1 00:00:02,868 --> 00:00:05,801 There's reports of a very stern British guard here. 2 00:00:05,968 --> 00:00:07,133 Are you present? 3 00:00:09,601 --> 00:00:11,501 - Oh! - Oh, my God. 4 00:00:11,667 --> 00:00:15,167 On this episode of "Expedition X," 5 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:19,701 250 years on from America's bloody founding, 6 00:00:19,868 --> 00:00:23,300 my team investigates Revolutionary War battlefields 7 00:00:24,667 --> 00:00:28,467 said to be haunted by the spirits of those that died, 8 00:00:28,634 --> 00:00:30,801 so a nation could be born. 9 00:00:30,968 --> 00:00:32,367 Let's wake the dead. 10 00:00:32,534 --> 00:00:35,100 How about that? 11 00:00:35,267 --> 00:00:39,267 Joined by a suitably British special guest investigator. 12 00:00:39,434 --> 00:00:40,868 That's what I call making an entrance. 13 00:00:41,033 --> 00:00:42,667 Literally as soon as I said that, she just goes, 14 00:00:42,834 --> 00:00:44,367 "Oh, there's someone here with me." 15 00:00:44,534 --> 00:00:45,601 I'm sorry. 16 00:00:46,767 --> 00:00:47,801 Right back there. 17 00:00:47,968 --> 00:00:49,267 Phil, Heather... 18 00:00:49,434 --> 00:00:50,667 Oh, we got one 19 00:00:50,834 --> 00:00:52,166 ...and Jack Osbourne... 20 00:00:52,167 --> 00:00:54,000 Are there any soldiers in here with us? 21 00:00:54,167 --> 00:00:56,000 ...wage war with the ghosts... 22 00:00:56,167 --> 00:00:57,100 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 23 00:00:57,267 --> 00:00:58,200 ...of the Revolution. 24 00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:03,767 What?! 25 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:18,000 - All right guys, happy birthday! - It's not my birthday. 26 00:01:18,167 --> 00:01:20,000 - Why thank you, Gates. - It's not your birthday either. 27 00:01:20,167 --> 00:01:21,567 Shh, there might be cake. 28 00:01:21,734 --> 00:01:23,467 No, I'm not talking about your birthdays. 29 00:01:23,634 --> 00:01:27,067 - I'm talking about America's. - Ah, the semiquincentennial. 30 00:01:27,234 --> 00:01:29,367 Yes, America's big 250th. 31 00:01:29,534 --> 00:01:30,868 - Party time! - Yeah. 32 00:01:31,033 --> 00:01:34,167 Indeed, but unfortunately, not everybody is celebrating. 33 00:01:34,334 --> 00:01:37,067 I have just been contacted by a guy who owns part 34 00:01:37,234 --> 00:01:39,868 of a Revolutionary War battlefield. 35 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:44,067 Now, he says that this place has recently been overrun 36 00:01:44,234 --> 00:01:46,000 with paranormal activity. 37 00:01:46,167 --> 00:01:48,501 We're talking everything from apparitions of soldiers 38 00:01:48,667 --> 00:01:50,467 to phantom battle sounds. 39 00:01:50,634 --> 00:01:52,367 The ghosts of the American Revolution. 40 00:01:52,534 --> 00:01:53,968 That's exactly what the owners believe. 41 00:01:54,133 --> 00:01:57,667 And they wonder if all of this disturbing activity 42 00:01:57,834 --> 00:02:01,667 could be tied to America's 250th birthday. 43 00:02:08,868 --> 00:02:13,067 September 1777, Pennsylvania. 44 00:02:13,234 --> 00:02:16,400 More than two years of brutal fighting has transformed 45 00:02:16,567 --> 00:02:20,767 a colonial uprising into a full-blown Revolutionary War, 46 00:02:20,934 --> 00:02:22,567 claiming thousands of lives. 47 00:02:23,901 --> 00:02:26,100 The United States declared its independence 48 00:02:26,267 --> 00:02:29,267 the previous year, but Great Britain refuses 49 00:02:29,434 --> 00:02:30,733 to recognize it. 50 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:33,901 The British set out to take Philadelphia, the first capital 51 00:02:34,067 --> 00:02:35,400 of the United States. 52 00:02:35,567 --> 00:02:38,968 General George Washington and some 15,000 men 53 00:02:39,133 --> 00:02:41,367 aim to block the British advance. 54 00:02:41,534 --> 00:02:43,901 And on the 11th of September, they collide 55 00:02:44,067 --> 00:02:46,000 with 15,000 Redcoats 56 00:02:46,167 --> 00:02:48,400 under Commander-in-Chief Sir William Howe 57 00:02:49,901 --> 00:02:53,801 in the Battle of Brandywine. What follows is the largest 58 00:02:53,968 --> 00:02:57,000 single-day land battle of the Revolutionary War. 59 00:02:58,567 --> 00:03:03,267 For 11 hours, 30,000 men battle across open fields 60 00:03:03,434 --> 00:03:05,667 as British forces brutally assault 61 00:03:05,834 --> 00:03:07,901 the American right flank. 62 00:03:08,067 --> 00:03:10,968 The worst of the bloodshed comes near Thornbury Farm. 63 00:03:12,267 --> 00:03:15,000 The king's cannons fire grapeshot, tearing through 64 00:03:15,167 --> 00:03:18,367 the colonial soldiers in a hail of viscera. 65 00:03:18,534 --> 00:03:21,167 Men fire until they cannot reload, 66 00:03:21,334 --> 00:03:24,000 then desperately swing muskets like clubs. 67 00:03:25,067 --> 00:03:28,767 Smoke blankets the field so heavily, soldiers are firing 68 00:03:28,934 --> 00:03:31,567 through haze at shapes they can barely see. 69 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:37,167 The dead and dying are left scattered across the ground. 70 00:03:37,334 --> 00:03:39,567 Brandywine ends in an American defeat 71 00:03:39,734 --> 00:03:45,000 with some 2,000 soldiers killed, wounded or missing. 72 00:03:45,167 --> 00:03:47,367 But while the rebels may have lost the battle, 73 00:03:47,534 --> 00:03:49,367 the war is far from over. 74 00:03:50,868 --> 00:03:53,467 Washington's Continental Army presses on, 75 00:03:53,634 --> 00:03:57,801 keeping the revolution alive all the way until 1781, 76 00:03:57,968 --> 00:04:01,167 when the British finally surrender at Yorktown. 77 00:04:01,334 --> 00:04:05,000 Two years later, in 1783, Great Britain formally 78 00:04:05,167 --> 00:04:08,767 recognizes the independence of the United States, 79 00:04:08,934 --> 00:04:11,367 marking the birth of a new nation. 80 00:04:11,534 --> 00:04:14,467 But that's also when the paranormal reports begin. 81 00:04:15,667 --> 00:04:19,200 Now, as America celebrates the 250th anniversary 82 00:04:19,367 --> 00:04:20,868 of its fight for independence, 83 00:04:21,868 --> 00:04:25,801 witnesses say the disturbing activity is only intensifying. 84 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,467 At Thornbury Farm, eyewitnesses regularly describe 85 00:04:31,634 --> 00:04:35,667 military encampments impossibly rising from the fog, 86 00:04:35,834 --> 00:04:38,767 phantom soldiers charging across the property, 87 00:04:38,934 --> 00:04:40,968 and aggressive entities in the rooms where 88 00:04:41,133 --> 00:04:44,067 horrific battlefield surgeries were once performed. 89 00:04:45,767 --> 00:04:47,467 And all around the property, 90 00:04:47,634 --> 00:04:50,901 the impossible sounds of war are reported. 91 00:04:51,067 --> 00:04:53,100 The thunderous boom of cannon fire, 92 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:55,367 the blood-curdling battle cries, 93 00:04:55,534 --> 00:04:58,400 and the terrible screams of the dying. 94 00:04:58,567 --> 00:05:01,801 The story goes that America was birthed with a shot heard 95 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:03,266 'round the world. 96 00:05:03,267 --> 00:05:07,100 But do those bullets and blasts still frighteningly echo on 97 00:05:07,267 --> 00:05:08,667 into the afterlife? 98 00:05:13,667 --> 00:05:14,767 What do you think? 