Abandoned But Not Empty, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories

Science, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Spirituality, Natural Sciences

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!

From the boarded-up wards of an abandoned Long Island asylum to the fog-shrouded decks of the RMS Queen Mary, urban-explorer-turned-ghost-hunter James Edward Garcia has made a career out of knocking on doors the living would rather keep shut. Raised in a household where Santería rituals and disembodied voices were part of everyday life, James learned early that the dead are rarely silent. Decades later, his camera, EVP recorders, and iron nerves have carried him into some of America’s most notorious haunts—including Hales Bar Dam—earning him chilling evidence … and a few unwanted attachments. Why risk oppression for another photograph in the dark? Join us as James reveals the lure of forgotten spaces, the price of pushing boundaries, and the moments that keep him coming back.

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0:54.4	everything secure. Today on the Grave Talks, haunted abandoned locations. From a young age, James Edward Garcia had a fascination with the paranormal, from witnessing his grandmother practicing Santoria to hearing voices and witnessing objects moving.
1:23.6	The supernatural was a fact of life for James. As he grew older, James decided to take his interest and understanding of the undead to a new level
1:33.1	by personally investigating and documenting locations that the living forgot.
1:39.2	From the Queen Mary to the Hales Bar Dam to an abandoned asylum in Long Island. James has documented and investigated
1:46.8	ghosts all over the country. He's also suffered oppression and attachments while visiting locations
1:53.0	infested with spirits. What continues to draw James back to the physical homes of the dead?
2:00.6	Paranormal started, well, very young, and mostly, I want to say, influence my grandmother,
2:07.0	my mother's mother.
2:09.2	She would tell me these stories from her own experiences, and she'd tell my brothers and
2:14.4	sister as well, but there were times I was the only one hanging out.
2:18.2	Well, let me just turn this off.
2:20.4	That was not an EVP for anyone playing along at home.
2:23.9	Yes, that was not a ghost phone ringing.
2:29.2	But so she would tell the stories.
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