1 00:00:00,934 --> 00:00:02,568 [Josh] On this episode of Expedition X 2 00:00:02,570 --> 00:00:04,503 [Jess whoops] 3 00:00:04,505 --> 00:00:08,173 [Josh] Phil and Jess are the first investigation team on television. 4 00:00:08,175 --> 00:00:10,075 So that's where the fort is. 5 00:00:10,077 --> 00:00:14,513 [Josh] To gain access to a costal battleground with deep secrets. 6 00:00:14,515 --> 00:00:17,049 How many people ended up perishing here? 7 00:00:17,051 --> 00:00:18,183 About a 1,000. 8 00:00:18,785 --> 00:00:20,019 [Jess] Do you hear that? 9 00:00:20,021 --> 00:00:21,520 [Phil] I don't think we can dismiss, 10 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:24,556 what a place like this can do to play tricks on the mind? 11 00:00:24,558 --> 00:00:26,725 [Josh] But the more history they uncover. 12 00:00:26,727 --> 00:00:28,727 [Phil] Anywhere you point here, there was tragedy. 13 00:00:28,729 --> 00:00:30,863 Colonel Stewart's head was blown off. 14 00:00:30,865 --> 00:00:33,032 [Josh] The more mystery they'll have to chase. 15 00:00:33,034 --> 00:00:34,833 What's your name? Did you die here? 16 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:36,869 - [brick clanks] - What the [bleep]? 17 00:00:36,871 --> 00:00:39,805 [Jess] Did that just fall out of one of the ceilings? 18 00:00:39,807 --> 00:00:43,709 [Josh] It's an expedition, nearly 200 years in the making. 19 00:00:43,711 --> 00:00:45,044 - Holy [bleep] - Oh! 20 00:00:45,046 --> 00:00:46,145 [Phil] What is happening here, Jess? 21 00:00:46,147 --> 00:00:48,280 We caught a ghost on camera. 22 00:00:48,282 --> 00:00:49,948 [Phil whispers] That's insane. 23 00:00:51,618 --> 00:00:53,052 - [thuds] - Oh! 24 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:56,388 [Josh] Ghost Fort Of The Civil War. 25 00:00:57,257 --> 00:00:59,691 [Josh] My name is Josh Gates. 26 00:00:59,693 --> 00:01:01,693 In my travels, I've experienced, 27 00:01:01,695 --> 00:01:04,163 strange things that defy logic. 28 00:01:04,165 --> 00:01:06,065 And made me question everything. 29 00:01:06,067 --> 00:01:08,000 Oh, my God. 30 00:01:08,002 --> 00:01:10,903 Now, I've put together a team to investigate 31 00:01:10,905 --> 00:01:13,272 the stranger side of the unknown. 32 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:14,473 Let's go! 33 00:01:15,108 --> 00:01:16,942 [Josh] Phil Torres is a scientist. 34 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:19,411 Who hunts for rational explanations. 35 00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:25,918 Jessica Chobot's paranormal research, 36 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,453 has made her a true believer. 37 00:01:28,888 --> 00:01:29,922 - Let's go. - [beeping] 38 00:01:29,924 --> 00:01:31,924 [Josh] Together, we're searching for answers. 39 00:01:31,926 --> 00:01:33,959 [Phil] What is that? 40 00:01:33,961 --> 00:01:36,962 to the world's more extra-ordinary mysteries. 41 00:01:37,363 --> 00:01:40,165 This is Expedition X. 42 00:01:44,904 --> 00:01:45,971 All right, Phil. 43 00:01:45,973 --> 00:01:47,239 What do you see here? 44 00:01:47,707 --> 00:01:50,142 [exhales] Is that a person? 45 00:01:50,144 --> 00:01:51,910 [Josh] "Is that a person?" That's the question. 46 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:52,978 Where's this from? 47 00:01:53,046 --> 00:01:54,680 [Josh] That is from a place that is considered, 48 00:01:54,682 --> 00:01:57,716 one of the haunted hotspots in America. 49 00:01:57,718 --> 00:02:01,753 And it is a Civil War battle site that really helped reshape U.S. History. 50 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:03,755 That is from Fort Morgan in Alabama. 51 00:02:03,757 --> 00:02:05,657 Oh, I know all about Fort Morgan. 