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[Josh] On this episode
of Expedition X
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[Jess whoops]
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[Josh] Phil and Jess are the first
investigation team on television.
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So that's where the fort is.
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[Josh] To gain access to a costal
battleground with deep secrets.
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How many people
ended up perishing here?
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About a 1,000.
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[Jess] Do you hear that?
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[Phil] I don't think
we can dismiss,
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what a place like this can do
to play tricks on the mind?
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[Josh] But the more
history they uncover.
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[Phil] Anywhere you point
here, there was tragedy.
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Colonel Stewart's head
was blown off.
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[Josh] The more mystery
they'll have to chase.
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What's your name?
Did you die here?
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- [brick clanks]
- What the [bleep]?
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[Jess] Did that just fall out
of one of the ceilings?
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[Josh] It's an expedition,
nearly 200 years in the making.
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- Holy [bleep]
- Oh!
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[Phil]
What is happening here, Jess?
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We caught a ghost on camera.
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[Phil whispers] That's insane.
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- [thuds]
- Oh!
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[Josh] Ghost Fort Of
The Civil War.
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[Josh] My name is Josh Gates.
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In my travels, I've experienced,
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strange things that defy logic.
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And made me question everything.
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Oh, my God.
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Now, I've put together
a team to investigate
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the stranger side
of the unknown.
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Let's go!
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[Josh] Phil Torres
is a scientist.
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Who hunts for rational
explanations.
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Jessica Chobot's
paranormal research,
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has made her a true believer.
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- Let's go.
- [beeping]
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[Josh] Together,
we're searching for answers.
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[Phil] What is that?
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to the world's more
extra-ordinary mysteries.
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This is Expedition X.
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All right, Phil.
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What do you see here?
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[exhales] Is that a person?
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[Josh] "Is that a person?"
That's the question.
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Where's this from?
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[Josh] That is from a place
that is considered,
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one of the haunted hotspots
in America.
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And it is a Civil War battle site that
really helped reshape U.S. History.
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That is from Fort Morgan
in Alabama.
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Oh, I know all
about Fort Morgan.
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- [Josh] Yeah.
- That place's activity is off the charts,
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and it's considered the Holy
Grail of Paranormal Investigators,
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- because they don't allow TV cameras in there.
- Don't they?
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- "Don't they?"
- Oh!
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I got us in.
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- [both] No way!
- Yeah.
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And it's good timing too, because Fort
Morgan may not be around much longer.
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[Josh] 1813. Mobile, Alabama.
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The U.S. Military chooses a
site on a peninsula in Mobile Bay.
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To construct a stronghold
to defend the vital port.
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1819.
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Construction at Fort Morgan
officially begins.
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The fort is star shaped.
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With five bastions connected by
thick masonry walls that taper at the top.
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It's low to the ground
to make it less visible.
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And to provide better
protection from enemy fire.
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Fifteen years and more than
40 million bricks later,
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this pentagonal masterpiece
is finally finished.
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August 5th, 1864.
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It is the height
of the Civil War.
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The Union is determined to take Fort
Morgan back from the Confederates.
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But the water between
the Union warships
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and the Fort
is a literal minefield.
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Riddled with strategically
placed submerged explosives.
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Then known as torpedoes.
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Just 300 yards off shore.
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The Union iron-clad
USS Tecumseh strikes a mine,
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and sinks in less than
30 seconds.
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Dragging 93 Union sailors
to their watery graves.
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In a bold move,
Rear Admiral David Farragut.
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Sails the remaining fleet
directly through the minefield
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An endeavor now connected
with the famous battle cry.
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"Damn the torpedoes.
Full speed ahead."
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Farragut's gamble pays off.
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And soon, the Confederates
inside Fort Morgan are under siege.
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Union forces commenced one
of the heaviest bombardments
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of a fort during the Civil War.
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Inside, nearly 600 men shelter.
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Terrified that
if a single strike
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hits the over 60,000 pounds
of gunpowder stored there.
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The whole place
will blow sky-high.
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When the smoke clears.
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581 soldiers surrender
and 17 lie dead.
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The Battle of Mobile Bay is the first in a
series of major blows to the Confederacy.
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And ultimately, helped secure
the re-election of Abraham Lincoln.
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Today, the fort remains
steeped in its tragic history.
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Many who have explored this hallowed
ground have reported strange sounds,
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like groans and screams of pain.
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And the vibrating booms
of cannon fire.
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[cannon firing]
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Phantom sounds have also been
heard from the waters around the Fort.
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In 2020, Hurricane Sally
made landfall in Alabama.
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Causing major damage to
the nearly 200 year old fortress.
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The facility is crumbling.
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Some parts are
already inaccessible.
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Experts say that a direct hit
from a stronger storm
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could reduce
Fort Morgan to rubble.
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And the clock is ticking.
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Jess, what do you think?
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All right. So the fort sits on a
peninsula surrounded by water.
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A lot of people consider water to be a
great conductor of paranormal activity.
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- So that could explain what's going on here.
- Phil?
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I can agree with Jess.
Water's to blame.
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- For environmental reasons.
- [sighs]
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Think about it.
Last year.
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Record-breaking year
of hurricanes in the Atlantic.
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There's, like, 13 of them.
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This year's probably
gonna be worse.
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What are you,
the weatherman now?
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What does this have
to do with anything?
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Every time a hurricane
hits Fort Morgan,
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it's gonna start to break down
a little bit more.
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So when people are saying
they hear things there,
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it could be the sound
of the fort falling apart
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or wind whipping
through that place.
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The people are saying
apparitions there.
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- Are they?
- Yes!
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Okay.
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Your mission is to find out what
is really going on at Fort Morgan.
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Right? We need to do more than
look at this photo.
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If this place is really haunted.
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- Jess, who's haunting it?
- Mm-hmm.
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And if the strange sights and
sounds that people are reporting,
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- are from the environment as the meteorologist suggests.
- [Phil chuckles]
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Then, can we demonstrate
that, right?
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But we got to get to the bottom of
what's happening at Fort Morgan
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before this place
disappears forever.
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- [Phil] Okay.
- [Jess] All right.
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Good luck.
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[Josh] Phil and Jess travel from
New York City to Mobile, Alabama,
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and then board a boat,
bound for Fort Morgan.
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[Jess whoops]
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[Phil] Ooh, big wave coming.
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- [Phil] Oh, my!
- [Jess] Oh!
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[both exclaiming]
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[Jess] There we go.
The lighthouse.
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That's what people would have seen
when they were coming into the bay
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[Josh] They approach
the fort from the water.
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The way the Union fleet would
have during The Battle of Mobile Bay.
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Minus the whole "dodging
submerged explosives" part of course
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So, supposedly,
that's where the fort is.
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[Jess] I don't see anything.
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It's super low, which,
nowadays, of course, is backfiring.
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That fort is just getting
inundated with water
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more and more every single year.
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All right, I'm heading us in.
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[Jess] As we make
our own approach to the fort.
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I'm blown away.
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Thank you.
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- [Phil] Wow, look at that.
- [Jess] You can't even see it.
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- [Phil] It's like--
- [Jess] Perfectly hidden.
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[Phil] Perfectly hidden.
