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[Josh] The Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal
was a monumental

and deadly feat
of American engineering.

All those men down here...

I mean, those bodies floated
all the way down the Potomac.

[Josh] But today,
this historic waterway

and its crumbling ruins

are said to be a hotbed
of paranormal activity.

That was a scream.

[Josh]
Locals are reporting
violent encounters

with mysterious spirits.

There's this figure,

all of a sudden, he turns
around and looks at me...

-Oh, my God!
-[Jessica Chobot]
What the [bleep]?

[Josh] It's my team's
most terrifying
investigation yet...

Did you die here?

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa!

What the hell was that?

Phil, the alarm went off.

...as Jess and Phil
confront a dark chapter

in our nation's history.

Definitely where
the bodies are kept.

Oh, my God,
something touched me.

[narrator reading]

My name is Josh Gates.

In my travels,
I've experienced strange
things that defy logic

and made me
question everything.

Oh, my God.

Now, I've put together a team
to investigate the stranger
side of the unknown.

Let's go.

Phil Torres is a scientist
who hunts for
rational explanations.

Jessica Chobot's paranormal
research has made her
a true believer.

Phil, did you see that?

I just saw something
run across.

Together, we're searching
for answers...

What is that?

...to the world's most
extraordinary mysteries.

This isExpedition X.

So, what if I told you
that many people believe

that the most haunted
spot in America

is not an old house,
it's not a hotel,

it's not even some
Old West ghost town.

Instead, it's a 184-mile
stretch of water
and wilderness

known as the C&O Canal.

I would say you've got me.
I have not heard
of this before.

-Did you just stump Jess?
-I got you!

-Yeah, you got me.
-Wow, that's tough to do.

This is a place that a lot
of people don't know about.

And a lot of these haunting
stories there have never
been investigated.

But, ghosts or no ghosts,

this canal is a terrifying
slice of American history.

1785, Mount Vernon, Virginia.

With the bloodshed of the
Revolutionary War behind him,

General George Washington
sets his mind to bringing
trade goods inland

from the Eastern Seaboard
to ports along the Ohio River.

First, he must improve
the navigability of
the Potomac River.

Washington enlists a workforce
that hand-digs a series
of canals that run parallel

to the Potomac to skirt
five treacherous waterfalls.

1825. President James Monroe
signs a bill to pick up where
Washington left off.

The new plan is to build
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,

which results in a massive
184-mile waterway

stretching from
Washington D.C. to
Cumberland, Maryland.

The price tag, $367 million
in today's dollars.

But the real cost of the canal
is the loss of hundreds
of workers' lives

during its construction.

With a workforce often paid
in whiskey and cigarettes,

drunken brawls and
deadly riots break out.

Gruesome accidents
and even cold-blooded murder
are all too common.

1861. The Civil War.

More blood spills into the
canal when over 200 Union
soldiers are massacred

on the bank of the Potomac
at the Battle of Ball's Bluff.

In the days and weeks that
follow, ghostly screams and
apparitions of soldiers

believed to be fleeing
the battle are reported in
the neighboring C&O Canal.

Operations on the canal
ceased in 1924.

And today, almost a century
later, paranormal encounters
are regularly reported here.

Some believe it is the
wandering spirits of slain
soldiers that haunt the area.

While others are convinced
it is the tortured souls
of former canal workers

who suffered violent deaths.

The most recent sighting
occurred only days ago

near an abandoned
lock house on the canal.

There's this figure,
just standing there,
staring out at the water

and all of a sudden he turns
around and looks at me with
this stone-cold expression.

Then, he was just gone.

[Josh] Many believe these
phantoms and the concentration
of paranormal energy

are an echo of
the C&O Canal's
violent history

and the reason
ghostly incidents are being
reported to this day.

So?

Look, this is undoubtedly
a fascinating time in
American history.

And there was a lot
of tragedy, there was
a lot of death.

But this canal is along
the Potomac River.

There's gonna be
a lot of wildlife there.

So, when people say
that they hear things
or they see things,

I just wonder if those
are all just cases
of misidentification.

