by Kimmie Chameleon:
Ghost Adventures Recap:
“Hellfire Caves”
Original Air Date (Travel Channel):
Friday July 13, 2012
Season 6 Episode 8
Location
The crew crosses the Atlantic Ocean for a special investigation in West Wycombe, England.
History
Just outside of London, England sits West Wycombe where in 1719 the secret society known as the “Hellfire Club” dug caves into the hillside to hold its meetings. Sir Francis Dashwood was the club’s leader and was also the second Baronet of West Wycombe and member of Parliament. Secret pagan rituals and orgies were said to have taken place inside the caves, along with the freedom for its members to mock the Catholic Church. Creepy carved faces line the walls of the caves where prostitutes were readily available for the affluent members. Three hundred feet below ground lies the “Inner Temple” where only the club’s senior members were allowed to visit. They had to cross the subterranean river Styx with a boat to get to it.
Directly above the underground caves sits St. Lawrence Church and a mausoleum. Zak strolls through the mausoleum and expresses that he feels his feet tingle. The energy is palpable. The crew interviews Sir Edward Dashwood, the 13th Baronet of West Wycombe who happens to also be the great great great great grandson of Sir Francis Dashwood. (There could be a few more greats that I left out.) Dashwood fills the guys in on a few stories about some of the reported hauntings. One such story is about Paul Whitehead who was a close friend of Sir Francis Dashwood. Whitehead had requested that his heart be placed in an elaborate marble urn at the mausoleum. Years later it was reportedly stolen by an Australian soldier and people now believe that Whitehead haunts the caves looking for his heart. Another story is about a young attractive barmaid named Sukie that worked at a nearby pub that still exists called George and Dragon Pub. Sukie had been tricked into thinking that a man that she admired had written her a note asking her to meet him in the Hellfire Caves where he would take her away and marry her. When she arrived inside the caves she was ridiculed by three local young men that admitted it was all a joke. Sukie was so upset that she picked up some gravel and threw it at the men. They returned fire and struck her in the head with a large rock that killed her. As many as 20 visitors a year have reported seeing what they believe is the ghost of Sukie in a white dress.
The Lockdown
We are treated once again to Lady Snake who previously helped the crew at the Ancient Ram Inn when they last visited England. Lady Snake opens up the spiritual portals with a pagan ritual that involves a topless Aaron as bait. Aaron almost immediately feels as if someone is grabbing his chest. He also describes smelling blood, dirt, and rust. Thermal and night vision cameras have been set up throughout the caves, as well as digital voice recorders. Billy Tolley is at a nearby area monitoring the live streams of audio and video of what is captured during the investigation. Right away the crew captures a disembodied voice saying, “Hell Fire.” They also pick up on one of the static night vision cameras a white mist floating down a tunnel by the river Styx.
Lady Snake offers Aaron to wear her cloak as heads down to the Inner Temple. Aaron sets up a night vision camera pointed directly at him and begins an EVP session. After asking quite a few questions, Aaron gets up and crosses the threshold to change the tape in the camera. It is at this time that Aaron says he feels weird and after review the digital recorder captures:
“I’ll get ya.”
Aaron crosses back over to sit down and feels his cloak getting tugged on and says:
Aaron: “Something just tugged HARD-CORE on my cape.”
Meanwhile, Zak is making sweeps of the ritual room with the Mel Meter and full spectrum digital camera. Zak captures a white diagonal form in one of the doorways. Nick and Lady Snake both hear what sounds like a lady sobbing in one of the tunnels. Zak and Nick head to the Inner Temple. Aaron tells them that he “understands” the room. All three hear a very loud thump. Zak points out that a lantern hanging from the high cave ceiling is swinging. They are unable to debunk what may have caused the lantern to move. Zak holds up his digital voice recorder and asks:
Zak: “Is somebody down there?”
Digital voice recorder: “Careful.”
Zak, Nick, and Aaron head to the command center where Billy and Lady Snake share some evidence. During the earlier pagan ritual that Lady Snake had conducted with Aaron, one of the voice recorders captured:
Digital voice recorder: “Aaron!”
The guys head back into the cave to resume their investigation. All three of them hear a mumbling sound after Zak shouts, “Paul, I’m in your cave right now and I’m right near the urn where your heart was placed.” They head in the direction of the sound. It is there that Zak now shouts, “Sukie, I’m gonna throw some rocks. I want you to throw them back.” Zak walks down a corridor and sees an apparition. He snaps a picture and we are able to see a figure. The guys announce out loud that they are part of the “Hellfire Club” and immediately hear rocks being thrown at them. Nick, Zak, and Aaron throw some gravel back and are stunned when they hear a big rock land near them in response.
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