The team heads to Texas to investigate the Hotel Galvez which was built atop the wreckage of the deadliest natural disaster in American history. Then they investigate Presidio La Bahia where hundreds of Texan revolutionaries were slaughtered. Galveston Island - Watery Grave - Part 1
The Taps team heads to the coasts to tackle with two investigations. First they travel to Massachusetts to visit the Colonial Inn at Cape Cod. Then they head over to California to investigate the Moss Beach Distillery.
The Ghost Adventures team returns to Virginia City, NV, the site of their very first investigation and documentary. The angry spirits in this old western mining town have been waiting for their return. Now they'll get their chance to confront Zak, Nick and Aaron once again during the Washoe Club lockdown.
Virginia City, NV, rose to prosperity as a center for silver mining in the Old West, becoming the nation's first true industrial city. The mining industry made way for a bustling and even cosmopolitan city life with cultural institutions like the opera and famous residents like Mark Twain, who wrote for the local newspaper.
Today the town only hints at the former wealth of the mid-1860s when adventurers and prospectors risked everything to grab a piece of the rich earth. At the time, danger lurked at every turn -- cave-ins, gunfights and greedy claim jumpers. Nowhere was this drama more prevalent than Virginia City, or "Old Virginny Town" as the locals called it, where the mining industry turned men into millionaires.
The Spirits of Chollar Mine
Chollar Mine was one of Virginia City's most successful mines. Businessman Billy Chollar discovered the silver lode and established the mine around 1859. To keep close tabs on his riches, Chollar built a mansion nearby, which became the mine's main office. The mansion was later dismantled and rebuilt at its current location on D Street to make way for the mine's pumping station.
Chollar's men worked at furious speeds to bring in the rich silver before other companies found it. His greatest rival was Potosi Mine and the competition was intense. Arguments between the 2 companies led to violence and lawsuits that were finally settled in 1865 when the mines merged to form the Chollar-Potosi Mine.
The mines brought riches and glamour to their owners, but the miners were vulnerable as they tunneled through the ground searching for silver. Cave-ins were common and an explosion in the main shaft killed many men. But even death didn't stop the owners on their quest for more wealth.
Today there are reports of roving apparitions and disembodied voices in this otherwise silent place. Visitors share accounts of being touched by unseen forces or experiencing the distinct sense of being watched as they pass through the old central shaft. Perhaps these apparitions are still driven by the same greed that brought them to Chollar Mine over 100 years ago.
Bottoms Up at the Washoe Club
With money to spend, the residents of Old Virginny Town needed someplace to blow off steam. The Washoe Club, appropriately nicknamed "The Millionaire's Club," was where the newly rich lived out their wildest fantasies. Men bellied up to the bar for heavy drinking and business talk as they imagined new ways to expand their growing empires. They played games of chance and caroused with prostitutes.
Like any good VIP hangout, the Millionaire's Club had 1 respectable main entrance and 2 secret rear exits for the patrons' discretion. Prostitutes could come and go through these secret doors and tipsy patrons could be removed quietly. But not all of the people coming and going were so feisty -- or, for that matter, alive. One room in the building was used as to hold dead bodies while gravediggers waited for the ground to thaw during cold winters.
Today this space is still home to a working bar said to be haunted by a trio of ghosts. An attractive blonde apparition known as the "Lady in Blue" is often spotted at the top of the spiral staircase. Some patrons have also spied the ghost of a scared little girl. The third ghost, an old-time prospector, causes a ruckus by snatching unattended drinks from the bar. Modern-day bartenders indulge his penchant for the drink by leaving a full shot of bourbon on the bar before closing down for the night. Come morning, the glass is always empty. Disappearing drinks, mysteriously locking doors and tipping barstools are just some of the bar's paranormal activities. It seems the whiskey-loving ghost also keeps his eye on the ladies -- witnesses have seen the front door swing open for some women as they enter the bar.