99 00:05:14,934 --> 00:05:16,868 The trauma, the tragedy, that's gonna leave 100 00:05:17,033 --> 00:05:18,467 a paranormal imprint on the land. 101 00:05:18,634 --> 00:05:21,300 Look, I'm not gonna deny that Brandywine is a powerful place, 102 00:05:21,467 --> 00:05:23,567 but maybe that's the point. 103 00:05:23,734 --> 00:05:27,501 It is a famous battlefield, and the long shadow of history 104 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:30,968 can enter our conscious and unconscious mind 105 00:05:31,133 --> 00:05:34,567 and maybe influence the way we see and experience things. 106 00:05:34,734 --> 00:05:36,701 Well, before the two of you ship off to war 107 00:05:36,868 --> 00:05:39,400 for answers, I do have one other surprise. 108 00:05:39,567 --> 00:05:41,868 I've arranged for a special guest investigator 109 00:05:42,033 --> 00:05:43,167 to join this case. 110 00:05:43,334 --> 00:05:45,100 I think he is the perfect guy 111 00:05:45,267 --> 00:05:48,100 to bridge this British and American mystery. 112 00:05:48,267 --> 00:05:50,701 So get to Philadelphia, and he is gonna meet you 113 00:05:50,868 --> 00:05:52,767 at where else? Independence Hall. 114 00:05:53,968 --> 00:05:56,000 For Heather and Phil, it's a two-hour drive 115 00:05:56,167 --> 00:05:58,567 from New York to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 116 00:05:58,734 --> 00:06:03,000 the place where America declared its independence in 1776. 117 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,567 Wow. There it is. 118 00:06:08,734 --> 00:06:09,667 Independence Hall. 119 00:06:09,834 --> 00:06:11,100 The Declaration of Independence 120 00:06:11,267 --> 00:06:13,667 and the Constitution were signed right there. 121 00:06:13,834 --> 00:06:16,868 That is an incredible piece of American history. 122 00:06:17,033 --> 00:06:18,267 But also, weren't we supposed to meet 123 00:06:18,434 --> 00:06:20,467 this guest investigator here? 124 00:06:20,634 --> 00:06:21,801 Yeah, he should be here any minute. 125 00:06:23,167 --> 00:06:25,100 Oh. 126 00:06:25,267 --> 00:06:26,667 - No way. - What? 127 00:06:26,834 --> 00:06:28,767 Is that who I think it is? Wow. 128 00:06:30,167 --> 00:06:31,367 Jack Osbourne. 129 00:06:32,567 --> 00:06:34,767 The British are coming. The British are coming. 130 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,567 Good day to you. At ease, gents. 131 00:06:39,734 --> 00:06:41,000 That's what I call making an entrance. 132 00:06:41,167 --> 00:06:43,300 You're not planning on taking the country back, are you? 133 00:06:43,467 --> 00:06:44,667 Not this time, no. 134 00:06:44,834 --> 00:06:46,067 I just heard you needed a token Brit 135 00:06:46,234 --> 00:06:49,501 for this investigation, so I came time-period ready. 136 00:06:49,667 --> 00:06:51,901 OK, did Josh get you up to speed? 137 00:06:52,067 --> 00:06:53,300 He did. Got me well up to speed. 138 00:06:53,467 --> 00:06:54,901 We're investigating the Battle of Brandywine, 139 00:06:55,067 --> 00:06:57,000 and I'm pretty excited about this investigation, 140 00:06:57,167 --> 00:06:59,767 because I've done a few Revolutionary War investigations 141 00:06:59,934 --> 00:07:02,267 in the past, and I always found the fact that I'm a Brit 142 00:07:02,434 --> 00:07:05,601 really drums up some spirits. 143 00:07:05,767 --> 00:07:08,767 Did you guys ever officially acknowledge losing the war? 144 00:07:08,934 --> 00:07:12,267 Britain did acknowledge America's independence in 1783. 145 00:07:12,434 --> 00:07:15,100 - That's where we'll leave it. - Well, I say you lost. 146 00:07:15,267 --> 00:07:16,567 To-may-toes, to-mah-toes. 147 00:07:16,734 --> 00:07:18,400 But today, 250 years later, 148 00:07:18,567 --> 00:07:20,167 America and Brits, we're best buds. 149 00:07:20,334 --> 00:07:22,767 So why not dive into this investigation with you guys? 150 00:07:22,934 --> 00:07:24,767 And just to prove there's peace, I'll even let you guys 151 00:07:24,934 --> 00:07:26,200 march with us. - OK. 152 00:07:26,367 --> 00:07:27,400 In the back, of course. 153 00:07:27,567 --> 00:07:29,367 OK, next stop, Battle of Brandywine? 154 00:07:29,534 --> 00:07:31,000 Next stop, Brandywine. 155 00:07:31,167 --> 00:07:32,300 - Let's march. - OK. 156 00:07:33,667 --> 00:07:35,667 - Forward, gents. - And lady. 157 00:07:37,968 --> 00:07:38,968 Classic Brits. 158 00:07:40,367 --> 00:07:42,100 Nothing says battle like the flute. 159 00:07:45,267 --> 00:07:48,868 From Philadelphia, we travel 30 miles west to Thornbury Farm, 160 00:07:49,033 --> 00:07:52,501 the site of the brutal Battle of Brandywine. 161 00:07:52,667 --> 00:07:55,367 Today, these pastures couldn't be more peaceful. 162 00:07:55,534 --> 00:07:58,300 But on September 11th, 1777, 163 00:07:58,467 --> 00:08:00,467 they were soaked in blood. 164 00:08:00,634 --> 00:08:02,767 The farmland and its many buildings that date 165 00:08:02,934 --> 00:08:04,801 all the way back to that horrific day 166 00:08:04,968 --> 00:08:07,367 are now owned by Randell Spackman. 167 00:08:07,534 --> 00:08:08,567 - Hey, guys. - Hey. 168 00:08:08,734 --> 00:08:11,300 He says he and his family regularly experience 169 00:08:11,467 --> 00:08:13,167 strange activity here, 170 00:08:13,334 --> 00:08:15,367 and he desperately needs answers. 171 00:08:15,534 --> 00:08:16,534 So this is it? 172 00:08:16,701 --> 00:08:19,067 This is the site of the Battle of Brandywine. 173 00:08:19,234 --> 00:08:20,467 Paint us a picture. 174 00:08:20,634 --> 00:08:24,701 The day of the battle was a very hot September 11th. 175 00:08:24,868 --> 00:08:27,067 Over 30,000 troops were here. 176 00:08:27,234 --> 00:08:29,467 There was so much cannon fire, 177 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:32,467 the smoke and the fog rose up out of the ground. 178 00:08:32,634 --> 00:08:35,367 - It literally was the fog of war. - Wow. 179 00:08:35,534 --> 00:08:38,567 Right here in this field, we have Sandy Hollow, 180 00:08:38,734 --> 00:08:40,000 the actual combat zone, 181 00:08:40,167 --> 00:08:42,100 was the most intense part of the fighting. 182 00:08:42,267 --> 00:08:45,400 The battle was so gruesome, this creek right there 183 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:48,167 ran red with blood. - Oh, my gosh! 184 00:08:48,334 --> 00:08:50,467 What did they do with all the bodies? 185 00:08:50,634 --> 00:08:51,733 There were mass graves. 186 00:08:51,734 --> 00:08:53,901 The battle was so big, they were all buried close 187 00:08:54,067 --> 00:08:55,267 to where they fell. 188 00:08:55,434 --> 00:08:58,100 So that's a lot of unmarked graves and dead bodies 189 00:08:58,267 --> 00:08:59,433 that are still out there. - Yes. 190 00:08:59,434 --> 00:09:02,367 That's one reason why we have maybe so much activity 191 00:09:02,534 --> 00:09:03,501 on Thornbury Farm. 192 00:09:04,868 --> 00:09:06,601 What are some people experiencing? 193 00:09:06,767 --> 00:09:09,868 When you walk up into the woods, you feel the sense 194 00:09:10,033 --> 00:09:14,300 of oppression, dread. There's voices that we hear. 195 00:09:14,467 --> 00:09:16,000 People have seen a shadow figure 196 00:09:16,167 --> 00:09:17,367 that walks around. 197 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,801 In Sandy Hollow, we have wedge tents that have been seen 198 00:09:21,968 --> 00:09:24,968 coming out of the fog, like the army is still camping 199 00:09:25,133 --> 00:09:28,000 there one more night before they move out. 200 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:29,367 - Wow. - It's amazing. 