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[Jess whoops]

[Josh] Phil and Jess are
the first investigation team
on television.

So that's where the fort is.

[Josh] To gain access
to a costal battleground
with deep secrets.

How many people
ended up perishing here?

About a 1,000.

[Jess] Do you hear that?

[Phil] I don't think
we can dismiss,

what a place like this can do
to play tricks on the mind?

[Josh]
But the more history
they uncover.

[Phil]
Anywhere you point here,
there was tragedy.

Colonel Stewart's head
was blown off.

[Josh] The more mystery
they'll have to chase.

What's your name?
Did you die here?

-[brick clanks]
-What the [bleep]?

[Jess] Did that just fall out
of one of the ceilings?

[Josh] It's an expedition,
nearly 200 years
in the making.

-Holy [bleep]
-Oh!

[Phil]
What is happening here, Jess?

We caught
a ghost on camera.

[Phil whispers] That's insane.

-[thuds]
-Oh!

[Josh] Ghost Fort Of
The Civil War.

[Josh] 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!

[Josh] Phil Torres
is a scientist.

Who hunts for rational
explanations.

Jessica Chobot's
paranormal research,

has made her a true believer.

-Let's go.
-[beeping]

[Josh] Together,
we're searching for answers.

[Phil] What is that?

...to the world's more
extra-ordinary mysteries.

This isExpedition X.

All right, Phil.

What do you see here?

[exhales] Is that a person?

[Josh] "Is that a person?"
That's the question.

Where's this from?

[Josh] That is from a place
that is considered,

one of the haunted hotspots
in America.

And it is a Civil War
battle site that really helped
reshape U.S. History.

That is from Fort Morgan
in Alabama.

Oh, I know all
about Fort Morgan.

-[Josh] Yeah.
-That place's activity
is off the charts,

and it's considered
the Holy Grail of Paranormal
Investigators,

-because they don't allow
TV cameras in there.
-Don't they?

-"Don't they?"
-Oh!

I got us in.

-[both] No way!
-Yeah.

And it's good timing too,
because Fort Morgan may not
be around much longer.

[Josh] 1813. Mobile, Alabama.

The U.S. Military
chooses a site on a peninsula
in Mobile Bay.

To construct a stronghold
to defend the vital port.

1819.

Construction at Fort Morgan
officially begins.

The fort is star shaped.

With five bastions connected
by thick masonry walls
that taper at the top.

It's low to the ground
to make it less visible.

And to provide better
protection from enemy fire.

Fifteen years and more than
40 million bricks later,

this pentagonal masterpiece
is finally finished.

August 5th, 1864.

It is the height
of the Civil War.

The Union is determined
to take Fort Morgan back
from the Confederates.

But the water between
the Union warships

and the Fort
is a literal minefield.

Riddled with strategically
placed submerged explosives.

Then known as torpedoes.

Just 300 yards off shore.

The Union iron-clad
USS Tecumseh strikes a mine,

and sinks in less than
30 seconds.

Dragging 93 Union sailors
to their watery graves.

In a bold move,
Rear Admiral David Farragut.

Sails the remaining fleet
directly through the minefield

An endeavor now connected
with the famous battle cry.

"Damn the torpedoes.
Full speed ahead."

Farragut's gamble pays off.

And soon, the Confederates
inside Fort Morgan
are under siege.

Union forces commenced
one of the heaviest
bombardments

of a fort during
the Civil War.

Inside, nearly 600 men
shelter.

Terrified that
if a single strike

hits the over 60,000 pounds
of gunpowder stored there.

The whole place
will blow sky-high.

When the smoke clears.

581 soldiers surrender
and 17 lie dead.

The Battle of Mobile Bay is
the first in a series of major
blows to the Confederacy.

And ultimately,
helped secure the re-election
of Abraham Lincoln.

Today, the fort remains
steeped in its tragic history.

Many who have explored
this hallowed ground
have reported strange sounds,

like groans
and screams of pain.

And the vibrating booms
of cannon fire.

[cannon firing]

Phantom sounds have also
been heard from the waters
around the Fort.

In 2020, Hurricane Sally
made landfall in Alabama.

Causing major damage
to the nearly
200 year old fortress.

The facility is crumbling.

Some parts are
already inaccessible.

