Ghost Adventures (2008–…): Season 21, Episode 2 - El Rancho Hotel - full transcript

Do you believe
that whoever was living here

was worshiping the devil?

Yeah.

There's been suicides
here at the el rancho.

This was the site of a murder.

The first thing I did was, like,
just started praying.

Aaron, put the device
on the satanic markings.

- Something's holding me.
- My arm.

Manifest yourself now,
I demand you.

Zak!

There are things in this world



that we will never
fully understand.

Understand.

We want answers.

We have worked years to build
our credibility, our reputation,

working alongside
the most renowned professionals

in the field,

capturing groundbreaking proof
of the paranormal.

It's working!

I can't give you an explanation.

This is our evidence...

Our ghost adventures.

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

I'm in gallup, new mexico,
ladies and gents.

And the sad thing is
we're gonna keep this intro.



That's my humor...

Stupid, yeah.

Someone will laugh.

During this covid-19 pandemic,

it has allowed us
to investigate some places

that we normally
wouldn't be able to,

and this is one of them...

The hotel el rancho.

They have shut
the entire hotel down...

So that we can do
an investigation.

And I call this hotel

"the shining" hotel
of new mexico

because that is exactly
how it feels

in the scariness of it,
the darkness of it...

The history of it.

That's what it is.

Inside these hallways,

there have been
multiple suicides

that add
to all the hauntings here.

We have also recently discovered
a murder that the hotel staff

and owners
didn't even know about.

So while we are investigating
this massive hotel,

there's another location

that we're going to investigate,
the bunkhouse.

Built in 1936,
the el rancho hotel

was a second home to over
100 hollywood film productions

who made westerns in
and around gallup, new mexico.

But today,
something unsettling permeates

throughout this
40,000-square-foot building.

We're here to investigate
a recent wave of dark energy

that has been
traumatizing the staff,

especially in the adjacent
and now-defunct bunkhouse,

which we suspect is the source
of this malevolence.

And for some, what they
experienced was so disturbing,

they no longer work here.

Hey, calle, how are you?

Good.

Did something
happen to you here...

Yeah.
...That really
terrified you?

Yeah.

Alright, I want you
to tell me about that event.

Okay, so I was in the restaurant

in the dining room
that's called the crown room,

and I was standing
with one of my co-workers.

And we were talking,

and I was just
standing in the doorway.

And he had walked
to the kitchen,

and, like, when he walked away,

like, my hair got yanked

and, like, I got pulled back.

And what did you feel
in that moment?

Like, I was scared...

and, like, the...

You okay?

What's wrong?

It's just scary to talk about.

It makes you emotional,
it was that traumatic?

Yeah.

Really? Yeah.

Well, like, after that,

the first thing I did was, like,

when I clocked out,
I had went to my car,

and in my car...

I always have rosaries
hanging, like,

over the rearview mirror.

And, like, the first thing I did

was, like, just started praying.

That's how bad it impacted you.

Yeah.

Calle believes
the entity that attacked her

was also captured on
the hotel's security cameras.

Seen here in this
chilling photo,

which she took...

Is what appears to be
a dark shadow figure

captured in one of the
el rancho's dining areas.

So I'm walking
with phil right now,

and phil's taking us
to the bunkhouse.

And where's the scariest part
of this hotel?

I say down here. Down here?

Yeah.

That's why
we're going down there.

Alright, let's go.

Have you found symbols
inside the bunkhouse

that are demonic?

Yes.

Can you show me that, please?

The bunkhouse was once used
as living quarters

for the hollywood film crews
that shot here in the 1930s

and later,
for the hotel's employees,

but as we crossed the threshold
into this now-derelict space,

I soon realized it was used
for something far more sinister.

This is one of
the darkest rooms in here.

Actually, behind this cross
and the 777 here,

is actually a pentagram
behind it with this 666.

I see it.

So whoever was here before
used to worship the devil.

The next person came in here

and put a cross
and the mark of god on there.

They tried to reverse it.

Yeah.

So you believe
that whoever was living here

was worshipping the devil.

Yep. Yes.

As I witness an immediate change
in phil's mood,

I want to know
if the dark energy

birthed from these
satanic practices is at play.

Hey, phil. Yeah.

Can you do me a favor?

