1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,100 [Josh] On this episode of "Expedition X"... 2 00:00:04,267 --> 00:00:05,167 [Phil] Fire! 3 00:00:05,334 --> 00:00:06,767 [marching music plays] 4 00:00:06,767 --> 00:00:10,000 [Josh] Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is the site of the bloodiest 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,000 battle in America's history. 6 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,200 In the Battle of Gettysburg, there were 51,000 casualties. 7 00:00:16,367 --> 00:00:20,868 [Josh] But some say the Civil War era fighting still rages on today, 8 00:00:20,868 --> 00:00:23,868 now between the living and the dead. 9 00:00:25,067 --> 00:00:27,667 I've seen full-body apparitions, head-to-toe. 10 00:00:27,834 --> 00:00:30,367 Y'all have so much paranormal activity here! 11 00:00:30,367 --> 00:00:33,767 [Josh] Witnesses claim a terrifying Phantom Regiment marches 12 00:00:33,934 --> 00:00:36,667 through the town and its historic battlefields. 13 00:00:36,834 --> 00:00:40,000 His left cheek, it looks like it's been just ripped off. 14 00:00:40,167 --> 00:00:41,667 [Phil] This sounds like a horror movie. 15 00:00:41,667 --> 00:00:44,200 -[Dominik] I'm terrified. -[ghostly groans] 16 00:00:44,367 --> 00:00:45,467 Can you show yourself? 17 00:00:46,467 --> 00:00:47,567 We have a face. 18 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,467 This chair was just moving! 19 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:53,000 [Josh] Phil and Heather face the fight of their lives 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,200 as they make war... 21 00:00:54,367 --> 00:00:55,868 What the... Heather! 22 00:00:55,868 --> 00:00:57,467 [Josh]...with the ghosts of Gettysburg. 23 00:00:57,634 --> 00:00:58,667 [Phil] Look at this! Look! 24 00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:00,367 [gasps] What? 25 00:01:04,467 --> 00:01:06,400 [theme song plays] 26 00:01:14,868 --> 00:01:15,801 All right, guys. 27 00:01:15,968 --> 00:01:17,367 I want to talk about Gettysburg. 28 00:01:17,534 --> 00:01:18,601 Big topic. 29 00:01:18,601 --> 00:01:21,100 Ultimate battle of the Civil War, turning point 30 00:01:21,267 --> 00:01:23,801 for the Union Army, and a decisive victory over 31 00:01:23,968 --> 00:01:24,968 Confederate forces. 32 00:01:24,968 --> 00:01:26,968 And the largest battle in American history. 33 00:01:27,133 --> 00:01:29,100 -And the bloodiest. -Well done, history nerds. 34 00:01:29,267 --> 00:01:31,567 You know your stuff. But I bet you didn't know this. 35 00:01:31,734 --> 00:01:34,267 The locals say the fight has continued with the ghost 36 00:01:34,434 --> 00:01:36,100 of those that have died on the battlefield. 37 00:01:36,267 --> 00:01:37,601 Uh, OK. Go on. 38 00:01:37,767 --> 00:01:39,267 Well, there's reports of paranormal activity 39 00:01:39,434 --> 00:01:40,767 all over Gettysburg. 40 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:42,467 We're talking phantom cannon blasts, 41 00:01:42,467 --> 00:01:44,367 shadow figures in military uniform, 42 00:01:44,367 --> 00:01:46,000 and even violent poltergeists. 43 00:01:46,167 --> 00:01:47,467 Fascinating. 44 00:01:47,467 --> 00:01:50,400 But, you know, look, if you're a paranormal believer, it also 45 00:01:50,567 --> 00:01:51,667 hardly seems surprising, right? 46 00:01:51,834 --> 00:01:54,601 This was death on an industrial scale. 47 00:01:54,767 --> 00:01:57,567 We're talking thousands who died in brutal battle, 48 00:01:57,567 --> 00:01:59,000 brother against brother. 49 00:01:59,167 --> 00:02:01,267 If anywhere in America is haunted, 50 00:02:01,434 --> 00:02:03,167 it's got to be Gettysburg. 51 00:02:06,267 --> 00:02:08,267 [marching music plays] 52 00:02:11,667 --> 00:02:15,467 July 1st, 1863, the Civil War has been raging 53 00:02:15,634 --> 00:02:16,868 for two and a half years 54 00:02:16,868 --> 00:02:19,167 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee 55 00:02:19,167 --> 00:02:21,267 leads his troops north. 56 00:02:21,267 --> 00:02:23,767 They collide with Union soldiers just outside 57 00:02:23,934 --> 00:02:27,701 of the small, sleepy town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 58 00:02:27,868 --> 00:02:30,000 [soldiers roaring] 59 00:02:30,167 --> 00:02:31,567 [blasts] 60 00:02:31,567 --> 00:02:35,100 [Josh] The fighting quickly escalates to envelop the entire town 61 00:02:35,267 --> 00:02:36,868 and surrounding farmland. 62 00:02:37,033 --> 00:02:41,601 For three days, 165,000 soldiers on both sides 63 00:02:41,767 --> 00:02:44,300 clash in brutal, bloody combat. 64 00:02:46,701 --> 00:02:48,367 Bullets tear through flesh. 65 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,167 Minié balls shatter bones. 66 00:02:52,901 --> 00:02:56,634 Shrapnel shells turn men into red mist. 67 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:02,000 The town is the bleeding heart of the war zone. 68 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,667 Makeshift hospitals spring up in family homes and inns. 69 00:03:05,834 --> 00:03:10,067 Amputations are so common that piles of severed limbs stack up 70 00:03:10,234 --> 00:03:11,167 taller than a man. 71 00:03:17,767 --> 00:03:22,167 When the smoke finally clears, around 8,000 men are dead, 72 00:03:22,334 --> 00:03:24,501 with 30,000 more wounded. 73 00:03:24,667 --> 00:03:26,968 It is the deadliest battle of the Civil War 74 00:03:27,133 --> 00:03:28,868 and America's history. 75 00:03:29,033 --> 00:03:31,567 The locals, stunned and grieving, are left 76 00:03:31,567 --> 00:03:34,300 to bury the dead in shallow graves. 77 00:03:34,467 --> 00:03:37,868 Miraculously, only a single civilian, Jennie Wade, 78 00:03:37,868 --> 00:03:39,667 dies in the crossfire. 79 00:03:39,667 --> 00:03:43,167 But the town is forever scarred and never at peace, 80 00:03:43,334 --> 00:03:45,367 because that's when the hauntings begin. 81 00:03:46,601 --> 00:03:49,100 The first published account of paranormal activity 82 00:03:49,267 --> 00:03:51,100 come in 1887, 83 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:53,467 with one newspaper article describing, 84 00:03:53,634 --> 00:03:57,501 quote, "supernatural sights and sounds on Gettysburg's 85 00:03:57,667 --> 00:03:59,367 Round Top Hill." 86 00:03:59,367 --> 00:04:02,667 In the years that follow, there are stories of full-body 87 00:04:02,834 --> 00:04:05,567 apparitions of soldiers seen throughout the town 88 00:04:05,567 --> 00:04:07,367 and surrounding battlefields. 89 00:04:08,601 --> 00:04:11,567 Today, visitors and locals regularly report 90 00:04:11,567 --> 00:04:13,701 disturbing encounters. 91 00:04:13,868 --> 00:04:16,868 In the South Cavalry battlefield, ghostly figures 92 00:04:16,868 --> 00:04:20,100 are seen marching silently in lockstep, 93 00:04:20,267 --> 00:04:22,868 and some hear the sounds of phantom cannons 94 00:04:22,868 --> 00:04:24,501 and disembodied screams. 95 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,367 In town, places that were on the conflict's front line, 96 00:04:29,367 --> 00:04:32,767 like the Farnsworth House Inn and the Jennie Wade House, 97 00:04:32,934 --> 00:04:35,667 are said to be plagued by violent poltergeists. 98 00:04:37,067 --> 00:04:40,567 Over 160 years after the fateful conflict, 99 00:04:40,567 --> 00:04:44,000 residents are convinced the war rages on, fought 100 00:04:44,167 --> 00:04:47,868 by the soldiers who will never surrender, even in death. 