Hinsdale House: Skeptic Goes on a Ghost Hunt with Kenny Biddle

In this episode of Ghosts in the Machine, we go looking for ghosts! I was invited to join a ghost hunt at the Hinsdale House, an allegedly very haunted house in New York. I figured it might be fun to take you along with me, and provide some skeptical commentary along during the event. The night (and video) ends with a seánce where a table is moved by the spirits...or the guy the channeling the "spirits". Get settled in and watch a ghost hunt from a skeptic's point of view.

[@pandakaizen]

excellent video! would love to see more skeptic "ghost hunt" debunks!

[@xaphan8581]

Same, I watched this channel “paranormal files” and they were suppose to bring a subscriber on a hint to kind of prove its real. Well anyways they invited one of their friends. I wonna see them bring Kenny.

[@missyflutter5562]

Me too, blind believers that spin it to fit their narrative drive me mental on KZbin. An investigation needs skepticism to get to the crux of what we ALL want answers to!

[@Ghost_bros]

I love you 💗

[@DanielKlaes]

Great video, absolutely nothing wrong with sone critical thinking when doing this stuff. After watching, I can definitely see where we can make some improvements with items that rattle or make noise, or even filling gaps or holes.. while I can’t control what happens when I’m not there, it doesn’t hurt to have multiple views or looks at things that are presented as evidence. I very much appreciate your approach.. you are welcome back any time my friend!

[@EntitySevenParanormal]

There is just too many people in that house.

[@chelleb8977]

just saw this today, great video. The dowsing rods surprised me because I live in South Carolina and the company that dug the ground of our house for fiber optic line USED dowsing rods to mark water and electric. No joke, I laughed at him. Tell you what though, they were right on the money.

[@ShannonHeimburg]

I've seen them actually work, too. I saw an electrician use them, and he was dead on with them.

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

Idk about ghosts but that basement staircase wiring situation scares the heck out of me. If anything scared me out would be the fire hazard posed.

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

Yeah I’m sorry. I’m not a fussy person for homes but damn that house simply needs a wrecking ball. That’s the only hope. Structure is gone. Wiring is out code. HVAC is nonexistent plumbing looks sketchy and I swear I hear leaking water. Foundation is sad. Hahha. Spend more to fix that dump into a mostly unusable configuration in this age and you still have a tiny poor configured space.

[@timothyloveridge4051]

I love the part where the table is moving, and when you look at the hands next to his, you can see that they are just following the table, but his by contrast are anticipating the movement first, then the table follows suit, brilliant video.

[@elizabethrussell1877]

Finally after years of searching I finally found this video. I went to this investigation with my father and haven't been able to find the video.

[@emrysjones1914]

Dude I would love to go ghosty hunting with ya. I mean I'm in-between when it comes to believing. I think a lot people dramatize stuff. I like that you point out what could make stuff spooky. You got my sub

[@michaelstanleewalker2632]

This was great, Kenny! I'd love to see you do more videos like this in the future! This is the type of content I'm trynna watch lol

[@diangansen8482]

Ah, the old "Victorian ghost" presence. If I were pretending to see a ghost, I would describe a hippy or a giant sloth...yeah, sloth ghost!

[@scottplumer3668]

I've noticed that too. It's always "Victorian." Why not Edwardian or Georgian?

[@feyrie]

WHERE ARE US POC GHOST?????

[@BlackBlaze222]

@@scottplumer3668 because people don't know those things exists and ghost hunting is based around confirmation bias. They want a ghost to exist so it does in the only way they can imagine it to exist.

[@kunya16]

To be fair, most people can't even date the victorian era. Any era that happened a long time ago and women wore long dresses is "Victorian". Had a guy say the 1200's is Victorian, was very sure he was right.

[@Fightforyourdreams2024]

Someone I know woke up to see an Indian man complete with turban, stood smiling at her from the foot of her bed! He was solid looking then just vanished. I've seen a cat spirit sat on my shoulder! Someone else I knew saw her dead brothers spirit stood in her bedroom, a year or so after he died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Ww2. She screamed and he vanished, he was smiling at her, she said with hindsight she wishes she had spoken to him.

[@adamsvellore]

Great job Kenny; a well-made video indeed! I wish an opportunity like this would come my way at some point in my life.