Can you walk in the center
of the room there?

I was just gonna have you
ask a couple questions.

But as we're about to find out,

the entities here
may have something else in mind.

Yeah, I don't think I want to.

You refuse?

Yeah, I don't think
I want to do that.

Okay, that's fine.
I'll take it back.

There's already
a feeling in there.

Okay. Yeah.

Right now, I'm shocked.

Never in the history
of our "ghost adventures"

have we ever been refused
an opportunity

to establish contact
with an entity

by the individual who has been
negatively affected,

and what does this say about
what we are dealing with here?

We could be hunting
for something

that is
extremely powerful, elusive,

and maybe even manipulative.

Yeah, I don't think I want to.

You refuse?

Yeah, I don't think
I want to do that.

This isn't a good place.

No.

Not at all.

With two former employees

both being severely
and emotionally affected,

I immediately widen the scope
of our investigation

and shift our focus

towards the unspoken history
of this storied hotel.

We need to learn who
or what may have been unearthed

by those satanic practices
in the bunkhouse.

Hey, billy, do me a favor. Yeah.

Somebody told me
that in the basement,

there were underground tunnels

that they were using
for prohibition

and a bunch of other
nefarious activities.

The tunnels, just they kind of
run all around

underneath the parking lot
all around el rancho.

Take a camera
and go down to the basement

by yourself
and investigate.
Okay.

Okay? Report back to me.

On it.

You come in right here,
but there's like

four or five different
directions you can go.

The basement is huge.

But if you look right here,
there's a tunnel right there.

And honestly,
I don't know how far it goes.

I'm aware of there's been two
suicides here at the el rancho.

The rooms that the suicides
happened in is 108...

...And 214.

When you're in the basement,

you feel like
you have eyes on you,

especially in the very back
of the basement.

I noticed this back here.

It just shoots all the way back.

I can't even see the end.

I am in the back
of the hotel right now,

and I'm back here

because this was
the site of a murder

that nobody knew here.

The staff didn't know about it,
the owners...

Nobody knew about this murder,
but our researcher dug it up.

January 21, 1945.

Willie davis.

He was a bellhop.

He took 37-year-old ben harris,
who was also a bellhop,

took a .22 caliber...

Shot him eight times
in the chest...

...And those puncture wounds
through his lungs...

Was enough to kill him.

Right now, the el rancho
is proving to be

a tapestry of darkness...

And that concern
will only deepen

as we move to the upper floors,
where we are about to learn

of an entirely different caliber
of haunting

whose source remains a mystery
to those who experience it.

221.

Okay, so we are here
at room 221.

It was right before
I worked here.

My daughter... she works here,

and we got snowed in.

This is the room
we stayed in.
Do you want to go in?

Yeah, we can go in.

I really didn't want
to come back in this room.

I slept over here in this bed.

And then I was asleep,
and something woke me up,

standing right about here
because I could see the tv.

It was a man
standing right there.

Describe to me
exactly what saw, von.

A white man, older.

He had a black jacket on.

His hair was slicked back.

And then I just turned over
and I covered up,

and I must've laid there
'til 6:00 in the morning.

So you were terrified.
I was terrified.

Aaron, I want you to
take your phone out right now,

and I want you to write down
this room number

because we need
to set cameras up in here

when we investigate.

You know, when we first started
our "ghost adventures,"

we actually used to
write on paper.

Remember paper?

We used to have a pencil.

You have to sharpen wood
so you can write.

Now you just use your finger.

When was the last time
you did cursive?

I know the last time I cursed.

Stupid humor. Von?

Yes?

Is my humor stupid?

A little.

Jay, jay, he never believes us
when we say it,

but you believe her.

But she doesn't know me.

Typically, when I begin
to exhibit my awful jokes,

that really means the location
is making me nervous.

And in this case especially,
that's no laughing matter.

Whoa. It's a very dark feeling.

Zak, it just pegged to 100.

Go back. Go back. That's it.

Day 2.

Whoa, I can see the light
through my fingernails.

I need to cut those.
Do you see that?

Do you see that?

Look how long those are.

Alright, day 2,
and here's what we're gonna do.

For the very first time...
Very first time...

El rancho hotel has shut down
completely for us.

