Red Letter Media Investigates: The Villisca Ax Murder House

[@D0NU75]

bullying old people got so boring for mike he now bullies their ghosts

[@jensjurgens98]

@@D0NU75 He did not get bored, they just died.

[@Marklennon]

A lot of dead old people to bully

[@cdv6953]

Great comment.

[@Demonmack0]

bullying the TOO old people now.

[@davechan8613]

Linda and Betty…. Your osteoporosis dance coordination was terrible. Are you any better now that you’re nothing but bones!?

[@angryKleiner]

Despite being an overt skeptic, Rich has a great approach to ghost hunting - very methodical and smart. 1) Streamer paper, to eliminate false positives 2) Instead of asking about the murders constantly, he tried to relate to the father with baseball 3) Trying to amuse and entertain the ghost children with something they've not seen yet. To me, it's like Rich was born to be a ghost investigator, but his logical mind just doesn't let him believe in it all.

[@rossz4898]

Rich is less stupid than Mike, agreed

[@sirneif]

Rich is the Scully to Mike's Mulder

[@psykomancer4420]

I was about to say the same thing. He tries to relate to the theoretical ghost like a person rather than asking it 5000 questions about how it felt to get violently assaulted.

[@JaRyCu]

That means we'll never lose Rich Evans to The Travel Channel. If he got his own show, there would never be a single ghost found due to his logic.

[@ryanfogarty7691]

Pity no one connected the 'drawing' and 'paper' to them having a comic book penciler along for their visit.

[@JMStrobelful]

I choose to believe Rich Evans playing 'baby shark' gave those children spirits their first connection with chilldhood joy in over a hundred years, freeing their tether to the mortal plane, and granting them peace. One might say, he's the "Shark Exorcist"

[@TheWorldofFilara]

Get outta here with this perfection! 🤣

[@grim7747]

Where were the convulsing chicks?

[@TheWorldofFilara]

@@grim7747 they were ghosts 👻 now they're writhing for eternity 😌

[@IrisCorven]

This is a "Blue Harvest" level joke. I love it.

[@FourthDerivative]

It all comes full circle. Like poetry, it rhymes.

[@Cargo_Bay]

Anytime RLM is outside of the studio, it’s like when you see your teacher at the mall.

[@FrawgfithAmblose]

I only ever saw teachers I didn't like much out and about

[@zombyjano]

I'd equate them more to cryptids.

[@SUK2293]

This is Mike's Megalopolis..

[@goitcore]

I dunno this is pretty coherent.

[@MeEncantaMoss]

aw shit are they gonna make me watch Space Cop?

[@MrEdcar007]

I heard he sold all his Star Trek collectibles to fund this investigation...

[@VoyagerCSL]

I stood up and asked a question but Mike didn’t answer.

[@snootch2nootch]

Maybe that explains why Rich popped his head into my room and screamed 'AIIIIIIDS' in person and left at one point.

[@JoshuaBarkdull]

Okay now edit together an "Exciting Version" of your footage like an episode of ghost adventures would using every trick in the book. We'll watch it.

[@TheWorldofFilara]

...you're a genius 😮

[@KatieD-h6m]

Halloween episode is coming soon...

[@hectorb4419]

That would be really interesting to see, I don't know how much "editor's time" that'd take, but it would be a nice experiment

[@cudgle1633]

This is such a good idea lol

[@ZachFett]

They did say in the previous video that the follow-up video would release October 1st, so maybe there's another one coming in a few days? Or they decided to upload this early.

[@magosdominusplutos5131]

The scariest moment in the video is learning that Mike paid $800 for that device.

[@JaxxoonR]

Imagine how expensive that must seem to a ghost from 1912.

[@Xetan123]

If ghosts were real they'd think it was 1900s $800 which today is over $3000

[@sotrain515]

@@JaxxoonR ghost: "Back in my day, that doohickey only cost a nickel!"

[@GaigeGrosskreutzGunClub]

Cost of living is so low in Oak Creek they gotta flex that Patreon cash

[@infantiltinferno]

It's so supernaturally dumb. Why not go for Ouija or automatic writing or any number of tried and true medium techniques for creating spooky associations?

[@casbyness]

Mike: "How come EVERY time someone captures images/video of aliens or Bigfoot, the footage is ALWAYS garbage quality?!" Also Mike: "We arrived for our paranormal adventure with terrible equipment barely capable of capturing light or sound..."

[@voigto]

They really did do their best to get something

[@toweypat]

LOL

[@cj854]

Thats why its funny ​@@voigto

[@birdbath6915]

Disappointed Harold Ramis didn't show up to let Rich Evans know how proud he was of the man he's become

[@warlockofwordschannel7901]

Or did he?!

[@MilanousMedia]

😂😂😂😂

[@LeftoverBeefcake]

I was hoping to see or hear the ghost of Cameron Mitchell, although I'm guessing the Ovilus ghost box doesn't include the word "booze"

[@David-j7i7y]

@@LeftoverBeefcake But CM could have "Closed the fucking door!" when they were asking for it to shut.

[@frankieb9444]

He did, he helped recreate the Ray in bed scene...

[@shoocharu]

Seeing these guys outside is always such an odd experience

[@ndf3]

It shouldn't be allowed

[@oe8631]

draw your curtains if it disturbs you!

[@rvfiasco]

Bright light!! Bright light!!!

[@harryallsopp9136]

It's a lot harder for the Rich Evans special effects to look convincing outside of a controlled set

[@NicholasBarthesJohnstontheIII]

Hey it’s the guy from the Witch Hunt comment section! How are you?

[@aisey100]

It's about a dead family, and that's what's so powerful about it.