Okay, so you're telling me
you think birds and deer

are being misidentified
as a ghost.

Yeah.

What's the canal
being used for today?

Not much. You know,
the canal era obviously
gave way to more efficient

modes of transportation
and the C&O Canal
was basically abandoned.

Except for the ghosts.

I've said it before.
If you go someplace spooky

and you think you're
gonna see a ghost,

you're gonna convince yourself
that you're seeing a ghost.

And I've said it before,
that ghosts appear where
there is tragedy.

And this place
was soaked in blood.

Your mission is to
get to Virginia,
get to the C&O Canal,

bring your enthusiasm,
your skepticism, and see
if you can experience

what people have been
reporting here
for generations.

-All right. We're on it.
-Let's do it.

Happy hunting.

[Josh] On their way
to Virginia,
my team drives 238 miles

from New York City through
Potomac, Maryland.

A town that, during the
Civil War, played host to over
18,000 Union troops.

Today, it is one of the
most affluent cities
in the United States.

And the scenery as you drive
along the Potomac is also,
well, kind of perfect.

[Jessica] Well, isn't this
a nice bit of Americana.

It is.
It's beautiful out here.

[Josh] Running alongside
the Potomac here is the
mostly derelict C&O Canal,

which abandoned operations
nearly 100 years ago.

I gotta admit, I had no idea
this canal existed and
it's kinda sad because

so many people put so much
effort into building it.

-Yup.
-And now it's
just kind of in ruins.

Yeah.

The Battle of Ball's Bluff,
that was what, 15 miles
north of here?

Yes. What an unfortunate name.

What? Because of
the "Ball's" part?

Yeah. Exactly because of
the "Ball's" part.

-What else would it be?
Not the "Bluff" part.
-Real mature, Jessica.

Not the "Bluff" part.

[Jessica] We arrive on
the Virginia side of the
Great Falls National Park

near the site of the infamous
Battle of Ball's Bluff.

With so many casualties,
I think the spirits of the
slain soldiers could explain

why many believe this area
is the epicenter of paranormal
activity on the canal.

So, we've arranged a meeting
with Suzanne Trussell,

an archaeologist and
consultant with the Allegany
County Historical Society.

So she says she wanted
to meet us at the top
of the trail.

-Okay.
-So let's get up there.

It'll give us a great
vantage point.

We're hiking to an
elevated perch that will
give us a great view

up and down the Potomac River
and would have provided an
unparalleled scouting location

for soldiers during
the Civil War.

-Suzanne. Hello!
-Did I tell you I was
scared of heights?

Suzanne's extensive study
of the area's history,
has revealed new evidence

that proves people
have been reporting
ghostly encounters here

since as far back
as the Civil War.

-Well, Suzanne...
-Hi.

I'm not gonna say this was
the easiest place to get to.

I wanted you to be able to see
the Potomac River
here behind us.

Wow.

[Phil] Seeing this treacherous
section of the Potomac River,

you quickly understand why
they needed to build the
C&O Canal to skirt around it.

And just upstream from here,
is the historic battle site
of Ball's Bluff.

This battle was a complete
catastrophe for the Union.

[Suzanne] We now have
two armies facing each other,
separated only by a river.

They don't know how many
soldiers each side has.

The Union Army sends
a small troop over.

The problem was the river.
They couldn't get
reinforcements over.

Their commander, Edward Baker,
was shot. And it was
just pandemonium.

Men were just jumping over
the edge and jumping in
the water.

[Josh] On October 21st, 1861,
the Battle of Ball's Bluff

saw more than 200 Union
soldiers killed and almost
1,000 gravely injured

or captured while fleeing
Confederate guns and
canon fire,

with soldiers leaping off
100-foot cliffs, down to
the rocky river below.

This has been referred to as
as the most atrocious
military murder

ever committed in our history.

[Jessica] Suzanne, you said
you found something in the
archives you wanted us to see.

Well, I have a soldier's
journal here I want you
to take a look at.

-Oh, nice!
-There's an entry in there
I want you to read.

It was written about a year
after the battle.