[@davetheforevervenom]

I WANT MORE. Subscribed! Cant wait for the next video.

[@escapeartist1258]

This was a really interesting watch. Thanks!

[@purpleoctave]

I recently discovered you when you were a guest on a podcast. This is exactly the content I love. I love ghost hunting shows, but I sit there and debunk or criticize as I watch. I don’t believe in ghosts or demons, but I do like a good ghost story. Keep up the good work!

[@lisaspencer1057]

As someone who lives an hour away hearing of this house for years and knowing people who have “investigated” this is the first I e heard of a woman in white. That has NEVER been a part of the lore.

[@kunya16]

First I'd heard of it as well.

[@chelsealouise3137]

That paranormal family was just there and mentioned a woman in white

[@guhhhhh9032]

I've found an article from 2016 talking about the woman in white...so she's been part of the lore for a while

[@RevilHermes]

I'm an urban explorer and i have spent nights in places like abandoned hospitals, old houses and castles and have seen nothing and heard nothing suspicious. I did hear many times snoring and farting homeless people ;P

[@LuvThyMind29]

I think generally, one hour or one day in a location won't be enough for you to experience something. Better to move into a haunted location and report back after 1 year or more

[@Huskytickler]

Great video as always, you explain things well and there are far too many supposed “ghost hunters” out there producing absolutely fake videos, you could almost equate the reactions of such a large group of “ghost hunters” as mass hysteria, that contagious effect that takes in an entire crowd of people, feeding off of one another’s fears or as in this case one another’s very miss guided beliefs.

[@feyrie]

Finished watching the video, I love this. Awesome friendship and shows good intentions when someone asks for true feedback on the ghost hunting. Hopefully they fix the hole and don’t do the table thing anymore.

[@basiliskos119]

Hey Kenny, that article about the Blackwell Ghost was excellent! I saw the movie today and went online to find more about it. On this video, I don’t understand why they are trying to communicate with Laura Dandy, she didn’t die in that house, from what I remember..

[@radicalraccoon]

Having just discovered your content recently, I'm excited to check out this video. Keep up the awesome work, Kenny Biddle! I love your unbiased and open minded approach to these subjects. I'm in a bit of a neutral position on the subject, personally. I've had my own experiences that I was unable to find explanation for, which is where most of my interest in the topic stems from, but I digress.

[@BlackBlaze222]

I'm not sure unbiased is the right call here. He very clearly doesn't believe and will openly show why things can't be what people think they are, he even challenges those that believe by showing them how it could be anything else.

[@robpalmer1387]

Great video Kenny! I’ve never been on one of these so now I almost feel like I have.

[@sgerbic]

Terrific Kenny - really enjoyed it all.

[@badatpseudoscience]

47:00 For the moving table. If you could get someone to go along with it, have him try it with a lubricant on the table.

[@cheyenneasiafoxe292]

How Kenny doesn't burst out laughing at the pseudo-hypnosis BS os beyond me--im laughing my pretty ass off!

[@sideshowrupert3]

Great video idea, well done

[@Old52Guy]

Excellent! Maybe the Hinsdale is haunted, maybe not. I only say this because something real often starts the stories and rumors that then take off. But it's reputation is very tarnished by people who think they have to have a show. This was a great debunk.

[@sgerbic]

Amazing! Great work Kenny. How can they not not hear weird things?

[@schmal911]

14:25 i'm fully convinced that at least a third of the random knocks and thuds on the ghost hunting shows are fridges/ice makers

[@cm9439]

Bogus and hilarious!👻🎃💀 Happy Halloween 2023!

[@adruiddrummer8841]

On the topic of not calling things out in the moment: If the IRS told a crooked company that they'd be auditing this year's financials next year the odds are very good that said company would have no crooked dealings for the IRS to find. If a First Amendment auditor tells government officials up front that they're looking for constitutional right violations, those government officials are likely to NOT violate the auditor's rights while they're recording or not interact with them at all. Likewise, if Kenny had told everyone that he was a skeptic and would be looking for evidence of fraud, the seance guy may not have even had the seance, may have come up with a reason why seaces don't work in the presence of skeptics, or it might have been as uneventful as the dowser in the basement. Announcing your intentions in advance can weaken the integrity of the investigation. Nobody wants to act bad when they know they're being watched for bad behavior. I'm fully in support of blending in in the moment.

