America's Most Famous Ghosts

America's Most Famous Ghosts - Documentary

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9 ай бұрын

The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
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Dreams Become Real
Decline
Falling Rain
Night of Chaos
Fantastic Dim Bar
Aftermath
Apprehension
Fire Prelude
Blue Sizzle
Lightless Dawn
Phantasm
Works Cited
[1] "Killed in Crash." Chicago Tribune, Mar 12, 1934, p.5.
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[2] "Hunting a Ghost Named Mary." Chicago Tribune, Oct. 31, 1985.
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[3] Williamson, Elizabeth. "Deathly Dancer." Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct, 1992.
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[4] Kaczmarek, Dale. "Windy City Ghosts." Ghost Research Society Press, 2005, pp. 113-123
[5] Galvan, Jojo. "Resurrection Mary, The Hitchhiking Ghost of Archer Avenue." Chicago History Museum, 25 Oct, 2022. www.chicagohistory.org/resurr...
[6] Unsolved Mysteries, Season 6, Episode 15. Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, directed by David Massar, 12 Jan, 1994.
[7] Chicago Quirk. "Meet Chicago's Most Famous Ghost: Resurrection Mary." Chicago Now, 17 Oct, 2011. web.archive.org/web/201810190...
[8] "Chicago's most famous GHOST - "Resurrection Mary."" • Chicago's famous GHOST...
[9] Chavez, Patty. "MEET RICHARD CROWE: DEPAUL ALUMNUS AND GHOST HUNTER." DePaul Newsline, 23 Oct. 2019.
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[10] Spektor, Brandon. "'Dark Watchers' Have Been Spooking California Hikers For Centuries. What Are They?" Live Science, 15 Mar, 2021. www.livescience.com/dark-watc...
[11] Dowd, Katie. "For Centuries, Big Sur Residents Have Seen 'Dark Watchers' in the Mountains." SFGate, 10 Mar, 2021.www.sfgate.com/local/editorsp...
[12] Dunning, B. "Dark Watchers." Skeptoid Podcast. Skeptoid Media, 7 Jun 2016. Web. 6 Jan 2024. skeptoid.com/episodes/4522
[13] "Dark Warchers." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
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[14] Ingram, M.V. "An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch." Rare Book Reprints, 1961, originally published 1894.
[15] Brown, Alan. "Haunted Tennessee: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Volunteer State." Stackpole Books, 2009, pp. 71 - 76.
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[16] Hudson, Arthur Palmer, and Pete Kyle McCarter. “The Bell Witch of Tennessee and Mississippi: A Folk Legend.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 47, no. 183, 1934, pp. 45-63
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[18] Nickell, Joe. "The ‘Bell Witch’ Poltergeist." Skeptical Inquirer, Investigative Files, Volume 38, No. 1, 2014. skepticalinquirer.org/2014/01...
[19] "Springfield's Ghost." Article clipped from The Tennessean, Apr. 28, 1890, clipped by jlkeel.
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[20] Abrams, Garry. "Tangled Tales From the Crypt? : For 3 Years, Jackie Hernandez Says She Was Followed by a Pair of Puzzling--and Persistent--Ghosts." Los Angeles Times, 23 MAR. 1993.
www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
[21] Conrad, Barry. "An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting." Bar Con, 1997, viewed here: • An Unknown Encounter: ...
[22] "Jackie Hernandez: Interview on The San Pedro Haunting." P1 & 2. Barry Conrad, (1992)
• JACKIE HERNANDEZ: In...
[23] Conrad, Barry. "An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting." Dorrance Publishing, 2009
[24] Bolick, J.S. "The Return of the Gray Man." Jacobs Press, 1961.
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[26] Thomason, John. "The Ghosts of Georgetown County." Oxford American, 27 Feb, 2020.
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[27] Unsolved Mysteries. Season 3. Episode 7. Directed by Keva Rosenfeld, Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, October 31, 1990. NBC.
[28] Renaud, Tim. "Haunted History: The Gray Man of Pawleys Island." WCBD News 2.
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[29] Watts, Alexis. "Hurricanes, history and hauntings." University of South Carolina, 26 Oct, 2022.
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[30] • The Gray Man Ghost of ...
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@user-ii1ct5sw6l 2 ай бұрын

We live in my grandparents home in Fort Worth, Texas. I was very close to them, and I was the last person to get a response from her before she died. We have had several occurrences in the house but the only one that I actually saw an apparition was when I was getting my son's bed clothes one evening. I glanced out of his room to the top of the stairs and saw a woman in a formal black dress walk by toward our bedroom. I went to our bedroom after I saw it and no one was there. At first I thought it was my wife, but as soon as I asked her I realized she had on different clothes. At that moment I questions myself if I really saw something. I remember it distinctly. And I realized it was my grandmother. This experience was very comforting. I knew who it was and why she was there. It told me there is something beyond here. Something very good. And, they are aware of us here. I never feel alone in this house.

