1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,040 on this episode of Expedition X. 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:04,540 Whoo-hoo-hoo! 3 00:00:04,540 --> 00:00:08,380 Phil and Jess are the first investigation team on television. 4 00:00:08,380 --> 00:00:10,340 So that's where the fort is. 5 00:00:10,340 --> 00:00:13,180 To gain access to a coastal battleground 6 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:14,620 with deep secrets. 7 00:00:14,620 --> 00:00:17,120 How many people ended up perishing here? 8 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:18,860 About 1,000. 9 00:00:18,860 --> 00:00:19,920 Do you hear that? 10 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,620 I don't think we can dismiss what a place like this 11 00:00:22,620 --> 00:00:24,660 can do to play tricks on the mind. 12 00:00:24,660 --> 00:00:26,660 But the more history they uncover... 13 00:00:26,660 --> 00:00:28,860 Anywhere you point here, there was tragedy. 14 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:30,900 Colonel Stewart's head was blown off. 15 00:00:30,900 --> 00:00:33,200 The more mystery they'll have to chase. 16 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,400 What's your name? Did you die here? 17 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,400 What the f***? 18 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,400 Did that just fall out of one of the ceilings? 19 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,480 It's an expedition nearly 200 years in the making. 20 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:44,980 Holy s***! 21 00:00:44,980 --> 00:00:46,480 What is happening here, Jess? 22 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:48,480 We got a ghost on camera. 23 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:50,480 That's insane. 24 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:52,980 No. 25 00:00:52,980 --> 00:00:56,960 Ghost Fort of the Civil War. 26 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,260 My name is Josh Gates. 27 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:03,260 In my travels, I've experienced strange things 28 00:01:03,260 --> 00:01:06,900 that defy logic and made me question everything. 29 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,660 Oh, my God. 30 00:01:08,660 --> 00:01:11,300 Now, I've put together a team to investigate 31 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:14,140 the stranger side of the unknown. 32 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:15,840 Let's go! 33 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,220 Phil Torres is a scientist who hunts 34 00:01:18,220 --> 00:01:20,220 for rational explanations. 35 00:01:20,220 --> 00:01:23,720 This is the calling for actually found snow stones. 36 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,020 Jessica Chobot's paranormal research 37 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,080 has made her a true believer. 38 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,080 All right, we're going into Iron Man. 39 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,580 Let's go. 40 00:01:31,580 --> 00:01:33,080 Together, we're searching for answers... 41 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,080 What is that? 42 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,120 ...to the world's most extraordinary mysteries. 43 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,120 This is Expedition X. 44 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:48,460 All right, Phil, what do you see here? 45 00:01:48,460 --> 00:01:50,460 Is that a person? 46 00:01:50,460 --> 00:01:52,460 Is that a person? That's the question. 47 00:01:52,460 --> 00:01:54,460 Where's this from? 48 00:01:54,460 --> 00:01:56,460 This is from a place that is considered 49 00:01:56,460 --> 00:01:58,460 one of the haunted hot spots in America, 50 00:01:58,460 --> 00:02:00,460 and it is a Civil War battle site 51 00:02:00,460 --> 00:02:02,460 that really helped reshape US history. 52 00:02:02,460 --> 00:02:04,460 That is from Fort Morgan in Alabama. 53 00:02:04,460 --> 00:02:06,460 Oh, I know all about Fort Morgan. 54 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:08,460 That place's activity is off the charts, 55 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:11,460 and it's considered a holy grail of paranormal investigators 56 00:02:11,460 --> 00:02:13,460 because they don't allow TV cameras in there. 57 00:02:13,460 --> 00:02:15,460 Don't they? Don't they? 58 00:02:15,460 --> 00:02:17,460 Oh, I got us in. No way. 59 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:19,460 No way! 60 00:02:19,460 --> 00:02:21,460 And it's good timing, too, because Fort Morgan 61 00:02:21,460 --> 00:02:23,460 may not be around much longer. 62 00:02:25,460 --> 00:02:28,460 1813 Mobile, Alabama. 63 00:02:28,460 --> 00:02:32,460 The US military chooses a site on a peninsula in Mobile Bay 64 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:36,460 to construct a stronghold to defend the vital port. 65 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:41,460 1819, construction at Fort Morgan officially begins. 66 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:44,460 The fort is star-shaped, with five bastions 67 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:48,460 connected by thick masonry walls that taper at the top. 68 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:51,460 It's low to the ground to make it less visible 69 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:54,460 and to provide better protection from enemy fire. 70 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:57,460 15 years and more than 40 million bricks later, 71 00:02:57,460 --> 00:03:01,460 this pentagonal masterpiece is finally finished. 72 00:03:03,460 --> 00:03:05,460 August 5th, 1864. 73 00:03:05,460 --> 00:03:07,460 It is the height of the Civil War. 74 00:03:07,460 --> 00:03:11,460 The Union is determined to take Fort Morgan back from the Confederates, 75 00:03:11,460 --> 00:03:14,460 but the water between the Union warships and the fort 76 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:16,460 is a literal minefield, 77 00:03:16,460 --> 00:03:20,460 riddled with strategically placed, submerged explosives, 78 00:03:20,460 --> 00:03:22,460 then known as torpedoes. 79 00:03:22,460 --> 00:03:24,460 Just 300 yards offshore, 80 00:03:24,460 --> 00:03:28,460 the Union ironclad USS Tecumseh strikes a mine 81 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:31,460 and sinks in less than 30 seconds, 82 00:03:31,460 --> 00:03:35,460 dragging 93 Union sailors to their watery graves. 83 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:37,460 In a bold move, 84 00:03:37,460 --> 00:03:40,460 Rear Admiral David Farragut sails the remaining fleet 85 00:03:40,460 --> 00:03:42,460 directly through the minefield. 86 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:45,460 An endeavor now connected with the famous battle cry 87 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:48,460 Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead. 88 00:03:49,460 --> 00:03:51,460 Farragut's gamble pays off, 89 00:03:51,460 --> 00:03:55,460 and soon the Confederates inside Fort Morgan are under siege. 90 00:03:55,460 --> 00:03:59,460 Union forces commence one of the heaviest bombardments of a fort 91 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:01,460 during the Civil War. 92 00:04:01,460 --> 00:04:04,460 Inside, nearly 600 men shelter, 93 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:08,460 terrified that if a single strike hits the over 60,000 pounds 94 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:10,460 of gunpowder stored there, 95 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:12,460 the whole place will blow sky high. 96 00:04:13,460 --> 00:04:15,460 When the smoke clears, 97 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:17,460 581 soldiers surrender, 98 00:04:17,460 --> 00:04:19,460 and 17 lie dead. 99 00:04:19,460 --> 00:04:23,460 The Battle of Mobile Bay is the first in a series of major blows 100 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:25,460 to the Confederacy, 101 00:04:25,460 --> 00:04:29,460 and ultimately helps secure the reelection of Abraham Lincoln. 102 00:04:29,460 --> 00:04:33,460 Today, the fort remains steeped in its tragic history. 