FAQ Hey everyone! Wanted to say thank you for checking out this video - I expected the video to do well, but was really surprised not just at how quickly it spread, but how positive the majority of the feedback has been! Believe it or not, I've read all 5,000+ comments on this video so far and I've been happy to see that they've far and away been very nice and polite. All of you in the Sam & Colby community should be proud of how well you've come across! With that said, after reading so many comments, I've seen a lot of the same questions/arguments over and over and I thought it might be a good idea to talk about them here! 🗣"What about that ghost face in the basement??" I meant to mention this part in the video, but frankly there were so many "I gotta remember to mention X" moments that I just forgot this one. So just to catch you up if you haven't seen it, there's a moment in Episode 3 of Sam & Colby's series (at around 1h27m or so) where you can see someone in the background begin to walk up the basement stairs, then turn around and go back into the basement. A lot of people have speculated that this is a ghost, but I am 99% sure it is their producer Zach. It's hard to tell exactly who it is even when I zoom in all the way, but it looks like him to me. Remember that in the scene just before this, Sam & Colby were down in the basement doing the estes method. I imagine that after they're done with a scene (like the faraday cage set up outside in Episode 4, for example) someone from production comes and cleans up after them. So it would make sense that this was Zach checking things out after they finished filming in the basement, coming back up the stairs, seeing/hearing them talking to the camera and realizing he was about to walk into the shot, and quickly turning around to exit the basement through the other stairs. (as Colby mentions in Episode 1, there are two entrances to the basement) It's important to remember that Sam & Colby are not alone in the conjuring house - not only do they have team members there with them like Zach, but conjuring house staff is also on-site and we see at least 5 staff members around the house throughout the series. So even if it wasn't Zach specifically, there's a good chance it was one of the others. I think the fact that Sam & Colby didn't zoom in on the face and make a big deal out of it probably means they knew who it was, too. 🗣 "I believe Sam & Colby no matter WHAT this guy says!" These comments made me laugh, honestly! Considering that I even stated outright that I found Sam & Colby to be "genuine" in the first 10 minutes of the video, I would hope that people saying things like this haven't watched the video all the way through. To put it bluntly, we AGREE. On top of that, my goal in making this video was just to give some food for thought and offer an alternate perspective. I'm not out here to "convert" believers into non-believers. I'd obviously prefer if we agreed, but I'm more interested in just presenting good arguments. It's up to you whether you consider them or not! 🗣 "You didn't need to spend 2 hours on this. Sam & Colby were in on it. It's all scripted. Case closed." On the other side of the coin - these comments made me laugh, too! Sure, there wouldn't be much of a video if I had just dusted off my hands and said "the explanation is simple. they're all IN ON IT!" and then let the credits roll. Wow, debunking the series would have been so easy if you just assume everyone's lying! In this case - sure, there's a possibility that everyone's in on it and it's all set up. But not only do I genuinely disbelieve that's the case, it's an unnecessary setup. There are enough inconsistencies and examples of suspicious behavior with Cody & Satori, that disbelieving them is a very rational conclusion. You don't need to throw in the assumption that Sam & Colby are lying - they could easily do their little performance without their help. In fact, they have - many times! There's a LOT of videos out there of them performing this stunt without Sam & Colby present. So why would they need them to cheat for this one? I think it makes the argument against Cotori a lot stronger if you avoid including unnecessary speculation like this. But I also concede it's a good possibility to consider. 🗣 "You said you don't trust RUclipsrs. Yet, YOU are a RUclipsr. So I guess according to you, we shouldn't trust you either!" Yes, exactly! This isn't a "gotcha", this is exactly what I meant. You should put your trust in the evidence and in the strength of an argument, not just in the person presenting it. I believe this year has had plenty of examples of RUclipsrs either not knowing what they're talking about, or even blatantly lying. (See hbomberguy's Plagiarism video, for example) So it's a great idea to be fact-checking and not taking anything at face value! 🗣 "Why don't *YOU* go there yourself to the Conjuring House! You can't say for sure it's fake because you. weren't. there." Feel free to rewatch (or perhaps, dare I say... watch for the first time?) the bit at 1:39:57 where I outline that it's $1200/night if you want to create content at the house. On top of that, they make you sign a contract in-person when you arrive. And they've undoubtedly changed the contract since the Sam & Colby series to avoid the legions of "debunkers" they knew were about to flood the house searching for solenoids. So not only am I doubtful I'd find anything useful or interesting, I don't really want to fight them over it if I do. And I certainly don't want to inject $1200 straight into their profits. I also don't want to awkwardly run into Cotori after I made a million-view video helping expose them as con artists, to be perfectly honest! 💀They might get Abigail to jump me... In all seriousness, I'm down to go on a paranormal investigation somewhere else, that sounds like fun. But I think I've seen all I need to see from the Conjuring House, honestly. The only thing I'd do if I went would be looking for hidden devices, checking those cabinets that opened (maybe bring a level?) and check that wonky door that opened "all on its own." Speaking of which... 🗣 "That door that opened 'all on its own' also opened during Ryan and Shane's investigation!" I found this pattern very interesting. I hadn't seen Ryan and Shane (formerly Buzzfeed Unsolved and now known as "Watcher", for the unfamiliar) investigate the Conjuring House, but if the same door mysteriously opened both times, that makes me think that I was right about it being a problem with the door. Of course, I'm sure people who are convinced it was a ghost will just take this as evidence that the ghost has a "thing" about opening that door. Confirmation bias on both sides, I suppose! 🗣 "Robert, I'm sorry for looking at you. I claim no negative energy, etc." Just so you know, the Robert doll in the conjuring house is a replica - not the original. Just like the raggedy ann dolls strewn around the house, the Robert doll they have there is just for marketing. So you definitely don't need to apologize to the Robert merch. (In my opinion, you wouldn't need to apologize to the real one, either. But I'd like to kindly suggest that you consider treating real living people with as much respect as you're treating the Robert doll!) 🗣 "Why don't you tag along with Sam & Colby on their next investigation?" Haha I don't know about all that - for one thing, I think it would SEVERELY cramp their style to have a thirtysomething dude in the background of the vid interrupting to say "Hey guys I think there's a rational explanation for all this if we just slow down and run some tests🤓" I'm sure their audience wouldn't have the patience for me repeatedly opening and closing a faulty door to see if it has "an issue with the hinges". They'd rather see some more energetic personalities just rolling with the punches, because that's the pattern of content that's been set up. Frankly, I'm also not an "expert" by any means. If they were to bring a skeptic along, I'd prefer if they brought along a SCIENTIST. (An entertaining one, of course!) 🗣 "This is the best video you've ever made." I got this comment a lot, and it makes me really happy. Thank you! It's very fulfilling to see comments like this. I got plenty of compliments and affirmations when I was making gaming videos over the years, but I can't remember ever being told on a gaming video that it was my best work... Maybe because it wasn't? So thank you for the praise, and I'm glad that I was able to make high-quality content that resonated with you. I hope to make more videos like it in the future! Johnruclips.net/user/sgaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f5e3.png
i have so much respect for your commitment!! from sitting through all of those sam and colby videos to the attention to detail when debunking to reading and acknowledging every comment, i can tell you're extremely thorough and dedicated and i really appreciate that. this is the first video of yours i've seen and i really enjoyed it! thank you for making content like this!
Great video! You’re really kind about everything and you give solid advice. Honestly as a Sam and Colby viewer, I would love to see them do more testing when “paranormal” stuff happens. I think it would be more fun to show them trying to disprove it. It would be cool if you went with them or they started taking skeptics with them ghost hunting. I think it would actually give them more views too.
thanks john, this video is great. definitely don't put anymore money in those fraud's pockets, $1200 a night is ridiculous and only makes me glad you spend money on things that matter more often, like charities. been subscribed for a few years, so always looking forward to more videos from you, whether they're this kind or gaming! have a good one.
Definately got a sub from my wife and I! YOU'RE A BEAST. Loved every detail, explanation, and frankly the dry sense of humor was perfect. Keep up the good work. New subs from Boston-Merry Christmas, brother.
I love how Satori talks to the ghosts in the same way a kindergarten teacher would talk to one of her students. If I was a ghost I'd find that incredibly infuriating.
Just a thought experiment: but spend maybe 5 years absoluteky isolated and aline with no one acknowledging your existance; all the while being surrounded by everyone. You scream, you try to touch people, but can't. No one responds to you at all no matter how long you wail directly into their ear until your throat is sore. And then keep trying. For again X amount of years ranging anywhere from 1-10,000. Just go ahead and imagine that if you can. Now put this chick in front of you and she is the very first person to acknowledge your existance...ever. Would you SERIOUSLY be annoyed at how she was talking to you? Or would you be so overjoyed and finally getting that social connection that our brains are hard wired to crave? I believe you would be salivating in child like giddy joy over having someone to finally talk too that you wouldn't care how she was doing it at that point. The mental and emotional stimulation of social activity would be like getting the biggest High in your entire existance.
Nice to know at least the ghosts are easy to train...why are people scared of ghosts again? Apparently its easy to get them to do what you want and the worst they'll do is knock your pack of plastic spoons onto the floor.
@@nightdrivenen7909 You are assuming ghosts are people, or think like people in the first place, we absolutely have 0 clue what a ghost would be like nor do we know if they retain human components.
The first thing that immediately seemed off to me about Satori was how she was reciting the alphabet. She'd start really slow when the next letter was something early on, but whenever it was a later letter she'd start going through really quickly. And yet, no matter how quickly she was going through letters, she'd always manage to stop on exactly the right letter when the knock came. There was only ever a single instance of her going a letter too far. Almost like she knew what letters the knocks were going to come on beforehand.
that’s also something I noticed and when I did I tried debunking what they did so many ways lol it’s also the fact that Sam looks like he definitely doubts their work but figures heck for the entertainment why not just go with it…like them denying to take their shoes off and trying the card thing. You can tell he 100% knows that’s such a sketchy “coincidence”
We noticed her say "bang 1 time for yes 2 times for no" it banged 1 time and she goes "okay so no" 😂😂😂 like girl forgot what she said. Then asked the "spirit" for a break and that was to let whomever was banging on the ceiling know to stop banging
if you payed more attention you would realilize that this happened when they could predict what the word is, which then means they know which letter is coming next so obviously she is going to speed up if she guesses the next letter will be "Y". You can predict answers based on the letters given so far and the questions asked, so how does your point disprove them?
Yeah that was pretty telling. And this is coming from someone who has paranormal experiences that include knocking! 😂 It was just too spot on and the fact that all the info was googleable is suspicious. They should have asked about some random memory only their loved one would know the answer to, in order to test them.
And at 17:37 one could clearly see it was a screenshot and obviously nitpicked the one that is closest to the name 😂 Oh and I always wondered how these “ghosts” knock outdoors lol
As someone who spends a fair amount of time on dance floors - they are designed to absorb impact & disperse energy. So not feeling the vibrations from ankle popping while in the dance studio absolutely tracks.
@@unknownawesomeness6226 When Sam & Coby were trying to go back later and debunk them they went to a dance studio and while at the dance studio they weren't feeling the vibrations is what this person was saying.
Watcher-ghost files. Longer episodes. Just wish Shane was as dismissive and brash as he was in buzzfeed unsolved supernatural. He seems more respectful now.
The way Satori talks to ghosts gives off "animal trainer at Seaworld" vibes. I half expected her to take a mackerl out of her pocket for the ghost everytime she said "thank you~".
ong I saw comments talking about gentle she is with the spirits and I was like ??? she's treating these supposed dead old wise ghosts like children in kindergarten
@@user-pu5qr3of6b tbf they've had no living human to talk to in centuries, i can't imagine they'd care about how she was talking to them if she was their only way to reach the mortal world. but that's assuming any of this shit is real in the first place LMAO
@@diorssenah, if Im an Immortal ghost wandering through world - I would rather haunt some fun areas and not give the chick that takes 1200$ into her pocket per person to speak to me like I'm 3.
hey this wasn’t mentioned in the videos and in any of the comments i saw, but i think it’s important to mention that cody has been doing this for over a decade without satori!!! there are old videos of him on youtube doing it with a random crew of guys, same exact “knocking” and alphabet method, but hadn’t even met satori yet. this guy had his little ghost hunting parlour trick, met his girlfriend, taught her how to be in on it and then came up with a cutesy little backstory about how they’re sooo special and sooo destined to be and they just have this BOND where they can speak to ghosts together 😭😭 im sorry it’s just so childish and laughable they sound like people i knew in high school
These aren't just two people.. Satori father is the pioneer of ghost hunting debunking. Very doubtful she would risk her father's proven track record for being honest and catching people who hoax hauntings. Satori and Cody may have very well been the only genuine people there.
I'm a handyman, I've built escape rooms. All they're doing is putting spring loaded hinges on the doors with hidden electronic magnet latches. The magnet releases allowing the spring loaded hinges to to open
Wow I knew something was fishy about those "randomly opening doors" but I didn't think about the spring loaded hinges, It probably would've fooled me if I was in the house after being told it's very haunted
actually its simply just an old piece of shit house with a door that is no longer up to code that they refuse to fix exactly because it releases like that from vibration of people moving around
I agree, every single detail in that house is 100% intentional, it’s a business that markets off of "the unexplainable" so of course if they have a cabinet or door that opens by itself. They have thousands of people visit each year, if it wasn’t staged do you think they wouldn’t care about fixing it?
Nothing at all?! Didn’t you see his important contribution of nodding/shaking his head condescendingly at the camera in their response video?! He’s a vital part of the operation! (I’m sure he’s a “conduit” or something, like a wand or lightning rod, that’d be their explanation eventually I’m sure).
She is looking where the clicking is and masking his body language and allowing the clicking to coincide with the knock. If you look at the older version of him doing the trick without the partner, he would say a letter, and then stop, and then say the next letter, and pause after each one for the knock.
Does anyone else picture a bunch of ghosts watching these people act ridiculous in an attempt to contact them and just laughing? Because I love that image lol
This is always what goes through my mind when watching these videos 😂 I'm a believer but sometimes the mental image of the equipment going off and all the ghosts in the rooms just throwing up their hands like "I didn't do it!" while the ghost hunters are shouting in excitement at "contact" is hysterical.
The Fox sisters like 100 years ago perfected this cold reading trick. One sister was able to crack her toes to create the "Ghost's" knocking sound. They admitted to this many years later after fame and fortune. The guilt made one sister an alcoholic.This is actually how the popular form of communication from ghosts as a form of knocking was created. It's been a trope ever since. Edit: I knew it!!
i think the worst part is that Cotori gave people real reactions to their family members coming back, being okay, etc.. how they can look at someone sobbing and just continue to lie to their face is beyond me
as a sam and colby subscriber, i absolutely hear you. the tone of your video is so neutral and focused on facts and evidence, it helped me gain a new, alternative perspective.
I know I watch them too😅 they Are entertaining and I love the whole ghost hunting but I would get annoyed with how they get psyched about every lil thing. Did you notice how different The Conjuring series felt? Like they just did it because they had to. Felt fake
Them saying they couldn't do the trick without shoes or with the cards because "the ghosts" weren't comfortable with it has got to be the funniest excuse.
This could be interpreted as either they have nasty ass feet, or the ghosts have foot fetishes, so even if they are somehow being honest the answer is still funny
@@thrackerzod6097 the idea of these spirits of passed away people genuinely going "oh fuck no, don't take your shoes off!" actually makes it even funnier lol
Idk like they do it on ghost hunters too. She is the bald guys daughter from that show. I first saw them on their. Honestly I don’t believe it. I’ve had weird stuff happen around me u can call me crazy but it’s hard to believe what you see on screen.
@@mattkeene3084 I personally do believe in the paranormal, but I do not believe most of the 'ghost hunters' that you see in media cause it is very easy to fake.
Imagine being interested in the paranormal to the point you are willing to pay ~$1,500/night to go to one of the most famous places in the paranormal world, and your whole trip is commandeered by a couple of smug employees doing an obvious con that has been around since the 1800's.
I imagine that just be like a package right? Like there surely must be an option to just get to go to the house and fuck around yourself. Otherwise it’s nothing but a tourist trap lmao
@@crocodilerock4662 From how its detailed on the booking site, they aren't a special package. Basically, they give the scheduled guided tour thats only meant to be 30 minutes. So I guess the situation is really, "imagine being a couple that just does a standard paranormal con that's only meant to take half an hour, and then you're whole weekend is commandeered by some youtubers that keep getting close to exposing your con while also defending it." That said, even a regular person has to pay $980-$1200 a night to stay there. They can only be there from 7pm-8am each night they've book, and are not provided any kind of paranormal equipment despite the overnight stay being advertised as an "investigation booking." You have to bring all your own stuff or else you're just sitting in an old house bored. The only garaunteed interaction is 30 minutes with Cotori, so its 100% a tourist trap.
