[Shari] Can you make a noise?
[both gasp] - What the heck is going on?
[narrator] Two historic gold mines bonded by tragedy.
[Steve] Forty-seven miners perished in the tragedy.
[narrator] As TAPS bring back the Destination Fear team...
Whoa! [bleep]
What the [bleep]? - Dude, it's still going on.
[Jason] It's totally transparent.
[Heidi] Wow. - [Jason] And it's gone.
[narrator] ...to help unearth a century old haunting.
Hello? - [device beeps]
What was that?
Someone was choking a female.
Was that you?
[gasps] Dear God. Done.
So, man, the Argonaut and Kennedy Mines
in Jackson, California.
[Steve] So awesome.
What we're going to investigate
is the foundation of this part of the country.
That's true.
[narrator] The Argonaut and Kennedy Mines
are two of the state's oldest and once richest gold mines.
They're also the site of California's deadliest mining disaster
when 47 miners were killed in a fire in 1922.
Right now is the 100th year commemoration surrounding the tragedy.
Yeah, and they're wondering if that's creating some of the uptick in activity.
Mmm.
[Jason] And they're just trying to understand what's happening.
[on walkie talkie] This case is interesting.
They're hearing the sounds of men arguing.
Oh, no. - [Shari] Yep.
They are seeing multiple shadow figures,
full-bodied apparitions of miners.
[on walkie talkie] Somebody has claimed that they're being choked.
That is awful.
We got a lot of work cut out for us.
We got two different mine areas to cover,
and that's why we've got Destination Fear crew with us.
[on walkie talkie] We got Dakota, Chelsea, Tanner, and Alex.
All right. - [Steve on walkie talkie] So I think that's gonna
come in handy.
Absolutely, definitely could use their help.
[Jason] I'm excited to get over there,
and to be able help these folks at the mine. - Exactly.
Oh, my God, this is huge.
[Dave] Wow, this is crazy.
[narrator] TAPS case: Argonaut and Kennedy Mines, Jackson, California.
Hi. - Hi.
[Heidi] Welcome to the Kennedy gold mine. - I'm Steve.
Nice to meet you. - A pleasure.
Jason, it's a pleasure. - Nice to meet you.
Thanks for having us.
So what's some of the history of these mines?
In this area, in 1848, gold was discovered.
[narrator] The neighboring Argonaut Mine was founded in 1850,
and the Kennedy Mine, where we are now, was opened in 1856.
A rivalry raged between the two adjacent mines
until August 27th, 1922,
when a fire broke out in the Argonaut Mine,
changing the course of history.
Multiple cave-ins trapped 47 miners
who were almost a mile underground.
The Kennedy Mine invested it's men and resources
into tunnelling between the two mines
in a desperate attempt to rescue the Argonaut miners.
After weeks of digging,
the Kennedy miners finally broke through
only to tragically discover the lifeless bodies
of 47 Argonaut miners.
Are their names of any individuals who passed
from that disaster that really stand out to you?
Charles and Arthur Oberg.
They were a father and son and they found together embraced.
Oh, jeez.
So we know about the tragedy at the Argonaut,
but how many people would you say passed on this property?
So the Kennedy mine on record, we have 39 employees
that perished in different mining accidents.
Okay. What kind of accidents were those?
People falling down the shafts
which are over a mile deep.
[Steve] Jeez. - [Heidi] We have people getting crushed,
different explosions, and then aboveground, you know, people get hurt up here too.
[narrator] Both mines ceased operation in 1942,
as did all American gold mines,
to help free up resources during World War II.
Since then, remaining underground tunnels have filled with water.
None of them are safe to enter.
Today, the Kennedy Mine
is plagued by terrifying paranormal occurrences.
So have you personally experienced
to any of the activity that people claim?
Yes, at the underground foreman's office,
one night, I stepped outside and saw a bunch of men
walking down towards me, so I opened the door...
And I wasn't seeing anything anymore.
[Jason] Oh, wow, okay.
Would that be a common path that say miners would take to get here?
Walking down the hill would've been from the direction
of where the boarding houses would've been,
or the mine office. - So, heading to work?
Absolutely. - Wow.
Where could you say most of the activity is occurring?
