Ghost Hunters (2004–…): Season 15, Episode 5 - Ghosts of Gaines Tavern - full transcript

It looked like a shadow
just walked by on the outside.

A historic tavern
with a tragic past.

There was a murder
upstairs in the ballroom.

There was actually a woman

- who set herself on fire.
- Oh, my God.

And distressed
souls that never left.

- You heard that?
- Yeah.

That was a male voice.

To me it sounds like,
"Hey, Jason."

No way.

*GHOST HUNTERS*
Season 14 Episode 06



Episode Title: "Ghosts.of.Gaines.Tavern"
Aired on: Jan 29, 2022.

- So Walton, Kentucky, man?
- Yes.

TAPS is headed
to Walton Kentucky

to investigate Gaines Tavern,

a historic home
that's also known to locals

as the Kentucky Horror House.

And this is
an interesting place.

I mean, it's been there
since like 1814.

The place
has had tons of people

throughout hundreds of years
coming through there.

You've had a bunch of people
who have taken

their own lives,
there's been murders,

and there's been
claims at this place forever.

When you have that kind
of traumatic history



at a property, there's bound
to be some remnants.

And the house sits smack dab
in between two railroad tracks

and there's the belief that
the energy from the tracks

produce and carry
paranormal activity

which could explain why
Gaines Tavern is so active.

The tavern's owned
by the city,

it's been closed
for renovations

but they wanna be able
to allow the public

to come back into it.

I mean, you know,
you have the renovations,

of course, that usually kicks
up stuff and being closed.

When you go in there
all of a sudden,

it's like all the stuff
is happening.

Right.

- Is this it?
- This looks like

it might be it.

And there it is.

There it is.

These tracks
are going to be fun.

TAPS takes Gaines Tavern.

Walton, Kentucky.

Thanks for sitting
down with us, Mayor.

Thank you for having me.

We don't often have a mayor
for a client.

You must be really concerned
about the property?

Yeah, a lot of people in town

- really love this place.
- I see.

So what's some of the history
of Gaines Tavern?

Abner Gaines, he had
the first tavern in Kentucky.

In 1818,
Gaines saw an opportunity

to turn his tavern into
a thriving stagecoach stop.

Travelers were constantly
taking a stagecoach

between Lexington
and Cincinnati,

and his tavern
was a convenient place

to stop overnight.

Now this being a tavern,
did it see

its share of violence
back then?

Yes.

There was a murder
during a ball,

uh, upstairs in the ballroom.

William Northcutt
and Richard Harrison

were both sweet on the same
farmer's daughter

and William Northcutt
pulled the wig off

of Richard Harrison
and showed everybody

that he was bald
and Richard Harrison

then turned around

and stabbed Mr. Northcutt
with a dagger.

Ooh. Okay.

So who else has died
in the house that you know of?

Abner Gaines died here,

his daughter Harriet
died here.

She was five years old.

There were also four people

who tragically
took their lives here

in the 1800s.

Well, what kind of things
are going on here

that's got everybody
concerned?

Down here in this room,

there's been sightings
of a little girl,

usually during the day.

Did people think
that little girl

is the Gaines daughter
that passed away?

Some do, yes.

I was on City Council
when we purchased

the Gaines Tavern

and was mayor
when it was opened

for live tours.

I also helped on
the restoration of the house.

One young lady who was here
helping us asked me

how old was the little girl
that passed away in the house.

And I said,
"Well, Harriet was around

five or six years old."

"Well, she watched me
vacuum today."

We were having an event here

and the piano was playing,

and a lady made a remark
that a young girl told her

she liked it when the piano
was playing.

And there is no girl

- in the house?
- No.

Are there any
other strange encounters

on the first floor?

Oh, there's quite a bit here.

We walked into the front room
of the house with the mayor

at the time
and I felt something

brush up against me

and I thought
it was my daughter.

She wasn't there,
she was actually

on the other side
of the room.

I had, like, a gut feeling
of dread.

Other unnerving experiences

on the first floor
include objects being moved

and the front door
slamming shut

with no explanation.

Now I've also heard
a lot about voices, footsteps,

and you've seen
shadow figures?

Yes.

My brother and I
went upstairs

in the master bedroom

and we were next
to the fireplace mantle

and we heard out loud
a voice say, "Get out."