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[Phil] We'll have our work
cut out for us investigating,
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this imposing four
and a half acre structure.
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Sitting on a nearly
500 acre site.
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- [Phil] Whoa!
- [Jess] That's cool!
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[Phil] Look at the size of
this. All these different rooms.
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[Jess] That's cool!
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[Phil] Can't imagine what this
would be like in the heat of battle.
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-There's just water everywhere
-There is water everywhere.
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[Jess] I know what water's
a good conductor of.
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- [Phil] Electricity.
- True.
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[Jess] And hauntings.
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[Jess] Fort Morgan
was active until 1944.
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And you can see its battle
scars everywhere you look.
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But it's the hidden,
haunted history,
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we want to know more about.
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We make our way to
the fort's parade ground.
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To meet historian Dylan Tucker.
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[Phil] There he is.
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-[Dylan] Hey, guys. How is it going?
-[Jess] Hi!
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[Jess] Dylan spent years
researching the fort,
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and actually living
on this property.
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If anyone knows
Fort Morgan, it's him.
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This place is huge.
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[Phil] It seems like the type of place
you can kind of get lost into though.
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Oh, easily.
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So, I mean...
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- Obviously, it's been through a lot of battles.
- [Dylan] Yes.
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So, how many people
ended up perishing here?
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We do know
from the recorded deaths.
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They are pushing
about a thousand.
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Just on the property.
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- Wow.
- [Dylan] Soldiers.
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And then, of course, you have,
just sickness, primarily.
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- [Dylan] A lot of suffering
[chuckles] - [Jess] Oh, my gosh.
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I've lived here for three years
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as the site historian on property
and it can take a toll on you mentally.
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[Jess] Did you ever have any kind
of paranormal experience yourself,
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or hear of anybody else
having one?
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Public, a lot.
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Me? I'm kinda skeptic.
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-Mm-hmm
-[Dylan] But...
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The thing is I did have
one night.
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Doing details around the fortification
as part of living on property.
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[Dylan] It's actually
very peaceful that night.
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Walking, doing my rounds.
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Around the top
of the parade ground.
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Clear as day, a voice said,
"Gunner's implements."
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[voice echoing]
Gunner's implements!
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Now that is a command
to load an 1830s cannon.
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Looked around, realized I was
alone and that's when I panicked.
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[Jessica] So you heard,
clear as day, a man's voice
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- ordering them to, like, get the weapons ready?
- Gunners take their implements
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So I was just thinking, "Am I losing my
mind, have I been doing this too long?"
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- My coworkers think I'm crazy.
- Yeah.
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'Cause I think
my coworker's crazy.
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- Yeah, but it comes with the territory.
- 'Cause she believes
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in a lot of this stuff.
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[Jessica] So check this out.
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- So this is the picture that we received.
- Oh, wow.
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[Dylan] It kinda looks
like our make shift hospital.
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Has anybody ever reported having
an experience over by the hospital?
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Oh, yeah.
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There have been reports of people
saying they've heard voices, wailing.
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People hear things,
people see things there?
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- That's what they've told me.
- People have actually seen stuff?
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Some say full apparitions. Some say
mists appearing out of nowhere, I mean--
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'Cause, I mean, back in the day
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it wasn't like they had
the best medical attention.
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It was tragic and horrific.
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Morphine was rare
for Confederate forces.
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You would just tank them out,
tourniquet, start hacking.
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And that's all they could do,
cauterize the wound with gun powder.
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- Or a form of that.
- Oh!
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- Pass out from pain.
- I mean that's a lot of trauma.
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Well, we wanna make sure that
we're hitting all the right spots.
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- So, do you mind showing us around?
- No problem, this is it.
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[Phil] This has all been off limits
for television crews until now.
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To help us better understand
the gruesome history here,
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Dylan gives us an exclusive tour of
these vaulted chambers called casemates.
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[Dylan] You got of course,
the launderess' quarters here.
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There was a marital dispute
between a officer and his wife.
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Takes his own life inside
one of these casemates.
246
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This is where a fellow took a shrapnel
fragment while going to church service
247
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and he was killed.
248
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Seems like, anywhere you
point here, there was tragedy.
249
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There is at least something.
250
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[Jessica] Not surprisingly the
paranormal hotspots that Dylan points out
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include the hospital,
the Ordnance casemates
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and bastions
where the big guns were.
253
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These were sites of extreme
suffering and death during the civil war.
254
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What was this thing over here?
255
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[Dylan] Battery Duportail.
256
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It is one of the five batteries.
257
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This is where a lot of people inside
the dark areas and the corridors.
258
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They've been tapped on. They've heard
voices. They've heard people walking.
259
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[Phil] Do you have
any final words of wisdom?
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Watch your step, it does
tend to get flooded out here.
261
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With the floods also come
venomous creatures on property
262
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such as the water moccasin.
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- So slippery, potential flood and poisonous snakes.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.
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Okay. Well, Dylan,
can't thank you enough.
265
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- Appreciate it, guys.
- It was amazing, learned so much.
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- [Dylan] Good luck, guys.
- [Jessica] Thanks.
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[Jessica] All right.
Grab the gear.
268
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[Phil] Grab some gear.
269
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[Jessica] We unload our gear and set
up base camp near the center of the fort
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at Battery Duportail.
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[Phil] It'd be great to have
these in position before dark.
272
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[Jessica] We set up
30 surveillance cameras
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throughout the fort's interior.
274
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An area that's over
180,000 square feet.
275
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[Phil] Jess, I got one
in the hospital.
276
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That good?
277
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[Jessica over the radio]
That's good.
278
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The cameras connect to a
monitor back at our basecamp
279
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that our crew will keep an
eye out throughout the night.
280
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This place is massive. So to cover
more ground, Phil and I are splitting up.
281
00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:50,435
-That looks good.
-Looks creepy as... [exhales]
282
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-All right, Jess. Good luck.
-Good luck.
283
00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:59,511
[Phil] I'm heading to the old hospital
where the alleged ghost photo was snapped.
284
00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:04,716
I think I can recreate
and debunk that image,
285
00:13:04,718 --> 00:13:06,417
and I've recruited
our producer Brian
286
00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:08,119
to give me a hand
with my experiment.
287
00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:11,422
[whispering] So I think the
photo was taken right here.
288
00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:13,057
[Brian] Okay.
289
00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:17,762
[Jess murmuring]
290
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[Jess] Meanwhile, I'm starting
in the ordinance casemate.
291
00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:23,868
Where people have reported
hearing disembodied voices,
292
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and seeing apparitions.
293
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Test, test, test.
294
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In order to assess whether
there is paranormal activity here,
295
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I'm going to try using my digital
recorder that will capture any sounds
296
00:13:34,881 --> 00:13:36,447
that spirits make
to communicate.
297
00:13:37,116 --> 00:13:38,383
[Jess' footsteps]
298
00:13:42,922 --> 00:13:44,289
Is anyone here?
299
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[recorder beeping]
300
00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:56,201
[Jess whispering]
I heard something.
301
00:13:56,203 --> 00:13:58,036
I hear stuff coming through
the wall.
302
00:13:58,704 --> 00:14:00,138
I'm hearing stuff coming
from that.