52 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:07,993 - [Josh] Yeah. - That place's activity is off the charts, 53 00:02:07,995 --> 00:02:11,063 and it's considered the Holy Grail of Paranormal Investigators, 54 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:13,932 - because they don't allow TV cameras in there. - Don't they? 55 00:02:13,934 --> 00:02:15,134 - "Don't they?" - Oh! 56 00:02:15,136 --> 00:02:15,701 I got us in. 57 00:02:15,703 --> 00:02:17,536 - [both] No way! - Yeah. 58 00:02:17,538 --> 00:02:22,474 And it's good timing too, because Fort Morgan may not be around much longer. 59 00:02:25,678 --> 00:02:28,614 [Josh] 1813. Mobile, Alabama. 60 00:02:28,616 --> 00:02:33,118 The U.S. Military chooses a site on a peninsula in Mobile Bay. 61 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,321 To construct a stronghold to defend the vital port. 62 00:02:36,723 --> 00:02:38,090 1819. 63 00:02:38,092 --> 00:02:41,326 Construction at Fort Morgan officially begins. 64 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:43,095 The fort is star shaped. 65 00:02:43,097 --> 00:02:48,467 With five bastions connected by thick masonry walls that taper at the top. 66 00:02:48,469 --> 00:02:50,869 It's low to the ground to make it less visible. 67 00:02:50,871 --> 00:02:54,006 And to provide better protection from enemy fire. 68 00:02:54,008 --> 00:02:57,843 Fifteen years and more than 40 million bricks later, 69 00:02:57,845 --> 00:03:01,079 this pentagonal masterpiece is finally finished. 70 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:04,850 August 5th, 1864. 71 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:06,985 It is the height of the Civil War. 72 00:03:06,987 --> 00:03:11,023 The Union is determined to take Fort Morgan back from the Confederates. 73 00:03:11,025 --> 00:03:13,492 But the water between the Union warships 74 00:03:13,494 --> 00:03:16,762 and the Fort is a literal minefield. 75 00:03:16,764 --> 00:03:20,032 Riddled with strategically placed submerged explosives. 76 00:03:20,034 --> 00:03:21,900 Then known as torpedoes. 77 00:03:21,902 --> 00:03:24,069 Just 300 yards off shore. 78 00:03:24,071 --> 00:03:28,006 The Union iron-clad USS Tecumseh strikes a mine, 79 00:03:28,008 --> 00:03:30,776 and sinks in less than 30 seconds. 80 00:03:30,778 --> 00:03:34,947 Dragging 93 Union sailors to their watery graves. 81 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:38,650 In a bold move, Rear Admiral David Farragut. 82 00:03:38,652 --> 00:03:41,987 Sails the remaining fleet directly through the minefield 83 00:03:41,989 --> 00:03:45,524 An endeavor now connected with the famous battle cry. 84 00:03:45,526 --> 00:03:48,293 "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead." 85 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:50,796 Farragut's gamble pays off. 86 00:03:50,798 --> 00:03:55,667 And soon, the Confederates inside Fort Morgan are under siege. 87 00:03:55,669 --> 00:03:58,670 Union forces commenced one of the heaviest bombardments 88 00:03:58,672 --> 00:04:00,906 of a fort during the Civil War. 89 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:03,575 Inside, nearly 600 men shelter. 90 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:05,744 Terrified that if a single strike 91 00:04:05,746 --> 00:04:09,514 hits the over 60,000 pounds of gunpowder stored there. 92 00:04:09,516 --> 00:04:12,251 The whole place will blow sky-high. 93 00:04:12,885 --> 00:04:14,353 When the smoke clears. 94 00:04:14,355 --> 00:04:19,524 581 soldiers surrender and 17 lie dead. 95 00:04:19,526 --> 00:04:24,863 The Battle of Mobile Bay is the first in a series of major blows to the Confederacy. 96 00:04:24,865 --> 00:04:29,968 And ultimately, helped secure the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. 97 00:04:29,970 --> 00:04:33,005 Today, the fort remains steeped in its tragic history. 98 00:04:33,007 --> 00:04:37,175 Many who have explored this hallowed ground have reported strange sounds, 99 00:04:37,177 --> 00:04:40,112 like groans and screams of pain. 100 00:04:40,114 --> 00:04:42,614 And the vibrating booms of cannon fire. 101 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:44,182 [cannon firing] 102 00:04:44,184 --> 00:04:47,452 Phantom sounds have also been heard from the waters around the Fort. 103 00:04:48,888 --> 00:04:52,991 In 2020, Hurricane Sally made landfall in Alabama. 