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ON THIS EPISODE OF
"EXPEDITION X"...

CHECK THIS OUT.

THIS IS THE SPOT.

MY TEAM BRAVES
THE BACKWOODS OF TENNESSEE

TO INVESTIGATE A TERRIFYING
LEGEND 200 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

A VENGEFUL SPIRIT THAT LOCALS
SAY HAS RETURNED.

SOMETHING CRAZY HAPPENED
IN THERE.

THEY LOOK LIKE CLAW MARKS.

OH, WOW. WAY MORE BONES.

THAT .
IS THAT A HUMAN BONE?

DID YOU HEAR IT?

SOME LEGENDS
REFUSE TO DIE...

ARE YOU STILL
AT THE BELL FARM?

THERE ARE BIG
SCRATCH MARKS IN HERE.

WHAT THE
HAPPENED DOWN HERE?

BECAUSE THE WITCH...

BE CAREFUL!

...IS...

THINK I JUST
HEARD IT AGAIN.

...BACK.

PHIL?

ARE YOU OKAY?

TERROR OF THE BELL WITCH.

WHICH MY NAME IS JOSH GATES.

IN MY TRAVELS,
I'VE EXPERIENCED STRANGE THINGS

THAT DEFY LOGIC AND MADE ME
QUESTION EVERYTHING.

OH, MY GOD.

NOW, I'VE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM
TO INVESTIGATE

THE STRANGER SIDE
OF THE UNKNOWN.

LET'S GO!

PHIL TORRES
IS A SCIENTIST

WHO HUNTS
FOR RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS.

JESSICA CHOBOT'S
PARANORMAL RESEARCH

HAS MADE HER A TRUE BELIEVER.

PHIL, DO YOU SEE THAT?

I JUST SAW SOMETHING
RUN ACROSS.

TOGETHER,
WE'RE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS...

WHAT IS THAT?

...TO THE WORLD'S
MOST EXTRAORDINARY MYSTERIES.

THIS IS "EXPEDITION X."

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ALL RIGHT,
I HOLD IN MY HAND

A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK
TO THE PARANORMAL COMMUNITY.

"HARRY POTTER."

GREAT GUESS, INCORRECT.

SUPPOSEDLY, THIS IS
A WORK OF NONFICTION.

IN IT,
THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES EVENTS

THAT PURPORTEDLY TOOK PLACE
ON A RURAL FARM IN TENNESSEE

IN THE EARLY 19th CENTURY,
A HAUNTING

THAT LEFT THE FAMILY WHO LIVE
THERE GRIPPED WITH HORROR.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE BELL WHICH.

YES, THIS IS
THE AUTHENTICATED HISTORY

OF THE BELL WITCH
BY M.V. INGRAM.

I LOVE THIS STORY,
READ THE BOOK IN COLLEGE,

AND IT SCARED THE ABSOLUTE
DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME.

THIS BOOK SCARES
A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT
IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE

THAT WHAT'S IN IT IS TRUE.

WHY DO I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN
THIS MOVIE BEFORE?

WELL, BECAUSE
YOU KIND OF HAVE.

THE BELL WITCH
WAS THE INSPIRATION

FOR SO MANY STORIES
AND MOVIES THAT FOLLOWED.

SOME SAY THIS WAS
THE INSPIRATION

FOR "THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT."

IN MANY WAYS,
THIS REALLY IS THE MOST FAMOUS

HAUNTING IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

THE YEAR IS 1894.

AUTHOR M.V. INGRAM WRITES
WHAT HE CLAIMS

IS A TERRIFYING,
BUT TRUE STORY.

HE REPORTS THAT LOCAL FARMER
JOHN BELL

IS TENDING TO HIS CROPS

WHEN HE SPOTS AN ENORMOUS
BLACK DOG-LIKE BEAST

WITH GLOWING RED EYES.

WHEN HE FIRES HIS RIFLE
AT THE CREATURE,

IT VANISHES LIKE A GHOST.

SOON AFTER,
THE ENTIRE BELL FAMILY

IS TERRORIZED IN THEIR HOME
BY UNEARTHLY SOUNDS OF GNAWING,

SCRATCHING, CHAINS RATTLING,
AND INTENSE KNOCKING,

AN INVISIBLE FORCE IS SAID
TO ATTACK THE BELL CHILDREN

RIPPING THEIR BEDSHEETS
FROM UNDER THEM IN THEIR SLEEP.

SLAPPING, SCRATCHING,
YANKING HAIR.

15-YEAR-OLD BETSY BELL
GETS THE BRUNT OF THE TRAUMA.

IT'S REPORTED THAT THE VOICE
OF THE WITCH IS HEARD

BY MANY PEOPLE WHO SET FOOT
IN THE BELL FARMHOUSE.

EVENTUALLY, WORD SPREADS,

AND CROWDS FLOCK
TO THE BELL FARM,

HOPING TO HEAR THE WHISPERINGS
OF THE SPECTER.

IT'S EVEN SAID
THAT GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON,

BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT,
IS AMONG THE VISITORS.

INGRAM WRITES, "THE MORE
ATTENTION THE SPIRIT RECEIVES,

"THE MORE POWERFUL SHE BECOMES
UNTIL ONE DAY

SHE ACTUALLY STARTS TO SPEAK."

IT'S SAID THAT SHE TORMENTS
YOUNG BETSY THE MOST

AND EVEN IDENTIFIES HERSELF
AS OLD KATE BATTS' WITCH.

KATE BATTS LIVED NEXT DOOR
TO THE BELL FAMILY.

IT'S SAID SHE WAS ANGRY WITH
JOHN BELL

ABOUT A FINANCIAL MATTER,

AND ON HER DEATHBED
SHE CURSED HIM,

A CURSE THAT GAVE RISE
TO HER MALEVOLENT SPIRIT.

INGRAM CONCLUDES,
"IN A FINAL ACT OF TERROR,

THE SPIRIT ANNOUNCES ITS
INTENTION TO KILL JOHN BELL."

DAYS LATER,

HE IS FOUND DEAD WITH
A VIAL OF POISON AT HIS SIDE.

TODAY, THE RESIDENTS
OF THE SMALL TENNESSEE TOWN

ARE TERRIFIED ONCE AGAIN
EXPERIENCING WHAT THEY SAY

CAN ONLY BE THE WORK
OF THE INFAMOUS WITCH.

SIGHTINGS OF AN UNIDENTIFIED
CREATURE WITH EERIE RED EYES

HAVE BEEN REPORTED ONCE AGAIN,

A MONSTER THAT LOCALS BELIEVE IS
NOT ONLY CONNECTED TO THE WITCH,

BUT POSSIBLY THE WITCH HERSELF.

THERE ARE ALSO INCIDENTS OF
STRANGE, DISEMBODIED VOICES,

AND JUST RECENTLY, A LOCAL MAN
CLAIMS HE WAS RESTRAINED

AND VICIOUSLY ATTACKED
BY AN UNSEEN ENTITY.

BUT SKEPTICS COUNTER
THAT IT'S SIMPLY SUPERSTITION

AND THAT THE STORY IS NOTHING
MORE THAN JUST THAT--

A TALE MADE UP ENTIRELY
BY AUTHOR M.V. INGRAM,

PERHAPS A HORROR WRITER
WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME.

SO?

I JUST GOT TO SAY,

IT SEEMS A LITTLE
TOO IMPRESSIVE TO BE REAL.

I MEAN, THIS ISN'T
A GHOST STORY.

THIS IS A GHOST NOVEL.

AND SO, IT CLAIMS
VERY CLEARLY UP TOP

"AUTHENTICATED HISTORY."

