[disembodied voice] It's lonely.
What the [bleep] was that?
There was just a crazy friggin' voice.
[narrator] A haunted island...
[Steve] The majority of the activity is in those two houses.
...with a scandalous past...
Harmon Blennerhassett and his niece got married.
...unites the Ghost Brothers and TAPS...
Yo, what's up, man?
[device beeping]
...to reach those who remain.
[Jason] There's reports of a female apparition in period clothing.
Whoa!
You gotta be [bleep] kidding me.
[gasps]
Oh, [bleep]!
[Jason] I'm excited about this case.
The Blennerhassett Island.
Human life on this island can be traced back to 9,000 BC.
[exhales] Wow.
[narrator] The TAPS team has been called to Parkersburg, West Virginia,
to investigate two homes on the Blennerhassett Island,
the Maple Shade House and Blennerhassett Mansion.
Both are as stately as they are haunted.
We're being called in by the volunteers and visitors
who have had crazy experiences on the island.
That's kind of cool.
[Jason over comms] They want answers
and they're frightened.
There's reports of a young boy, a young girl
seen in period clothing.
Children have been drawn into playing with these children
in certain rooms of the mansion.
-Interesting. -Yeah.
And there's also claims of a male apparition
and a female apparition in period clothing and
the list goes on and on.
Now, do you know if anybody's gotten hurt?
Uh, no reports of anybody getting hurt.
But in the Maple Shade House,
they've had more like poltergeist type of activity.
Wow.
There's the barge.
If the thing starts sinking, I'm jumping in.
[Steve] Let's see if we sink.
Whoo, we're movin'.
Wow.
And it's 600 acres. That's a huge property.
But, luckily,
the majority of the activity is in those two houses.
In the Maple Shade House,
there seems to be more ominous activity.
And in the Blennerhassett Mansion,
there's seems to be more human type of activity.
[Jason] We also gotta take into consideration
we're in the middle of a river.
Running water, is that gonna help fuel activity?
-[Steve] Right? -It's gonna be interesting.
I mean, we're on an island. When we're there, we're there.
We're stuck there.
[Steve] We're there.
And we got the Ghost Brother guys hangin' out with us this week.
Yeah, Juwan, Dalen, Marcus, they'll all be here.
I love those guys.
-Oh, yeah, they're great. -Absolutely. Can't wait.
Look at this.
[narrator] TAPS case, Blennerhassett Island,
Parkersburg, West Virginia.
I'm excited for this.
This is cool.
-Hey, Craig. -Hey.
Jason. Thanks for having us up.
-I'm Steve. -Craig.
[Jason] This place is incredible.
Just, in the middle of nowhere, too.
So what's some of the history?
There's written documentation, artifacts found on the island
dating back 15,000 years.
The island was settled in 1798 by Harmon Blennerhassett.
Prior to coming here,
he was involved with the Society of United Irishmen
-in Ireland. -Okay.
They were planning to overthrow the English government.
He was about ready to be caught for that
as well as his marriage to his niece.
It's a little frowned upon but, okay.
When they married, Margaret was 23 years old.
They came in 1797 to America
and they ended up purchasing the upper third of the island
and made their estate here on the island.
[Steve] So why would somebody move to an actual island?
[Craig] This island in the middle of the Ohio River
belonged to the State of Virginia.
That allowed Harmon to have slaves.
Oh, all right.
[Steve] Do you know how many enslaved individuals he would have had?
Between 7 to 12.
They were both servants of the house and in the fields.
What can you tell us about the fire that took place here?
[Craig] In 1811,
it was either set intentionally
or spontaneous combusted,
depending on which account you read,
and it ended up consuming the entire house.
[Jason] Is this recreation built on the original foundation
-of the old house-- Okay. -It is.
Any deaths on the property?
Margaret had one child that lived to the age of two.
-Baby Margaret's buried somewhere on the island. -Okay.
Did any of the enslaved die on the property?
I'm sure they probably did. But with my research,
I haven't uncovered anything like that yet.
Okay.
So, now, there's claims of, just,
all crazy types of activity here in the main house.
Fill us in on that.
Yeah, so, the claims in the house are from our guests,
from our docents and a lot of little kids.
Little kids are reporting this to you?
