Ghost Hunters (2004–…): Season 15, Episode 2 - Lost Bones of the Argo - full transcript
Satori Hawes and Cody DesBiens join TAPS for an investigation at a Nebraska hotel with a grim and grisly past. With frightening phenomena taking hold of the property, the owners need TAPS' help to determine how safe it is for guests.
[Narrator] A 100-year-old hotel that
once was an unconventional clinic...
There were several doctors,
not all of them were
licensed doctors.
There were a lot of deaths.
Some of them were buried in the building.
...some patients checked in...
They found a bag
full of bones.
...but never checked out.
Did you get sicker
while you were here?
- [Steve] Jay, Jay.
- Whoa.
*GHOST HUNTERS*
Season 14 Episode 03
Episode Title: "Lost Bones of the Argo"
Aired on: Jan 08, 2022.
So, man, we are way out there.
I've only seen cornfields
for about 30 minutes.
- That's what Nebraska is known for.
- Yeah.
[Narrator] TAPS is headed to
the rural town of Crofton, Nebraska
to investigate
the historic Argo Hotel.
Oh, it was built in 1911
but I guess at that point
Crofton was a hustling
little area.
Absolutely. I know it was busy
for the railroad industry.
[Narrator] This nine-room bed and
breakfast has a history of scandal
and rumors of suspicious
medical practices.
In the '30s, this place was
transformed into a medical clinic.
They were doing medical
experiments.
I mean you got to wonder, you are in the
middle of nowhere who's watching over you.
Absolutely.
[Narrator] The Argo Hotel is
also renowned for its phenomena.
You wouldn't think
that a place
where there's only
800 people living
are going to spread the word of this
haunted hotel but it is known quite a bit.
[Jason] The current owners
Frank and Meagan Marsh,
they've been seeing multiple male
apparitions in various parts of the hotel.
Locals believe a woman they've named
Alice is still lingering on the property
and they're hearing the sounds
of a woman crying.
[Steve] Yeah.
There was a little girl that
saw an apparition of a woman,
like, right in front of her
just recently.
[Dave] Wow.
At one point, some of the owners
found a bag of bones in the wall.
[Jason]
It's all disturbing stuff
and the owners are getting
ready to sell the property
so they want us to come in and
try to figure out what's going on.
[Steve]
Or do they have to worry
that they're going to pass something
dangerous along to somebody.
And we're bringing in Satori,
my daughter,
and her fellow investigator
and boyfriend, Cody.
Yeah, they'll bring
a different dynamic to it,
you know, they have different
techniques.
[Jason]
Here we go!
[Narrator] TAPS Case: The
Argo Hotel; Crofton, Nebraska.
- Hey, Frank.
- Hey, man,
thank you very much
for having us out.
So, why don't you tell us a
little history of the Argo hotel?
Well, the hotel was built by
Nicholas Michael is in 1911
to serve the upper class railroad
passengers that would come to Crofton.
In 1933, they sold the hotel to a doctor
who turned it into the New Meridian Clinic.
All right.
[Meagan] For 27 years,
they ran it as a hospice.
So, people came here to pretty
much pass away that.
Yes. Um, they did
holistic approach.
[Jason] I also heard there
were experimental methods used.
There have been rumors.
[Narrator] Although,
official documentation
on the New Meridian Clinic
was destroyed years ago,
several locals believe that patients
may have been the unwitting victims
of dangerous experimental
treatment from their caretakers.
Desperate people,
trying desperate treatments.
There were a lot of deaths here I mean
that, you know, people didn't recover.
In 1960, the state of Nebraska
came and shut it down.
It was closed for
falsification of documents.
Okay.
[Narrator] The Meridian Clinic
shuttered and fell into disrepair.
Later, the property was bought by
a woman named Sandra McDonald
who began restoration to
return the hotel to its former glory.
In the process, she uncovered
something disturbing.
They had found evidence of
a woman who died here in childbirth.
The people from the town
named Alice.
During the renovation, Sandra did
open a wall up in the back bar area
where they found
a burlap bag full of bones.
We were told that
this was Alice's baby...
but the rumor was that they
were put into a cemetery.
That's the story...
I mean, there's nothing to...
We don't have
any documentation.
- Okay.
- All right.
I understand
you purchased it in 2017
but didn't quite know
it was supposedly haunted.
No, no, not at all.
When did you kind of start to
feel that maybe it was haunted?
Well, as soon as we started to move
in, we each had different experiences.
I was on the main floor and
out of the corner of my eye,
I saw a male apparition looking
out the window and it was gone.
I just happened to be
downstairs and I looked up,
and I could have swore, I saw
somebody sitting at the bar downstairs.
It kind of startled me
and I took a closer look,
investigated it,
and there's nothing there.
[Narrator] The employees have
experienced sounds of a woman crying...
doors slamming on their own
and full-bodied apparitions.
I was cleaning Room 8
and I saw a middle-aged man walk
past with a hat, and a black long coat.
He went into the bathroom.
I heard the door close.
Um, I was confused because no guests
should have been in the hotel at that time,
and when I looked inside,
there was nobody in the
bathroom and the lights were off.
[Narrator]
Frank and Meagan's guests
have experienced a female presence
in Room 1 on the second floor.
It was about three o'clock in the
morning and as I was laying in the bed,
I felt a feminine hand
rest on top of my hand
and the longer I laid there,
the stronger that feeling got.
[Narrator] Guests have witnessed
wine glasses falling on their own
in both the first floor
and basement bars,
the player piano
turning itself on...
and a childlike figure
that runs around the area.
When the kid, like,
ran past us, it felt cold,
like, the hairs on my, like, body
were just kind of standing up.
But it was weird because
there were no kids here.
Is there anything going on
that has you guys scared?
Since we decided to put
the place up for sale,
the activity has been
ramped up a bit.
Now, do you feel like
the activity is ramped up
because they don't want you
to sell the property?
That's the question.
What are you guys hoping that
we're able to accomplish here?
Help us prove that if there is a
presence here that it's a safe one.
Of course.
We've tried to make sure that
everybody feels like it's a second home
and we don't want
the spirits here to be upset.
All right. So, I think from here
we got enough information.
We'll go talk
to the rest of the team
and start figuring out how to
set up equipment go from there.
- Thanks, guys.
- Okay.
- This is good to go?
- Yep.
- [Satori] Hey, hey!
- Hey!
- Wow, look at this!
- Hey! How are you?
Good.
Tonight, we have Satori and Cody investigating
with us and she grew up in the paranormal.
So, it's always great
to see them.
I love investigating
with my dad.
So, I'm so excited
to get into this location.
There's so much history there and
just walking in the energy is so intense.
[Steve]
There's a lot going on here;
All the way from objects moving
to female apparitions seen,
a male apparition
somewhere in the building.
Kids' voices, kids playing,
kids giggling.
Yeah, so,
list goes on and on.
This place really seems like it has
everything as far as claims goes.
So, it's going to be great to
investigate the Argo Hotel tonight.
[Dave]
I'm excited to jump in.
Definitely use some help
setting up equipment and stuff.
So, if you guys are game,
let's start doing it.
- All right.
- All right.
[Dave]
Doing four DVR cameras.
[Jason] Yeah, I've actually wanted to
come to the Argo Hotel for many years.
And so, I'm looking forward to
seeing what we're able to uncover.
Also looking
at some of the history
because I think some of it might
be old folklore that's really not true.
Hey, Shari! Maybe just move
the camera right a bit.
Okay, that's good.