201 00:09:30,467 --> 00:09:32,767 So where are the hot spots of reported activity? 202 00:09:32,934 --> 00:09:34,267 We have the Spring House. 203 00:09:35,167 --> 00:09:38,167 It was used to hold prisoners after the Battle of Brandywine. 204 00:09:38,334 --> 00:09:41,100 We know there's a British guard that protects the building 205 00:09:41,267 --> 00:09:43,801 to this day because the American prisoners of war 206 00:09:43,968 --> 00:09:45,267 would have been in that room. 207 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:48,567 He likes to drain batteries. 208 00:09:48,734 --> 00:09:51,100 - He likes to turn the lights on and off. - Wow. 209 00:09:51,267 --> 00:09:54,667 Then we have the farmhouse built in 1709. 210 00:09:54,834 --> 00:09:57,501 It was used as a surgery hospital during the battle 211 00:09:57,667 --> 00:09:59,601 and had tremendous loss of life there because they were 212 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:01,601 literally doing the surgeries right there. 213 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:03,467 - Gosh. - Wow! 214 00:10:03,634 --> 00:10:06,067 One of the most common spirits have been reported in that home 215 00:10:06,234 --> 00:10:08,267 is a one-armed soldier. 216 00:10:08,434 --> 00:10:11,667 And when you go up the stairs, he doesn't let you pass. 217 00:10:11,834 --> 00:10:13,400 People have told us that they've been pushed. 218 00:10:13,567 --> 00:10:14,701 Ooh. 219 00:10:14,868 --> 00:10:17,167 There's no shortage of activity here. 220 00:10:17,334 --> 00:10:20,968 Absolutely, and with the 250th anniversary, 221 00:10:21,133 --> 00:10:22,868 the activity has increased. - Hm. 222 00:10:23,033 --> 00:10:25,367 That's why we need you guys to help figure this out. 223 00:10:25,534 --> 00:10:27,000 Can you send me the coordinates of where some of these 224 00:10:27,167 --> 00:10:29,267 unusual feelings happen out there on the battlefield? 225 00:10:29,434 --> 00:10:32,100 Maybe I can find some evidence to back it up. 226 00:10:32,267 --> 00:10:34,367 Yes, we would love that. 227 00:10:34,534 --> 00:10:36,267 OK, well, Randell, we will do our best, 228 00:10:36,434 --> 00:10:37,400 let you know what we find. 229 00:10:41,367 --> 00:10:42,868 I'm heading out into the battlefield 230 00:10:43,033 --> 00:10:44,801 to the hot spots of strange activity 231 00:10:44,968 --> 00:10:46,267 that Randell shared with me. 232 00:10:47,667 --> 00:10:50,968 Meanwhile, Heather and Jack will start at the Spring House, 233 00:10:51,133 --> 00:10:54,100 where the ghost of a British prison guard has been reported. 234 00:10:58,767 --> 00:10:59,767 Creepy. 235 00:11:04,167 --> 00:11:07,100 This is where they kept colonial prisoners, 236 00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:10,400 that there is an alleged shadow figure or a ghost 237 00:11:10,567 --> 00:11:13,100 of this angry British guard. 238 00:11:14,367 --> 00:11:17,100 Well, let's see if anyone has anything to say here. 239 00:11:17,267 --> 00:11:20,367 While I attempt to contact spirits using my Ovilus, 240 00:11:20,534 --> 00:11:21,467 Jack will use a Mel meter 241 00:11:21,634 --> 00:11:23,467 to detect EMF fluctuations 242 00:11:23,634 --> 00:11:26,167 and sudden changes in temperature, conditions that 243 00:11:26,334 --> 00:11:28,567 are often associated with the presence of a spirit. 244 00:11:29,667 --> 00:11:31,467 Flashlights. 245 00:11:31,634 --> 00:11:33,567 We'll also lay out a series of flashlights, 246 00:11:33,734 --> 00:11:35,667 asking any presence here to communicate 247 00:11:35,834 --> 00:11:37,501 by turning them on or off. 248 00:11:40,968 --> 00:11:42,033 Is anyone here? 249 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,601 You can interact with any of these instruments. 250 00:11:44,767 --> 00:11:47,067 This is a tool that you may not understand, 251 00:11:47,234 --> 00:11:48,367 but change the temperature in here, 252 00:11:48,534 --> 00:11:49,734 it'll equate it to a word. 253 00:11:50,868 --> 00:11:55,601 There's reports of a... very stern British guard here. 254 00:11:55,767 --> 00:11:56,701 Are you present? 255 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,567 See these metal objects on the floor? 256 00:12:01,667 --> 00:12:03,367 I'll ask you yes or no questions, 257 00:12:03,534 --> 00:12:06,367 and if the answer is yes, I want you to touch it. 258 00:12:06,534 --> 00:12:07,701 If you touch it, it'll turn on. 259 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,367 Did you battle in Brandywine? 260 00:12:13,067 --> 00:12:14,467 Eleven? 261 00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:17,300 There's eleven of you in here with us? 262 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:20,467 Or are you saying that the battle was on 263 00:12:20,634 --> 00:12:22,868 September 11th? That was the battle. 264 00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:24,801 - Yes! - That's weird. 265 00:12:25,801 --> 00:12:26,801 That's weird. 266 00:12:29,868 --> 00:12:31,901 - Creek, shut the front door. - No way. 267 00:12:32,067 --> 00:12:33,267 Shut the front door. 268 00:12:33,434 --> 00:12:36,133 Sandy Hollow Creek ran red with blood. 269 00:12:38,601 --> 00:12:42,167 Is that a sign for us to head to Sandy Hollow? 270 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,267 - Oh! - Oh my God! 271 00:12:55,367 --> 00:12:58,000 2 - Oh my God. 272 00:12:58,167 --> 00:13:01,100 - That was creepy. - Ooh, chills. 273 00:13:01,267 --> 00:13:02,467 That really made me jump. 274 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,300 OK. These are the coordinates. 275 00:13:13,467 --> 00:13:16,267 This is where Randell said there's been consistent reports 276 00:13:16,434 --> 00:13:19,868 of people walking through this area and feeling dark energy. 277 00:13:20,033 --> 00:13:22,667 The question is, is it something explainable? 278 00:13:22,834 --> 00:13:24,801 I think that the most likely thing 279 00:13:24,968 --> 00:13:26,868 that is happening in this spot is 280 00:13:28,267 --> 00:13:31,367 the subconscious mind projecting the bad, 281 00:13:31,534 --> 00:13:33,767 the deaths, the casualties, the fear 282 00:13:33,934 --> 00:13:35,400 that must have been here. 283 00:13:35,567 --> 00:13:37,868 Honestly, the ghost stories, that can start to creep 284 00:13:38,033 --> 00:13:40,267 into your brain and warp your perspective 285 00:13:40,434 --> 00:13:42,000 of what you're actually seeing. 286 00:13:42,167 --> 00:13:45,667 So now that I'm here, I want to figure out what is underneath 287 00:13:45,834 --> 00:13:47,267 my feet right now. 288 00:13:47,434 --> 00:13:50,567 Is there any tangible Revolutionary War-era evidence 289 00:13:50,734 --> 00:13:53,267 that could link the strange activity reported here 290 00:13:53,434 --> 00:13:54,434 with the battle? 291 00:13:54,601 --> 00:13:57,367 Or is it all just in people's imaginations? 292 00:13:57,534 --> 00:14:00,567 My ground-penetrating radar device, or GPR, 293 00:14:00,734 --> 00:14:01,901 is about to let me know. 294 00:14:03,267 --> 00:14:06,868 This thing aims into the ground to detect anomalies. 295 00:14:07,033 --> 00:14:10,767 It could show us things like a trench that was dug here. 296 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:13,000 Or if we get points of high reflectivity, 297 00:14:13,167 --> 00:14:14,767 that represents metal. 