The hair raised on my neck
when I heard that.

I wanted to flee.

We've got a lot of activity
on the second floor,

there's been sightings
of a man and a little girl

in the window.

We were doing our tour
and a woman,

kind of, hung back and asked

if she could show me
her pictures

and I was surprised to see

what looked like an old man,

he was bald
and he was in this window

and then another picture
in the same window

of what looked to me, like,
a little girl with braids,

that was kind of scary.

Those aren't
the only apparitions

seen on the second floor.

Sometimes during the day

when you're looking up
into the window,

towards the back
of the house,

you can see the reflection
of a man.

I've seen it from outside
multiple times

and it's pretty creepy.

The second floor
is not only

where William Northcutt was
stabbed to death at a ball

but two men
also took their lives

in what is known
as the suicide room.

Visitors have encountered
strange experiences there.

So on one of the tours here,

three or four of us stayed
behind in the suicide room,

all of us looked down
at this bed

that we had just heard
described

in all these awful deaths

and right before our eyes,
we witness it compress

as if someone sat down
right in front of us.

Seeing that was one
of the creepiest experiences

I've had here.

The Gaines Tavern is haunted,
absolutely 100%.

For some reason the people
who have been connected

with this building have just
decided not to leave.

When it comes down to it,
what are you hoping

that we're able
to accomplish here then?

I'd just like to make sure
everything's safe

and get this thing back open,

and allow people
to enjoy this,

you know,
Walton wouldn't be here,

uh, as it is now
if it wasn't for this house.

All right.
Well, I think from here,

we're gonna go talk
to the rest of our crew

and start figuring out
how to set up equipment

- and go from there.
- Okay. Thank you, guys.

- Thanks for your time, Mayor.
- All right.

- Yeah, we just gotta fix that.
- Hey, hey, whoa.

- Hey.
- Hi.

We just got done
talking to the mayor.

He was telling us
about all the claims in here,

- a lot of ground to cover.
- Yeah.

You guys ready to start
getting everything going?

- Absolutely.
- Let's get going here.

All right.

Over nine people have died
on or near this property.

People have taken
their own lives,

there's been, uh, a murder,

there have been, uh, people
just dying of natural causes.

So there's a lot
to really dig into here.

Any property
that has a traumatic death

whether it be murder
or somebody dying suddenly

can hold that energy

and this property does have
a pretty rough history.

We're looking at a property
that had people

who were murdered here.

So we got to take
that into consideration

and also wonder if some
of those traumatic deaths

lead to the activity

that's going on
in this property now.

- Hey, guys.
- Hi.

- We're all set, right?
- We're all set.

Um, I'll show you the angles.

As we know,
this place has seen

a lot of trauma
over the years.

So I wanted to get cameras
on the areas

where those incidents
happened

and of course also
on the spots

where people are having
experiences.

So we got
the whole place covered.

I'm interested in seeing
who the little girl is,

it could be the little
five year old

that passed away,
the daughter.

- Harriet.
- Well, sometimes children

are more comfortable
around a woman.

So you might actually
have more of a connection

- than, uh, any of us guys.
- Yeah.

- So...
- It's true.

Why don't we each take turn

investigating the house,

one team at a time?

Steve and I will go in first,

Shari and Dave,
keep an eye on the monitors.

- I'm down. I'm ready.
- Yeah.

All right. Well, I say
let's go lights out

- and start investigating.
- Yeah.

J and Steve,
Gaines Tavern.

All right.

Here we are, J,
on the first floor

of Gaines Tavern.

Yes.

Is it just us in here?

In the house, yeah.

I don't know.

Listen.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

That was a female voice.

- I know.
- Honestly, I didn't expect

to hear a female talking.

It sounded like it was coming
from upstairs, though.

When I put
on the headphones...

I was holding it up like that.

Exactly. You were holding it

in that direction.

Hello?

It didn't sound young, though.

It sounded like
a full grown woman.

We came up here because
we heard a woman talking.

Who is the woman
that we hear...

up here?

Oh...

there was just a voice there
when you said that.

Oh, really? A female?

A female voice, yeah.

Again, with the female voice.

What's your name?

There's walking.

Yeah.

