1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,360 On this episode of Expedition X. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:04,560 Check this out. 3 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:06,440 This is the spot. 4 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,000 My team braves the backwoods of Tennessee 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,240 to investigate a terrifying legend 6 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,680 200 years in the making. 7 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,080 I'm gonna see if I can't communicate with the Belwich. 8 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:21,280 A vengeful spirit that locals say has returned. 9 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,280 Something crazy happened in there. 10 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,960 It looked like claw marks. 11 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:28,520 Oh, wow. 12 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,480 Way more bones. 13 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,040 What the f*** is that, a human bone? 14 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:33,840 Jim? 15 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,120 I did hear that. 16 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,680 I don't like this play. 17 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,800 I feel like they're being watched. 18 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,520 Some legends refuse to die. 19 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,240 Are you still at the bell farm? 20 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,360 There are big scratch marks in here. 21 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,040 What the f*** happened down here? 22 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,720 Because the witch... 23 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:55,960 Be careful! 24 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:56,840 ...is... 25 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,200 You're gonna destroy it again. 26 00:00:58,200 --> 00:00:59,040 Back. 27 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:03,920 Bel? 28 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,400 Are you okay? 29 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,080 Terror of the Belwich. 30 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,600 My name is Josh Gates. 31 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,600 In my travels, I've experienced strange things 32 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:17,240 that defy logic and made me question everything. 33 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,000 Oh, my God. 34 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,600 Now, I've put together a team to investigate 35 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,480 the stranger side of the unknown. 36 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,160 Let's go! 37 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:27,960 Phil Torres is a scientist 38 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,400 who hunts for rational explanations. 39 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:31,360 This is a criminal. 40 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,040 He's actually found a station. 41 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,280 Jessica Chobot's paranormal research 42 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,600 has made her a true believer. 43 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:39,760 Phil, do you see that? 44 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,200 I just saw something right across. 45 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,440 Together, we're searching for answers... 46 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:44,840 What is that? 47 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,600 ...to the world's most extraordinary mysteries. 48 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,400 This is Expedition X. 49 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,840 All right, I hold in my hand 50 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,560 a very important book to the paranormal community. 51 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:01,760 Harry Potter. 52 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:03,960 Great guess. 53 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:04,960 Incorrect. 54 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,240 Supposedly, this is a work of nonfiction. 55 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,160 In it, the author describes events 56 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,200 that purportedly took place on a rural farm in Tennessee 57 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,240 in the early 19th century. 58 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,400 A haunting... 59 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,920 ...that left the family who lived there gripped with horror. 60 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:22,600 So, we're talking about the Belwich. 61 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,240 Yes, this is the authenticated history 62 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,640 of the Belwich by M. V. Ingram. 63 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:29,640 I love this story. 64 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:30,680 Read the book in college, 65 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,520 and it scared the absolute daylights out of me. 66 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:34,920 This book scares a lot of people, 67 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:37,120 and the reason for that is that a lot of people 68 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,400 believe that what's in it is true. 69 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,080 Why do I feel like I've seen this movie before? 70 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,120 Well, because you kind of have. 71 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,880 The Belwich was the inspiration for so many stories 72 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,000 and movies that followed. 73 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,320 Some say this was the inspiration for the Blair Witch Project. 74 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,440 In many ways, this really is the most famous haunting 75 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:55,720 in American history. 76 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:01,080 The year is 1894. 77 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,600 Author M. V. Ingram writes what he claims 78 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,160 is a terrifying but true story. 79 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,840 He reports that local farmer John Bell 80 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,520 is tending to his crops 81 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,160 when he spots an enormous, black, dog-like beast 82 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,600 with glowing red eyes. 83 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,880 When he fires his rifle at the creature, 84 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,320 it vanishes like a ghost. 85 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,560 Soon after, the entire Bell family 86 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,440 is terrorized in their home 87 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,840 by unearthly sounds of gnawing, scratching, 88 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,200 chains rattling, and intense knocking. 89 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,320 An invisible force is said to attack the Bell children, 90 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,880 ripping their bedsheets from under them in their sleep. 91 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,360 Slapping, scratching, yanking hair. 92 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,120 15-year-old Betsy Bell gets the brunt of the trauma. 93 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,400 It's reported that the voice of the witch 94 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,280 is heard by many people who set foot in the Bell farmhouse. 95 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,560 Eventually, words spreads and crowds flock to the Bell farm, 96 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,960 hoping to hear the whisperings of the specter. 97 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,360 It's even said that General Andrew Jackson, 98 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,480 before he became president, is among the visitors. 99 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:08,600 Ingram writes, 100 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,680 the more attention the spirit receives, 101 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,800 the more powerful she becomes. 102 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,400 Until one day, she actually starts to speak. 103 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,240 It's said that she torments young Betsy the most 104 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:24,080 and even identifies herself as old Kate Batswitch. 105 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,720 Kate Bats lived next door to the Bell family. 106 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,240 It's said she was angry with John Bell about a financial matter, 107 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,720 and on her deathbed, she cursed him, 108 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,640 a curse that gave rise to her malevolent spirit. 109 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,160 Ingram concludes, 110 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,040 in a final act of terror, 111 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,960 the spirit announces its intention to kill John Bell. 112 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,880 Days later, he is found dead, 113 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,000 with a vial of poison at his side. 114 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,280 Today, the residents of this small Tennessee town 115 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:54,960 are terrified once again, 116 00:04:54,960 --> 00:05:00,480 experiencing what they say can only be the work of the infamous witch. 117 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,040 Sightings of an unidentified creature with eerie red eyes 118 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,280 have been reported once again, 119 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:10,240 a monster that locals believe is not only connected to the witch, 120 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,760 but possibly the witch herself. 121 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,200 There are also incidents of strange disembodied voices, 122 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,680 and just recently, a local man claims he was restrained 123 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,880 and viciously attacked by an unseen entity. 