103 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:35,460 Many who've explored this hallowed ground 104 00:04:35,460 --> 00:04:37,460 have reported strange sounds, 105 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:40,460 like groans and screams of pain, 106 00:04:40,460 --> 00:04:43,460 and the vibrating booms of cannon fire. 107 00:04:43,460 --> 00:04:48,460 Phantom sounds have also been heard from the waters around the fort. 108 00:04:49,460 --> 00:04:53,460 In 2020, Hurricane Sally made landfall in Alabama, 109 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:57,460 causing major damage to the nearly 200-year-old fortress. 110 00:04:57,460 --> 00:04:59,460 The facility is crumbling. 111 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:01,460 Some parts are already inaccessible. 112 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:04,460 Experts say that a direct hit from a stronger storm 113 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:07,460 could reduce Fort Morgan to rubble, 114 00:05:07,460 --> 00:05:09,460 and the clock is ticking. 115 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:15,460 Jess, what do you think? 116 00:05:15,460 --> 00:05:18,460 All right, so the fort sits on a peninsula surrounded by water. 117 00:05:18,460 --> 00:05:22,460 A lot of people consider water to be a great conductor of paranormal activity, 118 00:05:22,460 --> 00:05:24,460 so that could explain what's going on here. 119 00:05:24,460 --> 00:05:25,460 Phil? 120 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:27,460 I can agree with Jess. Water's to blame. 121 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:29,460 For environmental reasons. 122 00:05:29,460 --> 00:05:33,460 Think about it, last year, record-breaking year of hurricanes in the Atlantic. 123 00:05:33,460 --> 00:05:36,460 There's like 13 of them. This year's probably going to be worse. 124 00:05:36,460 --> 00:05:39,460 The weatherman now? What does this have to do with anything? 125 00:05:39,460 --> 00:05:41,460 Every time a hurricane hits Fort Morgan, 126 00:05:41,460 --> 00:05:43,460 it starts to break down a little bit more. 127 00:05:43,460 --> 00:05:46,460 So when people are saying they hear things there, 128 00:05:46,460 --> 00:05:49,460 it could be the sound of the fort falling apart or wind whipping through that place. 129 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:51,460 But people are seeing apparitions there. 130 00:05:51,460 --> 00:05:52,460 Are they? 131 00:05:52,460 --> 00:05:53,460 Yes. 132 00:05:53,460 --> 00:05:57,460 Okay, your mission is to find out what is really going on at Fort Morgan. 133 00:05:57,460 --> 00:05:59,460 We need to do more than look at this photo. 134 00:05:59,460 --> 00:06:03,460 If this place is really haunted, Jess, who's haunting it? 135 00:06:03,460 --> 00:06:07,460 And if the strange sights and sounds that people are reporting 136 00:06:07,460 --> 00:06:10,460 are from the environment, as the meteorologist suggests, 137 00:06:10,460 --> 00:06:12,460 then can we demonstrate that, right? 138 00:06:12,460 --> 00:06:15,460 But we've got to get to the bottom of what's happening at Fort Morgan 139 00:06:15,460 --> 00:06:17,460 before this place disappears forever. 140 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:18,460 Okay, all right. 141 00:06:18,460 --> 00:06:19,460 Good luck. 142 00:06:19,460 --> 00:06:23,460 Phil and Jess travel from New York City to Mobile, Alabama, 143 00:06:23,460 --> 00:06:26,460 and then board a boat bound for Fort Morgan. 144 00:06:30,460 --> 00:06:31,460 Woo-hoo-hoo! 145 00:06:31,460 --> 00:06:33,460 Oh, big wave coming. 146 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:34,460 Oh! 147 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:36,460 Woo-hoo-hoo! 148 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:43,460 There we go, the lighthouse. 149 00:06:43,460 --> 00:06:45,460 That's what people would have seen when they were coming into the bay. 150 00:06:45,460 --> 00:06:47,460 They approach the fort from the water, 151 00:06:47,460 --> 00:06:50,460 the way the Union Fleet would have during the battle of Mobile Bay, 152 00:06:50,460 --> 00:06:54,460 minus the whole dodging, submerged explosives part, of course. 153 00:06:56,460 --> 00:07:00,460 So supposedly that's where the fort is. 154 00:07:00,460 --> 00:07:02,460 I don't see anything. 155 00:07:02,460 --> 00:07:06,460 It's super low, which nowadays, of course, is backfiring. 156 00:07:06,460 --> 00:07:10,460 That fort is just getting inundated with water more and more every single year. 157 00:07:10,460 --> 00:07:12,460 All right, we're heading us in. 158 00:07:17,460 --> 00:07:21,460 As we make our own approach to the fort, I'm blown away. 159 00:07:22,460 --> 00:07:23,460 Thank you. 160 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:25,460 Wow, look at that. 161 00:07:25,460 --> 00:07:27,460 You can't even see it. 162 00:07:27,460 --> 00:07:29,460 It's like perfectly hidden. 163 00:07:29,460 --> 00:07:30,460 Perfectly hidden. 164 00:07:30,460 --> 00:07:34,460 We'll have our work cut out for us investigating this imposing four-and-a-half-acre structure, 165 00:07:34,460 --> 00:07:37,460 sitting on a nearly 500-acre site. 166 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:41,460 Whoa. 167 00:07:41,460 --> 00:07:42,460 That's cool. 168 00:07:42,460 --> 00:07:43,460 Look at the size of this. 169 00:07:43,460 --> 00:07:44,460 All these different rooms. 170 00:07:45,460 --> 00:07:46,460 That's cool. 171 00:07:46,460 --> 00:07:50,460 I can't imagine what this would be like in the heat of battle. 172 00:07:50,460 --> 00:07:51,460 There's just water everywhere. 173 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:52,460 There's just water everywhere. 174 00:07:52,460 --> 00:07:54,460 You know what water is a good conductor of? 175 00:07:55,460 --> 00:07:56,460 Electricity. 176 00:07:56,460 --> 00:07:57,460 True. 177 00:07:57,460 --> 00:07:58,460 And haunting. 178 00:07:59,460 --> 00:08:02,460 Fort Morgan was active until 1944, 179 00:08:02,460 --> 00:08:05,460 and you can see its battle scars everywhere you look. 180 00:08:05,460 --> 00:08:09,460 But it's the hidden, haunted history we want to know more about. 181 00:08:10,460 --> 00:08:15,460 We make our way to the fort's parade ground to meet historian Dylan Tucker. 182 00:08:17,460 --> 00:08:18,460 There he is. 183 00:08:18,460 --> 00:08:19,460 Hey, guys. How's it going? 184 00:08:19,460 --> 00:08:20,460 Hi. 185 00:08:20,460 --> 00:08:24,460 Dylan spent years researching the fort and actually living on this property. 186 00:08:24,460 --> 00:08:27,460 If anyone knows Fort Morgan, it's him. 187 00:08:28,460 --> 00:08:30,460 This place is huge. 188 00:08:30,460 --> 00:08:33,460 It seems like the type of place you can kind of get lost in those days. 189 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:34,460 Oh, easily. 190 00:08:34,460 --> 00:08:38,460 So, I mean, obviously it's been through a lot of battles. 191 00:08:38,460 --> 00:08:39,460 Yes. 192 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:41,460 So how many people ended up perishing here? 193 00:08:42,460 --> 00:08:46,460 We do know from the recorded deaths there are pushing about 1,000, just on the property. 194 00:08:46,460 --> 00:08:47,460 Wow. 195 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:48,460 Soldiers. 196 00:08:48,460 --> 00:08:51,460 And then, of course, you have just sickness primarily. 197 00:08:51,460 --> 00:08:52,460 A lot of suffering. 198 00:08:52,460 --> 00:08:53,460 Oh, my gosh. 199 00:08:53,460 --> 00:08:56,460 I lived here for three years as the site historian on property, 200 00:08:56,460 --> 00:08:58,460 and it can take a toll on you mentally. 201 00:08:58,460 --> 00:09:03,460 Did you ever have any kind of paranormal experience yourself or hear of anybody else having one? 202 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:04,460 Public, a lot. 203 00:09:04,460 --> 00:09:13,460 Me, I'm kind of sceptic, but the thing is I did have one night doing details around the fortification as part of living on property. 204 00:09:14,460 --> 00:09:16,460 It was actually very peaceful that night. 205 00:09:16,460 --> 00:09:19,460 Walking, doing my rounds around the top of the parade ground. 206 00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:23,460 Clear as day, I've always said gunners implements. 207 00:09:25,460 --> 00:09:27,460 Now, that is a command to the law enforcement. 208 00:09:28,460 --> 00:09:30,460 I'm going to load an 1830s cannon. 209 00:09:31,460 --> 00:09:34,460 Looked around, realized I was alone, and that's when I panicked. 210 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:40,460 So you heard Clear as day, a man's voice, telling them to like get the weapons ready. 211 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:41,460 Got to take 30 minutes. 