[@scotteous]

They fly now?

[@thepeps101]

They dead now

[@CalamityCain]

@@thepeps101 The dead speak!

[@Elperroculiado]

No one’s ever really gone.

[@bencarlson4300]

Just like modern Star Wars… everybody’s dead

[@dylanrabe]

As someone who watches a lot of these paranormal shows on youtube and other networks, somehow you guys caught just as much evidence as a typical ghost hunting episode and yet the completely non-sensationalized delivery made it feel way more compelling. Wish all paranormal channels would ditch the endless build-ups and creepy music and just present the investigation as truthfully as possible.

[@DeriDraws]

Same with the true crime/rabbit hole channels. I prefer stuff like Wendigoon cracking jokes about how incompetent is the FDA than a guy trying to make a creepy voice while talking about a fireworks accident or stuff like that.

[@guspewe]

I love how surprisingly sweet & kind Rich Evans is towards the “ghosts” with his baseball score report & Baby Shark video.

[@humbltrailer]

It’s pronounced schost

[@adraino7345]

I love how Mike was a fucking menace and just spent the whole time trying to harass the spirits of murdered children.

[@theprooblem]

Rich is a sensitive, empathic guy with a good heart. That's why he gets bullied a lot by the Guy With The Black Soul.

[@djbeema]

@@guspewe he relates to them being invisible and lonely

[@dirtypure2023]

So true, it was incredibly thoughtful and sincere on Rich's part.

[@aedof]

The Occam's Axe joke from Rich went unappreciated and I think he deserves an apology

[@eldenringer6466]

so much this

[@dmonx7482]

It was acutely accurate and on point Rich is as sharp as an axe

[@EricWoodend]

If he knew how to speak English I think people would really begin to appreciate how funny Rich is.

[@tonyhenderson5188]

Maybe it was a "Too soon" situation?

[@NoriMori1992]

I couldn't catch it, so maybe they didn't either 😅

[@Geospasmic]

Mike is legit though. He really wants to find ghosts but he doesn't want to fool himself, he wants the truth. That makes him the best ghost hunter ever, imo.

[@gavindancy9776]

But didn't stay till 3am...

[@twistedgamer238]

@@gavindancy9776 3:33AM is the magic number

[@Yurt_enthusiast7]

Or someone with fools hope

[@nachgeben]

@@Yurt_enthusiast7 This is just a boring person's response to people who have pretty much any hobby that involves discovery. It's a very immature mindset, and I hope you grow up one day.

[@mrcoatsworth429]

But he *wants* to believe. He is biased. A skeptic would be trying to explain certain phenomena by looking at the evidence and drawing rational conclusions. In his mind, there is always the question "was it ghosts?" In reality, the evidence would have to be insanely strong for a scientist and skeptic to even consider the explanation is ghosts. It's no surprise the there are no real scientific studies about ghosts. But it is very entertaining and I love these stupid ghost detection gadgets.

[@defvent]

Imagine this is your first RLM video. You'd be like, "These ghost hunters review movie?"

[@ezlmonqzy9650]

😂 that would be hilarious I’m new to the channel for 2 years now

[@Laxaholic82]

Movies are so terrible nowadays that RLM have become ghost hunters

[@spillanegottleib1681]

Shlubby hack-frauds failing to detect a ghost is more compelling than current feature films with multi-million dollar budgets.

[@TheWorldofFilara]

And guys, this is free besides an Internet connection 🤯 not even complaining, though. I'd watch them talk about literally anything 😂

[@alfredovillasenorsoto3667]

This comment is so real

[@Belgand]

Do you really think they can resist The Substance? It has old people for Mike and artsy pervert horror for Jay.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Its a growth industry.

[@j.r.shartzer]

Rich tried communication through positive outreach like a good Trekkie.

[@clementinedanger]

It really does figure that the guy raised on TNG would be the nicest to the potential ghosts.

[@FarewellChorus]

Trekker*

[@piper636]

Does anyone happen to know of Rich Evans' whereabouts on the night of June 9th 1912?

[@christopherluke9658]

Plinket?

[@spillanegottleib1681]

According to their commentary for it, watching "Aliens vs Predators" alone in an almost-empty movie theater.

[@RegularCupOfJoe]

He was, at that point, a legless Midwestern lizard, in what would become a Hardee's parking lot a century later. He was -planting seeds- laying eggs.

[@dynamicvoltage9765]

His diary has him making shoes and throwing a fit when he ran out of bronze buckles

[@cornbredx]

He was seen leaving a fireworks factory with an empty box of matches.

[@ratmilk6182]

Now to be truly scientific, the guys should investigate a recently built house with absolutely no paranormal association and compare the results on all the fancy ghost hunting gear

[@Belgand]

Ideally it would be double-blind with them being sent to investigate two similar houses with no prior knowledge. Their only contact being with someone who themselves doesn't know which is the control and which is the experimental.

[@xsnowfrightx]

Well, I mean, there's always the Poltergeist plausibility, that even though no one technically died in the house itself, maybe it was built on sacred burial ground or something. 🤷‍♀️

[@dodg1988]

"You paid $800 for this?" "Yeah." Ad break. Perfection

[@atomic_wait]

One of the rare cases where I regret not getting ads on KZbin.

[@Everywhere2]

Shoulda spent $80 on a pair of splitting axes and left them in two of the bedrooms instead. Then stretched out on the beds to sleep. Huh? HUH? Method, Mike. Get some method.

[@docbledsoe]

Mi can’t believe people suffer ads. I’d sell a kidney to pay for ad free youtube

[@bg954]

Come back from ad break, new ax murder in the bedroom ...

