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Expedition X - Season 11 - Episode 03: Blackbeard's Ghost
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00:00If you're here with us now, ring these bells or show up on this XLS.
00:10The bell dropped.
00:11What?
00:13Right there, right there in the tree.
00:17On this episode of Expedition X.
00:20Lando.
00:21Heather and Phil set sail to North Carolina on the trail of America's most notorious pirate, Blackbeard.
00:28His hostile spirit has been reported all around the place he died 300 years ago, Ocracoke Island.
00:36I noticed this really creepy green glow.
00:40I just started popping photograph after photograph, and I saw what looked like a pirate.
00:46Is this phantom guarding his long-lost pirate treasure?
00:50Oh, that is Robodog alerting me of a fight.
00:53Or seeking bloody revenge from beyond the grave?
00:58I feel like someone's here.
00:59Phil and Heather must weather the storm to learn the truth of Blackbeard's ghost.
01:04What do you want revenge on?
01:18Ahoy, me mateys.
01:20You're okay.
01:21I'm a pirate, you landlubbers.
01:23Sure you are, Josh.
01:24I'm very concerned.
01:25All right, you joy kills.
01:27I was just trying to get us in the spirit here.
01:28Maybe this will help.
01:29This is a photo that was taken recently on Ocracoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
01:35And this guy said that he saw a strange green light, and then he snapped this photo.
01:40What do you think?
01:41Oh, that almost looks like a figure in a tricorn hat.
01:45Hold on now.
01:45Am I looking at a pirate ghost?
01:47Maybe.
01:47That's what the eyewitness thinks.
01:49And not just any old pirate ghost.
01:51No, no.
01:52The notorious 18th century pirate who died off of Ocracoke?
01:56Blackbeard.
01:56Oh, I remember from childhood ghost stories.
01:59He was beheaded, right?
02:00Yep.
02:01And then his body supposedly swam around the ship.
02:03That's the legend.
02:04And look, what we know for sure is that the life and death of Blackbeard was a gruesome one.
02:09He terrorized the American coast before eventually being executed.
02:13And it is said that he hasn't stayed dead.
02:16Sightings of him continue on Ocracoke to this day.
02:19And many theorize that it's tied to his long lost treasure.
02:23I love this stuff.
02:29Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, is perhaps the most notorious pirate to sail the Atlantic during the golden age
02:36of piracy.
02:38His legend lives on more than 300 years later.
02:42But surprisingly, his entire reign of terror lasted less than two years.
02:49In early 1717, Teach acquires his own sloop and begins raiding merchant vessels up and down the coast of the
02:57American colonies.
03:01In November that year, he captures a French slave ship, freeing hundreds of African men and women, recruiting many to
03:08join his crew.
03:10He renames the ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, and outfits it with 40 guns.
03:17With a small fleet and nearly 300 men under his command, he builds a reputation for savagery and showmanship.
03:26Braiding fuses into his long, wild beard, Blackbeard lights them as he boards other vessels, giving his victims the impression
03:33they're being attacked by the devil himself.
03:39In June of 1718, the Queen Anne's Revenge runs aground off the coast of North Carolina, and Blackbeard is forced
03:47to abandon his flagship.
03:48He and his crew settle down on Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks.
03:54Life is smooth sailing there.
03:56That is, until Blackbeard's second-in-command and trusted friend, William Howard, gets arrested in Virginia.
04:03To escape the noose, he betrays Blackbeard, revealing his location to the governor.
04:09In the bloody battle that follows, Blackbeard is wounded 20 times before being decapitated.
04:18Edward Blackbeard Teach is dead, but according to legend, his headless body swims around the boat three times before sinking
04:27to the bottom of the bay.
04:31In the centuries since his brutal death, residents of Ocracoke regularly report seeing the ghost of Blackbeard.
04:38Some claim he seeks revenge for being betrayed, while others speculate his ghost guards his lost treasure, which people have
04:47been looking for for 300 years.
04:50Witnesses have also claimed to see a mysterious light moving across the water where Blackbeard was killed.
04:56A phenomenon reported so often, it's even named after him.
05:01Teach is light.
05:02One man says he even had a violent encounter with a poltergeist in the woods of Springer's Point, where some
05:09say Blackbeard's treasure is still hidden.
