I love that two men dressed like train conductors from the 1800s screaming "I love you!" and "I hate you!" at a ceiling while standing in the middle of a room somehow is the pinnacle of ghost hunting on the internet.
I’m mentally making a musical based on a train conductor & a newsie being friends. It’s all to the tune of Newsies (I’m blending the incarnations) but yeah :)
Ryan to Sarah in the Séance Room: 'would you like to talk to us when we're alone later?' Sarah: *taps yes* Later: neither of them actively try to talk to Sarah in the Séance Room during their solos. You ghosted a ghost.
Yeah isn’t that kind of rude? 😅 I mean she was VERY RESPONSIVE when asked to do an interview. Knowing a little about Sarah’s background, when she was alive she was a very nice and compassionate person prolonging jobs past her death to make sure people were okay. 😂 she’s even kind enough to say “yes” to an interview.
They didn’t do any investigating during their solos. I was really disappointed. Have they just decided to not do any investigating during their solos any more and just try to scare Ryan?
For the debrief: Sarah Winchester came from a long line of tradesmen, most of the building that she did took place in economic downturns. Have you ever considered that she was simply giving local tradesmen and carpenters jobs in order to keep their families afloat in hard times?
This is widely believed to be true! She paid her employees extremely well and they were very close to her. I read a book about Sarah Winchester, and this is one of the conclusions about her “oddities”.
For the debrief: Credit to my mum for this idea, Ryan should wear a heart rate monitor in an episode so that we can watch his heart rate climb in real time whenever he gets scared. This show keeps getting better and better, the graphics are so beautiful!
Temporary belief is a thing, with enough stimulus you can "believe" something for a short period of time. There is also temporary sustained belief where people can do rituals and intentionally make themselves believe in dirties or whatever for the psychological effect and boost one can get from it, this is used in chaos magic when the practicioner is atheist. It really indicates that a person is getting at the root of what belief is. This is simmilar to why people who don't believe in ghosts can still get spooked for a while after watching a show or movie, or how one can cry from a movie even when they know it's not true.
@@whatabouttheearth nah Shane doesn't believe even temporarily he plays along for Ryan and for the entertainment value. He did it a lot in the unsolved days as well. For example when the door (next to the open window) was moving "on it's own"
@@showaker4755 What I am refferencing is a sliding scale type of thing beginning with how even an absolute skeptic can get spooked by watching such things if they play into it, just like how people can get emotional about movies they know are fake. Like I said, it's an actual tactic used in chaos magic, it can be done and is all the time. You can bend your mind to temporary belief if you will to no matter how skeptical you are. It will reveal to you what people who believe in religion and the paranormal are actually going through psychologically (sort of) but they don't notice it. This gets in to non supernatural techniques and concepts of things like (wiki these) 'thought forms', 'egrigores', 'servitores' and other things used in chaos magic.
That conversation in the witches' attic really sounds like a bunch of workers wondering why they're hearing disembodied voices and getting the hell out of there because it freaked them out. Maybe WE'RE the ghosts
One of my theories about haunted places is that it’s not dead spirits but just places where time is kinda thin or maybe there’s some overlap or ripple or something. So what we pick up are things that come through whatever gap or overlap or whatever it is in time. So they are ghosts to us and we’re ghosts to them
I've always thought about this too! There are so many things that we still don't know so maybe the sounds that we're hearing are like from another dimension
@@katokabi986 which is kinda cool of people to think that way if you entertain the idea that none of us (myself included) never saw that movie lol let people have fun
me too i was not expecting Ghost Files to come out earlier but I hear it's a special taste for us on behalf of the sponsorship of Haunted Mansion which is now going to be a movie from our favorite ride at Disneyland/Disney World so happy they brought that up
A part of the reason why the mansion looks the way it does is because Sarah built it during the depression. She knew if she stopped building once she finished the work she wanted done, the construction crew would be out of work and there wasn't any more jobs out there for them. Much of what doesn't make sense was made during that time. She was also known to be a very good and considerate employer. payed her staff better than anyone else and ensured people had the time off they needed, something few employers did at the time. I firmly believe the house is haunted, but not because of unrestful spirits, but because those who reside there were happy there. By all accounts, she was a very kind and considerate person so I don't see a reason to fear her spirits if she is there. I imagine she'd be happy to have people visit her home now as it as a museum means the home continues to create and maintain jobs. She was the last of the truly philanthropic millionaires.
I've never heard that it was because of a depression, just that she offered jobs to people who struggled to find work and needed it. I've also heard she paid for their housing while they were working for her. I could totally buy that she just kept building because she had so much money she didn't know what to do with and decided to use it as an excuse to help people.
@@violetsnotviolence There was the Panic of 1907, but that isn't widely seen as a full depression, instead it was a series of bank failures that happened after someone attempted to corner the copper market. There was also the Panic of 1893, which was a pretty massive depression that affected a large number of industries. It was eclipsed some time later by the Great Depression, but for a period of about 7 years or so, it was pretty devastating.
It is very amazing that shane is not scared at all. Like even if I weren't afraid of ghosts my mind would just go "WHAT IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL PERSON IN HERE" and get paranoid
no literally bc i dont believe in ghosts but places like this still terrify the crap out of me bc the concept of a living person being in there with you is just worse in the first place
I remember there have been a few times Shane got pretty spooked, even by his own admission because of the exact reason you said. He was starting to think someone was in there.
@@jdonovan74I remember the body chute incident... Given the times he got spooked were in the premise that he thought someone could be there... Quite reasonable and much more really scary since they could really do something...
Also it just dawned on me that the creepy tall, lanky figure that's often found standing in the middle of a dark long hallway or room that will charge at you suddenly is indeed Shane.
FOR DEBRIEF: You guys need to do a GHOST FILES INTERNATIONAL... there are some ancient sites around the world that have been haunted longer than the united states has even existed
@@kps20244 they get around $30k a month off patreon, that's enough to potentially have 1 international episode or even 2 per season if they put aside some specifically for those ones. Also, Disney advertised here lol they get money from that too
It is an open secret that people often scatter cremation ashes in the Haunted Mansion ride. The cast-members really don't like this but it still happens every year.
@@allthenamesiwantedweretakenpeople just love the parks, and if their loved one did they want them to spend forever there I guess? But yes, the sad truth is all that happens when they do that is the attraction is shut down and cleaned. I know I’ve overheard Indiana Jones CMs talk about it happening there a lot, same with pirates.
I love the idea that Sarah built a house so the demons couldn’t find her and then Shane struggled to find the Witch Cap… I’m not saying he’s a demon but I am saying #boogara
one of these days Shane needs to run out of the place screaming, acting like he's terrified, scaring the shit out of Ryan, only to tell us that it was an act after Ryan goes in
i think he did something similar once i might j b spreading misinfo but i think he started randomly screaming in2 a walkie talkie but like ryan knew he was j trying 2 scare him
Shane needs some black contact lenses so he can stand silently at the end of a hallway (after going missing for awhile) and let Ryan find him like that. No reaction at all, just a big, blank smile. Bonus points if it's a demon house.
For the debrief: There’s no evidence Sarah actually ever held a seance in her “seance room”. Her strange designs were inspired by a lot of architectural trends at the time. The small stairs and “secret” passages in the Mansion were to help her get around despite her arthritis. The carpenters she hired were paid well above the minimum wage and she was beloved by them all. I personally believe she wasn’t crazy, just odd; her uniqueness made her a subject of inquiry and dramatization. I am SO excited for the new season Ghoul Boys!! #shaniac
A lot of the stuff that seems kooky now (like the door that opens onto nowhere) is due to the earthquake damage and things that were torn down or closed off for safety. I went on a tour of the house with a guide who was NOT interested in selling the ghost stories, it was really interesting.
These days the house offers two different tours, a normal historical tour and a "ghost tour". I think it was a good call to separate the two so that people can chose which one they want.
Yeah and she seemed to just enjoy building and rebuilding the house, it'd make a lot of sense to me if she just gave up on trying to make it function as a house in the typical sense and just built things wherever she felt like it. Also, she was a rich woman living alone, making the house difficult to navigate could have also been for her safety. Honestly I would love to live there, secret rooms and passages and doors to nowhere and cool architecture??? What's there not to love
I don’t think she was crazy either. The house is a bit odd as is because of the fact it was built during the Victorian era and the lay out of those houses were strange compared to more modern houses (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) and yeah. I’d probably have to go do some research just to double check to make sure what I’m saying is right because I’m just going off of memory so again please feel free to correct me!
The evidence they’re adding to the shows are sooo fake too! It’s painful to watch the bad acting of these random ppl who captured the “evidence” - it’s obviously scripted. I wish they didn’t put it in the show.
@ToastyDanzig I think when you submit evidence, they do ask you to keep it under 30 seconds, so it actually has to be scripted and remember, these people aren't used to being on camera so it's going to be a bit quirky.
I love the idea of Sarah Winchester thinking that Ryan and Shane are really contractors and getting mad that they just want to sit and talk 😂 Great episode! Woo! Season 2 is here!
Sarah actually seemed to be a decent host to people she contracted! They would take long breaks but I believe the same contractors would come back to her.
Shane *admiring detail in celling trim* “the design they hand carved into this is just lovely, the little flowers are so cute!” Ryan “I heard a noise, I’d like to go home now please”
Sadly Sarah Winchester was just a misunderstood and harassed widow who was helping support local carpenters and tradesmen through building projects meant only to keep her interested, not to keep ghosts away. Kaz Rowe has a great video exploring historical accounts of Sarah Winchester’s life.
Can I just say that the sentence "We haven't been to this house since the last time we were here" made me laugh so hard as it is true for most people at any house. 9:37
When Shane had his first photo taken in front of the mansion my first thought was 'look at his little Mario outfit!' Together with the grin and mustache- really compelling!
ONE FACT MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT REALIZED: Sarah Winchester, alone, knew that entire 160 room mansion like the back of her hand. She never got confused nor lost in it.
For debrief, in the witch room, when the honey tone box says the possible "Ryan" it really sounds like "Liar" which is right after Shane lies and says his name is Chester Mcguillicudy
Since creepy long hallways seem to be a running thread between episodes, imagine getting about 10 REM pods and lining them up across the hallways and sitting at the end of it in the dark. If a spirit shows up and walks down the hallway, they'll light up one by one. Sounds like a good way to fully mark movements, and even if not, that just sounds like a tremendously fun thing to make Ryan do.
that would be really cool, or put a few in & outside of whagever room hes in so he can see them coming in and out lol. not sure how expensive they are or if they could justify that many rem pods anyway but if it worked ojt it would be great haha
"This is our third time investigating, we've been here on another........ show." Ryan's divorce arc with Unsolved is actually so much better than the one with Shane lmaoo
@@asminhartavi92 Nothing really “happened” between them and Buzzfeed, they just left on bad terms cuz-let’s face it, most former Buzzfeed employees do-Ryan and Shane are just more vocal about it.
