Ghost Adventures (2008) s02e04 Episode Script
Magnolia Lane Plantation
WHO'S IN HERE? DO SOME VOODOO MAGIC ON US! Aaron: ONE THING THE GUY SAID -- DON'T TAUNT VOODOO.
OH, MY GOD! IT'S COMING FROM IN MY ROOM, BRO! IT'S PEOPLE SCREAMING! YOU DOING A RITUAL RIGHT NOW? Zak: MY NAME IS ZAK BAGANS.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS UNTIL I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE, SO I SET OUT ON A QUES TO CAPTURE WHAT I ONCE SAW ONTO VIDEO.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? OH, MY GOD! WITH NO BIG CAMERA CREWS FOLLOWING US AROUND, I AM JOINED ONLY BY MY FELLOW INVESTIGATOR NICK GROFF AND OUR EQUIPMENT TECH, AARON GOODWIN.
THE THREE OF US WILL TRAVEL TO SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY ACTIVE PARANORMAL LOCATIONS, WHERE WE WILL SPEND AN ENTIRE NIGH BEING LOCKED DOWN FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN.
IF THIS IS THE PORTAL TO HELL, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP OUT OF THAT GROUND AND GET US? RAW.
DID SOMEONE JUST SCRATCH ME? EXTREME.
[BLEEP.]
STOP! STOP RUNNING! THESE ARE OUR GHOST ADVENTURES.
-- Captions by VITAC -- CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY THE TRAVEL CHANNEL, L.
L.
C.
Zak: THAT'S IT, GUYS.
MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
THOSE ARE THE OLD SLAVE CABINS RIGHT THERE.
I SEE THAT HOUSE.
WOW.
LOOK AT THIS, MAN.
THESE BRANCHES JUST -- Nick: WAIT TILL IT'S DARK OUT.
IT'LL BE A WHOLE OTHER STORY.
Zak: WE'RE IN NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA, INVESTIGATING THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION BUILT BACK IN THE 1830s.
THIS IS WHERE SLAVERY WAS A WAY OF LIFE.
RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE MYSTERIOUS VOODOO AND HOODOO WERE PRACTICED.
MANY WON'T EVEN STEP FOO ON THESE GROUNDS FOR FEAR OF ITS SPIRITS, SPELLS, AND CURSES.
MAGNOLIA PLANTATION WAS BUIL FOR COTTON PRODUCTION.
THOUSANDS OF SLAVE LABORERS CLEARED OVER 2,000 ACRES OF WOODS AND BRUSH TO PLANT COTTON FIELDS.
Zak: OKAY, WE'RE HERE WITH DUSTY.
THIS IS THE GENERAL STORE? YEAH, WE'RE AT THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION'S STORE.
THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE BUILDINGS ON THIS PLANTATION.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GO YOUR GENERAL STORE, THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, THE OVERSEER'S HOUSE, THE SLAVE HOSPITAL, SLAVE QUARTERS, THE BARN.
AM I MISSING ANY? THE PIGEONNIERS.
THE WHAT? THE PIGEONNIERS IS THE PIGEON-HOUSE TOWER.
OKAY.
WHERE PIGEONS USED TO LIVE? YEAH.
AND WHAT ARE THESE, DUSTY? THESE ARE EXCERPTED FROM DIFFERENT DIARIES AND PERSONAL JOURNALS.
THEY TALK ABOU INSTANCES OF DEATHS.
THE DEATH OF ENSLAVED WORKERS.
IT SAYS RIGHT HERE ON TUESDAY THE 6th, THEY LOST A SLAVE.
WAS A CHILD SLAVE THAT DIED HERE ON THE PLANTATION FROM A SICKNESS.
RIGHT.
THE OVERSEER IS REPORTING TO THE OWNER OF THE PLANTATION.
HE SAYS THAT, "I HAVE TO NOW INFORM YOU "OF THE DEATH OF DANIEL, THE BLACKSMITH, HERE.
HE BECAME SICK ON THURSDAY.
" SO IT IS A FACT THAT SLAVES DID PERISH ON THIS PROPERTY, AND IT'S OUR DUTY TO FIND OU IF THOSE SLAVES ARE STILL HERE IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER.
DUSTY, WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? THIS WAS PURPORTED TO BE THE SLAVE HOSPITAL FOR THE PLANTATION.
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, A HELICOPTER? JEEZ, MAN.
THOSE ARE CARPENTER BEES.
OKAY, WHAT DO THEY DO, DUSTY? DO THEY KILL YOU? THEY'RE WOOD-BORING.
THEY TEAR UP OUR HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
THEY'RE NOT OUR FRIEND.
DUDE.
OH, DUDE.
DUSTY, CAN WE GO INSIDE? YEAH, COME AROUND THIS WAY.
OH, WOW.
[ INDISTINCT SINGING .]
Zak: LET ME GE THIS STRAIGHT.
WE'RE STANDING IN A PLACE THA IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY BATHROOM THAT WAS A HOSPITAL? Dusty: THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOLD.
A LOT OF THE PLANTATIONS HAD DOCTORS THAT THEY WOULD EMPLOY.
THEY WOULD CARE FOR NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO THE LIVESTOCK OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH.
WHY IS THERE A PIECE OF PLEXIGLAS OVER THIS BIG BLACK "X"? IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE EVEN THE HISTORIC GRAFFITI.
SO THIS IS HISTORIC GRAFFITI? RIGHT.
ANYTHING YOU EVER HEAR CRAZY GOES ON IN HERE? THE LEGEND THAT IS TOLD BY THE HERTZOG/LeCOMTE FAMILY -- THE LEGEND OF THE OVERSEER.
HE WAS MR.
MILLER.
MR.
MILLER? AND HE WAS THE OVERSEER HERE, AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR, FEDERAL TROOPS HAD CAME TO BURN THE HOUSE.
THEY CAME TO BURN THIS HOUSE DOWN? THIS HOUSE.
REALLY? IN APRIL OF 1864, FEDERAL SOLDIERS CLOSED IN ON MAGNOLIA'S MAIN HOUSE WITH TORCHES.
AN OVERSEER FROM THE PLANTATION STOOD IN THE WAY ON THE FRONT PORCH, PLEADING WITH THE MEN TO SPARE THE BUILDING.
[ GUNSHOT .]
THE OVERSEER WAS SHO AND KILLED WHERE HE STOOD.
THE TALE IS THAT THEY SHOT HIM OUT IN THE FRONT YARD.
RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT PORCH? THEY BURIED HIM OUT HERE.
NOW, WE SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S MISSING, YOU CAN'T FIND IT -- "MR.
MILLER HAS IT.
" REALLY? SO HE MAY BE THE ONE IN HERE MESSING AROUND WITH STUFF.
RIGHT.
SO SHOULD WE KEEP OUR EYES OU FOR MR.
MILLER? HOPEFULLY, HE'S NOT GONNA THINK THAT WE'RE THE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS COMING BACK FOR HIM.
OH, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE OKAY.
PROBABLY? PROBABLY.
SHE HAD TO THROW IN "PROBABLY" INSTEAD OF JUST, "YOU'LL BE OKAY.
" PROBABLY, YEAH.
THE MAIN HOUSE HAS BEEN IN THE LeCOMTE FAMILY SINCE 1830.
BETTY HERTZOG HAS LIVED HERE HER ENTIRE LIFE.
CAN WE WALK IN HERE, AND CAN YOU KIND OF JUS SHOW ME AROUND YOUR HOUSE? THIS IS THE HALL.
LOOK AT THIS, GUYS.
ARE THESE JUST PAINTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE? THIS IS AMBROSE LeCOMTE.
OH, THIS IS MR.
LeCOMTE! HE BUILT THE HOUSE.
OKAY.
HE'S STARING AT ME.
I KNOW HIS EYES DON'T MOVE.
THEIR EYES FOLLOW YOU.
OKAY, THAT'S CREEPY.
LET'S GET AWAY FROM THE PAINTING FOR A MINUTE.
OKAY.
THAT PAINTING -- YEAH.
LET'S TRY AND SEE IF HIS EYES FOLLOW US IN ANOTHER FORM LATER ON TONIGHT.
YOU TOLD ME EARLIER THAT, GROWING UP HERE, YOU'D SOMETIMES HEAR, LIKE, UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS GOING ON UPSTAIRS, AND YOU'D THINK IT WAS MR.
MILLER.
THIS IS THE BEDROOM IN HERE WHERE YOU HEAR THE FOOTSTEPS.
JUST LIKE SOMEBODY WALKING.
LIKE THAT? AND WOULD YOU COME UP HERE, AND THERE'D BE NOBODY UP HERE? THERE'D BE NOBODY UP HERE, NO.
GUYS, LET'S OH, MAN, THIS IS A COOL ROOM.
CAN WE PUT AN "X" UP HERE? THE MAIN HOUSE IS A MUSEUM RICH WITH HISTORY, BUT IN ITS BASEMENT LIES A DARK AND SHAMEFUL REMNAN OF THE PAST.
WHAT IS THAT? THIS YOU PU YOUR ANKLES IN.
OHH, MAN.
THESE WERE FOR THE SLAVES.
IT WAS ON THE FRONT PORCH FOR YEARS.
WOW.
SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SIT HERE LIKE THIS.
WOULD THEY PROBABLY DO THIS AT NIGHT WHILE THEY SLEEP SO THEY DON'T RUN AWAY, OR WAS THIS FOR PUNISHMENT, DO YOU THINK? PROBABLY BOTH.
PROBABLY BOTH.
[ INDISTINCT SINGING .]
THOUSANDS OF SLAVES LIVED AND DIED IN MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
THEY SPENT LONG HOURS IN THE FIELDS AND WORKING INSIDE COTTON GINS DURING THE STIFLING LOUISIANA SUMMER.
THIS IS WHERE -- I MEAN, A LOT OF SLAVES THAT LIVED HERE -- THIS IS WHERE THEY CAME EVERY DAY.
THEY WORKED HERE EVERY DAY.
YEAH, WE GOT SOME OF THE HISTORIC GRAFFITI HERE, ALSO.
SOME MORE HISTORICAL GRAFFITI.
ANOTHER "X.
" I'VE SEEN THIS BLACK "X.
" SEEING THOSE EVERYWHERE.
BUT YOU HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE MEAN? HISTORIC GRAFFITI IS ALL I CAN REALLY? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
LOOK, THERE'S DUSTY AND AARON OVER HERE.
WE'RE DOING A WALK THROUGH WITH DUSTY.
SOMETIMES, WHEN WE COME INTO THESE PLACES, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THESE PARK RANGERS AND STUFF KIND OF DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING THAT THEY KNOW, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE SENSE THAT I'M GETTING RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING THESE BIG, HUGE BLACK "X's" PAINTED ON THE WALLS EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE CALLING I "HISTORICAL GRAFFITI," BUT, NICK, YOU AGREE WITH ME? I THINK THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH VOODOO.
Nick: YEAH, IT DEFINITELY DOES.
VOODOO BLACK "X.
" HERE IT'S SAYING THE CROSS IS USED AS A SYMBOL FOR CONJURATION, CALLING THE DEMONS FOR HELP.
SOMETIMES, AN "X" IS USED TO CROSS SOMEONE UP.
THAT IS WHY WE CAME HERE.
WE'RE HERE WITH ROLANDA, AND, ROLANDA, WHAT BASICALLY DO YOU DO? I'M AN ANTHROPOLOGIS BY PROFESSION, RIGHT.
IS VOODOO STILL BEING PRACTICED IN THIS AREA IN LOUISIANA? I'D HAVE TO THINK SO, AND VERY MUCH CONCEALED, THOUGH, BUT HERE -- BECAUSE VOODOO -- WHY IS IT CONCEALED? WELL, THE NEGATIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, YOU KNOW.
AND DO YOU THINK THAT SOME OF THE SLAVES THAT LIVED HERE DID DO THINGS LIKE CASTING SPELLS AGAINS SOME OF THEIR OWNERS THAT THEY WANTED TO TRY AND REVOLT AGAINST? I MEAN, IF YOU THINK IN TERMS OF, "OKAY, YOU JUST BEAT MY SON YESTERDAY," THEN, YES, IT'S VERY CONCEIVABLE.
THIS IS THEIR WAY.
INSTEAD OF GETTING PUNISHED BY TRYING TO ATTACK THEM OR KILL THEM, THEIR WAY WAS TO TAKE THIS VOODOOISM AND CAST THESE SECRET SPELLS AND CURSES AGAINST THEM.
YEAH, THAT'S VERY CONCEIVABLE, YEAH.
WE WOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE STUFF THAT WE KNOW WE LEFT HERE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE.
IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH LETTING US KNOW SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PARTAKE IN A VOODOO RITUAL.
I WOULD SAY NO.
Woman: OPEN THE WAY AND COME DANCE WITH US.
