1 00:00:01,867 --> 00:00:03,867 Are you standing still or walking around right now? 2 00:00:03,867 --> 00:00:05,367 We're standing still. 3 00:00:05,367 --> 00:00:07,533 [footsteps] 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,634 Somebody is walking above me. 5 00:00:11,667 --> 00:00:12,967 There! Right there. Right there. 6 00:00:12,967 --> 00:00:16,567 [Josh] On this episode of Expedition X... 7 00:00:16,567 --> 00:00:18,433 The tripwire just lit up. 8 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:19,667 -[Phil] God-- -[loud bang] 9 00:00:19,667 --> 00:00:20,567 [both gasp] 10 00:00:20,567 --> 00:00:23,634 Jeez. What the hell was that? 11 00:00:24,467 --> 00:00:25,367 Josh. 12 00:00:25,367 --> 00:00:26,700 Get out. 13 00:00:28,367 --> 00:00:30,667 [Josh] ...it's the conclusion of our investigation 14 00:00:30,667 --> 00:00:34,000 into perhaps the most haunted place in America, 15 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,567 the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, 16 00:00:37,567 --> 00:00:41,567 an abandoned mental hospital with a horrifying past... 17 00:00:41,567 --> 00:00:44,567 They threw him on the ground, then put the bed on him 18 00:00:44,567 --> 00:00:46,333 and drove the bedpost through his skull. 19 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,066 That is the most vicious thing I've ever heard. 20 00:00:49,066 --> 00:00:53,467 [Josh] ...that's proving to be our most terrifying expedition ever. 21 00:00:53,467 --> 00:00:54,433 [all gasp] 22 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:56,000 [Josh] Is that you? 23 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,433 [all exclaiming] 24 00:00:57,500 --> 00:00:58,667 [Phil] Oh, my God! 25 00:00:58,667 --> 00:00:59,467 What? 26 00:00:59,467 --> 00:01:01,166 It's [bleep] rolling. Look at it. 27 00:01:01,166 --> 00:01:03,066 -Oh! -[Heather] Oh, my God! 28 00:01:03,066 --> 00:01:04,867 What the [bleep]? 29 00:01:04,867 --> 00:01:06,367 Oh, my God. 30 00:01:16,767 --> 00:01:19,634 [Josh] After hearing about the intense paranormal activity 31 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:21,367 reported at Trans-Allegheny, 32 00:01:21,367 --> 00:01:23,767 I decided to join Phil and Heather myself 33 00:01:23,767 --> 00:01:25,867 at this infamous location. 34 00:01:25,867 --> 00:01:28,100 ...have been seen twice in the past year. 35 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:29,567 [Josh] In places that you were not. 36 00:01:29,567 --> 00:01:30,867 [woman] I was not there at the time. 37 00:01:30,867 --> 00:01:32,433 -Doppelgangers. -Yes. 38 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:34,166 [Josh] During our first night at the asylum, 39 00:01:34,166 --> 00:01:36,467 the activity was off the charts. 40 00:01:36,467 --> 00:01:37,433 Shadow figures... 41 00:01:37,433 --> 00:01:40,367 There is like a dark splotch in the hallway. 42 00:01:40,367 --> 00:01:42,100 ...REM pods going haywire... 43 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:43,467 [Phil] Holy [bleep]. 44 00:01:43,467 --> 00:01:45,667 [Josh] ...and then a terrifying scream 45 00:01:45,667 --> 00:01:48,066 caused us to split up to find the source. 46 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:50,100 -[scream in distance] -Whoa! 47 00:01:51,266 --> 00:01:53,567 [Josh] Phil searched a nearby barn, 48 00:01:53,567 --> 00:01:55,367 while Heather and I investigated 49 00:01:55,367 --> 00:01:57,867 the infamous criminally insane building. 50 00:01:57,867 --> 00:01:59,567 [voice on device] 51 00:01:59,567 --> 00:02:01,133 What's in the cellar? 52 00:02:04,266 --> 00:02:07,367 [Josh] But as we investigated the structure's secret depths, 53 00:02:07,367 --> 00:02:09,533 Heather was suddenly overcome. 54 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:10,333 [Heather coughing] 55 00:02:10,333 --> 00:02:12,367 And at the exact same moment, 56 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:14,634 Phil heard something impossible. 57 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:15,700 [disembodied voice] 58 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:18,467 Our terrifying investigation of the asylum 59 00:02:18,467 --> 00:02:20,367 is far from over. 60 00:02:20,367 --> 00:02:22,000 [coughing] 61 00:02:26,166 --> 00:02:27,867 [Josh] Are you all right? 62 00:02:27,867 --> 00:02:29,467 [Heather] That back room, 63 00:02:29,467 --> 00:02:32,533 I just felt this overwhelming... 64 00:02:33,166 --> 00:02:34,233 dark presence. 65 00:02:34,233 --> 00:02:37,567 And then I became completely drained of all energy. 66 00:02:37,567 --> 00:02:38,600 I looked over at you 67 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,233 and you were, like... your eyes were all watery 68 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:42,867 and you just looked white as a sheet. 69 00:02:42,867 --> 00:02:45,634 Yeah, I mean, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. 70 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:47,767 [Josh] All right, let's just take in the fresh air, 71 00:02:47,767 --> 00:02:49,567 and we'll reset. 72 00:02:49,567 --> 00:02:50,834 -Yeah. -Yeah. 73 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:51,834 Fresh air is good. 74 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:52,934 Fresh air is good. 75 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:53,934 Hey, Josh, Heather, 76 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:54,934 where are you guys at? 77 00:02:54,934 --> 00:02:57,000 I've got my light shining. Can you see me? 78 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,367 Can I see you? 79 00:02:59,367 --> 00:03:01,233 Sorry. Go again. What? 80 00:03:01,300 --> 00:03:02,467 I'm by the barn. 81 00:03:02,467 --> 00:03:04,266 Can you see me? I'm by the barn. 82 00:03:04,266 --> 00:03:05,867 We are not at a barn. 83 00:03:05,867 --> 00:03:07,967 We are down at the criminally insane building. 84 00:03:07,967 --> 00:03:10,667 100%, I heard Heather's voice 85 00:03:10,667 --> 00:03:12,467 saying my name. 86 00:03:12,467 --> 00:03:15,667 If you're telling me you guys aren't anywhere near me, 87 00:03:15,667 --> 00:03:17,433 I think you need to get up here. 88 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:18,333 I don't know what's happening. 89 00:03:18,333 --> 00:03:19,533 I mean, I don't know where you are. 90 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:20,700 How do I get to you? 91 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:23,467 There's an old road up here in front of the bar. 92 00:03:23,467 --> 00:03:24,734 [Josh] Here we go. 93 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,667 -You ready? -Yeah. 94 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:28,066 So he went into the woods over here. 95 00:03:28,066 --> 00:03:29,300 -So maybe this road? -Yes. 96 00:03:29,867 --> 00:03:31,133 -[Josh] Hang on. -Okay. 97 00:03:31,867 --> 00:03:33,166 [Josh] Whoo! 98 00:03:33,166 --> 00:03:35,467 That's so freaky that he thought he heard you. 99 00:03:35,467 --> 00:03:37,000 You know what that is, right? 100 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,433 -The doppelganger voices. -Totally. Right? 101 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:41,300 I mean, it's exactly the same thing. 102 00:03:44,266 --> 00:03:45,467 [Heather] Well, there's one way to find out. 103 00:03:45,467 --> 00:03:47,066 -Oh, there's a barn. -Look, there's a light. 104 00:03:47,066 --> 00:03:48,800 [Josh] Okay, we got a light. Here we go. 105 00:03:49,567 --> 00:03:50,934 [Heather] There he is. 106 00:03:51,667 --> 00:03:54,133 -[Phil] Hey. -[Josh] Yo, what's up, man? 107 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:55,166 -[Phil] Whoo. -You okay? 108 00:03:55,166 --> 00:04:00,166 Yeah. I mean, I was at the top of this barn. 109 00:04:00,166 --> 00:04:02,734 I think this is where the patients would actually work 110 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:03,634 when this thing was, like, 111 00:04:03,634 --> 00:04:05,667 -a self-sustaining property. -Right. 112 00:04:05,667 --> 00:04:07,967 And I just-- I heard you calling in. 113 00:04:07,967 --> 00:04:09,567 -Just-- -Like, thought you heard her? 114 00:04:09,567 --> 00:04:10,867 -Or like you heard a voice? -No. 115 00:04:10,867 --> 00:04:13,300 I-- I heard a voice. 116 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:14,934 [disembodied voice] 117 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,233 I'm not the only one that heard this. 118 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:18,300 You heard it too. 119 00:04:19,767 --> 00:04:21,133 And it was her voice? 120 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,767 100%. It was your voice. 121 00:04:22,767 --> 00:04:24,266 It was just you saying, "Hey, Phil." 122 00:04:24,266 --> 00:04:25,734 But you know what this is, right? 123 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,066 This is the doppelganger. 124 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:28,667 This is what people here describe. 125 00:04:28,667 --> 00:04:30,166 They either see someone 126 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:32,233 or they hear someone from their group 127 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:33,300 who isn't there. 128 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:35,266 That that is exactly what just happened to you. 129 00:04:35,266 --> 00:04:37,667 I genuinely thought you guys were like hiding somewhere, 130 00:04:37,667 --> 00:04:38,634 just messing with me. 131 00:04:38,634 --> 00:04:40,567 No, we were-- we went down in that building. 132 00:04:40,567 --> 00:04:41,867 We just went through a gauntlet. 133 00:04:41,867 --> 00:04:44,467 Heather got, like, drained of energy. 134 00:04:44,467 --> 00:04:47,266 -And then I got so sick. -Like, throwing-up sick. 135 00:04:47,266 --> 00:04:49,634 -Oh, my God. -I had to leave the building just to feel better. 136 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:52,567 So at the exact moment that that's happening, 137 00:04:52,567 --> 00:04:54,834 is when you thought you heard her voice up here. 138 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:56,433 [Heather] The timing is extraordinary. 