[Jason] I mean, this is
a very tight community
and they're extremely tight-lipped
on this building and its history,
so, it'll be interesting to try to
find out what's true and what's not,
and come to some real
conclusions for Frank and Meagan.
- Hey, guys!
- All right.
- So, how are we doing?
- We're good.
We're all set up.
We got the four
DVR cameras here.
So, Camera 1,
this is the first floor bar.
This is where glass fell
and shattered.
This is also near where they
found the bag of bones in the wall.
Camera 3, this is the
second floor hallway.
This is the side where they've seen
the apparition walking into a bathroom.
Wireless 1, we have
in the basement bar
and this is where they've seen
the apparition sitting at the bar
and also a child-like figure.
All right. Well, I think we're
pretty much good to go
so let's go lights out
and get investigating.
Oh, yeah.
- All right. I'm excited!
- Can't wait!
- All right. Yeah.
- This is going to be cool.
Yeah.
[Jason] All right.
- So, we all set now?
- Yep.
[Jason] Tori and Cody, why don't
you guys head up to the second floor?
- Mm-hmm. All right. Yeah, sounds good.
- Absolutely.
And you and I can
take the basement.
- Yeah, that's a good idea.
- There's a buffer.
Yep, we'll stay staggered.
[Jason] Shari and Tango,
there's a lot of visual claims here.
So, why don't you guys keep
an eye on the monitors?
[Shari] Okay.
[Cody] All right. We're
going to head down, shall we?
All right, have fun!
[Jason] Jay and Steve;
Basement of the Argo.
So, this is where
he also claimed
he saw that guy sitting there
and turned around looked at him.
[Steve] That's right.
And Frank was actually
down here hanging insulation
and he said he heard
a little kid giggling.
[Jason] You want to go turn on that GS2
laser grid and see if we can get anything?
I think if we set it up here, we'll be
able to get some of the kids possibly
but it'll definitely reach
back to the bar
where he sees
that apparition of that guy.
Oh, I'm fine with that
and I'll set it up.
All right.
[Steve] It's definitely
hitting the bar area.
[Jason] Yeah.
Is anyone here who was
treated at the medical facility?
[indistinct voice]
That was sounded like "hi"
for a second, hi!
There's definitely
something there.
[Dave]
Oh, what was that?
I saw something behind the
doorway here; A light or something.
[Shari] That's the area where
they found the bones in the wall.
[Dave] Right.
[Satori] On this floor, there's
a report of a woman crying
and a male apparition
has been seen.
If there's anybody
that's up here tonight,
we'd like to introduce
ourselves, my name is Cody.
I'm Satori.
There's a lot of activity here that the
owners just want an explanation for.
So, if anybody's here
right now...
could you please
come towards us...
maybe introduce yourself?
[wood thuds]
[Cody]
I'm hearing something.
[thudding continues]
Footsteps.
[Satori] I thought I just saw
something down the hall.
[Cody]
What the hell is that?
[wood thuds]
- [Cody] What the hell is that?
- [Satori] What is that?
[Cody]
If somebody's down there...
and would like to say, hello, maybe
you want to keep your distance,
you're trying to figure out
what we're doing.
We're trying to give you the best
chance for you to show yourself to us.
Do you think we should try
our thing and see if that works?
Yeah,
we can definitely try it.
When Satori and myself
started dating,
we found that when we
connected, like holding hands,
it seems to elevate activity
even more.
So, if you're here, I think
I heard you walk over...
can you give me loud knocks?
One for yes, two for no.
Does that make sense?
Can I get a yes knock?
[thuds]
- Okay.
- Oh, geez!
I'm going to go through
the alphabet
and when I go through
that alphabet,
the letter, that is the first
letter of your name,
I want you to knock it out,
and then I'll restart.
And we'll keep going until
we spell out your entire name.
[Satori] So, I'm going to go
through, ready?
- A, B, C, D...
- [thuds]
D, okay.
A, B, C, D,
E, F, G, H, I,
J, K, I, M, N, O...
[thuds]
O.
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, I, J, K,
- I, M, N...
- [thuds]
N.
[Cody] It's Don?
- [Satori] Is that it?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, so, we got a name.
Which direction
is it coming from?
It's coming from everywhere.
[Jason] Hello!
We were asked to come in here
by Frank and Meagan.
They've been fixing
the place up
and trying to bring it back
to what it was.
They've actually heard the voice of
a little boy, maybe even a little girl.
We set up some equipment but it'll
allow us to wait to talk back and forth.
If you're young, if you're
a little girl or a little boy,
don't be afraid of that, even if
you don't quite understand it.
Alice, maybe it's you
that people are seeing.
Well, let's do this.
What?
- Did you hear that?
- Mm-hmm.
Uh...
It was just like a voice.
She was like "Mm-Hm."
- [Steve] Male or female?
- [Jason] I don't know.
Alice?
37-22, okay.
Is that you
that just made a noise?
Alice.
Are you here?
All right. Let's look here
behind the doorway here.
I saw something.
Whoosh.
I see it.
It looked like, like a head.
[Dave] Yeah, it was
about that height.
I'm then playing it back.
- Oh, okay.
- Okay.
All right.
So, that's just dust.
They got me though for a second
because it didn't look like normal dust.
[Shari] Yeah.
[Satori]
All right. Don, are you here?
Is there somebody...
- you're looking for or...
- [thuds]
Yes! Yep!
I'm going to start spelling,
okay?
A, B...
[thuds]
B.
So, it is a word.
- A, B, C, D, E...
- [thuds]
E.
B, E, remember B, E.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I,
J, K, I, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T...
[thuds]
BET, Bet, Betty?
[Cody] Betty? Who's Betty?
You're looking for Betty,
okay.
Is Betty alive, Don?
[thuds]
Yes.
You want to tell Betty,
you're okay?
[thuds]
Okay.
[Cody sighs]
Satori, this is crazy!
[Jason] If you're the person
that made that noise,
if you're willing to talk with us, all you
need to do is come close to that laser.
That device will light up
letting us know that you're here.
Can you come closer to the
device that's lighting up red?
Alice, are you here?
Steve, it just started lighting
up. The blue light just lit up.
Alice, what's your real name?
Everything's lighting
up crazy.
Nothing is registering
on the thermal?
- [Jason] Nothing!
- Nothing, okay.
The rumors around town
say you lost a baby.
Are you looking
for your child?
[thuds]
[Steve] There.
What the hell
is that thing picking up?
Oh, my God.
[Jason] Alice?
Is there something
we can do to help you?
Now, nothing is registering
on the thermal?
- Nothing!
- Nothing, okay.
- Feeling anything?
- No. Mm-mm.
Well, let's head back up now.
I don't know what it's picking
up but I'm not feeling anything.
[Jason] You know, I'm not
sure what to make of that.
So, we had some good stuff
in the basement.
Tori and Cody had some
neat stuff upstairs.
We did get a name Betty.
A Don was looking for a Betty.
Bet?
- Bet... Betty?
- [Cody] Betty.
[Satori]
You're looking for Betty.
- He said she was still alive.
- [Jason] Cool.
All right, good job and I think
you two planned to stay the night.
I'm in 11.
- [Jason] You are?
- I'm in 1.
Good luck. I hope you
get some good stuff.
I'm excited for the night.
- All right.
- Good night.
- Let's do it, guys.
- Good night.
[Narrator] Tonight, Satori will be
staying in Room 1 on the second floor
where guests have
reported being touched
and Cody will be staying in Room 11
where a male apparition has been seen.
[thudding]
Hello?
What's your...
[gasps]
Holy crap!
Hello!
Who's here?
[Satori] Cody!
Something was like
touching my hair.
- Yeah, are you okay?