- SO YOU KNOW, IT'S TRUE.
- EXACTLY.

SO IT WAS WRITTEN 1894.
- YEAH.

WHEN DID THIS SUPPOSEDLY
ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE?

ABOUT 77 YEARS EARLIER.

SO THAT'S A LONG TIME
FOR THIS STORY TO CHANGE.

WELL, HOLD UP.

I MEAN, THE BELL FAMILY
WAS A REAL FAMILY, RIGHT?

YES.

YEAH, BUT THIS IDEA
OF A TALKATIVE, INVISIBLE ENTITY

ATTACKING PEOPLE JUST SEEMS
A LITTLE OVER THE TOP.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS
THE 1800s.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JUST MAKE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP

BECAUSE THAT CAN GET YOU
OSTRACIZED FROM CHURCH

AND FROM SOCIETY.

SO THERE'S NOTHING
FOR THE BELL FAMILY TO GAIN

BY COMING OUT WITH THIS.

BUT THERE'S A LOT
THAT THE AUTHOR,

M.V. INGRAM, WOULD GAIN
BY SELLING THIS BOOK 77 LATER.

IT'S TRUE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE NOT
EVEN TALKING ABOUT

ARE THE RECENT ACCOUNTS.

AND REALLY,
THIS DEBATE IS EXACTLY

WHAT I WANT YOU TO SETTLE.

OKAY, YOUR MISSION IS TO GO
TO TENNESSEE

AND TO MEET WITH FOLKS

THAT ARE HAVING
SUPPOSEDLY CURRENT EXPERIENCES,

BUT ALSO TO DO WHAT
YOU'RE DOING RIGHT HERE

TO UNRAVEL THE LEGEND ITSELF.

YOU UP FOR THIS?

- ABSOLUTELY.
- I'M IN.

THIS IS EITHER
A WORK OF FICTION

OR THE MOST TERRIFYING,
TRUE STORY EVER WRITTEN.

THE TEAM TRAVELS 765 MILES

FROM NEW YORK CITY
TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

FROM THERE, IT'S ONLY
A 40-MINUTE DRIVE NORTH

TO RURAL ROBERTSON COUNTY
AND THE SMALL TOWN OF ADAMS.

ALL RIGHT, LOOKING AT THIS,
WE GOT ROLLING HILLS,

CORN FIELDS, OLD FARMHOUSES.

I THINK WE MADE IT TO ADAMS.

HOME TO THE STORY
OF THE BELL WITCH.

OH, IT'S MORE THAN A STORY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I DO HAVE AN OPEN MIND,
BUT WITH THIS CASE,

IT ALL JUST STRIKES ME
AS A SPOOKY,

TALL TALE THAT WAS RETOLD
SO MANY TIMES IN THIS COMMUNITY,

IT KIND OF BECAME TRUE.

BUT JESS IS GONNA FIGHT ME
ON IT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

SO I'VE BEEN READING UP
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT KIND OF STOOD OUT TO ME

IS GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON'S
VISIT.

OF ALL OF THE WITNESSES
TO HAVE--

ANDREW JACKSON
IS A PRETTY BIG ONE

ON THE LIST.

ACCORDING TO INGRAM'S BOOK,
HE CAME WITH A GROUP OF HIS MEN

AND THEY BASICALLY
WENT ON A WITCH HUNT.

HE WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN IT

AND HE WAS DOING
WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THEY MADE A ROAD TRIP
TO COME WITCH HUNTING.

WHICH IS SUPER COOL.

SO YOU'RE CONVINCED THAT
AT LEAST PART OF THIS STORY

IS ROOTED IN ACTUAL HISTORY
AND NOT JUST TALL TALES?

I DO THINK THAT SOMETHING
UNEXPLAINED HAPPENED

TO THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE
TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT ACTUALLY DID HAPPEN THEN.

THE TOWN OF ADAMS,
TENNESSEE WAS FOUNDED IN 1869,

NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER
THE INITIAL BELL WITCH HAUNTINGS

NEVERTHELESS,
IN THIS SMALL TOWN OF ABOUT 700,

THE LEGEND IS ALL TOO REAL.

MY TEAM'S FIRST STOP IS AT

THE BELL WILLETT MUSEUM
AND ARCHIVES

WHERE TYLER ESTEP, THE CURATOR,
HAS AGREED TO MEET WITH THEM.

- HI.
- HELLO.

WE'RE BASICALLY HERE INTERESTED
IN ALL THINGS BELL WITCH.

YOU COME TO
THE RIGHT PLACE, THEN.

ARE THESE TEETH?

THOSE ARE JOEL BALES'
FALSE TEETH.

WHEN HIS BODY WAS MOVED BACK
TO ADAMS

TO BELLWOOD CEMETERY OVER HERE
HIS FALSE TEETH WERE FOUND

AND SENT TO THE MUSEUM.

FROM ORIGINAL PHOTOS
TO FAMILY HEIRLOOMS

AND COPIES OF THE INGRAM BOOK

THAT MADE
THE BELL FAMILY FAMOUS,

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE BELLS
AND THEIR LEGACY

ARE MORE THAN FOLKLORE.

I'M SEEING SOME OF
THE INGRAM BOOKS HERE.

- ABSOLUTELY.
- YEAH.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE
AN ORIGINAL AT ALL OR...

- YES, I DO.
- OH, THAT'S THE ONE.

YES, THIS IS THE ONE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK?
- YEAH.

- OOH, NICE.
- WOW.

SUPER COOL.

ONE OF THE THINGS
I WANTED TO LOOK AT

IS THAT OUR FAMILY TROUBLE
SECTION--

OF COURSE.

...WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY A DIRECT
ACCOUNT FROM JOHN BELL'S SON,

WILLIAM, RIGHT?

KIND OF THE DEAL
WAS WITH A DIARY WAS

AFTER EVERYBODY HAD DIED,

THEN THEY COULD MAKE
A PUBLICATION OF THIS SO

THE DIARY WAS GIVEN TO INGRAM.

HE WRITES A BOOK,
THE DIARY DISAPPEARS.

NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT IS.
- INTERESTING.

SO INGRAM IS THE ONLY PERSON
WE HAVE TO GO ON THAT

HAS TIES TO THIS STORY.

YES.

IF THE ONLY DIRECT EVIDENCE
INGRAM HAD FROM THE BELL FAMILY,

THIS DIARY WAS LOST,

WHO'S TO SAY IT EVER EXISTED
IN THE FIRST PLACE?

OR IF IT DID THAT, IT WOULD
CORROBORATE INGRAM'S BOOK?

IT'S AT LEAST CERTAIN THAT
THE BELL FAMILY WAS HERE

AND SOMETHING
HAPPENED WITH THEM.

- SOMETHING HAPPENED.
- MM-HMM.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN TOWN
WHO BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER

HAPPENED OUT ON THAT FARM
IS HAPPENING AGAIN TODAY?

OF COURSE THERE ARE.

TYLER DIRECTS US TO MEET
A LOCAL RESIDENT OF ADAMS WHO,

JUST LIKE THE BELLS,

HAS HAD EXPERIENCES
SHE SIMPLY CAN'T EXPLAIN.

AND LUCKY FOR US,
SHE OWNS THE LOCAL DINER.

THAT LOOKS GREAT.
- SO GOOD.

OH, I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PIE.

NOW, BRENDA, WE ARE HERE FOR TWO
EQUALLY IMPORTANT REASONS.

ONE OF WHICH IS THAT I HEARD
YOU HAVE THE BEST PIE IN TOWN.

YES.

BUT TWO, WE HEARD YOU HAD
A BELL WITCH EXPERIENCE.