139 00:04:56,500 --> 00:05:00,066 [Josh] Yeah, I mean, it really-- it really is. 140 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:00,934 So, okay, 141 00:05:00,934 --> 00:05:03,767 a huge first night and a lot to unpack. 142 00:05:03,767 --> 00:05:05,000 We'll give you a ride down before you... 143 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,834 -start hearing more voices. -[Phil] Oof. 144 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,867 -You good? -I'm good. 145 00:05:12,867 --> 00:05:14,066 Let's get some rest, guys. 146 00:05:14,066 --> 00:05:15,800 -[Phil] All right. -[Heather] I'm exhausted. 147 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,233 [Josh] As morning breaks, 148 00:05:30,233 --> 00:05:32,133 we decide to divide and conquer 149 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,734 to gather more intel about what could be fueling 150 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,166 the strange activity we experienced. 151 00:05:37,166 --> 00:05:40,967 Phil and Heather meet up with the asylum's historian, Brad Cook, 152 00:05:40,967 --> 00:05:43,100 while I track down a former employee 153 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:45,867 to get a better idea of what life was really like 154 00:05:45,867 --> 00:05:47,066 at Trans-Allegheny. 155 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:48,634 Hey hey, you must be Rodney. 156 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:49,533 -Yes. Josh. -Josh. 157 00:05:49,533 --> 00:05:50,834 -Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. 158 00:05:50,834 --> 00:05:53,567 Rodney Gibson was employed as a health services worker 159 00:05:53,567 --> 00:05:56,266 at the asylum back in the '80s and '90s. 160 00:05:56,266 --> 00:05:58,667 Security was his primary role. 161 00:05:58,667 --> 00:06:00,367 So, you know, look, 162 00:06:00,367 --> 00:06:02,867 this, to me, looks like a very imposing place. 163 00:06:02,867 --> 00:06:04,533 And having spent the night here last night, 164 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,367 I don't know that I could do your job. 165 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:08,533 Did you ever see or hear anything strange 166 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:09,433 when you were here? 167 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:10,700 Yes, I heard noises. 168 00:06:11,667 --> 00:06:13,033 And there's things, you know, 169 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:14,066 depending where you had to go, 170 00:06:14,066 --> 00:06:15,467 what situation you was in, 171 00:06:15,467 --> 00:06:17,133 you didn't like those days. 172 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,867 Where would you say is the scariest part of this whole complex? 173 00:06:19,867 --> 00:06:20,900 The basement. 174 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:22,934 -The basement. You didn't even hesitate. -Yes. 175 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:23,900 No, not at all. 176 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:25,433 The basement of the main building here. 177 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:26,867 -Yes. -And why is that? 178 00:06:26,867 --> 00:06:29,667 [Rodney] There's tunnels, and it's colder, 179 00:06:29,667 --> 00:06:31,433 and you just get a bad feeling when you get down there. 180 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:32,767 Why would you go down there at all? 181 00:06:32,767 --> 00:06:35,567 -We had to go down to take laundry and trash down. -Right. 182 00:06:35,567 --> 00:06:36,734 And you'd take it down 183 00:06:36,734 --> 00:06:38,634 and there's a place over to one side to put the trash, 184 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:40,000 one side to put the laundry, 185 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,367 and you just kind of hurried up and threw it where it went 186 00:06:41,367 --> 00:06:43,266 and got back and run all the way upstairs. 187 00:06:43,266 --> 00:06:45,133 You'd just want hurry up and get out of there. 188 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,667 You just didn't feel right. 189 00:06:46,667 --> 00:06:48,567 If there was ever going to be a place that was haunted, 190 00:06:48,567 --> 00:06:49,767 this would be it. 191 00:06:49,767 --> 00:06:50,967 -This is it? -Yes. 192 00:06:50,967 --> 00:06:53,867 You know, with so many paranormal reports here, 193 00:06:53,867 --> 00:06:55,967 the key is to try to tie that to actual history. 194 00:06:55,967 --> 00:06:57,467 So I'd love to learn a little bit more 195 00:06:57,467 --> 00:07:00,233 about some of the specific incidents that happened here. 196 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:01,233 Do you think you still remember 197 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:02,133 your way around in there? 198 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:03,066 Yes, I'll try. 199 00:07:03,066 --> 00:07:04,400 Come on, let's go get lost. 200 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:12,734 So listen, Brad. We've been spending some time here, 201 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,233 and we knew the history was dark, 202 00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:17,233 but based on our experiences, 203 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:19,266 something tells us that it's even darker 204 00:07:19,266 --> 00:07:20,333 than we could have imagined. 205 00:07:20,333 --> 00:07:23,767 Absolutely, it was very common for patients to die 206 00:07:23,767 --> 00:07:26,133 from negligence, medical misconduct, 207 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,567 or accidental deaths. 208 00:07:27,567 --> 00:07:30,734 Not even to mention things like assault and battery 209 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:31,867 or even suicide. 210 00:07:31,867 --> 00:07:35,166 This asylum was made to heal people. 211 00:07:35,166 --> 00:07:37,433 How did it get so bad? 212 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:40,934 [Brad] This hospital was built to hold 250 patients 213 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,467 and not a single soul more. 214 00:07:42,467 --> 00:07:43,967 And by the 1940s, 215 00:07:43,967 --> 00:07:47,033 they were holding around 2,500, 216 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,667 ten times max capacity. 217 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:50,266 That is a recipe for disaster 218 00:07:50,266 --> 00:07:52,567 and disaster is what happened here. 219 00:07:52,567 --> 00:07:53,734 100%. 220 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,467 Things like patient murders, 221 00:07:55,467 --> 00:07:58,667 patient suicides, abuse by the staff, 222 00:07:58,667 --> 00:07:59,800 general negligence, 223 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,166 and, of course, you've got some pretty nasty things, 224 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:04,767 like lobotomies, electroshock therapies. 225 00:08:04,767 --> 00:08:06,133 That's absolutely awful. 226 00:08:11,467 --> 00:08:13,467 Wow. Look at this place. 227 00:08:13,467 --> 00:08:15,233 A little different than when you left it? 228 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:17,266 Uh, a little more worn out, worn. 229 00:08:17,266 --> 00:08:18,400 But, wow. 230 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,367 Rodney walks me through the general population halls 231 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:24,266 before taking me to the violent patients ward, 232 00:08:24,266 --> 00:08:26,000 where one of the most brutal attacks 233 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,634 in the asylum's history took place. 234 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:30,734 The infamous bedpost murder, 235 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,133 perpetrated by a notoriously vicious pair of inmates 236 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,467 called Big Jim and David Mason. 237 00:08:36,467 --> 00:08:38,834 [Rodney] This is where it all happened. 238 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:40,266 [Josh] So let's talk about this event. 239 00:08:40,266 --> 00:08:42,967 This is a really infamous event here, right? 240 00:08:42,967 --> 00:08:44,934 -Yes. -What happened in this room? 241 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,767 [Rodney] There was a patient here that was nonverbal. 242 00:08:47,767 --> 00:08:50,100 -Okay. -Very gentle easygoing guy. 243 00:08:50,100 --> 00:08:52,367 -Okay. -And these two guys, for whatever reason, 244 00:08:52,367 --> 00:08:53,634 had it out for him. 245 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:56,867 They slipped into this room somehow 246 00:08:56,867 --> 00:08:59,467 and tried to hang him first from a pipe. 247 00:08:59,467 --> 00:09:01,133 Tried to hang this guy from the pipe. 248 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:02,000 Yes. 249 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,367 And that didn't work or finish it, 250 00:09:04,367 --> 00:09:06,667 so they threw him on the ground 251 00:09:06,667 --> 00:09:07,600 and put the bed on him 252 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,266 and drove the bedpost through his skull. 253 00:09:09,266 --> 00:09:11,634 Jumped up and down on the bed to do that. 254 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:13,166 -Right here? -Right there, yes. 255 00:09:13,166 --> 00:09:16,166 That is the most vicious thing I've ever heard. 256 00:09:16,166 --> 00:09:17,100 Yeah. 257 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:18,967 Were you here or were you called in here? 258 00:09:18,967 --> 00:09:23,266 I came in shortly after and helped with crowd control. 259 00:09:23,266 --> 00:09:25,367 What was the scene here when you got here? 260 00:09:25,367 --> 00:09:27,467 It was a lot of chaos. 261 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:29,567 These guys sound truly evil. 262 00:09:29,567 --> 00:09:31,667 That would be a very good assessment. 