1 00:00:01,467 --> 00:00:02,601 I can't even see... 2 00:00:02,767 --> 00:00:03,868 hands in front of my eyes. 3 00:00:05,667 --> 00:00:06,868 [light scratching] 4 00:00:08,567 --> 00:00:11,667 I just heard scratching coming from right underneath me. 5 00:00:13,701 --> 00:00:15,100 That was wild. 6 00:00:15,267 --> 00:00:16,501 We've got to get down there. 7 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:20,901 [Josh] On this episode of "Expedition X"... 8 00:00:21,067 --> 00:00:22,868 -[Heather] It's caved in. -[Phil] No. 9 00:00:23,033 --> 00:00:25,100 ...my team continues their investigation into 10 00:00:25,267 --> 00:00:27,400 the haunted history of Robin Hood. 11 00:00:27,567 --> 00:00:28,767 [Phil] Tombstones are right here. 12 00:00:28,934 --> 00:00:31,868 [Josh] In Nottingham, they explore an ancient prison... 13 00:00:32,033 --> 00:00:34,300 There are some dangerous forces out here, 14 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:35,801 -[thud] -Ooh! 15 00:00:35,968 --> 00:00:39,467 ...supposedly overrun with the ghosts of outlaws. 16 00:00:39,634 --> 00:00:41,300 Were you sentenced right here? 17 00:00:42,868 --> 00:00:44,100 [device beeping] 18 00:00:44,267 --> 00:00:47,167 [Josh] And even meet Robin Hood's legendary nemesis, 19 00:00:47,334 --> 00:00:49,868 the real life Sheriff of Nottingham. 20 00:00:50,033 --> 00:00:52,968 I am roughly the 1300th sheriff. 21 00:00:53,133 --> 00:00:56,367 [Josh] As they try to solve a deadly medieval mystery. 22 00:00:56,534 --> 00:00:57,467 I think this is the Witches Bowl. 23 00:00:58,601 --> 00:00:59,601 Hello? 24 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:08,300 What the hell is happening in this forest? 25 00:01:08,467 --> 00:01:11,567 [Josh] Phil and Heather have already had a terrifying time... 26 00:01:11,734 --> 00:01:13,200 -[Heather] What is here? -[ovilus speaking] 27 00:01:13,367 --> 00:01:16,467 ...following in the supposed footsteps of Robin Hood, 28 00:01:16,634 --> 00:01:18,501 the legendary outlaw. 29 00:01:18,667 --> 00:01:20,901 So far, they've explored a secret network 30 00:01:21,067 --> 00:01:22,200 of medieval tunnels 31 00:01:22,367 --> 00:01:24,601 beneath the English city of Nottingham, 32 00:01:24,767 --> 00:01:28,467 where the spirits of former bandits are said to linger. 33 00:01:28,634 --> 00:01:29,767 [Phil] Wow! 34 00:01:29,767 --> 00:01:31,968 [Josh] The search for a ghostly highwayman's sword 35 00:01:32,133 --> 00:01:35,667 led Phil deep into an ancient well, where he recovered 36 00:01:35,834 --> 00:01:40,000 a centuries-old coin from the time of Robin Hood himself. 37 00:01:40,167 --> 00:01:42,801 Oh, look! This coin is Robin Hood old. 38 00:01:42,968 --> 00:01:44,467 [Josh] Meanwhile, Heather encountered 39 00:01:44,634 --> 00:01:47,701 strange, seemingly hostile paranormal activity... 40 00:01:47,868 --> 00:01:49,200 [Heather] Ooh! 41 00:01:49,367 --> 00:01:50,267 Did you just throw that rock? 42 00:01:50,434 --> 00:01:51,467 [ovilus speaking] 43 00:01:51,634 --> 00:01:53,901 ...that sent the team to Newstead Abbey. 44 00:01:54,067 --> 00:01:55,968 I've had terrifying experiences here. 45 00:01:56,133 --> 00:01:59,567 [Josh] An ancient monastery in the heart of Sherwood Forest. 46 00:01:59,734 --> 00:02:03,000 This is where the Black Friar has been sighted. 47 00:02:03,167 --> 00:02:05,000 [Josh] And the 800-year-old complex... 48 00:02:05,167 --> 00:02:06,200 Right there, right there. 49 00:02:06,367 --> 00:02:09,067 ...more than lived up to its haunted reputation. 50 00:02:09,234 --> 00:02:10,367 -[rattling] -[screams] 51 00:02:11,968 --> 00:02:14,267 [Josh] After Phil witnessed unexplained phenomena 52 00:02:14,434 --> 00:02:17,167 deep within the so-called Devil's Wood... 53 00:02:17,334 --> 00:02:18,300 [Phil] Light! Light! 54 00:02:20,267 --> 00:02:22,667 I just heard her say, "Phil." 55 00:02:22,834 --> 00:02:24,868 [Josh]...Heather received a cryptic message... 56 00:02:25,033 --> 00:02:26,300 [ovilus speaking] 57 00:02:26,467 --> 00:02:28,467 [Heather] Go out? Go out where? 58 00:02:28,634 --> 00:02:32,667 ...before the EMF drone detected something shocking. 59 00:02:32,834 --> 00:02:33,901 Wait, and another! 60 00:02:34,067 --> 00:02:35,767 We are right in the middle of all of these. 61 00:02:35,934 --> 00:02:39,167 [Josh] The team are surrounded by strange anomalies. 62 00:02:39,334 --> 00:02:40,367 We're surrounded right now. 63 00:02:40,534 --> 00:02:42,300 [Josh] Now, they must unravel 64 00:02:42,467 --> 00:02:44,567 the secrets of Sherwood Forest. 65 00:02:45,868 --> 00:02:47,167 [Heather] This thing's going crazy. 66 00:02:48,467 --> 00:02:50,100 [Phil] How is that even possible? 67 00:02:50,267 --> 00:02:53,100 OK, look, this one, it's about 75 meters that way. 68 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:56,501 You gotta get over there and check it out. 69 00:02:56,667 --> 00:02:59,400 [Phil] OK, I'm gonna see if anything shows up on the FLIR. 70 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:04,868 So from where Heather is... 71 00:03:06,567 --> 00:03:08,167 this should be about 75 meters. 72 00:03:09,901 --> 00:03:13,067 What would give off an EMF signal? 73 00:03:13,234 --> 00:03:14,567 There's no electrical wiring... 74 00:03:16,067 --> 00:03:19,000 no cell tower, nothing at all. 75 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:22,701 Something's been rooting through here, 76 00:03:23,801 --> 00:03:25,000 digging up acorns. 77 00:03:25,868 --> 00:03:28,100 But unless that animal had a microwave attached to it, 78 00:03:28,267 --> 00:03:31,667 there is no explanation for what we got on the EMF drone. 79 00:03:35,968 --> 00:03:37,567 [drone whirring] 80 00:03:40,701 --> 00:03:41,701 Did you find anything? 81 00:03:41,868 --> 00:03:44,300 Nothing that can explain whatever that is. 82 00:03:45,667 --> 00:03:47,367 So what does this tell you? 83 00:03:47,534 --> 00:03:50,000 Look, to me, this is a sign of paranormal activity. 84 00:03:50,167 --> 00:03:53,567 Something was out here watching us, not just one thing, 85 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:55,601 many things surrounding us. 86 00:03:55,767 --> 00:03:57,267 [Phil] Any new hits while I was gone? 87 00:03:57,434 --> 00:04:00,567 No, but there's a couple hours till sunrise. 88 00:04:00,734 --> 00:04:02,167 Let's refresh the battery on the drone. 89 00:04:02,334 --> 00:04:03,667 You keep looking around here. 90 00:04:03,834 --> 00:04:05,367 Let's see if we can get any more activity. 91 00:04:05,534 --> 00:04:06,834 All right. 92 00:04:07,968 --> 00:04:10,601 [Phil] After searching late into the night, but with no further 93 00:04:10,767 --> 00:04:14,367 unusual activity, we catch up with Josh the next morning. 94 00:04:14,534 --> 00:04:17,467 -Hey, there are my merry men. -Hey, Josh. 95 00:04:17,634 --> 00:04:19,901 How are the sights and sounds of Sherwood Forest? 96 00:04:20,067 --> 00:04:22,667 We had a very long and very strange night out here. 97 00:04:22,834 --> 00:04:25,467 Yeah, I saw what looked like a mysterious light 98 00:04:25,634 --> 00:04:27,868 over the forest, then heard a sound 99 00:04:28,033 --> 00:04:29,767 that was like my name being called. 100 00:04:29,934 --> 00:04:32,667 [Heather] Yeah, and I got the words "go out" on my spirit box. 101 00:04:32,834 --> 00:04:34,567 It seemed like something wanted to draw me into 102 00:04:34,734 --> 00:04:35,667 the forest, too. 103 00:04:35,834 --> 00:04:37,901 And then we were encircled by energy. 104 00:04:38,067 --> 00:04:39,367 Hold up, what does that even mean? 105 00:04:39,534 --> 00:04:40,868 Encircled by energy? 