, have you ever had any activity over there?
Like, any paranormal experiences yourself?
Yeah. Oh, yeah. I walked the circumference of it
and heard all kinds of creepy things, and...
It's just a feeling.
And that's what the guy in the asylum was complaining about.
-The energies on the island. -Huh.
Apparently, there are some people that have felt somebody
or something touching them,
while they're over there exploring the islands.
The energy there is creepy.
[Josh] After a 15-minute trek across the lake,
Captain Jenn docks up on the eastern side of St. Helena Island.
The lighthouse is unstaffed for the winter season.
-Bringing out the big guns. -Yeah!
-We just made that song up. -We wrote that together.
That's a good one.
[Josh] So we'll have the entire island all to ourselves.
You wanna take the FLIR with you into the woods?
-Yes, absolutely. -Okay, here you go.
[Jessica] Like the bed and breakfast investigation,
the plan is to split up again.
I'm taking Dalen and Marcus into the lighthouse for a paranormal sweep.
But since Captain Jenn said that there have been reports
of bizarre occurrences all over the island,
Phil and Juwan are gonna stay outside and patrol the forest.
[Phil] Good?
What are you looking for?
For me, I'm looking for anything that could be mistaken for a ghost.
So I'm looking for signs of wildlife out there,
maybe owls out there,
um, scat, footprints,
anything that would indicate that if someone feels like they're being followed,
maybe they're being followed by a deer
or a fox or a coyote.
I love that, 'cause I'm looking for ghosts.
-You're looking for ghosts. -So that means--
So that means you can have my back.
Okay.
Here we go.
So this is basically...
still call and response,
but it will actually use a library that's built into this
-to essentially text us the responses. -So like the Ovilus.
Oh, so we gonna slide into these ghosts' DMs.
[laughs] Yeah-- kind of, yeah.
-You wanna try that? -Yeah, let's do it.
I thought that'd be nice.
All right, we got a walkie.
Uh, call if you guys get anything crazy.
-All right. -Good luck, guys.
[Marcus] I'll lead the way.
The lighthouse, guys.
[Dalen] Light up there shining, man.
It's like it's calling us to it.
[Juwan] So, wait. Are there snakes out here?
[Phil] There sure are snakes.
But it's a little cold, so we probably won't see any.
-But there is poison ivy. -[Juwan] There is poison ivy.
I'm familiar with that.
[Phil] All right.
Look how dense this forest is.
There's like no light that makes it in here.
-[Juwan] Oh, yeah. -It is so dark. Wow.
[Phil] Gotta say, this is probably the quietest forest I've ever been in.
[Juwan] Quietest.
There's not a thing moving out here.
Nothing calling. I don't hear a single bird.
Well, let's keep goin'.
-[branch snap] -[Juwan] Whoa.
Where is it? Where is it?
-[Phil] What was that? -I don't know. I can't see it.
-[Phil] I'd say that was a branch. -That was a branch fall.
[Juwan] I heard the branch.
But then I heard something hit the--
like I heard something hit the ground
and it was kind of scary.
[Phil whispering] That is weird.
-That is so weird. -[Juwan] What was that?
-You see this branch moving right there? -[Phil] Where?
[Juwan] Look right there in the distance.
[Phil] Oh, yeah, it's swinging.
[Juwan] Yeah, nothing else is swinging though.
[Phil] Weird.
Here, let me make sure we're--
-[Juwan] Holy! -What is that?
-[Phil] Do you see any movement? -[Juwan] No.
[Phil] Dude, how does that happen twice?
[Juwan] That was...
[Phil] I can't tell. Maybe it was this tree
cracking a little bit more.
Sometimes when it starts getting colder in the season,
the trees will just start snapping.
-But-- -That's what you think?
[Phil] I don't know.
I mean, that's the only thing that's made noise
in this entire woods.
Both times have been right by our side.
-[Juwan] Anything on the FLIR? -Nothing.
Check this out. See, you can see the trees are all cold.
-[Juwan] Right. -So if anything stands out as we're going--
[Juwan] But if I put my hand in front of it,
it catches the heat signature?
[Phil] Oh, yeah. So we'll know if there's something out there.
This tree completely split.
Oh, wait!
I got a little something.
[Juwan] Where is it though?
[Phil] Got a tiny something right there.
-[Juwan] Where is that? -Let me try to light it up.
It's right there.
It's on...
the log.
It's really unusual.
