The Death Row Poltergeists of Missouri State Penitentiary • Ghost Files

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Season 2 release schedule:
08/25 - Episode #201
09/01 - Debrief #201
09/08 - Episode #202
09/15 - Debrief #202
09/22- Episode #203
09/29 - Debrief #203
10/06 - Episode #204
10/13 - Debrief #204
10/20 - Episode #205
10/27 - Debrief #205
11/03 - Episode #206
11/10 - Debrief #206
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Ryan Bergara
PRODUCER
Lizzie Lockard
POST PRODUCER
Sam Young
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Mark Celestino
EDITOR
Anthony De Vera
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Carter Lau
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R.J. Blake
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[@joselynvifquain9406]

Only watcher could give us a ghost hunting show with a believer who desperately doesn't want to ever see a ghost and a skeptic who desperately wants to see a ghost

[@ChaosMind10531]

Which makes it more believable... (As believable as it could be)

[@LoFoSho]

This why I watch because I am Shane. Skeptic, but I want to believe.

[@lizjizz9397]

i am shane but im so paranoid i act like ryan 😫@@LoFoSho

[@humbleebumblee]

this sounds like the buzzfeed dudes who go doing this kind of stuff haha! Honestly I personally believe in spirits, demons and a bit of everything but do I care to encounter or deal with it? Hah, NO.

[@lizjizz9397]

@@humbleebumblee well thats cause it *is* the buzzfeed dudes lmao im surprised they think its originally from Watcher XD

[@roachno.24]

the "daddy, disturbed" interaction could have also been one ghost calling shane daddy and another ghost calling that ghost fucking disturbed

[@crispyy.roseeMUA]

This is canon😂

[@cecilie...]

YES

[@Drop-Dead-Fred-Did-It]

Someone out there is writing a fanfic on this concept, as we speak 😂

[@catherinelablanc7396]

this is the only correct interpretation

[@sw3496]

@@Drop-Dead-Fred-Did-Itand if they are I kinda want to read it

[@OddOwlOut]

I think the truly terrifying thing about this video is just how horrible the prison conditions were.

[@angedaae]

I've done a tour there and it's honestly awful. The cells are so small. The women's cells especially are barely big enough to fit two people in at all.

[@myutopia84]

It's a prison, not the Hilton. 😂

[@Blaquebarbgamer]

@@myutopia84Still though. I worked at a prison, and the conditions were nowhere near as horrible as it used to be. They get to watch tv and act in plays at the one I worked at.

[@maddiemoopants]

@@myutopia84it’s inhumane

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

Humans are the true monsters

[@wavesc89]

Can we start a petition to track Ryan's heart rate throughout the investigation?

[@KimdraStBiryukova]

And blood pressure!

[@anneaeschliman8570]

We need Ryan to connect his smart watch data to his investigations.

[@jessicaatteberry3378]

Special shout out to the raccoon for his acting debut as “glowing eyes”. Emmy worthy performance

[@CrazyDlamond]

Agreed, it was definitely an animal

[@theseancequeen]

My money's on it being a cat. The tail swish looks like when my cat's after something.

[@Zsaisse]

@@theseancequeen leaning on a 'coon, since the way the tail was just laying down without any movement and the puffyness/size is more reminiscent of a racoon than cat.

[@Juliana-kc1sv]

was searching for this comment lol that was such a little guy

[@ohitsethann]

i was looking to see if anyone else saw it too! definitely a stray cat i think

[@FROOTAYE]

obsessed with the fact the "figure with glowing moving eyes" at 19:26 is extremely clearly a kitty cat and yet they left it in as evidence and didn't even discuss it. hope the missouri state penitentiary beast is having a good one

[@Viniter]

I mean they are little ghouls, aren't they?

[@elieliellio]

no yeah because you can literally see it moving around in the following two evidence shots its hilarious

[@Taipan108]

I thought it might have been a raccoon, but a kitty cat is also probable.

[@ayeshanel9338]

I went back 3 times to view that, really made me laugh with Ryan being all serious in the voiceover 😂

[@kamielizabeth6136]

it was a bird you can see its tail feathers at 19:37 🤣🤣

[@spageddiedinner9740]

Ryan’s chill energy was less of “Im not afraid.” And more of “Im touring an apartment to rent.”

[@mogo5055]

Watching both Ryan and Shane get a little spooked and very confused when the flashlight started flashing SOS in Morse code was just fantastic.

[@cecesoclean4591]

when??

[@kittyplayz1480]

Yeah it’s hilarious that they didn’t realize that some flashlights have that setting

[@raine-time]

The ghouls calling Shane daddy is possibly the best evidence they've gotten

[@soph_shenanigans]

One of my new favorite moments😅

[@daisyjoy242]

Shane getting called daddy was funniest thing to happen

[@Leslie.__.]

Fr I’m about to convert to Boogaraism after that

[@theirishninjasanimations]

My new headcanon is that's the same ghost behind "nerd" from last season and "spaghetti" and "apple tater" from Unsolved just following them everywhere they go, gradually picking up on modern culture and showing it in their occasional moments of making themselves known not to scare them or to communicate in earnest, just because it's a funny little thing to do.

[@dollybelfiore7628]

''Daddy'' ...'' Disturbed'' ...I'd buy that T-shirt if Shane strikes that pose.

[@elodee3]

I'm a skeptic but the ghosts calling Shane "daddy" is very compelling

[@freshlymemed5680]

That's the most convincing evidence they've found so far.

