Ghost Adventures (2008) s01e02 Episode Script
Houghton Mansion
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? IS THAT THE MOTION SENSORS GOING OFF? IS SOMEBODY HERE? [ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? OH, MY GOSH.
GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
Bagans: MY NAME IS ZAK BAGANS.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS UNTIL I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE, SO I SET OUT ON A QUES TO CAPTURE WHAT I ONCE SAW ONTO VIDEO.
HOLY [BLEEP.]
OH, MY GOD! WITH NO BIG CAMERA CREWS FOLLOWING US AROUND, I AM JOINED ONLY BY MY FELLOW INVESTIGATOR NICK GROFF AND OUR EQUIPMENT TECH, AARON GOODWIN.
THE THREE OF US WILL TRAVEL TO SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY ACTIVE PARANORMAL LOCATIONS, WHERE WE WILL SPEND AN ENTIRE NIGH BEING LOCKED DOWN FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN.
IF THIS IS THE PORTAL TO HELL, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP OUT OF THAT GROUND AND GET US? RAW.
I JUST SAW SOMETHING.
SOMETHING JUST PASSED BY.
EXTREME.
NO! GO! GO! THESE ARE OUR GHOST ADVENTURES.
-- Captions by VITAC -- CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY THE TRAVEL CHANNEL, L.
L.
C.
Bagans: SO, ALL RIGHT.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING FOR CHURCH STREET? Goodwin: YEAH.
WE'RE IN NORTH ADAMS NOW.
NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.
NESTLED IN THE HEAR OF THE BERKSHIRE MOUNTAINS, IS ONE NEW ENGLAND'S MOST MYSTERIOUS AND HAUNTED BUILDINGS -- THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WOW, MAN, LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
HERE.
LET ME PULL IN HERE.
IT'S HUGE.
I GUESS WE'RE HERE.
THIS PLACE LOOKS CREEPY.
WELL, WE JUST GOT HERE.
WE'RE IN NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, AND WE CAME HERE BECAUSE OF THIS PLACE, THIS HOUSE, THIS HUGE MANSION.
THIS IS THE HOUGHTON MANSION, AND BEFORE WE GET LOCKED DOWN IN HERE LATER ON, NICK, AARON, AND MYSELF, I WAN TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DARK HISTORY ABOUT THIS PLACE, AND I HEAR THERE WAS SOME TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED TO THE FAMILY THAT BUIL THIS PLACE, THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SAID TO HAUNT THIS PLACE, SO LET'S GO FIND OUT IF WE CAN LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORY AND GET READY FOR OUR LOCKDOWN, GUYS.
COME ON, AARON.
ALBERT CHARLES HOUGHTON WAS BORN IN 1844 IN NEARBY VERMON BUT MADE HIS FORTUNE AS PRESIDEN OF ARNOLD PRINT WORKS, THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN NORTH ADAMS.
ELECTED THE TOWN'S FIRST MAYOR IN 1896, THE MANSION WAS BUIL FOR HOUGHTON AND HIS FAMILY.
TODAY, THE STRUCTURE AT 172 CHURCH STREE IS HOME TO A MASONIC TEMPLE, BUT ITS DARK HISTORY BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1900s.
Marino: AUGUST 1, 1914, MR.
HOUGHTON AND HIS DAUGHTER MARY DECIDED TO GO TO BENNINGTON FOR A PLEASURE DRIVE.
CAR WAS A BRAND-NEW 1914 PIERCE-ARROW TOURING CAR.
IT WAS DRIVEN BY THEIR LONGTIME CHAUFFEUR, JOHN WIDDERS.
THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A DR.
AND MRS.
HUTTON FROM NEW YORK.
ABOUT 9:30, THEY WERE IN POWNAL, GOING UP WHAT'S NOW OAK HILL ROAD.
THEY CAME ACROSS A TEAM OF HORSES PARKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO, MR.
WIDDERS TURNED TO THE LEFT TO GO AROUND THEM, AND ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE, AND IT ROLLED OVER, ROLLING DOWN THE HILL, TURNING OVER THREE TIMES.
THE MEN ALL ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES -- CUTS, SCRAPES, BRUISES, MINOR FRACTURES.
THE WOMEN WERE NOT SO LUCKY.
MRS.
HUTTON WAS KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN THE CAR ROLLED OVER HER ON ITS WAY DOWN THE HILL.
IT CAME TO RES IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION IN A FARMER'S FIELD AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL, AND MARY HOUGHTON DIED OF HER INJURIES AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE CHAUFFEUR, MR.
WIDDERS, COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND WAS IN A HIGH EMOTIONAL STATE, SO IT WAS DECIDED TO PUT A WATCH ON HIM TO MAKE SURE HE DIDN' DO ANYTHING CRAZY.
AT ABOU 5:00 IN THE MORNING, MR.
WIDDERS TOLD HIS FRIEND HE WAS GONNA GO DOWN AND TEND TO THE HORSES, AND WHEN HE DID NOT RETURN IN WHAT HIS FRIEND CONSIDERED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, HE CALLED THE POLICE.
AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY FOUND HIM IN THE CELLAR OF THE BARN, WHERE HE HAD SHOT HIMSELF WITH A HORSE PISTOL.
[ GUNSHOT .]
A.
C.
HOUGHTON SUFFERED NO SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES DURING THE ACCIDENT, BUT THE TRAGIC EVENTS BROKE HIS HEART.
HE DIED IN THE MANSION 10 DAYS AFTER THE CRASH THAT TOOK HIS DAUGHTER'S LIFE.
WE WERE JUST TOLD THA THE GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF A.
C.
HOUGHTON -- HER NAME IS RACHEL BRANCH THIS IS HER ADDRESS RIGHT HERE -- 999.
SHE ACTUALLY LIVES HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA GO UP AND TALK TO HER AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER FAMILY AND SEE IF SHE STILL BELIEVES THAT HER GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER IS STILL IN THE MANSION.
HI.
ARE YOU RACHEL? Branch: YEAH.
HI.
MY NAME IS ZAK.
ZAK.
WE WERE JUST CHECKING 'CAUSE I HAVE INJURIES FROM A CAR ACCIDENT.
OH, OKAY.
SORRY.
YEAH, THIS IS MY CREW HERE.
ARE YOU FILMING? YES, WE ARE.
ARE YOU THE GREAT GREA GRANDDAUGHTER OF -- REALLY? YES.
OKAY, WELL, DO YOU MIND IF WE COME IN AND TALK WITH YOU? OH, I'D LOVE IT.
OKAY.
GOOD.
THIS IS A LITTLE ALBUM OF MY FATHER'S.
OH, COOL.
THIS PICTURE SAYS GRANDMA GALLUP WITH HER CHIPPIES.
OH.
AND THIS WOULD BE FLORENCE LOUISA HOUGHTON.
THAT'S A.
C.
's DAUGHTER.
OH, WOW.
THESE MIGHT BE THE ONLY PICTURES OF HER.
AND THESE ARE ALL THE ORIGINAL PICTURES? OH, YES.
YES.
WHEN WE DO OUR PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SUGGES THAT WE MAY SAY OUT LOUD TO SOME OF YOUR ANCESTORS? IF I MET THEM, I WOULD SAY, "ARE YOU SO SAD BECAUSE OF THE TRAGIC?" DO YOU THINK THEY MIGHT BE? OH, MY GOODNESS.
LOOK AT THE DEATHS IN THE SPACE OF 10 DAYS.
AND THEN THE CHAUFFEUR, MR.
WIDDERS -- I'M SURE HE'S STILL IN A LOT OF GUILT.
OH, YES, HE MUST'VE HAD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE DEVOTED TO A FAMILY.
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, BU HE PROBABLY FELT, MY GOODNESS.
SO, THEY SPECULATE A LOT OF THE OCCURRENCES THAT ARE FROM MR.
WIDDERS BECAUSE HE WENT SO SUDDENLY.
BUT THE FAMILY WAS OBVIOUSLY DEVOTED TO HIM, ALSO, BECAUSE THEY BURIED HIM IN THE FAMILY PLOT.
WE SAW ALL THE FOUR TOMBSTONES AND THEN OFF IN THE DISTANCE, YOU SEE THAT SINGLE ONE OF MR.
WIDDERS.
IT'S JUST KIND OF -- I SAW THAT FORMATION AS KIND OF HE WAS PAR OF THE FAMILY, BUT HE WASN'T, AND BY OUT THERE, HE WAS STILL IN GUILT.
THE MANSION REMAINED WITH THE HOUGHTON FAMILY UNTIL 1926 WHEN THE FREEMASONS PURCHASED I FROM A.
C.
's DAUGHTER FLORENCE.
THE MASONS, SHROUDED IN MYSTERY, HOLD THEIR MEETINGS AND RITUALS WITHIN A TEMPLE THEY BUIL ATTACHED TO THE MANSION.
IN SOME OF THE OLD HALLWAYS ARE ENIGMATIC YET FRIGHTENING SYMBOLS OF THEIR PAST -- A BED OF NAILS AND AN ELECTRIC CHAIR COVERED IN DUST.
THIS IS A KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SWORD.
Bagans: IS THAT THE MASONS? WELL, THEY WERE SAID TO BE PART OF THE MASONS, BUT AN ELITE GROUP.
REALLY? AND SOME SAY MAY HAVE PROTECTED THE HOLY GRAIL.
REALLY? WOW.
MANY OF THE MASONS AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION HAVE WITNESSED SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCES.
NEARLY EVERY TIME I COME DOWN HERE, YOU HEAR A DOOR SLAM OR FOOTSTEPS.
OUR MEETINGS USUALLY END ANYWHERE BETWEEN 9:00 AND MAYBE 10:00, 10:30.
Bagans: MM-HMM.
GOING BACK UPSTAIRS TO CLEAN UP THE LOBBY ROOM AFTER THE MEETINGS -- IT DOESN' FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALONE.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
REALLY? ME AND ANOTHER BROTHER WERE DOWN HERE.
WE HAD TO OPEN THE LODGE, BUT WE HAD A SNOWSTORM, AND WE WERE WAITING FOR A THIRD MEMBER TO SHOW UP.
WE HAD KIND OF TRUDGED THROUGH THE SNOW, AND THERE'S A LARGE ENTRY DOOR GOING OUT TO THE CARPOR OFF THE MAIN STREET.
MM-HMM.
WE WERE THERE.
THE DOOR OPENED, SLAMMED.
THIS IS THE DOOR YOU HEARD SLAM SHUT? THIS IS THE ONE.
WILL YOU SHOW ME HOW LOUD YOU HEARD IT SLAM SHUT? YOU FIGURED SOMEBODY OPENED I AT LEAST THAT FAR.
AND AFTER? AND THAT'S AS LOUD AS IT SLAMMED, ABSOLUTELY.
AND IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, YOU HEARD LOUD FOOTSTEPS AS OF SOMEBODY WALKED INSIDE? YEP.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS BANGING OFF SNOW OFF THEIR BOOTS, HAVING TO WALK THROUGH 2 FEET OF SNOW.
REALLY? AND THEN THEY WENT TO THE END OF THE HALL AND STOPPED.
I WAS SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL, SO I HEARD IT CLEAR AS DAY.
THERE WAS FRESH SNOW.
IT HAD BLOWN IN AND DRIFTED OVER THIS WHOLE LANDING HERE.
MM-HMM.
AND THAT LEAST HERE.
TO UH-HUH.
AND THERE WAS NO A FOOTPRINT.
NOT EVEN -- NOT EVEN A SQUIRREL RAN ACROSS HERE.
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY KIND OF FORCED -- ANY KIND OF ENTRY.
YOU THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MR.
HOUGHTON OR MR.
WIDDERS? ONE OF THOSE TWO.
I HAVE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU.
REALLY? WHAT'S THAT? THIS WALL OVER HERE YEAH? THE ROCKS IN THE WALL WERE FROM THE HOOSAC TUNNEL.
IT WAS A TUNNEL THAT WAS BUIL IN THE 1800s.
THE CALL IT THE BLOODY PIT.
WHY DO THEY CALL I THE BLOODY PIT? BECAUSE OF THE MEN THAT DIED IN THAT TUNNEL.
AND HOW MANY MEN DIED? ALMOST 200.
MINING THESE ROCKS THAT ARE SITTING ON THE PROPERTY OF THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
EXACTLY.
THESE ARE THE ROCKS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT HOLE THAT THEY MADE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN.
UH-HUH.
SO, I THINK THAT THESE ROCKS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DEATHS OF THE HOUGHTONS AND MR.
WIDDERS.
YOU MEAN LIKE A CURSE? A CURSE.
