My grandfather helped takedown the last house after the last family moved out also great job on this video! Very informative, and well structured for people that want to more about this tunnel or these relics of the past. 😊
Yeah, I'm needing to get back down there again. The only bridge that was in when I was last down there was the one in Moonville over Raccoon Creek. Haven't seen any of the new ones.
Love the opening drive down Wheelabout past the schoolhouse! We have vacationed at Lake Hope every year for 25 years and the trip to Moonville Tunnel was always a highlight for my 3 sons and their friends. Now 23, 20 and 17 they now go on their own, taking new friends and retelling all the stories you've mentioned here. I have a beautiful picture of me and the boys walking the creek trail in the fall with our reflections in the water. It goes up in our living room every fall. Fantastic job! Every second of your video I recall so many memories..... Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Be sure to check out my other videos from my other four trips down to Moonville. I'm hoping to go back again sometime later this year.
I shall! About 2 years ago we went and I took the boys and friends through the flooded out path with tons of overgrowth,.. Didn't look like anyone had used it. It was pitch black and we got to Tunnel and there were several groups there! Turns out bridge is finished and you can drive to the tunnel!... Boys have EVP devices, spirit box and infra red camera. Too many people then so we went back months later. Rain, thick mist, no moon..... Really creepy.... And,.. They heard walking, something brushed against one of them and they came running back to truck! Not the bravest ghost hunters.,.. I have great stories of cabin 7... Had great footage after several nights of heavy breathing at 3:15am.. Set up camera.. At exactly 3:15am two orbs fly by... Camera goes in and out of focus, fades to black and comes on just as my friend and his wife come running out of their room and my son is also startled by heavy breathing in their faces for second night in a row. Unfortunately, my friend erased video fearing an attachment or other consequences.,... Years later my sons got "demon" on EVP same time same cabin.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I love going down there and exploring. It is a beautiful and relaxing area to visit. I've been down there a couple more times since then, and videos from those trips, including walks down the trail and through the tunnel, are in some of my more recent videos.
I was last down there a year ago this past October. I was hoping to get back down there this year, but my plans for that aren't working out. It's a cool place to visit, discover some history, and see some awesome scenery.
Yep, went to it on my 2013 trip. Unfortunately, I didn't take a light with me and didn't get all the way through. I keep meaning to get back, but the last two times I've been down there, I'll be on my way home and think about it well past the turn.
Dunno when you were there last, but here are some updates: the bridge over Raccoon Creek has been in place for a few years, and now the rest of the bridges between Moonville and King's Station are in place. I was there in May of 2021 and they were working on them, so I assume they're open for hikers now. They also had bridges put in for construction equipment, down near the water line. I was able to drive over those with my Jeep, which was pretty awesome. I guessing those are gone now. I plan on going back to the area yet again this fall.
Yeah, I heard about the new bridges. Was last down there in 2017 with a friend from work. I need to get back down there again. Glad that the bridges are getting put in to make it easier to explore the rest of the trail.
Yeah, as I said in one of the videos from my visit down there this past fall, with all of the research into the area that I've done, it kind of gives you a sense of connection to the place.
Nicely done. A quick note on the signaling. As per 1949 and 1984 track charts. There was a signal 1 mile west of Moonville that in railroad terms would have been a intermediate. It would have governed eastbounds through to the Absolute at Mineral. There was a signal that was 1 mile east of the tunnel that governed westbounds. Prior to the 1980's upgrade it would have governed to the absolute at Hope Siding west of Moonville. If you know where too look there are still signal bases. They are square with bolts in them. You can still find power boxes too. Another interesting note and several railroaders that I have heard say the August 1st 1985 downgrading was a complete surprise with little to no notice. These signals could not have been used to signal for ghosts. As the circuit needs something heavy like a train to interrupt the circuit or a broken rail. Before CTC the line was APB signaling. A poor mans version of CTC where eastbound trains governed in priority unless a hotter west bound was coming.
Yes, on the webpage I had up on my personal site, which is currently offline, I went into a bit more detail about the signals. Was the signal east of the tunnel between the tunnel and the first bridge east of the tunnel or was it on east? I was looking like crazy last fall when I was down there for anything left along the right of way, but I've only seen the old line poles.