[@gisellelabonte3206]

Good stuff. Quick thought on idiomatic movement, if I got that right. My family is extremely skeptical, my dad loves your magazine, but my sister and I use the ouija board a lot because the results are so dramatic. Quick, unexpected answers. The idea that our subconscious is working cooperatively in such a visual way is still very cool and exciting. If you’ve ever had that experience, you start to feel a “pull “ and really don’t feel like you aren’t moving it but take your fingers off for a second, either one of you, and it stops moving. The human mind is extraordinary.

[@sharivaudo5908]

I know I'm late to the party, but I'm so happy to have found your channel. I thought I was the only one who does not believe in that spirit talker. I've said, for years, that they're talking to a machine.

[@barbararandell6774]

I LOVED your debunk of the Hinsdale house!! As someone who lives in Australia,it's impossible to say how true most of the hauntings in USA are...or even the hauntings in Australia for that matter. I'd like to believe in ghosts, and get that delicious scare thrill, but if there are ghosts out there, I'm sure they have better things to do than to keep coming night after night for the gratification of strangers. And doesn't every haunted house have a lady in white?or a black shadow man figure?

[@forsakethelight]

It is very obvious that Tim is moving the table. You can really tell by looking at his arms.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

My eyes rolled so hard during the Pseudo-Hypnotism crap.

[@kunya16]

That seance is cracking me up. I'm sorry. I can't.

[@OldDog7212]

If they pull out a "spirit box" smash it

[@StefRosaWoods]

Excellent work, Kenny. There's a big difference between self deception and blatant fraud and it's clear which was going on at that seance.

[@DanKoerner]

This is so hilarious on so many levels.

[@Reereesghosttrip]

True believer here just subscribed, I felt welcomed so i decided to stay 😅😂

[@feyrie]

That ghost hunter man with the dowsing rod is a DOUBLE AGENT. 😂

[@feyrie]

Like, I literally screamed laughing when he busted out facts oml. What a G

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

Ah yes the "spirit box" made of a ZT Lunchbox Guitar Amp and two guitar pedals. Made famous by none other then Huff Paranormal.

[@kellywilliams5112]

I'm Native American, raised on a Reservation with traditional spirituality and ceremony, I AM a believer in spirit, ..but a Nonbeliever in most ghost hunters, the ridiculousness I see on TV and on KZbin has made me a pretty jaded skeptic on ghost hunting and those who oooohhhh and awe over the silliness of their video's. As a non believer? could you do me a favor? Tell them to stop using the burial grounds of my ancestors as a blame for a bunch of white people ghosts running around haunting everything!!! I mean geez its such a stereo type lol.. I could tell by his description of the dress, vague as it was, farm women were of lower means and their dresses were pretty simple, usually of calico a cheap material, because they had chores, and those big fancy Victorian gowns with lace and fancy were wore by city women, they just wouldn't have worked for farm life or money.

[@tomkat1983]

I have the feeling this video won't be on Mr. Shaw's "as seen on " resume.

[@bearmannoble]

Excellent video! We need to separate the myth from reality. The interesting thing is I have had many paranormal events in my life. I did not need any tech to experience it. Some of the events I experienced were easily debunked while others still keep me guessing. It’s good to have some logic and reason applied to ghost hunting. I think we can be open minded to the paranormal. As my grandmother used to say to say. Don’t be so open minded that your brain falls out. lol! Again great video.

[@SherylLockhart]

Rats live in that insulation they can travel in walls from the crawl to the attic.

[@seandelorm1333]

I'd be interested in hearing from Tim Shaw about the seance footage. Has he commented at all? It doesn't look good for him honestly.

[@kellybennett1790]

I think it would have been interesting to poll those participants after the fact and ask them if they thought they experienced anything paranormal. I bet a majority would say no and that they knew the guy was moving the table.

[@SeriouslyTechStuff]

I have never seen so many people at an investigation. What a mess.

