Two Filthy Horrors

Episode 27 - Poveglia’s Plague Bells and Rolling Hills’ Restless Souls

• Alex & Megan

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This week, we’re taking a haunted trip across the globe! No passport required.

First stop: Poveglia Island, where plague victims and ghost stories go hand in hand. 

Then we head to Rolling Hills Asylum, a former medical facility with a seriously creepy reputation. 

Expect dark history, eerie encounters, and just enough chaos to make you question every noise in your house tonight. 

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SPEAKER_01

I'm Alex and I'm Megan, and we are your two filthy whores.

SPEAKER_00

You're all beyond the veil now.

SPEAKER_01

Yay, it's my favorite place to be and happy yappy hour. It's our hour. What do you got for us? You got anything fun?

SPEAKER_00

Not really. I mean, um, it was a weird weekend. Tyler was with you this weekend, actually. Sorry. Okay. I'm leaving it in. It's staying in.

SPEAKER_01

Uh I took a drink. I'm drinking a liquid death, like the Dr. Death. I don't know if you ever tried it, but it's like Dr. Pepper, but it's like uh let me see. I thought it yeah, two two grams of carbs in it. So it's two grams of sugar, two grams of carbs. So it's like way, way, way, way better than soda. Um and it's just giving me something besides water to drink, but being, you know, diabetic and that's all fun and shit. So our listeners are probably like, I don't give a fuck. But anyway, yes, Tyler was over with me for a little. I didn't see him too much. He was more with Dylan, but I did see him for a little bit.

SPEAKER_00

I missed them a lot, but I'm glad that he got to come out and have fun. He he had a lot of fun. He really likes um like you guys and your and your in-laws and stuff. Um, he did say that Ben and Mika were growing rapidly. So especially Mika. I guess that like he brought Mika over. Yes, that's what he said. He said that she and he was like telling his mom too, and he was like, She's a Cory, and she literally climbed like up my leg to get like up here, and I was like, that's really funny. I miss her a lot, and Ben, and you.

SPEAKER_01

They're both climbers these days. Ben's climbing trees, and Mika's just climbing furniture, people, whatever she can.

SPEAKER_00

I love that. He actually he tried. Well, he did surprise me last night. I don't want to say he tried, he did surprise me, but we were all playing phase 10. Me, dad, my mom, and Tyler's mom played phase 10 yesterday after we ate dinner, and I just ordered pizza because I was like, you know what? It's easy. I don't have to cook, it's kinda hot outside, I'm not doing anything. So I was like, if you guys are cool with pizza, we're just gonna do that. So I ordered pizza, and then I I don't know why that like one veggie tail song got stuck in my head, but it's the where is my hairbrush? I don't know why. Have you heard that one? Yes, okay. Well, it was stuck in my head, and I kept saying it, like just as like a fucking vocal stim or something, and then it reminded me, I was like, Oh, where is my husband? So I texted him and it was like I don't know, dinner time, and he just like did not answer me. And I was like, Oh, that's weird. Like, I would imagine he's eating now or like hanging out with people, but like you know, Tyler, he never looks at his phone, so I just decided to let it go. And then after we were done with phase time, because that game takes forever, like it was like 8 30, 9 o'clock at night, I think. I was like, he's still not answering me. So I texted him and it went to like to deliver, and then I was like, okay, like I'll just check his location, like just to make sure he's okay. And so I got on to check his location, it was turned off, and I was like, that's weird. I shit you not, Megan. It did not even occur to me that he could have been driving home. I literally was just like, did Dylan like did he corrupt him? Like, are they doing something stupid? Like, are they at Best Buy? Like, I was like, what is going on?

SPEAKER_01

Best Buy, not a strip club Best Buy. That's literally so like Dylan and Tyler coded. I know.

SPEAKER_00

I was like, are they buying computer stuff? Yes, and so that's fucking funny. I called him and I was like, hey, and he's like, hey, and he sounded like really weird, and he was like, What are you doing? And I was like, I just got done playing phase 10. But what am I doing?

SPEAKER_01

What are you doing? Your location's off.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, literally, but I didn't want to like sound what like crazy, so I was like, Yeah, we played phase 10. Your mom won. My mom was a sore loser, you know, it's fine. And then um, I was like, Well, what are you doing? He's like, Oh, nothing. Did you have a good day? And I was like, What is going on with you? And so he was like, I was like, what are you doing? And he was like, I'm driving. I was like, Oh, where are you going? And he was like, Where do you think I'm going? I was like, Oh, you're coming home, and he was like, Yeah, and I was like, Where are you? And he was like 30 minutes out. So I feel back because I totally ruined the surprise.

SPEAKER_01

I really just thought that he was like, You know what? He he you didn't push, he could have lied, you could have been like, I'm just going to the store real quick to get something. So he was just to be honest.

SPEAKER_00

He is and I love it. I really wasn't pushing though, I was just kind of like, Okay, I hope you're having fun and be safe. Like, I just really was like, maybe he's trying to surprise me with something else. Like, I don't know, like maybe he's buying me something and doesn't want me to see it. But um, yeah, I was like, Are you at Best Buy?

SPEAKER_01

I just was like, dude, that's no at dinner, because he ate dinner with us before he left, and uh Dylan talked him in attorney's location off and to surprise you for coming home. So it was Dylan who corrupted him a little bit, but it was for a good reason. He just wanted to surprise you. So um That's sweet. Because they were all like, Alex, Alex will see. And I'm like, Alex is pretty big on checking location. I'm like, but I'm pretty sure she's busy, so I kept I was I kept that's why I kept saying, like, hey, what's up? Hi, what's what are you doing? Oh my god, I knew you were trying to keep weird up. I kept trying to get you like to make sure you were busy and to distract you so you didn't look at his location.

SPEAKER_00

Oh my god, I knew you were being weird. Megan literally messaged me and she was like, hi. And we usually will just like talk random shit like all day. Like we'll just we don't really end a conversation or start one. We just talk all the time. And so she was like, hi. And I was like, hello. And she was like, What up? And I was like, Nope. I was like, who are you? I was like, who are you? I was like, is this Dylan? Like, who has your phone? Is it am I talking to Ben right now? Like, hi, like, and she was I was like, this isn't my sister. She was like, Yes, the fuck it is. I was like, oh, well, hello.

SPEAKER_01

Like it was so weird. I was being weird, so it's funny that you called me out so quick on it.

SPEAKER_00

I knew it was like I didn't think anything of it though. Like I really didn't. I was just busy and I was hanging out with everyone, but it was funny because Dylan was trying so hard, and I'm I know you know this. He was trying so hard to find out if we were having a boy or girl.

SPEAKER_01

Oh my god, I had to tell him to stop it so many times.

SPEAKER_00

Well, I told me and Tyler pre-briefed, like I was like, hey, Dylan's gonna try to do this, he's gonna try to do that. Yeah, no, you guys were solid.

SPEAKER_01

You guys were a solid union on it. Um, it is funny though, because I told Dylan, I was like, honestly, if it was me and you, like up against us, you know what I mean? Like to to deal with Dylan's bullshit on trying to find out the gender, I would have been like, like, you pretend like solid like solid it's a girl or it's a boy, then him the opposite. So then that way, no matter what we said, you'd be like, Yeah, it's a girl, and he'd be like, Yeah, it's a boy, just to fuck with us even further. But you guys were solid unit that you didn't give anything away. I mean, Dylan's pretty, like, he's pretty insistent that it's a boy, so uh, but Tyler did not give anything away. So I'm I'm glad.