“The Mark Twain House and Museum was the home of Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Langhorne Clemens) from 1874 to 1891 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Before 1874, Twain had lived in Hannibal, Missouri. The architectural style of the 19-room house is Victorian Gothic. The house is also notable for the major works written during his residency, including The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry Finn, A Tramp Abroad, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Poor financial investments caused the Twain family to move to Europe in 1891. When they returned to Connecticut in 1900 he lived in a house built for him in Redding, Connecticut named Stormfield, where he died on April 21, 1910. His home in Hartford functioned as a school, an apartment building, as well as a library. In 1962 the building was declared a National Historic Landmark. Since 1974 it has had a multi-million dollar renovation and an expansion dedicated to showcasing his life and work. The house is facing financial troubles stemming in part from an overestimation of the number of visitors it would receive yearly.” (wikipedia)
Rebecca Floyd, manager, tells TAPS that Mark Twain, his wife and three daughters lived in the house for 17 years. His oldest daughter, Susy, died in the house from spiral meningitis. Rebecca starts in the Foyer where a man on a tour saw apparitions of children, grayish blue in color, moving up the stairs. Up to the 1st floor drawing room where the Twain family did most of their entertaining. A tour guide saw an apparition in a lady wearing a white dress dashing from that room, and then out the door. Next is the 1st floor library where a tour group hears a loud bang while in that room. They check it out and find out that none of the other tour groups in the house, heard the noise. A woman on a tour felt three tugs on her shirt and heard children's laughter while in the library. There were no children on the tour at that time. Next on the 2nd floor landing, a tour guide saw a figure in a white period dress walking into Susy’s bedroom. In the master bedroom, known as Mark Twain's room, a tour guide saw a female apparition walking down the hallway. In the nursery, a woman with white period dress has been seen in there as well. Also in that room, there are reports of the curtains moving by themselves. A couple taking pictures of the outside of the house caught what appeared to be a women and a children peeking out of the nursery window. No one was in there at the time.
INVESTIGATION: Jason and Grant started in the dining room where they hear noises, like a muttering sound. They head to the servants quarters where the KII goes crazy and lights up especially around the table. They head in the foyer next where Jason gets a hit on the thermal camera. It was two figures in the window near the drawing room. Grant walks outside, over to the windows, but he didn't show up on the thermal. They even tried to get a reflection but that didn't work either.
Amy and Kris split up, Amy in the foyer and Kris up stairs on the third floor landing. Kris heard "what" at the same time Amy heard a voice.
Britt and Dustin start on the second floor landing where they sit on opposite ends to see if they get some action and see the apparition many have seen. Britt sees movement in the nursery, something moving back and forth. Britt hangs out in the nursery and Dustin goes in Susy's room. They hear a loud noise and went to investigate. They felt a cold breeze in the path where the spirits have been known to walk. They decide to split up, Dustin on the bottom of the stairs leading to the third floor where he sees the light disappear in front of a window. It was as if something walked in front of it. They ask for a noise and get a loud bang on the first floor so they head down to investigate. They felt like the ghosts were just toying with them.
Jason and Grant in the foyer hear footsteps above them on the second floor. They head up to the nursery and felt a faint breeze coming from the window. One of the panels was broken on the window which could explain the curtains moving. They decided to sit on the stairs to do an EVP section. They noticed the light on the third floor was blocked out by a black mass. Jason walks up the stairs to block out the light coming from a door. He needed to stand in the door frame in order to block out the light. They sat on the stairs leading up to the third floor with the cameras pointing towards that door to see if they catch anything. The hear footsteps and ask for more, and then heard more. Then they felt the vibrations of the footstep walking up the stairs right by them. Grant noticed the light from the window was blocked and then something moving to another room.
Kris and Amy are in the library asking questions and wanting proof of a spirit. They hear a noise coming from upstairs, footsteps, and then floor creaking and went up to check it out. While up there they didn't hear anything more.
Dustin and Britt are in the drawing room and sit down on the floor hoping to contact the spirits from the children that were seen in there. This room used to be the school room. They hear voices and noticed that from the library a loud noise was heard. They decide to sit in the library and asked questions and heard noises in other rooms, not the room they were in.
RESULTS: Unfortunately, their hard drive on the DVR went out and they lost all that footage. On the thermal, it turned out that is was Jason and Grant's reflection. In the nursery they picked out the loud sound, like a ball dropping and rolling on the floor. They also caught that sound again, which was more of a thumping sound. The footsteps Amy and Kris heard was caught on tape, it sounded like someone running.
They were able to back up some of the claims with the evidence they caught and concluded that the place is haunted.
