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Is Lord Francis Dashwood here?
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Is Paul Whitehead here?
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[chiming]
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Paul Whitehead,
is that you?
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[chiming]
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Phil!
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[Josh] On this episode
of Expedition X...
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-[horse whinnies]
-[Jessica] Whoa!
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[Jessica] It looks
like a place that
Satan would hang out in.
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[Josh] ...my team heads
to the British Isles...
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This is the most
historic part of Dublin.
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[Josh] ...to investigate
the Hellfire Club,
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a centuries-old
secret society...
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[man] Where the most elite
members of the club would've
engaged in Satanic worship.
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[Josh] ...said to worship
the Devil.
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-[Jessica] Phil!
-Yeah?
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[Jessica] Something
was throwing rocks over here.
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[Phil] Where are you?
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-[disembodied voice] Get out!
-[Jessica shrieks]
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[Sinead] The rituals,
the sacrifices, murders.
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[Phil] That's creepy.
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-[beeping]
-Is that you making
the REM-POD go off?
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[beeping]
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[clanging]
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[bleep]
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[theme music playing]
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Okay, who has heard
of the Hellfire Club?
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I watched Stranger Things.
I've seen the t-shirts.
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Not that one.
Not the D&D club.
Think older.
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X-Men villains,
the Hellfire Club.
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A cabal of evil aristocrats.
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-Okay, so that is closer.
-Mm!
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Because those super villains
were based on a true story.
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The Hellfire Club
was a real
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Satan-worshipping
secret society
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that was popular
in the UK and Ireland
in the 18th century.
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And here's the thing.
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I just got a lead
from Dublin
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that the Hellfire Club
may still be up
to its evil ways.
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But from beyond the grave.
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[eerie music playing]
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[Josh] In the early 1700s
in the United Kingdom,
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secret societies
are everywhere.
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The most famous
is the Freemasons
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founded in 1717.
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But the most infamous
is founded two years later,
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the Hellfire Club.
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Alongside plenty of drinking
and debauchery,
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the group's primary focus
is blasphemy.
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They make it their mission
to mock religion,
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even naming Satan
as club president.
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But the sacrilegious party
does not last long.
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In early spring, 1721,
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the king bans any such
immoral and profane clubs.
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However, the dark days
of Hellfire
are just beginning.
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The club escapes
across the Irish sea,
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reincorporating in Dublin,
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where they take Satanism
even further,
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holding black masses,
mock crucifixions,
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dabbling in dark magic.
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And in 1738,
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reportedly even
sacrificing a maid
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in the name of the devil.
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The club first congregates
at Dublin's Eagle Tavern.
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But when they need
more secrecy to perform
their sinister rituals,
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they ride south,
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to a remote hunting lodge
atop Montpelier Hill.
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The group mysteriously
disappears in 1745.
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But its legend only grows
in the three centuries since.
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The club's former haunt
outside Dublin
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is considered a hive
of paranormal activity.
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And their purported spirits
might be getting
more aggressive.
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This electronic recording
of a disembodied voice
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was recently captured
by historian Sinead Houlihan.
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[recording plays]
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[Josh] Could this
once secretive site
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truly be damned
due to a deal with the Devil?
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What do you think?
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So if there were
actual Satanic rituals
going on
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or heaven forbid,
human sacrifices,
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then that is very,
very dangerous.
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We might actually be dealing
with intelligent,
malevolent energies.
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Listen, I've been
to Ireland a lot.
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And it is a magical place
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but I don't
mean that literally.
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How much of this story's real
and how much is just bravado?
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Hopefully, they've
embellished the whole
Satan-worshipping angle.
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I think the devil's
in the details here.
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Well put.
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So the mission is,
get to Dublin,
meet Sinead,
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and separate fact
from fiction.
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Raise hell with Hellfire.
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-Hell yeah!
-We're on it.
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Good luck.
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It's a six-and-a-half-hour
flight from New York
to Ireland's capital, Dublin.
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[Irish folk music playing]
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[Josh] Located on the banks
of the river Liffey,
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people have been
making their home here
for thousands of years.
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[Phil] So have you
been here before?
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[Jessica] I've not.
I've always wanted to come.
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-So this where
we are, right now...
-Yeah?
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This is called Cork Hill.
This is the most historic
part of Dublin.
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And I've definitely
had a Guinness
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or four, in the bars
up and down around here.
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How many bars around here?
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A few and I can't
exactly remember.
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The reason
I brought you here is because
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there was something
very interesting
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on the side of one
of these buildings.
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I think you're gonna
want to see it.
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Check it out.
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-[Jessica] Oh, no way!
The Eagle Tavern!
-Yes! Which is?
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The Hellfire Club
meeting place. Okay!
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So this is where
they would come
and do their debauchery.
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[Josh] While Hellfire's
first meeting place
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sits prominently
in the center of Dublin,
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it's where the society
moved to next that's
most infamous.
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A hunting lodge
seven miles south
atop Montpelier Hill.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Phil] I think we gotta go up
through here.
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So I figured if this is how
they got to the hunting lodge
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back in the 1700s,
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we might as well
ride in style.
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[horse whinnies]
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[Jessica] Imagine
doing this everyday.
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Like, this is your
only mode of transportation.
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It really gives you
a sense of how far away
from the city you are.
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The top of this hill would
be a good place
to look over Dublin
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but also get into some
interesting business
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-without being seen.
-Yeah.
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[enthralling instrumental
music playing]
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[Jessica] Look at that!
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-[Phil] Hey! You're okay.
You're okay.
-[whinnies]
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You're okay.
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So this is where
it all went down.
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And it looks like a place
that Satan would hang out in.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Phil] Wow.
So there's the hunting lodge.
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[neighs]
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[Phil] As we finish
our trek on horseback,
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we meet our eyewitness,
Sinead Houlihan.
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-Hi!
-Hi.
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-Hi, I'm Phil.
-Nice to meet you.
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Sinead.
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[Phil] Sinead
is a local historian
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who's been to this site
several times
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and has experienced
some truly bizarre events.
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This is quite
the building.