SPEAKER_00

Well, because Dylan texted me and it was Friday night, and he was like, he was like, Congratulations, I can't wait to meet her. And I was like, You're dumb. And he was like, No, I was drilling Tyler and he slipped up, and I was like, No, he didn't. And he was like, uh. I asked him if there was a dick in his wife, and he said no.

SPEAKER_01

He did. And then Tyler was like, think about how you worded that. He's like, is there currently a dick in your wife? And Tyler was immediately like, no. I hope not.

SPEAKER_00

Dude, I literally laughed like out loud. I was like, I hate you for that. That was actually really funny. But yeah, I'm I he had fun, so I'm glad. And um, I'll come next time, and I'm coming this weekend too, so just to hang.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, we get to see Ben's soccer game. Uh his his first game did he went he was really good. Um, he did amazing. Um, he knew like field position very well. Um, things from last year transitioned into this year, and then hockey, which he doesn't want to do hockey anymore, but the stuff from hockey transitioned into soccer also, so that was good. Like everything kind of like came full full circle, I guess, in a way. Not full circle is the wrong word, but uh it just came all together on the field on Saturday. And um they did lose by one goal, unfortunately, but they had a blast, and Ben was cheesing the entire game. Like, he's like, I'm like, Ben, you gotta be more aggressive. And then I'm like looking, he's just fucking cheesing, like he's glowing, smiling, and he's like on the sideline, not not like on the sideline, he's over on like the side of the field where I'm sitting, and he could hear me, and I was like, Ben, you having fun? Because it was about to be a penalty kick, and he's like, Yeah. And I was like, Okay, then that's that's all that matters, buddy. But he just um it's so funny at this age group because they're so polite. Every kid is afraid of taking the ball from another kid. They're like, let me let this guy make his move first, and then I'll come in and kick the ball. And I'm like, don't ask for the ball. I'm like, you don't have to let that guy kick it. Just go in and kick it before him.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, you're supposed to win. Like, it doesn't matter how you do it.

SPEAKER_01

So cute because they all do it. They all are like, oh, I can't, he has the ball right now, or she has the ball right now, so I gotta wait. I'm like good parents like wait your turn. Yeah, and you're like, go. I'm like, don't ask. You'll hear me scream on the side, like, don't ask, take it.

SPEAKER_00

And then, like at home, you're like, you better wait your fucking turn, you better share, and consent is important.

SPEAKER_01

Yes, it's so funny.

SPEAKER_00

Oh my god, I love it. I cannot wait to see him play. I'm so excited. I'm bringing my phone finger and my pom-poms.

SPEAKER_01

I can't wait. I'm so excited. Um, also, I did want to tell everybody that we took him to. We found out that there's like a little like side road off from the Pittsburgh Airport where you can park your car and see all the planes coming in and out. We went up there, we grabbed some subs and drinks, and we went up there and had like a little picnic and watched the planes come. Like they were since they were coming in and taking off, they were really low, like right above us. And Ben loved it. He bawled the entire way home when we left.

SPEAKER_00

So happy.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, he's obsessed with planes, absolutely obsessed. He will tell you everything. He'll make up shit about planes, and he he believes it wholeheartedly. Like, he's like, Oh yeah, the engine's this color, then it's this plane, and it's this and this. And he's like, you know, if they do this on the plane, they do this. I'm like, Ben, that's not even true. And he's like, Yes, it is, Mom. And I'm like, and some of the stuff I don't know either, so I'm just like, Yeah, okay, Ben, cool.

SPEAKER_00

But uh yeah, sure, whatever you say, man.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, like he he knows everything in and out, and then he adds some sauce to it, too. So you know what?

SPEAKER_00

Hell yeah, I love a kid with imagination.

SPEAKER_01

But yeah, but Dylan just took him back up there again to see the planes for a little bit while we're recording, so yeah, he's just he's insisting. He's like, I can't wait to be, I think it's 12 or 13, I don't remember what age, but at that age you can start training for a pilot license, and he's insisting on doing it. Like he's like, I'm going to do it.

SPEAKER_00

I get it. So Tyler really wants to do it still.

SPEAKER_01

I know Dylan does too, so he's like all for it. And besides that, I mean I'm just really winded right now because it is so hot. I don't have my AC on. I should, I honestly should, but I don't have it on. Um, I wanted to open the windows and like do a deep clean of the house. Yeah. So I've been cleaning, like doing a whole bunch of cleaning, have all my windows and doors open and stuff, trying to air out the house, and it smells amazing and it's great, but it's like 75 degrees in my house right now, and that's that ain't me. Fucking hot, and it's making me like breathy.

SPEAKER_00

So that's okay. Me too. It is really fucking hot.

SPEAKER_01

But yeah, it is beautiful day though, too. It's super gorgeous. Ben's Dylan's been cleaning out the garage. Ben's been outside playing most of the day, so cute.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, it's nice out. I had cussy over today. Um, I worked a lot today though, because I have an appointment tomorrow that I can't miss, and it's right here.

SPEAKER_01

I realized you were uh working. Jesus.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I was waiting I worked like six hours. Yeah, it was crazy. But she slept over last night because she thought that Tyler wasn't coming home. So I was like, girl, you can still sleep over, like it's fine. So she slept over and then today I worked, but she really, really, really wanted to make this one recipe that she made for dad and my mom like last week or the week before. It was like a chicken pot pie thing with biscuits and stuff that she got out of. I think it was a Disney book or a Universal book. Like she bought it at Universal, and um, so her and Tyler went to the store and they got the ingredients for it because we didn't have like the frozen veggies or the chicken or the biscuits, and so uh they came back and they they both made it together. It was really sweet. I like heard them out there talking and stuff, and I guess he did oh my god, I'm saying her name. I'm gonna have to bleep it out, but I guess our little sister did like all of it, and uh Tyler was just there for moral support, he said. But he did help her cut the onions because that like it burned her eyes. But it was cute because they kept like going downstairs and stuff. Like, Tyler was like, Alright, you want to go check the biscuits? And she was like, Yeah, and they would like go downstairs and check the biscuits and then come back upstairs because our oven upstairs is broken, but we have that one downstairs, like that kitchenette weird thing that we have. Um, so thank god for that. It's a really, really old oven, but it works, so we're using it because ours went kaput. I keep forgetting that your oven broke.

SPEAKER_01

Like, I mean, right now, who cares because it's hot as shit and you're not using that oven anyway. But exactly normal, like that sucks to not have an oven. And I I just it really does. Usually when you tell me something, I'm like, yeah, that Alex has this going on. Like it's like it sticks in my head, but for some reason that oven, I think it's just I can't imagine not having an oven. So now I'm like, No, she's not going through that.

SPEAKER_00

No, I like freaked out whenever it first broke, but then Tyler was like, Well, we have the oven downstairs, and we also have an air fryer and the toaster oven that we can pull out. And I was like, Okay, honestly, like that's fair. And so it hasn't been that big of an inconvenience. Like it, like it, it sucks, but like it's not like anything where it's weighing heavily on me. Like, I'm not like super stressed out to get another one. I'm going to be soon, but it's not it's I'm just kind of rolling with it right now. I'm like, I have other shit to worry about. Yeah, you'll get there.