IT'S RIGHT OFF THE TRACKS, ISN'T IT? WE FELT THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HORRIFIC DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ROCKS AND THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
WE SET OUT TO FIND THE SOURCE.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN WALKING ALONG THIS RAILWAY FOR ALMOST 2 MILES NOW.
WE JUST FOUND THE HOOSAC TUNNEL, AND THIS IS WEIRD.
YOU CAN FEEL, LIKE, LITERALLY, LIKE, A 30-DEGREE BREEZE JUST SHOOTING OUT OF THIS TUNNEL.
COME ON, NICK.
THEY ACTUALLY SAY THAT THIS TUNNEL IS VERY HAUNTED.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THIS GOES BACK OR HOW FAR WE SHOULD GO BACK.
IS IT LIKE -- I THINK IT'S 5 MILES THAT IT GOES BACK.
Groff: 5 MILES? THIS WHOLE THING IS 5 MILES LONG.
IS ANYBODY IN HERE? IS ANYBODY IN HERE? THIS IS JUST CREEPY AS HELL, MAN.
I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT.
THIS IS CREEPY AS HELL.
FLASH THE LIGHT IN FRONT.
[ CLATTERING .]
WAS THAT A BRICK? I THINK SO.
Bagans: ALL YOU CAN HEAR IS DRIPS OF WATER COMING FROM THE CEILING, AND EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE'LL HEAR A BIG BANG FROM THE BRICK THAT'S COMING DOWN OFF THE CEILING.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE? [ GASPS .]
DUDE, WHAT WAS THAT? I SWEAR TO GOD -- I SWEAR TO GOD I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS THE [BLEEP.]
TRACKS.
I SWEAR TO GOD I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS THE TRACKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A GUY OR AN ANIMAL OR SOMETHING, BUT SOMETHING JUST WENT OVER FROM THAT SIDE AND CROSSED OVER THE TRACKS.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
MY LIGHT WASN'T EVEN MOVING.
DUDE, I'M SEEING -- I DON'T KNOW IF [BLEEP.]
PLAYING TRICKS ON MY EYES.
YEAH, NO, I'M STARTING TO GET LIKE I JUST KEEP SEEING [BLEEP.]
EVERYWHERE.
Groff: IT'S JUST MESSED UP IN HERE.
YEAH.
I KNOW IT'S DARK IN HERE, BUT IT FEELS DARK IN HERE.
LIKE, THE ENERGY IS, LIKE, BAD OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
JUST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULDN'T BE IN HERE.
YOU THINK THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN THE SPIRIT OF JOHN WIDDERS? I THINK HE'S TELLING US TO GET OUT.
JOSH IS THE PAST PRESIDEN OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE, WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE HOUGHTON MANSION, AND HE'S EXPERIENCED A BUNCH OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN HERE, AND HE'S GONNA TAKE US AROUND AND SHOW US WHERE SOME OF THOSE HOT SPOTS ARE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST SPOTS I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU JUST TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF OUR SPIRITS THAT, AT LEAST, I FEEL IS HERE.
THIS IS A PORTRAIT RIGHT HERE IN OUR MAIN LOBBY OF A.
C.
HOUGHTON HIMSELF.
A.
C.
IS ONE OF THE GHOSTS THAT WE BELIEVE TO BE HAUNTING THIS LOCATION.
NEARLY EVERY TIME I COME DOWN HERE, YOU HEAR A DOOR SLAM OR FOOTSTEPS.
THERE'S A CERTAIN DOOR AS YOU'RE HEADING INTO THE LODGE ROOM, AND IT'LL OCCASIONALLY SHAKE -- SHIVER ALMOST.
REALLY? WE'RE GONNA HEAD INTO MARY'S BEDROOM.
MARY IS ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF A.
C.
HOUGHTON, RIGHT? YES.
AND SHE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT? YES.
NOW, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY HAVE YOU? WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE GE STRONG SENSATIONS OF SADNESS, SENSATIONS OF BEING TOUCHED.
WE'VE CAPTURED SOME EVPs THA HAD, LIKE, A SCREAM ON THEM.
YOU'VE HAD DIFFERENT ONES THAT SAY -- SO, THERE'S BEEN A SCREAM THAT'S BEEN HEARD HERE? RIGHT.
YES.
WOW.
SOME THAT'LL SAY "GET OUT.
" GOD, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY OF THEM.
WHERE'S "GET OUT" BEEN CAPTURED AT? YOU HAVE TWO DIFFEREN "GET OUTS.
" ONE WAS UPSTAIRS, AND ONE WAS DOWNSTAIRS.
CAN WE GO CHECK OU SOME OF THE ROOMS WHERE THAT'S BEEN CAPTURED? YES.
I LIKE THAT VOICE -- "GET OUT.
" THAT'S KIND OF OUR SPEED 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GET OU 'CAUSE WE'RE LOCKED DOWN.
SO, YOU ACTUALLY CAPTURED THIS VOICE SAYING "GET OUT"? I DID.
WHERE DID YOU CAPTURE THIS AT -- WHAT PART OF THE MANSION? THAT WAS ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
YOU THINK THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN THE SPIRIT OF JOHN WIDDERS? IT COULD'VE BEEN JOHN WIDDERS.
AND HE'S SAYING WHAT? I THINK HE'S TELLING US TO GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
THAT IS VERY CLEAR, TOO.
"GET OUT.
" "GET OUT.
" THAT'S A CLASS-A EVP.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
I'VE HAD -- A GOOD MAJORITY OF MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE BUILDING HAVE HAPPENED UP HERE ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THE SECTION OF THE HOUSE WE JUST ENTERED IS THE SERVANTS' SECTION OF THE HOUSE.
THIS WOULD BE WHERE THE BUTLERS, THE MAIDS AND EVERYBODY LIVED.
A LOT OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN THIS ROOM? A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY IN THIS ROOM.
PROBABLY MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL HAPPEN HERE.
YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A FIGURE, AN APPARITION, IN THIS ROOM.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOORWAY.
NOW, THE DOOR WAS CLOSED, AND IT WAS PITCH DARK IN HERE, ABOUT 11:00 AT NIGHT, BUT HE WAS STANDING RIGH IN FRONT OF THAT DOORWAY.
AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAD ANOTHER ONE RIGHT HERE.
YES, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT I'VE TAKEN A PICTURE OF DURING THE DAYTIME.
IT WAS ACTUALLY PROBABLY ABOU 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS TAKING PICTURES, AND YOU CAN SEE SOMEBODY STANDING WITH THEIR FACE RIGHT HERE IN THIS WINDOWPANE.
OKAY, WELL, THEN, IF THIS IS YOUR MOST ACTIVE ROOM, I WANT TO DO TWO THINGS.
I WANT TO SET UP -- LET'S DO TWO X's.
Groff: YEAH, THAT'S WHA I WAS THINKING.
YEAH, SO, AARON, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME YOUR CAMERA? AARON, CAN WE PUT AN "X" RIGHT WHERE NICK IS STANDING? AND THEN WE CAN SHOO DOWN THIS HALLWAY RIGHT HERE.
Josh: WE HAD PEOPLE COME IN HERE AND JUST HAVE TO LEAVE, CRYING, 'CAUSE THEY FEL THAT UPSET.
THERE WAS AN EVP THAT WAS TAKEN IN HERE THAT HAD TO RELATE ABOU HOW HE HAD A HEAVY HEART, WHERE HIS HEART WAS BROKEN ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.
NOW, WERE THEY ASKING ABOUT MR.
WIDDERS? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO, MEANING THAT HE PROBABLY FELT BAD FOR CAUSING THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE FEL WHEN WE LISTENED TO IT.
AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY TOLD US ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ROOM.
THIS IS THE ONLY ROOM THAT THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY.
RIGHT.
THE FIXTURES ARE IN HERE, BUT IF YOU TEST THEM, THERE'S NOTHING RUNNING THROUGH IT.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW, THERE'S SOME HOUSES UP THERE.
I'VE HAD THEM COME TO ME AND SAY HOW THEY'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS ON IN THIS ROOM, ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE WHO'VE LEF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGH AND LOOKED UP AND SAID, "OH, I LEFT THE LIGHT ON.
" AND THEN THEY REALIZE THA I CAN'T LEAVE THAT LIGHT ON.
THAT LIGHT'S NOT THERE.
THERE USED TO BE A HOUSE THAT SAT HERE BEFORE HOUGHTON BUILT HIS HOUSE.
IN 1850, THERE WAS A HOUSE BEFORE THAT? THAT HOUSE WAS PICKED UP AND MOVED TO ANOTHER PLACE IN THE CITY, SO THE CELLAR HOLE FOR THA HOUSE IS PROBABLY STILL HERE.
WOULDN'T MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE TO FILL IN A CELLAR HOLE JUST TO DIG ANOTHER ONE FOR ANOTHER HOUSE.
NOW, THERE'S A SPIRIT DOWN HERE THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED MANY TIMES, WHICH I FEEL IS A LITTLE GIRL, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHERE SHE CAME FROM.
MM-HMM.
BUT I THINK MAYBE SHE'S ATTACHED TO THAT ORIGINAL CELLAR HOLE OF THAT ORIGINAL HOUSE.
YOU'LL BE TAPPED DOWN THERE.
SHE'LL TOUCH YOU.
MM-HMM.
SHE'LL PLAY WITH YOUR HAIR.
AND WE TAKE I AS A PLAYFUL SPIRIT.
MY LEG JUST KIND OF GAVE OUT.
I LOOKED BEHIND ME.
NOBODY WAS THERE.
SO, YOU FELT SOMEONE ACTUALLY PUSH ON YOUR LEG.
I THINK THAT IT WAS THAT LITTLE GIRL'S SPIRI THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOU THAT'S DOWN HERE.
THAT PUSHED YOU.
YES.
SO, YOU SAW A LITTLE GIRL IN THE BASEMENT HERE? SHE ACTUALLY PEEKED OU AROUND THE CORNER, KIND OF GOT DOWN ON THE FLOOR, AND THEN KIND OF JUS MOVED ACROSS THE FLOOR.
SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME OU OF THAT DOORWAY.
WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? LET ME GRAB YOUR CAMERA.
WHY DON'T WE PUT AN "X" HERE, SHOOTING DOWN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE? Kemp: THIS IS A BUILDING OF MANY MYSTERIES AND A LOT OF HISTORY, AND NOT TO HONOR IT, AND NOT TO EXPLORE IT, AND NOT TO ARCHIVE, AND NOT TO CATALOGUE WOULD DO IT A DISSERVICE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO THIS BUILDING OVER THE YEARS, AND THERE MUS BE SOME FOOTPRINT SOMEWHERE.
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
WHETHER IT BE RESIDUAL OR SOME KIND OF INTELLIGENT ENERGIES THAT CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER YOU OR GIVE YOU COMMANDS.
IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE THEORY OF ENERGY IS NEITHER CREATED NOR DESTROYED, WHERE DOES IT GO? YEAH.
YEAH.
IT TAKES ANOTHER FORM.
IT TAKES ANOTHER FORM.
EXACTLY.
I THINK BEING LOCKED DOWN HERE PRESENTS A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO A BUILDING THAT IS KNOWN TO HAVE HAD A VERY LONG HISTORY, AND NOT ALL OF IT WAS GOOD.
A.
C.
HOUGHTON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? [ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? OH, MY GOSH.
GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
WE'RE LITERALLY MINUTES AWAY FROM BEING LOCKED DOWN INSIDE OF HOUGHTON MANSION, AND DUSK IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE, SO AARON'S JUST SETTING UP OUR EXTERIOR-STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA, AND THIS CAMERA WILL BE COVERING THE FRONT DOOR, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET PADLOCKED INSIDE.
[ DRILL BUZZING .]
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE BEING LOCKED DOWN INSIDE THESE LOCATIONS, WE LITERALLY MEAN IT, AND IF WE HAVE TO DRILL A DEAD-BOLT LOCK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR SO WE DON'T GET OUT, WE WILL DO IT.
YOU READY TO LOCK US IN HERE? I'M READY TO DO IT.
OKAY.
GOOD LUCK.
SEE YOU, BRO.
LATER, MAN.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
THIS IS HOW "GHOST ADVENTURES" CREW GETS LOCKED DOWN.
A.
C.
HOUGHTON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY NAME IS ZAK.
THIS IS NICK, AND THIS IS AARON.
WE'RE LOCKED INSIDE YOUR MANSION, A.
C.
, AND WE CAN'T GET OUT, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE US HERE, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME KIND OF A SIGN OR A NOISE? WHAT ABOUT YOU, MR.
WIDDERS? WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT FELT ALL THE SHAME FOR CAUSING THE CAR ACCIDEN THAT KILLED A LOT OF HIS FAMILY.