104 00:04:52,993 --> 00:04:56,828 Causing major damage to the nearly 200 year old fortress. 105 00:04:56,830 --> 00:04:58,997 The facility is crumbling. 106 00:04:58,999 --> 00:05:01,133 Some parts are already inaccessible. 107 00:05:01,135 --> 00:05:04,770 Experts say that a direct hit from a stronger storm 108 00:05:04,772 --> 00:05:07,172 could reduce Fort Morgan to rubble. 109 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:08,974 And the clock is ticking. 110 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,313 Jess, what do you think? 111 00:05:14,947 --> 00:05:17,716 All right. So the fort sits on a peninsula surrounded by water. 112 00:05:17,718 --> 00:05:21,820 A lot of people consider water to be a great conductor of paranormal activity. 113 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:24,189 - So that could explain what's going on here. - Phil? 114 00:05:24,191 --> 00:05:26,925 I can agree with Jess. Water's to blame. 115 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:28,093 - For environmental reasons. - [sighs] 116 00:05:28,095 --> 00:05:29,795 Think about it. Last year. 117 00:05:29,797 --> 00:05:32,030 Record-breaking year of hurricanes in the Atlantic. 118 00:05:32,032 --> 00:05:33,665 There's, like, 13 of them. 119 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:34,866 This year's probably gonna be worse. 120 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:36,101 What are you, the weatherman now? 121 00:05:36,103 --> 00:05:37,769 What does this have to do with anything? 122 00:05:37,771 --> 00:05:40,505 Every time a hurricane hits Fort Morgan, 123 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,941 it's gonna start to break down a little bit more. 124 00:05:42,943 --> 00:05:45,777 So when people are saying they hear things there, 125 00:05:45,779 --> 00:05:47,512 it could be the sound of the fort falling apart 126 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:49,047 or wind whipping through that place. 127 00:05:49,049 --> 00:05:51,183 The people are saying apparitions there. 128 00:05:51,185 --> 00:05:52,451 - Are they? - Yes! 129 00:05:52,453 --> 00:05:53,885 Okay. 130 00:05:53,887 --> 00:05:57,122 Your mission is to find out what is really going on at Fort Morgan. 131 00:05:57,124 --> 00:05:59,057 Right? We need to do more than look at this photo. 132 00:05:59,059 --> 00:06:00,759 If this place is really haunted. 133 00:06:00,761 --> 00:06:02,694 - Jess, who's haunting it? - Mm-hmm. 134 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:06,765 And if the strange sights and sounds that people are reporting, 135 00:06:06,767 --> 00:06:09,901 - are from the environment as the meteorologist suggests. - [Phil chuckles] 136 00:06:09,903 --> 00:06:12,137 Then, can we demonstrate that, right? 137 00:06:12,139 --> 00:06:14,940 But we got to get to the bottom of what's happening at Fort Morgan 138 00:06:14,942 --> 00:06:17,876 before this place disappears forever. 139 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:18,477 - [Phil] Okay. - [Jess] All right. 140 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:20,045 Good luck. 141 00:06:20,047 --> 00:06:23,815 [Josh] Phil and Jess travel from New York City to Mobile, Alabama, 142 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:26,351 and then board a boat, bound for Fort Morgan. 143 00:06:30,123 --> 00:06:31,823 [Jess whoops] 144 00:06:31,825 --> 00:06:33,291 [Phil] Ooh, big wave coming. 145 00:06:33,293 --> 00:06:34,826 - [Phil] Oh, my! - [Jess] Oh! 146 00:06:34,828 --> 00:06:36,428 [both exclaiming] 147 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:42,734 [Jess] There we go. The lighthouse. 148 00:06:42,769 --> 00:06:45,137 That's what people would have seen when they were coming into the bay 149 00:06:45,139 --> 00:06:46,638 [Josh] They approach the fort from the water. 