@viriathas9910 9 ай бұрын

I love the way that this channel mixes hard history with explorations of the supernatural. Its really a great mixture and you do both equally well.

@mgweible8162 9 ай бұрын

As a myrtle beach local, I was hoping either The Grey Man or the ghost of Alice Flagg would be mentioned. The Grey Man was actually seen again this latestest hurricane. Great video!

@brandyjean7015 9 ай бұрын

The Grey Man is the last story.

@colleenburns9185 7 ай бұрын

Living in the area we don't tend to worry much about a hurricane until we start hearing about sightings as he always seems to be spotted before one hits.

@jillrichard269 6 ай бұрын

@@brandyjean7015 That's a different Grey Man. That one is at Pawley's Island, which is near Charleston.

@jonp3890 2 ай бұрын

@@jillrichard269Pawley’s Island is much closer to Myrtle Beach than Charleston.

@arlenedavis5770 19 күн бұрын

Please tell me about Alice Flagg?

@JaynaeMarieXIV 5 ай бұрын

As a historian, I love this channel. I am always looking to history to solve supernatural mysteries.

@acitoneroyal6002 7 ай бұрын

I have never told anyone this. There was a piano bar at a five star hotel in downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas. I was employed there for years. Working in the kitchen mostly. When I went through the piano bar nightly, I will just put it out there that I saw a man named George Maledon every night. George was Judge Isaac C Parkers hangman, 150 years ago. I know what I saw, it is 30 years later, and I should go back to see if George Maledon still goes in there. I swear.

@LagunaShirogane 9 ай бұрын

Justin, there needs to be a part 2 and 3 to this. Please make more of this! :D

@zachwear3217 9 ай бұрын

1000% agree

@DozensOfVictims-ek5ll 9 ай бұрын

10,000% agree

@weedragonauts4729 9 ай бұрын

they pinned a comment saying they intend to make videos on the topic year round

@mrjohnklake 9 ай бұрын

I infinitely agree with this statement

@frankgilbert4722 9 ай бұрын

And do some on Florida ghost

@autumndanyel21 9 ай бұрын

I remember being stalked by a short dark entity when I was a child in elementary school. I could only watch him out of the corner of my eyes on certain days. He would stand in the doorway at school and stare at me. He had a hood on his head and I named him the weaver because his hands kept moving like he was knitting something. It was really freaking me out in the library one day and I couldn't do my work. I thought about telling an adult but I knew they wouldn't believe me. So I prayed to God to make it go away from me and leave me alone. It did. It went away from me and didn't show up anymore.

@Hannahs_Mustangs Ай бұрын

demon xD sounds like a demon xD

@GaganSingh-nx2yv Ай бұрын

Sounds like your demon was introvert lol

@user-bj3jn1sq7y Ай бұрын

Glad God helped you!

@kbeard5130 21 күн бұрын

Little hooded beings haunted a flat my son and l lived in. I remember seeing these but never mentioned it. Years later …my adult son says…” l used to see little dark hooded monsters in my room. I became frozen

@sierrahs.2306 20 күн бұрын

That's so creepy. Do you remember how old you were exactly? I had similar experiences when I think I was about 6 or 7? They weren't *as* creepy as this but I also saw a bunch of dark figures that weren't actually there. I don't remember much about my childhood but those memories of seeing things are still in my mind a lot

@edyann 9 ай бұрын

Resurrection Mary, yes! I know about her because of the show Unsolved Mysteries! I always watch that episode on Halloween and it never fails to scare me!

@LagunaShirogane 9 ай бұрын

I seen that episode of Resurrection Mary of Unsolved Mysteries with the late Robert Stack as the host. Legendary host and ghost story.

@edyann 9 ай бұрын

@@LagunaShirogane Mr. Stack is incomparable, yes! I have the complete series on DVD and the hauntings episodes are so scary! Even though I've seen them so many times, I still get scared!

@LagunaShirogane 9 ай бұрын

@@edyannSame here. My dad years ago bought the Ghost Hauntings DVD collection of Unsolved Mysteries. All episodes were of Robert Stack as the host. A great collection and worth having for any paranormal lover. I even watch Ghost Adventures show with Zak Bagans. Out of all the paranormal investigator groups, Ghost Adventures by far the best and their evidence is the most authentic and trustworthy with no fake evidence.

@lightmetamorphosis 9 ай бұрын

@@edyann There's nothing to be afraid, in fact if you are afraid of them, that's when they manifest even more.

@edyann 9 ай бұрын

@@lightmetamorphosis So interesting.. what a mystery it is!

@captainsensiblejr. 9 ай бұрын

I really appreciate finding an American paranormal channel that does not breathlessly copy other channels content as if it were gospel and actually tries to analyse its content from an ontological, epistemological and psychological point pf virw. I look forward to more from this channel.