303
00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:02,006
- [Danny speaking]
- Did you? Yeah.
304
00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:03,541
- [loud thump]
- [gasps]
305
00:14:05,077 --> 00:14:08,279
[Jess] If you are here
with us, knock again.
306
00:14:12,751 --> 00:14:14,118
That's weird.
307
00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:22,093
If you're here with us,
knock again.
308
00:14:26,265 --> 00:14:27,532
Now, it stopped.
309
00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:31,836
And it's just as windy.
310
00:14:31,838 --> 00:14:35,039
So I don't know why whatever
was there wouldn't keep knocking.
311
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:36,908
If it was wind blowing around.
312
00:14:36,910 --> 00:14:39,978
- [loud thump]
- [gasps] Oh, [bleep]!
313
00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:46,017
If you're here with us,
knock again.
314
00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:48,519
Now it stopped.
315
00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:50,188
And it's just as windy.
316
00:14:50,190 --> 00:14:53,992
So I don't know why whatever
was there wouldn't keep knocking.
317
00:14:53,994 --> 00:14:55,894
If it was wind blowing around.
318
00:14:55,896 --> 00:14:59,063
- [loud thump]
- Oh, [bleep]!
319
00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:01,399
[Jess gasping] [bleep]
320
00:15:06,005 --> 00:15:07,105
That's weird.
321
00:15:08,007 --> 00:15:10,141
[Danny speaking]
322
00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:11,409
[Jess] I don't know.
Let's see.
323
00:15:19,518 --> 00:15:20,551
Oh.
324
00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:25,223
It's the sign.
Holy [bleep]
325
00:15:25,225 --> 00:15:28,026
The wind's just blowing it and,
like, blowing it in a weird way.
326
00:15:28,028 --> 00:15:30,161
- [loud thump]
- Like that.
327
00:15:30,163 --> 00:15:31,996
All right, we're gonna
have to dismiss that one
328
00:15:31,998 --> 00:15:35,166
'cause I think it's probably
the sign.
329
00:15:35,901 --> 00:15:37,368
Let's go try some
of the other rooms.
330
00:15:50,249 --> 00:15:51,282
[whispering]
It's perfect.
331
00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:52,283
[Brian] Perfect.
332
00:15:52,851 --> 00:15:53,518
So...
333
00:15:53,886 --> 00:15:56,087
a little step back.
334
00:15:56,089 --> 00:15:59,557
[Phil] I have an idea how to
replicate the so called ghost photo
335
00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:00,992
taken here
in the Fort's hospital.
336
00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:04,495
- [camera shutter clicking]
- Right. One photo down. Okay.
337
00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:09,000
- [Phil] I think this is very close. Right?
- [Brian] It's really close.
338
00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:12,637
[Phil] My plan is to simulate
fog using dry ice.
339
00:16:12,639 --> 00:16:14,906
Dry ice is the solid form
of carbon dioxide
340
00:16:14,908 --> 00:16:18,409
and as it warms up,
gas is released.
341
00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:20,979
The gas will react with
the humidity in the gulf air,
342
00:16:20,981 --> 00:16:24,048
creating small water droplets
which form clouds.
343
00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:26,517
And if I can get
the conditions right,
344
00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,953
I should be able to take
my own ghost photo.
345
00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:30,922
Here we go.
346
00:16:30,924 --> 00:16:32,323
[camera shutter clicking]
347
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,266
What's your name?
348
00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:49,207
[creaking]
349
00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:54,078
Are you there? Hello?
350
00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:58,916
Call and response sessions
take a lot of patience.
351
00:16:58,918 --> 00:17:02,086
As the spirits need to build up
enough energy to communicate.
352
00:17:02,088 --> 00:17:04,522
We can't hear their responses
in the room,
353
00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:06,157
but they are being recorded.
354
00:17:07,126 --> 00:17:08,493
Were you a soldier here?
355
00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:13,531
Did you die here?
356
00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:20,405
[camera shutter clicking]
357
00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:25,343
[Phil] Heck yeah.
Look at that!
358
00:17:27,179 --> 00:17:30,048
- It even almost looks like there's a face in there.
- Exactly.
359
00:17:32,151 --> 00:17:33,251
Boom.
360
00:17:33,253 --> 00:17:34,986
[Phil] Our ghost photo
experiment in the old hospital
361
00:17:34,988 --> 00:17:37,622
yielded a strikingly
similar result.
362
00:17:37,624 --> 00:17:40,792
- If I went out and showed Jess this photo.
- Yeah.
363
00:17:40,794 --> 00:17:44,762
She would say, "That looks
like we got a photo of a spirit."
364
00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:48,633
[Phil] I'm not saying this is an
absolute debunk of the photo in question,
365
00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:51,969
but it's clear that if a mist
builds naturally from the right mix
366
00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:54,739
of water, air pressure,
humidity and temperature,
367
00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:57,508
it can appear quite ghostly.
368
00:17:57,510 --> 00:18:00,812
-All right. Let's get out of here.
-All right.
369
00:18:00,814 --> 00:18:03,848
[Phil] Brian heads back to base camp to
keep an eye on our surveillance cameras,
370
00:18:03,850 --> 00:18:06,451
while I conduct a deeper
sweep of the interior.
371
00:18:06,453 --> 00:18:08,086
Looking and listening
372
00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:11,856
for anything that could be
mistaken for paranormal activity.
373
00:18:11,858 --> 00:18:13,958
Like dripping water or wind.
374
00:18:19,731 --> 00:18:21,899
It's rock solid.
375
00:18:21,901 --> 00:18:24,402
It's dripping from up top,
making those structures.
376
00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,141
Check these out.
377
00:18:30,143 --> 00:18:32,276
Now, look at these things
growing up here.
378
00:18:33,145 --> 00:18:35,980
We've got full on
stalactites coming down.
379
00:18:35,982 --> 00:18:39,450
And it's all coming from this.
380
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,319
This is known as efflorescence.
381
00:18:41,321 --> 00:18:45,857
Which happens when water
inside brick eventually evaporates.
382
00:18:45,859 --> 00:18:47,859
And it leaves behind
the mineral residue.
383
00:18:47,861 --> 00:18:51,896
This is literally
centuries of buildup.
384
00:18:51,898 --> 00:18:55,766
Which is really leaving some
really, really crazy patterns behind.
385
00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:58,102
I'm telling you, it can
play tricks on the mind.
386
00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:02,974
Our brains are hardwired
to look for patterns.
387
00:19:02,976 --> 00:19:06,177
That's why random images
can sometimes register
388
00:19:06,179 --> 00:19:07,745
as things we're more
comfortable looking at.
389
00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:09,514
Like a human face.
390
00:19:09,516 --> 00:19:11,983
It's a phenomenon
called face pareidolia.
391
00:19:11,985 --> 00:19:14,552
And it's why people
see Jesus in toast
392
00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:16,954
or a human expression
in rocks on Mars.
393
00:19:16,956 --> 00:19:19,957
With all the warped, discolored
brick throughout the fort,
394
00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:23,794
it's possible that face
pareidolia could be what's behind
395
00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:25,496
many of the alleged
ghost sightings.