150 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,142 The way the Union fleet would have during The Battle of Mobile Bay. 151 00:06:50,144 --> 00:06:54,045 Minus the whole "dodging submerged explosives" part of course 152 00:06:56,816 --> 00:06:59,251 So, supposedly, that's where the fort is. 153 00:07:00,453 --> 00:07:02,521 [Jess] I don't see anything. 154 00:07:02,523 --> 00:07:05,991 It's super low, which, nowadays, of course, is backfiring. 155 00:07:05,993 --> 00:07:08,760 That fort is just getting inundated with water 156 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:10,495 more and more every single year. 157 00:07:10,497 --> 00:07:12,164 All right, I'm heading us in. 158 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:19,971 [Jess] As we make our own approach to the fort. 159 00:07:19,973 --> 00:07:21,106 I'm blown away. 160 00:07:22,241 --> 00:07:23,408 Thank you. 161 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:27,145 - [Phil] Wow, look at that. - [Jess] You can't even see it. 162 00:07:27,147 --> 00:07:28,580 - [Phil] It's like-- - [Jess] Perfectly hidden. 163 00:07:28,582 --> 00:07:30,015 [Phil] Perfectly hidden. 164 00:07:30,017 --> 00:07:31,917 [Phil] We'll have our work cut out for us investigating, 165 00:07:31,919 --> 00:07:34,519 this imposing four and a half acre structure. 166 00:07:34,521 --> 00:07:37,289 Sitting on a nearly 500 acre site. 167 00:07:39,559 --> 00:07:41,960 - [Phil] Whoa! - [Jess] That's cool! 168 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:44,563 [Phil] Look at the size of this. All these different rooms. 169 00:07:44,565 --> 00:07:46,932 [Jess] That's cool! 170 00:07:46,934 --> 00:07:50,035 [Phil] Can't imagine what this would be like in the heat of battle. 171 00:07:50,037 --> 00:07:52,871 -There's just water everywhere -There is water everywhere. 172 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:54,506 [Jess] I know what water's a good conductor of. 173 00:07:55,107 --> 00:07:56,741 - [Phil] Electricity. - True. 174 00:07:56,743 --> 00:07:58,376 [Jess] And hauntings. 175 00:07:59,679 --> 00:08:02,881 [Jess] Fort Morgan was active until 1944. 176 00:08:02,883 --> 00:08:05,851 And you can see its battle scars everywhere you look. 177 00:08:05,853 --> 00:08:07,786 But it's the hidden, haunted history, 178 00:08:07,788 --> 00:08:09,454 we want to know more about. 179 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:13,191 We make our way to the fort's parade ground. 180 00:08:13,193 --> 00:08:15,327 To meet historian Dylan Tucker. 181 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:17,963 [Phil] There he is. 182 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:19,698 -[Dylan] Hey, guys. How is it going? -[Jess] Hi! 183 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:21,867 [Jess] Dylan spent years researching the fort, 184 00:08:21,869 --> 00:08:24,536 and actually living on this property. 185 00:08:24,538 --> 00:08:27,272 If anyone knows Fort Morgan, it's him. 186 00:08:28,407 --> 00:08:30,809 This place is huge. 187 00:08:30,811 --> 00:08:33,512 [Phil] It seems like the type of place you can kind of get lost into though. 188 00:08:33,514 --> 00:08:34,446 Oh, easily. 189 00:08:34,448 --> 00:08:36,081 So, I mean... 190 00:08:36,083 --> 00:08:38,683 - Obviously, it's been through a lot of battles. - [Dylan] Yes. 191 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:41,887 So, how many people ended up perishing here? 192 00:08:41,889 --> 00:08:43,989 We do know from the recorded deaths. 193 00:08:43,991 --> 00:08:45,524 They are pushing about a thousand. 194 00:08:45,526 --> 00:08:46,625 Just on the property. 195 00:08:46,627 --> 00:08:48,193 - Wow. - [Dylan] Soldiers. 196 00:08:48,195 --> 00:08:51,496 And then, of course, you have, just sickness, primarily. 197 00:08:51,498 --> 00:08:52,864 - [Dylan] A lot of suffering [chuckles] - [Jess] Oh, my gosh. 198 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:54,599 I've lived here for three years 199 00:08:54,601 --> 00:08:59,004 as the site historian on property and it can take a toll on you mentally. 