124 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,280 But skeptics counter that it's simply superstition, 125 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:29,200 and that the story is nothing more than just that, 126 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,960 a tale made up entirely by author M.V. Ingram, 127 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,120 perhaps a horror writer, 128 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,200 way ahead of his time. 129 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,200 So? 130 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,200 I just got to say, 131 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,200 it seems a little too impressive to be real. 132 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,200 I mean, this isn't a ghost story, this is a ghost novel, 133 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,200 and so it claims very clearly up top authenticated history. 134 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,200 So you know it's true. 135 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,200 Exactly. So it was written in 1894. 136 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,200 When did this supposedly actually take place? 137 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,200 About 77 years earlier. 138 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,200 So that's a long time for this story to change. 139 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,200 Well, hold up. I mean, the Bell family was a real family, right? 140 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,200 Yes. Yeah, but this idea of a talkative, invisible entity 141 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,200 attacking people just seems a little over the top. 142 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,200 Keep in mind that this is the 1800s, 143 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,200 so not going to just make something like this up, 144 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:25,200 because that can get you ostracized from church and from society. 145 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,200 So there's nothing for the Bell family to gain by coming out with this. 146 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:34,200 But there's a lot that the author M.V. Ingram would gain 147 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,200 by selling this book 77 years later. 148 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,200 It's true. The other thing that we're not even talking about 149 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,200 are the recent accounts. 150 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,200 And really this debate is exactly what I want you to settle. 151 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,200 OK, your mission is to go to Tennessee and to meet with folks 152 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,200 that are having supposedly current experiences, 153 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,200 but also to do what you're doing right here, 154 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,200 to unravel the legend itself. 155 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,200 You up for this? Absolutely. 156 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,200 Come in. 157 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,200 This is either a work of fiction 158 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,200 or the most terrifying true story ever written. 159 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,200 The team travels 765 miles from New York City 160 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,200 to Nashville, Tennessee. 161 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,200 From there, it's only a 40-minute drive north to rural Robertson County 162 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,200 and to the small town of Adams. 163 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,200 All right, looking at this, we got rolling hills, cornfields, 164 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,200 old farmhouses. 165 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,200 I think we made it to Adams. 166 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,200 Home to the story of the Bell Witch. 167 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,200 Oh, it's more of that story. 168 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,200 I don't know about that. 169 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,200 I do have an open mind, 170 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,200 but with this case, it all just strikes me as a spooky tall tale 171 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,200 that was retold so many times in this community, 172 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,200 it kind of became true. 173 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,200 But Jess is going to fight me on it every step of the way. 174 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,200 So I've been reading up as much as possible. 175 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,200 One of the things that kind of stood out to me 176 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,200 is General Andrew Jackson's visit 177 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,200 of all of the witnesses to have. 178 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,200 Andrew Jackson is a pretty big one on the list. 179 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,200 According to Ingram's book, 180 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,200 he came with a group of his men, 181 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,200 and they basically went on a witch hunt. 182 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,200 He was really interested in it, 183 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,200 and he was doing what we're doing. 184 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,200 He made a road trip to come witch hunting. 185 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,200 We're just super cool. 186 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,200 So you're convinced that at least part of this story 187 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,200 is rooted in actual history and not just tall tales? 188 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,200 I do think that something unexplained 189 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,200 happened to these people out here. 190 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,200 That's why we're here, to figure out 191 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,200 what actually did happen then. 192 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,200 The town of Adams, Tennessee was founded in 1869, 193 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,200 nearly 50 years after the initial bellwitch hauntings. 194 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,200 Nevertheless, in this small town of about 700, 195 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,200 the legend is all too real. 196 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,200 My team's first stop is at the Bellwillet Museum and Archives, 197 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,200 where Tyler E. Step, the curator, 198 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,200 has agreed to meet with them. 199 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,200 Hello. 200 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,200 We're basically here interested in all things bellwitch. 201 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,200 Come to the right place, then. 202 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,200 Are these teeth? 203 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,200 Those are Joel Bell's false teeth. 204 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,200 When his body was moved back to Adams to Bellwood Cemetery 205 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,200 over here, his false teeth were found and sent to the museum. 206 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,200 From original photos to family heirlooms 207 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,200 and copies of the Ingram book that made the Bell family famous, 208 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:26,200 it's clear that the Bells and their legacy are more than folklore. 209 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,200 I'm seeing some of the Ingram books here. 210 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,200 Absolutely. 211 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,200 Well, do you have an original at all? 212 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,200 Yes, I do. 213 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:33,200 Oh, that's the one. 214 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:34,200 Would you like to take a look? 215 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,200 Yeah. 216 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:38,200 Wow. 217 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:39,200 Nice. 218 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:40,200 Super cool. 219 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,200 One of the things I wanted to look at 220 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,200 is the Our Family Troubles section, which is... 221 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,200 Of course. 222 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,200 ...supposedly a direct account from John Bell's son, William. 223 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,200 Right? 224 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,200 Kind of the deal was with the diary was, 225 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,200 after everybody had died, 226 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,200 then they could make a publication of this. 227 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,200 So the diary was given to Ingram. 228 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,200 He writes a book, the diary disappears. 229 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,200 No one knows where it is. 230 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,200 Interesting. 231 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:07,200 So Ingram is the only person we have to go on that has ties to this story. 232 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,200 Yes. 233 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,200 If the only direct evidence Ingram had from the Bell family, 234 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,200 this diary, was lost, 235 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,200 who's to say it ever existed in the first place? 236 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,200 Or if it did, that it would corroborate Ingram's book? 237 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,200 It's at least certain that the Bell family was here 238 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,200 and something happened with them. 239 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,200 Something happened? 240 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,200 I don't think anybody knows exactly what happened. 241 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,200 And there are people in town who believe that whatever happened 242 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,200 out on that farm is happening again today. 243 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,200 Of course there are. 244 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,200 Tyler directs us to meet a local resident of Adams who, 245 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,200 just like the Bells, has had experiences she simply can't explain. 