101 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,234 What do you think? 102 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,167 With so many compelling stories from all over 103 00:04:55,167 --> 00:04:57,000 the battlefield, we have to investigate. 104 00:04:57,167 --> 00:05:00,100 But stories really could be the key word here. 105 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:02,367 I mean, this battle isn't just part of the town's 106 00:05:02,534 --> 00:05:04,801 collective memory. It's part of our nation's. 107 00:05:04,968 --> 00:05:08,567 Every American knows the story of what happened there. 108 00:05:08,567 --> 00:05:11,267 So how could you go to Gettysburg and not be on edge, 109 00:05:11,267 --> 00:05:13,868 not feel like there's this tragic energy all around you? 110 00:05:13,868 --> 00:05:15,000 That's a fair point, right? 111 00:05:15,167 --> 00:05:16,767 I don't think there's a battlefield anywhere 112 00:05:16,767 --> 00:05:19,367 in America that's more emotionally charged 113 00:05:19,367 --> 00:05:21,601 than Gettysburg. So maybe it's not ghosts. 114 00:05:21,767 --> 00:05:25,467 Maybe people's imaginations and emotions are waging war. 115 00:05:25,634 --> 00:05:27,100 I just think there's more to it than that. 116 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:30,367 The spectrum and depth of reports are incredible. 117 00:05:30,534 --> 00:05:32,767 Eyewitness accounts, photos, videos. 118 00:05:32,767 --> 00:05:34,300 There's something else going on here. 119 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:36,567 All right, well, consider the "Expedition X" 120 00:05:36,734 --> 00:05:38,100 regiment deployed. 121 00:05:38,267 --> 00:05:39,901 Quick march to Gettysburg for maneuvers. 122 00:05:40,067 --> 00:05:43,000 Your mission is to find out what's really going on here. 123 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,567 See if you can experience what the locals are experiencing. 124 00:05:46,734 --> 00:05:47,834 Capture evidence. 125 00:05:47,834 --> 00:05:51,701 And find out if Gettysburg is truly still at war. 126 00:05:51,868 --> 00:05:53,367 -We're on it. -Good luck. 127 00:05:53,534 --> 00:05:55,000 Thanks. 128 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,467 [Josh] It's about a four-hour drive from New York to the town 129 00:05:57,634 --> 00:05:59,868 of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 130 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:02,300 And from the moment Heather and Phil arrive, 131 00:06:02,467 --> 00:06:04,267 they're overwhelmed by the history. 132 00:06:05,167 --> 00:06:08,367 [country music plays] 133 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:09,601 [Phil] Wow! 134 00:06:09,601 --> 00:06:13,167 Take a look around -- Gettysburg battlefield. 135 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,300 It's one thing to read about it in the history books, 136 00:06:17,467 --> 00:06:21,100 but to actually be here and look at these battlefields, 137 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:23,000 it gives you a whole new perspective. 138 00:06:23,167 --> 00:06:24,767 It's beautiful countryside. 139 00:06:24,767 --> 00:06:29,000 It's hard to imagine the carnage that was here. 140 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,367 And what's wild is that in these fields, there are 141 00:06:32,367 --> 00:06:34,968 well over a thousand bodies that 142 00:06:35,133 --> 00:06:37,267 still have not been recovered and accounted for. 143 00:06:38,801 --> 00:06:42,667 While the battlefields cover about 11,000 acres of land, 144 00:06:42,834 --> 00:06:44,868 the town at its center is only about 145 00:06:44,868 --> 00:06:47,000 one and a half square miles. 146 00:06:47,901 --> 00:06:49,968 This must be it. 147 00:06:50,133 --> 00:06:53,501 Heather and I head straight to the historic Farnsworth House, 148 00:06:53,667 --> 00:06:57,767 named after 25-year-old Union General Elon Farnsworth, 149 00:06:57,934 --> 00:07:00,100 who died heroically at Gettysburg. 150 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:01,601 -[Doc] Hello. -[Phil] Hey, how are you? 151 00:07:01,767 --> 00:07:06,167 We're meeting local historians Christina Rowand, Doc Weitzel, 152 00:07:06,334 --> 00:07:08,968 and Val Capone to hear firsthand accounts of how 153 00:07:09,133 --> 00:07:12,167 the battle engulfed the town and the paranormal activity 154 00:07:12,334 --> 00:07:13,467 that's allegedly resulted. 155 00:07:13,467 --> 00:07:14,767 OK. 156 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:17,901 So, this is a map of the Battle of Gettysburg? 157 00:07:18,067 --> 00:07:19,100 -Yes. -Correct. 158 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:21,667 So, everybody hears about the battlefields. 159 00:07:21,834 --> 00:07:23,767 What we're really interested in is 160 00:07:23,934 --> 00:07:25,868 what was happening in town. 161 00:07:25,868 --> 00:07:28,200 [Doc] The town is the battlefield. 162 00:07:28,367 --> 00:07:33,567 It's the first example of urban warfare here in America. 163 00:07:33,567 --> 00:07:35,200 We're in the Farnsworth House right now. 164 00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:37,300 How does it fit in this battle? 165 00:07:37,467 --> 00:07:42,300 [Val] After all the carnage, the rear cellar was used as 166 00:07:42,467 --> 00:07:45,000 a temporary morgue. -[Heather] Oof. 167 00:07:45,167 --> 00:07:49,267 With hundreds of Union soldiers stacked down there. 168 00:07:49,434 --> 00:07:50,667 -Hundreds? -[Doc] Hundreds. 169 00:07:52,801 --> 00:07:55,167 And the cellar is where we have some 170 00:07:55,167 --> 00:07:57,267 of our most intense activity. 171 00:07:59,467 --> 00:08:01,767 I've experienced physical contact. 172 00:08:01,767 --> 00:08:04,067 I was setting up for a tour. 173 00:08:04,234 --> 00:08:06,601 They have pews down there for seating. 174 00:08:06,767 --> 00:08:10,868 When I'm near the back, there was a black figure 175 00:08:10,868 --> 00:08:12,667 sitting, looking at me. 176 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:16,300 It rose from the pew and was hovering, 177 00:08:16,467 --> 00:08:20,300 and I stepped backwards and I fell on the floor. 178 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:22,367 -[faded scream] -Put my hands up. 179 00:08:22,367 --> 00:08:26,267 Never felt threatened before in this way. 180 00:08:26,267 --> 00:08:30,667 You tell me you saw a full-fledged shadow spirit 181 00:08:30,667 --> 00:08:33,100 that looked at you and scared you so much you fell over? 182 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:35,167 -Yes. -Wow. 183 00:08:35,167 --> 00:08:38,901 One of the most frequent experiences that people 184 00:08:39,067 --> 00:08:43,200 will capture with their cameras, either in a picture frame or 185 00:08:43,367 --> 00:08:47,267 in our mirrors, is of what is called a "Shadow Man." 186 00:08:47,267 --> 00:08:51,567 He's dressed in all black. So tall, he reaches the top 187 00:08:51,734 --> 00:08:52,701 of the ceiling. 188 00:08:52,868 --> 00:08:54,167 Do you have any of those photos? 189 00:08:54,167 --> 00:08:57,067 -[Christina] I do. -OK. 190 00:08:57,234 --> 00:08:58,968 Whoa! 191 00:08:59,133 --> 00:09:01,701 [Heather] Ooh. And no one was standing there? 192 00:09:01,868 --> 00:09:02,868 [Christina] No, they were not. 193 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,367 That's creepy. 