[Heidi] The mine office that's up on the hill.
It's three stories.
[narrator] A century ago, the first floor of the mine office
was where ore was tested for gold content.
Today, some claim to hear men arguing.
[male voices echo faintly]
[narrator] And on the second floor where miners once collected their pay,
a threatening presence has been felt.
I was standing in the doorframe of the safe.
All of a sudden, my throat started to close up.
Like I had a hand on my throat.
I do believe I was getting a clear message.
"Get away from my gold. You're not where you should be."
[narrator] An aggressive presence has also been encountered on the stairs,
in the mine office.
One night, I was going up to third floor.
And I was suddenly slammed...
into the wall.
I didn't know what hit me, nobody was around me.
If I had not grabbed the handrail,
I would have tumbled down 18 to 20 stairs.
So any other claims that we should know of?
[Heidi] The change house is where the miners at the end of shift had to be showered
to make sure they weren't smuggling anything out.
Get a lot of reports of shadow figures,
footsteps, we hear voices.
[narrator] The towering head frame that once lowered miners into a mile-deep shaft
if where many claim to see shadow figures.
One time I was standing admiring the head frame
and as I stood there,
a dark humanoid figure
jumped out of the tree,
and it left a trail that was much whiter than the fog.
I was just stunned.
[narrator] These anomalies have also been seen
in the Kennedy and Argonaut borderlines.
With so much activity at the Kennedy Mine,
they neighboring Argonaut Mine, having been closed for over seven decades,
may reveal even more hauntings.
What's the reason behind finally being able to access the Argonaut?
It was he 100th anniversary for the Argonaut disaster commemoration.
In fact, the Argonaut, it was the first time
that property had been open to the public since 1942.
And you're able to have full access to that property now?
[Heidi] It's still privately owned,
but we do work with that owner to try and help preserve things.
Great.
So what are you hoping that we're able to accomplish here?
I would love to just have the validation
that they're with us and giving them a voice to tell what they want known.
And we'll also look into personalities, energy that we should be concerned with.
Absolutely.
We can't wait to see what you find.
Great information. - Thank you.
All right. - We'll get out of here.
[Dakota] We are in California,
reuniting with the TAPS team.
[both] Teaming up with the TAPS.
I find it so interesting that there are two mines competing with each other
and then they needed each other during the mining tragedy.
And just like Destination Fear and Ghost Hunters are coming together.
Oh, my God! - What?
I mean, he's the insightful one of our group.
[Tanner laughs]
Hello. - Hey!
Hey. - What's up, guys?
Oh, my gosh. - Right on time, boy.
What's up, man? - [others greeting]
When we got the call from the TAPS team
that they wanted us out again, we were extremely happy.
[Chelsea] Hello. - Why are you next to...
How we doing?
You've investigated with the TAPS team. - Mmm-hmm.
But I have not. This is my first time. - This is your first time.
This is the TAPS van.
Yeah. - Whoa.
[Jason] Welcome to the Kennedy and Argonaut Mines.
[Steve] Yes.
We have 47 miners that perished in the tragedy.
There was a father and son, Charles, Arthur Oberg.
They were actually embraced and that's the way they were found.
Jeez. - Hard to think about.
So I mean the place has seen a lot of tragedy.
A lot of different activity too.
[Steve] Apparitions. - [Jason] Shadow figures.
Seeing like a crew of miners walking outside. - [Tanner] What?
[Jason] And fingers crossed we're able to document some of the activity
at the Argonaut Mine that's been all closed off.
We got a lot of ground to cover, so let's get going.
Let's do it. - All right, let's do it.
[Jason] We're looking at 80 to 90 some odd people at these mines
who died tragically.
So God only knows who from the past is still here.
Bring it to the corner more. Yep, yep. Perfect.
These are two huge properties with many structures and a lot of logistical nightmares
that we're gonna have to overcome,
so we can draw out some of the personalities
or energies that might be here.
All cameras are up finally.
Nice. - It's done.
Yes. - Cameras are in the main office,
and in the head frame area,
that's the structure above the underground mineshaft.
Everywhere that has an experience.
We've also covered the Argonaut Mine.
We're set. - [Jason] All right.
It's gonna be getting dark soon.