Zak: WE'RE MEETING RIGHT NOW DR.
KEN BROWN.
HE'S FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
I'M ZAK.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, MAN.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
SO RIGHT HERE WHERE WE'RE STANDING IS THE SLAVE QUARTERS.
Zak: DR.
BROWN HERE HAS DONE SOME DIGS HERE, SOME ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGS.
IS THIS WHAT -- ARE THESE DIGS GOING ON? THIS IS ONE OF OUR EXCAVATION UNITS HERE.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MAPPING WHERE ALL THE ARTIFACTS ARE COMING FROM.
ARE YOU FRIGHTENED THA YOU MIGHT BE HOLDING SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE DISCOVERING THAT MAY PUT A SPELL ON YOU OR SOMETHING? I'M NOT, BUT I DO KNOW SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE A LITTLE RELUCTANT.
SOME OF YOUR STUDENTS? THEY DON'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WORKING IN HERE.
FOR FEAR OF SPELLS AND CURSES? CORRECT.
YES OR NO -- ARE YOU FINDING ARTIFACTS THAT ARE RELATING TO VOODOO AND HOODOO? YES.
WHAT IS THAT? COME HERE.
DID YOU KNOW I WAS GONNA SAY THAT OR SOMETHING? NO.
BUT THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS DOWN HERE.
HE'S GOT MY INTEREST.
THEY STUCK A BACK ROOM ON THE BACK OF THIS CABIN.
THAT'S WHERE THEY GAMBLED.
WE FOUND THIS BOTTLE.
IT WAS STANDING UPRIGH RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS CONNECTED WITH LUCK IN GAMBLING.
THAT MEANS WHOEVER PASSES THROUGH HERE IS GONNA HAVE LUCK WITH GAMBLING? NO, NO.
IT MEANS -- "IT'S MY BOTTLE.
I'M TAKING YOUR LUCK AS YOU GO TO THE BACK ROOM.
" I CALL I THE HOUSE ADVANTAGE.
SO THESE PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS PERSON THAT'S PRACTICING HOODOO WAS ACTUALLY PUTTING A SPELL ON THEM TO TRY AND TAKE THEIR MONEY.
SO THEY WILL LOSE WHEN THEY GAMBLE BACK HERE.
I LIVE IN VEGAS, AND I'M NOT CROSSING OVER THAT DAMN BOTTLE.
[ LAUGHS .]
I HEARD SOMEBODY WAS FROM VEGAS HERE, SO I THOUGH THIS HAD TO COME OUT.
DON'T AIM THAT AT ME.
I'M SORRY.
NO, I PLAY POKER AND STUFF.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I BET I COULD MAKE MONEY TAKING THAT TO VEGAS, SAYING, "DO YOU WANT TO WIN?" WHILE YOU DID ANY OF THESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGS, DID ANYTHING UNEXPLAINED HAPPEN TO YOU IN ANY OF THESE BUILDINGS IN THE SLAVE QUARTERS? WELL, YEAH, MOSTLY IN CABIN ONE.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WHERE ARE WE GOING, NICK? CABIN ONE.
THANK YOU.
CABIN ONE IS THE FORMER HOME OF AUNT AGNES, A LEGENDARY HEALER WHO REPORTEDLY LIVED TO BE 120 YEARS OLD.
WE CAME IN ON THE SECOND MORNING.
WE LEFT OUR STUFF IN THIS CABIN OVERNIGHT, AND WHEN WE CAME BACK THE NEXT MORNING, RIGHT ACROSS HERE WAS A LINE OF YELLOW POWDERED MATERIAL.
SO THIS HAPPENED RIGHT AWAY? RIGHT AWAY.
LIKE, "HEY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A MESSAGE RIGH WHEN YOU GET HERE.
" LIKE, "RIGHT NOW," YEP.
AND WE WOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE STUFF THAT WE KNOW WE LEFT HERE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THIS DOOR, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PADLOCKED, WAS NO LONGER PADLOCKED.
AUNT AGNES.
YOU THINK SHE'S THE ONE THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT WEIRD POWDER? IF HER SPIRIT'S AROUND, SHE WAS LETTING US KNOW THAT SHE WAS WATCHING.
Zak: YOU FOUND THIS LOCKET.
THIS IS AMAZING.
WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY MADE, IT WAS A MIRACULOUS MEDAL MADE BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR BLESSINGS FROM THE VIRGIN MARY.
SOME OWNER IN THE PAS CHANGED THE VIRGIN MARY FOR THE GODDESS ERZULIE.
WOW.
SO THAT LOCKE WAS RIGHT HERE.
IT WAS FOUND RIGHT HERE? RIGHT THERE.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO PUT AN "X" IN HERE, GUYS.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? PUT YOUR "X's" IN CARDINAL DIRECTIONS.
ALL OF THE "X's" WE'VE FOUND ON FOUR PLANTATIONS BENEATH THE FLOORS OF CABINS ARE IN CARDINAL DIRECTIONS.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO HERE.
PARALLEL TO THE WALLS.
SO, AUNT AGNES, LATER ON WHEN THAT SUN GOES DOWN, I WANT YOU TO COME OU AND TALK TO US.
THAT IS THE MARK.
THAT IS THE SIGN THAT WE WAN TO OPEN OURSELVES TO YOU AND WE WANT TO MEET YOU.
BEFORE WE GET LOCKED DOWN IN MAGNOLIA LATER ON, GUYS, I SAY WE TRY AND FIND SOME TAIL.
TAIL? YEAH.
I MEANT, OF COURSE, THE CRAWFISH! IT'S THE BEST FREAKING TAIL IN TOWN! DID THEY STUFF THAT? DO THOSE THINGS GET THAT BIG? HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M ZAK.
I'M CHERIE.
WE'RE GETTING LOCKED IN THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT I BEING HAUNTED, OR -- WELL, WE MAY BE YOUR LAST MEAL.
REALLY? OH, IT'S THAT HAUNTED, IS IT? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, WE WANT TO TRY SOME -- WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? CRAWFISH, RIGHT? CRAWFISH.
ARE YOU THE MAN OF THE BOILERS HERE? I'M THE MAN.
CRAWFISH PROBABLY DON' LIKE YOU TOO MUCH.
I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CRAWFISH HELL.
[ LAUGHTER .]
SO HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT IT BEING HAUNTED? VERY MUCH SO, YEAH.
ALL OF THOSE PLANTATIONS DOWN THERE ARE HAUNTED.
YEAH? SO THESE ARE ALIVE? NOT ANYMORE.
CAN I DROP THESE IN? I FEEL REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW.
THOSE POOR LITTLE CRAWFISH, MAN.
SORRY, CRAWFISH, YOU HAD TO DIE.
SPLAT! SO IS THAT, LIKE, INSTANT? DO THEY INSTANTLY DIE? YEAH.
WOW.
OH, MAN.
YOU CAN'T SMELL THAT RIGHT NOW.
WHERE'S THE TWO THAT I THREW IN THERE? [ LAUGHTER .]
WOW.
WHOOEE! YOU GUYS -- NOW, LISTEN TO ME.
SERIOUS.
WE'VE HEARD OF ANIMAL SPIRITS.
DOES ANYTHING PARANORMAL HAPPEN HERE, LIKE -- ARE YOU GUYS HAUNTED BY CRAWFISH HERE AT ALL? ARE YOU FEELING PINCHES HERE? NO.
NO PINCHES ON YOUR ARMS? NO? OH, JEEZ.
THAT'S THE PARANORMAL.
HERE'S THE PARANORMAL! THAT'S RIGHT! I DIDN'T SEE YOU HIT THIS, MAN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOU THE CRAWFISH PARANORMAL.
OKAY.
NOW, DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS AND STUFF? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE? I DON'T.
YOU DON'T? OH, WE GOT A LITTLE SKEPTIC ON OUR HANDS HERE.
YOU WANT TO GET LOCKED DOWN IN WITH US AT MAGNOLIA PLANTATION? YOU'LL NEVER GET ME ALIVE! AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE SEE EVIL -- WE RUN LIKE HELL.
IS THAT THE ONE THAT I KILLED? YOU WANT ME TO TRY THAT STUFF? BUT IT LOOKS SO UGLY.
NO, TRY IT.
I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S GOOD.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THESE PLANTATIONS ARE SO HAUNTED HERE? AND HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE VOODOO THAT THEY USED TO DO HERE? [ LAUGHS .]
IT'S FUNNY YOU ASK.
MY AUNT WAS IN VOODOO, BIG TIME.
YOUR AUNT WAS? DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? THEY PUT HEXES ON PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
THEY CUT CHICKENS' HEADS OFF, STUFF LIKE THAT.
FOR REAL? SO THIS WAS NO JOKE? SURE.
THAT'S SERIOUS.
IT'S SERIOUS STUFF.
THIS IS SOMETHING THA YOU DON'T SCREW WITH, IS IT? I, MYSELF, PERSONALLY, I WOULDN'T, NO.
SO, IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PROBABLY PARTAKE IN A VOODOO RITUAL TO OPEN THIS DOOR TO THAT WORLD? I WOULD SAY "NO.
" NO? THAT TO US MEANS "YES.
" [ DRUMS PLAYING .]
THIS IS BLOODY MARY.
BLOODY MARY IS THE VOODOO QUEEN OF LOUISIANA, AND THIS IS THE NIGH BEFORE OUR LOCKDOWN.
WE CALLED UPON BLOODY MARY TO KIND OF OPEN THE DOORWAY TO THE SPIRIT WORLD AND OPEN OURSELVES UP TO THE SPIRIT.
IT SOUNDS CRAZY.
OKAY, WHAT DO WE DO? WE ARE GOING TO DO A RITUAL TO OPEN THE GATES TO ALL THE SPIRITS OF PLACE -- THE SPIRITS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE, THE SPIRITS WHO HAVE WORKED HERE, THE SPIRITS THAT HAVE DIED HERE.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE .]
TO THE SPIRITS OF THE NORTH.
PART THE VEIL.
[ BEADS JANGLING .]
LEGBA -- HE IS THE GATEKEEPER BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT.
HE IS THE VOODOO JESUS.
OPEN THE GATE, LEGBA.
OPEN THE GATE.
THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE, THOSE NOT YET BORN, DRINK, DANCE, AWAKE! [ BEADS JANGLING .]
TO THE SPIRITS I AM INTRODUCING THOSE WHO WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WOULD LIKE TO CONNECT WITH YOU, SEE YOU, FEEL YOU, HEAR YOU.
WHOA.
WHOA! WHOA! OH, IT'S GETTING STRONGER.
OH, MY GOSH.
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ON -- SOMETHING JUST HIT ME, MAN.
SOMETHING JUST FREAKING HIT ME.
IT WENT TO HER, THROUGH ME.
IT'S ON MY RIGHT SIDE RIGHT NOW.
OH, OH, OH! OH, MY GOD! LOOK AT MY ARM! LOOK AT MY ARM! IT'S COMING RIGHT AGAIN.
YEAH, I FEEL IT.
IT'S LIKE ELECTRICITY.
THE SPIRITS OF PLACE, COME WITH US RIGHT NOW.
OPEN THE WAY AND COME DANCE WITH US.
AS WE WERE PARTAKING IN BLOODY MARY'S VOODOO RITUAL, A MEMBER OF OUR CREW SNAPPED THIS PHOTO OF US, AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN VERY CLEARLY SEE A FEMALE FACE WITH A VERY DISTINCT EYE, EYEBROW, AND HAIRLINE MORPHING OUT OF A TRINITY FLAME FROM THE TORCH.
Bloody Mary: [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE .]
[ REPEATING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE .]
WITH THE DOORWAY OPENED TO THE SPIRIT WORLD, WE ARE READY TO GET LOCKED IN AND COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE ANGRY SPIRITS WE'VE SUMMONED.
MY EMF DETECTOR'S NOW BACK AT A ZERO.
PUT IT NEAR ME.
PUT IT NEAR ME.
LOOK AT THIS! IT'S WRONG, ZAK.
WHAT? OKAY, WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S DARK OUT, SO WE'RE READY TO GET LOCKED DOWN IN HERE AND GET THIS GOING HERE AT MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
ONE THING.
THE SETTING IS VERY FITTING RIGHT NOW, DAVID.
WE GOT SOME THUNDERSTORMS GOING ON, AND IT'S ADDING A VERY CREEPY AMBIANCE TO THE ALREADY CREEPY MAGNOLIA PLANTATION HERE.
DAVID, YOU'RE CREEPING ME OUT.
WE'RE FULL OF CREEPS.
HIT THAT "X," CAMERA.
GET THAT ROLLING.
GOT IT.
COOL.
[BLEEP.]
LIGHTNING.
YEAH, WE GOT LIGHTNING GOING ON.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, GOOD LUCK.
DAVID, LATER, MAN.