246 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,200 And lucky for us, she owns the local diner. 247 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,200 That looks great. 248 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,200 I hope you enjoy the pie. 249 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,200 Now Brenda, we are here for two equally important reasons. 250 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,200 One of which is that I heard you have the best pie in town. 251 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:02,200 Yes. 252 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,200 But two, we heard you had a Bell witch experience. 253 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,200 I had an experience. 254 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:13,200 I was driving close to the Bell farm and I looked over 255 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:19,200 and I saw this animal coming toward me. 256 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,200 Don't know what it was. 257 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,200 It was black. 258 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,200 The only thing that I really saw, 259 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,200 and excuse me, was the blazing red eyes. 260 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,200 Two red eyes coming at you. 261 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,200 Then it was gone. 262 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,200 It disappeared as fast as it come toward me. 263 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,200 So when you saw the eyes, were you able to kind of guesstimate 264 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,200 how big the animal was? 265 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,200 Maybe about the size of a great dame. 266 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,200 I mean it was big. 267 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,200 You can see like a shape of a head. 268 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,200 The most detail I had was the red eyes 269 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,200 because I've never seen anything like that before. 270 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,200 So what is it that you think you saw? 271 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,200 I don't know. 272 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,200 For anyone who grows up in Adams, 273 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,200 are they raised hearing stories of the witch? 274 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,200 When I was growing up, my grandfather told me stories. 275 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:16,200 He was saying that his great grandfather was fixing to come across a bridge 276 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,200 and all of a sudden the mules just stopped. 277 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,200 So he got off the wagon, took the reins and hit the mules again, 278 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,200 tried to get them to go. 279 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,200 Still wouldn't go. 280 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,200 He talked and said, 281 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,200 whatever you are, just let me go. 282 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,200 He said he heard a shrill laugh. 283 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,200 And then he was able to go home. 284 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,200 Wow. 285 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,200 So what would you say to people kind of like Phil, 286 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,200 who don't believe in the bellwitch? 287 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,200 There has been strange things that has happened 288 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,200 to make believers out of the non-believers. 289 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:52,200 Because a lot of weird stuff does go on that you can't explain. 290 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,200 Brenda's account matches the first incident 291 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,200 that Ingram's book attributes to the bellwitch, 292 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:03,200 when John Bell shot his rifle at a horrific dog-like beast with glowing red eyes. 293 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,200 Soon after, the witch attacked the Bell family. 294 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:11,200 And this is why many believe that this beast might not only be connected to the witch, 295 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,200 but maybe they are one and the same. 296 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:19,200 And some locals believe the same supernatural pattern detailed in Ingram's book 297 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,200 is starting all over again. 298 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:29,200 Hey, you must be Philip. 299 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,200 I am. 300 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,200 Great to meet you. 301 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:35,200 Caving expert Philip Breikwalder says that while on a recent solo expedition 302 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,200 in a newly discovered cave, 303 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,200 he encountered something that shook him to the core 304 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,200 and left his arms badly scratched. 305 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,200 So is this the cave we had the experience? 306 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,200 This is it. 307 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,200 So what happened? 308 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,200 I was in there and I heard something. 309 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,200 Didn't quite know what I heard, so I stopped. 310 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,200 Everything was quiet. 311 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:05,200 It almost sounded like a voice, a menacing voice. 312 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,200 So I started going out. 313 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,200 I started getting up the rope and something pulled up my hair 314 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,200 and something scratched my arm. 315 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,200 I turned around. 316 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,200 I didn't see anything. 317 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,200 I just felt this panic. 318 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,200 And I got out. 319 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,200 Do you think it could have been an animal? 320 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,200 Negative, totally not. 321 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,200 That's scary. 322 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,200 Yeah, it's definitely something that's going to stay with me. 323 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,200 I mean, you mentioned the cuts. 324 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,200 Do you still have any scrapes or marks from it? 325 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,200 I took pictures of them. 326 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:35,200 Oh, perfect. 327 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:36,200 Oh, whoa. 328 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,200 Those definitely look like claw marks. 329 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,200 Yeah, it's hard to tell. 330 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,200 Especially the long ones here. 331 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,200 The others kind of look like just could be scrambling scars. 332 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,200 When you're caving, you get scratching your elbows and your knees, 333 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,200 but nothing on your forearm. 334 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,200 It was going for both my arms. 335 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:55,200 The Bell Witch has long been associated with caves in the area. 336 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,200 According to the legend, the Witch's sanctuary 337 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,200 was hidden somewhere in the vast cave network deep below Adams. 338 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,200 Have you heard rumors about the caves here 339 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,200 and their association with the Bell Witch? 340 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,200 Did that come to mind when this happened? 341 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,200 Yes. 342 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,200 What have you heard? 343 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,200 Oh, I've heard stories. 344 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,200 I mean, growing up caving here, I started caving when I was a kid. 345 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:17,200 We're actually going to go in there and see if we can't get the same experience. 346 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:18,200 Okay. 347 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,200 Do you want to come with us? 348 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:20,200 Totally not. 349 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,200 I'll go in any of the cave, but not that one. 350 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:25,200 All right. 351 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,200 Okay. 352 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,200 I can understand that, but you're the expert here. 353 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,200 What's the easiest way to get down on the bottom? 354 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,200 There's only one way down. 355 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,200 If you go up around the high side of the sinkhole, 356 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,200 and rig your rope to that big tree, then rappel in. 357 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,200 Something attacked Philip in this cave. 358 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,200 And any evidence, or maybe the attacker itself, 359 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,200 going down, 360 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,200 lies deep underground. 361 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,200 Whoa! 362 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,200 My team is in Tennessee exploring the legend of the Bell Witch. 363 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,200 Their investigation has led them underground, 364 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,200 where caving expert Philip Reichwalder had a bizarre encounter 365 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:10,200 that around these parts can only be explained as pretty bell witchy. 