05:11And now, with this extraordinary photograph, residents are more convinced than ever that the man once known as Blackbeard still
05:20menaces Ocracoke Island.
05:26All right, Heather, what do you think? A pirate's life for you?
05:29Yo ho. Blackbeard had such a violent life and a violent death, and it was all centered around Ocracoke Island.
05:35It makes all the sense in the world that he would still be there haunting it today.
05:38All right, get this lady an eye patch. Phil, what about you?
05:41Listen, I love this legend, but I think it is just that. A legend. Plus, think about the atmosphere of
05:48Ocracoke. It is part of an island chain. It is surrounded by warm and cold waters, perfect conditions for creating
05:54mist that could look like a shadow figure.
05:57I'm gonna make you walk the plank.
05:59That's the pirate spirit, Heather. All right, so the two of you, get ye to Ocracoke and find out what's
06:05really going on here.
06:07Is the ghost of Blackbeard seeking revenge? Is he protecting his buried riches? Or is there some other, much more
06:14boring, natural explanation? All right?
06:16Oh, and before you go, very important, what's a pirate's favorite letter?
06:20Uh, gotta be R.
06:22No, Phil, that's wrong. It's not, because pirates love the sea! Huh? Get it? It's like an ocean, but there's
06:29the sea?
06:29No, I got it. I got it. We're leaving.
06:31Yep. Thanks.
06:32Good luck.
06:34The flight from New York to Norfolk, Virginia is just two hours, but it's another three-hour drive to the
06:39Outer Banks to get to Hatteras.
06:42From there, the only way to reach Ocracoke Island is the same way Blackbeard did, by boat.
06:52All right, sail's up. Feel the wind?
06:58There's Ocracoke Island.
06:59There it is.
07:01Lando!
07:03Let's get this thing docked. Go find our witness.
07:09Once we're on the island, Heather and I meet up with Charlie Jenkins, the man who took the photo that
07:14he believes shows Blackbeard.
07:16Walk us through what happened there.
07:18So I was here on the island helping a friend of mine. It was about 11, 11.30 at night.
07:23I'd noticed there was this really creepy green glow coming from this cemetery.
07:30The whole cemetery was lit up. I've never seen that green glow before.
07:34I'm trying to see, are there any streetlights that could have lit this up?
07:37I did not see any that night.
07:39I'm telling y'all, brother, I put my hand on the Bible, and I swear to God.
07:44The place was glowing damn green.
07:46I took my phone out, and I just started popping photograph after photograph.
07:51It was like right over here by those trees.
07:55After I took my photographs, I started zooming in, and I saw what looked like a pirate.
08:01And that's the image we saw?
08:02Yes, ma'am.
08:06That looks like a face to me.
08:08Yes, ma'am.
08:11So what did you do when you saw that on your phone?
08:16I actually got scared to death.
08:18I felt like I had captured something that was looking at me that I couldn't see.
08:25Call me crazy, but I thought I may have smelled gunpowder in the air.
08:29It's like sulfur.
08:30You smelled gunpowder?
08:32Yes, ma'am.
08:32So tell me, where else on this island have you heard stories?
08:36There are a lot of creepy places on this island, one of them being the marsh.
08:40Have you ever heard of Teaches Light?
08:41Yeah.
08:42Yeah, it's been around for hundreds of years.
08:44There's one lady that Teaches Light actually chased her down one night.
08:47She was in the marsh and saw a bright orange glowing light floating across the marsh.
08:53Went to see what it was, and the light turns and starts chasing her.
08:59She fell down, and the light disappeared.
09:02Okay.
09:03That's aggressive.
09:04And somewhere else you might want to check out the lighthouse of Ocracoke Island.
09:08That lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in North Carolina.
09:11I've heard stories of dark, shadowy apparitions.
09:15I've heard stories of whispers, the feeling that somebody might be watching you, especially late at night.
09:21During Blackbeard's time, that was actually the early settlement area for the Ocracoke Islanders.
09:26There is documentation out there that the Spaniards came here and absolutely massacred everyone in the fishing village.
09:33Oh, goodness.
09:34Wow.