I'm currently scouring the area east and west. I know from charts there was one a mile west and one a mile east. I have found a old rr box about a half mile west. The signal bases should still be there somewhere in a mile away. I think the westward one would have been closer to the 1938 wreck maybe a bit further west. I'd have to look at the 1984 charts again to see which road crossing it would have been close too. I did find a old cable to what I believe went to some crane west of the tunnel laying over the embankment in the weeds. Some thick brush that way and probably better going in the fall. But this is the best documentary I have seen on Moonville. The only instances I have had was a photo in 2007 where someone pointed out they saw a face. I had shot a photo through the tunnel toward the eastern end and it was at the right. If I recall pretty clear too. Then 5 years later I made a night trip and decided to use railroad lingo. Towards the eastern end I saw a spec of red light. About the only way I can describe it was a far away rr signal. About the same area of the face. But I digress, this is a good documentary and the first I have saw that looks for confirmation. As you obviously know the place is packed with stories.
If you get a chance, check out the five videos I posted from my trip down there last October. I stop at the three crossings to the west to get some pics, went up to the cemetery, and then got a video of the trail from Moonville to where the bridge to the east of the tunnel had been. Also had one incident happen in the fourth video when other people showed up.
I did, enjoyed them a lot. I went up to that cemetery not too long ago for the first time in a while. Nice to know that it is kept up with. I was up there the first time in 2009 and I could have sworn the road was worse than when I went up it two weeks ago.
Interesting video. I've been to the Moonville tunnel back in October of 2014 with a few friends. I remember while I was there I could have sworn I saw a woman in white walking in the woods, but every time I turned to look the figure would disappear. When walking through the tunnel on our way back to the truck, one of my friends said she was starting to feel sick then right after she said that she jolted forward and claimed something big and hard hit her in the back. After that and having to walk through the creek we went to Athens for lunch. While there I looked through some of the pictures I took at the tunnel. In one of them I can swear I saw what looked to be a figure standing on the other side of the tunnel next to a woman with another group that was there. In another there was what looked to be a lit lantern inside the tunnel. After that we left and headed north for home.
Sounds like you had an interesting trip down there too. In the five trips down there that I've made, each has been different. I love going down there. Between the scenery, the history, and the ghost hunting, it's always a good trip for me.
What is the name of the song you usef? I remember it from an episode of Little House On The Prairie, where Laura befriends the old man living in the big house before it became the blind school. It was a tune on a music box. Do you know the song title? I would like to know. And, BTW, I enjoyed your video.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Never watched Little House On The Prairie except for the runaway caboose episode. The music is the music box theme from the 1976 horror movie Burnt Offerings.
I mean , there's got to be property holders at Moonville, someone owns that land I'm curious. Nice video I like how you've displayed the overall experience it is beautiful out there.
I live in Vinton county, maybe 20minutes from Zaleski..be here numerous times and everytime it's something different, there is also the cemetery up the hill, we've gotten great EVP and pictures from there..great documentary!! there was plenty of death surrounding this small town, alot of the original families are still well know names in VC..
also back then it was popular to take old headstones when a new house was built, the moonville cemetery is larger than the handful of headstones there now.
Yeah, if you check out the videos from my trip down there on October 19th, the posts at the edge of the parking area at the cemetery have been moved back. Looking near the edge of what used to be the parking area, we found a couple of what appear to be headstones poking through the dirt.
Basically it was on the west side of the tunnel. The station was just east of where the road crosses what is now the trail. From what I have heard, there used to be an inn on the hill above the tunnel, but I think that was as far east as the town went with probably a few houses on the west side of the road.
There are supposed to be some foundations around, but they're all overgrown now, and with abandoned mine shafts in the area, it's best to stick to the trails.
There are a couple of buildings to the east of Moonville, technically in Ingham Station. There's a shack that's still standing, a collapsed barn, and the ruins of a house that burned down.
@@RustBeltRailfan Ingham, actually. I have a PDF of a topographic map of the area from 1904, and that's what it's labeled. Sadly, those buildings have all been removed. I was there last fall and they were gone. 😞
@@RustBeltRailfan Correct. I know the shack is gone, but I didn't trek into the woods to see about the collapsed barn or burned house. I assume they took them all out, and some parks employee is using the siding to cover the walls of his man cave. Going to the area this weekend, so I may take a closer look.