Experts say that a direct hit
from a stronger storm

could reduce
Fort Morgan to rubble.

And the clock is ticking.

Jess, what do you think?

All right. So the fort
sits on a peninsula
surrounded by water.

A lot of people consider
water to be a great conductor
of paranormal activity.

-So that could explain
what's going on here.
-Phil?

I can agree with Jess.
Water's to blame.

-For environmental reasons.
-[sighs]

Think about it.
Last year.

Record-breaking year
of hurricanes in the Atlantic.

There's, like, 13 of them.

This year's probably
gonna be worse.

What are you,
the weatherman now?

What does this have
to do with anything?

Every time a hurricane
hits Fort Morgan,

it's gonna start to break down
a little bit more.

So when people are saying
they hear things there,

it could be the sound
of the fort falling apart

or wind whipping
through that place.

The people are saying
apparitions there.

-Are they?
-Yes!

Okay.

Your mission is to find out
what is really going on
at Fort Morgan.

Right? We need to do more than
look at this photo.

If this place
is really haunted.

-Jess, who's haunting it?
-Mm-hmm.

And if the strange
sights and sounds that
people are reporting,

-are from the environment
as the meteorologist suggests.
-[Phil chuckles]

Then, can we demonstrate
that, right?

But we got to get
to the bottom of what's
happening at Fort Morgan

before this place
disappears forever.

-[Phil] Okay.
-[Jess] All right.

Good luck.

[Josh] Phil and Jess
travel from New York City
to Mobile, Alabama,

and then board a boat,
bound for Fort Morgan.

[Jess whoops]

[Phil] Ooh, big wave coming.

-[Phil] Oh, my!
-[Jess] Oh!

[both exclaiming]

[Jess] There we go.
The lighthouse.

That's what people would
have seen when they were
coming into the bay

[Josh] They approach
the fort from the water.

The way the Union fleet
would have during The Battle
of Mobile Bay.

Minus the whole "dodging
submerged explosives" part
of course

So, supposedly,
that's where the fort is.

[Jess] I don't see anything.

It's super low, which,
nowadays, of course,
is backfiring.

That fort is just getting
inundated with water

more and more
every single year.

All right, I'm heading us in.

[Jess] As we make
our own approach to the fort.

I'm blown away.

Thank you.

-[Phil] Wow, look at that.
-[Jess] You can't even see it.

-[Phil] It's like--
-[Jess] Perfectly hidden.

[Phil] Perfectly hidden.

[Phil] We'll have our work
cut out for us investigating,

this imposing four
and a half acre structure.

Sitting on a nearly
500 acre site.

-[Phil] Whoa!
-[Jess] That's cool!

[Phil] Look at the size
of this.
All these different rooms.

[Jess] That's cool!

[Phil] Can't imagine
what this would be like
in the heat of battle.

-There's just water everywhere
-There is water everywhere.

[Jess] I know what water's
a good conductor of.

-[Phil] Electricity.
-True.

[Jess] And hauntings.

[Jess] Fort Morgan
was active until 1944.

And you can see its battle
scars everywhere you look.

But it's the hidden,
haunted history,

we want to know more about.

We make our way to
the fort's parade ground.

to meet historian
Dylan Tucker.

[Phil] There he is.

-[Dylan] Hey, guys.
How is it going?
-[Jess] Hi!

[Jess] Dylan spent years
researching the fort,

and actually living
on this property.

If anyone knows
Fort Morgan, it's him.

This place is huge.

[Phil] It seems like
the type of place you can kind
of get lost into though.

Oh, easily.

So, I mean...

-Obviously, it's been through
a lot of battles.
-[Dylan] Yes.

So, how many people
ended up perishing here?

We do know
from the recorded deaths.

They are pushing
about a thousand.

Just on the property.

-Wow.
-[Dylan] Soldiers.

And then, of course, you have,
just sickness, primarily.

-[Dylan] A lot of suffering
[chuckles]
-[Jess] Oh, my gosh.

I've lived here
for three years

as the site historian
on property and it can take
a toll on you mentally.

[Jess] Did you ever have
any kind of paranormal
experience yourself,

or hear of anybody else
having one?

Public, a lot.

Me? I'm kinda skeptic.

-Mm-hmm
-[Dylan] But...

The thing is I did have
one night.