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It is. It dates back to 1725
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when it was first set up
as a hunting lodge
by Wiliam Conolly.
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He died four years
after building this lodge.
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There was a Hellfire Club
started in 1735
by Richard Parsons.
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Upper class society
used to congregate here.
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The rituals,
the sacrifices, murders,
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all the debauchery,
all of the misbehavior
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and a lot of evil.
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[Jessica] Were Parsons
and his group up here
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legitimately trying
to bring up Satan?
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Dabbling in the dark side
was popular at the time.
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I think they were trying
to invoke Satan or other
dark entities that were here.
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What kind of experiences
have you had up here then?
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[Sinead] I heard a woman
wailing in the distance.
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[woman wailing]
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Went over to see
what it was.
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While I got there,
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um, the same exact sound
switched to the other side.
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[woman wailing]
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[Sinead] And next thing,
the sound changed again.
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[woman wails]
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People come up here
and they have had
stones thrown at them
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from the second floor.
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[Phil] Did they just
hear a stone fall?
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-Or did they see--
-It was actually
thrown at them.
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From one room to another.
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Not only that.
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They have heard music
and whispered voices
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coming through
the building as well.
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And there's like layers
of paranormal activity
occurring here.
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Like a snowball effect
over the years,
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it keeps building up
and building up.
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Especially from the EVP,
where you heard "Get out."
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[recording plays]
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Something that's quite stern
and it doesn't like
anybody being here.
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It's quite antagonistic.
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[Jessica] I can only imagine
how terrifying
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the specter of this lodge
must have been for the locals
during its peak
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as the home base
of the Hellfire Club.
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[Sinead] Best of luck to you.
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[Jessica] Sinead
definitely gave us a lot
of intel to follow up on.
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And as night falls,
we have the entire
hunting lodge to ourselves.
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[Phil] Okay.
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[Jessica] The lodge
consists of two levels
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with a main entrance
that was originally
on the second floor.
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A third story
has since been destroyed.
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The first floor housed
a kitchen, servants' quarters
and adjacent stables.
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The plan tonight is
to do a paranormal sweep
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of this historic
Hellfire site...
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[Phil] That goes
all the way up.
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-[Jessica] Let me see.
-Check it out.
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[Jessica] ...and to try
and find answers
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behind who or what
might be haunting it.
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Why do you think
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there's certain spots
that are... leaking water?
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I think it must be
the cracks up here.
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After all, it's been
around for a long time.
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Did you hear that?
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-That was me.
-What'd you do?
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Wait, that you mean?
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-[Phil] Yeah, that.
-That, that's...
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-Wow.
-That was my foot.
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So you were there.
Sounded like it came
from right above me.
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It's definitely bouncing up
and coming down.
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[softly] Weird place.
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[captivating instrumental
music playing]
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[water drips]
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[Phil whispering]
So this is the floor
where Sinead said
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a lot of the activity happens.
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[in normal voice]
Check it out.
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A view of Dublin
right out the window here.
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[Jessica] That's cool.
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[clanging]
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-[suspenseful music playing]
-[Jessica] The [bleep]!
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What was that?
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Sounded like metal.
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Check this out, Jess.
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-[Jessica] What? What you got?
-This rock.
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Do you think
that's what Jess fell?
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[Jessica] No, that sounded
like something going
down the stairs.
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[Phil] Yeah, but it sounded
like something could have
been hitting this.
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[clanging]
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-[Jessica] Mm...
-That's-- That is
the exact noise.
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-What?
-That high pitch, 100%.
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I'm not saying
it was this.
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[Jessica] I don't know
about that one.
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[thump]
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-[Jessica] What
the [bleep] was that?
-What the hell was that?
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[intense music playing]
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[Phil] Oh, look at that
pigeon nest. Right here.
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Okay. Well, we know
this place is alive.
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[intense music playing]
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-Big space, you'd have
a fire place.
-Yeah.
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[Phi] This could be
exactly the space
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where Parsons,
almost 300 years ago,
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-ran the rituals
of the Hellfire Club.
-Yeah.
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[Jessica] So, what
would you like to do?
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So I'm... really curious
about how sound and wind
pass through this place.
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'Cause obviously there's
big, open windows everywhere.
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But some of them
are more narrow.
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We've already experienced
how sound is bouncing around
here in some interesting ways.
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So to visualize
the passage of the wind
through here,
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I have the proof right now.
A fog machine.
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-You brought a fog machine?
-It's not to party, Jess.
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It's to visualize the wind.
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So where do you want
to set up your fog machine?
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I think the bottom floor
because then I'll get a sense
of if any air
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is lifting up or coming
in and out of the windows
down there.
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Okay. And then I can do
IR camera up here.
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-Then I can try and do
some call-and-response.
-Okay.
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[enthralling instrumental
music playing]
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[Jessica] After
our walk-through,
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Phil heads back downstairs
to prep the fog machine.
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[Phil] So my fog machine
will help me visualize
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the movement
of the wind in here.
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This is an anemometer.
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I'm gonna set up
several of them around.
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And that will actually measure
the velocity of the wind
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going through these
little passages.
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To see if we get any peaks
that are strong enough
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to knock over
something like a stone.
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Make it seem like
a stone's been thrown
at somebody.
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[Jessica] Okay.
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I stay on the second floor
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and position an IR camera
on one side of the floor
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and a REM-POD
on the other.
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[chiming]
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I want to try to make contact
with any of the intelligent
entities
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believed to be here through
a call-and-response session.
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Accounts of the club's
gatherings claim that members
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frequently drank scailtin...
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Okay.
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...a mixture of Irish whiskey
and hot butter
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with a dash of brimstone,
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more commonly known
as sulfur.
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Cheers.
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So I pour a glass
as a trigger object
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to connect with
any restless souls
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or Satanic imprints
that might be with us.
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[softly] Oh, my!
[inhales] Ooh!
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So right now...
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So right now it's really clear
that the wind
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is blowing towards me
in this direction.
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I can't even get
any fog in this room.
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So it's interesting to see
where it actually flows
to from here.
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Oh. There we go.