HOPE YOU GET THIS ALL SOLVED.
OKAY, THANKS, MAN.
FIGURE THIS THING OUT.
HE PUNCHES HARD, DOESN'T HE? ON THE KNUCKLES? I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE VERY, VERY FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAVE EVER LET ANYBODY INVESTIGATE THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
THAT IS A RUSH IN ITSELF.
I CAN'T WAIT, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU.
I LIKE TO DO THIS BEFORE OUR INVESTIGATION STARTS, JUST AN INTRODUCTION, IF THERE ARE INTELLIGENT SPIRITS HERE.
THEY CAN HEAR US.
MAYBE MR.
LeCOMTE, THE GUY WHO BUILT MAGNOLIA PLANTATION, IS LOOKING AT US RIGHT NOW -- NOT JUST WITH HIS CREEPY EYES.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE IN YOUR HOUSE.
WE COME WITH OPEN ARMS, AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S GOOD OR BAD.
IF YOU DON'T WANT US IN HERE, YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW, OKAY? IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BALLGAME WHEN YOU CAN FINALLY HEAR SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS OF YOUR EXISTENCE.
BEFORE WE GET GOING, LET'S -- HERE'S OUR MAP OF THE GROUNDS.
NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING OVER HERE.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS ALL OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT HERE.
HOWEVER, THE MAIN HOUSE, THE MAIN PLANTATION HOUSE, IS PRIVATELY OWNED, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE BEGINNING OUR INVESTIGATION.
AARON, WHEN I CALL OFF, LET'S JUST MAP OU ALL OF OUR "X's," WHERE WE'RE GONNA PLACE OUR STATIC NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS TONIGHT, AND MAKE SURE WE GOT THEM ALL ACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE AREA.
OKAY, YOU READY, AARON? CABIN ONE, THE SLAVE QUARTERS, THE RIGHT ROOM.
CABIN ONE, THE SLAVE QUARTERS, THE LEFT ROOM -- ALSO CALLED THE BAD ENERGY ROOM.
THE SLAVE HOSPITAL.
HAD TO BE A LOT OF DEATH THERE.
PLANTATION HOUSE -- THE STAIRWAY.
THE FRONT ROOM.
THE UPPER BEDROOM WHERE BETTY SAID SHE HEARD THOSE UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS GROWING UP AS A CHILD.
THE BASEMENT ROOM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF BAD ENERGY DOWN THERE 'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY FOUND THOSE SLAVE SHACKLES, SO, GUYS, GET OUR NIGHT-VISION ON.
LET'S DO THIS.
A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER.
WHAT WAS THAT? [ FAINT TAPPING .]
I'VE BEEN -- JUST AS WE WERE ABOU TO BEGIN OUR INVESTIGATION, WE ALL HEARD A DISTINCT KNOCKING SOUND GRABBING OUR ATTENTION.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? IF THERE IS, CAN YOU GIVE US A PRESENCE NOW? I'M GONNA START ROLLING ON MY DIGITAL RECORDER.
WE USE DIGITAL RECORDERS TO CAPTURE ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA, VOICES FROM THE DEAD.
REMEMBER, WHAT WAS THE NAME, ZAK? MR.
MILLER.
MR.
MILLER WAS MAGNOLIA PLANTATION'S OVERSEER WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT THIS HOUSE TRYING TO PREVEN THE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS FROM BURNING IT DOWN.
MR.
MILLER, IF YOU'RE HERE, WE DON'T MEAN YOU ANY HARM.
ALL WE WANT TO DO IS TALK TO YOU, SEE IF YOU'RE STILL WALKING AROUND HERE.
MR.
MILLER, WHY DID THE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS KILL YOU? WHY DID THEY KILL YOU? AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, NICK CAUGHT THIS VOICE ON HIS DIGITAL RECORDER.
WHY DID THEY KILL YOU? IS THIS WHAT HE WAS TELLING THE SOLDIERS TO DO THAT CAUSED THEM TO DRAW THEIR GUNS AND FIRE AT HIM? IS THERE SOMEBODY WITH US RIGHT NOW? AARON, CAN I SEE THE EMF DETECTOR? THESE METERS MEASURE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY -- SOMETHING GHOSTS ARE SAID TO GIVE OFF.
MR.
MILLER, ARE YOU HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW? GUYS? WHAT'S UP? UM, I'M AT A 4.
A 4? YEAH, AT A 4 RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S STAYING STEADY AT A 4.
THAT'S WEIRD.
AND I JUST -- WHAT'S WRONG? MY WHOLE BODY RIGHT NOW IS FREAKING GOOSE BUMPS, MAN.
MY EMF DETECTOR IS NOW BACK AT ZERO! NO, PUT IT NEAR ME! PUT IT NEAR ME! LOOK AT THIS! ZAK! WHAT? SOMETHING'S HAPPENING.
SOMETHING'S HAPPENING, GUYS.
DID MY EMF DETECTOR PICK UP THIS SPIKE THAT THEN IMMEDIATELY VANISHED BECAUSE OF A SPIRI MAKING CONTACT WITH NICK, THEN LEAVING? I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE RIGHT NOW.
ON THE COUNT OF THREE, I WANT YOU TO MAKE A NOISE, AND WE'LL LEAVE.
YOU GOT TO MAKE A NOISE FIRST.
ONE -- [ THUD .]
WHOA.
JUST THEN, WE ALL HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AS IF IT WAS RESPONDING TO MY REQUEST.
HERE IT IS AGAIN WITH THE ENHANCED AUDIO.
YOU GOT TO MAKE A NOISE FIRST.
ONE -- WHOA.
COME ON.
EARLIER, WE DISCOVERED FROM BETTY, WHO GREW UP IN THIS HOUSE, MUCH OF THE UNEXPLAINED SOUNDS CAME FROM UPSTAIRS.
WE DECIDED TO HEAD UP AND INVESTIGATE.
Aaron: WHEW.
I'M GETTING, LIKE -- HANG ON, MAN.
I'M NOT GONNA STAND ON THE STEPS.
I'VE KIND OF FELT, LIKE, DIZZY FOR A SECOND.
[ SIGHS .]
IS THAT WHAT YOU FEL LIKE EARLIER? A LITTLE DIZZY? [ FAINT WAIL .]
WHAT IS THAT? AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, WE ALL HEARD THIS FEMALE DISEMBODIED VOICE SAYING Nick: THAT WAS RIGHT OVER HERE.
WAS THAT "HELLO"? THAT WAS RIGHT HERE, DUDE.
THAT'S WHA IT SOUNDED LIKE.
IT SOUNDED LIKE "HELLO" RIGHT HERE.
OKAY, OKAY.
Nick: IS THERE SOMEONE TRYING TO TALK TO US AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE? IT SOUNDS FEMALE.
ARE YOU MR.
LeCOMTE'S WIFE? LET'S GO UPSTAIRS, GUYS.
I KEEP HEARING SOME STUFF UP HERE.
Aaron: IT SMELLS LIKE A PLASTIC TOY FRESH OUT OF A BOX.
Nick: ZAK, WHERE YOU AT? COME OVER HERE.
GUYS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN HERE.
WHAT IS THAT, ANOTHER DOOR? THERE'S SO MANY DOORS IN THIS PLACE.
WHOA.
WHERE ARE WE? I DON'T KNOW.
DID WE JUST WALK IN A PRIVATE PLACE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE? WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW IN THE BOWELS OF THAT ENERGY.
I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
WE WERE INVESTIGATING THE MAIN HOUSE, NOT REALIZING WHAT WE WERE ABOUT TO STUMBLE INTO.
Zak: GUYS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN HERE.
WHAT IS THAT, ANOTHER DOOR? WHOA.
WHAT IS IT? I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S LIKE ANOTHER ATTIC OR SOMETHING.
WATCH YOUR HEAD.
WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE? WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS ALL STUFF JUST HANGING UP HERE! THEY'RE ALIEN EGGS.
I'M AFRAID TO TOUCH IT.
IS SOMETHING GONNA HATCH OUT OF IT? DUDE, IS THIS, LIKE, FREAKING -- WHERE ARE WE? I DON'T KNOW.
DOESN'T IT FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN SOME KIND OF DAMN SPACESHIP OR SOMETHING? YEAH, IT DOES.
DID WE JUST WALK IN A PRIVATE PLACE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AND WE DISCOVERED THIS PRIVATE WEIRD CLOSE WITH ALL THESE THINGS -- IS THIS VOODOO, OR WHAT IS IT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
[ GASPS .]
OH, MY GOSH! OH, MY GOSH! WHAT? THERE'S SOMETHING -- THERE'S A LIGH ON OVER THERE, DUDE! WHERE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, A LIGHT ON? I SAW THIS GREENISH BALL OF LIGHT WITH MY OWN EYES, AND AS I REACTED TO IT, IT BEGAN TO SLOWLY MOVE AND DISAPPEAR AS I ZOOMED IN ON I WITH MY NIGHT-VISION CAMERA.
THAT DOOR -- THAT PLACE WE JUST WENT IN THAT WAS ALL WEIRD-LOOKING IS IN THIS NICE-LOOKING BEDROOM.
NOW, THAT'S WEIRD.
MR.
MILLER, ARE YOU IN HERE? WAS THIS YOUR OLD ROOM? DID YOU USED TO WALK UP AND AROUND HERE? AND BETTY USED TO HEAR YOU.
IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU MAKE A NOISE FOR US? MR.
MILLER, CAN YOU LAY DOWN ON THE BED SO I CAN SEE THE DEPRESSION ON THE COVERS? [ FAINT THUD .]
Shh, shh! DID YOU HEAR FOOTSTEPS? NO, I HEARD A THUMP.
[ THUD .]
WHOA, WHOA! WHAT WAS -- WHAT IS THAT? DUDE, THAT'S -- IT'S SOUNDING, LIKE, RIGHT HERE.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
I HEARD IT, TOO.
WHOA, WHOA! WHOA, WHOA! I CAN'T EVEN MAKE THAT NOISE.
SO RIGHT NOW, AARON'S JUST TRYING TO DEBUNK THE SOUNDS THAT WE HEARD.
[ CREAK .]
THAT'S THE FLOORBOARD.
ARE THESE THE FOOTSTEPS THAT BETTY USED TO HEAR? RECEIVING NO FURTHER RESPONSES, WE DECIDED TO HEAD DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT, A PLACE WITH A VERY DARK PAST.
YOU GUYS READY? OH, THIS IS CREEPY, ISN'T IT? SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SITTING DOWN IN THE UNDERBELLY OF THE MAIN MAGNOLIA PLANTATION HOUSE, WHERE VOODOO WAS PRACTICED, WHERE SLAVERY WAS A FORM OF LIFE, WHERE THE CIVIL WAR CAME THROUGH HERE AND SHOT THE OVERSEER RIGHT HERE AT THIS HOUSE -- ALL THAT DARK ENERGY, AND WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW IN THE BOWELS OF THAT ENERGY.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY FOUND THIS LEG SHACKLES DOWN HERE, AND CAN YOU IMAGINE THE DARK ENERGY OF THESE SLAVES BEING CAPTIVE SO THEY WOULDN'T RUN AWAY WITH THEIR LEGS IN THIS SAME EXACT SHACKLE THAT OUR LEGS ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
SO, WE'RE TRYING TO RE-CREATE THIS ENERGY RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF WE CAN STIR UP ANYTHING PARANORMAL AT ALL.
IF THERE'S SOMEBODY IN HERE, I WANT YOU TO MAKE A NOISE FOR US RIGHT NOW.
[ GASPS .]
WHOA.
WHOA, THERE'S SOMETHING BEHIND US.
IS THAT YOU TALKING TO US? WE FELT YOU LAST NIGHT.
I JUST GOT SOMETHING ON MY CAMERA.
YEAH.
IT WAS LIKE A LIGHT.
AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOWN HERE, THERE'S BEEN NO DUST.
HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN ANY DUST? I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT? NO.
OH, DUDE, IT WAS LIKE SCUFFLING RIGHT WHERE YOU SAW THAT LIGHT.
[ GASPS .]
WE ALL HEARD THIS DISEMBODIED VOICE AND CAPTURED I ON OUR DIGITAL RECORDER.
GUYS, LET'S GET OUT.
MY LEGS ARE KILLING ME RIGHT NOW, AND I HEARD SOME CRAZY [BLEEP.]
WELL, HOPEFULLY, WE GOT THAT ON DIGITAL RECORDER 'CAUSE I HEARD THA WITH MY EARS.
DID YOU GUYS HEAR THA WITH YOUR EARS? DID YOU? IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW US, GO FOR IT.
SOMETHING WEIRD'S GOING ON IN THIS CABIN.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE? IF YOU'RE IN THERE, TURN THE LIGHT OFF.
IS IT 'CAUSE WE DID THE VOODOO RITUAL? IT JUST WENT OFF.