106 00:04:41,033 --> 00:04:43,467 Well, we had these EMF spikes that surrounded us. 107 00:04:43,634 --> 00:04:45,501 I think we really need to dig into this forest. 108 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:47,067 I think something special is going on here. 109 00:04:47,234 --> 00:04:48,467 -[Phil] Mm-hmm. -[Josh] Amazing. 110 00:04:48,634 --> 00:04:51,400 Before you guys go full tree hugger over there, 111 00:04:51,567 --> 00:04:54,501 there is someone you urgently need to talk to back in town. 112 00:04:54,667 --> 00:04:56,000 I have set a meeting for you 113 00:04:56,167 --> 00:04:57,868 with the actual, honest to God, 114 00:04:58,033 --> 00:05:00,267 Sheriff of Nottingham. -No way. 115 00:05:00,434 --> 00:05:01,667 That's an actual person? 116 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:03,567 And wait, does that mean we're in trouble? 117 00:05:03,734 --> 00:05:04,968 Yes, you're in trouble. 118 00:05:04,968 --> 00:05:07,067 And actually, he's in trouble, too, because it turns out 119 00:05:07,234 --> 00:05:11,100 his ancient office, which sits in the oldest prison in 120 00:05:11,267 --> 00:05:13,567 Nottingham, is super haunted. 121 00:05:13,734 --> 00:05:16,000 There are reports of shadow figures 122 00:05:16,167 --> 00:05:18,767 and violent poltergeists. And guess what? 123 00:05:18,934 --> 00:05:21,467 He wants you two to investigate. 124 00:05:21,634 --> 00:05:23,000 -Amazing. -Truly. 125 00:05:23,167 --> 00:05:25,267 And as Robin Hood himself would no doubt tell you, 126 00:05:25,434 --> 00:05:28,300 the Sheriff of Nottingham is not someone to be kept waiting. 127 00:05:28,467 --> 00:05:31,567 So I would get out of that forest and go meet him. 128 00:05:31,734 --> 00:05:33,067 We'll fly as fast as an arrow. 129 00:05:33,234 --> 00:05:34,467 [Heather] You and your archery. 130 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:37,200 Hey, I'm kind of good at it. I beat you, didn't I? 131 00:05:37,367 --> 00:05:39,200 -Yeah, rematch is on, though. -[Phil] Fine. 132 00:05:39,367 --> 00:05:40,667 Guys, you're still sitting there. 133 00:05:40,834 --> 00:05:43,100 -Get going. -See you. 134 00:05:43,267 --> 00:05:44,467 Bye, Gates. 135 00:05:44,634 --> 00:05:45,667 [Heather] From Sherwood Forest, 136 00:05:45,834 --> 00:05:47,501 we head back to the city of Nottingham 137 00:05:47,667 --> 00:05:50,167 to meet Robin Hood's legendary nemesis. 138 00:05:50,334 --> 00:05:54,567 Well, his modern-day successor anyway, Zafran Khan. 139 00:05:54,734 --> 00:05:56,501 When did the Sheriff of Nottingham start? 140 00:05:56,667 --> 00:05:58,501 How many sheriffs have there been? 141 00:05:58,667 --> 00:06:01,968 The Sheriff of Nottingham started in 1449. 142 00:06:02,133 --> 00:06:06,000 I am roughly the 1300th sheriff of our city. 143 00:06:06,167 --> 00:06:07,267 Wow. 144 00:06:07,267 --> 00:06:09,567 The main primary role of the sheriff was to keep 145 00:06:09,734 --> 00:06:12,501 the king's peace, to make sure nobody in Nottingham was trying 146 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:14,467 to overthrow the monarchy. 147 00:06:14,634 --> 00:06:16,567 I thought his main role was catching Robin Hood. 148 00:06:16,734 --> 00:06:18,567 [Zafran] That was also part of it, yes. 149 00:06:18,734 --> 00:06:21,367 The responsibilities have changed, thankfully, now. 150 00:06:21,534 --> 00:06:23,801 My role now is an ambassador to the city, 151 00:06:23,968 --> 00:06:25,701 so I do everything ceremonial. 152 00:06:25,868 --> 00:06:27,567 So you're a bit more popular than the sheriff in the time 153 00:06:27,734 --> 00:06:30,100 of Robin Hood? -Yes, 100%. 154 00:06:30,267 --> 00:06:32,667 And my understanding is there is a particular building 155 00:06:32,834 --> 00:06:34,567 you want us to go take a look at. 156 00:06:34,734 --> 00:06:36,601 Yes, the National Justice Museum, 157 00:06:36,767 --> 00:06:38,367 the oldest prison in Nottingham, 158 00:06:38,534 --> 00:06:40,300 and also my old office. 159 00:06:40,467 --> 00:06:42,367 There's a lot of dark secrets there. 160 00:06:42,534 --> 00:06:45,300 And some strange things have been reported over the years. 161 00:06:45,467 --> 00:06:46,567 OK. 162 00:06:46,734 --> 00:06:47,901 There's a couple of people waiting there to share 163 00:06:48,067 --> 00:06:48,934 their stories with you. 164 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:50,701 And I'd love to hear what you find. 165 00:06:50,868 --> 00:06:52,400 I'll be interested to hear what they have to say. 166 00:06:52,567 --> 00:06:53,467 All right. Thank you, Sheriff. 167 00:06:53,634 --> 00:06:54,767 My pleasure. 168 00:06:54,934 --> 00:06:56,567 [Phil] Legend has it that Robin Hood 169 00:06:56,734 --> 00:06:59,767 was held captive inside this centuries-old prison. 170 00:06:59,934 --> 00:07:03,667 Today, it no longer holds prisoners, instead standing as 171 00:07:03,834 --> 00:07:06,300 a symbol of Nottingham's violent past. 172 00:07:06,467 --> 00:07:09,167 We're meeting with its curator, Stephen Dennis, 173 00:07:09,334 --> 00:07:12,100 and longtime guide, Claire Finn, who both claim 174 00:07:12,267 --> 00:07:14,267 to have had disturbing encounters 175 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:16,267 inside these foreboding walls. 176 00:07:16,434 --> 00:07:18,767 So I'm guessing there have been a lot of criminals 177 00:07:18,934 --> 00:07:20,200 in and out of this place. -Mm-hmm. 178 00:07:20,367 --> 00:07:21,567 Take us back to the beginning. 179 00:07:21,734 --> 00:07:23,267 Well, you got to go back to the Middle Ages 180 00:07:23,434 --> 00:07:24,567 for the very beginning in this building. 181 00:07:25,567 --> 00:07:26,667 The deeper you go into the building, 182 00:07:26,834 --> 00:07:27,868 the older it gets. 183 00:07:28,033 --> 00:07:28,934 Once you get to the bottom, 184 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:30,868 you're at the oldest medieval sections 185 00:07:31,033 --> 00:07:32,567 which are cut into the rock face. 186 00:07:32,734 --> 00:07:34,767 The next layers up, you'll get to 187 00:07:34,934 --> 00:07:36,767 the 17th and 18th centuries. 188 00:07:36,934 --> 00:07:39,367 Above that, you got the courts -- 189 00:07:39,534 --> 00:07:41,367 the most modern part of the building really. 190 00:07:42,701 --> 00:07:44,167 There's five levels altogether 191 00:07:44,334 --> 00:07:45,667 all for different time periods. 192 00:07:45,834 --> 00:07:48,501 And the lower you go, the deeper into the history 193 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:50,367 of Nottingham. -Yeah, that's right. 194 00:07:50,534 --> 00:07:51,567 [Heather] So, in medieval times, 195 00:07:51,734 --> 00:07:53,901 what were the conditions of this prison like? 196 00:07:54,067 --> 00:07:55,501 The jail was notorious for having 197 00:07:55,667 --> 00:07:57,868 absolutely awful conditions. 198 00:07:58,033 --> 00:08:00,868 You're just put in a communal cell, which is basically a pit, 199 00:08:01,033 --> 00:08:04,868 full of other people, all hungry, all fighting over 200 00:08:05,033 --> 00:08:07,000 a scrap of blanket, absolute squalor. 201 00:08:07,167 --> 00:08:10,100 Disease was rife -- jail fever, they called it, 202 00:08:10,267 --> 00:08:12,467 and if you tried to escape, you get in a fight, 203 00:08:12,634 --> 00:08:14,501 they would remove you from the group and put you in 204 00:08:14,667 --> 00:08:17,167 the oubliettes, which is a French word, 205 00:08:17,334 --> 00:08:19,100 means "place to forget." 206 00:08:19,267 --> 00:08:23,167 There was this bottle-shaped cave beneath the building, 207 00:08:23,334 --> 00:08:25,968 designed for one person, who you could just drop down 208 00:08:26,133 --> 00:08:28,067 the hole and forget. 209 00:08:28,234 --> 00:08:30,167 And no one's gonna hear your screams down there. 