200 00:08:59,006 --> 00:09:02,841 [Jess] Did you ever have any kind of paranormal experience yourself, 201 00:09:02,843 --> 00:09:04,209 or hear of anybody else having one? 202 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:05,710 Public, a lot. 203 00:09:05,712 --> 00:09:06,811 Me? I'm kinda skeptic. 204 00:09:06,813 --> 00:09:08,113 -Mm-hmm -[Dylan] But... 205 00:09:08,115 --> 00:09:10,815 The thing is I did have one night. 206 00:09:10,817 --> 00:09:15,220 Doing details around the fortification as part of living on property. 207 00:09:15,222 --> 00:09:17,122 [Dylan] It's actually very peaceful that night. 208 00:09:17,690 --> 00:09:18,723 Walking, doing my rounds. 209 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:21,126 Around the top of the parade ground. 210 00:09:21,128 --> 00:09:23,828 Clear as day, a voice said, "Gunner's implements." 211 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:25,897 [voice echoing] Gunner's implements! 212 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:30,635 Now that is a command to load an 1830s cannon. 213 00:09:30,637 --> 00:09:34,472 Looked around, realized I was alone and that's when I panicked. 214 00:09:34,474 --> 00:09:37,876 [Jessica] So you heard, clear as day, a man's voice 215 00:09:37,878 --> 00:09:40,946 - ordering them to, like, get the weapons ready? - Gunners take their implements 216 00:09:40,948 --> 00:09:44,983 So I was just thinking, "Am I losing my mind, have I been doing this too long?" 217 00:09:44,985 --> 00:09:46,952 - My coworkers think I'm crazy. - Yeah. 218 00:09:46,954 --> 00:09:49,321 'Cause I think my coworker's crazy. 219 00:09:49,323 --> 00:09:51,222 - Yeah, but it comes with the territory. - 'Cause she believes 220 00:09:51,224 --> 00:09:52,724 in a lot of this stuff. 221 00:09:52,726 --> 00:09:53,925 [Jessica] So check this out. 222 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:58,496 - So this is the picture that we received. - Oh, wow. 223 00:09:58,498 --> 00:10:02,334 [Dylan] It kinda looks like our make shift hospital. 224 00:10:02,336 --> 00:10:05,537 Has anybody ever reported having an experience over by the hospital? 225 00:10:05,539 --> 00:10:07,205 Oh, yeah. 226 00:10:07,207 --> 00:10:09,975 There have been reports of people saying they've heard voices, wailing. 227 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:11,509 People hear things, people see things there? 228 00:10:11,511 --> 00:10:13,979 - That's what they've told me. - People have actually seen stuff? 229 00:10:13,981 --> 00:10:18,183 Some say full apparitions. Some say mists appearing out of nowhere, I mean-- 230 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:19,284 'Cause, I mean, back in the day 231 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:22,821 it wasn't like they had the best medical attention. 232 00:10:22,823 --> 00:10:24,990 It was tragic and horrific. 233 00:10:24,992 --> 00:10:27,726 Morphine was rare for Confederate forces. 234 00:10:27,728 --> 00:10:32,263 You would just tank them out, tourniquet, start hacking. 235 00:10:32,265 --> 00:10:34,866 And that's all they could do, cauterize the wound with gun powder. 236 00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:35,967 - Or a form of that. - Oh! 237 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:39,604 - Pass out from pain. - I mean that's a lot of trauma. 238 00:10:39,606 --> 00:10:43,041 Well, we wanna make sure that we're hitting all the right spots. 239 00:10:43,043 --> 00:10:47,145 - So, do you mind showing us around? - No problem, this is it. 240 00:10:47,147 --> 00:10:51,249 [Phil] This has all been off limits for television crews until now. 241 00:10:51,251 --> 00:10:54,519 To help us better understand the gruesome history here, 242 00:10:54,521 --> 00:10:59,524 Dylan gives us an exclusive tour of these vaulted chambers called casemates. 243 00:10:59,526 --> 00:11:01,760 [Dylan] You got of course, the launderess' quarters here. 244 00:11:01,762 --> 00:11:04,829 There was a marital dispute between a officer and his wife. 245 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:09,034 Takes his own life inside one of these casemates. 