[@atiqahdiyana5665]

It's basically confirmation for me

[@closetotaku5244]

Ikr. Finally compelling evidence to switch from a Shaneiac to a Boogara

[@emma_nutella58]

It’s to compelling for me to disprove of it

[@Justeeeevy]

Further evidence to prove that Shane is actually a demon, and the ghosts know their place beneath him

[@248antoni]

The ovilus blurting out “daddy” had to be one of the most immaculate comedic timings of these series LMao. Waiting for the “disturbed daddy” T-shirt

[@capndikkens5790]

I find it hilarious how "angry" Shane got about the mattress thing. It just goes to show how much he enjoys watching Ryan get scared- so much so that it frustrated him when he *didn't* get scared.

[@joaogomes9405]

Interestingly, during prison riots inmates often set their mattresses on fire. So the fact that the orvius said "Mattress blaze" so clearly and easily is pretty dang spooky

[@s.g5168]

I went to the ghost files live premiere and during the Q&A someone mentioned this and both Shane and Ryan looked so shocked because they had overlooked that due to making 420 jokes after they heard blaze lol

[@Libby-wy1qq]

@@s.g5168😂😂😂

[@amymckeough2915]

THANK YOU OMG

[@sweetlids2898]

@@s.g5168lmao

[@bluesapphireymca]

Literally what I was thinking

[@this1strash757]

i will never stop appreciating Watcher for putting actual subtitles on their videos and not letting us HOH settle for the crappy autogenerated ones

[@loverlyredhead]

'Boo, bitches' right at the start, too haha

[@annietrason6538]

No seriously, I’m not even HOH I just need subtitles or I feel like I don’t understand what’s being said… I hope they know how much we appreciate it!

[@tallybarnie5453]

@@annietrason6538same! Like my hearing is fine but for some reason if there aren’t subtitles I feel like I can’t understand

[@blakewhite3131]

Yeah my audio processing issues are real bad, i love when i have captions to work off of if i cant hear things

[@swampelf]

Yes! I comment this on a lot of their videos. I really appreciate that not only do they seem accurate, but the captions also include little jokes. Often times jokes that are spoken don't land the same in text so I love that there are little hidden jokes just for people who use captions

[@kaylabrown2720]

Just wanna say thanks to Watcher for adding proper subtitles! I'm not hard of hearing but I am neurodivergent and auditory processing is something i really struggle with! Thank you for making us disabled Watcher fans feel seen.

[@corissakhan5033]

Agreed 👍

[@KMochey]

I love that as Ryan becomes less fazed, Shane has to become more unhinged to maintain the equilibrium 😂.

[@TheCitykitty1978]

Zen Ryan 😂

[@emma_nutella58]

The ghouls calling Shane daddy is proof Shane is infact Satan himself in disguise destined to haunt Ryan for the rest of his mortal life

[@zubiazahrabukhari]

Never beating the demon allegations evaaa 😂

[@anti_fascist]

@@loganwood3624like luke

[@lullsbaby9321]

​​@@loganwood3624Their "Father Satan", if you will

[@nightlyrowentree6047]

This is now a part of there lore and story for me 😂

[@lisawoodwalker7180]

😂❤❤❤❤

[@foreshadowing_panda3928]

I miss when you guys would use the noise proof headphones and the ovulus and one of you would ask questions whilst the other interpreted answers. That was gold.

[@beek.4860]

Literally the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[@wolfiemuse]

That is a great segment. Lol.

[@BE-rn4px]

Yes!!!! That was my favorite

[@waywarddeee]

I WAS WAITING FOR THE HEADPHONESSSS 😩😩😩

[@JanusThePaladin]

Shane fighting a ghost is a core memory

[@luizeduardo1375]

The fun thing is that Ryan is apparently supposed to be more scared than ever this season and the one before, but I gotta say. Season 1 and 2 of unsolved has the most unhinged Ryans. That boi is shaking

[@poppyonline4034]

Ryan isn’t scared at all in this episode except for being slightly freaked out at the beginning. I miss the old Ryan so much!

[@ss16206]

I mean you get used to it at some point and he's human after all Honestly I prefer it more for him to keep it real than to fake being scared It gives the thing a natural vibe yk?

[@NadiaSeesIt]

​@@poppyonline4034it's stupid that you miss that lol

[@moondust9988]

12:42 "some sort of a large bird"?!?!?!?! IT'S A PIGEON SHANE😭😭😭

[@fallen_star2319]

Did Ryan and Shane miss the connection of "mattress, blaze" and the dude who killed people in the prison by *setting them on fire*?

[@_spell_x_bound_]

I THOUGHT THAT TOO

[@ninadreams127]

I was thinking it meant setting the place "ablaze" too!

[@splendurosa]

This was brought up in the Live Show Q&As! Yeah, they just missed it lol. Ryan was too busy giggling about weed.

[@evonneacevedo6578]

YES, THANK YOU!! Jesus, Ryan.

[@heathertaylor3310]

That’s my question too!

[@codyshamback1982]

you should have a "control" episode where you do all your tests in a place that is not known to be haunted. treat it just like a regular episode but do it in a holiday inn or something.

[@Nerex7]

But that would actually show the unreliability of all the tools they use, so they can't do that 😂 It would break the magic

[@Stelkabobelka]

Dude I was gonna comment how they should do this! Like I wanna believe, but....