@@asminhartavi92to add onto what others have said, Buzzfeed also doesn't really give credit to the people who make their shows. buzzfeed unsolved never had credits that listed Ryan as the creator, for example.
I can just imagine just a bunch of workers around Shane and Ryan being like “dude MOVE its my turn to speak” Like i just love the idea of a bunch of ghost trying to openly communicate but they keep fighting for the chance 😭
“ That’s one of the most beautiful hinges I’ve ever seen in my life! This lady had great hinge taste” Shane cracks me up! The overalls are giving Mario and Luigi vibes. I’m digging it.
I like how they asked her if she wanted them to get back to work, she presumably said yes, and then they proceeded to ask her questions and make demands. Just the worst employees ever from Sarah's perspective
I mean if it is haunted and playing music you would have to explain how it's playing a y music without record or a needle, the obvious answer is it? they faked it. I don't know any ghost evidence that suggest they are signing old tunes haha Would be easy to put a phone in there and fake it honestly.
He has been doing that since that one episode where someone claimed to have an audio record of a ghost, when it's just them whispering on the tape lmao
It always comes back to your mindset honestly, not all believers believe all evidences given are real because we ought to question critically, it's a tough matter and if you will just stand on nothing is real then you will forever stand on "that's fake" unless you put yourself on "that's interesting" rather than just "it's fake" or "that's real" now that's real fun.
Sarah Winchester has always fascinated me. Not the ghosts but how grief drove her. Hearing that her true treasure wasn't money, but her husband and daughter's obituaries speaks volumes. I really hope she has found peace.
At this point I️’m convinced Shane agreed to start the Watcher channel for the sheer fact that he gets to torture Ryan while simultaneously exploring cool buildings.
I was a tour guide there in high school. With all respect to the person who shared the first submission (photo with what looks like a boy in an upstairs window), it’s very likely just a living boy on a tour. The Mansion Tour route goes through those rooms. You can see the stained glass windows of the Daisy Bedroom just to the right; it’s an important stop since it was Sarah Winchester’s bedroom prior to the 1906 Earthquake, when she got trapped there and subsequently boarded up the front rooms. The majority of the stories I heard from both guests and coworkers were easily explained by the fact that multiple tours are running through different areas at any given time. It doesn’t explain EVERY scenario, but it got me to realize how eager people are to have an experience there-I was forced to debunk my own “ghostly encounter” as I got better acquainted with the layout. If the Ghoul Boys had been around back then I’d have been a Boogara when I started the job. The time I spent in the house, both on my own and in the presence of my tour groups, turned me into the Shaniac I am today.
@@theCynicalChicken Nvm, I rewound, looks like a Halloween decoration (they do set it up during October so there are fake skeletons, spooky models and paper bat decorations, goofy stuff like that. At least that’s how it’s been in prior years) They probably stored it out of sight of regular guests
I love how they explain the tools to the audience in every episode to show us how they work and such, but tell the ‘spirits’ objectively little to nothing on how it works and just start going at em
@@hw286 That's a real pet peeve of mine about this and a lot of other 'ghost investigation' stuff. For almost all of the 'tools' they have there is like...no evidence ghosts (if they existed) could interact with them at all, and even if they could...how the hell is some 1800s ass dead person going to know how to manipulate radio waves? They likely wouldn't know what a radio wave was even, let alone how to manipulate it.
seriously, the witches hut was the first time i've ever been genuinely compelled by ghost evidence, and I really wanted them to be quiet and really listen
Many people have investigated this location (and most, if not all, of the locations they investigate.) I’m sure the “ghosts” are well aware of what they are and how they work.
Well I feel like if you're communicating with a spirit you gotta keep it short and sweet, they might hear ryan and shane the way ryan and shane hear the spirits: in distorted bits? Also they probably wouldn't even understand the explanations or most of the words needed to describe the item much less the technology behind it. 😅
The real reason the house has such a strange layout is because a massive earthquake caused severe damage to the home, and rather than rebuild it all, Sarah decided to just fill in the spaces, thus creating doorways to nothing and stairwells to ceilings. She was a really creative and great woman who had a passion for design, and she treated her caretakers and maids very kindly, often implementing features to the home to help assist them around her huge manor. She's a woman I greatly appreciate in history.
@@jungtothehuimang except other building are damaged and repaired and they don't look like the Winchester House. WHY repair it like that? THAT'S the actual curiosity surrounding the house
@@secretgirlnow idk, there probably are real answers if people looked but no one looks because they are too busy painting Sarah as a cuckoo old lady who was afraid of demons and ghosts haunting her. In truth Sarah Winchester was a really interesting person.
For the debrief: Shane, what’s the most “convincing” evidence you’ve ever seen? Obviously acknowledging it didn’t actually convince you ghosts are real.
Honestly, I have watched every episode including everything on buzzfeed, and I've yet to see any convincing evidence. ''knowing'' Shane, he thinks exactly the same. Just look at the evidence provided in this video, evidence 001, just a blob on a picture and Ryan calls it a child? Hahaha.
@temeria1986 yea same. For other ghost hunters like overnight it's also very easy to debunk their evidence. Plus I don't trust those "devices", no one knows how they capture ghost presence etc it's just random noises and numbers most of the time
@@SkyeMueller Most evidence is either altered or can be explained any other way, and then maybe that 1% is a mystery but that doesn't make ghosts real or anything, it just means we don't have an explanation for that 1%, so in my book that means ghosts aren't real. I don't trust those devices either, they just claim to capture ghosts but theres no scientific explanation, or anything tested with the devices, they're children's toys. Its like me making a radio and saying that everything you hear on it is from another dimension, it doesn't make it real just by stating such a 'fact'.
Lol, I love how Ryan's trying to ask the spirit a common question like "how old are you" and then Shane just pulls out a nonchalant "Lisa, Do you know what lasers are?"😂😂
For the debrief: I love me a good ghost story, but I always think it's worth mentioning that any reporting on her being ~haunted by ghosts~ came well after she was building anything. No reporting at the time ever talks about it. She just got a bunch of money and had an interest in architecture!! She also paid her workers well, gave them food and housing, worker's comp, hired from the community (girl boss behavior). But it's also speculated stairs lead into walls because things were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and had to just be boarded up! Shrimply put we need more women in STEM (Strange architecture, Tenuous grasp of training in building design, Enigmatic blueprints, Making a good living and work environment for laborers)
Yeah not to mention we have evidence that construction stopped for months at a time on more than one occasion. Woman who treated her workers well and had an interest in architecture resulting in an interesting home doesn't bring in crowds as well as spooky curses and spirits unfortunately.
Shane - if nothing else, you have to appreciate the childlike joy of finding a house like this. Didn’t we all used to dream of a house with secret doors, secret rooms, stairways to nowhere?
@@Abhishek-ue6tj because there are an insane amount of details to find new on each visit. Like the hinges in this one. Shane was in awe of them and it was adorable!
Can you imagine if two guys dressed in funny costumes came and asked you to knock for a conversation and when you finally knock back they act surprised
And treat everything as a joke... it's disrespectful and demeaning, I would keep my distance, or really screw with them to force them have a bit of respect
Did you notice sarah was communicating with them through taps during the seance and then the second ryan said "i wish she didnt" she suddenly stopped tapping. I love a considerate ghost ❤❤️
Honestly, this video doesn't make Sarah look like that crazy old lady she's usually depicted as at all(perhaps a bit unusual, the house is still pretty wacky), she seems like an absolute sweetheart, both when alive and dead.
the context of where that mirror tells us what we basically need to know for the mirror picture. they caught a picture of themselves. it doesn't reflect into the room from that position. It reflects back at the person taking the picture. They caught themselves and tha'ts why it looks a bit odd. it's them with the camera but the shadows obscure some of the camera somewhat.
@@smolshay It'd be great if they had a graphic arts expert who looked over pictures that are suspect. I am no skeptic, but I hate when ppl submit faked evidence and should be exposed as liars. I don't know why people do this, and it's exactly why I disliked them having Garrett Watts on last season.
I love how Ryan mentioned him falling down the stairs as a way to possibly be permanently injured instead of the literal two-story drop from a door leading outside.
Question for the debrief: where do you go after you went to any haunted places? I'm just curious because here in the Philippines, we have this thing called " Pagpag ". It's a tradition where when you went to a funeral, you should not go home immediately. You should go somewhere else like the mall or a 24/7 convenience store to "shake off" or "lose" any being or a ghost who might have followed you ( Pagpag kind of translates to dust off or shake off, depending on the use in a sentence ). It might be a tradition in a funeral, but it is also done when you feel like something had followed you when you left a haunted place. I'm just curious to know if you have any cleansing or whatever routine you do after😂 An "In case" plan 😅
@@miipmiipmiipIt is the cackle of the hatbox though as it was from the advertisement, a character in the movie is called the hatbox ghost and audio of him cackling played
When are we gonna tell sarahs real story about being a brilliant architect and it being her project house. And all the other stuff was made up to make fun of her and call her crazy. She even built and gifted homes for her staff. And now she's just remembered as the crazy lady.
@@vanillabeanzzzyes, there’s more proof of that than there is of the legend. It’s pretty easy to find the actual history of Sarah, the house, and the origin of the ghost stories. If you look up ‘fun facts about the Winchester house’ they’re usually just articles debunking details of the well known story.
The sf gate story debunking story by Katie Dowd says the weird architecture was because she was untrained and learning as she went along, and notes her letters to her sister-in-law saying how she rebuilt things to try to get them to work. Also, to quote, "[her] labyrith arose because she because she made mistakes-- and had the disposable income to keep making them."
If you "make it a thing" and go back every year, start mapping out the rooms you've already been in and where you need to explore next. Do it til you've seen the entire house. That would be an epic series.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! I thought Ghost Files started back up in August?! I'm not complaining! I'm in shock!!! ❤ My day has gotten 100000000% better! Thank you ghoul boys!
it is truly a testament to how entertaining Ryan and Shane are that I'm willingly watching them investigate the same place for the THIRD time xDDD they could probably investigate the same place repeatedly the entire ghost files season and i'd still watch it
Totally agree! I would watch them investigate a newly built home with no evidence of ghostly stuff because it's their personalities, the editing, and the amazing work that goes into producing this that I love so much. You can tell how much they and their crew care about this ❤
I do really appreciate the show’s honesty. May sound silly to say but I’ve watched MANY ghost shows and channels for many years and a lot are fake and over exaggerate the smallest of things and seems like something “always” happens with those other channels making me really think of it was real or not…I love that Ryan and Shane are honest and if nothing happens then nothing happens. I’ve been on many ghost tours/haunted places and nothing happened. The things they do catch I feel are really cool and are believable!
For the debrief: What do you think about the theory that the reason the house has such a crazy design was because of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake? The theory is that large parts of the house were destroyed during the earthquake, and Sarah was to disheartened to redesign and rebuild everything, so she just had the builders fill in the gaps, hence why there are so many hanging doors, crazy corridors, and stairs leading to nowhere. The idea that she designed the house like this on purpose was fabricated many years later.
for the record, this is not a theory, this is the historically true version of events. The curatorial staff at the Winchester house will always say the ghost version is "as legend tells" or something similar because it is not true.