They have never, ever done this.

This place is world-famous,

one of the most haunted hotels
in the entire world.

This is "the shining" hotel
of new mexico.

We are going to start
our investigation

by measuring emf readings
at each of the hot spots

we just heard about.

Okay, billy, explain to us
the rig that you have

that you're gonna be documenting

at each of the hotspot stations
that we marked with an "x."

we were just gonna use
the trifield meter

to measure
for electromagnetic fields,

but I thought, "why not add
the static sensor, as well?"

so we'll be using
the static sensor

and the electromagnetic
trifield readings.

Okay, beautiful.

You know what?

Before you guys take off
and start doing this,

and also, we're not
doing lockdown yet.

That is after this.

Mike... we call him googs

because that's his nickname,
googs.

It's part of his last name.

You've seen him before.
He's our audio guy.

He's gonna be following
these guys

because we're not using
the little night-vision cameras.

We're using the big cameras
with the lights off.

I wanted to do this
with the lights on,

and then
we're gonna go all lights off

and get locked down
inside of here.

Before you guys go take off,
start doing this.

Go set this ball on the "x"
on room 211.

Earlier in our investigation,
an employee told us

that various child spirits
have been experienced

in this room at the el rancho.

This one, 211.

It was 6:30 in the morning,

and all of a sudden,
I heard children

just laughing so hard
with a belly laugh.

I want to see if any of them
will respond

to this trigger object,

which we strategically place
outside that very room.

Alright, guys. Aaron?

Yeah.

You got your first "x."
head to it.

Billy, call me
those emf base lines,

and if you receive
any spikes there,

I'll write them down
and I'll keep log of it.

Alright.

Over here
is where on security camera,

they caught a shadow of a man.

Yeah, I think it was
right here in this doorway.

Right here.

You saw an unidentified man
in a doorway.

Yeah.

The baseline is like a 1,
a 1 to a 1 1/2.

Did you hear that, zak?

The baseline
is between a 1 and a 1 1/2.

Still consistent,
1 1/2, no spikes.

10-4.

Let me know if any spikes
happen in that area.

Still just a 1.

Still just a 1.

Yep, no spikes.

No spikes,

staying constant
on a baseline of 1.

Let me write it down.

Okay, so the guys documented
about a 1 to 1 1/2

milligauss baseline.

They recorded no spikes at all.

As the guys leave
the banquet room,

billy starts getting
some large spikes of emf.

Want to go over there, bill?

Yeah.

Let me step up here.

It's rising.

Rising.

It was a 1. Now it's a 2.

Went from a 1 to a 2.

Now it's almost 3.

Now it's almost 3
as he gets closer.

Right here is a 4.

Jumped up to a 4.

And...

Okay, it's at a steady 5.

Whoa, it just spiked.

It pegged to 25.

No way. Yeah.

Wow. Yeah.

It's like a baseline of...

It just pegged...

Zak, it just pegged to 100.

There it is again.

So I came here...

Look, look, look, watch.

Whoa, what the hell?

Yeah, just boom.

Billy receives
a 100 milligauss spike

in the center of the hallway,

the largest reading
the trifield can get.

Right now, the baseline is 4,

and it's just a steady 4.

There's the theory
that if there's high emf

that's unnatural...

Like, normal is zero,
but if it's a steady 4,

that's energy
that the spirit could use

to do something like that,
push someone down.

The guys now head

to the devil worshipper's room
in the bunkhouse.

Right now,
we're in the bunkhouse.

We're going to the satanic room,
where phil, the handyman,

was just completely terrified
just being in here.

Looks like about just under a 1.

No readings.

Hey, looks like
we're getting a first baseline

of just under 1 so far.

Like .5.

1.

Static detector's on.

Nothing on the static detector.

Alright, let me mark it.

Whoa.

You can definitely feel... Whoa.

It's a very dark feeling.

Honestly, I was kneeling down
to write that,

and then, like,
as I was about to get up,

I kind of felt, like,
not a push,

but just some, like, force,
like a wave.

As aaron
starts feeling affected,

jay's camera
begins malfunctioning.

Whoa.

I have no idea why,

but it's not letting me
take a picture right here.

Serious? Billy: Really?

Yeah.
I have it on the same settings

that I've always had it on
at all the other spots,

but for some reason,
right here...