298 00:14:14,934 --> 00:14:17,267 Metal that should not be beneath our feet unless 299 00:14:17,434 --> 00:14:20,167 it was buried by someone, say, 250 years ago. 300 00:14:20,334 --> 00:14:21,267 Let's get scanning. 301 00:14:30,167 --> 00:14:31,200 What do we need to know? 302 00:14:35,734 --> 00:14:37,501 It says swim, but I'm not going for no swim. 303 00:14:40,801 --> 00:14:43,000 Healer. 304 00:14:43,167 --> 00:14:44,968 I do think we need to stop at the farmhouse. 305 00:14:45,133 --> 00:14:47,667 - 100%. That was the field hospital. - Yes. 306 00:14:47,834 --> 00:14:50,567 I'm willing to bet there was an awful lot of people that 307 00:14:50,734 --> 00:14:52,267 didn't make it out of that house alive. 308 00:14:52,434 --> 00:14:54,167 The healers would have been in the farmhouse, 309 00:14:54,334 --> 00:14:55,567 I think we should go there. 310 00:14:57,701 --> 00:14:59,567 OK, I scanned the ground here 311 00:14:59,734 --> 00:15:01,601 so you could see what is underneath our feet. 312 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:02,701 Oh! 313 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:07,267 We got hits. 314 00:15:07,434 --> 00:15:09,067 All of these dark red marks, 315 00:15:09,234 --> 00:15:10,167 that is not reflective. 316 00:15:10,334 --> 00:15:12,100 That could mean there is something metal 317 00:15:12,267 --> 00:15:13,567 right here underground. 318 00:15:14,868 --> 00:15:17,868 Which means this could be physical evidence of 319 00:15:18,033 --> 00:15:19,868 the mysterious things reported here 320 00:15:20,033 --> 00:15:22,100 and some very violent history. 321 00:15:22,267 --> 00:15:23,300 Time to dig. 322 00:15:33,701 --> 00:15:35,467 - Oh... wow. - Wow. 323 00:15:36,667 --> 00:15:38,167 It feels very heavy in here. 324 00:15:42,167 --> 00:15:43,467 Where do we start? 325 00:15:43,634 --> 00:15:47,601 There's that apparition of a one-armed soldier 326 00:15:47,767 --> 00:15:49,567 not letting people pass through the stairwell. 327 00:15:49,734 --> 00:15:50,867 Hmm. 328 00:15:50,868 --> 00:15:52,601 I want to put one of the flashlights on the stairs. 329 00:15:58,567 --> 00:16:00,066 We have our cat balls, 330 00:16:00,067 --> 00:16:02,567 so if anything gets close to it, touches it, it'll light up. 331 00:16:03,767 --> 00:16:06,000 If there's a presence, either the flashlight 332 00:16:06,167 --> 00:16:07,567 or the REM pod is gonna be able to detect it. 333 00:16:09,267 --> 00:16:11,467 We've got the audio recorder and we've got the Ovilus. 334 00:16:13,567 --> 00:16:14,868 Are there any soldiers in here with us? 335 00:16:18,367 --> 00:16:20,467 Touch any of the tools in here, 336 00:16:20,634 --> 00:16:22,100 the silver tools that are on the ground. 337 00:16:23,868 --> 00:16:24,868 That's so close to us. 338 00:16:28,367 --> 00:16:31,367 Jack. 339 00:16:36,834 --> 00:16:38,767 So it's very clear that something's here. 340 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:41,300 Yeah. 341 00:16:45,267 --> 00:16:47,167 Guided by the hits on my GPR scan, 342 00:16:47,334 --> 00:16:49,501 I'm digging where a potential metallic object 343 00:16:49,667 --> 00:16:51,367 was detected beneath the surface. 344 00:16:54,767 --> 00:16:56,767 Oh! Got metal! 345 00:16:56,934 --> 00:16:58,567 What is this? 346 00:17:03,701 --> 00:17:04,701 Oh my gosh! 347 00:17:06,868 --> 00:17:09,601 We got a bayonet! We got a bayonet! 348 00:17:10,601 --> 00:17:12,267 Look at that! 349 00:17:12,434 --> 00:17:14,367 This is physical evidence 350 00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:19,267 buried right where Randell said people feel strange energies. 351 00:17:20,567 --> 00:17:22,501 I mean, this doesn't conclusively tell us 352 00:17:22,667 --> 00:17:24,100 that this place is haunted, 353 00:17:24,267 --> 00:17:27,968 but it tells us this area needs 354 00:17:28,133 --> 00:17:29,701 much more excavation. 355 00:17:33,667 --> 00:17:34,901 Can you tell us your name? 356 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:40,267 Walk. 357 00:17:44,501 --> 00:17:45,868 You want me to walk to the stairs? 358 00:17:50,501 --> 00:17:52,968 Gateway? 359 00:17:53,133 --> 00:17:55,067 Pushed? 360 00:17:55,234 --> 00:17:57,267 - Whoa! - What are the reports? 361 00:17:57,434 --> 00:17:58,701 People getting pushed on the stairs. 362 00:17:58,868 --> 00:18:00,467 - Yes. - Wow, that's crazy. 363 00:18:02,567 --> 00:18:04,167 Are you the one-armed spirit in the stairwell? 364 00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:21,501 What?! 365 00:18:25,767 --> 00:18:28,367 2 Oh my God! No, no, no, no, no. 366 00:18:28,534 --> 00:18:30,868 I just saw a dark shadow pass the open door 367 00:18:31,033 --> 00:18:32,968 at the top of the stairwell. - And there's no one in there? 368 00:18:33,133 --> 00:18:34,367 There's no one in there. 369 00:18:34,534 --> 00:18:35,667 All right, let's go up. 370 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:42,601 I don't really see anything. 371 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:47,868 - Anything? - Nothing. 372 00:18:49,601 --> 00:18:51,000 What did you see up there? 373 00:18:51,167 --> 00:18:54,868 It was this shadow figure close to the ground that looked 374 00:18:55,033 --> 00:18:58,100 like it was crawling, crossing the doorframe. 375 00:18:58,267 --> 00:18:59,601 You know about crawlers, right? 376 00:18:59,767 --> 00:19:03,701 Like, crawlers tend to be associated 377 00:19:03,868 --> 00:19:06,367 with really negative entities. 378 00:19:06,534 --> 00:19:07,467 It's really freaky. 379 00:19:07,634 --> 00:19:09,467 Yeah. I don't like it. 380 00:19:09,634 --> 00:19:10,567 Yeah, neither do I. 381 00:19:12,767 --> 00:19:13,868 Are you the one-armed soldier? 382 00:19:18,067 --> 00:19:19,067 Did you die here? 383 00:19:21,267 --> 00:19:22,267 Come down here. 384 00:19:24,367 --> 00:19:25,367 You don't need to be afraid. 385 00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:31,100 Look, it's clear that activity has died down. 386 00:19:31,267 --> 00:19:34,267 - Yeah. - And it's definitely time to meet Phil. 387 00:19:34,434 --> 00:19:36,567 - So, I say we pack up and go. - All right, let's do it. 388 00:19:36,734 --> 00:19:39,067 That scared the bajesus out of me. 389 00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:45,601 Phil, do you copy? 390 00:19:46,767 --> 00:19:49,901 Yeah, I copy. You are not gonna believe what I found. 391 00:19:50,067 --> 00:19:53,100 - An actual bayonet. - That's insane! 392 00:19:53,267 --> 00:19:54,868 - The whole thing? - Yes. 393 00:19:55,033 --> 00:19:57,300 I can't say for certain if this is a burial site. 394 00:19:57,467 --> 00:19:59,467 Honestly, I could dig up here all night. 395 00:19:59,634 --> 00:20:01,501 Man, we've had quite the evening. 396 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:03,667 No shortage of evidence going on over here. 397 00:20:03,834 --> 00:20:06,100 And we got the word "creek" on the Ovilus. 398 00:20:06,267 --> 00:20:07,666 Sandy Hollow? 399 00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:09,067 Seems like it's the natural progression of the evening. 400 00:20:09,234 --> 00:20:10,868 Activity was pointing us that way, 401 00:20:11,033 --> 00:20:13,200 so we'll meet you over there. - We'll see you down there. 402 00:20:20,267 --> 00:20:21,534 - Hey. - All right. 