- Hear it?
- Yeah, it's walking.

There is.

- Here it?
- Yeah. It's walking.

Keep coming towards us.

This is crazy.

Do you know
who Abner Gaines is?

- Steve?
- Yo.

There's definitely
a female voice.

Same kind?

Yup.

What the...

It was from in here.

We heard a lady talking to us.

We'd love to talk to her
some more.

We actually followed her
up here.

Hmm, maybe she doesn't like
that we came upstairs.

Hello?

We're gonna say some names

and if any of these names
sound familiar to you,

you gotta let us know.

Abner?

Abner Gaines?

You once owned this tavern.

William Northcutt,

you were murdered here,

is there anything
you wanna tell us?

Harriet Gaines.

We know you died in this house
when you were a little girl.

Can you lead us
to where you are?

All of a sudden,
it's like completely dead.

What the hell?

- Yeah.
- One thing after another

and then it just came
to a screeching halt.

Nothing.

All right. So we're gonna
probably hit the second floor

since that's where
most the activity happens.

You guys get
the whole place right now.

- Okay. Cool. Yeah.
- So...

- You heard that, Shari?
- Yeah.

- Absolutely.
- All right.

Okay. So this is
the lower ballroom.

And right here,
this is where they've seen

an apparition
of an older person.

- An older man.
- And this is also

where they've seen
a little girl

apparition as well...

- who might be Harriet.
- Right.

Abner Gaines' daughter,

the one who passed away.

- Mmm-hmm.
- So...

I'm gonna put the REMPOD down.

Okay. If there is
a little girl here,

we brought some toys.

I'm gonna put this on
and if you come near it,

there's pretty colors
that'll illuminate,

so you can play with it,

okay?

So we have the REMPOD.

So anything that goes near it,

anything that tries to touch
any of the toys,

- it'll set it off.
- You know, we are looking

for a little girl,
but we can talk to anybody.

If you were to speak
into this device I'm holding,

I may be able to hear you.

Is there anybody here
from the Gaines family?

This is a beautiful building.

Beautiful home that you have.

Are you still here, Abner?

Whoa.

What was that?

That was...

Camera one.

That was...

That was, kind of,
interesting.

Oh, I think it's IR shadow.

- Damn.
- Steven.

Whoa!

You son of a.

Wow!

You scared the
out of me.

How?

By saying your name?

Well, you didn't just
go Steven, you went Steven...

I went, Steven.

Well, that really scared me.

William Northcutt.

Could you tell us
what happened?

Let's go into that room
where those two people

took their lives.

It is pretty strange

that at least a few of them

took their own lives
in this room.

Right.
So it's pretty crazy

just one specific room

has seen that type of trauma.

A couple of people
were in the room

and they all seen like this.

Like, if somebody sat at it
or something.

Right. And also they've seen
an apparition

of a younger man
looking out this window.

He could be connected
to one of the men

who took their lives
in this room.

Did you hear that?

That was like a voice.

Hello?

Is there somebody
in the room with us right now?

What happened to you,
that was so terrible

that you took your own life
in this room.

What is that?

- What was that?
- I don't know.

It's like somebody
playing drums with sticks.

Yeah.

It was like bones.

- What was that?
- I don't know.

It's like somebody
playing drums with sticks.

Yeah.

It was like bones.

Tango to TAPS van.

Go ahead, Dave.

Did you guys hear any type...

Like a drumming sound,
like a very high pitch snare

type almost like
bones playing?

No, man. We didn't...

We didn't hear
anything like that.

Yeah. Well, it had a rhythm.

It was like...

- Boom.
- That's the 101 reason

why I love you so much.

- Hey, gang.
- Hello.

Hey.

- All right. So...
- How did it go?

It was good.
Um, it's just that drumming

or whatever that was.

It was a rhythm, you know?

- And it really got me, so...
- It's so weird.

And then we heard, like,
a guy yelling out something.

Wow, that's cool.

I'm glad you had
some activity in there.

- Yeah.
- That's...

Steve, tomorrow
you and I can go

through our evidence.

Dave, you and Shari
would have to try to see

if you guys could find
a historian.

Yeah. And, you know,
before we leave

Shari and I, we're gonna
listen to that audio.

- Yeah.
- All right.