SPEAKER_01

You'll get you'll get something in and you're good. Ow. My thighs hurt. Oh. Um, sh I I don't know how pre-recorded this is, but I am gonna say real quick, um, to don't don't tattoo over scars in moles. That's all I'm gonna say. Because I I have to go to a dermatologist very soon because I thought I had a scar on my butt cheek that I got tattooed over because I hated the scar, and now it ends up that it's it was a mole that is changing, and I have a whole bunch of other symptoms, so we're gonna go get it checked out and probably removed. Um, and that's all I know right now. But I'm just gonna say shout out, like, don't tattoo moles, don't cover them because then you don't know when they're changing.

SPEAKER_00

You didn't really know too much about it though. Yeah, I didn't know. I thought it was a scar.

SPEAKER_01

But still, I'm I'm feeling very upset that I because I probably sh I probably would have caught it very like a lot quicker if I would have known that it was a mole and not a scar. But it is what it is, it's over now, but it is yeah, don't tattoo your fucking moles.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, just don't get ass tats. Just get ass tattoos. No ass tats. No, we love them. Do it.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, mine like covers my entire like butt cheek and hip, so it's like it's a big tattoo. I was there for that.

SPEAKER_00

It was it took a while, yeah. It was it was a good time though, and it looks good, but yeah, don't uh tattoo over things like that. That's why I like refuse. Like Tyler always is like, I want a tattoo, and I'm like, please don't. You are a very good thing. You have two moly molys. He literally had to get two cut off like for pre-cancer, like or precancerous uh skin moles or whatever. Fucking stresses me out. Oh my god, Megan. I have to I'll tell you this like offline, but really like really quick. He came home last night, and as soon as well, I met him out on the porch and I gave him a kiss and a hug because dad and my mom were still here and his mom was upstairs and stuff, and I didn't want to like climb all over him when um our parents were in the room. So I met him like kind of outside, and then he comes inside, and I'm sitting on the couch next to dad, and the light is on. He comes in and I fucking freak because he's some the sunburn.

SPEAKER_01

Oh my god, he was so burnt. And so I was like, Did you shower? And he's like, Yeah, I'm like, it didn't burn you, and he's like, No, I'm like, because he was like burnt.

SPEAKER_00

I know. I've seen him worse though, but like with you and I just talking the other day about how like sunburn can like kind of contribute to like bad things, yeah. Um, I fucking snapped. I was like, and you're fucking sunburnt, and I fucking went off. I felt like you pulled a grit on him.

SPEAKER_01

That's not your and you're fucking sunburnt.

SPEAKER_00

So bad. I literally snapped out and like everybody was just sitting there quiet. Like I felt so bad. But um, he was like, it's okay. I'm fine, babe. Everything's fine. I'm like, I fucking knew I should have like asked you if you had sunblock, but I didn't because I thought you were big boy. I was freaking.

SPEAKER_01

I knew I should have named goddamn it.

SPEAKER_00

Literally, oh my gosh, I should have asked Megan if she had sunblock for you.

SPEAKER_01

But I'm surprised Barb didn't Doug didn't like slab him with it because they're big sunblock people, so yeah.

SPEAKER_00

I don't I have no idea. It's honestly fine, but um, I'm just gonna keep a really close eye on him. He goes to the dermatologist like twice a year because of the stuff.

SPEAKER_01

So okay, so I get there too, and like they're all in t-shirts. He's sunburnt the fucking back. And Barb is like in her comfort, like purple comfort sweatsuit, like looking like a little Easter egg. I'm like, bitch, how are you not roasting?

SPEAKER_00

Little Easter egg. Oh my god, this is horrific.

SPEAKER_01

Oh my god, I would have died in that. Like, yeah, it was cold in the morning, so she wore it to Ben Soccer game, and I totally understood. But when you're she was out helping them with like the cement and shit like that, or concrete, whatever it is. Yeah. And I was like, how were you doing that in a comfort sweatsuit? I would have died. I would have literally fallen over. You would have had to take it in the hospital and get it cut off, like you're so fucking just cut the sweatsuit off. I can't take it. I don't I can't even move to take it off.

SPEAKER_00

I am cut my sweatshirt and my mole off at once, please. That's funny.

SPEAKER_01

My hair looks greasy as fuck. Don't look. Mine does because I'm sweating, so I don't think yours looks bad though.

SPEAKER_00

Thank you. Tonight, we are taking a boat over to one of the most infamous haunted places in the world. I'm gonna be talking about Pavaglia Island. It's a tiny island sitting in Venice, Italy. Have you heard of it? Fuck yeah.

SPEAKER_01

No, I haven't.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, this is so oh, you know you didn't? No, I don't think so. Oh, yeah! Oh this one is so fun. I honestly think I could do an entire episode with it, which is funny because I only have five pages, but I wanted to keep it like short, and I didn't want to go too much into like lore. I'm gonna cut all this out. I need to stop like overexplaining myself. But yeah, no, this uh this one's really, really interesting, and I think that the island is really beautiful, but some people don't think so now because of the horrors, but it is pretty green and lovely, I think. I mean you go there and there's like different building.

SPEAKER_01

I feel like I have like 20 laughs.

SPEAKER_00

Sorry, girl. Oh, we we both do. I love it. Paveglia actually dates all the way back to 421 AD when people fleeing invasions settled there. It was just a normal community for centuries until things took a turn. By the late 1700s, I think it was actually around 1776, the island became part of Venice's public health system. And in 1793, something got bucked up. Two ships arrived carrying people infected with the plague. So authorities turned Paveglia into a quarantine station. Like they literally just used it, like the entire island and like the facility on the island as a dumping ground for anybody even suspected of being sick. Like if you had a fucking cough, if you if you had a fever, if you had anything going on, they were like, plague, it's the plague, you gotta go. So they went there, and many of them never left. And it's sad because like once you were here, they didn't give a fuck about you. They did not care. You were not there for rehabilitation, you were not anyone's priority, but protecting the city from you was that was what they focused on. Those who needed to die or did die were burned in massive pits. And some people who go there now or like have been there claim to have walked the island and see giant ash fields. Over time, the island became associated with disease, isolation, and eventually death.

SPEAKER_01

Wait, are ash piles there? Or they just say that like they like it's like a ghostly thing? Is it like a paranormal scene?

SPEAKER_00

No, it's like it's like physical ash. Like from the Oh, like they actually still have them. Yeah. Oh my gosh. It's fucked. It's pretty fucked up. There are estimates of tens of thousands of people who've died here, but obviously exact numbers are unclear because it it dates I think this is the furthest thing back I've ever researched, to be honest with you. Um, there are plague pits, so like actually. Burial sites, blue burial sites still on the island. So then you fast forward to 1922, and the buildings were converted into a medical facility, often described as a psychiatric hospital, or just long tear. Yeah, long tear, long-term care homes. And this is kind of where things get a little blurry. We know for a fact that it functioned as a care facility, but we don't have solid evidence of torture or horror experiments, so I didn't include that. Like I didn't really go too far into it, but I know that it was essentially an asylum. We'll talk about it though. Like I do have something in here. But it was an isolated hospital on a former plague island. I mean, that's fucking crazy. So the vibes are already off. Like that's that's wild to me. It did close in 1968, and after a brief period of minor use, the island was completely abandoned. So since then, there are no permanent living residents, buildings were left to decay, and public access is restricted. It is off limits. You cannot go there. If you're caught, they will throw you in jail. Damn it. Yeah, like it's it's guaranteed jail time too. Like if unless you have permission from like the owners or like the city or whoever, whomever, um, you will go to jail. Like for a period of time. Like they pick you up and you spend the night in a foreign jail. It's wild. I don't I don't know. It's private property.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, just because it's private property, they just don't want people on it. There's not like an actual like health risk or anything.