210 00:08:30,334 --> 00:08:31,968 That's absolutely horrific. 211 00:08:32,133 --> 00:08:34,667 And overseeing all of those horrific conditions was 212 00:08:34,834 --> 00:08:35,868 the Sheriff of Nottingham. 213 00:08:36,033 --> 00:08:37,667 [Stephen] It was his responsibility, yeah. 214 00:08:37,834 --> 00:08:41,167 The Sheriff of Nottingham was a complete nasty piece of work. 215 00:08:41,334 --> 00:08:43,100 So if the Sheriff of Nottingham was involved 216 00:08:43,267 --> 00:08:44,968 from the beginning, I'm guessing maybe 217 00:08:45,133 --> 00:08:46,801 the Robin Hood story connects to this. 218 00:08:46,968 --> 00:08:49,167 Yes, there's a very famous tale about him 219 00:08:49,334 --> 00:08:53,267 being arrested by the sheriff and brought here as a prisoner. 220 00:08:53,434 --> 00:08:55,601 The stories say that he was put in an oubliette 221 00:08:55,767 --> 00:08:57,567 at the very bottom of the building. 222 00:08:57,734 --> 00:09:01,200 But obviously no jail kept him locked up for long, did it? 223 00:09:01,367 --> 00:09:03,868 -He did escape. -How did he get out? 224 00:09:04,033 --> 00:09:05,601 Nottingham has cave systems. 225 00:09:05,767 --> 00:09:07,567 -Oh, we've seen that. -Mmm. 226 00:09:07,734 --> 00:09:10,868 [Stephen] And if you know the way into those caves, 227 00:09:11,033 --> 00:09:14,167 you may have an access route out of the building. 228 00:09:14,334 --> 00:09:17,667 So people would be imprisoned here -- would they be 229 00:09:17,834 --> 00:09:20,000 penalized here? -They would be executed here. 230 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,601 In fact, ten men were executed directly behind you, 231 00:09:24,767 --> 00:09:26,367 outside this building. -[Phil] Right here? 232 00:09:26,534 --> 00:09:27,467 [Stephen] Right on those steps. 233 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:28,767 Hanged. 234 00:09:28,934 --> 00:09:29,868 [Heather] What did they do with the bodies 235 00:09:30,033 --> 00:09:31,300 after they hanged these prisoners? 236 00:09:31,467 --> 00:09:34,767 They were buried in the jail, in the exercise yard. 237 00:09:34,934 --> 00:09:38,667 So, with criminals, executions, torture, 238 00:09:38,834 --> 00:09:42,100 this place has got to have some paranormal activity. 239 00:09:42,267 --> 00:09:44,400 Yeah, so this has been going on for many, many years. 240 00:09:44,567 --> 00:09:46,767 It's staff, it's public, who've all had 241 00:09:46,934 --> 00:09:48,667 various horrible experiences. 242 00:09:48,834 --> 00:09:50,868 We've had people who've been physically sick 243 00:09:51,033 --> 00:09:52,167 in certain areas of the building. 244 00:09:52,334 --> 00:09:54,400 People have witnessed dark shadow figures 245 00:09:54,567 --> 00:09:56,100 coming towards them. 246 00:09:56,267 --> 00:09:59,000 They've heard talkings and footsteps 247 00:09:59,167 --> 00:10:00,467 when there's nobody there. 248 00:10:00,634 --> 00:10:03,000 [Stephen] And I saw a figure in the exercise yard once. 249 00:10:03,167 --> 00:10:04,167 So you're telling me both of you 250 00:10:04,334 --> 00:10:05,467 think this place is haunted? 251 00:10:05,634 --> 00:10:06,934 -Absolutely, yeah. -Oh yeah. 252 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:10,300 Are there notorious prisoners of the past that are believed 253 00:10:10,467 --> 00:10:12,100 to still be here today? 254 00:10:12,267 --> 00:10:14,167 So some believe that there is still a spirit of a man 255 00:10:14,334 --> 00:10:15,968 called Thomas Gray. 256 00:10:16,133 --> 00:10:18,000 He was a local killer to Nottingham. 257 00:10:18,167 --> 00:10:20,767 He was actually the last man to be hanged here. 258 00:10:20,934 --> 00:10:23,667 And he's also buried now in the exercise yard. 259 00:10:23,834 --> 00:10:26,667 He's a very aggressive, very volatile spirit. 260 00:10:26,834 --> 00:10:28,100 How does that manifest? 261 00:10:28,267 --> 00:10:30,467 We've had members of the public who've gone down 262 00:10:30,634 --> 00:10:31,567 into the dark cell. 263 00:10:31,734 --> 00:10:33,767 Thomas Gray was locked up down there. 264 00:10:33,934 --> 00:10:35,467 And there's no light in there at all. 265 00:10:35,634 --> 00:10:36,868 It's complete isolation. 266 00:10:37,033 --> 00:10:39,267 People will come out, and they've had scratches. 267 00:10:39,434 --> 00:10:41,868 In fact, we've actually got a photograph that they believe 268 00:10:42,033 --> 00:10:43,868 is Thomas Gray. -Ooh. 269 00:10:44,033 --> 00:10:46,701 -Oh, right there. -[Heather] Creepy. 270 00:10:51,801 --> 00:10:53,267 2 He's right beside that person. 271 00:10:54,267 --> 00:10:56,767 [Claire] Yeah, it's like he wants to be quite intimidating. 272 00:10:56,934 --> 00:10:58,868 [Heather] And why do they think it's Thomas Gray? 273 00:10:59,033 --> 00:11:02,100 Because once he would have been found guilty, that area 274 00:11:02,267 --> 00:11:03,968 there would have been used as a condemned cell, 275 00:11:04,133 --> 00:11:06,167 where he would have waited for his execution. 276 00:11:06,334 --> 00:11:07,534 [Phil] What? 277 00:11:07,534 --> 00:11:09,300 So his final moments alive would have been right there? 278 00:11:09,467 --> 00:11:11,267 -[Stephen] Yeah. -Oh! 279 00:11:11,434 --> 00:11:13,767 OK, that's a strange picture. 280 00:11:15,367 --> 00:11:17,067 [Heather] Do we have permission to investigate the building? 281 00:11:17,234 --> 00:11:18,367 [Stephen] Absolutely. 282 00:11:18,534 --> 00:11:20,367 Yeah, but please be really, really careful. 283 00:11:20,534 --> 00:11:23,100 I truly believe there are some dangerous forces out here. 284 00:11:25,067 --> 00:11:27,801 [Heather] With centuries of horrific history stacked beneath us, 285 00:11:27,968 --> 00:11:30,000 Phil and I decide to split up. 286 00:11:30,167 --> 00:11:33,000 He'll begin in the exercise yard, the final resting place 287 00:11:33,167 --> 00:11:36,167 of some of Nottingham's most notorious prisoners, 288 00:11:36,334 --> 00:11:39,300 including murderer Thomas Gray, where shadow figures 289 00:11:39,467 --> 00:11:41,100 are often sighted. 290 00:11:41,267 --> 00:11:44,167 Meanwhile, I'll start in the 18th century courtroom, 291 00:11:44,334 --> 00:11:45,567 where visitors report seeing 292 00:11:45,734 --> 00:11:47,868 apparitions and feeling phantom touches. 293 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:50,267 So we're in the courtroom. 294 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,968 This is where these criminals would be judged, 295 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:57,167 where they would learn their fate. 296 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,300 You want to talk about a space that has 297 00:12:00,467 --> 00:12:03,868 layers of people's pain, 298 00:12:04,033 --> 00:12:06,868 this whole space feels so oppressive. 299 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,868 People report hearing things, 300 00:12:11,968 --> 00:12:14,367 seeing things, shadow figures specifically, 301 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:16,868 and being physically touched. 302 00:12:17,033 --> 00:12:18,868 I think I'm gonna do a call-and-response session in here. 303 00:12:24,601 --> 00:12:27,167 I'm going to place one REM pod... 304 00:12:27,334 --> 00:12:29,567 right here, because this is where prisoners would have been 305 00:12:29,734 --> 00:12:31,467 sentenced sometimes to death. 306 00:12:36,968 --> 00:12:38,868 And because people have seen shadow figures, 307 00:12:40,467 --> 00:12:42,200 I wanna see if anything will come up on the XLS. 308 00:12:45,767 --> 00:12:46,767 My name is Heather. 