[@JordanManfrey]

Magic $800 ball

[@CursedWheelieBin]

All jokes aside: This is has been my favourite KZbin channel, bar none, since I discovered the channel via the Man of Steel review which I loved. That was 10 years ago. Thank you guys for all that you do and good on you for trying new things

[@AndrwsAnimatics]

One day a few years ago, I realized I've been watching them for a decade, i don't remember if they mentioned or did a bit, if i just came up in my mind, I've been watching them since the Original Plinket reviews, o wait, I just realized I've been watching them EVEN in the original website were they hosted al the content and merch, I even remember when they reUploaded the old Plinket reviews and stuff to youtube again, I even watched the Grabowskies, or something mike did, that was insane and amazing, I guess because youtube become more profitable than a website hosting videos they ended up here, woaow, im 31, since i was just 20 or even before, I watched them before college, aah ¿were did time go Frens :D?

[@TheGeneralDisarray]

Similar story, been watching them since the first plinkett review. Love them to bits.

[@brianmckee2267]

That was 10 years ago? Jfc

[@dirtypure2023]

They could pivot 100% to ghost investigations and I'd be here for it. Mike Jay and Rich are gems despite the fact they're hack frauds

[@n0isyturtle]

kinda gay

[@jtmcgee]

Cant wait to watch this. My mom said she ran into these guys at the hardee's in town but was too busy to get an autograph.

[@Fordddyyy]

👏 👏 👏 brava

[@CrySomeMorePlease]

She needs to step into my office, because she’s fired!

[@skrounst]

Do NOT Google "Lot Lizard". It will only bring disappointment.

[@ramenoodle7853]

Soon as Jay said Hardee's I thought oh they went to Hardee's and people got to say hi lol

[@DrewSew]

Was she the lady in the parking lot, or...?

[@ChrisBrayPhotos]

As a wedding photographer/videographer I'd actually LOVE to hear any stories you guys have from your wedding days!! Definitely a good one for "Least Watched Video" series but I'll enjoy it

[@clementinedanger]

It's very wholesome how everyone takes it seriously. Clearly this was important to Mike and nobody tried to be goofy or dickish about it. The real ghosts truly are the friends we made along the way.

[@kerseyHarding]

I wish my friends could sit and listen to my Sonic Lore with this much respect

[@Proletariat12]

Every time I respect Mike's opinion on some movie, I remind myself he believes in ghosts.

[@luiginastro8831]

​@@Proletariat12 Rude

[@ChargerBulldogs19]

@@Proletariat12 he just finds the paranormal fascinating..

[@bkirke]

If I know anything about history, it's that children from 1912 loved their toy Hummer H2s.

[@roems6396]

😂😂

[@benjaminfisher5351]

Or as mike called it, a bus. Also a Tonka truck.

[@necromech_]

so bizarre that the caretakers would leave that at the house. wouldn't it make the most sense to leave it as close as possible to how it was in 1912? what connection would child ghosts from 1912 have to some random humvee toy from the 2000s? not to get conspiratorial, but objects like that humvee could also be tampered with.

[@tom1644x]

When I was a kid, I'd love to play with a truck from the 2080s.

[@mikesanborn4541]

Four loveable schlubs investigating paranormal happenings. THIS, is how you do a Ghostbusters reboot.

[@necromech_]

perfect description

[@kthxbaiz]

Hell yes

[@Quakecon-s9r]

OMG I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW IT

[@Belgand]

Mike is Peter, Jay is Egon, and Rich is Ray. And then the guy who isn't really part of the core group.

[@SatireLegend]

Please do another one of these! You guys are so good at creating video content and I really appreciate how critical and unbiased you are

[@SrPelo]

I would love to see more of this, even if its boring for them to stay one night without getting anything, maybe some scary accidents, but I would love to see at least once a year all of them going to different places, mostly with that psychic! Without him nothing happens

[@dirtypure2023]

Seconded

[@DripTheCat12]

Thirded

[@cheers2023]

Do you mean Freddie? He's always been part of RLM. He's a comic book writer and artist, a really good one, too.

[@PupGamer]

So you want a show where these guys spend 5 hours doing something boring, and then talk about it? Good idea. I think people would like that.

[@splinky159]

@@PupGamer yeah your right nobody would watch that anyways im gonna go watch the best of the worst playlist

[@PurpleColonel]

I've figured it out: Mike loves ghost hunting for the same reason he loves star trek. It's a lot of procedural stuff with this weird technology with the goal of understanding the world. it's a sci fi thing for him and the inherent horror to the subject matter is just incidental

[@DeaconPain]

And just like the technology in star trek nobody really knows how ghost hunting equipment is actually supposed to work!

[@kR-qj7rw]

considering TNG is very whimsical and new age crystal healing aura and whatever... yeah? makes sense

[@DeaconPain]

@@kR-qj7rw well thats not exactly right

[@nightoffbaldman]

@@kR-qj7rwremember when Worf used the power of reiki healing to recover from that borg beat down?

[@agreb25]

It kinda is like a real life Star Trek mission, going off with a small away team to investigate something using specific equipment and practical methods

[@JustSteve85]

You know what? As a guy who's into paranormal stuff, you goofballs have produced one of the most compelling investigation videos I've ever seen. You provided an honest look at how dishonest ghost hunting programs and investigators are, gave an objective rundown of how the "equipment" works and provided a real example of a false positive, explored the psychological bias inherent in looking for something you want to exist, and still provided a couple uncanny things that may potentially be worth looking at. I really hope you do more of this series!!