[Jessica reading]
"October 1862.
We were sent on picket

on a strip of land between the
Potomac and the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal

nearly opposite
of Ball's Bluff.

Never were such weird sounds
heard at this spot in the
blackness of night.

Moans, groans, growls
and screeches. Those men who
were tremendously agitated.

Some of them heard the
slashing of oars
and strained their eyes

nearly out of their sockets
to see who was coming.

There was something weird
and ghastly about this place,

where so many good men
were murdered, that almost
stopped our hearts."

So he's reporting about people
seeing and hearing ghosts.

-Yeah.
-Do you believe that there's
ghosts here?

People do report hearing
sounds and feeling things.

So there's something that some
people are picking up on.

Ball's Bluff is quite a spot
in the landscape.

And the terror of just fleeing
all Hail Mary outta there.

I could see where that
would imprint the landscape
a bit.

[Jessica] The Union soldier's
journal proves that paranormal
activity has been reported

here since the time
of the Civil War.

And it coincides with
a slew of recent reports
from this area.

Our investigation will begin
at the spot that potentially
started it all.

The battlefield
of Ball's Bluff.

[Phil] Well, should
we hike up to the top?

After hearing more about
the battle earlier today,
I had an idea

and arranged for a surprise
at the top of the bluff.

You know how you've been
asking me to get more into
this whole paranormal thing.

-All the time.
-I decided to play along
a little bit.

And I got us a trigger item.

-You did not.
-I did.

-Did you really?
-I did.

Oh, my God, you got us
a canon?

Just like they used
150 years ago.

[Jessica] This is awesome.

-We gonna light this thing up?
-Oh, my God, yes!

[Jessica] A trigger item is
an object that might be
meaningful

or have historical relevance

to the spirit you're
trying to contact.

The fact that Phil is
suggesting we use one,
either means he's finally

coming around as a believer
or he just likes to
blow[bleep] up.

And now is the fun part.
I need a charge.

[Jessica] If any spirits of
fallen soldiers
still roam this area,

the sound of canon fire just
might get their attention.

So now, we're
officially loaded.

Well, if this doesn't wake up
the ghosts in this area,
I don't know what will.

-All right, ready?
-Ready.

Three. Two. One.

-All right, ready?
-Ready.

Three. Two. One.

-Oh... my... goodness!
-Holy crap!

I felt that in my,
like, bones.

I'm surprised I didn't get
knocked over.

Well, I think we've officially
woken up any spirit for miles.

[Jessica] I say we head
back down the ridge
towards the water.

-Then see if this stirred
anything up.
-All right.

[Jessica] I'm hoping the
canon fire triggers
a paranormal response

from any Civil War soldiers
that died here.

Near the water's edge,
I conduct a call and
response session

with a digital
scanning device.

Paranormal researchers
believe that spirits are
able to communicate

through radio frequencies.

Is there anyone here
with us right now?

[indistinct human voice
on device]

Are you a soldier here?

[static on device]

Did you die during
the Battle of Ball's Bluff?

If the spirits of slain
soldiers are with us,

they're not making themselves
known here on land.

I'm not really getting much.

So I'm ready to move
our investigation
to where

most of the deaths from
the Battle of Ball's Bluff
actually occurred,

in the water.

There's rumors of spirits
all up and down this river,
so what better way

to search for them
but by floating down
the Potomac.

Our destination is five miles
down river
to lock house 25,

a 200-year-old canal house
where just a few days ago

a strange apparition
was reported.

-All right, you ready?
-Ready.

It's real heavy.

Come on, you work out.

As we travel south, we'll stay
alert for any unusual activity
along the river bank.

The soldiers that died during
that battle, those bodies

floated all the way
down the Potomac.

There could be any number
of hauntings by the canal.
Like, who knows.

Right here, look right here.

Oh, what is that?

[Phil] I think that's
part of the canal.

Who knows what old equipment
is left in there.

As the tide changes,
they could be
making some noises.

So what you're telling me
is that the sounds that people
are reporting hearing

of whaling and ghosts

in this area is actually
old machinery.

I think it could explain
some of it.