@@tfordham13d recommend looking at the surviving letters Sarah Winchester left to some of her friends! While I do enjoy the myth of it all, it’s largely seen that the mysticism and haunting originated after Sarah’s death as a tourist attraction by the men who bought the house afterwards as a way to convince people to see it. After all, it’s much easier to draw attention to a tourist attraction by claiming a crazy and hysterical woman built it, (which, the sexist undertones of the time are apparent in the early advertising & mysticism of the mansion, especially in how Sarah is still today depicted as a mentally unwell woman building this mansion.) rather than a woman who had too much money on her hands and decided to just make a house for the fun of it because she enjoyed architecture. If I recall correctly, there’s a surviving letter from Sarah that relayed to a close friend of hers that she stopped the building of a hallway because she didn’t like how the natural lighting looked, so she rerouted building plans to another section to continue. It’s truly such a small piece of information that tells quite a lot about her thought process of building the mansion. It was just to fuck around and see what would happen. She had inherited so much money and was an amateur architect. Sarah just had an odd method of construction considering she didn’t seem to plan ahead and just built things wherever on a whim as she had enough money she didn’t have to care about the cost of materials nor worry about living in the final product as she lived elsewhere. It was simply a pet project for a very wealthy lady in a time where women being apart of any “man’s job” was considered absurd and hysteric, while if a man was in her place he would likely be labeled as simply “eccentric.” Construction also stopped at multiple points during its time being built so the myth of it constantly being built is untrue. She also rarely lived in the mansion and often stayed at another residence. The legend of the Winchester mansion is largely considered fake and the tale of a hysteric and satanic woman who continued to build due to a deal with the devil originated after Sarah’s death to invite tourism. But from historical record before her death, it seems she just had money to throw around and decided to build a mansion with it with fairly little architecture experience yet with an enthusiasm her friends thought was a charming part of Sarah. But genuinely, take some time to look up some surviving archived letters from Sarah Winchester to her friends about the Winchester Mansion, if you can. It’s incredibly neat to see tidbits of her thought process on the construction of the house!
@bonebrokebuddy5248 this was so informative and fun to read. I sincerely appreciate you sharing your knowledge on Sarah and her home. I've always been intrigued by her but now you have piqued my curiosity and I am off to explore. Thank you kind soul❤
@@michaelaa4667 glad to have inspired you to look up more about Sarah! If you’d like some other fun figures in history that are fun to look up and pass the time, I’d recommend: - Baron Von Steuben. Helped write the first blue book, is the reason Americans won the American Revolutionary War and not just the French allies. Also was surprisingly openly gay at the time (or at least, G. Washington knew about it but couldn’t care less because Steuben was their only chance at whipping up the soldiers at Valley Forge to be more than farmers with bayonets.), and had a pantsless flaming shots party that has at least two surviving written accounts. He’s such a cool guy to research and there’s so much I didn’t include so this wasn’t 1k words long. - Pliny the Elder. An ancient Roman naval and army commander, scholar, philosopher, writer, and naturalist. He famously wrote Natural History, the worlds oldest surviving encyclopedia. He wrote about all the rocks and the trees and the birds and etc… he also didn’t have time to fact check Anything while he was at it so it’s a beautiful mess. Free translations of the work exist online. I’d recommend taking a look at the later books about medical remedies because they’re so absurd it’s hilarious. The free translated works are so old they’re in the public domain so some of the language is incredibly flowery but I feel like it adds so much to the text and I enjoy it. Also, there’s so many conflicting accounts on how Pliny the Elder died, it’s hilarious. There’s at Least 4 versions I can remember off the top of my head. - Pliny the Younger, Pliny the Elder’s nephew. (Not his son, despite what the naming convention makes many at first think.) He recorded quite a few ancient Roman ghost sightings in his letters if you find that kind of thing fun. And also recorded some of the first accounts of Christianity from an outsiders viewpoint in his letters. - William Stewart Halsted, the ‘father of American surgery.’ He had a many a great advances in surgical medicine and sterilization techniques. He was also hopelessly addicted to cocaine&morphine for a large portion of his life. And in fact he wrote one of the first medical papers on the topic! I can’t post the link or I’d get flagged as a bot but the name of the paper is “ON THE USE OF COCAINE FOR PRODUCING ANÆSTHESIA ON THE EYE.” And just Try to out loud speak the opening paragraph. You can definitely tell he was on the aforementioned substance while writing the paper, it’s almost unintelligible, it’s fantastic. But I’d recommend looking up articles or podcasts about him! Sawbones: A Martial Tour of Misguided Medicine has a particularly great episode on him with some very good research. - Barbara McClintock and her discovery of “Jumping Genes.” An amazing Nobel Prize winner who was truly ahead of her time in science and gene study. The modern terminology for “jumping genes” is “transposons” and they’re a fascinating topic to research on their own as well! Have fun researching!
I love that Shane called Sarah "the goat" - just imagine if the ghost of Sarah would have heard that - would probably lead to a similar situation when those actors called Meryl Streep "goat" and she thought they didn't like her 😅😮
I'm so glad to have Shane investigating with Ryan. I always feel the same way he does. I tell my kids all the time.. "Dont believe everything you hear and only 1/2 of what you see"! Everyone is always so quick to say it is a ghost when most of the time, it's simple pareidolia
This. I believe in ghosts and have had my own unexplainable experiences. But I think 99% of the time, "ghost encounters" are really the result of people psyching themselves up. Natural creaking of buildings, seeing patterns, dust, mistaken objects, your brain generally just playing tricks on you... All these can lead to the common "paranormal phenomenon".
@@amyotto9341 It because deep down he knows exactly how the spiritbox works, and that they're just hearing garbled noise from different radio stations, with an occasional clear word or two.
I mean, there's also the fact that _every time_ they've used the honey tone attachment for the spirit box, they've ended up with that "screams of the damned" response. So it's more than likely a case of Ryan understanding how the spirit box fundamentally works (note that whenever the spirit box is used in Watcher it's either with the honey tone or with the estus method), combined with basic pattern recognition in seeing that "honey tone = screams of the damned". The whole use of the spirit box, in general, feels very much like a "maybe this time it'll actually work" situation for Ryan, as he always starts a session taking it seriously but quickly turns to goofing around a bit as he knows it's just giving him noise from local radio.
Oh y'all have _sponsors_ sponsors. Congratulations, boys! Crazy that I've been watching you since high school when you were still at [REDACTED] and I'm a year out of college now. Very proud to see you get your own company, be able to do what you want, and make (hopefully) more doing it.
To think, it was so cruel of that medium to make Sarah believe that she was cursed and the ghosts were after her. That person singlehandedly drove her to insanity.
maybe, a lot of people say she was probably just continuing to build to keep people employed, since it was the depression and there werent rlly other jobs for them to do. i think it probably started with psychic, and then sarah realized it was kinda bogus and just kept building since she had already committed to it, yk
@@smexygecko9053Eh a lot of the debunking videos bring up how dubious those claims are. It’s quite possible she never believed in any of that stuff to begin with and it was just people gossiping about the weird old rich lady and her confusing mansion. Then it got exaggerated after she died to turn her house into an attraction to make money.
@@smexygecko9053 Stuff you missed in history class also when over how she was also an amateur architecture enthusiast who had the money to mess around and find out.
As much as I don't like the dramatization and exploitation of a nice woman who had a lot of tragedy, it's what it takes to keep the house profitable and running. Having been there myself its so beautiful I'm willing to look the other way to make sure it stays preserved
Ryan and Shane going back to all the haunted houses they visited at Buzzfeed is giving Taylor Swift's (Taylor's Version) and it makes me INCREDIBLY HAPPY.
I wish they had gone over how the whole "if the hammers ever cease" thing is a myth and Sarah actually just wanted to redesign her home a bunch. She wasn't a cursed woman, she was an eccentric widow who passed the time doing home renovation.
Having been to the Winchester Mansion myself, I think Sarah Winchester was just a cool sad old lady who had a lot of architectural ideas that didn’t pan out due to the earthquake and other natural occurrences, had weird architecture ideas because of her arthritis, and paid her workers handsomely. I’m sure it’s a lot spookier at night, but if there are any ghosts there I think they’re friendly.
She also had arthritis, hence the changes in the stairs. Also, she was known for continuing unnecessary building projects so that builders w/o jobs would get a living wage. It was her way of giving charity without "giving charity" and "insulting" these men. All of the other stuff was made up after her death.
They literally are the best in the biz. Greatest ghost hunters hands down. The fact that I’m a shaniac, a non believer, and they’re able to get people like me to enjoy a ghost hunting show is why they are the best.
I always like the idea of ghost not being dead, but in their time encountering ryan and shane as 'ghosts'. It would explain a lot of the confusion. Imagine a ghost asking you to repeat their name back to them.
Every time I see those 3D blueprints of the house I am overwhelmed by a) how cool it is and b) how proud I am of the ghoul boys and all they’re doing 🥹
If I saw that mannequin thing at 52:24 I would poop my pants. How isn’t that Shane is never spooked by anything?!?! Although he isn’t scared there’s something funny about his interactions with inanimate object that I deeply enjoy
I was just thinking about how much of a scaredy cat Ryan was and how I could definitely do the investigation better until I felt my heart just stop completely at the sight of the mannequin 💀I swear shadow figures and stuff like that scare the hell out of me
I'd really love it if they started wearing heart rate monitors for their solo walk through. Whatever the hell Shane saw at 52:22 would have jump scared the shit out of me but he didn't even seem phased. Would love to see if there was even a spike in his heart rate there.
I was born and raised in the Bay Area and I really wish people would start telling the true story of this house alongside the legend. Sarah deserves that.
As a Disney sponsored episode, you can feel the ghoul boys are a bit restricted to what they are saying to make it "family friendly". But I'm still happy for them to get noticed by the big guys in the entertainment industry. Hoping more success to Ryan and Shane in the future!
Am I the only one who first impressions of the house is “she’s pretty.” Like, what a gorgeous craftsmanship. Low key want to visit just to admire the artistry in the little details on the exterior. Odd to put all that work and effort in making a weird thing so beautiful.
I learned a little while ago that some parts of the houses were destroyed by an earthquake. That's probably why strange features like stairs that lead to nowhere exist; Sarah didn't carry through with complete restoration of her house. The house is still a marvel, but I wonder what it must have looked like before then 😯
I visited there, and it was so beautiful and bright in the daylight. inside of the building was kinda weird but still beautiful and really interesting! the staff who toured us was really nice, too. I didn't feel anything dark or haunted, but still so facinating place.
I love how Ryan really really wants to find ghosts but at the same time he is absolutely petrified every time he thinks there’s a ghostie around and then just wants to leave 🤣
My school was like if you ordered the Winchester house from Wish. It kept being re built as the population grew, but badly. Most of the stairs went from the first to the third floor without letting you out at the second. Then you had to negotiate long spooky convoluted corridors to find stairs down to the second floor which sometimes necessitated going back up to the third. Second floor students were always turning up late for class as a consequence of getting lost and terrified.