09:35We've heard stories about Blackbeard's treasure still being on the island.
09:40Why wouldn't it be?
09:41If he died here, why wouldn't his treasure be here?
09:43And if his treasure's here, it makes perfect sense that his spirit would still be here trying to protect him.
09:47I agree with you 100%.
09:56As night falls, Phil and I return to the cemetery, hoping to witness the same green light Charlie saw,
10:01and perhaps communicate with whatever he captured in his photograph.
10:15Getting some photos?
10:20Let's see if any pirate spirit shows up.
10:24In addition to the photos we'll analyze later, I'm setting up a handy cam to run all night to see
10:30if we can capture the same green glow that Charlie described right before he allegedly encountered the pirate.
10:37First things first.
10:39Spirit bells.
10:41I wanted to use an object that the spirits of Blackbeard's time would recognize, a bell.
10:46And if they ring...
10:47That means the cemetery might be a little bit more alive than we give it credit for.
10:50Exactly.
10:51String them up.
10:53Bells like these were commonly used in the 1700s to prevent premature burial.
10:57A bell above ground would be connected by string to the finger of a dead person, just in case they
11:03were mistakenly buried alive.
11:05Tonight, we'll be using them in a call and response session.
11:08Will they trigger a response from the dead?
11:11Blackbeard, is there anyone here with us?
11:14If you're here with us now, ring these bells or show up on this XLS.
11:20We saw this incredible image of what looked like the spirit of a pirate.
11:27Blackbeard, are you here with us?
11:33Is there anyone else here with us?
11:37Did you serve under Blackbeard?
11:45The bell dropped!
11:49You're right here, hanging off this.
11:56Look at that.
11:57Well, hang it back up.
11:59Something wanted our attention, and it takes a lot of energy to pull something down.
12:04Maybe it needs to ring them again.
12:06Okay.
12:07Right there, right there in the tree!
12:10It's right there.
12:20Something's sitting on the limb right there.
12:21Looking right at you, Phil.
12:23In the tree next to me?
12:25It's on this limb right here.
12:29Oh, it's gone.
12:30It's gone.
12:35Getting anything else?
12:37No.
12:37It's so strange.
12:38It was like, when you weren't paying attention, that's when it showed up.
12:42Well, if that is your theory, let's put it to the test.
12:45What if I stand over there and close my eyes?
12:48See who shows up.
12:49Could be bait.
12:51Okay.
12:56All right.
12:59Blackbeard, if that was you in that photo, if you caused that green glow, show yourself.
13:06You could be the one to prove to me that ghosts are real.
13:10You feeling anything?
13:11I mean, you're standing in a cemetery with my eyes closed, so a little on edge.
13:17Oh, this one!
13:19What?
13:20Look, it's still swinging.
13:21That one is completely still.
13:24Did you just ring that bell?
13:26Look at this, Heather.
13:28It takes a lot to make these things ring.
13:32Look, we have confirmation of activity.
13:35We just have to get some answers now.
13:36Let's see if we can give him a voice.
13:38I'm going to go grab my Tempest.
13:39Okay.
13:45Okay.
13:51We know you were here.
13:53You wanted our attention.
13:55You've got it.
13:55We're going to give you a voice.
13:57Use this tool to communicate with us.
14:02Why are you here?
14:07What do you want to tell us?
14:12Navigate.
14:13Navigate.
14:15If we want to know more about Blackbeard, where should we go?
14:19Light.
14:20Light?
14:21That could be Lighthouse.
14:23What could be the light in the marsh?
14:25I think we've got to split up.
14:27Okay.
14:28There is a lot more of this island to discover.
14:31So let's chase those lights.
14:34I head to the marshy southern tip of Ocracoke Island, where the teacher's light phenomenon
14:39has been seen by several witnesses.
14:42I'll be kayaking along the very inlet where Blackbeard was murdered 300 years ago.
14:49Because this is a visual phenomena, I want to make sure that if we do see it, we document
14:55it.
14:55So I've got this GoPro up here facing forward.
14:58I have another GoPro in the back facing to my rear.
15:01All that's left to do is paddle out there and see what we find.
15:09Let's go.
15:15So a woman claims that she saw a bright orange glowing light that headed straight towards
15:23her, scared her enough that she went running and tripped.