[@ouranji76]

this would be so funny

[@SweetmeatsFan]

... unbeknownst to them, the hotel tried to cover up that it was haunted... LOL :D P.S. But like you'd suppose that a place that living people frequent would be more active because of creatures sucking up human energy

[@ebybbob]

Yeah right? I mean if people really were interested in the truth we have this thing called the scientific method... I'm sure it could be applied

[@lilyrosa143]

As a little tip for Shane -- if you tell someone to face Away from a dark room or hallway "until you feel a breath in your neck" they will eventually feel it and you will ruin their life. Light touch and ichiness are the easiest feelings to trick someone into.

[@--Nabe-rius--]

A person who goes into scary situations without fear is brave, a person who goes into scary situations even though they are scared is courage. Shane is brave, Ryan is courageous.

[@pinkdarkboy7127]

I believe the saying is- "A person who enters a dangerous situation without feeling fear is a fool. A person who feels fear yet still enters a dangerous situation is truly brave." I'd argue that these are dangerous situations, even if you don't believe in ghosts. Someone could be hiding in there with a weapon or I mean, stumbling around in the dark could lead to falling and getting hurt, especially when you're as tall as Shane.

[@--Nabe-rius--]

@@pinkdarkboy7127 Oh, I wasn’t copying a saying, just stating when the words should be used. I’m sure many acts of bravery could be called stupid and they were lucky nothing bad happened, but that doesn’t make it not brave.

[@madmadammim1971]

​@@pinkdarkboy7127I'm pretty sure they've talked about the fact shane genuinely does have fear that there's gonna be a big animal or a violent person in there, which makes a lot of sense. bravery and stupidity to them both (said with love and affection, of course)

[@Ducky935]

Nah shanes just unhinged

[@froggydraws_24]

ryan: “i just gotta get shane’s chill vibes” shane: *standing in complete darkness staring blankly ahead*

[@carrilloarmadillo4209]

tbh that was the scariest part of the video for me lmao

[@user-vc9hv3ss3r]

@@carrilloarmadillo4209 I was hoping someone else agreed!! That part was so genuinely scary

[@chrissybunnyify]

Because Shane knows ghosts are scared of him lol

[@emilynguyen4785]

i suppose that's his idea of "chill"

[@thespankmyfrank]

The way he tilted his head towards the ceiling gave me chills lmao @@carrilloarmadillo4209

[@BThirstyPretzel]

The fact that you two are so in sync that Ryan was thinking about Shane getting murdered while Shane was thinking of how to make Ryan think he was being murdered....BFF

[@sweetlids2898]

I know! They are always weirdly in sync with what the other one is doing when they have their private investigations

[@bannankev]

True telepathy on display 😂 💜

[@baxiz2992]

The power of editing

[@fatimahassan5781]

50:47

[@abbymcc2471]

Okay I just rewatched this and how did they not notice the creepy "yes" after Shane said "did you get stabbed in the body" at 15:48

[@lillithholt]

That’s what I’m sayin😭😭

[@meg3587]

holy crap i replayed it and that was freakyyyy

[@ashywashy401]

it would be so fun to see both shane's and ryan's heart rate (bpm) on the screen, especially when they do solo investigations

[@thespankmyfrank]

The "glowing moving eyes" were _definitely_ glowing moving eyes, from a cat. You can literally see the tail when it walks past the door lol. I genuinely feel like most of the noises were just animals, like the multiple birds or the random cat.

[@JMTemps]

I was thinking raccoon or opossum, but maybe a cat. In any event, it clearly seemed like an animal.

[@kylerichardson8109]

It looks like a cat and comes back into frame during all three pieces of the evidence caught at that time. You can see it come back the same way it left the Frame during the "footsteps and talking" and than you see the eyes quickly during the noise and light.

[@ricardotejeda6530]

I thought it was a possum. The nose and the way its head looks like it's hanging reminds me of possum mannerisms. I also thought a lot of the knocking was just animals after that and the birds.

[@sarranwrap2]

Was looking for this comment

[@amandaferris5469]

Same, saw the cat/animal and was checking to see who else caught it. 👀

[@Ludachrissy]

I am so torn between the ghosts calling Shane “daddy“ as being the most compelling evidence the ghoul boys have captured or being called “nerds“ last season…

[@laurenhoffman7081]

It has the same energy as the Apple spaghetti from a previous episode

[@aimlessalix8066]

Lol they must be watcher fans this season 😂

[@maxisgorgeous4008]

which episode was that again?

[@Ludachrissy]

@@maxisgorgeous4008 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGmpk5R5q7xpbs0si=Oky4NUkzTPlGy2Pc about 12 minute mark 🤗

[@itsfern_]

@@laurenhoffman7081i thought it was apple tater and then spaghetti separately

[@DoubleTrouble-li5wi]

Shane is genuinely impressive. Utterly fearless and unconcerned even in such horrific building. Really proud of Ryan though! Such great personal growth!

[@jumpinglizards69]

The blind cell is actually really sad. That's located in the woman's building. Its one of the doors that they do have a key to so if you ever go back i reccomend going in alone and experiencing it. They were locked in it for days or weeks at a time. That particular unit was also known for the abuse the females inmates would face at the hands of male guards. MO state Penn is an incredible experience

[@steamedvegetable]

The glowing eyes at 19:30 is 1000% a cat or racoon, the movement is so animal like and if you look really closely as the eyes go out of view you can make out a tail in the shadow

[@elizabethwhitehead8421]

Definitely, you can see the 4 legs and the tail. The glowing light with the bang was probably it looking up at the noise.