[@annieroute66]

Hi. beardo gets scared recommended you. I'm a believer in the paranormal as I've personally had a few experiences. the problem with alot of these places it's a performance. you can't have activity all the time. I am just baffled as to why the spirit world make it so difficult to get actual evidence 🤔 great video. 👍

[@yetifeets1857]

Great job! Thanks for your research and for reaching out to believers as well, instead of just "preaching to the choir".

[@kh-fl4pm]

The only ghost channel I 100% believe is Ghost of Carmel Maine.

[@5jjt]

I believe, in the Hillsdale house, human remains were found in that hole in the wall in the basement, where you could see light coming through from the outside. If it was not the Hinsdale, it was a house very similar to this one.

[@johncooper9912]

Scrying Room (Also known as a closet) 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeffleake1960]

Betterer not more better !

[@redman4277]

Home run Kenny 👍

[@the_jd6967]

Benjamin Radford is my favorite skeptic

[@pixiedust817]

Did you spend the night without that group

[@KeysOfMyMind]

I just sit right on the fence, it makes it easier to observe both sides XD

[@erix372]

RE: radio/spirit box: I think one piece your remarks at around 34:00 minutes fail to consider is that most investigators aren’t suggesting ghosts are manipulating radio stations or creating new words themselves. I think the (still unproven) idea is that spirits can simply manipulate pre-existing words already coming through the radio waves. I also think the news station comparison could be improved because the average person isn’t cycling through multiple news stations at high speed.

[@peterjermyn5785]

There is a creepy abandoned mine that's haunted and chased an explorer out of there I wish you would check that one out

[@EntitySevenParanormal]

Having a skeptic with a lot of knowledge on both sides of the fence is very valuable to the paranormal and teams. I would definitely investigate with you. On another note. I have been to many locations and I’m lucky if I get a sound of some sort that I cannot explain but not saying it’s paranormal. As I looked through countless KZbin videos specifically KZbinrs who have gone to the same places I have, it is a complete mindfuck how they can go to the same locations and all hell breaks loose but when I go it is very boring and 99.9% of the time nothing happens. Paranormal is supposed to be a very rare phenomenon however it seems to be a very common normal phenomena.. SMH.

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

Hahaa maybe the ghosts dont like you 👻

[@feyrie]

Also black mold I learn recently can cause visual and audio hallucinations and depending on the person it can affect people instantly or over time,….. behold many old places are pretty dang moldy

[@jessicagraham734]

Is this guy charging for the ghost haunt experience? Because that's so messed up

[@annettelacey7913]

You should ask to go along with exploring with josh,He was,a urban explorer that has got into ghost hunting,I'd love to know what you think,

[@jasmachugh4222]

My group will actually actively try to debunk sounds and noises during the investigation.

[@carrieann1640]

I should think that the 'entities' if any would have had it up to their back teeth with the all the questions. On the other hand It's great that the house is being maintained. I don't not believe in ghosts or apparitions, but, just in case, people should be civil to them. How would a living person feel if they were asked intimate questions by people they don't know, or want to know at all hours of the day and night?

[@VladyslavKL]

🕊

[@yorzephyr4378]

You ever wonder why ghosts have no fashion sense. It always seems to be white dresses. Why not a poodle skirt or a 70's jump suit with giant bell bottoms and butterfly collars. Being dead seems to make you very boring.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

Was that wind or "spirits" trying to talk to you outside LMAO

[@BlackBlaze222]

I think maybe you have a misunderstanding of how they are trying to use the spirit box and why they wouldn't want to use it within a Faraday box. The idea from what I have come to understand is the ghost is supposed to manipulate the radio signals so that it comes through using the snipits of voice from these radio broadcasts. So you hear someone say count with me one, two, then you hear a two from the radio and it goes back to gibberish. The spirit box is the biggest proof in human existence that confirmstion bias is real and it can be a serious problem. These people want to hear something count along so any strong signal that comes through the chaos noise will confirm what they are looking for and the brain will make it sound like what they want because the human mind likes to fill in the blanks to make sense of the world even when it doesn't fit. P.s. awesome video, it was really fun to watch.