403 00:20:22,501 --> 00:20:26,100 So this is it, Sandy Hollow, where the most intense part of 404 00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:28,300 the battle took place and where, by the end of 405 00:20:28,467 --> 00:20:30,968 the battle, this whole area would have been covered 406 00:20:31,133 --> 00:20:34,067 in bodies and blood. - Right. 407 00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:35,601 The creek ran right through here. 408 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:37,200 And what were the conditions of that battle? 409 00:20:37,367 --> 00:20:39,367 It was foggy and smoky by the end 410 00:20:39,534 --> 00:20:40,767 from all the cannon and muskets. 411 00:20:40,934 --> 00:20:43,167 And what do people see here today? 412 00:20:43,334 --> 00:20:45,067 - Strange, foggy figures. - Right. 413 00:20:45,234 --> 00:20:46,901 And look, there's already a little bit of fog right now. 414 00:20:47,067 --> 00:20:48,767 But for what I want to try, we need a lot more. 415 00:20:48,934 --> 00:20:51,367 - Come help me set up. - OK. 416 00:20:51,534 --> 00:20:54,100 Since witnesses have reported mysterious figures appearing in 417 00:20:54,267 --> 00:20:57,601 the fog at Sandy Hollow during the very same misty conditions 418 00:20:57,767 --> 00:20:59,701 that were present on the day of the battle, 419 00:20:59,868 --> 00:21:02,567 I want to recreate that exact same atmosphere. 420 00:21:02,734 --> 00:21:06,000 We'll fill the area with fog to see if we can summon spirits 421 00:21:06,167 --> 00:21:07,667 back to the battlefield. 422 00:21:07,834 --> 00:21:10,200 Then, we'll set up a specialist camera equipped with 423 00:21:10,367 --> 00:21:13,267 the Specter Detection System, which uses advanced software 424 00:21:13,434 --> 00:21:15,868 to identify any possible anomalies that are invisible 425 00:21:16,033 --> 00:21:17,267 to the naked eye. 426 00:21:17,434 --> 00:21:20,167 Plus, my Ovilus will capture critical words generated 427 00:21:20,334 --> 00:21:21,400 by any spirits present. 428 00:21:23,367 --> 00:21:25,267 - All right, fog machine set up? - Yes. 429 00:21:25,434 --> 00:21:26,467 Fantastic. 430 00:21:26,634 --> 00:21:27,868 This camera will look over the hollow 431 00:21:28,033 --> 00:21:30,567 and this software program will track to see orbs, 432 00:21:30,734 --> 00:21:33,601 potential entities, and any humanoid figures. 433 00:21:33,767 --> 00:21:36,801 - Cool. - And the fog's not gonna be the only trigger here. 434 00:21:36,968 --> 00:21:38,901 Y'all are gonna be one as well. 435 00:21:39,067 --> 00:21:40,400 Are you giving us marching orders? 436 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:43,400 - Heck yeah, I am. - To play on that, 437 00:21:43,567 --> 00:21:46,167 why don't I play a recording of some marching drums to just 438 00:21:46,334 --> 00:21:48,467 really set the scene? - Even better. 439 00:21:48,634 --> 00:21:50,868 Well, I'm gonna get the FLIR out because people say 440 00:21:51,033 --> 00:21:53,667 mysterious ghostly shapes out here in the fog. 441 00:21:53,834 --> 00:21:55,100 Maybe it's just a deer. 442 00:21:55,267 --> 00:21:56,667 I guess I'll take the American side. 443 00:21:56,834 --> 00:22:00,066 - From up here, head down? - For king and country that way. 444 00:22:00,067 --> 00:22:01,000 - Sounds like a plan. - Go forth. 445 00:22:01,167 --> 00:22:02,100 See you in the middle. 446 00:22:08,868 --> 00:22:12,200 This entire area is just blanketed fog now. 447 00:22:14,601 --> 00:22:17,767 All right, fog's going, program is running. 448 00:22:17,934 --> 00:22:20,167 - Let's see if we get anything. - Let's get marching. 449 00:22:25,767 --> 00:22:26,701 Guess it's time to march. 450 00:22:33,901 --> 00:22:36,300 Eleven. 451 00:22:41,467 --> 00:22:42,467 Nothing yet. 452 00:22:43,868 --> 00:22:45,701 Honestly, kind of mesmerizing. 453 00:22:45,868 --> 00:22:50,467 And look, you almost start to see little figures 454 00:22:50,634 --> 00:22:52,667 that almost look like faces in the fog. 455 00:22:54,701 --> 00:22:55,701 Whoa! 456 00:22:58,901 --> 00:22:59,868 There's Jack. 457 00:23:00,868 --> 00:23:02,300 It's picking up a figure. 458 00:23:02,467 --> 00:23:04,300 Oh my God, it's picking up a figure 459 00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:05,667 right in front of Jack. 460 00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:14,267 2 Ooh, look at that. 461 00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:18,100 Swim? 462 00:23:18,267 --> 00:23:20,000 Troop, look at that. 463 00:23:20,167 --> 00:23:21,100 Troop. 464 00:23:23,067 --> 00:23:24,000 Jack, that you? 465 00:23:32,367 --> 00:23:35,100 - Surprise! - Oh, my God. 466 00:23:35,267 --> 00:23:36,267 Howdy. 467 00:23:36,434 --> 00:23:37,601 Wow, you really came out of nowhere. 468 00:23:37,767 --> 00:23:39,868 - Yeah. - Want to check in with Heather? 469 00:23:40,033 --> 00:23:41,400 Yeah, let's see what her doodad picked up. 470 00:23:41,567 --> 00:23:43,400 Let's do it. 471 00:23:45,868 --> 00:23:48,767 - So, how was it? - It was intense, actually. 472 00:23:48,934 --> 00:23:52,167 I was imagining the chaos and the fear that these guys 473 00:23:52,334 --> 00:23:53,167 must have felt. 474 00:23:53,334 --> 00:23:55,667 Gotta say, we're alone out here. 475 00:23:55,834 --> 00:23:57,300 FLIR picked up nothing. 476 00:23:57,467 --> 00:23:58,767 Well, I got a figure on Specter. 477 00:23:58,934 --> 00:24:01,801 And not only that, my Ovilus was going off. 478 00:24:01,968 --> 00:24:03,300 I got "eleven" again. 479 00:24:03,467 --> 00:24:04,667 - Really? - Yes! 480 00:24:04,834 --> 00:24:06,968 Then I got "troop," which makes sense. 481 00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:08,968 But I got "swim," and that's the second time 482 00:24:09,133 --> 00:24:11,167 I got it tonight. 483 00:24:11,334 --> 00:24:14,100 It says swim, but I'm not going for no Swim. 484 00:24:14,267 --> 00:24:16,467 And I'm trying to figure out what can that mean? 485 00:24:16,634 --> 00:24:18,367 I kinda have a weird idea about that. 486 00:24:18,534 --> 00:24:19,801 OK. 487 00:24:19,968 --> 00:24:21,868 I think the intensity of this investigation has really 488 00:24:22,033 --> 00:24:24,901 reminded me of an investigation I did not long ago 489 00:24:25,067 --> 00:24:26,667 here in Pennsylvania. 490 00:24:26,834 --> 00:24:28,267 You guys ever heard of Fort Mifflin? 491 00:24:28,434 --> 00:24:29,901 - No. - No, what happened there? 492 00:24:30,067 --> 00:24:31,567 So it's a legendary fortress. 493 00:24:31,734 --> 00:24:35,300 This battle that happened there arguably saved what would 494 00:24:35,467 --> 00:24:38,067 become the United States. So think about it. 495 00:24:38,234 --> 00:24:42,267 You've got "creek," you've got "troop," you've got "swim." 496 00:24:42,434 --> 00:24:45,267 There was a huge battle at Fort Mifflin in November. 497 00:24:45,434 --> 00:24:47,767 Fort Mifflin is right on the Delaware River. 498 00:24:47,934 --> 00:24:50,801 They were completely besieged by the British armada. 499 00:24:50,968 --> 00:24:53,267 Guys were trying to get out on rowboats. 500 00:24:53,434 --> 00:24:55,868 - Actual British ships exploded. - Wow. 501 00:24:56,033 --> 00:24:58,400 So there's probably a lot of troops that had to swim across 502 00:24:58,567 --> 00:25:01,868 the Delaware River. - And probably drown. 503 00:25:02,033 --> 00:25:03,267 OK. 504 00:25:03,434 --> 00:25:05,267 So you don't think these words are coincidence? 