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[Jessica] If you're here,
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I've poured a glass
in the other room.
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Feel free to help yourself.
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There's a device
that I placed
in the center of the room.
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It's glowing red.
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If you step near it,
it will go off.
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Is there anyone
in this room with me?
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It is ripping
through here.
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And then it just stops.
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So we get these gusts
right now.
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There, it's going, it's going,
it's going, it's going,
it's going.
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Look at that.
Look at that speed.
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[softly] That is wild.
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[captivating music playing]
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[in normal voice]
And... relatively
still over here.
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And then it's just
flying out this window.
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But it comes and goes.
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Which tells me that
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the air that
passes through here
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is, is really volatile.
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Were you a member
of the Hellfire Club?
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[beeping]
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There we go!
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Did you conduct
rituals here?
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[beeping]
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Is that you making
the REM-POD go off?
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[beeping]
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-[clanging]
-[bleep]
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[suspenseful music playing]
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Something was throwing
rocks in here.
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Phil? Phil!
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00:17:37,066 --> 00:17:39,233
-Yeah?
-Come upstairs!
I heard something.
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-Where are you?
-[suspenseful music playing]
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[instrumental music playing]
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-[Phil] Where are you?
-Right over here.
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Sounded like something
was throwing rocks in here.
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But you know, there's a lot
of rocks over there.
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Do you have any idea
which they were?
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[Jessica] I have no idea.
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[intense music playing]
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[Phil] You're sure it sounded
like it came from here?
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Absolutely, 100%,
no doubt in my mind
it came from here.
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So if there were some
of these rocks up there,
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-maybe the wind
got strong enough.
-The wind's not strong enough!
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00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:22,367
The wind is coming
in gusts.
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00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:24,500
But you would be able
to feel that in here
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00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:26,834
if it was that strong
to push rocks?
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00:18:28,867 --> 00:18:31,834
How was the fog
experiment downstairs?
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It's all over the place.
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00:18:33,767 --> 00:18:37,467
I mean, there is no area
where it just settled
and sat there.
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It was constantly shifting
from one room to another.
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00:18:39,867 --> 00:18:42,367
There were some rooms
I couldn't blow fog into
for a while
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-'cause the wind
was so strong.
-Mm-hmm.
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And then 10 seconds later,
the wind would take it all in.
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[softly] So
I definitely think that
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wind in just the, the strange
openings in here, like the one
up there and here,
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plays a role in what
people seem to hear
in here.
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00:18:57,467 --> 00:19:00,834
And maybe even
what's being tossed around,
like your pebbles.
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00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:04,934
[Jessica] Is there
an entity in here
with us?
355
00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:13,133
Are you messing
with us right now?
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00:19:16,567 --> 00:19:18,433
Go ahead and throw
some stones.
357
00:19:21,467 --> 00:19:23,066
[whispers] The wind
just picked up.
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Last chance.
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[Phil] I don't think
it's here.
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[Jessica] Phil thinks
nothing is in here with us.
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00:19:38,266 --> 00:19:42,100
But I definitely had
a palpable experience
with the REM-POD.
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Something appeared to interact
with me intelligently
through it.
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00:19:45,266 --> 00:19:48,333
But I had a lot of audio
to review before I knew
for sure.
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[pleasant music playing]
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[seagulls squawking]
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[Jessica] The next morning,
we head back
to Dublin
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to meet with
a Hellfire historian...
368
00:20:02,166 --> 00:20:03,700
-[Phil] Hey, David.
-[Jessica] Hi!
369
00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:06,433
[Jessica] ...to learn more
about the club's
Satanic secrets.
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When we're thinking
about the Hellfire Club
371
00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:10,600
and why they did
what they did,
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we have to think about
the time we're talking about.
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The Enlightenment
is happening.
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A lot of people said,
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00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,700
"I'm a free thinker.
I don't believe in
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00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:19,667
the Biblical version
of events.
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00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:21,567
There's a rational
basis for existence,
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00:20:21,567 --> 00:20:23,700
not a Biblical
or religious one."
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00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:26,567
The Hellfire Club
took it one step further
and they said,
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00:20:26,567 --> 00:20:29,166
"We are going
to actually do devil worship."
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00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:32,333
[eerie music playing]
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00:20:37,266 --> 00:20:39,900
So whether the Hellfire Club
members believed it or not,
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00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:42,467
they were still
doing a lot of rituals
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00:20:42,467 --> 00:20:44,066
to try to bring out
the devil.
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00:20:44,066 --> 00:20:45,100
They certainly were.
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00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:48,600
What happened with the end
of the Hellfire Club
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00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,867
and where did
everybody end up?
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00:20:50,867 --> 00:20:54,667
Members either died
or were driven into exile
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00:20:54,667 --> 00:20:57,867
between roughly 1738
and the early 1740s.
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00:20:57,867 --> 00:21:01,567
One of these people who left,
Sir Francis Dashwood,
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he's known to have gone
to England, in West Wycombe,
near London.
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00:21:04,467 --> 00:21:06,967
It seems at that time,
he convened a group of men
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00:21:06,967 --> 00:21:09,367
who were involved
in quite provocative activity.
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00:21:09,367 --> 00:21:14,667
-[indistinct chanting]
-[suspenseful music playing]
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00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:17,600
Strictly from
a sexual perspective,
but also very mocking
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00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,066
of established religion.
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00:21:20,066 --> 00:21:23,100
-Offering up prayers
to the Devil.
-[suspenseful music playing]
398
00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:24,634
Drinking
to the Devil's health.
399
00:21:25,567 --> 00:21:28,333
A sustained train
of horrific blasphemy.
400
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,100
Okay, interesting.
401
00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:34,066
-Well, it sounds to me like
we have to head to England.
-Yeah.
402
00:21:34,066 --> 00:21:36,266
-All right, well,
thank you very much.
-Good luck.
403
00:21:36,266 --> 00:21:38,266
-All right, thank you.
-You're very welcome.