This kinda reminds me of my school lol. When they started it out they didn’t have a school building, so they did the logical thing put it in an abandoned asylum instead. Students were always getting lost and had to pass through other ‘classrooms’ to get to their own. Luckily, they had boarded up access to the tunnels running underneath the building at that point. We go back on field trips sometimes. Needless to say it is also, apparently, very haunted.
My school was also like this lmaoo. The whole layout was like a fucking maze. To get from a classroom on one end of the school to another on the other end ON THE SAME FLOOR( 3rd floor), you had to go through 3 different staircases because classrooms on the same floor were divided into two separate halves for no fucking reason. first you had to go down a staircase that only went to the second floor, then go through 2 corridors to get to the staircase that went down to the first floor, then again go through a bunch of corridors to finally get to the ONLY staircase that led you directly up to the other half of the third floor. And this was just in one of the buildings, not to mention that there were 2 other buildings built just like this one💀 it was unreal. I got lost a few times when I was a lil kid. We all grew up cursing the architect that put us in such misery for all our schooling years.
I went to the Winchester Mansion a few year ago and there were many tours and people there, including children. so its totally possible a little boy from a tour group was looking out, because I was looking out the windows seeing people take photos in front of the mansion myself.
I was a reenactor at a historical mansion in my home town. We used to mess with guests all the time by peaking through the windows when the tour guides were looking. They’d get us in photos all the time, think they had ghosts and we’d just chuckle. We’d also run through after just putting on perfume or spray our clothes with stuff at the end of our shift to keep it fresh that got reported as unique smells. Knocking on the walls, foot steps heard in the attic where “no one could go” etc. A year after I left the place it turns out they brought in ghost hunters who found a bunch of “spirits” that oddly did what we used to to mess with people.
@@L16htW4rr10r Well then you're interrupting your sleep, the human body is made to get up when it sees light. Only children are scared of the dark / fairy tales
@@temeria1986 people who sleep better with lights aren't interrupting their sleep if they... sleep better with lights. also, there are innumerable circumstances in which people are exposed to light conditions and sleep just fine. i live in a place where the sun doesn't set for months in the summer, you think none of us sleep at night?
What they COULD have done if they wanted to truly ruin Ryan's life is pretend they never saw a Sarah mannequin, like "oh are you sure there's a mannequin there? I never noticed it." Then a crew member slips unnoticed into the room after Ryan goes back out to meet Shane, hides the mannequin in another part of the house. Shane says "which room was the Sarah mannequin in, let's get a picture with her," they go into the room Ryan KNOWS he saw her in. She's gone. She was never there. At least... not in mannequin form. OooOOooOooOooh (Listen I know they're definitely not allowed to pick display stuff up and move it but I think it would have been worth any potential consequences)
I honestly love this house because it’s just a large, old footprint. We are quick to get rid of old things and it’s just nice to see something being maintained. It’s beautiful.
Ryan, you really dont need to be scared. Sarah Winchester was a very kind soul and all of her workers were very happy in life. I would be very surprised if there were any malevolent forces in that house
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This comment was made 21 hours before the release of the video btw
GHOUL BOIS!
no debrief?
WOOO
FINALLY NEW EPISODE!!!!
I don’t think I will ever get tired of them predicting what the other is doing followed directly by a clip of them doing that specific thing.
Yes! And Shane did an excellent job calling out Ryan’s yelling😂😂😂
Hahahaha 100% baby
Soulmate things
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@@louiseharpth1267not exclusive, sometimes you just learn how people react to things and such to the point you can guess correctly.
I love that two men dressed like train conductors from the 1800s screaming "I love you!" and "I hate you!" at a ceiling while standing in the middle of a room somehow is the pinnacle of ghost hunting on the internet.
Ryan is gay
I’m dying
@@ashleepaige1238 Be sure to haunt somewhere they'll visit.
I love that they’re wearing the same fit yet Ryan is giving newsie while Shane is giving old-timey train conductor
Omg now I cannot unsee that xD
I’m mentally making a musical based on a train conductor & a newsie being friends. It’s all to the tune of Newsies (I’m blending the incarnations) but yeah :)
Outfit… dang Gen Z and shortening of words.
@@tristanyohn1086boo hoo get over it
@@tristanyohn1086it’s not that deep
Petition to have Ryan and Shane revisit the Sallie House dressed as demonic little girls
Perfect 👍
you're so right
I respect the grind to see femboy ryan
Yes
Yesss
Ryan to Sarah in the Séance Room: 'would you like to talk to us when we're alone later?'
Sarah: *taps yes*
Later: neither of them actively try to talk to Sarah in the Séance Room during their solos. You ghosted a ghost.
Yeah isn’t that kind of rude? 😅 I mean she was VERY RESPONSIVE when asked to do an interview. Knowing a little about Sarah’s background, when she was alive she was a very nice and compassionate person prolonging jobs past her death to make sure people were okay. 😂 she’s even kind enough to say “yes” to an interview.
They didn’t do any investigating during their solos. I was really disappointed. Have they just decided to not do any investigating during their solos any more and just try to scare Ryan?
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Shane even ate her food hahahauahaah
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For the debrief: Sarah Winchester came from a long line of tradesmen, most of the building that she did took place in economic downturns. Have you ever considered that she was simply giving local tradesmen and carpenters jobs in order to keep their families afloat in hard times?
You hit the nail on the head with your comment.
woahhhh this is so interesting, i’ve known about the house and the events of it for years but this seems so obvious now. awesome comment!!
I’ve never heard this before- good point!
That's probably part of it at least, I had no idea about that. That's very cool to know
But the ghost story is still fun too!
This is widely believed to be true! She paid her employees extremely well and they were very close to her. I read a book about Sarah Winchester, and this is one of the conclusions about her “oddities”.
Shane and Ryan dancing on their own in a dark room dressed as basically Mario and Luigi is far more entertaining than it ought to be
Haha I literally thought they would be perfect cosplay for Mario and Luigi !!!
GAYY SHOW
@@QuietBeasthuh
That could give ghosts the heebie geebies
Ryan trying to organise the ghosts like primary school kids is the best thing I've ever seen
Awww that’s so accurate ❤
AHAHA that’s exactly what i thought it was so silly 😭😭
Time stamp??
@@EmanAzeem353maybe 41:07 ?
@@EmanAzeem353 so late lmao but they meant around 15:00 with “ok ok settle down!” XD
For the debrief: Credit to my mum for this idea, Ryan should wear a heart rate monitor in an episode so that we can watch his heart rate climb in real time whenever he gets scared.
This show keeps getting better and better, the graphics are so beautiful!
Yes! Seconded
*Everybody* needs to upvote this comment!
I am doing my part!!
🤣🤣!
Tell your mom we all said she’s a genius and thanks
Shane seems like he’s gonna be a fun senior citizen.
Ryan's gay
@@QuietBeastgood for him
ryan's married to a female btw
@@QuietBeast And? Why would that even matter
He's younger than me but everything I aspire to when I'm old
I love how Shane is supposed to be the skeptic, yet is always vividly prepared to suplex a ghost at any opportunity
Temporary belief is a thing, with enough stimulus you can "believe" something for a short period of time. There is also temporary sustained belief where people can do rituals and intentionally make themselves believe in dirties or whatever for the psychological effect and boost one can get from it, this is used in chaos magic when the practicioner is atheist. It really indicates that a person is getting at the root of what belief is. This is simmilar to why people who don't believe in ghosts can still get spooked for a while after watching a show or movie, or how one can cry from a movie even when they know it's not true.
@@whatabouttheearth nah Shane doesn't believe even temporarily he plays along for Ryan and for the entertainment value. He did it a lot in the unsolved days as well. For example when the door (next to the open window) was moving "on it's own"
GAY SHOW
@@showaker4755
What I am refferencing is a sliding scale type of thing beginning with how even an absolute skeptic can get spooked by watching such things if they play into it, just like how people can get emotional about movies they know are fake. Like I said, it's an actual tactic used in chaos magic, it can be done and is all the time.
You can bend your mind to temporary belief if you will to no matter how skeptical you are. It will reveal to you what people who believe in religion and the paranormal are actually going through psychologically (sort of) but they don't notice it. This gets in to non supernatural techniques and concepts of things like (wiki these) 'thought forms', 'egrigores', 'servitores' and other things used in chaos magic.
@@QuietBeast
You have a fetish and obsession about gay things?
That conversation in the witches' attic really sounds like a bunch of workers wondering why they're hearing disembodied voices and getting the hell out of there because it freaked them out. Maybe WE'RE the ghosts
One of my theories about haunted places is that it’s not dead spirits but just places where time is kinda thin or maybe there’s some overlap or ripple or something. So what we pick up are things that come through whatever gap or overlap or whatever it is in time. So they are ghosts to us and we’re ghosts to them
Soo… you’re all quite literally describing the 2001 movie “The Others” lol
I've always thought about this too! There are so many things that we still don't know so maybe the sounds that we're hearing are like from another dimension
@@katokabi986 which is kinda cool of people to think that way if you entertain the idea that none of us (myself included) never saw that movie lol let people have fun
@@lullsbaby9321you should see that movie it’s really good
was not expecting ghost files so soon after the first season but i’m ok with it 😭😭😭
it's a special one off!
@@flowerfloc that makes a lot more sense lol
me too i was not expecting Ghost Files to come out earlier but I hear it's a special taste for us on behalf of the sponsorship of Haunted Mansion which is now going to be a movie from our favorite ride at Disneyland/Disney World
so happy they brought that up
Me either! I yelled lmao
it's just a 1 hour commercial for the Haunted Mansion movie
A part of the reason why the mansion looks the way it does is because Sarah built it during the depression. She knew if she stopped building once she finished the work she wanted done, the construction crew would be out of work and there wasn't any more jobs out there for them. Much of what doesn't make sense was made during that time. She was also known to be a very good and considerate employer. payed her staff better than anyone else and ensured people had the time off they needed, something few employers did at the time. I firmly believe the house is haunted, but not because of unrestful spirits, but because those who reside there were happy there. By all accounts, she was a very kind and considerate person so I don't see a reason to fear her spirits if she is there. I imagine she'd be happy to have people visit her home now as it as a museum means the home continues to create and maintain jobs. She was the last of the truly philanthropic millionaires.
That is the most considerate explanation I've heard. And I see no good reason to dispute it.
Wait, did I mishear? I thought she died in 1922, which is before the depression?
Was there a depression before the 30s? She died in 1922. The Great Depression happened after the bottom fell out of the stock market in 1929.
I've never heard that it was because of a depression, just that she offered jobs to people who struggled to find work and needed it. I've also heard she paid for their housing while they were working for her. I could totally buy that she just kept building because she had so much money she didn't know what to do with and decided to use it as an excuse to help people.