It is not letting me
take a picture.

At this exact moment,
while I'm watching the monitors,

I think I see something peek out
from a room or a hallway.

I got to go.

I got to go
look at this real quick.

I think that is first floor.

So I immediately head there
to investigate

while the guys are still
in the bunkhouse.

As the guys return from
the next building,

I let them know
what I think I saw.

There was a figure back here.

Where was that? Back here.

You guys were in the...
Bunkhouse.

You guys were the bunkhouse.
There was a figure back here.

I went and chased after it.
I couldn't find anybody.

So that's the second floor?

Yeah, we're gonna
have to review this.

Okay.

We immediately
begin to rewind the footage

to see if we did indeed
capture something.

Let me see.

Whoa.

Go back. Go back. Go back.

That's it.

Watch the head
pick out right here, right here.

Go, play, play.
Watch right here, aaron.

Tell me if you see a head
pop out right here.

Oh, whoa.

Oh, yeah! 34:25.

Go back. Go back. Go back.

34:25.

Wow. What the hell.
That's crazy.

Holy

we just captured
something incredible.

Oh, my god.

Watch. Look, look. Here we go.

Watch right here.

Five seconds...

Four, three, two, one.

Oh, my god! Oh, my god!

Did you see that? No way!

Oh, my god. No way.

Captured with the lights on.

No way.

Just a solid black figure
with a head.

We cannot give an explanation
as to what this head

or shadow is
that appears to peek out,

and within seconds
of noticing it,

I immediately went right
to that spot to find no one,

as the hotel is
completely secured and empty.

We now head back there
to further investigate.

Look.

Look at his arms.

If it's that room,

it's because there's toys
on the bed.

It came from this room.

That means
kids were trying to...

Oh, my god, aaron. Right?

Right? Oh, my god.

This is the room where we placed

all of the kids' toys for later
for our lockdown,

so if you come in here...

...This is where later,
after this,

we're turning
all the lights out.

This is the room we chose
because it's central.

And this is where
we put all the kids'...

I've got all these balls.

Could this mysterious head
or shadow form

be the spirit of a little kid

drawn to the balls and toys
that we are storing in here?

Do you like these balls?

Were you in this room?

Were you trying
to play with these toys?

Can you talk to us?

As we review this audio,
we faintly capture a response.

Yeah. "I'm back."

you hear it? Yeah. Yeah, dude.

I can hear that from here.

Dude. I can hear that from here.

"I'm back." it's real slow.

That's got to be single-handedly

one of the most incredible
pieces of evidence

I've ever seen.

Yeah.

In a controlled environment
with the lights on,

with everybody accounted for.

And then you ask the question,
it says, "yeah, I'm back,"

so it's basically confirming

that what we saw on that video
is this spirit.

Got some pretty incredible
evidence already,

so at this exact moment,

we're gonna start shutting all
the lights off in this place.

And we just captured all that
with all the lights on.

What in the hell is gonna happen

when we turn the lights off
and go night vision?

I'm actually scared to do that.

I mean,
apparition out of the wall.

Alright, let's do it.

Are you manifesting?

Say your name. Whoa.

What was that?
That was behind us.

We are all lights out,

and we're doing our lockdown
investigation right now.

We just captured
some incredible evidence,

visual evidence of
what looked like a dark head

peeking out of a wall or a room.

It was incredible.

That may be one of
our most incredible pieces

- of visual evidence.
- Yeah, for sure.

So we are gonna
pursue that immediately.

I am using
a binaural microphone,

and basically,
it's two human ears

that are molds that are actually
a microphone.

And basically,
I'm measuring sounds in space,

and when I hear
out of the right ear,

I hear out of the right side
of my headphones.

And same with the left ear.

This is kind of like
superhero ears.

You have to remember,
this hotel...

A lot of darkness here.

As we walk
around the first floor

with the binaural microphone
and sls camera,

we decide to head
to the most evil part

of the hotel, the bunkhouse.

This is the entrance
into the bunkhouse.

Somebody in there?

Can you show yourself
in the hallway here?

Do you want to scare us?

Is there demons here?

Did you just see some light
with your own eyes?

I did see that.

It's like a... shimmery.