404
00:21:38,266 --> 00:21:40,600
[intense music playing]
405
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,166
[Phil] If there was
a darker and more
disturbing Hellfire Club
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00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:46,166
over in England,
as David claims,
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00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,266
we need to reconnect
with Josh about this
new piece of intel.
408
00:21:52,166 --> 00:21:54,000
-Hey, Josh!
-Hey, Josh!
409
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000
Top of the morning, guys.
Your Irish eyes seem
to be smiling.
410
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,667
-Oh. Well, that's
kind of you.
-Yeah.
411
00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:03,467
I got a little buzzed
last night when I made this
alcoholic offering.
412
00:22:03,467 --> 00:22:06,200
But it was a productive
investigation overall.
413
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,767
Listen, Josh,
she did it for the mission.
414
00:22:08,767 --> 00:22:10,166
[Jessica] I did, I did.
415
00:22:10,166 --> 00:22:11,567
Sure, you did. Yeah.
416
00:22:11,567 --> 00:22:13,000
So how's it going
out there?
417
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000
It sounds as
if the Hellfire Club
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00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,867
were probably doing
Satanic rituals,
419
00:22:16,867 --> 00:22:18,800
I feel like
there's definitely
420
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,266
some activity out there
that I cannot totally explain.
421
00:22:22,266 --> 00:22:24,400
-Okay.
-Get this, Josh.
422
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,467
When the Hellfire Club
here kind of died down,
423
00:22:26,467 --> 00:22:28,400
there was another one
that started up in England
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00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,900
that was even more sinister.
425
00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:32,266
[Josh] Yes, I know
about this place.
426
00:22:32,266 --> 00:22:34,166
They had these
infamous caves there
427
00:22:34,166 --> 00:22:37,467
that were used, supposedly,
for Hellfire rituals.
428
00:22:37,467 --> 00:22:39,667
Phil and I feel like
the next step would be
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00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:41,867
to head over to that
Hellfire Club
430
00:22:41,867 --> 00:22:43,867
and start exploring
that space as well.
431
00:22:43,867 --> 00:22:45,967
No objection here.
Sounds like a good plan.
432
00:22:45,967 --> 00:22:47,800
Why don't you hop
the next flight to London
433
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,300
and check out
the Hellfire caves?
434
00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:51,767
Sounds good.
Thanks, Josh.
435
00:22:51,767 --> 00:22:53,500
All right, cheerio!
436
00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:56,567
[Josh] It's a 90-minute flight
from Dublin to London.
437
00:22:56,567 --> 00:22:59,634
[band music playing]
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00:23:01,467 --> 00:23:04,200
And another half-hour drive
out to West Wycombe,
439
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,467
the site of Dashwood's
Hellfire Club
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00:23:06,467 --> 00:23:09,166
that dates back
to 1751.
441
00:23:09,166 --> 00:23:12,767
[suspenseful music playing]
442
00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:14,266
[Josh] On top
of West Wycombe Hill
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00:23:14,266 --> 00:23:18,000
sits the majestic
Dashwood mausoleum
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00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,500
where I've arranged
for Phil and Jess to meet
with eyewitness Ash Darkwood.
445
00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:22,467
[Ash] How you doing?
446
00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:24,700
[Josh] He's a local historian
and expert
447
00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:28,100
on all things Hellfire
on this side of the Irish sea.
448
00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:31,367
What can you tell us
about where we're standing
right now?
449
00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:35,300
It was not until 1894
450
00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:38,600
that the activities here
were referred to as
a Hellfire Club.
451
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,367
The members here
referred to themselves
452
00:23:40,367 --> 00:23:42,266
as the Knights
of Saint Francis.
453
00:23:42,266 --> 00:23:45,033
Saint Francis being
Sir Francis Dashwood.
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00:23:47,367 --> 00:23:50,600
[Jessica] Why did they
get the moniker Hellfire?
455
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,800
[Ash] Sir Francis Dashwood
owned all this land.
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00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:53,800
-[Jessica] Mm-hmm.
-[Ash] And so he could
457
00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,700
do with it pretty much
whatever he wanted.
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00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,066
-[Jessica] Mm-hmm.
-And he did.
459
00:23:58,467 --> 00:24:00,867
[Ash] For the most part,
it was political meetings.
460
00:24:01,867 --> 00:24:04,066
These were the people
he ruled.
461
00:24:04,066 --> 00:24:07,166
-Benjamin Franklin
was an honorary member.
-[Jessica] Interesting.
462
00:24:07,166 --> 00:24:10,500
The final cavern,
known as the Inner Temple
of the caves,
463
00:24:10,500 --> 00:24:13,600
that's where the most
elite members of the club
would meet.
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00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,367
Sir Francis Dashwood,
Paul Whitehead and maybe
just a couple of others
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00:24:17,367 --> 00:24:21,533
engaged in occult practices,
black magic, Satanic worship.
466
00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:28,600
What are some of the rumors
of ghosts and Whitehead
being seen here.
467
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,000
When Paul Whitehead died,
his body was buried
in London
468
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,567
-but in his will,
he left his heart...
-[Jessica] Mm-hmm.
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00:24:34,567 --> 00:24:36,033
...to Sir Francis Dashwood.
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00:24:37,767 --> 00:24:40,667
And requested it to be buried
here in the mausoleum.
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00:24:42,266 --> 00:24:44,567
And it was actually
based up there.
472
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:46,700
In the Victorian period,
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00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:49,467
an Australian soldier
actually stole the heart.
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00:24:49,467 --> 00:24:52,300
And since then,
people began to see
475
00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:55,033
the apparition
of Whitehead
inside the cave network.
476
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,700
[Phil] Huh.
477
00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:59,367
[Ash] Legend says that
he's in search of his heart
478
00:24:59,367 --> 00:25:00,867
and that's why
he returned.
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00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:02,500
[Phil whispers]
This is insane.
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00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:05,100
And when the caves
were refurbished,
there's this famous story
481
00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:08,000
of a young child
becoming lost from her mother
and becoming
482
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,500
-completely disorientated,
started crying.
-[girl crying]
483
00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:14,166
And she was rescued
by a man who brought her back
to the entrance of the caves.