194 00:09:05,367 --> 00:09:08,000 We never see the Shadow Man with the naked eye. 195 00:09:08,167 --> 00:09:10,200 Just in the photographs, 196 00:09:10,367 --> 00:09:14,868 and the Jennie Wade House, the only house where a civilian 197 00:09:15,033 --> 00:09:17,167 was killed during battle. 198 00:09:17,167 --> 00:09:21,367 Jennie is making dough for the hot, hungry, and tired 199 00:09:21,534 --> 00:09:22,767 Union soldiers. 200 00:09:22,767 --> 00:09:27,467 She will be shot by accident by a sharpshooter's bullet. 201 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:29,868 It's going to penetrate two doors. 202 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:37,100 She'll be dead on that kitchen floor at 20 years old. 203 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:40,701 And there have been things that have happened that have made me 204 00:09:40,868 --> 00:09:45,200 say, "This is Jennie Wade." Like, we continuously 205 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:47,100 hear footsteps. 206 00:09:48,868 --> 00:09:53,167 People frequently smell bread baking in the house. 207 00:09:53,167 --> 00:09:54,567 Hm. 208 00:09:54,567 --> 00:09:56,000 About two blocks away from here, 209 00:09:56,167 --> 00:10:00,000 I decided to take a walk and see the town at night. 210 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,467 I noticed a paved path 211 00:10:02,634 --> 00:10:04,701 where the energy was so much different. 212 00:10:04,868 --> 00:10:06,100 Hm. 213 00:10:07,167 --> 00:10:09,367 And at that moment, 214 00:10:09,367 --> 00:10:11,567 I see full-body apparitions 215 00:10:11,734 --> 00:10:12,834 at the top of the hill. 216 00:10:15,267 --> 00:10:18,601 They were a spitting image of a Civil War soldier. 217 00:10:18,767 --> 00:10:22,300 I could see the cap down to their feet, and I was scared. 218 00:10:22,467 --> 00:10:25,868 And when I say scared, I'm talking about nightmare 219 00:10:25,868 --> 00:10:29,868 kind of scared. -That is a wild story. 220 00:10:29,868 --> 00:10:31,400 Other people see something like that? 221 00:10:31,567 --> 00:10:33,067 Other people see things like that. 222 00:10:33,234 --> 00:10:34,434 Really? 223 00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:37,067 Yes, out there drilling, marching, just as they would. 224 00:10:37,234 --> 00:10:38,901 They call them the "Phantom Regiment." 225 00:10:40,801 --> 00:10:42,767 Y'all have so much paranormal activity here. 226 00:10:42,934 --> 00:10:44,167 I know where I want to start tonight. 227 00:10:44,334 --> 00:10:45,467 -Let's get to it. -[Heather] Let's do it. 228 00:10:45,634 --> 00:10:47,000 -Thank you all so much. -Thank you all. 229 00:10:51,267 --> 00:10:52,901 Phil and I decide to split up. 230 00:10:53,067 --> 00:10:55,000 He'll investigate the Farnsworth House, 231 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,801 where Doc had a terrifying encounter 232 00:10:56,968 --> 00:10:58,400 with an entity in the basement... 233 00:10:58,567 --> 00:11:00,267 [faded scream] 234 00:11:00,434 --> 00:11:02,767 ...while I head over to the Jennie Wade House, 235 00:11:02,767 --> 00:11:05,601 where several witnesses have seen a mysterious Shadow Man 236 00:11:05,767 --> 00:11:07,367 appear in photos. 237 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:09,567 Later, we'll regroup at the edge of town, 238 00:11:09,567 --> 00:11:11,968 where Val reported seeing the Phantom Regiment. 239 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:19,367 [somber ambient plays] 240 00:11:21,501 --> 00:11:23,167 Oh, my gosh! 241 00:11:23,334 --> 00:11:25,400 That's from the bullet that killed Jennie Wade. 242 00:11:25,567 --> 00:11:27,567 -[gun blasts] -[woman groans] 243 00:11:29,901 --> 00:11:32,767 I'm placing myself in her exact position. 244 00:11:32,767 --> 00:11:36,267 I brought flour because Jennie Wade 245 00:11:36,267 --> 00:11:39,467 was baking bread for the Union soldiers. 246 00:11:39,467 --> 00:11:42,501 If Jennie Wade is still haunting this house, it could be 247 00:11:42,667 --> 00:11:44,000 a trigger object. 248 00:11:44,167 --> 00:11:47,467 So if there's anyone here with me, you can connect with me 249 00:11:47,467 --> 00:11:49,100 with these dowsing rods. 250 00:11:51,167 --> 00:11:52,868 You can cross for "Yes." 251 00:11:57,767 --> 00:11:58,868 Can you open wide for "No"? 252 00:12:02,901 --> 00:12:04,367 OK. 253 00:12:04,367 --> 00:12:05,667 Is there anyone here with me? 254 00:12:10,167 --> 00:12:11,267 "Yes." 255 00:12:12,801 --> 00:12:13,901 Are you Jennie Wade? 256 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:19,901 "No." 257 00:12:20,901 --> 00:12:22,067 OK. 258 00:12:24,467 --> 00:12:25,701 Are you the Shadow Man? 259 00:12:28,167 --> 00:12:29,267 "Yes." 260 00:12:32,367 --> 00:12:33,467 Were you a soldier? 261 00:12:40,167 --> 00:12:41,868 "Yes." Big yes. 262 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,567 Were you one of the snipers that murdered Jennie Wade? 263 00:12:49,901 --> 00:12:51,000 "Yes." 264 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:53,300 Big yes. 265 00:12:56,467 --> 00:12:57,567 I just got chills. 266 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,567 [soft footsteps] 267 00:13:01,734 --> 00:13:03,200 Did y'all hear those footsteps? 268 00:13:07,601 --> 00:13:09,067 OK. 269 00:13:09,234 --> 00:13:10,667 There's definitely something going on here. 270 00:13:10,834 --> 00:13:12,400 I need to go check out that noise. 271 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:20,300 [wood creaking heavily] 272 00:13:22,767 --> 00:13:23,868 Is anybody there? 273 00:13:27,067 --> 00:13:29,667 Oh, my God. This is the picture. 274 00:13:32,868 --> 00:13:34,100 Can you show yourself? 275 00:13:36,567 --> 00:13:38,901 I'm just gonna take pictures of every reflective surface 276 00:13:39,067 --> 00:13:41,267 that I can. I know you're here. 277 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,100 Will you show up in these pictures? 278 00:13:44,267 --> 00:13:46,167 [camera clicking] 279 00:13:46,334 --> 00:13:48,367 [mysterious music plays] 280 00:13:53,567 --> 00:13:54,868 Oh, my God! 281 00:13:54,868 --> 00:13:56,167 Yeah! 282 00:13:58,667 --> 00:13:59,767 We have a face. 283 00:14:04,968 --> 00:14:06,901 [mysterious music plays] 284 00:14:07,067 --> 00:14:08,701 [Heather] We have a face. 285 00:14:08,868 --> 00:14:11,367 Two eyes, nose, mouth. 286 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,667 Let me check the baby picture just to see. 287 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,267 You're kidding me! There's another one. 288 00:14:21,267 --> 00:14:24,167 I've got two separate really interesting pictures here. 289 00:14:24,167 --> 00:14:25,467 Look at this! 290 00:14:25,634 --> 00:14:28,634 Right here, nothing. No shadow. 291 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:33,000 Look at this one! 292 00:14:33,167 --> 00:14:37,267 That is the silhouette of a Shadow Man right there! 293 00:14:37,267 --> 00:14:40,267 And you can definitely see it's like a cavalry hat. 294 00:14:42,067 --> 00:14:44,067 I was taking that picture here, 295 00:14:44,234 --> 00:14:47,100 and that would have been behind me. 296 00:14:51,767 --> 00:14:54,801 [Phil] I head to the cellar of the Farnsworth House. 297 00:14:54,968 --> 00:14:57,501 It served as a makeshift morgue during the battle, 298 00:14:57,667 --> 00:15:01,367 and it's where Doc says he saw a terrifying shadow figure. 