- Yeah.
Okay. I just felt like somebody
either tugged on my shirt
or just kind of pushed on me but the
feeling in here just kind of changed.
[Narrator] While Cody
and Satori review evidence,
Tango and Shari have
tracked down the only Betty
we could find who was
connected to the property.
- Yes.
- Thank you so much for meeting with us.
[Narrator] Meanwhile, Steve and
I are meeting with Camille Swift...
- Hello.
- Hi, Jason. Nice to meet you!
- Hi!
- Thanks for taking the time.
- Steve.
- Hi, Steve.
...historical researcher with information
about the New Meridian Clinic.
What sort of clinic was
the New Meridian?
Um, it was a last resort
actually for a lot of people
that were seeking help in other
places and weren't finding it.
There were several doctors, not all of
them were licensed doctors at the time.
We've heard some rumors
about deaths
- that have happened...
- [Camille] Oh, yes!
- ...in the hotel and on the property.
- Mm-hmm.
There are stories of when people
would pass away in the clinic,
they would go, take them out
through the back,
because they didn't want
to scare the locals.
Would you have records
of anything?
Um, the only thing I was able to actually
find that was printed was an obituary.
"Crofton and vicinity were
shocked Monday morning
to learn of the sudden death
of Mrs. Gregg, 39,
who passed away
about at 10:30 a.m.
at the Meridian Bath House
in Crofton..."
- [Jason] Okay.
- "...where she had been
taken Wednesday of
last week for treatment."
- And what's her name?
- Helen.
Okay, Helen.
She was only there
for a short period of time.
She was only there
for a short period of time.
Do you think possibly she would
have prolonged her life not going there?
Possibly.
Is there anything known in terms
of the practices or mistreatment?
I did manage to find through
the Nebraska Historical Society
pieces of a journal from
a woman who stayed there.
- She talks about getting shock baths like ice baths.
- [Jason] Mm-hmm.
Here she says I got three
"electrical treatments,"
- [Inaudible] treatments.
- She was actually...
She lived
- to be able to tell the story.
- She did.
How many people didn't live to
be able to tell their story?
Exactly.
Now, we've heard a woman named
Alice supposedly died in the house.
- Yes.
- And she may be there.
Do you know of an Alice or...
I don't but that doesn't
mean she didn't exist.
- [Jason] Right.
- So...
Thank you so much
for taking the time.
I mean, it's amazing all
the stuff that we've got.
- Yeah.
- It was a pleasure and...
- Good luck!
- If we have
any other questions,
we'll give you a shout.
Betty, can you give us any
information about the building?
Well, I started working
for Sandra...
- Okay.
- ...in 1998 as the manager.
And I worked there
for a little over 13 years.
So, the bones that they found,
do you know anything about those?
Yes. Um, when I...
Shortly after I started,
they were taking the wall down
between the dining room and that back bar.
We'd found in a burlap bag,
the baby bones.
Baby bones?
Well, we don't think
they were animal.
There was a baby that died,
you know.
- [Dave] Wow!
- [Camille] So, Jerry, her brother,
- took the bones out to the cemetery out here.
- [Dave] Wow!
Do you know of any deaths
on the property?
When it became a sanatorium, the
dance floor that you have down there now...
- Mm-hmm.
- ...there were umpteen drains.
And that's because of all the body
washing, and stuff that went on.
And possibly some of them were buried
in parts that were dirt still at that time.
- Wow, wow!
- Yeah.
So, do you believe that
there are bodies buried?
- There could be.
- There could be.
I mean, these are the stories
that I've heard.
- [Shari] Okay. So, Betty...
- Yes.
...there were a couple investigators
that investigated last night...
and they came up
with a couple of names.
They came up with Betty...
[giggles]
And they also came up
with Don.
- Who?
- Don.
[gasps]
No!
That's my husband.
And they also came up
with Don.
[gasps]
No!
That's my husband.
My husband passed away.
So, Don had a message for you.
No!
And he just wanted you
to know that he was okay.
Do you want to tell
Betty you're okay?
[thuds]
Okay.
- You're kidding me!
- No.
Oh, my God!
[sniffles]
- Sorry.
- [Shari] No, that's okay.
- That's okay.
- Wow!
- Holy Cow!
- [Shari] Yeah!
- You took me on that one.
- Yeah.
[sighs] - [Dave] What was
his connection to the hotel?
He used to come over here when
he wanted to rest from farming
and he'd come in my office,
and lay down and sleep,
or he'd go downstairs and speak easy
and lay on the couch and take a quick nap.
Hmm. You've been an amazing
help to us and...
You're welcome. Thank you!
- ...and it was absolute pleasure.
- [Camille] Yeah.
- Okay. Thank you, thank you!
- [Shari] You're welcome!
Guys!
- Hey, what's happening?
- Hey!
- How's it going?
- Good.
- Hey, hey!
- [Dave] Hey!
- [Jason] How'd it go?
- Really good.
- Yeah?
- We met up with Betty Potts.
She's... she used to be
the manager here for 13 years.
What's crazy, her deceased
husband's name was Don.
- [Jason] Oh, really.
- [Steve] That's amazing.
And I did tell her the message and she got
very emotional, you know, that's my husband!
[Satori] Okay.
Camille gave us a lot of
information about what it was like
when it was a working clinic,
doing kind of experimental...
- [Jason] Yeah.
- ...practice.
And she told us about this woman
who was given shock therapies.
She said at a bare minimum that there
was at least 40 people who died here
that they were shipping bodies
out at night so people couldn't see.
[all exclaim]
Camille told us that there are no
records of anybody named Alice,
passing away on the property.
But there was a Helen Gregg who
died here when it was a medical facility.
[Jason] So, Dave and Shari, why
don't you start tonight in the basement?
And Steve and I will
take the top floor.
Cody and Tori, why don't you
guys investigate the bar area?
- All right.
- Okay.
All right.
So, get everything going.
[Dave] Okay.
[Shari] So, this is where they've
seen the male apparition at the bar
and the piano plays
on its own.
[Dave]
We might as well start here.
This is where a glass fell
and smashed.
I mean, I don't want to break
anything, I'll pay for it, that happens.
That doesn't really look
level to me, does it to you?
- These level...
- Well, if you look at this one
and it looks like it goes
like that.
Yeah, there we go!
Well, just for this reason.
Wow, look at that!
It looks level.
[Shari] Oh, my God!
Now, the only other thing
I could think of are speakers
or something turning
on every now and then.
I mean, this is a bar,
you would think there would be
some music and some vibrations.
Right. So, I was also thinking
upstairs walking around.
[clanking]
[Dave] I don't see if it
actually just even inches.
All right, to me,
a claim like this,
you already have something
that's ready to fall, it's going to fall.
[Shari] Right.
[Jason] Jay and Steve,
top floor of the Argo Hotel.
[Steve] So, up here, were the
rooms for that Meridian Clinic.
[Jason] This is where people
would have stayed and died.
[Steve] Yep.
[Jason] On this floor employees
have claimed to hear a woman crying.
[Steve] Is there anybody
who would like to talk with us?
Maybe about the things that went
on here when this was a clinic?
So, Cody said that he was pushed
by something in Room 11 last night.
Should we see what
might be in there?
Yeah, I'm game with that.
[Steve] There's 11.
Is there a Helen here?
Is there a Mrs. Gregg?
You know, you spent time
here when you were sick.
Did somebody try to push
our friend last night?
Can you do something
to let us know you're here?
This is no longer a clinic.
You're not going to get hurt
or shocked.
We just want to make sure that you're okay
if Frank and Meagan sell this building.