- Awesome.
- Cool. All right, guys.

All right. Here we go.

You took your own life
in this room.

- It's so weird.
- Isn't that weird?

I mean,
what the hell could that be?

The rhythm reminds me
of like a...

Like a spoon player,
like, someone just...

Oh, I see what you're saying.

- I see what you're saying.
- Like, on the knee.

- You know what I mean?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm gonna look up...

old time spoon playing.

That's it.

And people like to play music
with spoons back in the 1800s.

That is so weird.

So this is
night one audio, so.

While Steve and I
analyze the voices

we captured on a recorder
last night...

- Hi.
- Hi. I'm Shari.

Shari and Dave
have tracked down

a local historian
to learn more

about some of the tragedies

that occurred
on this property.

We wanna know more
about the tavern.

Yeah. Can you tell us
about the people

that took their own lives
at Gaines Tavern?

First is the death
of Benjamin Runyan.

He had shot himself
in the night.

The second death
was Mayor John Goods on.

He had come on hard times.

And he was playing cards
and when he finished the game,

he went upstairs

and the people
that was downstairs

- heard the gunshot...
- Oh, my God.

In the same room.

Again, somebody that just

really wasn't wanting to live.

So it wasn't
that he lost lot of money

- playing cards?
- I was thinking that, too.

Well, you can speculate
on a lot of things.

So we know he liked
to play cards.

- Yeah.
- That's one thing, you know...

- Yeah.
- That we can use, you know.

- Yeah.
- Yes. Absolutely.

Do you know of any female
deaths that took place there?

Yes.
There was actually a woman

who was here visiting family.

She went to the orchard,

doused herself
with coal oil...

- Oh, my God.
- And then set herself

- on fire.
- Oh, my God.

And while she was burning,

she ran back to the house

and told her family,

"I just don't want
to live anymore."

- Oh, my God.
- While she was on fire?

While she was on fire.

And at that point, she had
let herself burn enough

that there was absolutely
nothing they could do

and she died of her burns.

- That's awful.
- Mmm-hmm.

- What was her name?
- Lizzie Rice.

- Lizzie Rice.
- Mmm-hmm.

Unfortunately,
20 years prior to that,

her father killed himself
the same way.

- Same way?
- Same way.

Really sad, you know,
to think of all the tragedy...

- A lot of tragedy, yeah.
- That has occurred here.

Hey, check out
this piece of evidence

we caught last night.

So this is night one audio.

Gaines Tavern.

Yes.

I can hear it.

It's like right after
you say yes.

Correct.

Gaines Tavern.

Yes.

It's there.

I mean,
I'm just happy that we...

were able to catch the sounds
that we heard, you know.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah.

- I think that's the most important thing.
- Yup.

And Dave and Shari
had the male voice.

They had the... What sounded
like somebody playing spoons.

- Mmm-hmm.
- Yes.

Hey, gang.

- Hey.
- Hello.

Wow. How did it go?

Good. We got a lot of info.

So the self-inflicted deaths,
that's all true.

That did happen.
There was a gentleman

by the name
of Benjamin Runyan,

he shot himself in that...
in that room.

- Okay.
- Also there was a former Mayor

John Goods on is his name.

He shot himself
in that same room.

And then there was
a woman named Lizzie Rice.

She actually doused herself
with coal oil

and then lit herself on fire
out in the orchard.

And then she ran back
in to the house

and told her family
that she was tired of living.

Sounds like such a horrible,
painful way to go.

- Yes.
- Yeah.

A lot of useful information.

Yeah, that's great. Nice job.

Tonight, Dave and I
will head in first.

We now have the names
of three people

who took their lives,

Lizzie Rice, Mayor Goods on,

and Benjamin Runyan.

We'll try to see if they can
be connected to the activity.

Here it is, Dave.

So this was
the old kitchen.

This is the room
that Lizzie ran to

after she set herself on fire.

And her family put her out.

Geez.
But it was already too late?

It was already
too late.

Well, maybe since we're here,

we start right here.

I mean, we're already
talking about her...

Right.

...and lighting herself
on fire.

Mmm-hmm.

Lizzie, are you
the woman we heard last night?

Let's head upstairs
to where J and I

heard that female voice

and see if we can connect
with Lizzie.