@6Haunted-Days 8 ай бұрын

Oh? No other channels run with people from OTHER countries just repeat and steal stuff? Only Americans? Christ…..what a silly obviously ignorant insult…..like only Americans lack originality or ability to research or even think. No that’s called the majority of humans….

@christracy2144 7 ай бұрын

"I'd like to interrupt to annoy you". I liked that, made me smile with amusement. Refreshingly honest.

@diankreczmer6595 9 ай бұрын

I am 85 and used to go dancing to o Henry ballroom in 1956. Quite a fancy place with the ceiling being high and dark with smal lights, looking like the night sky with stars. Yes , resurrection Mary was a myth/story then also.

@melodym7045 9 ай бұрын

Was there any stories other then Mary around your area?

@etheric_dissonance 9 ай бұрын

i appreciate that you're able to critically examine these kinds of topics without outright dismissing them. i really dislike anything presented entirely from one end of the spectrum (either uncritically believing things with zero discernment or practical examination, or stone-wall-skeptic denying things on principle without a shred of open-minded curiosity).

@theresareynolds3133 8 ай бұрын

We live in Missouri and our house is in the middle of a forest, we share our home with 2 ghosts, one is a little girl, maybe 5 or 6 and the other is a tall thin man. The man likes to play with my hair, I get a chill then my hair is tossed onto my shoulders, we also see him walk from the living room to the front door. The little girl has spoken to my husband a few times and when our son is in his room, we hear him talking to someone, but when we open his door no one else is in there, he just says his friend had to leave, our son is 29 and autistic. I'm Native American and Scottish, my husband is Native American and English, I grew up on my reservation and I've seen and heard things that are really creepy. Very few things actually scare me

@akashchoudhury6694 2 ай бұрын

Ghosts dont exist. Grow up

@wowplayer160 2 ай бұрын

@@akashchoudhury6694 But Mental illness does.

@janickgoudeau6126 2 ай бұрын

Ghosts don't exist until you see one..

@carolnickell6147 27 күн бұрын

@rogerrendzak8055 21 күн бұрын

🐎💩!!!!

@jeffaltier5582 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. This was really interesting. You didn't sensationalize or make fun of these stories. You reported them as they are, which made for fascinating viewing.

@jmac6350 9 ай бұрын

My mom told me before she died she would try to haunt me so that I would finally know if ghosts were real. It was more about her believing and me being skeptical. So she said she would do a certain thing so I would know it was her and not some other random ghost. It hasn’t happened yet and it has been 10 years. My mother was totally the type of person that would derive glee driving people crazy and scaring them so she could be busy with all of that.

@shendleredqueenofwonderlan1449 9 ай бұрын

What did she say she would do?

@coryskipper3420 Ай бұрын

Same with my dad. Havent heard from him yet.

@user-bs4wf9pe1s Ай бұрын

My grandmother told my mom and my two aunts that when she died she would run a finger down one of “the girls” feet to let them know she was ok. I didn’t know this until shortly after she died I felt that someone was around (at this point I didn’t know she was even dead….she died at the hospital after a short illness I came to find out after.) I felt a presence went eh no different then normal and went to sleep. I woke up to a finger being dragged up my foot. I kicked…looked around…no one. I was just having a dream how she wanted to travel with my grandfather(who died a couple of years before) I urgently called my mom and she started crying telling me the story how my grandmother would always tell my mom and my aunts if she was ok she would touch their feet. Then we called the step grandfather to confirm that she passed. The dream was bc she needed help..my step grandfather kept her on his alter (until he passed a couple of years later) instead of releasing her ashes with my biological grandfather (my mom pleaded with him..”she was my property I will do what I wish” was his response and then took him to court which she lost they were married after all) My grandmother is free now with my grandfather at peace wherever they shall roam together. My mom took both their ashes and released them where they previously asked to be released. She would also tell my roommate when I was speeding dangerously by throwing razor blades and shaving cream at them. They would call and be like can you slow down we are afraid to go down the hallway…the shaving cream hurts. 😂 I miss her spunk.

@delightdelirium1 28 күн бұрын

@@user-bs4wf9pe1s My grandmother (Nanny) will stall my dad's cars at red lights. It's saved him from being T-boned a few times! She was always worried about him and his love of cars. 💛

@carolnickell6147 27 күн бұрын

"my property"????

@OtakuMan05 9 ай бұрын

There's a story my cousin told me about working in Disneyland during the late 1980s. The year before I was born, she was told a story by her supervisor at the park. One night, when her supervisor was starting, she saw the light on in the firehouse apartment that Walter had spent some time living in. She went up to turn the light off and as she was leaving, the light came back on completely on its own and a voice told her, "Young Lady, please don't turn the light off again, I'm still working...".

@melodym7045 9 ай бұрын

I would have freaked out! 😱

@julesr677 Ай бұрын

She should have answered him! It might have been an interesting conversation!