[@movieswithgabe]

Completely agree. That particle in the children’s room where it floats down and touches the antenna of the device just as it goes off is probably one of the most compelling pieces of paranormal activity that I have ever seen. Something tells me Mike (and most likely Freddy) is down to do it again; it would probably depend entirely on Rich and Jay if they ever do it again.

[@ZoZoZoeee]

@@movieswithgabe i mean one of the most compelling storytelling trope is the believer and the skeptic. I think Jay actually would be interested to look for "proof", or, at least, an interesting phenomenon to shoot (when he described his the dream where the ovulis or whatever the heck sent off accurate words as they go along the rooms? Come on...) and Rich? Mike called him his service animal (lovingly) for a reason LOL.

[@RiainRamblez]

Same here. I don't care much for Ghost investigations, but these guys? More please. This is interesting. Even finding nothing is interesting.

[@aBoogivogi]

@@movieswithgabe Dust is not ghosts my friend. If your benchmark is something light enough to be moved by quite literally anything is the work of a ghost then your benchmark is already to low and self selection bias is in full effect. I know Mike said they had left the room, but they had been in there and dust once disturbed takes a long while to settle. Just close all windows and doors and smack your sofa cushions hard. Use a flashlight to stand around until all the dust settles. I would be surprised if it was at rest again within the hour.

[@kidkunjer]

@@aBoogivogi Booo!

[@TheRealFishyB]

I'm not a ghost person, but I love this new era of Red Letter Medium: Ghost Harassers

[@TransistorBased]

Ghost Harassers, Paper Hangers, and Gear Losers

[@Darthfuel]

For a second I thought Rich was about to play Skibidi Toilet to those poor axe murdered ghost children.

[@r3dr4te963]

Rich may a troll sometimes, but definitely not evil

[@MilesTailsProwerfan9]

That would be monstrous to do to ghost children.

[@weiyin8046]

@@MilesTailsProwerfan9 You're right, we should be playing them minecraft and five nights and freddy's parody songs. or would the axes and child murder be offensive

[@johnplaysgames3120]

That's definitely one way to get them to stop haunting the house and move on from this plane of existence. I mean, if you came into my room and played Skibidi Toilet for me, I'd leave.

[@TransistorBased]

Is Baby Shark any better, in the context that someone massively commercialized and heavily protects their awful pop version of a classic children's song?

[@nnthayer]

To think that all this is because Rich Evans once made an offhand joke about Mike believing in ghosts.

[@spillanegottleib1681]

Come on, Mike has been slowly planning this out for 11 years

[@pkmovies92]

Don't forget that Mike was always obsessed with Ghostbusters

[@jukeboxfandango]

He finds the paranormal fascinating, he admitted it to everybody

[@humatim]

The most shocking thing to come out of this is that the Ovulis cost $800

[@JoshuaBarkdull]

Shocking? I thought it was pretty Ovulis!

[@danielhill3502]

Wonder which is best for $800? PS5 pro or the Ovulis?

[@Endeleas]

Money Waste Fraud

[@whompronnie]

I wasn't sure if he was joking or serious, so I laughed twice as hard at each possibility

[@VashdaCrash]

@@JoshuaBarkdull Ovious* /j

[@rvt2239]

Mike's long con of creating a massively successful KZbin channel to get his friends to go on a ghost hunt with him finally paid off

[@luispt77]

What you guys should do is to investigate the hotel room where David Carradine died from auto erotic asphyxiation. His ghost must be so angry with all the jokes made that would for sure haunt you with plenty of evidence.

[@Endocrom]

RLM traveling to Bankok, now that would be something special.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I don't think they're going to go all the way to Bangkok. I don't think the exact room has ever been revealed, either.

[@Sumikrus]

Auto-erotic asphyxiation, you say? How embarrasing.

[@legomaniacsss]

​@@Sumikrusit's a fancy word, but in essence it's a dirty activity

[@MIchaelArlowe]

Wait, that’s how he died?

[@Berd]

the classic hardee's lot lizard cryptid

[@frankcasella423]

Thank you @Berd

[@jmjon9]

The only actual paranormal being they encountered on the whole trip

[@eldenringer6466]

they so paid for rich to have 5 mins of heaven (and a lifetime of medical treatment )

[@chadhartsees]

In certain markets, Hardee’s itself is a cryptid.

[@scottieman2]

The curly fries are extra.

[@ElliottStubbs]

My takeaway from this video is… I missed the opportunity to have the RLM guys shoot my wedding video

[@eightcoins4401]

Your chance is not fully gone. You can still marry a ghost.

[@AllyMonsters]

I want more. God I miss when Ghost Hunters on syfy started in the 2000s, before the ghost craze. Their whole shtick was going around haunted places debunking ghosts by double checking the real history, the plumbing, and looking for bad electrical wires effecting people brains (it's the whole reason EMFs are used in ghost hunting still, despite it being used first to debunk ghosts by looking for bad wiring that gives off strong emfs that can effect the brain with panic or even hallucinations). But then the dark times came, when they found out they make more money pretending to be scared.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Same man, same.

[@increasegas2221]

imagine living next to the murder house and some NERDS come from out of town to blast baby shark at 2AM

[@alliphx]

This one got me. 🤣

[@apuffin9545]

Ignoring the absurdity of it, rich trying to cheer up the spirits of children who were murdered is very sweet

[@CrAzYpotpie]

​@@apuffin9545Ignoring the absurdity of your comment, it is still reprehensible.

[@Somone_final_final_v2]

​@@CrAzYpotpieaxe murdered children get the right of way in this house!