263 00:09:31,667 --> 00:09:34,467 But there's all kinds of other vicious things happened in this place 264 00:09:34,467 --> 00:09:35,867 and that they were both part of. 265 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:37,533 -Other murders? -Yes. 266 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,166 It's just about as vicious as it gets. 267 00:09:39,166 --> 00:09:41,166 I've had people come to me and tell me 268 00:09:41,166 --> 00:09:44,000 they've had experiences with paranormal activities, 269 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,266 because, you know, someone that sounded like this 270 00:09:46,266 --> 00:09:47,667 or someone that walked like this, 271 00:09:47,667 --> 00:09:48,867 looked like this. 272 00:09:48,867 --> 00:09:49,934 And, generally, 273 00:09:49,934 --> 00:09:52,166 I knew exactly who they was talking about instantly. 274 00:09:52,166 --> 00:09:53,567 Really? And which one was that? 275 00:09:53,567 --> 00:09:54,600 [Rodney] Mason. 276 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,867 Do you think it's possible that Big Jim or Mason 277 00:09:57,867 --> 00:09:59,767 could still be here in a sense? 278 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:01,133 Oh, definitely. 279 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,166 It's what they called home for years. 280 00:10:03,166 --> 00:10:04,634 [Josh] They were a bully here then. 281 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:07,033 -And a bully now in the afterlife. -Right. 282 00:10:08,367 --> 00:10:10,433 When I started here, I would have told you 283 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:12,000 that there's no such thing as ghosts. 284 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,834 -Okay. -But looking back years later, 285 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:17,467 I absolutely am a believer. 286 00:10:17,467 --> 00:10:18,767 So something happened to you here? 287 00:10:18,767 --> 00:10:20,667 -Absolutely. -Like what? 288 00:10:20,667 --> 00:10:22,934 In October of my first year here, 289 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,333 I had just finished off a tour, 290 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,367 I was walking back down Ward D, 291 00:10:27,367 --> 00:10:28,567 which is on the first floor 292 00:10:28,567 --> 00:10:31,133 of the north side of this very building... 293 00:10:33,166 --> 00:10:35,934 something hit me square in the chest 294 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,333 with enough force to knock the wind out of me. 295 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:39,734 I hit like a freight train. 296 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:40,900 I lost my breath 297 00:10:40,900 --> 00:10:43,166 and I'm not too proud to admit I cried a little bit. 298 00:10:43,166 --> 00:10:45,867 It was a terrifying experience. 299 00:10:45,867 --> 00:10:47,333 [Phil] What else has happened to you here? 300 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,834 The other one that really sticks out to me 301 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:51,767 happened on Ward 6. 302 00:10:51,767 --> 00:10:54,066 This building, third floor, 303 00:10:54,066 --> 00:10:56,467 I had heard from a college professor 304 00:10:56,467 --> 00:10:59,066 that when he worked in the building 305 00:10:59,066 --> 00:11:00,834 as a security officer, 306 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:02,667 he had this very specific phrase 307 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:05,433 that he would use to let these patients know 308 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,667 that they needed to get out of their room, 309 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:08,834 stand in the doorway, 310 00:11:08,900 --> 00:11:10,000 so he could check out their rooms. 311 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,066 So what was the phrase? 312 00:11:11,066 --> 00:11:13,634 "Bodies in the doorways." 313 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:14,667 We went up there 314 00:11:14,667 --> 00:11:17,133 and I just wanted to see what would happen. 315 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,533 So I shouted, "Bodies in the doorways." 316 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,667 And a good number of shadow figures, 317 00:11:22,667 --> 00:11:24,734 from six to maybe ten, 318 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,734 started to appear in those doorways. 319 00:11:27,567 --> 00:11:30,467 It was terrifyingly quiet. 320 00:11:30,467 --> 00:11:33,133 They stayed there until we got terrified enough 321 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,000 to turn our flashlights on. 322 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,934 You've experienced things you can't explain. 323 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 And you know the depths 324 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,533 of how dark this history gets here. 325 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,033 Do you think those two are connected? 326 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:46,033 I absolutely think they are. 327 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:49,867 There is no place in the world that would harbor as much 328 00:11:49,867 --> 00:11:53,467 dark malevolent energy as a place like this. 329 00:11:53,467 --> 00:11:55,467 This place was meant to heal, 330 00:11:55,467 --> 00:12:00,433 and it harmed way, way more than it helped. 331 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:01,800 This is a bad place. 332 00:12:07,266 --> 00:12:09,467 [Josh] With the horrific insights we've learned 333 00:12:09,467 --> 00:12:10,867 still ringing in our ears, 334 00:12:10,867 --> 00:12:13,433 we meet back up to formulate a game plan 335 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:16,033 on how to take on night number two, 336 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:18,567 the focus of which will be the main building. 337 00:12:18,567 --> 00:12:20,533 All right, based on these two interviews, 338 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,867 looking at the blueprint here of the main building, 339 00:12:22,867 --> 00:12:24,100 where do you want to go? 340 00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:28,367 So Brad's first story happened on the first floor, Ward D. 341 00:12:28,367 --> 00:12:31,166 -[Josh] Okay. -That is where he went from being a historian 342 00:12:31,166 --> 00:12:33,233 to becoming a believer. 343 00:12:33,300 --> 00:12:36,567 He says he was essentially punched by an unseen force. 344 00:12:36,567 --> 00:12:37,500 Wow. 345 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:38,767 An area that I really want to investigate 346 00:12:38,767 --> 00:12:39,967 is actually not even on this map, 347 00:12:39,967 --> 00:12:41,767 which is below the first floor of the basement. 348 00:12:41,767 --> 00:12:43,667 -Hmm. -That's where this guy Rodney said 349 00:12:43,667 --> 00:12:45,867 nobody who worked here wanted to go. 350 00:12:45,867 --> 00:12:47,266 They said they heard things down there. 351 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:49,567 They felt like there was a presence down there. 352 00:12:49,567 --> 00:12:51,767 That was a real hotspot, even back in the day. 353 00:12:51,767 --> 00:12:53,166 So I want to check that out for sure. 354 00:12:53,166 --> 00:12:54,266 Yeah, okay. 355 00:12:54,266 --> 00:12:55,367 We'll stay in touch on the radio? 356 00:12:55,367 --> 00:12:56,367 -Yeah. -Always. 357 00:12:56,367 --> 00:12:58,166 All right. 358 00:12:58,166 --> 00:13:00,867 [Josh] To avoid any potential noise pollution, 359 00:13:00,867 --> 00:13:02,667 I begin my basement investigation 360 00:13:02,667 --> 00:13:04,533 on the opposite end of the building 361 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,300 from where Phil and Heather are. 362 00:13:10,066 --> 00:13:11,400 [Phil shushes] 363 00:13:17,767 --> 00:13:19,233 I heard something. 364 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:29,133 I heard like a faint noise. 365 00:13:29,867 --> 00:13:31,400 From down here. 366 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:37,000 I heard something. 367 00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:54,634 What was that? 368 00:13:55,567 --> 00:13:57,433 It was like a scratching noise. 369 00:13:58,367 --> 00:13:59,800 [shushes] 370 00:14:02,667 --> 00:14:04,000 Back here. 371 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,467 Hey, what is that? 372 00:14:09,467 --> 00:14:12,333 It looks like a bunch of bones down here. 373 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:13,600 Holy... [bleep] 374 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:21,233 [Josh whispers] Back here. 375 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:23,367 There's vertebrae in here. 376 00:14:23,367 --> 00:14:26,667 And then a couple small bones in here. 377 00:14:26,667 --> 00:14:27,967 A bunch of animal bones. 378 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:29,667 So maybe there was just stuff 379 00:14:29,667 --> 00:14:32,100 scurrying around in the darkness. Who knows? 380 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,767 But definite physical evidence 381 00:14:36,767 --> 00:14:38,500 that something living down here for sure. 382 00:14:47,367 --> 00:14:49,667 Okay. This is 4D. 383 00:14:49,667 --> 00:14:51,867 So that incident that Brad experienced 384 00:14:51,867 --> 00:14:54,367 could have happened anywhere in this hallway. 385 00:14:54,367 --> 00:14:55,967 [Phil] Yeah. 386 00:14:55,967 --> 00:14:57,634 All right. So... 387 00:14:57,700 --> 00:14:58,400 What's there to look for? 388 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,667 [Heather] Well, what was Brad? 389 00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:01,700 A historian. 390 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:06,166 Yes, he was historian, but he also was a skeptic. 391 00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:08,367 And who do I have with me? 392 00:15:08,367 --> 00:15:10,467 -Mr. Skeptic. -[Heather] Exactly. 393 00:15:10,467 --> 00:15:12,266 Spirit's like a challenge. 394 00:15:12,266 --> 00:15:15,100 So I've got a couple of EMF trip wires. 395 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:16,967 And I want to put one in the middle of the hallway 396 00:15:16,967 --> 00:15:18,767 and then one right around you. 397 00:15:18,767 --> 00:15:20,634 Okay. Where do you want me, Heather? 