Let's, uh, get ready to investigate. - Yeah.
Let's get in this place. - Good.
All right, guys, just keep your walkies on, stay safe.
Stay safe everybody. - All right.
See you guys.
Tonight, Dave, Tanner, Alex, and Dakota
will start in the Argonaut Mine's machine shop and compressor building,
Sheri and Chelsea will check out the Kennedy Mine's change house,
and Steve and I will investigate the head frame
where miners begin their mile long descent underground.
Jay and Steve investigating the head frame
where they're claiming to see shadow-like figures.
I can see shadow play so many different ways here.
With that moonlight coming through.
[Steve] Right.
Is that the elevator?
[Steve] Yeah, that's the elevator right there.
And they would lower 18 men down at a time. - [Steve] Yep.
Whoa, check how deep this thing goes.
[Jason] Holy [bleep].
Are there any miners here?
[Steve] Can you do something to let us know you're here?
[Shari] This is Sheri and Chelsea at the change house.
The miners would come in here,
shower, clean up, and make sure that there was no gold
they could be trying to take home with them.
Hello?
Heidi asked us to come in
because she's seen you.
She's heard you.
She heard footsteps.
[Dakota] Since people really haven't been around this area since '42.
[Dave] Anything can happen. - [Dakota] Anything.
[Dakota] So this is the machine shop.
It's definitely unsettling.
[Dave] That's just creepy. That's a creepy chain.
So the EMF is at like a base of almost zero to 0.1.
[Dave] Okay.
Hello.
Are there any miners here who died in the Argonaut mine disaster
of 1922?
Do you know the names "Charles,"
and "Arthur Oberg"?
They both passed away in '22.
[footsteps]
[Tanner] What was that? - [Dave] What was that?
That was straight up footsteps.
Yeah, the chain is swinging. - Oh, my gosh, this just went to 0.5.
That's a big spike.
[Tanner] Whoa. [whispers] The chain's swinging.
[Dakota] Are you kidding me? - [Dave] Holy [bleep] man.
[Dave] It's moving for sure.
[chain rattles] - [bleep]
Lord have mercy. - Oh, my God.
[Dave] Yeah, that was loud.
[Dakota] What was that?
[Dave] Arthur Oberg?
Can you walk towards us?
I'm so sorry that both you and your father died
in such a horrific way.
[man mumbling]
Did you hear a voice? - [Tanner] Mmm-mm.
What'd you hear? - It was low and grumbly.
Really? - Yep.
[whispering] Every time you say that name, something happens.
[Dave] Yeah.
It's like whoever's here, they know who they are,
or it's them, and we get these sounds,
so it's pretty crazy.
[Shari] This one I'll just leave it right in front of us.
See the grid? - [Chelsea] Oh.
[Shari] All right.
Are there any miners here with us today?
Anybody here that would maybe like to tell us your story?
So that laser grid that's blinking, what does that mean?
[Shari] It means that there's something cold.
[Chelsea] Cold? It's so hot in here.
[Shari] Yeah.
Something on that side of it.
[Chelsea whispering] What? That's so bizarre.
[Shari] Is there anybody here with us right now?
Could you come a little closer, please?
[footsteps]
Did you hear footsteps? - [Chelsea] 100%.
Whoa, that's so wild.
Now it's like he's more looking...
[Chelsea] Yeah, it's like moving.
The whole thing's lit up now.
Wow, it's like right there.
[Steve] Are there any miners here
who know about the mine disaster?
Happened in 1922.
We see the shaft for you to get down into the hole.
It was really brave of you
to risk your life to go help
those at the Argonaut.
Check this out. It's a bell.
[Jason] "Seven bells means accident."
[bell clinking] - [Steve] One, two, three.
Four, five, six.
Seven.
That's cool.
[metal clinking]
All right, I heard that. Sound like somebody walking.
[Jason] It sounded very metal.
Wow.
What do you say we go into the next building?
Okay. - Let's do it. Let's check it out.
[loud clink] - Whoa!
What?
Right in there. - That was a loud bang in there.
That was in the compressor building. - [sighs]
That literally sounded like
fingers on metal, like, tapping.
Sounds like they're welcoming us in.