SPEAKER_00

It's just so I don't think so. I mean, people with the plague were there, but that was so fucking long ago that I would like, you know what I mean? I don't think that that's a risk. But it's like there's like decrepit buildings, like there's definitely like it's an abandoned building on the island too itself, and it's pretty big. I'm sure that it's a liability, but it is, I think it is privately owned.

SPEAKER_01

Um I gotcha.

SPEAKER_00

People go there when they get permission, and it's mostly like famous people. Like, I know ghost adventures went there, and I'll talk about that here in a little bit too.

SPEAKER_01

Okay. I like stopped even look at ghost adventures because I kept getting screwed every time. Like every episode we've done, I'd be like, let me look up the episode. I know.

SPEAKER_00

I actually did find the episode on this one, and it is fucking fun. This the episode that Ghost Adventures did on Pavaglia, though, Pavaglia Island, sorry, um, is one of their most notable ones though. So it makes sense why I could see it. I'm sorry, it looks like I have a fucking slick back because my hair is so greasy.

SPEAKER_01

It is not, you're fine. It's fine. I mean, I I can't see it's not uh it's not coming across that way to me, I guess. Like through the weapon. I think you're being nice. No, it doesn't. I promise you, your hair looks fine. I promise.

SPEAKER_00

That over there? That's that's all grease. Bitch, that's so nasty. Okay, okay. Watch it off. I haven't, oh you know what? I did uh no, last time I watched it was when Tyler watched it when I was fucking sick with food poisoning. That wasn't that long ago. It's fine. I need some dry shampoo though. But anyway, so moving on to the ghosts, we first have the mad doctor of Pavaglia. And this is the most famous story. Supposedly, a doctor was working at the asylum. He was known to have performed crude experiments on patients while slowly losing his sanity. He claimed he was being driven mad by ghosts, and then he threw himself from the bell tower. And some versions say he survived the fall, only to be finished off by something unseen. But obviously, I looked. There is no historical evidence proving that this happened, but the story stuck, and it became the island signature legend. It's said that he performed experiments on patients, and they were pretty brutal, painful, and done without anesthesia. And it's pretty well known that he would use hammers, chisels, drills, and other common tools to conduct lobotomies and other shit. So it's it's definitely uh pretty brutal. And honestly, I mean back then we've covered things before where people have also fucking done that kind of shit. So who's to say it's not true? I just couldn't find anything like, yeah, he existed.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, there's like no actual concrete proof. But yeah. It blows my mind that someone can do that to somebody else. You know what I mean? Like, it just is crazy to me. I mean, I know we have so many people who do it, there's so much history of shit like that happening, but it's still like it makes me sick to think about that, and I can't even like I get like someone could be deserving of me punching them, and I'll do it. I know, right? And I'm like, And then you'll see that. Yeah, they they fucking needed that. Yeah, and I'd still be like, oh man, I'm better than that. You know what I mean? Like, I should have done that in their someone's family, I shouldn't have hit them. You know what I mean? I couldn't imagine just torturing somebody.

SPEAKER_00

That's crazy. It is weird, and I I think that, like, especially whenever you're somebody in a position of power like that, like fucking, if you are actually some weird sort of psychopath and you enjoy inflicting pain on others, and then you're like disguising yourself as a doctor to help people, that's a different level of psycho.

SPEAKER_01

Well, I also feel like in some situations, a doctor, so this is way off topic, I'm sorry, but I do think like sometimes someone could go into the field to like they just want they're just in it for the scientific side of it, and then they don't see them as humans, they see them as like subjects, and then it gets worse and worse and worse to the point where they're torturing people. Not that it's excusable, but I think I don't think every single situation is where someone was like, I'm evil, I want to hurt somebody, so let me do this. I think some maybe they literally said like a dark side to them, yes, like they're like in med school or whatever. I don't know, they're just they claim to be a doctor or whatever. If it's before med school, it was a thing, I have no clue. But um, yeah, I'm like, well, how does how do you become evil like that? Yeah, I mean, is it do you find it while you're doing you're cutting someone open, and then you're like, oh, I like this. Let me see what they do without anesthesia.

SPEAKER_00

I don't know, it was disturbing. That's a really interesting point, though. Like, maybe they really did want to go and help people, or they were just interested in fucking cutting people open and doing that stuff. It was just fascinating to them, and then they were like, Oh, I actually have a dark side, and then it gets back. It's just a ring. Oh, that is I like it though. Good job. Good, good topic. Next we have the Phantom Bell, and there was an old bell tower, like the one I just talked about the homeboy leaping from. Well, the bell inside of it was removed a long time ago, but people nearby have claimed that they can still hear the bell in the tower ringing, even though the bell is not there, like it's not physically there. And from what I could find, there's not really anything on the island that can mimic that sound. So I would assume, like all phantom sounds, it's probably residual. And visitors, mostly trespassers or explorers, and most of the time, by the way, it's all trespassers here. Like I say that, like, you can come here with permission, but that's like only famous people, and it doesn't happen very often. It's most of the time people trespass here, and they actually have guards who come like every night, like um certain hours of the night, and they check to make sure nobody's on the island. Like, it's a very big thing. Um, you have to take a boat to get there, it's really interesting.

SPEAKER_01

I mean, I feel like it's super suspicious that they like are that serious about people not getting there that they're I think so too.

SPEAKER_00

What is going on there?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, that's so weird.

SPEAKER_00

Like, why do you care that much that something that people are on that island? Yeah, these trespassers or explorers report things like disembodied whispers, sudden screams, shadow figures in buildings, and feeling like they're being watched. Maybe they're not shadow.

SPEAKER_01

Maybe it's real.

SPEAKER_00

Ew. Sorry. Stop. Yeah, maybe they're just like other people.

SPEAKER_01

They have security guards because they're still torturing people. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_00

Oh my god. No, but fair point. I mean, maybe that's why they hear those sudden screams and shit.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

And they're like, it's a ghost. Oh my god, maybe they're just being scouted. Like maybe they're like, you feel like you're being watched because you are. Like they're trying to also take you. Your face. Anyway. They say that the bell tower feels the most intense. So I guess that that's where the scouts hang out. But oh my god, this one fucking stresses me out. But is another common claim that the spirits of the plague victims are still there, which I mean is to be expected. But like also, could you imagine like being haunted by a fucking person who died from the plague like in the 1700s? Like, that would send me into orbit. I don't like it. So they can hear like moaning voices near blue burial sites, um, seeing figures wandering the island and a heavy, oppressive feeling. You like that?

SPEAKER_01

I do.