Wait, did you just hear movement again over there?
Yeah.
[Juwan] It's this right here. Hold on.
[Phil] Yeah, get in there. Get in there.
[Juwan] Oh, [bleep], spider web.
-[Phil] Uh, no. Keep going. -It's right here.
Keep going. Oh, yeah, that's it.
[Juwan] It's damp.
[Phil] Look at the tip of it...
on the FLIR.
It's glowing.
-See that? It's glowing. -Oh, wow.
[Phil] Everything else out here is not.
[Juwan] Why is that so warm?
[Phil] Honestly, I have no idea.
[Juwan] It should be like same thing as body temperature.
-Like-- -Yeah.
[Phil] It's glowing white hot.
[Juwan] Okay, hold on.
You do mine. Look at that in my hand.
[Phil] What?
That's crazy.
-[Juwan] See? It's almost the same temperature, right? -Yeah.
[Phil] Like, usually when I see that,
I'm like, okay, there was an animal that was right there.
But I don't know what kind of animal could be holding the end of a branch.
[Juwan] And you think this is what fell.
[Phil] I think it's gotta be. I mean, it was really wedged in there though.
[Juwan] Yeah.
But where would it have fallen from?
[Phil] There's no tree up there.
Either there was an animal that was just on that
and then the branch broke.
But I don't know where it would have fallen from.
The other thing is like there could be some types of fungus
that can create a little bit of heat.
-Okay. -But that seems, honestly, pretty warm.
That is bizarre.
[Jessica] Okay.
[Dalen reading] This room is being preserved in memory of Ethel Rose Marshall.
Ethel was born in the St. Helena Lighthouse
when her father, Charles Marshall, was keeper.
[Jessica gasps]
That was the lighthouse keeper
that was dangling off the side.
Ethel.
Are you in the lighthouse?
Can you come by this red and black device
to let us know that you're here?
[device beeping]
[Dalen] Oh, hey.
[device continues beeping]
[Dalen] Thank you.
Is there an Ethel here?
[static on device]
[Marcus] Charles, are you with her right now?
[static on device]
Can you tell us how many spirits are out here right now?
[indistinct voices on device]
Did you die out here?
[voice on device]
-[Phil] What? -[Juwan] Whoa.
Did that say, "Spirits in the woods"?
That said, "Spirits in the woods."
-Holy. -Okay. Listen, listen, listen.
-"Spirits in the woods." -"Spirits in the woods."
-Okay. -Damn.
What is...
[Phil] What? Did you see something?
[Juwan] No, but I heard something in the distance.
We're gonna make you a believer one day, I'm telling you.
Don't worry. One woods at a time.
[laughing] Oh, man.
[Phil] Before we link back up with the other group,
Juwan and I rig up a couple of trail cams
in hopes that maybe something shows up
in this eerily quiet forest after we leave.
We got ten seconds.
Anything that might explain the cracking branches
or strange heat signature we observed.
[Jessica] Oh, my gosh.
Okay, it looks like we're almost there.
After our initial call and response sessions in the lighthouse bedrooms,
we make our way up to the top of the 63-foot light tower
and try to make contact with any of the keepers
who met their demise here.
[static on device]
[Dalen] Are you trapped in this lighthouse?
[voice on device]
-"We're not." -[Marcus] "We're not."
[Marcus] So is this your home?
Do you choose to stay here?
-"Yes." -[Marcus] That said, "Yes."
That was clear.
Hey, lighthouse team, you guys alive in there?
We're actually at the top of the lighthouse.
[Phil] Hey, can you see us flashing?
Yeah, I can. Can you see us?
Yeah, we're heading to you.
[Jessica on comms] Let's get it.
[Juwan] Yeah, they're right here.
-What's up, guys? -[Marcus] Dude.
-[Jessica] Hey, come on in. -What's happening?
-[Marcus] Ya hear? -Coming here to warm up.
Ya hear?
-[laughs] You guys got some good stuff? -[Jessica] Hello. Hello.
-[Juwan] How's it goin'? -Good.
Honestly...
it's safe to say those woods are haunted.
Really?
We had a branch fall out of nowhere.
That doesn't happen in the woods often.
It does not, not in those.
Not in those woods.
-I'm telling you... -[Juwan] Those woods were silent.
...they were the most quiet woods I've ever been in.
So no wind, no nothing.
Nothing.