DO YOU STILL LIVE WITH THAT GUILT? Bagans: AFTER WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES TO THE SPIRITS WHO ARE CLAIMED TO HAUNT THIS MANSION, WE SET UP A STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA AT THE SIDE-ENTRANCE HALL WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CASES OF THIS DOOR SLAMMING SHUT, THEN VERY LOUD FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING WITH NOBODY THERE.
WE ALSO SET UP MOTION SENSORS THAT WILL TRIGGER AN ALARM IF ANYTHING PASSES IN FRONT OF THEM.
RIGHT NOW, WE JUST FOUND ONE OF OUR X's TO PLACE ANOTHER STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA, AND THIS IS WHERE THE GUY THAT LOCKED US IN -- JOSH, THE MASON HERE -- HE SAW A FIGURE ACTUALLY RUN FROM THIS SIDE RUN RIGHT OVER HERE.
THERE WAS A BLACK, SHADOWY FIGURE, SO LET'S PLACE THE STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA OVER OUR "X," AARON.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S SET.
I'M GONNA START ROLLING IT.
WANT TO LEAVE IT GO? YEAH.
GO AHEAD.
Groff: IS THAT THE MOTION SENSORS GOING OFF? THAT IS.
GO DOWNSTAIRS.
Shh! [ ALARM RINGING .]
RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN HEAR, ONE OF OUR MOTION SENSORS IS GOING OFF IN THE FRONT ENTRYWAY IN THE HALLWAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED IT, BUT THERE'S NOBODY IN HERE BUT US THREE.
AND AS YOU CAN HEAR, RIGHT NOW, THESE MOTION SENSORS ARE GOING OFF NONSTOP.
THEY'RE GOING CRAZY.
IS SOMEBODY HERE? THOSE THINGS ARE GOING NUTS.
IS SOMEBODY HERE RIGHT NOW? IF THERE IS, CAN YOU COME KNOCK THIS CAMERA OFF THE TRIPOD? THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE.
THOSE THINGS DON'T GO OFF THAT EASY.
WHEN WE REVIEWED THE FOOTAGE FROM OUR STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA TO SEE WHAT TRIGGERED THE MOTION SENSORS, WE WERE ABSOLUTELY STUNNED BY WHAT WE SAW.
[ ALARMS ACTIVATE .]
WHAT WE BELIEVE TO HAVE CAPTURED IS A SHADOW PERSON -- A SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENON OF DARK, UNEXPLAINED HUMANLIKE SHADOWS THAT OFTEN MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
WHEN WE REPLAY THE FOOTAGE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS ENTITY COMES FROM A.
C.
HOUGHTON'S OFFICE TO THE LEF AND GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL ON THE RIGHT.
WE THOUGHT THE MOTION SENSORS MAY HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED BY THE SPIRIT OF A.
C.
HOUGHTON.
A.
C.
, DO YOU NOT LIKE US IN YOUR HOUSE? I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETHING JUST HIT ME.
I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING JUST CAME IN AND HIT ME WITH A SUDDEN, LIKE, BLAST OF COLD AIR AND JUST, LIKE, SOMETHING WEIRD UP HERE IN MY HEAD, MAN.
CAN I SEE THE EMF DETECTOR? Goodwin: YEAH.
THESE EMF DETECTORS THAT WE'RE USING, THEY MEASURE THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT, AND GHOSTS OR SPIRITS ARE SAID TO GIVE OFF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, SO WHEN WE GET SPIKES AND WE'RE NOT AROUND NOTHING THAT'S ELECTRICAL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REAL, REAL GOOD CHANCE THAT THERE'S A SPIRIT HERE WITH US.
ARE YOU HERE WITH US, A.
C.
? DID YOU NOT LIKE WHAT I SAID ABOUT DO YOU NOT LIKE A BUNCH OF STRANGERS BEING LOCKED INSIDE YOUR HOUSE? [ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
IT'S OVER HERE.
NO.
NO.
NO.
NO.
COME HERE.
BE QUIET.
Shh.
I JUST HEARD A LITTLE GIRL SCREAM.
YEAH, A SCREAM.
OH, MY GOSH.
GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, SO AM I.
I JUST GOT THE CHILLS.
YES.
LOOK AT MY BODY.
Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh! IS ANYBODY HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW? THERE'S GOT TO BE A REASON FOR THIS.
OH, MAN.
MISSED IT? I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST HEARD A LITTLE GIRL SCREAM.
ALL THREE OF US CLEARLY HEARD A LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE, AND AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, MY EMF DETECTOR SPIKED, LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THE THEORY THAT THIS WAS PARANORMAL.
[ ECHOES .]
MARY HOUGHTON, ARE YOU IN HERE? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS.
KEEPS WALKING AROUND UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
[ CREAKING .]
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? IT KEEPS COMING FROM UPSTAIRS.
NO, DUDE, I JUST HEARD THAT.
IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGH AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WE'RE SEARCHING FOR THE SPIRI OF MARY HOUGHTON, WHO DIED TRAGICALLY IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
RIGHT HERE IN THE DOORFRAME.
COME HERE FOR A SECOND, ZAK.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS.
KEEPS WALKING AROUND UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
[ CREAKING .]
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? IT KEEPS COMING FROM UPSTAIRS.
NO, DUDE, I JUST HEARD THAT.
FOLLOW ME.
FOLLOW ME.
I HEARD THOSE THREE LOUD FOOTSTEPS.
GO UP THERE.
FOLLOW ME.
LET'S GO UP THERE.
LET'S BE REALLY QUIET.
OKAY.
AND LET'S TRY TO GO RIGH TO WHERE THE FOOTSTEPS ARE, AND LET'S SNEAK UP ON HER SINCE SHE'S SNEAKING UP ON US -- OR WHOEVER IT IS.
THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE WITH US.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO MARY'S ROOM RIGHT NOW -- MARY HOUGHTON -- AND THIS IS WHERE A LO OF ACTIVITY HAS HAPPENED.
ACTUALLY, AARON, DO YOU HAVE THAT DARK LIGHT? YEAH.
WHEN WE DO OUR INVESTIGATIONS, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES.
THIS IS CALLED A DARK LIGHT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO ILLUMINATE THE BUFFERING ZONE IN BETWEEN OUR WORLD AND THE SPIRIT WORLD BY USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANCE BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER RANGES OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUMS OF LIGHT.
TO ATTRACT GHOSTS TO THE LIGHT, KIND OF LIKE THOSE BUGS TO BUG ZAPPERS.
IT'S SIMILAR TO THAT.
SO, LET'S GO IN HERE AND PACE THIS WHOLE ROOM WITH THIS LIGHT.
LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
WE'LL GO IN HERE, OKAY? I'LL WAVE IT ALL AROUND.
AFTER THAT, I'M GONNA COME BACK OUT HERE, TAKE A SERIES OF, LIKE, FIVE PICTURES WITH OUR INFRARED CAMERA, AND SEE IF ANY SPIRITS WERE ATTRACTED TO THIS LIGHT.
MARY HOUGHTON, ARE YOU IN HERE? IF YOU ARE AND YOU CAN SEE ME, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS LIGHT, PLEASE COME TOWARDS ME.
COME ON, MARY HOUGHTON.
IS THIS YOUR ROOM? WE'RE NOT HERE FOR ANY TROUBLE.
WE JUST WANT TO SEE IF YOU'RE HERE.
SO, PLEASE COME TO THIS LIGH RIGHT NOW, MARY.
GUYS, SHOULD WE GET OUT? DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT, AND WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES WITH THE DIGITAL STILL AND SEE IF THIS LIGHT ATTRACTED ANYBODY? READY? GO.
GO.
GO.
GO.
GO.
GO.
READY? DIGITAL STILL.
RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE.
READY? YEP.
ANDOFF.
FLASH? YEP.
YEP.
THERE IT GOES.
THESE LONG INFRARED FLASHES CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH OUR NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS.
SPIRITS MOVE AT A HIGHER FREQUENCY AND OFTEN CANNOT BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE.
USING AN INFRARED CAMERA ALLOWS US TO SEE ABOVE THE VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM, THUS ILLUMINATING GHOST MATTER, INCLUDING ECTOPLASM.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING .]
THIS CAMERA ALSO RECORDS THE TEMPERATURE AT THE EXACT MOMEN THE PICTURE IS TAKEN.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTAN FACTOR, AS A SUDDEN DROP CAN INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRIT.
ANALYSIS SHOWED A CONSISTEN READING OF 75 DEGREES, EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE.
WE CAPTURED THIS UNEXPLAINED MIS FORMING TO THE LEF OF THE DESK.
WAS THIS THE GHOS OF MARY HOUGHTON? WE HEADED OFF IN SEARCH OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE THAT WAS BUILT WITHIN THE HOUGHTON MANSION IN THE EARLY 1900s.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT'S A CLOSE WITH ANOTHER DOORWAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL -- WITH MORE DOORS IN IT.
OH, MAN.
Groff: IT SMELLS IN THERE.
IT SMELLS MUSKY, DOESN'T IT? YEAH.
LIKE OLD COLOGNE OR SOMETHING -- CAN YOU SMELL THAT? MM-HMM.
WHAT'S IN THIS DOOR? IT IS VERY COMMON TO DETEC THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRI THROUGH SMELL, LIKE AN OLD PERFUME OR MUSKY COLOGNE THEY USED TO WEAR.
[ HINGES CREAK .]
OH, MY LORD.
THIS IS THE TEMPLE, GUYS.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE? IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE WITH US? ARE WE IN A TEMPLE WHERE WE SHOULDN'T BE? Goodwin: DUDE, I SWEAR TO GOD, GUYS, I KEEP HEARING SOMETHING, LIKE, RIGHT OVER HERE.
IT'S JUST LIKE -- I'M JUST OH.
DUDE, DON'T HIT THAT THING.
THAT THING MIGHT HAVE SOME POWERS OR SOMETHING.
I WOULDN'T MESS WITH THAT.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT.
DO YOU WANT US TO LEAVE? IT'S REAL EASY.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS MAKE ONE LITTLE TEENY-TINY NOISE, AND WE'RE GONE.
[ SLAMMING .]
DO YOU -- I HEARD THAT.
CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US? CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US? I THINK THAT'S WHA THAT WAS, NICK.
YEAH, IT WAS THE DOOR.
IT OPENED.
I KNOW.
I HEARD IT, TOO.
ALL THREE OF US HEARD A DOOR OPEN AND CLOSE, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE THE ONES RIGHT IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE OUR CAMERAS WERE POINTED DIRECTLY AT THEM.
AND AFTER REVIEWING OUR FOOTAGE, WE DIDN'T NOTICE THEM OPEN AT ALL.
IT'S REAL EASY.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS MAKE ONE LITTLE TEENY-TINY NOISE, AND WE'RE GONE.
[ SLAMMING .]
DO YOU -- CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US? WE THEN HEARD THE SQUEAK OF A DOOR ONCE AGAIN, RIGHT AFTER NICK'S QUESTION, BUT THIS TIME, IT WAS MORE FAINT.
WE ENHANCED THE AUDIO SO YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR IT.
[ CREAKING .]
WE DECIDED TO IMMEDIATELY CHECK THE SET OF DOORS DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS FIRST SET HERE AND NOTICED THAT THEY MAKE THE SAME EXACT SQUEAKY SOUND OF WHAT WE HEARD.
WAS THIS A SPIRIT RESPONDING TO OUR COMMANDS? [ HINGES CREAK .]
ANYBODY IN HERE? SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HEADING DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT.
[ CLATTER .]
THAT HURT LIKE HELL, MAN.
YOU GUYS GOT TO BE MY EYES.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE? MY -- WHO'S HERE? THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF A DARK, UNEXPLAINED FIGURE PEERING OUT THIS WINDOW WHICH COMES FROM MR.
WIDDERS'S ROOM -- THE HOUGHTON FAMILY'S CHAUFFEUR WHO SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD AFTER CAUSING THE CAR ACCIDEN WHICH LED TO DEATH AND TRAGEDY FOR THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
RIGHT NOW, I'M IN MR.
WIDDERS'S ROOM, AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOU THE EQUIPMENT SETUP WE GOT GOING ON HERE.
FROM EARLIER, WE HAVE TWO X's THAT WE SET UP HERE.
WE PLACED SOME OF OUR STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CAMERA GOING HERE, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CAMERA RIGHT HERE ON OUR OTHER "X" FACING THIS DIRECTION.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE HAVE A THIRD CAMERA ON THE GROUND HERE WHICH IS ZOOMED IN ON OUR EMF DETECTOR TO MEASURE SOME ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY.
IF A GHOST COMES THROUGH HERE, HOPEFULLY, IT'LL TRIGGER THAT, SO WE HAVE THAT SET UP.