309 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:49,801 You can walk in front of me. 310 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:53,901 This device will see you. 311 00:12:55,367 --> 00:12:56,701 You can use this REM pod. 312 00:12:56,868 --> 00:12:57,901 All you have to do is 313 00:12:58,067 --> 00:12:59,667 get close to it. It'll go off. 314 00:13:01,167 --> 00:13:02,167 I'll take it as a yes. 315 00:13:03,667 --> 00:13:04,667 Is there anyone here with me? 316 00:13:06,467 --> 00:13:08,100 [sustained tone] 317 00:13:10,567 --> 00:13:11,567 So you're there then, huh? 318 00:13:14,667 --> 00:13:15,667 Were you a prisoner here then? 319 00:13:17,567 --> 00:13:19,400 [sustained tone] 320 00:13:19,567 --> 00:13:20,567 Yes. 321 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:23,400 Were you sentenced right here? 322 00:13:25,367 --> 00:13:27,267 [sustained tone] 323 00:13:27,434 --> 00:13:28,801 I'm pointing right at the REM pod, 324 00:13:28,968 --> 00:13:30,968 but nothing is showing up on the XLS. 325 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:35,367 And were you sentenced to die? 326 00:13:36,767 --> 00:13:38,367 [sustained tone] 327 00:13:44,267 --> 00:13:45,267 Did you scratch... 328 00:13:46,767 --> 00:13:48,100 those people in this prison? 329 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Were you a murderer? 330 00:13:57,167 --> 00:13:58,501 [sustained tone] 331 00:14:01,467 --> 00:14:02,567 Yes. 332 00:14:02,734 --> 00:14:04,601 [tone continues] 333 00:14:04,767 --> 00:14:05,701 Ooh, I just got chills. 334 00:14:10,801 --> 00:14:11,801 [Phil] OK. 335 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 This has got to be the exercise yard, 336 00:14:15,167 --> 00:14:17,601 which is where some prisoners were buried. 337 00:14:19,167 --> 00:14:21,300 Look, tombstones are right here. 338 00:14:21,467 --> 00:14:22,767 "TG" -- 339 00:14:22,934 --> 00:14:25,701 Thomas Gray, the last person 340 00:14:25,868 --> 00:14:28,868 executed here at the Nottingham prison, 341 00:14:29,033 --> 00:14:30,300 1877. 342 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:34,200 [light thud] 343 00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:41,501 I know I just heard footsteps over there. 344 00:14:43,801 --> 00:14:44,801 [light thud] 345 00:14:49,667 --> 00:14:52,167 I mean, that's one of the things that people report hearing. 346 00:14:54,300 --> 00:14:55,467 But my guess is... 347 00:14:55,634 --> 00:14:58,000 [snaps echoing] 348 00:14:58,167 --> 00:15:01,567 The acoustics of this exercise yard are bizarre. 349 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,801 Sounds bouncing off the walls. 350 00:15:03,968 --> 00:15:06,567 I'm putting it down to just the physical structure 351 00:15:06,734 --> 00:15:09,100 and not a spiritual ghost. 352 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,667 [Heather] What's interesting is, despite all those reports of 353 00:15:12,834 --> 00:15:15,667 shadow figures, I'm not getting anything on the XLS. 354 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:19,868 But this REM Pod going off, 355 00:15:20,033 --> 00:15:22,200 how many people were sentenced 356 00:15:22,367 --> 00:15:24,567 to death right there? 357 00:15:24,734 --> 00:15:27,367 I feel as though I need to go down to the cells where 358 00:15:27,534 --> 00:15:31,000 they went directly after learning their life was over. 359 00:15:31,167 --> 00:15:32,667 [sustained tone] 360 00:15:32,834 --> 00:15:34,767 OK, if you want me to go down to the cells, 361 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:36,367 I'll go down to the cells. 362 00:15:36,534 --> 00:15:37,968 I'll leave this XLS running 363 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,367 in case anyone else shows up. 364 00:15:53,667 --> 00:15:57,868 It's so crazy how every room you go into, 365 00:15:58,033 --> 00:15:59,267 the further down you go, 366 00:15:59,434 --> 00:16:03,100 it feels like a completely different era of history. 367 00:16:05,567 --> 00:16:06,667 Ooh, look! 368 00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:12,467 This spot right here. I know this well. 369 00:16:13,868 --> 00:16:15,000 This is where the photo was taken. 370 00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:17,400 Right here. 371 00:16:18,567 --> 00:16:22,801 And my best guess is someone taking a long exposure 372 00:16:22,968 --> 00:16:24,767 and shifting a little bit as they did it 373 00:16:25,901 --> 00:16:27,767 and making his image kind of be 374 00:16:27,934 --> 00:16:30,667 splattered behind him like that. 375 00:16:30,834 --> 00:16:32,100 All right, let me see what happens if I take 376 00:16:32,267 --> 00:16:33,367 some photos down here. 377 00:16:34,367 --> 00:16:35,501 [click] 378 00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:39,467 If I shake a little bit as I do that... 379 00:16:39,634 --> 00:16:40,534 [click] 380 00:16:40,701 --> 00:16:42,267 When I shake, gets a little muddier, 381 00:16:42,434 --> 00:16:44,868 but not exactly creating something 382 00:16:45,033 --> 00:16:47,167 that looks like a double of what's in here. 383 00:16:48,501 --> 00:16:50,267 I don't know. 384 00:16:50,434 --> 00:16:51,767 It's bizarre, I mean, it could be some kind of 385 00:16:51,934 --> 00:16:55,100 digital corruption, but this is a tough one to crack. 386 00:16:57,267 --> 00:16:58,400 Let's see what else we find back here. 387 00:17:04,167 --> 00:17:05,167 Whoa. 388 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,901 What is this? Is this one of the cells? 389 00:17:12,901 --> 00:17:14,968 This has got to be the dark cell. 390 00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:16,067 Look at this. 391 00:17:17,167 --> 00:17:21,100 There are no windows in here. 392 00:17:22,467 --> 00:17:24,601 This is original. 393 00:17:24,767 --> 00:17:29,567 This is what the prisoners would have sat on, slept on, 394 00:17:29,734 --> 00:17:31,767 lived on, Thomas Gray included, 395 00:17:32,767 --> 00:17:35,501 in complete darkness for days and days 396 00:17:35,667 --> 00:17:37,467 and weeks and weeks at a time. 397 00:17:37,634 --> 00:17:39,901 This is also where people have claimed to be scratched. 398 00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:43,167 And listen, this is called the dark cell, 399 00:17:43,334 --> 00:17:45,567 so I think I have to see 400 00:17:45,734 --> 00:17:47,467 what it's like to be in here... 401 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,400 in complete darkness. 402 00:17:53,868 --> 00:17:55,367 Time to close the door. 403 00:17:55,534 --> 00:17:56,567 I gotta be in here solo. 404 00:18:06,367 --> 00:18:07,601 This place is giving me the creeps. 405 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:23,067 [Heather] This must be it. 406 00:18:23,234 --> 00:18:24,167 Wow. 407 00:18:26,367 --> 00:18:27,367 Oh my God. 408 00:18:28,868 --> 00:18:30,801 It's so tiny and cramped! 409 00:18:32,367 --> 00:18:35,801 This cell is where you are spending 410 00:18:35,968 --> 00:18:39,767 your last moments alive, suffering. 411 00:18:41,868 --> 00:18:43,167 And these chains... 412 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:47,501 they are incredibly heavy. 413 00:18:47,667 --> 00:18:49,000 And look how many hooks there are! 414 00:18:49,167 --> 00:18:52,267 I mean, they could have had so many people in here, 415 00:18:53,601 --> 00:18:56,968 all aware that this was it. 416 00:18:57,133 --> 00:18:58,100 Their life is over. 417 00:18:58,267 --> 00:18:59,501 They were about to be executed. 418 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:02,467 Let's see if we can allow them 419 00:19:02,634 --> 00:19:04,000 to communicate through the Tempest. 