366 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,200 Going down. 367 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:16,200 Whoa! 368 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,200 This drop is no joke. 369 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,200 Oh my God, look at this place. 370 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:33,200 All right. 371 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,200 Jess, you good? 372 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,200 Ghosts and paranormal activity don't scare me, but heights? 373 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,200 Well, that's another story. 374 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,200 This is so steep. 375 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,200 It's okay, just go slow. 376 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,200 How much further? 377 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,200 Just 10 more feet, Jess. 378 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,200 Almost down. 379 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,200 All right. 380 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,200 All right. 381 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:02,200 Philip Reichwalder believes he was attacked by some sort of unseen entity. 382 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,200 But more likely explanation is he disturbed a coyote 383 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,200 and was disoriented in the dark. 384 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:11,200 Careful. 385 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,200 Opens up back here. 386 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,200 Ouch. 387 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:17,200 Wow. 388 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,200 My hope is that if we thoroughly explore the cave, 389 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:24,200 we may find clues left behind from whatever was that scared 390 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,200 and scratched our witness. 391 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,200 Let's see what have we got. 392 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:28,200 Looks like passage back there. 393 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,200 There. 394 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,200 Looks like we got one up here. 395 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,200 I'm kind of favoring this one, 396 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:35,200 because it looks like it kind of launches off into a larger area. 397 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,200 Okay. 398 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,200 Let's go for it. 399 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,200 Oh my God. 400 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,200 What? 401 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,200 This place is filled with bones. 402 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,200 Check. 403 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:50,200 Holy s***. 404 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:53,200 What is that, a human bone? 405 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,200 I don't know what kind of bone it is. 406 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,200 Oh my God, there's a huge pile behind us. 407 00:17:58,200 --> 00:17:59,200 You see all those? 408 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,200 Oh wow. 409 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,200 What are these from? 410 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,200 Is something living down here? 411 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,200 Could still be here? 412 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,200 I don't like this place. 413 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,200 I feel like we're being watched. 414 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,200 All right, should we keep going? 415 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,200 I kind of feel like if we already found this, 416 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:16,200 we have to keep going. 417 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,200 I'll follow you. 418 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,200 All right. 419 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,200 Tight squeeze. 420 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:26,200 Oh wow. 421 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,200 Way more bones. 422 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:29,200 More? 423 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:30,200 More. 424 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,200 It's like a graveyard down here. 425 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,200 Oh God. 426 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,200 I like this. 427 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,200 This looks like some animal was storing its food in here. 428 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,200 Look at that. 429 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,200 What are these walnuts? 430 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,200 And there also seems to be like bedding, 431 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,200 all the leaves and everything. 432 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,200 Is that a candle? 433 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,200 No. 434 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:52,200 I mean this is a candle. 435 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,200 This looks old. 436 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,200 That is so weird. 437 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,200 I feel creeped out just holding this thing. 438 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:05,200 Somebody actually came down here at one point to do a ritual. 439 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,200 I have no clue what would make this combination 440 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,200 of all the walnuts and the bones. 441 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,200 And then there's that candle too. 442 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:21,200 So that to me says a human or someone who was down here. 443 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:26,200 This to me says, you know, probably some kind of animal. 444 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,200 Maybe it's a combination. 445 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,200 Witches were also known for having familiars 446 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,200 and familiars were like various animals 447 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,200 that would do the witches bidding 448 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,200 where it would be the one to carry out and help her with her spells. 449 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,200 In Wiccan mythology, 450 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,200 familiars are supernatural entities or demons 451 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,200 that can take the form of many animals. 452 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Traditionally, they've provided protection for their masters 453 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,200 and help them perform magic. 454 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,200 And walnut trees were once feared as a bad omen 455 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:56,200 and hold special significance as gathering spots for witches. 456 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,200 Piles of bones, walnuts and candles, 457 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,200 all in one specific area of this cave, 458 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,200 it can't be an accident. 459 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:09,200 This is still the weirdest pile of anything I've ever seen in nature. 460 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,200 This could be a wild animal just in its space, 461 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:16,200 but that candle, I feel like that candle is kind of the bridge 462 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,200 to whatever's happening here. 463 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,200 Where that? 464 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:25,200 There was like a rock fall or a nush. 465 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,200 That came from over there. 466 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,200 Something could be down here. 467 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,200 I'm serious. We've got to be careful. 468 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,200 Yeah, for sure. 469 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,200 Wanna go up that way? 470 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,200 Wow, big drop over here. 471 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,200 Really? 472 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,200 Big drop. 473 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,200 The tiny passage opens up to a larger section of the cave 474 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,200 where we get confirmation that we're not alone. 475 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,200 Look at this. 476 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,200 What did you find? 477 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,200 See that? 478 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,200 That looks like... 479 00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:59,200 Yeah, can you see that? 480 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,200 Topaz, one, two, three, four. 481 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,200 Oh. 482 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:03,200 And then those talons right there. 483 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,200 Those two are how you know it's a canine, 484 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,200 whatever it is. 485 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,200 I want to keep pushing through. 486 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,200 Pretty slippery here. 487 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,200 We follow the passage deeper into the darkness, 488 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,200 but we find no signs of additional tracks. 489 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:27,200 Wow, look at this place. 490 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:31,200 Wow. 491 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,200 All right. 492 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:34,200 Oh, wow. 493 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,200 We're all these stalactites. 494 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,200 This is where you could see the power of all that erosion, 495 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,200 all the water that runs underneath Tennessee 496 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,200 and connects all these caves. 