WE HAVE A COUPLE INFRARED FLASHLIGHTS THAT ARE BEAMING THIS WAY, TOO, AND, AGAIN, THIS IS THAT EXPERIMENTAL LIGH THAT WE'RE USING.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO ILLUMINATE THE BUFFERING ZONE BETWEEN OUR WORLD AND THE SPIRIT WORLD.
BASICALLY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT GHOSTS BY THIS LIGHT.
MR.
WIDDERS, IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, I WANT YOU TO COME TO THIS LIGHT.
YOU GUYS, GET OUT OF HERE.
GO.
MR.
WIDDERS, IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, I WANT YOU TO COME TO THIS LIGH RIGHT HERE, OKAY? [ INSECTS CHIRP .]
THIS OLD MANSION IS LIKE A MAZE OF ENDLESS STAIRCASES, COUNTLESS HALLWAYS, AND DOORS AROUND EVERY CORNER.
TRYING TO WALK AROUND IN PITCH DARKNESS WITH ONLY NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS CAN BE DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.
[ CLATTER .]
Groff: JESUS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GUIDE ME.
SORRY.
[BLEEP.]
CAN'T SEE [BLEEP.]
I WASN'T EVEN LOOKING.
YOU ALL RIGHT? YOU ALL RIGHT, MAN? THAT HURT LIKE HELL, MAN.
YOU GUYS GOT TO BE MY EYES.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HEADING DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT, AND I'M WEARING A MASK BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THERE MAY BE ASBESTOS DOWN HERE.
AND THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE INTERVIEWED SOME MASONS EARLIER.
THEY SAID THEY'VE BEEN PUSHED DOWN HERE, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY SEEN APPARITIONS.
YOU GUYS READY? COME ON.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE? MY -- Shh! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
I HEAR IT, TOO.
QUIET.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
THAT WAS LOUD.
WHAT WAS THAT THERE? WAS THAT BEHIND YOU? IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE? MY NAME'S ZAK.
I GOT NICK AND AARON WITH ME.
SOMEBODY GIVE US A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE.
BANG ON ONE OF THESE PIPES, MR.
WIDDERS.
CAN YOU HEAR MY VOICE? GIVE ME A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE.
BANG ON SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA SIT DOWN HERE BY MYSELF.
I HAVE A STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA OVER THERE FILMING ME.
I'M GONNA BE FILMING IN FRONT OF THIS HALLWAY.
A LOT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN APPARITIONS IN THIS HALLWAY RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF REPORTS OF PEOPLE GETTING PUSHED DOWN HERE A LOT.
AND, ACTUALLY, THERE'S ONE MASON WE INTERVIEWED EARLIER WHO SAW THE APPARITION OF A LITTLE GIRL VERY CLEAR DOWN HERE, AND WE HEARD SOME LITTLE-GIRL SCREAMS ACTUALLY COMING FROM DOWN HERE WHEN WE WERE UPSTAIRS.
SO, I'M GONNA SIT DOWN HERE BY MYSELF AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER THIS LITTLE GIRL IS PLAYFUL OR IF SHE'S A DEMONIC LITTLE GIRL.
I ALSO SET A BALL IN FRONT OF ME TO USE AS A TRIGGER OBJECT -- SOMETHING A SPIRI MAY BE ATTRACTED TO.
AND BEFORE NICK AND AARON LEFT, THEY SET UP A FEW MORE STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS COVERING THIS ENORMOUS BASEMENT.
THIS WAY.
[ SIGHS .]
WHILE HE'S DOWN THERE, WHA DO YOU WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW? DO YOU WANT TO GO INVESTIGATE THE SECOND FLOOR? ACTUALLY, DUDE, I WANT TO SEE YOU GET IN THAT ELECTRIC CHAIR.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, IF YOU'RE DOWN FOR THAT.
THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
LET'S GO TO THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? LET'S GO UPSTAIRS THIS WAY.
[ HINGES SQUEAK .]
Bagans: IS THERE ANYBODY DOWN HERE? IS THERE SOMEBODY BEHIND ME? [ SIGHS .]
HEY, AARON? THIS IS IT, HUH? THERE'S THE CHAIR.
THIS MYSTERIOUS ELECTRIC CHAIR AND BED OF NAILS WAS BELIEVED TO BE USED IN SECRETIVE RITUALS HERE IN THE MANSION IN THE EARLY 1900s.
MAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
YOU CAN TOTALLY -- WHAT THE [BLEEP.]
Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh! DO YOU HEAR THAT? DID YOU COMING A SECOND AGO? I DID.
WHERE WAS THA COMING FROM? NICK AND AARON BOTH HEARD FOOTSTEPS COMING UP THE FLIGHT OF STAIRS TOWARDS THEM.
THE AUDIO ON THEIR CAMERAS ALSO PICKED UP THESE UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
[ CLATTERING .]
YOU CAN TOTALLY -- WHAT THE [BLEEP.]
Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh! IS ANYONE DOWN THERE? IF YOU CAN SEE ME AND HEAR MY VOICE, AND YOU WANT ME OUT OF HERE [ CLINKING .]
GET THE [BLEEP.]
OUT.
HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEAD.
THIS WOULD BE A GOOD CLASSIFICATION OF A HAUNTING.
IT'S 4:17 A.
M.
I'M STILL IN THE BASEMENT, AND THINGS ARE ABOU TO GET INTERESTING.
IF YOU CAN SEE ME AND HEAR MY VOICE, AND YOU WANT ME OUT OF HERE, YOU CAN COME AND TELL ME.
JUST TALK INTO THIS THING THAT'LL -- [ CLATTER .]
WHO WAS THAT? MR.
WIDDERS, ARE YOU HERE? WHO'S HERE WITH ME RIGHT NOW? AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, I CAPTURED AN EVP, OR GHOST VOICE, ON MY DIGITAL RECORDER, USING OUR GOLD BERYLLIUM SUBTLE-ENERGY MICROPHONE.
FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DECIPHER, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OLDER MAN'S VOICE SAYING, "RAN FOR HELP.
" IS THIS MR.
WIDDERS TELLING US WHAT HE DID AFTER HE CAUSED THAT FATAL CAR ACCIDENT? [ CLINKING .]
GET THE [BLEEP.]
OUT.
[ CLATTER .]
WHO'S HERE? IS THAT YOU, JOHN WIDDERS? WELL, WE JUST CONCLUDED OUR LOCKDOWN HERE AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION, AND JOSH JUST UNLOCKED US OUT FROM OUR LONG NIGHT.
ALL WE CAN SAY, MAN, IS FROM WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE HEARD WITH OUR OWN EARS AND EYES, AND WHAT WE FELT, I THINK A LO OF THE STORIES THAT WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE INTERVIEWED ARE GONNA BE BACKED UP BY, HOPEFULLY, WHAT WE CAPTURED.
JUST BY WHAT WE SAW AND HEARD, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, ALL THOSE STORIES ARE VERY CREDIBLE.
SO, WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US IN AND WANDER AROUND.
YEAH, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE GET, MAN.
ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT? THANKS AGAIN.
AWESOME.
WE TRAVELED TO LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TO HAVE SOME OF OUR EVIDENCE ANALYZED.
ALL RIGHT, SO, WE CAME TO YOU GUYS 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A VIDEO PHOTO TECH FOR LAS VEGAS PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT -- WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOUR GROUP IN NEWS STORIES, PUBLICATIONS HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
SO, WE WANTED TO GE A SECOND OPINION ON THE EVIDENCE THAT WE CAPTURED.
THIS FIRST PICTURE THA YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS -- WE CAPTURED AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WE WERE USING AN INFRARED DIGITAL-STILL CAMERA, OKAY? WE WENT INTO THIS PLACE CALLED MARY'S ROOM.
MARY WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CAR ACCIDENT.
SHE ALSO DIED FROM THE CAR ACCIDENT, OKAY? Luna: THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE RIGHT THERE.
MM-HMM.
YOU HAVE NO GLARE FROM THE MIRROR.
SEEMS TO BE FREE-FLOATING.
RIGHT IN HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEAD, A LITTLE MORE OF A BODY IN HERE.
I TRULY BELIEVE THA IT'S ACTUALLY MANIFESTING.
AND HERE IN THE OTHER PHOTOS, WE HAVE 75 DEGREES.
IT'S A CONSTANT 75 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ROOM, AND THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK WITH THE MIST, AND IT ACTUALLY HAS GONE DOWN 10 DEGREES.
IT'S AN AMAZING PHOTO.
IT'S GREAT PROOF.
Garrico: THAT'S WHA WE CALL AN ECTOPLASM.
ECTOPLASM IS WHEN AN ENTITY IS TRYING TO MANIFEST ITSELF, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING THE SUDDEN TEMPERATURE DROP.
AND IT'S WHEN YOU SEE A FREE-FLOATING MIST FORM.
EITHER THE ENTITY IS LEAVING OR IT'S ACTUALLY REGROUPING ITSELF, TRYING TO FORM A HUMAN FORM.
TWHEN YOU'RE TRYINGIL TO TAKE A PICTURE.
YEAH, SO, THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, A GREAT PIECE OF EVIDENCE.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY ENVIOUS.
THIS NEXT PIECE OF EVIDENCE IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE LIKE THE MOST SO FAR.
RIGHT HERE, WE ACTUALLY SEE THE MOTION SENSORS.
[ ALARM ACTIVATES .]
THEN WE ACTUALLY SEE A SMALL SHADOW IN THERE.
IT'S VERY FAST.
YOU REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS RIGHT IN THERE.
IS THAT THE MOTION SENSORS GOING OFF? Groff: THAT IS.
SO, RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL PITCH BLACK.
I'M MORE INTERESTED, ZAK, WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE ROOM HERE.
MM-HMM.
I'M LOOKING FOR AN ACTUAL LIGHT SOURCE.
IF YOU GO FORWARD JUST A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS YOUR SHADOW RIGHT IN HERE.
IF THERE WAS ACTUALLY ANYBODY BEHIND THAT CAMERA RIGHT THERE, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PASS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.
AND LOOKING AT YOUR VIDEO, LOOKING WHERE THE LIGHT SOURCES WERE, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO CAST AN ACTUAL SHADOW IN THIS ONE AREA WAY OVER HERE, TOO.
THE FUNNY THING IS, IS IF YOU SIT THERE AND WATCH THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY IS JUS STANDING THERE LIKE THIS.
AND AS SOON AS IT MOVES, IT SETS OFF THE ALARM MOTIONS, AND, BAM, IT'S GONE.
THAT'S MY HONEST OPINION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BIG DUDE HERE WAS STAKING YOU OU WHILE YOU GUYS WERE SETTING UP, AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
SO, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS A SHADOW PERSON? THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
DEFINITELY.
OR A SHADOW CHILD EVEN.
I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE JUS AS TALL AS THE DOOR IS, THIS THING IS STANDING IN FRON OF IT, IT COULD BE A CHILD.
IT'S ONLY THREE OR FOUR FEET.
CAN I TELL YOU GUYS SOMETHING? WHAT? THAT KIND OF GAVE ME A CHILL 'CAUSE YOU JUST SAID THA THAT MAY BE A CHILD.
WE START WALKING AROUND.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEAR A LITTLE GIRL -- WAS IT A LITTLE-GIRL SCREAM? Groff: YEAH, IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
A LITTLE-CHILD SCREAM.
[ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS -- AFTER WE CAME DOWN HERE -- BECAUSE OF THOSE MOTION SENSORS.
THE CHAIN OF EVENTS.
GOOD CHAIN OF EVENTS.
YEAH.
YOU HEAR THE AUDIO.
YOU GOT IT ON AUDIO.
YOU HAVE IT ON A SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT, BEING AN EMF METER.
AND THEN BAM, THERE'S YOUR VIDEO.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF A MANIFESTATION OF A SHADOW CHILD, I WOULD SAY.
THIS WOULD BE ACTUALLY A GOOD CLASSIFICATION OF A HAUNTING.
YEAH.
YEAH.
GOOD HAUNTING.
THE HOUGHTON MANSION, BUILT BY A PROMINENT FAMILY, BECAME A PLACE THAT BORE ITS TRAGEDIES, MANIFESTED THROUGH SOUNDS [ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? SHADOWS [ ALARM ACTIVATES .]
AND MISTS.
I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
Bagans: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? WITNESSED BY THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE TODAY, I BELIEVE THESE MYSTERIES HAVE BUT ONE EXPLANATION.
THE SPIRITS OF THESE TRAGIC VICTIMS ARE LOCKED WITHIN THESE WALLS, AND THEIR SADNESS STILL LINGERS GENERATIONS LATER.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? OH, MY GOSH.
GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
Bagans: MY NAME IS ZAK BAGANS.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS UNTIL I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE, SO I SET OUT ON A QUES TO CAPTURE WHAT I ONCE SAW ONTO VIDEO.
HOLY [BLEEP.]
OH, MY GOD! WITH NO BIG CAMERA CREWS FOLLOWING US AROUND, I AM JOINED ONLY BY MY FELLOW INVESTIGATOR NICK GROFF AND OUR EQUIPMENT TECH, AARON GOODWIN.
THE THREE OF US WILL TRAVEL TO SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY ACTIVE PARANORMAL LOCATIONS, WHERE WE WILL SPEND AN ENTIRE NIGH BEING LOCKED DOWN FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN.
IF THIS IS THE PORTAL TO HELL, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP OUT OF THAT GROUND AND GET US? RAW.
I JUST SAW SOMETHING.
SOMETHING JUST PASSED BY.
EXTREME.
NO! GO! GO! THESE ARE OUR GHOST ADVENTURES.
-- Captions by VITAC -- CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY THE TRAVEL CHANNEL, L.
L.
C.
Bagans: SO, ALL RIGHT.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING FOR CHURCH STREET? Goodwin: YEAH.
WE'RE IN NORTH ADAMS NOW.
NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.
NESTLED IN THE HEAR OF THE BERKSHIRE MOUNTAINS, IS ONE NEW ENGLAND'S MOST MYSTERIOUS AND HAUNTED BUILDINGS -- THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WOW, MAN, LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
HERE.
LET ME PULL IN HERE.
IT'S HUGE.
I GUESS WE'RE HERE.
THIS PLACE LOOKS CREEPY.
WELL, WE JUST GOT HERE.
WE'RE IN NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, AND WE CAME HERE BECAUSE OF THIS PLACE, THIS HOUSE, THIS HUGE MANSION.
THIS IS THE HOUGHTON MANSION, AND BEFORE WE GET LOCKED DOWN IN HERE LATER ON, NICK, AARON, AND MYSELF, I WAN TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DARK HISTORY ABOUT THIS PLACE, AND I HEAR THERE WAS SOME TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED TO THE FAMILY THAT BUIL THIS PLACE, THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SAID TO HAUNT THIS PLACE, SO LET'S GO FIND OUT IF WE CAN LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORY AND GET READY FOR OUR LOCKDOWN, GUYS.
COME ON, AARON.
ALBERT CHARLES HOUGHTON WAS BORN IN 1844 IN NEARBY VERMON BUT MADE HIS FORTUNE AS PRESIDEN OF ARNOLD PRINT WORKS, THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN NORTH ADAMS.
ELECTED THE TOWN'S FIRST MAYOR IN 1896, THE MANSION WAS BUIL FOR HOUGHTON AND HIS FAMILY.
TODAY, THE STRUCTURE AT 172 CHURCH STREE IS HOME TO A MASONIC TEMPLE, BUT ITS DARK HISTORY BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1900s.
Marino: AUGUST 1, 1914, MR.
HOUGHTON AND HIS DAUGHTER MARY DECIDED TO GO TO BENNINGTON FOR A PLEASURE DRIVE.
CAR WAS A BRAND-NEW 1914 PIERCE-ARROW TOURING CAR.
IT WAS DRIVEN BY THEIR LONGTIME CHAUFFEUR, JOHN WIDDERS.
THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A DR.
AND MRS.
HUTTON FROM NEW YORK.
ABOUT 9:30, THEY WERE IN POWNAL, GOING UP WHAT'S NOW OAK HILL ROAD.
THEY CAME ACROSS A TEAM OF HORSES PARKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO, MR.
WIDDERS TURNED TO THE LEFT TO GO AROUND THEM, AND ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE, AND IT ROLLED OVER, ROLLING DOWN THE HILL, TURNING OVER THREE TIMES.
THE MEN ALL ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES -- CUTS, SCRAPES, BRUISES, MINOR FRACTURES.
THE WOMEN WERE NOT SO LUCKY.
MRS.
HUTTON WAS KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN THE CAR ROLLED OVER HER ON ITS WAY DOWN THE HILL.
IT CAME TO RES IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION IN A FARMER'S FIELD AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL, AND MARY HOUGHTON DIED OF HER INJURIES AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE CHAUFFEUR, MR.
WIDDERS, COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND WAS IN A HIGH EMOTIONAL STATE, SO IT WAS DECIDED TO PUT A WATCH ON HIM TO MAKE SURE HE DIDN' DO ANYTHING CRAZY.
AT ABOU 5:00 IN THE MORNING, MR.
WIDDERS TOLD HIS FRIEND HE WAS GONNA GO DOWN AND TEND TO THE HORSES, AND WHEN HE DID NOT RETURN IN WHAT HIS FRIEND CONSIDERED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, HE CALLED THE POLICE.
AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY FOUND HIM IN THE CELLAR OF THE BARN, WHERE HE HAD SHOT HIMSELF WITH A HORSE PISTOL.
[ GUNSHOT .]
A.
C.
HOUGHTON SUFFERED NO SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES DURING THE ACCIDENT, BUT THE TRAGIC EVENTS BROKE HIS HEART.
HE DIED IN THE MANSION 10 DAYS AFTER THE CRASH THAT TOOK HIS DAUGHTER'S LIFE.
WE WERE JUST TOLD THA THE GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF A.
C.
HOUGHTON -- HER NAME IS RACHEL BRANCH THIS IS HER ADDRESS RIGHT HERE -- 999.
SHE ACTUALLY LIVES HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA GO UP AND TALK TO HER AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER FAMILY AND SEE IF SHE STILL BELIEVES THAT HER GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER IS STILL IN THE MANSION.
HI.
ARE YOU RACHEL? Branch: YEAH.
HI.
MY NAME IS ZAK.
ZAK.
WE WERE JUST CHECKING 'CAUSE I HAVE INJURIES FROM A CAR ACCIDENT.
OH, OKAY.
SORRY.
YEAH, THIS IS MY CREW HERE.
ARE YOU FILMING? YES, WE ARE.
ARE YOU THE GREAT GREA GRANDDAUGHTER OF -- REALLY? YES.
OKAY, WELL, DO YOU MIND IF WE COME IN AND TALK WITH YOU? OH, I'D LOVE IT.
OKAY.
GOOD.
THIS IS A LITTLE ALBUM OF MY FATHER'S.
OH, COOL.
THIS PICTURE SAYS GRANDMA GALLUP WITH HER CHIPPIES.
OH.
AND THIS WOULD BE FLORENCE LOUISA HOUGHTON.
THAT'S A.
C.
's DAUGHTER.
OH, WOW.
THESE MIGHT BE THE ONLY PICTURES OF HER.
AND THESE ARE ALL THE ORIGINAL PICTURES? OH, YES.
YES.
WHEN WE DO OUR PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SUGGES THAT WE MAY SAY OUT LOUD TO SOME OF YOUR ANCESTORS? IF I MET THEM, I WOULD SAY, "ARE YOU SO SAD BECAUSE OF THE TRAGIC?" DO YOU THINK THEY MIGHT BE? OH, MY GOODNESS.
LOOK AT THE DEATHS IN THE SPACE OF 10 DAYS.
AND THEN THE CHAUFFEUR, MR.
WIDDERS -- I'M SURE HE'S STILL IN A LOT OF GUILT.
OH, YES, HE MUST'VE HAD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE DEVOTED TO A FAMILY.
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, BU HE PROBABLY FELT, MY GOODNESS.
SO, THEY SPECULATE A LOT OF THE OCCURRENCES THAT ARE FROM MR.
WIDDERS BECAUSE HE WENT SO SUDDENLY.
BUT THE FAMILY WAS OBVIOUSLY DEVOTED TO HIM, ALSO, BECAUSE THEY BURIED HIM IN THE FAMILY PLOT.
WE SAW ALL THE FOUR TOMBSTONES AND THEN OFF IN THE DISTANCE, YOU SEE THAT SINGLE ONE OF MR.
WIDDERS.
IT'S JUST KIND OF -- I SAW THAT FORMATION AS KIND OF HE WAS PAR OF THE FAMILY, BUT HE WASN'T, AND BY OUT THERE, HE WAS STILL IN GUILT.
THE MANSION REMAINED WITH THE HOUGHTON FAMILY UNTIL 1926 WHEN THE FREEMASONS PURCHASED I FROM A.
C.
's DAUGHTER FLORENCE.
THE MASONS, SHROUDED IN MYSTERY, HOLD THEIR MEETINGS AND RITUALS WITHIN A TEMPLE THEY BUIL ATTACHED TO THE MANSION.
IN SOME OF THE OLD HALLWAYS ARE ENIGMATIC YET FRIGHTENING SYMBOLS OF THEIR PAST -- A BED OF NAILS AND AN ELECTRIC CHAIR COVERED IN DUST.
THIS IS A KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SWORD.
Bagans: IS THAT THE MASONS? WELL, THEY WERE SAID TO BE PART OF THE MASONS, BUT AN ELITE GROUP.
REALLY? AND SOME SAY MAY HAVE PROTECTED THE HOLY GRAIL.
REALLY? WOW.
MANY OF THE MASONS AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION HAVE WITNESSED SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCES.
NEARLY EVERY TIME I COME DOWN HERE, YOU HEAR A DOOR SLAM OR FOOTSTEPS.
OUR MEETINGS USUALLY END ANYWHERE BETWEEN 9:00 AND MAYBE 10:00, 10:30.
Bagans: MM-HMM.
GOING BACK UPSTAIRS TO CLEAN UP THE LOBBY ROOM AFTER THE MEETINGS -- IT DOESN' FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALONE.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
REALLY? ME AND ANOTHER BROTHER WERE DOWN HERE.
WE HAD TO OPEN THE LODGE, BUT WE HAD A SNOWSTORM, AND WE WERE WAITING FOR A THIRD MEMBER TO SHOW UP.
WE HAD KIND OF TRUDGED THROUGH THE SNOW, AND THERE'S A LARGE ENTRY DOOR GOING OUT TO THE CARPOR OFF THE MAIN STREET.
MM-HMM.
WE WERE THERE.
THE DOOR OPENED, SLAMMED.
THIS IS THE DOOR YOU HEARD SLAM SHUT? THIS IS THE ONE.
WILL YOU SHOW ME HOW LOUD YOU HEARD IT SLAM SHUT? YOU FIGURED SOMEBODY OPENED I AT LEAST THAT FAR.
AND AFTER? AND THAT'S AS LOUD AS IT SLAMMED, ABSOLUTELY.
AND IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, YOU HEARD LOUD FOOTSTEPS AS OF SOMEBODY WALKED INSIDE? YEP.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS BANGING OFF SNOW OFF THEIR BOOTS, HAVING TO WALK THROUGH 2 FEET OF SNOW.
REALLY? AND THEN THEY WENT TO THE END OF THE HALL AND STOPPED.
I WAS SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL, SO I HEARD IT CLEAR AS DAY.
THERE WAS FRESH SNOW.
IT HAD BLOWN IN AND DRIFTED OVER THIS WHOLE LANDING HERE.
MM-HMM.
AND THAT LEAST HERE.
TO UH-HUH.
AND THERE WAS NO A FOOTPRINT.
NOT EVEN -- NOT EVEN A SQUIRREL RAN ACROSS HERE.
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY KIND OF FORCED -- ANY KIND OF ENTRY.
YOU THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MR.
HOUGHTON OR MR.
WIDDERS? ONE OF THOSE TWO.
I HAVE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU.
REALLY? WHAT'S THAT? THIS WALL OVER HERE YEAH? THE ROCKS IN THE WALL WERE FROM THE HOOSAC TUNNEL.
IT WAS A TUNNEL THAT WAS BUIL IN THE 1800s.
THE CALL IT THE BLOODY PIT.
WHY DO THEY CALL I THE BLOODY PIT? BECAUSE OF THE MEN THAT DIED IN THAT TUNNEL.
AND HOW MANY MEN DIED? ALMOST 200.
MINING THESE ROCKS THAT ARE SITTING ON THE PROPERTY OF THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
EXACTLY.
THESE ARE THE ROCKS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT HOLE THAT THEY MADE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN.
UH-HUH.
SO, I THINK THAT THESE ROCKS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DEATHS OF THE HOUGHTONS AND MR.
WIDDERS.
YOU MEAN LIKE A CURSE? A CURSE.
IT'S RIGHT OFF THE TRACKS, ISN'T IT? WE FELT THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HORRIFIC DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ROCKS AND THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
WE SET OUT TO FIND THE SOURCE.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN WALKING ALONG THIS RAILWAY FOR ALMOST 2 MILES NOW.