I find it weirdly hilarious how satori talks to the ghosts, like she's a kindergarten teacher talking to a class of little kids. It's the absolute first thing I noticed and I just couldn't take it seriously. I kept wondering when she was going to pull out a sheet of gold stars and give one to the ghost for being such a good sport. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it!
I found it pretty condescending. It so annoys me how ghost hunters keep asking ghosts to do favors and tasks. If I was a ghost, I'd be like, I get nothing out of this. Bye! **poof**
Tell that to the ghosts that shook my bed every night sleeping in an old military outpost referbished into an apartment and closed down pizzaria. I wasn't recording shite and was getting activity every night when trying to sleep. Nothing else shook in the house so unless you want to tell me earthquakes can have selective target range of 3 stories in the air to solely effect and nowhere else; then idk what to tell anyone
its crazy how they saw how emotional sam got after hearing his dead grandmas name and they just kept on lying to him and everyone else. They arent just liars but also horrible people
Honestly a funny thing I'd like to do at some point, as a swede, is go to america/the UK (or any english speaking country), go to one of these people that can speak to ghosts, and the moment they mention that one of my relatives are in the room with me just randomly start speaking swedish just to catch them in the act.
Sam and Colby are definitely in on the gig. They had the segment of the "raw uncut" debunking footage but conveniently CUT OUT the footage of them doing their stunt without shoes that they showed a clip of earlier in the episode.
Imagine being a ghost and having some random people condescendingly order you around like a circus animal. A Packofplasticspoons getting knocked off a counter isn't so bad compared to this.
@@IchNachtLiebeif you spent X amount of years confused and practi ally alone with no real way to communicate with the other spurits around you cause they are out of your time loop or you out to theirs? I would be bloody giddy as all fuck to be addressed for the first time after passing. You kidding me? Lonliness shattered like glass in an instant.
It's a million times worse. Plastic spoons get thrown for some internet clout. These two invoke the names of their customers' dead relatives in order to market themselves and make money.
Also, Terri Ficca didn’t die on the 27th, she died on the 24th. The 27th was the date her obituary was posted so them saying her spirit was walking around that cause it was the anniversary of her death doesn’t add up and personally leads more credence to the idea that someone looked up deaths in the area on that day before they filmed it. The door that randomly opened is also the same one that randomly opened when Shane and Ryan visited several years ago which makes me think the door is just janky. I love that they treated the fact that Cody and Satori being able to talk to spirits outside of the house was proof it was real when the first time I watched this, them getting spirit communication literally everywhere immediately had me believing what they’re doing is fake as fuck.
They were most likely frantically googling and looking up information in the car on the way to the nearby places. Must have come across those first few articles with the wrong information, not bothered to search any further or even click on any of them and just went "yeah that's good enough" super low effort lol.
@@cx3339 More likely tha tthey looked it up. Also, the frantically looking it up while it's happening is likely part of the theatrics. It was likely all looked up beforehand and then made to look like they found it out on the spot after the "ghost". So they saw the date and thought that was the date that she had to have died on it. Not thinking or realizing there could be a difference... But there is also the issue that none of the ghosts that haunt this house would know anything about any of these people. That's not how ghosts haunting a location work, except for in a few sensationalist bad movies.
@@Quandry1 Yeah, the "ghosts" of dead relatives who live thousands of miles away from that location, just happened to pass by that very house. Like, come on.
Despite the obviousness of them being scammers off of people's emotions, this video is perfection in terms of describing science and how it works and the vast amount of information you give. Amazing job as always
Sam & Colby also latest stated that they reached out to Cody & Satori again and they refused to do anymore tests which is when they released their video saying they're not lab rats.
Yeah. Have them be barefooted and video their feet when the thumping happens. I have a double-jointed big toe that I can thump loudly. On my wood floors it's loud as hell. Certain soles on shoes make the thump deeper and you can't tell where the sound is coming from with shoes on. It's not totally uncommon to be able to do this. Huckster mediums have used less to convince magical thinkers throughout human history.
I think Satori being raised by a famous ghost hunter that basically changed the scope of paranormal TV shows is also prolly tied into all of this somehow.
Whose partner was caught faking evidence during live streams for sure. Likely her father was doing the same. As soon as he said she was Jason's kid it told me everything I needed to know.
i remember watching one of those lives!!! iirc it was a halloween special or something and you could see something pulling on the guy's hoodie and it was so fake i laughed. i became a sceptic after that lol.
Mythos Paranormal actually breaks this bit down really thoroughly to prove that Amanda is faking and writes stuff down AFTER its been spelled out. Would highly recommend watching.
I used to doubt amanda earlier but it was kind of interesting to watch her but in this series she made it so obvious that she is fake n she was so boring too
I used to watch Sam and Colby, just for fun, I knew everything was probably bs and either intentionally faked or easily explainable if not for it being a dark, creepy house. I stopped watching when Amanda started showing up in their videos regularly because she just... immediately gave me the vibes of a bad person. I do particularly dislike psychics because of a group that preyed on my grandma for years after my aunt's passing, but something about specifically Amanda made me want to turn off the video immediately. It's like those fake nice girls in school that you just know are actually terrible people...
Lmfao don’t judge a book by its cover if I met you I could say your a bum Nd a pussy but who knows your prolly a chill Nd cool person you just sound bitter Nd mad at something someone did to you lol or just a hater 🤣🤣
As someone who has been popping his toe joints to freak people out his whole life that is 1000% what it is and this is how i find out people do it professionally 🤣
I want to believe - is very powerful when ignoring reality. The fact that Cody and Satori would not do it in bare feet sort of finishes the whole thing for me. I think Sam's reaction to his grandmother coming through was genuine and heartbreaking that he was almost certainly being deceived
@@Leo-uu9bs if I don't have the patience for that and I'm a human with a damn spirit what makes you think I'm gonna have even more patience as a ghost. And you don't know that because you don't know me😁
@@brunobucciaratiswife they are lying they actively have to make the shit up because nobody is talking to them. Hucksters have been doing this shit for years, the most famous example being John Edwards. Its called cold reading
I feel so sad for Sam and Colby, after Colby’s recent battles with cancer this little shred of hope of an afterlife would have been so comforting for them. I feel like Satori and Cody really prayed on that.
sorry but i think these doofuses were in on it. i think the average high subscriber count youtuber is pretty depraved and willing to exploit personal tragedies like a dead grandma (and having cancer) for content. The way they're acting and the super obviously staged "we only have toilet paper haha" between them and the mediums is the dead giveaway to me. It's so obviously a moment they cooked up to be funny.
I used to watch those 2, not because I was looking for proof of the paranormal, but because of the "It's midnight, you and your friends are psyching yourself up that the mysterious sound coming from back yard's garbage bin is not a racoon, but a vengeful ghost, and dare each other to go check it out" vibe.
*Cody & Satori:* "We're not mediums or anything, we can''t sense spirits, everything that happens happens for all to see" *Cody & Satori:* "They just walked away"
@@KarlaDancess hearing is a sense. if you can't sense spirits, then you shouldn't be able to hear them either. the whole point of that statement was them claiming they have no special connection with spirits that would give them an exclusive ability to sense their presence, "everything that happens, happens for ALL to see". everything they experience and hear should be the exact same as everyone else, yet she suddenly has the special ability to "hear" the ghosts walking away and acknowledge they are no longer present.. which absolutely is a contradiction to "we can't sense spirits". not to mention it doesn't make any sense. why do the ghosts suddenly make noise when "walking"? but only when they are walking away, as there was no observation or comment about hearing random footsteps in the room. why would ghosts even make noise when moving around anyway? the sound getting more distant wouldn't make any sense either, since the knocking is clearly established as something the spirits can only make through a conscious effort. the knocking isn't perpetual and why would they continue making knocking sounds as they are moving away? the very premise of the spirits "just leaving" is also hilarious. you have all these spirits of dead ancestors, mothers, grandmothers and personal relatives to these people just hanging out at the same time and in the same room as them, at this very specific moment, only for these dead family members to all just randomly "walk away". why is it that there is ALWAYS some spirit and relative in a room or place when they do these sessions, making it seem like spirits are just hanging out with people 24/7, only to then turn around and randomly disappear after the so called psychics run out of material after spelling out names with their ABC's?
@@heromedleybut he’s right 😂 calling him a Reddit atheist or putting any other word in front of atheist doesn’t change anything. Bottom of the barrel response
There’s also a video of Cody doing this “method” by himself before Satori. Clearly it wasn’t just something they “discovered” only THEY could do together when they held hands/wrists. He can do it himself. She’s the artist part of the con, the one who does the talking and the good show of it and he does the knocking part.
@@The_IowegianI see “warren” on any story and I immediately assume it’s fake, or some footsteps turned into all the Catholics angels of hell possessing one random rock that continuously clogs the drain or something
I think this is one of the best logical and none biast breakdown videos I've seen in years. Only my second watch after the Blackwell video. Even though I would love paranormal and supernatural stuff to be true having some strange and unexplained experiences happen to me over the years. You have given me some nice insight into being mindful of questioning experiences objectively as emotions and feelings really do shape who we are and it is really easy to sometimes blindside ourselves with something we're just passionate about and want to be true. I do like Sam and Colby too and I hope if they do see this video that they take nothing but possitives from it. Great video John thank you. Devo UK
I really appreciate how much you prioritize media literacy. One of the biggest reasons i've continued engaging in your content as it's changed over the years is how true to your values you are. I've been watching your videos since i was an impressionable young person (probably like 13 or 14 years old) and i'm very grateful for how critical it has made me as i've grown into adulthood. Thank you for continuing to make incredibly fun and meaningful content for us, it's made a big impact on me and i'm sure others as well. Im so excited for the future of this channel, it's already proven to be cool and engaging and impactful!!
Satori is the daughter of Jason Hawes, the founder of the show Ghost Hunters, the first paranormal show ever so she grew up with this stuff since she was a baby, not surprised she picked up all these tricks on the way, her dad is the OG Ghost Hunter..
@bunny_vr16 she was actually on one episode of Ghost Hunters which is the only reason why I know! I think it was in the reboot of the show but I'm not sure!
I love Sam and Colby’s videos. HOWEVER, even though the fan base really loves Amanda…I’ve never bought a word she says. There’s something about her that really irks me. She acts super powerful and confident and tells them all the time that they are in over their heads if she isn’t there with them. But she writes down basic answers and never proves anything. So it’s nice to hear your reactions to it and to notice it also.
THIS!! I wish this was more liked! My sister and I got the same feeling watching Amanda, it just felt so.. pretentious. I know my sister and I were watching for fun, but it was honestly giving off kinda 'I know things you don't because I made it up' kinda vibes.
As a witch, and psychic medium myself, I don't like Amanda either. And I have so many reasons. If we take it to the spiritual side, when you're a medium, you help spirits pass over. Yet from what she's shown she's only using Christianity (no shame on that whatsoever), not every spirit is a Christian. And when they went to the Conjuring house the first time, it was mentioned several times that they were on indigenous land. So using the whole "In the name of Jesus, yada yada" won't work. I do agree with what you say where she's like "omg you're in such trouble if I'm not with you." It's giving : I'm gonna make you so dependent on me, and exploit you because you have such a big following. And let's also talk about the fact that she's misinforming them. Myrtle's plantation comes to mind straight away. She's telling them that the evil eye will protect them from negative spirits. And that's such bs. The evil eye is helping with negative energies emitted from living people, when it comes to the supernatural it does fuck all. It looks like she went to a souvenir shop, got the cheapest shit she could find and then twist the narrative to make them codependent. I always say I hate Amanda and the whole fandom comes for my ass 🤣 even if I'm also reacting to them, and explaining why I hate her so much
I've never believed Amanda is a medium, she seems like a good person, I just don't believe she's a medium, I believe she's had experiences, someone probably mentioned mediums and she ran with it, and seemed genuinely surprised, too excited or scared when something happens.
You missed your calling at being an attorney 😂 loved this enough to sit through the whole video. Also...Cody's ability to unemotionally stare right into the camera without blinking is wild
@@BRBonGiediPrime but isn’t that the whole draw to this kind of content?? like i get that it’s more interesting when something paranormal happens, but my favorite parts of Ryan and Shane’s ghost hunts is that shane is constantly debunking every little thing ryan sees as “evidence” so when something DOES stick out, it sticks out even more
Lmfaoo ion think dat would ever happen lol he seem like dat hating ass pewdiepie version dat just hates on other ppl video instead of going Nd doing his own research or actually investigating himself 😂🤣🤣
Another point: at the beginning they say they're not mediums, can't sense/detect anything, just when they're together, the knocking happens. Yet, she is able to know when they've left, when she says "they walked away." They didn't knock to signal that, yet according to them, that's the only communication they get from the spirits.
It would’ve been more believable if they actually failed occasionally. The fact every single location had a successful ghost long conversation is insane. And like you said if they just stopped conversation at varying times and lost communication it would make more sense than them “walking away”
Larray directly said when they spelled his real name "oh yeah, i filled out the release form". I wish you had included more of Larray's direct skepticism.
I love how Cotori's response to the accusations of it being faked, is just "We promise it's not." No proof, no explanations, no testing, just "we're aware others have done similar things in the past in seemingly similar ways, but we're not."
@@Quandry1all ghost hunting is fake. Idc what anyone says. Every single “ghost hunting tool” ever used has been proven with science to not work or atkeast not for fucking ghost. I mean they use a fucking Xbox camera to find ghost. Literally a camera from an Xbox. Plus the fact there’s all these so called pictures of ghost but we still don’t know what they look like.
Coming back to this video to say that this is one of the best videos I've seen on youtube. I've rewatched it multiple times because of how entertaining you are as a creator.
I'll be honest. I was not expecting you to consult the owner's manual to show us why the walkie-talkies weren't working. I was about to become a ghost the first time you flashed the instruction booklet on screen. You went so in-depth that it was actually funny.
The reason you cant feel vibrations in the dance studio floor is most likely because there is a lot of padding under the floorboards to protect dancers from injury. If they are using a solenoid (which is more likely than joint cracking imo due to it causing vibrations others can feel) to produce the knocking, the vibrations would be absorbed by foam or padding under the floor. Also I would like to point out that just because something cannot be explained does not mean that it isn't faked. Most of these things have many possible explanations that are much more likely than ghosts exist.
Thank you for the dance floor explanation, I couldn’t think of what it was when John was saying it. But, the entire time I kept saying those floors are made differently.
What's great about your explanation in principle to the entire discussion of the paranormal is pretty much how every "explanation" an investigator will say is to try and prove the paranormal RIGHT whereas the entire field of science (worth mentioning since the paranormal wants to be seen as such) leans to holding something against falsifiability. This just isn't present, like, at all in the paranormal.
people often don't realize that there is a structural functionality change. Just like many don't immediately think of the accoustic changes to things like auditoriums and concert halls to facilitate the projection of sound to large crowds.
Hell, my first reaction when it happens in the Conjuring House wasn't even "it's a solenoid" or "it's toe cracking". My first instinct was "they have someone set up in the basement with a broomstick". It's an old house with floorboards and gaps/cracks everywhere. If you're quiet you can probably make out what people are saying on the floor above you. It could also possibly be a reason for them to move to the floor above right after. Not just to proof that "it happens everywhere", but also to give the guy in the basement time to move to the ground floor, knock on the ceiling and then slip out of the house before the people above have come down the stairs. All in all the house is just a completely controlled environment for Cody & Satori, there's a dozen techniques they can use in the house owned by their employer, and they make money by having people keep visiting the spoopy spookhouse from le realest happened movie series. They have the means and the motive, there's no reason they wouldn't.
Thank you for this very entertaining debunking. My favorite part is the Alice box. I'm laughing so hard imagining if the words dictionary was more random, and some guys out in the spooky woods were just getting "Pants... Endocarp... Trout... Clown..."
ive really been loving these debunking videos! i think you approached this with the right tone. you didn't patronize sam and colby and you respected their beliefs, but you didn't tolerate the moments of neglect on their part and you held them to a reasonable standard when discussing the ethics of the production of their videos.
@@JohnWolfe Good job on the Joint popping ruse, a classic trick used by mediums for decades, these fools taking advantage of the braindead youngsters of today by still doing it. Errr we can feel vibrations, uuuh du you fink it mite be coming from their feet...uuuh nope. it's a ggggggghost! Also caught them out on why they got the name in the park wrong, good stuff man.
@@ShimmySchimeon obituaries are public information, and it's the exact same thing that Cotori did to go about their ruse. A video like this requires investigation, which is what looking up things like obituaries surrounding people who are dead is.