@@violetsnotviolence There was the Panic of 1907, but that isn't widely seen as a full depression, instead it was a series of bank failures that happened after someone attempted to corner the copper market. There was also the Panic of 1893, which was a pretty massive depression that affected a large number of industries. It was eclipsed some time later by the Great Depression, but for a period of about 7 years or so, it was pretty devastating.
It is very amazing that shane is not scared at all. Like even if I weren't afraid of ghosts my mind would just go "WHAT IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL PERSON IN HERE" and get paranoid
no literally bc i dont believe in ghosts but places like this still terrify the crap out of me bc the concept of a living person being in there with you is just worse in the first place
It’s cause he’s done with Ryan’s sh** and already completed his accomplishments🙃
I remember there have been a few times Shane got pretty spooked, even by his own admission because of the exact reason you said. He was starting to think someone was in there.
@@jdonovan74I remember the body chute incident...
Given the times he got spooked were in the premise that he thought someone could be there... Quite reasonable and much more really scary since they could really do something...
Ghosts and Ryan are gay
Also it just dawned on me that the creepy tall, lanky figure that's often found standing in the middle of a dark long hallway or room that will charge at you suddenly is indeed Shane.
More for the Demon!Shane theory
@@dull_demon4717>.> ao3 tag
It's always Shane he's the demon
FOR DEBRIEF: You guys need to do a GHOST FILES INTERNATIONAL... there are some ancient sites around the world that have been haunted longer than the united states has even existed
Babes they gotta make a profit somehow
Probs would demolish their budget
Honestly that would be so cool to do for one-offs, just little international specials every now and then
They don’t have that buzzfeed budget anymore
@@kps20244 they get around $30k a month off patreon, that's enough to potentially have 1 international episode or even 2 per season if they put aside some specifically for those ones. Also, Disney advertised here lol they get money from that too
Okay so now that Disney have sponsored you, they need to let you ghost hunt in the actual Haunted Mansion attraction
It is an open secret that people often scatter cremation ashes in the Haunted Mansion ride. The cast-members really don't like this but it still happens every year.
@@brushdogart yeah, I feel so sorry for the CMs having to deal with that!
@@brushdogartas a CM I regret to inform you that it’s not just the Haunted Mansion. People throw ashes on so many attractions…
Yeah… there’s bound to be so many ghosts in Disneyland and world due to all of that
@@allthenamesiwantedweretakenpeople just love the parks, and if their loved one did they want them to spend forever there I guess? But yes, the sad truth is all that happens when they do that is the attraction is shut down and cleaned. I know I’ve overheard Indiana Jones CMs talk about it happening there a lot, same with pirates.
I love the idea that Sarah built a house so the demons couldn’t find her and then Shane struggled to find the Witch Cap… I’m not saying he’s a demon but I am saying #boogara
Shane is not a Demon, he is The Demon
The story about Sarah Winchester is actually completely fabricated. ruclips.net/video/A0XMn095fd0/видео.html
one of these days Shane needs to run out of the place screaming, acting like he's terrified, scaring the shit out of Ryan, only to tell us that it was an act after Ryan goes in
i think he did something similar once i might j b spreading misinfo but i think he started randomly screaming in2 a walkie talkie but like ryan knew he was j trying 2 scare him
I feel like Shane coming out silently with his eyes wide open and shaky would be more believable than him screaming lol
Shane needs some black contact lenses so he can stand silently at the end of a hallway (after going missing for awhile) and let Ryan find him like that. No reaction at all, just a big, blank smile. Bonus points if it's a demon house.
He did that at the lighthouse, kinda, I tuink
For the debrief: There’s no evidence Sarah actually ever held a seance in her “seance room”. Her strange designs were inspired by a lot of architectural trends at the time. The small stairs and “secret” passages in the Mansion were to help her get around despite her arthritis. The carpenters she hired were paid well above the minimum wage and she was beloved by them all. I personally believe she wasn’t crazy, just odd; her uniqueness made her a subject of inquiry and dramatization. I am SO excited for the new season Ghoul Boys!! #shaniac
A lot of the stuff that seems kooky now (like the door that opens onto nowhere) is due to the earthquake damage and things that were torn down or closed off for safety. I went on a tour of the house with a guide who was NOT interested in selling the ghost stories, it was really interesting.
@@sdrawkcabemdaer5Yeah, I went on a tour as well, and they kind of talk about the spooky stuff but are mostly concerned with sharing her true story.
These days the house offers two different tours, a normal historical tour and a "ghost tour". I think it was a good call to separate the two so that people can chose which one they want.
Yeah and she seemed to just enjoy building and rebuilding the house, it'd make a lot of sense to me if she just gave up on trying to make it function as a house in the typical sense and just built things wherever she felt like it. Also, she was a rich woman living alone, making the house difficult to navigate could have also been for her safety. Honestly I would love to live there, secret rooms and passages and doors to nowhere and cool architecture??? What's there not to love
I don’t think she was crazy either. The house is a bit odd as is because of the fact it was built during the Victorian era and the lay out of those houses were strange compared to more modern houses (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) and yeah. I’d probably have to go do some research just to double check to make sure what I’m saying is right because I’m just going off of memory so again please feel free to correct me!
I love Ryan just putting up pics with what he thinks is clear evidence and Shane just immediately going "no, that's not a ghost"
I get that the burden of proof is on the believer but also… the border like gaslighting by Shane hahahaha. So good.
“nuh uh”
The evidence they’re adding to the shows are sooo fake too! It’s painful to watch the bad acting of these random ppl who captured the “evidence” - it’s obviously scripted. I wish they didn’t put it in the show.
@@ToastyDanzig i don't think it's bad acting, i think these people are just bad on camera. I'm terrible on camera.
@ToastyDanzig I think when you submit evidence, they do ask you to keep it under 30 seconds, so it actually has to be scripted and remember, these people aren't used to being on camera so it's going to be a bit quirky.
I love the idea of Sarah Winchester thinking that Ryan and Shane are really contractors and getting mad that they just want to sit and talk 😂 Great episode! Woo! Season 2 is here!
😊😊😊
Sarah actually seemed to be a decent host to people she contracted! They would take long breaks but I believe the same contractors would come back to her.
@@Iavieenvert she was actually just passionate about architecture
Ryan: oh my god, im so freaked out by all this activity
Shane: what great hinges! Look at this architecture! Oh look, chocolate!
Shane *admiring detail in celling trim* “the design they hand carved into this is just lovely, the little flowers are so cute!” Ryan “I heard a noise, I’d like to go home now please”
Sadly Sarah Winchester was just a misunderstood and harassed widow who was helping support local carpenters and tradesmen through building projects meant only to keep her interested, not to keep ghosts away.
Kaz Rowe has a great video exploring historical accounts of Sarah Winchester’s life.
I'm very glad to see someone bringing this up in the comments.
Word? Didn’t know this and I’ve wanted to go here for like 15 years!
Very true, I suspect that they had to say certain things as part of the contract to film there to keep the illusion of the haunting.
Kaz Rowe does the best researched informational videos on such a varied array of topics in such a unique way , love her
Simon whistler also did a good video on her and the house on his channel Decoding the Unknown
Can I just say that the sentence "We haven't been to this house since the last time we were here" made me laugh so hard as it is true for most people at any house. 9:37
technicallycorrect
Anybody else thinking Ryan and Shane look a little like old-timey Mario and Luigi?
So excited Ghost Files is back!!
When Shane had his first photo taken in front of the mansion my first thought was 'look at his little Mario outfit!' Together with the grin and mustache- really compelling!
Reminds me of the Wright Brothers
Luigi's Mansion
They are channeling Wes Andersons life aquatic 😝 for the studio shots
i think that was the whole point
ONE FACT MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT REALIZED: Sarah Winchester, alone, knew that entire 160 room mansion like the back of her hand. She never got confused nor lost in it.
Thanks for putting it out here for us, but Did she tell you that?
@@reeshxv Read her history and bio
@@reeshxvshe lived there…. Of course she would remember it
For debrief, in the witch room, when the honey tone box says the possible "Ryan" it really sounds like "Liar" which is right after Shane lies and says his name is Chester Mcguillicudy
It sounded like “quiet” to me!
I am fairly confident it says “Joe Biden”
Didn't it keep asking for a name? Ghostie-goo is onto you, Shane!
Yes! That's exactly what I heard and thought! Called Shane a liar lolol
Since creepy long hallways seem to be a running thread between episodes, imagine getting about 10 REM pods and lining them up across the hallways and sitting at the end of it in the dark. If a spirit shows up and walks down the hallway, they'll light up one by one. Sounds like a good way to fully mark movements, and even if not, that just sounds like a tremendously fun thing to make Ryan do.
that would be really cool, or put a few in & outside of whagever room hes in so he can see them coming in and out lol. not sure how expensive they are or if they could justify that many rem pods anyway but if it worked ojt it would be great haha
the electromagnetic waves from the other rem pods would set each other off, they would have to be spread out
GAY show
@@QuietBeast hell yeah man
@@risipieces lgtv+ wants others' kids!
they can't produce none
"This is our third time investigating, we've been here on another........ show."
Ryan's divorce arc with Unsolved is actually so much better than the one with Shane lmaoo
What happened with that
what happened between them and buzfeed??
@@asminhartavi92 they left because creative differences and pay
@@asminhartavi92 Nothing really “happened” between them and Buzzfeed, they just left on bad terms cuz-let’s face it, most former Buzzfeed employees do-Ryan and Shane are just more vocal about it.
@@asminhartavi92to add onto what others have said, Buzzfeed also doesn't really give credit to the people who make their shows. buzzfeed unsolved never had credits that listed Ryan as the creator, for example.
I can just imagine just a bunch of workers around Shane and Ryan being like “dude MOVE its my turn to speak”
Like i just love the idea of a bunch of ghost trying to openly communicate but they keep fighting for the chance 😭
Like minions 🥺😂
“ That’s one of the most beautiful hinges I’ve ever seen in my life! This lady had great hinge taste” Shane cracks me up!
The overalls are giving Mario and Luigi vibes. I’m digging it.
Seriously, though! That hinge was unexpectedly decorated.
Totally especially when Shane is taller than Ryan just like luigi is to mario.
Someone shoulda gave Ryan a light up mushroom for a flashlight during his walkthrough. 😂
@@luciferstooth4214as Shane said dat lady’s got great hinge taste
You could say that Shane's comments are pretty... unhinged.
I like how they asked her if she wanted them to get back to work, she presumably said yes, and then they proceeded to ask her questions and make demands. Just the worst employees ever from Sarah's perspective
Shane trying so hard not to say they were obviously given faked evidence with the record player thing and Ryan just not letting it go. 😭
I mean if it is haunted and playing music you would have to explain how it's playing a y music without record or a needle, the obvious answer is it? they faked it.
I don't know any ghost evidence that suggest they are signing old tunes haha
Would be easy to put a phone in there and fake it honestly.