299 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,400 Oh, look, look, look, look. 300 00:15:11,868 --> 00:15:13,501 Did you see that? You got that? 301 00:15:14,601 --> 00:15:17,167 I swear that door just moved on its own. 302 00:15:19,467 --> 00:15:21,267 [creaking] 303 00:15:22,467 --> 00:15:24,100 It looked like it was opening. 304 00:15:26,367 --> 00:15:27,267 Don't feel any breeze. 305 00:15:27,434 --> 00:15:28,868 There's no draft going through here. 306 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,567 [creaking] 307 00:15:31,734 --> 00:15:33,167 Very weird. 308 00:15:38,567 --> 00:15:39,767 Oh, wow. 309 00:15:43,601 --> 00:15:46,367 They would stack dozens and dozens of bodies 310 00:15:46,534 --> 00:15:47,601 on each other in here. 311 00:15:47,601 --> 00:15:51,367 Where I am standing right now, the blood seeped 312 00:15:51,534 --> 00:15:53,868 into the ground. 313 00:15:54,033 --> 00:15:58,167 Looking at this floor, I wonder if it's slightly uneven. 314 00:15:58,167 --> 00:16:03,067 And when you step on uneven ground, it has been shown that 315 00:16:03,234 --> 00:16:07,367 it can trigger your brain to enter a state of adrenaline, 316 00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:10,801 a state of alarm, a state of there could be something wrong. 317 00:16:11,767 --> 00:16:15,300 You add that to the history of what factually happened 318 00:16:15,467 --> 00:16:19,467 in this room, that can warp your perceptions around you. 319 00:16:19,467 --> 00:16:20,801 I want to test the floors. 320 00:16:25,167 --> 00:16:26,467 Starting my audio recorder. 321 00:16:27,501 --> 00:16:30,868 I'm upstairs at the Jennie Wade House. 322 00:16:30,868 --> 00:16:32,100 My name's Heather. 323 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:34,467 I'm here to understand all the activity that's going on 324 00:16:34,634 --> 00:16:37,000 in Gettysburg. Can you tell me your name? 325 00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:40,767 "Help"? What do you need help with? 326 00:16:44,267 --> 00:16:45,367 "Pain"? 327 00:16:48,467 --> 00:16:50,167 Are you trapped here? 328 00:16:59,868 --> 00:17:01,000 This chair was just moving. 329 00:17:07,601 --> 00:17:08,767 Is there a draft? 330 00:17:10,367 --> 00:17:11,467 There's no draft. 331 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:14,767 I mean, there is no reason... 332 00:17:18,901 --> 00:17:20,000 Oh, my God... 333 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:26,501 I gotta get answers. 334 00:17:31,567 --> 00:17:34,767 Did you just make this chair move? 335 00:17:34,934 --> 00:17:36,067 "Yes." 336 00:17:37,767 --> 00:17:39,968 Are you the Shadow Man that showed up in pictures? 337 00:17:43,801 --> 00:17:45,868 "Yes." All right. 338 00:17:45,868 --> 00:17:47,000 Why are you still here? 339 00:17:53,701 --> 00:17:54,801 "Bled"? 340 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,868 "Leave"? 341 00:17:58,868 --> 00:18:00,667 "Leave"? I'm not leaving. 342 00:18:00,834 --> 00:18:02,300 I'm trying to get answers. 343 00:18:04,767 --> 00:18:05,868 Are you a soldier? 344 00:18:09,601 --> 00:18:10,868 Were you one of the snipers? 345 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,100 "Yes." 346 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,968 This is a laser leveler. 347 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:27,701 Look at the height of the laser on that block right down there 348 00:18:27,868 --> 00:18:28,968 on that floor. 349 00:18:29,133 --> 00:18:31,367 It's basically right at the corner, 350 00:18:31,534 --> 00:18:32,567 maybe a centimeter above. 351 00:18:32,734 --> 00:18:34,501 And then when you go over to this side, 352 00:18:35,868 --> 00:18:37,133 a significant slant. 353 00:18:37,133 --> 00:18:40,367 It's got that kind of uneven ground that can literally make 354 00:18:40,534 --> 00:18:42,467 Doc slip, fall backwards. 355 00:18:42,467 --> 00:18:45,167 When he said he was scared, it just makes it easier to kind 356 00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:48,367 of be knocked over and maybe feel like you're being pushed. 357 00:18:48,534 --> 00:18:51,701 When you are in a place like this, it can make even 358 00:18:51,868 --> 00:18:54,200 the slightest thing seem a little bit bigger, 359 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:56,000 a little bit scarier. 360 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,634 Maybe Doc's imagination got a little ahead of his reality. 361 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,167 Phil, do you copy? 362 00:19:05,267 --> 00:19:07,100 Heather, hey, what's going on? 363 00:19:07,267 --> 00:19:09,667 [Heather] The Jennie Wade House did not disappoint. 364 00:19:09,667 --> 00:19:13,567 I got the silhouette of a Shadow Man in a picture. 365 00:19:13,567 --> 00:19:15,868 And it's possible that I might have been communicating with 366 00:19:16,033 --> 00:19:19,000 the man who killed Jennie Wade. -[Phil] What? 367 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,167 That is crazy. 368 00:19:20,167 --> 00:19:21,601 [Heather] We got one more place to go tonight. 369 00:19:21,767 --> 00:19:23,067 Yes, we do. 370 00:19:23,067 --> 00:19:25,167 Want to meet in the middle over where Val saw that supposed 371 00:19:25,167 --> 00:19:26,667 Phantom Regiment? -See you there. 372 00:19:26,834 --> 00:19:27,801 Heading there now. 373 00:19:35,868 --> 00:19:40,667 So the top of the hill is where Val saw that Phantom Regiment. 374 00:19:40,667 --> 00:19:42,567 [ghostly groans] 375 00:19:42,567 --> 00:19:43,968 So I want to do what he did. 376 00:19:44,133 --> 00:19:45,968 He let his eyes adjust to the darkness 377 00:19:46,133 --> 00:19:47,567 and took in the world around him. 378 00:19:47,567 --> 00:19:49,567 I want to get into his headspace and see if I can 379 00:19:49,567 --> 00:19:50,701 get more activity. 380 00:19:50,868 --> 00:19:53,868 All right, well, I want to bust out the FLIR and use 381 00:19:54,033 --> 00:19:55,767 thermal vision, because look at this. 382 00:19:55,934 --> 00:19:59,000 This could be the largest patch of forest next to town, 383 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,567 meaning it's probably home to a lot of animals, things like 384 00:20:02,734 --> 00:20:05,300 groups of deer that may go marching at night. 385 00:20:05,467 --> 00:20:07,167 He saw the full outline of soldiers. 386 00:20:07,167 --> 00:20:08,567 [distant creaking] 387 00:20:08,567 --> 00:20:10,467 -[Phil] You hear that, yeah? -[Heather] Yep. 388 00:20:10,467 --> 00:20:11,501 [Phil] Something's moving down there. 389 00:20:11,667 --> 00:20:13,100 All right, I'll get the FLIR out. 390 00:20:14,267 --> 00:20:17,167 [beeping] 391 00:20:17,167 --> 00:20:18,701 All right, you work on your night vision. 392 00:20:18,868 --> 00:20:20,467 I'm gonna try to track down whatever that noise was. 393 00:20:20,634 --> 00:20:21,601 OK. 394 00:20:28,667 --> 00:20:30,267 Let's see if we can see anything. 395 00:20:31,901 --> 00:20:33,000 Is there anyone out there? 396 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,400 I really want to see this Phantom Regiment, so 397 00:20:40,701 --> 00:20:41,801 you can show yourself to me. 398 00:20:59,601 --> 00:21:01,667 What the... Heather! 399 00:21:01,667 --> 00:21:03,300 Heather, get over here! 400 00:21:05,601 --> 00:21:07,267 -[Heather] What was it? -[Phil] Look at this. 401 00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:16,400 [Phil] Look at this. 402 00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:17,601 [gasps] 403 00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:19,100 What! 404 00:21:19,267 --> 00:21:21,601 -Isn't that wild? -[Heather] That's incredible! 