All right. Floor two.

And this is where they've seen
the older...

Old man like the profile

and I believe the little girl
was seen in here as well.

This is also the area
where J and I captured

that female voice.

It sounded like
a full grown woman.

Lizzie Rice, are you with us?

Harriet, are you here?

You were very young
when you died.

Can you tell us what happened?

Hello?

That sounded like
a female voice.

Like a giggle.

Hello?

Where did they see
the little girl?

Right here.

- Right here?
- In here.

I didn't even hear it.

It was... It was low.

I have to play it back.

Oh, here it is.

You tell me.

Could be.

I mean,
there's a chance we caught

the sound of Harriet giggling.

Maybe.

Harriet,
is that you laughing?

She's not responding.

Let's head over
to the suicide room.

So this is where those
two men took their lives,

Benjamin Runyan
and Mayor Goods on.

And this is where we heard
those spoons.

I looked up what era of time

were spoons
the most popular...

Mmm-hmm.

1825-ish.

That's when this place
was hustling and bustling,

- you know.
- Mmm-hmm.

It was a tavern.

This was the place to be.

This was the place to be.

I actually have spoons.

Awesome.

They may see
if someone was here

and throughout time
playing spoons, right?

Which they were
and we know that.

- Right.
- I mean,

this could make them
wanna play the spoons.

That's why we're doing it.

Because we do...
Exactly, we do this, we do it,

then we put the spoons
and now your turn.

- Right. Right.
- You play the spoons.

Rapid fire.

- Wow!
- Woo!

- Good job!
- Thanks, man.

This device trigger
object proximity sensor,

builds a self-generated

magnetic bubble over.

So if something were to come

and grab for these spoons,

we would see it.

Okay.

So you heard us
playing the spoons,

all you have to do
is come over and grab them

and you can play.

And from what I heard,
you're very good.

This is a tavern.

There should be some music.

We'd love to hear some spoons.

Mayor Goods on,
are you still here?

Benjamin Runyan,

why did you decide to take
your own life?

I don't know.

We're going to be
leaving the house.

All right.

Hey, what do you say
we wrap up for tonight

and we'll get going
early tomorrow?

Yeah.

Some of
the paranormal claims

have occurred during the day.

So Steve and I have decided
to continue

our investigation
in broad daylight.

J and Steve,
Gaines house, daytime.

So an apparition
of a little girl

has been seen during
the day in the parlor

and also the upstairs
bedroom.

This is the room
that they've seen the man.

The gentleman is seen in this
room, looking out the window.

It does make me wonder though,

if you're looking through
the window,

like, if I can tell exactly
what you're wearing

and everything else because...

I mean, it is older glass,
you can see.

Whenever I open
a lot of the closets in here,

I see mannequins
are fully dressed

and maybe that's what
somebody saw.

What the hell's
setting it off?

Is anybody here?

There's been
a lot of people here

over the years who have said
they've seen you.

Um...

if you sit on the bed,

it'll make the device
light up, it makes sounds.

You give us a way
to talk back and forth.

Some people have actually
taken their own lives.

Do you know about any of them?

Benjamin Runyan...

are you here?

Mayor Goods on, why did you
decide to take your own life?

Can you tell us your name?

I mean, it was weird.

It just started going off
a few times

and just come to a halt.

I figure Shari and I
could head in.

Yeah.

But I had just got an alert
on my phone

that there's a lightning storm
coming through here.

Come here, J. Look right
up there in the corner.

Look.

Look at those clouds
and watch all the lightning.

Oh, wow.

- Oh, yeah.
- That's a big...

- Oh, yeah.
- And moving fast, too.

There's lightning everywhere.

There's a theory that
a charged atmosphere increases

paranormal activity.

Yeah.

So you and I should
probably get in.

We'll leave them out here.

- Yeah.
- That's fun.

What are you bringing?

Um, alcohol,
cigarettes, cards.

Alcohol,
cigarettes, cards,

so it's a normal night
for you.

So...

- All right. Are you ready?
- Okay.

Let's do this.

Jason and Shari,
Gaines Tavern.

So Mayor Goods on was the one

who was playing cards

and then he went upstairs
afterwards and shot himself,

so I brought a deck of cards.