505 00:25:05,434 --> 00:25:07,367 You're saying you think they're a message? 506 00:25:07,534 --> 00:25:10,000 I think whatever this is, 507 00:25:10,167 --> 00:25:12,100 is telling us to go to Fort Mifflin. 508 00:25:12,267 --> 00:25:14,100 That's clearly where we gotta go next. 509 00:25:14,267 --> 00:25:15,299 - I agree. - OK. 510 00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:17,667 We follow the path of the Revolutionary War. 511 00:25:17,834 --> 00:25:18,968 Next stop, Fort Mifflin. 512 00:25:20,567 --> 00:25:21,767 As the sun rises, 513 00:25:21,934 --> 00:25:24,601 we head to Fort Mifflin in search of answers. 514 00:25:24,767 --> 00:25:27,567 Just 12 days after the defeat at Brandywine, 515 00:25:27,734 --> 00:25:30,100 George Washington sent his troops to defend 516 00:25:30,267 --> 00:25:33,100 the fortress that protects the Delaware River. 517 00:25:33,267 --> 00:25:35,467 And since we're following the history, 518 00:25:35,634 --> 00:25:37,667 I think Heather and Phil need to experience 519 00:25:37,834 --> 00:25:40,100 exactly how they got there. 520 00:25:41,801 --> 00:25:43,167 This would have been horrific. 521 00:25:43,334 --> 00:25:44,267 Middle of winter, 522 00:25:45,367 --> 00:25:48,868 ships firing cannons, muskets blasting. 523 00:25:49,033 --> 00:25:50,200 We're sinking. 524 00:25:50,367 --> 00:25:53,667 Well, this is a period-authentic experience. 525 00:25:53,834 --> 00:25:56,067 If you cannot see the value in that, 526 00:25:56,234 --> 00:25:57,601 I'm sorry, I can't help you. 527 00:25:59,300 --> 00:26:00,501 OK, prepare to bump. 528 00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:03,167 Welcome to Fort Mifflin. 529 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,467 I just need to do one thing. 530 00:26:12,601 --> 00:26:13,767 Right, onward to the fort. 531 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:20,300 OK. 532 00:26:21,901 --> 00:26:23,567 Wow. 533 00:26:23,734 --> 00:26:26,100 Once we enter the gates of the historic fort, 534 00:26:26,267 --> 00:26:28,067 I introduce Heather and Phil 535 00:26:28,234 --> 00:26:30,767 to Mary Reynolds and Greg O'Brien. 536 00:26:30,934 --> 00:26:33,968 - How's it going? - Going great, welcome back. 537 00:26:34,133 --> 00:26:37,601 Two historians I worked with last time I investigated here, 538 00:26:37,767 --> 00:26:40,801 who have vast knowledge of the terrifying activity 539 00:26:40,968 --> 00:26:42,868 many have experienced. 540 00:26:43,033 --> 00:26:45,567 - So the British had their sights on Philadelphia. - Yes. 541 00:26:45,734 --> 00:26:48,667 They said to take Philadelphia, you gotta take Fort Mifflin. 542 00:26:48,834 --> 00:26:50,367 And what happened during that battle? 543 00:26:51,501 --> 00:26:55,267 It really started on the 10th of October, 544 00:26:55,434 --> 00:26:56,667 and it went on for a month. 545 00:26:57,801 --> 00:27:00,868 For six solid days, 1,000 cannonballs an hour 546 00:27:01,033 --> 00:27:04,367 flew into the fort. - That is a lot of cannonballs. 547 00:27:04,534 --> 00:27:05,566 It is. 548 00:27:05,567 --> 00:27:07,167 Tell me about the culmination of the battle. 549 00:27:07,334 --> 00:27:09,000 What happened in the end? 550 00:27:09,167 --> 00:27:11,167 In the end, the Americans 551 00:27:11,334 --> 00:27:13,000 evacuated the fort. 552 00:27:13,167 --> 00:27:15,467 Early morning, the British would have rowed up 553 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:19,767 in rowboats to Fort Mifflin and discovered that it was just 554 00:27:19,934 --> 00:27:22,167 strewn with blood and body parts. - Oof. 555 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:27,200 Although it was technically a loss for the Americans, 556 00:27:27,367 --> 00:27:32,767 it was so costly to the British in time and materiel 557 00:27:32,934 --> 00:27:35,767 that it forced the war to continue. 558 00:27:35,934 --> 00:27:40,868 So the war did not end in 1777 with a British win. 559 00:27:41,033 --> 00:27:44,200 So this fort was absolutely crucial to the birth of America. 560 00:27:44,367 --> 00:27:46,067 The fort is considered 561 00:27:46,234 --> 00:27:48,567 the fort that saved America. - Wow. 562 00:27:50,167 --> 00:27:52,968 We were investigating a farm that sits on the ground 563 00:27:53,133 --> 00:27:56,667 of the Brandywine battle, and it was fairly intense. 564 00:27:56,834 --> 00:27:59,868 The owner of the property seems to think that is intensifying 565 00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:01,667 from the 250-year anniversary. 566 00:28:01,834 --> 00:28:02,767 Has that been the same experience 567 00:28:02,934 --> 00:28:04,032 for you guys at the fort? 568 00:28:04,033 --> 00:28:07,100 Definitely, things have been increasing with all 569 00:28:07,267 --> 00:28:10,367 the reenactment that's happening around the fort. 570 00:28:10,534 --> 00:28:12,968 Even outside down by the river. 571 00:28:13,133 --> 00:28:15,567 Well, what types of activity are we talking about here? 572 00:28:15,734 --> 00:28:19,501 You have full-body shadow figures. 573 00:28:19,667 --> 00:28:20,701 Voices. 574 00:28:20,868 --> 00:28:22,567 Cannon fire on the Delaware. 575 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:26,167 So what are the key hot spots in Fort Mifflin? 576 00:28:26,334 --> 00:28:29,467 Basically the whole fort, but we have the casemates. 577 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:32,868 They were bomb shelters. 578 00:28:33,033 --> 00:28:37,367 Casemate 11, which was the original powder magazine, 579 00:28:37,534 --> 00:28:40,100 and where a lot of the casualties happened when 580 00:28:40,267 --> 00:28:43,100 the British warship Vigilant opened fire, 581 00:28:43,267 --> 00:28:45,367 that area is very active. 582 00:28:45,534 --> 00:28:47,167 - Eleven. - Oh, wow, interesting. 583 00:28:47,334 --> 00:28:49,467 We kept getting "eleven" over and over last night. 584 00:28:49,634 --> 00:28:52,767 And if you're telling me it's Casemate 11. 585 00:28:52,934 --> 00:28:54,667 - Sounds like we got to go there. - Yeah. 586 00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:57,400 Please be careful, because we do have some 587 00:28:57,567 --> 00:29:00,167 powerful spirits there. - OK, we will. 588 00:29:00,334 --> 00:29:03,000 - Thank you. - Good to see you, Greg. 589 00:29:05,467 --> 00:29:07,767 We get straight to work, setting up a network of 590 00:29:07,934 --> 00:29:10,367 surveillance cameras throughout the fort to capture any 591 00:29:10,534 --> 00:29:13,300 potential paranormal activity. - Let's do it! 592 00:29:13,467 --> 00:29:16,400 As a trigger object, we hoist the same colors flown 593 00:29:16,567 --> 00:29:19,100 by the brave Americans during the bloody siege, 594 00:29:19,267 --> 00:29:21,000 a flag with 13 stripes, 595 00:29:21,167 --> 00:29:23,601 one for each of the 13 colonies that united 596 00:29:23,767 --> 00:29:25,067 to fight for independence. 597 00:29:26,367 --> 00:29:28,767 We have one more wartime trigger for the spirits, 598 00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:32,567 and it's a figurative and literal one, a cannon. 599 00:29:32,734 --> 00:29:34,167 Let's wake the dead. 600 00:29:34,334 --> 00:29:38,167 Three, two, one. 601 00:29:40,834 --> 00:29:42,300 Whoo-hoo-hoo! How about that? 602 00:29:52,968 --> 00:29:55,467 While Heather and Jack investigate reported activity 603 00:29:55,634 --> 00:29:58,100 within the fort, I head outside to the banks 604 00:29:58,267 --> 00:29:59,901 of the Delaware River. 