@Odanti Ай бұрын

That ghost was Walt Disney! Awesome story! ❤️🙏❤️

@emilysbd Ай бұрын

I don’t think I would have freaked, but later on when I’m decompressing, I’d probably be so confused and think I was nuts.

@ashlieweckle4558 Ай бұрын

Could have been a time slip.

@jamba622 9 ай бұрын

I grew up in Chicago and as high school kids back in the 70s it was a common weekend night activity to go looking for Resurrection Mary. We never saw her though. Bachelors Grove was the other haunted Cemetery in the Chicago area

@huchlvr 9 ай бұрын

Oh yeah! When we moved to the Chicagoland area, I did research on the area for my own knowledge. Bachelor's Grove and the Gray Lady from Orpah's offices stuck with me more than Resurrection Mary. I always wanted to investigate Bachelor's Grove (I love cemeteries, they're so interesting - esp older ones), but I never got down there and now we live in NC.

@carolynspencer7558 7 ай бұрын

I once went to a presentations from Nancy Roberts, a NC author of ghost stories. She told us attendees, that every state in the US, has it's own hitch hiking ghost legend.

@Fireoflearning 7 ай бұрын

I believe it

@GloriaGloom 9 ай бұрын

It's not autumn until Fire of Learning uploads a 46 minute video on the paranormal.

@Fireoflearning 9 ай бұрын

Lol 😆

@jonathangasana 8 ай бұрын

Growing up, the house that I lived in had to have a ghost running around. It was clear to my siblings and I that we weren’t the one’s living in our house. Just so much unexplained stuff went on over the years, we weren’t freaked out or anything but it was clear that a ghost was lurking around.

@paulchen7628 7 ай бұрын

Could just be a raccoon

@Bajannubian095 7 ай бұрын

@@paulchen7628😑

@paulchen7628 7 ай бұрын

@@Bajannubian095 hey im just being honest here. My family thought there was little ghosts runnin around but turned out to be a family of racoons livin in the attic

@paranormalpabs3745 7 ай бұрын

Maybe you could do an Irelands most famous ghosts episode. Really enjoyed this along with the English ghosts episode

@docfortune 9 ай бұрын

These are all great. The Bell Witch and the one about the lady who was followed by the poltergeist seem both easily explainable as someone with a grudge trolling the people involved. "Kate" obviously had a grudge against some family members and not others, implicating a scornful or jealous family member "haunting" the living out of spite or revenge. The one about Jackie started up when she left her ex. Then it stopped when they got back together. Then it started again when they broke up suggesting the ex was messing with Jackie to scare her back into needing him again.

@danhutson3460 9 ай бұрын

My mother & other family members had one on one incounters with sprits, some good, but mostly bad. I have even had one with my dad after he passed. I was not afraid, after all I loved him. He was a great father!

@TheMeJustMe75 9 ай бұрын

The Headless Horseman is as famous as the Bell Witch. Since I live in Tennessee, the state capitol is also haunted but only the upper rooms below the tower. When I was a kid you had free reign to go just about anywhere in the capital except the tower. I was actually chased out of those rooms by an unseen presence but could feel someone touching me to push me out of the room into the hallway. The door slammed behind me. A security guard actually saw me come out of the room and started laughing. He knew exactly what happened and told me it happened to him so he just doesn't go in those rooms unless has another person with him.

@TherealRNOwwfpooh 7 ай бұрын

We know who the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow officially is. His name in life was Heinrich Range, who was a Hessian grenadier who lost his head via cannonball fire atop Miller Hill during the Revolutionary War's Battle of White Plains.

@julesr677 7 ай бұрын

I always thought it was just a story by Washington Irving, I didn’t know it was based on a real person! I am Australian and I have always loved American history especially the War of Independance! I believe when the brits lost the American colonies they needed somewhere else to send their convicts and so they chose Australia! So I exist, thanks to those American patriots!

@OfJournalandJourney Ай бұрын

@@TherealRNOwwfpoohyes you’re right! I worked in Irivington for a time and would pass by SleepyHollow all the time, it was really lively especially during Halloween 🎃

@TherealRNOwwfpooh Ай бұрын

@@julesr677 A lot of the characters of THE LEGEND were based on real people (THE Headless Horseman = Hessian grenadier Heinrich Range's decapitated vengeful specter on phantom horseback, Icabod Crane = Lifelong skeptic war colonel Icabod Bennett Crane by name + displaced skittish schoolteacher J. Merwin in terms of his at-the-time modernized Connecticut Yankee education & chosen profession of schoolmaster as well as getting cruelly pranked by superstitious locals, Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt = Braggadocios blacksmith & experienced horse rider Abraham Martling, Katrina Van Tassel = Catrenia Van Tassel by name [Catrenia is Old Dutch for Katrina] but her vivacious niece Eleanor Van Tassel-Brush in terms of the literary coquette's pot-stirring personality, not to mention the real world fact that the Van Tassels genuinely were an influentially affluent family of the region).