@@ShimmySchimeon Looking up obituaries isn't creepy; they're public information and readily available online or in archives. In fact, in a video like this, especially when Sam said there was no way someone would know his grandmother's nickname, it's kind of essential to do. My first instinct upon hearing Sam say that was to look up his grandmother and see if it was readily available online. Given her nickname was used in the obituary, it's an immediate red flag for Cotori's "ability" as they could've easily done the same thing to prepare for their session with Sam and Colby. In fact, Sam and Colby even Googled obituaries themselves when trying to debunk Cotori to verify if the names that came up in the sessions were relevant to the area/location (e.g., Terri Ficca).
I’m a big fan of you. I’ve been a big fan of Sam & Colby. I waited allll year for their Hell Week. The disappointment I felt from episode 1 grew with each episode, and they are deserving of our collective scrutiny and side eye for giving Cody & Satori this huge platform. I’m convinced Cody & Satori are con artists playing on people’s grief and faith, who refuse to show us their method without shoes. It could be that easy but they posted that bullshit video addressing the criticism instead. Thank you for covering this, I enjoyed your skepticism, valid observations, and as always your humor 😊
@@alexhoward5783 So did the professional magician who debunked it with the knocker gadget. In the video clip, he wore it under his socks and had to take them off to show the device (remember him apologizing for his feet?). They were dodging the issue of doing it barefoot, which would obviously show if they were wearing the device or popping their toes.
The way that Satori talks to the "ghosts" drives me INSANE. She has such condescending tone, like I don't believe in spirits but I'm offended on their behalf. 😭
Exactly! If i was a spirit i would def give her a jumpscare for her disrespectful behavior asking me to walk here walk there... Give me a break im dead let me chill with my phantom beer
How it’s calmer way to talk that’s so funny I hope y’all have an eye opening experience y’all are trying to compare shit when it doesn’t need to be compared
@@keyonking5683 She talks to spirits as if theyre down syndrome people. Asks them to do things as if theyre her circus act. If spirits were real theres no way you would speak to them in that way, would you want to piss of a ghost? They fake it bigtime its obvious.
The comments alone on Sam and Colby’s Conjuring videos are enough to understand why cons like this NEED to have people come at this sort of thing with a debunking mindset. Taking advantage of a person’s grief and profiting off their deceased loved ones for a show trick is objectively wrong. And again, it’s all to an audience that hasn't exactly put in the time to look at this sort of thing with a skeptical/informative view. Which will just lead to Cody and Satori taking advantage of more people, especially grieving ones. People commenting “I claim no negative energy from this video” on the original video are watching it, fully wrapped up in the con itself. *Which again*, signifies why sharing content like this without putting much time into disproving it is harmful and helps push the facade of said con.
I love how the ghost Hunter lady talks to the ghosts like they’re trained dolphins. “Can you jump through the static hoop for me?? Thank you!! Here’s a treat!”
John, seeing you do your signature gesture while saying “think critically” with a smile was so deeply moving to me. I’m just so proud of you & your new work. I have always loved your commentary, regardless of whatever you were doing. Your candid, no-nonsense-yet open-minded-approach is so engaging to watch. I love your new content, your new direction. You seem sure of yourself & like you genuinely enjoy what you do. It fills me with so much joy & admiration & respect. I absolutely can’t wait to see what you do next. You deserve the world.
@@JohnWolfejust letting you know satori and Cody are on ghost hunters sometimes. They do this trick. She is Jason daughter. It’s all for the show though.
when I saw their conjuring series, I was convinced that it's real but now that I see your video, I can not stop agreeing with you😭 There were literally soo many possible explanations for a lot of "paranormal incidents" in their videos that I just didn't thought of in that moment yk
Here is a possible explanation as to why there were no vibrations felt in the dance studio. As a dancer for many years, I know dance studio floors are designed to absorb movement with spring-like designs to make it easier to leap and move without putting so much pressure on the dancer's joints. So if they were popping joints or using the knocker, the movements would be absorbed into the floor so no vibrations could be felt.
Exactly my thoughts, too. Stages are also like that, as well. Also muffles actors steps as they move around, and helps props not fall over in, for example, big dance numbers during a musical, or just a very physical scene. Though we’d often put a little tape or sticky-tacky on the bottoms of props to ensure they stay where they’re supposed to, making less work and more safety for both actors and stage crew.
Construction engineer here. Dance floors, and the floors of gyms too, are sometimes built using a kind of elastic floor that absorbs the cibrations from movement, its actually a pretty common thing. Maybe not in commercial gyms but definitely in some football courts.
Real I saw one video of theirs and went, I’m a believer of the paranormal now, didn’t even put into account I was watching a yt video and it is probably fake lmfao
the fact that jake webber (a friend of sam and colby, and person whom sam and coldly has done paranormal investigations with in the past) still isn’t a believer in the paranormal, also says a bit.
That doesn't say much, take Shane & Ryan (aka spookey boys) for example, Ryan is a firm believer in the paranormal, while Shane is not. Despite experiencing everything together (over the years), even when Ryan experiences something that deeply affects him (like freaks him out), Shane never seems to buy it or believe in it. While Ryan seems to believe more and more after everything he experiences, Shane still just flat out doesn't believe.
@@hllywdunddnnpnt i agree with the person above me, that is not the vibe i got at all from their newer videos, ryan is clearly becoming more and more skeptical
So. I especially hate 'messages from loved ones' type stuff because it feels really uncomfortable and manipulative. I think there are situations where it can genuinely bring closure, or comfort, but as a way to just sort of prove you can really talk to the dead it's gross.
Not all lies are harmful. People have actively deluded themselves into believing in an afterlife for all of human history to reduce the fear and grief of death. This kind of lie just helps people along the way.
@minime2437 At one point while watching their series I had it in my mind that Cody definitely was lying and considered the possibility that only he was lying, even to her. She's likable and light and fun and you don't want to believe that about her. And I think that's the entire reason it works as an act. Video emerged of Cody doing this act solo years ago. And that just plain confirms that he's lying because it proves their origin story as entirely BS. This isn't something that just started happening when they came together. It's at that point you have to understand that in the business they're in whether you are a con artist or are sincere you HAVE to know how to do research. Your entire job is basically to be a historian. She'd know about his old videos if she was actually innocent and wasn't in on it. The simplest explanation is that she's in on it too, rather than the more complex one that he's lying to his own mate.
Me being a Sam and Colby fan. I didn’t believe Cody and Satori’s method thing. Because there are people living in the conjuring house. The studio can be explainable. Example: heart beats, cars, other people, construction (you get the jazz). Same with the park. There’s a lot of noise going on in the park.
I know people bitch about the littlest things when it comes to your videos John, so I wanted to offset that a little and let you know that these newer videos of yours where you cover paranormal documentaries and stuff are some of the most entertaining you've ever made. Keep it up, we're here for whatever you decide to do because we're confident it'll be quality.
I have been really enjoying them. As someone who does believe in the paranormal but is sick of the amount of people who fake content for views, I enjoy his skeptical nature. Too many people who believe in ghosts wanna believe everything they see but I feel like that defeats the purpose if you want REAL proof.
@@JohnWolfeI can see the passion to make videos really coming back with your recent uploads. I know you teased it for years and it's nice to see you finally doing something that makes you happy. These types of vids and your Goosebumps reviews are my favorite.
The end of this video reminded me of when Paul Atreides in Dune 2 said "That's not hope!". You're right, when "hope" is based on lies and fake information, then it's nothing more than false hope. Glad to have found your channel, keep up the good work!
one thing that kept bugging me with the lore in the woods was how little they mentioned the native American spirits. and when they did mention them it was like "ooooh scary drumming they want us dead!" "ooh scary elemental spirits" but whenever they talked about the soldiers it was like "oh they can help us!" whether there are spirits there or not it didn't seem like the two sides of the war were given the same respect and understanding (obviously this has nothing to do with whether or not its real its just something that really bugged me)
Colonization runs deep in the spiritual world too unfortunately. Like all these non natives using white sage on native battle grounds like its going to do anything but piss off the spirits
Good point actually. Also the vast majority of mediums tend to be white women. I think its also a case of a lot of them not knowing enough native american folklore to make stuff up.
the way cody and satori are lying to the whole internet and doing their thing while having people get super emotional over fake shit is honestly heartless.. theyre making money off of giving people false hope
Ikr?I honestly don't think Sam and Colby were in on it in any way,it's all Cody and Satori.Something about them and their 'method' just seemed off since the beginning.
But if we all agree they wasn’t in on it which I don’t think they were how do you explain them knowing his grandma and her nickname without him telling them idk just thinking about it
sam and colby used to be my favorite youtubers in their early days during their xplr era and now i simply cannot watch their videos now that they have turned into this goofy paranormal channel
I never believed them from the start something was extremely off about them. How does she have this incredible power to just speak to ghosts. Besides, what is Amanda, Sam, and Colby’s grandparents doing in this creepy a*s house?
Hey, medium here! I'm very happy about how this video was criticised here. I would like to add some more personal observations here, which, of course, I don't expect any sceptics to believe. First of all, it is 100% true that paranormal equipment is not trustworthy at all. Even though I don't really need equipment to communicate I still have an older REM pod, and I can tell that that things can misinterpret anything as movement. For example, we lived in an apartment a year ago, and during one of our little investigations with my non-medium friends, my REM pod went absolutely crazy even though I saw absolutely nothing around us. And that's when I realized that our downstairs neighbours were on their balcony and the very minor vibrations have caused the REM pod to go off. Even the tiniest vibrations can cause a REM pod to go off. If you want to try paranormal investigations without a medium present, just use a basic EMF sensor somewhere with zero electrical frequencies. Like a basement or something similar. If it's not possible just switch any electrical equipment off in your house, and switch off your phone. (No, just putting it on airplane mode won't work.) Secondly, the thing that Cody and Satori does is just fake af. I obviously won't repeat all the things that were mentioned in the video, but one very very very important detail is that passed relatives NEVER try to get in contact with their living loved ones!!! They are around us, but they don't really get in contact with their loved ones unless if they have a good reason to. It would be very emotional to the living relative in question. Lastly, this is not a note just for this Conjuring series but the entire paranormal youtube channels. Spirits never communicate as clearly as these channels represent!!! It honestly makes me laugh when I see a group going to a place where spirits have lingered around for hundreds of years and somehow they are capable of using modern electical equipment. I personally find it ridiculous. Plus the fact that they always get to communicate with spirits immediately after they start their investigations, this is simply impossible. Even to me, who can actually see spirits, can take hours to finally have some kind of communication between me and a spirit. This is simply not possible. Even at more haunted places it is very unlikely you will get any kind of interaction for a long period of time. You might hear or see things, but you won't be able to interact with them. Obviously, this is my experience with them, but other mediums/paranormal investigators might have experienced something completely different. Once again, I don't expect anybody to believe this, this is my view of this/other paranormal youtube videos as a medium.🙂
The debunking aspects didn't kill the vibe, I found them more interesting than just accepting that a door opened or a walkie talkie was drained supernaturally. Learning about how the REM Pod worked was so neat that I showed my wife and we ended up just watching it all together. I didn't even know toe/joint popping was a thing people used to fake paranormal activity! Thank you for this video, it's genuinely so interesting to watch.
The debunking is easily my favorite part I love how much effort John goes into exploring how things could be done. And I feel like it's done pretty respectfully too which I appreciate.
Yeah, I learned a lot of stuff in this video. There's a REM pod in one of the video games I play and it's cool to know what the actual thing is (even if it is still bullshit).
All this stuff also shows how "serious" they and many other "investigators" are about "investigating" ghosts. They are using all these electric gizmos and equipment, but have no idea how any of them function or what they are based off of. Imagine an actual researcher doing an inspection on some land looking for soil or water pollution, but having no clue how all his field equipment works or what the readings actually mean other than "good" or "bad". You'd end up with measurements that are completely useless because half the readings were false due to user error.
@viapearcewr7357 it's harder to get her families information from the internet given her ethnic background and the fact that her passed on family members probably didn't speak english
thats not the point and I'm not trying to be condescending. Does Cody and Satori know how to navigate language barriers or perhaps read information in tagalog to learn about her history about family members like perhaps her grandparents. I'm first generation american so I'm not talking out of my ass. Good luck trying to find current relevant information on my older family members in English. Why dont you go try being a smart ass on someone else's post.
Another debunker pointed out how Amanda was actually quickly writing down responses after they were being said. So she wasn’t even guessing what was going to be the response she was just flat out being dishonest. Also you made a good point how they just keep moving from one thing to the next. It’s like they don’t even really want to investigate and find real answers they just want to have fun. I definitely view their content differently now.
Dancing around a gravesite is disrespectful, no matter if you believe in the afterlife/ghosts or not. Also, why was he so freaked out in the basement when all the apparent messages from the "ghosts" are seemingly positive. I know a dark basement is scary, but when I truly believe in ghosts that told me they watch over me just hours prior, I'd be less scared honestly.
i mean you can't prove it's the truth, but there's evidence to show how they can lie. If you choose to believe in them that's fair, but there's reasons why ppl don't believe these types of people. You can give a hundred reasons on why they can be liars but they can't give you 1 reason why it's true. Also you can help give ppl closure WHILE LYING BTW. If these people feel any sort of peace because they THINK it's their family then yeah they are doing that, just while also deceiving people and probably benefiting money wise. @@Digital_muse
This was actually really entertaining to watch. I am a fan of Sam and Colby and can get frustrated by some of the theatrics. I love the idea of having someone who specializes in debunking go on a ghost hunting trip with ghost hunters. Thank you for spending time on Cody and Satori as they were frustrating to figure out! I’m going to have to check out your other videos now
I agree 100% think a debunker should definitely go on a ghost hunt with them because Sam & Colby need to know about the tools and what's going on from the other side. I hope they wat h this video .
same, i'm a fan of Sam and Colby but i was wondering what was the deal with Cody and Satori because that was a bit too good and then this came up and it's honestly a great video but yeah i mean... we all know how Sam and Colby are, i mean a huge criticism of their old videos on paranormal stuff was their over reactions, with the Shadow Man series especially when the tree shaking was enough for them to book it like scooby doo characters just without the fun 80's music playing in the background
They should let me tag along, it would be their last video I can guarantee you that 😄They are just freaking actors, faking everything from their interest in paranormal to how they do it, just for money. The first thing I would do would be to rip apart all the equipments and bring in experts to examine the electronics, on camera, even before we got to any location.
Few things I wish that were brought up in this video: 1. You didn't bring up the clip of Larri straight up mentioning, to Satori and Cody's faces, that the way they knew something about him was because they got his full name from the form. (I just think this clip is hilarious from Larri) 2. The clip of Satori and Cody comparing THEMSELVES to the Fox Sisters in Sam and Colby's breakdown wasn't brought up. They mention how OTHERS are comparing them to the Fox Sisters but...they literally do it themselves as well (that would've just been a great gotcha moment when they bring it up during their response video) 3. There is a TON of footage that Cody has been doing this for YEARS w/o Satori. I was able to find at least 3-5 videos minimum (all very painfully long though) of Cody doing interviews about this specific knocking method that ONLY occurred with Cody on the team...then it suddenly turned into...this knocking method that ONLY occurred with Cody AND Satori. Then bring up the fact that Satori's father is a well versed paranormal investigator for 2 tv shows that you'd think Satori is well versed on how to trick viewers/how to say things in order to persuade viewers. (By the way Cody and Satori both starred on the same paranormal show for a few yrs) Deeply enjoyed the part where you bring up that they could have tried harder to actually debunk the evidence as that is part of their job, and something they allege that they try to do, keep up the good work! I had no clue about Cody's past work in making paranormal equipment and that was an amazing way to separate your video from others by bringing that up, great find!
I am so glad I came across this one. I've been trying to convince my wife and daughter that most of the "ghost hunters" are either themselves fakers, or easily convinced by other fakers.
It’s amazing that the actual most fundamental, basic, no-frills seance magic STILL works this well to this day. I mean, the knocking trick-especially with the toe joints like the Fox Sisters-is ANCIENT. It is square one of a fake seance. That, plus the cold/hot reading Cody and Satori clearly engaged in. It’s charmingly simple. Anyone who knows even a little bit about Spiritualism, seances, mentalism, bizarrist magic, etc, immediately recognize that these two were using the literal oldest trick in the book by the OG fake seance masters themselves, the Fox Sisters. It’s weirdly heartwarming to see this still fooling people.
Oh yeah, I totally thought of the Fox Sisters the second they mentioned knocking noises. In fact, their pride in not having anything in their shoes actually made me more convinced.
Totally, although I seriously doubt that was even a real cold/hot reading. I'm pretty confident they gave them all the information in advance. If the only reason people think those were reads is because of the seemingly genuine reaction, go glance at their other videos; it's their whole thing. Super over the top, dramatic, theatrical reactions to everything. Not much of a stretch for them to react like that to a script.