I am really glad that you
said it explains "some" of it.

-Yeah.
-But not all of it.

Let's turn on
the night vision,
scan the trees,

scan the shoreline,
scan the ruins, and
see what we can see.

Okay. All right.

All right, cameras.
Let's go to night vision.

[suspenseful music playing]

[distant screaming]

Over there.

That was a scream.

Oh, yeah, that was
a total scream.

And that was not
the canal creaking.

Do you see anything
through the night vision?

I'm not seeing anything.

I say we gotta get on shore.

Oh, it's about
to come down hard.

[Jessica]
Let's get our stuff on.

That scream sounded like
it came from the direction
of lock house 25.

Oh, check that out!
Look at that!

Holy...

-Look at that.
-I think that's it.

All right, let's find
a way up.

-[Phil] Oh, my gosh.
-Look at this place.

[Phil] Lock house 25 was
originally built
to house the family

who operated the adjacent lock

to allow cargo vessels
to pass.

But this lock house saw
its share of tragedy,
as well as trade.

During the Civil War
the residence
was quickly converted

into a makeshift
triage hospital and morgue for
wounded and dying soldiers.

Today, this historic property
has been preserved by
the National Park Service.

This place is unreal.

We have potential
Civil War soldiers
that might have stayed here

or died in this area.
I feel like this is what
I wanna explore.

Well, we also know
that right outside here,

people report hearing noises.

We heard for ourselves
what sounded like a scream.

So I wanna get in the canal,
see if I can just find
some kind of explanation,

natural or otherwise,
for what people
experience here.

So you want to sweep
the outside and I'll sweep
the inside?

-Yeah, sounds good.
-Okay.

[Phil] Next to the lock house
is a portion of the canal that
once contained an old lock.

These structures once
allowed cargo boats
to travel upriver

and navigate
elevation changes.

Boats would enter the lock,
the operator would close
the gate

and the water would rise.

When released, the water
would surge out and create
enough momentum

to propel the boat forward.

Today the lock is in ruin,

a shell of its former self.

And I believe some of
the strange noises people
report in the area

could be coming from
the wind or wildlife echoing
inside this chamber.

Oh, [bleep], look at that.

Oh, my God.

Look at the size of that.

That is a huge
snapping turtle,

which has insane
bite force,

could easily take off
a finger.

So I'm gonna be
very careful when
I'm in this water.

It gets deeper.

Okay. Oh, [bleep].

It's a leopard frog
right here.

I guarantee you,

if this frog
called out right now,

it would sound
so weird in here.

Look at the walls
of this place.

This thing is like
a audio funnel.

The way it just shoots out
noise and distorts it,

it just plays
a trick on the ear.

And in a place with
this much history,
this much tragedy,

this many rumors of ghosts,

that could explain
why people think
this place is haunted.

All right, let's just
get started.

Who is here?

Are there any
Civil War soldiers
in this home?

We're getting something,
but it's so faint I can't tell
what they're saying.

What's your name?

Oh, my God.

Daniel, are you a soldier?

Did you die during
the Battle of Ball's Bluff?

Did you work on the canal?

18 years.

It said "keep moving."

Do you not want us here?

Whoa. [bleep]

That was downstairs.

It said "keep moving."

Whoa. [bleep]

That was downstairs.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa!
[shushing]

What the hell was that?

Hear it again, hear it again.

I kid you not, it sounds like
there are footsteps here.

I don't know what's going on
down here.

Oh!

Something moved.

God, this place.

Okay.

Whatever I saw out of
the corner of my eye was
likely just an animal,

but I'll admit,
it got my hair
standing on end.

Oh, look at this.

Oh, [bleep].

We have an entire tunnel.

I can't even see the end.

[Jessica] For a few months,
this was a field hospital

that tended to soldiers
with gruesome injuries,

which in most cases
proved fatal.

I follow the sound
to the basement,

a place that back then
was filled with the dead.

This is definitely where
the bodies were kept.

[static on device]

Daniel, are you here?

[Phil] I really want
to figure out
where this tunnel leads,

because I have a feeling
this thing goes underneath
the lock house,

and in my mind, that would
explain so much of what
people are hearing.