WE JUST FOUND THE HOOSAC TUNNEL, AND THIS IS WEIRD.
YOU CAN FEEL, LIKE, LITERALLY, LIKE, A 30-DEGREE BREEZE JUST SHOOTING OUT OF THIS TUNNEL.
COME ON, NICK.
THEY ACTUALLY SAY THAT THIS TUNNEL IS VERY HAUNTED.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THIS GOES BACK OR HOW FAR WE SHOULD GO BACK.
IS IT LIKE -- I THINK IT'S 5 MILES THAT IT GOES BACK.
Groff: 5 MILES? THIS WHOLE THING IS 5 MILES LONG.
IS ANYBODY IN HERE? IS ANYBODY IN HERE? THIS IS JUST CREEPY AS HELL, MAN.
I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT.
THIS IS CREEPY AS HELL.
FLASH THE LIGHT IN FRONT.
[ CLATTERING .]
WAS THAT A BRICK? I THINK SO.
Bagans: ALL YOU CAN HEAR IS DRIPS OF WATER COMING FROM THE CEILING, AND EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE'LL HEAR A BIG BANG FROM THE BRICK THAT'S COMING DOWN OFF THE CEILING.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE? [ GASPS .]
DUDE, WHAT WAS THAT? I SWEAR TO GOD -- I SWEAR TO GOD I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS THE [BLEEP.]
TRACKS.
I SWEAR TO GOD I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS THE TRACKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A GUY OR AN ANIMAL OR SOMETHING, BUT SOMETHING JUST WENT OVER FROM THAT SIDE AND CROSSED OVER THE TRACKS.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
MY LIGHT WASN'T EVEN MOVING.
DUDE, I'M SEEING -- I DON'T KNOW IF [BLEEP.]
PLAYING TRICKS ON MY EYES.
YEAH, NO, I'M STARTING TO GET LIKE I JUST KEEP SEEING [BLEEP.]
EVERYWHERE.
Groff: IT'S JUST MESSED UP IN HERE.
YEAH.
I KNOW IT'S DARK IN HERE, BUT IT FEELS DARK IN HERE.
LIKE, THE ENERGY IS, LIKE, BAD OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
JUST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULDN'T BE IN HERE.
YOU THINK THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN THE SPIRIT OF JOHN WIDDERS? I THINK HE'S TELLING US TO GET OUT.
JOSH IS THE PAST PRESIDEN OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE, WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE HOUGHTON MANSION, AND HE'S EXPERIENCED A BUNCH OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN HERE, AND HE'S GONNA TAKE US AROUND AND SHOW US WHERE SOME OF THOSE HOT SPOTS ARE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST SPOTS I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU JUST TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF OUR SPIRITS THAT, AT LEAST, I FEEL IS HERE.
THIS IS A PORTRAIT RIGHT HERE IN OUR MAIN LOBBY OF A.
C.
HOUGHTON HIMSELF.
A.
C.
IS ONE OF THE GHOSTS THAT WE BELIEVE TO BE HAUNTING THIS LOCATION.
NEARLY EVERY TIME I COME DOWN HERE, YOU HEAR A DOOR SLAM OR FOOTSTEPS.
THERE'S A CERTAIN DOOR AS YOU'RE HEADING INTO THE LODGE ROOM, AND IT'LL OCCASIONALLY SHAKE -- SHIVER ALMOST.
REALLY? WE'RE GONNA HEAD INTO MARY'S BEDROOM.
MARY IS ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF A.
C.
HOUGHTON, RIGHT? YES.
AND SHE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT? YES.
NOW, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY HAVE YOU? WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE GE STRONG SENSATIONS OF SADNESS, SENSATIONS OF BEING TOUCHED.
WE'VE CAPTURED SOME EVPs THA HAD, LIKE, A SCREAM ON THEM.
YOU'VE HAD DIFFERENT ONES THAT SAY -- SO, THERE'S BEEN A SCREAM THAT'S BEEN HEARD HERE? RIGHT.
YES.
WOW.
SOME THAT'LL SAY "GET OUT.
" GOD, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY OF THEM.
WHERE'S "GET OUT" BEEN CAPTURED AT? YOU HAVE TWO DIFFEREN "GET OUTS.
" ONE WAS UPSTAIRS, AND ONE WAS DOWNSTAIRS.
CAN WE GO CHECK OU SOME OF THE ROOMS WHERE THAT'S BEEN CAPTURED? YES.
I LIKE THAT VOICE -- "GET OUT.
" THAT'S KIND OF OUR SPEED 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GET OU 'CAUSE WE'RE LOCKED DOWN.
SO, YOU ACTUALLY CAPTURED THIS VOICE SAYING "GET OUT"? I DID.
WHERE DID YOU CAPTURE THIS AT -- WHAT PART OF THE MANSION? THAT WAS ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
YOU THINK THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN THE SPIRIT OF JOHN WIDDERS? IT COULD'VE BEEN JOHN WIDDERS.
AND HE'S SAYING WHAT? I THINK HE'S TELLING US TO GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
THAT IS VERY CLEAR, TOO.
"GET OUT.
" "GET OUT.
" THAT'S A CLASS-A EVP.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
I'VE HAD -- A GOOD MAJORITY OF MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE BUILDING HAVE HAPPENED UP HERE ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THE SECTION OF THE HOUSE WE JUST ENTERED IS THE SERVANTS' SECTION OF THE HOUSE.
THIS WOULD BE WHERE THE BUTLERS, THE MAIDS AND EVERYBODY LIVED.
A LOT OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN THIS ROOM? A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY IN THIS ROOM.
PROBABLY MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL HAPPEN HERE.
YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A FIGURE, AN APPARITION, IN THIS ROOM.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOORWAY.
NOW, THE DOOR WAS CLOSED, AND IT WAS PITCH DARK IN HERE, ABOUT 11:00 AT NIGHT, BUT HE WAS STANDING RIGH IN FRONT OF THAT DOORWAY.
AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAD ANOTHER ONE RIGHT HERE.
YES, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT I'VE TAKEN A PICTURE OF DURING THE DAYTIME.
IT WAS ACTUALLY PROBABLY ABOU 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS TAKING PICTURES, AND YOU CAN SEE SOMEBODY STANDING WITH THEIR FACE RIGHT HERE IN THIS WINDOWPANE.
OKAY, WELL, THEN, IF THIS IS YOUR MOST ACTIVE ROOM, I WANT TO DO TWO THINGS.
I WANT TO SET UP -- LET'S DO TWO X's.
Groff: YEAH, THAT'S WHA I WAS THINKING.
YEAH, SO, AARON, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME YOUR CAMERA? AARON, CAN WE PUT AN "X" RIGHT WHERE NICK IS STANDING? AND THEN WE CAN SHOO DOWN THIS HALLWAY RIGHT HERE.
Josh: WE HAD PEOPLE COME IN HERE AND JUST HAVE TO LEAVE, CRYING, 'CAUSE THEY FEL THAT UPSET.
THERE WAS AN EVP THAT WAS TAKEN IN HERE THAT HAD TO RELATE ABOU HOW HE HAD A HEAVY HEART, WHERE HIS HEART WAS BROKEN ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.
NOW, WERE THEY ASKING ABOUT MR.
WIDDERS? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO, MEANING THAT HE PROBABLY FELT BAD FOR CAUSING THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE FEL WHEN WE LISTENED TO IT.
AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY TOLD US ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ROOM.
THIS IS THE ONLY ROOM THAT THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY.
RIGHT.
THE FIXTURES ARE IN HERE, BUT IF YOU TEST THEM, THERE'S NOTHING RUNNING THROUGH IT.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW, THERE'S SOME HOUSES UP THERE.
I'VE HAD THEM COME TO ME AND SAY HOW THEY'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS ON IN THIS ROOM, ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE WHO'VE LEF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGH AND LOOKED UP AND SAID, "OH, I LEFT THE LIGHT ON.
" AND THEN THEY REALIZE THA I CAN'T LEAVE THAT LIGHT ON.
THAT LIGHT'S NOT THERE.
THERE USED TO BE A HOUSE THAT SAT HERE BEFORE HOUGHTON BUILT HIS HOUSE.
IN 1850, THERE WAS A HOUSE BEFORE THAT? THAT HOUSE WAS PICKED UP AND MOVED TO ANOTHER PLACE IN THE CITY, SO THE CELLAR HOLE FOR THA HOUSE IS PROBABLY STILL HERE.
WOULDN'T MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE TO FILL IN A CELLAR HOLE JUST TO DIG ANOTHER ONE FOR ANOTHER HOUSE.
NOW, THERE'S A SPIRIT DOWN HERE THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED MANY TIMES, WHICH I FEEL IS A LITTLE GIRL, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHERE SHE CAME FROM.
MM-HMM.
BUT I THINK MAYBE SHE'S ATTACHED TO THAT ORIGINAL CELLAR HOLE OF THAT ORIGINAL HOUSE.
YOU'LL BE TAPPED DOWN THERE.
SHE'LL TOUCH YOU.
MM-HMM.
SHE'LL PLAY WITH YOUR HAIR.
AND WE TAKE I AS A PLAYFUL SPIRIT.
MY LEG JUST KIND OF GAVE OUT.
I LOOKED BEHIND ME.
NOBODY WAS THERE.
SO, YOU FELT SOMEONE ACTUALLY PUSH ON YOUR LEG.
I THINK THAT IT WAS THAT LITTLE GIRL'S SPIRI THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOU THAT'S DOWN HERE.
THAT PUSHED YOU.
YES.
SO, YOU SAW A LITTLE GIRL IN THE BASEMENT HERE? SHE ACTUALLY PEEKED OU AROUND THE CORNER, KIND OF GOT DOWN ON THE FLOOR, AND THEN KIND OF JUS MOVED ACROSS THE FLOOR.
SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME OU OF THAT DOORWAY.
WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? LET ME GRAB YOUR CAMERA.
WHY DON'T WE PUT AN "X" HERE, SHOOTING DOWN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE? Kemp: THIS IS A BUILDING OF MANY MYSTERIES AND A LOT OF HISTORY, AND NOT TO HONOR IT, AND NOT TO EXPLORE IT, AND NOT TO ARCHIVE, AND NOT TO CATALOGUE WOULD DO IT A DISSERVICE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO THIS BUILDING OVER THE YEARS, AND THERE MUS BE SOME FOOTPRINT SOMEWHERE.
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
WHETHER IT BE RESIDUAL OR SOME KIND OF INTELLIGENT ENERGIES THAT CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER YOU OR GIVE YOU COMMANDS.
IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE THEORY OF ENERGY IS NEITHER CREATED NOR DESTROYED, WHERE DOES IT GO? YEAH.
YEAH.
IT TAKES ANOTHER FORM.
IT TAKES ANOTHER FORM.
EXACTLY.
I THINK BEING LOCKED DOWN HERE PRESENTS A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO A BUILDING THAT IS KNOWN TO HAVE HAD A VERY LONG HISTORY, AND NOT ALL OF IT WAS GOOD.
A.
C.
HOUGHTON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? [ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? OH, MY GOSH.
GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
WE'RE LITERALLY MINUTES AWAY FROM BEING LOCKED DOWN INSIDE OF HOUGHTON MANSION, AND DUSK IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE, SO AARON'S JUST SETTING UP OUR EXTERIOR-STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA, AND THIS CAMERA WILL BE COVERING THE FRONT DOOR, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET PADLOCKED INSIDE.
[ DRILL BUZZING .]
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE BEING LOCKED DOWN INSIDE THESE LOCATIONS, WE LITERALLY MEAN IT, AND IF WE HAVE TO DRILL A DEAD-BOLT LOCK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR SO WE DON'T GET OUT, WE WILL DO IT.
YOU READY TO LOCK US IN HERE? I'M READY TO DO IT.
OKAY.
GOOD LUCK.
SEE YOU, BRO.
LATER, MAN.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
THIS IS HOW "GHOST ADVENTURES" CREW GETS LOCKED DOWN.
A.
C.
HOUGHTON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY NAME IS ZAK.
THIS IS NICK, AND THIS IS AARON.
WE'RE LOCKED INSIDE YOUR MANSION, A.
C.
, AND WE CAN'T GET OUT, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE US HERE, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME KIND OF A SIGN OR A NOISE? WHAT ABOUT YOU, MR.
WIDDERS? WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT FELT ALL THE SHAME FOR CAUSING THE CAR ACCIDEN THAT KILLED A LOT OF HIS FAMILY.
DO YOU STILL LIVE WITH THAT GUILT? Bagans: AFTER WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES TO THE SPIRITS WHO ARE CLAIMED TO HAUNT THIS MANSION, WE SET UP A STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA AT THE SIDE-ENTRANCE HALL WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CASES OF THIS DOOR SLAMMING SHUT, THEN VERY LOUD FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING WITH NOBODY THERE.