484
00:25:14,166 --> 00:25:15,266
[girl crying]
485
00:25:15,266 --> 00:25:17,166
When the adults
looked around,
the man was gone.
486
00:25:17,166 --> 00:25:18,266
But the child described
487
00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:22,266
a man who was believed
to be Whitehead.
488
00:25:22,266 --> 00:25:27,800
[suspenseful music playing]
489
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,767
[Phil in normal voice]
Have you had any
personal experiences here?
490
00:25:29,767 --> 00:25:30,867
I have, yes.
491
00:25:30,867 --> 00:25:32,834
-Really?
-Um, there was
one occasion
492
00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:37,066
I was just entering
into the main banquet hall.
493
00:25:37,066 --> 00:25:40,100
And I heard my name
whispered into my ear.
494
00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:41,467
[indistinct whisper]
495
00:25:41,467 --> 00:25:43,000
Almost like a stage whisper.
496
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,867
It was a whisper
but it was quite loud,
497
00:25:44,867 --> 00:25:46,166
-if you understand
what I mean.
-[Jessica] Yeah.
498
00:25:46,166 --> 00:25:48,500
[Ash] So I was quite confused
as to who that was.
499
00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:51,967
There was another occasion
when I had a stone
actually hit my glasses.
500
00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:53,500
[Phil] Was there
anyone else with you?
501
00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:54,900
Not at that time, no.
502
00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:58,867
Huh. That connects
to some of the reports
at the Dublin Hellfire Club.
503
00:25:58,867 --> 00:26:01,467
[Ash] My personal belief
is that Whitehead's heart
504
00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:03,567
by being taken,
just triggered
505
00:26:03,567 --> 00:26:05,166
um, that paranormal response.
506
00:26:05,166 --> 00:26:06,567
You're a bit
of a believer here.
507
00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:08,266
Yes, absolutely.
508
00:26:09,567 --> 00:26:11,467
-[Jessica] Well,
thank you so much.
-[Ash] Very nice to meet you.
509
00:26:11,467 --> 00:26:12,967
-[Jessica] Nice
to meet you, too.
-[Phil] Thank you, Ash.
510
00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:17,000
[Phil] Directly underneath
all this stone and flint
511
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,867
that make up
the Dashwood mausoleum
512
00:26:18,867 --> 00:26:21,533
sit the infamous
Hellfire caves.
513
00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,734
Where the Satanic rituals
of Sir Francis Dashwood
took place.
514
00:26:28,266 --> 00:26:31,533
[suspenseful music playing]
515
00:26:33,700 --> 00:26:37,700
[enthralling instrumental
music playing]
516
00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:39,166
[Jessica] Check that out.
517
00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:43,266
[Phil whispers]
Weird place.
518
00:26:43,266 --> 00:26:44,867
[Jessica] Cave's
right down there.
519
00:26:44,867 --> 00:26:46,233
[Phil in normal voice]
That's creepy.
520
00:26:50,967 --> 00:26:56,467
[enthralling instrumental
music playing]
521
00:26:56,467 --> 00:27:00,333
[Phil] The Hellfire caves
run a quarter of a mile
under West Wycombe Hill.
522
00:27:02,066 --> 00:27:04,867
Large, secluded alcoves
connect a long labyrinth
523
00:27:04,867 --> 00:27:06,667
of chalky corridors.
524
00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:09,000
-Is that what I think it is?
-Oh, yeah, it is.
525
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,500
-That an urn?
-That's an urn.
526
00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:11,333
Whoa.
527
00:27:11,667 --> 00:27:13,166
[creaking]
528
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,367
It almost looks like
there's ash inside there.
529
00:27:18,367 --> 00:27:20,467
Can't tell if that's
just debris from the lid.
530
00:27:20,467 --> 00:27:23,066
I mean, it is broken,
so that couldn't just be dust.
531
00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:26,700
[Jessica] Potentially
in the presence
of human remains,
532
00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:30,233
I start my digital recorder
for a call-and-response
session.
533
00:27:31,367 --> 00:27:32,667
Whose urn is this?
534
00:27:36,166 --> 00:27:39,166
Paul Whitehead,
is this where
your heart was stored?
535
00:27:44,567 --> 00:27:47,000
-I say we just
keep on walking.
-Okay.
536
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,166
-Yeah, I'm just
gonna have it run.
-Okay.
537
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,634
[Jessica] Oh, look
at that face!
538
00:27:59,266 --> 00:28:00,734
Oh, my gosh!
539
00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:02,834
[Phil] Wow.
540
00:28:05,166 --> 00:28:07,233
[Jessica] Who carved
these faces on the wall?
541
00:28:09,767 --> 00:28:13,200
Ooh. Figure this just
in a loop.
542
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,667
So researching the cave,
this is where you would
check in.
543
00:28:16,667 --> 00:28:19,867
Men would go left.
Women would go right.
Meet on the other side.
544
00:28:19,867 --> 00:28:22,166
And that's who your
sexual partner is
for the rest of the night.
545
00:28:22,967 --> 00:28:26,200
Whoa. Well...
546
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,500
-Gonna go left?
-I'll go left.
547
00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,200
[Jessica] I'll go right.
548
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,533
[suspenseful music playing]
549
00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:41,767
-[Jessica] Hello?
Is that you--
-Hey, wow.
550
00:28:41,767 --> 00:28:43,667
[Phil] You voice
carried weird in here.
551
00:28:43,667 --> 00:28:44,867
-[Jessica] Really?
-Yeah.
552
00:28:44,867 --> 00:28:47,600
Let me go back,
let's do that again.
553
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,867
-[Phil] Yeah,
talking right there.
-Talk right here?
554
00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:51,767
Move a little bit forward.
555
00:28:51,767 --> 00:28:52,967
Moving forward.
556
00:28:52,967 --> 00:28:54,367
La-la-la-la-la.
557
00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:56,767
Hello?
558
00:28:56,767 --> 00:28:58,567
Is there anybody else
here in with us?
559
00:28:59,567 --> 00:29:02,200
[low rumble]
560
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,834
-Did you hear
that low rumble?