396
00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:44,048
[machine beeping]
397
00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:46,551
[Jess whispering]
I say we go down here.
398
00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:52,523
Is there anyone in this room
with us right now?
399
00:19:57,095 --> 00:19:58,963
Is there anything you wanna say?
400
00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:07,271
[thump]
401
00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:10,107
Old fireplace, so this
was used for something.
402
00:20:10,842 --> 00:20:13,244
[Danny speaking]
403
00:20:14,146 --> 00:20:15,513
[Jessica] Your camera just died?
404
00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:17,682
[Danny speaking]
405
00:20:17,684 --> 00:20:19,517
[Jessica] Are you the one that's
making Danny's camera break?
406
00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:22,220
- It might be.
- [Danny speaking]
407
00:20:22,222 --> 00:20:24,188
Ghosts are known to do that.
408
00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:31,963
[indistinct sounds]
409
00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:36,534
Wow.
410
00:20:36,536 --> 00:20:38,436
What is this place?
411
00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:43,107
I want to try to figure out
where this is going.
412
00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:45,076
[indistinct chatter on radio]
413
00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:47,979
Uh...
414
00:20:50,282 --> 00:20:52,984
- What'd you see?
- What? What'd you see?
415
00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:57,221
Let's go, let's go.
416
00:21:03,028 --> 00:21:04,528
- [Phil] What'd you see?
- [Jessica] What'd you get?
417
00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:06,597
I don't even know what...
418
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,799
It [bleep] looked like
half a body.
419
00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:10,067
- Can you play it back?
- It's, like, right here, yeah,
420
00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:10,901
that's what I'm gonna
do right now.
421
00:21:10,903 --> 00:21:12,770
Just got to stop the system.
422
00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:15,139
I wonder if that happened right
when your camera had problems.
423
00:21:15,141 --> 00:21:17,408
So, Danny had
to stop down for a bit
424
00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:20,077
'cause his camera started
going crazy.
425
00:21:21,246 --> 00:21:22,847
Okay, so it's camera five.
426
00:21:22,849 --> 00:21:24,715
[Jessica] Okay,
and there's my backpack.
427
00:21:24,717 --> 00:21:26,050
- [man] Yep, there's your backpack.
- [Jessica] Mm-hmm.
428
00:21:26,052 --> 00:21:29,053
[man] Like, you're over here,
I see your lights.
429
00:21:29,055 --> 00:21:31,956
-Watch here, watch here. Come here, look.
-Okay.
430
00:21:34,526 --> 00:21:36,127
[Phil] I'm seeing a lot
of shadows right now.
431
00:21:36,129 --> 00:21:38,963
[man] That's not, I swear
to God, that's not what I saw.
432
00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:41,299
This better be worth it,
my friend.
433
00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:43,100
It'll just be a second.
434
00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:46,504
Holy [bleep]!
435
00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:54,145
- [Jessica] My God.
- [Phil] Go back.
436
00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:55,579
- Go back again.
- That was insane.
437
00:21:55,581 --> 00:21:57,114
One more time.
438
00:21:57,116 --> 00:21:59,450
-Can you slow it down. Can we watch?
-I'll try.
439
00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:03,020
[Phil] Come on, what is that?
440
00:22:03,022 --> 00:22:05,122
- [Jessica] Oh, my God.
- [Phil] Oh.
441
00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:06,857
- What?
- And then it disappeared.
442
00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:08,492
What was that?
443
00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:10,027
- Then it disappeared.
- What?
444
00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:11,762
What was that?
445
00:22:11,764 --> 00:22:14,131
- [man] That's crazy.
- [Phil] Is it going into the wall?
446
00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:15,166
Yeah, what is on
the other side there?
447
00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:17,968
There's a hallway,
and then there's the wall
448
00:22:17,970 --> 00:22:19,370
with all of the windows.
449
00:22:19,372 --> 00:22:21,939
So, from when I called you.
450
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:23,274
[Jessica] Mmm.
451
00:22:23,276 --> 00:22:25,076
To, what, what?
452
00:22:25,078 --> 00:22:26,444
[Jessica] You got something?
453
00:22:29,247 --> 00:22:31,349
I think I just heard something.
454
00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:36,487
- Yeah, coming.
- Got it?
455
00:22:38,223 --> 00:22:40,424
Okay, at 36 seconds. Listen.
456
00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:49,266
- [faint screaming on
recording] - Did you hear that?
457
00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:51,001
- Yep.
- There's something there.
458
00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:52,002
Whoa.
459
00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:54,472
-Let me get this. Let me get this.
-Whoa.
460
00:23:00,178 --> 00:23:02,446
[faint screaming on recording]
461
00:23:03,281 --> 00:23:04,682
- You hear it, right?
- Oh, yeah.
462
00:23:04,684 --> 00:23:07,385
- It's like a, it sounds like a scream.
- [grunts]
463
00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:09,754
[imitates sound] It just
sounds like screaming.
464
00:23:09,756 --> 00:23:11,155
Yeah, we didn't hear it.
465
00:23:11,157 --> 00:23:12,990
- You didn't hear that.
- No, not with my own ears. No.
466
00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:15,059
We have to check that out.
467
00:23:16,161 --> 00:23:18,229
- All right, Brian, you stay on the cameras?
- Yes sir.
468
00:23:18,231 --> 00:23:19,997
Okay.
469
00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:23,768
What is happening here, Jess?
470
00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:25,102
Hauntings.
471
00:23:25,104 --> 00:23:27,037
[Jessica] We need
to investigate the spot
472
00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:29,140
where the camera captured
a ghostly figure.
473
00:23:29,142 --> 00:23:32,510
Between the camera
malfunction, that video anomaly
474
00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:34,178
and what sounded like a scream.
475
00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:38,082
That's three bizarre events
happening at the same time.
476
00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:40,751
Go in right here.
477
00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,820
- Can go right here.
- We're going right here,
478
00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:44,221
[Phil] We get to the spot
in question,
479
00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:46,957
and I start with
the simplest idea first.
480
00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:49,527
Was that figure on the video,
a person?
481
00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:52,930
Hey, Brian, you,
can you see me on the camera?
482
00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:57,001
[Brian] Yeah, I see your legs,
your head, your hands.
483
00:23:57,003 --> 00:23:58,936
- [communicator beeps] - All
right, I'm gonna turn off my light.
484
00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:00,271
Let's try this again.
485
00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:04,775
[Brian] I see you.
486
00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:06,477
All of me?
You can't see through me?
487
00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:08,913
It's not a trick of the camera?
488
00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:12,450
[Brian] Yeah, I mean, It's Phil,
holding a flashlight in the dark.
489
00:24:15,687 --> 00:24:17,488
So...
490
00:24:17,490 --> 00:24:19,824
Should I look for
any fresh footprints?
491
00:24:19,826 --> 00:24:23,160
If it was a person,
then the only way out of here
492
00:24:23,162 --> 00:24:25,229
without crossing in front
of our cameras, again,
493
00:24:25,231 --> 00:24:26,931
is through this opening.
494
00:24:26,933 --> 00:24:29,033
[Jessica] What's out there?
495
00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:31,802
[Phil] Man, it's really swampy.