[thudding]
[Jason] What was that?
Did you just hear like, hello?
[Steve]
Was it coming from the door?
Hello?
Helen?
Maybe it's you
that people are seeing!
[Satori] This was once a medical
clinic and I believe this is the section
where they did a lot of those
procedures like electroshock therapy.
There are claims of a child.
[Cody] Okay.
Are you okay with us being
down here in your space?
- It feels different.
- It does feel different.
I heard a female voice.
- You heard a female voice?
- Yeah.
- Which direction?
- Right over on the end.
Did you hear that?
[Satori] Is that you?
If there's anybody down by the
bar over there, show yourself to us.
[Satori]
If anyone's here...
you may have heard me
talking and Cody talking...
maybe you're hiding.
- [Cody] My ankles.
- My legs are freezing.
[Cody] Yeah.
[Satori] Is there
a little girl down here?
Can you
just stomp your feet...
- at least let me know?
- [thudding]
[Cody] Whoa.
- [Satori] All right. I hear you.
- What the heck was that?
- [Satori] All right. I hear you.
- What the heck was that?
[Satori] I hear you.
Can you do that again?
Okay,
there's a chair right here.
I'm going to knock on it,
okay?
And if you recognize
this tune...
and you want to finish the tune, I
need to hear it with my ears, okay?
[thudding rhythmically]
Can you at least let me know
that you hear me?
[Steve] This is Steve and Dave
on the first floor in the bar area.
[Dave] But as far as those
bones go...
- Yes.
- ...they were found right in here
and this wasn't a closet
then supposedly.
So, the reports are that they've
seen a childlike figure here.
[Steve]
Is there a child here with us?
So, we found some bones
in the wall, are they yours?
[Dave] But it just lies the question,
why would somebody put bones in a bag?
I don't know. I really don't.
I mean, I can't think of a good
reason but it's creepy as hell.
I'm going to go meet up with
Jay at the bar in the basement.
Let's see. I'm going
to put this like this...
[thuds]
Pull this out.
So, if there is somebody
in here with us,
this device we have set up
will help us talk back and forth.
I'm going to put
an EMF sensor in there.
[Jason] All you need to
do is go near the red lights.
There's a woman here
that people call Alice,
is that your real name?
[Jason]
GS2 has gone crazy.
Were you sick
when you came here?
Did you get sicker
while you were here?
[Steve] Helen, we know
that you were treated here.
Maybe it's you
that people are seeing.
Jay, the EMF sensor had
a little movement.
[Jason] There's a device
on the counter.
Can you walk as close
as you can to it?
Can you do that for us?
You see it,
just let it there go.
Yeah.
Frank wants to sell
the property.
He promises you, he will make
sure it goes to somebody
who will continue the legacy
of this property in this building
and preserve your history.
Are you okay with that?
- Jay, Jay.
- Whoa.
[Steve]
Are you okay with that?
- Jay, Jay.
- Whoa.
Thank you for talking with us.
Try it again. Do it again.
Helen, we know you were
treated and died here.
Nothing.
I mean, she has chose
to pick up anything.
Nope.
Go to Jay and Steve.
[Jason]
Go for Jay and Steve.
[Dave] We're not seeing
any activity in the other rooms.
All right. Well, let's get the lights on,
wrap and get back, and start analyzing.
Copy that.
[Jason] So, we're just wrapping the
investigation here at the Argo Hotel
and we've had some
ups and downs.
I mean,
we've had some great nights
that activity seemed
like it was really kicking
and some quiet nights as well,
which isn't uncommon.
Frank and Meagan, they're
looking to sell the property
and they don't want
to sell the property
and have the next owners start
dealing with some sort of issues.
One thing that we did do throughout
the investigation is remind whoever's here,
if they sell the hotel, they're
going to sell it to somebody
who is going to continue
to preserve the history.
I think letting them know this is Frank
and Meagan's intent could go a long way.
[Jason] Let's do this.
Hey, Frank, Meagan, thanks for
coming back and sitting down with us.
Thanks for coming out.
Stories of the Argo have been
out there for a long period of time.
I always wanted to get up here
and check it out, as well Steve.
We did put a lot of sensor equipment in just
about every single room you could imagine.
Certainly everywhere you told us
that people were having experiences.
We did a lot of different techniques,
tried a lot of different things.
We seem to be getting direct
contact especially downstairs.
He will make sure it goes to
somebody who will preserve your history.
Are you okay with that?
- Jay, Jay.
- Whoa.
So, it definitely showed an
intelligence as it was hearing us,
it was doing
what we were asking.
We also did have some experiences
where we thought we heard voices.
Is anyone here who was
treated at the medical facility?
[thuds]
Did you hear that?
There's definitely
something there.
Unfortunately, it just didn't
translate well into the recorders
and we couldn't confirm
if it was paranormal or not.
So, at one point, Satori, my daughter
and Cody, who's a part of the TAPS team,
were upstairs investigating,
and they're doing a series of
trying to communicate back and forth.
[Satori]
Can you give me loud knocks?
One for yes, two for no.
They ended up making contact with who they
believed to be a gentleman by the name of Don
and he was looking for Betty.
He wanted Betty to know
that he was fine.
Well, now, this is all new information
to us. We knew nothing about this.
Now, do you know Betty who
lives across the street here?
- Yes.
- Yeah. We know Betty.
Team went over to talk to Betty to get
some historical information from here
and Betty brought up that
her husband Don had passed
but for whatever reason,
Don seemed to still be here.
Um, but then when talking to Betty, I guess
Don used to come over here all the time.
This was a big place
because Betty worked here.
Now, I don't know if you guys knew
anything about her husband Don.
- [Frank] We know the story.
- [Meagan] Yeah.
This is the first we've heard that
that he would frequent to place.
[Jason] Yeah. She told us he
used to come over and, you know,
and she was on a break and he'd
worked, you know, 16 hours a day
and this was pretty much the
time that they were able to spend.
I think Betty
will be happy though.
That's the level of
closure that...
- She was really happy.
- ...not many people get.
Well, you wanted us
to look into
what was going on with the bag
of bones found on the wall.
And we have some people
telling us its children bones
but we can't confirm
if they are, if they aren't.
Everybody's saying
they've been tested
but nobody has any proof to
show us that they've been tested.
We've heard they're just about
everything bones, haven't we?
- [Meagan] Yeah.
- Oh, yes, so you [inaudible].
- We've heard it, top to bottom.
- [Jason] Yeah, exactly.
And we also didn't get any
activity relating to the bones.
We brought up the fact that
you are concerned with people
who had once enjoyed
this property.
And when you sell, the property
you would keep that in mind
to make sure
that their life and legacy...
- Yeah.
- ...still continues,
and maybe they heard
that message.
I hope this helps you a bit at
least knowing that, you know,
what is here
feels more comfortable now.
Yeah, that's pretty good,
actually.
It's kind of a compliment
to know that, you know,
whatever spirits we do
have here feel comfortable
and that we've continued to
keep them content in that way.
- [Jason] No, well, I appreciate that.
- Thank you.
But you guys need anything,
you just give us a shout.
- We're only a call away, okay?
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- Thank you so much!
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much!
The rumors and the stories that we've
gotten from others have been concerning
but when Jay and Steve came in
with their findings,
pretty much confirms
that this place is safe.
We feel it's good to pass
it on to some new buyers.
I'm glad to know that we brought
comfort to one of our neighbors as well.
That's true.
Satori and Cody's experience
is kind of wild
because there was no way
any of us
- had any of that information.
- Yeah.
But Frank and Meagan seem
to be happy with everything.