Doing details around
the fortification as part of
living on property.

[Dylan] It's actually
very peaceful that night.

Walking, doing my rounds.

Around the top
of the parade ground.

Clear as day, a voice said,
"Gunner's implements."

[voice echoing]
Gunner's implements!

Now that is a command
to load an 1830s cannon.

Looked around,
realized I was alone
and that's when I panicked.

[Jessica] So you heard,
clear as day,
a man's voice

-ordering them to, like,
get the weapons ready?
-Gunners take their implements

So I was just thinking,
"Am I losing my mind, have
I been doing this too long?"

-My coworkers think I'm crazy.
-Yeah.

'Cause I think
my coworker's crazy.

-Yeah, but it comes
with the territory.
-'Cause she believes

in a lot of this stuff.

[Jessica] So check this out.

-So this is the picture
that we received.
-Oh, wow.

[Dylan] It kinda looks
like our make shift hospital.

Has anybody ever reported
having an experience over
by the hospital?

Oh, yeah.

There have been reports
of people saying
they've heard voices, wailing.

People hear things,
people see things there?

-That's what they've told me.
-People have actually
seen stuff?

Some say full apparitions.
Some say mists appearing
out of nowhere, I mean--

'Cause, I mean,
back in the day

it wasn't like they had
the best medical attention.

It was tragic and horrific.

Morphine was rare
for Confederate forces.

You would just tank them out,
tourniquet, start hacking.

And that's all they could do,
cauterize the wound
with gun powder.

-or a form of that.
-Oh!

-Pass out from pain.
-I mean that's a lot
of trauma.

Well, we wanna make sure
that we're hitting
all the right spots.

-So, do you mind
showing us around?
-No problem, this is it.

[Phil] This has all been
off limits for television
crews until now.

To help us better understand
the gruesome history here,

Dylan gives us an exclusive
tour of these vaulted chambers
called casemates.

[Dylan] You got of course,
the launderess' quarters here.

There was
a marital dispute between
a officer and his wife.

Takes his own life inside
one of these casemates.

This is where a fellow took
a shrapnel fragment while
going to church service

and he was killed.

Seems like, anywhere
you point here,
there was tragedy.

There is at least something.

[Jessica] Not surprisingly
the paranormal hotspots
that Dylan points out

include the hospital,
the Ordnance casemates

and bastions
where the big guns were.

These were sites of extreme
suffering and death during
the civil war.

What was this thing over here?

[Dylan] Battery Duportail.

It is one
of the five batteries.

This is where a lot of people
inside the dark areas
and the corridors.

They've been tapped on.
They've heard voices.
They've heard people walking.

[Phil] Do you have
any final words of wisdom?

Watch your step,
it does tend to get
flooded out here.

With the floods also come
venomous creatures
on property

such as the water moccasin.

-So slippery, potential flood
and poisonous snakes.
-Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Okay. Well, Dylan,
can't thank you enough.

-Appreciate it, guys.
-It was amazing,
learned so much.

-[Dylan] Good luck, guys.
-[Jessica] Thanks.

[Jessica] All right.
Grab the gear.

[Phil] Grab some gear.

[Jessica] We unload our gear
and set up base camp
near the center of the fort

at Battery Duportail.

[Phil] It'd be great to have
these in position before dark.

[Jessica] We set up
30 surveillance cameras

throughout
the fort's interior.

An area that's over
180,000 square feet.

[Phil] Jess, I got one
in the hospital.

That good?

[Jessica over the radio]
That's good.

The cameras connect
to a monitor back
at our basecamp

that our crew will keep
an eye out throughout
the night.

This place is massive.
So to cover more ground,
Phil and I are splitting up.

-That looks good.
-Looks creepy as...
[exhales]

-All right, Jess.
Good luck.
-Good luck.

[Phil] I'm heading to the old
hospital where the alleged
ghost photo was snapped.

I think I can recreate
and debunk that image,

and I've recruited
our producer Brian

to give me a hand
with my experiment.

[whispering] So I think
the photo was taken
right here.

[Brian] Okay.

[Jess murmuring]

[Jess] Meanwhile, I'm starting
in the ordinance casemate.

Where people have reported
hearing disembodied voices,

and seeing apparitions.

Test, test, test.