WE ALSO SET UP MOTION SENSORS THAT WILL TRIGGER AN ALARM IF ANYTHING PASSES IN FRONT OF THEM.
RIGHT NOW, WE JUST FOUND ONE OF OUR X's TO PLACE ANOTHER STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA, AND THIS IS WHERE THE GUY THAT LOCKED US IN -- JOSH, THE MASON HERE -- HE SAW A FIGURE ACTUALLY RUN FROM THIS SIDE RUN RIGHT OVER HERE.
THERE WAS A BLACK, SHADOWY FIGURE, SO LET'S PLACE THE STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA OVER OUR "X," AARON.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S SET.
I'M GONNA START ROLLING IT.
WANT TO LEAVE IT GO? YEAH.
GO AHEAD.
Groff: IS THAT THE MOTION SENSORS GOING OFF? THAT IS.
GO DOWNSTAIRS.
Shh! [ ALARM RINGING .]
RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN HEAR, ONE OF OUR MOTION SENSORS IS GOING OFF IN THE FRONT ENTRYWAY IN THE HALLWAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED IT, BUT THERE'S NOBODY IN HERE BUT US THREE.
AND AS YOU CAN HEAR, RIGHT NOW, THESE MOTION SENSORS ARE GOING OFF NONSTOP.
THEY'RE GOING CRAZY.
IS SOMEBODY HERE? THOSE THINGS ARE GOING NUTS.
IS SOMEBODY HERE RIGHT NOW? IF THERE IS, CAN YOU COME KNOCK THIS CAMERA OFF THE TRIPOD? THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE.
THOSE THINGS DON'T GO OFF THAT EASY.
WHEN WE REVIEWED THE FOOTAGE FROM OUR STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA TO SEE WHAT TRIGGERED THE MOTION SENSORS, WE WERE ABSOLUTELY STUNNED BY WHAT WE SAW.
[ ALARMS ACTIVATE .]
WHAT WE BELIEVE TO HAVE CAPTURED IS A SHADOW PERSON -- A SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENON OF DARK, UNEXPLAINED HUMANLIKE SHADOWS THAT OFTEN MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
WHEN WE REPLAY THE FOOTAGE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS ENTITY COMES FROM A.
C.
HOUGHTON'S OFFICE TO THE LEF AND GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL ON THE RIGHT.
WE THOUGHT THE MOTION SENSORS MAY HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED BY THE SPIRIT OF A.
C.
HOUGHTON.
A.
C.
, DO YOU NOT LIKE US IN YOUR HOUSE? I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETHING JUST HIT ME.
I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING JUST CAME IN AND HIT ME WITH A SUDDEN, LIKE, BLAST OF COLD AIR AND JUST, LIKE, SOMETHING WEIRD UP HERE IN MY HEAD, MAN.
CAN I SEE THE EMF DETECTOR? Goodwin: YEAH.
THESE EMF DETECTORS THAT WE'RE USING, THEY MEASURE THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT, AND GHOSTS OR SPIRITS ARE SAID TO GIVE OFF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, SO WHEN WE GET SPIKES AND WE'RE NOT AROUND NOTHING THAT'S ELECTRICAL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REAL, REAL GOOD CHANCE THAT THERE'S A SPIRIT HERE WITH US.
ARE YOU HERE WITH US, A.
C.
? DID YOU NOT LIKE WHAT I SAID ABOUT DO YOU NOT LIKE A BUNCH OF STRANGERS BEING LOCKED INSIDE YOUR HOUSE? [ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
IT'S OVER HERE.
NO.
NO.
NO.
NO.
COME HERE.
BE QUIET.
Shh.
I JUST HEARD A LITTLE GIRL SCREAM.
YEAH, A SCREAM.
OH, MY GOSH.
GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN.
I'M GETTING IT AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, SO AM I.
I JUST GOT THE CHILLS.
YES.
LOOK AT MY BODY.
Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh! IS ANYBODY HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW? THERE'S GOT TO BE A REASON FOR THIS.
OH, MAN.
MISSED IT? I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST HEARD A LITTLE GIRL SCREAM.
ALL THREE OF US CLEARLY HEARD A LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE, AND AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, MY EMF DETECTOR SPIKED, LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THE THEORY THAT THIS WAS PARANORMAL.
[ ECHOES .]
MARY HOUGHTON, ARE YOU IN HERE? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS.
KEEPS WALKING AROUND UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
[ CREAKING .]
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? IT KEEPS COMING FROM UPSTAIRS.
NO, DUDE, I JUST HEARD THAT.
IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGH AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WE'RE SEARCHING FOR THE SPIRI OF MARY HOUGHTON, WHO DIED TRAGICALLY IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
RIGHT HERE IN THE DOORFRAME.
COME HERE FOR A SECOND, ZAK.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS.
KEEPS WALKING AROUND UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
[ CREAKING .]
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? IT KEEPS COMING FROM UPSTAIRS.
NO, DUDE, I JUST HEARD THAT.
FOLLOW ME.
FOLLOW ME.
I HEARD THOSE THREE LOUD FOOTSTEPS.
GO UP THERE.
FOLLOW ME.
LET'S GO UP THERE.
LET'S BE REALLY QUIET.
OKAY.
AND LET'S TRY TO GO RIGH TO WHERE THE FOOTSTEPS ARE, AND LET'S SNEAK UP ON HER SINCE SHE'S SNEAKING UP ON US -- OR WHOEVER IT IS.
THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE WITH US.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO MARY'S ROOM RIGHT NOW -- MARY HOUGHTON -- AND THIS IS WHERE A LO OF ACTIVITY HAS HAPPENED.
ACTUALLY, AARON, DO YOU HAVE THAT DARK LIGHT? YEAH.
WHEN WE DO OUR INVESTIGATIONS, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES.
THIS IS CALLED A DARK LIGHT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO ILLUMINATE THE BUFFERING ZONE IN BETWEEN OUR WORLD AND THE SPIRIT WORLD BY USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANCE BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER RANGES OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUMS OF LIGHT.
TO ATTRACT GHOSTS TO THE LIGHT, KIND OF LIKE THOSE BUGS TO BUG ZAPPERS.
IT'S SIMILAR TO THAT.
SO, LET'S GO IN HERE AND PACE THIS WHOLE ROOM WITH THIS LIGHT.
LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
WE'LL GO IN HERE, OKAY? I'LL WAVE IT ALL AROUND.
AFTER THAT, I'M GONNA COME BACK OUT HERE, TAKE A SERIES OF, LIKE, FIVE PICTURES WITH OUR INFRARED CAMERA, AND SEE IF ANY SPIRITS WERE ATTRACTED TO THIS LIGHT.
MARY HOUGHTON, ARE YOU IN HERE? IF YOU ARE AND YOU CAN SEE ME, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS LIGHT, PLEASE COME TOWARDS ME.
COME ON, MARY HOUGHTON.
IS THIS YOUR ROOM? WE'RE NOT HERE FOR ANY TROUBLE.
WE JUST WANT TO SEE IF YOU'RE HERE.
SO, PLEASE COME TO THIS LIGH RIGHT NOW, MARY.
GUYS, SHOULD WE GET OUT? DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT, AND WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES WITH THE DIGITAL STILL AND SEE IF THIS LIGHT ATTRACTED ANYBODY? READY? GO.
GO.
GO.
GO.
GO.
GO.
READY? DIGITAL STILL.
RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE.
READY? YEP.
ANDOFF.
FLASH? YEP.
YEP.
THERE IT GOES.
THESE LONG INFRARED FLASHES CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH OUR NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS.
SPIRITS MOVE AT A HIGHER FREQUENCY AND OFTEN CANNOT BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE.
USING AN INFRARED CAMERA ALLOWS US TO SEE ABOVE THE VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM, THUS ILLUMINATING GHOST MATTER, INCLUDING ECTOPLASM.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING .]
THIS CAMERA ALSO RECORDS THE TEMPERATURE AT THE EXACT MOMEN THE PICTURE IS TAKEN.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTAN FACTOR, AS A SUDDEN DROP CAN INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRIT.
ANALYSIS SHOWED A CONSISTEN READING OF 75 DEGREES, EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE.
WE CAPTURED THIS UNEXPLAINED MIS FORMING TO THE LEF OF THE DESK.
WAS THIS THE GHOS OF MARY HOUGHTON? WE HEADED OFF IN SEARCH OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE THAT WAS BUILT WITHIN THE HOUGHTON MANSION IN THE EARLY 1900s.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT'S A CLOSE WITH ANOTHER DOORWAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL -- WITH MORE DOORS IN IT.
OH, MAN.
Groff: IT SMELLS IN THERE.
IT SMELLS MUSKY, DOESN'T IT? YEAH.
LIKE OLD COLOGNE OR SOMETHING -- CAN YOU SMELL THAT? MM-HMM.
WHAT'S IN THIS DOOR? IT IS VERY COMMON TO DETEC THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRI THROUGH SMELL, LIKE AN OLD PERFUME OR MUSKY COLOGNE THEY USED TO WEAR.
[ HINGES CREAK .]
OH, MY LORD.
THIS IS THE TEMPLE, GUYS.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE? IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE WITH US? ARE WE IN A TEMPLE WHERE WE SHOULDN'T BE? Goodwin: DUDE, I SWEAR TO GOD, GUYS, I KEEP HEARING SOMETHING, LIKE, RIGHT OVER HERE.
IT'S JUST LIKE -- I'M JUST OH.
DUDE, DON'T HIT THAT THING.
THAT THING MIGHT HAVE SOME POWERS OR SOMETHING.
I WOULDN'T MESS WITH THAT.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT.
DO YOU WANT US TO LEAVE? IT'S REAL EASY.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS MAKE ONE LITTLE TEENY-TINY NOISE, AND WE'RE GONE.
[ SLAMMING .]
DO YOU -- I HEARD THAT.
CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US? CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US? I THINK THAT'S WHA THAT WAS, NICK.
YEAH, IT WAS THE DOOR.
IT OPENED.
I KNOW.
I HEARD IT, TOO.
ALL THREE OF US HEARD A DOOR OPEN AND CLOSE, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE THE ONES RIGHT IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE OUR CAMERAS WERE POINTED DIRECTLY AT THEM.
AND AFTER REVIEWING OUR FOOTAGE, WE DIDN'T NOTICE THEM OPEN AT ALL.
IT'S REAL EASY.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS MAKE ONE LITTLE TEENY-TINY NOISE, AND WE'RE GONE.
[ SLAMMING .]
DO YOU -- CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US? WE THEN HEARD THE SQUEAK OF A DOOR ONCE AGAIN, RIGHT AFTER NICK'S QUESTION, BUT THIS TIME, IT WAS MORE FAINT.
WE ENHANCED THE AUDIO SO YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR IT.
[ CREAKING .]
WE DECIDED TO IMMEDIATELY CHECK THE SET OF DOORS DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS FIRST SET HERE AND NOTICED THAT THEY MAKE THE SAME EXACT SQUEAKY SOUND OF WHAT WE HEARD.
WAS THIS A SPIRIT RESPONDING TO OUR COMMANDS? [ HINGES CREAK .]
ANYBODY IN HERE? SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HEADING DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT.
[ CLATTER .]
THAT HURT LIKE HELL, MAN.
YOU GUYS GOT TO BE MY EYES.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE? MY -- WHO'S HERE? THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF A DARK, UNEXPLAINED FIGURE PEERING OUT THIS WINDOW WHICH COMES FROM MR.
WIDDERS'S ROOM -- THE HOUGHTON FAMILY'S CHAUFFEUR WHO SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD AFTER CAUSING THE CAR ACCIDEN WHICH LED TO DEATH AND TRAGEDY FOR THE HOUGHTON FAMILY.
RIGHT NOW, I'M IN MR.
WIDDERS'S ROOM, AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOU THE EQUIPMENT SETUP WE GOT GOING ON HERE.
FROM EARLIER, WE HAVE TWO X's THAT WE SET UP HERE.
WE PLACED SOME OF OUR STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CAMERA GOING HERE, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CAMERA RIGHT HERE ON OUR OTHER "X" FACING THIS DIRECTION.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE HAVE A THIRD CAMERA ON THE GROUND HERE WHICH IS ZOOMED IN ON OUR EMF DETECTOR TO MEASURE SOME ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY.
IF A GHOST COMES THROUGH HERE, HOPEFULLY, IT'LL TRIGGER THAT, SO WE HAVE THAT SET UP.