@julesr677 Ай бұрын

@@TherealRNOwwfpooh Thankyou for telling me this! It makes the story so much more compelling knowing they were real people! If my circumstances allowed I would love to visit the US to see these places. You are so lucky to have such history!

@josepacheco5428 9 ай бұрын

My friend’s mother contributed to the resurrection Mary’s tale . At night she would go across the street to the cemetery fence and walk back and forth. With a white bed sheet over her .

@paulchen7628 7 ай бұрын

Lmaoo😂

@ayshamohammed1397 2 ай бұрын

I live in Iraq and have seen a Dark Watcher or as I call him a shadow man. I am a teacher and had many experiences with this entity. I am a Muslim and pray 5 times a day. My room always seemed cold and there were some seats my students refused to sit in. Once a students seat was pulled away from her and she fell on the floor. I was meditating between classes one day when I was attacked and hit extremely hard on my shoulder but thwre was no one there. Thw same day a fan turned itself on and it qqs not plugged in. The door knocked but there was no one there. Later on another student ran out of the class claiming something was playing with his hair , this student refused to study in the class. All this happened on thw same day. The Institute's kitchen was also haunted. Finally our Institute had to move. I should say many people say they would not study there. They all say the shadow man

@happygardener28 9 ай бұрын

A consideration about Resurrections Mary, many young ladies in the 1920s * 1930s would have the middle name Mary and would use that rather than their first name (which was in honor of a grandmother, god mother or a notable aunt).

@pattyjones6285 9 ай бұрын

And records could have been lost or burned. The record keeping wasn't as good back in then as well

@CrossOfBayonne 8 ай бұрын

I spoke to an old women who was born in 1927, She remembered World War II as most of her classmates were actually KIA fighting in Europe and Pacific theatre.

@amydianegm 9 ай бұрын

I am a life long Tennessee resident and grew up with the legend of The Bell Witch. There is something shivering about Adams. It’s a precious town for certain but there’s just something unexplainable there. I’ve traveled quite a bit and have been fortunate to experience many “haunted” locations. The Winchester Mystery House, Alcatraz, The Lalaurie Mansion in New Orleans. I even spent the night in Lizzie Borden’s home but there is nothing as chilling as the country setting of Adams Tennessee.

@saharhajivandi3986 4 ай бұрын

Wow lucky you😻

@laquietagray9323 Күн бұрын

I been in the bell witch cave the energy is bad. I believe since there was Cherokee and a graveyard and Kate Batts was angry I believe that she was taught to conjure a skinwalker.

@larrywakeman4371 9 ай бұрын

Yes they DO know it- Gerry Payless said on Unsolved Mysteries it was Mary Brigovy. 1934. RIhcard Crow was also on that episode of Unsolved Mysteries, with darker hair ;) !!!

@jared1870 9 ай бұрын

You did a great job, particularly with the Bell Witch, even having to be brief you still mentioned lore about her that I had not encountered before.

@womansworkproductionco 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate the research you put into the story about Resurrection Mary.

@NightOwl64 7 ай бұрын

I SO appreciate that you don’t play music in the background. Much better to focus on content. Thanks, this is a cool post👻🖤

@sandragrant1785 9 ай бұрын

My two aunts lived very near the cemetery, and my sister lives right across the street, and they saw the bars that were scorched and bent, before the bars were replaced, obviously. I've always wished id been there with them... I visited my chicago family often, and lived and worked next to the cemetery, and my sister lives right across the street, but I missed seeing the earlier days. I drove up and down Archer ave looking, but never saw Mary. But it was thrilling.

@Godspeed7955 9 ай бұрын

My dad told me a story when he picked up a guy on a highway and took him to a local Walmart. It was a 10 - 15 min drive and my dad said he was the nicest guy he's ever met and brought him so much joy to talk to him. When he parked and dropped him off he walked around the car and as soon as he walked into the cars blind spot he vanished.... I NEVER believed this story until I started watching this video this and it gave me chills... crazy..

@jamesrobiscoe1174 8 ай бұрын

Oh yes, and there are more. There's one abut a woman picking up a hitchhiker in upstate New York one winter storm and having a long and pleasant chat for miles before letting him out where he wanted and him vanishing leaving no prints in the snow. This lady was very credible and straight-forward in her telling, and quite believable. All is takes is one authentic story to make us know such things do happen.