420 00:19:08,801 --> 00:19:09,868 Is there anyone with us? 421 00:19:13,667 --> 00:19:16,367 You can communicate with this device, you can make a noise. 422 00:19:17,601 --> 00:19:19,100 [metal clinking] 423 00:19:19,267 --> 00:19:20,601 I mean, like I just heard... 424 00:19:22,067 --> 00:19:27,601 what sounded like a scraping of metal on the floor, almost like 425 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:31,467 if a metal chair or a metal grate... 426 00:19:32,467 --> 00:19:33,467 You can make a noise. 427 00:19:34,701 --> 00:19:35,767 [metal clinking] 428 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:39,100 [Tempest speaking] 429 00:19:40,467 --> 00:19:41,501 You've arrived? 430 00:19:46,167 --> 00:19:47,167 I can't even see... 431 00:19:48,467 --> 00:19:50,000 hands in front of my eyes. I mean... 432 00:19:51,167 --> 00:19:53,367 I cannot imagine being in here for days at a time. 433 00:19:55,167 --> 00:19:56,701 [light scratching] 434 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:01,100 Whoa. 435 00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:05,601 I just heard -- I mean it sounded like... 436 00:20:07,901 --> 00:20:08,901 scratching... 437 00:20:09,901 --> 00:20:11,501 coming from right underneath me. 438 00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:17,300 What is that? 439 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,300 You're letting me know you're here. 440 00:20:20,467 --> 00:20:21,400 Who are you? 441 00:20:22,868 --> 00:20:23,868 What is your name? 442 00:20:27,367 --> 00:20:28,367 [Tempest speaking] 443 00:20:31,501 --> 00:20:32,501 Were you a male prisoner? 444 00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:37,100 Were you locked up in these chains? 445 00:20:40,367 --> 00:20:41,400 [Tempest speaking] 446 00:20:42,901 --> 00:20:44,868 Are you who I was communicating with upstairs? 447 00:20:45,868 --> 00:20:47,200 Are you Thomas Gray? 448 00:20:49,667 --> 00:20:50,667 [Tempest speaking] 449 00:20:52,901 --> 00:20:53,901 Also you? 450 00:20:54,901 --> 00:20:56,000 You're over here as well? 451 00:20:59,767 --> 00:21:01,367 Who are you? Why are you still here? 452 00:21:04,367 --> 00:21:05,367 Do you wanna hurt me? 453 00:21:08,701 --> 00:21:09,901 [Tempest speaking] 454 00:21:10,067 --> 00:21:11,868 Scratch?! You're [bleep] kidding. 455 00:21:12,033 --> 00:21:13,000 Look at that. 456 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:21,901 2 [Heather] We've heard about people being scratched. 457 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,667 People will come out and they've had scratches. 458 00:21:26,901 --> 00:21:29,167 You were the spirit that scratched. 459 00:21:30,868 --> 00:21:31,868 That's nuts. 460 00:21:39,667 --> 00:21:42,000 Ooh, I definitely heard scratching coming 461 00:21:42,167 --> 00:21:43,601 from directly beneath me. 462 00:21:45,267 --> 00:21:46,267 OK. 463 00:21:47,701 --> 00:21:48,701 That was wild. 464 00:21:53,901 --> 00:21:55,167 Where was that coming from? 465 00:21:59,801 --> 00:22:00,868 What is below me? 466 00:22:01,868 --> 00:22:03,400 There's nothing in that area. 467 00:22:05,167 --> 00:22:07,601 Oh, wow! 468 00:22:07,767 --> 00:22:08,801 Look down there. 469 00:22:08,968 --> 00:22:10,200 This has got to be... 470 00:22:11,267 --> 00:22:13,167 the oldest part of the prison. 471 00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:20,200 I think we gotta get down there. 472 00:22:20,367 --> 00:22:21,701 I'm gonna call in Heather for backup. 473 00:22:23,667 --> 00:22:25,100 [over radio] Hey Heather, how's it going up there? 474 00:22:26,968 --> 00:22:28,100 [Heather] It's been kind of intense. 475 00:22:28,267 --> 00:22:31,801 I actually got the word "scratch" on my Tempest. 476 00:22:31,968 --> 00:22:33,167 [Phil] Come on! 477 00:22:33,167 --> 00:22:35,801 Do you know what I just recorded beneath me, Heather? 478 00:22:35,968 --> 00:22:39,000 -The sound of scratching. -No! 479 00:22:39,167 --> 00:22:40,601 And the only thing beneath me 480 00:22:40,767 --> 00:22:43,801 is the oldest part of the prison. 481 00:22:43,968 --> 00:22:46,601 I think that means that before I go any deeper, we need to 482 00:22:46,767 --> 00:22:48,901 regroup and head down together. -[Heather] Totally agree. 483 00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:51,167 -I'll head your way. -[Phil] Copy that. 484 00:22:56,367 --> 00:22:57,400 It was this way. 485 00:22:57,567 --> 00:22:58,701 -[Heather] OK. -[Phil] Down here. 486 00:22:59,701 --> 00:23:01,467 [Heather] Oh! 487 00:23:01,634 --> 00:23:02,868 [Phil] All right, help me lift this grate. 488 00:23:08,467 --> 00:23:09,467 Wow. 489 00:23:10,567 --> 00:23:12,300 -OK, can you hold this for me? -Yep. 490 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,868 -[Phil] The light, give me that light... -[Heather] OK. 491 00:23:26,767 --> 00:23:27,767 [Phil] Check this out. 492 00:23:28,767 --> 00:23:29,801 Oh, wow. 493 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,367 -Recognize these walls? -[Heather] Oh, yeah. 494 00:23:33,534 --> 00:23:34,767 Looks just like City of Caves. 495 00:23:35,767 --> 00:23:38,100 These caves were hand-carved. 496 00:23:38,267 --> 00:23:41,701 Just touching these chisel marks is like feeling history. 497 00:23:43,267 --> 00:23:45,801 And just like what I saw under Ye Olde Salutation Inn. 498 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:49,868 I mean, this could be 800 years old. 499 00:23:50,033 --> 00:23:52,167 Wow. You can see the chisel marks. 500 00:23:52,334 --> 00:23:54,000 [Phil] Yeah, or the scratch marks. 501 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:55,968 [scratching] 502 00:23:57,167 --> 00:23:58,667 You think that's what you heard? 503 00:23:58,834 --> 00:24:00,267 I mean, honestly, sounds a lot like it. 504 00:24:02,267 --> 00:24:05,167 [Heather] We've gone back to the oldest section of this prison 505 00:24:05,334 --> 00:24:06,767 from the medieval period. 506 00:24:06,934 --> 00:24:08,167 Potentially the time of Robin Hood. 507 00:24:08,334 --> 00:24:11,801 Yeah, but that was also the time of the most cruelty. 508 00:24:11,968 --> 00:24:15,000 Right, people getting tortured, executed. 509 00:24:15,167 --> 00:24:16,267 [Phil] Even someone in the oubliette. 510 00:24:17,501 --> 00:24:19,267 Well, what do you want to do? 511 00:24:19,434 --> 00:24:21,000 There's something special I want to do right here. 512 00:24:21,167 --> 00:24:22,100 All right, let's see it. 513 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:32,100 OK, so you know how we've done the Estes Method, right? 514 00:24:32,267 --> 00:24:35,667 Yeah, where you are sensory deprived, I ask questions. 515 00:24:35,834 --> 00:24:38,701 And I respond with the idea being that I'm influenced by 516 00:24:38,868 --> 00:24:40,100 whatever spirit is around me. 517 00:24:40,267 --> 00:24:42,901 But this time, I'll use a quill and paper. 518 00:24:43,067 --> 00:24:44,467 Now, I know this isn't a traditional quill, 519 00:24:44,634 --> 00:24:47,167 but I'm hoping it'll still act as a trigger object. 520 00:24:47,334 --> 00:24:49,000 So something that people of the medieval time 521 00:24:49,167 --> 00:24:51,267 would recognize. -Exactly. 522 00:24:51,434 --> 00:24:53,167 I'm gonna be facing this wall, I'm gonna double 523 00:24:53,334 --> 00:24:55,100 my headphones up, so you ask your questions, 524 00:24:55,267 --> 00:24:56,501 I won't be able to hear them, 525 00:24:56,667 --> 00:24:58,267 and I'll just write whatever responses 526 00:24:58,434 --> 00:24:59,434 pop into my mind. 527 00:24:59,434 --> 00:25:02,300 OK, let's see what the ghosts have to say. 528 00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:03,767 OK, white noise headphones. 