Yes. Kids will wanna go back in the mansion
and go play with the little girl in the Walnut Room on the first floor.
In one day, we had 14 of the same accounts.
[narrator] Other incidents with a child apparition
have also been experienced on the third floor.
I was upstairs,
and I saw a little boy just dart out in front of me
and run across the room.
He was dressed in period clothes
and there was no footsteps.
Just as quick as daylight,
he just darted out in front of me.
I checked to see if anything was still there.
He was completely gone.
Since then, I won't even go back upstairs.
Now, there's also reports of people seeing men and women in period clothing,
-as well, on the property? -Yes.
Um, one of the incidents is over my shoulder here.
I've had guests ask who the other docents are
that come down the stairs behind me
when there's no other docent in the house.
I do tend to become afrightened in the home
and I tend to leave the door open
to leave myself a quick out.
[narrator] Tour guides have also heard strange female voices
and doors violently slamming.
[door slams]
[Steve] Outside, anything out there?
One docent actually saw a full figure male apparition
-on the outside portico near the study area. -Okay.
Now the other property, the Maple Shade House,
what do you know about that house?
The house was built in 1802
across the river in Belpre, Ohio.
And then it was donated to the park
because that family was also contemporaries of the Blennerhassetts.
[narrator] The Maple Shade House was owned by Aaron Putnam
and his wife, Charlotte,
who were close friends of the Blennerhassetts.
[Craig] Early in the 1800s,
Aaron and Charlotte Putnam both contracted yellow fever
and passed away in the house just days apart.
They died in that house
-when it was off property. -Right. Correct.
But it's all intact. Same walls... Okay.
[narrator] In 1990, the historic home was donated
and relocated to Blennerhassett Island.
[Steve] What's being reported from that house?
They feel a heavy presence at times.
They've heard stomping.
They've heard doors slamming.
And then they'll go upstairs, every door's wide open.
[Jason] Any activity around the house?
We'll see movement behind trees.
And people see shadow figures.
So what are you hoping that we're able to accomplish here?
After so many reports from my volunteers
and docents and guests,
I'm hoping your team can debunk some of these stories
or prove the stories.
-Okay. -Just give me answers
for things that I'm hearing about on the island.
All right. Well, we're gonna go talk to the crew,
start figuring out our game plan.
-Thank you very much. -Thank you.
[Dalen] Well, fellas,
we back with TAPS, y'all.
[Juwan] We're on a haunted island.
This is how every scary movie starts.
There's no way out. We're literally stuck.
This is genuinely like my greatest fear,
being stuck on a haunted island.
-[thuds] -Whoa-ho-ho!
-[Juwan] Whoa. -[Dalen] God!
Oh, here it is. Look at that.
What's up, what's up, what's up?
[all laughing and greeting]
Fellas, man, I am so excited to be kicking it with the TAPS team.
[Marcus] We're just gonna bring our energy.
TAPS' gonna bring their experience.
And we're gonna have another dope situation.
[Juwan] You know, they OGs in the game.
So it always feels good for them to bring us back.
And I really didn't trust being on a haunted island
with just y'all.
-Yeah. That's fair. -That's fair.
[Jason] We just met up with, uh, Craig,
and he was telling us about all the claims.
Everything from them seeing what appears to be boy apparitions
running down hallways, disappearing into rooms,
to living kids seeing another little kid
that they want to go play with.
Do we know if kids died on the property?
There was actually, uh, Margaret Blennerhassett,
and she did die here
and is buried on the property.
-Hmm. -She was two years old.
-[Steve] Two years old. -[Shari] Wow.
We also got the Maple Shade House,
which wasn't even really on this property.
It was moved to here,
and the people who owned that died in the house,
but when it was off property.
-We're excited to be back, guys. -We're happy to have you.
Let's start setting up.
[Dalen] It's gonna be dark soon.
[Steve] We've been called here because the volunteers,
the staff members and even the patrons
are having experiences that frighten them.
What's interesting is that there are different types of hauntings
happening in each one of the houses.
And there has been some tumultuous history here.
So these are all things that we need to take into consideration
and definitely use during our investigation.
All right, we have everything covered.
The mansion, there was multiple apparitions being seen.