246 00:11:09,036 --> 00:11:12,570 This is where a fellow took a shrapnel fragment while going to church service 247 00:11:12,572 --> 00:11:13,905 and he was killed. 248 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:16,341 Seems like, anywhere you point here, there was tragedy. 249 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:18,109 There is at least something. 250 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:22,013 [Jessica] Not surprisingly the paranormal hotspots that Dylan points out 251 00:11:22,015 --> 00:11:24,783 include the hospital, the Ordnance casemates 252 00:11:24,785 --> 00:11:28,119 and bastions where the big guns were. 253 00:11:28,121 --> 00:11:32,424 These were sites of extreme suffering and death during the civil war. 254 00:11:33,159 --> 00:11:34,693 What was this thing over here? 255 00:11:34,695 --> 00:11:35,827 [Dylan] Battery Duportail. 256 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:37,295 It is one of the five batteries. 257 00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:40,398 This is where a lot of people inside the dark areas and the corridors. 258 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,269 They've been tapped on. They've heard voices. They've heard people walking. 259 00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:47,505 [Phil] Do you have any final words of wisdom? 260 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:49,908 Watch your step, it does tend to get flooded out here. 261 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:52,677 With the floods also come venomous creatures on property 262 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,079 such as the water moccasin. 263 00:11:54,081 --> 00:11:58,817 - So slippery, potential flood and poisonous snakes. - Mm-hmm. Yeah. 264 00:11:58,819 --> 00:12:01,653 Okay. Well, Dylan, can't thank you enough. 265 00:12:01,655 --> 00:12:03,154 - Appreciate it, guys. - It was amazing, learned so much. 266 00:12:03,156 --> 00:12:04,989 - [Dylan] Good luck, guys. - [Jessica] Thanks. 267 00:12:04,991 --> 00:12:05,824 [Jessica] All right. Grab the gear. 268 00:12:05,826 --> 00:12:07,525 [Phil] Grab some gear. 269 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:13,932 [Jessica] We unload our gear and set up base camp near the center of the fort 270 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:15,767 at Battery Duportail. 271 00:12:15,769 --> 00:12:18,470 [Phil] It'd be great to have these in position before dark. 272 00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:21,539 [Jessica] We set up 30 surveillance cameras 273 00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:23,041 throughout the fort's interior. 274 00:12:23,043 --> 00:12:27,178 An area that's over 180,000 square feet. 275 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:30,248 [Phil] Jess, I got one in the hospital. 276 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:33,651 That good? 277 00:12:33,653 --> 00:12:34,919 [Jessica over the radio] That's good. 278 00:12:34,921 --> 00:12:37,756 The cameras connect to a monitor back at our basecamp 279 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:40,024 that our crew will keep an eye out throughout the night. 280 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:45,196 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 00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:53,505 -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 00:13:17,764 --> 00:13:20,932 [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 00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:25,370 and seeing apparitions. 293 00:13:25,604 --> 00:13:27,572 Test, test, test. 294 00:13:27,574 --> 00:13:31,042 In order to assess whether there is paranormal activity here, 295 00:13:31,044 --> 00:13:34,879 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 00:13:44,757 --> 00:13:46,024 [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.