AFTER SPENDING THE FIRST PAR OF THE NIGHT IN THE MAIN HOUSE, WE WERE READY TO GET LOCKED DOWN IN THE REST OF THE PLANTATION.
IT'S 2:00 A.
M.
THAT MEANS DUSTY THE PARK RANGER IS NOW GONNA LET US OU OF THE FRONT DOOR HERE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HIM.
AND ONCE HE GETS HERE, THEN, NICK, YOU'RE GONNA HEAD OVER TO THE SLAVE HOSPITAL AND LOCK YOURSELF IN THERE.
DUSTY'S GONNA LOCK YOU IN THERE.
AND THEN ME AND AARON -- DUSTY'S GONNA LOCK US IN THE SLAVE HOUSE NUMBER ONE, WHERE ALL THE VOODOO STUFF GOES ON.
SO WHAT TIME ARE WE GETTING LET OUT, THEN? 6:30 IN THE MORNING.
6:30? ARE YOU GONNA BE ALL RIGH BY YOURSELF? THIS IS GONNA BE THE LONGES TIME WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED.
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN A HOSPITAL.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING, I'M SURE SOME OF THE GHOSTS THERE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
Nick: ADIOS.
Zak: GODSPEED.
GOOD LUCK.
SEE YOU G-- YEAH, I SAW THE LIGHTNING.
WATCH THE LIGHTNING.
BEFORE WE MADE OUR WAY OU OF THE PLANTATION HOUSE TO GET LOCKED IN THE OTHER BUILDINGS TILL DAWN, WE THOUGH IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO LEAVE SOME OF OUR STATIC NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS ROLLING IN THE NOW EMPTY ROOMS.
25 MINUTES AND 54 SECONDS AFTER WE LEFT THE HOUSE, OUR CAMERA IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM, WHERE WE ALSO SET UP MOTION SENSORS, CAPTURED WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A MAN SHOUTING.
WAS THIS THE GHOS OF MR.
MILLER DRAWING ENERGY FROM OUR ELECTROMAGNETIC PUMP -- A DEVICE USED TO PRODUCE AN ENERGY FIELD THAT SPIRITS CAN USE TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES? AND AT 46 MINUTES AFTER WE LEFT, OUR CAMERA'S AUDIO IN THE LIVING ROOM CAUGHT THIS EERIE MUSIC.
Zak: SO WE GOT ABOUT, WHAT, A MILE THAT WAY? Nick: THERE IT IS -- SLAVE HOSPITAL.
OH, WOW.
ALL RIGHT, COOL.
SO YOU'RE GONNA LOCK ME IN HERE? LOCK YOU IN, MAN.
AWESOME.
COOL.
LET'S GO.
I GOT MY OTHER STATIC CAMERA SET UP OVER HERE, AND THEN I'M GONNA HIT RECORD ON THIS ONE, TOO.
NOW I'M IN THE HOSPITAL.
THIS PLACE -- THIS PLACE IS CREEPY.
WITH NICK JUST BEING LOCKED IN THE SLAVE HOSPITAL TILL MORNING, AARON AND I HEADED FOR THE SLAVE CABIN TO COMPLETE THE SECOND PAR OF OUR LOCKDOWN.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
ROLL, ROLL, ROLL.
DID YOU SEE THE LIGHT GO ON? DO YOU SEE IT? Aaron: YEP.
LET ME GET FOCUSED.
ROLL IT, ROLL IT, ROLL IT.
OH, I'M ROLLING IT.
KEEP GOING.
KEEP GOING.
THAT LIGHT JUST WENT ON.
THERE, IT WENT OFF.
IT JUST WENT OFF AGAIN.
COME ON.
IT JUST WENT ON.
Aaron: YEP.
IS THERE ANYONE INSIDE OF IT? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE? LOOK OVER THERE, AARON.
THAT'S OUR CABIN.
THE DOOR THAT'S OPEN -- THAT'S THE CABIN WE'RE WAITING FOR DUSTY TO COME LOCK US IN TILL MORNING.
BUT SOMETHING WEIRD'S GOING ON IN THIS CABIN HERE.
[ DOOR RATTLES .]
AND IT'S LOCKED.
SEE THAT? YEAH.
THAT'S JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF LIGHT SENSOR ON IN THERE.
SEE THAT? MM-HMM.
THAT'S NO TRIGGERING ANYTHING.
IF YOU'RE IN THERE, TURN THE LIGHT OFF.
[ LAUGHS .]
IS IT 'CAUSE WE DID THE VOODOO RITUAL? JEEZ, DUDE.
DUSTY'S ON HIS WAY OVER HERE.
COME ON.
WE NEED TO ASK HIM ABOUT THIS.
SO THESE LIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE ON IN HERE.
OKAY.
UM IT'S ON AGAIN.
HERE THEY GO AGAIN, DUSTY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
IT GOES OFF WHEN YOU WALK AWAY.
Zak: WHAT IS THAT? A LULU.
WHAT IS A LULU? A GHOST? HAVE YOU SEEN I DO THAT BEFORE? NEVER.
REALLY? [ SIGHS .]
YOU HEARD IT FIRST.
WHY DON'T YOU LOCK US IN THIS CABIN OVER HERE, MAN? ALL RIGHT, MAN.
WE ARE NOW OPENING OURSELVES UP TO YOU.
WHO'S IN HERE? THEY'RE SCREAMING! OH, MY GOD! IT'S COMING FROM IN MY ROOM! SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA SET UP ANOTHER EXTERIOR STATIC NIGHT-VISION CAMERA.
SO WE'RE GONNA AIM THIS, AND WE'RE GONNA KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE -- SHOW US THE DOOR WE'RE GETTING LOCKED IN, BUT ALSO IN THE BACKGROUND, I CAN SEE IF THAT LIGH GOES ON AND OFF AGAIN.
Aaron: ALL RIGHT, MAN.
6:30.
DON'T LET THE LULUS PULL YOUR TOES TONIGHT, BUDDY.
[ LAUGHS .]
Zak: GOT THE PADLOCK GOING.
AND WE'RE LOCKED IN, AARON.
DAMN.
THIS HOSPITAL -- THERE HAD TO BE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT JUST DIED IN HERE.
PROBABLY TONS OF PEOPLE THAT DIED IN HERE.
I BET YOU THERE WAS A LOT OF DISEASES, ESPECIALLY BACK IN THE 1800s.
DID YOU GET INJURED WHILE WORKING HERE, AND YOU HAD TO COME IN THIS HOSPITAL TO GET HELP? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL ME? Zak: OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW, AARON AND I ARE LOCKED INSIDE THE SLAVE QUARTERS IN CABIN ONE.
THIS IS THE CABIN WHERE DR.
KEN BROWN, THE ARCHAEOLOGIS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, FOUND ALL OF HIS VOODOO ARTIFACTS UNDERNEATH THESE FLOORBOARDS.
SO TONIGHT'S THE NIGH WHERE YOU COME OU AND MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN TO US.
I JUST DON'T FEEL RIGH IN THIS ONE, MAN.
DUDE, THIS WHOLE PLACE IS WEIRD.
I'M GONNA BE SITTING IN THIS CHAIR, OKAY? AARON, YOU'RE GOING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
BUT BEFORE, I'VE TOLD YOU I'M GIVING YOU A GIFT, RIGHT? YOUR GIFT IS THE VOODOO DOLL FROM BLOODY MARY THAT WAS IN THE RITUAL.
I'M GONNA PUT THAT IN THERE WITH YOU IN YOUR ROOM, OKAY? DUDE.
NO, DON'T "DUDE.
" LISTEN, MAN.
NO, DON'T "DUDE" ME.
THIS SHOULD BE WITH YOU.
AARON, YOU'RE SITTING RIGHT THERE.
JUST LEAN BACK AND THEN HAVE A COMFORTABLE POSE, OKAY? CROSS MY LEGS? WHATEVER.
OKAY.
WE ARE NOW OPENING OURSELVES UP TO YOU.
WHOA [BLEEP.]
WHAT? WHAT THE HELL, MAN? IS THAT YOU MAKING THAT TAPPING? WHAT I WAS REACTING TO IS ALSO WHAT AARON HEARD.
I COULD ACTUALLY FEEL THE VIBRATIONS OF SOMEONE TAPPING ON MY WOODEN CHAIR.
WE'LL ENHANCE THE CAMERA'S AUDIO, AS YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR IT.
WHOA! WHOA! [BLEEP.]
WHO'S IN HERE?! DO SOME VOODOO MAGIC ON US! ARE YOU TOUCHING ME? OH, MY GOD! WHAT? COME HERE.
COME HERE.
RIGHT HERE -- SEE THAT? SEE THE LIGHT? SEE THE LIGHT? YEAH.
Aaron: WHY DON'T I FEEL AROUND YOU HERE? DUDE, THAT WAS WEIRD.
THERE'S NOT GOOD ENERGY ON THAT CHAIR, BRO.
YOU GOT BAD ENERGY AROUND YOU.
GO SIT IN THAT ROOM.
NO, JUST SIT IN THERE FOR A MINUTE.
JUST SIT IN THERE FOR A MINUTE, BRO.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT I -- I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU FEEL THE SAME THING I DID, AARON.
ALL RIGHT.
JUST SIT IN THERE, BRO.
NO [BLEEP.]
JOKE.
IS THAT YOU, AUNT AGNES? WERE YOU TOUCHING ME IN THERE? NOW, GO IN THERE AND TOUCH AARON! DUDE, RULE NUMBER ONE -- ONE THING THE GUY SAID IS YOU DON'T TAUNT VOODOO.
AM I TAUNTING? DUDE, YOU'RE TAUNTING THE CRAP OUT OF IT.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, MY GOSH, MAN.
I JUST GO THIS COLD BLAST OF AIR.
ALL RIGHT, I'M NOT TAUNTING YOU.
I'M JUST YELLING.
I'M JUST TALKING LOUDLY.
NOW, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND PLEASE, PLEASE, TALK INTO THAT LITTLE RED LIGH BETWEEN THE TWO ROOMS.
TIMES ARE DIFFERENT NOW.
THERE IS NO SLAVERY NOW.
I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT.
YOU HAD TO HAVE BEEN -- HO! THEY'RE SCREAMING! IT'S COMING FROM IN MY ROOM, BRO! IT'S PEOPLE SCREAMING! ARE YOU DOING A RITUAL RIGHT NOW? IT WAS A RITUAL! I HEARD IT! TO ACTUALLY BE THERE AND CLEARLY HEAR THIS CHANTING WHILE ALSO FEELING A VERY POWERFUL, UNEXPLAINED ENERGY WILL, WITHOUT A DOUBT, EXCITE YOUR NERVES.
WE WERE ABLE TO DOCUMEN THIS CHANTING ON THE AUDIO FROM OUR CAMERA.
THEY'RE SCREAMING! IT'S GONE.
IT'S GONE.
THIS CHANTING MAY HAVE STOPPED, BUT SOON AFTER, THIS CREEPY VOICE WAS CAPTURED ON AARON'S DIGITAL RECORDER.
I'LL BE HONEST -- THAT SCARED THE [BLEEP.]
OU OF ME, HEARING THAT CHANTING.
[BLEEP.]
WHAT ARE WE MESSING WITH HERE, AARON? WHAT ARE WE MESSING WITH HERE? [ LOCK DISENGAGES, DOOR CREAKS .]
WELCOME BACK.
[ Laughing .]
THANKS.
WHEW! Zak: WHOEVER PRACTICED VOODOO IN HERE, IF IT WAS YOU, AUNT AGNES, I CAME WITH THE MOST RESPEC TO YOU.
WHAT BLOODY MARY TOLD US TO DO WAS TO UNRAVEL THIS AND NOT ONLY FREE THE DOLL, BUT FREE US FROM ANYTHING THAT WE DO NOT WAN TO FOLLOW US HOME, OKAY? Aaron: YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
YOU SURE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UNRAVELING THIS THING? YEAH.
YOO-HOO! WHAT'S UP, MAN? OH, GOD.
THANK GOD WE'RE OUT.
Whew! OHH.
OH, THE VOODOO THAT YOU DO.
SLAVERY, CIVIL WAR, AND MANY DECADES OF OPPRESSION STILL LINGER OVER MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
THE ANGRY SPIRITS OF FORMER SLAVES, THE VIOLENCE THAT TOOK PLACE ON THIS PROPERTY, AND THE VOODOO OF PAST AND PRESEN ALL COMBINE TO FEED THE DARK ENTITIES THAT FOLLOWED US THROUGHOUT OUR LOCKDOWN.
IT'S COMING FROM IN MY ROOM, BRO! IT'S PEOPLE SCREAMING! ARE YOU DOING A RITUAL RIGHT NOW? THE SPIRITS OF THOSE OPPRESSED SOULS STILL HAUNT, ANGRY FOR JUSTICE AND REVENGE.