-[Jason] We see the Walnut Room there? -Yup.
-Awesome. -We also have cameras in the Maple Shade House,
where they supposedly have poltergeist type activity.
Also we have a camera on the property here, as well.
-We've seen a male apparition. -[Jason] Nice.
So, this whole place is covered.
I think from here, I mean, we're ready to investigate.
So... you guys wanna take the main house?
-Okay. -And, you know, Shari,
you and I can head back to the Maple Shade House.
-Yeah, totally. Yeah. -Start there.
-[Steve] Tango and I, we'll have center command. -Sound good.
All right, I think we're ready.
Let's get the lights out and start investigating.
All right. Sounds good.
Let's do it, guys.
Jay and Shari, heading into Maple Shade House.
Claims of ominous feelings,
dark energy,
poltergeist type activity.
Ooh, this place just feels weird.
The minute I opened the door.
[Dalen] I'm low-key nervous
because, typically,
we can always just kinda like drive off the location.
[Marcus speaking]
Hello?
[door creaking]
[Marcus] Ooh-wee.
[Juwan] Here's the Walnut Room right here.
So they say they had like the...
the spirit of like a kid ghost running around in there.
[Marcus] You know, there are other claims over here too
of the woman in the period clothing
coming down a few steps and then going back up.
[Dalen] Okay. Let's see if we can get some activity.
Okay.
And I'm gonna put this right here on the piano.
[Juwan] Let's play a little game.
Let's light this candle and then ask some questions
and see which way the flame flickers.
"Yes" for this way. "No" for that way.
I like that, too.
Right here.
Let's try that first.
[device whirs]
[Juwan] Okay. All right, all right.
[Dalen] Okay. Would you like to communicate with us?
If you got something to say,
please touch the machine you just touched for us.
The laser grid is dope for this moment
just because, you know, that's what they say,
they would see a kid ghost in here, walking through.
[Dalen] Are there any children spirits here?
Margaret Jr., can you make the flame flicker?
[Marcus] Margaret, here we go.
Do you feel like you're trapped here?
[Juwan] Try upstairs, right?
[Dalen speaking]
Hey, man, how about we put the laser grid on these stairs?
[Juwan] Okay.
We should be good.
[Dalen] Margaret Blennerhassett,
is that you that people are seeing on the stairs?
[Dave] What is that?
What the hell?
Right over here. It just literally went that way.
[Steve] Outside?
Let me-- I just wanna check.
I just somebody walk just right across,
uh, this entryway here.
Um, I just wanna check it out.
Shadow figures, I mean, that is a claim here.
You gotta be [bleep].
Whoever might have been here before
is no longer here.
Jay and Shari entering the main bedroom of the Maple Shade House.
So a lot of the claims up here are doors being slammed,
things being moved around,
shuffling, stuff like that.
-Oh, what was that? -I heard that.
-[Jason] That was like a female voice. -Yeah.
Like, "Mmm-mmm."
Is there anybody from the Putnam family here?
Charlotte, we know you and your husband, Aaron,
passed away here.
Is there anything you wanna tell us?
[device beeps]
There's a vibration sensor on the floor,
which all you have to do is knock anywhere near it,
and it'll allow us a means to communicate.
Is anybody there?
Can you come towards the door?
[device beeps]
[Shari] We were told that people like to shut doors
and they like to throw things.
Is there anything that you can do for us?
[device beeps]
[Jason] Oh.
That just picked up a big vibration there.
There was nobody out there.
Nobody.
[Steve] No way.
That was crazy.
This is Dalen, Juwan and Marcus
in the drawing room.
So we have these claims of hearing voices,
people seeing children up here.
[device beeping]
-[Marcus] You wanna turn that off? -I'll turn that off.
-It's not just, you know-- -[Dalen] Did y'all hear that?
[Juwan] What'd you hear?
[Dalen] That was like a knock or something over here.
[Juwan] Bro, I'm not gonna front, man,
-this just feels like... -[Dalen] What? Wrong?
You just don't walk into nobody's bedroom at this hour.
-You wanna try to do a spirit box in here? -Yeah.
[Dalen] Margaret Blennerhassett,
feel free to sit down
and have a conversation with the Ghost Brothers.
Was this your bedroom?