@@RustBeltRailfan there was an abandoned house just north of the rail trail. If that's the one, I honestly don't remember if it was there or not. I'm guessing if it's not been demolished yet, it will be soon, but if it's not right along the trail, it's possible it might still be there. I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you.
When I first went down there in 2012, conditions were just right that while in the tunnel I could hear the sound of vehicles on the road. The crunching of the tires on the dirt/gravel road would echo through the tunnel, and at times it would resemble the sound of a rapidly chugging steam locomotive.
I love your video on Moonville. I investigated there a couple weeks ago using an EMF and spirit box. I spoke with 2 different spirits to find that both were killed on the tracks. I do believe that there are spirits there.
I've been down there five times, and each trip has been different. I do believe there is something there. Other than their being killed on the tracks, did you get any other information from them when you visited?
chatanugadotorg no but will be going back to stay longer and see if I can find out any more info. The spirits seemed eager to speak and were very cooperative when I asked questions.
Rick Jones I do not but whenever I’m filming the public is welcome. Where are you located? I film at least once a week sometimes more. You can message me on Twitter if you’re in Ohio and I can give you the area where I’ll be.
Chatanugadortorg, thank you very much. I was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio moved away twice. This is my second time coming back home. Moved back in 2007. I'm highly intersted in old things, including paranormal stuffs too. Mostly ghosts. I was wondering about visiting, this place and beavercreek, as well. thank you so much. I doubt we'll be staying past 11 pm, I just want to explore, if that makes sense. Maybe evp?
I lived in ohio all my life and this is the first time i heard of hell town and moonville ohio some time i like to visit this towns its part of history
I live in Vinton country, probably 20mins from moonville, we was just out there on Halloween, they have a great festival there called midnight at moonville..we captured some great pictures of orbs in the cemetery.. definitely a great location..
My sources are listed in the end credits. There are numerous newspaper articles referenced on those sites regarding the accidents and deaths in the area around Moonville.
i saw that it leads up to the cemetary ... i just never found the road or the cemetary would love to go up there... if your interested in cemetarys .. Theres one out in bremen like 100 year old cemetary. Ive caught video of hearing babies crying in th eback gorund..legit evp 's in play back.. ive been touched... its off 312 you have upper bethel and lower bethel upper bethel runs parallel with bremen
I was there back in 1996 me and a buddy of mine we crossed the creek and walked all the to the other end of tunnel and there was an alter made out of a flat sandstone rock and it had dried blood on it in the center or a pentagram drawed out in the gravel there with burnt out candles at each point freaked me out I said to my buddy let's get out of here and as we turned to head the other way and leave for just started pouring in from the other end of tunnel and filled the tunnel up before we could get out of there
Hay mate cool video now have have been sitting here watching this video and i here the brething as well but i have also seen there there is some kind of coloured lights there in the dark like the red blue and white lights like they use to use for the trains as well but then if you watch the wall on the left of the screen it keeps changing but then if you watch the graund there was something that had gone from the left of screen to the right but i'm not sure what it was.
I kind of noticed that on the left side, but it's the same spot on my screen and looks like pixelization in the video. At the time, I was using a Nikon pocket camera for video as well as pictures, and it wasn't the greatest quality.
The headless conductor was one of the early stories I heard when researching Moonville. However, in all of my research, I have yet to hear a name of the supposed murdered conductor, when or where the murder supposedly happened, or even who the engineer was that supposedly murdered the conductor. There was a horror novel written about this supposed story, but it was fiction exploiting the stories surrounding the Moonville area. The accidents and deaths that I list in my documentary are all verified by newspaper articles and have dates, names, etc. I honestly don't believe a conductor was ever actually murdered on that route. Likewise, the story of a plague supposedly hitting the town and another story of the bridge over Raccoon Creek getting washed out that have popped up on the web from time to time. In all my research, there has never been any facts to back up those stories.
As stated in the video: March 1859, a brakeman fell from a train 1873, a brakeman was crushed between train cars 1876, a brakeman was killed in an accident 1884, a brakeman was killed in an accident
@@ratrace8643 So, was I correct in my view of the stories about the railroading aspect of the area (ie. the route was signaled and that there was no special signal near the tunnel)?