398 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:22,533 I know you'd be game for this, Phil. 399 00:15:28,266 --> 00:15:32,166 Just a... just a random chair facing the lawn. 400 00:15:32,166 --> 00:15:34,133 Nothing. Nothing scary about that. 401 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:36,100 Ugh! 402 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,767 Okay, so, an EMF trip wire 403 00:15:40,767 --> 00:15:42,000 will go off, 404 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,767 changes in an electronic magnetic field. 405 00:15:45,767 --> 00:15:48,166 So anything that gets close to this 406 00:15:48,166 --> 00:15:49,300 We'll change the colors. 407 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,834 -See. -[Phil] Okay. 408 00:15:51,834 --> 00:15:53,467 [Heather] So you'll know if it's heading towards you, Phil. 409 00:15:53,467 --> 00:15:55,767 Yeah, I appreciate the warning. 410 00:15:55,767 --> 00:15:57,100 [Heather] All right. 411 00:15:57,867 --> 00:15:59,300 One more. 412 00:16:01,266 --> 00:16:02,367 [mumbles] 413 00:16:02,367 --> 00:16:04,166 This one is way shorter. 414 00:16:04,166 --> 00:16:08,000 Okay, so the trap is set. 415 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:09,934 [Heather] Baited and set. 416 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,300 -Let's see what happens. -[Heather] Okay? 417 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,600 Is there anyone here with us right now? 418 00:16:16,467 --> 00:16:19,634 You can use this EMF trip wire 419 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:24,266 to light up and it will let us know. 420 00:16:24,266 --> 00:16:25,600 That you're here. 421 00:16:33,166 --> 00:16:35,867 You know what? I think you need to be by yourself. 422 00:16:35,867 --> 00:16:39,033 Okay. I guess technically, Brad was by himself here. 423 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:40,000 [Heather] All right. 424 00:16:43,867 --> 00:16:45,066 And you know what? 425 00:16:45,066 --> 00:16:47,000 Just to cover your bases on this side, 426 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,667 I'll set up a REM pod over here. 427 00:16:48,667 --> 00:16:50,867 It's just another version of the tripwire. 428 00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:51,967 [beeps] 429 00:16:51,967 --> 00:16:53,934 It uses EMF technology. 430 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,367 [Phil] Okay. Just give me a warning 431 00:16:55,367 --> 00:16:57,433 of what's coming behind my back. 432 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,333 Okay. If something's here, now's your chance. 433 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:02,767 I'm a skeptic. 434 00:17:02,767 --> 00:17:04,634 I believe in the dark history here, 435 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:07,233 but I don't believe in the dark forces. 436 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,166 [Heather] Oh! It went off. 437 00:17:10,166 --> 00:17:11,233 This one? 438 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:13,567 Yes, right behind your right foot. 439 00:17:13,567 --> 00:17:15,734 That's great. 440 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,600 Okay, facing this way. 441 00:17:19,667 --> 00:17:20,567 Is there anyone-- 442 00:17:20,567 --> 00:17:21,900 [beeping] 443 00:17:24,567 --> 00:17:25,834 That's right in front of you. 444 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:28,266 [Phil] Well, according to your logi-- 445 00:17:28,266 --> 00:17:29,000 [torch clattering] 446 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,300 -[Phil groans] -[Heather] Phil! 447 00:17:32,867 --> 00:17:34,166 -What happened? -[Phil] Yeah. I mean, 448 00:17:34,166 --> 00:17:36,367 there was... it was just I don't know. 449 00:17:36,367 --> 00:17:37,767 I feel like I just got a shiver. 450 00:17:37,767 --> 00:17:40,667 I... I mean, I feel like I just... 451 00:17:40,667 --> 00:17:42,567 I don't know if just thinking about this 452 00:17:42,567 --> 00:17:44,734 a little bit too much got to me. 453 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:45,667 Think of what we learned today. 454 00:17:45,667 --> 00:17:47,333 The horrors that literally happened-- 455 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,634 -What? -Tripwire just lit up. 456 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:49,834 [Phil] This? This one here? 457 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:50,867 [Heather] That one . 458 00:17:50,867 --> 00:17:53,166 -[loud thud] -[Phil] Oh! Jeez! 459 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:55,567 What the hell was that? 460 00:17:55,567 --> 00:17:57,433 [Heather] Oh, my God! 461 00:17:57,500 --> 00:17:58,700 That was a loud. 462 00:18:02,266 --> 00:18:04,066 -[loud thud] -[both gasp] 463 00:18:04,066 --> 00:18:07,033 -What are all these loud noises? -[Phil] Oh, yeah. 464 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:08,667 Josh, you there? 465 00:18:08,667 --> 00:18:10,367 -[over radio] What's up? -[Phil] Are you hearing this? 466 00:18:10,367 --> 00:18:12,100 [Josh] Hearing what? 467 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:14,634 [Phil] We are hearing loud crashes. 468 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:16,367 And since we know you're below, 469 00:18:16,367 --> 00:18:18,166 we assumed it was coming from you. 470 00:18:18,166 --> 00:18:20,967 I am at the far other end of the building. 471 00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:22,767 A probably a quarter mile from there. 472 00:18:22,767 --> 00:18:24,867 It sounds like it's coming from beneath you though? 473 00:18:24,867 --> 00:18:25,734 It's hard to tell. 474 00:18:25,734 --> 00:18:27,066 We don't know where it's coming from. 475 00:18:27,066 --> 00:18:28,233 Okay, well, let me track down 476 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:29,033 toward that end of the building 477 00:18:29,033 --> 00:18:30,133 and see if I can encounter it. 478 00:18:30,133 --> 00:18:32,333 Copy that. Let us know when you're beneath us. 479 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:33,400 [Josh] We'll do it. 480 00:18:37,367 --> 00:18:39,533 [Phil] He's saying over here. 481 00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:48,767 [Josh on radio] Josh here. Phil and Heather come in. 482 00:18:48,767 --> 00:18:50,233 Yeah go ahead, Josh. 483 00:18:50,233 --> 00:18:53,567 I should be underneath the part of the building that you're in right now. 484 00:18:53,567 --> 00:18:55,467 At least, I think that's where I am. 485 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:58,100 It's a little hard to tell, but I'm on that end of the building. 486 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,533 [tapping] 487 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,634 Are you standing still or walking around right now? 488 00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:03,800 We're standing still. 489 00:19:05,166 --> 00:19:07,433 [low tapping] 490 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:10,567 Yeah. I'm hearing somebody walking directly above me. 491 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:12,734 You, both of you are there. You're standing still? 492 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:13,734 Yeah. Heather's right beside me. 493 00:19:13,734 --> 00:19:15,667 All the crew is standing completely still. 494 00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:18,333 [Josh] Dude, I just heard somebody walking around. 495 00:19:22,367 --> 00:19:24,233 [tapping] 496 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,667 I hear footsteps again. I hear footsteps. 497 00:19:26,667 --> 00:19:31,133 Uh, yeah, all of us are accounted for and no one is moving. 498 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:33,567 [thuds] 499 00:19:33,567 --> 00:19:35,000 [tapping] 500 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,233 Oh oh! 501 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:45,734 Somebody is walking directly above me. You don't hear that? 502 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,934 You're sure you're beneath us? 503 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,934 I think I must be beneath where you are. 504 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,600 Let me know if you hear this. Do you hear this? 505 00:19:53,667 --> 00:19:55,233 [banging] 506 00:19:56,300 --> 00:19:57,467 [Phil] Okay. It's right around here. 507 00:19:57,467 --> 00:19:59,033 Right around here. 508 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:03,033 Okay. I think right now we are directly above you. 509 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,567 I'm gonna have everybody stand completely still. 510 00:20:05,567 --> 00:20:07,900 All right. Still, still. Nobody move. 511 00:20:13,066 --> 00:20:14,700 -[footsteps] -Somebody's walking some-- 512 00:20:15,367 --> 00:20:18,033 Somebody is walking above me. 513 00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:20,133 The fact that you're directly above me 514 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,900 and not hearing that is insane. 515 00:20:25,367 --> 00:20:27,900 I swear, I just heard something down here now. 516 00:20:31,367 --> 00:20:32,667 [loud bang] 517 00:20:32,667 --> 00:20:34,166 Right there, right there. Up there, up there. 518 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:35,567 [Josh on radio] You have to have heard that. 519 00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:38,100 -[Heather whispers] Yes. -Yes, that we heard. 520 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:40,767 And for sure that time, it came from above us. 521 00:20:40,767 --> 00:20:42,166 Josh, I think you need to get up here. 522 00:20:42,166 --> 00:20:43,300 [Josh] I'll be right there. 523 00:20:46,567 --> 00:20:48,934 [panting] 524 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,800 [Phil] We will make some noise to let you know where we are. 525 00:20:52,367 --> 00:20:53,867 [intense music playing] 526 00:20:53,867 --> 00:20:56,100 -[Phil] Josh. -Yep. I hear him. 527 00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:58,200 -[Heather] Josh. -[Josh] I hear you. 528 00:20:58,867 --> 00:21:00,367 What was that noise? 