It was like a trigger object.

Okay. Ready?

Yeah.

Does anybody else
wanna play with us?

Mayor Goods on,
do you wanna play with us?

I'm good.

Okay.

We're betting alcohol
and cigarettes, Mayor.

Here.

We have cards on the table
for you right here.

Do you have something
you wanna say?

If so,
make a really loud noise

and we'll walk into that room.

We're not getting
a response playing cards.

Let's check out the kitchen.

Right.

Is anyone here?

My name is Jason,
this is my friend Shari.

Hello.

That lightning
is getting crazy.

- Oh, my God.
- Holy crap.

Is it lightning or just...

Holy crap.

- That was good.
- That's heat lightning.

Is there something upstairs?

There's walking...
There's walking.

- I just heard that.
- Yeah.

Oh, still going.

Oh, there was just a voice.

There was just a voice.

Yeah, I heard that.

That sounded... It really
sounded like somebody walking.

That was... Yeah.

I mean,
it was loud enough

that I heard it
right on this.

Yeah.

It makes you wonder if this
lightning storm is fueling it.

Right?

I'm trying to figure out

where that walking came from.

You go down there and
I'll walk through this area.

You'll walk through?

Give me a shout on the
walkie when you're down there.

Okay.

Shari to J.

All right. So I'm gonna walk
through it right now.

Okay.

Okay. Yup, that's exactly
where it is.

All right.
Come on back up.

Okay.

Hello?

We think we heard you
walking around.

Oh.

I heard it, too.

- You heard that?
- Yeah.

That was a male voice,

100% male voice.

I wanna play that back.

All right. Here we go.

Yup, it's there.

- Yeah?
- It's there.

You're gonna have
to listen to it.

Come in here
where it's quieter.

You're gonna hear it.

I'll play it again.

Like, to me it sounds like,
"Hey, Jason."

No way.

To me it sounds like,
"Hey, Jason."

No way...

Oh, yeah.

We don't have any Jason names
except for you.

That's creepy

Hey, Dave,
can you come in here

and just meet us in the
second floor real quick?

You got it.

Yo.

Dave, we got a crazy
recording here.

Tell me what you think
it says.

It's not saying Jason, is it?

You're hearing, "Hey Jason"?

Hey, Jason.

They know your name.

Now it's more
intelligent than...

That shows intelligence.

- Residual.
- Yeah.

All right.
We can head down for a minute.

Tango, why don't you analyze
the audio

while we keep checking things
out downstairs?

Hey, we think we heard you.

Benjamin Runyan,

is that you?

Somebody here said
my name earlier.

Can you say something else?

Oh, there was just
a voice there.

Lizzie, are you here
with us right now?

What's the...

It looked like a shadow
just walked by on the outside.

There's nobody
out there, Shari.

It was like a black shadow
that walked by

from left to right.

Shadow figures
are a claim here.

And it was just
the first windowpane.

Well, I mean,
if they walked by the first,

you would have seen them
walk by the second.

Right, and I didn't
see him through the second.

I just saw them walking
from here to there

and then that was it.

Let's go back to the van

and analyze what we captured
on the recorder.

We've been reviewing the audio

you gave me
upstairs.

So was there
another voice?

I did hear a voice.

Oh, there
was just a voice.

Yeah, that's when we were
looking out the window...

- Mmm-hmm.
- Seeing the, uh, lightning.

I mean,
it's certainly there.

And this other one.

Yeah, "Hey, Jason."

What do you feel about
wrapping for the night?

Yeah. I mean, we got a lot
of stuff to analyze.

Awesome.

So we just wrapped
the investigation

here at Gaines Tavern

and it's been
a really interesting week.

Tonight, we had
crazy lightning storms

that came through
and activity spiked up.

We started getting voices
and walking and movement,

and actual voices.

It sounded like
it might have said,

"Hey, Jason."

There are theories about,
you know, lightning storms

helping to charge the air

and helping
paranormal activity happen.

There's claims of activity,
uh, near railroad tracks.

Could it be
the perfect storm?

I'm not saying
that's what's happening here

but there has been some
paranormal activity

that's going on here

and some really strange
occurrences,

so it's one of the most
interesting properties

I've been to
in a long, long time.

Here we are, bro.