496
00:24:31,804 --> 00:24:33,671
-[Jessica] Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's swamp.
-Yeah.
497
00:24:33,673 --> 00:24:36,507
If somebody was walking
through there to mess with us
498
00:24:36,509 --> 00:24:39,109
and they were wearing any
kind of, like, rain boot or anything,
499
00:24:39,111 --> 00:24:42,813
they would be leaving marks
in the swamp.
500
00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:44,515
Like, all that grass would be
pushed down,
501
00:24:44,517 --> 00:24:46,050
none of it is.
502
00:24:46,818 --> 00:24:49,820
On top of that,
they would not be see through.
503
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,856
The camera's, like,
this far distance
504
00:24:51,858 --> 00:24:53,257
like how maybe it's just
a trick of that, but...
505
00:24:53,259 --> 00:24:56,861
We caught a ghost on camera.
506
00:24:56,863 --> 00:24:59,530
[Jessica] Phil's attempt to
explain our evidence came up short.
507
00:24:59,532 --> 00:25:00,731
All right, Jess.
508
00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:02,833
[exhales]
509
00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:05,970
So, I immediately begin a call
and response session.
510
00:25:05,972 --> 00:25:07,805
If our cameras recorded
a spirit,
511
00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:09,473
I need to try and make contact.
512
00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:12,042
Is there anybody here?
513
00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:17,515
What's your name?
514
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,420
Were you a soldier here?
515
00:25:25,056 --> 00:25:28,025
While I may not be getting
any audible responses,
516
00:25:28,027 --> 00:25:30,327
I'll analyze my recordings
later to see
517
00:25:30,329 --> 00:25:32,963
if the digital recorder
picked anything up.
518
00:25:33,899 --> 00:25:35,165
[exhales]
519
00:25:35,167 --> 00:25:37,067
[Phil] I'm not ready to agree
that what we saw
520
00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:38,936
was supernatural.
521
00:25:38,938 --> 00:25:40,971
I wonder if there's something
either inside the fort
522
00:25:40,973 --> 00:25:43,007
or out in the marsh,
523
00:25:43,009 --> 00:25:45,543
that's causing us to see
and hear strange things,
524
00:25:45,545 --> 00:25:47,278
echoing off the stone walls.
525
00:25:47,612 --> 00:25:49,713
Let's go this way.
526
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:51,215
[Jessica] To figure out
if the sounds are coming
527
00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:52,883
from somewhere else in the fort.
528
00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:55,386
We head to a section
we haven't explored.
529
00:25:57,656 --> 00:25:58,856
Oh, hey, check it out.
530
00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:02,026
-This is a tombstone?
-I don't know. It looks like one.
531
00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:03,627
Let's see.
532
00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:05,896
In memory of Lieutenant
Colonel Charles S. Stewart.
533
00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:08,098
Mobile Alabama
of the 21st Regiment.
534
00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,702
Oh, in command of this fort
when killed here,
535
00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:13,904
- April 30th, 1863.
- Whoa.
536
00:26:13,906 --> 00:26:18,008
Huh, that's weird.
This is, like, the only plaque
537
00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:20,210
or memorial or anything
that I've seen
538
00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:21,712
in this entire place.
539
00:26:21,714 --> 00:26:23,047
That's a good point.
540
00:26:23,049 --> 00:26:24,915
- For a specific person.
- Must have been an important man.
541
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,951
Well, yeah, I wonder
what happened.
542
00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:28,819
I'm going to do some research
on who this was.
543
00:26:28,821 --> 00:26:30,554
[Phil] Okay.
544
00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:44,034
The next morning, we're still
trying to wrap our heads around
545
00:26:44,036 --> 00:26:45,402
the evidence we collected.
546
00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:48,706
So, while Jess researches the
name on the plaque we found.
547
00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:52,009
[Jessica] Oh, jeez, a fatal
accident at Fort Morgan.
548
00:26:52,011 --> 00:26:54,745
[Phil] I turn my attention
to the mysterious scream
549
00:26:54,747 --> 00:26:56,080
we recorded.
550
00:26:56,848 --> 00:26:58,082
[screaming on recording]
551
00:26:58,084 --> 00:27:00,951
My guess is it's some
kind of animal.
552
00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,020
To help me identify it,
I've set up a meeting
553
00:27:03,022 --> 00:27:05,990
with wildlife biologist
JJ McCool.
554
00:27:05,992 --> 00:27:08,258
He agreed to meet me
on short notice,
555
00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:11,261
but said there's something
he needs to deal with first.
556
00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:14,164
[mutters]
557
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,334
Hey.
558
00:27:17,336 --> 00:27:18,936
Whoo. We got ourselves
a 'gator.
559
00:27:18,938 --> 00:27:20,471
Yeah.
560
00:27:24,542 --> 00:27:27,911
- Hey.
- I contacted local wildlife biologist JJ McCool.
561
00:27:27,913 --> 00:27:30,581
- We got ourselves a 'gator.
- Not too happy either.
562
00:27:30,583 --> 00:27:33,517
To tell me more about the animals
that live around Fort Morgan.
563
00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:36,320
He's had close contact
with just about every species
564
00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:37,788
of wild animal in the area.
565
00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:38,889
I watched sale.
566
00:27:38,891 --> 00:27:40,557
While I was on my way
to meet him,
567
00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:42,960
he got a call about
an alligator in a yard,
568
00:27:42,962 --> 00:27:46,497
and I offered, okay,
I begged to give him a hand.
569
00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:48,499
If you'd come up from behind.
570
00:27:48,501 --> 00:27:51,035
Then push his mouth together.
571
00:27:51,037 --> 00:27:52,336
- Watch your hand.
- [groans]
572
00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,471
Whoo, look at this.
573
00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:59,143
Oh, my God.
574
00:27:59,145 --> 00:28:01,545
- He's not too happy that you're here.
- Yeah, not too happy.
575
00:28:01,547 --> 00:28:03,313
Okay, where are we taking it?
576
00:28:03,315 --> 00:28:05,983
Oh, let's go put him in my
trucks. We can relocate him.
577
00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,018
Look at that.
578
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:11,055
Alligator wrangling. Check.
579
00:28:11,057 --> 00:28:12,189
[Phil] How big would you say
this is?
580
00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:15,159
[JJ] I'd say he's probably
about a good six feet long,
581
00:28:15,161 --> 00:28:17,127
very healthy, really healthy
little gator.
582
00:28:17,129 --> 00:28:19,196
I mean, this thing
is incredible.
583
00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:21,131
Clearly, you know
the wildlife here,
584
00:28:21,133 --> 00:28:22,566
so that's why I called you.
585
00:28:22,568 --> 00:28:24,301
I told you we were
investigating Fort Morgan,
586
00:28:24,303 --> 00:28:27,871
and when we were out there
last night, we heard a noise.
587
00:28:27,873 --> 00:28:29,940
And I have a feeling.
588
00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:31,975
It might have been an animal,
589
00:28:31,977 --> 00:28:33,143
- so do you mind taking a listen?
- Now.
590
00:28:33,145 --> 00:28:34,511
Right.