They feel safe and now I think,
they know whoever buys the property,
it'll be in good hands.
As long as they're happy
that's really all that matters.
- Thanks, man.
- [inaudible].
once was an unconventional clinic...
There were several doctors,
not all of them were
licensed doctors.
There were a lot of deaths.
Some of them were buried in the building.
...some patients checked in...
They found a bag
full of bones.
...but never checked out.
Did you get sicker
while you were here?
- [Steve] Jay, Jay.
- Whoa.
*GHOST HUNTERS*
Season 14 Episode 03
Episode Title: "Lost Bones of the Argo"
Aired on: Jan 08, 2022.
So, man, we are way out there.
I've only seen cornfields
for about 30 minutes.
- That's what Nebraska is known for.
- Yeah.
[Narrator] TAPS is headed to
the rural town of Crofton, Nebraska
to investigate
the historic Argo Hotel.
Oh, it was built in 1911
but I guess at that point
Crofton was a hustling
little area.
Absolutely. I know it was busy
for the railroad industry.
[Narrator] This nine-room bed and
breakfast has a history of scandal
and rumors of suspicious
medical practices.
In the '30s, this place was
transformed into a medical clinic.
They were doing medical
experiments.
I mean you got to wonder, you are in the
middle of nowhere who's watching over you.
Absolutely.
[Narrator] The Argo Hotel is
also renowned for its phenomena.
You wouldn't think
that a place
where there's only
800 people living
are going to spread the word of this
haunted hotel but it is known quite a bit.
[Jason] The current owners
Frank and Meagan Marsh,
they've been seeing multiple male
apparitions in various parts of the hotel.
Locals believe a woman they've named
Alice is still lingering on the property
and they're hearing the sounds
of a woman crying.
[Steve] Yeah.
There was a little girl that
saw an apparition of a woman,
like, right in front of her
just recently.
[Dave] Wow.
At one point, some of the owners
found a bag of bones in the wall.
[Jason]
It's all disturbing stuff
and the owners are getting
ready to sell the property
so they want us to come in and
try to figure out what's going on.
[Steve]
Or do they have to worry
that they're going to pass something
dangerous along to somebody.
And we're bringing in Satori,
my daughter,
and her fellow investigator
and boyfriend, Cody.
Yeah, they'll bring
a different dynamic to it,
you know, they have different
techniques.
[Jason]
Here we go!
[Narrator] TAPS Case: The
Argo Hotel; Crofton, Nebraska.
- Hey, Frank.
- Hey, man,
thank you very much
for having us out.
So, why don't you tell us a
little history of the Argo hotel?
Well, the hotel was built by
Nicholas Michael is in 1911
to serve the upper class railroad
passengers that would come to Crofton.
In 1933, they sold the hotel to a doctor
who turned it into the New Meridian Clinic.
All right.
[Meagan] For 27 years,
they ran it as a hospice.
So, people came here to pretty
much pass away that.
Yes. Um, they did
holistic approach.
[Jason] I also heard there
were experimental methods used.
There have been rumors.
[Narrator] Although,
official documentation
on the New Meridian Clinic
was destroyed years ago,
several locals believe that patients
may have been the unwitting victims
of dangerous experimental
treatment from their caretakers.
Desperate people,
trying desperate treatments.
There were a lot of deaths here I mean
that, you know, people didn't recover.
In 1960, the state of Nebraska
came and shut it down.
It was closed for
falsification of documents.
Okay.
[Narrator] The Meridian Clinic
shuttered and fell into disrepair.
Later, the property was bought by
a woman named Sandra McDonald
who began restoration to
return the hotel to its former glory.
In the process, she uncovered
something disturbing.
They had found evidence of
a woman who died here in childbirth.
The people from the town
named Alice.
During the renovation, Sandra did
open a wall up in the back bar area
where they found
a burlap bag full of bones.
We were told that
this was Alice's baby...
but the rumor was that they
were put into a cemetery.
That's the story...
I mean, there's nothing to...
We don't have
any documentation.
- Okay.
- All right.
I understand
you purchased it in 2017
but didn't quite know
it was supposedly haunted.
No, no, not at all.
When did you kind of start to
feel that maybe it was haunted?
Well, as soon as we started to move
in, we each had different experiences.
I was on the main floor and
out of the corner of my eye,
I saw a male apparition looking
out the window and it was gone.
I just happened to be
downstairs and I looked up,
and I could have swore, I saw
somebody sitting at the bar downstairs.
It kind of startled me
and I took a closer look,
investigated it,
and there's nothing there.
[Narrator] The employees have
experienced sounds of a woman crying...
doors slamming on their own
and full-bodied apparitions.
I was cleaning Room 8
and I saw a middle-aged man walk
past with a hat, and a black long coat.
He went into the bathroom.
I heard the door close.
Um, I was confused because no guests
should have been in the hotel at that time,
and when I looked inside,
there was nobody in the
bathroom and the lights were off.
[Narrator]
Frank and Meagan's guests
have experienced a female presence
in Room 1 on the second floor.
It was about three o'clock in the
morning and as I was laying in the bed,
I felt a feminine hand
rest on top of my hand
and the longer I laid there,
the stronger that feeling got.
[Narrator] Guests have witnessed
wine glasses falling on their own
in both the first floor
and basement bars,
the player piano
turning itself on...
and a childlike figure
that runs around the area.
When the kid, like,
ran past us, it felt cold,
like, the hairs on my, like, body
were just kind of standing up.
But it was weird because
there were no kids here.
Is there anything going on
that has you guys scared?
Since we decided to put
the place up for sale,
the activity has been
ramped up a bit.
Now, do you feel like
the activity is ramped up
because they don't want you
to sell the property?
That's the question.
What are you guys hoping that
we're able to accomplish here?
Help us prove that if there is a
presence here that it's a safe one.
Of course.
We've tried to make sure that
everybody feels like it's a second home
and we don't want
the spirits here to be upset.
All right. So, I think from here
we got enough information.
We'll go talk
to the rest of the team
and start figuring out how to
set up equipment go from there.
- Thanks, guys.
- Okay.
- This is good to go?
- Yep.
- [Satori] Hey, hey!
- Hey!
- Wow, look at this!
- Hey! How are you?
Good.
Tonight, we have Satori and Cody investigating
with us and she grew up in the paranormal.
So, it's always great
to see them.
I love investigating
with my dad.
So, I'm so excited
to get into this location.
There's so much history there and
just walking in the energy is so intense.
[Steve]
There's a lot going on here;
All the way from objects moving
to female apparitions seen,
a male apparition
somewhere in the building.
Kids' voices, kids playing,
kids giggling.
Yeah, so,
list goes on and on.
This place really seems like it has
everything as far as claims goes.
So, it's going to be great to
investigate the Argo Hotel tonight.
[Dave]
I'm excited to jump in.
Definitely use some help
setting up equipment and stuff.
So, if you guys are game,
let's start doing it.
- All right.
- All right.
[Dave]
Doing four DVR cameras.
[Jason] Yeah, I've actually wanted to
come to the Argo Hotel for many years.
And so, I'm looking forward to
seeing what we're able to uncover.
Also looking
at some of the history
because I think some of it might
be old folklore that's really not true.
Hey, Shari! Maybe just move
the camera right a bit.
Okay, that's good.
[Jason] I mean, this is
a very tight community
and they're extremely tight-lipped
on this building and its history,
so, it'll be interesting to try to
find out what's true and what's not,
and come to some real
conclusions for Frank and Meagan.
- Hey, guys!
- All right.
- So, how are we doing?
- We're good.