We heard a sound in here. - Yeah.
Were you trying to get our attention?
These devices we have will--
[banging] - Whoa-- [bleep]
[Dave] What the... [bleep] - [Tanner] Dude, it's still going on.
Where do you think that's coming from? - [Alex] Dude, I...
[Dave] The roof? - [Dakota] I don't see anything.
[Alex whispering] Oh, my God, dude. - Someone look out on the roof.
[Tanner] Yeah, check that back right side.
Dude.
There's nothing on the roof.
There was nothing.
[bleep] Man.
There's a ton of chains hanging, too, from the ceiling,
and none of those are moving.
[Dave] That's true because then you would think you'd see some swinging
from that amount of activity.
[banging] - [bleep]
What the... [bleep] - Dude, don't.
[Dave] Where was it? - [Dakota] I don't know.
I don't know what that was, but I'm not happy.
[sighs] [bleep] Dude...
[Alex] So, this place is active.
[Tanner] Dude, yeah, like... - [Dakota] Oh, my God.
You literally said it was, like, inviting us in.
We walked in.
What if that tapping was a warning, not an invite?
Ooh. - Oh, man.
Like, we're trapped.
[bleep]
Well, thank you for trusting us
and coming closer.
Maybe you can come over here and touch this machine on the table?
On one side there's red, and on one side there's green.
So when we ask you questions,
if the answer is "yes" you're gonna go to the green side,
and if the answer is "no" you'll light up the red side.
Are there any miners here
who died in the Argonaut disaster in 1922?
[beeps]
[Chelsea gasps] - [Shari] Yes.
[Chelsea whispering] What the heck?
We're so very sorry. What happened to you?
Is there anything that you want to tell us?
[beeps]
No. [gasps] - [whispering] Oh.
[in normal voice] If you don't want to talk to us,
can you make a noise?
[light banging]
Whoa. - Jeez.
[banging]
[shrieks] - What the heck is going on?
Oh... [bleep]
[whispering] What was that? - [Shari] I think...
Something was, like, up there, coming down.
That was so loud. - Oh, my God, yes.
[whispering] Like, if they were trying to, like,
scare us or something.
What was that?
[in normal voice] Should we not be in here?
[beeps] - [Chelsea whispering] Oh, it said, "No..."
...which makes sense.
Like, we are in the place where they would shower.
[Jason] I think we heard you.
Working in the mine
must have been extremely hard.
[Steve] If we don't hear from you, we're gonna leave.
All right.
I don't really feel that welcome.
Mmm-mmm.
And I don't blame them, you know?
They've been alone how long?
And now all these people
with these weird instruments in their hands coming in.
[radio screeches]
Oh, Lord have mercy. - Jesus!
Walkie.
Oh, my gosh, dude.
[Jason] Hey, great night, everybody.
We've had some interesting activity,
so let's regroup at command center.
[Dave] Copy.
[Dave] How'd it go?
It sounded like above me something was falling.
What? - And the both of us, like, ducked and screamed.
Really? Wow. - [Shari] We felt it.
Yeah, that Argonaut Mine, it's the same thing. - [Shari] Yeah?
Like, something above us just stomping.
Oh, my God. - Tomorrow will be a good day
to meet up with the historian.
Steven, I'll go with you. - That'll be fun.
The rest of us, we can analyze tomorrow.
[Dakota] Sounds good.
Let's do it. - All right.
Good job, guys. - All right. Nice job.
At 10:24:19 on cam five, watch right here.
[Dave] Whoa. - [Jason] That's transparent.
[Jason] You can see right through it, look. - [Dakota] Yeah.
[Dakota] You can see it has, like, a light.
[Tanner] It looks like a lantern.
And it's heading towards the head frame, too. - That is a hell of a catch.
[Dave] That's incredible.
[Jason] We're going to keep analyzing this footage
and the other evidence from last night...
That's bizarre.
[Jason] While Dave looks into the deaths
that occurred at the Kennedy Mine.
In his descent, his arms and head were torn from...
Oh, my God.
[Jason] Steve and Shari are meeting up with local historian Doug Ketron.
Pleased to meet you.
This is really great, thank you. - My pleasure.