497 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,200 If you believe the legend, 498 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,200 the caves beneath Adams were once the stomping ground 499 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,200 of the bell witch, 500 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,200 old Kate Bats witch, as she was also known. 501 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,200 It's rumored that Kate Bats was John Bell's neighbor, 502 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,200 and she cursed him on her deathbed. 503 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,200 Her voice and sightings of a black dog-like beast 504 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,200 were both reported to have appeared in chambers like this one. 505 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,200 I think it's worth looking around here to see if we can find 506 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,200 any evidence of anyone else being here. 507 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,200 But also, I want to take out my gas meter 508 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,200 because, you know, with this story that Philip had, 509 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,200 it's kind of hard to believe for such an experienced person 510 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,200 to not know what was happening here. 511 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,200 So if I can detect some sort of gas, 512 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,200 maybe he was hallucinating or something. 513 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,200 That's why I think it's good to use a detector. 514 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,200 Okay. 515 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,200 Methane gas is commonly found in cave networks such as this one, 516 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,200 migrating through the limestone walls 517 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,200 and underground water systems. 518 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,200 Let me just get the sensitivity. 519 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,200 So this sound means it's working. 520 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,200 It'll be very loud if it detects something. 521 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,200 It's getting... 522 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,200 It's getting a little bit... 523 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,200 Nothing too crazy. 524 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,200 Nothing that can kill us? 525 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Yeah, nothing I can tell. 526 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:12,200 Inhaling too much methane can cause visual and tactile hallucinations, 527 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,200 which could explain what Philip experienced here. 528 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,200 I'm gonna check some of the fissures in the rocks 529 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,200 to see if anything would be seeping out of there. 530 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:23,200 The detector is recording very low amounts in the surrounding limestone, 531 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,200 so we can cross that theory off our list. 532 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,200 That's another pile. Tons of bones. 533 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,200 Really? 534 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,200 Yeah, lots of sticks. 535 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,200 Something is putting little shrines all over the place. 536 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:41,200 Why would someone be putting these piles of bones as shrines around here? 537 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,200 Who knows, it could be protection shrines, 538 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,200 homages to something that it worships. 539 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,200 Many cultures believe that caves are portals to the spiritual world, 540 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,200 and it's not unusual to find shrines or offerings inside of them. 541 00:23:55,200 --> 00:24:00,200 What's strange is finding shrine-like piles in a cave that is so inaccessible. 542 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,200 So, let's just do some call and response and set up some equipment 543 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,200 and see what we can get out of here. 544 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:11,200 If the spirit of the bell witch is down here, I'd like to say hello. 545 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,200 She's supposed to be talkative. 546 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,200 Right? Yeah, she is. 547 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:20,200 Ingram states in his book that the witch actually spoke to those she tormented, 548 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,200 and that 15-year-old Betsy Bell was her favorite target. 549 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,200 So even if she decides to communicate in the faintest whisper, 550 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:33,200 my audio recorder's sensitive microphone can pick up the most subtle sounds 551 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,200 that are undetectable by the human ear. 552 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,200 I also have a vibration and motion detector, 553 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:44,200 a device wired to pick up the slightest reverberations down here. 554 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,200 If anything moves in this area, the alarm will be triggered, 555 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,200 displaying lights and an audible alert. 556 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,200 Kate, are you there? 557 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,200 Kate, why did you hate John Bell so much? 558 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:08,200 I know you spoke to Betsy Bell. Can you talk to me? 559 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,200 It's not like a water droplet. 560 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,200 Are you Kate? 561 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,200 The detector's moving. Yeah, the detector's moving. 562 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,200 Dude, the detector went off right when I said, are you Kate? 563 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,200 Kate, is there anything you need to tell us? 564 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,200 Did you hear that? 565 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,200 I'll be honest, that sounded almost like a voice. 566 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,200 Just got a shot in the ring. 567 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,200 I want to see what that was. 568 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,200 Hold this. What? Where are you going? 569 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,200 I want to know what it is. 570 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,200 Bell? 571 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,200 Did you hear that? 572 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,200 I'll be honest, that sounded almost like a voice. 573 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,200 What? Where are you going? 574 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,200 I want to see what that was. 575 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,200 Bell? 576 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,200 Oh, f***! 577 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,200 Phil, are you alright? 578 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:48,200 Phil! 579 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,200 Phil, are you okay? 580 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,200 I'm alright, I'm alright. 581 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,200 I'm okay. I'm coming up. 582 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,200 What happened? 583 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,200 I heard moving out there. 584 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,200 It was sizable. It was moving. 585 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,200 And then I kind of fell down the hill. 586 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,200 Are you alright? 587 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,200 I'm fine. 588 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,200 But seriously though, are you okay? 589 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,200 I'm fine. 590 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:14,200 I mean, I'm down to still stay in here and do a little bit more exploring. 591 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,200 Okay, let's keep going. 592 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,200 We continue to search the cave for hours, 593 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,200 looking for the source of what sounded something like a disembodied voice. 594 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:29,200 Whether it was a real animal or a harbinger of the bell witch, who knows. 595 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,200 But there's no doubt in my mind that the piles of bones and candle we found 596 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:38,200 are evidence that something very strange is going on below the surface of atoms. 597 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,200 So we decide to check in with Josh to figure out our next move. 598 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,200 Hey Josh. 599 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,200 Hi. 600 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,200 How are you? 601 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:47,200 Good. 602 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,200 Have you found America's most famous witch yet? 603 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,200 I mean possibly. 604 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,200 Okay, we gotta possibly. What's up? 605 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:59,200 We actually met up with some eyewitnesses who claimed to have seen the same dog-like creature that Ingram writes about in his book. 606 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:04,200 So we went and explored this cave and we found multiple piles of bones as well as a candle 607 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,200 and it looked like it might have been used in some sort of ritual. 608 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,200 So a lot of really weird stuff. 609 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,200 And we did find a canine paw print in there. 610 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:17,200 Something's living down there or trapped down there so at least that part of his story holds up. 611 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,200 So I see Jess hasn't fully convinced you yet Phil. 612 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,200 Oh no. 613 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:22,200 I'm working on it. 614 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,200 We definitely did hear something down there. 