[Jessica] I mean, I definitely think we can all agree
-that the island is haunted. -Yeah.
The lighthouse is haunted.
I just don't think it's a bad haunting.
Would you think that the haunting here
is connected to the haunting at-- on the island?
On Mackinac?
[Jessica] Something is amplifying this area
and it's just making it easier
for the spirits to interact with the living.
There's so much activity here, I could truly stay all night.
But there is a ton of ground still left to cover on the mainland.
I feel like we should just give 'em a tour of the town.
-Yeah. -But in the middle of the night
and see what happens.
-Okay. All right. -[Dalen] Okay.
It's the "and see what happens."
"And see what happens."
He doesn't know what's gonna happen.
[Jessica] With nearly half the night left,
we shift our focus back towards deserted Mackinac Island.
After giving the Ghost Brothers a quick lay of the land on bike,
we decide to split up again on foot.
Juwan and I are headed to the docks
to see if there's any paranormal connection to the water.
-Y'all be safe. -We will.
Phil and the others will stay streetside.
According to the town historian, Phil Porter,
this whole main area of town next to the water
could be littered with human remains
and shallow unmarked graves dating back centuries.
[Phil] You seeing what I'm seeing right here?
[Marcus] Ooh.
[Dalen] Anytime we come across any type of like disturbing of land,
any excavating, that type of disturbance
amplifies paranormal activity.
-[Marcus] Most definitely. -Anytime you're displacing things
-that were once there, disturbing things... -Yeah.
[Marcus] So there could possibly be actual bodies down here.
[Phil] That's 100% true. Isn't that crazy?
-[Marcus] Yeah. -[Dalen] Right?
Every time they made a scoop of this dirt,
there could be bones coming out of there.
[Marcus] Yeah.
I guess we run a little Spirit Box...
-Yeah. -...situation.
[static on device]
Was anyone buried here?
[static continues]
[voice on device]
"Concrete."
Was concrete placed over you?
[static on device]
[Juwan] Okay.
[Jessica] Okay, we have a few questions to ask.
[static on device]
Is there anyone here with us right now?
[static on device]
[voice on device]
-I heard "name." -You heard "name"?
Can you tell us our name?
What's your name? Can you tell us your name?
[voice on device]
"Run."
Did that say "Juwan"?
It sounded like it.
Let's just-- Play it back.
Like, the last 30 seconds.
[audio playing back]
"Run."
Did it say "Juwan"?
[Marcus] It kind of sounded like it.
Juwan, you good?
Man, I appreciate you checking on me, Wildlife.
I'm holding it down.
So, the reason we're checking on you
is... you guys wanna tell him?
Yeah. On the Spirit Box, it literally said, "Run to Juwan."
-Wait a second. -What?
Every time you walk through downtown Mackinac,
you walk with the dead, literally.
Almost every new construction project here uncovers ancient bones.
A 2011 excavation for a hotel uncovered a mass grave
of ancestors of the Chippewa tribe,
who were later given a proper burial.
But the greatest number of bodies
were reportedly discovered beneath the island's famous Grand Hotel.
When it was built in 1887,
the construction crew discovered so many skeletons
that they allegedly lost count.
And perhaps that's why the Grand Hotel
is notoriously haunted
with fabled ghosts like the Woman in Black,
who has been seen walking her dog on the hotel's porch.
Even happy hour is said to feature apparitions with the libations.
The bar is supposedly haunted by a top-hat-wearing ghost.
But, who knows?
Maybe witnesses have just been overdoing it on the red rum.
[Jessica] Did you get that recorded?
Were you guys recording that?
-Yes. -[Phil] Yeah, we definitely were.
So, yeah, we called you the second we heard the name "Juwan."
So that's kind of crazy.
Can we actually be summoning activity on another part of the island?
[Jessica] I mean, it's an island.
It's all connected.
Nothing that happened on the island
wouldn't affect everyone here.
[Juwan] Right.
[Jessica] So, yeah, I don't see why it wouldn't be connected.
[Phil] After the crazy Spirit Box message
that possibly referenced Juwan,
we decide to reunite for safety in numbers.
[Jessica] Hey, so you guys see that fort up there?
-[Ghost Brothers] Yeah. -So, I met a historian up there
and we were standing up top
and he pointed down to this area where the park is
and he mentioned that this whole area right here,
there's probably bodies left behind
'cause that's where the old cemetery used to be.
Not only that, but that is where the battles took place.