Could you tell us a little bit about the disaster
and what exactly happened down there? - [Doug] Well...
...over at the Argonaut Mine,
3,000 feet down there was a fire.
They never determined what started the fire,
and there were 47 miners below that fire.
Almost 40 of them were immigrants,
so it was a worldwide story.
[Shari] Yeah.
[Doug] And there's no friction
between the Kennedy and the Argonaut miners
when something like that happens.
And the rescue came through the Kennedy
into the Argonaut,
in, sort of, a frantic effort to get through.
But it ultimately took three weeks
to make the connection.
[Steve] Okay. - [Shari exhales]
[Doug] And when they broke through that barricade
they found the bodies.
[Shari] It's awful.
Is there any estimate how long they lived
before the rescuers broke through?
[Doug] On the wall, they found a note,
"Three o'clock, gas getting strong.
Four o'clock..." and the note wasn't finished.
Okay. - [Doug] So it showed that the men died
within a matter of hours.
[Steve] Oh, gosh. - [Shari] Oh, God.
Do you know anything about daily life for the miners?
The temperature of the bottom was probably 95 degrees.
Oh, wow. - [Steve] Wow.
It's just a dangerous place to be. - [Steve] Sure.
Somebody fall down a shaft
or timbers fail, or blasting accident.
Now, one thing we try to do is build a rapport,
in case whatever might still be here
has some sort of intelligence to it, still.
Are there any, sort of, phrases
that would be common? - [Doug] Yeah.
"Payday."
"Payday" is not when you collect your pay.
[Shari] Oh, really? What is it?
"Payday" is when you are killed.
Ooh.
"The eagle screams."
That's the way you get paid.
Because a $10 gold coin was an eagle.
A $20 gold coin's a double eagle.
[Steve] That's awesome.
[Shari] Tell me if there was any woman that worked
on the property? - Oh, Lord, you let a woman in the mine,
everybody walk out.
[Shari] Oh, wow.
[Doug] Woman was bad luck.
[Steve] Okay. Wow.
[Jason] After the Argonaut and Kennedy mines
were shut down in 1942,
the properties laid idle until 1961
when a local school teacher bought the Kennedy.
It was later bequeathed
to become the historic site it is today.
The Argonaut remains private property
and has never resumed mining operations.
This has been a tremendous value to us.
Thank you, sir, so much. - Thank you.
[Chelsea] Hey. - [Dakota] Hello.
We got a lot of good info,
in terms of what life was like here.
For instance, when it comes to the mine,
no women allowed, at all.
[Tanner] What? - If a woman even got close,
they would shut it down.
It was bad luck.
We got two of them here, though.
[chuckling]
[Steve] It would be really interesting
to see if they triggered activity like last night.
Yeah. - [Dave] Then we'll be at a safe distance.
[laughs] Yeah.
What were you able to find, Dave?
So, I did find a few deaths.
In the Kennedy Mine, there was,
David De Ricci, he fell to his death.
That happened in 1902.
Well, he fell down the mine?
Almost 2000 feet. - [people gasp]
[Dave] We have two others,
Peter Garcia and Liberato Mendez.
They were both killed in 1932
when a dynamite blast caused rocks to cave in on them.
Oh! - [Chelsea] Oh, my God.
[Dave] Um, for the Argonaut,
we have the list of all the miners
who died in the disaster.
Lot of great information, guys.
It's going to be getting dark soon,
so I think we should get ready to investigate.
[Alex] Let's do it. - Let's do this.
[Jason] We now had the names of three men,
David, Peter and Liberato
who died at the Kennedy Mine,
as well as those who perished
in the 1922 Argonaut mining disaster.
We've also learnt that a woman's presence
was considered bad luck.
Hey, guys, let's go. - [shouts] Ah!
Oh, sorry.
So, Chelsea and Shari could be dangerous triggers
for miners still here.
All right. Keep your walkies on. Stay safe.
Let's go. - [Chelsea] Oh, yeah.
[Dave] Good luck, everybody.
Tonight's investigation will start with Dave
watching for any activity on the monitors.
Let's do it, Steve. - [Steve] Hell, yeah.
[Jason] Steve and Dakota will check out
the Kennedy Mine's change house.