615 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,200 I will give her that. 616 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:31,200 It is fascinating that the modern sightings are mimicking the book but the really frustrating part is 617 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,200 we don't even know if anything in the book is true. 618 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,200 Right. 619 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,200 And this really is the heart of the matter, right? 620 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,200 I mean this is where the legend comes from. 621 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:46,200 So to that end I've tracked down a historian named David Britton who has recently found what could be 622 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,200 like an honest to God smoking gun document. 623 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:50,200 Okay. 624 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,200 That's awesome. 625 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:52,200 Yeah that sounds intriguing. 626 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,200 I'm told that it's a document of some kind that hasn't seen the light of day in 200 years. 627 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:02,200 And whether this is something that proves that Ingram was literally crying wolf or whether it reveals 628 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:08,200 there was something terrifying happening out on the Belfarm this could be the key to unlocking the whole legend. 629 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,200 How do we get a hold of this guy? 630 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,200 I'm setting a meeting this afternoon out at the old Belfarm. 631 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,200 So he'll meet you out there and hopefully bring whatever he's found with him. 632 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,200 Perfect. 633 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,200 Great. 634 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,200 Good luck and stay safe, okay? 635 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:27,200 Ever since I read the authenticated history of the Belwich back in college I've been hooked on this story. 636 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:32,200 But separating 200 years of fact from fiction is no easy task. 637 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,200 I'm just getting a little overwhelmed at this point. 638 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,200 We've got hell hounds attacking people. 639 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:41,200 We've got the Ingram book, what part of it is true, what part of it is false. 640 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:46,200 What is something that we should be paying attention to and what is something that we should be dismissing? 641 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:54,200 I'm really hoping that he'll be able to tell us historically speaking what information is verifiable and what isn't. 642 00:29:54,200 --> 00:30:01,200 We're meeting historian and author David Britton on the old Belfarm property, the location where the legend began. 643 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:06,200 David has been researching the story for years and is currently writing a book on the subject. 644 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,200 Thanks for meeting us out here. 645 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:09,200 Absolutely, it's my pleasure. 646 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,200 So are any of the buildings still standing? 647 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,200 Not at all. 648 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:17,200 No, they've been gone for decades, if not over 100 years plus. 649 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,200 Wow. 650 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,200 There's graves and remnants of a well and that's about it. 651 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,200 So we've been here investigating. 652 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,200 Some people are saying that there's haunted caves. 653 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,200 Other people are saying that there's… 654 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,200 Hell hounds. 655 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,200 Yeah, the hell hounds. 656 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:40,200 In this local community, it's such a strong story and has been for so long that anytime something unexplained happens, blame it on the bell witch, right? 657 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,200 Got it, yeah. 658 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:45,200 So with the Ingram book, is that something we should completely write off? 659 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,200 No, it is not. 660 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:55,200 Scholars up until this point have generally thought that Ingram made this up until I accidentally discovered a resource. 661 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:57,200 Can I show it to you? 662 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:58,200 Absolutely. 663 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,200 It's a journal of a soldier. 664 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,200 He was part of a scientific expedition. 665 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:03,200 Wow. 666 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,200 So he's about as professional as you come at this point. 667 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:07,200 Yeah. 668 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,200 And as I was reading through it, came across this entry. 669 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,200 This is Thursday, October 19th, 1820. 670 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,200 He says that rather a singular circumstance was here related to me. 671 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:26,200 Of a young girl of about 15 years of age, a voice accompanies her. 672 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:34,200 Thousands of persons have visited her to hear this voice. 673 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,200 He's talking about Betsy Bell. 674 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:40,200 He's writing this down and hearing about it as it's happening. 675 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,200 That's correct. 676 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,200 Oh my gosh. 677 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,200 So this is a true primary resource as far as history scholars are concerned. 678 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:50,200 What this does tell us is that everything that comes after it has a kernel of truth. 679 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,200 That is so cool. 680 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,200 That makes me so happy to hear that you found that. 681 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,200 How did it get lost? 682 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:59,200 It was a document just in the dustbins of the National Archives. 683 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,200 So nobody was really looking for it. 684 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,200 You guys are actually the first people outside of my close friends to hear about this. 685 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:05,200 That's fantastic. 686 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,200 Also, thank you. 687 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,200 Yeah, absolutely. 688 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,200 I promise not to tweet it out. 689 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,200 All right. 690 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,200 Yes. 691 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,200 Yes. 692 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:18,200 David discovered the first recorded eyewitness report about the supernatural events on the Bell farm. 693 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:23,200 It proves that Ingram didn't invent the story as many have suggested. 694 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:29,200 And that he was recounting some sort of actual terrifying event on the Bell farm decades earlier. 695 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:35,200 And if the spirit still exists, the farm is the most likely place to make contact. 696 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,200 So as daylight starts to fade, we make our way to the cornfield. 697 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:45,200 Just like John Bell did in 1817, right before a hellhound paid him a visit. 698 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,200 Oh, this corn is so thick. 699 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,200 I'm trying to get smashed in the face. 700 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,200 At the middle of the field is a lone hackberry tree. 701 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:55,200 All right. 702 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,200 You'll see the tree up ahead. 703 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,200 All right. 704 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,200 Keep heading that way. 705 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:03,200 This was the center of the old Bell farm. 706 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,200 Oh, all right. 707 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,200 Made it to the tree. 708 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,200 Look at this. 709 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:10,200 I see the well. 710 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,200 That's the Bell family well. 711 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:18,200 This is the only thing left from the original John Bell house. 712 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,200 Yeah. 713 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,200 And everything began. 714 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,200 Yeah. 715 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,200 Yeah. 716 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,200 I want to see how deep this thing is. 717 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,200 All of that is deep. 718 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,200 We should investigate it. 719 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,200 Yeah. 720 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:33,200 Some believe that spirits can attach themselves to everything from people to property. 721 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:38,200 If the Bell's home played host to the witch, and if her presence also exists underground, 722 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:45,200 then this well is all she's got left, a portal between the farm and the other side. 723 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:46,200 You got my line? 724 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,200 I got your line. 725 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:48,200 Okay. 726 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:49,200 All right. 