We're all set up.
We got the four
DVR cameras here.
So, Camera 1,
this is the first floor bar.
This is where glass fell
and shattered.
This is also near where they
found the bag of bones in the wall.
Camera 3, this is the
second floor hallway.
This is the side where they've seen
the apparition walking into a bathroom.
Wireless 1, we have
in the basement bar
and this is where they've seen
the apparition sitting at the bar
and also a child-like figure.
All right. Well, I think we're
pretty much good to go
so let's go lights out
and get investigating.
Oh, yeah.
- All right. I'm excited!
- Can't wait!
- All right. Yeah.
- This is going to be cool.
Yeah.
[Jason] All right.
- So, we all set now?
- Yep.
[Jason] Tori and Cody, why don't
you guys head up to the second floor?
- Mm-hmm. All right. Yeah, sounds good.
- Absolutely.
And you and I can
take the basement.
- Yeah, that's a good idea.
- There's a buffer.
Yep, we'll stay staggered.
[Jason] Shari and Tango,
there's a lot of visual claims here.
So, why don't you guys keep
an eye on the monitors?
[Shari] Okay.
[Cody] All right. We're
going to head down, shall we?
All right, have fun!
[Jason] Jay and Steve;
Basement of the Argo.
So, this is where
he also claimed
he saw that guy sitting there
and turned around looked at him.
[Steve] That's right.
And Frank was actually
down here hanging insulation
and he said he heard
a little kid giggling.
[Jason] You want to go turn on that GS2
laser grid and see if we can get anything?
I think if we set it up here, we'll be
able to get some of the kids possibly
but it'll definitely reach
back to the bar
where he sees
that apparition of that guy.
Oh, I'm fine with that
and I'll set it up.
All right.
[Steve] It's definitely
hitting the bar area.
[Jason] Yeah.
Is anyone here who was
treated at the medical facility?
[indistinct voice]
That was sounded like "hi"
for a second, hi!
There's definitely
something there.
[Dave]
Oh, what was that?
I saw something behind the
doorway here; A light or something.
[Shari] That's the area where
they found the bones in the wall.
[Dave] Right.
[Satori] On this floor, there's
a report of a woman crying
and a male apparition
has been seen.
If there's anybody
that's up here tonight,
we'd like to introduce
ourselves, my name is Cody.
I'm Satori.
There's a lot of activity here that the
owners just want an explanation for.
So, if anybody's here
right now...
could you please
come towards us...
maybe introduce yourself?
[wood thuds]
[Cody]
I'm hearing something.
[thudding continues]
Footsteps.
[Satori] I thought I just saw
something down the hall.
[Cody]
What the hell is that?
[wood thuds]
- [Cody] What the hell is that?
- [Satori] What is that?
[Cody]
If somebody's down there...
and would like to say, hello, maybe
you want to keep your distance,
you're trying to figure out
what we're doing.
We're trying to give you the best
chance for you to show yourself to us.
Do you think we should try
our thing and see if that works?
Yeah,
we can definitely try it.
When Satori and myself
started dating,
we found that when we
connected, like holding hands,
it seems to elevate activity
even more.
So, if you're here, I think
I heard you walk over...
can you give me loud knocks?
One for yes, two for no.
Does that make sense?
Can I get a yes knock?
[thuds]
- Okay.
- Oh, geez!
I'm going to go through
the alphabet
and when I go through
that alphabet,
the letter, that is the first
letter of your name,
I want you to knock it out,
and then I'll restart.
And we'll keep going until
we spell out your entire name.
[Satori] So, I'm going to go
through, ready?
- A, B, C, D...
- [thuds]
D, okay.
A, B, C, D,
E, F, G, H, I,
J, K, I, M, N, O...
[thuds]
O.
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, I, J, K,
- I, M, N...
- [thuds]
N.
[Cody] It's Don?
- [Satori] Is that it?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, so, we got a name.
Which direction
is it coming from?
It's coming from everywhere.
[Jason] Hello!
We were asked to come in here
by Frank and Meagan.
They've been fixing
the place up
and trying to bring it back
to what it was.
They've actually heard the voice of
a little boy, maybe even a little girl.
We set up some equipment but it'll
allow us to wait to talk back and forth.
If you're young, if you're
a little girl or a little boy,
don't be afraid of that, even if
you don't quite understand it.
Alice, maybe it's you
that people are seeing.
Well, let's do this.
What?
- Did you hear that?
- Mm-hmm.
Uh...
It was just like a voice.
She was like "Mm-Hm."
- [Steve] Male or female?
- [Jason] I don't know.
Alice?
37-22, okay.
Is that you
that just made a noise?
Alice.
Are you here?
All right. Let's look here
behind the doorway here.
I saw something.
Whoosh.
I see it.
It looked like, like a head.
[Dave] Yeah, it was
about that height.
I'm then playing it back.
- Oh, okay.
- Okay.
All right.
So, that's just dust.
They got me though for a second
because it didn't look like normal dust.
[Shari] Yeah.
[Satori]
All right. Don, are you here?
Is there somebody...
- you're looking for or...
- [thuds]
Yes! Yep!
I'm going to start spelling,
okay?
A, B...
[thuds]
B.
So, it is a word.
- A, B, C, D, E...
- [thuds]
E.
B, E, remember B, E.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I,
J, K, I, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T...
[thuds]
BET, Bet, Betty?
[Cody] Betty? Who's Betty?
You're looking for Betty,
okay.
Is Betty alive, Don?
[thuds]
Yes.
You want to tell Betty,
you're okay?
[thuds]
Okay.
[Cody sighs]
Satori, this is crazy!
[Jason] If you're the person
that made that noise,
if you're willing to talk with us, all you
need to do is come close to that laser.
That device will light up
letting us know that you're here.
Can you come closer to the
device that's lighting up red?
Alice, are you here?
Steve, it just started lighting
up. The blue light just lit up.
Alice, what's your real name?
Everything's lighting
up crazy.
Nothing is registering
on the thermal?
- [Jason] Nothing!
- Nothing, okay.
The rumors around town
say you lost a baby.
Are you looking
for your child?
[thuds]
[Steve] There.
What the hell
is that thing picking up?
Oh, my God.
[Jason] Alice?
Is there something
we can do to help you?
Now, nothing is registering
on the thermal?
- Nothing!
- Nothing, okay.
- Feeling anything?
- No. Mm-mm.
Well, let's head back up now.
I don't know what it's picking
up but I'm not feeling anything.
[Jason] You know, I'm not
sure what to make of that.
So, we had some good stuff
in the basement.
Tori and Cody had some
neat stuff upstairs.
We did get a name Betty.
A Don was looking for a Betty.
Bet?
- Bet... Betty?
- [Cody] Betty.
[Satori]
You're looking for Betty.
- He said she was still alive.
- [Jason] Cool.
All right, good job and I think
you two planned to stay the night.
I'm in 11.
- [Jason] You are?
- I'm in 1.
Good luck. I hope you
get some good stuff.
I'm excited for the night.
- All right.
- Good night.
- Let's do it, guys.
- Good night.
[Narrator] Tonight, Satori will be
staying in Room 1 on the second floor
where guests have
reported being touched
and Cody will be staying in Room 11
where a male apparition has been seen.
[thudding]
Hello?
What's your...
[gasps]
Holy crap!
Hello!
Who's here?
[Satori] Cody!
Something was like
touching my hair.
- Yeah, are you okay?
- Yeah.
Okay. I just felt like somebody
either tugged on my shirt
or just kind of pushed on me but the
feeling in here just kind of changed.