15:27Now, the big question is, what is that orange light?
15:32And I'm trying to keep an open mind to all options that are grounded in reality.
15:36But for now, my mission tonight, gather intel, keep my eyes on the skies.
15:49I arrive at the lighthouse, the site of the earliest village on the island.
15:53It was once the stomping grounds for Blackbeard and his crew, and later, the location of a
15:58terrible tragedy.
15:59This is where people have seen full apparitions, shadow figures.
16:04They've heard whispering voices.
16:07And this land itself is the oldest settlement of the island.
16:10But there is a lot more history to this place.
16:13Shortly after Blackbeard died, the settlers during the 1700s were massacred by Spanish pirates
16:18on this very ground.
16:21That will leave an imprint.
16:23So who's going to show up tonight?
16:25I guess we'll find out.
16:34I just saw something.
16:37I just saw a shadow over there.
16:42Is that my shadow?
16:43No.
16:43I just saw something.
16:48There's nothing there.
16:51I just saw a shadow.
16:55It was very quick.
16:56It was low to the ground, but it popped up against the white of this fence.
17:02It was definitely a shadow.
17:06I need to keep an eye on both angles here, because it feels like something is definitely
17:12watching us right now.
17:17And we need to try and figure out who it is.
17:22Okay.
17:24Is this Heather?
17:27I'm recording at the lighthouse.
17:33Let's see if they want to communicate.
17:41Is there anyone here with us?
17:48Wow.
17:51The tide and the wind is pushing me right through this marsh right out to sea.
18:03Let's see.
18:04Okay.
18:10Light!
18:11Light!
18:12There's a light!
18:13Come on.
18:15Right there!
18:16Right there!
18:17What is that?
18:37I'm here to communicate with you out of the spirit box.
18:46I'm trying to understand the activity on this island.
18:51Are you the shadow figure that I just saw?
18:58Yes!
19:01Can you tell me your name?
19:06Were you massacred by the Spanish pirates?
19:16Oh, that was very quiet.
19:19Did you die in the settlement that was founded here?
19:24Blackbeard, are you here?
19:29Blood?
19:32You want revenge?
19:35Yes.
19:36Yes!
19:41What was that?
19:42Good lord.
19:43Did you hear that?
19:45That sounded like...
19:47like a whale of pain.
19:52What was that?
19:54Good lord.
20:01Unable to find a source for the light I saw,
20:04I have a new piece of tech to help track it down again.
20:07I just need some solid ground to set it up.
20:13This is our most light-sensitive camera and we have it on the most amped-up nighttime setting possible and
20:20it's connected to this tablet which is running a custom program that filters out all other colors, except for the
20:27color orange.
20:28You will see the orange color in my hand is showing up and no other colors are.
20:36So if there is anything orange flying around out here, we will get it on camera and maybe get some
20:44answers.
20:46Okay, we are rolling.
20:55Meanwhile, I'm going to grab the FLIR, look for anything with a heat signature flying around in the sky.
21:00Alright.
21:07God, there will be something out there.
21:18Oh, look at that, look, look, look
21:24What is that?
21:35That is orange
21:36That is not reflection
21:39And we have it on a low shutter speed
21:41So it's causing it to look like a streak moving across
21:44But it's definitely a focused point of light
21:47And I did not hear any planes in the sky
21:50Swamp gas with this kind of moving water
21:53I doubt that
21:54And it's not in a species of lightning bug
21:57Typically they have a blinking pattern
21:59Not a solid light like that
22:00So that is something I cannot figure out
22:04Heather, you there?
22:07Yeah, what's going on?
22:09I've seen the orange light twice
22:11And we got it documented
22:12No way!
22:14That's incredible
22:15It is really unusual
22:17I can't wait to show you the evidence
22:18How's it going at the lighthouse?