591
00:28:34,513 --> 00:28:37,514
[screaming on recording]
592
00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:41,251
- Do you hear that?
- Mm-hmm.
593
00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:44,288
[screaming on recording]
594
00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:49,059
The only thing we got down
that really makes a noise like that,
595
00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:52,262
that's a wildlife would be
a bobcat.
596
00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:54,732
And it's spring,
so they'll breed, you know,
597
00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:56,900
all through the spring
and into early summer.
598
00:28:56,902 --> 00:28:59,770
If you get close to them.
It's a real, deep,
599
00:28:59,772 --> 00:29:01,872
guttural type of sound.
But, at a distance,
600
00:29:01,874 --> 00:29:03,040
it sounds like almost screaming.
601
00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:05,542
But as a rule,
they're pretty quiet
602
00:29:05,544 --> 00:29:06,944
unless something's got 'em
stirred up.
603
00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:08,245
They're very reclusive.
604
00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:10,247
So if you hear 'em,
there's something going on,
605
00:29:10,249 --> 00:29:11,515
- you know.
- Something going on, huh?
606
00:29:11,517 --> 00:29:13,517
- Yeah.
- Okay.
607
00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:15,853
[Phil] So the noise that we all
thought was a human scream
608
00:29:15,855 --> 00:29:18,489
could be coming from
a wild animal.
609
00:29:18,491 --> 00:29:21,492
Bobcats are nocturnal,
so I'll put up some trail cams
610
00:29:21,494 --> 00:29:23,861
around the forest to see
if we can confirm tonight,
611
00:29:23,863 --> 00:29:26,897
that there's one prowling
the grounds nearby.
612
00:29:26,899 --> 00:29:29,333
This is amazing that just
a few 100 yards away
613
00:29:29,335 --> 00:29:31,969
from the fort
is this beautiful habitat,
614
00:29:31,971 --> 00:29:33,637
and there's got to be
a lot of wild animals
615
00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:36,039
living around here,
so I'm looking around
616
00:29:36,041 --> 00:29:40,177
to find an area that looks like
it is used by wildlife as a trail.
617
00:29:40,879 --> 00:29:42,346
This looks good.
618
00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:46,950
These things also record audio.
619
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:50,087
So, we do get photo,
video of something.
620
00:29:50,089 --> 00:29:51,889
We can also give it a listen
and see...
621
00:29:51,891 --> 00:29:53,991
If we get something
that matches up.
622
00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:03,500
Batteries, this thing's on.
623
00:30:09,073 --> 00:30:10,908
- Hey, hey.
- Hey.
624
00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:12,009
What you've been digging up?
625
00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:15,179
A lot, actually.
So check this out.
626
00:30:15,181 --> 00:30:17,147
Charles Stewart.
627
00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:19,883
There was a...
him, seven others wounded
628
00:30:19,885 --> 00:30:21,985
in total, two of them
died later.
629
00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:24,054
They were all hanging around
this cannon which misfired.
630
00:30:24,056 --> 00:30:25,989
This cannon had
two charges in it,
631
00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:27,991
obviously couldn't handle it
and exploded.
632
00:30:27,993 --> 00:30:31,161
Killed everybody,
but him in particular,
633
00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:33,730
he got struck by a piece
of the cannon
634
00:30:33,732 --> 00:30:36,133
which weighed over 200 pounds.
635
00:30:36,135 --> 00:30:38,969
And they say that, like,
all that was left of his body
636
00:30:38,971 --> 00:30:41,138
was the jaw down.
637
00:30:41,140 --> 00:30:45,542
- No.
- And that his head is found in pieces.
638
00:30:45,544 --> 00:30:47,144
- Wow.
- In an accident,
639
00:30:47,146 --> 00:30:51,114
because of something as simple
as accidentally adding
640
00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:51,982
an additional charge.
641
00:30:51,984 --> 00:30:56,253
Oh, yeah, also,
he has a widow Juliet.
642
00:30:56,255 --> 00:31:00,157
-So, with that information, what
does that tell you about -Mm-hmm.
643
00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:01,792
Where to focus tonight?
644
00:31:01,794 --> 00:31:03,694
Oh, well, so there's
a lot of theories
645
00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:05,229
as to where he actually died.
646
00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:07,865
I mean, some people believe
that it was at Bastion four
647
00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:09,533
or maybe Bastion five,
648
00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:11,902
where they would have
had those cannons stationed.
649
00:31:11,904 --> 00:31:14,705
[Jessica] Lieutenant Colonel
Stewart was the ranking officer
650
00:31:14,707 --> 00:31:17,875
in charge of Fort Morgan at
the time of his grisly demise.
651
00:31:17,877 --> 00:31:20,510
And I'm wondering if,
even in death.
652
00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:22,279
He's still in command here.
653
00:31:23,915 --> 00:31:26,250
So tonight, I'll try
to make contact.
654
00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:28,685
All right, wanna help me
set this stuff up?
655
00:31:28,687 --> 00:31:30,921
- Yeah.
- Put this by the door.
656
00:31:30,923 --> 00:31:33,790
We're setting up a laser grid
and REM pod at Bastion four.
657
00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:35,025
[device beeps]
658
00:31:35,027 --> 00:31:37,060
One of the suspected locations
that might have been where
659
00:31:37,062 --> 00:31:38,762
Colonel Stewart died.
660
00:31:38,764 --> 00:31:40,764
- How's that look?
- Oh, that's perfect.
661
00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:41,899
The whole thing's covered.
662
00:31:41,901 --> 00:31:45,135
If an electromagnetic
disturbance passes through
663
00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:49,006
the field of these highly sensitive
instruments, we'll get an alert.
664
00:31:49,407 --> 00:31:50,841
Ready?
665
00:31:50,843 --> 00:31:52,209
Yeah.
666
00:31:54,746 --> 00:31:56,546
Charles, are you here?
667
00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:01,385
Charles, is this where
you were killed?
668
00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:09,059
Charles, if you're here with us,
669
00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:10,394
now's the time to let us know.
670
00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:15,365
[device beeps]
671
00:32:19,904 --> 00:32:21,939
Charles, are you with us?
672
00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:41,258
Charles, is this where
you had your accident?
673
00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:44,661
I can't see anything around it.
674
00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:47,130
I don't see anything.
675
00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:50,067
[Jessica] Charles, should
we go to a different location?
676
00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:58,141
- [rock clanks]
- What the [bleep]?
677
00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:01,511
Did that just fall out
of one of the ceilings?
678
00:33:02,847 --> 00:33:03,981
Brick.
679
00:33:03,983 --> 00:33:05,115
- Turn on the light.
- [bleep]
680
00:33:05,117 --> 00:33:06,984
Brick fell.
681
00:33:10,054 --> 00:33:11,288
So it fell right here.
682
00:33:11,290 --> 00:33:13,090
Fell right there.
683
00:33:21,899 --> 00:33:23,200
- [whispering]
- Whoo.
684
00:33:23,202 --> 00:33:25,102
Oh, look up there.
Look at that one.
685
00:33:25,104 --> 00:33:27,471
Oh, I bet you it was that one.
686
00:33:28,806 --> 00:33:30,974
Charles, did you just
throw something at us?