[@bman5988]

This is the life we chose…

[@albinzxi]

I just love that if you check Wikipedia on the Villisca axe murder you get this tidbit the day after this was uploaded "RedLetterMedia visited the Moore house for their video, Red Letter Media Investigates: The Villisca Ax Murder House. Using methods and devices typically seen in ghost hunting television shows, the crew was able to obtain concrete evidence of paranormal activity, being the first ever people to discover real ghosts."

[@grumbo8634]

Lmaoooo

[@mschulmeister6519]

Do an episode at a random rented house, not haunted or anything, just a random house with all the equipment to see if it acts any different

[@nickyjules10]

yes we need a control house

[@DeaconPain]

spoilers it wont lol

[@seanbirch]

no house is haunted. They're all supposedly haunted.

[@eldenringer6466]

this...maybe there own house

[@kylez8010]

@@eldenringer6466 Maybe not Rich's because his grandma might haunt him. Or maybe...

[@jesslovesrammstein]

Rich wanting to appeal to the ghosts by reading baseball stats and playing baby shark has got to be the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen. Such a great video all around. Sad that it’ll never happen again but if it wasn’t such a nightmare to do I’d love to see a series like this maybe once a year at Halloween or something.

[@TheChach]

Freddie is an S-tier guest.

[@RRRRRRP]

💯

[@RextheDragon881]

Him and rich are ninja turtle trivia besties😊

[@CluckN]

The S stands for Star Wars

[@TheChach]

@CluckN Star Wars? I know what that is! I clapped when I saw it!

[@RextheDragon881]

@@TheChach nostalgia doest just feel good it's a an intelligence test

[@Danthewhittler]

Ok now that they done a special field trip for Mike I think it's Jay's turn. Join us next time for RLM Investigates: Cat Cafe

[@likewhoa1030]

More like a trip to the Man Hole

[@DocSmouse]

Maybe an inside look at The Manhole.

[@RetroDrew]

RedLetterMedia Investigates: The Manhole

[@TheTornshoe]

39:44 "Lamb" -> Lambeau and February is when the Super Bowl happens. Packers confirmed going all the way.

[@swayrage7884]

Bookmark this if it happens lmao

[@eworman42]

Screenshot for future reference

[@myndirnotur]

Exactly

[@hackintosh3899]

NFC North is a fun division this year with the Niners, Rams imploding with injuries and the Cowboys being the biggest disappointment since my son . I think the Lions are too deep in a 17 game season not to get home field though and that place is as loud as I've ever heard a stadium. Goff has baby hands though and can't play outside late in the year. He would lose at Philly or Green Bay I think.

[@gemmareid7929]

Packers WOOOO

[@w67M]

Haven't watched the video yet, but I just want to thank you guys for being the first people to post definitive proof of ghosts to youtube.

[@jonaschamp9894]

Rich Evan’s actually had a sweet sincerity and openness with the baby shark bit. Came off sincere

[@sualocin]

Just let them enjoy the song! ☺

[@metavormgeving7576]

He's a great actor

[@the5thsun]

Finally….Rich Evans!! And the other guys…

[@ComradeQuagsire]

Hey that's rude to Jake and uh, uh, Mitch

[@larzkruber822]

A ghost show with the ghost as the host... Brilliant!

[@Jt1Torso1Winabego]

I think Rich Evan’s contributions to the Make a Wish foundation are truly remarkable.

[@joshsteele5701]

& with gas

[@jensjurgens98]

​@@joshsteele5701 Zat is based on ze Rich's german roots.

[@amalekedomite]

It didn't say "angry, nerve" It said "angry, nerd." It was insulting you in return for earlier. It knows you own Star Trek memorabilia.

[@OrgaNik_Music]

It's the ghost of AVGN

[@alphaenemyplus8376]

It's pointing out that these hack frauds are no Angry Video Game Nerd

[@abcpea]

"Are you saying... we need to go back to the past?"

[@amalekedomite]

@@alphaenemyplus8376 "i'd slam the door if James Rolf was here, you hacks! Bring back Gamestation 2.0!" People don't realise how plugged in to social media 18th century ghosts are.

[@eliaspoulogiannis]

⁠”@@abcpeabut we’ve already been to the past” TAAA TARA TA TA TA TAAAAAAA

[@B.A.G.Studios]

I get that they called this the first and last, but I would 100% watch more of this. I was so hesitant to watch this, I’m a much newer viewer than most, and I really wasn’t sure about an hour long ghost video. But I am so glad I watched this. This was a lot of fun.

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

Please make this a yearly thing

[@pauloricardo-wn6ps]

i would not mind if it was a regular series like botw

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

@@pauloricardo-wn6ps I think doing it too often would lose the core audience. Would be better off in its own channel if they do it often.

[@pauloricardo-wn6ps]

@@TheLonelyGoomba could be a mini-series like the trivia videos

[@whyitmatterstome]

Yeah, just at Halloween - they could tell the ghost about all the terrible movies over the past year!

[@K.D.R_]

You wrote weekly wrong.

[@matthewdekker6064]

Ghosthunters always seem to think that the killer is haunting a house even though the killer got away and presumedly lived for many years afterward, possibly very far away from where the killings happened (and may have killed various other people in different locations). It'd be much more likely for just the family themselves to be haunting their own house, in which case, they probably wouldn't be up in the attic unless they had spent a lot of time up in the attic before. The killer's the one who supposedly hid up in the attic, but he wouldn't be haunting the attic just because he was up there once for maybe a few hours, long before he actually died. He'd more likely be haunting the house he actually lived in.