I HAD THE EXPERIENCE.

I WAS DRIVING CLOSE
TO THE BELL FARM

AND I LOOKED OVER
AND I SAW THIS ANIMAL

COMING TOWARD ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS.
IT WAS BLACK.

THE ONLY THING THAT I REALLY SAW
AND IT SCARED ME

WAS THE BLAZING RED EYES.

TWO RED EYES COMING AT YOU,
THEN IT WAS GONE.

IT DISAPPEARED AS FAST
AS IT COME TOWARD ME.

SO WHEN YOU SAW THE EYES,
WERE YOU ABLE TO KIND OF

GUESSTIMATE
HOW BIG THE ANIMAL WAS?

MAYBE ABOUT THE SIZE
OF A GREAT DANE?

I MEAN, IT WAS--
I MEAN, IT WAS BIG.

YOU COULD SEE LIKE
A SHAPE OF A HEAD.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN THE SHAPE.

THE MOST DETAIL I HAD
WAS THE RED EYES

BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

SO WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU THINK YOU SAW?

I DON'T KNOW.

FOR ANYONE
WHO GROWS UP IN ADAMS

ARE THEY RAISED
HEARING STORIES OF THE WITCH?

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
MY GRANDFATHER TOLD ME STORIES.

HE WAS SAYING THAT
HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER

WAS FIXING
TO COME ACROSS A BRIDGE

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE MULES JUST STOPPED.

SO HE GOT OFF THE WAGON,
TOOK THE REINS

AND HIT THE MULES AGAIN.

TRY TO GET THEM TO GO.

STILL WOULDN'T GO.

TALK IS IF WHATEVER YOU ARE,
JUST LET ME GO

AND SAID
HE HEARD A SHRILL LAUGH.

AND THEN HE WAS ABLE
TO GO HOME.

WOW.

SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO PEOPLE KIND OF LIKE PHIL

WHO DON'T BELIEVE
IN THE BELL WITCH?

THERE HAS BEEN STRANGE THINGS
THAT HAS HAPPENED

TO MAKE BELIEVERS
OUT OF THE NONBELIEVERS.

BECAUSE A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF
DOES GO ON

THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN.

BRENDA'S ACCOUNT MATCHES
THE FIRST INCIDENT THAT

INGRAM'S BOOK ATTRIBUTES
TO THE BELL WITCH

WHEN JOHN BELL
SHOT HIS RIFLE AT A HORRIFIC

DOG-LIKE BEAST
WITH GLOWING RED EYES.

SOON AFTER, THE WITCH
ATTACKED THE BELL FAMILY.

AND THIS IS WHY MANY BELIEVE
THAT THIS BEAST MIGHT NOT

ONLY BE CONNECTED TO THE WITCH,

BUT MAYBE THEY ARE ONE
IN THE SAME.

AND SOME LOCALS BELIEVE THE SAME
SUPERNATURAL PATTERN

DETAILED IN INGRAM'S BOOK
IS STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN.

HEY, YOU MUST BE PHILIP.

I AM, GREAT TO MEET YOU.

CAVING EXPERT
PHILLIP RYKWALDER SAYS

THAT WHILE ON A RECENT
SOLO EXPEDITION

IN A NEWLY DISCOVERED CAVE,

HE ENCOUNTERED SOMETHING
THAT SHOOK HIM TO THE CORE

AND LEFT HIS ARMS
BADLY SCRATCHED.

SO WAS THIS THE CAVE WHERE
YOU HAD THE EXPERIENCE?

THIS IS IT.

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

I WAS IN THERE
AND I HEARD SOMETHING.

DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT I HEARD,
SO I STOPPED.

EVERYTHING WAS QUIET,

IT ALMOST
SOUNDED LIKE A VOICE,

A MENACING VOICE.

SO I STARTED GOING OUT,
I STARTED GETTING UP THE ROPE

AND SOMETHING PULLED ON HAIR
AND SOMETHING SCRATCHED MY ARM.

I TURNED AROUND.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

I JUST FELT THIS PANIC.

AND I GOT OUT.

DO YOU THINK IT COULD'VE BEEN
AN ANIMAL?

NEGATIVE, TOTALLY NOT.

- THAT'S SCARY.
- YEAH.

IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING
THAT'S GONNA STAY WITH ME.

I MEAN,
YOU MENTIONED THE CUTS.

DO YOU STILL HAVE ANY SCRAPES
OR MARKS FROM IT?

I TOOK PICTURES OF THEM.

OH, PERFECT. OKAY.
OH, WHOA.

AND THOSE DEFINITELY LOOK
LIKE CLAW MARKS.

YEAH, IT'S HARD TO TELL,
ESPECIALLY THE LONG ONES HERE,

THE OTHERS KIND OF LOOK LIKE YOU
COULD BE SCRAMBLING SCARS.

WHEN YOU'RE CAVING, YOU GET
SCRATCHED ON YOUR ELBOWS

AND YOUR KNEES,
BUT NOTHING ON YOUR FOREARM.

IT WAS GOING FOR BOTH MY ARMS.

THE BELL WITCH
HAS LONG BEEN ASSOCIATED

WITH CAVES IN THE AREA.

ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND,
THE WITCH'S SANCTUARY

WAS HIDDEN SOMEWHERE IN THE VAST
CAVE NETWORK DEEP BELOW ADAMS.

HAVE YOU HEARD RUMORS
ABOUT THE CAVES HERE

AND THEIR ASSOCIATION
WITH THE BELL WITCH?

DID THAT COME TO MIND
WHEN THIS HAPPENED?

- YES.
- WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?

OH, I'VE HEARD STORIES.
I MEAN, GROWING UP, CAVING HERE.

I STARTED CAVING
WHEN I WAS A KID.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GO
IN THERE AND SEE

IF WE CAN'T GET
THE SAME EXPERIENCE.

- OKAY.
- DO YOU WANT TO COME WITH US?

TOTALLY NOT,
I'LL GO IN ANY OTHER CAVE,

BUT NOT-- NOT THAT ONE.

- ALL RIGHT.
- OKAY.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT,
BUT YOU'RE THE EXPERT HERE.

WHAT'S THE EASIEST WAY
TO GET DOWN THE BOTTOM?

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY DOWN.

IF YOU GO UP AROUND
THE HIGH SIDE OF THE SINKHOLE,

YOU CAN RIG YOUR ROPE
TO THAT BIG TREE,

THEN REPELLING IN.

SOMETHING
ATTACKED PHILIP IN THIS CAVE.

AND ANY EVIDENCE OR MAYBE
THE ATTACKER ITSELF...

GOING DOWN!

...LIES DEEP UNDERGROUND.

WHOA! .

MY TEAM IS IN TENNESSEE

EXPLORING
THE LEGEND OF THE BELL WITCH.

THEIR INVESTIGATION
HAS LED THEM UNDERGROUND,

WHERE CAVING EXPERT
PHILIP RYKWALDER

HAD A BIZARRE ENCOUNTER
THAT AROUND THESE PARTS

CAN ONLY BE EXPLAINED
AS PRETTY BELL WITCHY.

GOING DOWN.
WHOA! .

THIS DROP IS NO JOKE.

OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

ALL RIGHT.

JESS, YOU GOOD?

GHOSTS AND PARANORMAL
ACTIVITY DON'T SCARE ME,

BUT HEIGHTS, WELL,
THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

THIS IS SO STEEP.

IT'S OKAY, JUST GO SLOW.

HOW MUCH FURTHER?

JUST 10 MORE FEET, JESS.
ALMOST DOWN.