So...

Oh, it's cold.

Holy [bleep], there's some
big spiders in here.

That's huge.

Hey!

[static on device]

If you're there, let me know.

[bleep], my God,
something touched me.

Holy [bleep],
I'm out of here.

It's getting pretty deep.

I found the exit, okay.

Oh, my gosh.

You see that?

That's the house.

I just went underneath
the house.

-Jess.
-Phil.

Oh, my God.
I totally got pushed
by a ghost.

Uh, what?

I was down in that basement
and something totally like
checked me.

-Come on.
-Yes.

-Come on, Jess.
-Yes, I got it all on tape.

What happened with you?

Well, for one thing,
I got inside the canal,

sounds just bounce around
so weird down there.

Additionally, I just crawled
underneath the house.

What? No, you did not.

Noises bouncing around
underneath the house

could make you hear
something in the house.

What do you think
you're dealing with
inside there?

I don't think we're dealing
with Civil War soldiers.

Oh. Why not?

I specifically asked,

"Are you a Civil War soldier?
Were you part of
the Battle of Ball's Bluff?"

No response at all.

The minute I said,

"What was your name and
how long have you worked here
at the canal?"

I got "Daniel" and "18".

Okay.

[Jessica]
After a long investigation,

we return to the boat
and head upriver.

The spirit that called himself
Daniel didn't identify himself
as a soldier.

So I'm left wondering
if the paranormal activity
along the canal

is a result of
the canal workers

who died from the intolerable
work conditions.

As a new day dawns,
we're greeted by a message
from Josh

asking us to check in.

Hey, Phil and Jess,
what's the 411 on the C&O,
how's it going?

I went in the canal, I went
in some of the old tunnels
and I've just been finding

that the acoustics play
some really weird tricks
on you.

So I've really been leaning
into that as an explanation
for some of the moans

and creaks and screeches
that people are hearing.

But then, on the other hand,
Jess had a brush
with something.

I was doing
a call and response in
the lock house basement,

something slammed into me.

[bleep]. Oh, my God,
something touched me.

-Oh, you mean literally.
-Literally.

You're not the only person
to have experienced
something like this.

There was another encounter
that a woman had

about 100 miles north

just recently

at a very infamous location
known as
the Paw Paw Tunnel.

Another person claimed, uh,
that they had an attack.

Well, I'm not claiming,
because mine happened.

I believe you, and you,
I think, have to get to this
tunnel to investigate.

Yeah, we're on it.

[Josh] With no time to lose,
I've arranged a helicopter

to take Phil and Jess
to the Paw Paw Tunnel,

so they can meet
the new eyewitness
before nightfall,

because she's scared to talk
near the tunnel
after dark.

And since the team wants
to focus on the former workers
that died building the canal

they can finally see the scope
of what those laborers built.

We're travelling about
a 100 miles northwest

from the site of
the Battle of Ball's Bluff
where we were last night

to the Paw Paw Tunnel,

just over half
of the canal's total length.

[pilot speaking]

[Phil speaking]

For the construction of
the C&O Canal,

the Paw Paw Tunnel
was a literal shortcut,

boring through over
a half mile of solid rock

and constructed using
more than six million bricks.

It has been called
the greatest engineering
marvel of the canal,

and with hundreds
of men losing their lives,
maybe the deadliest.

Over the years,

there have been
countless reports
of mysterious shadows

and disembodied voices
emanating from inside
the tunnel.

And just two days ago,

a local eyewitness claims
she was physically attacked
by an invisible force.

She's agreed to go on camera
but due to the intense nature
of her experience,

she requested
we obscure her identity.

Hi.

Hi. Nice to meet you guys.

[Phil]
Thanks for meeting us here.

That's the tunnel?

Yeah, that's
the Paw Paw Tunnel.

[Jessica] So this is the spot

where you said
you were attacked.

Yeah. I was

here with my friends,

and they had
gone up ahead a little bit,
so I was alone,

and I came into the tunnel

and I felt something hit me.

It felt like it was trying

to push me into the canal.

