- How embarrassing, my microphone and I
dressed the same today.
(laughs) Just kidding, it's Halloween!
Hey guys, Halloween is like one of my favorite holidays.
And for once it's on a Saturday
and also we're not allowed to do anything fun,
but we wanted to celebrate in some way.
So we put together some of the scariest
and most spookiest car related stories
that we could find and low key,
some of these are legitimately terrifying.
We put them in the order of least scary to most scary.
So if you make it to the end,
I will send each of you $100.
Max, please put on camera
that there's no way that I could afford that.
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This, it could be your car.
It could be.
It does the lights thing.
- [Spooky Voiceover] Legend of the Black Volga.
- The Legend of the Black Volga comes to us
from the cold and dreary land of the former USSR.
Volga, if you didn't know,
is an executive Soviet sedan, but just the sight
of this particular Volga would send little shivers
down the spine of any Eastern European.
And if there's one thing I know about Russians,
it's that these folks do not scare easily.
Trust me, I've tried.
The story originated in the 1960s, and it goes
that the Volga would be seen circling certain areas
where people had gone missing.
Spot a Volga, poof, a kid disappears.
Spot another Volga, bam, a lady gets kidnapped.
Some witnesses claim that the driver of the Volgas
stopped to ask an innocent town person the time
before yanking them into the car.
At this point, you might be thinking,
"Okay James, sounds less like a haunted car
"and more like a creepy kidnapper."
And to that I say, let me finish the story please!
Some thought children were being drained of their blood
to feed vampires, some believe victims organs
were being harvested and sold on the black market,
but the Volga was also the official automobile
of communist officials.
So, it is a slightly more likely scenario
that if you were suspected of anticommunist activity,
that the KGB would take you and your family away
to an undesignated, probably deadly fate.
Anyway you cut it, the Volga
was an all around agent of death and destruction.
No thank you, please! (laughs)
Luckily, in recent decades,
the Volga has stopped snatching innocent humans
from Soviet streets.
And nowadays, it serves as a precautionary tale
to young children to not wander around alone
at night or ever, kind of like the boogeyman,
but a car.
A boogie car if you will.
- [Spooky Voiceover] The Ghostly Hitchhiker of Rehoboth.
- In case your mommy and daddy didn't tell you,
picking up hitchhikers is hella dangerous.
All right, you never know if you're gonna get
an annoyingly chatty drifter, a murderous fugitive,
or even a ghost.
One place you should definitely avoid picking people up
for sake of your mortal soul
is in the small town of Rehoboth Massachusetts,
along a stretch of route 44.
Rehoboth is one of America's oldest towns
and old towns have ghosts.
It has 53 historical graveyards
for hangry ghosts to hang out in.
And it's right on the edge of the Bridgewater Triangle,
which is known for all sorts of paranormal activity.
Kind of like the Bermuda Triangle.
Personally, I like to avoid all triangle shaped areas,
just in case they're one of those spooky type ones.
Flat iron building, no thank you.
Now, legend has it that the ghostly hitchhiker
of Rehoboth was killed in a horrible accident
and is now waiting for a ride from a good Samaritan
out of his ghostly existence.
Travelers who have reported picking up this ghost hitchhiker
all have similar spine tingling stories
with this free loading specter.
After an awkward and silent pickup,
the hitchhiker will suddenly
and without explanation begin to giggle
like one of those creepy clowns
that your uncle hired to blow balloons
at your seventh birthday party.
As your discomfort mounts,
this laughter ramps up and becomes maniacal.
And I don't know about you, but besides triangles,
maniacal laughter is like, one of the top 10
scariest things in the world.
And it doesn't stop there.
Just when you think the sound of his laughter
might pierce your poor little eardrums
until blood drips from your skull, he disappears.
Phew, am I right?
No, no, I am dead wrong!
Because once you pick him up,
this ghostly hitchhikers presence never leaves you.
His evil dead vibes continue to cramp your style
for the rest of your life.
He appears in reflections in your mirrors.
Your radio will go fuzzy,
like all haunted electronics do.
Sometimes he'll jump right the fricking heck
out in front of your car,
forcing you to drive through him.
He's a menace and he should be avoided at all costs.
So, how do you know if the dude
you're picking up is this persistent and terrifying ghost?
Well, the descriptions of him are all the same.
He has reddish brown, scraggly hair,
a big old bushy beard,
he wears dirty work clothes with jeans,
but his most recognizable features
are as empty, dark, desperate, soul sucking eyes.
- [Spooky Voiceover] The Phantom Crash of Burpham.
- While I love these blasts from the past,
I'm itching for a ghost story
that's a touch more modern and a little bit British.
Picture this, it was a cold and foggy English night,
just one day after the Surrey police Christmas party.
And just as the bobbies begin to recover
from their hangovers, multiple reports came
flowing in the station from drivers on the A3,
of a car losing control and swerving off the road
in down an embankment near Burpham.
Yes, the town is called Burpham.
The bobbies hop in their bobby mobiles
and rush down to the scene.
But when they got there, there was no evidence
of a crash to be found, no broken glass, no debris.
And just like my underwear, the underbrush was thick
and undisturbed with nearly a skid mark in sight.
Finally, after hours scouring,
the bobbies located a maroon Vox or Astrum
noes down in a ditch.