212 00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:42,460 Yes. 213 00:09:42,460 --> 00:09:43,460 So I was just thinking, am I losing my mind? 214 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:45,460 Have I been doing this too long? 215 00:09:45,460 --> 00:09:47,460 My coworkers think I'm crazy. 216 00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:49,460 Yeah, because I think my coworkers crazy. 217 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:52,460 Yeah, because she believes in a lot of this stuff. 218 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:54,460 So check this out. 219 00:09:54,460 --> 00:09:57,460 So this is a picture that we received. 220 00:09:57,460 --> 00:09:58,460 Oh, wow. 221 00:09:58,460 --> 00:10:01,460 It kind of looks like our makeshift hospital. 222 00:10:02,460 --> 00:10:05,460 Has anybody ever reported having an experience over by the hospital? 223 00:10:05,460 --> 00:10:06,460 Oh, yeah. 224 00:10:06,460 --> 00:10:09,460 There have been reports of people saying they've heard voices, dwelling. 225 00:10:09,460 --> 00:10:11,460 People hear things, people see things there. 226 00:10:11,460 --> 00:10:12,460 That's what they've told me. 227 00:10:12,460 --> 00:10:13,460 People have actually seen stuff. 228 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:17,460 Some say full apparitions, some say the mist's appearing out of nowhere. 229 00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:22,460 I mean, back in the day, it wasn't like they had the best medical attention. 230 00:10:22,460 --> 00:10:24,460 It was tragic and horrific. 231 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:27,460 Morphine was rare for Confederate forces. 232 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:32,460 You're just tank them out, turn a kit, start hacking. 233 00:10:32,460 --> 00:10:33,460 And that's all they can do. 234 00:10:33,460 --> 00:10:36,460 Colorize the wing with gunpowder or a flimny rod. 235 00:10:36,460 --> 00:10:37,460 Pass out from pain. 236 00:10:37,460 --> 00:10:39,460 I mean, that's a lot of trauma. 237 00:10:39,460 --> 00:10:43,460 Well, we want to make sure that we're hitting all the right spots. 238 00:10:43,460 --> 00:10:45,460 So do you mind showing us around? 239 00:10:45,460 --> 00:10:46,460 No problem. 240 00:10:46,460 --> 00:10:47,460 That's it. 241 00:10:47,460 --> 00:10:51,460 This has all been off limits for television crews until now. 242 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:54,460 To help us better understand the gruesome history here, 243 00:10:54,460 --> 00:10:59,460 Dylan gives us an exclusive tour of these vaulted chambers called casemates. 244 00:10:59,460 --> 00:11:01,460 You got, of course, the laundress quarters here. 245 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:05,460 There was a marital dispute between an officer and his wife. 246 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:08,460 It takes his own life inside one of these casemates. 247 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:12,460 This is where a fellow took a stratinal fragment while going to church service. 248 00:11:12,460 --> 00:11:13,460 He was killed. 249 00:11:13,460 --> 00:11:16,460 It seems like anywhere you point here, there was tragedy. 250 00:11:16,460 --> 00:11:18,460 There is at least something. 251 00:11:18,460 --> 00:11:23,460 Not surprisingly, the paranormal hotspots that Dylan points out include the hospital, 252 00:11:23,460 --> 00:11:28,460 the ordnance casemates, and bastions where the big guns were. 253 00:11:28,460 --> 00:11:33,460 These were sites of extreme suffering and death during the Civil War. 254 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:34,460 What was this thing over here? 255 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:35,460 Battery Dupertail. 256 00:11:35,460 --> 00:11:37,460 It is one of the five batteries. 257 00:11:37,460 --> 00:11:41,460 This is where a lot of people inside the dark areas of the corridors they've been tapped on. 258 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:42,460 They've heard voices. 259 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:44,460 They've heard people walking. 260 00:11:44,460 --> 00:11:47,460 Do you have any final words of wisdom? 261 00:11:47,460 --> 00:11:48,460 Watch your step. 262 00:11:48,460 --> 00:11:50,460 It does tend to get flooded out here. 263 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:54,460 With the floods, also come venomous creatures on property such as the water moccasin. 264 00:11:54,460 --> 00:11:59,460 So slippery, potential flood, and poisonous snakes. 265 00:11:59,460 --> 00:12:00,460 Okay. 266 00:12:00,460 --> 00:12:02,460 Well, Dylan, can't thank you enough. 267 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:03,460 Appreciate it, guys. 268 00:12:03,460 --> 00:12:04,460 Learned so much. 269 00:12:04,460 --> 00:12:05,460 Good luck, guys. 270 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:06,460 Thanks. 271 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:07,460 All right. 272 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:08,460 Grab the gear. 273 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:11,460 Grab some gear. 274 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:16,460 We unload our gear and set up base camp near the center of the fort at Battery Dupertail. 275 00:12:16,460 --> 00:12:19,460 It'd be great to have these in position before dark. 276 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:23,460 We set up 30 surveillance cameras throughout the fort's interior, 277 00:12:23,460 --> 00:12:27,460 an area that's over 180,000 square feet. 278 00:12:27,460 --> 00:12:30,460 Jess, I got one in the hospital. 279 00:12:30,460 --> 00:12:34,460 Is that good? 280 00:12:34,460 --> 00:12:35,460 That's good. 281 00:12:35,460 --> 00:12:38,460 The cameras connect to a monitor back at our base camp 282 00:12:38,460 --> 00:12:40,460 that our crew will keep an eye on throughout the night. 283 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:45,460 This place is massive, so to cover more ground, Phil and I are splitting up. 284 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:48,460 That looks good. 285 00:12:48,460 --> 00:12:50,460 Looks creepy as... 286 00:12:50,460 --> 00:12:51,460 All right, Jess. 287 00:12:51,460 --> 00:12:52,460 Good luck. 288 00:12:52,460 --> 00:12:54,460 Good luck. 289 00:12:54,460 --> 00:13:01,460 I'm heading to the old hospital where the alleged ghost photo was snapped. 290 00:13:01,460 --> 00:13:04,460 I think I can recreate and debunk that image, 291 00:13:04,460 --> 00:13:08,460 and I've recruited our producer, Brian, to give me a hand with my experiment. 292 00:13:08,460 --> 00:13:11,460 So I think the photo was taken right here. 293 00:13:11,460 --> 00:13:12,460 Okay. 294 00:13:12,460 --> 00:13:15,460 All right, Jess. 295 00:13:15,460 --> 00:13:18,460 Meanwhile, I'm starting in the ordinance case mate, 296 00:13:18,460 --> 00:13:23,460 where people have reported hearing disembodied voices and seeing apparitions. 297 00:13:23,460 --> 00:13:25,460 Test, test, test. 298 00:13:25,460 --> 00:13:28,460 In order to assess whether there's paranormal activity here, 299 00:13:28,460 --> 00:13:34,460 I'm going to try using my digital recorder that will capture any sounds that spirits make to communicate. 300 00:13:34,460 --> 00:13:36,460 Is anyone here? 301 00:13:42,460 --> 00:13:44,460 I heard another... 302 00:13:44,460 --> 00:13:46,460 I hear a sound. 303 00:13:46,460 --> 00:13:48,460 I'm hearing stuff coming from that. 304 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:49,460 I heard the... 305 00:13:49,460 --> 00:13:50,460 Did you... 306 00:13:50,460 --> 00:13:51,460 Yeah. 307 00:13:51,460 --> 00:13:52,460 Oh. 308 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:53,460 I heard it. 309 00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:54,460 I heard it. 310 00:13:54,460 --> 00:13:55,460 I heard it. 311 00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:56,460 I heard it. 312 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:57,460 I heard it. 313 00:13:57,460 --> 00:13:58,460 Did you hear it? 314 00:13:58,460 --> 00:13:59,460 I heard it. 315 00:13:59,460 --> 00:14:00,460 I heard it. 316 00:14:00,460 --> 00:14:01,460 I heard it. 317 00:14:01,460 --> 00:14:02,460 I heard it. 318 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:03,460 I heard it. 319 00:14:03,460 --> 00:14:04,460 Oh. 320 00:14:05,460 --> 00:14:08,460 If you are here with us, knock again. 321 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:14,460 That's weird. 322 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:22,460 If you're here with us, knock again. 