IT WAS A RITUAL! I HEARD IT!
OH, MY GOD! IT'S COMING FROM IN MY ROOM, BRO! IT'S PEOPLE SCREAMING! YOU DOING A RITUAL RIGHT NOW? Zak: MY NAME IS ZAK BAGANS.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS UNTIL I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE, SO I SET OUT ON A QUES TO CAPTURE WHAT I ONCE SAW ONTO VIDEO.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? OH, MY GOD! WITH NO BIG CAMERA CREWS FOLLOWING US AROUND, I AM JOINED ONLY BY MY FELLOW INVESTIGATOR NICK GROFF AND OUR EQUIPMENT TECH, AARON GOODWIN.
THE THREE OF US WILL TRAVEL TO SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY ACTIVE PARANORMAL LOCATIONS, WHERE WE WILL SPEND AN ENTIRE NIGH BEING LOCKED DOWN FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN.
IF THIS IS THE PORTAL TO HELL, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP OUT OF THAT GROUND AND GET US? RAW.
DID SOMEONE JUST SCRATCH ME? EXTREME.
[BLEEP.]
STOP! STOP RUNNING! THESE ARE OUR GHOST ADVENTURES.
-- Captions by VITAC -- CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY THE TRAVEL CHANNEL, L.
L.
C.
Zak: THAT'S IT, GUYS.
MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
THOSE ARE THE OLD SLAVE CABINS RIGHT THERE.
I SEE THAT HOUSE.
WOW.
LOOK AT THIS, MAN.
THESE BRANCHES JUST -- Nick: WAIT TILL IT'S DARK OUT.
IT'LL BE A WHOLE OTHER STORY.
Zak: WE'RE IN NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA, INVESTIGATING THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION BUILT BACK IN THE 1830s.
THIS IS WHERE SLAVERY WAS A WAY OF LIFE.
RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE MYSTERIOUS VOODOO AND HOODOO WERE PRACTICED.
MANY WON'T EVEN STEP FOO ON THESE GROUNDS FOR FEAR OF ITS SPIRITS, SPELLS, AND CURSES.
MAGNOLIA PLANTATION WAS BUIL FOR COTTON PRODUCTION.
THOUSANDS OF SLAVE LABORERS CLEARED OVER 2,000 ACRES OF WOODS AND BRUSH TO PLANT COTTON FIELDS.
Zak: OKAY, WE'RE HERE WITH DUSTY.
THIS IS THE GENERAL STORE? YEAH, WE'RE AT THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION'S STORE.
THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE BUILDINGS ON THIS PLANTATION.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GO YOUR GENERAL STORE, THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, THE OVERSEER'S HOUSE, THE SLAVE HOSPITAL, SLAVE QUARTERS, THE BARN.
AM I MISSING ANY? THE PIGEONNIERS.
THE WHAT? THE PIGEONNIERS IS THE PIGEON-HOUSE TOWER.
OKAY.
WHERE PIGEONS USED TO LIVE? YEAH.
AND WHAT ARE THESE, DUSTY? THESE ARE EXCERPTED FROM DIFFERENT DIARIES AND PERSONAL JOURNALS.
THEY TALK ABOU INSTANCES OF DEATHS.
THE DEATH OF ENSLAVED WORKERS.
IT SAYS RIGHT HERE ON TUESDAY THE 6th, THEY LOST A SLAVE.
WAS A CHILD SLAVE THAT DIED HERE ON THE PLANTATION FROM A SICKNESS.
RIGHT.
THE OVERSEER IS REPORTING TO THE OWNER OF THE PLANTATION.
HE SAYS THAT, "I HAVE TO NOW INFORM YOU "OF THE DEATH OF DANIEL, THE BLACKSMITH, HERE.
HE BECAME SICK ON THURSDAY.
" SO IT IS A FACT THAT SLAVES DID PERISH ON THIS PROPERTY, AND IT'S OUR DUTY TO FIND OU IF THOSE SLAVES ARE STILL HERE IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER.
DUSTY, WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? THIS WAS PURPORTED TO BE THE SLAVE HOSPITAL FOR THE PLANTATION.
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, A HELICOPTER? JEEZ, MAN.
THOSE ARE CARPENTER BEES.
OKAY, WHAT DO THEY DO, DUSTY? DO THEY KILL YOU? THEY'RE WOOD-BORING.
THEY TEAR UP OUR HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
THEY'RE NOT OUR FRIEND.
DUDE.
OH, DUDE.
DUSTY, CAN WE GO INSIDE? YEAH, COME AROUND THIS WAY.
OH, WOW.
[ INDISTINCT SINGING .]
Zak: LET ME GE THIS STRAIGHT.
WE'RE STANDING IN A PLACE THA IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY BATHROOM THAT WAS A HOSPITAL? Dusty: THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOLD.
A LOT OF THE PLANTATIONS HAD DOCTORS THAT THEY WOULD EMPLOY.
THEY WOULD CARE FOR NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO THE LIVESTOCK OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH.
WHY IS THERE A PIECE OF PLEXIGLAS OVER THIS BIG BLACK "X"? IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE EVEN THE HISTORIC GRAFFITI.
SO THIS IS HISTORIC GRAFFITI? RIGHT.
ANYTHING YOU EVER HEAR CRAZY GOES ON IN HERE? THE LEGEND THAT IS TOLD BY THE HERTZOG/LeCOMTE FAMILY -- THE LEGEND OF THE OVERSEER.
HE WAS MR.
MILLER.
MR.
MILLER? AND HE WAS THE OVERSEER HERE, AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR, FEDERAL TROOPS HAD CAME TO BURN THE HOUSE.
THEY CAME TO BURN THIS HOUSE DOWN? THIS HOUSE.
REALLY? IN APRIL OF 1864, FEDERAL SOLDIERS CLOSED IN ON MAGNOLIA'S MAIN HOUSE WITH TORCHES.
AN OVERSEER FROM THE PLANTATION STOOD IN THE WAY ON THE FRONT PORCH, PLEADING WITH THE MEN TO SPARE THE BUILDING.
[ GUNSHOT .]
THE OVERSEER WAS SHO AND KILLED WHERE HE STOOD.
THE TALE IS THAT THEY SHOT HIM OUT IN THE FRONT YARD.
RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT PORCH? THEY BURIED HIM OUT HERE.
NOW, WE SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S MISSING, YOU CAN'T FIND IT -- "MR.
MILLER HAS IT.
" REALLY? SO HE MAY BE THE ONE IN HERE MESSING AROUND WITH STUFF.
RIGHT.
SO SHOULD WE KEEP OUR EYES OU FOR MR.
MILLER? HOPEFULLY, HE'S NOT GONNA THINK THAT WE'RE THE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS COMING BACK FOR HIM.
OH, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE OKAY.
PROBABLY? PROBABLY.
SHE HAD TO THROW IN "PROBABLY" INSTEAD OF JUST, "YOU'LL BE OKAY.
" PROBABLY, YEAH.
THE MAIN HOUSE HAS BEEN IN THE LeCOMTE FAMILY SINCE 1830.
BETTY HERTZOG HAS LIVED HERE HER ENTIRE LIFE.
CAN WE WALK IN HERE, AND CAN YOU KIND OF JUS SHOW ME AROUND YOUR HOUSE? THIS IS THE HALL.
LOOK AT THIS, GUYS.
ARE THESE JUST PAINTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE? THIS IS AMBROSE LeCOMTE.
OH, THIS IS MR.
LeCOMTE! HE BUILT THE HOUSE.
OKAY.
HE'S STARING AT ME.
I KNOW HIS EYES DON'T MOVE.
THEIR EYES FOLLOW YOU.
OKAY, THAT'S CREEPY.
LET'S GET AWAY FROM THE PAINTING FOR A MINUTE.
OKAY.
THAT PAINTING -- YEAH.
LET'S TRY AND SEE IF HIS EYES FOLLOW US IN ANOTHER FORM LATER ON TONIGHT.
YOU TOLD ME EARLIER THAT, GROWING UP HERE, YOU'D SOMETIMES HEAR, LIKE, UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS GOING ON UPSTAIRS, AND YOU'D THINK IT WAS MR.
MILLER.
THIS IS THE BEDROOM IN HERE WHERE YOU HEAR THE FOOTSTEPS.
JUST LIKE SOMEBODY WALKING.
LIKE THAT? AND WOULD YOU COME UP HERE, AND THERE'D BE NOBODY UP HERE? THERE'D BE NOBODY UP HERE, NO.
GUYS, LET'S OH, MAN, THIS IS A COOL ROOM.
CAN WE PUT AN "X" UP HERE? THE MAIN HOUSE IS A MUSEUM RICH WITH HISTORY, BUT IN ITS BASEMENT LIES A DARK AND SHAMEFUL REMNAN OF THE PAST.
WHAT IS THAT? THIS YOU PU YOUR ANKLES IN.
OHH, MAN.
THESE WERE FOR THE SLAVES.
IT WAS ON THE FRONT PORCH FOR YEARS.
WOW.
SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SIT HERE LIKE THIS.
WOULD THEY PROBABLY DO THIS AT NIGHT WHILE THEY SLEEP SO THEY DON'T RUN AWAY, OR WAS THIS FOR PUNISHMENT, DO YOU THINK? PROBABLY BOTH.
PROBABLY BOTH.
[ INDISTINCT SINGING .]
THOUSANDS OF SLAVES LIVED AND DIED IN MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
THEY SPENT LONG HOURS IN THE FIELDS AND WORKING INSIDE COTTON GINS DURING THE STIFLING LOUISIANA SUMMER.
THIS IS WHERE -- I MEAN, A LOT OF SLAVES THAT LIVED HERE -- THIS IS WHERE THEY CAME EVERY DAY.
THEY WORKED HERE EVERY DAY.
YEAH, WE GOT SOME OF THE HISTORIC GRAFFITI HERE, ALSO.
SOME MORE HISTORICAL GRAFFITI.
ANOTHER "X.
" I'VE SEEN THIS BLACK "X.
" SEEING THOSE EVERYWHERE.
BUT YOU HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE MEAN? HISTORIC GRAFFITI IS ALL I CAN REALLY? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
LOOK, THERE'S DUSTY AND AARON OVER HERE.
WE'RE DOING A WALK THROUGH WITH DUSTY.
SOMETIMES, WHEN WE COME INTO THESE PLACES, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THESE PARK RANGERS AND STUFF KIND OF DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING THAT THEY KNOW, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE SENSE THAT I'M GETTING RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING THESE BIG, HUGE BLACK "X's" PAINTED ON THE WALLS EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE CALLING I "HISTORICAL GRAFFITI," BUT, NICK, YOU AGREE WITH ME? I THINK THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH VOODOO.
Nick: YEAH, IT DEFINITELY DOES.
VOODOO BLACK "X.
" HERE IT'S SAYING THE CROSS IS USED AS A SYMBOL FOR CONJURATION, CALLING THE DEMONS FOR HELP.
SOMETIMES, AN "X" IS USED TO CROSS SOMEONE UP.
THAT IS WHY WE CAME HERE.
WE'RE HERE WITH ROLANDA, AND, ROLANDA, WHAT BASICALLY DO YOU DO? I'M AN ANTHROPOLOGIS BY PROFESSION, RIGHT.
IS VOODOO STILL BEING PRACTICED IN THIS AREA IN LOUISIANA? I'D HAVE TO THINK SO, AND VERY MUCH CONCEALED, THOUGH, BUT HERE -- BECAUSE VOODOO -- WHY IS IT CONCEALED? WELL, THE NEGATIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, YOU KNOW.
AND DO YOU THINK THAT SOME OF THE SLAVES THAT LIVED HERE DID DO THINGS LIKE CASTING SPELLS AGAINS SOME OF THEIR OWNERS THAT THEY WANTED TO TRY AND REVOLT AGAINST? I MEAN, IF YOU THINK IN TERMS OF, "OKAY, YOU JUST BEAT MY SON YESTERDAY," THEN, YES, IT'S VERY CONCEIVABLE.
THIS IS THEIR WAY.
INSTEAD OF GETTING PUNISHED BY TRYING TO ATTACK THEM OR KILL THEM, THEIR WAY WAS TO TAKE THIS VOODOOISM AND CAST THESE SECRET SPELLS AND CURSES AGAINST THEM.
YEAH, THAT'S VERY CONCEIVABLE, YEAH.
WE WOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE STUFF THAT WE KNOW WE LEFT HERE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE.
IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH LETTING US KNOW SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PARTAKE IN A VOODOO RITUAL.
I WOULD SAY NO.
Woman: OPEN THE WAY AND COME DANCE WITH US.
Zak: WE'RE MEETING RIGHT NOW DR.
KEN BROWN.
HE'S FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
I'M ZAK.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, MAN.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
SO RIGHT HERE WHERE WE'RE STANDING IS THE SLAVE QUARTERS.