-[whispers] Yeah, I did.
561
00:29:07,066 --> 00:29:08,667
[in normal voice] If there's
anyone else here with us,
562
00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:10,467
can you please
make that sound again?
563
00:29:13,166 --> 00:29:14,567
[bats screeching]
564
00:29:14,567 --> 00:29:16,200
[Jessica] The bats
just came buzz me.
565
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,200
-[Phil whispering]
Oh, my gosh.
-[bats screeching]
566
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,734
-[Jessica] But that's
not what made that rumble.
-Oh, no.
567
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:30,400
I definitely feel
like something's
watching us.
568
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,266
[suspenseful music playing]
569
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,867
[Jessica] This
is the banquet hall.
570
00:29:46,867 --> 00:29:49,533
[Phil whispering indistinctly]
Okay.
571
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,533
[Jessica] Oh, wow!
572
00:29:54,367 --> 00:29:56,900
[Phil in normal voice]
Look at the size
of this place.
573
00:29:56,900 --> 00:29:58,700
[Jessica] It's massive.
574
00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:02,066
Think of all the things
that happened
in this room, Jess.
575
00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:05,166
-Oh!
-Some pf them I don't
wanna think about.
576
00:30:05,166 --> 00:30:07,233
[Jessica] Whoa,
we got Venus over there.
577
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,266
[indistinct whisper]
578
00:30:11,266 --> 00:30:14,100
-What'd you say?
-I didn't say anything.
579
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:16,367
-You-- Seriously?
-Seriously.
580
00:30:16,367 --> 00:30:17,700
What'd you hear?
581
00:30:19,066 --> 00:30:21,767
I don't know, I just--
I thought I heard
somebody just whisper.
582
00:30:22,367 --> 00:30:24,166
It sounded like "Hello."
583
00:30:24,967 --> 00:30:27,600
[suspenseful music playing]
584
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,400
-[Phil whispering hoarsely]
Hello?
-Yeah, like that.
585
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,533
-[in normal voice] That's how
close you think you heard it?
-Yeah, maybe even more closer.
586
00:30:37,266 --> 00:30:38,467
I don't know,
it's weird.
587
00:30:38,467 --> 00:30:41,734
This is the exact spot
that Ash said he heard
his voice.
588
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,133
Dashwood, are you
here with us?
589
00:30:48,967 --> 00:30:52,066
Was that you
whispering hello to us?
590
00:30:59,266 --> 00:31:01,266
I definitely heard "Hello."
591
00:31:01,266 --> 00:31:03,767
[Phil] The Hellfire
banquet hall is reportedly
592
00:31:03,767 --> 00:31:07,066
the largest man-made
chalk cavern in the world.
593
00:31:07,066 --> 00:31:08,767
And with its vaulted ceiling,
594
00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:11,000
the acoustics can really
play tricks on you.
595
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,634
[Jessica] Why don't I
set up a REM-POD?
596
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,767
[Phil] Jess says
she definitely heard
a voice in here.
597
00:31:16,767 --> 00:31:19,900
So she sets up some REM-PODs
for a call-and response
session.
598
00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:21,133
-[beeping]
-[Jessica] Okay.
599
00:31:22,767 --> 00:31:25,400
[Jessica] Are you here
for any of the Hellfire
Club activities?
600
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,200
[beeping]
601
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,834
[Jessica] Do you see
anything down the hallway?
602
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,033
[Phil] Nothing over there.
603
00:31:32,367 --> 00:31:37,100
[indistinct noise]
604
00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:39,233
-[Jessica] Okay, at least
we're getting some hits.
-Yeah?
605
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,166
That's promising.
606
00:31:43,767 --> 00:31:46,367
Is Lord Dashwood here?
607
00:31:48,467 --> 00:31:49,834
-"Yes."
-"Yes."
608
00:31:50,567 --> 00:31:52,934
Is there any other
Hellfire members here?
609
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:55,266
"Me."
610
00:31:55,266 --> 00:31:56,433
Who's "me"?
611
00:31:57,767 --> 00:31:58,667
What's your name?
612
00:31:59,367 --> 00:32:00,433
[beeping]
613
00:32:02,567 --> 00:32:03,367
"Ash."
614
00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:05,367
Ash... yeah!
615
00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:08,567
"Phil"? Oh, my God,
he said Phil!
616
00:32:08,567 --> 00:32:10,200
Sounded like he said "Phil."
617
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,066
[indistinct noise continues]
618
00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:15,634
[Jessica] Who else
is down here?
619
00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:18,266
[beeping]
620
00:32:18,266 --> 00:32:19,934
[softly] Oh, wow,
that is going off again.
621
00:32:21,767 --> 00:32:23,867
[in normal voice] These
are the best hits
we've had all night.
622
00:32:24,367 --> 00:32:26,867
My name, Ash's name,
623
00:32:26,867 --> 00:32:29,233
I mean the chances
of those names coming out,
624
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,567
that's a little weird.
625
00:32:31,567 --> 00:32:33,567
[Jessica] And all
in the same spot.
626
00:32:34,667 --> 00:32:35,867
The same room.
627
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,667
Whoa. So what
does that tell you?
628
00:32:39,667 --> 00:32:44,000
I guess it tells me, like,
this place could be haunted.
629
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,700
[Phil] The banquet hall is one
of the most sacred spots in
Dashwood's Hellfire caves...
630
00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:51,767
[Jessica] All right,
we're moving along
if you'd like to come with us.
631
00:32:51,767 --> 00:32:53,900
[Phil] ...second only
to the inner temple
632
00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:57,166
which lies at the very end
of the meandering
cave route.
633
00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:00,166
Ooh... [chuckling] yeah!
634
00:33:03,767 --> 00:33:05,967
-[Phil] Wow.
-[Jessica exclaims]
635
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,433
So, Aphrodite, huh?
636
00:33:14,367 --> 00:33:17,867
I was thinking
I'd stay here by myself,
sit in the dark,
637
00:33:17,867 --> 00:33:20,200
see if anybody
crosses the threshold.
638
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,667
And if I can see
or feel anything.