323 00:14:26,460 --> 00:14:28,460 Now it's stopped. 324 00:14:29,460 --> 00:14:31,460 That is just as windy. 325 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:37,460 So I don't know why whatever was there wouldn't keep knocking if it was being blown around. 326 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:38,460 Oh. 327 00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:39,460 F***. 328 00:14:44,460 --> 00:14:46,460 If you're here with us, knock again. 329 00:14:47,460 --> 00:14:49,460 Now it's stopped. 330 00:14:49,460 --> 00:14:50,460 That is just as windy. 331 00:14:50,460 --> 00:14:56,460 So I don't know why whatever was there wouldn't keep knocking if it was being blown around. 332 00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:57,460 Oh. 333 00:14:57,460 --> 00:14:58,460 F***. 334 00:14:58,460 --> 00:14:59,460 Oh. 335 00:15:00,460 --> 00:15:01,460 F***. 336 00:15:06,460 --> 00:15:07,460 That's weird. 337 00:15:08,460 --> 00:15:10,460 Is there any other side of the keys? 338 00:15:10,460 --> 00:15:11,460 I don't know. 339 00:15:11,460 --> 00:15:12,460 Let's see. 340 00:15:19,460 --> 00:15:20,460 Oh. 341 00:15:22,460 --> 00:15:23,460 It's the sign. 342 00:15:23,460 --> 00:15:24,460 Holy F***. 343 00:15:24,460 --> 00:15:28,460 The wind is just blowing it and like blowing it in a weird way. 344 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:29,460 Like that. 345 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:34,460 Alright, we're gonna have to dismiss that one because I think it's probably the sign. 346 00:15:35,460 --> 00:15:37,460 Let's try some of the other rooms. 347 00:15:50,460 --> 00:15:51,460 It's perfect. 348 00:15:52,460 --> 00:15:53,460 Perfect. 349 00:15:53,460 --> 00:15:56,460 So, we'll step back. 350 00:15:56,460 --> 00:16:01,460 I have an idea how to replicate the so-called ghost photo taken here in the Fort's hospital. 351 00:16:02,460 --> 00:16:04,460 I want photo down. 352 00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:05,460 Okay. 353 00:16:06,460 --> 00:16:07,460 I think this is pretty close. 354 00:16:07,460 --> 00:16:08,460 It's really close. 355 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:09,460 Right? 356 00:16:09,460 --> 00:16:12,460 My plan is to simulate fog using dry ice. 357 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:18,460 Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide and as it warms up gas is released. 358 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:24,460 The gas will react with the humidity in the Gulf air creating small water droplets which form clouds. 359 00:16:24,460 --> 00:16:29,460 And if I can get the conditions right, I should be able to take my own ghost photo. 360 00:16:40,460 --> 00:16:42,460 What's your name? 361 00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:53,460 Are you there? 362 00:16:53,460 --> 00:16:54,460 Hello? 363 00:16:55,460 --> 00:17:02,460 Call and response sessions take a lot of patience as the spirits need to build up enough energy to communicate. 364 00:17:02,460 --> 00:17:06,460 We can't hear their responses in the room but they are being recorded. 365 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:09,460 Were you a soldier here? 366 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:13,460 Did you die here? 367 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:20,460 I can't. 368 00:17:21,460 --> 00:17:22,460 Look at that. 369 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:26,460 It even almost looks like there's a face in there. 370 00:17:26,460 --> 00:17:27,460 Exactly. 371 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:30,460 Boom. 372 00:17:30,460 --> 00:17:35,460 Our ghost photo experiment in the old hospital yielded a strikingly similar result. 373 00:17:35,460 --> 00:17:37,460 If I went out and showed Jess this photo. 374 00:17:37,460 --> 00:17:38,460 Yeah. 375 00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:41,460 She would say that looks like we just got a photo of the spirit. 376 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:42,460 Okay. 377 00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:45,460 I'm not saying this is an absolute debunk of the photo in court. 378 00:17:45,460 --> 00:17:48,460 I'm not saying this is an absolute debunk of the photo in question. 379 00:17:48,460 --> 00:17:54,460 But it's clear that if a mist builds naturally from the right mix of water, air pressure, humidity and temperature. 380 00:17:54,460 --> 00:17:57,460 It can appear quite ghostly. 381 00:17:57,460 --> 00:17:59,460 Let's get out of here. 382 00:18:00,460 --> 00:18:06,460 Brian heads back to base camp to keep an eye on our surveillance cameras while I conduct a deeper sweep of the interior. 383 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:11,460 Looking and listening for anything that could be mistaken for paranormal activity. 384 00:18:11,460 --> 00:18:14,460 Like dripping water or wind. 385 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:21,460 It's rock solid. 386 00:18:21,460 --> 00:18:24,460 It's dripping from up top making those structures. 387 00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:30,460 Check these out. 388 00:18:30,460 --> 00:18:32,460 Look at these things growing up here. 389 00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:39,460 We got phalons to lactites coming down and it's all coming from this. 390 00:18:39,460 --> 00:18:48,460 This is known as efflorescence which happens when water inside brick eventually evaporates and leaves behind the mineral residue. 391 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:51,460 This is literally centuries of build up. 392 00:18:51,460 --> 00:18:55,460 It's leaving some really, really crazy patterns behind it. 393 00:18:55,460 --> 00:18:58,460 Tony can play tricks on the mind. 394 00:19:00,460 --> 00:19:03,460 Our brains are hardwired to look for patterns. 395 00:19:03,460 --> 00:19:08,460 That's why random images can sometimes register as things we're more comfortable looking at. 396 00:19:08,460 --> 00:19:10,460 Like a human face. 397 00:19:10,460 --> 00:19:12,460 It's a phenomenon called face pareidolia. 398 00:19:12,460 --> 00:19:17,460 And it's why people see Jesus in toast or a human expression in rocks on Mars. 399 00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:26,460 With all the warped discolored brick throughout the fort, it's possible that face pareidolia could be what's behind many of the alleged ghost sightings. 400 00:19:33,460 --> 00:19:40,460 I say we go down here. 401 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:45,460 Is there anyone in this room with us right now? 402 00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:48,460 Is there anything you want to say? 403 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:50,460 I say we go down here. 404 00:19:50,460 --> 00:19:53,460 Is there anyone in this room with us right now? 405 00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:58,460 Is there anything you want to say? 406 00:19:58,460 --> 00:20:00,460 I want to say... 407 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:10,460 Old fireplace. So this was used for something. 408 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:16,460 Your camera just died? 409 00:20:16,460 --> 00:20:20,460 Are you the one that's making Danny's camera break? 410 00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:22,460 It might be. 411 00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:25,460 Ghosts are known to do that. 412 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:31,460 Ghosts are known to do that. 413 00:20:35,460 --> 00:20:37,460 Wow. 414 00:20:37,460 --> 00:20:39,460 What a display. 415 00:20:41,460 --> 00:20:44,460 I want to try to figure out where this is going. 416 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:47,460 Sorry. Sorry. 417 00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:50,460 I just... I'm crazy. 418 00:20:50,460 --> 00:20:52,460 What did you see? 419 00:20:52,460 --> 00:20:54,460 What? What did you see? 420 00:20:54,460 --> 00:20:56,460 Come back. Come back here for a second. 421 00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:58,460 Let's go. Let's go. 422 00:21:03,460 --> 00:21:05,460 What did you see? 423 00:21:05,460 --> 00:21:07,460 I don't even know what... 424 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:09,460 It looked like half a body. 425 00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:11,460 Can you play back? 426 00:21:11,460 --> 00:21:15,460 I wonder if it happened right when your camera had problems. 