@@chatanugadotorg as far as i remember there was no signal back then we had no radio's we had order boards about a mile out from each direction we had order boards so the train would be informed of an order it was my job being the youngest on the bridge gang to walk and set the board up and at the end of the day i walked out and knock it down i walked through the tunnel everyday and through Zaleski State Forest talk about kinda spooky one time i got to the board early so i laid down to catch a nap i suddenly felt strange i looked up and there was a fox staring at me about 10 yards away i didn't do that anymore lol
@@ratrace8643 Had a feeling the stories of a "special signal" at the tunnel were urban legend. Wish I could have seen it when the line was active. The area has some awesome scenery.
The breathing sound I heard was actually heard when I played back the video at home. I didn't hear it when I was in the tunnel. I have heard what sounded like a steam engine on my first trip down there, but it was the echoing of the sound of cars passing on the dirt/stone road across the river.
Thanks! Yeah, for the credits, I wanted something a little creepy but not overdone. Came across the music box theme from Burnt Offerings and thought it was perfect.
Go at night ... promise you will see amd hear more shit than you ever wanted to ..to the piont you question wether or not you want t ogo back ever yagain
I made this video after my third visit down there. On it and my last two visits (see my other videos), I was also down there in the evening. Each trip to Moonville's been different.
Amazing essay! Love those rare photos you included! I've been dying to see photos of trains passing through the tunnel!
My grandfather helped takedown the last house after the last family moved out also great job on this video! Very informative, and well structured for people that want to more about this tunnel or these relics of the past. 😊
Glad you enjoyed the video! Be sure to check out my videos from my other trips down to Moonville.
Watch this in the past. Took me ages to find again. So I subed. Looking forward for the update with bridges. Good stuff
Yeah, I'm needing to get back down there again. The only bridge that was in when I was last down there was the one in Moonville over Raccoon Creek. Haven't seen any of the new ones.
Love the opening drive down Wheelabout past the schoolhouse! We have vacationed at Lake Hope every year for 25 years and the trip to Moonville Tunnel was always a highlight for my 3 sons and their friends. Now 23, 20 and 17 they now go on their own, taking new friends and retelling all the stories you've mentioned here. I have a beautiful picture of me and the boys walking the creek trail in the fall with our reflections in the water. It goes up in our living room every fall. Fantastic job! Every second of your video I recall so many memories..... Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Be sure to check out my other videos from my other four trips down to Moonville. I'm hoping to go back again sometime later this year.
I shall! About 2 years ago we went and I took the boys and friends through the flooded out path with tons of overgrowth,.. Didn't look like anyone had used it. It was pitch black and we got to Tunnel and there were several groups there! Turns out bridge is finished and you can drive to the tunnel!... Boys have EVP devices, spirit box and infra red camera. Too many people then so we went back months later. Rain, thick mist, no moon..... Really creepy.... And,.. They heard walking, something brushed against one of them and they came running back to truck! Not the bravest ghost hunters.,.. I have great stories of cabin 7... Had great footage after several nights of heavy breathing at 3:15am.. Set up camera.. At exactly 3:15am two orbs fly by... Camera goes in and out of focus, fades to black and comes on just as my friend and his wife come running out of their room and my son is also startled by heavy breathing in their faces for second night in a row. Unfortunately, my friend erased video fearing an attachment or other consequences.,... Years later my sons got "demon" on EVP same time same cabin.
Went in a jeep to the tunnel the roads were so scary washed out in places, I had so much fun but take a horse oh my !
This is the best documentary on Moonville I have found on youtube.
Thank you! I had fun making it. I love going down there. Every trip down there has been different.
I was asleep by 13 minutes.... 😪
Very much enjoyed! Such a beautiful area! Your calm, professional approach is refreshing.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I love going down there and exploring. It is a beautiful and relaxing area to visit. I've been down there a couple more times since then, and videos from those trips, including walks down the trail and through the tunnel, are in some of my more recent videos.
Awesome I was there many years ago it was a very nice old Tunnel I would love to go back sometime in the future.
I was last down there a year ago this past October. I was hoping to get back down there this year, but my plans for that aren't working out. It's a cool place to visit, discover some history, and see some awesome scenery.
Have ever been to the Kings Hollow Tunnel located east of the Moonville Tunnel in Athens county same abandoned rail line.