405 00:21:21,767 --> 00:21:23,367 [Phil] There's three of them! 406 00:21:23,534 --> 00:21:25,601 That was separate, distinct signatures. 407 00:21:25,767 --> 00:21:27,868 That could be the Phantom Regiment. 408 00:21:27,868 --> 00:21:29,200 [Phil] You don't see anything over there, right? 409 00:21:29,367 --> 00:21:30,601 [Heather] No. 410 00:21:30,767 --> 00:21:33,601 [Phil] I've never gotten anything like that on the FLIR. 411 00:21:33,767 --> 00:21:34,767 Let's get over there. 412 00:21:38,267 --> 00:21:41,567 [Phil] There's a trail leading into the forest. 413 00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:42,901 [Heather] You seen anything on the FLIR? 414 00:21:44,067 --> 00:21:45,868 [Phil] No, not yet. 415 00:21:45,868 --> 00:21:48,367 I don't feel any temperature changes. 416 00:21:48,367 --> 00:21:50,367 Doesn't feel like there's any cold spots. 417 00:21:51,367 --> 00:21:53,901 [Phil] Look, I say we give it a couple more hours, see if 418 00:21:54,067 --> 00:21:55,567 anything shows up on the FLIR. 419 00:21:55,734 --> 00:21:56,968 I'll go this way, you go that way. 420 00:21:57,133 --> 00:21:58,200 Yep, let's keep at it. 421 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:12,367 [Phil] Heather and I search for a few more hours without witnessing 422 00:22:12,534 --> 00:22:14,701 anything like those anomalies again. 423 00:22:14,868 --> 00:22:16,767 But Heather has seen enough. 424 00:22:16,767 --> 00:22:19,467 She's convinced this is the Phantom Regiment 425 00:22:19,467 --> 00:22:22,300 and she wants to learn more about who they could be. 426 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,501 I'm meeting with Dominik Drybola... 427 00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:30,767 [Dominik] How you doing? 428 00:22:30,934 --> 00:22:32,133 [Phil] ...another local who claims 429 00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:35,767 he came face to face with a troop of spectral soldiers 430 00:22:35,767 --> 00:22:37,300 on the battlefields of Gettysburg. 431 00:22:37,467 --> 00:22:39,267 So I understand you think you may have seen what people 432 00:22:39,267 --> 00:22:41,200 are calling the "Phantom Regiment." 433 00:22:41,367 --> 00:22:43,100 -Yeah. -Tell me your story. What happened? 434 00:22:43,267 --> 00:22:45,267 Me and my dad, we came out here about 2:00-2:30 435 00:22:45,267 --> 00:22:46,367 in the morning. 436 00:22:47,801 --> 00:22:49,868 As we look over Little Round Top, 437 00:22:50,033 --> 00:22:52,767 we see 12 soldiers coming up the hill. 438 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:55,367 -[Phil] Soldiers? -[Dominik] Yes. 439 00:22:57,667 --> 00:22:59,567 Gettysburg is known for ghost stories. 440 00:22:59,567 --> 00:23:02,000 Is there a chance that some people were dressing up 441 00:23:02,167 --> 00:23:03,467 and just trying to spook you? 442 00:23:03,634 --> 00:23:06,801 There shouldn't be anybody at 2:30 in the morning doing duck 443 00:23:06,968 --> 00:23:08,567 and cover in the middle of the night. 444 00:23:08,734 --> 00:23:09,734 Fair. 445 00:23:09,734 --> 00:23:12,100 My dad is spooked, so he kind of peels off. 446 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:14,167 I stay, and I just keep looking over. 447 00:23:14,334 --> 00:23:15,901 [soldier] Fire! 448 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,367 As I'm watching, I look to the right, and I see 449 00:23:20,534 --> 00:23:22,000 a full-body apparition 450 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,968 five to six yards from me. 451 00:23:27,167 --> 00:23:29,734 And it starts to approach me. 452 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,267 It probably got about five feet from me. 453 00:23:34,434 --> 00:23:36,300 I can start to make out facial features 454 00:23:36,467 --> 00:23:38,167 of what I believe a Confederate soldier. 455 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,167 His left cheek, it looks like it's been just ripped off. 456 00:23:43,334 --> 00:23:45,000 His left eye is gone. 457 00:23:45,167 --> 00:23:46,767 And I'm just staring at this guy. 458 00:23:46,767 --> 00:23:48,200 [Phil] What were you thinking? 459 00:23:48,367 --> 00:23:49,868 [Dominik] I'm terrified. 460 00:23:50,033 --> 00:23:52,367 I decided to turn around and make my way to my dad. 461 00:23:52,367 --> 00:23:54,968 And behind me, he sees apparitions follow me. 462 00:23:56,467 --> 00:23:59,367 You're telling me you didn't just see the Phantom Regiment. 463 00:23:59,367 --> 00:24:01,067 It sounds like you got chased out of here by them. 464 00:24:01,234 --> 00:24:02,267 [Dominik] I believe so. 465 00:24:02,267 --> 00:24:03,868 This sounds like a horror movie. 466 00:24:04,033 --> 00:24:05,901 Probably the most terrifying experience that I've had. 467 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,767 [Heather] I'm meeting with Gettysburg historian Mark Nesbitt... 468 00:24:12,767 --> 00:24:14,300 Mark, it's a pleasure to meet you. 469 00:24:14,467 --> 00:24:15,467 [Mark] Yeah, you too. 470 00:24:15,634 --> 00:24:17,067 ...to try to learn more about who 471 00:24:17,234 --> 00:24:19,901 the Phantom Regiment could be. 472 00:24:20,067 --> 00:24:21,467 Have people been able to narrow down 473 00:24:21,634 --> 00:24:23,267 who this Phantom Regiment is? 474 00:24:23,434 --> 00:24:25,267 [Mark speaking] 475 00:24:26,567 --> 00:24:29,067 So what do we know about General Farnsworth? 476 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:31,767 General Farnsworth was serving under General Kilpatrick. 477 00:24:31,934 --> 00:24:34,968 General Kilpatrick had the nickname "Kill-Cavalry." 478 00:24:35,133 --> 00:24:36,868 He was given that name by his own men because he was 479 00:24:36,868 --> 00:24:38,868 so reckless with their lives. -Hm. 480 00:24:39,033 --> 00:24:42,000 Kilpatrick ordered him to make a charge on horseback 481 00:24:42,167 --> 00:24:43,567 where horses really can't go. 482 00:24:43,734 --> 00:24:48,767 It was a tangle of fallen logs, rock fences this high. 483 00:24:48,767 --> 00:24:51,367 That terrain sounds like the worst place to send men 484 00:24:51,534 --> 00:24:53,067 on horses. -Absolutely. 485 00:24:53,234 --> 00:24:54,567 It was a suicide mission. 486 00:24:54,567 --> 00:24:58,767 When they found Farnsworth's body, he had five bullet holes 487 00:24:58,934 --> 00:25:00,200 in his torso. 488 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,868 So if the Phantom Regiment really is Farnsworth's unit, 489 00:25:03,033 --> 00:25:04,767 where exactly were those men killed? 490 00:25:04,934 --> 00:25:07,467 [Mark] Farnsworth's charge took place over in that area towards 491 00:25:07,467 --> 00:25:10,067 our Little Round Top, and that's where Farnsworth 492 00:25:10,234 --> 00:25:11,767 and his troops died. 493 00:25:11,767 --> 00:25:13,100 Where do we have the best chance of getting 494 00:25:13,267 --> 00:25:14,400 some activity? 495 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,267 I would go south of the battlefield because that's 496 00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:20,400 where Farnsworth and his troops were stationed before they were 497 00:25:20,567 --> 00:25:21,801 sent to their deaths. 498 00:25:21,968 --> 00:25:23,367 And that's where many of them were buried. 499 00:25:28,367 --> 00:25:31,100 [Heather] For tonight's investigation, we're heading south of town to 500 00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:33,667 an area of the battlefield near Little Round Top. 501 00:25:33,834 --> 00:25:35,767 And I've got the perfect way to get there. 