In order to assess whether
there is paranormal
activity here,

I'm going to try using
my digital recorder that
will capture any sounds

that spirits make
to communicate.

[Jess' footsteps]

Is anyone here?

[recorder beeping]

[Jess whispering]
I heard something.

I hear stuff coming through
the wall.

I'm hearing stuff coming
from that.

-[Danny speaking]
-Did you? Yeah.

-[loud thump]
-[gasps]

[Jess] If you are here
with us, knock again.

That's weird.

If you're here with us,
knock again.

Now, it stopped.

And it's just as windy.

So I don't know why
whatever was there wouldn't
keep knocking.

If it was wind blowing around.

-[loud thump]
-[gasps] Oh, [bleep]!

If you're here with us,
knock again.

Now it stopped.

And it's just as windy.

So I don't know why
whatever was there
wouldn't keep knocking.

If it was wind blowing around.

-[loud thump]
-Oh, [bleep]!

[Jess gasping] [bleep]

That's weird.

[Danny speaking]

[Jess] I don't know.
Let's see.

Oh.

It's the sign.
Holy [bleep]

The wind's just blowing it
and, like, blowing it
in a weird way.

-[loud thump]
-Like that.

All right, we're gonna
have to dismiss that one

'cause I think it's probably
the sign.

Let's go try some
of the other rooms.

[whispering]
It's perfect.

[Brian] Perfect.

So...

...a little step back.

[Phil] I have an idea how
to replicate the so called
ghost photo

taken here
in the Fort's hospital.

-[camera shutter clicking]
-Right. One photo down. Okay.

-[Phil] I think
this is very close. Right?
-[Brian] It's really close.

[Phil] My plan is to simulate
fog using dry ice.

Dry ice is the solid form
of carbon dioxide

and as it warms up,
gas is released.

The gas will react
with the humidity
in the gulf air,

creating small water droplets
which form clouds.

And if I can get
the conditions right,

I should be able to take
my own ghost photo.

Here we go.

[camera shutter clicking]

What's your name?

[creaking]

Are you there? Hello?

Call and response sessions
take a lot of patience.

As the spirits need
to build up enough energy
to communicate.

We can't hear their responses
in the room,

but they are being recorded.

Were you a soldier here?

Did you die here?

[camera shutter clicking]

[Phil] Heck yeah.
Look at that!

-It even almost looks like
there's a face in there.
-Exactly.

Boom.

[Phil] Our ghost photo
experiment in the old hospital

yielded a strikingly
similar result.

-If I went out and showed
Jess this photo.
-Yeah.

She would say, "That looks
like we got a photo
of a spirit."

[Phil] I'm not saying this
is an absolute debunk
of the photo in question,

but it's clear that
if a mist builds naturally
from the right mix

of water, air pressure,
humidity and temperature,

it can appear quite ghostly.

-All right.
Let's get out of here.
-All right.

[Phil] Brian heads back
to base camp to keep an eye
on our surveillance cameras,

while I conduct
a deeper sweep
of the interior.

Looking and listening

for anything
that could be mistaken
for paranormal activity.

Like dripping water or wind.

It's rock solid.

It's dripping from up top,
making those structures.

Check these out.

Now, look at these things
growing up here.

We've got full on
stalactites coming down.

And it's all coming from this.

This is known
as efflorescence.

Which happens
when water inside brick
eventually evaporates.

And it leaves behind
the mineral residue.

This is literally
centuries of buildup.

Which is really leaving some
really, really crazy
patterns behind.

I'm telling you,
it can play tricks
on the mind.

Our brains are hardwired
to look for patterns.

That's why random images
can sometimes register

as things we're more
comfortable looking at.

Like a human face.

It's a phenomenon
called face pareidolia.

And it's why people
see Jesus in toast

or a human expression
in rocks on Mars.

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.

[machine beeping]

[Jess whispering]
I say we go down here.

Is there anyone in this room
with us right now?

Is there anything
you wanna say?

[thump]

Old fireplace, so this
was used for something.

[Danny speaking]

[Jessica] Your camera
just died?

[Danny speaking]

[Jessica] Are you the one
that's making Danny's
camera break?

-It might be.
-[Danny speaking]

Ghosts are known to do that.

[indistinct sounds]

Wow.

What is this place?

I want to try to figure out
where this is going.