639
00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:23,734
Okay.
640
00:33:23,734 --> 00:33:25,500
Or if it's just, like,
my mind playing
tricks on me.
641
00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:29,000
So a bit of sensory
deprivation in the deepest
part of the cave?
642
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,200
-Exactly.
-Okay.
643
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,667
Well, I'm still
really curious about
the banquet hall.
644
00:33:33,667 --> 00:33:35,667
-Okay.
-Where Ash heard his name.
645
00:33:35,667 --> 00:33:37,867
You just heard
someone whisper in your ear.
646
00:33:37,867 --> 00:33:39,567
And I wanna see
if I can track down some bats
647
00:33:39,567 --> 00:33:42,367
'cause I think there's
quite a few flying around
in here.
648
00:33:42,367 --> 00:33:43,600
-[Jessica] All right.
-Yeah.
649
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,000
I would say radio me
but I don't think
the radio signal's
650
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,266
gonna go through
these walls. So--
651
00:33:47,266 --> 00:33:49,166
No, I think we'll just
have to trek back and forth
652
00:33:49,166 --> 00:33:50,667
-and just check on each other.
-Okay.
653
00:33:50,667 --> 00:33:52,467
-Sounds good?
-Good luck in the dark.
654
00:33:52,467 --> 00:33:53,900
Thank you.
655
00:33:54,767 --> 00:33:57,867
[Jessica] While Phil
heads off to explore
possible natural causes
656
00:33:57,867 --> 00:34:01,667
to the strange sounds
and voices heard
in these caves,
657
00:34:01,667 --> 00:34:05,066
I stay back to reach out
to any of the reported
spirits in here
658
00:34:05,066 --> 00:34:07,567
through a new type
of call-and-response box.
659
00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:09,500
[chiming]
660
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:10,934
Okay.
661
00:34:12,867 --> 00:34:14,500
Lights.
662
00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:20,467
All right, so there's a theory
that older ghosts are more
comfortable reaching out
663
00:34:20,467 --> 00:34:23,500
through mechanical devices
rather than digital ones.
664
00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:25,967
It lights up
and plays a music box
665
00:34:25,967 --> 00:34:28,467
anytime something
passes in front of it.
666
00:34:34,767 --> 00:34:36,667
All right, lights out.
667
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:43,066
[intense music playing]
668
00:34:43,066 --> 00:34:44,767
Is there anyone
in the room with us?
669
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,767
[Phil] Odd acoustics
might explain
670
00:34:50,767 --> 00:34:53,166
some of the strange noises
heard around here.
671
00:34:53,166 --> 00:34:57,667
But another natural source
could also be the bats
that call these caves home.
672
00:34:57,667 --> 00:34:59,400
So after my LIDAR scan,
673
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,100
I do a walk-through with
the ultrasonic bat detector
that I have on my phone.
674
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:05,500
It records echo-location
signals from bats
675
00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:08,767
which it compares
to a catalog of known
species in the area
676
00:35:08,767 --> 00:35:12,367
to help us identify
who or what is
flying around here.
677
00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:15,367
[bat wings flapping]
678
00:35:15,367 --> 00:35:16,767
Ooh, we got a hit.
679
00:35:16,767 --> 00:35:20,233
-[bats screeching]
-A big bat hit.
680
00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:27,266
Check that out.
Leisler's Noctule.
681
00:35:27,266 --> 00:35:29,900
I actually have never
heard of that bat before.
682
00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:34,667
There's, I think, 19 species
that can be found here
in England.
683
00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:36,166
And we got
one of them in here.
684
00:35:36,166 --> 00:35:39,400
So I'm definitely gonna do
some more digging on
at least the size of them,
685
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,000
noises that they make
686
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,166
that could maybe explain
a little bit
687
00:35:43,166 --> 00:35:45,066
what people say
they experienced around here.
688
00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:53,834
Is Lord Francis Dashwood here?
689
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:01,734
Is Paul Whitehead here?
690
00:36:03,367 --> 00:36:06,266
-[chiming]
-Oh [bleep]!
691
00:36:09,567 --> 00:36:11,433
Paul Whitehead,
is that you?
692
00:36:13,867 --> 00:36:15,033
Hello?
693
00:36:16,266 --> 00:36:19,233
[chiming]
694
00:36:19,700 --> 00:36:21,033
[yelling] Phil!
695
00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:27,900
Well, the first rule
of the Hellfire Club was
696
00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:29,767
"Don't talk about
the Hellfire Club."
697
00:36:29,767 --> 00:36:31,900
But over its years
of devilish deeds,
698
00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:36,266
the outrageous exploits
of some members
spilled into public view.
699
00:36:36,266 --> 00:36:39,667
The founder of Dublin's
Hellfire Club was
the Earl of Rosse,
700
00:36:39,667 --> 00:36:43,900
notorious for playing
so-called practical jokes
on men of faith,
701
00:36:43,900 --> 00:36:47,000
infamously inviting
a senior priest
to his house,
702
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,300
only to greet him
completely naked,
as you do.
703
00:36:50,300 --> 00:36:53,467
Another Hellfire member
was James Worsdale.
704
00:36:53,467 --> 00:36:55,600
While visiting the Irish
town of Mallow,
705
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:59,667
Worsdale reportedly
got too familiar with
his landlady's daughter,
706
00:36:59,667 --> 00:37:00,967
causing the angry mother
707
00:37:00,967 --> 00:37:03,166
-to beat him with a chunk
of mutton.
-[Worsdale screaming]
708
00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:05,667
Mutton chop indeed.
709
00:37:05,667 --> 00:37:09,467
And most macabre of all
is the story of club member
Lord Santry
710
00:37:09,467 --> 00:37:11,967
who drenched his servant
in brandy,
711
00:37:11,967 --> 00:37:14,967
tossed a match on him
and burned him alive.
712
00:37:16,467 --> 00:37:20,433
Thank goodness these men
of Hellfire are all consigned
to history.
713
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,734
[dramatic music playing]
714
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,567
So I was in the room.
715
00:37:29,567 --> 00:37:31,266
Totally quiet, totally dark.