I didn't think of the Fox Sisters specifically. it's such a wide spread trick with a few different versions of it throughout the spiritualist era... but it became pretty obvious pretty quickly to do it that on command. Considering they work on the property... there are all kinds of ways to rig that house that normal people would not expect and people that want to believe to the point that they will convince themselves everything can't be fake will fall for easily.
@@kingcosmo44641. I personally have never mispronounced my own name 2. Mispronouncing is far different than misspelling your own name which is what happened
my main “issues” with “Cotori” are 1- how tf they just happen to be “contacting” these spirits in EVERY single location they go to is just weird, like if they’re gonna scam people with that, they could at least pretend that there are no spirits in one area 2- you’re telling me that the dead family members of every single person present just happen to be there in that house 🤨 that’s just bullshit
Totally agree, as someone who’s spiritist when you go to spiritist centers wanting to contact someone that passed away for example they always claim that it can happen for the spirit to not be available and it happens sometimes when people go and the medium try communication but say it wants possible and say the reason, it’s also something that takes time so the fact it just take some minutes for them to talk to a bunch of spirits it’s weird too
No literally I love sam and colby but they are so gullible they arent faking anything but dont watch there videos for anything else but entertainment and like a movie. A ghost can say "cheeto fart" an they would go "OMG THATS WHAT GOERGE HAD UP HIS ASS"
As someone whos worn sound cancelling headphones, he 100% can hear her. They're a lot closer to sound dampening, it blocks out a lot, but someone talking that clearly that close, you'll pick it up. As for the Wonder twins, honestly, is it surprising they know information about the 2 dudes with 10million subscribers who have been to that house before? Have them try to read someone they can't see or completely hide the identity of the individual being read or such. There are ways to truly test that gimmick... while I want to believe, its very sus. (Edit: Yah, jeez, you destroyed them D:)
To be fair these spirit boxes emit extremely loud static. If you've ever played phasmophobia, this is actually what these boxes sound like while rapidly switching through all these frequencies and is also what they hear through the sound cancelling headphones. At least it's what they SHOULD hear. They also have shown that this static actually plays in the headphones in one video. So i guess one would have to test how good you actually hear outside noise while wearing these headphones while also being exposed to full-blast static. Because i'm gonna be honest with you, i don't have noise cancelling headphones.. and sometimes when i'm sitting on my PC and play an intense game or listen to music, i won't hear shit. I even miss my door bell sometimes and my apartment has a HORRIBLE disgusting buzzing door bell. Like my friends on discord sometimes have to tell me that someone just rang my door bell lol
@@StabYourBrain This static they produce is actually based on a few different factors... newer versions are based upon more digital radio's and don't have as much static unless you adjust them to have it, and how loud is adjustable as well, but this is also why they have more dials to turn than older models that were based on less digital versions of radio's.
This is literally the greatest John Wolfe era, and I am completely here for it. I will always love the horror games, all the way back to the OG White days play-through, but your skill and talent as both an entertainer and video editor has just come *SO* far. It's really impressive. Thanks for the years of entertainment. Two hours of ghost rants? Sign me the fuck up.
I onow exactly how they are doing this "magic" trick because I can make the exact same noise with my toes. It requires shifting some weight to the front of your foot, curling your toes but keeping the bottom of the end of your toe flat on the ground (basically creating pressure with the second knuckle on your toe(s) in an A shape) and then releasing the pressure plby pushing with a greater force, thus releasing the A-shape and letting the second knuckle hit the sole of your shoe. Can also do this with no shoes on but its quite obvious what is happening when you arent wearing shoes.
I have to add I love that there is a dedicated sceptic RUclips series like yours which is more entertaining than watching the ghost series themselves! And you still provide historical background and stuff and do proper research which I appreciate (so we don't have to watch their other vid) and it's not just a react video, you don't really see many dedicated channels devoted to reverse/anti ghost hunting lol. You should visit these places yourself and try to figure out what actually happened! Hehe
John is an absolute legend and beast of a man. One of the smartest people I’ve one RUclips and just super entertaining. I want more of this too and I want more of him reacting and being skeptics about the bizarrebub clips too
@@TheSuperchick2008That makes them entertaining though. They are not faking anything. One of them is scared and believes in the paranormal and the other one is bored as hell and doesnt believe a single bit. Since they use the same equiptment everybody else in the "Ghost Hunting" scene uses and not a single bit of evidence has been found gives them so much credibility. And they have been doing this for so many years. While all the others are getting so much evidence in every single place they go. This does make them the best Ghost Hunters because there aint shit to find. Enjoyable to watch when u know nobody is trying to fool you
this is why i love the shane and ryan duo for ghost hunting. If you don’t have someone there that can actively bring in the skepticism to all “evidence”, you’re actively using such fields for clout and entertainment and it’s obvious, thank u for this vid!
Exactly and the fact that Shane quite literally has his "shtick" as a skeptic works so well because he's always going to debunk any "evidence" and isn't going to fake belief when he doesn't.
I mean it's not that big of a deal, they just believe in it so why not let them have their fun, its for entertainment like you said but it's not malicious lying
They tend to bring people on who don’t believe and they end up believing in the end I mean ig it’s not the same since Shane won’t believe regardless of where he goes 😂😂
My mom also pointed out that when they were doing the alphabet thing that Satori was calling out the letters really fast almost like she knew what the ghost was going to say. I didn’t wanna believe her at the time cause the tapping of the floor seemed legit. But now knowing you can pop your toe joints and have a little mechanical knocker is more evidence.
@@Es-pe. yeah obviously but it’s still suspicious. I said what I said to add to evidence. It was an idea not a fact. I’m not here to argue or have a million replies. Plz don’t respond I’m frankly tired of you telling me what I already read. Goodbye.
The way Satori is just out here infantilizing ghosts. "If you could make that light turn blue I'd be real happy! But if you can't, that's okay! Wow, good job! Thank you so much!"
She spoke to me like that as a ghost, I would open every cabinet in her house every single day, and every time she closed them all as soon as the last one was closed I’d open them all again, and I would just continue this until the end of time
@@LoreleiCatherine Really? Or you'd be happy cause she's the first who can hear you. Can you imagine trying to tell friends and family something and nobody can hear you? Maybe it's been 100 years and she's the first one who can talk to you? And you're saying your first reaction is throw a tantrum... Uh-huh...
As a believer in the supernatural, I appreciate your work on this. What Cody and Satori claim to be doing is helping people, when in reality it’s the exact opposite and a huge slap in the face.
I wonder how Satori and Cody do their trick on people with little to/no digital footprint. Or how far their google searches go. I mean, if you were to ask them something more specific about the relations between two family members and they got it wrong... or if their whole "LOVE" spiel didn't mesh with a really fraught or god forbid, an abusive family! Anyway, I really enjoyed this video and I wanted to let you know - the reason why Houdini was such a renowned skeptic who purposefully went to disprove con artists etc is because when he was grieving his wife, he went to see a medium and was conned. No wonder that he grew a grudge against these people profiting off others' grief!
Well, I think they do exactly as they did with Bella Poarch - give a quick generic reading (in this case it was Abigail saying she “touched” her) and then quickly move on to the next person in the group. If they have entire groups with no digital footprint, I imagine it’s an “oh the spirits don’t wanna talk today” kind of thing. Or maybe Cotori just don’t show up for that group at all.
You don't have to be popular on social media to have an obituary pop up for someone. If you were to Google my real name you could see my mom's obituary and it has a lot of info in it about my family that you could use to get more info. Nearly everyone has had a close relative die so I would believe most people would have such a footprint online, especially since they see at least 45 people a day on a tour. One is bound to produce enough info for a cold reading.
@@JellyBeansMystreyMachine I produce very little even though i'm online regularly because of the way I control my presence online. and there are others with my name that easily confuses things because of it. there are times i don't even properly come up on a quick google search to find me. They would likely treat me like Bella if they couldn't be certain, which would be the smart play because otherwise they would give incorrect information that doesn't actually link to me.
Im sorry but if you are American you dont need a digital footprint to find shit about you, just the complete gov name and thats it. Thats just how American data protection works
yes! i was wondering this too… also would be interesting to see what they would do if you input your correct first name but totally different last name. Would they tell you info about the wrong name or your correct one? would be very curious to see someone do that
FAQ
Hey everyone! Wanted to say thank you for checking out this video - I expected the video to do well, but was really surprised not just at how quickly it spread, but how positive the majority of the feedback has been!
Believe it or not, I've read all 5,000+ comments on this video so far and I've been happy to see that they've far and away been very nice and polite. All of you in the Sam & Colby community should be proud of how well you've come across! With that said, after reading so many comments, I've seen a lot of the same questions/arguments over and over and I thought it might be a good idea to talk about them here!
🗣"What about that ghost face in the basement??"
I meant to mention this part in the video, but frankly there were so many "I gotta remember to mention X" moments that I just forgot this one. So just to catch you up if you haven't seen it, there's a moment in Episode 3 of Sam & Colby's series (at around 1h27m or so) where you can see someone in the background begin to walk up the basement stairs, then turn around and go back into the basement.
A lot of people have speculated that this is a ghost, but I am 99% sure it is their producer Zach. It's hard to tell exactly who it is even when I zoom in all the way, but it looks like him to me. Remember that in the scene just before this, Sam & Colby were down in the basement doing the estes method. I imagine that after they're done with a scene (like the faraday cage set up outside in Episode 4, for example) someone from production comes and cleans up after them. So it would make sense that this was Zach checking things out after they finished filming in the basement, coming back up the stairs, seeing/hearing them talking to the camera and realizing he was about to walk into the shot, and quickly turning around to exit the basement through the other stairs. (as Colby mentions in Episode 1, there are two entrances to the basement)
It's important to remember that Sam & Colby are not alone in the conjuring house - not only do they have team members there with them like Zach, but conjuring house staff is also on-site and we see at least 5 staff members around the house throughout the series. So even if it wasn't Zach specifically, there's a good chance it was one of the others. I think the fact that Sam & Colby didn't zoom in on the face and make a big deal out of it probably means they knew who it was, too.
🗣 "I believe Sam & Colby no matter WHAT this guy says!"
These comments made me laugh, honestly! Considering that I even stated outright that I found Sam & Colby to be "genuine" in the first 10 minutes of the video, I would hope that people saying things like this haven't watched the video all the way through. To put it bluntly, we AGREE.
On top of that, my goal in making this video was just to give some food for thought and offer an alternate perspective. I'm not out here to "convert" believers into non-believers. I'd obviously prefer if we agreed, but I'm more interested in just presenting good arguments. It's up to you whether you consider them or not!
🗣 "You didn't need to spend 2 hours on this. Sam & Colby were in on it. It's all scripted. Case closed."
On the other side of the coin - these comments made me laugh, too! Sure, there wouldn't be much of a video if I had just dusted off my hands and said "the explanation is simple. they're all IN ON IT!" and then let the credits roll. Wow, debunking the series would have been so easy if you just assume everyone's lying!
In this case - sure, there's a possibility that everyone's in on it and it's all set up. But not only do I genuinely disbelieve that's the case, it's an unnecessary setup. There are enough inconsistencies and examples of suspicious behavior with Cody & Satori, that disbelieving them is a very rational conclusion. You don't need to throw in the assumption that Sam & Colby are lying - they could easily do their little performance without their help. In fact, they have - many times! There's a LOT of videos out there of them performing this stunt without Sam & Colby present. So why would they need them to cheat for this one?
I think it makes the argument against Cotori a lot stronger if you avoid including unnecessary speculation like this. But I also concede it's a good possibility to consider.
🗣 "You said you don't trust RUclipsrs. Yet, YOU are a RUclipsr. So I guess according to you, we shouldn't trust you either!"
Yes, exactly! This isn't a "gotcha", this is exactly what I meant. You should put your trust in the evidence and in the strength of an argument, not just in the person presenting it. I believe this year has had plenty of examples of RUclipsrs either not knowing what they're talking about, or even blatantly lying. (See hbomberguy's Plagiarism video, for example) So it's a great idea to be fact-checking and not taking anything at face value!
🗣 "Why don't *YOU* go there yourself to the Conjuring House! You can't say for sure it's fake because you. weren't. there."
Feel free to rewatch (or perhaps, dare I say... watch for the first time?) the bit at 1:39:57 where I outline that it's $1200/night if you want to create content at the house. On top of that, they make you sign a contract in-person when you arrive. And they've undoubtedly changed the contract since the Sam & Colby series to avoid the legions of "debunkers" they knew were about to flood the house searching for solenoids.
So not only am I doubtful I'd find anything useful or interesting, I don't really want to fight them over it if I do. And I certainly don't want to inject $1200 straight into their profits. I also don't want to awkwardly run into Cotori after I made a million-view video helping expose them as con artists, to be perfectly honest! 💀They might get Abigail to jump me...
In all seriousness, I'm down to go on a paranormal investigation somewhere else, that sounds like fun. But I think I've seen all I need to see from the Conjuring House, honestly. The only thing I'd do if I went would be looking for hidden devices, checking those cabinets that opened (maybe bring a level?) and check that wonky door that opened "all on its own." Speaking of which...
🗣 "That door that opened 'all on its own' also opened during Ryan and Shane's investigation!"
I found this pattern very interesting. I hadn't seen Ryan and Shane (formerly Buzzfeed Unsolved and now known as "Watcher", for the unfamiliar) investigate the Conjuring House, but if the same door mysteriously opened both times, that makes me think that I was right about it being a problem with the door. Of course, I'm sure people who are convinced it was a ghost will just take this as evidence that the ghost has a "thing" about opening that door. Confirmation bias on both sides, I suppose!
🗣 "Robert, I'm sorry for looking at you. I claim no negative energy, etc."
Just so you know, the Robert doll in the conjuring house is a replica - not the original. Just like the raggedy ann dolls strewn around the house, the Robert doll they have there is just for marketing. So you definitely don't need to apologize to the Robert merch.
(In my opinion, you wouldn't need to apologize to the real one, either. But I'd like to kindly suggest that you consider treating real living people with as much respect as you're treating the Robert doll!)
🗣 "Why don't you tag along with Sam & Colby on their next investigation?"
Haha I don't know about all that - for one thing, I think it would SEVERELY cramp their style to have a thirtysomething dude in the background of the vid interrupting to say "Hey guys I think there's a rational explanation for all this if we just slow down and run some tests🤓"
I'm sure their audience wouldn't have the patience for me repeatedly opening and closing a faulty door to see if it has "an issue with the hinges". They'd rather see some more energetic personalities just rolling with the punches, because that's the pattern of content that's been set up.
Frankly, I'm also not an "expert" by any means. If they were to bring a skeptic along, I'd prefer if they brought along a SCIENTIST. (An entertaining one, of course!)
🗣 "This is the best video you've ever made."
I got this comment a lot, and it makes me really happy. Thank you! It's very fulfilling to see comments like this. I got plenty of compliments and affirmations when I was making gaming videos over the years, but I can't remember ever being told on a gaming video that it was my best work... Maybe because it wasn't? So thank you for the praise, and I'm glad that I was able to make high-quality content that resonated with you. I hope to make more videos like it in the future!
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i have so much respect for your commitment!! from sitting through all of those sam and colby videos to the attention to detail when debunking to reading and acknowledging every comment, i can tell you're extremely thorough and dedicated and i really appreciate that. this is the first video of yours i've seen and i really enjoyed it! thank you for making content like this!
I seriously see this whole situation so differently. kudos brother ❤ changed my whole outlook
Great video! You’re really kind about everything and you give solid advice. Honestly as a Sam and Colby viewer, I would love to see them do more testing when “paranormal” stuff happens. I think it would be more fun to show them trying to disprove it. It would be cool if you went with them or they started taking skeptics with them ghost hunting. I think it would actually give them more views too.
thanks john, this video is great. definitely don't put anymore money in those fraud's pockets, $1200 a night is ridiculous and only makes me glad you spend money on things that matter more often, like charities. been subscribed for a few years, so always looking forward to more videos from you, whether they're this kind or gaming! have a good one.
Definately got a sub from my wife and I! YOU'RE A BEAST. Loved every detail, explanation, and frankly the dry sense of humor was perfect. Keep up the good work. New subs from Boston-Merry Christmas, brother.
I love how Satori talks to the ghosts in the same way a kindergarten teacher would talk to one of her students. If I was a ghost I'd find that incredibly infuriating.
Just a thought experiment: but spend maybe 5 years absoluteky isolated and aline with no one acknowledging your existance; all the while being surrounded by everyone. You scream, you try to touch people, but can't. No one responds to you at all no matter how long you wail directly into their ear until your throat is sore. And then keep trying. For again X amount of years ranging anywhere from 1-10,000. Just go ahead and imagine that if you can.
