Sep 7, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min · 8 segments
Fort Mifflin has been taking damage for more than 250 years. Commissioned in 1771, hammered by British artillery during the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign, rebuilt, repurposed, used as a Civil War prison…
So before we're allowed to go anywhere near the paranormal place, we need to understand what Fort Mifflin actually is.
The first thing that matters is that this is not simply an old revolutionary war fort that somehow survived untouched for 250 years.
until a paranormal investigator showed up with an EMF meter.
The property's been rebuilt, expanded, repurposed, repaired, abandoned, restored, and changed over and over again.
The story begins in 1771, when the fortification on Mud Island was commissioned under British colonial authority.
By 1775, American forces controlled it, Then came 1777, and by late September, the British had captured Philadelphia.
Sounds like they won, problem solved, except now they had to keep an entire army inside Philadelphia alive.
Food, ammunition, clothing, gunpowder, everything required to keep thousands of soldiers in fighting shape.
Which means Fort Mifflin wasn't because Washington decided the building had good vibes.
Exactly.
For weeks, American forces frustrated attempts by the Royal Navy to open a reliable supply route into Philadelphia.
And in November 10th, the major bombardment began.
The Royal Navy moved increasingly heavy guns into position, and the fort itself was very badly outrun.
Can you imagine? The defenders were actually repairing damages all night long, just for the bombardments to continue again come the next morning.
Yep.
And historical accounts describe roughly 400 defenders eventually holding against overwhelming artillery.
And they report that during one hour alone, approximately 1,000 cannonballs were fired at the fort.
Mm-hmm.
Definitely one of those numbers that seems meaningless until you put it into realistic thought.
A thousand rounds an hour isn't a lot of cannon fire.
That's literally something happening every couple of seconds over and over for an hour.
So before we're allowed to go anywhere near the paranormal place, we need to understand what Fort Mifflin actually is.
The first thing that matters is that this is not simply an old revolutionary war fort that somehow survived untouched for 250 years.
until a paranormal investigator showed up with an EMF meter.
The property's been rebuilt, expanded, repurposed, repaired, abandoned, restored, and changed over and over again.
The story begins in 1771, when the fortification on Mud Island was commissioned under British colonial authority.
By 1775, American forces controlled it, Then came 1777, and by late September, the British had captured Philadelphia.
Sounds like they won, problem solved, except now they had to keep an entire army inside Philadelphia alive.
Food, ammunition, clothing, gunpowder, everything required to keep thousands of soldiers in fighting shape.
Which means Fort Mifflin wasn't because Washington decided the building had good vibes.
Exactly.
For weeks, American forces frustrated attempts by the Royal Navy to open a reliable supply route into Philadelphia.
And in November 10th, the major bombardment began.
The Royal Navy moved increasingly heavy guns into position, and the fort itself was very badly outrun.
Can you imagine? The defenders were actually repairing damages all night long, just for the bombardments to continue again come the next morning.
Yep.
And historical accounts describe roughly 400 defenders eventually holding against overwhelming artillery.
And they report that during one hour alone, approximately 1,000 cannonballs were fired at the fort.
Mm-hmm.
Definitely one of those numbers that seems meaningless until you put it into realistic thought.
A thousand rounds an hour isn't a lot of cannon fire.
That's literally something happening every couple of seconds over and over for an hour.
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