@1TakoyakiStore 9 ай бұрын

I've been skeptical of the existence of ghosts for most of my life. Shared hallucinations, a brief glimpse in the corner of your eye, carbon monoxide poisoning, low frequency sounds, or even hallucinations caused before a seizure. The possible causes are endless. However a ghost sighting witnessed by my grandmother in the 1920's seemed to break all the expected explanations. She swore that as a little girl her family was coming home from a family funeral. After everyone got inside the house a ghostly form within an open casket set upright blocked the door. At first it was completely solid, but then over the course of an hour slowly became transparent and eventually fading away entirely. It was the only way in or out of the house and so blocked everyone from leaving if they wanted to. This was not a fleeting moment. It was witnessed by multiple people. And the area it occured in had no signs of paranormal activity before or after the event. I'm sure there's a logical answer, but that one always was a head scratcher.

@GFY11 9 ай бұрын

It's nothing. Just people lying to get attention.

@lightmetamorphosis 9 ай бұрын

It's simple, the spirit realm is real and people's souls can glitch out and become trapped between realms.

@juneyshu6197 9 ай бұрын

I saw it, in my apt. no denying anymore!

@frenchys_prospecting 9 ай бұрын

I've only had 2 experiences myself. One was a strong feeling of someone suddenly standing behind me. I'm just thinking "why does it feel like someone I know?" Then I started thinking I was going a bit crazy but my friend sitting across from me suddenly said "I can feel it too" We say like that for a few minutes until whatever it was went away. The second time we were talking about my friends girlfriend and how her ex passed away several years ago and all of a sudden we all feel someone in the room. Like all of us at the same time and we all kept looking towards the same part of the room. Someone said "it's *friends new girlfriends ex) and out of nowhere the dog starts yelling and running away from some unseen hand and that went on for at least a minute Do I believe in "ghosts"? Idk but there's something going on that we haven't discovered yet. The supernatural is just the natural not yet explained

@GFY11 9 ай бұрын

@@frenchys_prospecting 😄 my dog was barking at a corner of the kitchen the day my cousin died. Never did it before and not since then.

@thecoolcreativebuildchanne2613 9 ай бұрын

Great video! I really love the Resurrection Mary ghost stories for some reason! Ever since I was a kid back in the 70s! Thanks for a great episode!!🙂👍

@lp4265 9 ай бұрын

I have encountered ghosts since I was five years old. They still visit. From the Bay Area where I grew up, to the Monterey county all the way to the British Virgin Islands. I’ve been asked if I am afraid of these ghosts and I reply,”no, actually I feel privileged “

@shzarmai 5 ай бұрын

Excellent material for the anime, Dark Gathering

@demisemedia 9 ай бұрын

Just in time 👻 The weather is starting to finally cool down! My son and I are putting up some cozy Halloween decorations! Can’t wait for the leaves to start turning red and orange 🍁 I’ll definitely be watching your Halloween documentary, it’s an annual tradition now lol Thanks!!

@Pollicina_db 9 ай бұрын

Oh god here in south Europe its nowhere near autumn, its still hot like in the summer and I just can’t wait for actual autumn to come

@demisemedia 9 ай бұрын

I’m sorry to hear that. I do like summer but only for about 2 months and when it’s not too hot lol Cmon Autumn 🍂 We need ya!! Where at in south Europe are you?!

@nicholasgiokas4939 9 ай бұрын

I live just a couple of miles from Resurrection Cemetery. I have been by there countless times, and even alone at night. Can’t say I ever ran into Mary, though. I also once went on a Chicago ghost tour that the late Richard T. Crowe used to organise back in the late 80’s. Ironically, he is now buried at Resurrection Cemetery as well. Can’t say I’ve run into Mr. Crowe either.

@hwowwhwoo 9 ай бұрын

YIPPIE YIPPIE YIPPIE I love this series of videos, every year towards the beginning of fall I watch through your Halloween and cryptid videos to get into the mood. you are incredible at cultivating an atmosphere with just your voice and some visuals

@agent_ninety9 9 ай бұрын

My dad, a Vietnam veteran, a logical &practical thinker, saw a ghost as a child. He would have referred to this as "hooey" if it hadn't happened to him. I'm not going to tell the entire story, but it was up close & personal.

@dfuher968 9 ай бұрын

That "Old Man of San Pedro" tale really screams of being an invention. From the many similarities to the guys earlier case, that was made into a Hollywood movie, to the many inconsistencies, like claiming theres no wind, while wind chimes are heard, and my personal "favorite", thats the so-called entity is described as an old man, yet by their own claims, he was born in either 1902 or 1912 and murdered in 1930, which would make him either 18 or 28 years old, when he died. Hardly an old man.

@je-rc2cl 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful presentation!

@tricivenola8164 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. And wonderful visuals! I think the little lady in LA with the Ghost Stalker simply needed attention to an hysterical degree. Love the Grey Man and Bell Witch, I am subscribing.

@kimi70 9 ай бұрын

Great video. I hope you will do more of these.

@potatopirate5557 9 ай бұрын

Shadow people are a common observation by even people who have never heard of such a thing and are seen everywhere, around the world, even in homes. I think it has to either be an artifact of the human brain or something that is actually there but we don't yet understand. I'm sure many sightings are simply a misinterpretation of a shadow or something but most couldn't possibly be. They are a very interesting subject.