22:20The spirit box has been really active
22:22I've been hearing things
22:24And I swear I saw a shadow figure
22:26So I want to keep looking around here
22:27I'm getting some great evidence out here too
22:30So let's just keep pursuing our leads
22:32See where the night takes us
22:33Copy that
22:34Stay on walkie
22:35You got it
22:42After the responses I got when asking about revenge
22:44I want to dig deeper into the life of Edward Teach
22:47The man who became Blackbeard
22:50So I'm meeting with local historian Chester Lynn
22:53His family goes back generations on Ogre Coke
22:57Lovely to meet you
22:58Good to meet you
22:59He claims to have insider knowledge about Blackbeard's life and death on the island
23:04You're born and raised here
23:06My family came in the 1600s
23:08Your family's been here since the 1600s?
23:10Here in Portsmouth
23:12Now I hear you have a theory about what happened to Blackbeard's body
23:15After he was betrayed by William Howard and killed
23:17In the records it does say they buried him
23:22He would have been buried without his head
23:25Where do you think they buried him?
23:27They buried him at Springer's Point
23:29So Blackbeard is buried somewhere on Springer's Point
23:33Of course, yes
23:34I certainly believe that
23:35He hung out there at different times
23:37There was a house at Springer's Point
23:39And he lived part of the time
23:41So essentially Springer's Point was his home
23:43Yes, yes
23:44And somewhere in the area is a big, big oak
23:48Over 300 years old
23:50Growing up, some people used to call it the Blackbeard Oak
23:52So that oak was there when Blackbeard lived and died
23:55Yes
23:55Blackbeard could have set in the limbs of that oak
23:58Or underneath of it
23:59Wow
23:59Find a giant tree and we know we're on the right track of the area of where Blackbeard was
24:05What about Blackbeard's treasure?
24:06You think it's on this island?
24:08I think there's a good chance of that
24:11Because it was one of the few places Blackbeard hung out all the time
24:15These artifacts were found at Springer's Point
24:18Okay
24:18And these definitely belong to Blackbeard
24:23Oh my
24:24These are off Blackbeard's ship, the Queen and the Pinch
24:27And they have been verified
24:28Essentially that's evidence of Blackbeard being there
24:32They can't deny it, I mean, it's what it is
24:34But if I had known where his treasure was, I'd already dug it up
24:41While Heather talks to the historian, I'm heading to Springer's Point to speak with another eyewitness
24:47Wade McVeigh is a long-time local who had a frightening experience in the nearby woods that he cannot explain
24:54What brings you to Ocracoke?
24:56I've heard too many stories about this place, and I understand you've got some yourself
24:59Yes, sir, I've got a few stories
25:02One particular time, I was out here with a buddy of mine catching sunset
25:05But before the sun had even finished setting, he got real antsy
25:11And he demanded that we leave the beach right then
25:13Being like, we need to go
25:15And I'd never seen a Mac like that
25:18And as we started up the path, he had a glass bottle in his hand
25:24And as we're walking, he smacked that bottle out of his hand
25:30Hit the tree next to it with a fair amount of force
25:35Shattered
25:35He didn't just slip and had to go flying?
25:38Nope, he didn't slip, he didn't fall
25:40I saw the whole thing, and I don't have an answer for that
25:46He goes, we need to get out of here now
25:49We ran down the trail
25:52Once we were out of Springer's Point, he told me
25:55Man, when we were watching that sunset, I just started getting these creepy vibes
25:59Like something was watching him
26:01Alright, let's suppose that there was some force that knocked his bottle out of his hand and smashed it
26:07Why?
26:08Could have been the ghost of the pirates
26:10See, Blackbeard had a camp here
26:13Being that pirates are known to be pretty territorial
26:16They're going to guard this area
26:17Not to mention, nobody really knows where Blackbeard's treasure's at
26:22Could be here
26:23He doesn't want one of us to find it
26:25And you think you've seen enough to convince you that the legends are real?