[indistinct chatter on radio]

Uh...

-What'd you see?
-What? What'd you see?

Let's go, let's go.

-[Phil] What'd you see?
-[Jessica] What'd you get?

I don't even know what...

It [bleep] looked like
half a body.

-Can you play it back?
-It's, like, right here, yeah,

that's what I'm gonna
do right now.

Just got to stop the system.

I wonder if that happened
right when your camera
had problems.

So, Danny had
to stop down for a bit

'cause his camera started
going crazy.

Okay, so it's camera five.

[Jessica] Okay,
and there's my backpack.

-[man] Yep, there's
your backpack.
-[Jessica] Mm-hmm.

[man] Like, you're over here,
I see your lights.

-Watch here, watch here.
Come here, look.
-Okay.

[Phil] I'm seeing a lot
of shadows right now.

[man] That's not,
I swear to God,
that's not what I saw.

This better be worth it,
my friend.

It'll just be a second.

Holy [bleep]!

-[Jessica] My God.
-[Phil] Go back.

-Go back again.
-That was insane.

One more time.

-Can you slow it down.
Can we watch?
-I'll try.

[Phil] Come on, what is that?

-[Jessica] Oh, my God.
-[Phil] Oh.

-What?
-And then it disappeared.

What was that?

-Then it disappeared.
-What?

What was that?

-[man] That's crazy.
-[Phil] Is it going
into the wall?

Yeah, what is on
the other side there?

There's a hallway,
and then there's the wall

with all of the windows.

So, from when I called you.

[Jessica] Mmm.

To, what, what?

[Jessica] You got something?

I think I just heard
something.

-Yeah, coming.
-Got it?

Okay, at 36 seconds. Listen.

-[faint screaming
on recording]
-Did you hear that?

-Yep.
-There's something there.

Whoa.

-Let me get this.
Let me get this.
-Whoa.

[faint screaming on recording]

-You hear it, right?
-Oh, yeah.

-It's like a,
it sounds like a scream.
-[grunts]

[imitates sound] It just
sounds like screaming.

Yeah, we didn't hear it.

-You didn't hear that.
-No, not with my own ears. No.

We have to check that out.

-All right, Brian,
you stay on the cameras?
-Yes sir.

Okay.

What is happening here, Jess?

Hauntings.

[Jessica] We need
to investigate the spot

where the camera captured
a ghostly figure.

Between
the camera malfunction,
that video anomaly

and what sounded like
a scream.

That's three bizarre events
happening at the same time.

Go in right here.

-Can go right here.
-We're going right here,

[Phil] We get to the spot
in question,

and I start with
the simplest idea first.

Was that figure on the video,
a person?

Hey, Brian, you,
can you see me on the camera?

[Brian] Yeah, I see your legs,
your head, your hands.

-[communicator beeps]
-All right, I'm gonna turn off
my light.

Let's try this again.

[Brian] I see you.

All of me?
You can't see through me?

It's not a trick
of the camera?

[Brian] Yeah, I mean,
It's Phil, holding
a flashlight in the dark.

So...

Should I look for
any fresh footprints?

If it was a person,
then the only way out of here

without crossing in front
of our cameras, again,

is through this opening.

[Jessica] What's out there?

[Phil] Man,
it's really swampy.

-[Jessica] Oh, yeah.
Yeah, it's swamp.
-Yeah.

If somebody was walking
through there to mess with us

and they were wearing
any kind of, like,
rain boot or anything,

they would be leaving marks
in the swamp.

Like, all that grass would be
pushed down,

none of it is.

On top of that,
they would not be see through.

The camera's, like,
this far distance

like how maybe it's just
a trick of that, but...

We caught a ghost on camera.

[Jessica] Phil's attempt
to explain our evidence
came up short.

All right, Jess.

[exhales]

So, I immediately begin a call
and response session.

If our cameras recorded
a spirit,

I need to try
and make contact.

Is there anybody here?

What's your name?

Were you a soldier here?

While I may not be getting
any audible responses,

I'll analyze my recordings
later to see

if the digital recorder
picked anything up.

[exhales]

[Phil] I'm not ready to agree
that what we saw

was supernatural.

I wonder if there's something
either inside the fort

or out in the marsh,

that's causing us to see
and hear strange things,

echoing off the stone walls.