Yep, went to it on my 2013 trip. Unfortunately, I didn't take a light with me and didn't get all the way through. I keep meaning to get back, but the last two times I've been down there, I'll be on my way home and think about it well past the turn.
you can drive through the Kings Hollow Tunnel
Dunno when you were there last, but here are some updates: the bridge over Raccoon Creek has been in place for a few years, and now the rest of the bridges between Moonville and King's Station are in place. I was there in May of 2021 and they were working on them, so I assume they're open for hikers now. They also had bridges put in for construction equipment, down near the water line. I was able to drive over those with my Jeep, which was pretty awesome. I guessing those are gone now. I plan on going back to the area yet again this fall.
Yeah, I heard about the new bridges. Was last down there in 2017 with a friend from work. I need to get back down there again. Glad that the bridges are getting put in to make it easier to explore the rest of the trail.
well done on this.. It takes Heart and love for the paranormal to make videos this long and in this much detail.
Yeah, as I said in one of the videos from my visit down there this past fall, with all of the research into the area that I've done, it kind of gives you a sense of connection to the place.
Nicely done. A quick note on the signaling. As per 1949 and 1984 track charts. There was a signal 1 mile west of Moonville that in railroad terms would have been a intermediate. It would have governed eastbounds through to the Absolute at Mineral. There was a signal that was 1 mile east of the tunnel that governed westbounds. Prior to the 1980's upgrade it would have governed to the absolute at Hope Siding west of Moonville. If you know where too look there are still signal bases. They are square with bolts in them. You can still find power boxes too. Another interesting note and several railroaders that I have heard say the August 1st 1985 downgrading was a complete surprise with little to no notice. These signals could not have been used to signal for ghosts. As the circuit needs something heavy like a train to interrupt the circuit or a broken rail. Before CTC the line was APB signaling. A poor mans version of CTC where eastbound trains governed in priority unless a hotter west bound was coming.
Yes, on the webpage I had up on my personal site, which is currently offline, I went into a bit more detail about the signals. Was the signal east of the tunnel between the tunnel and the first bridge east of the tunnel or was it on east? I was looking like crazy last fall when I was down there for anything left along the right of way, but I've only seen the old line poles.
I'm currently scouring the area east and west. I know from charts there was one a mile west and one a mile east. I have found a old rr box about a half mile west. The signal bases should still be there somewhere in a mile away. I think the westward one would have been closer to the 1938 wreck maybe a bit further west. I'd have to look at the 1984 charts again to see which road crossing it would have been close too. I did find a old cable to what I believe went to some crane west of the tunnel laying over the embankment in the weeds. Some thick brush that way and probably better going in the fall. But this is the best documentary I have seen on Moonville. The only instances I have had was a photo in 2007 where someone pointed out they saw a face. I had shot a photo through the tunnel toward the eastern end and it was at the right. If I recall pretty clear too. Then 5 years later I made a night trip and decided to use railroad lingo. Towards the eastern end I saw a spec of red light. About the only way I can describe it was a far away rr signal. About the same area of the face. But I digress, this is a good documentary and the first I have saw that looks for confirmation. As you obviously know the place is packed with stories.
If you get a chance, check out the five videos I posted from my trip down there last October. I stop at the three crossings to the west to get some pics, went up to the cemetery, and then got a video of the trail from Moonville to where the bridge to the east of the tunnel had been. Also had one incident happen in the fourth video when other people showed up.
I did, enjoyed them a lot. I went up to that cemetery not too long ago for the first time in a while. Nice to know that it is kept up with. I was up there the first time in 2009 and I could have sworn the road was worse than when I went up it two weeks ago.
Saw the other day on Facebook that they're getting the money now for the three bridges to the west of Moonville.
Interesting video. I've been to the Moonville tunnel back in October of 2014 with a few friends. I remember while I was there I could have sworn I saw a woman in white walking in the woods, but every time I turned to look the figure would disappear. When walking through the tunnel on our way back to the truck, one of my friends said she was starting to feel sick then right after she said that she jolted forward and claimed something big and hard hit her in the back. After that and having to walk through the creek we went to Athens for lunch. While there I looked through some of the pictures I took at the tunnel. In one of them I can swear I saw what looked to be a figure standing on the other side of the tunnel next to a woman with another group that was there. In another there was what looked to be a lit lantern inside the tunnel. After that we left and headed north for home.