[@Ratkingbogan]

Thank you, I was trying to find someone else that saw this lol

[@Samimies]

They said something about a demon dog later on pretty spooky, but it must be a raccoon or something

[@red4888]

Yeah it's a racoon. You can even see it leaving the room in the next scene at 19:41, most likely making the noise they thought was talking. And then the next noise with a single ball of light at 20:00 is likely the racoon standing on it's hind legs and grabbing the hand rail to balance. That single ball of light is just one of its eyes (The other obscured by the rail most likely) as it stands to peer over the stairs. And the noise is made as it grabs the railing.

[@dianakoshman3365]

100% a raccoon, you can see it come out and chill at the top of the stairs.

[@dolphin_of_death9344]

Mad respect to Anna for kidnapping the Professor and blatantly having him in frame where Ryan and Shane can see

[@MelissaLawrence2002]

I was almost hoping she would actually have a ransom video instead of an anecdote. Would've been hilarious lore 😂

[@AnnaBananaz666]

Hi Anna here😁 the dolls next to him are actually haunted so I don't know if Ryan would want him back

[@Ranger-over]

It is great to see you enjoy your new life with the Professor. I especially enjoy seeing you out smart Ryan and Shane. Hopefully, they will sooncatch up to you. Awn7mFktpB4

[@pecantanqueen86]

Wait what

[@dontfuckitup5581]

timestamp please? :)

[@abigailkaterbergcolibaba]

41:51 Shane turning direct to camera to give their brief review of firebug's book 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Chef's kiss

[@tarapapacek7731]

The fact that she said “mattress blaze” then they mention the story of Fire Bug Johnson is CRAZY! Like did he cause a mattress blaze?

[@sensitive_salamander1091]

"Chill" Ryan just smiling with a thousand yard stare during his entire investigation is quite possibly the scariest thing we've ever gotten out of this show

[@annaes6267]

Pretty sure that's actually Ricky Goldsworth we saw there.

[@_knucklehead]

Ricky Goldsworth!

[@2ndamendmentgirl102]

The only way Ryan could make it through was to let Ricky overtake him and become the baddest entity in that 54 acres of hell.@@annaes6267

[@jackroberts2704]

😏

[@odetoclear]

the ghost calling shane "daddy" after posing in the prison cell is already one of my favorite moments of all of ghost files

[@sweetlids2898]

Yess, it was so out of nowhere too 😂

[@katiem7733]

34:05

[@lazyyoutubename3468]

it is a prison and prisons had lots of butt stuff going on

[@jessicakaemery]

That, and Shane fighting a ghost 😭

[@Sweetieee]

After seeing how tall he is lol

[@StudlyFudd13]

As a previously employed correctional officer that worked the night shift in a prison I do have one particular moment that was not so fun to go through. It was on my night shift in Bravo 3. After the last count near the end of swing shift the lights are turned off completely. No lights whatsoever besides the officer's station. I was finishing up my paperwork when I heard a knocking on one of the cell doors then an inmate's voice. "Officer Watson" (obviously I am not going to write my own name. So fake name given here) He called me again and I leave my station and walk over to his cell when I notice that the overhead light in his cell was turned on. He looked through the glass at me and asks what I wanted. I said I didn't want anything, I was just in my office. He looked up at the light and back at me and said he didn't turn it on. And he's right. Those lights can only be turned on from the outside, from my side of the cell. it's so an officer can get an inmate's attention at night. I was nowhere near his cell when it turned on. It wasn't a faulty wire either. The switch was indeed turned on. I flipped the switch back off. He gave me a horrified look and we bid each other good night and I went right back to my office. The walks/patrols I had to do throughout the rest of that night was horrible. Hairs standing up on end. Feeling the weight of the darkness was awful as we have to walk the hallways in darkness. The lights give us away if an inmate is trying to get away with something. So we walk as quietly as we can with no light. The only light is the from the tower outside that sort of shines through the tall windows at the end of the tier. Always remember that moment. It was not a fun experience. Had to do lots of graveyard shifts on that unit after that as well. I thankfully do not work there anymore.

[@hee-hoo5672]

I'd like to think that at 34:06 "daddy" was one ghost and the "disturbed" was the cellmate calling out the other ghost.

[@etherealmatos2148]

Shane's blonde hair and bright blue shirt in this episode are given the "This Ken ghost hunts!" vibe. I do think there needs to be a post on both of you guys, Ryan saying "This Ken believes in ghosts..." and Shane's "... and this Ken doesn't".

[@loriedrew101]

True 🤣

[@T.Florenz]

Would love to see Shane and Ryan re-enact the Ken song and dance number from the movie 😂

[@cloudywinds3241]

@@T.Florenz lmao that would be hilarious

[@wajeeha110]

LMAO🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chelseaw2042]

Ryan’s unbuttoned shirt is soooooooo kenergy

[@BreannaNordseth]

We need a Disturb Me Daddy shirt with a silhouette of Shane standing touching the ceiling!

[@poppyonline4034]

Yes!!!

[@waterseedwilliams]

Would totally buy but would order in two size too big and only wear it around the house and to sleep because there are way too many creeps who would take that as a directive 😂😭

[@PeytonViebs]

Yes, in the pose he was doing with the leg crossed and hip popped out. Also with Ryan leaned against the wall, looking up at him, lol.

[@rishycup]

I would buy this

[@thecrazygooseofyourdreams4785]

Lmao yes

[@SavannahCarnley]

The ghosts calling Shane “daddy” is the best evidence in the history of paranormal investigations.