427 00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:20,460 So Danny had to stop down for a bit because his camera started going crazy. 428 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:23,460 So it's camera five. 429 00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:25,460 Okay, there's my backpack. 430 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:27,460 Yep, there's your backpack. 431 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:29,460 You're over here. I see your lights. 432 00:21:29,460 --> 00:21:31,460 Watch here. Watch here. 433 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:36,460 I've seen a lot of shadows right now. 434 00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:39,460 That's not... I swear to God, that's not what I saw. 435 00:21:39,460 --> 00:21:41,460 It's better be worth it, my friend. 436 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:43,460 It'll just be a second. 437 00:21:45,460 --> 00:21:47,460 Holy s***! 438 00:21:53,460 --> 00:21:55,460 God! Go back again! 439 00:21:55,460 --> 00:21:57,460 That was insane. 440 00:21:57,460 --> 00:21:59,460 Can you slow it down? Can we watch? 441 00:21:59,460 --> 00:22:01,460 I'll try. 442 00:22:01,460 --> 00:22:03,460 Come on. What is that? 443 00:22:03,460 --> 00:22:05,460 Oh my God. 444 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:07,460 And then they disappear? 445 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:09,460 What was that? 446 00:22:09,460 --> 00:22:11,460 What was that? 447 00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:13,460 That's crazy. 448 00:22:13,460 --> 00:22:15,460 Is it going into the wall? 449 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:17,460 What is on the other side? 450 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:20,460 There's a hallway and then there's the wall with all of the windows. 451 00:22:20,460 --> 00:22:22,460 From when I called you. 452 00:22:22,460 --> 00:22:24,460 Mmm! 453 00:22:24,460 --> 00:22:26,460 What? What? 454 00:22:26,460 --> 00:22:28,460 You got something? 455 00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:30,460 I think I just heard something. 456 00:22:32,460 --> 00:22:34,460 Let me turn on the light right here. 457 00:22:34,460 --> 00:22:36,460 Yep. Yep. Coming. 458 00:22:36,460 --> 00:22:38,460 Got it? 459 00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:40,460 Okay. At 36 seconds. Listen. 460 00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:42,460 Did you hear that? 461 00:22:42,460 --> 00:22:44,460 Yep. 462 00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:46,460 There's something there. 463 00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:48,460 Whoa! 464 00:22:48,460 --> 00:22:50,460 Let me get this. Let me get this. 465 00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:52,460 Whoa! 466 00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:04,460 You hear it, right? 467 00:23:04,460 --> 00:23:06,460 Oh, yeah. It's like a scream. 468 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:08,460 Yeah. 469 00:23:08,460 --> 00:23:10,460 You didn't hear that? 470 00:23:10,460 --> 00:23:12,460 No. Not with my own ears. No. 471 00:23:12,460 --> 00:23:14,460 We have to check that out. 472 00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:16,460 Brian, you stand on the cameras? 473 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:18,460 Yes, sir. 474 00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:20,460 Okay. 475 00:23:20,460 --> 00:23:22,460 What is happening here, Jess? 476 00:23:22,460 --> 00:23:24,460 Hauntings. 477 00:23:24,460 --> 00:23:26,460 We need to investigate the spot where the camera captured a ghostly figure. 478 00:23:26,460 --> 00:23:28,460 Between the camera malfunction, 479 00:23:28,460 --> 00:23:30,460 that video anomaly, 480 00:23:30,460 --> 00:23:32,460 and what sounded like a scream, 481 00:23:32,460 --> 00:23:34,460 that's three bizarre events happening at the same time. 482 00:23:34,460 --> 00:23:36,460 We're going to go through the video. 483 00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:38,460 We're going to go through the video. 484 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:40,460 Okay. 485 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,460 We're going to go through the video. 486 00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:44,460 We're going to go through the video. 487 00:23:44,460 --> 00:23:46,460 Okay. 488 00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:48,460 Okay. 489 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:50,460 Okay. 490 00:23:50,460 --> 00:23:52,460 Okay. 491 00:23:52,460 --> 00:23:54,460 So, what is happening at the same time? 492 00:23:54,460 --> 00:23:56,460 You were right here. 493 00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:58,460 You were right here. 494 00:23:58,460 --> 00:24:00,460 You were right here. 495 00:24:00,460 --> 00:24:02,460 We get to the spot in question, 496 00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:04,460 and I start with the simplest idea first. 497 00:24:04,460 --> 00:24:06,460 You. 498 00:24:06,460 --> 00:24:08,460 All of me? You can't see through me. 499 00:24:08,460 --> 00:24:10,460 It's not a trick of the camera? 500 00:24:10,460 --> 00:24:12,460 Yeah, I mean, it's filled with hope and flashlight in the dark. 501 00:24:16,460 --> 00:24:18,460 So, 502 00:24:18,460 --> 00:24:20,460 do you want to look for any fresh footprints? 503 00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:22,460 If it was a person, 504 00:24:22,460 --> 00:24:24,460 then the only way out of here 505 00:24:24,460 --> 00:24:26,460 without crossing in front of our cameras again 506 00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:28,460 is through this opening. 507 00:24:28,460 --> 00:24:30,460 It's out there. 508 00:24:30,460 --> 00:24:32,460 I mean, it's really swampy. 509 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:34,460 Oh, yeah, that's swamp. 510 00:24:34,460 --> 00:24:36,460 Yeah. 511 00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:38,460 If somebody was walking through there to mess with us 512 00:24:38,460 --> 00:24:40,460 and they were wearing any kind of like 513 00:24:40,460 --> 00:24:42,460 rain boot or anything, 514 00:24:42,460 --> 00:24:44,460 they would be leaving marks in the swamp. 515 00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:46,460 Like, all that grass would be pushed down. 516 00:24:46,460 --> 00:24:48,460 None of it is. 517 00:24:48,460 --> 00:24:50,460 On top of that, they would not be see-through. 518 00:24:50,460 --> 00:24:52,460 Just the cameras, like, that's a far distance. 519 00:24:52,460 --> 00:24:54,460 I thought maybe it was just a trick of the hat, but... 520 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,460 We caught a ghost on camera. 521 00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:58,460 Yeah. 522 00:24:58,460 --> 00:25:00,460 Phil's attempt to explain our evidence came up short. 523 00:25:00,460 --> 00:25:02,460 I'm gonna get the chest. 524 00:25:02,460 --> 00:25:04,460 Whoo. 525 00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:06,460 So I immediately begin a call-and-response session. 526 00:25:06,460 --> 00:25:08,460 If our cameras recorded a spirit, 527 00:25:08,460 --> 00:25:10,460 I need to try and make contact. 528 00:25:10,460 --> 00:25:12,460 Is there anybody here? 529 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:18,460 What's your name? 530 00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:24,460 Where's your soldier here? 531 00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:28,460 While I may not be getting any audible responses, 532 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:30,460 I'll analyze my recordings later 533 00:25:30,460 --> 00:25:32,460 to see if the digital recorder picked anything up. 534 00:25:34,460 --> 00:25:38,460 I'm not ready to agree that what we saw was supernatural. 535 00:25:38,460 --> 00:25:41,460 I wonder if there's something either inside the fort 536 00:25:41,460 --> 00:25:44,460 or out in the marsh that's causing us to see 537 00:25:44,460 --> 00:25:47,460 and hear strange things echoing off the stone walls. 538 00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:49,460 Let's go this way. 539 00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:52,460 To figure out if the sounds are coming from somewhere else 540 00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:55,460 in the fort, we head to a section we haven't explored. 541 00:25:58,460 --> 00:26:00,460 Oh, hey, check it out. 542 00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:02,460 This is a tombstone? 