727 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:50,200 Going down. 728 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,200 A supernatural portal? 729 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:59,200 I'm not so sure about that, but it is the only remaining part of the original Bell farmstead, 730 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,200 and I want to get a firsthand look. 731 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,200 Oh. 732 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:04,200 Down. 733 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,200 Wow. 734 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,200 Weird. 735 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:07,200 What? 736 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,200 What? 737 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,200 What? 738 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,200 Oh, sh**. 739 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:11,200 Down. 740 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,200 Wow. 741 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,200 Weird. 742 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:14,200 What? 743 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:15,200 What? 744 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,200 What? 745 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:17,200 What? 746 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:18,200 Oh, sh**. 747 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,200 There are like big scratch marks in here. 748 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:22,200 All right. 749 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:23,200 Going down. 750 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,200 Oh. 751 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:25,200 Go. 752 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:26,200 Good. 753 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:31,200 Now I'm feeling a little better. 754 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:36,200 I'm feeling a little better. 755 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:40,200 Now I'm feeling a little better. 756 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:41,200 Down. 757 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,200 Wow. 758 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:45,200 Weird. 759 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:46,200 What? 760 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:47,200 What? 761 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:48,200 What? 762 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:49,200 What? 763 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,200 Holy sh**. 764 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:51,200 There are like big scratch marks in here. 765 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:56,200 Here, here, here, like something was trying to climb out of here. 766 00:34:56,700 --> 00:34:57,900 God, that's disgusting. 767 00:34:57,900 --> 00:34:58,740 There's hair. 768 00:35:00,380 --> 00:35:02,620 It looks more human than animal. 769 00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:04,380 What the hell happened down here? 770 00:35:04,380 --> 00:35:06,980 If you can bring any of that up, bring it up with you. 771 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:07,820 Yeah. 772 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:13,940 Phil. 773 00:35:13,940 --> 00:35:14,780 Yeah? 774 00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:15,620 Hurry up. 775 00:35:15,620 --> 00:35:18,500 I just heard something rustling around close to us. 776 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:19,460 Got too much slack. 777 00:35:19,460 --> 00:35:20,500 You gotta pull it tight. 778 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:21,340 All right. 779 00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:27,820 All right, pull more. 780 00:35:27,820 --> 00:35:28,660 Okay. 781 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:30,500 F***. 782 00:35:36,020 --> 00:35:36,980 You okay up here? 783 00:35:36,980 --> 00:35:39,380 I straight up heard something out here. 784 00:35:39,380 --> 00:35:41,100 I feel like somebody is here. 785 00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:42,460 Let me show you what I got. 786 00:35:42,460 --> 00:35:43,900 Pretty gross hair. 787 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:45,220 Okay, you can hold that. 788 00:35:45,220 --> 00:35:46,260 I don't need to hold that. 789 00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:47,100 That's great. 790 00:35:48,620 --> 00:35:49,580 This is creepy. 791 00:35:51,140 --> 00:35:51,980 Yeah. 792 00:35:51,980 --> 00:35:53,780 Okay, let's see if we can figure out 793 00:35:53,780 --> 00:35:55,380 where that noise is coming from. 794 00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:03,180 We push even deeper into Bell Family Territory. 795 00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:06,380 David Britton also talked about nearby gravesites 796 00:36:06,380 --> 00:36:07,380 on the property. 797 00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:10,340 There's graves and remnants of a well, 798 00:36:10,340 --> 00:36:12,180 and that's about it. 799 00:36:12,180 --> 00:36:15,140 If the Bell Witch tormented John and Lucy Bell in life, 800 00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:17,860 perhaps she still haunts them in death. 801 00:36:17,860 --> 00:36:20,420 So we make our way to the Bellwood Cemetery, 802 00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:23,300 the final resting place of the Bell Family, 803 00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:26,860 hoping our presence might draw out the witch. 804 00:36:26,860 --> 00:36:29,460 Whoa, this place is kind of creepy. 805 00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:36,260 I wanna see what some of these names are. 806 00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:42,100 Joel Bell. 807 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:43,700 Okay. 808 00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:45,220 So where are John and Lucy buried? 809 00:36:45,220 --> 00:36:47,780 Well, I mean, I'm assuming by the obelisk. 810 00:36:47,780 --> 00:36:48,780 Let's check that. 811 00:36:51,180 --> 00:36:52,020 So... 812 00:36:53,940 --> 00:36:55,500 So this is it. 813 00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:58,060 John Bell and Lucy. 814 00:36:58,060 --> 00:37:01,220 This is the couple that was haunted by the Bell Witch. 815 00:37:01,220 --> 00:37:02,100 Yeah. 816 00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:04,700 Whose farm included the land hereabouts built? 817 00:37:05,940 --> 00:37:07,260 Wait a minute, so I don't get this. 818 00:37:07,260 --> 00:37:12,140 254 rods north, 23 degrees east from here. 819 00:37:12,140 --> 00:37:14,140 Yeah, so that's telling us where their house was. 820 00:37:14,140 --> 00:37:17,620 And then their graves are 267 rods north, 821 00:37:17,620 --> 00:37:19,940 18 degrees east from here. 822 00:37:20,660 --> 00:37:22,060 So they're not even buried here? 823 00:37:22,060 --> 00:37:23,180 No. 824 00:37:23,180 --> 00:37:25,020 This is just a memorial. 825 00:37:25,020 --> 00:37:26,540 So where are they buried? 826 00:37:26,540 --> 00:37:30,060 267 rods north, 18 degrees east. 827 00:37:30,060 --> 00:37:33,660 So we gotta figure out how long a rod is. 828 00:37:33,660 --> 00:37:34,500 All right. 829 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:35,340 I think we should look this up. 830 00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:38,380 Well, it is defined as 16 and a half feet. 831 00:37:38,380 --> 00:37:43,380 Okay, then we have to do 267 times 16 and a half feet. 832 00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:45,040 Okay. 833 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,100 4,405 feet. 834 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:50,100 That's like just shy of a mile. 835 00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:54,300 Okay, so the north, 18 degrees east from here. 836 00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:55,420 So there it is. 837 00:37:55,420 --> 00:37:56,580 All right. 838 00:37:56,580 --> 00:37:59,980 Almost a mile in that direction 839 00:37:59,980 --> 00:38:02,260 are the actual graves of John Lucy Bell. 840 00:38:02,260 --> 00:38:04,460 Yeah, and that's where we need to go. 841 00:38:04,460 --> 00:38:05,660 We got some hiking to do. 842 00:38:07,180 --> 00:38:09,220 John and Lucy Bell's true grave site 843 00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:12,060 is located about a mile in this direction 844 00:38:12,060 --> 00:38:15,980 with no clear trail and no landmarks to help guide our way. 845 00:38:15,980 --> 00:38:18,340 Other than the well, John and Lucy's graves 846 00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:20,580 are the only remnants from their time. 847 00:38:22,020 --> 00:38:25,100 If we can find them, it could help us make contact 848 00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:28,300 with the witch that haunted them when they were alive. 849 00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:30,420 I think now that we're close, 850 00:38:30,420 --> 00:38:32,060 best chance of actually finding this thing 851 00:38:32,060 --> 00:38:33,660 is to fan out a little bit. 852 00:38:33,660 --> 00:38:34,500 I'll head this way. 853 00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:36,380 You head that way, 15 and a few. 854 00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:37,220 Okay. 855 00:38:49,340 --> 00:38:51,340 It is so creepy in here. 856 00:38:51,340 --> 00:38:53,340 It's this place's... 857 00:38:53,340 --> 00:38:54,340 Oh, that's weird. 858 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:05,340 Oh, I found it. 859 00:39:07,340 --> 00:39:08,340 You found it for sure? 860 00:39:08,340 --> 00:39:10,340 Absolutely for sure. 861 00:39:10,340 --> 00:39:12,340 All right, can you shine your light? 862 00:39:12,340 --> 00:39:13,340 I'll come your way. 863 00:39:13,340 --> 00:39:14,340 Right over here. 864 00:39:14,340 --> 00:39:15,340 What you got? 865 00:39:15,340 --> 00:39:16,340 Check this out. 866 00:39:16,340 --> 00:39:19,340 Oh, my gosh. 867 00:39:19,340 --> 00:39:23,340 John Bell, 1750 to 1820. 868 00:39:23,340 --> 00:39:25,340 Yeah, and his wife, Lucy. 869 00:39:25,340 --> 00:39:27,340 This is the spot. 870 00:39:27,340 --> 00:39:29,340 Yeah, this is it. 871 00:39:31,340 --> 00:39:33,340 Something's in the bushes over there. 872 00:39:33,340 --> 00:39:34,340 Something big. 873 00:39:36,340 --> 00:39:37,340 I've seen some eyes, John. 874 00:39:37,340 --> 00:39:38,340 I've seen some eyes. 875 00:39:38,340 --> 00:39:39,340 I've seen some eyes. 876 00:39:39,340 --> 00:39:40,340 I've seen some eyes. 877 00:39:40,340 --> 00:39:41,340 I've seen some eyes. 878 00:39:41,340 --> 00:39:42,340 I've seen some eyes. 879 00:39:42,340 --> 00:39:44,340 Did you see it anymore? 880 00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:46,340 No. 881 00:39:46,340 --> 00:39:48,340 I saw something. 882 00:39:48,340 --> 00:39:49,340 For sure. 883 00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:51,340 Maybe she's watching us. 884 00:39:54,340 --> 00:39:56,340 One of the most famous legends surrounding the Bell Witch 885 00:39:56,340 --> 00:39:58,340 is that then soon to be President Andrew Jackson 886 00:39:58,340 --> 00:40:01,340 had his own terrifying encounter with the Bell Witch. 