SPEAKER_00

And I mean, again, like all of that makes sense, but I don't want to imagine feeling that. Like, it's different if you're like, I don't know, like, could you imagine being in like like an abandoned building and it, you know, there's just somebody who died there recently and they're haunting you. That's a little bit different than being in like a castle from the fucking 16th century and it's a Victorian child, like haunting you. Like, that's a lot more haunting than just some random person in an abandoned building. I don't know. Like, this freaks me out because they're so old. Like, these people are so old when they died, and they're just fucking watching you. Like, can you go somewhere else, please, maybe? The local fishermen supposedly avoid the island too. They think it's bad luck to get too close to the area, and it feels wrong to them. Also, I guess that their nets can pull up bones. So, which again makes sense because people died on the island and the remains had to go somewhere, but like, yeah, they'll like get a little bit too close and they'll like cast those massive nets and like pull it up, and there's like bones in there and stuff. Ew. Moving on to the ghost adventures, though, I'm gonna just kind of explain the episode. It was definitely worth the watch. I really enjoyed it. I do enjoy ghost adventures anyway, whenever I can find the fucking episodes I'm looking for. But this one, like I said earlier, is considered one of the most intense investigations that the crew has done. Led by, you know, our man Zach Bagans, along with Nick and Aaron, they spent the night locked on the island, fully aware of its reputation as a former quarantine zone and then later asylum. They report that the atmosphere feels heavier than usual, even for them, as they repeatedly comment on how isolated and oppressive the island feels once the sun goes down. Inside the building, they quickly, like it happens like right off the rip, they start capturing EVPs. On the EVP, they heard the Italian word for help, so that's kind of sad and creepy. They also ask questions about who might be present and capture another response that sounds like doctor. At one point, I think it was Nick, um, reports seeing a shadowy figure pass through the doorway, but when they rush to investigate, nothing is there. And later, near the bell tower, they hear unexplained footsteps coming from above them, and when they attempt to communicate, they capture Whoa, they capture what sounds like a direct and aggressive response telling them to get out. And around this same time, Aaron freaks out, claiming he felt something physically push or touch him. Out in the open areas of the island where the plague victims were once brought and burned, the experience becomes even more unsettling because the crew hears what they describe as a distant but clearly human scream echoing through the darkness. Zack reports seeing a mist like figure briefly form then disappear, while Nick claims he felt a hand touch his shoulder, but nobody was near him. Like when he felt that, nobody was around him. The craziest part of the episode is when Zack started bugging out. Like he got really aggressive and agitated, and he said that he feels overwhelmed by a dark presence. His behavior was unsettling the rest of the crew, and he later wondered if he was temporarily possessed. And it's interesting because Zack is always kind of out there, but not like this. Like it was definitely worth going to watch. And then, um, oh yeah. Then they were leaving the island and they heard the word die. And then they heard a loud crash in the building. So that's fun. I uh would fucking skedaddle. I'd be like, bang. I wonder what I would do.

SPEAKER_01

Like, I'm not sure if I'd want to go back and see and then get killed, obviously, or just leave.

SPEAKER_00

I'm not sure if I'd want to get killed or just live. Yeah, no, I'd fucking make like chips and dip. Gotta go. You know those fucking cartoons where they run up in the air and they're just like going on nothing? That's me. I'm out. But honestly, this place is horrific. It's so beautiful though. Like you well, I'll s you gotta look at pictures of it or I'll send you some pictures of it or something later on. But it's so pretty. And um that's basically my recap on it. I think I could go more into details. Like if we ever spin a topic that I can kind of use this same place for, um, like an abandoned building or something, um, I think I'm going to I think I'm gonna revisit this because there's so much here and it's so old, and it's just so pretty. Like it's it's a really nice place. Well, I don't want to say nice place, but it's really pretty.

SPEAKER_01

It's a pretty place. At least they died somewhere nice. Well, not nice.

SPEAKER_00

I mean pretty. Well maybe. I don't know. I don't know how it looked back then, but whether you believe in hauntings or not, which I know you do, but all of you other people, this was a place where thousands of people were sent, not to heal, but to be forgotten. And when that much fear, pain, and loss is packed into one small piece of land, it's not that strange to think that something else might linger. So I just want to ask the question because at the beginning I I got some vibes. Because I was like, oh yeah, you can't go here. And you were like, oh man. So I want to know, would you go here?

SPEAKER_01

Yes, I I would go here. Well, no. I I would if I was allowed to. Okay. I'm not going and then getting arrested. It's not worth a a criminal record for me to get away.

SPEAKER_00

Honestly, I think if I were like 92 when I was on my deathbed, I'd be like, you know what? Let me go get arrested. Like, I would just try it. Like, just because why not? But no, other than that, I would not, I would not go here. It seems really, really crazy. And again, that ghost adventures episode. I mean, it's TV, it's dramaticized, but like it was fucking crazy. Like it was it was nuts. Like, I don't know. It seems really cool, but I wouldn't go here. But it's pretty anyway. I wouldn't go alone if that makes you feel better.

SPEAKER_01

I would have to do it.

SPEAKER_00

I would never go anywhere. We would go anywhere alone. Like, I need someone with me. We do.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

We are bitches. We are bitches. We're bims.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

We're bitches in the matrix. Bims. Part four. Come in your way. No, I'm just kidding. It's better soon. It's my faves.

SPEAKER_01

Well, good job. I loved hearing that and learning. Thanks. Thanks for having me. It was definitely creepy. Now, imagine a place where society sent the people it wanted to forget. The destitute, the drunkards, the lunatics, and the orphans. In 1827, it was known as the Genesee County Poor Farm. Today we know it as Rolling Hills Asylum. They say that when you die with no one to claim you, you never really leave. At Rolling Hills, over 1,700 people are blueberried in unmarked graves on the property. That's 1,700 reasons why this is considered one of the most haunted locations in North America. Uh yeah, I had that screen there.

SPEAKER_00

And I love how we both did that. Same episode.

SPEAKER_01

Most people hear asylum and think of American horror story, but the reality of Rolling Hills was much more bureaucratic. And while in many ways sadder. New York state law required each county to have a poor house. If you couldn't pay your bills, you you were sent here to work the farm in exchange for a bed.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_01

It wasn't just the mentally ill. You had widows with nowhere to go, orphans living alongside violent criminals. Sorry.

SPEAKER_00

Did the orphans have to work too?

SPEAKER_01

Yes. And I just got like choked up thinking about it. But yes, like I just can't imagine like someone who's whose husband died, or like your parents died, or like your parents didn't want you, whatever, and then you just had to go work like alongside horrible people. Like obviously there's some good people and then bad people too, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, right. Um something good happened.

SPEAKER_01

Uh and then the there was the elderly dying of old age, which back then could be anything from the flu to a broken heart. So um there were there's literally all types of people here. Um pretty much if you were poor or didn't have somewhere to live, you came here, worked, and you got a bed.

unknown

Okay.

SPEAKER_01

Rolling Hills is a large four-story brick building with an east and west wing, along with its main area and basement. There are also specific rooms like the chapel, barbershop, and kitchen, but it's not pop uh, but but it's not publicly documented exactly. I don't like I like how it's stuck in that. I don't know what happened. Um Bob Gordon. It's not publicly documented exactly how many rooms are included. Oh, and a tunnel. Of course there's a tunnel. A a fucking course. Why? It's every it's everywhere. I know, a pair of people. I guess just transportation, but like so many things I so many topics I've covered. Oh my god, I'm stuttering all over the place now. Um have had tunnels. Yeah, me too. And I don't know that going in. I like find it while I'm doing it. Yeah, I know you've got to be.

SPEAKER_00

I think it honestly, I think it just might be like an asylum and sanatorium thing because it was the method of transportation to get dead bodies out of the way. I don't know though. Or maybe it was just built like that and they decided to use that as a medical facil. I don't I don't understand it, but it's ironic.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, maybe it's like the type of like I want to say architecture. Like maybe that was just more common in that time period, too. Where nowadays it's not as time. Yeah, maybe it's not not just not as common now. And and it could be to get rid of dead bodies or something. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

While many spirits are said to run these 53,000 square feet, one name is whispered more than any other. Shadow man. This brings us to one of the most famous residents. Oh, I'm sorry. This brings us to the most famous resident, Roy Krauss. Roy was a giant, literally. Afflicted with giganticism, or gig how do you pronounce that? Gigantism? Gigantism.