It felt malicious.

Did you see anything?

There was nobody there.

I mean,
that kind of reminds me

of what happened
to me in the lock house
in the basement.

[Phil] Something pushed you.

What do you think
that something is?

I don't believe in ghosts.

I, you know, I'm not sure
what it was.

All I know is what I felt.

Thanks for sharing your story.

Thanks for listening.

Ready to do this?

-Let's go.
-All right.

[Phil] Look at this place,
like,

it is super dark.

-Yeah.
-Very cold. Very creepy.

I just,
seeing a ghost is one thing,

but that
physical touch aspect,

it's just-- it's a little hard
for me to believe.

Why? I mean, I felt something
in the lock house.

That's true.

I actually think it's weirder
trying to build this thing.

All those men down here...

-Yeah.
-...in the dark,

trying to carve
through bedrock,

and they had tons of cave-ins.

Yeah. I feel like
that would--

-Oh, my God!
-What the [bleep]?

All those men down here...

-Yeah.
-...in the dark.

I feel like
that would--

-Oh, my God!
-What the [bleep]?

[Jessica] What was that?

Something just touched my leg.

Something touched your leg?

Jess, don't give me that look.

-Like--
-I'm just saying.

-Look, look, look!
-What?

There's a bat right there.

Maybe it was a bat
that flew by my leg.

And I got
just a little bit scared.

Oh, just a little bit scared?

Maybe more than a little bit.

[Phil] Look at all this water.

[Jessica] See,
water's obviously
seeping in from outside.

And if water's coming through,
I wonder if some air

could come through, too.

During construction,

two sets of vertical shafts
were dug out
from the hill above

and plummeted
400 feet into the tunnel.

They were used
for ventilation,

to haul rocks to the surface,

and to send supplies
and bricks down.

And those shafts might be
the key to explaining

all of the paranormal activity
reported here.

Is that what you're thinking
is making the noises
that people are reporting?

I think the noises.
It could explain

what pushed someone, too.

-There could be
a shaft here...
-Mmm-hmm.

...that causes wind
to come out of this

and then super uneven ground.

[Jessica] Yeah.
You get freaked out,
catch your toe and trip.

Yeah.

I'm not buying it.

Maybe it was
one of the dead workers.

Phil might not buy
the idea of a ghost attack,
but I do.

So I'm pulling out
all the stops tonight.

Here's what I'm thinking.
Let's set up the laser grid.

I'll have this pointing
out that exit on that end.

You have that one pointing
out that exit on that end.

That way, anything that
crosses in front of it

should set off these alarms.

So once it's set,
you have 30 seconds to
make it out of the tunnel.

Okay. Done.

We're dealing with a ghost
that can generate enough force

to actually push someone over.

So it's possible, that it can
produce enough mass
to interact with a person.

If that's the case
it will trigger these
laser trip wires

and set off an alarm.

All right. Time to
get out of here.

While Jess stays
to commune with the spirits,

I'm headed outside

to see if I can locate
any of the old shafts
that might be

generating strange sounds
due to air being forced
in or out of them.

And I'm breaking out
the thermal camera to help.

One way to detect

air from the tunnel
making its way
all the way up here

is by looking for cold air.

So anything cold

coming up from the tunnel

is gonna really, really
stand out as a deep blue.

Is there anybody
in this tunnel?

Were you a worker here?

Did you die here?

Oh, right here.

It's about ten degrees colder

than all of
the surrounding area.

There's definitely
an opening here.

Oh, I got something!

Look at this!
Look at that.

This takes us exactly back
to the time period

of when people were up here
making bricks, sending them
down below,

building out that tunnel.

I've located one
of the old shafts.

Though it's 8-foot opening
is now covered up,

I want to monitor the sounds
reverberating within
the shaft itself.

So I've created my own device.

A funnel connected
to a stethoscope

which will amplify any sounds
coming from inside.

Oh, my God.

Holy [bleep].

This is absolutely insane
what I'm hearing.

That is wild.

This sounds like a moan.

Which, let's be honest,
that's what people report
hearing around here.