But get this, the Vox haul was covered in plants,
dirt,
coby-webs, and nearby,
the decomposing, mostly skeletal remains of the driver.
Now, forensics concluded that the crash was five months old.
Dental records identified the dead guy
as 21 year old Christopher Chandler,
who'd been on the run from metropolitan police for robbery.
So, I ask you this,
if the crash was five months old,
then what in the haunted heck did all the drivers see
on December 11th on the A3?
The ghost crash shook the town to its core,
frightening Burpham residents
from that stretch of the A3.
And today, people avoid it at all costs.
So, if you're looking to get some meat paws
or fish and chips and don't want to sit in traffic,
and don't mind ghosts, well then you sir
just found yourself a shortcut.
- [Spooky Voiceover] James Deans Death Car.
- Double, double, toil and trouble.
There's something spooky about this ruble
or should I say rebel without a cause?
I'm talking about the curse of James Dean's
infamous Little Bastard.
That's what he nicknamed the Pee Car 550 Spyder
that he was driving on the quiet California road
the day that he met his maker.
Now, just about a week
before his untimely death,
superstar actor James Dean had just purchased
the 550 and brought it to a man
named George Barris to customize it.
If you don't know who George Barris is,
he created a little car called the Batmobile!
So, safe to say, he's pretty good
at modifying cars.
As the story goes, all right,
he was on his way to test his new car out
on the track at a race in Salinas.
Now unfortunately for Dean, his tiny Spyder stood no chance
against the 1950 Ford Tudor that he slammed into head on,
mangling the little Porsche
and killing the rebel without a cause himself.
But, Dean's death is not the reason
that this car is on the list.
No, it's what happened after his death.
That is legitimately spooky.
George Barris bought the wrecked Spyder
with the intention of displaying it to the public.
Now, the first thing to go wrong
happened as it was being transported
back to the shop right away.
The car slipped off the trailer and broke a mechanic's leg.
Now, George sold the engine and drive train
to two different race car drivers
who used the parts to build their own cars.
But of course, those cars both resulted
in independent crashes that killed one dude
and left the other gravely injured.
Then, Barris sold two of the tires from the Spyder.
And after being installed on the new owner's car,
they freaking exploded!
It's almost like the Little Bastard
had something to prove.
And safe to say, Barris was shaking in his little bat boots.
So, he decided to hide the car away.
Only to be convinced by a safety organization,
to use it for a traveling show
to caution drivers to slow down.
But after the first exhibit, the garage that housed it
burned to the ground.
But what's even creepier, is the car was unscathed.
These unfortunate and seemingly cursed events
continued injuring and killing more
and more people until finally
in 1960 during transport to Miami,
the car vanished.
And it hasn't been seen since.
And honestly, I think it's really weird
that a guy was parting out his dead friend's car
that he died in.
- [Spooky Voiceover] The Golden Eagle.
- Now, this last story is definitely
the scariest of them all.
In fact, it's the story that inspired
the haunted Plymouth fury, that Stephen King conjured
in his 1983 novel "Christine".
That's right, "Christine" is based on an actual car
that terrorize the town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine
for decades, decades!
That's 10 years, multiples of them.
Stephen King's automotive muse was a 1964 Dodge 330
limited edition called the Golden Eagle, all right?
And it started life as a police car.
And over the course of its stint as a cherry topper
it was assigned to three different officers.
All of whom died as a result of horrible murder suicides,
where they slaughtered their families and then themselves.
What?
Three, like one, sure.
Two, I guess.
Three?
Burn it!
(beep) Burn it!
After getting the hint, the police force
unloaded the Eagle where it continued
to drive around the community, all right?
It fell into the hands of a woman named Wendy,
but Wendy doesn't go by her government name.
No, Wendy calls herself The Sea Witch of Orchard Beach.
She literally tracked this car down
so she could add it to her collection of haunted cars.
Is Nolan's car haunted?
F---
Now as you can imagine, local church goers
and troublesome teens, didn't take kindly
to the idea that a killer car
was still driving around their town.
So, throughout the 80's and the 90's
the Golden Eagle was vandalized over,
and over, and over.
Some people were trying to vanquish
the demons that possessed it.
And some were just having a little fun.
But one thing all the vandals shared in common,
you guessed it,
they died in horrifying ways!
There were decapitations via semi-truck,
lightning strikes, car crashes,
one kid who touched the Golden Eagle
went home, killed his entire family
and burned his house down.
All in all, the Eagle is rumored
to have taken the souls of 32 people.
Now eventually, the town folk of Old Orchard had enough
and they stole the Golden Eagle from the witch,
dismantled it and spread its parts across
a whole bunch of different junkyards.
But sometimes, no matter how hard you try,
you just can't kill the devil.
And with the help of internet supporters,
Wendy recovered almost all of the original Eagle parts
and restored it to its murderous glory.
Now, I certainly hope it stopped killing people,
but there is no way to know for sure.
I know Halloween's a little weird this year,
but I hope you guys all have fun.
Again, let me know your favorite candy
down in the comments.
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For more spooky car content,
check out this episode of Wheelhouse Cars For Dead People.
It's hearses.
Happy Halloween guys!
(laughs evilly) This is my favorite holiday.
I love you.
My favorite candy?
Dots.
- [Background Speaker] What? (James laughs)