SPEAKER_00

I think so.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. Afflicted with gigantism, he stood over seven feet tall. He was sent to Rolling Hills because his family couldn't care for him. Oh. He died there in 1942 at the age of 52. To this day, investigators claim to see a massive seven-foot shadow looming in the hallways of the second floor. So their his parents couldn't take care of him because he was big. I'm guessing so. I couldn't find any detail. It just said his family was a little bit more. Or was it just like maybe they didn't want to? Maybe that maybe because he was different, they didn't want to. I couldn't find more details for it. Okay. And um he isn't aggressive, he's just kinda still there. He's not the only shadow to be found either, but I'll touch on that a little later.

SPEAKER_00

Maybe he finally found a place where he feels like he belongs.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, that's a good point. He probably, you know, felt more accepted there than with his family. Who knows? Yeah. If you were walking through the halls with a recorder today, there are a few places where the air gets thin. First, we have the morgue. The morgue at Rolling Hills is located in the basement, and it's arguably the most atmospheric and claustrophobic part of the entire building. It's where the poorhouse reality hits the hardest because this wasn't a high-tech medical facility. It was a cold, efficient processing center for the unclaimed. Visitors report the smell of embalming fluid and feeling of cold hands touching their necks. It still contains the original cooling trays, slabs of cooled stone where the bodies of the forgotten were laid out. People have reported hearing disembodied voices or I'm sorry, sobbing, disembodied sobbing coming from the darkness here. But the most terrifying location is often cited as the screaming room. There are no records of what exactly happened in that small secluded space, but the name didn't come from a marketing brochure. It came from the visitors who, upon entering, hear a piercing phantom scream that seems to vibrate through their very bones. That is fucking scary. Like I honestly would probably just dip. Like if I walked in somewhere and heard a shriek that was like, Yeah. You could feel in my like in your bones, like I could feel it in my bones, I'd be like, you know what? I think it's time to go.

SPEAKER_00

I and I'd I honestly think I would freeze up first. I think it'd be like and then I wouldn't move until someone moved me, and then I'd run.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, and and I'm not gonna say w uh what place it is, but it is a place that you and I will cover eventually. Um but I I went to one place one time. I didn't even make it into it, and I had the most like the extreme feeling of like not to be there. Um, and I had Ben with me and we were in the car, and I I was like, I will not get out of this car. Like I I just knew I wasn't going in that building. It was terrifying, it was creepy, and then Dylan came fucking running and getting into the car too. So I know that's terrifying. So we'll eventually touch on that.

SPEAKER_00

That um Oh oh okay, got it, got it, got it. Bitch, he came running out and you're sitting here saying you're not gonna go in, but we're you and I are gonna fucking go.

SPEAKER_01

We are gonna we're gonna do it. We're gonna do it. Well, apparently they have new owners. I didn't know that Doug was talking about ha them having new owners the other night, so I don't know what's gonna happen now, but we'll see if we can still get in there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we'll see. Because they're still open to like tours and stuff like that. So maybe we could just like, you know, if they don't let us, we could purchase something. I don't know. We'll figure it out. Set up our shit. Yeah, we will. Adjacent to the cooling trays is the room where bodies are prepared for burial in the on-site cemetery. Sorry, I was I literally paused because I was like, You were like, is it burial or burnt? Literally fucking did. I was like, how do normal people pronounce this? Am I saying like I literally do it all the time? You said it. Okay, good. You got that. Oh my god. Like, cause some like okay, do you say tournament or tournament?

SPEAKER_00

Tournament, turn and I don't say that word.

SPEAKER_01

I say tournament, but I've learned like a lot of people in like Tennessee, they put the R like tournament, like tur to like tournament, not tournament. And when I was doing like uh airsoft like tournaments and stuff like that, when I played airsoft a lot, um they would pick on me for pronouncing it wrong, and I was like, no, I'm pronouncing it right, you're pronouncing it wrong. And they're like, There's a R in there, and I'm like, fuck you. So now I'm like paranoid. I'm paranoid, I'm like you. But yeah, now I'm like, am I saying anything correctly, or is this like my Pennsylvania accent, or what am I doing? I don't know.

SPEAKER_00

It's both. You are saying it correctly, and it's your Pennsylvania accent.

SPEAKER_01

Good old PA. Okay, sorry Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania pencil. I used to in elementary school, I used to think that um like pencils like came from Pennsylvania, and that was like from our trees, and that's why we had all the trees and stuff, because we have a lot of trees around us, and I was like, yeah, pencils come from Pennsylvania. That's literally what I thought. You know, cute little Meggie. One of the most common reports in this room isn't visual, it's olfactory. People suddenly smell strong antiseptic, floral, funeral water, or thick chemicals, which vanishes as quickly as it appeared. This is also where the gray man appears. Which I didn't realize I put appeared and appears like within the same like two sentences. Sorry about that. The gray man is a man in a lab side or apron and has been seen standing in the corner of this room. He's often described as looking busy, as if he's still in the middle of a shift from 1920.

SPEAKER_02

Oh.

SPEAKER_01

He has the most I could really find on him. Okay. While we are still in the basement, I'd like to touch on the suicide tale. There is a heavy legend involving a nurse or a staff member who reportedly took their own life in the basement area. Investigators often describe the morgue as having a heavy or thick atmosphere compared to the rest of the building, and people frequently report feeling a sudden unexplained wave of nausea. Nausea, nausea. Nausea Fucking Christ. Nausea. Okay, or an intense get out feeling when standing near the back of the morgue. So I don't know. I'm I'm fucking on one with pronunciations tonight, guys. I'm sorry. You're gonna take it. I'm putting it out there and you're gonna take it. They don't have a choice. Next is the infirmary. Infirmary? Infirmary. Why did you do that? Infirmary. Next is the infirmary. Infirmary.

SPEAKER_00

Next is infirmary.

SPEAKER_01

I don't know why I said it like that. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_00

As a matter of fact, the infirmary is next.

SPEAKER_01

It's the Pennsylvania accent. I don't know. Just kidding. No, that's like more of like a I don't know, like Valley girl. Yeah. Infirmary. I don't know what it is, but it's funny. It's more of a valley girl than Pennsylvania for sure. I don't know if I could do it again. Now that I'm thinking about it, I can do it.

SPEAKER_00

It'll probably happen on accident. Just keep going.

SPEAKER_01

Uh sounds of phantom gurnies rolling down the halls and the distinct clink of medical instruments around you here. There's a special room called Hattie's Room. Hattie was a long-term resident at Rolling Hills during its time as a nursing home in County Infirmary. Infirmary. Why do I keep infir Jesus Christ? Hattie was Hattie was a long time long Hattie was a long-term resident at Rolling Hills during its time as a nursing home in county infirmary. She was reported reportedly blind and spent most of her days sitting in her room. Because she couldn't see who was passing by, she developed a habit of shouting a loud raspy hello to anyone she heard in the hallway. Just to see who was there or to get some attention. Sorry. Even now, EVP recordings frequently catch catch a rasp oh Jesus Christ. Even now, EVP recordings frequently catch a raspy female voice saying hello to investigators. There's a catch here though. The investigators almost never hear her with their own ears in real time. Instead, they'll be sitting in the room in total silence when they play back their digital recordings later. There's a clear, gravelly female voice shouting hello right into the microphone.