@JMurdochNZ 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Informative and grounded.

@joannewilson1162 9 ай бұрын

This is the first video that I have watched on this channel. I really enjoyed it! Definitely have a new subscriber!!!! 😊

@quietone748 8 ай бұрын

I just discovered your channel today. I admire your excellent writing. I appreciate that you speak slowly and clearly. Many YT creators don't do that. You have presented cases here that are well-known, but present them so that even someone like I who has heard them many times can enjoy hearing about them again. The imagery used is paired perfectly the narration. Thank you! Made my evening!

@Fireoflearning 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@dancingdingo 9 ай бұрын

I ain't afraid of no ghost 😮... Ghostbusters!

@samanthasandefer4995 7 ай бұрын

This was so cool and fascinating! Thank you so much! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

@davidkillin8466 9 ай бұрын

Awesome. Been looking forward to the content here. Always informative and entertaining 👍🏻

@leslieannportlock257 Ай бұрын

Well done you have given me more ideas for my craft room. Thank you so much xx ❤

@saltydog4443 5 ай бұрын

This is a very interesting story please write more.

@bookwormaddict3933 9 ай бұрын

The Bell Witch sounds like a demon rather than an actual ghost.

@AriaIsara 7 ай бұрын

I was thinking something more like a boggart (household spirit or land spirit). In european folklore it is said it slaps people when they sleep or take the sheets away. It can live in the house or in natural places like marshes or caves. On google if you search "elemental spirit bell witch" you'll find an interesting article on the Llewellyn website about the theory that the bell witch was a land spirit.

@thenotoriousdrbreen 9 ай бұрын

i love your videos on supernatural topics

@michellemunro2309 9 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed listening to these stories, I loved how you presented them with an unbiased point of view.

@angeladetrizio9522 8 ай бұрын

Great video. I’m happy I found your channel. Excellent job ❤❤❤❤

@Clemeaux_ 8 ай бұрын

These are fantastic, love all of your videos. Ghost, UFOs, to great Summaries of History. Genuinely couldn't be better.

@patrickclune3600 2 ай бұрын

Excellent narration, topics and presentation

@elisabethvaughn446 9 ай бұрын

I was recommended this video (first from this channel) and put it on for bedtime. Had no idea what story was being told besides the title. I got so excited! I grew up right across the street from this cemetery! Still watching the video, but it's super cool when you go to the entrance and see the bars bent (how she leaves the cemetery)

@mccabber24 9 ай бұрын

Oh Fire of Learning, we *need* more of these. Much, much more.

@narcissusnarcosis614 9 ай бұрын

Oooh lovely! Excellent work as usual. Please gift us some further spooky vids this season. 🥰🥳

@josephcollins6033 9 ай бұрын

You do a fine job of presenting these stories. I appreciate the open thinking and that you offer possibilities against as well as for the claims. You also speak well and have a nice voice. I can understand every word! Thanks!

@El_Omar2203 9 ай бұрын

So as for the Tennessee ghost: - Is said the wife of the family made some of the story up. - Tha ghost apparently was mostly nice and compassionate to her. - The ghost blamed a distant family member. - The ghost slapped the children and others at night. - The ghost apparently poisoned the husband and killed him. - The ghost mostly identified with a female name. So... what are the chances the wife was crazy and killed her husband?

@ladyv5655 9 ай бұрын

That was my thought. That or there was a servant/ slave woman who hated most of the family.

@Rileydidit93 2 ай бұрын

Love the campfire series! You have many similar interests as I do. Plz keep making more!!

@wendyaftowicz7570 8 ай бұрын

This was fantastic thank you!! I'm hype!

@ladyhonor822 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SIR

@EdenValentine-bt4yq 7 ай бұрын

PLEASE never stop the campfire series this literally made my night.

@johnc.truett6625 9 ай бұрын

I hope to see more spooky subjects like this though I’ll watch anything you post and love it!

@TheGhostQuarter 8 ай бұрын

I like that this was a no nonsense video.

@JD_1776 9 ай бұрын

Always love the campfire videos on this channel! good to watch late at night

@timmitchell8784 9 ай бұрын

Yes please do a second episode. This was great and I like your style.

@m.streicher8286 9 ай бұрын

I know you love history and I also love history, but your cryptid, alien, etc videos are some of my favorites on the site. These probably fall under the umbrella of history, but you know what I mean hopefully.

@noreenclark2568 9 ай бұрын

Interesting content I have liked and subscribed, I look forward to more stories

@jonniemae818 8 ай бұрын

Very well spoken, thank you.

@risboturbide9396 9 ай бұрын

Another amazing piece of work. Your cryptids videos were awesome; this one is, too. Cheers! 🍻🍻

@rwm4738 9 ай бұрын

I love that Dr. Evil narrates this.