529 00:21:00,367 --> 00:21:01,867 -[Phil] Right? -No idea. 530 00:21:01,867 --> 00:21:02,967 [Josh] Clear as day, though, right? 531 00:21:02,967 --> 00:21:04,333 -[Heather] Yes -[Josh] A 100%. 532 00:21:04,333 --> 00:21:08,767 And I heard I swear to you like people walking around above my head. 533 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:10,467 I mean, it was clear as day. 534 00:21:10,467 --> 00:21:12,266 -Let's get upstairs. Chase that down. -[Phil] Yeah. 535 00:21:12,266 --> 00:21:13,767 -Nearest staircase? -[Phil] Uh... 536 00:21:13,767 --> 00:21:14,667 -[Josh] This way? -[Heather] That way. 537 00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:15,900 -[Phil] Come on. -[Josh] Okay. 538 00:21:19,567 --> 00:21:21,033 [Heather] Hey. 539 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:22,033 Third floor. 540 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:25,233 [Phil] There we go. 541 00:21:25,233 --> 00:21:29,667 So that noise is coming from somewhere up here, right? 542 00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:31,166 -[Phil] Yeah. -No question. 543 00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:32,266 Absolutely not. 544 00:21:32,266 --> 00:21:34,767 God, this is like a parlor. 545 00:21:34,767 --> 00:21:37,000 -[Heather] Whoa! -[Phil] Big room here. 546 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:37,967 Auditorium. 547 00:21:37,967 --> 00:21:39,266 [Josh] Oh, this is the auditorium. 548 00:21:39,266 --> 00:21:40,800 [Phil] This is the auditorium. 549 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:45,834 [Josh] Oh man! Look at the size of this place. Wooh! 550 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:46,867 [Heather] It's huge. 551 00:21:46,867 --> 00:21:48,934 [Josh] This is enormous! 552 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,767 [Phil] Can you imagine what they did in here? 553 00:21:50,767 --> 00:21:53,467 -[Josh] Wow. Wow. -[Phil] Guys, look at this. Look at this. 554 00:21:53,467 --> 00:21:55,567 -Look how deep that goes. -[Josh] Oh, an air vent. 555 00:21:55,567 --> 00:21:58,166 [Phil] That goes at least two stories down. 556 00:21:58,166 --> 00:21:59,233 [Josh] So whatever we heard 557 00:21:59,233 --> 00:22:01,834 could totally have been coming from in here. Right? 558 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:02,800 -[Phil] Absolutely. Yes. -[Heather] Yeah. 559 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,967 [Josh] And listen to the sound in there. 560 00:22:03,967 --> 00:22:05,100 Listen to how it echoes. 561 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:06,166 [shouts] Hello! 562 00:22:06,166 --> 00:22:07,567 [echoing] 563 00:22:07,567 --> 00:22:09,166 All right. I think we've got to spend sometime in here. 564 00:22:09,166 --> 00:22:11,166 -Yeah. -See if we can hear more noises. 565 00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:12,166 Any ideas? 566 00:22:12,166 --> 00:22:13,367 Oh, I've got a few. 567 00:22:13,367 --> 00:22:16,100 -Yeah? -Yeah. Hold on. 568 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:17,567 -[Josh] Wait. Where are you going now? -[Phil] Heather? 569 00:22:17,567 --> 00:22:18,800 [Heather] Hold your horses. 570 00:22:19,767 --> 00:22:20,600 [Phil chuckles] 571 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,433 [Josh] Okay. Heather got a surprise. 572 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:26,467 [Heather] This historic auditorium was where the inmates and staff 573 00:22:26,467 --> 00:22:28,133 once gathered for recreation. 574 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,433 It's believed to be another paranormal hot spot. 575 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:31,634 So I came prepared. 576 00:22:31,634 --> 00:22:34,567 I'm going to display images from the asylum's past 577 00:22:34,567 --> 00:22:36,967 alongside a very unique type of REM pod 578 00:22:36,967 --> 00:22:39,533 to see if we can trigger paranormal activity. 579 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:40,867 All right. What do you think? 580 00:22:40,867 --> 00:22:42,367 Heather, what have you done? 581 00:22:42,367 --> 00:22:45,066 [Heather] I got us a one of a kind gramophone. 582 00:22:45,066 --> 00:22:47,000 What makes this one of a kind? 583 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,567 Well, it has a short range motion detector in it, 584 00:22:49,567 --> 00:22:52,367 and it also detects changes in EMF. 585 00:22:52,367 --> 00:22:53,734 -What? -So that means 586 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,667 if anything gets anywhere near this thing, 587 00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:56,400 it's gonna play that record. 588 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,467 [Josh] So it's like a REM pod? 589 00:22:58,467 --> 00:23:01,100 Yeah, just a very old timey REM pod. 590 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:02,467 [Phil] Can I dry it out? 591 00:23:02,467 --> 00:23:03,734 -Go for it. -Okay. 592 00:23:04,767 --> 00:23:06,500 -Oop! -[music starts playing] 593 00:23:07,567 --> 00:23:08,767 [Josh] Unbelievable. 594 00:23:08,767 --> 00:23:09,867 That's so cool. 595 00:23:09,867 --> 00:23:10,967 -[imperceptible] -[music stops] 596 00:23:10,967 --> 00:23:13,467 And you've got an Expedition X on the front of it. 597 00:23:13,467 --> 00:23:14,533 [music starts playing] 598 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:15,700 -Oh, sorry. -[music stops] 599 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:17,533 -Not a ghost, not a ghost, just me. -[Phil laughs] 600 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:18,100 Not that time. 601 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:20,033 That's incredible. 602 00:23:20,100 --> 00:23:22,166 [Heather] And I have a really powerful trigger object. 603 00:23:22,166 --> 00:23:24,233 Scooch to the side there. 604 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:25,333 [Josh] Slide projector. 605 00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:26,300 [Heather] You remember this from your classroom? 606 00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:28,667 Where did you even get one of these? 607 00:23:28,667 --> 00:23:30,066 It's called the Internet, Josh. 608 00:23:30,066 --> 00:23:31,667 -[Heather] You want to see it in action? -[Josh] Okay. 609 00:23:31,667 --> 00:23:33,100 Yeah, well, wait. What are these slides? 610 00:23:33,100 --> 00:23:35,367 I got these slides from the state archives and-- 611 00:23:35,367 --> 00:23:37,467 -They're of Trans-Allegheny? -Yes. 612 00:23:37,467 --> 00:23:38,634 -[Josh] Amazing. -[Phil] Come on. 613 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:41,367 So the idea is show some slides, 614 00:23:41,367 --> 00:23:42,967 take a trip down memory lane... 615 00:23:42,967 --> 00:23:44,133 See if the music plays. 616 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,033 [Josh] See if the music plays. 617 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:47,000 [clicks] 618 00:23:47,767 --> 00:23:48,834 [Josh] Here we go. 619 00:23:49,867 --> 00:23:51,634 Boom. There it is. 620 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:52,567 [Phil] There's the grounds. 621 00:23:52,567 --> 00:23:54,400 [Josh] Trans Allegheny Lunatic asylum. 622 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,133 [Phil] So we're basically right here, right now. Yeah? 623 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:58,834 [Josh] Yeah. 624 00:23:58,834 --> 00:24:01,300 If anybody's here with us. 625 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:06,433 We are throwing a party here tonight. 626 00:24:07,166 --> 00:24:08,634 [Phil] And everyone's invited. 627 00:24:10,467 --> 00:24:12,000 [Josh] Oh! That's this room. 628 00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:15,133 At that stage. 629 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,834 Heather. that's where you're standing right now. 630 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:19,834 And all of these people here, they would have been seated 631 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,166 right where we're standing. 632 00:24:21,166 --> 00:24:24,367 Is there anyone here from this picture? 633 00:24:24,367 --> 00:24:27,767 This place has been quiet for so-- 634 00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:29,300 -[music starts playing] -[all] Ooh! 635 00:24:30,567 --> 00:24:31,233 [bleep] 636 00:24:31,233 --> 00:24:32,734 [Josh exclaiming in horror] 637 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,266 [music stops] 638 00:24:34,266 --> 00:24:35,567 [Phil] Did you get near it? 639 00:24:35,567 --> 00:24:37,634 No, I didn't. I was over here. 640 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:38,400 [music starts playing] 641 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,033 [Josh whispers] It's going. 642 00:24:40,667 --> 00:24:41,467 It's still going. 643 00:24:41,467 --> 00:24:42,266 [Heather] Oh, my God! 644 00:24:42,266 --> 00:24:43,800 [Phil] It's still going, still going. 645 00:24:44,467 --> 00:24:45,500 Still going 646 00:24:49,767 --> 00:24:51,133 Is that you? 647 00:24:51,967 --> 00:24:54,300 Did you turn on the record player? 648 00:24:55,567 --> 00:24:56,900 [music stops] 649 00:24:56,900 --> 00:24:59,300 -Let's go to the next slide, See if it goes on again. -Okay. Okay. 650 00:25:04,767 --> 00:25:05,667 -[Heather gasps] -[Phil] Oh, no. 651 00:25:05,667 --> 00:25:06,634 This is good. 652 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:07,867 [Josh] Perfect. 653 00:25:08,467 --> 00:25:10,734 This is literally a dance from this room. 654 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:13,834 [music starts playing] 655 00:25:15,867 --> 00:25:16,900 [Josh] It's going. 656 00:25:17,567 --> 00:25:18,467 [music stops] 657 00:25:20,367 --> 00:25:22,600 [Josh] Do you have a memory of this room? 658 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:24,700 [music starts playing] 659 00:25:28,467 --> 00:25:29,266 [music stops] 660 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,033 I am leaving, I'll be in the car. 661 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:36,233 What is setting that off? 662 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:37,433 I do not know. 663 00:25:37,433 --> 00:25:40,166 -Mr. Science, we need toy right now. -I do not know. 664 00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:41,400 What is setting that off? 665 00:25:42,467 --> 00:25:43,533 I can't give you an answer. 