While Tanner and Alex joins Chelsea in the mine office.
Shari and I will investigate
the Argonaut Mine's machine shop.
[Jason] Last night, when Tango was in here,
they were getting reactions to names that they were saying.
[Dave] Arthur Oberg...
I'm so sorry that both you and your father died
in such a horrific way.
[whispering]
Did you hear a voice?
[Shari] Arthur, are you here with your father?
Is there anybody here that was
in that Argonaut Mine disaster in 1922?
[metal clanging] - [gasps]
[Jason] [bleep] Holy crap.
[Jason] I think we heard you.
[Shari] If you're trying to say something,
can you please say it again?
I do have a list of names here
of miners who died in the Argonaut disaster in 1922.
Paul Delonga,
Evan Ely,
Manuel Costa...
[metal rattling]
Something just happened.
[Shari] Oh, it's almost like a chain sound.
[Jason] I think we heard you.
Manuel Costa...
Are you hear, Manuel?
[metal thudding softly] - [Jason] What the hell was that?
[Steve] Steve and Dakota in the change house,
where they are claiming to see shadow-like figures
and they are hearing footsteps.
[Dakota] Look at those lanterns, right there.
Like it's almost exactly
what I feel like we saw, the apparition-- - [Steve] Yeah.
...we caught when we were reviewing footage.
It looked like a lantern. - [Steve] Yup.
Hello?
Right now is the 100th anniversary
of the Argonaut Mine disaster.
Did you risk your life
to help those at the Argonaut?
[Dakota] The deaths that happened here too
that weren't from the accident,
every single one of them was brutal.
That's right.
[Dakota] Is there anyone in here with us?
[Steve] Liberato, we know that you and Peter died together
crushed by rocks.
Are you here with us now?
David, that must have been horrible
to fall and die here in the mine.
When you're just trying to make a better life.
[faint murmuring]
Oh... - You hear something?
[Steve] It sounded like,
maybe a moaning sound. - Okay?
We know you've been through a lot here.
[banging] - Oh!
[Dakota] That was a distinct knock.
Oh.
[Chelsea] All right, on floor two.
[Tanner] There's a lot of claims
of malicious things happening here.
Someone was choked out here.
Look at this.
So this was where payroll was.
This is where they even held the gold. - [Tanner] Mm-hmm.
Is there anyone up here with us right now?
[Chelsea] This device is motion activated.
[device beeps]
Green is yes. - [device beeps]
And red is no. - [device beeps]
[Alex] Can you give us a sign that
you're in this room with us?
Are you the spirit that doesn't like females up here?
How do you feel about Chelsea being up here right now?
[device beeps] - Oh!
Oh, my gosh.
That's a no.
Is she not welcomed here
because she is a female?
[device beeps] - [all gasp]
Yes.
[Chelsea] Can I stay here?
[device beeps] - [all] Oh!
[Alex] Get the [bleep].
[Chelsea] My heart is pounding.
[Alex] Right when you said it.
Right when you said it.
[exhales sharply]
I have felt completely unwanted here
from the moment I walked on the property.
I feel like the message was clear here. - [Tanner] Mm-hmm.
What if we went to a different room... - [device beeps]
[all scream] - Holy [bleep]!
[Chelsea laughs]
[Alex] Oh, [bleep]. Okay.
I don't think it gets any more obvious than that.
[Jason] You don't communicate with us soon,
we're going to have to leave.
So if you really want us to know that you're here,
you got to do something.
[Jason] It's really quiet in here. - It's very quiet, yeah.
[Jason] Hear, Steve?
Go for Steve.
[radio buzzes] [Jason] Why don't you and Tango
check out the mine offices? - [radio beeps]
Dakota, you cover the head frame.
[Dakota] Let's do it.
[Jason] Shari and I will cover the change house.
[Dave] Copy that.
[Dave] Steve and Tango on the first floor in the mine office.
This is where they've heard arguing voices.
Are there any miners here?
David, that must have been horrible
to fall and die here in the mine.
Are you here with us now?
[Dave] Peter, we know that you and another miner,
Liberato, were crushed in Kennedy Mine.
Were you two friends?
So Steve, right here, this is where there was a woman...
She claims that she got pushed.