Let's go this way.

[Jessica] To figure out
if the sounds are coming

from somewhere else
in the fort.

We head to a section
we haven't explored.

Oh, hey, check it out.

-This is a tombstone?
-I don't know.
It looks like one.

Let's see.

In memory of Lieutenant
Colonel Charles S. Stewart.

Mobile Alabama
of the 21st Regiment.

Oh, in command of this fort
when killed here,

-April 30th, 1863.
-Whoa.

Huh, that's weird.
This is, like, the only plaque

or memorial or anything
that I've seen

in this entire place.

That's a good point.

-For a specific person.
-Must have been
an important man.

Well, yeah, I wonder
what happened.

I'm going to do some research
on who this was.

[Phil] Okay.

The next morning,
we're still trying to wrap
our heads around

the evidence we collected.

So, while Jess researches
the name on the plaque
we found.

[Jessica] Oh, jeez,
a fatal accident
at Fort Morgan.

[Phil] I turn my attention
to the mysterious scream

we recorded.

[screaming on recording]

My guess is it's some
kind of animal.

To help me identify it,
I've set up a meeting

with wildlife biologist
JJ McCool.

He agreed to meet me
on short notice,

but said there's something
he needs to deal with first.

[mutters]

Hey.

Whoo. We got ourselves
a 'gator.

Yeah.

-Hey.
-I contacted local wildlife
biologist JJ McCool.

-We got ourselves a 'gator.
-Not too happy either.

To tell me more about
the animals that live
around Fort Morgan.

He's had close contact
with just about every species

of wild animal in the area.

I watched sale.

While I was on my way
to meet him,

he got a call about
an alligator in a yard,

and I offered, okay,
I begged to give him a hand.

If you'd come up from behind.

Then push his mouth together.

-Watch your hand.
-[groans]

Whoo, look at this.

Oh, my God.

-He's not too happy
that you're here.
-Yeah, not too happy.

Okay, where are we taking it?

Oh, let's go put him
in my trucks.
We can relocate him.

Look at that.

Alligator wrangling. Check.

[Phil] How big would you say
this is?

[JJ] I'd say he's probably
about a good six feet long,

very healthy, really healthy
little gator.

I mean, this thing
is incredible.

Clearly, you know
the wildlife here,

so that's why I called you.

I told you we were
investigating Fort Morgan,

and when we were out there
last night, we heard a noise.

And I have a feeling.

It might have been an animal,

-so do you mind taking
a listen?
-Now.

Right.

[screaming on recording]

-Do you hear that?
-Mm-hmm.

[screaming on recording]

The only thing we got down
that really makes a noise
like that,

that's a wildlife would be
a bobcat.

And it's spring,
so they'll breed, you know,

all through the spring
and into early summer.

If you get close to them.
It's a real, deep,

guttural type of sound.
But, at a distance,

it sounds like almost
screaming.

But as a rule,
they're pretty quiet

unless something's got 'em
stirred up.

They're very reclusive.

So if you hear 'em,
there's something going on,

-you know.
-Something going on, huh?

-Yeah.
-Okay.

[Phil] So the noise that
we all thought
was a human scream

could be coming from
a wild animal.

Bobcats are nocturnal,
so I'll put up some trail cams

around the forest to see
if we can confirm tonight,

that there's one prowling
the grounds nearby.

This is amazing that just
a few 100 yards away

from the fort
is this beautiful habitat,

and there's got to be
a lot of wild animals

living around here,
so I'm looking around

to find an area that looks
like it is used by wildlife
as a trail.

This looks good.

These things
also record audio.

So, we do get photo,
video of something.

We can also give it a listen
and see...

If we get something
that matches up.

Batteries, this thing's on.

-Hey, hey.
-Hey.

What you've been digging up?

A lot, actually.
So check this out.

Charles Stewart.

There was a...
him, seven others wounded

in total, two of them
died later.

They were all hanging around
this cannon which misfired.

This cannon had
two charges in it,

obviously couldn't handle it
and exploded.

Killed everybody,
but him in particular,

he got struck by a piece
of the cannon

which weighed over 200 pounds.

And they say that, like,
all that was left of his body

was the jaw down.

-No.
-And that his head is found
in pieces.

-Wow.
-In an accident,

because of something as simple
as accidentally adding

an additional charge.