605 00:30:00,067 --> 00:30:03,167 I want to investigate this phantom cannon fire that 606 00:30:03,334 --> 00:30:06,501 witnesses claim to hear all around Mifflin's perimeter. 607 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,167 OK, look, look, look, right here, right here. 608 00:30:13,334 --> 00:30:14,701 You see this? 609 00:30:14,868 --> 00:30:16,567 There's this little trail 610 00:30:16,734 --> 00:30:19,567 going right into the water there. 611 00:30:19,734 --> 00:30:25,000 So people report hearing phantom cannons out here. 612 00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:30,567 Well, there is an animal that makes the sound of a shotgun, 613 00:30:30,734 --> 00:30:31,667 it's so loud. 614 00:30:31,834 --> 00:30:34,200 That animal? A beaver. 615 00:30:34,367 --> 00:30:37,567 Beavers are known to use their big leathery tail to slap 616 00:30:37,734 --> 00:30:41,567 the water as a kind of territorial warning. 617 00:30:41,734 --> 00:30:44,567 And that can be an incredibly loud noise. 618 00:30:44,734 --> 00:30:46,567 All right. 619 00:30:46,734 --> 00:30:49,601 So my goal here is to use camera traps to at least solve 620 00:30:49,767 --> 00:30:52,100 one piece of the puzzle of Fort Mifflin. 621 00:30:58,868 --> 00:31:01,501 - Casemate number five. - Yep. 622 00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:02,901 Ooh. 623 00:31:03,067 --> 00:31:04,767 It's kind of difficult to breathe. 624 00:31:04,934 --> 00:31:06,167 - Mm-hmm. - Right? 625 00:31:06,334 --> 00:31:07,267 Yep. 626 00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:10,334 Do a little EVP. 627 00:31:12,801 --> 00:31:14,868 This is an EVP session at Fort Mifflin 628 00:31:15,033 --> 00:31:16,367 in Casemate five. 629 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:19,801 Is there anyone in here with us right now? 630 00:31:22,267 --> 00:31:24,667 Are there any spirits here of soldiers that died 631 00:31:24,834 --> 00:31:26,868 during the siege of Fort Mifflin? 632 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:29,267 Let us know you're here. 633 00:31:34,267 --> 00:31:35,267 Jack. 634 00:31:46,167 --> 00:31:47,701 - Yeah. - There's a glowing light. 635 00:31:53,968 --> 00:31:55,601 It's got to be something, right? 636 00:31:55,767 --> 00:31:56,767 That's really strange. 637 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:00,200 What is that? 638 00:32:03,467 --> 00:32:05,367 What is that reflecting from? 639 00:32:05,534 --> 00:32:07,300 It's reflecting from out there. 640 00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:10,567 Yeah, that's so weird. Where's that coming? 641 00:32:10,734 --> 00:32:12,100 It's gotta be coming from out here. 642 00:32:12,267 --> 00:32:13,267 I think it's that window. 643 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,667 - Anything? - I can see a tiny, yeah, 644 00:32:17,834 --> 00:32:19,467 if I go on my tippy toes, through that, 645 00:32:19,634 --> 00:32:22,767 there's like a tree that keeps blowing. 646 00:32:22,934 --> 00:32:25,567 I don't even know what that hole in the wall is. 647 00:32:25,734 --> 00:32:27,467 OK. 648 00:32:27,634 --> 00:32:30,968 That was really weird, the fact that there's like 649 00:32:31,133 --> 00:32:33,767 light kind of bending through a tiny little-- 650 00:32:33,934 --> 00:32:35,667 and just projecting on the wall there. 651 00:32:35,834 --> 00:32:37,767 That's weird. When I tell you, I thought 652 00:32:37,934 --> 00:32:40,467 a full-body apparition was about to do manifest right there. 653 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:45,801 Here's the beach. 654 00:32:48,267 --> 00:32:49,901 I'm gonna try to use the FLIR. 655 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,267 Get this thing calibrated. 656 00:33:02,167 --> 00:33:04,367 Oh, oh, oh. Shh, shh, shh, shh. 657 00:33:04,534 --> 00:33:05,868 Hang on. 658 00:33:07,601 --> 00:33:09,300 That was some big movement back here. 659 00:33:14,267 --> 00:33:16,567 Let's see if I can catch it on the FLIR. 660 00:33:16,734 --> 00:33:18,801 Whatever it was-- oh! 661 00:33:18,968 --> 00:33:20,901 There it is again, there it is again. 662 00:33:22,868 --> 00:33:24,567 Oh my God! Right back there! 663 00:33:26,767 --> 00:33:27,767 Let's go! 664 00:33:38,868 --> 00:33:41,701 2 Where'd it go? Where'd it go? 665 00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:47,601 Something big was moving back here. 666 00:33:51,767 --> 00:33:54,367 Whew, I mean, it would have been right here. 667 00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:57,367 No idea what that was. 668 00:33:58,968 --> 00:34:01,601 But it was big. 669 00:34:02,968 --> 00:34:04,601 Bigger than a beaver, that's for sure. 670 00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:08,501 Whatever it is, may show up on the camera traps. 671 00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:10,501 Hopefully, get some answers. 672 00:34:17,467 --> 00:34:18,968 Jack and I shift our investigation 673 00:34:19,133 --> 00:34:21,167 to Casemate 11, an underground chamber 674 00:34:21,334 --> 00:34:23,767 originally used for ammunition storage 675 00:34:23,934 --> 00:34:25,000 and where shadow figures 676 00:34:25,167 --> 00:34:27,067 and the sounds of battle are reported. 677 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,367 So, during the siege, the Americans actually used 678 00:34:31,534 --> 00:34:33,267 this as a shelter. 679 00:34:33,434 --> 00:34:36,667 There's reports of, like, many, many men 680 00:34:36,834 --> 00:34:38,167 being crammed in here. 681 00:34:39,667 --> 00:34:40,968 - I don't like it. - No. 682 00:34:41,901 --> 00:34:43,901 So, last time I was in here, I did the Estes method 683 00:34:44,067 --> 00:34:46,167 and it was really profound. 684 00:34:46,334 --> 00:34:48,767 Can you make Jack feel like you're close, like-- 685 00:34:48,934 --> 00:34:50,701 I feel like someone's behind me now. 686 00:34:53,167 --> 00:34:55,100 I kind of think that's where we should just pick up. 687 00:34:55,267 --> 00:34:56,868 - OK, yeah, absolutely. - All right. 688 00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:03,801 OK. 689 00:35:03,968 --> 00:35:07,267 So, obviously, the Estes method uses sense deprivation. 690 00:35:07,434 --> 00:35:09,968 I like to use two headphones to make sure I cannot hear 691 00:35:10,133 --> 00:35:13,100 anything, and then, of course, a blindfold. - Mm-hmm, OK. 692 00:35:13,267 --> 00:35:15,567 The idea being anything that pops into my mind, 693 00:35:15,734 --> 00:35:17,200 anything I'm feeling as a response 694 00:35:17,367 --> 00:35:19,400 to what you're asking, that I'm influenced 695 00:35:19,567 --> 00:35:21,868 by whatever spirit is around me. - Yes. 696 00:35:22,033 --> 00:35:23,901 I think we leave you in here alone, 697 00:35:24,067 --> 00:35:25,601 so I'm gonna be outside. 698 00:35:25,767 --> 00:35:27,968 I'm gonna be asking questions and listening to you. 699 00:35:28,133 --> 00:35:30,100 We'll see if I'm able to connect with any of 700 00:35:30,267 --> 00:35:31,467 the spirits here. - Let's do it. 701 00:35:33,267 --> 00:35:34,267 OK. 702 00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:41,801 OK, she's now about to be submerged into darkness. 