I know.

Let's do it.

Thanks for coming back and
sitting down with us, Mayor.

Thanks for having me.

We looked into of course
all the claims

that you told us about

that have been reported
over the years.

Well.

We also brought in a historian
who told us more

about those who took
their lives here,

like Mayor Goods on
decided to end his own life

in the upper bedroom.

There was a woman named
Lizzie Rice

who actually lit herself
on fire

and passed away,
uh, in one of the backrooms.

And right here
on the first floor,

as soon as we came
in to start investigating,

there was a female talking
and that didn't sound young.

- It sounded mature.
- Yeah.

And that was in the area where
Lizzie set herself ablaze.

So it's very possible
she could be behind

that woman's voice.

Is it just us in here?

In the house, yeah.

Listen.

So we have a lot of audio
to show you.

We want you to listen
and get your take

on what you're hearing
and what you think.

- Okay.
- All right.

At one point, Shari and I were
investigating the living room

and she saw what appeared
to be a black mass

walk by the window.

Nobody was there.

Um, at another point,

Dave and Shari were upstairs
in the second floor bedroom

and they started
hearing sounds

like somebody playing spoons.

It does sound like it.

That's not an uncommon thing.

What do you mean?

It's, kind of,
an old tradition.

- Right. Yeah.
- Then you tell us

if this sounds like them

because they heard it and
they were a little baffled.

Okay.

Wow.

Yeah.

- Is it...
- Yeah, that's spoon.

That's somebody jamming them
on their, uh, on their heel.

Now, one of the claims also
is this Harriet Gaines.

Dave and I, we were upstairs
investigating

and he heard a giggling sound,

you know, like a young girl.

- So take a listen.
- Okay.

Hello.

Yeah, sounds like
a young giggler.

That's kind of, cool.

It's possible that that giggle

could have been Harriet's.

Hello?

Shari and I were investigating
around the first floor.

I don't wanna tell you
what it sounds like,

so I'll just...
I'll play it for you

and see if you're able
to pick it up.

Yeah. All right.

They're watching us.

They're watching us?

It's exactly what
we thought we heard.

Oh.

That's freaking wild.

Oh, there was
just a voice there.

Now that could show that

there might be something here
with some intelligence,

- some conscious thought.
- Yeah.

This last one was really

the most interesting
to myself.

Shari and I were upstairs,

we're in the front bedroom
near the room with the tub.

Okay.

And all of a sudden,
this voice happened,

and we'll get your take.

I'm just looking for you.

He said Jason.

Uh, yeah.

It was weird.

When we come in to a place,

we actually introduce
ourselves.

It could be somebody
that was here in the house

interacting with him

but it does seem like
it acknowledged

- that you were in the room.
- Yeah.

It was in the same room
that we were in.

Oh.

With all the tragic events,

it's possible that some spirit

remained tied
to this location,

so there definitely seems
to be activity here

and, uh, some
strange things going on.

- Mmm-hmm.
- But I don't think

there's anything
to be frightened about

in regards to this place
opening up

because we think it's safe.

Oh.

It could be pretty awesome
for people to know

that they could be in here

and experience
a moment of history.

And it doesn't necessarily
have to be scary.

Right. I'm fascinated.

- Thank you so much.
- Absolutely.

If you need anything, you know
how to get in touch with us.

Absolutely.

And we'd obviously love
to come back.

Anytime.
You all are more than welcome.

- Great.
- This is great.

After all the evidence
that's been presented to me,

I felt the investigation
went fantastic.

I've never personally heard
any voices here,

so to actually hear it
on audio was really cool.

It's reassuring to know that
my whole town is not crazy,

that these things
are happening,

but now I don't feel that

anybody was gonna be
in any danger.

Well, that's a wrap
on Gaines Tavern.

- It is.
- Well, for now.

- Yeah.
- I got to be honest,

that place is awesome

and I wanna get back there
and check it out again.

And the history,

so many deaths crammed in
to one tavern.

And then to have
all these experiences

and then letting
the mayor here.

He was able to hear everything
that we heard.

Yeah.
I loved his reactions, too.

- He was excited and intrigued.
- Yeah.

All in all, man,
it was a great investigation.

You know what, brother,
onto the next, man.

Onto the next.