He has been doing that since that one episode where someone claimed to have an audio record of a ghost, when it's just them whispering on the tape lmao
@@chacha_zemiseiNot to mention the estus method which is obviously fake
@@laughy38247357075834oh shit, that my favorite thing! How is that fake? I’m curious
It always comes back to your mindset honestly, not all believers believe all evidences given are real because we ought to question critically, it's a tough matter and if you will just stand on nothing is real then you will forever stand on "that's fake" unless you put yourself on "that's interesting" rather than just "it's fake" or "that's real" now that's real fun.
Sarah Winchester has always fascinated me. Not the ghosts but how grief drove her. Hearing that her true treasure wasn't money, but her husband and daughter's obituaries speaks volumes. I really hope she has found peace.
At this point I️’m convinced Shane agreed to start the Watcher channel for the sheer fact that he gets to torture Ryan while simultaneously exploring cool buildings.
I was a tour guide there in high school. With all respect to the person who shared the first submission (photo with what looks like a boy in an upstairs window), it’s very likely just a living boy on a tour. The Mansion Tour route goes through those rooms. You can see the stained glass windows of the Daisy Bedroom just to the right; it’s an important stop since it was Sarah Winchester’s bedroom prior to the 1906 Earthquake, when she got trapped there and subsequently boarded up the front rooms.
The majority of the stories I heard from both guests and coworkers were easily explained by the fact that multiple tours are running through different areas at any given time. It doesn’t explain EVERY scenario, but it got me to realize how eager people are to have an experience there-I was forced to debunk my own “ghostly encounter” as I got better acquainted with the layout. If the Ghoul Boys had been around back then I’d have been a Boogara when I started the job. The time I spent in the house, both on my own and in the presence of my tour groups, turned me into the Shaniac I am today.
That must have been such a cool job!! Is the entire house open to the public, or just parts of it?
Also, WTF is that on the stairs at 52:24 ?!
Ryan is gay
@@theCynicalChickenjust parts of it, and I’m really not sure what you’re referencing in that clip, seems like only a split second
@@theCynicalChicken Nvm, I rewound, looks like a Halloween decoration (they do set it up during October so there are fake skeletons, spooky models and paper bat decorations, goofy stuff like that. At least that’s how it’s been in prior years) They probably stored it out of sight of regular guests
Yea I live about 20 minutes away so I’ve been there probably 5 times and never witnessed anything, not that it’s conclusive
I love how they explain the tools to the audience in every episode to show us how they work and such, but tell the ‘spirits’ objectively little to nothing on how it works and just start going at em
if i was a ghost who died before half of this technology i’d be so confused, wanting to communicate but just dumb as hell
@@hw286 That's a real pet peeve of mine about this and a lot of other 'ghost investigation' stuff. For almost all of the 'tools' they have there is like...no evidence ghosts (if they existed) could interact with them at all, and even if they could...how the hell is some 1800s ass dead person going to know how to manipulate radio waves? They likely wouldn't know what a radio wave was even, let alone how to manipulate it.
seriously, the witches hut was the first time i've ever been genuinely compelled by ghost evidence, and I really wanted them to be quiet and really listen
Many people have investigated this location (and most, if not all, of the locations they investigate.) I’m sure the “ghosts” are well aware of what they are and how they work.
Well I feel like if you're communicating with a spirit you gotta keep it short and sweet, they might hear ryan and shane the way ryan and shane hear the spirits: in distorted bits?
Also they probably wouldn't even understand the explanations or most of the words needed to describe the item much less the technology behind it. 😅
The real reason the house has such a strange layout is because a massive earthquake caused severe damage to the home, and rather than rebuild it all, Sarah decided to just fill in the spaces, thus creating doorways to nothing and stairwells to ceilings. She was a really creative and great woman who had a passion for design, and she treated her caretakers and maids very kindly, often implementing features to the home to help assist them around her huge manor. She's a woman I greatly appreciate in history.
Well I’m glad she didn’t follow that passion and kept it to herself and her own house 💀
That doesn't really answer anything though. It went from "she built it weird" to "she rebuilt it weird." Doesn't answer why
@@secretgirlnowshe filled in damage as best she could. That is the answer. OP answered it for you.
@@jungtothehuimang except other building are damaged and repaired and they don't look like the Winchester House. WHY repair it like that? THAT'S the actual curiosity surrounding the house
@@secretgirlnow idk, there probably are real answers if people looked but no one looks because they are too busy painting Sarah as a cuckoo old lady who was afraid of demons and ghosts haunting her. In truth Sarah Winchester was a really interesting person.
For the debrief: Shane, what’s the most “convincing” evidence you’ve ever seen? Obviously acknowledging it didn’t actually convince you ghosts are real.
Hasn’t he answered this before? Or am I confusing it with the “what has scared you the most” question?
Honestly, I have watched every episode including everything on buzzfeed, and I've yet to see any convincing evidence. ''knowing'' Shane, he thinks exactly the same. Just look at the evidence provided in this video, evidence 001, just a blob on a picture and Ryan calls it a child? Hahaha.
@temeria1986 yea same. For other ghost hunters like overnight it's also very easy to debunk their evidence. Plus I don't trust those "devices", no one knows how they capture ghost presence etc it's just random noises and numbers most of the time
@@SkyeMueller Most evidence is either altered or can be explained any other way, and then maybe that 1% is a mystery but that doesn't make ghosts real or anything, it just means we don't have an explanation for that 1%, so in my book that means ghosts aren't real. I don't trust those devices either, they just claim to capture ghosts but theres no scientific explanation, or anything tested with the devices, they're children's toys. Its like me making a radio and saying that everything you hear on it is from another dimension, it doesn't make it real just by stating such a 'fact'.
I think it was prob the blue ball and the boy in the hall 😮
Lol, I love how Ryan's trying to ask the spirit a common question like "how old are you" and then Shane just pulls out a nonchalant "Lisa, Do you know what lasers are?"😂😂
I love Ryan clearly being scared shitless and still doing impeccable product placement. I hope Disney paid you well for this one!
It's Disney I'm sure they did lol
Shoot, I bet Disney paid Watcher better than they pay their own writers.
@@groofayhow you know they don’t pay them well?
😂 this video is an ad.
Y'all realize Walt stole everything he marketed?
For the debrief: I love me a good ghost story, but I always think it's worth mentioning that any reporting on her being ~haunted by ghosts~ came well after she was building anything. No reporting at the time ever talks about it. She just got a bunch of money and had an interest in architecture!! She also paid her workers well, gave them food and housing, worker's comp, hired from the community (girl boss behavior). But it's also speculated stairs lead into walls because things were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and had to just be boarded up! Shrimply put we need more women in STEM (Strange architecture, Tenuous grasp of training in building design, Enigmatic blueprints, Making a good living and work environment for laborers)
I want to be your bff, this comment is hilarious
Thanks for commenting this! I was really hoping to hear more about that, and how the haunting was basically made up to be a tourist trap. ^^;
Thanks for saying this. That story is so fake.
Yeah not to mention we have evidence that construction stopped for months at a time on more than one occasion. Woman who treated her workers well and had an interest in architecture resulting in an interesting home doesn't bring in crowds as well as spooky curses and spirits unfortunately.
Best comment.
Shane - if nothing else, you have to appreciate the childlike joy of finding a house like this. Didn’t we all used to dream of a house with secret doors, secret rooms, stairways to nowhere?
Clearly he does because the only comments hes making at all on the house are how beautiful some of the details of the decor are haha
@@bustedkeatonexactly. He very much appreciates the houses.
He does appreciate it.. but you have to remember this is his third time visiting this same house.. how long could you keep praising the same place
@@Abhishek-ue6tj because there are an insane amount of details to find new on each visit. Like the hinges in this one. Shane was in awe of them and it was adorable!
@@poppyonline4034 true Shane does have an eye for details
Can you imagine if two guys dressed in funny costumes came and asked you to knock for a conversation and when you finally knock back they act surprised
And treat everything as a joke... it's disrespectful and demeaning, I would keep my distance, or really screw with them to force them have a bit of respect
I thought it was considerate she stopped tapping when Ryan said "I wish she wouldnt"
Ryan trying to crowd-manage the ghosts is the funniest thing I've seen for ages!
That was hilarious 😂
15:11
Did you notice sarah was communicating with them through taps during the seance and then the second ryan said "i wish she didnt" she suddenly stopped tapping. I love a considerate ghost ❤❤️
Honestly, this video doesn't make Sarah look like that crazy old lady she's usually depicted as at all(perhaps a bit unusual, the house is still pretty wacky), she seems like an absolute sweetheart, both when alive and dead.
Consent is key
the photo evidence is my favorite part of ghost files because my reactions consistently match Shane’s exactly LOL
yesss it’s the funniest part
I believe in ghosts, but that foggy figure at the table is 1000% shopped lmao
the context of where that mirror tells us what we basically need to know for the mirror picture. they caught a picture of themselves. it doesn't reflect into the room from that position. It reflects back at the person taking the picture. They caught themselves and tha'ts why it looks a bit odd. it's them with the camera but the shadows obscure some of the camera somewhat.
As someone who believes in ghosts (at least more than Shane does ) I also have the same reaction as Shane 😂
@@smolshay It'd be great if they had a graphic arts expert who looked over pictures that are suspect. I am no skeptic, but I hate when ppl submit faked evidence and should be exposed as liars. I don't know why people do this, and it's exactly why I disliked them having Garrett Watts on last season.
another amazing episode of ghost files from the always talented Ryan and Chester McGillicutty
hats off to you - excellent comment
Chester "Brad" McGillicutty
not including ryan's last name implies that he and chester mcgillicutty are married, and i for one support this
GAYe show
I love how Ryan mentioned him falling down the stairs as a way to possibly be permanently injured instead of the literal two-story drop from a door leading outside.
Tha chances of dying is higher for the two story drop
It felt like Ryan was a stressed elementary school teacher trying to control his kids on a field trip during the Witch’s Cap segment. 😭
lol exactly
Question for the debrief: where do you go after you went to any haunted places? I'm just curious because here in the Philippines, we have this thing called " Pagpag ". It's a tradition where when you went to a funeral, you should not go home immediately. You should go somewhere else like the mall or a 24/7 convenience store to "shake off" or "lose" any being or a ghost who might have followed you ( Pagpag kind of translates to dust off or shake off, depending on the use in a sentence ). It might be a tradition in a funeral, but it is also done when you feel like something had followed you when you left a haunted place. I'm just curious to know if you have any cleansing or whatever routine you do after😂 An "In case" plan 😅
We have a similar tradition of shaking off ghosts after funerals in Sri Lanka!
They go to Taco Bell
Taco Bell
They probably get Chipotle.
My family and I do that after we go to spooky locations as well! It feels wrong not to
The editor who wrote the CC deserves a raise. The ghoulish cackle of the hat box ghost? A Disney reference too?? Iconic
As a hearing impaired person I appreciate the jokes and things like this. I helps (for me at least) get more off the vibes Ryan and Shane give off
@@miipmiipmiipIt is the cackle of the hatbox though as it was from the advertisement, a character in the movie is called the hatbox ghost and audio of him cackling played
Something about Ryan trying to get the house to believe he's from back in the day by saying "I left my toolbox out in the parking lot" just killed me.