502 00:25:37,801 --> 00:25:39,767 What did cavalrymen ride? 503 00:25:39,934 --> 00:25:41,400 -[Phil] Horses. -[Heather] Exactly. 504 00:25:41,567 --> 00:25:44,200 So there's this theory that the leader 505 00:25:44,367 --> 00:25:47,167 of the Phantom Regiment is actually General Farnsworth, 506 00:25:47,334 --> 00:25:49,467 who led a brigade of cavalrymen. 507 00:25:49,634 --> 00:25:51,167 [Phil] OK, namesake of the Farnsworth Inn. 508 00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:52,667 -[Heather] Yes! -[Phil] Wow. 509 00:25:52,834 --> 00:25:55,367 [Heather] And where we're headed is the southern battlefield where 510 00:25:55,367 --> 00:25:56,767 they set up camp. 511 00:25:56,767 --> 00:26:00,067 [Phil] OK, so you're seeing these horses as two giant trigger 512 00:26:00,234 --> 00:26:02,567 objects with hooves? -[Heather] Exactly. 513 00:26:02,567 --> 00:26:03,868 It's just over this ridge. 514 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:10,701 [Phil] Look at that cannon! And the camp! 515 00:26:10,868 --> 00:26:11,968 [Heather] I know! 516 00:26:12,133 --> 00:26:13,667 I had the re-enactors come and set it up to help 517 00:26:13,667 --> 00:26:16,567 with our investigation. -That is amazing! 518 00:26:16,567 --> 00:26:18,100 Please tell me I get to pull the pin. 519 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,400 Yeah, you do, but first you got to set 520 00:26:19,567 --> 00:26:21,267 up the cameras. -[Phil] All right, on it. 521 00:26:22,567 --> 00:26:24,467 [mysterious music plays] 522 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:28,100 [Heather] I brought all of these trigger objects to the spot 523 00:26:28,267 --> 00:26:30,501 where Farnsworth and his men spent their last night alive 524 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:32,667 to see if we can stir up any activity. 525 00:26:33,868 --> 00:26:35,968 To make sure we catch it, Phil is setting up 526 00:26:36,133 --> 00:26:38,567 surveillance cameras all around our replica camp, 527 00:26:39,767 --> 00:26:40,868 cannon, 528 00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:44,501 the pasture where many soldiers died, 529 00:26:44,667 --> 00:26:46,467 and the tree line where our witness saw full-body 530 00:26:46,467 --> 00:26:49,200 apparitions of the Phantom Regiment. 531 00:26:49,367 --> 00:26:52,000 Once we're set up, I lay out my plan. 532 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,801 We actually have three trigger objects, Phil. 533 00:26:54,968 --> 00:26:57,467 The cannon, the camp, and I'm gonna charge down 534 00:26:57,467 --> 00:26:59,567 this hill just like the cavalry would have done. 535 00:26:59,734 --> 00:27:02,200 OK, it's like our version of a cavalry reenactment. 536 00:27:02,367 --> 00:27:03,767 And when I yell "fire," let it rip! 537 00:27:03,767 --> 00:27:05,801 -You got it. -[Heather] All right. 538 00:27:05,968 --> 00:27:08,267 -You ready? -Yep, get this thing loaded. 539 00:27:08,267 --> 00:27:09,767 [Heather] All right, let's do it. 540 00:27:09,934 --> 00:27:11,701 [suspenseful music plays] 541 00:27:13,901 --> 00:27:15,567 Loaded. 542 00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:18,868 Whoo! Cavalry has charge. 543 00:27:19,033 --> 00:27:19,901 [Heather] Fire! 544 00:27:20,067 --> 00:27:21,601 [Phil] All right, Heather! 545 00:27:21,767 --> 00:27:23,767 Three, 546 00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:25,701 two, 547 00:27:25,868 --> 00:27:26,767 one, 548 00:27:26,934 --> 00:27:28,200 fire! 549 00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:29,667 [cannon blasts] 550 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000 [Phil] Fire! 551 00:27:35,167 --> 00:27:36,968 [cannon blasts] 552 00:27:37,133 --> 00:27:39,067 Whoo! All right! 553 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,501 Wow! That was really loud. 554 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,000 All right. Stay on walkie. 555 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:50,367 All right. 556 00:27:50,367 --> 00:27:53,267 With all our triggers in place, we get right to work. 557 00:27:53,267 --> 00:27:55,801 I'll be keeping an eye on the monitors for any activity 558 00:27:55,968 --> 00:27:57,501 while also doing a call-and-response session 559 00:27:57,667 --> 00:27:58,968 with the Spirit Box. 560 00:27:58,968 --> 00:28:01,501 Phil will move toward the tree line, keeping his eyes peeled 561 00:28:01,667 --> 00:28:04,400 for any of the shadowy soldiers witnesses have reported. 562 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,367 He's also equipped with a metal detector to see 563 00:28:07,367 --> 00:28:10,000 if he can uncover any direct evidence of the battle 564 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,667 that we could use in our investigation. 565 00:28:12,667 --> 00:28:15,000 [Phil] I want to see if I can experience some of these very 566 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,100 bold claims that people are talking about. 567 00:28:17,267 --> 00:28:20,868 And if this is where the South Cavalry was camped, 568 00:28:20,868 --> 00:28:23,901 maybe some of that history has been left behind. 569 00:28:24,067 --> 00:28:25,267 Now I've just got to find it. 570 00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:33,767 [somber ambient plays] 571 00:28:36,968 --> 00:28:39,167 -[device ringing] -Oh! Hey. 572 00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:42,767 That sounds sizable. 573 00:28:44,067 --> 00:28:45,267 We got something here. 574 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,901 I haven't seen anything at the surface. 575 00:28:53,968 --> 00:28:55,367 There's something solid in here. 576 00:28:56,667 --> 00:28:59,267 [gasps] What is that? 577 00:28:59,434 --> 00:29:01,467 Oh, a horseshoe. 578 00:29:02,901 --> 00:29:05,267 Look at those nails. Those do not look modern. 579 00:29:05,434 --> 00:29:06,400 They look flat. 580 00:29:08,167 --> 00:29:11,667 This could be a sign of cavalry. 581 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:15,267 Tangible evidence that could be from the exact moment 582 00:29:15,267 --> 00:29:17,200 in history that brought us here. 583 00:29:17,367 --> 00:29:20,501 I'm going to get some images of this so we can try to date it. 584 00:29:26,601 --> 00:29:29,000 I'm at the southern battlefield. 585 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:31,000 This area is where General Farnsworth 586 00:29:31,167 --> 00:29:34,100 was ordered to his death. 587 00:29:34,267 --> 00:29:36,367 If there's anyone that wants to communicate with me, 588 00:29:36,367 --> 00:29:39,300 you can use this audio recorder or the Spirit Box. 589 00:29:42,567 --> 00:29:43,667 Is there anyone here with me? 590 00:29:50,367 --> 00:29:51,467 "Yes." 591 00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:54,400 Who are you? 592 00:29:56,601 --> 00:29:57,701 Were you a cavalryman? 593 00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:02,267 OK. 594 00:30:03,567 --> 00:30:06,000 Were you stationed here? 595 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,701 A tent? 596 00:30:07,868 --> 00:30:09,767 "Safe." Why are you still here? 597 00:30:14,367 --> 00:30:16,267 "Death"? Did you die here? 598 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,100 "Run"? 