26:30Knowing the history here and everything that's happened
26:32It's easy to put the dots together
26:34It seems like Springer's Point is the place to be
26:38Oh, definitely
26:39A lot of really creepy stuff happens here at night
26:42And you might just run into it
26:47As the sun sets, I meet with Phil at Springer's Point on the southern end of Ocracook
26:52Where Blackbeard and his crew once had their camp
26:55And where my expert Chester believes Blackbeard
26:58And maybe even his treasure is buried
27:06It's crazy to think we're on Blackbeard's turf right now
27:09Not just this turf
27:10This could be where Blackbeard is actually buried
27:13And my historian did say that some artifacts from Blackbeard's time have been found out here
27:18Great, I brought a metal detector
27:19If I want to look for any remnants of the past
27:22And where Blackbeard's treasure might be
27:24And while you're doing that, I want to find Blackbeard's oak
27:27This tree is a living connection to the past
27:30If Blackbeard's ghost is here, being close to that tree
27:32Is my best shot at communicating with him
27:34Well, I'll look for a shiny treasure
27:36And you look for your tree
27:37Okay, well, good luck finding anything in this terrain
27:40Don't worry, I brought backup
27:42I got a robo-dog
27:44Alright, stay walkie
27:46Alright
27:55So, we have rigged Spot with a mobile metal detector
27:59I'm going to set one up on my own
28:01So while Spot takes on the south side of Springer's Point
28:03I can take on the north
28:05And if he finds something good
28:06I'll get an alert
28:08Alright
28:09Here we go
28:15I'm going to use his laser radar
28:17Or his lidar
28:18To perform a grid search of the area
28:31People have been seeing Blackbeard's ghost
28:33At Springer's Point for over 200 years
28:37And I gotta say
28:39It is very creepy
28:48Is there anyone here with me?
28:53Blackbeard
28:54Do you want me to find Blackbeard's oak?
29:01I'm not going in the right direction
29:14Blackbeard
29:15Is your treasure buried on Springer's Point?
29:19Woohoo
29:20Big spike
29:22Okay
29:25I'm going in the right direction, I think
29:30What was that?
29:34Is there anyone there?
29:36Ooh
29:38Okay
29:40Somebody's there
29:43Is this where Blackbeard used to camp?
29:52Ooh
30:00Ooh
30:00Ooh
30:00Did y'all see that?
30:08Okay
30:11Am I going in the right direction?
30:19Big spike
30:20Big spike
30:40Okay
30:41Okay
30:41We got something
30:44Come on
30:45He brings a robot
30:46But forgets his shovel
30:51Get some of this dirt aside
30:54Let's see if
30:57Whatever I'm detecting is inside
30:59This pile
31:01What's that?
31:03What is that?
31:05There's something in here
31:15Look
31:17Look
31:18Look at that
31:20This
31:20Must be part of a chain
31:24We got one loop right here
31:26Another loop right there
31:27This could easily be from the 1700s
31:30A remnant of Blackbeard's life
31:34Okay
31:35Let's keep searching
31:46There it is
31:49Look at that
31:53I found Blackbeard's oak
31:56Wow
31:57The stories say Blackbeard and his men
32:00Camped next to this very tree
32:01Which has been standing here ever since
32:04It's like a witness tree
32:06I think it's my best chance
32:07To actually communicate with Blackbeard himself
32:18Oh
32:20Hear that
32:20That is Robodog alerting me of a find
32:24Okay
32:24Let's go
32:32I see it
32:35Alright
32:37I can back it off
32:41So
32:42It was right over here
32:46Right under that poison ivy
32:48That I will brush aside
32:50Into the sand
32:52This is the good part
32:58Oh
33:01Wait
33:02Wait
33:04Oh
33:05My
33:05God
33:06We got a coin
33:09This could be a coin
33:10That was used by Blackbeard's pirates
33:13Even used by Blackbeard himself
33:15I see how it's oxidized a little bit
33:17But it has enough features
33:19That if I get some photos
33:20Send it to Josh
33:21I guarantee
33:22He will be able to give us a date
33:24And if only
33:25I could take the credit
33:27For actually finding it
33:29Good job Spot
33:31Phil, do you copy?
33:33Yeah
33:33What's going on?
33:34I found Blackbeard's oak
33:37Amazing
33:38Send me the coordinates
33:39I'll be over there
33:40Copy that
33:40Hustle
33:41Good boy Spot
33:43I leave Robodog
33:45To keep patrolling
33:45Springer's point
33:46And head off
33:47To meet up with Heather
33:48Whoa
33:49So this is Blackbeard's oak?
33:50I know
33:51Isn't it incredible?
33:52Absolutely
33:53Amazing
33:54Well
33:55I found a few things
33:56It might recognize
33:57What'd you find?