Do you want us to leave?
I thought it said "three of them."
So, listen when I first asked, "Is this your room?"
Somebody immediately says no.
Then you hear a man say, "Get out."
Then you hear a woman saying, "I can't."
Then it says, "It's three of them."
So listen for those key things.
[on recording] Is this your bedroom?
"No."
Do you want us to leave?
I did hear that [bleep].
Oh, snap.
Think they were talking about us get out
or her get out?
'Cause the way that it made it sound like,
-she was responding like, "I can't get out." -Right.
[device beeping]
Is that the REM pod?
You cut that off.
[Dalen] Bro, it is off.
Oh, my God.
Bro, it is off.
Let me see.
[Marcus] That's crazy, bruh.
We walk into a domestic situation
we're not supposed to be a part of
and then your hear the REM pod out here,
so, obviously, "Let's distract them from what's going on in there--"
But the REM pod was off, Juwan.
But you turned the REM pod off,
so like where we at?
[Shari] This is Jay and Shari,
we are in the Maple Shade House
and this is the first floor
where people feel ominous and negative feelings.
[device starting up]
Is there anybody from the Putnam family here?
[device beeps]
Charlotte and Aaron Putnam,
are you upset your house was moved?
[device beeps]
Oh, we just got a "yes."
[Jason] Charlotte and Aaron,
are you the angry feeling that people get here?
[devices beep simultaneously]
Both devices went off at the same time.
"Yes."
It's like picking up vibrations.
Is there anything you'd like to tell us?
Let's get everyone back to the van and regroup.
[Shari] Yeah.
[Jason] Hey, guys, let's meet at the van.
Okay, cool.
-Hey, hey. -[Dave] Hey.
-How's it goin'? -What's up, guys?
How'd you guys make out?
[Dalen] What you guys catch on monitor?
I saw someone walking by.
-[laughing] -I ran right outside
-and there was nobody there. -Oh, my gosh.
Haven't seen anything since.
[Dalen] When we got to that second floor,
we put out the spirit box.
And in the spirit box,
a male voice says, "Get out."
And a woman's voice then says,
-"I can't." -"I can't."
[Shari] Oh, my God.
I actually wouldn't mind seeing what kind of history
we can dig up in this place.
[Marcus] I like history.
-You wanna join him, Marcus? -Heck yeah.
You two find someone tomorrow
-and get some information on this place. -Yeah.
[Dalen] Field trip.
Yeah. We'll get back, we'll start going through the evidence.
-Okay. -Good job, guys.
[Jason] While Shari and I review evidence from last night's investigation...
That was you and me in the Maple Shade House?
Yeah.
It's sounds like a female saying, "I'm still here."
Steve and Marcus are meeting up with a local expert
who has a family connection to Blennerhassett Island.
Jason, thanks so much for making the time to meet up.
How did your journey here start?
My family used to own the island.
-This is like a family island pretty much, then. -It was.
-It was? -Yeah, it was.
My dad did all of this research on the history.
[Steve] George Washington owned the island in the 1770s
and settlers moved here within the same decade.
Now Margaret and Harmon Blennerhassett,
what do you know about them?
[Sands] So, Harmon Blennerhassett and his niece,
they fell in love and they got married.
But their family was appalled.
And so, they left
and they came to the United States in 1797.
[narrator] The Blennerhassetts wanted a secluded home
in a state where slavery was legal.
The remote island in West Virginia met their needs.
They wanted to keep their relationship a secret
and they wanted to own slaves.
Harmon was involved in slave trading, as well.
Hmm. He's just a very stand-up guy.
Yeah, right? Exactly.
So you have that dichotomy
right over there on the Ohio shore.
-You had freedom-- -Freedom and then you have the enslaved.
And then you had the enslaved people here in Virginia.
Most horrific time of our history.
[Jason] Absolutely.
[narrator] The Blennerhassetts hosted many elite friends at their home,
including Aaron Burr, a former vice president.
Tragedy struck the Blennerhassetts
when their daughter Margaret died in 1804.
And then, just two years later,
the Blennerhassetts fled their island,
accused of being involved with Burr's ill-fated
and treasonous plot to get western states
to separate from the Union.