Sounds like you had an interesting trip down there too. In the five trips down there that I've made, each has been different. I love going down there. Between the scenery, the history, and the ghost hunting, it's always a good trip for me.
very nicely done, way better than what i did... very good job, cant wait to see more...
Thank you! I'm hoping to make a return visit this fall.
Great little documentary! Well told and captivating.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! I'm nearly wrapped up with videos from my October 2016 trip to Moonville and am hoping to have them up soon.
Omg I remember some one drove their car out to moonville a Honda or something what were they thinking!!!!
What is the name of the song you usef? I remember it from an episode of Little House On The Prairie, where Laura befriends the old man living in the big house before it became the blind school. It was a tune on a music box.
Do you know the song title? I would like to know.
And, BTW, I enjoyed your video.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Never watched Little House On The Prairie except for the runaway caboose episode. The music is the music box theme from the 1976 horror movie Burnt Offerings.
I mean , there's got to be property holders at Moonville, someone owns that land I'm curious. Nice video I like how you've displayed the overall experience it is beautiful out there.
The land is part of the Zaleski State Forest, owned by the state of Ohio.
I live in Vinton county, maybe 20minutes from Zaleski..be here numerous times and everytime it's something different, there is also the cemetery up the hill, we've gotten great EVP and pictures from there..great documentary!! there was plenty of death surrounding this small town, alot of the original families are still well know names in VC..
Just subbed to your channel.. great video !!! Probably one of the best ones I have seen !!!! Be safe & God bless 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for subscribing!
Very well done! I enjoyed this greatly. May have to drive south this year. It's a beautiful area too
Yes, it is a very beautiful area to visit and see a bit of history. Be sure to check out my other Moonville videos from my other trips! :-)
19:21-19:30 ??? Bug or ..👻. Along with train sounds of a section of track that pings with each train car passing by it...in another point in Time... 🚆
Yeah, that was a bug.
What song is that at the beginning? It's very relaxing, like welcoming death kind of feel.
It's the theme from the movie "Burnt Offerings".
Ok I'm moving to Sunnyville maybe they have good luck in that town..
I rode my dirt bike through the tunnel in the 1979 Baby Burr enduro. A saw a blur of something go flying by, but it was Dick Burleson
Nice trail though, Why didn't they convert the northern part into a heritage line?
Great little doc.
Thank you!
I was down that road numerous times when I was at Hocking Tech, 1975-77. I took my ornithology field final at the turn at 2:29
Other than the railroad being gone and the original bridge replaced, has much changed since you were there?
@@chatanugadotorg almost no change.
Excellent job buddy!
also back then it was popular to take old headstones when a new house was built, the moonville cemetery is larger than the handful of headstones there now.
Yeah, if you check out the videos from my trip down there on October 19th, the posts at the edge of the parking area at the cemetery have been moved back. Looking near the edge of what used to be the parking area, we found a couple of what appear to be headstones poking through the dirt.
Excellent documentary! I was there today.
Cool! I'm hoping to get down there again sometime in the next couple weeks, weather permitting.
chatanugadotorg ... was wondering if you knew where the town used to be in proximity to the tunnel
Basically it was on the west side of the tunnel. The station was just east of where the road crosses what is now the trail. From what I have heard, there used to be an inn on the hill above the tunnel, but I think that was as far east as the town went with probably a few houses on the west side of the road.
No houses or buildings left in moonville?
There are supposed to be some foundations around, but they're all overgrown now, and with abandoned mine shafts in the area, it's best to stick to the trails.
There are a couple of buildings to the east of Moonville, technically in Ingham Station. There's a shack that's still standing, a collapsed barn, and the ruins of a house that burned down.
@@RustBeltRailfan Ingham, actually. I have a PDF of a topographic map of the area from 1904, and that's what it's labeled. Sadly, those buildings have all been removed. I was there last fall and they were gone. 😞
@@RustBeltRailfan Correct. I know the shack is gone, but I didn't trek into the woods to see about the collapsed barn or burned house. I assume they took them all out, and some parks employee is using the siding to cover the walls of his man cave. Going to the area this weekend, so I may take a closer look.
@@RustBeltRailfan there was an abandoned house just north of the rail trail. If that's the one, I honestly don't remember if it was there or not. I'm guessing if it's not been demolished yet, it will be soon, but if it's not right along the trail, it's possible it might still be there. I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you.