WHOO, ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

PHILIP RYKWALDER
BELIEVES HE WAS ATTACKED

BY SOME SORT OF UNSEEN ENTITY.

BUT A MORE LIKELY EXPLANATION
IS HE DISTURBED A COYOTE

AND WAS DISORIENTED
IN THE DARK.

CAREFUL.

OPENS UP BACK HERE.

OH.

- OUCH.
- WOW.

MY HOPE IS THAT IF WE THOROUGHLY
EXPLORE THE CAVE,

WE MAY FIND CLUES LEFT BEHIND
FROM WHATEVER IT WAS THAT SCARED

AND SCRATCHED OUR WITNESS.

LET'S SEE WHAT
HAVE WE GOT?

- LOOKS LIKE PASSAGE BACK THERE.
- THERE.

LOOKS LIKE WE GOT ONE UP HERE.

I'M KIND OF FAVORING THIS ONE

BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT KIND OF
LAUNCHES OFF INTO A LARGER AREA.

OKAY, LET'S GO FOR IT.

- OH, MY GOD.
- WHAT?

THIS PLACE
IS FILLED WITH BONES.

CHECK IT OUT. LOOK AT THAT.

HOLY .

WHAT, IS THAT A HUMAN BONE?

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT KIND OF BONE IT IS.

OH, MY GOD,
THERE'S A HUGE PILE BEHIND US.

YOU SEE ALL THOSE?
- OH, WOW.

WHAT ARE THESE FROM?
IS SOMETHING LIVING DOWN HERE?

COULD STILL BE HERE?

I DON'T LIKE THIS PLACE.

I FEEL LIKE
WE'RE BEING WATCHED.

ALL RIGHT,
SHOULD WE KEEP GOING?

I KIND OF FEEL
LIKE WE ALREADY FOUND THIS,

WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.

I'LL FOLLOW YOU.

ALL RIGHT, TIGHT SQUEEZE.

OH, WOW.

WAY MORE BOMBS.

- MORE?
- MORE.

IT'S LIKE
A GRAVEYARD DOWN HERE.

OH, GOD.

THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME ANIMAL
WAS STORING ITS FOOD IN HERE.

LOOK AT THAT,
WHAT ARE THESE? WALNUTS?

AND IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE
LIKE BEDDING

ALL THE LEAVES AND EVERYTHING.

IS THAT A CANDLE?

I MEAN, THIS IS A CANDLE.

THIS LOOKS OLD.

THAT-- THAT IS SO WEIRD.

OH, I FEEL CREEPED OUT
JUST HOLDING THIS THING.

SOMEBODY ACTUALLY CAME DOWN HERE
AT ONE POINT TO DO A RITUAL.

I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT WOULD MAKE
THIS COMBINATION

OF ALL THE WALNUTS
AND THE BONES

AND THEN
THERE'S A CANDLE, TOO.

SO THAT, TO ME,

SAYS A HUMAN
OR SOMEONE WAS DOWN HERE.

THIS, TO ME, SAYS, YOU KNOW,
PROBABLY SOME KIND OF ANIMAL.

MAYBE IT'S A COMBINATION,

WHICH IS WE'RE ALSO KNOWN
FOR HAVING FAMILIARS

AND FAMILIARS WERE, LIKE,
WITH VARIOUS ANIMALS

THAT WOULD
DO THE WITCHES' BIDDING

OR IT WOULD BE THE ONE
TO CARRY OUT

AND HELP HER WITH HER SPELLS.

IN WICCAN MYTHOLOGY,

FAMILIARS ARE SUPERNATURAL
ENTITIES OR DEMONS

THAT CAN TAKE THE FORM
OF MANY ANIMALS.

TRADITIONALLY, THEY'VE PROVIDED
PROTECTION FOR THEIR MASTERS

AND HELP THEM PERFORM MAGIC.

AND WALNUT TREES WERE ONCE
FEARED AS A BAD OMEN

AND HOLDS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE
AS GATHERING SPOTS FOR WITCHES.

PILES OF BONES, WALNUTS,
AND CANDLES

ALL IN ONE SPECIFIC AREA
OF THIS CAVE,

IT CAN'T BE AN ACCIDENT.

THIS IS STILL THE WEIRDEST PILE
OF ANYTHING

I'VE EVER SEEN IN NATURE.

THIS COULD BE A WILD ANIMAL
JUST IN ITS SPACE,

BUT THAT CANDLE?

I FEEL LIKE THAT CANDLE
IS KIND OF THE BRIDGE

TO WHATEVER'S HAPPENING HERE.

HEAR THAT?

IT WAS LIKE A ROCK
FALL OR A KNOCK?

SHH.

IT CAME FROM OVER THERE.

SOMETHING COULD BE DOWN HERE,
I'M SERIOUS,

WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

YOU WANNA GO THAT WAY?

- WOW, BIG DROP OVER HERE.
- REALLY?

BIG DROP.

THE TINY PASSAGE OPENS UP
TO A LARGER SECTION OF THE CAVE

WHERE WE GET CONFIRMATION
THAT WE'RE NOT ALONE.

YEAH, LOOK AT THIS.
- WHAT'D YOU FIND?

SEE THAT?

THAT LOOKS LIKE-- YEAH.
CAN YOU SEE THAT?

TOE PADS, ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR.

OH.

AND THOSE TALONS
RIGHT THERE,

THOSE TWO ARE HOW YOU KNOW
IT'S CANINE, WHATEVER IT IS.

I WANT TO KEEP PUSHING THROUGH.

PRETTY SLIPPERY HERE.

WE FOLLOW THE PASSAGE DEEPER
INTO THE DARKNESS,

BUT WE FIND NO SIGNS
OF ADDITIONAL TRACKS.

WOW, LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

OOH, WHOA.

WOW.

OH, WOW.
LOOK AT ALL THESE STALACTITES.

THIS IS WHERE YOU COULD SEE
THE POWER OF ALL THAT EROSION

AND ALL THE WATER
THAT RUNS UNDERNEATH

TENNESSEE CONNECTS
ALL THESE CAVES.

MM-HMM.

IF YOU BELIEVE THE LEGEND,
THE CAVES BENEATH ADAMS

WERE ONCE THE STOMPING GROUND
OF THE BELL WITCH.

OLD KATE BATTS' WITCH,
AS SHE WAS ALSO KNOWN.

IT'S RUMORED THAT KATE BATTS
WAS JOHN BELL'S NEIGHBOR

AND SHE CURSED HIM
ON HER DEATHBED.

HER VOICE AND SIGHTINGS
OF A BLACK DOG-LIKE BEAST

WERE BOTH REPORTED
TO HAVE APPEARED

IN CHAMBERS LIKE THIS ONE.

I THINK IT'S WORTH
LOOKING AROUND HERE TO SEE

IF WE CAN FIND ANY EVIDENCE
OF ANYONE ELSE BEING HERE.

MM-HMM.

BUT ALSO I WANT TO
TAKE OUT MY GAS METER

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS
STORY THAT PHILIP HAD,

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE
FOR SUCH AN EXPERIENCED PERSON

TO NOT KNOW
WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE.

SO IF I CAN DETECT
SOME SORT OF GAS,

MAYBE HE WAS HALLUCINATING
OR SOMETHING.

THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S GOOD
TO USE A DETECTOR.

OKAY.

METHANE GAS IS COMMONLY
FOUND IN CAVE NETWORKS

SUCH AS THIS ONE

MIGRATING
THROUGH THE LIMESTONE WALLS

AND UNDERGROUND WATER SYSTEMS.

LET ME JUST
GET THE SENSITIVITY.