Zak: DR.
BROWN HERE HAS DONE SOME DIGS HERE, SOME ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGS.
IS THIS WHAT -- ARE THESE DIGS GOING ON? THIS IS ONE OF OUR EXCAVATION UNITS HERE.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MAPPING WHERE ALL THE ARTIFACTS ARE COMING FROM.
ARE YOU FRIGHTENED THA YOU MIGHT BE HOLDING SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE DISCOVERING THAT MAY PUT A SPELL ON YOU OR SOMETHING? I'M NOT, BUT I DO KNOW SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE A LITTLE RELUCTANT.
SOME OF YOUR STUDENTS? THEY DON'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WORKING IN HERE.
FOR FEAR OF SPELLS AND CURSES? CORRECT.
YES OR NO -- ARE YOU FINDING ARTIFACTS THAT ARE RELATING TO VOODOO AND HOODOO? YES.
WHAT IS THAT? COME HERE.
DID YOU KNOW I WAS GONNA SAY THAT OR SOMETHING? NO.
BUT THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS DOWN HERE.
HE'S GOT MY INTEREST.
THEY STUCK A BACK ROOM ON THE BACK OF THIS CABIN.
THAT'S WHERE THEY GAMBLED.
WE FOUND THIS BOTTLE.
IT WAS STANDING UPRIGH RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS CONNECTED WITH LUCK IN GAMBLING.
THAT MEANS WHOEVER PASSES THROUGH HERE IS GONNA HAVE LUCK WITH GAMBLING? NO, NO.
IT MEANS -- "IT'S MY BOTTLE.
I'M TAKING YOUR LUCK AS YOU GO TO THE BACK ROOM.
" I CALL I THE HOUSE ADVANTAGE.
SO THESE PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS PERSON THAT'S PRACTICING HOODOO WAS ACTUALLY PUTTING A SPELL ON THEM TO TRY AND TAKE THEIR MONEY.
SO THEY WILL LOSE WHEN THEY GAMBLE BACK HERE.
I LIVE IN VEGAS, AND I'M NOT CROSSING OVER THAT DAMN BOTTLE.
[ LAUGHS .]
I HEARD SOMEBODY WAS FROM VEGAS HERE, SO I THOUGH THIS HAD TO COME OUT.
DON'T AIM THAT AT ME.
I'M SORRY.
NO, I PLAY POKER AND STUFF.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I BET I COULD MAKE MONEY TAKING THAT TO VEGAS, SAYING, "DO YOU WANT TO WIN?" WHILE YOU DID ANY OF THESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGS, DID ANYTHING UNEXPLAINED HAPPEN TO YOU IN ANY OF THESE BUILDINGS IN THE SLAVE QUARTERS? WELL, YEAH, MOSTLY IN CABIN ONE.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WHERE ARE WE GOING, NICK? CABIN ONE.
THANK YOU.
CABIN ONE IS THE FORMER HOME OF AUNT AGNES, A LEGENDARY HEALER WHO REPORTEDLY LIVED TO BE 120 YEARS OLD.
WE CAME IN ON THE SECOND MORNING.
WE LEFT OUR STUFF IN THIS CABIN OVERNIGHT, AND WHEN WE CAME BACK THE NEXT MORNING, RIGHT ACROSS HERE WAS A LINE OF YELLOW POWDERED MATERIAL.
SO THIS HAPPENED RIGHT AWAY? RIGHT AWAY.
LIKE, "HEY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A MESSAGE RIGH WHEN YOU GET HERE.
" LIKE, "RIGHT NOW," YEP.
AND WE WOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE STUFF THAT WE KNOW WE LEFT HERE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THIS DOOR, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PADLOCKED, WAS NO LONGER PADLOCKED.
AUNT AGNES.
YOU THINK SHE'S THE ONE THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT WEIRD POWDER? IF HER SPIRIT'S AROUND, SHE WAS LETTING US KNOW THAT SHE WAS WATCHING.
Zak: YOU FOUND THIS LOCKET.
THIS IS AMAZING.
WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY MADE, IT WAS A MIRACULOUS MEDAL MADE BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR BLESSINGS FROM THE VIRGIN MARY.
SOME OWNER IN THE PAS CHANGED THE VIRGIN MARY FOR THE GODDESS ERZULIE.
WOW.
SO THAT LOCKE WAS RIGHT HERE.
IT WAS FOUND RIGHT HERE? RIGHT THERE.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO PUT AN "X" IN HERE, GUYS.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? PUT YOUR "X's" IN CARDINAL DIRECTIONS.
ALL OF THE "X's" WE'VE FOUND ON FOUR PLANTATIONS BENEATH THE FLOORS OF CABINS ARE IN CARDINAL DIRECTIONS.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO HERE.
PARALLEL TO THE WALLS.
SO, AUNT AGNES, LATER ON WHEN THAT SUN GOES DOWN, I WANT YOU TO COME OU AND TALK TO US.
THAT IS THE MARK.
THAT IS THE SIGN THAT WE WAN TO OPEN OURSELVES TO YOU AND WE WANT TO MEET YOU.
BEFORE WE GET LOCKED DOWN IN MAGNOLIA LATER ON, GUYS, I SAY WE TRY AND FIND SOME TAIL.
TAIL? YEAH.
I MEANT, OF COURSE, THE CRAWFISH! IT'S THE BEST FREAKING TAIL IN TOWN! DID THEY STUFF THAT? DO THOSE THINGS GET THAT BIG? HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M ZAK.
I'M CHERIE.
WE'RE GETTING LOCKED IN THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT I BEING HAUNTED, OR -- WELL, WE MAY BE YOUR LAST MEAL.
REALLY? OH, IT'S THAT HAUNTED, IS IT? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, WE WANT TO TRY SOME -- WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? CRAWFISH, RIGHT? CRAWFISH.
ARE YOU THE MAN OF THE BOILERS HERE? I'M THE MAN.
CRAWFISH PROBABLY DON' LIKE YOU TOO MUCH.
I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CRAWFISH HELL.
[ LAUGHTER .]
SO HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT IT BEING HAUNTED? VERY MUCH SO, YEAH.
ALL OF THOSE PLANTATIONS DOWN THERE ARE HAUNTED.
YEAH? SO THESE ARE ALIVE? NOT ANYMORE.
CAN I DROP THESE IN? I FEEL REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW.
THOSE POOR LITTLE CRAWFISH, MAN.
SORRY, CRAWFISH, YOU HAD TO DIE.
SPLAT! SO IS THAT, LIKE, INSTANT? DO THEY INSTANTLY DIE? YEAH.
WOW.
OH, MAN.
YOU CAN'T SMELL THAT RIGHT NOW.
WHERE'S THE TWO THAT I THREW IN THERE? [ LAUGHTER .]
WOW.
WHOOEE! YOU GUYS -- NOW, LISTEN TO ME.
SERIOUS.
WE'VE HEARD OF ANIMAL SPIRITS.
DOES ANYTHING PARANORMAL HAPPEN HERE, LIKE -- ARE YOU GUYS HAUNTED BY CRAWFISH HERE AT ALL? ARE YOU FEELING PINCHES HERE? NO.
NO PINCHES ON YOUR ARMS? NO? OH, JEEZ.
THAT'S THE PARANORMAL.
HERE'S THE PARANORMAL! THAT'S RIGHT! I DIDN'T SEE YOU HIT THIS, MAN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOU THE CRAWFISH PARANORMAL.
OKAY.
NOW, DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS AND STUFF? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE? I DON'T.
YOU DON'T? OH, WE GOT A LITTLE SKEPTIC ON OUR HANDS HERE.
YOU WANT TO GET LOCKED DOWN IN WITH US AT MAGNOLIA PLANTATION? YOU'LL NEVER GET ME ALIVE! AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE SEE EVIL -- WE RUN LIKE HELL.
IS THAT THE ONE THAT I KILLED? YOU WANT ME TO TRY THAT STUFF? BUT IT LOOKS SO UGLY.
NO, TRY IT.
I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S GOOD.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THESE PLANTATIONS ARE SO HAUNTED HERE? AND HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE VOODOO THAT THEY USED TO DO HERE? [ LAUGHS .]
IT'S FUNNY YOU ASK.
MY AUNT WAS IN VOODOO, BIG TIME.
YOUR AUNT WAS? DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? THEY PUT HEXES ON PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
THEY CUT CHICKENS' HEADS OFF, STUFF LIKE THAT.
FOR REAL? SO THIS WAS NO JOKE? SURE.
THAT'S SERIOUS.
IT'S SERIOUS STUFF.
THIS IS SOMETHING THA YOU DON'T SCREW WITH, IS IT? I, MYSELF, PERSONALLY, I WOULDN'T, NO.
SO, IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PROBABLY PARTAKE IN A VOODOO RITUAL TO OPEN THIS DOOR TO THAT WORLD? I WOULD SAY "NO.
" NO? THAT TO US MEANS "YES.
" [ DRUMS PLAYING .]
THIS IS BLOODY MARY.
BLOODY MARY IS THE VOODOO QUEEN OF LOUISIANA, AND THIS IS THE NIGH BEFORE OUR LOCKDOWN.
WE CALLED UPON BLOODY MARY TO KIND OF OPEN THE DOORWAY TO THE SPIRIT WORLD AND OPEN OURSELVES UP TO THE SPIRIT.
IT SOUNDS CRAZY.
OKAY, WHAT DO WE DO? WE ARE GOING TO DO A RITUAL TO OPEN THE GATES TO ALL THE SPIRITS OF PLACE -- THE SPIRITS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE, THE SPIRITS WHO HAVE WORKED HERE, THE SPIRITS THAT HAVE DIED HERE.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE .]
TO THE SPIRITS OF THE NORTH.
PART THE VEIL.
[ BEADS JANGLING .]
LEGBA -- HE IS THE GATEKEEPER BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT.
HE IS THE VOODOO JESUS.
OPEN THE GATE, LEGBA.
OPEN THE GATE.
THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE, THOSE NOT YET BORN, DRINK, DANCE, AWAKE! [ BEADS JANGLING .]
TO THE SPIRITS I AM INTRODUCING THOSE WHO WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WOULD LIKE TO CONNECT WITH YOU, SEE YOU, FEEL YOU, HEAR YOU.
WHOA.
WHOA! WHOA! OH, IT'S GETTING STRONGER.
OH, MY GOSH.
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ON -- SOMETHING JUST HIT ME, MAN.
SOMETHING JUST FREAKING HIT ME.
IT WENT TO HER, THROUGH ME.
IT'S ON MY RIGHT SIDE RIGHT NOW.
OH, OH, OH! OH, MY GOD! LOOK AT MY ARM! LOOK AT MY ARM! IT'S COMING RIGHT AGAIN.
YEAH, I FEEL IT.
IT'S LIKE ELECTRICITY.
THE SPIRITS OF PLACE, COME WITH US RIGHT NOW.
OPEN THE WAY AND COME DANCE WITH US.
AS WE WERE PARTAKING IN BLOODY MARY'S VOODOO RITUAL, A MEMBER OF OUR CREW SNAPPED THIS PHOTO OF US, AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN VERY CLEARLY SEE A FEMALE FACE WITH A VERY DISTINCT EYE, EYEBROW, AND HAIRLINE MORPHING OUT OF A TRINITY FLAME FROM THE TORCH.
Bloody Mary: [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE .]
[ REPEATING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE .]
WITH THE DOORWAY OPENED TO THE SPIRIT WORLD, WE ARE READY TO GET LOCKED IN AND COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE ANGRY SPIRITS WE'VE SUMMONED.
MY EMF DETECTOR'S NOW BACK AT A ZERO.
PUT IT NEAR ME.
PUT IT NEAR ME.
LOOK AT THIS! IT'S WRONG, ZAK.
WHAT? OKAY, WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S DARK OUT, SO WE'RE READY TO GET LOCKED DOWN IN HERE AND GET THIS GOING HERE AT MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
ONE THING.
THE SETTING IS VERY FITTING RIGHT NOW, DAVID.
WE GOT SOME THUNDERSTORMS GOING ON, AND IT'S ADDING A VERY CREEPY AMBIANCE TO THE ALREADY CREEPY MAGNOLIA PLANTATION HERE.
DAVID, YOU'RE CREEPING ME OUT.
WE'RE FULL OF CREEPS.
HIT THAT "X," CAMERA.
GET THAT ROLLING.
GOT IT.
COOL.
[BLEEP.]
LIGHTNING.
YEAH, WE GOT LIGHTNING GOING ON.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, GOOD LUCK.
DAVID, LATER, MAN.
HOPE YOU GET THIS ALL SOLVED.
OKAY, THANKS, MAN.
FIGURE THIS THING OUT.