33:58Take a look at that
34:00That is a chain
34:01Could have been used
34:02On a ship
34:02Could have been used
34:03To lock up your treasure
34:05That's incredible
34:06And this isn't all we found
34:08Spot
34:08Had one up me
34:10And found
34:11This
34:13No way
34:13Oh my gosh
34:15This to me
34:16Looks 1700s
34:17These artifacts
34:18Could be
34:19From Blackbeard
34:20Himself
34:21And we know
34:22This tree
34:22Is from his time
34:23This is
34:24A golden opportunity
34:25To do a really powerful
34:27Call and response session
34:28Let's get set up
34:29Okay
34:34Alright
34:35This
34:36Is Blackbeard's flag
34:37This would have been
34:38Like his coat of arms
34:39So you gotta hang it up
34:40Okay
34:49So we have objects
34:50That are most likely
34:51From Blackbeard's time
34:52And
34:53From
35:00I'm gonna start
35:01The audio recorder
35:03This is Heather and Phil
35:06Blackbeard
35:07If you're here
35:09We've come to communicate
35:10With you
35:10Using this flame
35:13If the flame goes higher
35:14I'll take that as a yes
35:17If it goes lower
35:19I'll take it as a no
35:23Blackbeard
35:23If you're here
35:25Give us a sign
35:31Oh
35:32Seems like a yes
35:41The pirate Blackbeard
35:43Lost his head
35:44Literally
35:44His actual head
35:46Is missing
35:46After killing the pirate
35:48In 1718
35:49Lieutenant Robert Maynard
35:50Gifts Blackbeard's head
35:52To Virginia's governor
35:53Alexander Spotswood
35:54The skull
35:55Is then mounted
35:56On a pole
35:57At the mouth
35:57Of the Hampton River
35:58As a warning
35:59To any would-be pirates
36:01But then
36:01One day
36:02It vanishes
36:03In the 1800s
36:04It's alleged
36:05That the skull
36:06Is plated with silver
36:07And used
36:08As a punch bowl
36:09Then in the 1980s
36:11This disturbing
36:12Drinking vessel
36:13Is seemingly
36:14Rediscovered
36:15The estate
36:16Of historian
36:16Edward Snow
36:17Hands over
36:18What they say
36:19Is Blackbeard's
36:20Silver-plated noggin
36:21To Salem's
36:22Peabody Essex Museum
36:23The museum
36:24Is unconvinced
36:25But it certainly
36:26Seems like a fitting
36:27End to me
36:28Your skull
36:29Filled with alcohol
36:30Sounds like
36:30Every pirate's dream
36:32Cheers Blackbeard
36:39Is this where
36:40Your camp was
36:47That flame just went up
36:48Did it?
36:49Yeah
36:50Okay
36:51Keep talking
36:52Blackbeard
36:52Are you still on this island
36:54Because you're guarding
36:54Your treasure
36:58Stand out
36:59It is
37:00That's a no
37:00That's a no
37:03Are you looking
37:04For revenge?
37:05Ooh
37:07That guy
37:09Right when you said revenge?
37:10Yeah
37:11I mean did you see that?
37:12I felt like I needed
37:13To scoot back a little bit
37:18And it's raining
37:20We asked for a sign
37:24So we have a sign
37:25Of revenge
37:26Yeah
37:27Stay on that
37:28Okay
37:28Are you still here
37:30On this island
37:30Because William Howard
37:32Betrayed you
37:33Your own crew member
37:35Ooh
37:35One picked up
37:38Your own crew member
37:39Ooh
37:41Seems like a yes
37:42I'd say I would be
37:43Very angry
37:44If it was my own
37:44Close crew member
37:45That I'd worked with forever
37:51Wow
37:51It's really starting to pick up
37:53Yeah
37:53Are you here
37:54Looking for revenge?
37:56What do you want
37:57Revenge on?
37:58William Howard?
38:04Flame just went out
38:05That's still recording?