Now put this chick in front of you and she is the very first person to acknowledge your existance...ever. Would you SERIOUSLY be annoyed at how she was talking to you? Or would you be so overjoyed and finally getting that social connection that our brains are hard wired to crave? I believe you would be salivating in child like giddy joy over having someone to finally talk too that you wouldn't care how she was doing it at that point. The mental and emotional stimulation of social activity would be like getting the biggest High in your entire existance.
Nice to know at least the ghosts are easy to train...why are people scared of ghosts again? Apparently its easy to get them to do what you want and the worst they'll do is knock your pack of plastic spoons onto the floor.
I would just spell "CONDESCENDING" 😂
@@nightdrivenen7909I would rather not imagine an afterlife like that. That is horrible and I hope no one is stuck like that forever..
@@nightdrivenen7909 You are assuming ghosts are people, or think like people in the first place, we absolutely have 0 clue what a ghost would be like nor do we know if they retain human components.
The first thing that immediately seemed off to me about Satori was how she was reciting the alphabet. She'd start really slow when the next letter was something early on, but whenever it was a later letter she'd start going through really quickly. And yet, no matter how quickly she was going through letters, she'd always manage to stop on exactly the right letter when the knock came. There was only ever a single instance of her going a letter too far. Almost like she knew what letters the knocks were going to come on beforehand.
She definitely missed a knock that happened at "i" cuz she wanted to spell out "colby"
that’s also something I noticed and when I did I tried debunking what they did so many ways lol
it’s also the fact that Sam looks like he definitely doubts their work but figures heck for the entertainment why not just go with it…like them denying to take their shoes off and trying the card thing. You can tell he 100% knows that’s such a sketchy “coincidence”
We noticed her say "bang 1 time for yes 2 times for no" it banged 1 time and she goes "okay so no" 😂😂😂 like girl forgot what she said. Then asked the "spirit" for a break and that was to let whomever was banging on the ceiling know to stop banging
This was the first thing I noticed- it was very obvious she knew what letters were coming next.
if you payed more attention you would realilize that this happened when they could predict what the word is, which then means they know which letter is coming next so obviously she is going to speed up if she guesses the next letter will be "Y". You can predict answers based on the letters given so far and the questions asked, so how does your point disprove them?
Misspelling the park ghosts name the same way the Google results did is absolute confirmation in regard to how they get their information.
Yeah that was pretty telling. And this is coming from someone who has paranormal experiences that include knocking! 😂 It was just too spot on and the fact that all the info was googleable is suspicious. They should have asked about some random memory only their loved one would know the answer to, in order to test them.
@@mercurialshift5793get your ears checked. You might have tinnitus.
And at 17:37 one could clearly see it was a screenshot and obviously nitpicked the one that is closest to the name 😂
Oh and I always wondered how these “ghosts” knock outdoors lol
Yes. That made it so clear
People who believe in Catoris bullshit cant respond to this comment 👍🤣🤣
As someone who spends a fair amount of time on dance floors - they are designed to absorb impact & disperse energy. So not feeling the vibrations from ankle popping while in the dance studio absolutely tracks.
but its not a dance floor, its like an ancient house. They didn't care about dispersing energy in the 1700's
@@unknownawesomeness6226 When Sam & Coby were trying to go back later and debunk them they went to a dance studio and while at the dance studio they weren't feeling the vibrations is what this person was saying.
@@dougphisig huh, that is a little suspect 🤨
@@unknownawesomeness6226 yep because their thing is fake :P which probably that one in particular was a big sign of it.
But do you remember if they felt the vibration in the park?
I love how Shane and Ryan are such game changers in the ghost hunting community that they are openly used to disprove and credit other ghost hunters.
literally was thinking the same thing
I miss them. It was the funniest paranormal investigations out there. Shane always had me in stitches.
@@Wereagreatbunch What do you mean you miss them, they still do paranormal videos and all that theyre just called watcher now
@@treeman47oh wow I didn’t know that
Watcher-ghost files. Longer episodes. Just wish Shane was as dismissive and brash as he was in buzzfeed unsolved supernatural. He seems more respectful now.
The way Satori talks to ghosts gives off "animal trainer at Seaworld" vibes. I half expected her to take a mackerl out of her pocket for the ghost everytime she said "thank you~".
LMAO??
ong I saw comments talking about gentle she is with the spirits and I was like ??? she's treating these supposed dead old wise ghosts like children in kindergarten
@@user-pu5qr3of6b tbf they've had no living human to talk to in centuries, i can't imagine they'd care about how she was talking to them if she was their only way to reach the mortal world. but that's assuming any of this shit is real in the first place LMAO
@@diorssenah, if Im an Immortal ghost wandering through world - I would rather haunt some fun areas and not give the chick that takes 1200$ into her pocket per person to speak to me like I'm 3.
Fuck sea world
hey this wasn’t mentioned in the videos and in any of the comments i saw, but i think it’s important to mention that cody has been doing this for over a decade without satori!!! there are old videos of him on youtube doing it with a random crew of guys, same exact “knocking” and alphabet method, but hadn’t even met satori yet. this guy had his little ghost hunting parlour trick, met his girlfriend, taught her how to be in on it and then came up with a cutesy little backstory about how they’re sooo special and sooo destined to be and they just have this BOND where they can speak to ghosts together 😭😭 im sorry it’s just so childish and laughable they sound like people i knew in high school
I also was wondering why that wasn’t mentioned as well.
@@kendra3606 im pretty sure john did mention that cody has done this same thing without satori.
These aren't just two people.. Satori father is the pioneer of ghost hunting debunking. Very doubtful she would risk her father's proven track record for being honest and catching people who hoax hauntings. Satori and Cody may have very well been the only genuine people there.
@@TrescoFresco her father has been caught faking stuff so it's no surprise she does.
@@BelindaSwindell send me a link where Jason Hawes has been faking anything.
I'm a handyman, I've built escape rooms. All they're doing is putting spring loaded hinges on the doors with hidden electronic magnet latches. The magnet releases allowing the spring loaded hinges to to open
True
Iew The house it a tourist trap.
Wow I knew something was fishy about those "randomly opening doors" but I didn't think about the spring loaded hinges, It probably would've fooled me if I was in the house after being told it's very haunted
actually its simply just an old piece of shit house with a door that is no longer up to code that they refuse to fix exactly because it releases like that from vibration of people moving around
I agree, every single detail in that house is 100% intentional, it’s a business that markets off of "the unexplainable" so of course if they have a cabinet or door that opens by itself. They have thousands of people visit each year, if it wasn’t staged do you think they wouldn’t care about fixing it?
crazy how ppl even think of things like that
My first instinct as a magician was to question why they needed two people to talk to ghosts when one of them seemingly isn't doing anything at all.
Nothing at all?! Didn’t you see his important contribution of nodding/shaking his head condescendingly at the camera in their response video?! He’s a vital part of the operation! (I’m sure he’s a “conduit” or something, like a wand or lightning rod, that’d be their explanation eventually I’m sure).
As a magician, surely you know the value of misdirection? 😏
She is looking where the clicking is and masking his body language and allowing the clicking to coincide with the knock. If you look at the older version of him doing the trick without the partner, he would say a letter, and then stop, and then say the next letter, and pause after each one for the knock.
🎬💀🏅🌟😈😱
Man I miss Magicians like James Randi that would challenge these con artist.
Does anyone else picture a bunch of ghosts watching these people act ridiculous in an attempt to contact them and just laughing? Because I love that image lol
This is always what goes through my mind when watching these videos 😂 I'm a believer but sometimes the mental image of the equipment going off and all the ghosts in the rooms just throwing up their hands like "I didn't do it!" while the ghost hunters are shouting in excitement at "contact" is hysterical.
You should watch the tv comedy show “Ghosts”
I think that’s exactly what happened
I imagine them in a corner just giving them the stink eye. I'd be annoyed if someone tries to 'contact' me about 5 times a year
Literally, just imagine someone coming into your house and yelling at you. I’d be annoyed as hell.
The Fox sisters like 100 years ago perfected this cold reading trick. One sister was able to crack her toes to create the "Ghost's" knocking sound. They admitted to this many years later after fame and fortune. The guilt made one sister an alcoholic.This is actually how the popular form of communication from ghosts as a form of knocking was created. It's been a trope ever since.
Edit: I knew it!!
Wow 😳
They brought this up in other videos
oh wow i didn’t know that at all. that makes a lot of sense tho
There's also tellings of how they recanted that statement and lied about faking their abilities out of fear
i think the worst part is that Cotori gave people real reactions to their family members coming back, being okay, etc.. how they can look at someone sobbing and just continue to lie to their face is beyond me
But How do you know their lying
@@Maria-od4jodid you watch the video? It’s most likely that they research the names of the visitors and their families
I think that's one reason why Satori speaks in the soft tone that she speaks with when they're doing their trick..like she's speaking to a child.
@@Maria-od4jo I truly wholeheartedly believe in the existence of ghosts and the supernatural but they are clearly lying for money
I searched on the internet a lot and couldn't find sams grandma before this vid so unless I missed something I don't think this fake@@kezziahhh
as a sam and colby subscriber, i absolutely hear you. the tone of your video is so neutral and focused on facts and evidence, it helped me gain a new, alternative perspective.
is that new perspective common sense?
@@Guestownedu hey everyone's gotta start somewhere
same
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I know I watch them too😅 they Are entertaining and I love the whole ghost hunting but I would get annoyed with how they get psyched about every lil thing. Did you notice how different The Conjuring series felt? Like they just did it because they had to. Felt fake
Them saying they couldn't do the trick without shoes or with the cards because "the ghosts" weren't comfortable with it has got to be the funniest excuse.
This could be interpreted as either they have nasty ass feet, or the ghosts have foot fetishes, so even if they are somehow being honest the answer is still funny
@@thrackerzod6097 the idea of these spirits of passed away people genuinely going "oh fuck no, don't take your shoes off!" actually makes it even funnier lol
Idk like they do it on ghost hunters too. She is the bald guys daughter from that show. I first saw them on their. Honestly I don’t believe it. I’ve had weird stuff happen around me u can call me crazy but it’s hard to believe what you see on screen.
@@mattkeene3084 I personally do believe in the paranormal, but I do not believe most of the 'ghost hunters' that you see in media cause it is very easy to fake.
Didn’t they do it without shoes too?
Imagine being interested in the paranormal to the point you are willing to pay ~$1,500/night to go to one of the most famous places in the paranormal world, and your whole trip is commandeered by a couple of smug employees doing an obvious con that has been around since the 1800's.
I imagine that just be like a package right? Like there surely must be an option to just get to go to the house and fuck around yourself. Otherwise it’s nothing but a tourist trap lmao
@@crocodilerock4662 From how its detailed on the booking site, they aren't a special package. Basically, they give the scheduled guided tour thats only meant to be 30 minutes. So I guess the situation is really, "imagine being a couple that just does a standard paranormal con that's only meant to take half an hour, and then you're whole weekend is commandeered by some youtubers that keep getting close to exposing your con while also defending it."
That said, even a regular person has to pay $980-$1200 a night to stay there. They can only be there from 7pm-8am each night they've book, and are not provided any kind of paranormal equipment despite the overnight stay being advertised as an "investigation booking." You have to bring all your own stuff or else you're just sitting in an old house bored. The only garaunteed interaction is 30 minutes with Cotori, so its 100% a tourist trap.
Yes its cheaper actually if you go on a weekday it's less than a thousand before tax @@crocodilerock4662
I find it weirdly hilarious how satori talks to the ghosts, like she's a kindergarten teacher talking to a class of little kids. It's the absolute first thing I noticed and I just couldn't take it seriously. I kept wondering when she was going to pull out a sheet of gold stars and give one to the ghost for being such a good sport. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it!
Yeah if I were a ghost I’d get mad being talked to like I’m a dog, lol
I thought she sounded like she was training a parrot. “Can you bring me the blue toy? Good, here’s a pistachio!”
I found it pretty condescending. It so annoys me how ghost hunters keep asking ghosts to do favors and tasks. If I was a ghost, I'd be like, I get nothing out of this. Bye! **poof**
Me thinking of her husband telling her to talk to him like that.
@@laurenwasinger9436 spirits if you are there touch purple
I like how ghost are selective with how spoooky they want to be depending on subscriber size😂
tell that to ed and lorraine Warren
Or their son in law Tony Spera. All roads lead back to the same carnival sideshow. @@dcry1003
Tell that to the ghosts that shook my bed every night sleeping in an old military outpost referbished into an apartment and closed down pizzaria. I wasn't recording shite and was getting activity every night when trying to sleep. Nothing else shook in the house so unless you want to tell me earthquakes can have selective target range of 3 stories in the air to solely effect and nowhere else; then idk what to tell anyone
They're a very exclusive bunch.
@@nightdrivenen7909 i Just call it a lie.
its crazy how they saw how emotional sam got after hearing his dead grandmas name and they just kept on lying to him and everyone else. They arent just liars but also horrible people
Honestly a funny thing I'd like to do at some point, as a swede, is go to america/the UK (or any english speaking country), go to one of these people that can speak to ghosts, and the moment they mention that one of my relatives are in the room with me just randomly start speaking swedish just to catch them in the act.
Exactly
@@schnitzelfritzel6287 That's an amazing idea, haha
Sam and Colby are definitely in on the gig. They had the segment of the "raw uncut" debunking footage but conveniently CUT OUT the footage of them doing their stunt without shoes that they showed a clip of earlier in the episode.
@@coltonmason8290 if you go on Sam and colby reacts, they show the proof on there and do a full on video about how they proved it’s real.
Gonna go make an Alice box with an entire dictionary in it so I can listen to ghosts talk about taxes and rectal prolapse.
I’d buy one, just to make a ghost hunting RUclips channel investigating old tax offices and proctologists office.
Imagine being a ghost and having some random people condescendingly order you around like a circus animal. A Packofplasticspoons getting knocked off a counter isn't so bad compared to this.
Ghosts are emotional masochists. They love when people boss them around.
Ghost fact. Ghosts leave their spine behind when they pass away 😝
@@IchNachtLiebeif you spent X amount of years confused and practi ally alone with no real way to communicate with the other spurits around you cause they are out of your time loop or you out to theirs? I would be bloody giddy as all fuck to be addressed for the first time after passing. You kidding me? Lonliness shattered like glass in an instant.
@@IchNachtLiebelol I see what ya did there 😂
It's obviously the ghost of a circus animal , taken hostage by those two wicked kids who force it to preform tricks .
It's a million times worse. Plastic spoons get thrown for some internet clout. These two invoke the names of their customers' dead relatives in order to market themselves and make money.
Also, Terri Ficca didn’t die on the 27th, she died on the 24th. The 27th was the date her obituary was posted so them saying her spirit was walking around that cause it was the anniversary of her death doesn’t add up and personally leads more credence to the idea that someone looked up deaths in the area on that day before they filmed it.
The door that randomly opened is also the same one that randomly opened when Shane and Ryan visited several years ago which makes me think the door is just janky.
I love that they treated the fact that Cody and Satori being able to talk to spirits outside of the house was proof it was real when the first time I watched this, them getting spirit communication literally everywhere immediately had me believing what they’re doing is fake as fuck.
Same for the last part. If it was real I can't imagine ghosts are just immediately jumping on em the moment they hold hands.
They were most likely frantically googling and looking up information in the car on the way to the nearby places. Must have come across those first few articles with the wrong information, not bothered to search any further or even click on any of them and just went "yeah that's good enough" super low effort lol.
@@cx3339 More likely tha tthey looked it up. Also, the frantically looking it up while it's happening is likely part of the theatrics. It was likely all looked up beforehand and then made to look like they found it out on the spot after the "ghost". So they saw the date and thought that was the date that she had to have died on it. Not thinking or realizing there could be a difference...
But there is also the issue that none of the ghosts that haunt this house would know anything about any of these people. That's not how ghosts haunting a location work, except for in a few sensationalist bad movies.
@@Quandry1 Yeah, the "ghosts" of dead relatives who live thousands of miles away from that location, just happened to pass by that very house. Like, come on.
@@Quandry1but how do we explain them knowing shit about Sam and Colby’s family (even their producer?) it’s just odd
This is a certified classic
Kings supporting kings! Hey GG, love your videos!
@@Megan-cd6sh what a presumptuous and rude comment.
@@CaptainFrankBlack are you ok?
@@CaptainFrankBlackhuh
It hasn’t even being a week you noob
Despite the obviousness of them being scammers off of people's emotions, this video is perfection in terms of describing science and how it works and the vast amount of information you give. Amazing job as always
Sam & Colby also latest stated that they reached out to Cody & Satori again and they refused to do anymore tests which is when they released their video saying they're not lab rats.
sam and colby refused to do tests or did cody and satori?
@@deborahkerrs Cody and satori refused the second time.
