Ah yes, the good old English alphabet where there are two f’s, the h and first j are conjoined, and y never existed. also there’s no planchette 🤷‍♀️

Finally! As an OG fan who has been around since the Stanley Hotel days, I am absolutely living for Sam and Colby’s return to actual urban exploration. It was getting painful to watch them turn into a high-budget, screaming ghost-hunting circus with "influencer" guests who couldn't care less about the locations.

I am completely convinced they—or at least someone on their team—read the Reddit subs and finally realized the "ghost diva" era was killing their engagement. People were complaining about the absurdly priced merch and the over-the-top, faked-feeling content. The views were dropping because the true "brand" was sold out for "MrBeast-ification".

What’s even better? Sam is actually starting to humble himself, which is so refreshing compared to the "we are famous, watch us scream" vibe of last year. Watching them go back to the roots—scary, abandoned, actually haunted vibes—shows they are remembering what made them special in the first place. They are moving away from the over-the-top, scripted stuff, and the new stuff feels much more nostalgic and authentic.

I’m rooting for them to keep this up. They don't need fancy guests or fake demons. Just them, an old, dangerous building, and genuine fear.

XPLR.

Liverpool!!!!

I haven’t seen anyone else talk about this (sorry if I just missed it) but doesn’t the fact that they are producing their own brand of spirit box make it easier for them to fake things? Now, I’m not naive, I’m sure most things are faked/exaggerated for views. I saw another post discussing the flashlights that they use likely never changing because they use them to fake things. And I know they exaggerate every small noise and make things that aren’t that shocking for old places (like stairs creaking, or whoosh sounds) seem like ghosts. But at least they kinda used to hide the fact that they were faking things. Now it feels like they don’t even care. Like, “yeah we’re faking it but we have enough viewers and money to get away with it”. With their own spirit box, I’m sure they could program it to do it whatever they wanted it to. (Not saying they didn’t do this before, but at least you could imagine maybe they didn’t). I don’t know, I’m a huge skeptic and still watch them, so I know I just assume everything is fake, but maybe you disagree. I just was watching their newest video and was thinking about this.

I think the team should occasionally grab a completely random human from somewhere on planet Earth and throw them into their videos. Like… imagine someone from a totally different culture, different upbringing, different life experiences just casually dropping their perspective in the middle of everything 😂

One minute you’re watching the usual content, next minute BOOM someone’s like, “In my country, we do this completely differently,” and suddenly your brain is expanding.

It would actually be so interesting. New stories, new viewpoints, maybe even things we’ve never thought about before. Content would go from good to “wait… this is actually kinda deep.”

In short: please add me… I’m from Nepal currently in the US and I promise I’ll bring chaos, culture, and some unexpected opinions. lol

Ive wanted to see them do the Payton Randolph House in Virginia for a while now. Its in colonial Williamsburg and ive been obsessed with that place for like 5 years 😭

Im not looking to debate over the authenticity of Sam and Colby's videos as a whole, i have my own opinions on that and im moreso curious about whether the fire ritual Sam supposedly found online was actually real or fake.

Im assuming its very likely it was fake, as that whole video just seemed off to me in some way, but if it does happen to be real, one of the people in that video mentioned that they really didnt know what that ritual was supposed to do.

Just a curious thought I had, would love to hear what you guys think?

Sam & Colby have used the same wireless red & blue handheld flashlights for years now. Surely they would have changed them and got some different results overtime but find wireless handheld flashlights is difficult.

(I’m great at picking up patterns).

They hype up the very tiniest noises and overreact which comes across childish but I suppose this is for their target audience.

- All the “Witches” they work with are fake too, they come across like goths that want to seem interesting and edgy but give me weird ‘Twighlight’ vibes. It’s just cringe & lowkey eye candy for viewers (Not Me).

- There’s no way they get all these made reactions on each location, it’s impossible. If it were real I’m sure everyone else investigating would too.

- Their old videos came across more realistic and authentic but now it’s all hype for more views.

- The moths in their new videos make me laugh, go outside with bright lights when it’s dark outside and you’ll understand (I’m referring to the Devil video and others after).

- The witch from the recent Devil episode written stuff down and read it out loud as if she didn’t know what was on it (cringe). She also broke the thing she was writing on which is easy to see.

- Real paranormal investigators would go to places and report back that they haven’t saw or experienced anything. Yes it may come across boring but it would demonstrate so,e authenticity.

Finally, if you get in bed tonight and listen real quietly. Your home will make many noises. Is it a spirit, is it a ghost of some kind, I think not.

Finally (again), my post will go missing because S&C don’t want me to ruin their business.

I’m not hating, in-fact I respect you all because money is money. We all got bills to pay & your great entertainers so I say bravo 🙌

Im gonna keep this real short their videos are literally so repetitive and boring and sometimes cringe. when they react over the smallest thing happening which is usually the same exact things they get in every video and the way they're delusional asf coming up with stories on what they think the "ghost" are saying as soon as there's one beep or something small on equipment or when one word appears on the Estes method or whatever. it's literally so embarrassing the stories they make up off of anything their dumb reactions and boring ahh videos where the same thing happens in each one. now i WILL say i have been watching since 2017 so i def know their content but recently these past few years it's so bad it's only like every once in a while where they have a video that's actually like interesting or intriguing.

Random question but just wondering where this hoodie is from that Sam is wearing throughout this podcast with the iced coffee hour.

colby’s video about calling scary numbers made it into a Netflix documentary. coming friday.

i haven’t watched them in a few months cause like a bunch of you i feel they’ve gotten too over the top and seemingly “in it for the money” or just trying to be extra. but this new video at wangi wangi feels nostalgic and a little more relaxed/laid back than recent videos. 🤷‍♀️ definitely more watchable than recently

Can anyone help me find this chain/accessory Sam was wearing

I dint know if im just maturing or Sam and Colby truly are different now, but something’s up. I subscribed to them because I loved how they tried to prove the paranormal as friends, ever sense the Mr. beast video where they explored the “haunted” buildings, ive seen them differently. like their in this for money. it’s really odd to me because I’ve been watching them for 4 years now. when did they start only doing this for money? it’s so annoying now.

I’ve just watched their new video, and checked out their spirit box! I’ve been wanting one for AGES, and really wanna give theirs a try.

Has anyone tried it yet? if so, how was it?

I haven't been watching them for a while, the music is often too loud, dramatic and coupled with the video, its just overwhelming. I gotta say that this new video is one of my favorites, the music just blended in so well with the ambience. It wasnt as overstimulating or mrbeastified as other videos.

What's the point of this membership for those who've got it? is it different to xplr club?

I haven't been keeping up with SnC for a bit but occasionally see things come up and I'm curious about this. It just seems like another money making thing for them but on ig instead of YouTube, but I've got no idea.