666 00:25:45,667 --> 00:25:46,700 Heather? 667 00:25:51,567 --> 00:25:52,767 What's happening? 668 00:25:52,767 --> 00:25:54,333 [Heather] It's just not stopping. 669 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,066 It just keeps going. 670 00:25:55,066 --> 00:25:57,233 -It's just cycling. -Yes. 671 00:25:57,300 --> 00:25:58,600 [music starts playing] 672 00:26:04,467 --> 00:26:07,033 Is it the wire. Something wrong with the wire? 673 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:08,367 -[Heather] I uh-- -Just let go. Just let go. 674 00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:09,266 [music stops] 675 00:26:09,266 --> 00:26:10,867 [music starts playing] 676 00:26:10,867 --> 00:26:12,834 -Oh! -Oh! My God! 677 00:26:13,667 --> 00:26:16,233 [Josh] Yes, [bleep] out of here. 678 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:18,100 It's [bleep] rolling! Look at that. 679 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,100 [Phil] No! 680 00:26:19,100 --> 00:26:19,967 -[thuds] -[Heather] Oh! My God 681 00:26:19,967 --> 00:26:21,200 [music stops] 682 00:26:23,567 --> 00:26:24,834 What the... 683 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:34,567 The carousel literally shot out of the tray. 684 00:26:34,567 --> 00:26:37,433 Oh! My God! 685 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:39,233 It's [bleep] rolling! Look at that. 686 00:26:39,233 --> 00:26:41,700 -[Phil] No! -[Heather] Oh! My God! 687 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:44,934 Oh! My God! 688 00:26:44,934 --> 00:26:46,233 [Josh] Record players off. 689 00:26:46,233 --> 00:26:48,166 [Phil] Does it mean, the party is over. 690 00:26:48,166 --> 00:26:51,667 That's the craziest thing I have ever seen. 691 00:26:51,667 --> 00:26:53,867 -[Phil] What are the chances that that would happen? -[music starts playing] 692 00:26:53,867 --> 00:26:55,700 [Josh] How does it even happen? 693 00:26:57,266 --> 00:27:00,066 This locks into this tray. Look. 694 00:27:00,767 --> 00:27:02,367 I mean, you cannot-- 695 00:27:02,367 --> 00:27:04,033 This thing is locked into here. 696 00:27:04,033 --> 00:27:06,000 I think we can turn it off now. 697 00:27:06,066 --> 00:27:06,934 -Yeah? -Yeah. 698 00:27:06,934 --> 00:27:08,467 [clicks] 699 00:27:08,467 --> 00:27:09,567 [sighs in relief] 700 00:27:09,567 --> 00:27:11,000 It was like coming at us. 701 00:27:11,066 --> 00:27:12,000 [chuckles] I just-- 702 00:27:12,066 --> 00:27:12,834 [squealing] 703 00:27:12,834 --> 00:27:15,467 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Shh. Hang on. 704 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,867 You hearing that? 705 00:27:16,867 --> 00:27:18,567 Please. Now what? 706 00:27:18,567 --> 00:27:21,433 [Heather] It sounds like it came from down the hallway, 707 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:22,967 [Josh] Oh, come on. 708 00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:26,734 There's a little high pitched just... [mimics screeching] 709 00:27:33,066 --> 00:27:34,467 [Josh] That noise 710 00:27:34,467 --> 00:27:36,800 must have been from somewhere in here. 711 00:27:36,867 --> 00:27:38,567 -[gasps] -[Heather] What is this? 712 00:27:38,567 --> 00:27:40,133 [Josh] This is the violent patients ward. 713 00:27:40,133 --> 00:27:41,867 I walked through here during the day with Rodney. 714 00:27:41,867 --> 00:27:43,934 This is where, like, the most 715 00:27:43,934 --> 00:27:45,767 dangerous patients were kept, 716 00:27:45,767 --> 00:27:48,000 And that means this is also where Brad saw 717 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:49,734 all those shadows in the doorways. 718 00:27:53,166 --> 00:27:55,467 So Brad came up here at night, 719 00:27:55,467 --> 00:27:58,300 and then the shadow figure showed up in the doorways. 720 00:27:58,367 --> 00:27:59,634 -[Josh] Whoa. -[Phil] So, 721 00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:02,767 here's what I'm thinking. Do you guys see 722 00:28:02,767 --> 00:28:04,900 how misty it is in here? 723 00:28:04,967 --> 00:28:06,367 -How hazy it is? -[Josh and Heather] Yeah. 724 00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:08,133 [Phil] So what if it's something atmospheric 725 00:28:08,133 --> 00:28:10,467 about this specific hallway? 726 00:28:10,467 --> 00:28:12,867 And so if we set up a laser plane 727 00:28:12,867 --> 00:28:14,266 down each side of the hallway, 728 00:28:14,266 --> 00:28:16,634 say that phrase out loud, 729 00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:17,767 we can see if anything shows up. 730 00:28:17,767 --> 00:28:19,433 Right. Anything crosses that plane, 731 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:20,800 we'll see it. Let's see what's in here. 732 00:28:26,667 --> 00:28:28,266 All right, Phil. You ready with that laser? 733 00:28:28,266 --> 00:28:30,367 -[Phil] Lighting it up. -[Josh] Let's see it. 734 00:28:30,367 --> 00:28:31,734 -[exclaims] -[Heather] Ooh. 735 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,233 -[Phil] Come on. -[Josh] Amazing. 736 00:28:34,567 --> 00:28:37,233 [Heather] Oh, it blocks it completely out. 737 00:28:37,233 --> 00:28:39,467 [Josh] So anything comes to this doorway... 738 00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:41,867 [Heather] We will visually see it. That's so cool. 739 00:28:42,467 --> 00:28:43,634 [Phil] Are you guys ready for green? 740 00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:44,934 [Josh] Let's see it. 741 00:28:44,934 --> 00:28:47,634 -Here we go. -[Josh exclaims] Amazing. 742 00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:48,867 [Phil] Oh, yeah. 743 00:28:48,867 --> 00:28:51,166 -[Josh] Yeah? -[Phil] That looks great from down here. 744 00:28:51,166 --> 00:28:52,967 [Josh] All right. Great. Whole hallway's covered. 745 00:28:52,967 --> 00:28:54,600 -[Heather] Yeah. -[Josh] Let's get the cameras. 746 00:28:56,166 --> 00:28:58,567 All right, so the thermal camera is up. 747 00:28:58,567 --> 00:29:00,100 Any cold spots, hot spots, 748 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:01,233 anything that's radiating heat, 749 00:29:01,233 --> 00:29:02,800 we're gonna see that on the thermal. 750 00:29:02,867 --> 00:29:04,800 And we've got a regular camera set up here as well. 751 00:29:04,867 --> 00:29:06,567 And now the only thing left to do... 752 00:29:06,567 --> 00:29:08,867 Oh, the phrase. Okay. 753 00:29:08,867 --> 00:29:11,266 [Phil] Oh. One of our lasers just went out. 754 00:29:11,266 --> 00:29:12,533 [Josh] We lost the laser now. 755 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,100 [Phil] I'm gonna show my light down there. 756 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:17,100 -What the... -Who wants to go down there and see what happened to it? 757 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:18,734 I think Phil, 'cause he set it up. 758 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,734 Yeah, Phil, why don't you go check it out? We'll just be here. 759 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,967 -[Phil] Oh, my God! -[Heather] What is that? 760 00:29:23,967 --> 00:29:25,734 A bat just went in front of my face. 761 00:29:25,734 --> 00:29:26,800 [Josh] That was a bat. 762 00:29:26,867 --> 00:29:28,300 -That was a bat. -It was a bat. 763 00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:30,734 We definitely got that on the cameras. 764 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,533 Okay, so we do have things living up here. 765 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,934 And I don't think you can mistake that for a big shadow figure. 766 00:29:34,934 --> 00:29:36,300 -No. -[Phil sighs] No. 767 00:29:38,767 --> 00:29:40,500 What is going on with this thing? 768 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:42,767 Okay, it is plugged in. 769 00:29:42,767 --> 00:29:44,567 It is on. 770 00:29:44,567 --> 00:29:46,000 -Oh! -Ooh. It's back! 771 00:29:46,066 --> 00:29:46,900 -There we go. -[Phil] It worked. 772 00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:48,967 Before another bat flies in my face, 773 00:29:48,967 --> 00:29:50,567 -let's say this phrase. -[Heather] Okay. 774 00:29:50,567 --> 00:29:52,567 -See what happens. -All right. 775 00:29:52,567 --> 00:29:53,734 [Phil exhales] 776 00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:56,700 [Phil and Heather] Bodies in the door. 777 00:30:03,867 --> 00:30:05,000 Try again. 778 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,800 Bodies in the door. 779 00:30:11,567 --> 00:30:12,967 [Heather whispers] It's so quiet. 780 00:30:12,967 --> 00:30:14,767 One, two, three. 781 00:30:14,767 --> 00:30:17,066 Bodies in the door! 782 00:30:20,033 --> 00:30:21,233 We're not seeing anything right now, 783 00:30:21,233 --> 00:30:23,734 but these reports of shadow people are so prevalent here. 784 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,233 So I think we leave these two cameras running 785 00:30:25,233 --> 00:30:27,133 for the rest of the night, right? 786 00:30:27,133 --> 00:30:29,467 In the meantime, I'd like to go even deeper 787 00:30:29,467 --> 00:30:32,133 down this hall. This wing continues. 788 00:30:32,133 --> 00:30:34,867 And there's some really, really scary stuff 789 00:30:34,867 --> 00:30:35,900 that Rodney showed me. 790 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:37,367 -[Phil] Okay. -You want to see where this goes? 791 00:30:37,367 --> 00:30:38,600 Yeah. 792 00:30:41,767 --> 00:30:43,433 [Josh] I lead Phil and Heather deeper 793 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,066 into the violent patients ward 794 00:30:45,066 --> 00:30:48,734 to the infamous site of the brutal bedpost murder. 795 00:30:48,734 --> 00:30:51,467 Okay, so this is where it happened. 796 00:30:51,467 --> 00:30:52,567 [Heather] The murder... 