529 00:25:10,868 --> 00:25:12,100 Noise-cancelling headphones on. 530 00:25:19,501 --> 00:25:20,567 Heather? 531 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,200 Heather, can you hear me? 532 00:25:24,501 --> 00:25:26,033 [exhales heavily] 533 00:25:28,501 --> 00:25:32,767 So at this point, Heather cannot hear anything I am saying. 534 00:25:32,934 --> 00:25:33,968 I'm gonna begin. 535 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,167 Why are you scratching? 536 00:25:48,767 --> 00:25:49,801 Help... 537 00:25:53,801 --> 00:25:55,267 me. 538 00:25:55,434 --> 00:25:56,467 What do you need help with? 539 00:25:58,567 --> 00:26:00,067 What happened to you down here? 540 00:26:06,267 --> 00:26:07,667 Death. 541 00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:08,901 How did you die? 542 00:26:16,067 --> 00:26:17,601 Torture. 543 00:26:20,067 --> 00:26:21,400 What crime did you commit? 544 00:26:27,367 --> 00:26:28,634 Greed. 545 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:32,400 What are you trying to tell us? 546 00:26:35,968 --> 00:26:36,968 Go. 547 00:26:39,667 --> 00:26:40,667 Out. 548 00:26:44,868 --> 00:26:45,868 What happened? 549 00:26:47,267 --> 00:26:48,267 What is that look for? 550 00:26:49,701 --> 00:26:50,767 What? 551 00:26:56,667 --> 00:26:58,167 Something just went like this. 552 00:26:58,334 --> 00:26:59,667 All right, there's nothing there. 553 00:26:59,834 --> 00:27:01,167 -Nothing fell on you? -[thud echoes] 554 00:27:01,334 --> 00:27:03,200 Ooh! 555 00:27:03,367 --> 00:27:06,267 -Something just hit the floor... -[Heather] Beneath us. 556 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,267 2 That was underneath us. 557 00:27:16,667 --> 00:27:17,767 Oh, look here! 558 00:27:21,667 --> 00:27:25,400 Oh my gosh, there is a chamber down there. 559 00:27:25,567 --> 00:27:27,667 That could be the oubliette. 560 00:27:27,834 --> 00:27:29,601 I mean, they said there's a chamber 561 00:27:29,767 --> 00:27:31,000 in the lowest part of the dungeon. 562 00:27:31,167 --> 00:27:33,868 Whatever we just felt came from down there. 563 00:27:34,033 --> 00:27:35,767 We need to find a way down there. 564 00:27:35,934 --> 00:27:37,033 I'm gonna grab my light. 565 00:27:39,501 --> 00:27:40,701 Oh, here, look! 566 00:27:42,267 --> 00:27:44,667 Wow. An opening. 567 00:27:48,601 --> 00:27:51,601 There is nothing in here that could have made that sound. 568 00:27:53,567 --> 00:27:54,667 Where does this tunnel go? 569 00:27:56,601 --> 00:27:58,167 -Oh, my God. -[Heather] What do you see? 570 00:27:59,267 --> 00:28:00,267 [Phil] Get down here. 571 00:28:03,767 --> 00:28:05,267 Check this out -- down here. 572 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:09,067 I think this... 573 00:28:10,167 --> 00:28:12,000 is the oubliette. 574 00:28:12,167 --> 00:28:14,100 [Heather] It definitely looks like it, that bottleneck shape. 575 00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:21,300 [Phil] Whoa. 576 00:28:24,501 --> 00:28:26,067 This is wild. 577 00:28:27,167 --> 00:28:28,701 -This doesn't feel good. -No. 578 00:28:28,868 --> 00:28:30,100 Look at that. 579 00:28:30,267 --> 00:28:32,300 Yeah, it looks like it was covered up, sealed sometime 580 00:28:32,467 --> 00:28:34,267 probably in 1800. 581 00:28:34,434 --> 00:28:37,767 Be dropped from up there, down here to be forgotten. 582 00:28:37,934 --> 00:28:40,267 And remember, in the Ballad of Robin Hood, he was thrown 583 00:28:40,434 --> 00:28:43,367 into the oubliette, and -- -He escaped. 584 00:28:43,534 --> 00:28:45,767 Maybe through here. 585 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:48,367 This could be where that sound was coming from. 586 00:28:48,534 --> 00:28:49,467 -Yeah. -Let's go. 587 00:28:57,667 --> 00:28:59,467 [Phil] Wow, it just keeps going and going. 588 00:29:01,701 --> 00:29:02,767 -[Heather] It's caved in. -[Phil] No. 589 00:29:02,934 --> 00:29:04,367 Yeah, it's a dead end. It's a dead end. 590 00:29:05,868 --> 00:29:08,267 [Phil] Yeah, not getting to there. 591 00:29:08,434 --> 00:29:11,868 But we've learned that most of these tunnels connect, 592 00:29:12,033 --> 00:29:13,868 so who knows where it leads. 593 00:29:14,033 --> 00:29:16,400 Definitely at one point, it led to freedom. 594 00:29:16,567 --> 00:29:17,601 Did at least for Robin Hood. 595 00:29:18,667 --> 00:29:20,400 Yeah, I've not seen any signs 596 00:29:20,567 --> 00:29:22,100 of what could have made that noise. 597 00:29:22,267 --> 00:29:23,200 [Heather] Wait a second. 598 00:29:23,367 --> 00:29:24,868 What was the last thing I wrote down? 599 00:29:25,033 --> 00:29:27,100 You wrote, "Go out." 600 00:29:27,267 --> 00:29:29,567 [Heather] So when I was at Newstead Abbey, 601 00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:31,567 I got "go out" there. 602 00:29:31,734 --> 00:29:33,467 [ovilus speaking] 603 00:29:33,634 --> 00:29:35,567 [Heather] And it seemed to lead me to the forest. 604 00:29:35,734 --> 00:29:37,801 So think it's sending the same message? 605 00:29:37,968 --> 00:29:40,701 Well, if you're escaping from prison, where do you hide out? 606 00:29:40,868 --> 00:29:42,467 Well, it'd be Sherwood Forest. 607 00:29:42,634 --> 00:29:43,801 [Heather] Exactly. 608 00:29:43,801 --> 00:29:45,901 It feels like we're being led there again and again. 609 00:29:46,067 --> 00:29:47,567 Well, then, let's crawl our way out of here, 610 00:29:47,734 --> 00:29:49,367 make our way there tomorrow. -All right. 611 00:29:50,567 --> 00:29:53,667 [Heather] I want to figure out who or what keeps telling us 612 00:29:53,834 --> 00:29:55,100 to go out. 613 00:29:55,267 --> 00:29:57,801 If Robin Hood or any of the outlaws from his day were 614 00:29:57,968 --> 00:30:01,567 to get that message, it would definitely have meant returning 615 00:30:01,734 --> 00:30:03,868 to the safety of Sherwood Forest. 616 00:30:04,033 --> 00:30:05,767 So that's exactly where we're heading, 617 00:30:05,934 --> 00:30:08,801 to meet with Pagan historian Ashley Mortimer. 618 00:30:08,968 --> 00:30:11,467 I'm hoping he can help us understand why the forest keeps 619 00:30:11,634 --> 00:30:15,100 drawing us back by explaining its spiritual story. 620 00:30:15,267 --> 00:30:16,868 What do you know about the mystical practices 621 00:30:17,033 --> 00:30:18,367 of Sherwood Forest? 622 00:30:18,534 --> 00:30:21,167 For all of human history, there's been a spark of 623 00:30:21,334 --> 00:30:23,467 Paganism in Sherwood Forest. 624 00:30:23,634 --> 00:30:26,501 The forest harbored outlaws like Robin Hood, 625 00:30:26,667 --> 00:30:29,667 but also it harbored people who were outcasts 626 00:30:29,834 --> 00:30:31,400 and on the outskirts of society. 627 00:30:31,567 --> 00:30:33,167 So that would be the archetypal character 628 00:30:33,334 --> 00:30:34,667 of the witch. -[Heather] Mm-hmm. 629 00:30:34,834 --> 00:30:37,400 You know, the unpopular woman who everybody quietly went to 630 00:30:37,567 --> 00:30:38,767 to get their medicine. 631 00:30:38,934 --> 00:30:42,367 Here in Sherwood Forest, Pagans practiced rituals for 632 00:30:42,534 --> 00:30:44,367 well over a thousand years. 633 00:30:44,534 --> 00:30:47,100 That is going to leave a huge energetic imprint 634 00:30:47,267 --> 00:30:48,300 on this space. 635 00:30:48,467 --> 00:30:50,567 Yeah, that will indeed leave an imprint. 636 00:30:50,734 --> 00:30:52,801 In two different locations in our investigations, 637 00:30:52,968 --> 00:30:55,267 I got the words, "Go out." 638 00:30:55,434 --> 00:30:58,000 And I wonder if that means go out to nature, 639 00:30:58,167 --> 00:30:59,701 get back to the forest. 