While I needed a stethoscope
to hear it tonight,

it's possible the sound coming
from inside the shaft

could intensify under
different wind
and pressure conditions,

making it audible without
the aid of special equipment.

Is there anybody here with us?

Were there many fights amongst
the workers here?

Were you angry about
the conditions working--

[machine beeping in distance]

The clash between
North and South
was the deadliest conflict

in American history.

And as a result,

many Civil War battle sites,

including the location
of the Battle of Ball's Bluff,

where Phil and Jess
started their investigation,

now live on
in paranormal infamy.

But it's a lonely
and notorious field

in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,

that many claim

is the most haunted.

While walking the grounds
of this former battlefield,

visitors often report
the malfunction

of personal cameras
and cell phones.

Only to have them
work perfectly again
once they leave the area.

It's said that
disembodied cries,

the sounds of horse hooves,

drums and gunfire

can still be heard
echoing in the wind.

Some have even insisted

that they've seen the spirit
of General Robert E. Lee.

Now, whether you believe in
ghosts and the afterlife,

there's no debating
that the storied battlefields
of the Civil War

should forever be revered
as hallowed ground.

Were you a worker here?

Were you angry about
the conditions working--

[machine beeping in distance]

The alarm went off.

[panting]

Hello?

But I'm not seeing anything.

Let's do the ghost box
one more time out here.

[static on device]

Was that you that set off
the alarm in the tunnel?

Did you hear that?

Were you a worker here?

[gasps] Oh!

Were you part
of any of the violence here?

[cracking]

[gasps]

Something just threw
a [bleep] rock.

Phil. You copy?

Yeah, you good?

Something set off the alarm.

Ran out here,

starting using the ghost box,

asked a few questions,

and then something
threw a rock at me.

And it happened right when

I said, "Were you a part
of any of the violence
here in the tunnel?"

All right, Jess.
That is crazy.

Why don't you come down here?

All right, sounds good.

[Jessica]
So tell me what you found.

So I used
the ground stethoscope,

and I swear to you,
when I listened

to the earth,
I heard what sounded
exactly like a moan.

[faint moaning]

I actually think
I was able to document

the sound of air
passing through the hill.

So it could be
coming out through
some of these side bricks.

Do you think it could be
coming out strong enough
to push somebody over?

That's hard to say, but that's
my best guess right now.

Did you hear any moans?

I didn't hear any moans,

but I did hear
our alarm go off.

So something
set off the laser.

We know there are
bats in there.

Okay, one flew out.

[Jessica] It's possible, but

I'm still pretty sold on
the response we got
from the ghost box.

Right when I asked
the question,

"Were you part of the violence
here in the tunnels?"

a rock was thrown at me.

Do I think that
there are the remnants

of that struggle

here that can be tapped into?

Yeah.

[Josh] The 184 miles
that make up
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

have become synonymous
with paranormal activity.

While the team did not
capture visual evidence
of an apparition,

Jess believes she did make
contact with something.

Twice.

[Jessica]
It said "keep moving."

Do you not want us here?

[Josh] Phil heard
mysterious footsteps while
investigating...

It sounds like
there are footsteps here.

...and seems to have been
touched by something
inside the Paw Paw Tunnel.

-Oh, my God!
-What the [bleep]!

After analysis of the video
of the laser grid in
the tunnel,

you can see what appears to be
a shadow pass through it

at the exact moment
the alarm was tripped.

Could the shadow
have been cast by a bat?

Or generated by a paranormal
force, as some would claim?

Phil did collect
compelling evidence
that the ghostly moans

associated with the tunnel
could be attributed

to the howling winds
reverberating inside
the mountain.

This is absolutely insane
what I'm hearing.

[Josh]
But knocking someone over?

That is less explainable.

The C&O Canal has seen
more than its share of death.

And as paranormal reports
continue to surface,

even skeptics like Phil
are hard-pressed
to explain away everything...

That was a scream.

...that is seen and felt...

[gasps] Oh, my God!
Something touched me!

...along America's
haunted canal.

For more information
on Expedition X,

head to
discovery.com/expeditionx.