SPEAKER_00

That's creepy because it's like on their side, you know, like Beyond the Veil, they're probably fucking screaming into that device that device right next to it and right next to you, but you can't fucking hear it.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, that's that would give me the creeps for real. Like I think I don't know. Like, would I rather actually hear it like in real time? Or do I want to know that they were screaming at me and I didn't hear it? Because what if they're screaming bad? What if what if they're screaming like get out and you're not hearing it until later and you're not getting their warnings and you're not getting like that shit?

SPEAKER_00

And I don't know if you've ever thought about this, but like what if like one year in a haunted place or whatever, or if your home is haunted or something, you're just walking around and somebody is like right in front of your face at all times, like trying to fucking scare you or like screams in your face.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, I mean, you know how close I am to fucking like graves, and I'm like Yeah. They're like in my side yard, so like I'm always like, what if they're in my house?

SPEAKER_00

Like what you could have like an incubus like behind you at all times, and I just don't know it.

SPEAKER_01

No, I don't even want to think about it. I just oh my god, I literally shivered.

SPEAKER_00

My mind goes to that though. I'm like, what if I'm walking around this place and someone's right in front of my face like this, and I cannot fucking see them, but they're breathing and they're well, I guess not really breathing because they're dead, but yeah, I'm like, what if they're like screaming in my face or they're like I don't know, fucking gnawing at the air and trying to bite me or something like you have to hold your breath like the uh junk she junk she. Yeah, I know.

SPEAKER_01

I think about that too much like a creepy little like vampire thing or zombie thing like standing in your fucking face and you can't breathe. Oh my god, I've dyed. Oh my god. I already can't breathe. You have a reason though. We're good. Damn. Fair. Okay. Let me get I lost my I lost my place. Oh, here we go. Her room is located on the second floor and is often decorated by the owners and volunteers to make it feel homey for her. Unlike the morgue, Hattie's room often feels warm or even welcoming. It's decorated with dolls, stuffed animals, and pink accents.

SPEAKER_00

Do we know how to no?

SPEAKER_01

I well, I didn't I didn't look, so I'm sorry. I didn't I didn't I just That's okay.

SPEAKER_00

I was just curious put it in there and I'm hoping it was just like natural stuff.

SPEAKER_01

Like I'm hoping she's okay. It didn't seem like there was anything negative because she seems pretty positive, so yeah. Yeah, yeah. People often leave small gifts for her pennies, toys, or candy. There are many accounts of investigators placing a penny on a table, leaving the room, and then returning to find the penny has been moved or has disappeared entirely. The last place is the solarium. I think that's how you pronounce it. That's how I've been saying it. So known for shadow people darting between the pillars. This is located in the East Wing on the second floor.

SPEAKER_00

I would fucking freak.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Shadow daddies, yes, shadow people, no.

SPEAKER_00

Absolutely. One of our 20 laps.

SPEAKER_01

The shadow people are easily the most famous and feared aspect of Rolling Hills. In paranormal circles, the site is often referred to as a shadow factory because the sightings are so frequent and consistent. Investigators don't just see quick flashes in a peripheral vision here. They report solid charcoal black masses that block out the light from the windows at the end of the hall. A common report involves a shadow head peeking out from a doorway and quickly docking back in as soon as a flashlight is or camera is pointed directly towards it. In the other solarium, a specific shadow entity nicknamed Jack is known for his repetitive behavior. People often hear distinct heavy footsteps pacing a specific ten-foot stretch of hallway accompanied by a shadow that mirrors the movement. Some investigators use trigger objects like old coins or tobacco in this area, claiming the shadow activity increases when these items are present. If Roy is the most famous shadow, the crawler is the most unsettling. Shut the fuck up. This entity is seen moving along the walls or the floors on all fours, often described as moving with a spider-like or unnatural fluidity. It is mostly, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Fucking gross.

SPEAKER_01

I like uh I did this research in the daytime for this. Because as soon as I saw that information, I was like, nope, not even looking at it. Can't do it.

SPEAKER_00

I have like sleeve bumps on my neck. Like, I don't like that. And my hair is covering my neck.

SPEAKER_01

Creepy.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. My greasy ass hair.

SPEAKER_01

Shut up about your hair.

unknown

It looks fine.

SPEAKER_01

It is most frequently spotted in the women's wing on the second floor. Unlike Roy, who feels the lingering. Oh, I'm sorry, unlike Roy, who feels like a lingering soul, the crawler is often associated with a much heavier or more ominous energy that makes people feel physically ill or panicked.

SPEAKER_00

Makes sense.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. And I do apologize because I kind of skipped around the rooms and stuff. I tried so hard to get a good lot like layout of uh the rooms here, but it's not very documented the rooms, if that makes sense.

SPEAKER_00

That's what happened to me with the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. I tried so hard, but it was it was hard. It was very difficult.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, it wouldn't I couldn't even find out exactly how many rooms are in it. So well. That's okay. You're doing great. Thank you. Obviously, I have some fun stories for you guys, but I did just summarize them because they were really big stories. So I'm just like kind of telling instead of quoting them, I'm just gonna tell you about the stories. Give me one sec. I need I need a drink. You bitches need to hydrate. Take a drink. You better cut that out. I'm just kidding. I will. I'll cut it out. The first one is about the current owner, Sharon Coyle. She shared an experience where she was terrified by a large rat in the infirmary. Infirmary.

SPEAKER_00

Mother, you're fucking lying. I don't really go on. You just added an extra syllable or two.

SPEAKER_01

You just made so much fun of me, you bitch. Okay. I know how to say it. I don't know why I keep adding syllables. It's okay. In my head, I'm saying it right, and then I go to say it out loud, and it's like my my mouth is like, nah, this is how you fucking say it, Megan. That's how you want to say that. She shared an experience where she was terrified by a large rat in the infirmary. Shortly after moving in. The next day, she found the rat dead on the stairs with a broken neck, and directly above it on the wall was a clear, large, bloody handprint. Many believe Lloyd took care of it for her. Jesus Christ, but the hand A little creepy, but nice, you know. I don't know. She didn't seem like she had any negative feelings about it, so.

SPEAKER_00

Oh. Well, who the fuck cleaned that up? Like, whatever. That's crazy. That's cool for her, but scary for her, depending on how you want to look at it.

SPEAKER_01

Another time a staff member once heard a tinkling music box melody coming from the Christmas room, which I didn't even know there was a fucking Christmas room until I found the story, so I do apologize for that. I love that. Upon the Christmas room. Like, I don't know. That's why I gave like the heads up that like there's there's stuff here that I don't want to do. No. Yes, it's it's huge. That's okay. Yeah. Upon investigating, they found no music box, only a decorative holiday mug. When they tipped the mug over, a tiny silver music button, like the kind inside of a greeting card, fell out. Even though it had no battery or obvious power source, it played the exact melody they had been hearing as soon as it was touched. That's fucking crazy. Oh my god. Like no battery made noise. That's fucking creepy.

SPEAKER_00

And then like the noise that you kept hearing? Absolutely not.