I live in the little town next to it vinton County and i always was fascinated by moonville and this showed me information i didn't know thank you
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm hoping to get back down there again sometime this year.
I'll bet if you closed your eyes, and waited a bit, you'd almost hear the train whistle of some long forgotten train 🚃!
When I first went down there in 2012, conditions were just right that while in the tunnel I could hear the sound of vehicles on the road. The crunching of the tires on the dirt/gravel road would echo through the tunnel, and at times it would resemble the sound of a rapidly chugging steam locomotive.
I love your video on Moonville. I investigated there a couple weeks ago using an EMF and spirit box. I spoke with 2 different spirits to find that both were killed on the tracks. I do believe that there are spirits there.
I've been down there five times, and each trip has been different. I do believe there is something there. Other than their being killed on the tracks, did you get any other information from them when you visited?
chatanugadotorg no but will be going back to stay longer and see if I can find out any more info. The spirits seemed eager to speak and were very cooperative when I asked questions.
Do you, J J's Adventures, have tours for the public??
Rick Jones I do not but whenever I’m filming the public is welcome. Where are you located? I film at least once a week sometimes more. You can message me on Twitter if you’re in Ohio and I can give you the area where I’ll be.
Excellent job
Thank you!
I would have found a foot long piece of metal bar or pipe to keep with me in my back pocket for those link and pin couplers.
Yeah, anything would be better than using hands to line everything up as those cars came together.
awesome documentary
Thank you!
Lead in song from the movie "Burnt Offerings"
Leed In.
We went there a few days ago
If this page is still active, I have a question. I've been interested in Moonville, Ohio for a while. Do you need permission to visit here? Thanks!!!
Don't need permission. It's in the Zaleski State Forest. They do have a curfew from 11PM to 6AM the following morning per the Ohio DNR website.
Chatanugadortorg, thank you very much. I was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio moved away twice. This is my second time coming back home. Moved back in 2007. I'm highly intersted in old things, including paranormal stuffs too. Mostly ghosts. I was wondering about visiting, this place and beavercreek, as well. thank you so much. I doubt we'll be staying past 11 pm, I just want to explore, if that makes sense. Maybe evp?
And i subbed!!!
@Arrowguy173, thanks!!! Perhaps, i'll go when it's warmer. thank you for the information!!!
I lived in ohio all my life and this is the first time i heard of hell town and moonville ohio some time i like to visit this towns its part of history
Moonville is definitely worth a visit. Just made my fifth trip down there a couple weeks ago.
I live in Vinton country, probably 20mins from moonville, we was just out there on Halloween, they have a great festival there called midnight at moonville..we captured some great pictures of orbs in the cemetery.. definitely a great location..
I've never heard of most of these deaths, what are/is your source reference?
My sources are listed in the end credits. There are numerous newspaper articles referenced on those sites regarding the accidents and deaths in the area around Moonville.
@@chatanugadotorg Thanks.
where did you find this trail towards the end of the video
What trail?
The one 28 minutes in
That you took your vehicle through your traveling upwards at one point and then back down around a super super tight curve
That's down the road from Moonville and leads up to the cemetery.
i saw that it leads up to the cemetary ... i just never found the road or the cemetary would love to go up there... if your interested in cemetarys .. Theres one out in bremen like 100 year old cemetary. Ive caught video of hearing babies crying in th eback gorund..legit evp 's in play back.. ive been touched... its off 312 you have upper bethel and lower bethel upper bethel runs parallel with bremen
Nicely edited and narrated
Thank you!
good video creepy music sounds like being in a funeral
I was there back in 1996 me and a buddy of mine we crossed the creek and walked all the to the other end of tunnel and there was an alter made out of a flat sandstone rock and it had dried blood on it in the center or a pentagram drawed out in the gravel there with burnt out candles at each point freaked me out I said to my buddy let's get out of here and as we turned to head the other way and leave for just started pouring in from the other end of tunnel and filled the tunnel up before we could get out of there
Hay mate cool video now have have been sitting here watching this video and i here the brething as well but i have also seen there there is some kind of coloured lights there in the dark like the red blue and white lights like they use to use for the trains as well but then if you watch the wall on the left of the screen it keeps changing but then if you watch the graund there was something that had gone from the left of screen to the right but i'm not sure what it was.