599 00:30:20,067 --> 00:30:21,167 "Run." 600 00:30:29,801 --> 00:30:31,167 [device ringing] 601 00:30:31,334 --> 00:30:32,868 Oh. Oh! 602 00:30:34,667 --> 00:30:37,501 Oh, yeah. Right in here. 603 00:30:37,667 --> 00:30:40,200 Right in here. All right, I'm going to dig. 604 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:53,767 I'm not getting it in here anymore, which means... 605 00:30:54,868 --> 00:30:56,667 must be in here. 606 00:30:56,834 --> 00:30:58,067 So let's sift. 607 00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:00,767 You're hearing that? 608 00:31:01,868 --> 00:31:04,200 Oh! Oh, my God. 609 00:31:05,367 --> 00:31:07,701 That is a bullet. It's a bullet! 610 00:31:08,801 --> 00:31:13,067 And it's a shot bullet. So you can see the front of it. 611 00:31:13,234 --> 00:31:14,200 It's been flattened. 612 00:31:15,367 --> 00:31:18,067 These are what they called "Minié balls." 613 00:31:18,234 --> 00:31:19,367 It's not because they're small. 614 00:31:19,367 --> 00:31:22,300 They're actually named after a French named Minié, 615 00:31:22,467 --> 00:31:25,000 and it has one, two, three lines on the side, 616 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,767 which means this 617 00:31:27,667 --> 00:31:29,701 was Union. 618 00:31:29,868 --> 00:31:31,100 Absolutely amazing. 619 00:31:32,367 --> 00:31:33,467 Why do I need to run? 620 00:31:35,567 --> 00:31:36,667 Am I in danger? 621 00:31:41,801 --> 00:31:43,467 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 622 00:31:47,367 --> 00:31:50,367 I saw a black shadow run right across the field. 623 00:31:51,267 --> 00:31:53,567 It was right at the edge of that light. 624 00:31:53,567 --> 00:31:55,267 I need the XLS. 625 00:32:03,667 --> 00:32:05,167 So... 626 00:32:05,334 --> 00:32:06,667 I saw that shadow figure 627 00:32:07,601 --> 00:32:09,667 right about here, actually, running. 628 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:14,167 If there's something still out here, the XLS will pick it up. 629 00:32:15,901 --> 00:32:19,267 Hello? Here's the tree line. 630 00:32:19,267 --> 00:32:20,367 So... 631 00:32:21,767 --> 00:32:23,567 We've been heading 632 00:32:23,734 --> 00:32:24,901 right into these woods. 633 00:32:26,367 --> 00:32:27,467 Are you a soldier? 634 00:32:29,901 --> 00:32:31,701 If you show yourself, I'll take it as a yes. 635 00:32:35,868 --> 00:32:37,000 Ooh, got one. 636 00:32:38,167 --> 00:32:39,267 Oh, boy. 637 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,367 In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln 638 00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:53,000 arrives in Gettysburg to deliver his historic address. 639 00:32:53,167 --> 00:32:55,467 But before he does, he wants to do two things. 640 00:32:55,634 --> 00:32:58,367 First, unsurprisingly, is to visit the battlefield. 641 00:32:58,367 --> 00:33:02,367 Second, very surprisingly, is to meet a notoriously cranky 642 00:33:02,534 --> 00:33:04,868 Gettysburg resident, John Burns. 643 00:33:05,033 --> 00:33:07,968 That's because, on the day of the battle, 69-year-old Burns 644 00:33:08,133 --> 00:33:11,100 watches the Confederates march into his beloved town. 645 00:33:11,267 --> 00:33:14,400 But instead of fleeing, he grabs his antique musket, 646 00:33:14,567 --> 00:33:16,167 dons an oversized top hat, 647 00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:19,167 and joins the Union frontlines uninvited. 648 00:33:19,334 --> 00:33:20,767 The soldiers are skeptical, 649 00:33:20,934 --> 00:33:23,200 but Burns makes a massive impact, 650 00:33:23,367 --> 00:33:25,167 shooting multiple Confederate officers 651 00:33:25,167 --> 00:33:27,868 before becoming injured himself. 652 00:33:28,033 --> 00:33:31,367 In the aftermath of the Union victory, old Mr. Burns becomes 653 00:33:31,367 --> 00:33:33,567 an overnight folk hero. 654 00:33:33,567 --> 00:33:36,501 In 1903, on the 40th anniversary of the battle, 655 00:33:36,667 --> 00:33:38,901 a statue is even erected in his honor. 656 00:33:39,067 --> 00:33:41,968 It really brings a whole new meaning to "Not in My Backyard." 657 00:33:47,968 --> 00:33:49,767 [Heather] It's all sorts of movement right there. 658 00:33:51,868 --> 00:33:53,067 Disappeared. 659 00:33:58,367 --> 00:33:59,767 Can you show yourself again? 660 00:34:03,601 --> 00:34:04,734 Heather, you copy? 661 00:34:06,767 --> 00:34:07,968 Yeah, what's going on? 662 00:34:08,133 --> 00:34:10,100 I got something you are absolutely going to want 663 00:34:10,267 --> 00:34:12,567 to see, so I think you should head over here. 664 00:34:12,567 --> 00:34:14,267 Copy that. Where are you? 665 00:34:14,267 --> 00:34:17,467 Down the hill in the woods. Can you see my light? 666 00:34:17,634 --> 00:34:19,567 [Heather] Yeah, I see it. I'll head your way. 667 00:34:19,567 --> 00:34:21,167 [Phil] All right. Leave it here. 668 00:34:29,267 --> 00:34:31,467 -Hey. -[Heather] Hey. 669 00:34:31,467 --> 00:34:33,467 -What'd you find? -Get ready for this. 670 00:34:34,501 --> 00:34:37,667 -[Heather] Whoa! -[Phil] Civil War-era horseshoe. 671 00:34:37,834 --> 00:34:40,801 -This is hand-forged. -This is incredible. 672 00:34:40,968 --> 00:34:43,868 [Phil] Gets even better. Check it out. 673 00:34:43,868 --> 00:34:46,000 -[Heather] Oh, this is a bullet. -Yes! 674 00:34:46,167 --> 00:34:48,968 -A Union bullet and... -It's been shot. 675 00:34:49,133 --> 00:34:52,601 Exactly. That bullet was in battle. 676 00:34:52,767 --> 00:34:54,968 I mean, these are incredible finds. 677 00:34:55,133 --> 00:34:57,367 -Think you can use it? -Yeah, I think I can. 678 00:34:57,367 --> 00:34:59,734 And I want to try something specific with this. 679 00:34:59,901 --> 00:35:02,000 But first, I need... 680 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:06,200 that. 681 00:35:06,367 --> 00:35:07,901 [Phil] All right. 682 00:35:10,367 --> 00:35:11,601 [Heather] How old do you think this tree is? 683 00:35:11,767 --> 00:35:14,000 [Phil] Probably 200 years old. 684 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,167 [Heather] Exactly. It's a witness tree. 685 00:35:16,167 --> 00:35:17,567 Soldiers could have ridden right past this, 686 00:35:17,734 --> 00:35:19,367 taken refuge underneath its limbs, 687 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,601 maybe even taken cover from bullets. 688 00:35:21,767 --> 00:35:23,667 It's true. 689 00:35:23,667 --> 00:35:26,734 [Heather] In some paranormal circles, witness trees are believed 690 00:35:26,901 --> 00:35:30,100 to hold residual imprints of traumatic past events, 691 00:35:30,267 --> 00:35:33,200 perhaps keeping spiritual energy for centuries. 692 00:35:33,367 --> 00:35:36,000 Being close to it could increase our chances of making 693 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,000 contact with the Phantom Regiment, 694 00:35:38,167 --> 00:35:41,601 especially using the violent trigger object Phil found. 695 00:35:41,767 --> 00:35:42,968 OK. 696 00:35:42,968 --> 00:35:44,801 I want to try to communicate with the spirits around us 697 00:35:44,968 --> 00:35:47,667 using this bullet as a pendulum, and to cover 698 00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:50,200 our bases, we'll put an audio recorder out to see 699 00:35:50,367 --> 00:35:52,100 if we can get any EVPs. -[Phil] OK. 700 00:35:55,801 --> 00:35:57,467 [Heather] This is Heather and Phil. 701 00:35:57,467 --> 00:35:59,367 We are underneath a witness tree 702 00:35:59,367 --> 00:36:01,000 to the Battle of Gettysburg. 