HE PUNCHES HARD, DOESN'T HE? ON THE KNUCKLES? I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE VERY, VERY FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAVE EVER LET ANYBODY INVESTIGATE THE MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
THAT IS A RUSH IN ITSELF.
I CAN'T WAIT, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU.
I LIKE TO DO THIS BEFORE OUR INVESTIGATION STARTS, JUST AN INTRODUCTION, IF THERE ARE INTELLIGENT SPIRITS HERE.
THEY CAN HEAR US.
MAYBE MR.
LeCOMTE, THE GUY WHO BUILT MAGNOLIA PLANTATION, IS LOOKING AT US RIGHT NOW -- NOT JUST WITH HIS CREEPY EYES.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE IN YOUR HOUSE.
WE COME WITH OPEN ARMS, AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S GOOD OR BAD.
IF YOU DON'T WANT US IN HERE, YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW, OKAY? IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BALLGAME WHEN YOU CAN FINALLY HEAR SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS OF YOUR EXISTENCE.
BEFORE WE GET GOING, LET'S -- HERE'S OUR MAP OF THE GROUNDS.
NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING OVER HERE.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS ALL OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT HERE.
HOWEVER, THE MAIN HOUSE, THE MAIN PLANTATION HOUSE, IS PRIVATELY OWNED, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE BEGINNING OUR INVESTIGATION.
AARON, WHEN I CALL OFF, LET'S JUST MAP OU ALL OF OUR "X's," WHERE WE'RE GONNA PLACE OUR STATIC NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS TONIGHT, AND MAKE SURE WE GOT THEM ALL ACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE AREA.
OKAY, YOU READY, AARON? CABIN ONE, THE SLAVE QUARTERS, THE RIGHT ROOM.
CABIN ONE, THE SLAVE QUARTERS, THE LEFT ROOM -- ALSO CALLED THE BAD ENERGY ROOM.
THE SLAVE HOSPITAL.
HAD TO BE A LOT OF DEATH THERE.
PLANTATION HOUSE -- THE STAIRWAY.
THE FRONT ROOM.
THE UPPER BEDROOM WHERE BETTY SAID SHE HEARD THOSE UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS GROWING UP AS A CHILD.
THE BASEMENT ROOM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF BAD ENERGY DOWN THERE 'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY FOUND THOSE SLAVE SHACKLES, SO, GUYS, GET OUR NIGHT-VISION ON.
LET'S DO THIS.
A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER.
WHAT WAS THAT? [ FAINT TAPPING .]
I'VE BEEN -- JUST AS WE WERE ABOU TO BEGIN OUR INVESTIGATION, WE ALL HEARD A DISTINCT KNOCKING SOUND GRABBING OUR ATTENTION.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? IF THERE IS, CAN YOU GIVE US A PRESENCE NOW? I'M GONNA START ROLLING ON MY DIGITAL RECORDER.
WE USE DIGITAL RECORDERS TO CAPTURE ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA, VOICES FROM THE DEAD.
REMEMBER, WHAT WAS THE NAME, ZAK? MR.
MILLER.
MR.
MILLER WAS MAGNOLIA PLANTATION'S OVERSEER WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT THIS HOUSE TRYING TO PREVEN THE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS FROM BURNING IT DOWN.
MR.
MILLER, IF YOU'RE HERE, WE DON'T MEAN YOU ANY HARM.
ALL WE WANT TO DO IS TALK TO YOU, SEE IF YOU'RE STILL WALKING AROUND HERE.
MR.
MILLER, WHY DID THE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS KILL YOU? WHY DID THEY KILL YOU? AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, NICK CAUGHT THIS VOICE ON HIS DIGITAL RECORDER.
WHY DID THEY KILL YOU? IS THIS WHAT HE WAS TELLING THE SOLDIERS TO DO THAT CAUSED THEM TO DRAW THEIR GUNS AND FIRE AT HIM? IS THERE SOMEBODY WITH US RIGHT NOW? AARON, CAN I SEE THE EMF DETECTOR? THESE METERS MEASURE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY -- SOMETHING GHOSTS ARE SAID TO GIVE OFF.
MR.
MILLER, ARE YOU HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW? GUYS? WHAT'S UP? UM, I'M AT A 4.
A 4? YEAH, AT A 4 RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S STAYING STEADY AT A 4.
THAT'S WEIRD.
AND I JUST -- WHAT'S WRONG? MY WHOLE BODY RIGHT NOW IS FREAKING GOOSE BUMPS, MAN.
MY EMF DETECTOR IS NOW BACK AT ZERO! NO, PUT IT NEAR ME! PUT IT NEAR ME! LOOK AT THIS! ZAK! WHAT? SOMETHING'S HAPPENING.
SOMETHING'S HAPPENING, GUYS.
DID MY EMF DETECTOR PICK UP THIS SPIKE THAT THEN IMMEDIATELY VANISHED BECAUSE OF A SPIRI MAKING CONTACT WITH NICK, THEN LEAVING? I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME A SIGN OF YOUR PRESENCE RIGHT NOW.
ON THE COUNT OF THREE, I WANT YOU TO MAKE A NOISE, AND WE'LL LEAVE.
YOU GOT TO MAKE A NOISE FIRST.
ONE -- [ THUD .]
WHOA.
JUST THEN, WE ALL HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AS IF IT WAS RESPONDING TO MY REQUEST.
HERE IT IS AGAIN WITH THE ENHANCED AUDIO.
YOU GOT TO MAKE A NOISE FIRST.
ONE -- WHOA.
COME ON.
EARLIER, WE DISCOVERED FROM BETTY, WHO GREW UP IN THIS HOUSE, MUCH OF THE UNEXPLAINED SOUNDS CAME FROM UPSTAIRS.
WE DECIDED TO HEAD UP AND INVESTIGATE.
Aaron: WHEW.
I'M GETTING, LIKE -- HANG ON, MAN.
I'M NOT GONNA STAND ON THE STEPS.
I'VE KIND OF FELT, LIKE, DIZZY FOR A SECOND.
[ SIGHS .]
IS THAT WHAT YOU FEL LIKE EARLIER? A LITTLE DIZZY? [ FAINT WAIL .]
WHAT IS THAT? AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, WE ALL HEARD THIS FEMALE DISEMBODIED VOICE SAYING Nick: THAT WAS RIGHT OVER HERE.
WAS THAT "HELLO"? THAT WAS RIGHT HERE, DUDE.
THAT'S WHA IT SOUNDED LIKE.
IT SOUNDED LIKE "HELLO" RIGHT HERE.
OKAY, OKAY.
Nick: IS THERE SOMEONE TRYING TO TALK TO US AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE? IT SOUNDS FEMALE.
ARE YOU MR.
LeCOMTE'S WIFE? LET'S GO UPSTAIRS, GUYS.
I KEEP HEARING SOME STUFF UP HERE.
Aaron: IT SMELLS LIKE A PLASTIC TOY FRESH OUT OF A BOX.
Nick: ZAK, WHERE YOU AT? COME OVER HERE.
GUYS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN HERE.
WHAT IS THAT, ANOTHER DOOR? THERE'S SO MANY DOORS IN THIS PLACE.
WHOA.
WHERE ARE WE? I DON'T KNOW.
DID WE JUST WALK IN A PRIVATE PLACE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE? WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW IN THE BOWELS OF THAT ENERGY.
I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
WE WERE INVESTIGATING THE MAIN HOUSE, NOT REALIZING WHAT WE WERE ABOUT TO STUMBLE INTO.
Zak: GUYS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN HERE.
WHAT IS THAT, ANOTHER DOOR? WHOA.
WHAT IS IT? I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S LIKE ANOTHER ATTIC OR SOMETHING.
WATCH YOUR HEAD.
WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE? WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS ALL STUFF JUST HANGING UP HERE! THEY'RE ALIEN EGGS.
I'M AFRAID TO TOUCH IT.
IS SOMETHING GONNA HATCH OUT OF IT? DUDE, IS THIS, LIKE, FREAKING -- WHERE ARE WE? I DON'T KNOW.
DOESN'T IT FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN SOME KIND OF DAMN SPACESHIP OR SOMETHING? YEAH, IT DOES.
DID WE JUST WALK IN A PRIVATE PLACE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AND WE DISCOVERED THIS PRIVATE WEIRD CLOSE WITH ALL THESE THINGS -- IS THIS VOODOO, OR WHAT IS IT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
[ GASPS .]
OH, MY GOSH! OH, MY GOSH! WHAT? THERE'S SOMETHING -- THERE'S A LIGH ON OVER THERE, DUDE! WHERE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, A LIGHT ON? I SAW THIS GREENISH BALL OF LIGHT WITH MY OWN EYES, AND AS I REACTED TO IT, IT BEGAN TO SLOWLY MOVE AND DISAPPEAR AS I ZOOMED IN ON I WITH MY NIGHT-VISION CAMERA.
THAT DOOR -- THAT PLACE WE JUST WENT IN THAT WAS ALL WEIRD-LOOKING IS IN THIS NICE-LOOKING BEDROOM.
NOW, THAT'S WEIRD.
MR.
MILLER, ARE YOU IN HERE? WAS THIS YOUR OLD ROOM? DID YOU USED TO WALK UP AND AROUND HERE? AND BETTY USED TO HEAR YOU.
IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU MAKE A NOISE FOR US? MR.
MILLER, CAN YOU LAY DOWN ON THE BED SO I CAN SEE THE DEPRESSION ON THE COVERS? [ FAINT THUD .]
Shh, shh! DID YOU HEAR FOOTSTEPS? NO, I HEARD A THUMP.
[ THUD .]
WHOA, WHOA! WHAT WAS -- WHAT IS THAT? DUDE, THAT'S -- IT'S SOUNDING, LIKE, RIGHT HERE.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
I HEARD IT, TOO.
WHOA, WHOA! WHOA, WHOA! I CAN'T EVEN MAKE THAT NOISE.
SO RIGHT NOW, AARON'S JUST TRYING TO DEBUNK THE SOUNDS THAT WE HEARD.
[ CREAK .]
THAT'S THE FLOORBOARD.
ARE THESE THE FOOTSTEPS THAT BETTY USED TO HEAR? RECEIVING NO FURTHER RESPONSES, WE DECIDED TO HEAD DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT, A PLACE WITH A VERY DARK PAST.
YOU GUYS READY? OH, THIS IS CREEPY, ISN'T IT? SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SITTING DOWN IN THE UNDERBELLY OF THE MAIN MAGNOLIA PLANTATION HOUSE, WHERE VOODOO WAS PRACTICED, WHERE SLAVERY WAS A FORM OF LIFE, WHERE THE CIVIL WAR CAME THROUGH HERE AND SHOT THE OVERSEER RIGHT HERE AT THIS HOUSE -- ALL THAT DARK ENERGY, AND WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW IN THE BOWELS OF THAT ENERGY.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY FOUND THIS LEG SHACKLES DOWN HERE, AND CAN YOU IMAGINE THE DARK ENERGY OF THESE SLAVES BEING CAPTIVE SO THEY WOULDN'T RUN AWAY WITH THEIR LEGS IN THIS SAME EXACT SHACKLE THAT OUR LEGS ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
SO, WE'RE TRYING TO RE-CREATE THIS ENERGY RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF WE CAN STIR UP ANYTHING PARANORMAL AT ALL.
IF THERE'S SOMEBODY IN HERE, I WANT YOU TO MAKE A NOISE FOR US RIGHT NOW.
[ GASPS .]
WHOA.
WHOA, THERE'S SOMETHING BEHIND US.
IS THAT YOU TALKING TO US? WE FELT YOU LAST NIGHT.
I JUST GOT SOMETHING ON MY CAMERA.
YEAH.
IT WAS LIKE A LIGHT.
AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOWN HERE, THERE'S BEEN NO DUST.
HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN ANY DUST? I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS.
DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT? NO.
OH, DUDE, IT WAS LIKE SCUFFLING RIGHT WHERE YOU SAW THAT LIGHT.
[ GASPS .]
WE ALL HEARD THIS DISEMBODIED VOICE AND CAPTURED I ON OUR DIGITAL RECORDER.
GUYS, LET'S GET OUT.
MY LEGS ARE KILLING ME RIGHT NOW, AND I HEARD SOME CRAZY [BLEEP.]
WELL, HOPEFULLY, WE GOT THAT ON DIGITAL RECORDER 'CAUSE I HEARD THA WITH MY EARS.
DID YOU GUYS HEAR THA WITH YOUR EARS? DID YOU? IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW US, GO FOR IT.
SOMETHING WEIRD'S GOING ON IN THIS CABIN.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE? IF YOU'RE IN THERE, TURN THE LIGHT OFF.
IS IT 'CAUSE WE DID THE VOODOO RITUAL? IT JUST WENT OFF.
AFTER SPENDING THE FIRST PAR OF THE NIGHT IN THE MAIN HOUSE, WE WERE READY TO GET LOCKED DOWN IN THE REST OF THE PLANTATION.