[@RadioactiveSince1990x]

Also pretty fucked up that if there are ghosts, they spent hours trash talking and taunting the VICTIMS

[@johnwatkins7382]

I don't think that was an accident 😂 ​@@RadioactiveSince1990x

[@vituperation]

Or if the killer was haunting the scene, they'd be hanging out where they actually killed someone. It's not like a killer waiting in the car for a victim would haunt the parking lot, so why the attic? Or if leaving energy is the spook meme, then where they were most "activated", ie the spot where they killed someone, would be haunted.

[@BunnLilah]

The thing that nobody thinks about is if ghosts exist, literally BILLIONS of them have to exist, many times more than currently exist alive, and probably thousands of them in one location. Why would only the family live there? What about everyone else who died there decades ago, or centuries ago? All the early humans that died in the same place?

[@Double512]

@@BunnLilah the earth would be wall-to-wall with ghosts unless they have an expiration date or something

[@notyet3399]

I can't wait for the new series "Jay Bauman Investigates: The Cats Outside Paranormal Locations"

[@WayneManor666]

It's an older reference, but it checks out.

[@benjaminfisher5351]

I would love a series with Jay digging into his love of cats.

[@heybimo]

@@benjaminfisher5351Didn’t he use to murder cats? 😂

[@666FallenShadow]

@@heybimo isn't that bit from that halloween episode where they got so wasted they had to film the rest of it another day 🤣🤣?

[@heybimo]

@@666FallenShadow Good night, sweet cats

[@mattmolenart1810]

Between the two RLM EXCLUSIVE first ever cryptid sightings of "Cat Photo Background Creature" and "Iowa Hardee's Lot Lizard" id say this was a spooky success!

[@brad7932]

"He's very humble though. If you ask if he's psychic, he just keeps denying it." 😄

[@bencarlson4300]

“I’m not the Lisan al-Gaib” “That’s exactly what the Lisan al-Gaib would say!”

[@johnplaysgames3120]

"I'm not the messiah! Will you please listen? I'm not the messiah, do you understand? Honestly!" "Only the true messiah denies his divinity!" "What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? Alright, I am the messiah!" "HE IS! HE IS THE MESSIAH!"

[@TransistorBased]

What a great way to show how dumb all the psychic readings at these places are. You just need some knowledge of statistics and psychology

[@hughJ]

The most mystifying part about this is that professional videographers chose to drive across two states for a shoot without knowing that their recording gear actually worked.

[@jimbo9305]

"Oh no the SD card isn't formatted!" Do none of these hacks have a laptop?!

[@bbgncntrl]

​@@jimbo9305it is hysterical that no one thought to bring a laptop but also its actually insane the cameras dont format the sd cards

[@jimbo9305]

@@bbgncntrl Indeed. I've actually never heard of a camera or device that uses SD cards that cannot format them. They should have tested them before they left.

[@TitoSilvey]

10/10, would watch nothing happen again

[@bookofpayne]

I genuinely hope this was as fun for you guys to make as it was for me to watch. I had a great time! I don't consider myself a particularly big fan of the paranormal or anything like that, but this was entertaining and well put together. If you guys were to do more of these, it would be a very pleasant surprise. Of course, if it sucked to make, fair enough not doing any more!

[@Tetragrammaton22]

A 2 hour, 2-part adventure where nothing happens... it really is a Best of the Worst episode.

[@spillanegottleib1681]

Either that or Seinfeld.

[@Belgand]

Not enough time stumbling through the woods to fill time.

[@mikemackay86]

Part 2 will be Macaulay Culkin fighting the ghosts with booby traps.

[@noone3216]

In a hotel owned by Trump, cos it's part 2.

[@nicholasbarber8531]

Home Alone Ghostbusting.

[@vvvv4341]

The gritty reboot. Kevin gets haunted by the ghost of a burgler who got cought in a trap that worked a litle too well.

[@nicholasbarber8531]

@@vvvv4341 Probably a result of when Kevin threw that brick.

[@kylehurlburt6114]

Milwaukee Culkin will come and prove the Calgary Flames will never win a Stanley Cup.

[@SovietWomble]

I had this on my headphones whilst cleaning the bathroom. I was giggling at the mental image of Rich Evans, faffing with equipment he doesn't understand. "oh no, the ghost made all our footage blurry" fucking SENT me XD

[@necromech_]

no mental images needed. dumpy Mike and Rich sitting like rug rats in a dead child's bedroom with a crib in the back, making it look like some kind of playdate 40 years too late fucking killed me.

[@marpatnboots]

Hope you didnt get locked in your bathroom again while you were cleaning it. Lulu would've been so embarresed for you....

[@jmanrage5496]

Just saw you deal with Jeff, must be nice to unwind and watch these guys mess around after that.

[@indecent0079]

Is SENT one of these new kiddie words like “100%” ? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@embodimentofgreatness5514]

@@indecent0079thats a number

[@KOS_Nova]

56:28 I like the idea of it being very confusing to be a ghost. It would be cool to explore that in a movie

[@Bedhead13]

Isn't that Smosh The Movie 2?

[@guilhermebittar917]

TLDW: ghost are real and Rich was wrong the whole time

[@spillanegottleib1681]

I'm still not clear how anyone would ever know if ghosts are "real". What's the proof? A see-through person starts talking to you? A drawer opens up and a necktie raises up without anyone there? What the fuck are these para-bullshit investigators actually waiting for?

[@hill280]

Rich is never wrong, the ghosts are just scared of him

[@RepriseYT]

Ty bro

[@Bakecrusto]

He wasn't wrong, just trying to hide the fact that he's a sasquatch

[@KR-hg8be]

​@@hill280I imagine meeting the only true immortal being, rich evans, would terrify anything from beyond the pale.

[@jacksonlarson6099]

As others have said, I honestly would really love if you guys did this in a completely normal house with no reputation of being haunted. That's something ghost shows never do, because it would likely show the coincidental nature of any strange phenomenon.