543 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:04,460 I don't know. It looks like one. 544 00:26:04,460 --> 00:26:06,460 Let's see. 545 00:26:06,460 --> 00:26:08,460 The memory of Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Steward, 546 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:10,460 Mobile Alabama of the 21st regiment. 547 00:26:10,460 --> 00:26:13,460 Oh, in command of this fort when killed here, 548 00:26:13,460 --> 00:26:15,460 April 30th, 1863. 549 00:26:15,460 --> 00:26:17,460 Huh. 550 00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:19,460 Well, it's weird. This is like the only plaque 551 00:26:19,460 --> 00:26:22,460 or memorial or anything that I've seen in this entire place. 552 00:26:22,460 --> 00:26:24,460 That's a good point. 553 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:26,460 For a specific person? 554 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:27,460 Must've been an important man. 555 00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:29,460 I'm going to do some research on who this was. 556 00:26:29,460 --> 00:26:31,460 Okay. 557 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:44,460 The next morning, we're still trying to wrap our heads 558 00:26:44,460 --> 00:26:46,460 around the evidence we collected. 559 00:26:46,460 --> 00:26:49,460 So while Jess researches the name on the plaque we found... 560 00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:52,460 Oh, jeez. Fatal accident at Fort Morgan. 561 00:26:52,460 --> 00:26:56,460 I turn my attention to the mysterious scream we recorded. 562 00:26:57,460 --> 00:27:00,460 My guess is it's some kind of animal. 563 00:27:00,460 --> 00:27:03,460 To help me identify it, I've set up a meeting 564 00:27:03,460 --> 00:27:06,460 with wildlife biologist JJ McCool. 565 00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:08,460 He agreed to meet me on short notice, 566 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,460 but said there's something he needs to deal with first. 567 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:13,460 Let's go. 568 00:27:15,460 --> 00:27:17,460 Hey! 569 00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:19,460 Ooh, we got ourselves a gator. 570 00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:21,460 Yeah. 571 00:27:22,460 --> 00:27:25,460 Hey! 572 00:27:25,460 --> 00:27:28,460 I contacted local wildlife biologist JJ McCool. 573 00:27:28,460 --> 00:27:30,460 We got ourselves a gator. 574 00:27:30,460 --> 00:27:31,460 Not too happy either. 575 00:27:31,460 --> 00:27:33,460 To tell me more about the animals that live around Fort Morgan, 576 00:27:33,460 --> 00:27:36,460 he's had close contact with just about every species 577 00:27:36,460 --> 00:27:38,460 of wild animal in the area. 578 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:39,460 I watch, Sil. 579 00:27:39,460 --> 00:27:41,460 While I was on my way to meet him, 580 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:43,460 he got a call about an alligator in a yard, 581 00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:46,460 and I offered, okay, I begged to give him a hand. 582 00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:50,460 If you come up from behind and push his mouth together, 583 00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:52,460 watch your head. 584 00:27:52,460 --> 00:27:53,460 Ooh! 585 00:27:53,460 --> 00:27:55,460 Look at this! 586 00:27:57,460 --> 00:27:59,460 Oh, my God. 587 00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:01,460 You're not too happy. You're not too happy. 588 00:28:01,460 --> 00:28:03,460 Okay, where are we taking it? 589 00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:06,460 Let's go put it in my truck so we can relocate. 590 00:28:06,460 --> 00:28:08,460 Look at that. 591 00:28:08,460 --> 00:28:11,460 Alligator wrangling. Check. 592 00:28:11,460 --> 00:28:12,460 How big would you say this is? 593 00:28:12,460 --> 00:28:15,460 I'd say it's probably about good six feet long. 594 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:17,460 Very healthy, really healthy, little gator. 595 00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:19,460 I mean, this thing is incredible. 596 00:28:19,460 --> 00:28:21,460 Clearly, you know the wildlife here. 597 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:22,460 So that's why I called you. 598 00:28:22,460 --> 00:28:24,460 I told you we were investigating Fort Morgan, 599 00:28:24,460 --> 00:28:26,460 and when we were out there last night, 600 00:28:26,460 --> 00:28:30,460 we heard a noise, and I have a feeling 601 00:28:30,460 --> 00:28:31,460 it might have been an animal. 602 00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:32,460 So do you mind taking a listen? 603 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:33,460 No. 604 00:28:33,460 --> 00:28:34,460 All right. 605 00:28:34,460 --> 00:28:36,460 Let's do this. 606 00:28:39,460 --> 00:28:40,460 Did you hear that? 607 00:28:40,460 --> 00:28:42,460 Mm-hmm. 608 00:28:46,460 --> 00:28:48,460 The only thing we've got down there 609 00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:49,460 that really makes a noise like that, 610 00:28:49,460 --> 00:28:52,460 that's a wildlife, would be a bobcat. 611 00:28:52,460 --> 00:28:54,460 And it springs, so they'll breed, you know, 612 00:28:54,460 --> 00:28:57,460 all through the spring and into the early summer. 613 00:28:57,460 --> 00:29:00,460 If you get close to them, it's a real deep, guttural 614 00:29:00,460 --> 00:29:02,460 type of sound, but at a distance, 615 00:29:02,460 --> 00:29:03,460 it sounds like I'm screaming. 616 00:29:03,460 --> 00:29:05,460 But as a rule, they're pretty quiet 617 00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:07,460 unless something's got them stirred up. 618 00:29:07,460 --> 00:29:08,460 They're very reclusive. 619 00:29:08,460 --> 00:29:10,460 So if you hear them, there's something going on, you know? 620 00:29:10,460 --> 00:29:11,460 Something's going on, huh? 621 00:29:11,460 --> 00:29:12,460 Yeah. 622 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:13,460 Okay. 623 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:16,460 So the noise that we all thought was a human scream 624 00:29:16,460 --> 00:29:18,460 could be coming from a wild animal. 625 00:29:18,460 --> 00:29:21,460 Bobcats are nocturnal, so I'll put up some trailcams 626 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:24,460 around the fort to see if we can confirm tonight 627 00:29:24,460 --> 00:29:27,460 that there's one prowling the grounds nearby. 628 00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:29,460 So it's amazing that just a few hundred yards away 629 00:29:29,460 --> 00:29:32,460 from the fort is this beautiful habitat. 630 00:29:32,460 --> 00:29:34,460 And there's got to be a lot of wild animals 631 00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:36,460 living around here, so I'm looking around 632 00:29:36,460 --> 00:29:38,460 to find an area that looks like it is used 633 00:29:38,460 --> 00:29:41,460 by wildlife as a trail. 634 00:29:41,460 --> 00:29:42,460 This looks good. 635 00:29:42,460 --> 00:29:44,460 These things also record audio, 636 00:29:44,460 --> 00:29:47,460 so if we do get a photo, video of something, 637 00:29:47,460 --> 00:29:49,460 we can also get a listen and see if we get 638 00:29:49,460 --> 00:29:51,460 something that matches up. 639 00:29:58,460 --> 00:30:00,460 Got batteries, things on. 640 00:30:06,460 --> 00:30:07,460 Hey, hey. 641 00:30:07,460 --> 00:30:08,460 Hey. 642 00:30:08,460 --> 00:30:09,460 What you been digging up? 643 00:30:09,460 --> 00:30:11,460 I'm digging up a little bit. 644 00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:12,460 What you been digging up? 645 00:30:12,460 --> 00:30:14,460 Lots, actually. 646 00:30:14,460 --> 00:30:16,460 So check this out. 647 00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:18,460 Charles Stewart. 648 00:30:18,460 --> 00:30:21,460 It was him, seven others wounded in total, 649 00:30:21,460 --> 00:30:22,460 two of them died later. 650 00:30:22,460 --> 00:30:24,460 They were all hanging around this cannon, which misfired. 651 00:30:24,460 --> 00:30:26,460 This cannon had two charges in it, 652 00:30:26,460 --> 00:30:28,460 obviously couldn't handle it and exploded, 653 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:31,460 killed everybody, but him in particular, 654 00:30:31,460 --> 00:30:34,460 he got struck by a piece of the cannon, 655 00:30:34,460 --> 00:30:36,460 which weighed over 200 pounds, 656 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:39,460 and they say that, like, all that was left of his body 657 00:30:39,460 --> 00:30:41,460 was the jaw down. 658 00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:42,460 No. 659 00:30:42,460 --> 00:30:45,460 And that his head is found in pieces. 