The Ohio Militia raided and ransacked the island
after the Blennerhassetts left.
Harmon was eventually apprehended and imprisoned,
but freed once Burr was acquitted.
[Sands] They were penniless, and at that point,
they gave up.
And they finally ended up going back to Europe
on the Island of Guernsey.
And that's where Harmon died.
[narrator] The island was then sold
with several plots of land being farmed by various families.
Who all did pass here?
There is one person that I know drowned,
Morgan Johnson.
And he died October 11th, 1896.
So this was in the water just around the island?
Yeah, they found his body floating next to the island.
Do you know if this person had any ties to the island at all?
Yeah, his family actually farmed the island.
There is some heavy history here.
There is heavy history. Yeah.
-Thank you for sharing this. -Thank you.
-Absolutely. -Okay.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-[Steve] Hey, guys. -Hey. What's up?
What else were you able to find out?
[Marcus] We learned a lot more about Harmon.
More than just him being someone who owned enslaved people,
he was actually in the trade, too.
So this land is not just a, you know, regular situation.
It's like some real animosity around here.
Oh, my God.
There was once more person he told us died...
Morgan Johnson.
Him and his family actually tended to the land.
He drowned and they found his body over on the shore.
And when was that around?
-It was right at the turn of the century. -Mmm-hmm.
I mean, it makes you sit there and wonder
if that's who they're seeing
peeking out from behind the trees, and stuff.
But, I mean, it's some good information that we've got
-that we could probably use tonight. -Absolutely.
[Jason] To start tonight's investigation,
Marcus and Shari will begin
on the second floor of the Blennerhassett Mansion.
[Marcus] So we had the REM pod set up in this room.
[device starting up]
This literally went off while it was off.
[device beeping]
[Jason] Steve and Juwan are going to check out the Maple Shade House
where there have been reports of poltergeist activity.
[Steve] All right.
Tango, Dalen and I will watch the monitors.
[Steve] Hello?
We've come a long way to talk to you.
Somebody who may be...
in the Putnam family.
Ooh.
Was that...
Is there a spirit in here that's trying to make contact with us?
-[Steve] Yep, I think we should head upstairs. -You wanna try it upstairs?
Let's check it out. You might be on to something there.
Okay, this is Shari and Marcus...
in the bedroom.
Is anyone here from the Blennerhassett family?
[device beeping]
If there is somebody in this room going near that machine,
can you please go near it again?
-[device beeps] -Oh.
-[device beeping] -Oh. Oh, my God.
[Shari] Is your name Margaret?
Did you used to live in this house?
[device beeping]
-[Marcus] Ooh, that's as green as you're gonna get, huh? -Yeah.
So, are we talking to somebody else who... might've...
-You heard that? -[Shari] Yeah.
[Marcus] That came from the nursery.
[Shari] Well, let's head in there.
If there's any children,
I have a few things that you can play with.
See this? It's a ball.
And it lights up when you're bouncing it around.
I have a little toy frog,
all right, and you can play with that.
I'm gonna place it...
right on there.
Okay, we're gonna go into the other room.
[Marcus] So, back to you.
[Shari] Um...
Are you here to harm anybody?
[device beeping]
[Steve] Charlotte and Aaron,
there are a lot of people who want to come in this house
and enjoy your place.
But they hear somebody stomping around up here.
Aaron Putnam, are you here?
Can you tell us why you stomp around up here?
[Steve] We've learned a lot about the Blennerhassett family.
Do you know the Blennerhassetts?
All right.
You can come in here.
There is some nasty things that happened
on this island.
Some people were treated terribly
and maybe that makes you feel...
sad.
Charlotte and Aaron Putnam,
do you know who the Blennerhassett family is?
[Juwan] Oh! Oh, my gosh.
[Shari whispering] I think the light went off.
We think we heard you play with the frog.
Margaret, are you still playing in here?
[Marcus] Well, it seems like they've kind of slowed down on both, huh?
[Shari] Yeah.
Is your name Margaret?
So, can you go back to red if this is your home?
Well, that's crazy.
[Jason on comms] Hey, guys, why don't we switch up the teams?
[Steve] Copy that.
[Shari] Okay.
[Jason] Jay and Shari...
Blennerhassett Mansion.