SPEAKER_01

Mm-mm. I no, I probably wouldn't come back after that happened to me. Like I'm like, yeah, I want to do it. I want to do it. And then it's like as soon as something happens, I'm like, nope, I'm leaving. I don't want anything new.

SPEAKER_00

You gotta go. No, thank you. Come back either here.

SPEAKER_01

A visitor reported that a suit hanging on a string in the morgue would slowly rotate to point toward whoever was currently being investigated or talked about by the group. When one woman laid on the autopsy table, the suit remained still. However, the moment she stood up and asked if anyone was there, the suit slowly turned 180 degrees to face her directly. That Okay. I would literally die. I would die if that happened too much.

SPEAKER_00

First of all, just because we have free will doesn't mean we need to utilize it like that. Why the fuck are you laying on that table? Right?

SPEAKER_01

I wouldn't I don't be able to touch it.

SPEAKER_00

Like you can you'll probably be on one one day. Like, quit do like don't do that. And also I'm guessing that suit I'm guessing that suit is just a prop.

SPEAKER_01

Like that's fucking creepy though. I'm assuming so, yes. I honestly whenever I was just reading this to you, I realized that I didn't dive into like because usually when I do these things, I look into the tours and what they do on the tours, and I just realized that I didn't do that for this one, so I do apologize.

SPEAKER_00

Um there was a lot though, like the rooms and all and all of the ghosts and stuff. It's a lot to cover, like you're fine.

SPEAKER_01

Okay, thank you. I apologize, but um, it definitely is a lot of information. Um this next one I liked a lot. Not all voices are scary. During a recent tour, a group was discussing the history of the infirmary and how fucking yes, and you did it, and how difficult life must have been for the residents. When they played back their audio later that night, a clear male voice whispered thank you right after a guest mentioned that the residents deserved more respect than they got in life. Yeah. I do want to say there are hundreds of personal experiences and photos online to this place. I encourage you to check it out online and in person if you aren't too scared. But seriously, like all over the place. Like I found websites, I found like on Reddit, I found like so many experiences and stories. Um it seems like a really active place, and I I would love to go here.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, it sounds really fun.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. What makes Rolling Hills different is the residual energy. When you have two centuries of concentrated poverty, illness, and loneliness trapped in brick walls, the building itself seems to record those emotions. The psychics who visit don't just report ghosts, they report a heavy, crushing sense of exhaustion. It's not a jump scare haunt, it's more of a lingering sadness haunt. And sometimes sadness is much scarier than a scream, even though there is a scream here too. So yeah. Rolling Hills isn't just a collection of ghost stories or a playground for shadow hunters, it's a monument to the people the world didn't have the room for. From the orphans in the nursery to the giants like Roy and the Lonely Voices like Hattie, they were the unclaimed. But maybe that's why they're still here. Maybe they're waiting for someone, even a stranger with a flashlight and a recorder to finally acknowledge that they existed. Yeah. If you ever find yourself in East Bethany, please stop by and say hello to Hattie. Just don't be offended if she doesn't answer you until you're halfway home and realize she's come with you and every recording you took.

SPEAKER_00

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01

I was like, I'm not gonna lie. Dylan helped me with that last sentence because I was like, how can I make like I'm like I'm working the sentence, I'm like working it, and I'm like, okay, I like this, but I can make it better. And I'm like, Dylan, please help me. How can I make this creepy? I'm like, and he he was like changed this wording a little bit, and and it's I think it was so creepy.

SPEAKER_00

So my god, no, that's definitely that fucking that threw me for a loop. Good.

SPEAKER_01

That was what's for. Okay, let me get to the nice wheel. Okay, time to spin a wheel.

SPEAKER_00

Yes, I loved it so much. I was so interested. And um, it really seems like a place full of history, and I really hope that those people, because like they were so different and stuff, like I really hope that they just found a place where they feel like they belong now. I like them. I want to go meet them.

SPEAKER_01

Me too. I would love to go here. Um, and again, because there was so much activity like that I've seen online. When I first pulled this up, I've never heard of this place, and I like was looking for an asylum to do, and I was like, this isn't even a real asylum. Like I like I looked at Rolling Hills Asylum just sounds so fake, and I was like, it looked very touristy, and I was like, this isn't this can't be a real, like actual haunted place, like it's just a tourist, like a you know, scammy thing. And then I looked into the history of it and I found a whole bunch of stuff, and I was like, oh my god, this seems so cool, like and interesting. So and there's a lot of people with a lot of experiences from it, so uh yeah, I just I I really am glad that I did this. But let's yeah, it was a really good one.

SPEAKER_00

You did great spin it.

SPEAKER_01

Thank you. Oh my god, I got dizzy. I shouldn't have looked at it the way I looked at it.

SPEAKER_00

Ridiculous. So fucking close.

SPEAKER_01

We haven't done this one for a while, right? Oh wait, oh this is we haven't done this ever. This is fucking weird. I know. We haven't done it ever. Yeah, but this is this is I just talked about it. We can't.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, we can't do it.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

I mean we what do you want it? Like we I don't want to. Like I want to wait. I wanted that one to be special. Okay.

SPEAKER_01

We I mean we could do other, but we'd I don't want to do that one because I want to I want to see if we can get in there. Right. But that's crazy that we spun that when I was talking about it. Okay, I'll spin it again then, okay?

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_01

Allen's. Benin. Allian.

SPEAKER_00

Shut up. Allians. Ooh, we haven't done this one at all. We haven't done hotels? No. Okay, guys. I was actually gonna do talk about this for the first time in fucking 28 episodes, it feels like, but I was gonna talk to you about this, and I was gonna say that like we did this wheel before we even started the podcast, so we could always like revamp it a little bit. Like you and I can like figure out some more topics to put on there and like take some off. Or like, you know what I mean, like just rearrange it, make it broader if we wanted to.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, absolutely. And also if um, like if any of our listeners have ideas or options or anything like that, please let us know. So we can add it to the wheel and have more options. Yeah, that would be so fun. Maybe we shouldn't like keep aliens as like just aliens.

SPEAKER_00

Maybe we should be like put on the wheel four times.

SPEAKER_01

Yes, we finally get it.

SPEAKER_00

Explain the barbarians and fucking explained barbarians.

SPEAKER_01

What if I did that though? What if I like it?

SPEAKER_00

Megan, I wouldn't show my pants, please. To like make it explain all the lore. Oh yeah. Dude, you could completely fucking prank me, and I would all be like, oh my god, they're blue. Oh, that's crazy. They have a gooey. What are you talking about? Yeah, I might do it.

SPEAKER_01

She straight up. She woke up on a spaceship. I just don't remember if that happened or not, but no, I think it did.

SPEAKER_00

I think it's a good one.

SPEAKER_01

I think the first, yeah, I think so. And I can't 100% remember because it's been so long since I read it, but yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. I should read one again. I think I'm on like the third one. I think I gotta read the third one.

SPEAKER_01

I think I got to like the ninth, but they're they're such good books. I love them. They're such a good, happy feeling, good book.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. Make sure to tune in next week. If you're enjoying the podcast, make sure to give us a five-star rating on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

SPEAKER_01

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SPEAKER_00

If you have any creepy ass islands that you want us to talk about, or any pictures of yourself lying on autopsy tables, send them to us at two filthy horrors podcast at gmail.com.

SPEAKER_01

Don't forget the podcast. If you got it, haunt it.

SPEAKER_00

Good night.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, we're getting so good at it. Oh, you know what? You know what? It cracked me the fuck up listening to the boys though.