SO THIS SOUND MEANS
IT'S WORKING.

IT'LL BE VERY LOUD
IF IT DETECTS SOMETHING.

IT'S GETTING...

IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT,
NOTHING TOO CRAZY.

NOTHING THAT CAN KILL US?

YEAH, NOT THAT I CAN TELL.

INHALING TOO MUCH METHANE
CAN CAUSE VISUAL

AND TACTILE HALLUCINATIONS,

WHICH COULD EXPLAIN
WHAT PHILIP EXPERIENCED HERE.

TRYING TO CHECK SOME OF
THE FISSURES IN THE ROCKS

TO SEE IF ANYTHING
COULD BE SEEPING OUT OF THERE.

THE DETECTOR'S RECORDING
VERY LOW AMOUNTS

IN THE SURROUNDING LIMESTONE

SO WE CAN CROSS
THAT THEORY OFF OUR LIST.

THAT'S ANOTHER PILE.
TONS OF BONES.

- REALLY?
- YEP, LOTS OF STICKS.

SOMETHING IS PUTTING LITTLE
SHRINES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WHY WOULD SOMEONE BE PUTTING
THESE PILES OF BONES

AND SHRINES AROUND HERE?

WHO KNOWS? THEY COULD BE
PROTECTION SHRINES,

HOMAGES TO SOMETHING
THAT IT WORSHIPS.

MANY CULTURES BELIEVE
THAT CAVES ARE PORTALS

TO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD,
AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL

TO FIND SHRINES
OR OFFERINGS INSIDE OF THEM.

WHAT'S STRANGE IS FINDING
A SHRINE-LIKE PILES

IN A CAVE
THAT IS SO INACCESSIBLE.

SO LET'S JUST DO SOME
CALL AND RESPONSE

AND SET UP SOME EQUIPMENT

AND SEE
WHAT WE CAN GET OUT HERE.

IF THE SPIRIT OF THE BELL WITCH
IS DOWN HERE,

I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO.

SHE'S SUPPOSED
TO BE TALKATIVE.

RIGHT? YEAH, SHE IS.

INGRAM STATES IN HIS BOOK
THAT THE WITCH ACTUALLY SPOKE

TO THOSE SHE TORMENTED

AND THAT 15-YEAR-OLD BETSY BELL
WAS HER FAVORITE TARGET.

SO EVEN IF SHE DECIDES
TO COMMUNICATE

IN THE FAINTEST WHISPER,
MY AUDIO RECORDER'S

SENSITIVE MICROPHONE CAN PICK UP
THE MOST SUBTLE SOUNDS

THAT ARE UNDETECTABLE
BY THE HUMAN EAR.

I ALSO HAVE A VIBRATION
AND MOTION DETECTOR,

A DEVICE WIRED TO PICK UP

THE SLIGHTEST REVERBERATIONS
DOWN HERE.

IF ANYTHING MOVES IN THIS AREA,
THE ALARM WILL BE TRIGGERED,

DISPLAYING LIGHTS
AND AN AUDIBLE ALERT.

KATE, ARE YOU THERE?

KATE, WHY DID YOU HATE
JOHN BELL SO MUCH?

I KNOW YOU SPOKE TO BETSY BELL,
CAN YOU TALK TO ME?

ARE YOU, KATE?

THE DETECTOR IS MOVING.

YEAH, THE DETECTOR'S MOVING.

DUDE, THE DETECTOR WENT OFF
RIGHT WHEN I SAID, ARE YOU KATE.

IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU NEED TO TELL US?

DID YOU GET IT?

I'LL BE HONEST,
THAT SOUNDED

ALMOST LIKE A VOICE.

I WANNA SEE WHAT THAT WAS.

HERE, GIVE ME THAT.

- HOLD THIS.
- WHAT? WHERE YOU GOING?

I WANNA KNOW WHAT IT IS.

AH.

WHOA!

PHIL?

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

I'LL BE HONEST,
THAT SOUNDED

ALMOST LIKE A VOICE.

WHAT? WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT WAS.

PHIL?

OH, .

PHIL! PHIL, ARE YOU OKAY?

I'M ALL RIGHT,
I'M ALL RIGHT.

I'M ALL RIGHT, I'M OKAY.

I'M COMING UP.

WHAT HAPPENED!

OH, I HEARD MOVING OUT THERE.

IT WAS SIZABLE, IT WAS MOVING,

AND THEN I KIND OF FELL DOWN
THE HILL.

- ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
- I'M FINE.

BUT SERIOUSLY, THOUGH,
ARE YOU OKAY?

I'M FINE.

I MEAN, I'M DOWN
TO STILL STAY IN HERE

AND DO A LITTLE BIT
MORE EXPLORING.

OKAY, LET'S KEEP GOING.

WE CONTINUE TO SEARCH
THE CAVE FOR HOURS

LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE
OF WHAT SOUNDED SOMETHING

LIKE A DISEMBODIED VOICE,

WHETHER IT WAS A REAL ANIMAL
OR A HARBINGER OF THE BELL WITCH

WHO KNOWS?

BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
THAT THE PILES OF BONES

AND CANDLE WE FOUND ARE EVIDENCE
THAT SOMETHING VERY STRANGE

IS GOING ON BELOW
THE SURFACE OF ADAMS.

SO WE DECIDED TO CHECK IN
WITH JOSH

TO FIGURE OUT OUR NEXT MOVE.

- HEY, JOSH.
- HI.

- HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD.

HAVE YOU FOUND AMERICA'S
MOST FAMOUS WITCH YET?

I MEAN, POSSIBLY.

OKAY, WE'VE GOT A POSSIBLY.
WHAT'S UP?

WE ACTUALLY MET UP
WITH SOME EYEWITNESSES

WHO CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN
THE SAME DOG-LIKE CREATURE

THAT INGRAM WRITES
ABOUT IN HIS BOOK.

SO WE WENT
AND EXPLORED THIS CAVE

AND WE FOUND MULTIPLE PILES
OF BONES

AS WELL AS A CANDLE,
AND IT LOOKED LIKE

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN USED
IN SOME SORT OF RITUAL.

SO A LOT OF REALLY WEIRD STUFF.

AND WE DID FIND
A CANINE PAW PRINT IN THERE.

OKAY.

SO SOMETHING'S LIVING DOWN THERE
OR TRAPPED DOWN THERE.

SO AT LEAST THAT PART
OF HIS STORY HOLDS UP.

SO I SEE JESS HASN'T FULLY
CONVINCED YOU YET, PHIL?

- OH, NO.
- I'M WORKING ON IT.

WE DEFINITELY DID HEAR
SOMETHING DOWN THERE.

I WILL GIVE HER THAT.

IT IS FASCINATING
THAT THE MODERN SIGHTINGS

ARE MIMICKING THE BOOK,
BUT THE REALLY FRUSTRATING PART

IS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
IF ANYTHING IN THE BOOK IS TRUE.

RIGHT.

AND THIS REALLY IS
THE HEART OF THE MATTER, RIGHT?

I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE
THE LEGEND COMES FROM.

SO TO THAT END,

I'VE TRACKED DOWN
A HISTORIAN NAMED DAVID BRITTON

WHO HAS RECENTLY FOUND
WHAT COULD BE LIKE AN HONEST

TO GOD SMOKING GUN DOCUMENT.

- OKAY.
- THAT'S AWESOME.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS INTRIGUING.

I'M TOLD THAT IT'S A DOCUMENT
OF SOME KIND

THAT HASN'T SEEN
THE LIGHT OF DAY IN 200 YEARS.