This is where they've seen a woman in period clothing
at the top of the stairs.
-Where were you guys getting the majority of the activity? -Upstairs.
All right. I say we go check out upstairs, then.
[Dave] All right, Maple Shade, Dave and Dalen.
In here, there's poltergeist-like activity.
Hello?
Aaron and Charlotte Putnam,
this was your house.
Is your house.
[Dalen] I could see why you would be attached here.
Was that you?
Okay, here we come.
We come in peace.
Whoa.
There's something about these low bannisters
-that always freak me out in older houses. -Oh, yeah?
You can fall right over and kill yourself.
[screams] Oh, [bleep]!
What the [bleep] is that?
Damn!
-[Dave] Wow. -I know!
-That's what I saw. -Oh, dude.
-[laughing] -[Dalen] Oh, my God.
-[Jason] And that goes... -[Shari] Up to the attic,
where they see a little boy.
That was a voice.
[Shari] Hello?
[Jason] Margaret and Harmon Blennerhassett?
Are you here?
Hello?
Who is the little boy who's been seen here?
What the [bleep] was that?
There was just a crazy friggin' voice.
Can you say it again?
[Shari] People have seen a little boy
running up and down this hallway here.
[Jason] That just [bleep] happened again.
[Shari] Are you serious?
I was in the same spot coming through.
Hang on.
-It's there. It's there. -What-- yeah?
[Jason] "It's lonely."
Are you in here?
[Dave] Does it bother you at all
that your house in now on this island?
It was moved here.
Is that why you're still here?
Or is Morgan Johnson still here?
[Dalen] Putnams, Morgan Johnson,
are there more than one family staying here?
Do you know who Morgan Johnson is?
We know he once lived here on this island
and he drowned.
Morgan, are you still here with us?
If there is any way that you could let us know that you're here,
please do it now.
Maybe it's just stagnant.
Maybe we just have to walk around and push the energy.
You know, just do like a sweep downstairs,
one more slow sweep.
[Dalen] My whole mood has changed.
I don't get the feeling that they left.
Really?
They're lurking.
[exhales]
They're here.
They just don't feel like communicating.
Like, we're in their space.
If you're lonely,
why would you be staying up here?
[device beeping]
And the device goes off.
Out there.
If you're going near the device,
it just made noise.
Please do it again for us.
[device beeping]
-[Shari] Thank you. -Oh-- Oh.
[Jason] It constantly sounds like somebody walking behind you.
[Shari] Is there a little boy with us?
[whispering] If that is somebody saying "lonely,"
I hope it's not a child.
[gasps]
[Jason] Wow.
It sounded like something coming up behind you.
[Shari] Yeah.
I mean, what could that have been?
[Jason] Who's here with us?
Well, it's gone quiet since we got all that activity.
So now is a good time to wrap for the night.
[Shari] Yeah.
[Jason] Hey, guys, we're gonna head out...
[over comms] ...and check out some of the evidence.
Let's wrap for the night.
-[Dave] Copy. -[Steve] Copy that.
Thank you.
It's been a pleasure having you guys out.
You guys are always welcome out here, you know that.
You know, where's my seat in here?
-I'm just trying to... -We'll make you a seat.
-Anytime you're ready, man. -Just wanna make sure it's happening.
Mmm-mmm. There's only room for one, Marcus.
-My man. -[Dalen] Fellas.
After all of that,
this island is crazy!
[Marcus] Equipment going off when it's turned off.
I mean, for it to even know how many like of us
were in the room at one time,
it just lets you know that this was a very intelligent type of haunting.
The TAPS team, it's like family, man.
-Mmm-hmm. -We're...
-...distant cousins. -Yeah.
-Be safe, guys. Talk soon. -I'll holler at y'all. Take care.
-All right. -All right.
Well, let's go get everything wrapped up, guys.
[Steve] Each property had its own vibe to it.
But it seemed like the main house
was the one that really paid off for us.
This place is so beautiful,
but it has a seedy past.
That's history we can't erase.
It's just here still living.
So, it's time to go sit down and talk with Craig.
Yeah. I'm excited.
[Jason] Yeah, it'll be interesting to show him what we caught
and get his take on it.
-Well, thanks for having us out here. -Oh, not a problem.