WE HAVE A COUPLE INFRARED FLASHLIGHTS THAT ARE BEAMING THIS WAY, TOO, AND, AGAIN, THIS IS THAT EXPERIMENTAL LIGH THAT WE'RE USING.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO ILLUMINATE THE BUFFERING ZONE BETWEEN OUR WORLD AND THE SPIRIT WORLD.
BASICALLY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT GHOSTS BY THIS LIGHT.
MR.
WIDDERS, IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, I WANT YOU TO COME TO THIS LIGHT.
YOU GUYS, GET OUT OF HERE.
GO.
MR.
WIDDERS, IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, I WANT YOU TO COME TO THIS LIGH RIGHT HERE, OKAY? [ INSECTS CHIRP .]
THIS OLD MANSION IS LIKE A MAZE OF ENDLESS STAIRCASES, COUNTLESS HALLWAYS, AND DOORS AROUND EVERY CORNER.
TRYING TO WALK AROUND IN PITCH DARKNESS WITH ONLY NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS CAN BE DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.
[ CLATTER .]
Groff: JESUS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GUIDE ME.
SORRY.
[BLEEP.]
CAN'T SEE [BLEEP.]
I WASN'T EVEN LOOKING.
YOU ALL RIGHT? YOU ALL RIGHT, MAN? THAT HURT LIKE HELL, MAN.
YOU GUYS GOT TO BE MY EYES.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HEADING DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT, AND I'M WEARING A MASK BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THERE MAY BE ASBESTOS DOWN HERE.
AND THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE INTERVIEWED SOME MASONS EARLIER.
THEY SAID THEY'VE BEEN PUSHED DOWN HERE, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY SEEN APPARITIONS.
YOU GUYS READY? COME ON.
IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE? MY -- Shh! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
I HEAR IT, TOO.
QUIET.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
THAT WAS LOUD.
WHAT WAS THAT THERE? WAS THAT BEHIND YOU? IS THERE SOMEBODY DOWN HERE? MY NAME'S ZAK.
I GOT NICK AND AARON WITH ME.
SOMEBODY GIVE US A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE.
BANG ON ONE OF THESE PIPES, MR.
WIDDERS.
CAN YOU HEAR MY VOICE? GIVE ME A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE.
BANG ON SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA SIT DOWN HERE BY MYSELF.
I HAVE A STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERA OVER THERE FILMING ME.
I'M GONNA BE FILMING IN FRONT OF THIS HALLWAY.
A LOT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN APPARITIONS IN THIS HALLWAY RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF REPORTS OF PEOPLE GETTING PUSHED DOWN HERE A LOT.
AND, ACTUALLY, THERE'S ONE MASON WE INTERVIEWED EARLIER WHO SAW THE APPARITION OF A LITTLE GIRL VERY CLEAR DOWN HERE, AND WE HEARD SOME LITTLE-GIRL SCREAMS ACTUALLY COMING FROM DOWN HERE WHEN WE WERE UPSTAIRS.
SO, I'M GONNA SIT DOWN HERE BY MYSELF AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER THIS LITTLE GIRL IS PLAYFUL OR IF SHE'S A DEMONIC LITTLE GIRL.
I ALSO SET A BALL IN FRONT OF ME TO USE AS A TRIGGER OBJECT -- SOMETHING A SPIRI MAY BE ATTRACTED TO.
AND BEFORE NICK AND AARON LEFT, THEY SET UP A FEW MORE STATIC-NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS COVERING THIS ENORMOUS BASEMENT.
THIS WAY.
[ SIGHS .]
WHILE HE'S DOWN THERE, WHA DO YOU WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW? DO YOU WANT TO GO INVESTIGATE THE SECOND FLOOR? ACTUALLY, DUDE, I WANT TO SEE YOU GET IN THAT ELECTRIC CHAIR.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, IF YOU'RE DOWN FOR THAT.
THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
LET'S GO TO THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? LET'S GO UPSTAIRS THIS WAY.
[ HINGES SQUEAK .]
Bagans: IS THERE ANYBODY DOWN HERE? IS THERE SOMEBODY BEHIND ME? [ SIGHS .]
HEY, AARON? THIS IS IT, HUH? THERE'S THE CHAIR.
THIS MYSTERIOUS ELECTRIC CHAIR AND BED OF NAILS WAS BELIEVED TO BE USED IN SECRETIVE RITUALS HERE IN THE MANSION IN THE EARLY 1900s.
MAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
YOU CAN TOTALLY -- WHAT THE [BLEEP.]
Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh! DO YOU HEAR THAT? DID YOU COMING A SECOND AGO? I DID.
WHERE WAS THA COMING FROM? NICK AND AARON BOTH HEARD FOOTSTEPS COMING UP THE FLIGHT OF STAIRS TOWARDS THEM.
THE AUDIO ON THEIR CAMERAS ALSO PICKED UP THESE UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
[ CLATTERING .]
YOU CAN TOTALLY -- WHAT THE [BLEEP.]
Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh! IS ANYONE DOWN THERE? IF YOU CAN SEE ME AND HEAR MY VOICE, AND YOU WANT ME OUT OF HERE [ CLINKING .]
GET THE [BLEEP.]
OUT.
HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEAD.
THIS WOULD BE A GOOD CLASSIFICATION OF A HAUNTING.
IT'S 4:17 A.
M.
I'M STILL IN THE BASEMENT, AND THINGS ARE ABOU TO GET INTERESTING.
IF YOU CAN SEE ME AND HEAR MY VOICE, AND YOU WANT ME OUT OF HERE, YOU CAN COME AND TELL ME.
JUST TALK INTO THIS THING THAT'LL -- [ CLATTER .]
WHO WAS THAT? MR.
WIDDERS, ARE YOU HERE? WHO'S HERE WITH ME RIGHT NOW? AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, I CAPTURED AN EVP, OR GHOST VOICE, ON MY DIGITAL RECORDER, USING OUR GOLD BERYLLIUM SUBTLE-ENERGY MICROPHONE.
FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DECIPHER, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OLDER MAN'S VOICE SAYING, "RAN FOR HELP.
" IS THIS MR.
WIDDERS TELLING US WHAT HE DID AFTER HE CAUSED THAT FATAL CAR ACCIDENT? [ CLINKING .]
GET THE [BLEEP.]
OUT.
[ CLATTER .]
WHO'S HERE? IS THAT YOU, JOHN WIDDERS? WELL, WE JUST CONCLUDED OUR LOCKDOWN HERE AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION, AND JOSH JUST UNLOCKED US OUT FROM OUR LONG NIGHT.
ALL WE CAN SAY, MAN, IS FROM WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE HEARD WITH OUR OWN EARS AND EYES, AND WHAT WE FELT, I THINK A LO OF THE STORIES THAT WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE INTERVIEWED ARE GONNA BE BACKED UP BY, HOPEFULLY, WHAT WE CAPTURED.
JUST BY WHAT WE SAW AND HEARD, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, ALL THOSE STORIES ARE VERY CREDIBLE.
SO, WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US IN AND WANDER AROUND.
YEAH, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE GET, MAN.
ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT? THANKS AGAIN.
AWESOME.
WE TRAVELED TO LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TO HAVE SOME OF OUR EVIDENCE ANALYZED.
ALL RIGHT, SO, WE CAME TO YOU GUYS 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A VIDEO PHOTO TECH FOR LAS VEGAS PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT -- WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOUR GROUP IN NEWS STORIES, PUBLICATIONS HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
SO, WE WANTED TO GE A SECOND OPINION ON THE EVIDENCE THAT WE CAPTURED.
THIS FIRST PICTURE THA YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS -- WE CAPTURED AT THE HOUGHTON MANSION.
WE WERE USING AN INFRARED DIGITAL-STILL CAMERA, OKAY? WE WENT INTO THIS PLACE CALLED MARY'S ROOM.
MARY WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CAR ACCIDENT.
SHE ALSO DIED FROM THE CAR ACCIDENT, OKAY? Luna: THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE RIGHT THERE.
MM-HMM.
YOU HAVE NO GLARE FROM THE MIRROR.
SEEMS TO BE FREE-FLOATING.
RIGHT IN HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEAD, A LITTLE MORE OF A BODY IN HERE.
I TRULY BELIEVE THA IT'S ACTUALLY MANIFESTING.
AND HERE IN THE OTHER PHOTOS, WE HAVE 75 DEGREES.
IT'S A CONSTANT 75 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ROOM, AND THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK WITH THE MIST, AND IT ACTUALLY HAS GONE DOWN 10 DEGREES.
IT'S AN AMAZING PHOTO.
IT'S GREAT PROOF.
Garrico: THAT'S WHA WE CALL AN ECTOPLASM.
ECTOPLASM IS WHEN AN ENTITY IS TRYING TO MANIFEST ITSELF, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING THE SUDDEN TEMPERATURE DROP.
AND IT'S WHEN YOU SEE A FREE-FLOATING MIST FORM.
EITHER THE ENTITY IS LEAVING OR IT'S ACTUALLY REGROUPING ITSELF, TRYING TO FORM A HUMAN FORM.
TWHEN YOU'RE TRYINGIL TO TAKE A PICTURE.
YEAH, SO, THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, A GREAT PIECE OF EVIDENCE.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY ENVIOUS.
THIS NEXT PIECE OF EVIDENCE IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE LIKE THE MOST SO FAR.
RIGHT HERE, WE ACTUALLY SEE THE MOTION SENSORS.
[ ALARM ACTIVATES .]
THEN WE ACTUALLY SEE A SMALL SHADOW IN THERE.
IT'S VERY FAST.
YOU REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS RIGHT IN THERE.
IS THAT THE MOTION SENSORS GOING OFF? Groff: THAT IS.
SO, RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL PITCH BLACK.
I'M MORE INTERESTED, ZAK, WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE ROOM HERE.
MM-HMM.
I'M LOOKING FOR AN ACTUAL LIGHT SOURCE.
IF YOU GO FORWARD JUST A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS YOUR SHADOW RIGHT IN HERE.
IF THERE WAS ACTUALLY ANYBODY BEHIND THAT CAMERA RIGHT THERE, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PASS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.
AND LOOKING AT YOUR VIDEO, LOOKING WHERE THE LIGHT SOURCES WERE, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO CAST AN ACTUAL SHADOW IN THIS ONE AREA WAY OVER HERE, TOO.
THE FUNNY THING IS, IS IF YOU SIT THERE AND WATCH THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY IS JUS STANDING THERE LIKE THIS.
AND AS SOON AS IT MOVES, IT SETS OFF THE ALARM MOTIONS, AND, BAM, IT'S GONE.
THAT'S MY HONEST OPINION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BIG DUDE HERE WAS STAKING YOU OU WHILE YOU GUYS WERE SETTING UP, AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
SO, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS A SHADOW PERSON? THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
DEFINITELY.
OR A SHADOW CHILD EVEN.
I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE JUS AS TALL AS THE DOOR IS, THIS THING IS STANDING IN FRON OF IT, IT COULD BE A CHILD.
IT'S ONLY THREE OR FOUR FEET.
CAN I TELL YOU GUYS SOMETHING? WHAT? THAT KIND OF GAVE ME A CHILL 'CAUSE YOU JUST SAID THA THAT MAY BE A CHILD.
WE START WALKING AROUND.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEAR A LITTLE GIRL -- WAS IT A LITTLE-GIRL SCREAM? Groff: YEAH, IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
A LITTLE-CHILD SCREAM.
[ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS -- AFTER WE CAME DOWN HERE -- BECAUSE OF THOSE MOTION SENSORS.
THE CHAIN OF EVENTS.
GOOD CHAIN OF EVENTS.
YEAH.
YOU HEAR THE AUDIO.
YOU GOT IT ON AUDIO.
YOU HAVE IT ON A SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT, BEING AN EMF METER.
AND THEN BAM, THERE'S YOUR VIDEO.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF A MANIFESTATION OF A SHADOW CHILD, I WOULD SAY.
THIS WOULD BE ACTUALLY A GOOD CLASSIFICATION OF A HAUNTING.
YEAH.
YEAH.
GOOD HAUNTING.
THE HOUGHTON MANSION, BUILT BY A PROMINENT FAMILY, BECAME A PLACE THAT BORE ITS TRAGEDIES, MANIFESTED THROUGH SOUNDS [ ECHOES .]
DID YOU HEAR THAT? SHADOWS [ ALARM ACTIVATES .]
AND MISTS.
I'M HEARING FOOTSTEPS UP IN MARY'S ROOM.
Bagans: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? WITNESSED BY THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE TODAY, I BELIEVE THESE MYSTERIES HAVE BUT ONE EXPLANATION.
THE SPIRITS OF THESE TRAGIC VICTIMS ARE LOCKED WITHIN THESE WALLS, AND THEIR SADNESS STILL LINGERS GENERATIONS LATER.