687
00:33:30,976 --> 00:33:32,876
[Phil] What the hell?
688
00:33:32,878 --> 00:33:35,312
[device beeps]
689
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:39,049
[Jessica] What the [bleep]?
690
00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:40,984
Did you just turn that off?
691
00:33:40,986 --> 00:33:43,286
- The laser?
- Yeah.
692
00:33:43,288 --> 00:33:45,088
Why the [bleep] is the laser
not working?
693
00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:48,058
Wait, point at it.
694
00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:51,128
And the button is being held,
held down by the clamp.
695
00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:51,828
- [gasps]
- Ooh.
696
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:54,498
[Jessica] What the [bleep]?
697
00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:02,539
Fort Morgan isn't
the only Civil War stronghold
698
00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:03,907
with a ghost story.
699
00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:07,010
Fort Warren in Boston Harbor
is supposedly inhabited
700
00:34:07,012 --> 00:34:10,480
by the angry spirit
of Melanie Lanier.
701
00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:13,116
Her story is that
in the early days of the war.
702
00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:16,520
Her Confederate soldier
husband is imprisoned in the fort.
703
00:34:16,522 --> 00:34:19,756
Melanie disguises herself
as a Union soldier,
704
00:34:19,758 --> 00:34:21,892
and sneaks over the wall.
705
00:34:21,894 --> 00:34:24,094
But she's captured,
and in the scuffle,
706
00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:28,131
her husband is fatally wounded
by her own gun.
707
00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:30,867
Convicted as a spy,
she goes to the gallows
708
00:34:30,869 --> 00:34:32,903
wearing a black dress.
709
00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:35,539
To this day, visitors
to the fort report
710
00:34:35,541 --> 00:34:38,809
seeing her restless spirit
wandering the grounds.
711
00:34:38,811 --> 00:34:42,746
Attempts to verify Melanie's
story are a dead end.
712
00:34:42,748 --> 00:34:46,249
There are no historical
records of a Melanie Lanier,
713
00:34:46,251 --> 00:34:48,952
or any woman who met
that fate at Fort Warren,
714
00:34:48,954 --> 00:34:51,021
but does that mean
that some Bostonians
715
00:34:51,023 --> 00:34:54,057
will stop believing
in this haunting legend?
716
00:34:54,059 --> 00:34:56,226
There's not a ghost of a chance.
717
00:35:01,999 --> 00:35:03,233
[Jessica] Why the [bleep]
is the laser not working?
718
00:35:03,235 --> 00:35:05,268
Wait, point at it.
719
00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:06,803
And the button is being held.
720
00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:08,271
Held down by the clamp.
721
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:11,708
- [gasps] What the [bleep]?
- Ooh.
722
00:35:11,710 --> 00:35:13,977
[Phil] What?
723
00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:17,180
Charles, if it's you,
turn it back on.
724
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:29,126
Wait, so you just
turn it back on.
725
00:35:29,128 --> 00:35:30,694
- What did you do?
- I didn't do anything.
726
00:35:30,696 --> 00:35:32,295
I just touched it.
727
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:35,265
Keeps turning on and off
on its own.
728
00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:39,102
- Now, it won't turn on at all.
- It's just dead.
729
00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:41,037
It's just completely dead now.
730
00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:43,773
- That's...
- Okay.
731
00:35:43,775 --> 00:35:46,409
I'll be honest, the brick
is what really messed with me.
732
00:35:46,411 --> 00:35:47,644
I feel like we can explain
this with being
733
00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:50,814
a potential battery situation.
734
00:35:50,816 --> 00:35:54,017
I would assume you can explain
the brick that this place is falling apart.
735
00:35:54,019 --> 00:35:56,019
I mean, Jess this fort
is really old
736
00:35:56,021 --> 00:35:56,820
and weather beaten.
737
00:35:56,822 --> 00:35:59,990
Okay, but what set off
the REM pod?
738
00:35:59,992 --> 00:36:02,025
[Phil] Let's keep surveillance
cameras running in here
739
00:36:02,027 --> 00:36:04,427
and see what else
we get. Okay.
740
00:36:07,532 --> 00:36:09,166
[Jessica] We head
to Bastion five,
741
00:36:09,168 --> 00:36:12,035
the location that some believe
is where Colonel Stewart
742
00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:15,071
was killed in a cannon accident.
743
00:36:15,073 --> 00:36:17,174
It's also near the location
where the fort's historian
744
00:36:17,176 --> 00:36:20,143
heard a disembodied voice
shouting cannon commands.
745
00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:22,512
[indistinct voice
giving commands]
746
00:36:24,682 --> 00:36:26,349
All right, wanna set up
right over here?
747
00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:29,319
- Is this where the cannon would have been? Okay.
- Yeah.
748
00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:33,190
[indistinct]
749
00:36:33,192 --> 00:36:36,193
- Just rock solid.
- [grunts]
750
00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:40,363
- They're right here.
- [REM pod beeps]
751
00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:44,267
[bell dinging in distance]
752
00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:47,037
Do you hear the bell?
753
00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:48,405
Oh, I hear the bell.
754
00:36:49,907 --> 00:36:52,108
I wonder if there's
a ship passing here.
755
00:36:52,810 --> 00:36:54,311
I kind of want to go down there.
756
00:36:54,779 --> 00:36:56,213
Towards the beach?
757
00:36:56,215 --> 00:36:57,314
- Yeah.
- Let's get over there.
758
00:36:57,316 --> 00:36:59,015
Okay.
759
00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,117
I hear it.
760
00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:04,487
It sounded like
it was right over here.
761
00:37:05,156 --> 00:37:06,056
[bell dinging in distance]
762
00:37:06,058 --> 00:37:08,325
Up here. Oh, man.
I hear that clear as day.
763
00:37:08,327 --> 00:37:10,527
- [Phil] That's definitely coming from over this.
- Yeah.
764
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:14,030
[exhales]
765
00:37:15,866 --> 00:37:17,000
Oh, you heard it around here,
right?
766
00:37:17,002 --> 00:37:18,902
Yeah.
767
00:37:18,904 --> 00:37:21,605
I mean, I'm hearing a
flagpole over here to the right.
768
00:37:21,607 --> 00:37:23,139
I hear a flagpole over there,
for sure.
769
00:37:23,141 --> 00:37:24,808
I don't know, that didn't
sound like a bell.
770
00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:26,710
Those oil rigs are far.
771
00:37:26,712 --> 00:37:29,813
I do not think we can hear
an alarm bell from there.
772
00:37:29,815 --> 00:37:31,648
Is that a ship out there,
they're blinking red?
773
00:37:31,650 --> 00:37:33,083
[Jessica] I don't know.
774
00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:35,118
[Phil] We raced back
to base camp to grab
775
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,188
a directional microphone
and my night vision scope.
776
00:37:39,757 --> 00:37:41,958
That bell sounded like
it was nearby,
777
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:43,893
so if it came from a boat.
778
00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,195
It should still be
in close range.
779
00:37:45,197 --> 00:37:47,063
Nothing.
780
00:37:47,065 --> 00:37:50,166
The boats I see all look
like they're miles away.
781
00:37:50,168 --> 00:37:52,168
There's a tanker that's moving.