Just snorted😂
When are we gonna tell sarahs real story about being a brilliant architect and it being her project house. And all the other stuff was made up to make fun of her and call her crazy. She even built and gifted homes for her staff. And now she's just remembered as the crazy lady.
is there any actual proof of this? genuinely asking here i would love to do more research on it
@@vanillabeanzzzyes, there’s more proof of that than there is of the legend. It’s pretty easy to find the actual history of Sarah, the house, and the origin of the ghost stories. If you look up ‘fun facts about the Winchester house’ they’re usually just articles debunking details of the well known story.
WOAH. Today I learned.
Hearing this version of her history I don’t think she was crazy. More like overtaken by grief which I don’t blame her.
The sf gate story debunking story by Katie Dowd says the weird architecture was because she was untrained and learning as she went along, and notes her letters to her sister-in-law saying how she rebuilt things to try to get them to work. Also, to quote, "[her] labyrith arose because she because she made mistakes-- and had the disposable income to keep making them."
If you "make it a thing" and go back every year, start mapping out the rooms you've already been in and where you need to explore next. Do it til you've seen the entire house. That would be an epic series.
@@donho6856 because it’s a one off sponsored episode about a haunted mansion
@@donho6856 complain complain complain, boohoo xD
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! I thought Ghost Files started back up in August?!
I'm not complaining! I'm in shock!!! ❤ My day has gotten 100000000% better! Thank you ghoul boys!
I think this is just a standalone episode (see description). The actual Season 2 might actually only air on August
@@j3sv1n That's what I thought, just in shock lol thanks! What a treat!
They did say this was a special episode.
@@j3sv1nWhat in the description?
@@bhargavipba I typed this before even watching lol
it is truly a testament to how entertaining Ryan and Shane are that I'm willingly watching them investigate the same place for the THIRD time xDDD they could probably investigate the same place repeatedly the entire ghost files season and i'd still watch it
Totally agree! I would watch them investigate a newly built home with no evidence of ghostly stuff because it's their personalities, the editing, and the amazing work that goes into producing this that I love so much. You can tell how much they and their crew care about this ❤
They are professional hunter now :))) damn they know what the gouls fan want
same tbh XDDD
I do really appreciate the show’s honesty. May sound silly to say but I’ve watched MANY ghost shows and channels for many years and a lot are fake and over exaggerate the smallest of things and seems like something “always” happens with those other channels making me really think of it was real or not…I love that Ryan and Shane are honest and if nothing happens then nothing happens. I’ve been on many ghost tours/haunted places and nothing happened. The things they do catch I feel are really cool and are believable!
I didnt realize we were getting ghost files back so soon after mystery files!!
this is just a one-off until the next season in august :)
@@mulletmutt ah, that works for me well enough then haha
For the debrief: What do you think about the theory that the reason the house has such a crazy design was because of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake? The theory is that large parts of the house were destroyed during the earthquake, and Sarah was to disheartened to redesign and rebuild everything, so she just had the builders fill in the gaps, hence why there are so many hanging doors, crazy corridors, and stairs leading to nowhere. The idea that she designed the house like this on purpose was fabricated many years later.
for the record, this is not a theory, this is the historically true version of events. The curatorial staff at the Winchester house will always say the ghost version is "as legend tells" or something similar because it is not true.
@@tfordham13d recommend looking at the surviving letters Sarah Winchester left to some of her friends!
While I do enjoy the myth of it all, it’s largely seen that the mysticism and haunting originated after Sarah’s death as a tourist attraction by the men who bought the house afterwards as a way to convince people to see it.
After all, it’s much easier to draw attention to a tourist attraction by claiming a crazy and hysterical woman built it, (which, the sexist undertones of the time are apparent in the early advertising & mysticism of the mansion, especially in how Sarah is still today depicted as a mentally unwell woman building this mansion.) rather than a woman who had too much money on her hands and decided to just make a house for the fun of it because she enjoyed architecture.
If I recall correctly, there’s a surviving letter from Sarah that relayed to a close friend of hers that she stopped the building of a hallway because she didn’t like how the natural lighting looked, so she rerouted building plans to another section to continue.
It’s truly such a small piece of information that tells quite a lot about her thought process of building the mansion. It was just to fuck around and see what would happen. She had inherited so much money and was an amateur architect. Sarah just had an odd method of construction considering she didn’t seem to plan ahead and just built things wherever on a whim as she had enough money she didn’t have to care about the cost of materials nor worry about living in the final product as she lived elsewhere.
It was simply a pet project for a very wealthy lady in a time where women being apart of any “man’s job” was considered absurd and hysteric, while if a man was in her place he would likely be labeled as simply “eccentric.”
Construction also stopped at multiple points during its time being built so the myth of it constantly being built is untrue. She also rarely lived in the mansion and often stayed at another residence.
The legend of the Winchester mansion is largely considered fake and the tale of a hysteric and satanic woman who continued to build due to a deal with the devil originated after Sarah’s death to invite tourism.
But from historical record before her death, it seems she just had money to throw around and decided to build a mansion with it with fairly little architecture experience yet with an enthusiasm her friends thought was a charming part of Sarah.
But genuinely, take some time to look up some surviving archived letters from Sarah Winchester to her friends about the Winchester Mansion, if you can. It’s incredibly neat to see tidbits of her thought process on the construction of the house!
@bonebrokebuddy5248 this was so informative and fun to read. I sincerely appreciate you sharing your knowledge on Sarah and her home. I've always been intrigued by her but now you have piqued my curiosity and I am off to explore. Thank you kind soul❤
Very GAY show
@@michaelaa4667 glad to have inspired you to look up more about Sarah! If you’d like some other fun figures in history that are fun to look up and pass the time,
I’d recommend:
- Baron Von Steuben. Helped write the first blue book, is the reason Americans won the American Revolutionary War and not just the French allies. Also was surprisingly openly gay at the time (or at least, G. Washington knew about it but couldn’t care less because Steuben was their only chance at whipping up the soldiers at Valley Forge to be more than farmers with bayonets.), and had a pantsless flaming shots party that has at least two surviving written accounts. He’s such a cool guy to research and there’s so much I didn’t include so this wasn’t 1k words long.
- Pliny the Elder. An ancient Roman naval and army commander, scholar, philosopher, writer, and naturalist. He famously wrote Natural History, the worlds oldest surviving encyclopedia. He wrote about all the rocks and the trees and the birds and etc… he also didn’t have time to fact check Anything while he was at it so it’s a beautiful mess. Free translations of the work exist online. I’d recommend taking a look at the later books about medical remedies because they’re so absurd it’s hilarious. The free translated works are so old they’re in the public domain so some of the language is incredibly flowery but I feel like it adds so much to the text and I enjoy it. Also, there’s so many conflicting accounts on how Pliny the Elder died, it’s hilarious. There’s at Least 4 versions I can remember off the top of my head.
- Pliny the Younger, Pliny the Elder’s nephew. (Not his son, despite what the naming convention makes many at first think.) He recorded quite a few ancient Roman ghost sightings in his letters if you find that kind of thing fun. And also recorded some of the first accounts of Christianity from an outsiders viewpoint in his letters.
- William Stewart Halsted, the ‘father of American surgery.’ He had a many a great advances in surgical medicine and sterilization techniques. He was also hopelessly addicted to cocaine&morphine for a large portion of his life. And in fact he wrote one of the first medical papers on the topic! I can’t post the link or I’d get flagged as a bot but the name of the paper is “ON THE USE OF COCAINE FOR PRODUCING ANÆSTHESIA ON THE EYE.” And just Try to out loud speak the opening paragraph. You can definitely tell he was on the aforementioned substance while writing the paper, it’s almost unintelligible, it’s fantastic. But I’d recommend looking up articles or podcasts about him! Sawbones: A Martial Tour of Misguided Medicine has a particularly great episode on him with some very good research.
- Barbara McClintock and her discovery of “Jumping Genes.” An amazing Nobel Prize winner who was truly ahead of her time in science and gene study. The modern terminology for “jumping genes” is “transposons” and they’re a fascinating topic to research on their own as well!
Have fun researching!
I love that Shane called Sarah "the goat" - just imagine if the ghost of Sarah would have heard that - would probably lead to a similar situation when those actors called Meryl Streep "goat" and she thought they didn't like her 😅😮
I had the same thought! 😂
Yeeessss😂😂😂😂
I'm so glad to have Shane investigating with Ryan. I always feel the same way he does. I tell my kids all the time.. "Dont believe everything you hear and only 1/2 of what you see"! Everyone is always so quick to say it is a ghost when most of the time, it's simple pareidolia
This.
I believe in ghosts and have had my own unexplainable experiences. But I think 99% of the time, "ghost encounters" are really the result of people psyching themselves up. Natural creaking of buildings, seeing patterns, dust, mistaken objects, your brain generally just playing tricks on you... All these can lead to the common "paranormal phenomenon".
"believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see"- Edgar Allan Poe I believe
Spirit box straight up blasting wails of the dead and Ryan just chillin is character development I honestly never expected to see.
You're right! I was sitting there thinking, "this is one of the creepiest things they've ever gotten on the spirit box" and he's absolutely fine.
@@amyotto9341 It because deep down he knows exactly how the spiritbox works, and that they're just hearing garbled noise from different radio stations, with an occasional clear word or two.
I mean, there's also the fact that _every time_ they've used the honey tone attachment for the spirit box, they've ended up with that "screams of the damned" response. So it's more than likely a case of Ryan understanding how the spirit box fundamentally works (note that whenever the spirit box is used in Watcher it's either with the honey tone or with the estus method), combined with basic pattern recognition in seeing that "honey tone = screams of the damned".
The whole use of the spirit box, in general, feels very much like a "maybe this time it'll actually work" situation for Ryan, as he always starts a session taking it seriously but quickly turns to goofing around a bit as he knows it's just giving him noise from local radio.
Gaye show and cast
Oh y'all have _sponsors_ sponsors. Congratulations, boys! Crazy that I've been watching you since high school when you were still at [REDACTED] and I'm a year out of college now. Very proud to see you get your own company, be able to do what you want, and make (hopefully) more doing it.
To think, it was so cruel of that medium to make Sarah believe that she was cursed and the ghosts were after her. That person singlehandedly drove her to insanity.
maybe, a lot of people say she was probably just continuing to build to keep people employed, since it was the depression and there werent rlly other jobs for them to do.
i think it probably started with psychic, and then sarah realized it was kinda bogus and just kept building since she had already committed to it, yk
@@smexygecko9053Eh a lot of the debunking videos bring up how dubious those claims are.
It’s quite possible she never believed in any of that stuff to begin with and it was just people gossiping about the weird old rich lady and her confusing mansion. Then it got exaggerated after she died to turn her house into an attraction to make money.
@@smexygecko9053 Stuff you missed in history class also when over how she was also an amateur architecture enthusiast who had the money to mess around and find out.