I kind of noticed that on the left side, but it's the same spot on my screen and looks like pixelization in the video. At the time, I was using a Nikon pocket camera for video as well as pictures, and it wasn't the greatest quality.
Oh ok well there was still a sound of some kind there
Just saw this. Good job.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
I'm confused is the brakeman ghost and the headless conductor ghost the same ghost or r they 2 different ghosts??
The headless conductor was one of the early stories I heard when researching Moonville. However, in all of my research, I have yet to hear a name of the supposed murdered conductor, when or where the murder supposedly happened, or even who the engineer was that supposedly murdered the conductor. There was a horror novel written about this supposed story, but it was fiction exploiting the stories surrounding the Moonville area. The accidents and deaths that I list in my documentary are all verified by newspaper articles and have dates, names, etc. I honestly don't believe a conductor was ever actually murdered on that route. Likewise, the story of a plague supposedly hitting the town and another story of the bridge over Raccoon Creek getting washed out that have popped up on the web from time to time. In all my research, there has never been any facts to back up those stories.
chatanugadotorg interesting was there a verified account of a brakeman dying??
Yes.
chatanugadotorg what caused his death
As stated in the video:
March 1859, a brakeman fell from a train
1873, a brakeman was crushed between train cars
1876, a brakeman was killed in an accident
1884, a brakeman was killed in an accident
Nice swimming hole at 26:40
I worked that bridge in Moonville in the early 80's
Wish I could have watched trains going through there before the route was abandoned. Have you been there since?
@@chatanugadotorg no but I’m planning a trip it’s about 2 hours away
@@ratrace8643 So, was I correct in my view of the stories about the railroading aspect of the area (ie. the route was signaled and that there was no special signal near the tunnel)?
@@chatanugadotorg as far as i remember there was no signal back then we had no radio's we had order boards about a mile out from each direction we had order boards so the train would be informed of an order it was my job being the youngest on the bridge gang to walk and set the board up and at the end of the day i walked out and knock it down i walked through the tunnel everyday and through Zaleski
State Forest talk about kinda spooky one time i got to the board early so i laid down to catch a nap i suddenly felt strange i looked up and there was a fox staring at me about 10 yards away i didn't do that anymore lol
@@ratrace8643 Had a feeling the stories of a "special signal" at the tunnel were urban legend. Wish I could have seen it when the line was active. The area has some awesome scenery.
I guess you found the moon interesting ? The wind plays strange tricks there .
The moon?
I'm from Ohio and never heard of Moonville.
A lot of people haven't. Of course, it has been gone for some time now.
Ever hear of Lake Hope ?
Turn opposite of Lake.
I thought the sound recorded in the tunnel was a steam engine not breathing
The breathing sound I heard was actually heard when I played back the video at home. I didn't hear it when I was in the tunnel. I have heard what sounded like a steam engine on my first trip down there, but it was the echoing of the sound of cars passing on the dirt/stone road across the river.
Awesome documentary creepy music
Thanks! Yeah, for the credits, I wanted something a little creepy but not overdone. Came across the music box theme from Burnt Offerings and thought it was perfect.
I was gonna comment about the Burnt Offerings music, lol. Great choice.
Thanks!
Orb at 42:12 to 42:15
Possibly, but I doubt it. The inside of the tunnel is often humid and/or dusty, which can explain a lot of orb pics there.
It is a creek
Why did u double up your voice..... thats weird .....
What do you mean? Where did I double up my voice?
In the video
That’s beautiful country, it’s the city I hate
Yes, it is quite beautiful down there. Very calm and relaxing. :-)
chatanugadotorg you need an electric mountain bike, that way you can cover more ground and still be very quiet.
Then go dip your feet in Lake Hope
Actually, motorized vehicles are not allowed on the trail down there.
chatanugadotorg I won’t tell LOL
WTF this is the same thing as your documentary
What?
No wildlife....?
Well, I did see that crane on my 2012 trip.
Go at night ... promise you will see amd hear more shit than you ever wanted to ..to the piont you question wether or not you want t ogo back ever yagain
I made this video after my third visit down there. On it and my last two visits (see my other videos), I was also down there in the evening. Each trip to Moonville's been different.
28 minute in
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