@@KierstenFaith101lolll of course, not surprised at all... thanks!
lmao getting a little too close to the very obvious truth I suppose
Yeah. Have them be barefooted and video their feet when the thumping happens. I have a double-jointed big toe that I can thump loudly. On my wood floors it's loud as hell. Certain soles on shoes make the thump deeper and you can't tell where the sound is coming from with shoes on. It's not totally uncommon to be able to do this.
Huckster mediums have used less to convince magical thinkers throughout human history.
I think Satori being raised by a famous ghost hunter that basically changed the scope of paranormal TV shows is also prolly tied into all of this somehow.
Whose partner was caught faking evidence during live streams for sure. Likely her father was doing the same. As soon as he said she was Jason's kid it told me everything I needed to know.
hahaha yeah probably connected somehow
i remember watching one of those lives!!! iirc it was a halloween special or something and you could see something pulling on the guy's hoodie and it was so fake i laughed. i became a sceptic after that lol.
Nooooo no way, don’t get all crazy with these outlandish theories now!!!
Watching Cotori interact with Amanda is like watching 2 kids play pretend and bounce ideas off of eachother
Haha 😊
Well, Amanda has a few things that are not debunkable. Cotori however is one giant scam.
Mythos Paranormal actually breaks this bit down really thoroughly to prove that Amanda is faking and writes stuff down AFTER its been spelled out. Would highly recommend watching.
I used to doubt amanda earlier but it was kind of interesting to watch her but in this series she made it so obvious that she is fake n she was so boring too
😂😂
I used to watch Sam and Colby, just for fun, I knew everything was probably bs and either intentionally faked or easily explainable if not for it being a dark, creepy house. I stopped watching when Amanda started showing up in their videos regularly because she just... immediately gave me the vibes of a bad person. I do particularly dislike psychics because of a group that preyed on my grandma for years after my aunt's passing, but something about specifically Amanda made me want to turn off the video immediately. It's like those fake nice girls in school that you just know are actually terrible people...
Ik this is gonna sound stereotypical but I didn’t trust her because she is blonde and I feel like they just want attention
@@Lwkboyaccurate
@@Lwkboybc of a hair color..?
@@Lwkboy... I'm happy my hair is no longer blonde
Lmfao don’t judge a book by its cover if I met you I could say your a bum Nd a pussy but who knows your prolly a chill Nd cool person you just sound bitter Nd mad at something someone did to you lol or just a hater 🤣🤣
As someone who has been popping his toe joints to freak people out his whole life that is 1000% what it is and this is how i find out people do it professionally 🤣
Lol I can do the toe thing, too. Wanna connect and grift some ghost hunters? 🤣
I do this too 😂
I knew it, I knew it was something they were doing but I didn't think of toe joint popping. Thank you 😂
Yup, I've been driving people crazy by doing that as a fidget since I was a little kid.
Get out there and make some ad revenue son!
I'm so disappointed the Alice Box never just says like "Spaghetti Disco" and they're forced to find a way to connect that to ghosts.
apple tater!! 😆😆
I was hoping for something like "hotdog dildo"
"Daddy"
ive been searching for someone referencing this lmao 😆@@gacktist00
I’m so disappointed that wiping one’s nose with toilet paper had to get hurt in this 😔 That’s how I always do it
I want to believe - is very powerful when ignoring reality. The fact that Cody and Satori would not do it in bare feet sort of finishes the whole thing for me. I think Sam's reaction to his grandmother coming through was genuine and heartbreaking that he was almost certainly being deceived
They did it outside in flip flops basically barefoot
@@reginamoore6992 Nah, dude. Take off the socks.
foot fetishist spotted@@jcaesar19871
@@jcaesar19871why what would be in the socks ?
@@ryleebrannon3881 Ask Cody why he didn't want to take them off. lol
If I was a ghost I wouldn't have the patience to spell out letters as words with knocking sounds.
You don't know, because you're not a ghost
@@Leo-uu9bs if I don't have the patience for that and I'm a human with a damn spirit what makes you think I'm gonna have even more patience as a ghost.
And you don't know that because you don't know me😁
idk if u were a ghost doing nothing for eternity i doubt 20 minutes of tapping would be much of a bother
@@loopyirlwe don't know if ghosts do nothing
"Maybe we can get Cody and Satori to contact the dead horse for us!" had me giggling for a good minute.
It's honestly disgusting how these "mediums" pretend to speak as dead relatives for people.
I can only hope that they “believe” their own bullshit and aren’t just lying through their teeth :/
@@brunobucciaratiswife they are lying they actively have to make the shit up because nobody is talking to them. Hucksters have been doing this shit for years, the most famous example being John Edwards. Its called cold reading
@@brunobucciaratiswifeThey pretty much have to be lying if you think about it. lol.
Agreed
ikr, so out of touch
I feel so sad for Sam and Colby, after Colby’s recent battles with cancer this little shred of hope of an afterlife would have been so comforting for them. I feel like Satori and Cody really prayed on that.
sorry but i think these doofuses were in on it. i think the average high subscriber count youtuber is pretty depraved and willing to exploit personal tragedies like a dead grandma (and having cancer) for content. The way they're acting and the super obviously staged "we only have toilet paper haha" between them and the mediums is the dead giveaway to me. It's so obviously a moment they cooked up to be funny.
People haven’t had things thrown at them in their house when home alone and it shows. Paranormal is real.
@MilkTankz it could be, but paranormal is definitely real off personal experiences
@@JackovdaBoro you seem like the kind of babybrain who'd be distracted by a pair of jangling keys
@@JackovdaBorolol ur seeing things or you have rats if shit is randomly flying off shelves
I used to watch those 2, not because I was looking for proof of the paranormal, but because of the "It's midnight, you and your friends are psyching yourself up that the mysterious sound coming from back yard's garbage bin is not a racoon, but a vengeful ghost, and dare each other to go check it out" vibe.
*Cody & Satori:* "We're not mediums or anything, we can''t sense spirits, everything that happens happens for all to see"
*Cody & Satori:* "They just walked away"
to be fair you could hear the noise distance and it sounds as if somebody is walking away
Yeah they didn’t see it they heard it
@@KarlaDancessyeah people are just being bitter for no reason 💀
@@katherinebattle3780 💀 fr like I don’t really believe in them either but at least have logic
@@KarlaDancess hearing is a sense. if you can't sense spirits, then you shouldn't be able to hear them either. the whole point of that statement was them claiming they have no special connection with spirits that would give them an exclusive ability to sense their presence, "everything that happens, happens for ALL to see". everything they experience and hear should be the exact same as everyone else, yet she suddenly has the special ability to "hear" the ghosts walking away and acknowledge they are no longer present.. which absolutely is a contradiction to "we can't sense spirits".
not to mention it doesn't make any sense. why do the ghosts suddenly make noise when "walking"? but only when they are walking away, as there was no observation or comment about hearing random footsteps in the room. why would ghosts even make noise when moving around anyway?
the sound getting more distant wouldn't make any sense either, since the knocking is clearly established as something the spirits can only make through a conscious effort. the knocking isn't perpetual and why would they continue making knocking sounds as they are moving away?
the very premise of the spirits "just leaving" is also hilarious. you have all these spirits of dead ancestors, mothers, grandmothers and personal relatives to these people just hanging out at the same time and in the same room as them, at this very specific moment, only for these dead family members to all just randomly "walk away". why is it that there is ALWAYS some spirit and relative in a room or place when they do these sessions, making it seem like spirits are just hanging out with people 24/7, only to then turn around and randomly disappear after the so called psychics run out of material after spelling out names with their ABC's?
"Questioning it hurts their feelings. You just have to believe!" Is what you usually hear about Santa, Fairies, and cult leaders
And of course don’t forget!: religion.
@@zacparker8681 of course here comes the reddit atheist
@@heromedleybut he’s right 😂 calling him a Reddit atheist or putting any other word in front of atheist doesn’t change anything. Bottom of the barrel response
@@grandmahurki know im just making fun of the guy lmao
Also witchcraft. Apparently spells and hexes are only effective if the other person knows, and believes 😂 told to me by a “witch”
There’s also a video of Cody doing this “method” by himself before Satori. Clearly it wasn’t just something they “discovered” only THEY could do together when they held hands/wrists. He can do it himself. She’s the artist part of the con, the one who does the talking and the good show of it and he does the knocking part.
It's like how Ed Warren was originally the clairvoyant and then they switched to having Lorraine do it.
She's a con artist just like her father.
@@The_IowegianI see “warren” on any story and I immediately assume it’s fake, or some footsteps turned into all the Catholics angels of hell possessing one random rock that continuously clogs the drain or something
she gives him her energy
@@triangleDAYS She didn't 11 years when he was doing this by himself. They are lying. Wake up.
I think this is one of the best logical and none biast breakdown videos I've seen in years. Only my second watch after the Blackwell video. Even though I would love paranormal and supernatural stuff to be true having some strange and unexplained experiences happen to me over the years. You have given me some nice insight into being mindful of questioning experiences objectively as emotions and feelings really do shape who we are and it is really easy to sometimes blindside ourselves with something we're just passionate about and want to be true. I do like Sam and Colby too and I hope if they do see this video that they take nothing but possitives from it. Great video John thank you. Devo UK
I really appreciate how much you prioritize media literacy. One of the biggest reasons i've continued engaging in your content as it's changed over the years is how true to your values you are. I've been watching your videos since i was an impressionable young person (probably like 13 or 14 years old) and i'm very grateful for how critical it has made me as i've grown into adulthood. Thank you for continuing to make incredibly fun and meaningful content for us, it's made a big impact on me and i'm sure others as well. Im so excited for the future of this channel, it's already proven to be cool and engaging and impactful!!
hey, you know what they say.
"Think Critical" - John Wolfe (Formerly Harshly Critical)
Shoulda kept that name tho.
Satori is the daughter of Jason Hawes, the founder of the show Ghost Hunters, the first paranormal show ever so she grew up with this stuff since she was a baby, not surprised she picked up all these tricks on the way, her dad is the OG Ghost Hunter..
Damn good observation
i had no clue! I wish i put that together sooner hmm
@bunny_vr16 she was actually on one episode of Ghost Hunters which is the only reason why I know! I think it was in the reboot of the show but I'm not sure!
John Wolfe says it on the video.....if you listened and watched it you would have known.....
@@TrueCrimeWithPixel john literally mentions it in the video...
I love Sam and Colby’s videos. HOWEVER, even though the fan base really loves Amanda…I’ve never bought a word she says. There’s something about her that really irks me. She acts super powerful and confident and tells them all the time that they are in over their heads if she isn’t there with them. But she writes down basic answers and never proves anything. So it’s nice to hear your reactions to it and to notice it also.
And she clearly researches the location beforehand and says she didn't
THIS!! I wish this was more liked! My sister and I got the same feeling watching Amanda, it just felt so.. pretentious. I know my sister and I were watching for fun, but it was honestly giving off kinda 'I know things you don't because I made it up' kinda vibes.
As a witch, and psychic medium myself, I don't like Amanda either. And I have so many reasons. If we take it to the spiritual side, when you're a medium, you help spirits pass over. Yet from what she's shown she's only using Christianity (no shame on that whatsoever), not every spirit is a Christian. And when they went to the Conjuring house the first time, it was mentioned several times that they were on indigenous land. So using the whole "In the name of Jesus, yada yada" won't work. I do agree with what you say where she's like "omg you're in such trouble if I'm not with you." It's giving : I'm gonna make you so dependent on me, and exploit you because you have such a big following. And let's also talk about the fact that she's misinforming them. Myrtle's plantation comes to mind straight away. She's telling them that the evil eye will protect them from negative spirits. And that's such bs. The evil eye is helping with negative energies emitted from living people, when it comes to the supernatural it does fuck all. It looks like she went to a souvenir shop, got the cheapest shit she could find and then twist the narrative to make them codependent. I always say I hate Amanda and the whole fandom comes for my ass 🤣 even if I'm also reacting to them, and explaining why I hate her so much
I've never believed Amanda is a medium, she seems like a good person, I just don't believe she's a medium, I believe she's had experiences, someone probably mentioned mediums and she ran with it, and seemed genuinely surprised, too excited or scared when something happens.
THANK YOU OMG! I’ve never liked Amanda I never believed her gig but I never wanted to say anything because everyone in their comments loved her
You missed your calling at being an attorney 😂 loved this enough to sit through the whole video. Also...Cody's ability to unemotionally stare right into the camera without blinking is wild
He’s really good at calling people on their crap
I won’t lie, I’d love to see John go out and do his own ghost hunt in ways he thinks could actually prove paranormal activity.
Samee
I don't think there is any concrete way you can prove paranormal activity, though.
@@BRBonGiediPrime but isn’t that the whole draw to this kind of content?? like i get that it’s more interesting when something paranormal happens, but my favorite parts of Ryan and Shane’s ghost hunts is that shane is constantly debunking every little thing ryan sees as “evidence” so when something DOES stick out, it sticks out even more
Lmfaoo ion think dat would ever happen lol he seem like dat hating ass pewdiepie version dat just hates on other ppl video instead of going Nd doing his own research or actually investigating himself 😂🤣🤣
Another point: at the beginning they say they're not mediums, can't sense/detect anything, just when they're together, the knocking happens. Yet, she is able to know when they've left, when she says "they walked away." They didn't knock to signal that, yet according to them, that's the only communication they get from the spirits.
They do "knock" tho. You can hear how "they" walk away, that's what she means. You can hear it better in the original videos
Almost sound like what mediums can do.
It would’ve been more believable if they actually failed occasionally. The fact every single location had a successful ghost long conversation is insane. And like you said if they just stopped conversation at varying times and lost communication it would make more sense than them “walking away”
Larray directly said when they spelled his real name "oh yeah, i filled out the release form". I wish you had included more of Larray's direct skepticism.
This comment is so dumb
Oh makea sense. Monkey internet addict can't use brain good
@@FNigslolhow is it dumb?
@@FNigslolur user is racist
I wonder if they ask for ID. If not you could give a fake name they couldn't google
I love how Cotori's response to the accusations of it being faked, is just "We promise it's not." No proof, no explanations, no testing, just "we're aware others have done similar things in the past in seemingly similar ways, but we're not."
Source? Just trust me, bro
No beating around the bush, just straight to point good ol' bullshit 😎💯
That's pretty much an immediate confession that it's fake without actually confessing.
@@Quandry1all ghost hunting is fake. Idc what anyone says. Every single “ghost hunting tool” ever used has been proven with science to not work or atkeast not for fucking ghost. I mean they use a fucking Xbox camera to find ghost. Literally a camera from an Xbox. Plus the fact there’s all these so called pictures of ghost but we still don’t know what they look like.
i mean honestly, how could they prove something like that is real?
Coming back to this video to say that this is one of the best videos I've seen on youtube. I've rewatched it multiple times because of how entertaining you are as a creator.
I'll be honest. I was not expecting you to consult the owner's manual to show us why the walkie-talkies weren't working. I was about to become a ghost the first time you flashed the instruction booklet on screen. You went so in-depth that it was actually funny.
You should go on an investigation with them. I’d love to see someone who is openly debunking go with them
YES!!
This
This needs to happen. That would be perfect to either disprove or approve their videos authenticity
I agree- not only would it be cool to watch but maybe even cool for him to experience !
Yessssss
The reason you cant feel vibrations in the dance studio floor is most likely because there is a lot of padding under the floorboards to protect dancers from injury. If they are using a solenoid (which is more likely than joint cracking imo due to it causing vibrations others can feel) to produce the knocking, the vibrations would be absorbed by foam or padding under the floor. Also I would like to point out that just because something cannot be explained does not mean that it isn't faked. Most of these things have many possible explanations that are much more likely than ghosts exist.
Thank you for the dance floor explanation, I couldn’t think of what it was when John was saying it. But, the entire time I kept saying those floors are made differently.
Yup I'll always believe I'm just not smart enough to work out how it's faked over it being supernatural.
What's great about your explanation in principle to the entire discussion of the paranormal is pretty much how every "explanation" an investigator will say is to try and prove the paranormal RIGHT whereas the entire field of science (worth mentioning since the paranormal wants to be seen as such) leans to holding something against falsifiability.
This just isn't present, like, at all in the paranormal.
people often don't realize that there is a structural functionality change. Just like many don't immediately think of the accoustic changes to things like auditoriums and concert halls to facilitate the projection of sound to large crowds.
Hell, my first reaction when it happens in the Conjuring House wasn't even "it's a solenoid" or "it's toe cracking". My first instinct was "they have someone set up in the basement with a broomstick". It's an old house with floorboards and gaps/cracks everywhere. If you're quiet you can probably make out what people are saying on the floor above you. It could also possibly be a reason for them to move to the floor above right after. Not just to proof that "it happens everywhere", but also to give the guy in the basement time to move to the ground floor, knock on the ceiling and then slip out of the house before the people above have come down the stairs.