AND WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT PROVES THAT

INGRAM WAS LITERALLY CRYING WOLF
OR WHETHER IT REVEALS

THERE WAS SOMETHING TERRIFYING
HAPPENING OUT IN THE BELL FARM,

THIS COULD BE THE KEY
TO UNLOCKING THE WHOLE LEGEND.

HOW DO WE GET
A HOLD OF THIS GUY?

I'M SETTING A MEETING
THIS AFTERNOON OUT

AT THE OLD BELL FARM,
SO HE'LL MEET YOU OUT THERE

AND HOPEFULLY BRING WHATEVER
HE'S FOUND WITH HIM.

- PERFECT.
- GREAT.

GOOD LUCK
AND STAY SAFE, OKAY?

EVER SINCE I READ

THE AUTHENTICATED
HISTORY OF THE BELL,

WHICH BACK IN COLLEGE
I'VE BEEN HOOKED ON THIS STORY.

BUT SEPARATING 200 YEARS
OF FACT FROM FICTION

IS NO EASY TASK.

I'M JUST GETTING A LITTLE
OVERWHELMED AT THIS POINT.

LIKE, WE'VE GOT HELLHOUNDS
ATTACKING PEOPLE.

WE'VE GOT THE INGRAM BOOK.

WHAT PART OF IT IS TRUE?
WHAT PART OF IT IS FALSE?

WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
BE PAYING ATTENTION TO

AND WHAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE SHOULD BE DISMISSING?

I'M REALLY HOPING THAT
HE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US,

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING,

WHAT INFORMATION IS VERIFIABLE
AND WHAT ISN'T?

WE'RE MEETING HISTORIAN
AND AUTHOR DAVID BRITTON

ON THE OLD BELL FARM PROPERTY,

THE LOCATION
WHERE THE LEGEND BEGAN.

DAVID HAS BEEN RESEARCHING
THE STORY FOR YEARS

AND IS CURRENTLY WRITING A BOOK
ON THE SUBJECT.

THANKS FOR MEETING US OUT HERE.

ABSOLUTELY,
IT'S MY PLEASURE.

SO ARE ANY OF THE BUILDINGS
STILL STANDING?

NOT AT ALL.

NO, THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN GONE
FOR, YOU KNOW, DECADES,

IF NOT OVER 100 YEARS PLUS.

WOW.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW,
GRAVES AND REMNANTS OF A WELL

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

SO WE'VE BEEN HERE INVESTIGATING.

SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THAT THERE'S HAUNTED CAVES.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THAT'S THERE'S--

- HELLHOUNDS.
- YEAH, THE HELLHOUND.

IN THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY,

IT'S SUCH A STRONG STORY
AND HAS BEEN FOR SO LONG

THAT ANY TIME SOMETHING
UNEXPLAINED HAPPENS,

BLAME IT ON THE BELL WITCH,
RIGHT?

- GOT IT, YEAH.
- SO.

SO WITH THE INGRAM BOOK,

IS THAT SOMETHING
WE SHOULD COMPLETELY WRITE OFF?

NO, IT IS NOT.

SCHOLARS UP UNTIL THIS POINT
HAVE GENERALLY THOUGHT

THAT INGRAM MADE THIS UP

UNTIL I ACCIDENTALLY
DISCOVERED A RESOURCE.

CAN I SHOW IT TO YOU?

- ABSOLUTELY.
- YES.

IT'S A JOURNAL OF A SOLDIER.

HE WAS PART OF
A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.

WOW.

SO HE'S ABOUT
AS PROFESSIONAL AS YOU COME--

- YEAH.
- ...AT THIS POINT.

AND AS I WAS READING THROUGH IT,
CAME ACROSS THIS ENTRY.

THIS IS THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 19, 1820.

HE SAYS THAT RATHER
A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE WAS HERE

RELATED TO ME OF A YOUNG GIRL

OF ABOUT 15 YEARS OF AGE.

A VOICE ACCOMPANIES HER.

THOUSANDS OF PERSONS HAVE
VISITED HER TO HEAR THIS VOICE,

HE'S TALKING ABOUT BETSY BELL.

HE'S WRITING THIS DOWN

AND HEARING ABOUT IT
AS IT'S HAPPENING.

- THAT'S CORRECT.
- OH, MY GOSH.

SO THIS
IS A TRUE PRIMARY RESOURCE

AS FAR AS HISTORY SCHOLARS
ARE CONCERNED.

BUT THIS DOES TELL US IS
THAT EVERYTHING THAT COMES

AFTER IT HAS A KERNEL OF TRUTH.

THAT IS SO COOL.

THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO HEAR
THAT YOU FOUND THAT.

HOW DID IT GET LOST?

IT WAS A DOCUMENT
JUST IN THE DUSTBINS

OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

AND SO NOBODY
WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR IT.

YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY
THE FIRST PEOPLE

OUTSIDE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS
TO HEAR ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.
ALSO, THANK YOU.

- YEAH.
- ABSOLUTELY.

- I PROMISE NOT TO TWEET IT OUT.
- ALL RIGHT.

- YET.
- YET.

DAVID DISCOVERED THE FIRST
RECORDED EYEWITNESS REPORT

ABOUT THE SUPERNATURAL EVENTS
ON THE BELL FARM.

IT PROVES THAT INGRAM
DIDN'T INVENT THE STORY,

AS MANY HAVE SUGGESTED,

AND THAT HE WAS RECOUNTING SOME
SORT OF ACTUAL TERRIFYING EVENT

ON THE BELL FARM
DECADES EARLIER.

AND IF THE SPIRIT STILL EXISTS,

THE FARM IS THE MOST
LIKELY PLACE TO MAKE CONTACT.

SO AS DAYLIGHT STARTS TO FADE,
WE MAKE OUR WAY

TO THE CORNFIELD,
JUST LIKE JOHN BELL DID IN 1817,

RIGHT BEFORE A HELLHOUND
PAID HIM A VISIT.

OH, THIS CORN IS SO THICK.

AH, I'M ALREADY GETTING
SMASHED IN THE FACE.

AT THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD
IS A LONE HACKBERRY TREE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO SEE
THE TREE UP AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT,
KEEP HEADING THAT WAY.

THIS WAS THE CENTER
OF THE OLD BELL FARM.

OH, ALL RIGHT,
MADE IT TO THE TREE.

LOOK AT THIS, I SEE THE WELL.

THAT'S THE BELL FAMILY WELL.

WELL, THIS IS THE ONLY THING
LEFT FROM THE ORIGINAL

JOHN BELL HOUSE.
- YEAH.

- WHERE EVERYTHING BEGAN.
- YEAH, YEAH.

I WANT TO SEE
HOW DEEP THIS THING IS.

OH, THAT IS DEEP.

- WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE IT.
- YEAH.

SOME BELIEVE THAT
SPIRITS CAN ATTACH THEMSELVES

TO EVERYTHING FROM PEOPLE
TO PROPERTY.

AT THE BELLS HOME
PLAYED HOST TO THE WITCH,

AND IF HER PRESENCE
ALSO EXISTS UNDERGROUND,

THEN THIS WELL IS ALL
SHE'S GOT LEFT,

A PORTAL BETWEEN THE FARM
AND THE OTHER SIDE.

- YOU GOT MY LINE?
- I GOT YOUR LINE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, GOING DOWN.

A SUPERNATURAL PORTAL?

I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT IS THE ONLY
REMAINING PART

OF THE ORIGINAL BELL FARMSTEAD.

AND I WANT TO GET
A FIRSTHAND LOOK.

OH.

I'M DOWN. WOW.

WEIRD.
- WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

HOLY .

THERE ARE LIKE
BIG SCRATCH MARKS IN HERE.