@veleouria 8 ай бұрын

omg this is the first time i watched this and didn’t fall asleep and i just freaked out cuz you did not just mention my town san pedro !!!! 😹😹😹

@ralphmichaels643 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video & learning experience 👍🏻

@almanook3005 8 ай бұрын

Otherworldly experiences have always happened; all kinds of them. However, most individuals and even communities will keep these to themselves. I'm from Northern Alaska and I have heard many ghost stories. I've also seen some apparitions but was too small to give but a general account. In those innocent times I predicted things that came true but my religious upbringing forbade me to speak about it. I know of at least one other who had the ability to prophecy. We were forbidden to do it again and we eventually lost most of it. I sometimes still predict but I keep it to myself.

@joseybryant7577 9 ай бұрын

If this becomes a series, and branches out to the rest of the world, I am begging you to include Gef the Talking Mongoose. It is the most interesting ghost story I've ever read. Yet barely anyone talks about it.

@themajesticmagnificent386 2 ай бұрын

I’ve heard about the talking mongoose and I remember it freaked me out..

@Miapetdragon69 9 ай бұрын

1:47 I know all about Resurrection Mary... I grew up in Chicago... And my daughter's father and his friend were out trying to see if they could find her.... Guess what? they found her, it scared the hell out of them....😂🤣

@andreajanota6258 9 ай бұрын

My uncle saw resurrection Mary. She was spotted by others the same day we found out later on, the witnesses included police officers. She was heading east on Archer ave. My uncle said she disappeared a couple of blocks down the road from where he spotted her. Years later I found out a friend of mine seen her as well. I haven’t heard of anyone seeing her recently. I am sad about the willowbrook burning down. I had my homecoming dance there.

@marniehenry6138 9 ай бұрын

I agree please make some more I enjoy watching your stories please do some more

@jess53nz 9 ай бұрын

I loooove that you tried to find reasonable explanations for them, instead of just assuming everything is ghosts like so many others. More please! Maybe British ghosts?

@jorgelopez-pr6dr 9 ай бұрын

Hummm....like the floating head of Charles Stuart searching for "Old Noll" in Chavenage House in UK?

@jackiejermeay6568 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very interesting😊

@donnalewis4895 9 ай бұрын

More accounts like these would be nice. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

@kilocorleone4124 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant content my man

@gregorymcmahon876 8 ай бұрын

Very good Ghosts Documentary.

@sherrit1964 9 ай бұрын

I’ve been to the Bell Witch cave, it was sometime in the 1970’s. Nothing happened in the cave. But when we were going back to our car the tour guide said some people when leaving would have car trouble. Their car would not start and after some time their car would start with no trouble. Sure enough our car wouldn’t start. My sister kept trying, but flooded the engine! I was crying and scared. After some time she tried again and it started and we hightailed out of there! 🤷🏻‍♀️👻

@AriaIsara 7 ай бұрын

With all these stories it really sounds like some sort of trickster spirit who enjoys messing with people. The way the witch was supposedly pulling the sheets away or slapping the girl when she slept also falls in that category.

@greghoyt4061 7 ай бұрын

I’ve experienced the same thing when departing from an old cemetery on the other side of the neighborhood (I’d normally have no issue walking a short distance like that, but it was the middle of January), which contained distant relatives from the 18th Century. I got into my car to leave and turned the key… nothing. Tried again… nothing. I looked up through my windshield and at the headstones and said, “really??? We’re family…” I tried again - started right up.

@GalactikEdits 9 ай бұрын

this mans videos are criminally goated

@shakhawathossain4083 8 ай бұрын

01:00 Resurrection Mary(1939), Archar avenue, Justice village, Illinois. 11:27 The Dark Watchers (approx.100 yrs old or more), St Lucia Mnt range, Central California. 16:58 Bell Witch (1817), Robertson county, Tennessee. 28:04 Unknown Encounters(1988) , Los angles, California. 39:39 The Grey Man(1822), Paulie's Island, Central South Carolina.

@lp4265 8 ай бұрын

I started seeing spirits/ghosts when I was five years old. They talked to me. My last encounter was about a year ago. I also feel their presence around me but only late at night. I saw one of the ghosts while traveling with my husband in Virgin Gorda at the Little Dix Bay resort. This was in 1984. When I told the locals about my sighting, they changed the subject, the hair on their arms stood up and their faces, although a soft mocha brown, now almost white. I then did research and found that a plantation owner from the 1700s or earlier, had been in love with a woman and she was in love with him, but then he had to leave on a ship for England to bring back supplies for his farm. He was gone so long ( remember no phones, letters took weeks , even months, to reach another), that she feared he was killed. After five years she went on to marry another and then when the plantation owner returned and found out, he was devastated and killed himself. The locals as well as the research I did, say he returns to this spot where he died, looking for his love hoping she will come back to him. After learning this, it made sense.