All in all the house is just a completely controlled environment for Cody & Satori, there's a dozen techniques they can use in the house owned by their employer, and they make money by having people keep visiting the spoopy spookhouse from le realest happened movie series. They have the means and the motive, there's no reason they wouldn't.
Thank you for this very entertaining debunking. My favorite part is the Alice box. I'm laughing so hard imagining if the words dictionary was more random, and some guys out in the spooky woods were just getting "Pants... Endocarp... Trout... Clown..."
ive really been loving these debunking videos! i think you approached this with the right tone. you didn't patronize sam and colby and you respected their beliefs, but you didn't tolerate the moments of neglect on their part and you held them to a reasonable standard when discussing the ethics of the production of their videos.
Thank you!
@@JohnWolfe Good job on the Joint popping ruse, a classic trick used by mediums for decades, these fools taking advantage of the braindead youngsters of today by still doing it. Errr we can feel vibrations, uuuh du you fink it mite be coming from their feet...uuuh nope. it's a ggggggghost! Also caught them out on why they got the name in the park wrong, good stuff man.
@@ShimmySchimeon obituaries are public information, and it's the exact same thing that Cotori did to go about their ruse. A video like this requires investigation, which is what looking up things like obituaries surrounding people who are dead is.
@ShimmySchimeon it's sad you think this is hard evidence of an afterlife. This isn't even a convincing act
@@ShimmySchimeon Looking up obituaries isn't creepy; they're public information and readily available online or in archives. In fact, in a video like this, especially when Sam said there was no way someone would know his grandmother's nickname, it's kind of essential to do. My first instinct upon hearing Sam say that was to look up his grandmother and see if it was readily available online. Given her nickname was used in the obituary, it's an immediate red flag for Cotori's "ability" as they could've easily done the same thing to prepare for their session with Sam and Colby. In fact, Sam and Colby even Googled obituaries themselves when trying to debunk Cotori to verify if the names that came up in the sessions were relevant to the area/location (e.g., Terri Ficca).
I’m a big fan of you. I’ve been a big fan of Sam & Colby. I waited allll year for their Hell Week. The disappointment I felt from episode 1 grew with each episode, and they are deserving of our collective scrutiny and side eye for giving Cody & Satori this huge platform. I’m convinced Cody & Satori are con artists playing on people’s grief and faith, who refuse to show us their method without shoes. It could be that easy but they posted that bullshit video addressing the criticism instead. Thank you for covering this, I enjoyed your skepticism, valid observations, and as always your humor 😊
Thank you!
they did the method in socks
@@alexhoward5783 Where can we see this?
@@alexhoward5783 So did the professional magician who debunked it with the knocker gadget. In the video clip, he wore it under his socks and had to take them off to show the device (remember him apologizing for his feet?). They were dodging the issue of doing it barefoot, which would obviously show if they were wearing the device or popping their toes.
How could they be playing on people’s grief if they don’t know your family member’s names?
The way that Satori talks to the "ghosts" drives me INSANE. She has such condescending tone, like I don't believe in spirits but I'm offended on their behalf. 😭
Exactly! If i was a spirit i would def give her a jumpscare for her disrespectful behavior asking me to walk here walk there... Give me a break im dead let me chill with my phantom beer
How it’s calmer way to talk that’s so funny I hope y’all have an eye opening experience y’all are trying to compare shit when it doesn’t need to be compared
How is it condescending can you explain please
@@keyonking5683 She talks to spirits as if theyre down syndrome people. Asks them to do things as if theyre her circus act. If spirits were real theres no way you would speak to them in that way, would you want to piss of a ghost?
They fake it bigtime its obvious.
tbh I think the ghosts would be happy to be communicating with anyone since its unnatural
The comments alone on Sam and Colby’s Conjuring videos are enough to understand why cons like this NEED to have people come at this sort of thing with a debunking mindset. Taking advantage of a person’s grief and profiting off their deceased loved ones for a show trick is objectively wrong. And again, it’s all to an audience that hasn't exactly put in the time to look at this sort of thing with a skeptical/informative view. Which will just lead to Cody and Satori taking advantage of more people, especially grieving ones.
People commenting “I claim no negative energy from this video” on the original video are watching it, fully wrapped up in the con itself. *Which again*, signifies why sharing content like this without putting much time into disproving it is harmful and helps push the facade of said con.
I love how the ghost Hunter lady talks to the ghosts like they’re trained dolphins. “Can you jump through the static hoop for me?? Thank you!! Here’s a treat!”
shes just showing appreciation for them using their energy to talk to them. nothing wrong with being a positive person
@@JettPlane1There’s a difference between showing appreciation and talking to somebody like a dog lmao
Honestly I've attended many spirit investigations and I've not seen a lot of respect for spirits. Her approach is a pleasant surprise.
It's patronizing. If you biebe in spirits aka humans that have died on the other side...you don't speak to them like animals.
@@alliswell-ei4fwbetter than most, yet still patronizing af.
John, seeing you do your signature gesture while saying “think critically” with a smile was so deeply moving to me. I’m just so proud of you & your new work. I have always loved your commentary, regardless of whatever you were doing. Your candid, no-nonsense-yet open-minded-approach is so engaging to watch. I love your new content, your new direction. You seem sure of yourself & like you genuinely enjoy what you do. It fills me with so much joy & admiration & respect. I absolutely can’t wait to see what you do next. You deserve the world.
Thank you!
@@JohnWolfejust letting you know satori and Cody are on ghost hunters sometimes. They do this trick. She is Jason daughter. It’s all for the show though.
John's ability to poke and prod at every minute detail to find inconsistencies is impressive, and his brand of dry humor makes it even better
when I saw their conjuring series, I was convinced that it's real but now that I see your video, I can not stop agreeing with you😭
There were literally soo many possible explanations for a lot of "paranormal incidents" in their videos that I just didn't thought of in that moment yk
That's okay, what's important is that you can see it now! You'll be more skeptical in future
Here is a possible explanation as to why there were no vibrations felt in the dance studio. As a dancer for many years, I know dance studio floors are designed to absorb movement with spring-like designs to make it easier to leap and move without putting so much pressure on the dancer's joints. So if they were popping joints or using the knocker, the movements would be absorbed into the floor so no vibrations could be felt.
Great info! I did not know that.
Exactly my thoughts, too. Stages are also like that, as well. Also muffles actors steps as they move around, and helps props not fall over in, for example, big dance numbers during a musical, or just a very physical scene. Though we’d often put a little tape or sticky-tacky on the bottoms of props to ensure they stay where they’re supposed to, making less work and more safety for both actors and stage crew.
Construction engineer here. Dance floors, and the floors of gyms too, are sometimes built using a kind of elastic floor that absorbs the cibrations from movement, its actually a pretty common thing. Maybe not in commercial gyms but definitely in some football courts.
But it is a floor from a very long time ago
@@undergamesstudios The dance studio, not the house floor.
This makes me realize just how easily I believed this before 😭😭
Real I saw one video of theirs and went, I’m a believer of the paranormal now, didn’t even put into account I was watching a yt video and it is probably fake lmfao
Confirmation bias is real. It's ok to want to believe in this. It's fun.
@@ace1122tw I love to watch Sam and Colby. I don’t 100% believe but it’s entertainment.
It’s fun and entertaining to “believe” videos like this. You don’t have to not watch and enjoy because it’s fake.
To cringe at your past is a sign you have grown since then
the fact that jake webber (a friend of sam and colby, and person whom sam and coldly has done paranormal investigations with in the past) still isn’t a believer in the paranormal, also says a bit.
He’s a bit of a believer then after he went to queen mary just a month or whatever ago he’s more of a believer
That doesn't say much, take Shane & Ryan (aka spookey boys) for example, Ryan is a firm believer in the paranormal, while Shane is not. Despite experiencing everything together (over the years), even when Ryan experiences something that deeply affects him (like freaks him out), Shane never seems to buy it or believe in it. While Ryan seems to believe more and more after everything he experiences, Shane still just flat out doesn't believe.
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@@hllywdunddnnpnt”more and more”? Bro, Ryan has become a skeptic. He just pretends to believe all this “ghost” activity because it’s a brand.
@@hllywdunddnnpnt i agree with the person above me, that is not the vibe i got at all from their newer videos, ryan is clearly becoming more and more skeptical
This is a fun video to rewatch from time to time. Helps to keep the skepticism skills alive and well.
So. I especially hate 'messages from loved ones' type stuff because it feels really uncomfortable and manipulative. I think there are situations where it can genuinely bring closure, or comfort, but as a way to just sort of prove you can really talk to the dead it's gross.
for real id be pissed if someone tried that on me. fuck that.
It is. It's borderline predatory during emotional situations where people may not be as rational as they'd normally be.
@@steffymuzeNot even borderline. It’s completely predatory
Not all lies are harmful. People have actively deluded themselves into believing in an afterlife for all of human history to reduce the fear and grief of death.
This kind of lie just helps people along the way.
I acknowledged that, if you read my comment. @@AlexK-sk4qb
Honestly though Sam didn't look like he believed them at all in the dance studio lol look at his reactions 😂😂
nah fr 😭
makes me laugh so bad bcs at that point he definitely knew☠️☠️
@minime2437 At one point while watching their series I had it in my mind that Cody definitely was lying and considered the possibility that only he was lying, even to her. She's likable and light and fun and you don't want to believe that about her. And I think that's the entire reason it works as an act.
Video emerged of Cody doing this act solo years ago. And that just plain confirms that he's lying because it proves their origin story as entirely BS. This isn't something that just started happening when they came together. It's at that point you have to understand that in the business they're in whether you are a con artist or are sincere you HAVE to know how to do research. Your entire job is basically to be a historian. She'd know about his old videos if she was actually innocent and wasn't in on it. The simplest explanation is that she's in on it too, rather than the more complex one that he's lying to his own mate.
Me being a Sam and Colby fan. I didn’t believe Cody and Satori’s method thing. Because there are people living in the conjuring house. The studio can be explainable. Example: heart beats, cars, other people, construction (you get the jazz). Same with the park. There’s a lot of noise going on in the park.
The best part is how big a deal they made of the “Conjuring House” only for it to be completely unnecessary to _contacting the spirits_ 👻
I know people bitch about the littlest things when it comes to your videos John, so I wanted to offset that a little and let you know that these newer videos of yours where you cover paranormal documentaries and stuff are some of the most entertaining you've ever made. Keep it up, we're here for whatever you decide to do because we're confident it'll be quality.
I have been really enjoying them. As someone who does believe in the paranormal but is sick of the amount of people who fake content for views, I enjoy his skeptical nature. Too many people who believe in ghosts wanna believe everything they see but I feel like that defeats the purpose if you want REAL proof.
Thank you! I’ve been feeling reinvigorated working on them these past few months
@@JohnWolfeI can see the passion to make videos really coming back with your recent uploads. I know you teased it for years and it's nice to see you finally doing something that makes you happy. These types of vids and your Goosebumps reviews are my favorite.
@@JohnWolfecompletely agree with OP. I'm really enjoying this content.
@@JohnWolfeif you haven't seen the tv show Evil...
The end of this video reminded me of when Paul Atreides in Dune 2 said "That's not hope!". You're right, when "hope" is based on lies and fake information, then it's nothing more than false hope. Glad to have found your channel, keep up the good work!
Watching Amanda the psychic carrying around that damn note book and writing the most obvious shit down sent me
"good"
She really rubs me the wrong way. She has a childish smugness about her "ability" that just irks me
It just makes her give off that different type of vibe
@@Psychadellichickidk something about her seems legit, but wether or not she deserves her ability idk….
@@Psychadellichick shes gives off very strong mean girl vibes, i bet she was a massive c word in high school
one thing that kept bugging me with the lore in the woods was how little they mentioned the native American spirits. and when they did mention them it was like "ooooh scary drumming they want us dead!" "ooh scary elemental spirits" but whenever they talked about the soldiers it was like "oh they can help us!" whether there are spirits there or not it didn't seem like the two sides of the war were given the same respect and understanding (obviously this has nothing to do with whether or not its real its just something that really bugged me)
Colonization runs deep in the spiritual world too unfortunately.
Like all these non natives using white sage on native battle grounds like its going to do anything but piss off the spirits
Good point actually. Also the vast majority of mediums tend to be white women. I think its also a case of a lot of them not knowing enough native american folklore to make stuff up.
@@thatindiandude4602 i mean, isnt that because most mediums are pagans...a religion from europe...
Yeah i was gonna say, there's sometimes a simpler answer to the issue than colonization...@@TheeEnglishKnight
it's paganism, which is european
the way cody and satori are lying to the whole internet and doing their thing while having people get super emotional over fake shit is honestly heartless.. theyre making money off of giving people false hope
Ikr?I honestly don't think Sam and Colby were in on it in any way,it's all Cody and Satori.Something about them and their 'method' just seemed off since the beginning.
But if we all agree they wasn’t in on it which I don’t think they were how do you explain them knowing his grandma and her nickname without him telling them idk just thinking about it
@@ashton3842 Did you watch the video? Her nickname was written in her obituary. Obituary that is publicly accesible.
sam and colby used to be my favorite youtubers in their early days during their xplr era and now i simply cannot watch their videos now that they have turned into this goofy paranormal channel
I never believed them from the start something was extremely off about them. How does she have this incredible power to just speak to ghosts. Besides, what is Amanda, Sam, and Colby’s grandparents doing in this creepy a*s house?
Hey, medium here! I'm very happy about how this video was criticised here. I would like to add some more personal observations here, which, of course, I don't expect any sceptics to believe.
First of all, it is 100% true that paranormal equipment is not trustworthy at all. Even though I don't really need equipment to communicate I still have an older REM pod, and I can tell that that things can misinterpret anything as movement. For example, we lived in an apartment a year ago, and during one of our little investigations with my non-medium friends, my REM pod went absolutely crazy even though I saw absolutely nothing around us. And that's when I realized that our downstairs neighbours were on their balcony and the very minor vibrations have caused the REM pod to go off. Even the tiniest vibrations can cause a REM pod to go off.
If you want to try paranormal investigations without a medium present, just use a basic EMF sensor somewhere with zero electrical frequencies. Like a basement or something similar. If it's not possible just switch any electrical equipment off in your house, and switch off your phone. (No, just putting it on airplane mode won't work.)
Secondly, the thing that Cody and Satori does is just fake af. I obviously won't repeat all the things that were mentioned in the video, but one very very very important detail is that passed relatives NEVER try to get in contact with their living loved ones!!! They are around us, but they don't really get in contact with their loved ones unless if they have a good reason to. It would be very emotional to the living relative in question.
Lastly, this is not a note just for this Conjuring series but the entire paranormal youtube channels. Spirits never communicate as clearly as these channels represent!!! It honestly makes me laugh when I see a group going to a place where spirits have lingered around for hundreds of years and somehow they are capable of using modern electical equipment. I personally find it ridiculous. Plus the fact that they always get to communicate with spirits immediately after they start their investigations, this is simply impossible. Even to me, who can actually see spirits, can take hours to finally have some kind of communication between me and a spirit. This is simply not possible. Even at more haunted places it is very unlikely you will get any kind of interaction for a long period of time. You might hear or see things, but you won't be able to interact with them.
Obviously, this is my experience with them, but other mediums/paranormal investigators might have experienced something completely different.
Once again, I don't expect anybody to believe this, this is my view of this/other paranormal youtube videos as a medium.🙂
The debunking aspects didn't kill the vibe, I found them more interesting than just accepting that a door opened or a walkie talkie was drained supernaturally. Learning about how the REM Pod worked was so neat that I showed my wife and we ended up just watching it all together. I didn't even know toe/joint popping was a thing people used to fake paranormal activity! Thank you for this video, it's genuinely so interesting to watch.
i like ur pfp
It's a very, very old "seance" trick that has found other uses.
The debunking is easily my favorite part I love how much effort John goes into exploring how things could be done. And I feel like it's done pretty respectfully too which I appreciate.
Yeah, I learned a lot of stuff in this video. There's a REM pod in one of the video games I play and it's cool to know what the actual thing is (even if it is still bullshit).
All this stuff also shows how "serious" they and many other "investigators" are about "investigating" ghosts. They are using all these electric gizmos and equipment, but have no idea how any of them function or what they are based off of. Imagine an actual researcher doing an inspection on some land looking for soil or water pollution, but having no clue how all his field equipment works or what the readings actually mean other than "good" or "bad". You'd end up with measurements that are completely useless because half the readings were false due to user error.
The fact that Bella was the only one who didn’t get a reading is AMAZING evidence against them. That’s insane.
Wait how so ? I don’t anything about her ?
@viapearcewr7357 it's harder to get her families information from the internet given her ethnic background and the fact that her passed on family members probably didn't speak english
Yet her name was mentioned?