Hello?
[Steve] There's been a man here
who's not nice to some women.
I'm going to walk up.
Do you come up these stairs
to get your pay when the eagle screamed?
[Steve] Hey, Dave... - Mmm?
There might be something next to you on the staircase.
[Dave] Like where? Like right here? - Yup.
Is it still there?
Move back.
Oh, oh! - [Dave] What?
It went ahead of you.
[Dave] Get out of here. Moving away from me? - I'm telling you.
Yup, like, turned the bend.
[Dave] Hello, don't be afraid.
Can you tell me who you are?
[Steve] You are now the only thing
on that staircase. - [exhales]
Damn.
Come up, come up. - [Steve whispers] Okay.
[Dave] Let's keep going upstairs to the third floor.
[Steve] Okay.
This is Dakota. This is the head frame.
A lot of people see shadow figures on the property
and so, I'm kind of excited to try to capture
some sort of apparition.
At the very top I was seeing something,
but that's not there anymore.
[Tanner] Oh, wow. - [Alex] Chelsea...
What? - This is the safe.
[Chelsea] Oh, my gosh. So this is where they held the gold.
This is where a woman felt
like her neck was being constricted.
It was right here.
[Alex] You want to go in it?
I don't want to see you get hurt
but this is for science.
[Chelsea] This just feels like a bad idea.
[Shari] I know that you don't like women in this building.
Do you think I'm bad luck?
[Jason] So there's a piece of equipment here.
All you got to do is tap lightly on the table.
[device beeps]
It will allow us a way to communicate back and forth.
[Shari] One for yes and two for no,
when we're going to ask you questions.
[Jason] You know, there were miners
from all over the world here.
I wonder if
asking some questions with our translator... - [Shari] Right.
Some of these miners spoke Spanish.
So, is there anyone here who would like to talk with us?
[translator in Spanish]
Can you tell us your name?
[device beeps] - [translator in Spanish]
Answers are right on cue.
I want to ask some more. - They know English, too.
In English? - Yeah.
Were you a miner here?
[device beeps] - [Shari] Oh.
[Jason] Holy crap.
Is there anything else you can do
to let us know you're here with us?
[metal thuds] - [camera clicks]
[Jason] What was that?
[Jason] That camera just... [Shari] Just shut off.
Did you just make that camera turn off?
[device beeps] - [Shari] Oh, my God.
[Jason] Okay.
[indistinct murmuring]
[Shari] Sounded like a voice that way.
[Jason] I think we heard you.
Do you have something you want to tell people?
Hello?
[Tanner] So we just set up a device inside the safe.
It can, either, light up green for yes
or a red for no.
[whispers] Okay, I will do it. - [whispers] Science.
[Chelsea exhales sharply]
We heard about someone choking a female
near this safe. Was that you?
Like this is not-- - [device beeps]
[Alex gasps] - [in normal voice] Dude, I'm done. Done.
[Tanner chuckles]
That is scary but this is our opportunity.
So is there someone in the safe?
[Chelsea] Do you want my friends to leave?
Nothing at all.
Yup.
[Jason] Hey, guys, I think we've covered this place
from top to bottom.
We got a ton of stuff to go through,
so I say, let's get the lights on
and regroup at command center. - [Steve on radio] Copy that.
[Dave] That was interesting. - [Steve] Yup.
[Chelsea] To the TAPS van? - [Tanner] To the TAPS van.
[Tanner] What's up, gang?
Every time we get to investigate with the TAPS team,
we always come away with something new.
I want one of these.
[laughing]
With that new device we had an actual
back and forth conversation
with something that wasn't there.
For me, the most memorable piece of evidence
was that capture, the apparition.
That's something I've never seen.
I feel like we've all learnt a lot.
[Tanner] I mean, they are the best of the best.
Absolutely.
Thank you guys for coming out and helping us out.
[Chelsea] Thank you for having us. - [Tanner] Thank you.
Seriously. Thanks for the invite.
Now we just got to start packing up the equipment.
Okay. - All right.
[Dakota and Dave] Let's do it.
Our investigation here at the Kennedy and Argonaut mines
has exceeded our expectations.
We caught, possibly, a full-bodied apparition.