716
00:37:32,367 --> 00:37:34,400
I had that motion detector up.
717
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,066
I'm like, "Who's here
in the room?" "Is there
anybody in the room with me?"
718
00:37:38,066 --> 00:37:40,000
"Is it Whitehead?"
[imitates chiming]
719
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,500
-What?
-Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
720
00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:44,133
-Come with me. Yeah.
-Okay.
721
00:37:51,867 --> 00:37:54,634
Right here.
I was sitting on that bench.
722
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:56,533
[Phil] Well...
723
00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,467
I have a question for you.
724
00:37:59,467 --> 00:38:01,800
Have you ever heard
of the Leisler's Noctule?
725
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,433
-Leisler's Noctule?
-Yeah.
726
00:38:05,266 --> 00:38:08,000
That's the species name
of a bat
727
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,900
I ID'd flying around here.
728
00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:13,767
So I gotta wonder.
What if there's a bat flying
in and out of this part
729
00:38:13,767 --> 00:38:16,400
-that set this off
at the right time?
-[sighs wearily]
730
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,367
-'Cause this is
a motion detector, right?
-Yeah, it is.
731
00:38:20,467 --> 00:38:23,567
You gotta wait
till the light's on.
Now try it.
732
00:38:24,166 --> 00:38:25,967
[chiming]
733
00:38:25,967 --> 00:38:28,433
Yeah, that's
a motion detector, not EMF.
734
00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:33,200
Okay. So, I didn't detect
735
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,066
any bats on
this side of the cave.
736
00:38:35,066 --> 00:38:37,567
Only closer
to the entrance.
737
00:38:37,567 --> 00:38:40,200
-That doesn't mean there
aren't any bats around here.
-Oh, really?
738
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,100
-Especially with this--
-Wish this netting and stuff?
739
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:45,266
[Phil] I bet they would
love to live up there.
740
00:38:45,266 --> 00:38:47,767
[exclaiming]
741
00:38:47,767 --> 00:38:50,700
But why would a bat
set off the motion detector
742
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,767
right when I was going
through the names?
743
00:38:54,767 --> 00:38:57,000
Maybe they finally
felt comfortable in here.
744
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,266
Because they didn't see
lights going around.
745
00:38:59,266 --> 00:39:01,066
And so they said,
"You know what?
746
00:39:01,066 --> 00:39:03,934
The coast is clear-ish."
Take a fly around.
747
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:09,567
-It's a theory.
-Crap. Yeah... okay.
748
00:39:09,567 --> 00:39:12,467
I mean, I still think
it's a little weird
749
00:39:12,467 --> 00:39:16,467
that it went off right when
I said Whitehead's name.
750
00:39:16,467 --> 00:39:19,066
It is weird.
751
00:39:19,066 --> 00:39:22,467
I still have
the recorder running.
If I hear anything on there,
752
00:39:22,467 --> 00:39:25,000
if that matches up
to what was going on
over here,
753
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,066
-then I say
possibly paranormal.
-Okay.
754
00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:31,166
But then if that
comes up flat, then, okay,
yeah, maybe it's a bat.
755
00:39:31,166 --> 00:39:33,634
-[Phil] Maybe it's a bat.
-Maybe it's a bat.
756
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:42,000
[dramatic music playing]
757
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,367
[Josh] For 300 years,
the sordid and Satanic
Hellfire Club
758
00:39:46,367 --> 00:39:47,867
has been shrouded
in mystery.
759
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,467
[Phil] That's creepy.
760
00:39:51,467 --> 00:39:54,667
[Josh] My team set out
to investigate
the paranormal claims
761
00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:56,667
behind this secret society.
762
00:39:56,667 --> 00:39:58,100
[chiming]
763
00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:00,867
In addition
to the inexplicable
disturbing sounds...
764
00:40:00,867 --> 00:40:02,400
[Jessica] Oh, [bleep]!
765
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,667
[Josh] ...and voices heard
in real time during my team's
investigations.
766
00:40:07,266 --> 00:40:08,600
-What'd you say?
-[Josh] Jess conducted
767
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,667
further analysis of more
than 30 hours of their
audio recordings
768
00:40:12,667 --> 00:40:14,433
from Ireland and England.
769
00:40:16,967 --> 00:40:21,000
She discovered a disturbing
EVP from inside
the haunting lodge.
770
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,734
Did you conduct
rituals here?
771
00:40:26,667 --> 00:40:31,133
[Josh] And another one
from inside the Hellfire
cave's inner temple.
772
00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:37,166
A review of the IR camera
footage from this same room
773
00:40:37,166 --> 00:40:39,300
-yielded no rogue
bat sightings...
-[bats screeching]
774
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:41,467
...casting doubt
on Phil's theory.
775
00:40:41,467 --> 00:40:44,166
Maybe they finally felt
comfortable in here because
776
00:40:44,166 --> 00:40:45,767
they didn't see
lights going around.
777
00:40:45,767 --> 00:40:48,567
[Josh] Meanwhile, we have
no rational explanation
778
00:40:48,567 --> 00:40:50,266
for what triggered
the sensor.
779
00:40:50,266 --> 00:40:53,033
[chiming]
780
00:40:54,066 --> 00:40:56,700
[Jessica] Paul Whitehead,
is that you?
781
00:40:56,700 --> 00:41:01,000
[Josh] But Jess' favorite
suspect remains the spirit
of Paul Whitehead,
782
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,033
still looking
for his lost heart.
783
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:07,500
Many have claimed that
the hallowed halls of Hellfire
784
00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:10,900
are home to supernatural
and Satanic spirits.
785
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:14,200
The unsettling events
Phil and Jess experienced,
786
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,166
both in the hunting lodge
and the Hellfire caves,
787
00:41:17,166 --> 00:41:21,567
do seem to suggest
a darkness that
defies explanation.
788
00:41:21,567 --> 00:41:24,767
One that certainly
could be devilish.
789
00:41:24,767 --> 00:41:27,000
For more information
on Expedition X,
790
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,200
head to
discovery.com/ExpeditionX.