660 00:30:45,460 --> 00:30:46,460 Wow. 661 00:30:46,460 --> 00:30:49,460 In an accident, because of something as simple 662 00:30:49,460 --> 00:30:52,460 as accidentally adding an additional charge. 663 00:30:52,460 --> 00:30:53,460 Oh, yeah. 664 00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:56,460 Also, he has a widow, Julia. 665 00:30:56,460 --> 00:30:58,460 So with that information, 666 00:30:58,460 --> 00:31:02,460 what does that tell you about where to focus tonight? 667 00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:05,460 Well, so there's a lot of theories as to where he actually died. 668 00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:08,460 I mean, some people believe that it was at Bastion 4 669 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:10,460 or maybe Bastion 5, 670 00:31:10,460 --> 00:31:12,460 where they would have had those cannons stationed. 671 00:31:12,460 --> 00:31:15,460 Lieutenant Colonel Stewart was the ranking officer 672 00:31:15,460 --> 00:31:18,460 in charge of Fort Morgan at the time of his grizzly demise. 673 00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:20,460 And I'm wondering if, even in death, 674 00:31:20,460 --> 00:31:23,460 he's still in command here. 675 00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:27,460 So tonight, I'll try to make contact. 676 00:31:27,460 --> 00:31:29,460 All right, you want to help me set this stuff up? 677 00:31:29,460 --> 00:31:30,460 Yeah. 678 00:31:30,460 --> 00:31:31,460 Put this by the door. 679 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:35,460 We're setting up a laser grid and REM pod at Bastion 4. 680 00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:37,460 One of the suspected locations 681 00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:39,460 that might have been where Colonel Stewart died. 682 00:31:39,460 --> 00:31:40,460 How's that look? 683 00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:41,460 Oh, that's perfect. 684 00:31:41,460 --> 00:31:43,460 That whole thing's covered. 685 00:31:43,460 --> 00:31:46,460 If an electromagnetic disturbance passes through the field 686 00:31:46,460 --> 00:31:48,460 of these highly sensitive instruments, 687 00:31:48,460 --> 00:31:50,460 we'll get an alert. 688 00:31:50,460 --> 00:31:51,460 Ready? 689 00:31:51,460 --> 00:31:52,460 Yeah. 690 00:31:55,460 --> 00:31:57,460 Charles, are you here? 691 00:31:59,460 --> 00:32:02,460 Charles, is this where you were killed? 692 00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:09,460 Charles, if you're here with us, 693 00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:11,460 now's the time to let us know. 694 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:22,460 Charles, are you with us? 695 00:32:38,460 --> 00:32:41,460 Charles, is this where you had your accident? 696 00:32:43,460 --> 00:32:45,460 I can't see anything, really. 697 00:32:45,460 --> 00:32:47,460 I don't see anything. 698 00:32:47,460 --> 00:32:50,460 Charles, should we go to a different location? 699 00:32:56,460 --> 00:32:58,460 What the f***? 700 00:32:59,460 --> 00:33:02,460 Did that just fall out of one of the ceilings? 701 00:33:02,460 --> 00:33:04,460 Brick. 702 00:33:04,460 --> 00:33:05,460 Turn your light. 703 00:33:05,460 --> 00:33:07,460 F***, brick fell. 704 00:33:10,460 --> 00:33:12,460 So it fell right where I'm right here? 705 00:33:12,460 --> 00:33:13,460 It fell right there. 706 00:33:13,460 --> 00:33:15,460 So you just fell out of here? 707 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:23,460 Oh, no. 708 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:25,460 Oh, look up there. 709 00:33:25,460 --> 00:33:26,460 Could have been that one, too. 710 00:33:26,460 --> 00:33:28,460 Oh, I bet you it's that one. 711 00:33:29,460 --> 00:33:31,460 Charles, did you just throw something at us? 712 00:33:31,460 --> 00:33:33,460 What the hell? 713 00:33:36,460 --> 00:33:38,460 What the f***? 714 00:33:39,460 --> 00:33:41,460 Did you just turn that off? 715 00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:42,460 A laser? 716 00:33:42,460 --> 00:33:43,460 Yeah. 717 00:33:43,460 --> 00:33:45,460 Why the f*** is the laser not working? 718 00:33:45,460 --> 00:33:47,460 Wait, point at it. 719 00:33:47,460 --> 00:33:51,460 And the button's being held out by the clamp. 720 00:33:51,460 --> 00:33:53,460 What the f***? 721 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:07,460 The story of the war is that 722 00:34:07,460 --> 00:34:10,460 the war in Boston Harbor is supposedly inhabited 723 00:34:10,460 --> 00:34:12,460 by the angry spirit of Melanie Lenear. 724 00:34:12,460 --> 00:34:15,460 Her story is that in the early days of the war, 725 00:34:15,460 --> 00:34:18,460 her Confederate soldier husband is imprisoned in the fort. 726 00:34:18,460 --> 00:34:21,460 Melanie disguises herself as a Union soldier 727 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:23,460 and sneaks over the wall. 728 00:34:23,460 --> 00:34:25,460 But she's captured, 729 00:34:25,460 --> 00:34:28,460 and in the scuffle, her husband is fatally wounded 730 00:34:28,460 --> 00:34:30,460 by her own gun. 731 00:34:30,460 --> 00:34:32,460 Convicted as a spy, 732 00:34:32,460 --> 00:34:34,460 she goes to the gallows wearing a black dress. 733 00:34:34,460 --> 00:34:36,460 Today, visitors to the fort report seeing 734 00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:39,460 her restless spirit wandering the grounds. 735 00:34:39,460 --> 00:34:43,460 Attempts to verify Melanie's story are a dead end. 736 00:34:43,460 --> 00:34:46,460 There are no historical records of a Melanie Lenear 737 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:49,460 or any woman who met that fate at Fort Warren. 738 00:34:49,460 --> 00:34:51,460 But does that mean that some Bostonians 739 00:34:51,460 --> 00:34:54,460 will stop believing in this haunting legend? 740 00:34:54,460 --> 00:34:57,460 There's not a ghost of a chance. 741 00:35:02,460 --> 00:35:03,460 Why the f*** is the laser not working? 742 00:35:03,460 --> 00:35:05,460 Wait, point at it. 743 00:35:05,460 --> 00:35:08,460 And the button's being held, held down by the clamp. 744 00:35:08,460 --> 00:35:11,460 What the f***? 745 00:35:15,460 --> 00:35:17,460 Charles, if it's you, turn it back on. 746 00:35:27,460 --> 00:35:30,460 So, you just turned it back on. What did you do? 747 00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:32,460 I didn't do anything. I just touched it. 748 00:35:33,460 --> 00:35:35,460 Keeps turning on and off on its own. 749 00:35:37,460 --> 00:35:39,460 No, it won't turn on at all. 750 00:35:39,460 --> 00:35:41,460 It's just dead. It's just completely dead now. 751 00:35:42,460 --> 00:35:44,460 Okay. 752 00:35:44,460 --> 00:35:46,460 I'll be honest, the brick is what really messed with me. 753 00:35:46,460 --> 00:35:50,460 I feel like we can explain this as being a potential battery situation. 754 00:35:50,460 --> 00:35:53,460 I would say that you explain the brick to this place, 755 00:35:53,460 --> 00:35:54,460 and just phone the part. 756 00:35:54,460 --> 00:35:57,460 I mean, just this fort is really old and weather-beaten. 757 00:35:57,460 --> 00:36:00,460 Okay, but what set off the REM pod? 758 00:36:00,460 --> 00:36:03,460 Let's keep surveillance cameras running in here and see what else we get. 759 00:36:03,460 --> 00:36:05,460 Okay. 760 00:36:05,460 --> 00:36:07,460 Okay. 761 00:36:07,460 --> 00:36:11,460 We head to Bastion 5, the location that some believe 762 00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:14,460 is where Colonel Stewart was killed in a cannon accident. 763 00:36:14,460 --> 00:36:17,460 It's also near the location where the fort's historian 764 00:36:17,460 --> 00:36:20,460 heard a disembodied voice shouting cannon commands. 765 00:36:25,460 --> 00:36:26,460 Alright, wanna sit up right over here? 766 00:36:26,460 --> 00:36:28,460 Is this where the cannon would have been? 767 00:36:28,460 --> 00:36:29,460 Yeah. 768 00:36:29,460 --> 00:36:31,460 Okay. 769 00:36:32,460 --> 00:36:34,460 This thing. 770 00:36:34,460 --> 00:36:36,460 Just rock solid. 771 00:36:38,460 --> 00:36:40,460 But right here? 772 00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:44,460 Did you hear that? 773 00:36:46,460 --> 00:36:48,460 Did you hear that bell? 774 00:36:48,460 --> 00:36:50,460 Well, I hear that bell. 775 00:36:50,460 --> 00:36:52,460 I wonder if there's a ship passing here. 776 00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:53,460 See? 777 00:36:53,460 --> 00:36:55,460 I kinda wanna go down there. 