# Anyone Know Where This Supposed Ghost Video Comes From?

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**Created:** [June 8, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-where-this-supposed-ghost-video-comes-from/815703 "2018-06-08T17:36:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-where-this-supposed-ghost-video-comes-from/815703/1 "2018-06-08T17:36:48Z")

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I’ve seen [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BobA5ujHkvU) on various “Top Five Scariest Things Caught On Video” and similar YouTube clickbait. Supposedly it comes from a hotel in Illinois, Arizona, California, or any number of other places.

I’m not going to claim that the video is real (I’m pretty sure it wasn’t, but since I wasn’t there that night I can’t say for sure). I’m just trying to get to the bottom of its origin. Was it a part of a viral marketing campaign or something? Some “found footage” movie that never made it past screening at Sundance? A hoax put together by some guy in his basement editing studio?

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**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-where-this-supposed-ghost-video-comes-from/815703/2 "2018-06-08T21:00:04Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> I’ve seen [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BobA5ujHkvU) on various “Top Five Scariest Things Caught On Video” and similar YouTube clickbait. Supposedly it comes from a hotel in Illinois, Arizona, California, or any number of other places.
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> I’m not going to claim that the video is real (I’m pretty sure it wasn’t, but since I wasn’t there that night I can’t say for sure). I’m just trying to get to the bottom of its origin. Was it a part of a viral marketing campaign or something? Some “found footage” movie that never made it past screening at Sundance? A hoax put together by some guy in his basement editing studio?

You mean, aside from the fact that it was made for a “documentary” movie called [The Blackwell Ghost](https://www.amazon.com/Blackwell-Ghost-Ruth/dp/B072Z62L22)?