[@editingpurposes3031]

I'm surprised someone hasn't said this but at 15:46 as Shane was asking "did you get stabbed in the body." there was a faint "yes" when they switch to see the stick figure giving a dance!

[@kaelanbeaudoin6095]

For anyone wondering, at 6:00 Ryans light is just flashing S.O.S. in Morse code. Plenty of flash lights have that feature, so no spooky mischief there!

[@jonsnow5907]

But it does it on its own?

[@Alien361]

Can be but it needs to be controled if his Flashlight has that feature i think.

[@marlanakendall5809]

Yes, my flashlight does that too. Each time you turn it on, it goes into a different mode: normal on, S.O.S mode. and strobing. I feel like they should have known that.

[@that0nedegenerate]

I was about to say...

[@that0nedegenerate]

@@jonsnow5907 Kinda, they can be janky sometimes, a little bump is enough to switch it on sometimes.

[@CypherDecypher]

The real question is: will there be another ghost fight this season? I want to watch Ryan beat up a ghost to surpass his fear.

[@catherinekress2138]

He's already surpassed his fear. He was chiller than Shane at the end practically.

[@Emily-do2jy]

If we can’t get another ghost fight we should at the very least get a fight between Shane and Ryan. My bets on Ryan winning

[@randomenvelope]

hard to beat up a ghost when they don't exist

[@cloudywinds3241]

@@Emily-do2jy Sorry but Shane would hand Ryan his ass handily. He has nearly a foot in height over him.

[@cloudywinds3241]

@@catherinekress2138 omg I thought I was the only one. I don't like it when Ryan doesn't care. Doesn't make the show fun to watch. Could have been so much funnier if he got freaked out even the little bit on his individual session.

[@whoyoufightin1442]

I'm not a ghost enthusiast whatsoever but these two ghost hunting is some of the best entertainment of my lifetime

[@workingorder2189]

They need to do sleep overs again. Always, a good time when the ghoul boys catch some sleep in fun places.

[@NadiaSeesIt]

Seems like they are usually uneventful and boring

[@NadiaSeesIt]

Also, a lot of these places are hazardous

[@Blaquebarbgamer]

@@NadiaSeesItYeah, true.

[@mothra5712]

The glowing eyes are clearly a cat

[@Blaquebarbgamer]

@@mothra5712 I thought that too, I saw the tail and all.

[@lotusnevermore2279]

@39:00 so there was an inmate named "Firebug Johnson" known for trying to burn down the prison and you get "Mattress, blaze, material" when arguably mattresses were probably the most flamable thing available to him, and Ryan doesn't even bat an eye? I'm shocked!

[@GayaK91]

My thoughts exactly

[@chelseygoodwin8739]

i was thinking the SAME THING

[@kloud1972]

I was literally yelling at Ryan for not picking up on that 😂

[@brigade7678]

Its driving me crazy that he just didn't care at all, didn't ask ONE actual question 😭

[@simulatrixx9983]

yeah, even before they said that, i was so confused why ryan's mind went straight to like 420 blaze it ahaha and not like, idk, arson, which i feel like would've been significantly more common in ye olde worlde prisons

[@karismckinney3152]

“Oh uh we read his book! Good writer, little bit racist” Thanks Shane, excellent review 😂😂

[@mollycoates4054]

I kinda want all book reviews from him

[@whimsicalstray]

​@@mollycoates4054haunted book club? I'm just glad Shane committed to the assessment.

[@PRBoricua23]

There’s never been better chemistry between two men than Shane & Ryan.

[@onenlybynr]

hopefully they can go and do investigations in southeast asia someday cause the spooky folktales here go crazyyyy they'd love it

[@MissesSisters]

I think the fact that ryan didn't try to investigate anything during his solo is the biggest tell on how scared he actually was

[@peterbillings3276]

Absolutely. “I don’t like the new Ryan.” lol

[@desmeisme]

Who wouldn’t be scared

[@kathmperez]

Not a lot scares me, but I don't think I'd go there. 😅

[@poppyonline4034]

I disagree. It’s just annoying and doesn’t. It just confirms for me that all the times he’s ‘scared’ he’s just faking it.

[@maryz9319]

Shane's little sneaky smiles after his melodramatic screams is just everything.

[@poppyonline4034]

Love him!

[@wwren]

the sneaky smiles at that camera angle were the scariest part of the episode

[@chrier9798]

Little out of pockets, but I really appreciate the subtitles in every single watcher video. They are always so accurate and really help understanding :)

[@curist8411]

To be fair, even if shane doesnt believe about any of this, he's still pretty bold to just turn off the light and explore easily alone

[@benjaminlewis3903]

I’d love to see Ryan’s heart rate through an investigation

[@ebybbob]

Yes this!! Better yet hook him up to heart rate + GSR so we can also see how much he sweats on his solo investigations

[@scottyheav]

@@ebybbob Ryan doesn't seem scared at all. He walks into a prison cell and the word mattress comes up. Which is super creepy. But he just laughs it off by talking about how much he likes blaze. Uh ok. Also his solo adventure he just walks around like Shane does now,

[@Jadev9739]

Team put a heart monitor on Ryan and put it In the corner the whole video

[@Directioner171]

Same but I would also love to see Shane's

[@twopiesforeyes]

It's surely 420 over 69

[@jhunnie6854]

Shane getting mad at Ryan for not being excited about the mattress had me wheezing lmao

[@lennybrogen7237]

It killed me that the “mattress … blaze” was juxtaposed to the fire-bug Johnson story and how he killed inmates via fire

[@sodapop6164]

@@lennybrogen7237RIGHT?