[Narrator] While Cody
and Satori review evidence,
Tango and Shari have
tracked down the only Betty
we could find who was
connected to the property.
- Yes.
- Thank you so much for meeting with us.
[Narrator] Meanwhile, Steve and
I are meeting with Camille Swift...
- Hello.
- Hi, Jason. Nice to meet you!
- Hi!
- Thanks for taking the time.
- Steve.
- Hi, Steve.
...historical researcher with information
about the New Meridian Clinic.
What sort of clinic was
the New Meridian?
Um, it was a last resort
actually for a lot of people
that were seeking help in other
places and weren't finding it.
There were several doctors, not all of
them were licensed doctors at the time.
We've heard some rumors
about deaths
- that have happened...
- [Camille] Oh, yes!
- ...in the hotel and on the property.
- Mm-hmm.
There are stories of when people
would pass away in the clinic,
they would go, take them out
through the back,
because they didn't want
to scare the locals.
Would you have records
of anything?
Um, the only thing I was able to actually
find that was printed was an obituary.
"Crofton and vicinity were
shocked Monday morning
to learn of the sudden death
of Mrs. Gregg, 39,
who passed away
about at 10:30 a.m.
at the Meridian Bath House
in Crofton..."
- [Jason] Okay.
- "...where she had been
taken Wednesday of
last week for treatment."
- And what's her name?
- Helen.
Okay, Helen.
She was only there
for a short period of time.
She was only there
for a short period of time.
Do you think possibly she would
have prolonged her life not going there?
Possibly.
Is there anything known in terms
of the practices or mistreatment?
I did manage to find through
the Nebraska Historical Society
pieces of a journal from
a woman who stayed there.
- She talks about getting shock baths like ice baths.
- [Jason] Mm-hmm.
Here she says I got three
"electrical treatments,"
- [Inaudible] treatments.
- She was actually...
She lived
- to be able to tell the story.
- She did.
How many people didn't live to
be able to tell their story?
Exactly.
Now, we've heard a woman named
Alice supposedly died in the house.
- Yes.
- And she may be there.
Do you know of an Alice or...
I don't but that doesn't
mean she didn't exist.
- [Jason] Right.
- So...
Thank you so much
for taking the time.
I mean, it's amazing all
the stuff that we've got.
- Yeah.
- It was a pleasure and...
- Good luck!
- If we have
any other questions,
we'll give you a shout.
Betty, can you give us any
information about the building?
Well, I started working
for Sandra...
- Okay.
- ...in 1998 as the manager.
And I worked there
for a little over 13 years.
So, the bones that they found,
do you know anything about those?
Yes. Um, when I...
Shortly after I started,
they were taking the wall down
between the dining room and that back bar.
We'd found in a burlap bag,
the baby bones.
Baby bones?
Well, we don't think
they were animal.
There was a baby that died,
you know.
- [Dave] Wow!
- [Camille] So, Jerry, her brother,
- took the bones out to the cemetery out here.
- [Dave] Wow!
Do you know of any deaths
on the property?
When it became a sanatorium, the
dance floor that you have down there now...
- Mm-hmm.
- ...there were umpteen drains.
And that's because of all the body
washing, and stuff that went on.
And possibly some of them were buried
in parts that were dirt still at that time.
- Wow, wow!
- Yeah.
So, do you believe that
there are bodies buried?
- There could be.
- There could be.
I mean, these are the stories
that I've heard.
- [Shari] Okay. So, Betty...
- Yes.
...there were a couple investigators
that investigated last night...
and they came up
with a couple of names.
They came up with Betty...
[giggles]
And they also came up
with Don.
- Who?
- Don.
[gasps]
No!
That's my husband.
And they also came up
with Don.
[gasps]
No!
That's my husband.
My husband passed away.
So, Don had a message for you.
No!
And he just wanted you
to know that he was okay.
Do you want to tell
Betty you're okay?
[thuds]
Okay.
- You're kidding me!
- No.
Oh, my God!
[sniffles]
- Sorry.
- [Shari] No, that's okay.
- That's okay.
- Wow!
- Holy Cow!
- [Shari] Yeah!
- You took me on that one.
- Yeah.
[sighs] - [Dave] What was
his connection to the hotel?
He used to come over here when
he wanted to rest from farming
and he'd come in my office,
and lay down and sleep,
or he'd go downstairs and speak easy
and lay on the couch and take a quick nap.
Hmm. You've been an amazing
help to us and...
You're welcome. Thank you!
- ...and it was absolute pleasure.
- [Camille] Yeah.
- Okay. Thank you, thank you!
- [Shari] You're welcome!
Guys!
- Hey, what's happening?
- Hey!
- How's it going?
- Good.
- Hey, hey!
- [Dave] Hey!
- [Jason] How'd it go?
- Really good.
- Yeah?
- We met up with Betty Potts.
She's... she used to be
the manager here for 13 years.
What's crazy, her deceased
husband's name was Don.
- [Jason] Oh, really.
- [Steve] That's amazing.
And I did tell her the message and she got
very emotional, you know, that's my husband!
[Satori] Okay.
Camille gave us a lot of
information about what it was like
when it was a working clinic,
doing kind of experimental...
- [Jason] Yeah.
- ...practice.
And she told us about this woman
who was given shock therapies.
She said at a bare minimum that there
was at least 40 people who died here
that they were shipping bodies
out at night so people couldn't see.
[all exclaim]
Camille told us that there are no
records of anybody named Alice,
passing away on the property.
But there was a Helen Gregg who
died here when it was a medical facility.
[Jason] So, Dave and Shari, why
don't you start tonight in the basement?
And Steve and I will
take the top floor.
Cody and Tori, why don't you
guys investigate the bar area?
- All right.
- Okay.
All right.
So, get everything going.
[Dave] Okay.
[Shari] So, this is where they've
seen the male apparition at the bar
and the piano plays
on its own.
[Dave]
We might as well start here.
This is where a glass fell
and smashed.
I mean, I don't want to break
anything, I'll pay for it, that happens.
That doesn't really look
level to me, does it to you?
- These level...
- Well, if you look at this one
and it looks like it goes
like that.
Yeah, there we go!
Well, just for this reason.
Wow, look at that!
It looks level.
[Shari] Oh, my God!
Now, the only other thing
I could think of are speakers
or something turning
on every now and then.
I mean, this is a bar,
you would think there would be
some music and some vibrations.
Right. So, I was also thinking
upstairs walking around.
[clanking]
[Dave] I don't see if it
actually just even inches.
All right, to me,
a claim like this,
you already have something
that's ready to fall, it's going to fall.
[Shari] Right.
[Jason] Jay and Steve,
top floor of the Argo Hotel.
[Steve] So, up here, were the
rooms for that Meridian Clinic.
[Jason] This is where people
would have stayed and died.
[Steve] Yep.
[Jason] On this floor employees
have claimed to hear a woman crying.
[Steve] Is there anybody
who would like to talk with us?
Maybe about the things that went
on here when this was a clinic?
So, Cody said that he was pushed
by something in Room 11 last night.
Should we see what
might be in there?
Yeah, I'm game with that.
[Steve] There's 11.
Is there a Helen here?
Is there a Mrs. Gregg?
You know, you spent time
here when you were sick.
Did somebody try to push
our friend last night?
Can you do something
to let us know you're here?
This is no longer a clinic.
You're not going to get hurt
or shocked.
We just want to make sure that you're okay
if Frank and Meagan sell this building.
[thudding]
[Jason] What was that?
Did you just hear like, hello?
[Steve]
Was it coming from the door?
Hello?
Helen?
Maybe it's you
that people are seeing!