640 00:30:59,868 --> 00:31:01,901 The forest is the energy magnet of this area. 641 00:31:02,067 --> 00:31:06,167 It is the place where nature and humanity meet spirituality. 642 00:31:06,334 --> 00:31:07,367 How does that manifest? 643 00:31:07,534 --> 00:31:09,267 What does that look like or feel like? 644 00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:11,868 As you make your way through the forest, then be aware of 645 00:31:12,033 --> 00:31:13,200 your own senses. 646 00:31:13,367 --> 00:31:15,701 Listen for what changes, what moves -- the birds, 647 00:31:15,868 --> 00:31:18,467 the animals, and how they react and respond to you. 648 00:31:18,634 --> 00:31:20,267 And how the trees react and respond to you. 649 00:31:20,434 --> 00:31:23,367 Well, if we were to seek these energies out, 650 00:31:23,534 --> 00:31:25,400 where exactly should we go? 651 00:31:25,567 --> 00:31:27,367 You could try the Witches Bowl. 652 00:31:27,534 --> 00:31:30,200 That's a spot where those rituals have been practiced 653 00:31:30,367 --> 00:31:32,300 for thousands of years. 654 00:31:32,467 --> 00:31:34,567 The Witches Bowl is surrounded by yew trees. 655 00:31:34,734 --> 00:31:37,567 Some of these trees are 800 years old or more. 656 00:31:37,734 --> 00:31:39,467 They hold the energetic imprint 657 00:31:39,634 --> 00:31:41,467 of what's taken place around here. 658 00:31:41,634 --> 00:31:43,601 And that record is there to be released and unlocked 659 00:31:43,767 --> 00:31:45,901 by those who know how to ask. -Hmm. 660 00:31:46,067 --> 00:31:47,267 It's got an air of... 661 00:31:48,267 --> 00:31:50,167 darkness and could be magically dangerous. 662 00:31:50,334 --> 00:31:52,567 If it wants you to leave, you're gonna have to listen 663 00:31:52,734 --> 00:31:53,968 to your own senses and do so. 664 00:31:54,133 --> 00:31:56,667 I think we need to head into the ancient part 665 00:31:56,834 --> 00:31:58,567 of Sherwood Forest. -Definitely. 666 00:31:58,734 --> 00:31:59,767 The Witches Bowl. 667 00:31:59,934 --> 00:32:01,067 That's clearly where we got to go next. 668 00:32:01,234 --> 00:32:03,434 And I got the perfect way to get there. 669 00:32:05,901 --> 00:32:08,367 -[Phil] Hey, so this is fun. -[Heather] More than fun. 670 00:32:08,534 --> 00:32:10,667 You know how we had so much luck with the quill as 671 00:32:10,834 --> 00:32:12,367 a trigger object, right? -Mm-hmm. 672 00:32:12,534 --> 00:32:14,367 Well, what better way to trigger some activity than 673 00:32:14,534 --> 00:32:17,167 riding into Sherwood Forest on an original mode of 674 00:32:17,334 --> 00:32:19,667 transportation that Robin Hood would have used? 675 00:32:19,834 --> 00:32:22,701 -I do kind of feel like Robin Hood right now. -[Heather laughs] 676 00:32:22,868 --> 00:32:25,167 Heading into Sherwood Forest in style. 677 00:32:25,334 --> 00:32:26,267 Let's go. 678 00:32:28,367 --> 00:32:30,167 Whoa! All right. 679 00:32:30,334 --> 00:32:32,501 Sun has set. 680 00:32:32,667 --> 00:32:34,667 What do you say we tie up the horses, head into 681 00:32:34,834 --> 00:32:36,300 the deeper part of the forest? -[Heather] Yeah. 682 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,000 Let's keep an eye out for everything. 683 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,167 Come on boy. 684 00:32:43,567 --> 00:32:46,567 [Phil] This is potentially the most powerful part 685 00:32:46,734 --> 00:32:48,801 of Sherwood Forest. 686 00:32:51,267 --> 00:32:55,067 Don't forget, we need to pay attention to our surroundings. 687 00:32:55,234 --> 00:32:58,100 Like our witness said -- sights, sounds, 688 00:32:58,267 --> 00:33:00,567 the way we feel -- that is all a part 689 00:33:00,734 --> 00:33:02,267 of the power of this forest. 690 00:33:02,434 --> 00:33:06,367 OK, let's try to move as quietly as possible. 691 00:33:06,534 --> 00:33:08,167 Right. 692 00:33:08,334 --> 00:33:11,300 These trees... looking bigger. 693 00:33:11,467 --> 00:33:12,801 You know what that means. 694 00:33:12,968 --> 00:33:14,467 [Heather] We're getting to the older part of the forest. 695 00:33:14,634 --> 00:33:15,901 That's right. 696 00:33:17,367 --> 00:33:20,000 -[Heather] It's starting to feel different. -[Phil] It is. 697 00:33:24,267 --> 00:33:26,100 Hey, wait a minute. 698 00:33:26,267 --> 00:33:27,968 Look at these trees. 699 00:33:29,067 --> 00:33:30,067 They're yew trees. 700 00:33:31,067 --> 00:33:33,868 -And look at this depression. -Oh. 701 00:33:34,033 --> 00:33:35,501 I think this is the Witches Bowl. 702 00:33:37,968 --> 00:33:40,601 [Phil] This is a location where, for who knows how long, 703 00:33:40,767 --> 00:33:44,067 there have been Pagan rituals. -Powerful rituals. 704 00:33:44,234 --> 00:33:45,167 [distant clank] 705 00:33:47,267 --> 00:33:48,267 Hello? 706 00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:56,834 2 [Heather] Did you hear that? 707 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,501 [animals squeaking, trilling] 708 00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:02,300 At least three, four different types of animals 709 00:34:02,467 --> 00:34:05,100 calling out right now. 710 00:34:05,267 --> 00:34:07,267 The forest is speaking to us. 711 00:34:07,434 --> 00:34:09,467 What do you think the forest is saying? 712 00:34:09,634 --> 00:34:11,267 [Heather] I think all eyes are on us. 713 00:34:11,434 --> 00:34:13,100 And it's our move. 714 00:34:13,267 --> 00:34:15,067 Do you have that coin you found in the well? 715 00:34:15,234 --> 00:34:18,367 This coin isn't just old. This is Robin Hood old. 716 00:34:18,534 --> 00:34:20,834 -Yes, put it in my bag. -[Heather] OK. 717 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,534 [Heather] I want to try something. 718 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,767 -There's the coin. -OK. 719 00:34:26,934 --> 00:34:28,667 [Phil] What's your plan? 720 00:34:28,834 --> 00:34:31,467 Well, we're channeling the spirits in the time of 721 00:34:31,634 --> 00:34:33,934 the legend of Robin Hood, so I'm going to use this coin 722 00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:36,567 as a trigger object on the pendulum board. 723 00:34:38,501 --> 00:34:40,767 -All right. Good to go. -OK. 724 00:34:40,934 --> 00:34:43,567 I'll set an audio recorder in case we get any EVPs. 725 00:34:45,267 --> 00:34:47,067 This is Heather and Phil. 726 00:34:47,234 --> 00:34:48,267 We're in the Witches Bowl. 727 00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:51,501 We're about to do a pendulum session. 728 00:35:04,934 --> 00:35:07,300 I'm gonna ask you some yes-or-no questions. 729 00:35:07,467 --> 00:35:10,467 You can use your energy to move the pendulum this way for yes, 730 00:35:13,868 --> 00:35:14,868 and this way for now. 731 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,000 Is there anyone here with us? 732 00:35:28,834 --> 00:35:29,834 Yes. 733 00:35:31,567 --> 00:35:33,400 Do you recognize this coin? 734 00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:37,767 That looks like, yes. 735 00:35:37,934 --> 00:35:39,167 Yes. 736 00:35:40,767 --> 00:35:43,767 Well, if you believe this pendulum works, then that would 737 00:35:43,934 --> 00:35:46,734 put a date to whoever we're talking to. 738 00:35:46,901 --> 00:35:49,167 Firmly in the time of Robin Hood, right? 739 00:35:50,567 --> 00:35:51,567 Are you a bandit? 740 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,000 No...no. 741 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:01,267 Are you a part of this forest? 742 00:36:07,501 --> 00:36:09,167 Yes. 743 00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:11,367 -[Phil] Big yes. -[Heather] Yeah. 744 00:36:13,567 --> 00:36:16,767 I got the words, go out, at Newstead Abbey 745 00:36:16,934 --> 00:36:19,200 and at the old Nottingham Prison. 