IT'S 2:00 A.
M.
THAT MEANS DUSTY THE PARK RANGER IS NOW GONNA LET US OU OF THE FRONT DOOR HERE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HIM.
AND ONCE HE GETS HERE, THEN, NICK, YOU'RE GONNA HEAD OVER TO THE SLAVE HOSPITAL AND LOCK YOURSELF IN THERE.
DUSTY'S GONNA LOCK YOU IN THERE.
AND THEN ME AND AARON -- DUSTY'S GONNA LOCK US IN THE SLAVE HOUSE NUMBER ONE, WHERE ALL THE VOODOO STUFF GOES ON.
SO WHAT TIME ARE WE GETTING LET OUT, THEN? 6:30 IN THE MORNING.
6:30? ARE YOU GONNA BE ALL RIGH BY YOURSELF? THIS IS GONNA BE THE LONGES TIME WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED.
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN A HOSPITAL.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING, I'M SURE SOME OF THE GHOSTS THERE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
Nick: ADIOS.
Zak: GODSPEED.
GOOD LUCK.
SEE YOU G-- YEAH, I SAW THE LIGHTNING.
WATCH THE LIGHTNING.
BEFORE WE MADE OUR WAY OU OF THE PLANTATION HOUSE TO GET LOCKED IN THE OTHER BUILDINGS TILL DAWN, WE THOUGH IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO LEAVE SOME OF OUR STATIC NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS ROLLING IN THE NOW EMPTY ROOMS.
25 MINUTES AND 54 SECONDS AFTER WE LEFT THE HOUSE, OUR CAMERA IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM, WHERE WE ALSO SET UP MOTION SENSORS, CAPTURED WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A MAN SHOUTING.
WAS THIS THE GHOS OF MR.
MILLER DRAWING ENERGY FROM OUR ELECTROMAGNETIC PUMP -- A DEVICE USED TO PRODUCE AN ENERGY FIELD THAT SPIRITS CAN USE TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES? AND AT 46 MINUTES AFTER WE LEFT, OUR CAMERA'S AUDIO IN THE LIVING ROOM CAUGHT THIS EERIE MUSIC.
Zak: SO WE GOT ABOUT, WHAT, A MILE THAT WAY? Nick: THERE IT IS -- SLAVE HOSPITAL.
OH, WOW.
ALL RIGHT, COOL.
SO YOU'RE GONNA LOCK ME IN HERE? LOCK YOU IN, MAN.
AWESOME.
COOL.
LET'S GO.
I GOT MY OTHER STATIC CAMERA SET UP OVER HERE, AND THEN I'M GONNA HIT RECORD ON THIS ONE, TOO.
NOW I'M IN THE HOSPITAL.
THIS PLACE -- THIS PLACE IS CREEPY.
WITH NICK JUST BEING LOCKED IN THE SLAVE HOSPITAL TILL MORNING, AARON AND I HEADED FOR THE SLAVE CABIN TO COMPLETE THE SECOND PAR OF OUR LOCKDOWN.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
ROLL, ROLL, ROLL.
DID YOU SEE THE LIGHT GO ON? DO YOU SEE IT? Aaron: YEP.
LET ME GET FOCUSED.
ROLL IT, ROLL IT, ROLL IT.
OH, I'M ROLLING IT.
KEEP GOING.
KEEP GOING.
THAT LIGHT JUST WENT ON.
THERE, IT WENT OFF.
IT JUST WENT OFF AGAIN.
COME ON.
IT JUST WENT ON.
Aaron: YEP.
IS THERE ANYONE INSIDE OF IT? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE? LOOK OVER THERE, AARON.
THAT'S OUR CABIN.
THE DOOR THAT'S OPEN -- THAT'S THE CABIN WE'RE WAITING FOR DUSTY TO COME LOCK US IN TILL MORNING.
BUT SOMETHING WEIRD'S GOING ON IN THIS CABIN HERE.
[ DOOR RATTLES .]
AND IT'S LOCKED.
SEE THAT? YEAH.
THAT'S JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF LIGHT SENSOR ON IN THERE.
SEE THAT? MM-HMM.
THAT'S NO TRIGGERING ANYTHING.
IF YOU'RE IN THERE, TURN THE LIGHT OFF.
[ LAUGHS .]
IS IT 'CAUSE WE DID THE VOODOO RITUAL? JEEZ, DUDE.
DUSTY'S ON HIS WAY OVER HERE.
COME ON.
WE NEED TO ASK HIM ABOUT THIS.
SO THESE LIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE ON IN HERE.
OKAY.
UM IT'S ON AGAIN.
HERE THEY GO AGAIN, DUSTY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
IT GOES OFF WHEN YOU WALK AWAY.
Zak: WHAT IS THAT? A LULU.
WHAT IS A LULU? A GHOST? HAVE YOU SEEN I DO THAT BEFORE? NEVER.
REALLY? [ SIGHS .]
YOU HEARD IT FIRST.
WHY DON'T YOU LOCK US IN THIS CABIN OVER HERE, MAN? ALL RIGHT, MAN.
WE ARE NOW OPENING OURSELVES UP TO YOU.
WHO'S IN HERE? THEY'RE SCREAMING! OH, MY GOD! IT'S COMING FROM IN MY ROOM! SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA SET UP ANOTHER EXTERIOR STATIC NIGHT-VISION CAMERA.
SO WE'RE GONNA AIM THIS, AND WE'RE GONNA KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE -- SHOW US THE DOOR WE'RE GETTING LOCKED IN, BUT ALSO IN THE BACKGROUND, I CAN SEE IF THAT LIGH GOES ON AND OFF AGAIN.
Aaron: ALL RIGHT, MAN.
6:30.
DON'T LET THE LULUS PULL YOUR TOES TONIGHT, BUDDY.
[ LAUGHS .]
Zak: GOT THE PADLOCK GOING.
AND WE'RE LOCKED IN, AARON.
DAMN.
THIS HOSPITAL -- THERE HAD TO BE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT JUST DIED IN HERE.
PROBABLY TONS OF PEOPLE THAT DIED IN HERE.
I BET YOU THERE WAS A LOT OF DISEASES, ESPECIALLY BACK IN THE 1800s.
DID YOU GET INJURED WHILE WORKING HERE, AND YOU HAD TO COME IN THIS HOSPITAL TO GET HELP? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL ME? Zak: OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW, AARON AND I ARE LOCKED INSIDE THE SLAVE QUARTERS IN CABIN ONE.
THIS IS THE CABIN WHERE DR.
KEN BROWN, THE ARCHAEOLOGIS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, FOUND ALL OF HIS VOODOO ARTIFACTS UNDERNEATH THESE FLOORBOARDS.
SO TONIGHT'S THE NIGH WHERE YOU COME OU AND MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN TO US.
I JUST DON'T FEEL RIGH IN THIS ONE, MAN.
DUDE, THIS WHOLE PLACE IS WEIRD.
I'M GONNA BE SITTING IN THIS CHAIR, OKAY? AARON, YOU'RE GOING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
BUT BEFORE, I'VE TOLD YOU I'M GIVING YOU A GIFT, RIGHT? YOUR GIFT IS THE VOODOO DOLL FROM BLOODY MARY THAT WAS IN THE RITUAL.
I'M GONNA PUT THAT IN THERE WITH YOU IN YOUR ROOM, OKAY? DUDE.
NO, DON'T "DUDE.
" LISTEN, MAN.
NO, DON'T "DUDE" ME.
THIS SHOULD BE WITH YOU.
AARON, YOU'RE SITTING RIGHT THERE.
JUST LEAN BACK AND THEN HAVE A COMFORTABLE POSE, OKAY? CROSS MY LEGS? WHATEVER.
OKAY.
WE ARE NOW OPENING OURSELVES UP TO YOU.
WHOA [BLEEP.]
WHAT? WHAT THE HELL, MAN? IS THAT YOU MAKING THAT TAPPING? WHAT I WAS REACTING TO IS ALSO WHAT AARON HEARD.
I COULD ACTUALLY FEEL THE VIBRATIONS OF SOMEONE TAPPING ON MY WOODEN CHAIR.
WE'LL ENHANCE THE CAMERA'S AUDIO, AS YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR IT.
WHOA! WHOA! [BLEEP.]
WHO'S IN HERE?! DO SOME VOODOO MAGIC ON US! ARE YOU TOUCHING ME? OH, MY GOD! WHAT? COME HERE.
COME HERE.
RIGHT HERE -- SEE THAT? SEE THE LIGHT? SEE THE LIGHT? YEAH.
Aaron: WHY DON'T I FEEL AROUND YOU HERE? DUDE, THAT WAS WEIRD.
THERE'S NOT GOOD ENERGY ON THAT CHAIR, BRO.
YOU GOT BAD ENERGY AROUND YOU.
GO SIT IN THAT ROOM.
NO, JUST SIT IN THERE FOR A MINUTE.
JUST SIT IN THERE FOR A MINUTE, BRO.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT I -- I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU FEEL THE SAME THING I DID, AARON.
ALL RIGHT.
JUST SIT IN THERE, BRO.
NO [BLEEP.]
JOKE.
IS THAT YOU, AUNT AGNES? WERE YOU TOUCHING ME IN THERE? NOW, GO IN THERE AND TOUCH AARON! DUDE, RULE NUMBER ONE -- ONE THING THE GUY SAID IS YOU DON'T TAUNT VOODOO.
AM I TAUNTING? DUDE, YOU'RE TAUNTING THE CRAP OUT OF IT.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, MY GOSH, MAN.
I JUST GO THIS COLD BLAST OF AIR.
ALL RIGHT, I'M NOT TAUNTING YOU.
I'M JUST YELLING.
I'M JUST TALKING LOUDLY.
NOW, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND PLEASE, PLEASE, TALK INTO THAT LITTLE RED LIGH BETWEEN THE TWO ROOMS.
TIMES ARE DIFFERENT NOW.
THERE IS NO SLAVERY NOW.
I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT.
YOU HAD TO HAVE BEEN -- HO! THEY'RE SCREAMING! IT'S COMING FROM IN MY ROOM, BRO! IT'S PEOPLE SCREAMING! ARE YOU DOING A RITUAL RIGHT NOW? IT WAS A RITUAL! I HEARD IT! TO ACTUALLY BE THERE AND CLEARLY HEAR THIS CHANTING WHILE ALSO FEELING A VERY POWERFUL, UNEXPLAINED ENERGY WILL, WITHOUT A DOUBT, EXCITE YOUR NERVES.
WE WERE ABLE TO DOCUMEN THIS CHANTING ON THE AUDIO FROM OUR CAMERA.
THEY'RE SCREAMING! IT'S GONE.
IT'S GONE.
THIS CHANTING MAY HAVE STOPPED, BUT SOON AFTER, THIS CREEPY VOICE WAS CAPTURED ON AARON'S DIGITAL RECORDER.
I'LL BE HONEST -- THAT SCARED THE [BLEEP.]
OU OF ME, HEARING THAT CHANTING.
[BLEEP.]
WHAT ARE WE MESSING WITH HERE, AARON? WHAT ARE WE MESSING WITH HERE? [ LOCK DISENGAGES, DOOR CREAKS .]
WELCOME BACK.
[ Laughing .]
THANKS.
WHEW! Zak: WHOEVER PRACTICED VOODOO IN HERE, IF IT WAS YOU, AUNT AGNES, I CAME WITH THE MOST RESPEC TO YOU.
WHAT BLOODY MARY TOLD US TO DO WAS TO UNRAVEL THIS AND NOT ONLY FREE THE DOLL, BUT FREE US FROM ANYTHING THAT WE DO NOT WAN TO FOLLOW US HOME, OKAY? Aaron: YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
YOU SURE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UNRAVELING THIS THING? YEAH.
YOO-HOO! WHAT'S UP, MAN? OH, GOD.
THANK GOD WE'RE OUT.
Whew! OHH.
OH, THE VOODOO THAT YOU DO.
SLAVERY, CIVIL WAR, AND MANY DECADES OF OPPRESSION STILL LINGER OVER MAGNOLIA PLANTATION.
THE ANGRY SPIRITS OF FORMER SLAVES, THE VIOLENCE THAT TOOK PLACE ON THIS PROPERTY, AND THE VOODOO OF PAST AND PRESEN ALL COMBINE TO FEED THE DARK ENTITIES THAT FOLLOWED US THROUGHOUT OUR LOCKDOWN.
IT'S COMING FROM IN MY ROOM, BRO! IT'S PEOPLE SCREAMING! ARE YOU DOING A RITUAL RIGHT NOW? THE SPIRITS OF THOSE OPPRESSED SOULS STILL HAUNT, ANGRY FOR JUSTICE AND REVENGE.
IT WAS A RITUAL! I HEARD IT!