Yeah. I didn't see it
on the camera.

At the very end of the hallway.
Shimmer.

That's weird.
It did not show up on camera.

No, it wouldn't have.
Are you manifesting?

Aaron? Yeah.

Come here.

Give me your camera.

Here. Use this. Walk down there.

I decide to send aaron
down the hallway

to the devil-worshipping room

so that I can stay back
and observe

in case anything manifests
on camera.

Attack him! Whoa.

Whoa. What was that?

That was behind us.

Is that footsteps?

That was behind us.

Attack him! Whoa.

What was that?

That was behind us.

Is that footsteps?

That was behind us.

Someone walking?

You walking towards us?

Close that door on us.

Aaron attempts
of very dangerous act

by trying to tap in
to the residual energy

left by
the devil-worshipping rituals

in attempts of connecting
with intelligent entities

using the polterpod.

Is it satanic in here?

Did they open something up?

Same your name. Whoa.

Whoa. What?

Something just, like, hit me.

Aaron, put the device
on the satanic markings.

I'm gonna place this here
and talk.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Aaron receives
an unintelligible voice on cue.

Can you make out
what it's saying?

I'm gonna place this here
and talk.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Something's poking me in
my arm right here, dude.

Manifest yourself now!

With our investigation
of the el rancho hotel underway,

we just captured
a disturbing voice...

Inside the bunkhouse,

where satanic rituals were said
to have been performed.

Who are you?

Huh?

Who are you?

Huh?

What was done right here?

"remember!"

"remember."

remember what?

What was done right here?

"remember!"

"remember."

remember what?

What do you remember?

Something is poking me in
my arm right here, dude.

This is a dangerous thing
that we're doing right now,

a room that has known
devil worshipping.

Staff can't even
go in this room.

Something is

aaron is in there
trying to communicate with it.

You okay, dude?

It's like a stabbing feeling.

It just happened.

Where at?

Manifest yourself now!

I demand you!

Are you a creature from...

oh, my god, bro!

Oh!

What happened? Oh, my god, man.

It just felt like something just
pushed on my back,

almost, like, went through me.

It was like it touched me,

but, like,
I can feel it inside my body,

like it just pushed me.

After I see aaron's encounter

and the three voices
he received...

...I think
someone should stay here

and investigate further alone.

Why don't we lock jay in here?

There's something moving
in there.

You be good. Go ahead.

Hey, jay, it's terrifying
in there. I'm sorry.

With jay secured
inside the devil room,

aaron, billy, and I decide
to head back to the banquet room

to the spot where billy received
the 100-milligauss reading.

Yeah, up to 100. Billy: It did.

Aaron, did you mark it
down there?

Yeah.

Damn. Look at that.

Is it doing it?

No way.

We start getting
extremely high emf spikes again,

just like before,

but as I investigate this more,
I discover something.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Oh, look at that.

Look behind that picture.

There is some kind of
an electrical...

I think that's a subpanel
or something.

Yeah.

If that's a subpanel
with breakers in it,

that's like main power comes in.

See that, aaron?

So this just pegged
as far as it can go,

and behind this picture here,

let's lift this up a little bit.

And yep. You see that?

That's a subpanel.

That is definitely a subpanel,

and that is definitely
generating all of this emf.

We're gonna go ahead
and debunk these readings.

Okay, it's at a steady 5.

Whoa, it just spiked.

Show me what you did in here.

Help me understand why
and what you did.

So, rosary here.

You not like this?

This why you're not really
doing anything?

Alright, well,
I want you to show yourself.

If this is what's stopping you,
then let's get rid of it.

Okay.

If this is what's stopping you
from showing yourself...

It's now outside the room.

Moments later, jay captures

what we think
is an unexplained growl.

But we can't be certain,
as this could also be

just jay passing gas,
to which he does not recollect.

We're all gonna space out,
pick a room.

You're up on the third floor.
Do something.

Zak! Where are you?

With the energy
high inside this massive

gallup, new mexico-based hotel,

billy, aaron, and I
now make our way

to the foreboding third floor.

Alright.
Here's what we're gonna do.

We're on the third floor.

This is where
someone hung themselves

and also some other suicides
we heard about.

We're all gonna space out,
pick a room.

Okay.