So that is something that I'm really excited about.
We've got a lot of stuff to go over.
So we can come up with some answers
for Heidi and the rest of the people here.
[Jason] This is going to be interesting.
I want to show Heidi
what appears to be an apparition
walking out of the mine office.
Absolutely.
I'm excited to get over there
and give them these answers
that they haven't been able to get.
[Jason] All right. Let's do this, man.
[Jason] Have a seat.
Thank you for entrusting us
with investing the Kennedy Mine and the Argonaut Mine.
And we are able to dive deep into the history.
We found out a lot of things
like women were considered bad luck.
Superstition has always played part
in a lot of these industries.
Yup. - So we started investigating.
We had that crew from Destination Fear with us as well.
We were able to have some experiences.
Okay. - One of our investigator, Shari,
with Chelsea from Destination Fear
were in the change house.
They did have some really interesting things happen.
[Chelsea in recording] Can you make a noise?
[Chelsea] Whoa! - [Shari in recording] Jeez.
What the heck is going on? - Jeez.
That's exactly what we get in there a lot.
All right. I was in there
at one point with Shari as well.
And one of our cameras,
the only time it's ever happened, turned off.
Here you go.
[Jason in recording] Is there anything else you can do
to let us know you're here with us?
What was that?
[Heidi] Wow.
It's amazing.
Perhaps that energy messed with the camera,
because that can happen.
One energy interfering with another energy. - Exactly.
Interesting. - [Jason] Yeah.
Another thing that was experienced in the change house,
there is a male voice that showed up
right after the device went off.
Take a listen.
Hear that voice right there?
What are you hearing? - I'm not quite sure.
Initially we thought somebody was saying
like "manual", like a manual shift.
Then, is it saying "quartz" or is it saying "cost"?
Or something like that?
But then we started going through
the names of the miners
who perished in the tragedy.
And one of them really stood out.
Manuel Costa.
With that in mind,
I'm going to amp it up a little more for you.
"Manuel Costa."
Wow. - So it's amazing to us because,
yes, it's sad, if a miner died in a tragedy,
but, also, now he is not going to be forgotten to time
because he just made contact.
Very interesting. - Yeah, it's really quite fantastic.
We got a video clip we want to show you as well.
It's highly intriguing. - And where in the building is this one?
It's outside. - Oh, okay.
Where you also had a lot of experiences as well.
It's the shape of a person.
It's totally transparent.
[Heidi] Wow. - [Jason] Then it's gone.
We also tried to recreate it,
with me walking that path.
So, here is a video of me doing it.
I mean, that's what a person looks like walking that path.
Solid. - [Jason] Pretty solid, yeah.
If it's something that we can't recreate
when the elements are the same,
then it stands more on its own.
That's pretty incredible.
And really, it solidifies
that there's something going on here.
Oh, it's kind of validating
to a lot of the experiences
that we've had seeing things,
to where, now we have proof.
It's interesting. I mean, there's so much tension
between the Argonaut and the Kennedy,
but what this 100th anniversary celebrates
is how they came together to overcome tragedy.
There's so much more there
than just trying to dig holes and find gold.
Absolutely.
[Jason] Camaraderie and friendships-- - Exactly.
...that would give them every reason to still hang out
after their physical bodies were gone.
That's the living history. - [Steve] It is.
[Steve] Exactly. Well, thank you so much for having us out.
You ever need anything,
we're a call away. - Great.
It's been a pleasure. - Thank you.
[Steve] Thank you. - We can get out of here.
[Heidi] I think TAPS did a great job.
For them to capture Manuel Costa's name was remarkable.
It's definitely somebody's story
that we're going to look more into and honor him.
It's comforting knowing that
the TAPS team was able to capture things
that we've been experiencing
and it's just another part of history
that now we're a part of as well.
J, this is one of my favorite investigations.
Honestly. - Absolutely, brother.
Yeah. - We supplied them with
all of the answers
that they wanted. - Yeah.
And I think the Destination Fear gang did a good job.
[Jason] Those guys are great.
They remind me a lot of you and I
when we first started. - Absolutely.
So this was one of those cases
we'll always remember. - Yeah.
Onto the next, man. - Can't wait.
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