[@JohnnyPerth]

So many people

[@unholyfog7448]

The spiritbox and kind of that thing is the biggest nonsense. Ye, in the center of the city/near, in our century, the radio waves and another electromagnetic things are basically everywhere. Especially near and in the cities, the radio programm over the radio programm, wifi signals and another sources of possible radio signal which can sound like a human's voice. The pro tip for ghost hunters, sit somewhere in the control room of the big radio tower, that one which is full of vires, control panels and etc and start searching for the ghost voice and oh god, here will be more clear and even more voices than if you could catch in your house.

[@1superpapa]

Listen carefully about 10 seconds after the 6:50 mark you can hear a EVP.

[@siobhancosgrove7277]

I BELIEVE in ghosts because I have had my own experiences but I am a logic thinker NOT every SUPPOSEDLY haunted house has someone unseen walking about. Any ghost Hunter SHOULD realise that houses cool down at night and it’s that cooling down that is making the CREEPY sounds. My advice is if you’re going to old houses, DON’T jump to the conclusion that you hear a spirit.

[@howellbyrd3819]

I think there was a bit of teamwork going on with the table movement. If you check the guy with the red watch face beside the one doing all the talking, he is pressing down very hard and has the same motion as the "leader." When zoomed out, no one else has the same skin movement or pressure, along with predicting the next directional movement. Even better is the girl's had, on the other side of the speaker shows none of these tendencies. If coordinated, two is better than one for effect and strength of movement. Along with, easy deniability. But, who knows, maybe the spirit was moving through him and it is a coincidence.

[@OlgaRykov]

20:40 just a clarification: ghost hunters should not be using EMF as a tool to find strongest EM fields as per the game phasmophobia, for instance. Instead, one should look for an unexplained fluctuation of EMF measurements, such as remaining in a spot with none, or relatively low levels of EMF measurements, and observing an uncalled for and temporary spike or series of spikes. You don't want to walk around with an EMF and chase the electrical sources of emissions. ...and while I'm at it 6:30 Usually the opposite is true: when one changes things in the house, especially as significantly as renovating, that's when activity increases, or appears for the first time if it never happened before.

[@jsturaveragedad]

I try and stay away from those kinds of "ghost hunts" I prefer to do things on my own with no interference. I've heard disembodied voice, have seen shadows. Also have investigated the Hinsdale with just 2 other people. Needless to say, I got no evp's, or anyting paranormal. just normal house noises. Maybe an off night. Would love to stay a week with no interference.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

I wish that one day a real spirit/entity/ghost or what have you. Comes through on a "spiritbox" and tells the "ghosthunters" to "Bugger Off"

[@OlgaRykov]

that's what spirits usually do, actually, if they do come through a spiritbox. Exactly that: they tell the ghosthunters to "get out" or "leave"

[@reggiecantrell6193]

This is great. Just don't end up like Armoured Skeptic.

[@radicalraccoon]

I second this statement. I can't stand Armoured Skeptic's content anymore.

[@xaphan8581]

Literally the second he started talking about the table before everyone sat down I knew it was cap. It’s kind of annoying he is taking advantage of people like that.

[@jestermoon]

I do admire his approach too this. I see any god explored with rational thinking disappears in a puff of logic.

[@Ghost_bros]

Bro that's why you should go alone at night and stay overnight and bring all your equipment see if you get anything

[@doofdoofparanormal]

The basement is a mess! Why don't people tidy. Haunted? pffft lol Were they having a party or an investigation! Way too many people present. Great video. As a nurse, I am familiar with anatomy, you can see tension in his upper arm and elbow. Clearly faked.

[@moonchildspirit5581]

You HAVE TO be a skeptic walking into haunted place. If your proving existence. Otherwise it's hoaky....

[@rosemaryojeda5949]

I think the reason alot of people see ladies in white because so many families bury their women in white. I would think very few are buried in red or orange, etc.

[@The6Eternal6Dark6Lord]

You should go with Sam and Colby, I want to believe but ehh nothing ever happened to me and I am kinda skeptic

[@megiloth3634]

I despise the SB7 spirit box. You are exactly right. It's radio stations! You may get a quick word or two during the scanning. It's loud, noisy, and if you are recording, any EVP or other allegedly paranormal noise is completely missed because of the overpowering TSHHH TSSSHH TSSSHH TSSSSH of the "broken radio". I would not like an investigation like this. Too many people, and you are sort of obligated to participate in nonsense like hypnotism and seances. My wife and I use basic stuff. Camera, video, audio, REM-POD. Nothing fancy and nothing hokey.