As much as I don't like the dramatization and exploitation of a nice woman who had a lot of tragedy, it's what it takes to keep the house profitable and running. Having been there myself its so beautiful I'm willing to look the other way to make sure it stays preserved
52:23 I love how Shane just casually said "hey", If it were Ryan, he'd be hysterical XD
Perfect transition from mystery files, straight on to ghost files! Y'all are awesome watcher!!!
at 52:22 shane casually going "Hey" at the figure that made me literally jump in a chair is so on part for the course honestly
What even is that
I SAW that too!! what even was that
@@Rengoku88906 They show this in the debrief episode during the daytime tour. It's a figure behind a pane of glass setup there to scare ppl touring.
i laughed so hard at that oh my god
I wanted Ryan to see that in his solo so much!
Ryan and Shane going back to all the haunted houses they visited at Buzzfeed is giving Taylor Swift's (Taylor's Version) and it makes me INCREDIBLY HAPPY.
Winchester Mansion (Watcher’s Version)
I was explaining this series to my cousin watching it for the first time exactly like this😂
@@kenna163why make this comment at all lmao like what's the point
@@kenna163but they wouldn’t sell them to her that was the entire point
GAYe show, GAYe cast
I wish they had gone over how the whole "if the hammers ever cease" thing is a myth and Sarah actually just wanted to redesign her home a bunch. She wasn't a cursed woman, she was an eccentric widow who passed the time doing home renovation.
Having been to the Winchester Mansion myself, I think Sarah Winchester was just a cool sad old lady who had a lot of architectural ideas that didn’t pan out due to the earthquake and other natural occurrences, had weird architecture ideas because of her arthritis, and paid her workers handsomely. I’m sure it’s a lot spookier at night, but if there are any ghosts there I think they’re friendly.
Plus adding things on to the house was a easy way for her to distract herself from her loneliness and use up her money
She also had arthritis, hence the changes in the stairs.
Also, she was known for continuing unnecessary building projects so that builders w/o jobs would get a living wage. It was her way of giving charity without "giving charity" and "insulting" these men. All of the other stuff was made up after her death.
They literally are the best in the biz. Greatest ghost hunters hands down. The fact that I’m a shaniac, a non believer, and they’re able to get people like me to enjoy a ghost hunting show is why they are the best.
listen, as someone who is open to the possibility of ghoulies, what if the real ghost files were the friends we made along the way?
The graphics are amazing. Huge props to the graphic artist who creates the house layout art.
It reminds me of Resident Evil ❤
Shane appreciating the hinges is amazing. Which to be fair, were pretty awesome hinges
i need to know what ryan's reaction was to finding out he gets to be sponsored by disney
THATS WHAT I SAID
I was thinking the same thing! The'yre moving up! Proud of them
I always like the idea of ghost not being dead, but in their time encountering ryan and shane as 'ghosts'. It would explain a lot of the confusion. Imagine a ghost asking you to repeat their name back to them.
going outside to grab ur wrench and hearing a tall disembodied voice yell “you are a house”
@@smexygecko9053 the voice itself is tall?
yes of course the voice is tall its shane
Every time I see those 3D blueprints of the house I am overwhelmed by a) how cool it is and b) how proud I am of the ghoul boys and all they’re doing 🥹
I love how they actually revisit old places again. no one else does this
this is the 3rd time they've been here though
If I saw that mannequin thing at 52:24 I would poop my pants. How isn’t that Shane is never spooked by anything?!?! Although he isn’t scared there’s something funny about his interactions with inanimate object that I deeply enjoy
Shane's actually a demon and he's just humoring Ryan before he takes his soul, therefore nothing really phases him.
I was just thinking about how much of a scaredy cat Ryan was and how I could definitely do the investigation better until I felt my heart just stop completely at the sight of the mannequin 💀I swear shadow figures and stuff like that scare the hell out of me
@@Kal8Eth i Don’t know how I always forget that Shane is literally a demon
That thing actually scared the shxt out of me OMG. And Shane just brushed over it😭
@@emilygundel5524 LIKE HOW?!
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. A perfect way to unwind after the end of _Mystery Files._ Well, maybe "unwind" is the wrong word for Ryan.
True that.
Couldn't have put it better.
I'd really love it if they started wearing heart rate monitors for their solo walk through. Whatever the hell Shane saw at 52:22 would have jump scared the shit out of me but he didn't even seem phased. Would love to see if there was even a spike in his heart rate there.
It was just a prop, similar to the mannequin dressed up as Sarah that Ryan saw on his solo walkthrough.
It did jump scare the hell outta me!
I was born and raised in the Bay Area and I really wish people would start telling the true story of this house alongside the legend. Sarah deserves that.
As a Disney sponsored episode, you can feel the ghoul boys are a bit restricted to what they are saying to make it "family friendly".
But I'm still happy for them to get noticed by the big guys in the entertainment industry. Hoping more success to Ryan and Shane in the future!
Am I the only one who first impressions of the house is “she’s pretty.” Like, what a gorgeous craftsmanship. Low key want to visit just to admire the artistry in the little details on the exterior. Odd to put all that work and effort in making a weird thing so beautiful.
I live about 20 minutes away and I love the house for its beauty and history, but it is peaceful and calm, not remotely haunted or creepy.
I learned a little while ago that some parts of the houses were destroyed by an earthquake. That's probably why strange features like stairs that lead to nowhere exist; Sarah didn't carry through with complete restoration of her house.
The house is still a marvel, but I wonder what it must have looked like before then 😯
I visited there, and it was so beautiful and bright in the daylight. inside of the building was kinda weird but still beautiful and really interesting! the staff who toured us was really nice, too. I didn't feel anything dark or haunted, but still so facinating place.
i used to believe in ghosts when i started watching your invetigations but since then you've convinced me otherwise, thank you ghoul boys!
Lmao I wish I could like this comment twice
I used to not believe in ghosts and this series only confirmed that belief, still very fun to watch but nope that shit does not exist haha
Literally the opposite of what Ryan wants lmao!! But I can't lie I feel the same way!! 😂😂
I used to kind of believe in them but this series has proved they ain’t real
30:44 okay …who else thought Ryan and Shane were gonna start droppin BARS when they said “We’re gonna try reaching out via rapping”
LITERALLY MY ONLY THOUGHT
I love how Ryan really really wants to find ghosts but at the same time he is absolutely petrified every time he thinks there’s a ghostie around and then just wants to leave 🤣
My school was like if you ordered the Winchester house from Wish. It kept being re built as the population grew, but badly. Most of the stairs went from the first to the third floor without letting you out at the second. Then you had to negotiate long spooky convoluted corridors to find stairs down to the second floor which sometimes necessitated going back up to the third. Second floor students were always turning up late for class as a consequence of getting lost and terrified.
Was it haunted? Because this honestly sounds like a fun place 🤣
@@MarkelleRayneeSheree If it wasn't it ought to have been.
This kinda reminds me of my school lol. When they started it out they didn’t have a school building, so they did the logical thing put it in an abandoned asylum instead. Students were always getting lost and had to pass through other ‘classrooms’ to get to their own. Luckily, they had boarded up access to the tunnels running underneath the building at that point. We go back on field trips sometimes. Needless to say it is also, apparently, very haunted.
@@cmcshane2740you got to go to school in an abandoned asylum?!
My school was also like this lmaoo. The whole layout was like a fucking maze. To get from a classroom on one end of the school to another on the other end ON THE SAME FLOOR( 3rd floor), you had to go through 3 different staircases because classrooms on the same floor were divided into two separate halves for no fucking reason.
first you had to go down a staircase that only went to the second floor, then go through 2 corridors to get to the staircase that went down to the first floor, then again go through a bunch of corridors to finally get to the ONLY staircase that led you directly up to the other half of the third floor.
And this was just in one of the buildings, not to mention that there were 2 other buildings built just like this one💀 it was unreal. I got lost a few times when I was a lil kid.
We all grew up cursing the architect that put us in such misery for all our schooling years.
I went to the Winchester Mansion a few year ago and there were many tours and people there, including children. so its totally possible a little boy from a tour group was looking out, because I was looking out the windows seeing people take photos in front of the mansion myself.
I was a reenactor at a historical mansion in my home town. We used to mess with guests all the time by peaking through the windows when the tour guides were looking. They’d get us in photos all the time, think they had ghosts and we’d just chuckle. We’d also run through after just putting on perfume or spray our clothes with stuff at the end of our shift to keep it fresh that got reported as unique smells. Knocking on the walls, foot steps heard in the attic where “no one could go” etc.
A year after I left the place it turns out they brought in ghost hunters who found a bunch of “spirits” that oddly did what we used to to mess with people.
Thats actually hilarious
@@stayso4py951 it’s shitty
@@stuffylamb3420 i mean if you are that gullible you deserve to be laughed at
Yeah thats not cool unless you told them u were messing with them after
Love the fine line Shane walks between dismissive yet respectful of the fan submissions 😅
Saaaaame. "I think we got a cranker" is an ideal example lol
The dif between Shane and Ryan walking down the hallway is hilarious. For Shane it was a nice little stroll, while for Ryan it was a race.
Shane never fails to surprise me with how not scared he is. My heart was pounding when he turned his lights off and he’s just there playing around 😅
Scared of what exactly? Theres nothing to be scared of. Do you turn the lights off when you go to sleep? Et voila.
@@temeria1986 I always keep a few lights on. It didn't help that I have active imagination
@@L16htW4rr10r Well then you're interrupting your sleep, the human body is made to get up when it sees light. Only children are scared of the dark / fairy tales
@@L16htW4rr10rWhy if anything all these videos including the buzzfeed ones prove it’s all just made up.
@@temeria1986 people who sleep better with lights aren't interrupting their sleep if they... sleep better with lights. also, there are innumerable circumstances in which people are exposed to light conditions and sleep just fine. i live in a place where the sun doesn't set for months in the summer, you think none of us sleep at night?
What they COULD have done if they wanted to truly ruin Ryan's life is pretend they never saw a Sarah mannequin, like "oh are you sure there's a mannequin there? I never noticed it." Then a crew member slips unnoticed into the room after Ryan goes back out to meet Shane, hides the mannequin in another part of the house. Shane says "which room was the Sarah mannequin in, let's get a picture with her," they go into the room Ryan KNOWS he saw her in. She's gone. She was never there. At least... not in mannequin form. OooOOooOooOooh (Listen I know they're definitely not allowed to pick display stuff up and move it but I think it would have been worth any potential consequences)
I feel bad for the person who had to map out the layout of this investigation for the 3D floor map. They must’ve had a WONDERFUL time
The true MVP of this episode
a 3d of this house already existed! some brave soul did it, but not on the watcher team.
I honestly love this house because it’s just a large, old footprint. We are quick to get rid of old things and it’s just nice to see something being maintained. It’s beautiful.
Ryan, you really dont need to be scared. Sarah Winchester was a very kind soul and all of her workers were very happy in life. I would be very surprised if there were any malevolent forces in that house