797 00:30:52,567 --> 00:30:53,467 -[Josh] Yeah. -[Heather] ...happened in this room. 798 00:30:53,467 --> 00:30:55,734 [Josh] So, Big Jim, David Mason, 799 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,100 they attacked a patient in here. 800 00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:59,266 So they actually put him under the leg of a bed 801 00:30:59,266 --> 00:31:01,734 which they crushed through his skull and killed him. 802 00:31:01,734 --> 00:31:03,367 Like, through his eye socket. 803 00:31:03,367 --> 00:31:04,767 -Oh, God. -[Phil] No. 804 00:31:04,767 --> 00:31:07,900 [Josh] And these two guys, Big Jim, David Mason, 805 00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:10,634 they're now purportedly spirits here. 806 00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:12,567 Look, we had a lot of luck the other day 807 00:31:12,567 --> 00:31:13,500 with the spirit box. 808 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:16,000 I think maybe we try that out in here again. 809 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,100 See if we can get a call and response going. 810 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,266 I think that's a great idea. 811 00:31:20,266 --> 00:31:21,900 But I want to take it a step further 812 00:31:21,967 --> 00:31:23,467 and use the Estes Method. 813 00:31:23,467 --> 00:31:25,533 That means full sensory deprivation. 814 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,100 I'm gonna take my spirit box, 815 00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:28,967 plug in some noise, canceling headphones 816 00:31:28,967 --> 00:31:30,667 and blindfold myself. 817 00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:32,634 And so if I ask questions in the room, 818 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:34,734 -you won't even hear the questions? -I won't hear them at all. 819 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,066 And you'll call out what you hear 820 00:31:36,066 --> 00:31:37,367 -in the spirit box. -Yeah, it's like 821 00:31:37,367 --> 00:31:39,433 I'm the conduit for the spirit box 822 00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:40,567 for your answers. 823 00:31:40,567 --> 00:31:42,500 Okay. What are you gonna do? 824 00:31:43,467 --> 00:31:45,533 -You got two of those things? -I do. 825 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:46,734 [Phil] Double Estes Method. 826 00:31:46,734 --> 00:31:49,000 I mean, to my knowledge, that's never been done before. 827 00:31:49,066 --> 00:31:51,300 -Well, maybe twice the results, yeah? -Okay. 828 00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:52,800 [Heather] Okay. 829 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,767 [Josh] Here's how this unique call and response session will work. 830 00:31:55,767 --> 00:31:57,233 Following the Estes method, 831 00:31:57,233 --> 00:31:59,300 Heather and Phil will wear blindfolds 832 00:31:59,367 --> 00:32:03,000 and noise canceling headphones connected to spirit boxes. 833 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,533 The only thing they'll hear 834 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,100 is the constant scanning of radio frequencies. 835 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:11,100 According to believers, whatever Phil and Heather hear 836 00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:13,934 will be directed by the spirit world. 837 00:32:13,934 --> 00:32:16,367 They will not be able to see or hear me 838 00:32:16,367 --> 00:32:18,266 as I call out my questions, 839 00:32:18,266 --> 00:32:20,266 which will ensure that their responses 840 00:32:20,266 --> 00:32:23,934 are not biased by any external influences. 841 00:32:23,934 --> 00:32:25,533 This is officially weird. 842 00:32:26,467 --> 00:32:27,634 Can you guys hear me? 843 00:32:29,367 --> 00:32:31,400 Okay. Here we go. 844 00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:34,700 Is there anybody here with us? 845 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,000 What is your name? 846 00:32:40,867 --> 00:32:42,734 Were you a patient here at the hospital? 847 00:32:42,734 --> 00:32:43,867 [Heather] Yes. 848 00:32:44,467 --> 00:32:46,533 Yes. Several yeses. 849 00:32:47,266 --> 00:32:48,300 Unlock. 850 00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:50,300 I died. 851 00:32:50,367 --> 00:32:51,367 [Josh] "I died"? 852 00:32:52,066 --> 00:32:53,734 "I died." 853 00:32:53,734 --> 00:32:54,800 [exhales] 854 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:57,900 Can you tell us your name? 855 00:32:58,567 --> 00:32:59,634 Stop this. 856 00:33:00,467 --> 00:33:01,634 We should stop this? 857 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,266 Why? 858 00:33:04,266 --> 00:33:06,133 -Go. -"Go"? 859 00:33:06,734 --> 00:33:07,800 He's here. 860 00:33:08,567 --> 00:33:09,367 "He's here"? 861 00:33:09,367 --> 00:33:10,533 -Here. -"Here"? 862 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,433 We've chased you all over this building. 863 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:15,033 Where should we go? 864 00:33:15,033 --> 00:33:16,567 Go up. 865 00:33:16,567 --> 00:33:17,900 [Josh] Up where? 866 00:33:17,967 --> 00:33:19,033 We're at the top of the building. 867 00:33:19,033 --> 00:33:20,367 -Where am I-- -Stairs. 868 00:33:20,367 --> 00:33:21,600 Go to the stairs? 869 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:24,500 -[Heather] Stop. Several times. -Time. 870 00:33:25,266 --> 00:33:26,467 [Josh] "Time"? 871 00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:27,834 -We're at the top of the building. -Clock. 872 00:33:27,834 --> 00:33:29,433 What? 873 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:30,400 "Clock"? 874 00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:33,200 Back off. 875 00:33:34,066 --> 00:33:35,433 What is your name? 876 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:36,433 [Phil] Dave. 877 00:33:37,367 --> 00:33:38,166 "Dave"? 878 00:33:38,166 --> 00:33:39,033 Mason. 879 00:33:39,033 --> 00:33:40,467 "Mason"? 880 00:33:40,467 --> 00:33:42,166 -"Mason"? -[Heather] Mason. 881 00:33:42,166 --> 00:33:43,400 David Mason? 882 00:33:44,266 --> 00:33:46,266 Is David Mason here? 883 00:33:46,266 --> 00:33:47,467 Here. 884 00:33:47,467 --> 00:33:48,600 "Here"? 885 00:33:49,233 --> 00:33:50,166 David Mason is here? 886 00:33:52,033 --> 00:33:54,467 We've heard what you've done in this room. 887 00:33:54,467 --> 00:33:56,066 Mason. 888 00:33:56,066 --> 00:33:57,533 He's hearing the name David Mason 889 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,266 through a radio transmission. 890 00:33:59,266 --> 00:34:00,800 That is... 891 00:34:01,667 --> 00:34:03,066 That's impossible. 892 00:34:04,166 --> 00:34:05,266 Josh. 893 00:34:06,767 --> 00:34:07,967 It said my name? 894 00:34:09,133 --> 00:34:10,300 Get out. 895 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,734 It's not just what lurks 896 00:34:16,734 --> 00:34:19,934 inside Trans-Allegheny that's alarming, 897 00:34:19,934 --> 00:34:23,367 it's what lurks on the outside, too, literally. 898 00:34:23,367 --> 00:34:25,834 Carved into the building's vast stone structure 899 00:34:25,834 --> 00:34:28,634 are what's known as grotesques. 900 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:31,467 These six menacing, inhuman faces 901 00:34:31,467 --> 00:34:33,166 look down from various points 902 00:34:33,166 --> 00:34:34,800 of the sprawling main building. 903 00:34:35,567 --> 00:34:36,867 But why are they there? 904 00:34:38,333 --> 00:34:40,567 Well, skilled European stonemasons were 905 00:34:40,567 --> 00:34:42,367 shipped in to put the finishing touches 906 00:34:42,367 --> 00:34:43,734 on the asylum, 907 00:34:43,734 --> 00:34:45,533 and it's believed that these workers 908 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,000 brought this practice over from the old country. 909 00:34:49,233 --> 00:34:50,634 Grotesques and gargoyles 910 00:34:50,700 --> 00:34:52,867 rose to prominence in medieval Europe, 911 00:34:52,867 --> 00:34:56,634 and are common features of Gothic architecture. 912 00:34:56,700 --> 00:34:59,400 While gargoyles often function as a water spout, 913 00:35:00,066 --> 00:35:02,634 grotesques have just one job, 914 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:06,100 to protect the building by scaring off evil spirits. 915 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,800 In the case of Trans-Allegheny, 916 00:35:08,867 --> 00:35:12,200 perhaps the stonemasons should have put up a few more. 917 00:35:16,567 --> 00:35:18,400 [Josh] Hey, let's stop. Hey. 918 00:35:20,567 --> 00:35:21,700 Okay. 919 00:35:22,367 --> 00:35:23,634 You heard my name? 920 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:24,367 You heard Josh? 921 00:35:24,367 --> 00:35:25,867 I heard Josh. 922 00:35:25,867 --> 00:35:27,467 -[Josh] And you said, "Get out." -Yeah. 923 00:35:27,467 --> 00:35:29,100 [Josh] Like, together, you literally said, 924 00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:30,867 -"Josh. Get out." -At the same time? 925 00:35:30,867 --> 00:35:32,033 One after another. 926 00:35:32,033 --> 00:35:34,467 That was really intense. 927 00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:36,133 I would ask questions 928 00:35:36,133 --> 00:35:39,100 and it was almost like a flow of conversation. 929 00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:40,133 That's crazy. 930 00:35:40,133 --> 00:35:42,300 You said, "David," you said, "Mason." 931 00:35:42,367 --> 00:35:44,000 You said the name of the guy 932 00:35:44,066 --> 00:35:45,734 who killed someone in this room. 933 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,033 It was like they wanted us to go somewhere. 934 00:35:48,033 --> 00:35:50,500 We heard "Up." We heard "Stairs." 935 00:35:50,567 --> 00:35:52,266 I asked, "Where?" You said, "Clock." 936 00:35:52,266 --> 00:35:54,400 -Yeah, I heard clock. -[Josh] That is the defining 937 00:35:54,467 --> 00:35:55,333 characteristic of 938 00:35:55,333 --> 00:35:57,033 this building, is this clock tower. 939 00:35:57,033 --> 00:35:58,734 Should we get up there? Should we see what's there? 940 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,200 -[Heather] Yeah. -[Josh] Come on, let's go. Come on. 941 00:36:02,433 --> 00:36:04,300 Ooh. This goes up. 942 00:36:06,734 --> 00:36:08,000 Where does this go? 943 00:36:10,467 --> 00:36:11,600 Up, up, up. 944 00:36:12,567 --> 00:36:13,634 Watch your heads. 