@@bluesunsxiv2129”ethnic background” Filipinos have social media and access to internet too 💀
thats not the point and I'm not trying to be condescending. Does Cody and Satori know how to navigate language barriers or perhaps read information in tagalog to learn about her history about family members like perhaps her grandparents. I'm first generation american so I'm not talking out of my ass. Good luck trying to find current relevant information on my older family members in English. Why dont you go try being a smart ass on someone else's post.
Another debunker pointed out how Amanda was actually quickly writing down responses after they were being said. So she wasn’t even guessing what was going to be the response she was just flat out being dishonest. Also you made a good point how they just keep moving from one thing to the next. It’s like they don’t even really want to investigate and find real answers they just want to have fun. I definitely view their content differently now.
I don't like it when she's in their videos 😂.
Amanda does my head in I don't know why I just see her and think this b*tch 😂
@@deoryad1608i thought i was the only one lol, its super obvious shes faking stuff but at least shes pretty
@@seventeenthirtyeightt hell nah.
@@deoryad1608 ??
Dancing around a gravesite is disrespectful, no matter if you believe in the afterlife/ghosts or not.
Also, why was he so freaked out in the basement when all the apparent messages from the "ghosts" are seemingly positive. I know a dark basement is scary, but when I truly believe in ghosts that told me they watch over me just hours prior, I'd be less scared honestly.
The audacity to claim with a straight face that they’re helping and bringing closure to people by lying on their dead relatives is INSANE
They aren’t
They didn’t lie 😂 the audacity to say they they are lying is insane. If u don’t believe it say that but don’t say that are lying cause they arnt .
i mean you can't prove it's the truth, but there's evidence to show how they can lie. If you choose to believe in them that's fair, but there's reasons why ppl don't believe these types of people. You can give a hundred reasons on why they can be liars but they can't give you 1 reason why it's true. Also you can help give ppl closure WHILE LYING BTW. If these people feel any sort of peace because they THINK it's their family then yeah they are doing that, just while also deceiving people and probably benefiting money wise. @@Digital_muse
@@Digital_muse girl what 😭 this stuff is very obviously faked, it is disrespectful to lie about all that, and it is not helpful at all
How did they know though? How did they know sams grandmothers name?
This was actually really entertaining to watch. I am a fan of Sam and Colby and can get frustrated by some of the theatrics. I love the idea of having someone who specializes in debunking go on a ghost hunting trip with ghost hunters. Thank you for spending time on Cody and Satori as they were frustrating to figure out! I’m going to have to check out your other videos now
I agree 100% think a debunker should definitely go on a ghost hunt with them because Sam & Colby need to know about the tools and what's going on from the other side. I hope they wat h this video .
same, i'm a fan of Sam and Colby but i was wondering what was the deal with Cody and Satori because that was a bit too good and then this came up and it's honestly a great video
but yeah i mean... we all know how Sam and Colby are, i mean a huge criticism of their old videos on paranormal stuff was their over reactions, with the Shadow Man series especially when the tree shaking was enough for them to book it like scooby doo characters just without the fun 80's music playing in the background
They should let me tag along, it would be their last video I can guarantee you that 😄They are just freaking actors, faking everything from their interest in paranormal to how they do it, just for money. The first thing I would do would be to rip apart all the equipments and bring in experts to examine the electronics, on camera, even before we got to any location.
i totally agree- i feel like sam makes the channel feel like a faked kids channel and I want to believe it all so bad but its so hard sometimes
@@tierawilliams5736I think they secretly know lol or they wouldn't have content or entertainment
Few things I wish that were brought up in this video:
1. You didn't bring up the clip of Larri straight up mentioning, to Satori and Cody's faces, that the way they knew something about him was because they got his full name from the form. (I just think this clip is hilarious from Larri)
2. The clip of Satori and Cody comparing THEMSELVES to the Fox Sisters in Sam and Colby's breakdown wasn't brought up. They mention how OTHERS are comparing them to the Fox Sisters but...they literally do it themselves as well (that would've just been a great gotcha moment when they bring it up during their response video)
3. There is a TON of footage that Cody has been doing this for YEARS w/o Satori. I was able to find at least 3-5 videos minimum (all very painfully long though) of Cody doing interviews about this specific knocking method that ONLY occurred with Cody on the team...then it suddenly turned into...this knocking method that ONLY occurred with Cody AND Satori.
Then bring up the fact that Satori's father is a well versed paranormal investigator for 2 tv shows that you'd think Satori is well versed on how to trick viewers/how to say things in order to persuade viewers. (By the way Cody and Satori both starred on the same paranormal show for a few yrs)
Deeply enjoyed the part where you bring up that they could have tried harder to actually debunk the evidence as that is part of their job, and something they allege that they try to do, keep up the good work!
I had no clue about Cody's past work in making paranormal equipment and that was an amazing way to separate your video from others by bringing that up, great find!
where can i find the videos of cody doing it by himself?
@@juju7967try looking up “chasing the unknown 06 bill pt 1a” by Frank Bay. It’s at 10:06 on that one
I am so glad I came across this one. I've been trying to convince my wife and daughter that most of the "ghost hunters" are either themselves fakers, or easily convinced by other fakers.
It’s amazing that the actual most fundamental, basic, no-frills seance magic STILL works this well to this day. I mean, the knocking trick-especially with the toe joints like the Fox Sisters-is ANCIENT. It is square one of a fake seance. That, plus the cold/hot reading Cody and Satori clearly engaged in. It’s charmingly simple.
Anyone who knows even a little bit about Spiritualism, seances, mentalism, bizarrist magic, etc, immediately recognize that these two were using the literal oldest trick in the book by the OG fake seance masters themselves, the Fox Sisters.
It’s weirdly heartwarming to see this still fooling people.
Exactly! The moment they mentioned the knocking, I thought of the sisters. Makes me want to listen to their story again.
Oh yeah, I totally thought of the Fox Sisters the second they mentioned knocking noises. In fact, their pride in not having anything in their shoes actually made me more convinced.
They should've done the knocking very sparingly and not every time someone asked a question, if they wanted to better conceal their trickery.
Totally, although I seriously doubt that was even a real cold/hot reading. I'm pretty confident they gave them all the information in advance. If the only reason people think those were reads is because of the seemingly genuine reaction, go glance at their other videos; it's their whole thing. Super over the top, dramatic, theatrical reactions to everything. Not much of a stretch for them to react like that to a script.
I didn't think of the Fox Sisters specifically. it's such a wide spread trick with a few different versions of it throughout the spiritualist era... but it became pretty obvious pretty quickly to do it that on command. Considering they work on the property... there are all kinds of ways to rig that house that normal people would not expect and people that want to believe to the point that they will convince themselves everything can't be fake will fall for easily.
the "Terri Ficca" bit is the most damning piece of "evidence" imo, i'm surprised nobody is really talking about it
its an italian name you just gotta say it correctly
Agreed! It's interesting that the "knocking sounds weren't loud enough," so they fast forward thru the spelling of Terri's name.
How many times have mis pronounced names in our lives. It happens.
Ficca and Facci are completely different names...
@@kingcosmo44641. I personally have never mispronounced my own name 2. Mispronouncing is far different than misspelling your own name which is what happened
my main “issues” with “Cotori” are 1- how tf they just happen to be “contacting” these spirits in EVERY single location they go to is just weird, like if they’re gonna scam people with that, they could at least pretend that there are no spirits in one area
2- you’re telling me that the dead family members of every single person present just happen to be there in that house 🤨 that’s just bullshit
Totally agree, as someone who’s spiritist when you go to spiritist centers wanting to contact someone that passed away for example they always claim that it can happen for the spirit to not be available and it happens sometimes when people go and the medium try communication but say it wants possible and say the reason, it’s also something that takes time so the fact it just take some minutes for them to talk to a bunch of spirits it’s weird too
well said 💀
Same way you can pick up your phone and call anyone on your contact list. You don't have to physically be next to the person.
yet they were making sounds right next to them, nice try@@condorskissors_5974
No literally I love sam and colby but they are so gullible they arent faking anything but dont watch there videos for anything else but entertainment and like a movie. A ghost can say "cheeto fart" an they would go "OMG THATS WHAT GOERGE HAD UP HIS ASS"
"There's zero way" had me dead 💀
As someone whos worn sound cancelling headphones, he 100% can hear her. They're a lot closer to sound dampening, it blocks out a lot, but someone talking that clearly that close, you'll pick it up.
As for the Wonder twins, honestly, is it surprising they know information about the 2 dudes with 10million subscribers who have been to that house before? Have them try to read someone they can't see or completely hide the identity of the individual being read or such. There are ways to truly test that gimmick... while I want to believe, its very sus. (Edit: Yah, jeez, you destroyed them D:)
The only way is if they are pumping loud music. I can't hear anything when I have my noise cancelling headphones on with loud volume
To be fair these spirit boxes emit extremely loud static. If you've ever played phasmophobia, this is actually what these boxes sound like while rapidly switching through all these frequencies and is also what they hear through the sound cancelling headphones. At least it's what they SHOULD hear. They also have shown that this static actually plays in the headphones in one video. So i guess one would have to test how good you actually hear outside noise while wearing these headphones while also being exposed to full-blast static.
Because i'm gonna be honest with you, i don't have noise cancelling headphones.. and sometimes when i'm sitting on my PC and play an intense game or listen to music, i won't hear shit. I even miss my door bell sometimes and my apartment has a HORRIBLE disgusting buzzing door bell. Like my friends on discord sometimes have to tell me that someone just rang my door bell lol
@@StabYourBrain This static they produce is actually based on a few different factors... newer versions are based upon more digital radio's and don't have as much static unless you adjust them to have it, and how loud is adjustable as well, but this is also why they have more dials to turn than older models that were based on less digital versions of radio's.
As soon as you revealed who Satori's dad was I became an unbeliever.
This is literally the greatest John Wolfe era, and I am completely here for it. I will always love the horror games, all the way back to the OG White days play-through, but your skill and talent as both an entertainer and video editor has just come *SO* far. It's really impressive. Thanks for the years of entertainment. Two hours of ghost rants? Sign me the fuck up.
I onow exactly how they are doing this "magic" trick because I can make the exact same noise with my toes. It requires shifting some weight to the front of your foot, curling your toes but keeping the bottom of the end of your toe flat on the ground (basically creating pressure with the second knuckle on your toe(s) in an A shape) and then releasing the pressure plby pushing with a greater force, thus releasing the A-shape and letting the second knuckle hit the sole of your shoe. Can also do this with no shoes on but its quite obvious what is happening when you arent wearing shoes.
I have to add I love that there is a dedicated sceptic RUclips series like yours which is more entertaining than watching the ghost series themselves! And you still provide historical background and stuff and do proper research which I appreciate (so we don't have to watch their other vid) and it's not just a react video, you don't really see many dedicated channels devoted to reverse/anti ghost hunting lol. You should visit these places yourself and try to figure out what actually happened! Hehe
Him and Shane from Watcher would be best friends 😂😂😂
John is an absolute legend and beast of a man. One of the smartest people I’ve one RUclips and just super entertaining. I want more of this too and I want more of him reacting and being skeptics about the bizarrebub clips too
@@lordcorporal4247you people weird me tf out with your dick riding of RUclipsrs 😂 the parasocial relationships are weird
Shane and Ryan spent a whole night in that house and got nothing, and they're the best ghost hunters in the world.
Idk why this made me laugh
@@jojoindigo it was supposed to, so I did my job. 🫡
That's what makes them the best ghost hunters in the world, they're legit.
Wut? One of them freaks at his own shadow and the other cracks jokes the whole time. Lol
@@TheSuperchick2008That makes them entertaining though. They are not faking anything. One of them is scared and believes in the paranormal and the other one is bored as hell and doesnt believe a single bit.
Since they use the same equiptment everybody else in the "Ghost Hunting" scene uses and not a single bit of evidence has been found gives them so much credibility. And they have been doing this for so many years.
While all the others are getting so much evidence in every single place they go.
This does make them the best Ghost Hunters because there aint shit to find. Enjoyable to watch when u know nobody is trying to fool you
Honestly, John having a ghost troll him every few months for his entire life is still more believable than the entirety of The Blackwell Ghost.
Stumbled across this holding the arms of my spirit guides. This was peak workday entertainment. Thank you!
this is why i love the shane and ryan duo for ghost hunting. If you don’t have someone there that can actively bring in the skepticism to all “evidence”, you’re actively using such fields for clout and entertainment and it’s obvious, thank u for this vid!
Exactly and the fact that Shane quite literally has his "shtick" as a skeptic works so well because he's always going to debunk any "evidence" and isn't going to fake belief when he doesn't.
Fr even when there’s not much activity or paranormal they’re videos still entertain me
I mean it's not that big of a deal, they just believe in it so why not let them have their fun, its for entertainment like you said but it's not malicious lying
Everything on youtube is for "entertainment and clout"
They tend to bring people on who don’t believe and they end up believing in the end I mean ig it’s not the same since Shane won’t believe regardless of where he goes 😂😂
My mom also pointed out that when they were doing the alphabet thing that Satori was calling out the letters really fast almost like she knew what the ghost was going to say. I didn’t wanna believe her at the time cause the tapping of the floor seemed legit. But now knowing you can pop your toe joints and have a little mechanical knocker is more evidence.
Well because she can kinda predict what she’s gonna say she’s been doing it for years 😂
@@Es-pe. not necessarily. She can easily predict if she already knows the answer.
@@qlaurnn because she’s been doing it for years bro she’s not brand new she put 2 and 2 together and she would sometimes say “ was it this letter”
@@Es-pe. yeah obviously but it’s still suspicious. I said what I said to add to evidence. It was an idea not a fact. I’m not here to argue or have a million replies. Plz don’t respond I’m frankly tired of you telling me what I already read. Goodbye.
@@qlaurnn welp mamas wrong againnnnn
The way Satori is just out here infantilizing ghosts. "If you could make that light turn blue I'd be real happy! But if you can't, that's okay! Wow, good job! Thank you so much!"
Ya never know when you're getting a child or simpleton ghost 😂
Looks like me playing with a dog and trying to teach him some tricks lol 😂
She talks like an obediance dog trainer haha
She spoke to me like that as a ghost, I would open every cabinet in her house every single day, and every time she closed them all as soon as the last one was closed I’d open them all again, and I would just continue this until the end of time
@@LoreleiCatherine Really? Or you'd be happy cause she's the first who can hear you. Can you imagine trying to tell friends and family something and nobody can hear you? Maybe it's been 100 years and she's the first one who can talk to you? And you're saying your first reaction is throw a tantrum... Uh-huh...
As a believer in the supernatural, I appreciate your work on this. What Cody and Satori claim to be doing is helping people, when in reality it’s the exact opposite and a huge slap in the face.
17:32 honestly the scariest part of this whole thing is hearing that 2007 was 16 years ago 😱😱
it took me too long to realize that 2007 really was that long ago and they didn’t just make a mathematical mistake
You are a smelly smell that smells smelly. :P
FFFFUUUUCK
Actually 17
I was born that year ....I am 17
I wonder how Satori and Cody do their trick on people with little to/no digital footprint. Or how far their google searches go. I mean, if you were to ask them something more specific about the relations between two family members and they got it wrong... or if their whole "LOVE" spiel didn't mesh with a really fraught or god forbid, an abusive family!
Anyway, I really enjoyed this video and I wanted to let you know - the reason why Houdini was such a renowned skeptic who purposefully went to disprove con artists etc is because when he was grieving his wife, he went to see a medium and was conned. No wonder that he grew a grudge against these people profiting off others' grief!
Well, I think they do exactly as they did with Bella Poarch - give a quick generic reading (in this case it was Abigail saying she “touched” her) and then quickly move on to the next person in the group. If they have entire groups with no digital footprint, I imagine it’s an “oh the spirits don’t wanna talk today” kind of thing. Or maybe Cotori just don’t show up for that group at all.
You don't have to be popular on social media to have an obituary pop up for someone. If you were to Google my real name you could see my mom's obituary and it has a lot of info in it about my family that you could use to get more info. Nearly everyone has had a close relative die so I would believe most people would have such a footprint online, especially since they see at least 45 people a day on a tour. One is bound to produce enough info for a cold reading.
@@JellyBeansMystreyMachine I produce very little even though i'm online regularly because of the way I control my presence online. and there are others with my name that easily confuses things because of it. there are times i don't even properly come up on a quick google search to find me. They would likely treat me like Bella if they couldn't be certain, which would be the smart play because otherwise they would give incorrect information that doesn't actually link to me.
Im sorry but if you are American you dont need a digital footprint to find shit about you, just the complete gov name and thats it. Thats just how American data protection works
yes! i was wondering this too… also would be interesting to see what they would do if you input your correct first name but totally different last name. Would they tell you info about the wrong name or your correct one? would be very curious to see someone do that
As the great Mark Twain used to say: “It’s Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” Great video as always, John!
You are adopted trust me or not