ALL RIGHT,
GOING DOWN.

OH.

I'M DOWN.

WOW.

WEIRD.
- WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

HOLY .

THERE ARE LIKE
BIG SCRATCH MARKS IN HERE.

SEEING THEM HERE, HERE, HERE.

LIKE, SOMETHING WAS TRYING
TO CLIMB OUT OF HERE.

GOD, THAT'S DIS--
THERE'S HAIR.

OH.

IT LOOKS MORE
HUMAN THAN ANIMAL.

WHAT THE
HAPPENED DOWN HERE?

IF YOU CAN BRING ANY OF THAT UP,
BRING IT UP WITH YOU.

YEAH.

- PHIL?
- YEAH?

HURRY UP.

I JUST HEARD SOMETHING RUSTLING
AROUND CLOSE TO US.

ALL RIGHT, GOT TOO MUCH SLACK,
YOU GOTTA PULL IT TIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, PULL MORE.

OKAY!

OH.

YOU OKAY UP HERE?

I STRAIGHT UP
HEARD SOMETHING OUT HERE,

I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY IS HERE.

LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I GOT.
PRETTY GROSS HAIR.

OKAY, YOU CAN HOLD THAT.
I DON'T NEED TO HOLD THAT.

THAT'S GREAT.

THIS IS CREEPY.

OH, YEAH.

OKAY, LET'S SEE
IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT

WHERE THAT NOISE
IS COMING FROM.

WE PUSH EVEN DEEPER
INTO BELL FAMILY TERRITORY.

DAVID BRITTON ALSO TALKED
ABOUT NEARBY GRAVESITES

ON THE PROPERTY.

OTHER, YOU KNOW
GRAVES AND REMNANTS OF A WELL,

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

IF THE BELL WITCH
TORMENTED JOHN

AND LUCY BELL IN LIFE,

PERHAPS SHE STILL
HAUNTS THEM IN DEATH.

SO WE MAKE OUR WAY
TO THE BELLWOOD CEMETERY,

THE FINAL RESTING PLACE
OF THE BELL FAMILY,

HOPING OUR PRESENCE
MIGHT DRAW OUT THE WITCH.

WHOA.

THIS PLACE
IS KIND OF CREEPY.

I WANT TO SEE
WHAT SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE.

JOEL BELL.
- OKAY?

SO WHERE ARE JOHN
AND LUCY BURIED, THEN?

WELL, I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING
BY THE OBELISK?

LET'S CHECK THAT.

SO...

SO THIS IS IT.
JOHN BELL AND LUCY.

UH-HUH.

THIS IS THE COUPLE THAT WAS
HAUNTED BY THE BELL WITCH.

YEAH, WHOSE FARM INCLUDED
THE LAND HEREABOUTS BUILT--

WAIT A MINUTE.
SO I DON'T GET THIS.

254 RODS NORTH,
23 DEGREES EAST FROM HERE.

YEAH, SO THAT'S TELLING US
WHERE THEIR HOUSE WAS.

AND THEN THEIR GRAVES ARE
267 RODS NORTH

18 DEGREES EAST FROM HERE.

SO THEY'RE NOT EVEN BURIED HERE.

- NO.
- THIS IS JUST A MEMORIAL.

SO WHERE ARE THEY BURIED?

267 RODS NORTH,
18 DEGREES EAST.

SO...
- OKAY.

WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT
HOW LONG A ROD IS.

- ALL RIGHT.
- MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK THIS UP.

WELL, IT IS DEFINED AS
16 1/2 FEET.

OKAY, THEN,
WE HAVE TO DO 267--

UH-HUH.

...TIMES 16 1/2 FEET.

OKAY, 4,405 FEET.

THAT'S LIKE
JUST SHY OF A MILE.

OKAY, SO THEN NORTH,
18 DEGREES EAST FROM HERE.

SO THERE IT IS.

ALL RIGHT.

ALMOST A MILE
IN THAT DIRECTION

ARE THE ACTUAL GRAVES
OF JOHN AND LUCY BELL.

YEAH.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

WE GOT SOME HIKING TO DO.

JOHN AND LUCY BELL'S
TRUE GRAVESITE

IS LOCATED ABOUT A MILE

IN THIS DIRECTION
WITH NO CLEAR TRAIL

AND NO LANDMARKS TO HELP GUIDE
OUR WAY OTHER THAN THE WELL,

JOHN AND LUCY'S GRAVES
ARE THE ONLY REMNANTS

FROM THEIR TIME.

IF WE CAN FIND THEM,
IT COULD HELP US MAKE CONTACT

WITH THE WITCH THAT HAUNTED THEM
WHEN THEY WERE ALIVE.

I THINK NOW THAT WE'RE CLOSE,

BEST CHANCE
OF ACTUALLY FINDING THIS THING

IS TO FAN OUT A LITTLE BIT.

I'LL HEAD THIS WAY,
YOU THAT WAY 1,500 FEET.

MM-HMM, OKAY.

IT IS SO CREEPY IN HERE.

THIS PLACE IS, OOH,
IT'S WEIRD.

OH! I FOUND IT.

YOU FOUND IT, FOR SURE?

ABSOLUTELY, FOR SURE.

ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU SHINE YOUR
LIGHT AND HOLLER A LITTLE BIT?

I'LL COME YOUR WAY.

I'M OVER HERE!

- WHAT YOU GOT?
- CHECK THIS OUT.

OH, MY GOSH.

JOHN BELL...
- MM-HMM.

1750 TO 1820.

YEAH, AND HIS WIFE LUCY.

THIS IS THE SPOT.

YEAH, THIS IS IT.

SOMETHING'S
IN THE BUSHES OVER THERE.

SOMETHING BIG.

I SEE SOME EYES SHINING.
I SEE SOME EYES SHINING.

DID YOU SEE IT ANYMORE?

NO.

I SAW SOMETHING, FOR SURE.

MAYBE SHE'S WATCHING US.

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LEGENDS
SURROUNDING THE BELL WITCH

WHICH IS THAT THEN
SOON TO BE PRESIDENT,

ANDREW JACKSON HAD HIS OWN
TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER

WITH THE SPIRIT.

TO HELP SEPARATE
FACT FROM FICTION,

WE REACHED OUT TO THE DIRECTOR
OF INTERPRETATION

AT THE ANDREW JACKSON HERMITAGE
IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

PLEASE WELCOME MIKE ZIMMERMAN.
SO, MIKE, WHAT'S THE DEAL?

ANY CHANCE THAT ANDREW JACKSON
WENT OUT TO THIS FARM?

YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD
SAY THAT HE ABSOLUTELY DID.

I MEAN, I WILL BE HONEST.
THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANCE.

BUT FRANKLY, WHEN I LOOK THROUGH
JACKSON'S LETTERS,

HE DOES NOT DEMARK ONE NOTE
ABOUT JOHN BELL, THE WITCH,

ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THE BELL BOYS WERE INVOLVED
WITH JACKSON, THE WAR OF 1812.

AND I COULD SEE WHERE
THE CONNECTION WOULD COME FROM.

BUT HE WAS PRETTY
TIGHT-LIPPED IF HE DID.

ONE WOULD IMAGINE

THAT IF SOMETHING
LIKE THIS HAD HAPPENED,

WORD WOULD HAVE REALLY
GOTTEN OUT QUICKLY.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO NOT IMPOSSIBLE
THAT HE WENT OUT THERE,

BUT NOTHING
IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
FOR CERTAIN. I WISH I DID.

WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT.

WHILE PHIL AND JESS CONTINUE
THEIR INVESTIGATION,

THIS PARTICULAR PIECE
OF FOLKLORE

APPEARS TO BE JUST THAT.