[@nkbujvytcygvujno6006]

38:38

[@purpleflower06]

51:10 I've never been afraid of Shane until this moment....But this little sneaky grimace on his face... And the fact that Ryan didn't even reach out to any ghosts on the solo, he was definitely losing his mind 😅

[@ljd825]

I LOVE the sponsorship skit! I’ve skipped over the other sponsorship ads, but this one was so fun I actually watched it all the way through!!😂

[@Agispsi]

Ryan ignoring the mattress thing is the best proof that Ryan is getting way too numb for his own good. A psychotic killer could walk up on him and be like "im going to slice you up" and Ryan would just be like "hahaha, ya your gonna turn me into a ham sandwhich" and then just walk right past the psycho.

[@boi5573]

That part got me so good. He completely just ignored the fact that the device said “mattress” as soon as he approached it and instead was just “420 blaze it.” xD

[@Maso999]

he was just focused on the thought of the ghost blazing it up on the mattress

[@hus-zus]

But whats interesting Ryan said a prisoner tried to set fire to the place and then the ovilus said mattress blaze. Seems that was connected.

[@kat-thee111]

Props to the people who created the miniature 3D model of the site! Insane design and skills

[@babylongboard4887]

Not sure if you are joking but i'm 90% sure that is just google earth

[@anime_tails]

thats google earth

[@jjhaya]

@@babylongboard4887 It is? I really thought it was a 3D design, like miniature designs of the buildings. If it's just Google Earth, then I'm glad they decided to use it, and you know there was still mapping of the insides of the buildings which is appreciated. Hopefully, if there are structures like these in the season, they can use Google Earth and don't have to manually do the designs themselves.

[@jajzii766]

Are you guys trolling cause it's clearly not LOL

[@sanskritijha9658]

dw, its not google earth it IS a model

[@ActualSideOfRice]

A full season later I’m still not over how Ryan went through the twink to twunk pipeline

[@mxnikoturnip]

Tbh, what would scare me the most during a ghost hunt (actually it is what has scared me the most, since I've been on a ghost hunt) is the thought of surprise spiders crawling on me.

[@Silver_Arrow]

“The ghosts are undetermined but the spiders are REAL”

[@katharinerobey8052]

I'm not gonna lie, the scariest things this ep are the faces Shane makes during the solo investigation, because the camera angle makes them terrifying.

[@Kyroks_mp]

They’re absolutely daunting but they made me laugh my ass off

[@stephaniesheridan5722]

Omg! My husband and I agreed it was super creepy. Right before his time was up right?

[@katharinerobey8052]

@@stephaniesheridan5722 Yeah!! And there was a moment earlier on where his eyes shifted back and forth pretty quick. It was probably just supposed to be silly but in the nightvision cam it looks spooky lol

[@katnissevergreen9028]

id love for them to measure their heartbeats during these and display them on the screens, especially during the solo investigations

[@alejandraguillenmandujano96]

Absolutely! I've been suggesting this for years now... Shane's concern about losing wacthability because of Ryan's new "chill vines" would be completely wiped out. They could use something like polar watches...

[@Kat-qr7hv]

Ryan might get kicked off his health insurance if they saw what he puts his heart through

[@marygraham9709]

IVE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING FOR YEARS!!!!

[@STSGuitar16]

That's a great idea. Maybe we'd finally be able to know if shane ever actually gets scared during these investigations lol

[@bogwife7942]

in this episode, ryan is frightened by pigeons, the static cam captures a kitty cat, the boys discover the weed mattress, and shane is radicalized against the prison industrial complex

[@ariannebrodeur]

The dichotomy of Shane silently walking past the crew and Ryan rambling nonstop while walking past the crew like tag yourself bc I have been both but spiritually I really am Ryan. Also love Shane's pipeline of befriend people in prison and make soup to rat on people and do whatever it takes to be on top lmao

[@littlelavendeer]

I cannot believe they had a known arsonist named Firebug Johnson in the prison and didn’t think to connect the words “mattress” and “blaze” from the ovilus to a prison fire .__.

[@catherineevanoffour1230]

he was probably too busy trying to be zen to make such connections. He will have to drop the zen so he doesn't keep missing good connections. huh?

[@LCMD-wl8le]

There was also a fiery riot at the prison in September 1954 that resulted in 4 deaths. Compelling!

[@bombdotcom2168]

They might mention it in their debrief

[@sweetlids2898]

@@bombdotcom2168yeah they probably will, i think they were just too distracted to notice

[@marquislexil]

It’s difficult to notice most things while in the moment.

[@zekewolf4803]

Shane is fearless, but Ryan is brave, because bravery is doing something despite your fear.

[@Zakemaster]

Shane himself is the first to say that he isn’t even close to fearless. He truly doesn’t believe in ghosts, so in his mind there’s nothing to be afraid of at all.

[@massivemastiff9]

then there's the cameraman

[@colevinson5578]

@@Zakemaster would that not be the definition of fearless? to be absent of fear?

[@Zakemaster]

@@colevinson5578 this is definitely an argument of semantics. Technically, yes… but when somebody says that a person is fearless, it’s generally understood that the unspoken part of that is that they’re fearless in situations where they perceive they are in danger. People wouldn’t call you fearless if you’re not scared when sitting at your house just chilling with people you trust. Yeah, you are absent of fear… but that’s not fearless. Shane has said that he gets really scared in situations where he perceives there’s danger. He just so deeply doesn’t believe in ghosts that he thinks there’s absolutely no threat. Thus, it’s not really about being fearless. He thinks he’s safe. If any part of him believed that ghosts were real, his whole demeanor would be different. None of which is a knock on either of the ghoul boys. I was just clarifying, because I thought OP calling Shane fearless had a slightly different connotation than the reality of the situation.