703 00:36:02,968 --> 00:36:05,801 I invite you to communicate with this pendulum. 704 00:36:05,968 --> 00:36:09,100 Make a circle for "yes." Make a line for "no." 705 00:36:10,767 --> 00:36:11,868 Is there anyone here with us? 706 00:36:21,100 --> 00:36:23,167 Were you a soldier in the Battle of Gettysburg? 707 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:27,501 "Yes." 708 00:36:29,868 --> 00:36:31,067 [distant bang] 709 00:36:32,901 --> 00:36:34,801 [Phil] Did you hear that noise? 710 00:36:36,567 --> 00:36:40,200 What the hell was that? 711 00:36:40,367 --> 00:36:42,367 [Heather] Almost sounded like the whiz of a bullet going by. 712 00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:43,501 [Phil] What? 713 00:36:43,667 --> 00:36:45,200 [Heather] Yeah, when it flies past you. 714 00:36:45,367 --> 00:36:47,667 [distant bang] 715 00:36:47,834 --> 00:36:51,968 [Phil] Did you hear that noise? I just got goosebumps. 716 00:36:52,133 --> 00:36:53,467 -Look at that. -[Heather] You sure did. 717 00:36:53,467 --> 00:36:54,801 -Wow! -Oh, my God! 718 00:36:57,167 --> 00:37:00,367 Were you under the command of General Kilpatrick? 719 00:37:03,467 --> 00:37:04,567 "Yes." 720 00:37:06,868 --> 00:37:09,667 Was General Kilpatrick a bad leader? 721 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,400 "Yes." 722 00:37:17,868 --> 00:37:19,000 Are you General Farnsworth? 723 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,100 "No." 724 00:37:24,667 --> 00:37:27,667 Did you die under General Kilpatrick's command? 725 00:37:30,801 --> 00:37:31,901 "No." 726 00:37:33,167 --> 00:37:34,901 Did you die at the Battle of Gettysburg? 727 00:37:38,501 --> 00:37:40,734 "No." It's weird. 728 00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:44,667 Are you still marching Gettysburg because you're still 729 00:37:44,834 --> 00:37:45,801 fighting the battle? 730 00:37:51,267 --> 00:37:52,367 "Yes." 731 00:37:54,601 --> 00:37:55,968 Thank you. 732 00:37:56,133 --> 00:37:58,400 This is really strange. 733 00:37:58,567 --> 00:38:00,067 I asked the question if they died at the Battle 734 00:38:00,234 --> 00:38:02,767 of Gettysburg. I get "no." 735 00:38:02,934 --> 00:38:05,000 These soldiers don't know they're dead. 736 00:38:05,167 --> 00:38:08,000 -They're still fighting. -Oh, that is awful. 737 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,667 -[Heather] Yes. -That is horrific. 738 00:38:11,667 --> 00:38:14,100 [melancholic music plays] 739 00:38:15,467 --> 00:38:18,100 [Josh] It's a truly chilling thought. 740 00:38:18,267 --> 00:38:21,467 The soldiers of General Farnsworth's unit fight on, 741 00:38:21,467 --> 00:38:24,767 believing they're locked in an endless battle at Gettysburg. 742 00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:29,467 Heather believes she's gathered enough evidence to show that 743 00:38:29,467 --> 00:38:33,400 Farnsworth's 1st Brigade of the 3rd Division Cavalry Corps 744 00:38:33,567 --> 00:38:37,100 is indeed the so-called "Phantom Regiment." 745 00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:41,267 Farnsworth and 97 of his men, mowed down on a suicide mission 746 00:38:41,267 --> 00:38:46,467 162 years ago, are seemingly haunting the battlefield still. 747 00:38:48,801 --> 00:38:51,067 And Heather believes they aren't the only spirits 748 00:38:51,234 --> 00:38:52,567 that made contact. 749 00:38:52,567 --> 00:38:53,968 [Heather] Are you the Shadow Man? 750 00:38:55,601 --> 00:38:56,868 "Yes." 751 00:38:57,567 --> 00:39:00,300 [Josh] During her investigation of the Jennie Wade House... 752 00:39:00,467 --> 00:39:01,868 Oh, my God. 753 00:39:01,868 --> 00:39:04,567 [Josh] ...she believes the shadow figure caught in the photos is 754 00:39:04,734 --> 00:39:06,734 not the ghost of murdered Jennie, 755 00:39:06,901 --> 00:39:09,267 but rather the sharpshooter that killed her. 756 00:39:10,467 --> 00:39:11,734 [Heather] Were you one of the snipers? 757 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,167 "Yes." 758 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,767 [Josh] After weeks of extensive historical research, 759 00:39:18,767 --> 00:39:22,267 unfortunately, we are unable to put a name to the soldier 760 00:39:22,434 --> 00:39:25,767 whose stray bullet took innocent Jennie's life, 761 00:39:25,934 --> 00:39:29,267 or definitively confirm which side he fought for, 762 00:39:29,267 --> 00:39:32,868 even though we may still be able to see him in Heather's photos. 763 00:39:32,868 --> 00:39:34,367 What? 764 00:39:34,367 --> 00:39:35,868 Isn't that wild? 765 00:39:35,868 --> 00:39:40,000 [Josh] However, one piece of evidence did not stand up to scrutiny. 766 00:39:40,167 --> 00:39:43,100 After reviewing the mysterious black shapes Phil saw 767 00:39:43,267 --> 00:39:44,467 on the FLIR, they turned out 768 00:39:44,634 --> 00:39:46,868 to be just a glitch on the FLIR's monitor. 769 00:39:47,767 --> 00:39:50,167 Guess that means I'll have to buy them a new one. 770 00:39:50,334 --> 00:39:51,567 Great. 771 00:39:52,601 --> 00:39:55,667 And as for our surveillance cameras, they caught nothing 772 00:39:55,834 --> 00:39:57,801 out of the ordinary during our search of 773 00:39:57,968 --> 00:39:59,801 the Southern battlefield. 774 00:39:59,968 --> 00:40:02,868 But there was one final shocking piece of evidence 775 00:40:02,868 --> 00:40:05,067 from the bloody grounds of Gettysburg. 776 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:09,167 Our microphones picked up the whizzing sound that Heather 777 00:40:09,334 --> 00:40:11,267 and Phil heard. 778 00:40:11,267 --> 00:40:12,734 [distant bang] 779 00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,167 [Phil] Did you hear that noise? 780 00:40:17,567 --> 00:40:20,601 [Josh] We were able to isolate it and have it analyzed. 781 00:40:20,767 --> 00:40:22,801 The results were astonishing. 782 00:40:22,968 --> 00:40:24,167 [bang, whiz] 783 00:40:24,167 --> 00:40:26,601 The noise you hear matches that of a bullet 784 00:40:26,767 --> 00:40:28,367 displacing the air around it. 785 00:40:29,267 --> 00:40:30,734 And not just any bullet. 786 00:40:30,901 --> 00:40:32,067 [Phil] Oh! 787 00:40:32,234 --> 00:40:34,067 Oh, my God. 788 00:40:34,234 --> 00:40:37,267 [Josh] It appears to most closely align with the signature made 789 00:40:37,267 --> 00:40:39,467 by a.59-caliber Minié ball, 790 00:40:40,467 --> 00:40:43,000 just like the ones used in the Civil War. 791 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,601 [Heather] Oh, boy. 792 00:40:45,601 --> 00:40:48,801 [Josh] After all they experienced with the ghosts of Gettysburg, 793 00:40:48,968 --> 00:40:52,000 Heather thinks it really could be a residual echo 794 00:40:52,167 --> 00:40:54,400 from Farnsworth's tragic last charge. 795 00:40:59,167 --> 00:41:02,667 And speaking of shots, the team had one more to take 796 00:41:02,667 --> 00:41:05,200 before leaving Gettysburg for good. 797 00:41:05,367 --> 00:41:06,467 Not bad, Phil. 798 00:41:06,467 --> 00:41:09,400 Please address me as General Torres from now on. 799 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:10,567 Now your turn. 800 00:41:13,968 --> 00:41:15,400 -Nailed it. -[Heather] I know. 801 00:41:15,567 --> 00:41:16,467 Should we take the photo? 802 00:41:16,467 --> 00:41:18,200 Yeah, but I need one more thing. 803 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,100 [photographer] OK, guys, looking good. 804 00:41:22,267 --> 00:41:23,467 Hold right there for me. 805 00:41:25,167 --> 00:41:26,267 OK. And you can relax.