703 00:35:49,300 --> 00:35:52,067 I'm using something called an IFB. 704 00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:55,734 It's essentially hooked up to her microphone... 705 00:35:57,501 --> 00:35:59,467 she's wearing and it allows me to hear her. 706 00:35:59,634 --> 00:36:00,701 She can't hear me though. 707 00:36:06,767 --> 00:36:10,267 All right, if there's anyone in Casemate 11 with Heather, 708 00:36:10,434 --> 00:36:11,367 will you let her know? 709 00:36:13,767 --> 00:36:16,767 Ooh, there's something here. 710 00:36:18,667 --> 00:36:20,567 Literally as soon as I said that, she just goes, 711 00:36:20,734 --> 00:36:22,634 "Oh, there's someone here with me." 712 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:26,267 Something just tapped my foot. 713 00:36:29,901 --> 00:36:32,100 Did you die in the Battle of Fort Mifflin? 714 00:36:35,767 --> 00:36:38,601 Did you die in a horrific way during the fight? 715 00:36:39,901 --> 00:36:41,667 Alone. 716 00:36:41,834 --> 00:36:42,767 So, you died alone. 717 00:36:44,767 --> 00:36:46,767 Did you die fighting for the Americans? 718 00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:51,167 - Thirsty. - Thirsty. 719 00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:53,701 Did you die of dehydration? 720 00:36:56,167 --> 00:36:58,000 I can see the ships. 721 00:36:58,167 --> 00:37:00,367 You can see the ships. OK. 722 00:37:00,534 --> 00:37:02,167 What's happening with the ships? 723 00:37:02,334 --> 00:37:03,767 - Falcon. - Falcon? 724 00:37:07,167 --> 00:37:08,367 It isn't coming! 725 00:37:11,501 --> 00:37:12,501 Mmm. 726 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:15,100 No way out. 727 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:17,534 No one's coming. 728 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,601 Still here. 729 00:37:21,767 --> 00:37:22,667 Why are you still here? 730 00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:26,100 Please leave me alone. 731 00:37:28,167 --> 00:37:29,200 Get out. 732 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,501 Why do you want Heather to get out? 733 00:37:36,267 --> 00:37:38,667 Whoa, Heather's crying. 734 00:37:42,968 --> 00:37:44,067 Are you making Heather cry 735 00:37:44,234 --> 00:37:45,601 or are you channeling through Heather? 736 00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:53,000 No, I can't do it anymore. 737 00:37:53,167 --> 00:37:54,100 Heather? 738 00:37:58,300 --> 00:38:00,067 - You OK? - I'm sorry. 739 00:38:00,234 --> 00:38:01,901 You OK? 740 00:38:02,067 --> 00:38:03,067 Don't be sorry. 741 00:38:05,267 --> 00:38:06,501 What-- what happened? 742 00:38:07,567 --> 00:38:10,267 You just like fully tapped into what they were feeling? 743 00:38:10,434 --> 00:38:12,400 I think so. 744 00:38:14,868 --> 00:38:18,067 Ugh, that was awful. They knew they were gonna die. 745 00:38:18,234 --> 00:38:19,367 They knew they were gonna be alone. 746 00:38:19,534 --> 00:38:21,000 No one is coming to save you. 747 00:38:21,167 --> 00:38:23,467 - Most of them died here. - Yep. 748 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:25,167 The intensity of it is... 749 00:38:26,868 --> 00:38:29,901 is something I haven't felt before, for sure. 750 00:38:30,067 --> 00:38:32,167 - Wow. - I mean, I've done it all over the world, 751 00:38:32,334 --> 00:38:33,667 but this was different. - Yeah. 752 00:38:34,767 --> 00:38:36,667 - Yeah. - This was very different. 753 00:38:38,467 --> 00:38:41,167 Heather is certain she personally experienced 754 00:38:41,334 --> 00:38:43,000 the terrible pain and suffering 755 00:38:43,167 --> 00:38:46,767 of Fort Mifflin's courageous American defenders. 756 00:38:46,934 --> 00:38:50,200 Some 100 men died here as the fort was pounded 757 00:38:50,367 --> 00:38:53,501 by a terrifying 10,000 British cannonballs. 758 00:38:54,868 --> 00:38:58,100 But it was something she heard, not felt, that would make this 759 00:38:58,267 --> 00:38:59,968 session even more disturbing. 760 00:39:02,868 --> 00:39:05,167 - Falcon. - Falcon? 761 00:39:05,334 --> 00:39:06,600 Falcon. 762 00:39:06,601 --> 00:39:10,200 The HMS Falcon was the name of a British Royal Navy warship 763 00:39:10,367 --> 00:39:12,467 that served during the Revolution, 764 00:39:12,634 --> 00:39:14,968 killing and wounding dozens of Americans. 765 00:39:16,601 --> 00:39:19,734 Was Heather communing with one of the Falcon's victims? 766 00:39:22,067 --> 00:39:24,000 And that wasn't the only evidence that seemed 767 00:39:24,167 --> 00:39:26,667 to directly tie paranormal activity 768 00:39:26,834 --> 00:39:28,567 to the Revolutionary War. 769 00:39:28,734 --> 00:39:30,032 We got a bayonet. 770 00:39:30,033 --> 00:39:32,868 The bayonet Phil recovered from Thornbury Farm was 771 00:39:33,033 --> 00:39:36,868 authenticated as 18th century, exactly like those known to 772 00:39:37,033 --> 00:39:38,868 have been used by American soldiers 773 00:39:39,033 --> 00:39:41,167 at the Battle of Brandywine. 774 00:39:41,334 --> 00:39:44,167 It was found at the very spot where a shadow figure 775 00:39:44,334 --> 00:39:46,367 has been repeatedly sighted. 776 00:39:46,534 --> 00:39:48,868 But not everything was ominous. 777 00:39:49,033 --> 00:39:50,901 Phil's theory for the phantom cannon fire 778 00:39:51,067 --> 00:39:52,467 at Fort Mifflin held up. 779 00:39:54,267 --> 00:39:57,767 As our trail camera later captured a beaver. 780 00:39:57,934 --> 00:40:01,267 But while the sharp slap of a beaver's tail could perhaps 781 00:40:01,434 --> 00:40:05,067 explain the fort's strange sounds, it can't explain this. 782 00:40:06,167 --> 00:40:08,067 Oh my God, right back there! 783 00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:12,000 The thermal signature Phil captured 784 00:40:12,167 --> 00:40:14,100 was far larger than any beaver. 785 00:40:15,868 --> 00:40:18,968 Something big was moving back here. 786 00:40:19,133 --> 00:40:22,200 So what on earth did Phil detect down by the Delaware? 787 00:40:23,501 --> 00:40:25,367 But no evidence was more chilling 788 00:40:25,534 --> 00:40:28,467 than the repeated appearance of the word "eleven." 789 00:40:28,634 --> 00:40:30,767 Eleven? 790 00:40:30,934 --> 00:40:33,467 First heard at Brandywine's Spring House, 791 00:40:33,634 --> 00:40:35,601 then again at Sandy Hollow. 792 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:38,467 Eleven. 793 00:40:38,634 --> 00:40:41,501 Was this a reference to the terrible battle itself 794 00:40:41,667 --> 00:40:44,968 on September 11, 1777? 795 00:40:45,133 --> 00:40:48,901 Or was it all to lead Heather to Casemate 11, 796 00:40:49,067 --> 00:40:53,367 so she could understand the true cost of America's freedom? 797 00:40:55,567 --> 00:40:57,567 Heather certainly thinks so. 798 00:41:00,567 --> 00:41:02,801 And now, 250 years on from 799 00:41:02,968 --> 00:41:05,968 our patriot ancestors' great sacrifice, 800 00:41:06,133 --> 00:41:09,601 she, Phil, and Jack paid tribute 801 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:14,000 with the rockets' red glare. - Do the honors. 802 00:41:14,167 --> 00:41:17,467 In celebration of the 250th of America, let it rip. 803 00:41:18,667 --> 00:41:19,667 Hey! 804 00:41:21,367 --> 00:41:25,000 Happy birthday, America. Kudos! 805 00:41:25,167 --> 00:41:26,501 So cool! 806 00:41:26,667 --> 00:41:28,801 And for the record, I do have an American passport. 807 00:41:28,968 --> 00:41:30,300 Nice.