782
00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:54,004
Those things kick up
a huge wave,
783
00:37:54,006 --> 00:37:56,640
which would cause the buoys
to move.
784
00:37:56,642 --> 00:37:59,042
So, if there were any bells
on those buoys,
785
00:37:59,044 --> 00:38:01,211
we would hear 'em,
and I'm not hearing anything.
786
00:38:01,213 --> 00:38:03,079
So what did we just hear?
787
00:38:03,714 --> 00:38:05,749
[Jessica] Who the hell
rang the bell?
788
00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:09,819
Either somebody
or something rang one.
789
00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:13,023
Maybe this haunting extends
past the fort.
790
00:38:13,924 --> 00:38:17,961
[Phil] This investigation
just shot to a new level.
791
00:38:17,963 --> 00:38:19,796
We need to expand
our search zone to find out
792
00:38:19,798 --> 00:38:20,997
what's really happening
at this fort,
793
00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:22,532
and in the water.
794
00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:24,501
Maybe Josh can help steer
this ship
795
00:38:24,503 --> 00:38:25,869
in the right direction.
796
00:38:25,871 --> 00:38:27,003
- Hey.
- Hey, Josh.
797
00:38:27,005 --> 00:38:30,240
Hey, guys, so you're wrapping
things up in Fort Morgan?
798
00:38:30,242 --> 00:38:31,508
What's the verdict?
Any ghosts?
799
00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:34,911
Yeah, we've had two phenomenal
nights of evidence.
800
00:38:34,913 --> 00:38:37,514
I was actually thinking we
were kind of narrowing it down
801
00:38:37,516 --> 00:38:39,949
as to who may have been
haunting the fort,
802
00:38:39,951 --> 00:38:42,552
but then we got thrown
a curveball.
803
00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:43,953
Okay, how so?
804
00:38:43,955 --> 00:38:46,389
Just take a listen to this.
805
00:38:46,391 --> 00:38:49,326
[bell dinging on recording]
806
00:38:49,328 --> 00:38:50,827
Sounds like bells.
807
00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:52,696
Weird right.
808
00:38:52,698 --> 00:38:54,230
So, you are right near
the water,
809
00:38:54,232 --> 00:38:57,000
maybe it's a, it's a buoy,
it's a ship,
810
00:38:57,002 --> 00:38:57,834
something like that?
811
00:38:57,836 --> 00:38:59,035
Those were my thoughts exactly.
812
00:38:59,037 --> 00:39:01,504
So we went to the shore.
We looked all up and down.
813
00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:03,006
Checked the buoys, no bells.
814
00:39:03,008 --> 00:39:04,874
Then we looked for boats.
There was no boats nearby
815
00:39:04,876 --> 00:39:07,110
that could explain that noise,
so at this point,
816
00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:09,546
honestly, we have no idea
of what made that noise.
817
00:39:09,548 --> 00:39:10,947
Wow.
818
00:39:10,949 --> 00:39:12,215
[Jessica] We did hear them
during the night.
819
00:39:12,217 --> 00:39:16,086
Always in sets of four and so
I think I know what's going on.
820
00:39:16,088 --> 00:39:17,520
What are you thinking?
821
00:39:17,522 --> 00:39:19,889
So, all the water surrounding
the fort.
822
00:39:19,891 --> 00:39:22,959
It's filled with shipwrecks
including the USS Tecumseh
823
00:39:22,961 --> 00:39:24,961
which went down during
the Battle of Mobile Bay.
824
00:39:24,963 --> 00:39:27,731
93 people died, it was
super traumatic.
825
00:39:27,733 --> 00:39:29,666
Back in the day, how
they would communicate
826
00:39:29,668 --> 00:39:31,701
was with bells during a battle.
827
00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:34,170
So, I suspect that the waters
around the fort
828
00:39:34,172 --> 00:39:36,172
is where we should take
our investigation.
829
00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:38,608
So you're saying
these are ghost bells?
830
00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:41,811
Yes, I truly believe
that the fort
831
00:39:41,813 --> 00:39:43,279
and the hauntings there
are connected
832
00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:44,848
to potential hauntings
in the water
833
00:39:44,850 --> 00:39:46,116
and the USS Tecumseh.
834
00:39:46,118 --> 00:39:48,885
I'm obviously not so sure
about this ghost bell theory,
835
00:39:48,887 --> 00:39:50,820
but that being said,
I'm very happy to try
836
00:39:50,822 --> 00:39:52,956
to dive on that site
and see what we can uncover.
837
00:39:52,958 --> 00:39:55,725
Well, the bottom line is
something made that noise, right?
838
00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:57,694
So I would definitely
keep investigating
839
00:39:57,696 --> 00:39:58,995
and if you're saying
that you think
840
00:39:58,997 --> 00:40:00,897
there's more work to do,
out at the fort
841
00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:02,065
and now out on the water.
842
00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:04,968
I would suggest expanding
the investigation.
843
00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:07,871
You're talking about a lot
of territory to cover here.
844
00:40:07,873 --> 00:40:09,205
You guys might need some backup.
845
00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:10,940
I have an idea.
846
00:40:15,112 --> 00:40:18,948
[Josh] Next time
on Expedition X.
847
00:40:18,950 --> 00:40:21,184
My team is deep into
an investigation
848
00:40:21,186 --> 00:40:22,685
of the strange phenomenon
849
00:40:22,687 --> 00:40:25,522
inside this Civil War era fort.
850
00:40:25,524 --> 00:40:28,091
[Jessica] There's not a
single spot in this entire fort,
851
00:40:28,093 --> 00:40:30,527
that doesn't come with a story.
852
00:40:30,529 --> 00:40:33,830
[Josh] Mounting evidence
sends the team
853
00:40:33,832 --> 00:40:35,765
on an epic search for answers.
854
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:38,368
[man speaking]
855
00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:45,208
[Josh] I send in reinforcements.
856
00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:47,944
World class ghost hunters
from kindred spirits,
857
00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:49,913
Amy Bruni and Adam Berry.
858
00:40:49,915 --> 00:40:52,949
The scratch is pretty wild.
859
00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:56,486
- There's so many spiders here.
- Oh, my God.
860
00:40:57,888 --> 00:40:59,522
- [indistinct voice speaking
on recording] - [gasps]
861
00:40:59,524 --> 00:41:02,792
- That was crazy.
- Ooh, I've got goosebumps.
862
00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:06,496
[Josh] It's an investigation
that could end in disaster.
863
00:41:06,498 --> 00:41:08,965
[diver] Oh, the current
is too strong.
864
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:10,767
We got the line!
865
00:41:10,769 --> 00:41:12,936
[Josh] Can they exhume
the secrets?
866
00:41:12,938 --> 00:41:15,338
- [indistinct voice speaking
on recording] - Ooh.
867
00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:17,006
Are there other people with you?
868
00:41:17,008 --> 00:41:18,441
Hundreds.
869
00:41:20,878 --> 00:41:23,480
[Josh] Of the phantoms
of Fort Morgan.
870
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:27,050
For more information
on Expedition X.
871
00:41:27,052 --> 00:41:30,286
Head to
discovery.com/expeditionx.