[Satori] This was once a medical
clinic and I believe this is the section
where they did a lot of those
procedures like electroshock therapy.
There are claims of a child.
[Cody] Okay.
Are you okay with us being
down here in your space?
- It feels different.
- It does feel different.
I heard a female voice.
- You heard a female voice?
- Yeah.
- Which direction?
- Right over on the end.
Did you hear that?
[Satori] Is that you?
If there's anybody down by the
bar over there, show yourself to us.
[Satori]
If anyone's here...
you may have heard me
talking and Cody talking...
maybe you're hiding.
- [Cody] My ankles.
- My legs are freezing.
[Cody] Yeah.
[Satori] Is there
a little girl down here?
Can you
just stomp your feet...
- at least let me know?
- [thudding]
[Cody] Whoa.
- [Satori] All right. I hear you.
- What the heck was that?
- [Satori] All right. I hear you.
- What the heck was that?
[Satori] I hear you.
Can you do that again?
Okay,
there's a chair right here.
I'm going to knock on it,
okay?
And if you recognize
this tune...
and you want to finish the tune, I
need to hear it with my ears, okay?
[thudding rhythmically]
Can you at least let me know
that you hear me?
[Steve] This is Steve and Dave
on the first floor in the bar area.
[Dave] But as far as those
bones go...
- Yes.
- ...they were found right in here
and this wasn't a closet
then supposedly.
So, the reports are that they've
seen a childlike figure here.
[Steve]
Is there a child here with us?
So, we found some bones
in the wall, are they yours?
[Dave] But it just lies the question,
why would somebody put bones in a bag?
I don't know. I really don't.
I mean, I can't think of a good
reason but it's creepy as hell.
I'm going to go meet up with
Jay at the bar in the basement.
Let's see. I'm going
to put this like this...
[thuds]
Pull this out.
So, if there is somebody
in here with us,
this device we have set up
will help us talk back and forth.
I'm going to put
an EMF sensor in there.
[Jason] All you need to
do is go near the red lights.
There's a woman here
that people call Alice,
is that your real name?
[Jason]
GS2 has gone crazy.
Were you sick
when you came here?
Did you get sicker
while you were here?
[Steve] Helen, we know
that you were treated here.
Maybe it's you
that people are seeing.
Jay, the EMF sensor had
a little movement.
[Jason] There's a device
on the counter.
Can you walk as close
as you can to it?
Can you do that for us?
You see it,
just let it there go.
Yeah.
Frank wants to sell
the property.
He promises you, he will make
sure it goes to somebody
who will continue the legacy
of this property in this building
and preserve your history.
Are you okay with that?
- Jay, Jay.
- Whoa.
[Steve]
Are you okay with that?
- Jay, Jay.
- Whoa.
Thank you for talking with us.
Try it again. Do it again.
Helen, we know you were
treated and died here.
Nothing.
I mean, she has chose
to pick up anything.
Nope.
Go to Jay and Steve.
[Jason]
Go for Jay and Steve.
[Dave] We're not seeing
any activity in the other rooms.
All right. Well, let's get the lights on,
wrap and get back, and start analyzing.
Copy that.
[Jason] So, we're just wrapping the
investigation here at the Argo Hotel
and we've had some
ups and downs.
I mean,
we've had some great nights
that activity seemed
like it was really kicking
and some quiet nights as well,
which isn't uncommon.
Frank and Meagan, they're
looking to sell the property
and they don't want
to sell the property
and have the next owners start
dealing with some sort of issues.
One thing that we did do throughout
the investigation is remind whoever's here,
if they sell the hotel, they're
going to sell it to somebody
who is going to continue
to preserve the history.
I think letting them know this is Frank
and Meagan's intent could go a long way.
[Jason] Let's do this.
Hey, Frank, Meagan, thanks for
coming back and sitting down with us.
Thanks for coming out.
Stories of the Argo have been
out there for a long period of time.
I always wanted to get up here
and check it out, as well Steve.
We did put a lot of sensor equipment in just
about every single room you could imagine.
Certainly everywhere you told us
that people were having experiences.
We did a lot of different techniques,
tried a lot of different things.
We seem to be getting direct
contact especially downstairs.
He will make sure it goes to
somebody who will preserve your history.
Are you okay with that?
- Jay, Jay.
- Whoa.
So, it definitely showed an
intelligence as it was hearing us,
it was doing
what we were asking.
We also did have some experiences
where we thought we heard voices.
Is anyone here who was
treated at the medical facility?
[thuds]
Did you hear that?
There's definitely
something there.
Unfortunately, it just didn't
translate well into the recorders
and we couldn't confirm
if it was paranormal or not.
So, at one point, Satori, my daughter
and Cody, who's a part of the TAPS team,
were upstairs investigating,
and they're doing a series of
trying to communicate back and forth.
[Satori]
Can you give me loud knocks?
One for yes, two for no.
They ended up making contact with who they
believed to be a gentleman by the name of Don
and he was looking for Betty.
He wanted Betty to know
that he was fine.
Well, now, this is all new information
to us. We knew nothing about this.
Now, do you know Betty who
lives across the street here?
- Yes.
- Yeah. We know Betty.
Team went over to talk to Betty to get
some historical information from here
and Betty brought up that
her husband Don had passed
but for whatever reason,
Don seemed to still be here.
Um, but then when talking to Betty, I guess
Don used to come over here all the time.
This was a big place
because Betty worked here.
Now, I don't know if you guys knew
anything about her husband Don.
- [Frank] We know the story.
- [Meagan] Yeah.
This is the first we've heard that
that he would frequent to place.
[Jason] Yeah. She told us he
used to come over and, you know,
and she was on a break and he'd
worked, you know, 16 hours a day
and this was pretty much the
time that they were able to spend.
I think Betty
will be happy though.
That's the level of
closure that...
- She was really happy.
- ...not many people get.
Well, you wanted us
to look into
what was going on with the bag
of bones found on the wall.
And we have some people
telling us its children bones
but we can't confirm
if they are, if they aren't.
Everybody's saying
they've been tested
but nobody has any proof to
show us that they've been tested.
We've heard they're just about
everything bones, haven't we?
- [Meagan] Yeah.
- Oh, yes, so you [inaudible].
- We've heard it, top to bottom.
- [Jason] Yeah, exactly.
And we also didn't get any
activity relating to the bones.
We brought up the fact that
you are concerned with people
who had once enjoyed
this property.
And when you sell, the property
you would keep that in mind
to make sure
that their life and legacy...
- Yeah.
- ...still continues,
and maybe they heard
that message.
I hope this helps you a bit at
least knowing that, you know,
what is here
feels more comfortable now.
Yeah, that's pretty good,
actually.
It's kind of a compliment
to know that, you know,
whatever spirits we do
have here feel comfortable
and that we've continued to
keep them content in that way.
- [Jason] No, well, I appreciate that.
- Thank you.
But you guys need anything,
you just give us a shout.
- We're only a call away, okay?
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- Thank you so much!
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much!
The rumors and the stories that we've
gotten from others have been concerning
but when Jay and Steve came in
with their findings,
pretty much confirms
that this place is safe.
We feel it's good to pass
it on to some new buyers.
I'm glad to know that we brought
comfort to one of our neighbors as well.
That's true.
Satori and Cody's experience
is kind of wild
because there was no way
any of us
- had any of that information.
- Yeah.
But Frank and Meagan seem
to be happy with everything.
They feel safe and now I think,
they know whoever buys the property,
it'll be in good hands.
As long as they're happy
that's really all that matters.
- Thanks, man.
- [inaudible].