Oh, yeah, also,
he has a widow Juliet.

-So, with that information,
what does that tell you about
-Mm-hmm.

where to focus tonight?

Oh, well, so there's
a lot of theories

as to where he actually died.

I mean, some people believe
that it was at Bastion four

or maybe Bastion five,

where they would have
had those cannons stationed.

[Jessica] Lieutenant
Colonel Stewart
was the ranking officer

in charge of Fort Morgan
at the time
of his grisly demise.

And I'm wondering if,
even in death.

He's still in command here.

So tonight, I'll try
to make contact.

All right, wanna help me
set this stuff up?

-Yeah.
-Put this by the door.

We're setting up a laser grid
and REM pod at Bastion four.

[device beeps]

One of the suspected locations
that might have been where

Colonel Stewart died.

-How's that look?
-Oh, that's perfect.

The whole thing's covered.

If an electromagnetic
disturbance passes through

the field of these highly
sensitive instruments,
we'll get an alert.

Ready?

Yeah.

Charles, are you here?

Charles, is this where
you were killed?

Charles, if you're here
with us,

now's the time to let us know.

[device beeps]

Charles, are you with us?

Charles, is this where
you had your accident?

I can't see anything
around it.

I don't see anything.

[Jessica] Charles,
should we go to
a different location?

-[rock clanks]
-What the [bleep]?

Did that just fall out
of one of the ceilings?

Brick.

-Turn on the light.
-[bleep]

Brick fell.

So it fell right here.

Fell right there.

-[whispering]
-Whoo.

Oh, look up there.
Look at that one.

Oh, I bet you it was that one.

Charles, did you just
throw something at us?

[Phil] What the hell?

[device beeps]

[Jessica] What the [bleep]?

Did you just turn that off?

-The laser?
-Yeah.

Why the [bleep] is the laser
not working?

Wait, point at it.

And the button is being held,
held down by the clamp.

-[gasps]
-Ooh.

[Jessica] What the [bleep]?

Fort Morgan isn't
the only Civil War stronghold

with a ghost story.

Fort Warren in Boston Harbor
is supposedly inhabited

by the angry spirit
of Melanie Lanier.

Her story is that
in the early days of the war.

Her Confederate soldier
husband is imprisoned
in the fort.

Melanie disguises herself
as a Union soldier,

and sneaks over the wall.

But she's captured,
and in the scuffle,

her husband is fatally wounded
by her own gun.

Convicted as a spy,
she goes to the gallows

wearing a black dress.

To this day, visitors
to the fort report

seeing her restless spirit
wandering the grounds.

Attempts to verify
Melanie's story
are a dead end.

There are no historical
records of a Melanie Lanier,

or any woman who met
that fate at Fort Warren,

but does that mean
that some Bostonians

will stop believing
in this haunting legend?

There's not a ghost
of a chance.

[Jessica] Why the [bleep]
is the laser not working?

Wait, point at it.

And the button is being held.

Held down by the clamp.

-[gasps] What the [bleep]?
-Ooh.

[Phil] What?

Charles, if it's you,
turn it back on.

Wait, so you just
turn it back on.

-What did you do?
-I didn't do anything.

I just touched it.

Keeps turning on and off
on its own.

-Now, it won't turn on at all.
-It's just dead.

It's just completely dead now.

-That's...
-Okay.

I'll be honest, the brick
is what really messed with me.

I feel like we can explain
this with being

a potential battery situation.

I would assume you can explain
the brick that this place
is falling apart.

I mean, Jess this fort
is really old

and weather beaten.

Okay, but what set off
the REM pod?

[Phil] Let's keep surveillance
cameras running in here

and see what else
we get. Okay.

[Jessica] We head
to Bastion five,

the location that some believe
is where Colonel Stewart

was killed in
a cannon accident.

It's also near the location
where the fort's historian

heard a disembodied voice
shouting cannon commands.

[indistinct voice
giving commands]

All right, wanna set up
right over here?

-Is this where the cannon
would have been? Okay.
-Yeah.

[indistinct]

-Just rock solid.
-[grunts]

-They're right here.
-[REM pod beeps]

[bell dinging in distance]

Do you hear the bell?

Oh, I hear the bell.

I wonder if there's
a ship passing here.