[@SW-rd6bg]

@@Zakemasterthere is a video of Shane hearing a scary noise in the waverly hills sanatorium from his unsolved days. He immediately up and flees, because while he doesn’t believe in ghosts, when there’s a horrifying screeching sound in the chute, he’s out because there’s something THERE that he doesn’t know that he wants to run from. Certainly not fearless. Certainly not afraid of ghosts.

[@kittyphom]

33:46 “Daddy” 💀

[@jupiterpixie2737]

the fact that there were so many pigeons there tells me this place probably isnt haunted by or harbours dark energies. in my culture, pigeons are pure and only nest or settle in places with clean and safe energy!

[@ishipitlikefedex2610]

I'm still not over Ryan accidentally putting his flashlight on sos mode and them both thinking it's a ghost when it's just morse code 5:40

[@peterbillings3276]

Thank you for confirming this. That’s what I assumed it was, but I didn’t feel like going back to check.

[@HorrorHermitofHell]

That's an option on them now? Well I feel elderly.

[@kbond1402]

I came here looking for this comment. I had to rewind and watch it and it very clearly was SOS (3 fast, 3 slow, 3 fast, break).

[@DumplingDoodle]

thank god someone else noticed it. genuinely freaked me out lol.

[@RichardStamper]

As prior military, I wanted to point out the flashlight was doing SOS 6 minutes into the video - I assume that's a feature of the flashlight, but would be very interesting if the "strobe mode" Shane mentioned does not include SOS

[@abbyb6958]

I was looking for someone else that recognized it as SOS. I’ve had flashlights with strobe and SOS modes so I think it’s just a feature they’re unaware of hahaha

[@jac654]

I thought it was random flashes at first but the longer i watched it seemed more and more like the SOS flash

[@AnnaKaize]

@RichardStamper I noticed the same thing but thought I was the only one. Thank you for seeing it too, and Thank You for your service, Sir.

[@midgetducky7514]

I hope this is mentioned in the debrief!

[@fatal3583]

21:17 Nah bruh I can't stop laughing my ass off everytime I see that grin 💀💀💀

[@bbrooklyn]

i think the “daddy” is the most compelling piece of evidence tbh

[@frankc6195]

is it me or does Shane seemed more down and relaxed, not just dismissing stuff but having fun with it more?

[@iceprincess13]

definitely noticed that!

[@staryellos]

@@milly7843Do you know what video that was?

[@abbyturrner3120]

He has accepted his fate

[@scottyheav]

Ya that is the problem with this show now sadly.. Shane said it best at 38:39 Ryan just isn't scared or believes anymore. So the fun dynamic of this show is gone. They are now both just chill guys walking around making jokes and acting silly. If no one believes where is the creepiness for the audience?

[@Darkrezta]

@@scottyheav ryan is pretty much still believe in ghost and still scared of them. he just calm and relax because there is shane with him. I don't know how you watch the video and still say ryan is not a believer anymore.

[@murphy9970]

crazy to see ryan just COMPLETELY disassociate during his solo investigation… i think that might have been ricky goldsworth…

[@wrath661]

YES. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought about that

[@joshiugh5438]

I lowkey wish shane and ryan where just characters in a show just so they could do an actual reveal of shane being a demon 😭🤪 i would just love that twist for them (obviously shane would mean no harm to ryan in this scenario)

[@scribbles_spills_the_ink]

24:41 I know, I know its probably a coincidence, but the prisioner answering Shane's question, correctly, when Ryan slipped up!? That was pretty interesting to me!

[@moomoojoos8849]

I love how Shane is more scared of pigeons than ghosts.

[@shadufdoodles]

to be fair, he believes in pigeons

[@thatonesoprano]

​@@shadufdoodles bahahahahaha

[@mixmastermind]

Pigeons are real so that's step one

[@carolinegoodman9047]

And spider webs

[@trashgalaxy]

To all the "pigeons are real," people, you're all wrong! Pigeons are obviously government spy cameras

[@minty9170]

“I’m starting to think prisons are inhumane” I love Shane lol

[@johnsix.51-69]

I don't know about prisons, but some county jails are like hotels.

[@jessb465]

His dry humor is perfection.

[@brad4130]

The flashlight flickering at the beginning was just the S.O.S mode for the flashlight

[@zoem]

17:00 I think the ‘woo’ sound that was heard earlier, could’ve been a pigeon just making a sound. It really sounded like a bird and less like talking in my opinion 🤔

[@winwynwin]

After the cat showed up early on (and that was 100% a cat, come on), EVERY SINGLE NOISE for the rest of the hunt just made me think of some poor loose cat RUNNING from these two yelling men following it all over the building. Absolutely priceless.

[@randomnepenthe9104]

I absolutely love them just having a casual conversation about Mr. Bean with a death row inmate via flashlight

[@aurora5481]

I lost it at the ghost correcting them about the prison being open in the 80's.

[@JaangoFett]

I feel like the results on the regular spirit box were more audible and clearer than they are on the HoneyTone, but that may just be the editing.