Just go in your room,
shut the door,

and just connect
however you want to connect.

Aaron chooses room 305,

I go into room 315,
and billy chooses room 324.

Hello.

My name is aaron.

Alright, right now, I'm just
gonna get the spirit box

and ask some questions.

Got to be honest,
since I've been in here,

it's just got this, like,
weird, light vibe.

That's a ceiling fan.
Okay, good.

It's like a light
but creepy vibe.

Okay.

As aaron tries to make contact

using the spirit box,
he captures

two of the most amazing
spirit box voices ever.

We've had some terrifying
experiences so far tonight.

Is there any way you can tell me
who and what we experienced?

That was weird.

Listen to how this creepy voice,

which sounds like it's coming
through a water filter,

speaks twice
over multiple sweeps.

We think it says,
"tried to scare you,"

then repeats itself
and says, "tried to scare."

this is unbelievable.

I just want to talk.

Can you comfort me?

Can you show yourself
in that mirror?

My friends and I are just trying
to connect to the spirits.

If, through some chance,
that you're here,

can you let me know?

Maybe move something
in this room.

Cause a chill.

Something.

With billy and I
experiencing no activity,

billy heads to nerve center

and I go to the second floor
to investigate.

I just left my room,

and I'm just going down
to the second floor right now.

Aaron is still in his room
doing spirit box.

Bill?

Yeah.

Where are you?

Down here at nerve.
Why'd you leave your room?

I just need
to get some more gear

and try something different.

Okay.

Who are you?

"I him."

who's him?

Who are you?

I just asked, "who are you?"
and it says, "I him."

As aaron asks, "who are you?"

he receives an incredible
intelligent response.

"I him." who's him?

If you're up on the third floor,
do something.

Do something now.

Or if you're on the second floor
or the first floor,

wherever you are, do something.

Move something.

What the zak!

Where are you?!

Dude,
one of the doors just slammed.

Yo! Yes, where are you?!

Are you guys on the third floor?

Because a door just slammed.

Negative.

Aaron just said
he heard a door slam.

I didn't hear anything.

I'm on the other end
of the second floor.

One of these doors...

Billy now heads to the basement,

where he will attempt

to climb inside
and investigate the tunnels.

I'm ready.

I got a better mask on,
tyvek suit.

I don't know
how far the tunnel goes,

but I'm gonna find out.

And it's better to be safe
than sorry

with the protective gear,
so let's do this.

Looks like they're filled shut,
so that is not the tunnel.

I'm thinking that this

is a tunnel where they
would have brought in booze

and prostitutes
and whatever through here.

My flashlight
doesn't even go to the end.

Alright, here goes nothing.

Oh, this is a bad idea.

Ah.

Can you hit that ball?

Oh, my god.

As our investigation continues,

billy heads to the basement
of the el rancho hotel

to explore
the near-century-old tunnels

that are said to have
a tentacle-like reach

beneath the city
of gallup, new mexico.

Those are little, tiny bugs.

Ew.

There's some sort of
animal turds.

Lovely.

Back up on the first floor,

I decide
to return to the toy room,

where the unexplained head
peeked out from.

Can you hit that ball?

Oh, my god.

Whoa.

As I tell the spirit
to hit the ball on the bed,

I capture a figure
that manifests on the ball

while also appearing to kick it.

Can you hit that ball?

Oh, my god.

This is a class a intelligent
visual evidence capture

and our very first
sls figure of the entire night,

which makes this
even more compelling.

Right when I said,
"can you hit that ball?"

a figure appeared
on top of the ball.

As billy is making his dangerous
journey through broken glass...

I don't know about this.

All this glass down here

...And roaches...

- Hey, little guy.
- Cockroach.

...He is really struggling...

This is not
what I signed up for.

...But listen very closely

as he appears to capture
a disembodied voice.

Oh, this is a bad idea. Ah.

Investigating the paranormal,

as you can see,
can be very dangerous,

but it is these great lengths

that we take
in our investigations

to capture
that one piece of evidence

that takes us
closer and closer to proving

skeptics wrong
and proof of the afterlife.

And based on its sheer scale
and numerous hauntings,

what we documented here at
the el rancho certainly confirms

that this is
one of the most haunted hotels

we ever encountered.