945 00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:18,400 Where are we? 946 00:36:22,834 --> 00:36:24,433 Oh, there's writing up here. Look at this. 947 00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:26,400 -[Phil] Wow. -[Josh] We got names. 948 00:36:26,467 --> 00:36:29,467 This says, "Frankie Dennis, 949 00:36:29,467 --> 00:36:30,433 1950." 950 00:36:30,433 --> 00:36:31,367 Over here. 951 00:36:31,367 --> 00:36:34,100 "Painted Frank Walls, 1953." 952 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:36,734 "Bernie Camden, 1878." 953 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:37,900 What? So these are 954 00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:40,767 either different people who worked here, or patients 955 00:36:40,767 --> 00:36:43,233 that came up here and signed their names 956 00:36:43,233 --> 00:36:44,400 and the dates. 957 00:36:44,467 --> 00:36:45,934 Laura Jeffries, 958 00:36:45,934 --> 00:36:48,934 October 13th, 1905. 959 00:36:48,934 --> 00:36:52,000 Maybe we were led here to learn all these names. 960 00:36:52,066 --> 00:36:53,100 Absolutely. 961 00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:54,734 These could be patients. These could be workers, 962 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,567 people who climbed up here and left their mark... 963 00:36:57,567 --> 00:36:59,834 -[Heather] Exactly. -[Josh] ...at Trans-Allegheny. 964 00:36:59,834 --> 00:37:01,233 And more stairs. 965 00:37:01,233 --> 00:37:02,100 [Heather] So that means go up. 966 00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:03,300 Keep climbing, yeah. 967 00:37:11,834 --> 00:37:13,433 Hey, there's a door. 968 00:37:13,433 --> 00:37:14,600 Where does this go? 969 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:19,800 What is this? 970 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,900 -Oh. -[Heather] Whoa. 971 00:37:23,767 --> 00:37:24,800 [Josh] It's the roof. 972 00:37:27,367 --> 00:37:28,634 [exclaims] 973 00:37:28,634 --> 00:37:31,333 -[Heather] As high as we possibly can go. -[Josh] Here it is. 974 00:37:31,333 --> 00:37:33,867 The top of Trans-Allegheny. 975 00:37:33,867 --> 00:37:35,567 [Heather] We're not going any higher than this. 976 00:37:35,567 --> 00:37:36,467 [Phil and Josh] No. 977 00:37:36,467 --> 00:37:37,634 [Josh] So why here? 978 00:37:37,634 --> 00:37:40,133 Why were we led all the way up to the top of this place? 979 00:37:40,133 --> 00:37:40,967 The very top. 980 00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:42,567 Maybe it's those names. 981 00:37:42,567 --> 00:37:43,433 [Josh] Yeah? 982 00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:45,367 Like, the last fingerprints 983 00:37:45,367 --> 00:37:48,300 of people here from all different decades. 984 00:37:48,367 --> 00:37:50,066 And we even heard the word "Clock." 985 00:37:50,066 --> 00:37:52,233 -You called out the word "Clock." -Oh, yeah. 986 00:37:52,233 --> 00:37:54,133 [Heather] Maybe it's something to do with the time, 987 00:37:54,133 --> 00:37:56,166 the time spent here in this building, 988 00:37:56,166 --> 00:37:57,567 and their energy is still here. 989 00:37:57,567 --> 00:37:59,333 They're still a part of this building. 990 00:37:59,333 --> 00:38:02,000 You have to say, the one thing 991 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,266 that just strikes me about our few nights here 992 00:38:05,266 --> 00:38:06,934 is how active it all felt. 993 00:38:06,934 --> 00:38:08,100 What the [bleep] was that? 994 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,333 [Josh] It just always felt like we were in pursuit... 995 00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:11,266 [Heather] Oh, my God! 996 00:38:11,266 --> 00:38:13,266 [Josh] ...of a noise, a sight, a sound. 997 00:38:13,266 --> 00:38:14,100 [spirit speaking] 998 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:15,934 [Josh] We've run all over this place. 999 00:38:15,934 --> 00:38:18,133 It feels like we've been in this 1000 00:38:18,133 --> 00:38:20,166 cat and mouse game since we got here. 1001 00:38:20,166 --> 00:38:22,300 And for a place that is completely abandoned, 1002 00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:24,166 it hasn't felt empty at all. 1003 00:38:24,166 --> 00:38:25,100 No, no. 1004 00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:26,433 -Right? -There's been so much energy here. 1005 00:38:26,433 --> 00:38:28,467 So much activity. It has felt 1006 00:38:28,467 --> 00:38:30,166 in some ways alive. 1007 00:38:30,166 --> 00:38:32,133 And the hands of that clock, 1008 00:38:32,133 --> 00:38:33,867 unbelievably, are still turning. 1009 00:38:33,867 --> 00:38:34,867 [Phil] Yeah. 1010 00:38:34,867 --> 00:38:36,500 [Josh] Maybe that's the reason to come up here, 1011 00:38:36,567 --> 00:38:38,734 is to remember that it is alive. 1012 00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:39,834 [Heather] We acknowledge it. 1013 00:38:39,834 --> 00:38:41,166 [Phil] And we won't forget it. 1014 00:38:45,567 --> 00:38:47,967 [Josh] We were told Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum 1015 00:38:47,967 --> 00:38:51,233 was perhaps the most haunted building in America. 1016 00:38:51,233 --> 00:38:54,300 There is, like, a dark splotch in the hallway. 1017 00:38:55,033 --> 00:38:57,166 From the moment our investigation began, 1018 00:38:57,166 --> 00:38:59,066 it did not disappoint. 1019 00:38:59,066 --> 00:39:01,133 It detected a person right here. 1020 00:39:01,133 --> 00:39:03,600 -[Heather gasps] -[Josh] Oh. Oh. 1021 00:39:04,333 --> 00:39:06,500 One of the most extraordinary moments 1022 00:39:06,567 --> 00:39:08,834 came when Heather was overwhelmed with sickness 1023 00:39:08,834 --> 00:39:11,266 in the criminally insane building. 1024 00:39:11,266 --> 00:39:12,734 [Heather coughing] 1025 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,467 [Josh] And at the exact same time, 1026 00:39:14,467 --> 00:39:17,000 Phil swore he heard the impossible. 1027 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,467 His name called out by Heather. 1028 00:39:19,467 --> 00:39:20,600 [voice] Hey, Phil! 1029 00:39:21,266 --> 00:39:22,900 [Josh] We analyzed the audio. 1030 00:39:22,967 --> 00:39:24,033 And, chillingly, 1031 00:39:24,033 --> 00:39:26,166 Phil does appear to be correct. 1032 00:39:26,166 --> 00:39:28,266 Isolating and enhancing the audio 1033 00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:29,867 from Phil's personal mic, 1034 00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:31,834 we identified this. 1035 00:39:31,834 --> 00:39:32,834 [voice speaking] 1036 00:39:32,834 --> 00:39:34,900 [Josh] With Phil being a quarter mile away 1037 00:39:34,967 --> 00:39:36,567 from the criminally insane building, 1038 00:39:36,567 --> 00:39:39,467 we know this cannot be Heather's voice. 1039 00:39:39,467 --> 00:39:43,400 But it also seems much more than an audio glitch. 1040 00:39:43,467 --> 00:39:44,834 But some of the things we heard 1041 00:39:44,834 --> 00:39:48,166 do seem to have a rational explanation. 1042 00:39:48,166 --> 00:39:49,133 The terrifying scream 1043 00:39:49,133 --> 00:39:51,166 while investigating the medical building... 1044 00:39:51,166 --> 00:39:52,734 -[eerie scream] -Whoa! 1045 00:39:52,734 --> 00:39:54,567 [Josh] ...was recorded by the microphone 1046 00:39:54,567 --> 00:39:56,300 Heather left behind. 1047 00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:58,934 After analyzing the high fidelity recording, 1048 00:39:58,934 --> 00:40:01,767 Phil is confident he identified the culprit. 1049 00:40:01,767 --> 00:40:03,233 A barn owl. 1050 00:40:03,233 --> 00:40:04,734 [owl screams] 1051 00:40:04,734 --> 00:40:05,734 [Josh] Perhaps the very same one 1052 00:40:05,734 --> 00:40:08,300 that left the pellets we found in the attic. 1053 00:40:08,934 --> 00:40:10,567 But not all the evidence gathered 1054 00:40:10,567 --> 00:40:12,567 on our second night of the investigation 1055 00:40:12,567 --> 00:40:15,300 could be so easily explained. 1056 00:40:15,367 --> 00:40:16,567 Is that you? 1057 00:40:16,567 --> 00:40:19,467 After we set up our lasers in D ward, 1058 00:40:19,467 --> 00:40:22,900 we left the cameras running and captured this anomaly. 1059 00:40:23,467 --> 00:40:26,133 Appearing like a shadow figure. 1060 00:40:26,133 --> 00:40:27,667 This figure did not appear 1061 00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:30,567 when we said, "Bodies in the door" as hoped. 1062 00:40:30,567 --> 00:40:34,300 But its timing is actually even more unsettling. 1063 00:40:34,367 --> 00:40:36,634 The anomaly appeared at the very same moment 1064 00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:39,467 that Phil and Heather said "David Mason" 1065 00:40:39,467 --> 00:40:42,000 during our Estes isolation experiment. 1066 00:40:42,066 --> 00:40:43,000 [Phil] Dave. 1067 00:40:43,967 --> 00:40:44,834 "Dave"? 1068 00:40:44,834 --> 00:40:46,700 -Mason. -"Mason"? 1069 00:40:48,367 --> 00:40:51,100 Heather believes it's possible the brutal murderer 1070 00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:54,433 was walking the asylum's halls one last time. 1071 00:40:54,433 --> 00:40:55,634 Get out. 1072 00:40:57,066 --> 00:40:58,300 -[distant thud] -[Heather gasps] 1073 00:40:58,367 --> 00:41:00,333 [Josh] So, is Trans-Allegheny, 1074 00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:03,734 one of the most haunted buildings in America? 1075 00:41:03,734 --> 00:41:06,467 There is no place in the world that would harbor 1076 00:41:06,467 --> 00:41:10,066 as much dark energy as a place like this. 1077 00:41:10,066 --> 00:41:12,767 [Josh] After the horrifying history we uncovered... 1078 00:41:12,767 --> 00:41:14,467 [spirit speaking] 1079 00:41:14,467 --> 00:41:17,333 [Josh] ...and the terror we personally experienced... 1080 00:41:17,333 --> 00:41:19,266 -[distant thud] -[Heather gasps] 1081 00:41:19,266 --> 00:41:22,266 [Josh] ...it's hard to say anything other than yes. 1082 00:41:22,266 --> 00:41:23,900 [gasps] Oh. 1083 00:41:23,967 --> 00:41:25,033 -[Heather] Oh. -[Phil] No. 1084 00:41:25,033 --> 00:41:26,300 [Heather] Oh, my God. 1085 00:41:26,367 --> 00:41:28,166 What the [bleep]!