When we looked into the Blennerhassett family,
interesting dynamic.
Harmon married his sister's daughter
and they were buying and selling enslaved individuals.
We don't have to like the guy
but, sadly, it is part of the history.
So does that energy, does that personality,
do those people come with the house?
It does seem that there is some remnants in there.
We were able to have a bunch of experiences while we were here.
There were a lot of male voices and some female voices.
But we definitely have some audio and video
that I'd like to show you and just get your take on.
-Okay? -Mmm-hmm.
Shari and I headed over to the Maple Shade House,
and that first night we were investigating,
it seemed really quiet. But,
upon reviewing the evidence later,
there were some voices that showed up.
And I wanna play those for you.
[on recording] We'd like to talk with you.
Were you able to hear that at the end?
So I'm gonna highlight that spot for you.
What does it sound like it's saying to you?
That's a difficult one for me.
All right. To us, it sounded like,
"I'm still here."
We'd like to talk with you.
Yes! That's interesting.
So, that's a true EVP
'cause it was caught on digital recorder,
but we weren't able to hear it.
All right, so now, again,
Shari and I were investigating the Maple Shade House.
There's a voice that comes through there.
So, let's see.
What was that?
-"Who's in here?" Yup. -"Who's in here?"
And that a-- that's a female.
-There's no question. -That's definitely a female.
-What was that? -I heard that.
It's what we would consider a disembodied voice,
-something in the atmosphere. -Right.
So two of our investigators,
uh, Marcus from the Ghost Brothers
and Shari were in the main mansion,
and a voice happened.
It was right after Marcus said something.
[Marcus on recording] So are we talking to somebody else who... might've...
What it sounds like to us is "I have."
I can hear that.
So are we talking to somebody else who...
You heard that?
[Jason] Again, another voice that was caught here.
So, Shari and I were investigating up in the attic
and there was a voice that happened.
I mean, it happened right in front of us.
[Jason on recording] That just [bleep] happened again.
Here, I'm gonna crank it for you.
Are you able to make out what it's saying?
"I'm so lonely"?
Sound to us like it's saying, "It's lonely."
"It's lonely." Yeah.
That is so wild.
That just [bleep] happened again.
We did get some direct communication,
which gives the signs of intelligent type haunt,
as if these things are trying to communicate.
Do you know if that section of the house would've been there
during its original construction?
Harmon was an amateur astronomer
and actually had an observation deck built off the top floor.
-Oh, really. -So, yeah.
Hmm. Making a little more sense now.
All right, so now, our guest investigators,
Dalen, Marcus and Juwan,
also had a device turn on when it was switched off.
[device beeping]
[Juwan] You cut that off.
[Dalen] Bro, it is off.
But I have to say that everything we caught
didn't seem the least bit malicious.
It seemed more intriguing.
[Jason] Charlotte and Aaron,
are you the angry feeling that people get here?
[devices beep simultaneously]
Both devices went off at the same time.
"Yes."
There does appear to be some history
-that's still living here. -Right.
[Shari] Is anyone here from the Blennerhassett family?
[device beeping]
[Jason] From here, I think if you have any more activity,
or if anybody feels concerned, I mean, give us a shout.
We'll come back. We'd love to do it again.
Yeah, thank you for your time and effort.
-It was wonderful. -Well, thank you.
-Appreciate everything. -Thanks for trusting us with a whole island.
-[chuckles] Pretty awesome. -Yeah.
[Craig] The investigation went great.
The TAPS team was very thorough in their investigation techniques,
very thorough in the history.
And some of the things that they uncovered,
like the voice phenomenon that happened,
is very interesting to me.
It's something that's hard to debunk.
I believe the docents will welcome the information
that the TAPS team gathered here,
because none of the spirits or any of the activity was malicious,
and they'll return and look forward to working with me.
Well, Steve, I'm really impressed by this investigation.
Just to have the experiences that we did have out here
with pretty much no contamination.
There are some real legitimate things happening here.
To us.
And just having, you know, Juwan, Marcus and Dalen out here.
[Steve] I kind of feel like they're becoming part of our team,
-you know? Like... [chuckling] -Absolutely.
Now, let's get on this barge and on to the next, man.
Let's get out of here.