38:09Yeah
38:10Alright
38:10Flame's out
38:11Storm's coming in
38:13Let's get out of here
38:14Yeah
38:14Alright
38:15Let's move
38:15Let's move
38:17Oh
38:18God
38:21Phil and Heather
38:22Escaped a storm
38:23Worthy of the high seas
38:24Once they dried off
38:26And reviewed their
38:27Shipload of evidence
38:28Heather believes
38:29They not only found
38:30The man
38:31But also his motivation
38:33She is convinced
38:35They were communicating
38:36With the ghost
38:37Of Blackbeard
38:38And even thinks
38:39She's worked out
38:40Why
38:40But we begin
38:42With what on the surface
38:43Is the most valuable
38:44Find of all
38:45The coin
38:46Phil and
38:46Robodog
38:47Discovered
38:48Wait
38:49We got a coin
38:51It's a colonial
38:52Spanish 8
38:53Marabere
38:54Dated 1659
38:56Given that Blackbeard
38:58Pillaged the seas
38:59Just 58 years later
39:00It's possible
39:01This coin
39:02Really could
39:03Be one small part
39:04Of the pirates
39:05Lost treasure hoard
39:06So perhaps
39:08There was evidence
39:09Of the treasure
39:09But what about
39:10The evidence
39:11Of the man
39:12Who might have
39:12Owned it
39:13Blackbeard himself
39:14Edward Teach
39:17Light
39:18Light
39:18What is that
39:20Phil analyzed
39:21The footage
39:22He captured
39:22Of the so-called
39:23Teach's Light
39:24Phenomenon
39:25Its uniform movement
39:27And consistent
39:28Light signature
39:28Has Phil convinced
39:30That far from
39:31Being an echo
39:32Of something
39:32From 300 years ago
39:34It's something
39:35Entirely modern
39:36A local resident
39:38Flying a drone
39:39The photos
39:40Phil took
39:41In the cemetery
39:42Also failed
39:43To capture
39:43The same
39:44Eerie green glow
39:45Or more importantly
39:46Pirate-shaped
39:48Shadow figure
39:48That those
39:49Of our witness
39:50Did
39:50But while
39:51There wasn't
39:52Visual evidence
39:53Of Blackbeard's
39:54Phantom presence
39:55Heather feels
39:56There was a
39:56Disturbing amount
39:57That was audible
39:58You want revenge?
40:02Yes
40:03Yes
40:06What was that?
40:08Throughout the team's
40:09Time on Ocracoke
40:10Whenever Heather
40:10Brought up the topic
40:11Of betrayal
40:12Or revenge
40:13Not only
40:14Did the paranormal
40:15Activity pick up
40:16But so
40:17Curiously
40:18Did the weather
40:19Are you here
40:19Looking for revenge?
40:21What do you want
40:22Revenge on?
40:23William Howard?
40:26Heather points
40:27To the theory
40:27That spirits
40:28Can influence
40:29Wind and rain
40:30If that's really
40:31True
40:32Then the ghost
40:32Pirate's presence
40:33Was most certainly
40:35Felt
40:36And there's more
40:38Right there
40:39Right there
40:40In the tree
40:40In the tree
40:41In the tree
40:41A cannonball
40:43Sized revelation
40:44The cemetery
40:45Where Blackbeard's
40:46Supposed ghost
40:47Was seen
40:48Is the
40:48Howard family
40:49Cemetery
40:50Named after
40:51A William Howard
40:52Who purchased
40:53Ocracoke Island
40:54In 1759
40:55For decades
40:57Historians believed
40:58This was a descendant
40:59Of the
41:00William Howard
41:00Who was Blackbeard's
41:01Quartermaster
41:02Before betraying him
41:03But now
41:04Recently discovered
41:06Documents
41:06Suggest this was
41:08No descendant
41:09Of William Howard
41:09Stunningly
41:10It was
41:11William Howard
41:12Blackbeard himself
41:13Yes
41:14The same man
41:15Who betrayed
41:15Blackbeard
41:16Went on to
41:17Purchase the
41:17Entire island
41:18Of Ocracoke
41:19And is most likely
41:21Buried in the
41:22Very same cemetery
41:23The pirate
41:24Seemingly haunts
41:25If Blackbeard's
41:27Ghost really is
41:28Looking for revenge
41:29It seems we can
41:30Now prove
41:30Something seriously
41:32Shocking
41:32He's looking
41:33In exactly
41:34The right place
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