887 00:40:01,340 --> 00:40:03,340 And that's when he got the idea 888 00:40:03,340 --> 00:40:05,340 to turn the bell into a bell. 889 00:40:05,340 --> 00:40:08,340 And that's when he got the idea to turn the bell into a bell. 890 00:40:08,340 --> 00:40:11,340 And that's when he got the idea to turn the bell into a bell. 891 00:40:11,340 --> 00:40:14,340 And that's when he got the idea to turn the bell into a bell. 892 00:40:14,340 --> 00:40:18,340 Because of that terrifying encounter with the spirit 893 00:40:18,340 --> 00:40:20,340 to help separate facts from fiction, 894 00:40:20,340 --> 00:40:22,340 we reached out to the director of interpretation 895 00:40:22,340 --> 00:40:25,340 at the Andrew Jackson Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee. 896 00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:27,340 Please welcome Mike Zimmerman. 897 00:40:27,340 --> 00:40:28,340 So, Mike, what's the deal? 898 00:40:28,340 --> 00:40:31,340 Any chance that Andrew Jackson went out to this farm? 899 00:40:31,340 --> 00:40:34,340 You know, I wish I could say that he absolutely did. 900 00:40:34,340 --> 00:40:36,340 I mean, I will be honest, there's a slight chance. 901 00:40:36,340 --> 00:40:38,340 But frankly, when I look through Jackson's letters, 902 00:40:38,340 --> 00:40:40,980 were involved with Jackson the War of 1812, 903 00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:43,020 and I could see where the connection would come from, 904 00:40:43,020 --> 00:40:45,140 but he was pretty tight-lipped if he did. 905 00:40:45,140 --> 00:40:48,060 One would imagine that if something like this had happened, 906 00:40:48,060 --> 00:40:50,060 word would have really gotten out quickly. 907 00:40:50,060 --> 00:40:51,060 Oh, absolutely. 908 00:40:51,060 --> 00:40:52,820 So not impossible that he went out there, 909 00:40:52,820 --> 00:40:54,460 but nothing in the historical record. 910 00:40:54,460 --> 00:40:56,060 Yeah, I don't have anything for certain. 911 00:40:56,060 --> 00:40:56,900 I wish I did. 912 00:40:56,900 --> 00:40:57,700 Well, there you have it. 913 00:40:57,700 --> 00:40:59,580 While Phil and Jess continue their investigation, 914 00:40:59,580 --> 00:41:01,100 this particular piece of folklore 915 00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:02,500 appears to be just that. 916 00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:10,140 JESS AND Phil are on the old Belle Family property 917 00:41:10,140 --> 00:41:12,500 in Adams, Tennessee, investigating 918 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:17,100 the legend of the Belle Witch, a deadly paranormal entity made 919 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:21,620 infamous by the writings of M.V. Ingram. 920 00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:25,300 And perhaps it's more than just tall tales. 921 00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:26,540 I've seen some eyeshine. 922 00:41:26,540 --> 00:41:27,540 I've seen some eyeshine. 923 00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:35,500 Did you see it in any way? 924 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:37,500 No. 925 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:40,500 I saw something before you. 926 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:41,500 Maybe she's watching us. 927 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:46,500 There's something out there with eyeshine. 928 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,500 And it took off. 929 00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:52,500 Ingram's book says that the sighting of a supernatural creature 930 00:41:52,500 --> 00:41:55,940 often precedes an attack from the witch, from the cave 931 00:41:55,940 --> 00:41:58,660 to the burial site of John and Lucy Belle, 932 00:41:58,660 --> 00:42:01,820 and into the expansive cornfields on this property. 933 00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:04,660 It seems like something has been stalking us. 934 00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:07,420 And if we're going to make contact with the Belle Witch, 935 00:42:07,420 --> 00:42:10,260 it's going to be right here tonight. 936 00:42:10,260 --> 00:42:11,700 All right, well, let's set it up. 937 00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:13,700 We find a small clearing in the corn 938 00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:15,860 and set up various trigger items. 939 00:42:15,860 --> 00:42:17,820 An old photo of the Belle Farmhouse 940 00:42:17,820 --> 00:42:20,460 and a candle similar to the one we found in the cave 941 00:42:20,460 --> 00:42:23,180 might elicit a response from the Belle Witch. 942 00:42:23,180 --> 00:42:26,740 We're also rigging infrared motion sensors around the area. 943 00:42:26,740 --> 00:42:31,220 If a spirit, an animal, a ghost, a witch, 944 00:42:31,220 --> 00:42:35,700 if anything passes by, we're going to know about it. 945 00:42:35,700 --> 00:42:37,540 All right, call me on the walkie if anything happens. 946 00:42:37,540 --> 00:42:39,940 All right, got it. 947 00:42:39,940 --> 00:42:41,940 We're splitting up to cover more ground. 948 00:42:41,940 --> 00:42:45,380 Today, the land is a maze of endless rows of corn. 949 00:42:51,140 --> 00:42:55,460 I swear it is so hard to see anything in here. 950 00:42:56,260 --> 00:42:59,260 I'm pretty deep in the field. 951 00:42:59,260 --> 00:43:02,260 I'm going to go ahead and sit down here 952 00:43:02,260 --> 00:43:05,460 and see if I can communicate with the Belle Witch. 953 00:43:05,460 --> 00:43:08,460 Call me that. 954 00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:11,460 I'm using a device that scans radio frequencies 955 00:43:11,460 --> 00:43:14,460 and white noise that many believe spirits can use 956 00:43:14,460 --> 00:43:16,460 to communicate with. 957 00:43:16,460 --> 00:43:19,460 Are you still at the Belle Farm? 958 00:43:19,460 --> 00:43:21,460 I'm still at the Belle Farm. 959 00:43:21,460 --> 00:43:24,460 Are you still at the Belle Farm? 960 00:43:26,460 --> 00:43:28,460 Kate, is that you? 961 00:43:34,460 --> 00:43:36,460 Kate, is that you? 962 00:43:38,460 --> 00:43:40,460 Did you hear that? 963 00:43:45,460 --> 00:43:47,460 It's like it's moving around us. 964 00:43:48,460 --> 00:43:51,460 The desert is moving in the corn. 965 00:43:51,460 --> 00:43:53,460 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 966 00:43:53,460 --> 00:43:55,460 Oh, f***. 967 00:43:55,460 --> 00:43:57,460 Jess, did you hear that? 968 00:43:57,460 --> 00:43:59,460 It sounded like a voice to me. 969 00:43:59,460 --> 00:44:02,460 If it's a person, then why the hell can't we see it? 970 00:44:02,460 --> 00:44:04,460 You got anything on the thermal? 971 00:44:04,460 --> 00:44:06,460 I don't see a thing. 972 00:44:12,460 --> 00:44:16,460 If it was the Belle Witch, is that you making that noise? 973 00:44:18,460 --> 00:44:20,460 Did you hear that? 974 00:44:20,460 --> 00:44:22,460 Phil, are you there? 975 00:44:22,460 --> 00:44:24,460 Yeah, glad. 976 00:44:24,460 --> 00:44:27,460 So I just said, if you are the Belle Witch, 977 00:44:27,460 --> 00:44:29,460 did you make that noise? 978 00:44:29,460 --> 00:44:31,460 And the ghost box said yes, yes. 979 00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:34,460 What? Are you sure? 980 00:44:35,460 --> 00:44:37,460 F***. 981 00:44:50,460 --> 00:44:52,460 Phil, are you there? 982 00:44:52,460 --> 00:44:53,460 What's happening? 983 00:44:53,460 --> 00:44:56,460 I heard that noise again, and it's really close this time. 984 00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:58,460 It's a break by me. 985 00:45:00,460 --> 00:45:02,460 Yeah, I think I just started. 986 00:45:03,460 --> 00:45:05,460 I'm going after it. 987 00:45:05,460 --> 00:45:08,460 Me too. F*** is this thing. 988 00:45:15,460 --> 00:45:18,460 Okay, something was left. Where was it? 989 00:45:18,460 --> 00:45:20,460 It was right next to me. 990 00:45:20,460 --> 00:45:24,460 It sounded like something was coming through the cornfield, 991 00:45:24,460 --> 00:45:26,460 and it was close. 992 00:45:26,460 --> 00:45:28,460 Did she nust the candles up? 993 00:45:28,460 --> 00:45:29,460 No. 994 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:31,460 I didn't hear the sensors go off. 995 00:45:31,460 --> 00:45:34,460 Definitely heard something in the corn, and the candles out. 996 00:45:34,460 --> 00:45:37,460 We essentially zero wind here tonight. 997 00:45:37,460 --> 00:45:40,460 We just got some responses. We're not calling it a night. 998 00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:42,460 Okay, let's keep at it. 999 00:45:42,460 --> 00:45:44,460 All right. 1000 00:45:46,460 --> 00:45:50,460 We continue to search the cornfields and graveyards of the old Belle Farm, 1001 00:45:50,460 --> 00:45:53,460 but whatever was lurking and whispering in the shadows 1002 00:45:53,460 --> 00:45:55,460 has fallen silent. 1003 00:45:56,460 --> 00:45:58,460 With the sun about to rise, 1004 00:45:58,460 --> 00:46:01,460 we finally make our way back to the main road. 1005 00:46:01,460 --> 00:46:05,460 I love the fact that we now have our own Belle Witch story, 1006 00:46:05,460 --> 00:46:08,460 and I think it's amazing that we got that yes-yes 1007 00:46:08,460 --> 00:46:11,460 right when I mentioned the Belle Witch and Kate's name. 1008 00:46:11,460 --> 00:46:15,460 The story of the Belle Witch was popularized by the work of M.V. Ingram, 1009 00:46:15,460 --> 00:46:18,460 but was he reporting on true events? 1010 00:46:18,460 --> 00:46:21,460 With this legend, the lines between fact and folklore 1011 00:46:21,460 --> 00:46:24,460 seem to blur between the edges. 1012 00:46:24,460 --> 00:46:26,460 Was the voice that seemingly spoke to Jess 1013 00:46:26,460 --> 00:46:28,460 simple radio interference, 1014 00:46:28,460 --> 00:46:32,460 or Kate Bats trying to make contact from beyond the grave? 1015 00:46:35,460 --> 00:46:37,460 Did you hear that? 1016 00:46:37,460 --> 00:46:39,460 It said yes-yes. 1017 00:46:39,460 --> 00:46:41,460 More questions left unanswered. 1018 00:46:41,460 --> 00:46:43,460 Don't get me wrong. 1019 00:46:43,460 --> 00:46:45,460 We saw some weird stuff, heard some weird stuff 1020 00:46:45,460 --> 00:46:47,460 from the cave to the cornfield. 1021 00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:50,460 In a local cave, the team found evidence of animals 1022 00:46:50,460 --> 00:46:54,460 and animal activity, and also potential ritual items, 1023 00:46:54,460 --> 00:46:57,460 but also heard what sounded like a voice. 1024 00:46:57,460 --> 00:47:00,460 At John and Lucy Belle's grave, and in the cornfield, 1025 00:47:00,460 --> 00:47:03,460 something seemed to be hiding in the shadows. 1026 00:47:03,460 --> 00:47:05,460 That asserts it's moving in the corn. 1027 00:47:05,460 --> 00:47:08,460 Lab analysis of the evidence Phil collected in the well 1028 00:47:08,460 --> 00:47:11,460 concluded the hair sample was in fact human. 1029 00:47:11,460 --> 00:47:15,460 How and why it got down there is anybody's guess. 1030 00:47:15,460 --> 00:47:17,460 But one thing is certain. 1031 00:47:17,460 --> 00:47:20,460 New documents confirm that a ghostly presence 1032 00:47:20,460 --> 00:47:22,460 has at least been reported on the Belle property 1033 00:47:22,460 --> 00:47:25,460 for two centuries. 1034 00:47:25,460 --> 00:47:28,460 To me, the thing that stands out the most 1035 00:47:28,460 --> 00:47:30,460 was that historical document. 1036 00:47:30,460 --> 00:47:33,460 From a soldier, unassociated with the Belle family, 1037 00:47:33,460 --> 00:47:35,460 he's completely impartial. 1038 00:47:35,460 --> 00:47:39,460 He's just jotting down what he knows as fact. 1039 00:47:39,460 --> 00:47:42,460 During the time that it was actually happening, 1040 00:47:42,460 --> 00:47:44,460 that's a needle in a haystack fight. 1041 00:47:44,460 --> 00:47:46,460 To me, we found the Belle witch. 1042 00:47:46,460 --> 00:47:49,460 I agree that something unexplainable 1043 00:47:49,460 --> 00:47:53,460 must have happened right there 200 years ago. 1044 00:47:53,460 --> 00:47:56,460 Can I come up with that?