JESS AND PHIL
ARE ON THE OLD

BELL FAMILY PROPERTY
IN ADAMS, TENNESSEE,

INVESTIGATING
THE LEGEND OF THE BELL WITCH

A DEADLY PARANORMAL ENTITY
MADE INFAMOUS

BY THE WRITINGS OF M.V. INGRAM.

AND PERHAPS,
IT'S MORE THAN JUST TALL TALES.

I SEE SOME EYES SHINING.
I SEE SOME EYES SHINING.

DO YOU SEE IT ANYMORE?

NO.

I SAW SOMETHING, FOR SURE.

MAYBE SHE'S WATCHING US.

THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE
WITH EYES SHINING,

AND IT TOOK OFF.

INGRAM'S BOOK SAYS

THAT THE SIGHTING
OF A SUPERNATURAL CREATURE

OFTEN PRECEDES AN ATTACK
FROM THE WITCH,

FROM THE CAVE TO THE BURIAL SITE
OF JOHN AND LUCY BELL,

AND INTO THE EXPANSE
OF CORNFIELDS ON THIS PROPERTY,

IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING
HAS BEEN STALKING US.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
CONTACT WITH THE BELL WITCH,

IT'S GOING TO BE
RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL,
LET'S SET IT UP.

WE FIND A SMALL CLEARING
IN THE CORN

AND SET UP VARIOUS
TRIGGER ITEMS--

AN OLD PHOTO OF THE BELL FARMHOUSE

AND A CANDLE SIMILAR
TO THE ONE WE FOUND IN THE CAVE

MIGHT ELICIT A RESPONSE
FROM THE BELL WITCH.

WE'RE ALSO RIGGING
INFRARED MOTION SENSORS

AROUND THE AREA.

IF A SPIRIT,
AN ANIMAL, A GHOST,

A WITCH,
IF ANYTHING PASSES BY,

WE'RE GONNA KNOW ABOUT IT.

ALL RIGHT, CALL ME ON THE WALKIE
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE SPLITTING UP
TO COVER MORE GROUND.

TODAY, THE LAND IS A MAZE
OF ENDLESS ROWS OF CORN.

I SWEAR IT IS SO HARD TO SEE
ANYTHING IN HERE.

I'M WAY DEEP
IN THE FIELD.

I'M GONNA GO
AND SIT DOWN HERE

AND SEE IF I CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH THE BELL WITCH.

COPY THAT.

I'M USING A DEVICE

THAT SCANS RADIO FREQUENCIES
AND WHITE NOISE

THAT MANY BELIEVE SPIRITS
CAN USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH.

ARE YOU STILL AT
THE BELL FARM?

KATE, IS THAT YOU?

KATE, IS THAT YOU?

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

IT'S LIKE
IT'S MOVING AROUND US.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
OH, .

JESS, DID YOU HEAR THAT?

IT SOUNDED LIKE A VOICE TO ME.

IF IT'S A PERSON, THEN WHY
THE HELL CAN'T WE SEE IT?

YOU GOT ANYTHING
ON THE THERMAL?

I DON'T SEE A THING.

IF IT WAS THE BELL WITCH,

WHICH WAS THAT YOU MAKING
THAT NOISE?

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

PHIL, ARE YOU THERE?

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

SO I JUST SAID,
IF YOU ARE THE BELL WITCH,

DID YOU MAKE THAT NOISE?

AND THE GHOST BOX SAID,
YES, YES.

WHAT? ARE YOU SURE?

PHIL, ARE YOU THERE?

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

I HEAR THAT NOISE AGAIN,

AND IT'S REALLY
CLOSE THIS TIME.

IT'S RIGHT BY ME.

YEAH, I THINK
I JUST HEARD IT.

I'M GOING AFTER IT.

ME, TOO. WHAT THE
IS THIS THING?

OKAY, SOMETHING WAS LOUD.
WHAT WAS IT?

IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING
WAS COMING THROUGH THE CORNFIELD

AND IT WAS CLOSE.

DID YOU NOTICE
THE CANDLE'S OUT?

NO.

I DIDN'T HEAR
THE SENSORS GO OFF.

DEFINITELY HEARD SOMETHING
IN THE CORN,

THE CANDLE'S OUT.
- MM-HMM.

THERE'S ESSENTIALLY
ZERO WIND HERE TONIGHT.

WE JUST GOT SOME RESPONSES.
WE'RE NOT CALLING IT A NIGHT.

- OKAY, LET'S KEEP AT IT.
- ALL RIGHT.

WE CONTINUE TO SEARCH
THE CORNFIELDS AND GRAVEYARDS

OF THE OLD BELL FARM,

BUT WHATEVER WAS LURKING
AND WHISPERING IN THE SHADOWS

HAS FALLEN SILENT.

WITH THE SUN ABOUT TO RISE,

WE FINALLY MAKE OUR WAY BACK
TO THE MAIN ROAD.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE NOW
HAVE OUR OWN BELL WITCH STORY,

AND I THINK IT'S AMAZING
THAT WE GOT THAT

YES. YES, RIGHT
WHEN I MENTIONED THE BELL WITCH

AND KATE'S NAME.

THE STORY
OF THE BELL WITCH

WAS POPULARIZED
BY THE WORK OF M.V. INGRAM,

BUT WAS HE REPORTING
ON TRUE EVENTS?

WITH THIS LEGEND,

THE LINES BETWEEN FACT
AND FOLKLORE SEEM TO BLUR

BETWEEN THE EDGES.

WAS THE VOICE
THAT SEEMINGLY SPOKE

TO JESS SIMPLE
RADIO INTERFERENCE OR KATE BATTS

TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?
IT SAID YES, YES.

MORE QUESTIONS
LEFT UNANSWERED.

DON'T GET ME WRONG,
WE SAW SOME WEIRD STUFF,

HEARD SOME WEIRD STUFF
FROM THE CAVE TO THE CORNFIELD.

IN A LOCAL CAVE,
THE TEAM FOUND EVIDENCE

OF ANIMAL ACTIVITY
AND ALSO POTENTIAL RITUAL ITEMS,

BUT ALSO HEARD WHAT SOUNDED
LIKE A VOICE.

AT JOHN AND LUCY BELL'S GRAVE,
AND IN THE CORNFIELD,

SOMETHING SEEMED TO BE HIDING
IN THE SHADOWS.

LAB ANALYSIS
OF THE EVIDENCE

PHIL COLLECTED
IN THE WELL CONCLUDED,

THE HAIR SAMPLE WAS,
IN FACT, HUMAN.

HOW AND WHY IT GOT DOWN
THERE IS ANYBODY'S GUESS.

BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN,

NEW DOCUMENTS CONFIRM
THAT A GHOSTLY PRESENCE

HAS AT LEAST BEEN REPORTED
ON THE BELL PROPERTY

FOR TWO CENTURIES.

TO ME, THE THING THAT STANDS
OUT THE MOST

WAS THAT HISTORICAL DOCUMENT.

FROM A SOLDIER UNASSOCIATED
WITH THE BELL FAMILY,

HE'S COMPLETELY IMPARTIAL.

HE'S JUST JOTTING DOWN WHAT
HE KNOWS AS FACT

DURING THE TIME
THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

THAT'S A NEEDLE
IN A HAYSTACK FIND.

TO ME,
WE FOUND THE BELL WITCH.

I WILL AGREE
THAT SOMETHING UNEXPLAINABLE

MUST HAVE HAPPENED
RIGHT THERE 200 YEARS AGO.

I CAN LIVE WITH THAT.

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