I kind of want
to go down there.

Towards the beach?

-Yeah.
-Let's get over there.

Okay.

I hear it.

It sounded like
it was right over here.

[bell dinging in distance]

Up here. Oh, man.
I hear that clear as day.

-[Phil] That's definitely
coming from over this.
-Yeah.

[exhales]

Oh, you heard it around here,
right?

Yeah.

I mean, I'm hearing
a flagpole over here
to the right.

I hear a flagpole over there,
for sure.

I don't know, that didn't
sound like a bell.

Those oil rigs are far.

I do not think we can hear
an alarm bell from there.

Is that a ship out there,
they're blinking red?

[Jessica] I don't know.

[Phil] We raced back
to base camp to grab

a directional microphone
and my night vision scope.

That bell sounded like
it was nearby,

so if it came from a boat.

It should still be
in close range.

Nothing.

The boats I see all look
like they're miles away.

There's a tanker
that's moving.

Those things kick up
a huge wave,

which would cause the buoys
to move.

So, if there were any bells
on those buoys,

we would hear 'em,
and I'm not hearing anything.

So what did we just hear?

[Jessica] Who the hell
rang the bell?

Either somebody
or something rang one.

Maybe this haunting extends
past the fort.

[Phil] This investigation
just shot to a new level.

We need to expand
our search zone to find out

what's really happening
at this fort,

and in the water.

Maybe Josh can help steer
this ship

in the right direction.

-Hey.
-Hey, Josh.

Hey, guys, so you're wrapping
things up in Fort Morgan?

What's the verdict?
Any ghosts?

Yeah, we've had two phenomenal
nights of evidence.

I was actually thinking
we were kind of narrowing
it down

as to who may have been
haunting the fort,

but then we got thrown
a curveball.

Okay, how so?

Just take a listen to this.

[bell dinging on recording]

Sounds like bells.

Weird right.

So, you are right near
the water,

maybe it's a, it's a buoy,
it's a ship,

something like that?

Those were
my thoughts exactly.

So we went to the shore.
We looked all up and down.

Checked the buoys, no bells.

Then we looked for boats.
There was no boats nearby

that could explain that noise,
so at this point,

honestly, we have no idea
of what made that noise.

Wow.

[Jessica] We did hear them
during the night.

Always in sets of four
and so I think I know
what's going on.

What are you thinking?

So, all the water surrounding
the fort.

It's filled with shipwrecks
including the USS Tecumseh

which went down during
the Battle of Mobile Bay.

93 people died, it was
super traumatic.

Back in the day, how
they would communicate

was with bells
during a battle.

So, I suspect that the waters
around the fort

is where we should take
our investigation.

So you're saying
these are ghost bells?

Yes, I truly believe
that the fort

and the hauntings there
are connected

to potential hauntings
in the water

and theUSS Tecumseh.

I'm obviously not so sure
about this ghost bell theory,

but that being said,
I'm very happy to try

to dive on that site
and see what we can uncover.

Well, the bottom line
is something made
that noise, right?

So I would definitely
keep investigating

and if you're saying
that you think

there's more work to do,
out at the fort

and now out on the water.

I would suggest expanding
the investigation.

You're talking about
a lot of territory
to cover here.

You guys might need
some backup.

I have an idea.

[Josh] Next time
onExpedition X.

My team is deep into
an investigation

of the strange phenomenon

inside this
Civil War era fort.

[Jessica] There's not
a single spot
in this entire fort,

that doesn't come
with a story.

[Josh] Mounting evidence
sends the team

on an epic search for answers.

[man speaking]

[Josh] I send
in reinforcements.

World class ghost hunters
from kindred spirits,

Amy Bruni and Adam Berry.

The scratch is pretty wild.

-There's so many spiders here.
-Oh, my God.

-[indistinct voice speaking
on recording]
-[gasps]

-That was crazy.
-Ooh, I've got goosebumps.

[Josh] It's an investigation
that could end in disaster.

[diver] Oh, the current
is too strong.

We got the line!

[Josh] Can they exhume
the secrets?

-[indistinct voice speaking
on recording]
-Ooh.

Are there other people
with you?

Hundreds.

[Josh] Of the phantoms
of Fort Morgan.

For more information
on Expedition X.

Head to
discovery.com/expeditionx.