[@GraphiteShores]

True believers would then look for ANY 'odd' incident or even JUST an incident to justify the confirmation bias. Doesn't even need to be the house itself, it could be all the way across town and they would use that to justify the odd behavior.

[@johnplaysgames3120]

@@GraphiteShores This = true. Several Halloweens ago, my gf and her friend went on (and paid an ungodly amount for) a "ghost hunting" evening revolving around the Manson Family murders. The guy running the "ghost hunt" lived in the same neighborhood where the Tate house was but, unfortunately for him, the people who owned the property where the murders happened had it all fenced off to stop people from trespassing on their property to look for ghosts. Fortunately for him, the ghosts of the murder victims apparently decided to start haunting **his** house. What luck! He got to host the whole "ghost hunt" that people paid for at his house (except for one part, where they went outside and he pointed at the fence around the property where the murders happened). What evidence was there of haunting in this guy's not-the-Tate-house house, you may ask? Well, let me tell you: People heard a door close by itself in the next room when nobody was looking at it (and when the guy's roommate was out of the room where everybody was hanging out) and the guests -- a whole group of people who REALLY wanted to believe -- went wild bc this was obviously evidence of the restless ghost of one of the murder victims. My gf said the people in the group talked about their "paranormal experience" with the door for the rest of the night. The fact that they weren't even on the property where the murders happened doesn't seem to have raised red flags for anyone. Neither did the fact that, according to my gf, the guy running the "ghost hunt" kept dipping out of the room to go snort coke, then would come back all wired up to continue the "ghost hunt." Also, to add on to your original point: People have died pretty much everywhere. If a believer (or a faker) caught "evidence" at a location that didn't have a reputation for being haunted, they'd still just say that there are ghosts everywhere. No one who is determined to believe in something is ever going to be convinced of anything other than what they're already determined to believe in.

[@hungrybois5954]

Please have the Hardee's lot lizard join the next BotW.

[@TylerDobbs-g5u]

Well it WAS Collin so it wouldn't be the first time.

[@ainteasya]

She's always been there. She's under the table.

[@marks6928]

Freddie being in this was an unexpected delight. Always great when he shows up. I loved this. I hope you do more.

[@irongate8491]

And he's a humble psychic! So humble, he denies being psychic.

[@Halospore64]

as someone who had to listen to HF radio jumping through 10 frequencies for hours on end for a military exercise I can tell you that you'll hear some weird stuff at random that makes no sense and only occurs once. the HF range is so congested that the "spirit boxes" are probably just picking up leakage from some station that happen to get picked up there.

[@DeaconPain]

Thats literally whats happening. The airwaves are extremely saturated with electromagnetic chatter.

[@gabagoolenjoyer]

Nuh uh it's ghosts

[@FadyFTJ]

it was gost

[@mjfan653]

Maybe its just old timey radio operator ghouls

[@RecycledOJ]

That is the most beautiful photo of a cat. The whole journey was worth it just for that.

[@naimina]

Jays great love of cats is my favorite pointless RLM lore (yes it beats dick the birthday boy). The sleepy kitty video he uploaded like a year ago made me laugh so much beacause why the fuck would he upload something like that to this channel?

[@PrimarchX]

Somewhere Neil Breen is chuckling at the thought of these guys struggling to make a film and failing miserably.

[@lfricmunuc4534]

They have made many films before, a few better than Breen's.

[@PrimarchX]

@@lfricmunuc4534 Oh, I know that. Just a bit of an ironic jibe, my friend!

[@lfricmunuc4534]

@@PrimarchX Oh, my bad.

[@jaythomas468]

I’ve lowkey been SUPER HYPED for this video ever since they announced they were going to do this.

[@georgejungle4490]

The ghost said "Fuck you, it's fabruary."

[@jonovankirk]

Uhh how am I the first to say it? new channel: Dead Letter Media

[@backlogbuddies]

I'd watch it

[@elathiaskade7311]

* lightening crashes and spooky waterphone plays*

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Where they try to get undelivered mail to its intended recipients?

[@ahgodamit]

That picture of Church and the Sasquatch is majestic as hell.

[@Hreinso]

I find it refreshing mike found something for them to do other than sit in a chair talking about terrible movies. it's like they're on an adventure!

[@briantanner5478]

"Occam's axe". Rich is the best.

[@mmjahink]

And it got glossed over so quickly! Glad someone else caught it.

[@jacksyron4022]

Dang when did he joke that

[@sturmander]

@@jacksyron4022 15:45 to 16:00

[@playedout148]

Hitchens would be proud.

[@gillenium]

Hacks Frauds February Applesauce

[@Tribophopic]

This activated me.

[@olliepwnsall]

Horseysauce

[@johneden2033]

​@@olliepwnsall Stop saying that.

[@olliepwnsall]

@@johneden2033 Murder.

[@alexneff]

​@Tribophopic regular meet up spot I'll bring the bunny ears

[@ACatNamedHarold]

I know this goes without saying, but the design of the Ovilus and spirit box don't make any sense except to exploit human psychology and our desperate need to draw patterns. The choice of words in the Ovilus dictionary alone is so biased as to make it totally useless. It should have the full English dictionary, and the algorithm for choosing words should be revealed. The spirit box would actually be useful if it stopped hopping frequencies when it detected power so you could listen to that channel for a while, instead it purposefully scrolls through AM radio stations so you just hear half a sentence from random conversations leaving your imagination to fill in the blanks. I don't believe in ghosts nor think they could be detected with RF equipment, but it is frustrating that the sensing equipment is exploitative and created in bad faith. Thank you for listening to my Ted talk.