So definitely a few fallen soldiers.
And that this is also, all along the water,
where the Native Americans buried their dead when they were here.
So we're like walking on a bunch of dead bodies right now.
-Yes. -And there were a lot of battles over that fort.
-[Jessica] Yeah, quite a few. -[Phil] So...
[Phil] And you could imagine this would probably be the battle front
if they're comin' in from the water.
-[Juwan] Yeah. -[Jessica] Absolutely.
[Jessica] Given its history, this area of the island
just might be the epicenter for human remains
and restless souls.
We're still in the same general area
as where the graveyard would be.
So in an attempt to make contact,
we unveil our most powerful tool,
the REM Portal.
It's a cutting-edge and powerful hybrid device,
fusing the REM Pod, the Spirit Box,
and an EMF detector.
Here we go.
[device whirring]
I think we're good.
Is there anyone who'd like to talk to us?
[voice on device]
-[Dalen] "Ghost." -"Ghost."
Spoken, "ghost."
Are you happy here?
Were you buried here?
"Grave."
"Grave"?
[Dalen] It said "grave."
Is there anybody from the fort with us?
-"Dylan"? -It said, "Dylan."
[Jessica] "Myrtle." I heard "Myrtle."
-"Lynn." -"Lynn."
"Gary."
Yo, is this saying everybody who died on this land?
It's rattling off all the names.
It's like a roll call.
Is there someone specifically who'd like to talk to us?
[indistinct voice on device]
This just feels like it's a gathering spot.
I mean, almost like a portal.
That's why we're hearing all these names.
I just heard "a different time."
It feels like a whole bunch of people
are just passing through this place right now.
It's like a paranormal bus stop.
[device beeping]
-Is that the REM Pod? -Oh, REM Pod.
Paranormal bus stop.
[Phil] Are you watching us right now?
[device beeping]
-And now the REM Pod's goin' off. -And the REM Pod goes off.
[Dalen] I mean, it's a paranormal hotspot.
-[Jessica] Yeah. -You can't deny it.
-[Jessica] It's a crossroads. -Yes.
[Josh] My team came to Mackinac Island
hellbent at the chance to challenge
its infamous paranormal reputation.
[man] A lot of folks experience
someone sitting on the end of their bed.
[Josh] And with the help of the Ghost Brothers...
Is whatever spirit up here connected to what's in the basement?
[device beeping]
[Dalen chuckles]
[Josh] ...it was one of our most exhaustive investigations yet.
Jess and Phil were unable to debunk
the bed and breakfast's ghostly surveillance video
that prompted the investigation.
Moreover, the ensuing light anomalies
both inside the B and B and observed offshore
defy any easy explanation.
The inexplicable REM Pod and SLS activity
that followed...
[Dalen] Ooh!
...and the compelling Spirit Box answers
during the call and response sessions
are difficult to brush aside as mere coincidence.
Is this your top hat?
[voice on device]
Oh!
[Josh] Not to mention the most jaw-dropping piece of evidence we captured,
the attic closet door opening on its own,
despite a working latch and thick carpeting.
[Jessica] Oh, [bleep]!
-[Marcus] Uh-oh. -[Juwan] Oh, wow.
[Josh] Equally perplexing was what the trail cameras captured in the forest
next to the St. Helena Lighthouse.
In the ensuing hours, we observed
absolutely nothing.
There was no animal movement of any kind
that could account for the cracking branch...
[branch cracking]
...or the strange heat signature in the deafly quiet woods.
[Phil] It's really unusual.
[Josh] As for the downtown area,
the REM Portal announcing words like "ghost"...
[voice on device]
-[Dalen] "Ghost." -"Ghost."
...led us to follow up on the list of names that emanated from the device.
Is there anybody from the fort with us?
[voice on device]
-"Dylan"? -[Juwan] "Dylan."
[Josh] The team was shocked to learn...
that each is associated with a now-deceased former resident of the island.
Add all that up, and it's easy to see
why Jess remains convinced that Mackinac Island
represents one of the most intelligent hauntings
she's ever investigated.
Phil, on the other hand, is not convinced,
believing a ghost-town reputation
can easily lead to unfounded paranormal conclusions.
So, which is it?
Perhaps, join the many tourists,
and visit Mackinac for yourself.
Just be sure to catch the last ferry back to the mainland before winter.
For more information on Expedition X,
head to discovery.com/expeditionx.