[@annikahicks95]

I would love to see them go into a place with a medium. See what Shane thinks of it all and if they’d get more activity with a sensitive with them

[@mothra5712]

Didn't they have a psychic one episode on BuzzFeed Supernatural. Shane was less than impressed if I remember correctly.

[@gwen_stacys_ghost]

Shane telling the tall man that there can only be one tall man is giving the same energy as when he and Ryan stole Goatman's bridge. Also did anyone else notice that the glowing eyes at 19:25 look like they just belong to a stray cat wandering around? Like I can literally see a cat's silhouette walking away after the eyes disappear and then it comes back a little later.

[@lunazwolf]

I also reckon it was a cat, or like a raccoon

[@h4ppy3nd]

That's definitely a small mammal, I'd say a cat or a raccoon for sure. You can see a small black shape.

[@Hey-Nikki]

Or Ghost Dog

[@kiranpaudyal4937]

Yeahh. And he is saying it as an evidence as like he does not know it was cat or sth.

[@davosbaratheon]

its gait is certainly raccoon-like

[@AngelTeeth_]

For Debrief: 25:15, After a little googling, the only person to be listed on the execution record for thievery in Missouri State Penitentiary was a man named William Edward Talbert. He tried to steal a truck with a few other people, and was executed on November 16th 1945.

[@tessarabbit7160]

He wouldn’t know Mr Bean then damn

[@AngelTeeth_]

@@tessarabbit7160 maybe he overheard people in the 80's talking about Mr Bean LMAO

[@mushroomdance7756]

Could be George Mercer, executed in 1989 for rape and murder, rape in a sense is taking something from someone and the light did turn on when Shane said murder

[@WeepingWillowTree]

Imagine getting fucking executed for stealing

[@YrBoiNana]

Two years before my typewriter was made.

[@CYMotorsport]

If only for these simple moments 18:00 this show is highly entertaining for the genuine threat of actual rage to boil over. The second “logs” was dropped, shits about to go down lol

[@wakaran2414]

19:40 you can see the cat that was the "Glowing eyes" walk back the way it came. Little dude was just camera shy.

[@generichuman2044]

I'm going to need 200 series of ghost files. The wait between series 1 and 2 felt like an eternity

[@_gl1tzh]

for real tho!! I've been so hyped for this season since they said there was gonna be a season two

[@Yousifzzz]

You should find another hobby

[@Idekusername14]

@@YousifzzzLMFAO 💀 why are you hatingg 😭

[@Yousifzzz]

@@Idekusername14 if it feels like an eternity because a new season of a show isn’t out, you gotta find a new hobby or or at least another show to wait in the mean time lol.

[@Emmulah]

@@YousifzzzI have 21 hobbies and I am still impatient for new Ghost Files, so I give explicit permission to anyone with fewer hobbies to be impatient for it as well.

[@The_wannabe_composer]

Ryan, you said that Shane isn't scared of anything. But you forgot about his fear for the avocado and accidently getting a heroin shot.

[@razb8888]

and being squished to death

[@Guffy2403]

Not accidentally getting shot up. *Getting randomly injected on the street and getting addicted*

[@mylittlebouquet3994]

@@Guffy2403That’s such a specific thing to be scared of, but also at the same time, if you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time, it could possibly happen to anyone fr 💀

[@viktor5783]

Add racoons to that list.

[@The_wannabe_composer]

@@Guffy2403 oh right, thats what is was, thank you!

[@mathowo3818]

glowing eyes and footsteps at 19:37 is so obviously a cat would not be far off to assume the noises & "ball of light" seen later on were also the cat.

[@kassiebork]

Just started the video and I got to say, thank you to whoever makes and adds the subtitles to the videos!! I love you :]

[@the-reading-lemon]

I love that you can clearly see in the video that the glowing eyes at 19:37 are from a cat because the entire cat just walks round the corner and disappears off screen to the right. Love it. Also, I ADORE that this episode is so long, this is fantastic.

[@mayghanrodriguez2011]

At 19:42 you can see it behind the grate as well

[@shadow81818]

It was probably also a cat playing with the camera and making noise later on

[@agent50813]

Looked like a possum or raccoon to me. If you look at the shape of it through the bars. Def an animal, though.

[@Gwyn-pe3wr]

This episode should have immediately turned into cat hunting with some treats and pspsps.

[@BuriedErect]

@@agent50813 Tail is too fuzzy for an opossum and the gait isn't quite right, but I've mistaken a raccoon for a large cat in daylight lol

[@DrakeMeed]

Ryan finally hitting the 'this is fine' vibe of people who live in haunted houses is peak

[@poppyonline4034]

Ryan just got fed up with pretending to be scared lol

[@gabrielleengel7476]

Sadly I don't know if we will ever see this again.

[@etherealmona777]

@poppyonline4034 wdym by "pretending"?? He literally has anxiety?😭

[@solitarelee6200]

I always like when skeptics send in evidence (of course I do, as I'm also a skeptic lol) as it really lends an air of spook to it. People who expect to see ghosts will turn anything into potential ghost evidence, and like, I get it. It *could* be... it could also be like, visibly a raccoon or a man with a flashlight (lol), and those just seem more plausible to me. But as a skeptic whose also experienced things I could explain at the time (ball lightning, black mold, optical illusion), I gotta say that stuff is just more spooky and compelling to me, just because I know how my own mind tears itself apart for a rational explanation when a Spooky happens.

[@tasya8025]

OMG during 53:44 that is the scariest footage of Shane ever, it looks exactly like a scene from horror documentation movie where one of the guy finally encounter the ghost