746 00:36:19,367 --> 00:36:20,501 Was that you? 747 00:36:24,501 --> 00:36:25,701 Yes. 748 00:36:28,167 --> 00:36:30,968 Was it ultimately to be led here... 749 00:36:31,133 --> 00:36:32,467 to this very location? 750 00:36:36,567 --> 00:36:37,567 Yes. 751 00:36:39,367 --> 00:36:41,100 Why did you want us to come here? 752 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,734 Did you witness evil in this forest? 753 00:36:49,601 --> 00:36:51,167 Yes. 754 00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:53,934 Did you cause the evil in this forest? 755 00:36:57,667 --> 00:36:58,667 No. 756 00:37:00,834 --> 00:37:02,100 Were you trying to protect people from 757 00:37:02,267 --> 00:37:03,734 the evil that was done here? 758 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,200 Yes. 759 00:37:08,267 --> 00:37:09,300 Did you want us to know that 760 00:37:09,467 --> 00:37:11,767 Sherwood Forest is a safe place? 761 00:37:14,567 --> 00:37:15,567 Yes. 762 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:19,467 [distant animal calls] 763 00:37:19,634 --> 00:37:20,501 Listen to those animals. 764 00:37:22,267 --> 00:37:23,567 [Phil] Wow. 765 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:27,167 OK, that was right as you were saying this forest is a place 766 00:37:27,334 --> 00:37:29,100 of safety. -[Heather] Yes. 767 00:37:29,267 --> 00:37:31,000 As we know, when the stories go, 768 00:37:31,167 --> 00:37:34,834 Sherwood Forest was the sanctuary. 769 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,767 It was where Robin Hood could find safety 770 00:37:37,934 --> 00:37:39,501 from the Sheriff of Nottingham. 771 00:37:40,567 --> 00:37:43,167 [Heather] So often when we're doing these investigations, 772 00:37:43,334 --> 00:37:44,767 it feels like... 773 00:37:44,934 --> 00:37:47,868 there's something evil, something trying to do us harm. 774 00:37:48,033 --> 00:37:50,000 I feel the exact opposite here. 775 00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:53,767 Each location led us to here. 776 00:37:53,934 --> 00:37:57,067 All of that evidence, all of that activity, all pointed us 777 00:37:57,234 --> 00:37:58,834 to Sherwood Forest. 778 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,067 It feels like something was trying to bring us to safety. 779 00:38:02,234 --> 00:38:03,267 [Phil] Mm. 780 00:38:03,434 --> 00:38:05,100 This is a place of peace. 781 00:38:06,767 --> 00:38:08,667 [Josh] A place of peace. 782 00:38:08,834 --> 00:38:11,667 It's a heartening idea, particularly after all 783 00:38:11,834 --> 00:38:14,367 the trauma and terror that my team uncovered 784 00:38:14,534 --> 00:38:17,300 during their investigation into the haunted history 785 00:38:17,467 --> 00:38:19,501 of Robin Hood. 786 00:38:19,667 --> 00:38:22,200 While we may never know for certain whether Robin Hood 787 00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:26,300 himself truly existed, we did find evidence of exactly 788 00:38:26,467 --> 00:38:28,868 what he might have robbed from the rich. 789 00:38:29,033 --> 00:38:30,234 [Phil] Wow! 790 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,000 [Josh] Testing confirmed that Phil's hunch was right. 791 00:38:33,167 --> 00:38:35,367 The coin he recovered from the well under 792 00:38:35,534 --> 00:38:39,567 the Ye Olde Salutation Inn is indeed a genuine silver 793 00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:40,968 shortcross penny -- 794 00:38:41,868 --> 00:38:45,000 minted during the reign of Richard the Lionheart between 795 00:38:45,167 --> 00:38:47,667 1189 and 1199, 796 00:38:47,834 --> 00:38:49,868 this really could have been a coin that 797 00:38:50,033 --> 00:38:52,868 Robin was, well, robbin'. 798 00:38:53,033 --> 00:38:56,567 But my team didn't just find ancient history. 799 00:38:56,734 --> 00:38:58,734 Were you sentenced right here? 800 00:38:58,901 --> 00:39:00,734 [Josh] They also captured potential evidence... 801 00:39:00,901 --> 00:39:01,934 [sustained beeping tone] 802 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:03,934 ...of the paranormal. 803 00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:06,734 While investigating Nottingham's oldest prison, 804 00:39:06,901 --> 00:39:09,767 Heather left her XLS camera running in the courtroom. 805 00:39:10,868 --> 00:39:15,567 And at exactly 11:43 PM, it recorded this. 806 00:39:17,868 --> 00:39:20,167 Stranger still, the figure appeared at 807 00:39:20,334 --> 00:39:22,567 the very same moment Heather's Tempest 808 00:39:22,734 --> 00:39:24,200 produced the word "scratch." 809 00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:28,734 Scratch? You're [bleep] kidding. 810 00:39:28,901 --> 00:39:30,167 Look at that. 811 00:39:31,667 --> 00:39:34,734 [Josh] Which was also when Phil heard scratching sounds... 812 00:39:34,901 --> 00:39:37,300 [faint scratching] 813 00:39:37,467 --> 00:39:40,267 -...in the dark cell. -That was wild. 814 00:39:40,434 --> 00:39:44,267 [Josh] Could all of this have been a message, or maybe a threat, 815 00:39:44,434 --> 00:39:47,968 from the infamous ghost of murderer Thomas Gray? 816 00:39:49,968 --> 00:39:52,067 But not everything in the investigation 817 00:39:52,234 --> 00:39:56,067 remained unexplained. After detailed audio analysis... 818 00:39:58,267 --> 00:39:59,501 Did you hear that? 819 00:39:59,667 --> 00:40:02,601 ...the mysterious voice Phil heard in the Devil's Wood 820 00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:06,400 outside Newstead Abbey appeared to simply be the wind. 821 00:40:08,601 --> 00:40:11,300 But Heather's recording from the dark heart of 822 00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:14,067 Sherwood Forest, the so-called Witches Bowl, 823 00:40:14,234 --> 00:40:16,667 was a very different story. 824 00:40:16,834 --> 00:40:20,167 Immediately after Heather asked this question... 825 00:40:20,334 --> 00:40:22,367 Did you want us to know that Sherwood Forest is 826 00:40:22,534 --> 00:40:23,734 a safe place? 827 00:40:23,734 --> 00:40:27,400 ...her pendulum responded, "Yes," and her recorder also 828 00:40:27,567 --> 00:40:30,000 captured this possible EVP. 829 00:40:30,167 --> 00:40:32,000 [indistinct speech] 830 00:40:32,167 --> 00:40:35,167 She believes the word sanctuary can be heard. 831 00:40:37,567 --> 00:40:41,267 Heather wonders if guardian spirits in Sherwood Forest were 832 00:40:41,434 --> 00:40:44,567 somehow trying to protect them, in the same way they may have 833 00:40:44,734 --> 00:40:48,767 done for Robin Hood and his merry men some 800 years ago. 834 00:40:50,167 --> 00:40:53,601 And speaking of Robin, before my two outlaws left 835 00:40:53,767 --> 00:40:58,467 Sherwood for good, they got up to one last bit of banditry. 836 00:40:58,634 --> 00:41:00,501 This time you're going down, Torres. 837 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:03,667 No chance -- 'cause this time, I got my bycocket on. 838 00:41:03,834 --> 00:41:05,300 -[Heather] Gosh! -[Phil] Bring it on! 839 00:41:05,467 --> 00:41:07,767 [merry medieval music playing] 840 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:14,667 Last arrow, Heather. Make it count. 841 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:20,868 -Did you just get a bullseye? -[Heather] Something about this forest. 842 00:41:21,033 --> 00:41:23,200 We have a winner. Maid Amaro. 843 00:41:25,667 --> 00:41:27,167 Robin Hood himself declared me winner. 844 00:41:27,334 --> 00:41:29,501 -I think that was just a guy. -I'm going with Robin Hood. 845 00:41:29,667 --> 00:41:30,868 [Phil] Fine.