778 00:36:55,460 --> 00:36:56,460 Towards the beach? 779 00:36:56,460 --> 00:36:57,460 Yeah. 780 00:36:57,460 --> 00:36:58,460 Let's get over there. 781 00:36:58,460 --> 00:37:00,460 Okay. 782 00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:02,460 I hear it. 783 00:37:03,460 --> 00:37:05,460 It sounded like it was right over here. 784 00:37:06,460 --> 00:37:07,460 See it up here? 785 00:37:07,460 --> 00:37:08,460 Oh man, I hear that. 786 00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:09,460 Clear as day. 787 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:10,460 That's definitely coming from over there. 788 00:37:10,460 --> 00:37:12,460 Yeah. 789 00:37:16,460 --> 00:37:18,460 Alright, you heard it around here, right? 790 00:37:18,460 --> 00:37:19,460 Yeah. 791 00:37:19,460 --> 00:37:22,460 I mean, I'm hearing a flagpole over here to the right. 792 00:37:22,460 --> 00:37:24,460 I hear a flagpole over there for sure. 793 00:37:24,460 --> 00:37:25,460 I don't know. 794 00:37:25,460 --> 00:37:26,460 That doesn't sound like a bell. 795 00:37:26,460 --> 00:37:27,460 The rigs are far. 796 00:37:27,460 --> 00:37:29,460 I do not think we're hearing a alarm bell from there. 797 00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:31,460 Is that a ship out there? 798 00:37:31,460 --> 00:37:32,460 Is that blinking red? 799 00:37:32,460 --> 00:37:33,460 I don't know. 800 00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:36,460 We raced back to base camp to grab a directional microphone 801 00:37:36,460 --> 00:37:38,460 and my night vision scope. 802 00:37:40,460 --> 00:37:42,460 That bell sounded like it was nearby. 803 00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:44,460 So if it came from a boat, 804 00:37:44,460 --> 00:37:46,460 it should still be in close range. 805 00:37:46,460 --> 00:37:47,460 Nothing. 806 00:37:47,460 --> 00:37:50,460 The boats I see all look like they're miles away. 807 00:37:50,460 --> 00:37:52,460 There's a tanker that's moving. 808 00:37:52,460 --> 00:37:54,460 Those things kick up a huge wake 809 00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:56,460 which would cause the boolies to move. 810 00:37:56,460 --> 00:37:58,460 So if there were any bells on those boolies, 811 00:37:58,460 --> 00:38:01,460 we would hear them and I'm not hearing anything. 812 00:38:01,460 --> 00:38:03,460 So what if we just hear? 813 00:38:03,460 --> 00:38:05,460 Who the hell rang the bell? 814 00:38:05,460 --> 00:38:09,460 Either somebody or something rang one. 815 00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:13,460 Maybe this haunting extends past the fort. 816 00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:17,460 This investigation just shot to a new level. 817 00:38:17,460 --> 00:38:19,460 We need to expand our search zone 818 00:38:19,460 --> 00:38:21,460 to find out what's really happening at this fort 819 00:38:21,460 --> 00:38:22,460 and in the water. 820 00:38:22,460 --> 00:38:25,460 Maybe Josh can help steer this ship in the right direction. 821 00:38:25,460 --> 00:38:26,460 Hey. 822 00:38:26,460 --> 00:38:27,460 Hey Josh. 823 00:38:27,460 --> 00:38:28,460 Hey guys. 824 00:38:28,460 --> 00:38:30,460 So you're wrapping things up in Fort Morgan. 825 00:38:30,460 --> 00:38:31,460 What's the verdict? 826 00:38:31,460 --> 00:38:32,460 Any ghosts? 827 00:38:32,460 --> 00:38:35,460 Yeah, we've had two phenomenal nights of evidence. 828 00:38:35,460 --> 00:38:37,460 I was actually thinking we were kind of narrowing it down 829 00:38:37,460 --> 00:38:40,460 as to who may have been haunting the fort, 830 00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:42,460 but then we got thrown a curve ball. 831 00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:44,460 Okay, how so? 832 00:38:44,460 --> 00:38:46,460 Josh, take a listen to this. 833 00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:51,460 Sounds like bells. 834 00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:53,460 Weird, right? 835 00:38:53,460 --> 00:38:55,460 So you are right near the water. 836 00:38:55,460 --> 00:38:58,460 Maybe it's a buoy, it's a ship, something like that. 837 00:38:58,460 --> 00:39:00,460 Those were my thoughts exactly. 838 00:39:00,460 --> 00:39:02,460 So we went to the shore, we looked all up and down, 839 00:39:02,460 --> 00:39:04,460 checked the boolies, no bells. 840 00:39:04,460 --> 00:39:05,460 Then we looked for boats. 841 00:39:05,460 --> 00:39:07,460 There was no boats nearby that could explain that noise. 842 00:39:07,460 --> 00:39:10,460 So at this point, honestly, I have no idea what made that noise. 843 00:39:10,460 --> 00:39:11,460 Wow. 844 00:39:11,460 --> 00:39:14,460 We did hear them during the night, always in sets of four. 845 00:39:14,460 --> 00:39:17,460 And so I think I know what's going on. 846 00:39:17,460 --> 00:39:18,460 What are you thinking? 847 00:39:18,460 --> 00:39:20,460 So all the water surrounding the fort, 848 00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:23,460 it's filled with shipwrecks including the USS Tacumse, 849 00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:25,460 which went down during the Battle of Mobile Bay. 850 00:39:25,460 --> 00:39:28,460 93 people died, it was super traumatic. 851 00:39:28,460 --> 00:39:30,460 Back in the day, how they would communicate 852 00:39:30,460 --> 00:39:32,460 was with bells during a battle. 853 00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:35,460 So I suspect that the waters around the fort 854 00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:37,460 is where we should take our investigation. 855 00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:39,460 So you're saying these are ghost bells? 856 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:43,460 Yes, I truly believe that the fort and the hauntings there 857 00:39:43,460 --> 00:39:45,460 are connected to potential hauntings in the water 858 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:47,460 and the USS Tacumse. 859 00:39:47,460 --> 00:39:50,460 I'm obviously not so sure about this ghost bell theory, 860 00:39:50,460 --> 00:39:53,460 but that being said, I'm very happy to try to dive on that site 861 00:39:53,460 --> 00:39:54,460 and see what we can uncover. 862 00:39:54,460 --> 00:39:56,460 Well, the bottom line is something made that noise, right? 863 00:39:56,460 --> 00:39:58,460 So I would definitely keep investigating. 864 00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:00,460 And if you're saying that you think there's more work to do 865 00:40:00,460 --> 00:40:03,460 out at the fort and now out on the water, 866 00:40:03,460 --> 00:40:06,460 I would suggest expanding the investigation. 867 00:40:06,460 --> 00:40:08,460 You're talking about a lot of territory to cover here. 868 00:40:08,460 --> 00:40:10,460 You guys might need some backup. 869 00:40:10,460 --> 00:40:11,460 I have an idea. 870 00:40:11,460 --> 00:40:18,460 Next time on Expedition X, 871 00:40:18,460 --> 00:40:23,460 my team is deep into an investigation of the strange phenomena 872 00:40:23,460 --> 00:40:26,460 inside this Civil War era fort. 873 00:40:26,460 --> 00:40:29,460 There's not a single spot in this entire fort 874 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:31,460 that doesn't come with a story. 875 00:40:31,460 --> 00:40:36,460 Mounting evidence sends the team on an epic search for answers. 876 00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:40,460 Did anyone from the Tacumse ring a bell? 877 00:40:40,460 --> 00:40:43,460 It's amazing how close that ship was when it got taken out. 878 00:40:43,460 --> 00:40:45,460 I send in reinforcements, 879 00:40:45,460 --> 00:40:48,460 world-class ghost hunters from Kindred Spirits, 880 00:40:48,460 --> 00:40:50,460 Amy Bruni, and Adam Berry. 881 00:40:50,460 --> 00:40:53,460 The scratch is pretty wild. 882 00:40:53,460 --> 00:40:55,460 There's so many spiders here. 883 00:40:55,460 --> 00:40:57,460 Oh, my God. 884 00:40:59,460 --> 00:41:01,460 That was crazy. 885 00:41:01,460 --> 00:41:03,460 Ooh, I've got goosebumps. 886 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:06,460 It's an investigation that could end in disaster. 887 00:41:06,460 --> 00:41:09,460 Mom, current is too strong. 888 00:41:09,460 --> 00:41:11,460 We got the line! 889 00:41:11,460 --> 00:41:14,460 Can they exhume the secrets? 890 00:41:14,460 --> 00:41:17,460 Are there other people with you? 891 00:41:17,460 --> 00:41:19,460 Hundreds. 892 00:41:21,460 --> 00:41:24,460 Of the phantoms of Fort Morgan.