[@Ghost_bros]

I don't consider this... because you should be all alone in that house

[@bdono555]

If you watch his elbows the movement is much more obvious.

[@catrionadunbar5784]

What's with the dolls

[@damattice23]

I do believe in ghosts and in everything having energy. I’m extremely skeptical of most ghost hunters and most equipment used in hunting. It is possible that hunters are trying to prove experiences that they have had but can’t prove to others. I think some are just in it for the attention or camaraderie. I have had paranormal experiences myself, but I can’t prove it. How do you prove to someone what you experienced? Luckily one experience was validated by my ex husband, but that doesn’t mean anyone has to believe that he didn’t tell me things before hand. But both he and I know that it was a spontaneous experience that I shared with him and he validated what I had seen. Was it coincidence? I don’t think so. So I’m still a skeptic of others, but I know what I have myself experienced. And I’m not running a you tube channel or claiming to be psychic or something. I’ve just had some interesting experiences.

[@cheyenneasiafoxe292]

If Hinsdale House is so haunted why are people living there???????????????

[@cheyenneasiafoxe292]

yes put a few creepy dolls and a filthy dungeon-like basement and what do we have-Ghosts and horror.....Poe did it better in fiction anyway!

[@megs4193]

I've watched paranormal reaction videos, because I like the content creators, caspersight and artofkikz, both can be very skeptical, but ...I watch them irrelevant of the content not because of it, then one of them showed twin paranormal, who in the beginning were quite different, obviously young and enthusiastic, which at 52, is not a selling point, it's more annoying, but from the first video I was very drawn to them, I knew something had happened to them, long before I found out something had happened to them, just using logic, there is something very different about them, just like 90% of skeptics are prone to anger and frustration in day to day life, also from logic, when it's not enough to be a skeptic there's a need to prove it coming from something deeper. If I felt a need to prove or disprove this, I would get the gear I would go to a location that everyone agrees is haunted with someone very sensitive but sensible and a few skeptics and a few serious investigators and do it your way, I've not seen one believer or non believer who is completely unbiased, except for Brian J Cano...you need to be the one, I'm going to check your other videos first though. These ghost tours are not the people though, you need someone with passion, and someone youtube skeptics leave alone, sorry though, I won't watch seance or those stupid boards, and God (I do believe) does not....endorse this stuff, this guy has a show to put on, nope, that is a tour...creepy when people start talking that way...😬😑😉😀.

[@Ghost_bros]

Why didn't you go alone and stay the night alone

[@pixiedust817]

This was a dumb rebunk why didn't you go on a regular night with one or two investigators without that huge theatric type group.

[@-danR]

Yeah this the second skeptic investigation I've seen and still not seen an actual investigation without the believer/promoter clown-show.

[@robbieracer3294]

If a place is truly haunted it wouldn't matter who was there investigating...same with the ghost hunters who go at night, doesn't matter...if it's really haunted it would make no difference if it's day or night, there is zero proof ghosts only come out at night.

[@je__.]

😑😑😑 i thought ure going to investigate and stay at the house for the night by urself 🤦‍♂️

[@61lastchild]

In order to hunt...there have to be real targets. Otherwise youre on a rambling walk. To be nice about it. Dowsing rods? Aye. Spare me.

[@starchild7843]

Can you plz look at the channel Really Haunted and get your opinion on that? He claims it's really haunted and shows so called evidence like no other person has had before. That makes me think he is over doing this and faking them because full bodied ghosts, shadow people, orbs. A paranormal ghost hunters wet dream wrapped up in a neat package. Even the most senior hunters don't get that much evidence but this guy records it on a nightly routine.

[@Simon-im2zn]

The stuff he does is fake, 2 years in and still (supposedly) haunted and still living there and no-one is allowed to go into the house just to investigate. No local papers interested no TV interest. SMH how people still believe the really haunted channel...lol. Must go Vlad's knocking on the ceiling I think he wants is dinner.

[@5thdimensionsart]

Who are you talking to? Those who are physically dead. Know nothing. Eccl 9:1-10. ❤ They use power of suggestion, a lot.