[@imaloser5689]

You doubt my confirmation bias machine! How could you.

[@michaelwebster-clark9865]

I always just think back to the episode of Hellier where the paranormal investigators said that the way they knew there was something paranormal going on was that nothing out of the ordinary was happening

[@bewilderbeestie]

It's weird the way that ghost hunting equipment is always designed to detect ghosts (even if there aren't any there)...

[@James_Ford4815]

yup how can people even think that ghosts are picking out the words. like do ghosts have a high tech interface of all the words inside the machine and then use there ghost hands to pick which word they want lol

[@Olip87]

It's worse in places like the U.K. shows say this haunting from the 1200s yet the supposed spirts would not understand modern English.

[@terdferguson9516]

Truly, please do more of these. Get your gear right, fill your stomachs up, and give us more of this. Rich's ideas were creative. PLEASE DO MORE!!

[@SweetPup_Gaming]

Mike is always looking for new ways to torture his friends.

[@christopherluke9658]

And also Rich Evins

[@RhysPitman94]

Alcohol, Dementia, and a life long obsession with Star Trek is a deadly combination.

[@FelixHawthorne]

"I went on IndieGoGo and funded Donald Farmer's next film"

[@bman5988]

This is the answer

[@smills8]

It was oddly touching to see Rich earnestly try to communicate with the ghosts

[@deadedd3235]

Convenient Rich doesn't have an alibi for his whereabouts in 1912.

[@albertomelo7087]

This is the best ghost hunters episode i ever see in my life. By far.

[@jaythechou2]

Imagine hearing Rich's laugh in a spirit box

[@christopherluke9658]

Spooky!

[@AilurLuca]

That would make it an angel box, not valid for pseudoscientific research :)

[@NoNonsenseInABag]

I really liked this! I'm sorry if it's the last one... but it makes me excited for your next project outside of the normal RLM shows!

[@googleBot89]

Damn. By making a video about how silly and low value entertainment ghost hunting shows are, you accidentally created a worthwhile and exciting ghost hunting show. True geniuses

[@stolenbee8103]

22:37 I understood your 'What We Do in the Shadows' reference Mike, and you're the best for it

[@Diegraver]

Rich saying, “you paid $800 for that?” Lol

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

Rich Evans roasting the people who bought a PS5 Pro

[@ThisNameIsNotTaken99]

Damn, I should have sold scam ghost hunting equipment instead of getting a real job I guess.

[@Cooltuber453]

It was the most frightened he seemed to be the whole video

[@Xetan123]

If ghosts were real they'd think it was 1900s $800 which today is over $3000

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

Rich evans treating a ghost adventure like a star fleet away mission

[@georgerogers2120]

Rich, the skeptic: "I thought you might like baseball, so I'll read you the latest scores." "Here's a song you kids might like." Mike, the believer: "I think you're scum! Obviously you're a coward."

[@jamesonp3873]

One parent uses positive reinforcement. The other uses negative reinforcement.

[@esotericVideos]

I'm confused by Mike, is he taunting the murder's ghost, or the victim's? I don't think the murderer's ghost would be anywhere near there.

[@pravkdey]

Bad cop, worse cop, space cop

[@russmanYT]

as a true believer, mike knows that only strong emotion can penetrate the barrier between the ethereal and the physical.

[@hackintosh3899]

@@esotericVideos More likely he realized this is all a sham and it angers him a little bit like anyone who has been suckered. He also doesn't have "esoteric" in his name.

[@HorrorTopTen]

It would be neat to see you guys do this once every year. I think the views are there, and really whatever you folks do is entertaining. Mike was so driven, I'd certainly watch more.

[@Clayhaus04]

Maybe Rich Evans was the Bay Harbor Butcher all along…

[@larrylaffer3246]

With his busy schedule? Yeah right.

[@_ArsNova]

Rich Evans is the Hash-Slinging Slasher.

[@katehikes1645]

rich used his diabetes powers and gave them a glucose overdose

[@sirbearinton5980]

Maybe the real Bay Harber Butcher…was the friends we made along the way?

[@yourmomlovespenis]

Maybe the Bay Harbor Butcher was the friends we made along the way🤷‍♂️

[@sweetcynic8830]

Ghosts aside, the picture of the cat was amazing!!

[@syles0003]

If only it wasn't haunted by that creature in the background....

[@TransistorBased]

I don't think a single person would be upset if you guys continue doing these types of investigations. I'm kind of impressed how being open and honest about everything made otherwise inconsequential occurrences seem interesting. Like the dust or a few of the Ovilus words, despite that box's shady reputation

[@billyjackoff]

I'd be upset because it's boring nonsense.

[@CaffeinatedKing]

I agree, while it was mostly random with the words etc., they actually had more creepy coincidences than I would have expected.

[@robd62]

This was legitimately great. The light into the top of the antenna and responses to Freddie were genuinely intriguing. Would love another investigation where you go in with more confidence and as prepared as you want to be. I am disappointed the spirit box didn't say Aids though.

[@ryantessier3789]

I never believed in Rich Evans until I saw him with my own eyes.

[@GRIFFARTCENTER]

This is Mike's Prequels, after the Plinket Trilogy, nobody dares to question him...

[@Nodiee1]

They went a little far in some places

[@joeypeawood4656]

When it said “Legs” it was just trying to tell you what Rich Evans had for lunch

[@EliseGray-rx5dl]

I really like Rich's "read modern baseball statistics" idea. I wanna use that in a story or a tabletop game now, it totally makes sense that a ghost who was a sports lover might recognize words about a topic they spent days and days talking, thinking, and reading about.